江西省南昌市高中名校2016届高三12月月考英语试题（含答案）

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One of the most popular pets in the world，the Australian tree frog，is originally a native of Australia，though the pet trade has transported it far and wide．It has successfully adapted to New Zealand and the United States．It’s one of the largest members of its species and can reach up t0 10 centimetres in length．Their．1ife spans(寿命)are also longer than most of their frog cousins and can reach between16 t0 20 years in captivity．In the wild，their lives are smaller due to their natural enemies．

Their skin color ranges anything between light green and dark green，depending on the temperature of the place where they live and the co1or of the environment around where they live,as it’s supposed to make them difficult to be seen by their natural enemies．They come out only at night to hunt，feed and mate．During the day，they find dark，wet areas to sleep in．They aren’t seen at all during the winter． As the Australian tree frog isn’t equipped with teeth．it cannot tear apart its prey(猎物)．It needs to feed on food that can fit in its mouth．Therefore its diet consists of insects，such as spiders，and flies，and small animals， such as other frogs，bats and sometimes even mice．For the smaller prey，they use their sticky tongues to shoot at the close range prey．For larger prey, they attack the prey and force it into their mouths with their hands. They also have some natural enemies that feed on them．

The Australian law protects the tree frog by giving it a protected status The IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature)，however，gives it a“least concern”status．The broad range of habitats(栖息地)that the frog can survive in and its long life ensure that this frog won’t lose population．

This creature is really a very popular pet If you get an Australian green tree frog as a pet，do remember to feed it in proper amounts and let it loose for exercise． 28. What can be the main idea of the passage?

A．How to keep frogs as pets B．Animals unique to Australia C. Facts about the Australian tree frog. D．Why frogs can make good pets? 29. What can we know about the skin color of Australian tree frogs? A. It changes at different times of the day． B. It helps them with their hunting for food． C. It shows what development stage they are in． D. It offers them a certain degree of protection.

30. Paragraph 3 mainly talks about the Australian tree frog’s _____. A. feeding and hunting habits B. natural enemies C. living environments and inhabitats D. survival skills

31.What can we know about the Australian tree frog from the passage? A. There is no law protecting it yet.

B. Its teeth help tear its prey into pieces． C. It sleeps in the daytime and hunts at night．

D. It has been declared an endangered species by the IUCN．

D

A poor set of curtains may not just mean you wake up too early--- they could also make you fat. Sleeping in a room with too much light has been linked to an increased risk of piling on the pounds, a study shows.

Greater exposure to light at night raised bout body mass index and waist size in more than 113,000 women taking part in the British study. The study followed the women for 40 years to identify root causes of

breast cancer. Obesity is a known risk factor for the disease.

“The associations we saw in our study between light exposure at night and obesity are very interesting. We cannot yet tell at this stage what the reason for the associations is, but the results open up an interesting direction for research.” Said Prof. Anthony Swerdlow, from the Institute of Cancer Research. “ One possible explanation is that the light is interrupting the body clock, which stems from our evolutionary past (进化历程). We were active when it was light in the day and restful when it was dark at night. ”

Other research has found the effect of night-time lightning on the body may contribute to unhappy feelings. But it’s too early to suggest that sleeping in the dark will help prevent obesity, a known risk factor for breast cancer. The findings are reported in the American Journal of epidemiology.

Previous research has drawn similar conclusions. A team at Ohio State University examined how night-time light affects weight, body fat and glucose icose intolerance (葡萄糖过敏) in mice. They found that continuing exposure to even a little night-time light caused increases in all three aspects.

Light changes mood, physical strength and even the way we process food in a 24-hour cycle. Artificial light is known to interrupt the body clock by delaying the production of the sleep hormone melatonin(睡眠荷尔蒙退黑激素). So there is no harm in trying to make bedrooms darker.

32. What does the underlined part “piling on the pounds” in the first paragraph mean? A. Putting pounds into a pile. B. Filling in with pounds. C. Making a lot of money. D. Gaining body weight. 33. From the passage, we know that ________.

A. Sleeping in the dark must help prevent obesity B. Lighting at night makes people happy

C. Night-time light may affect human beings and mice D. it is easy for women to become fat and have cancer

34. The most possible cause of the interruption of the body clock is ________. A. The sleep hormone melatonin B. Unhappy feelings C. Man-made light at night D. Glucose intolerance 35. The passage is mainly about_________.

A. The evolutionary past of man B. Obesity and breast cancer

C.Different research and conclusions D. Negative effects of night-time light 第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。 You have some great ideas. But they don’t come out because of what your friends say or because you think that only a few people can be creative genius(天才). And, you, of course, think that you couldn’t be one of them. 36

Anyone who is a creative genius will tell you that creativity is very much like a muscle that needs to be developed. 37 On the other hand, keep working at it, and this skill will soon be ready for action whenever you need it. So how do you develop your own personal style of creative thinking?

You should realize that your brain has a greater capacity (容量) and a higher speed than the world’s biggest and fastest computer. 38 Read, watch and listen to everything around you —good and bad. The more you know, the more you’ll want to know, and the more your brain will be exercised.

Try something new every day. 39 You need to step out of your comfort zone (舒适地带) more and more each day.

Follow these suggestions, and begin thinking beyond your \ 40 Who knows, your idea might be the next great idea to change the world. A. But actually, this is not true at all.

B. Your constructive ideas should be accepted by others.

C. So it’s important to get as much information as you can every day. D. You’ll soon have a life full of interesting and exciting adventures.

E. A good social environment can influence your creative thinking positively. F. Let your experiences show you more about the world and people around you.

G. If you don’t learn how to develop creative thinking, this skill, just like a muscle, will become poor and useless.

第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

第II卷

注意事项：用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

“Tell me the story of me, Momma,” my daughter always 41 when we snuggled(依偎) into my great-grandmother’s rocking chair at the end of the day.

“The first time I saw your beautiful face, it was 42 covered by a blue-and-white hat, 43 by a pale blue blanket. All I could see were two pleasantly fat cheeks and a little nose. The nurse 44 a tiny girl to me, and I was so 45 because you felt so light. I thought that if I opened the 46 , I’d find no baby there at all, only air.”

In that instant, I became a 47 . I was all alone in a cold room with a stone floor, four thousand miles from home. There was no crying husband----just the two of us. But that moment was just as 48 . From that moment, she was my daughter in every way that 49. I 50 my life to a woman I’ve never met. Her sacrifice gave me all I could ever 51 , and it was her difficult decision ---- her 52 and her pain ---- that is the foundation on which I’ve 53 this life I love.

As my daughter grows, she’ll understand that sometimes life is a 54 , and you never know who in this world will hand you your baton(接力棒). It could be someone you’ve never 55 , someone who lives a world away, someone you’ll never be able to 56 for giving you the life you always wanted 57 never dared to imagine you’d have.

I believe the true gifts of our lives come from the most 58 of sources. If we go forward bravely with our 59 open, we will always be in the right place to receive 60 . 41. A. reminds B. signs C. asks D. cares 42. A. nearly B. hardly C. heavily D. sharply 43. A. supported B. surrounded C. interrupted D. treated 44. A. selected B. returned C. introduced D. handed 45. A. satisfied B. delighted C. surprised D. ashamed 46. A. bag B. case C.hat D. blanket 47. A. nurse B. mother C. wife D. doctor 48. A. special B. strange C. nervous D. confident

49. A. mattered B. functioned C. existed D. declared 50. A. devote B. spare C.owe D. contribute 51. A. get through B. settle down C. turn in D. ask for 52. A. smile B. tears C. laughter D. happiness 53. A. cost B. paid C. built D. dreamed 54. A. battle B. competition C. game D. relay 55. A. met B. missed C. bothered D. trusted 56. A. request B. resist C. repay D. replace 57. A. or B. but C. and D. for 58. A. interesting B. unnecessary C. unlikely D. important 59. A. hearts B. eyes C. brains D. arms 60. A. it B. this C. that D. them 第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的的正确形式。

Sometimes I go for days without listening to music. But _____I finally do listen to a complete song, or a brief tune I like, I realize that I _____(miss) a lot.

I have an IPod, but I don’t like listening to ____ on my way to work, since I have to turn it up so loud to drown out the metro( 地铁)，which isn’t very good _____ my poor eardrums(耳膜). When I do take the time to listen to music, hours go by without my realizing, _______(particular) when I come across projects like Playing for Change.

I came across this video at the Christmas party we held in our apartment last year. It’s from Playing for Change, _____ multimedia movement created to inspire, connect, ____ bring peace to the world through music.

The idea for this project arose from the belief ____ music has the power to break down boundaries and overcome distances. Regardless ______ geographic, political, economic, spiritual or ideological backgrounds people come from , music has the power to transcend(超越)and unite them. And with this truth firmly ______ (fix) in our minds, we set out to share it with the world. 第四部分 写作 (共两节， 满分 35分)

第一节 短文改错 (共10小题； 每小题1分， 满分10 分)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文， 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加: 在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除: 把多余的词用斜线( \\ )划掉。

修改: 在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意: 1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。 Smile is a magic language that everyone can easily understand whenever he or she comes from. Smile is as the golden sunshine that brings warmth to people and makes him happy. Smile is shortest distance between people and it is a good way to show off friendliness to others. More important, smile conveyed a kind of positive energy to people. When you are happy, smile brightens your face. When you feel frustrating, you should also smile to cheer yourself up. Smile can give you