廣東省揭陽市揭西第四華僑中學(xué)高三英語月考試卷含解析

廣東省揭陽市揭西第四華僑中學(xué)高三英語月考試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Finally,mythanksgotomytutor,whohasofferedalotofsuggestionsandcommentsonmypaperand________everypageofmydraft.

A.approved B.polished C.quoted D.folded參考答案：B2.MasterFredchoseasunnyslopingbank

withathickgrowthofbushes,and________thereanicelittlehen-house．

A．covered,fixing

B．covering,fixing

C．beingcovered,fixed

D．covered,fixed參考答案：D略3.Ifyouareintrouble，don’t____toaskMikeforhelp；heisalwayswillingtolendahand．（）A．dream B．a(chǎn)ppeal C．hesitate D．bend參考答案：B．如果你有麻煩，要立刻向Mike求幫助（別遲疑猶豫）；他總是愿意伸出援助之手．dream夢想；做夢；appeal要求；有吸引力；求助（于）；

hesitate猶豫，躊躇；bend（使）彎曲，屈身；拉彎．此題考查固定短語在不同語境中的應(yīng)用．hesitatetodo意為“做…猶豫不決（躊躇）”，是相對固定的用法．再結(jié)合句意：如果你有麻煩，要立刻向Mike求幫助（別遲疑猶豫）；他總是愿意伸出援助之手．可知答案，故選B．此題考查固定短語在不同語境中的應(yīng)用．hesitatetodo意為“做…猶豫不決（躊躇）”，是相對固定的用法．4.ChinahasjustreleasedgloballybilingualChinese-Englishbooks,"LibraryofChineseClassics",tobetter

Chineseculturetotheoutside.

A.introduce

B.promote

C.spread

D.deepen參考答案：A5.You’dbetter____yourscoreandseeifyouhavepassedtheexam.A.addupto

B.addto

C.addup

D.add參考答案：C6.Whether

______ornot,majordepressivedisorderisoftenassociatedwithchangesinbrainstructuresorbrainfunctions.A.toinherit

B.inherited

C.inheriting

D.beinginherited參考答案：B7.Thefactworriestheparents___theironlychildisaddictedtoplayingonlinegames．

A．when

B．that

C．because

D．whether參考答案：B8.Asasayinggoes,thewisemanknowsheknowsnothing,_________thefoolthinksheknowsall.

A.when

B.while

C.as

D.though參考答案：B9.It'sacommon_________foryoungpeopletopayaNewYear'svisittotheirelders.A.sense

B.practice

C.rule

D.scene參考答案：B略10.—WouldyoupleasetellLindatocometomyoffice?—Yes.

.A．Thankyou

B．I’drathernot

C．I’dlikeit

D．I’dbehappyto參考答案：D11.Mrs.Georgelookselegantandattractivetonight.

—Thedarkdress

herhiddenbeauty.A.givesout

B.takesout

C.letsout

D.bringout參考答案：D12.WhatlessonsChinacandrawfrom______globalfinancialcrisishasbecome_______hottopicamongusstudents．

A．the;a

B．/;a

C．a(chǎn);the

D．/;the參考答案：A13.Thirteensoldierswerereported_____,with30woundedinamassshoutingthathappenedattheFortHoodbaseinAmerica,onNovember6.A.havingbeenkilled

B.tobekilledC.havingkilled

D.tohavebeenkilled參考答案：D14.—Whyareyounotcontentwiththedecoration?—Iwish

abigsofainthelivingroombutmywifedoesn’tlikethatstyle.

A．thereis

B．therebeing

C．theretobe

D．therebeen參考答案：C略15.LiHua,whowasbusypreparingareport,couldn’t

theloudnoise,sohekeptallthewindowsshutalldaylong.

A．putupwith

B．comeupwith

C．catchupwith

D．keepupwith參考答案：A16.ThestoryisaboutanoldvillagerandhissonslivinginWestChina,_________travellingbeyondthemountainintheirlife.A.noneofthem

B.noneofwhomC.neitherofthem

D.neitherofwhom參考答案：A試題分析：考查獨立主格。句意：這個故事是關(guān)于一個年老的村民和他的兒子，他們都沒有去過山外。Noneofthem與travelling構(gòu)成獨立主格，故選A項。二、新的題型17.

Brazilhasbecomeoneofthedevelopingworld’sgreatsuccessesatreducingpopulationgrowthbutmorebyaccidentthandesign.WhilecountriessuchasIndiahavemadejointeffortstoreducebirthrates,Brazilhashadbetterresultwithoutreallytrying,saysGeorgeMartineatHarvard.

Brazil’spopulationgrowthratehasdroppedfrom2.99%ayearbetween1951and1960to1.93%ayearbetween1981to1990,andBrazilianwomennowhaveonly2.7childrenonaverage.Martinesaysthisfiguremayhavefallenstillfurthersince1990,anachievementthatmakesittheenvyofmanyotherThirdWorldcountries.Martineputsitdownto,amongotherthings,soapoperasandinstallmentplansintroducedinthe1970s.Bothplayedanimportant,althoughindirect,roleinloweringthebirthrate.Brazilisoneoftheworld’sbiggestproducersofsoapoperas.Globo,Brazil’smostpopulartelevisionnetwork,showsthreehoursofsoapssixnightsaweek,whilethreeothersshowatleastonehouranight.Mostsoapsarebasedonwealthycharacterslivingthehighlifeinbigcities.“Althoughtheyhaveneverreallytriedtoworkinamessagetowardstheproblemsofreproduction,theydescribemiddleandupperclassvaluesnotmanychildren,differentattitudestowardssex,womenworking,”saysMartine.“Theysentthisimagetoallpartsofbrazilandmadepeopleconsciousofbehaviorandothervalues,whichwereputintoaveryattractivepackage.”Meanwhile,theinstallmentplanstriedtoencouragethepoortobecomeconsumers.“Thisledtoanenormouschangeinconsumptionpatternsandconsumptionwasincompatiblewithunlimitedreproduction.”saysMartine.【小題1】Accordingtothepassage,thetwofactorsthatleadtothesuccessofpopulationcontrolinBrazilare_______________________________________.【小題2】Theunderlinedphrase“putdownto”inparagraph3hastheclosestmeaningto_________________________________.【小題3】WhatmadeBraziltheenvyofmanyotherThirdWorldcountries?_________________________________________________________________【小題4】Whydidtheauthorsaythatsoapoperashelpedinloweringthebirthrate?_________________________________________________________________參考答案：三、閱讀理解18.Somepeoplearelikehomingpigeons:Dropthemoffanywhere,andthey’llfindtheirwayaround.Otherpeople,though,can’ttellwhenthey’reholdingamapupsidedown.Arethedirectionallychallengedjustbadlearners?Notallofyournavigational(導(dǎo)航的)skillsarelearned.Researchshowsthatyoursenseofdirectionisinnate.Aninnateabilityissomethingyouarebornwith.Yourbrainhasspecialnavigationalneurons—head-directioncells,placecells,andgridcells(網(wǎng)格細胞)—andtheyhelpprogramyourinsidecompasswhenyou’rejustababy.In2010,scientistscarriedoutanexperimenttostudybabyrats’neuralactivityintheirbrains.Althoughtheratswerenewborns,theresearchersdiscoveredthattheirhead-directioncells(whichhelpthemrecognizethedirectionthey’refacing)werefullygrownanddeveloped.Therats,itseemed,werebornwithasenseofdirection.Andtheyhadn’tevenopenedtheireyesyet!Humans,ofcourse,arenotrats.Butthehippocampus—thebrainareaweusefornavigation—issimilarinmostmammals.Iftherat’scompassdevelopsthisway,thenit’slikelythatahuman’scompassdoes,too.Ifwe’rebornwithasenseofdirection,thenwhyaresomepeoplesogoodatgettinglost?Thescientistsfoundthatthetwoothercells—placeandgridcells—developedwithinthefirstmonth.Placecellsarethoughttohelpusformamapinourmind,whilegridcellshelpusnavigatenewandunfamiliarplaces.Thetwocellsworktogether,andthat’swherethetroublemightbe.Peoplewhotookpartina2013studyplayedavideogamethatrequiredthemtotravelquicklybetweendifferentplaces.Monitoringtheirbrains,thescientistsfoundthatgridcellshelpedthegamersrecognizewheretheywere—evenwithoutlandmarks.AccordingtoresearcherMichaelKahana,differencesinhowgridcellsworkmayhelpexplainwhysomepeoplehaveabettersenseofdirectionthanothers.32.Whatdidthe2010researchfind? A.Ratshaveanaturalabilitytorecognizedirections. B.Rats’hippocampusisdifferentfromthatofhumans. C.Ratsusuallyfindtheirwaywithoutopeningtheireyes. D.Babyratshaveasmanyhead-directioncellsasgrown-ups.33.Whatdoweknowaboutournavigationalneurons? A.Placecellsletusknowhowtoreadamap. B.Gridcellshelpusreachtheplacewearegoingto. C.Theyhelpususeacompasswhenweloseourway. D.Placeandgridcellsgrow