安徽省屯溪第一中学2016届高三上学期第四次（12月）月考英语试题

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A recent video on BuzzFeed, a US social news website, shows a group of 43 arts graduates trying to talk college students 44 repeating their mistakes. Here’s their 45 . Major in science 46 engineering and you will have no trouble finding work; study the humanities（人文）and you’re to 47 . However, a recent study 48 by Pew Research Centre, a US- based nonpartisan think tank(无党派智囊团), 49 the picture.

It found that a third of college graduates who majored in social sciences, arts or education regretted their decision, 50 24 percent of people with science and engineering degrees 51 they had studied something else.

It seems that these students all have regretted their 52 choices. But 53 , when asked what they wish they had done differently in college, “choosing a different major” was not the 54 answer. The most popular answer, given by fifty percent of all respondents, was “ 55 more work experience”.

Choosing a different major was the 56 most popular response, 57 “studying harder” and “looking for work sooner”.

The Atlantic 58 the lesson as follows: “Picking a major with a real-world 59 may be overrated（夸大）, at least as college graduates themselves see it. What students really need is experience putting their knowledge to 60 use while they’re still in school. 41. A. regret 43. A. employed 44. A. into

45. A. summary 46. A. besides 47. A. survive 48. A. made 49. A. describes 50. A. before 51. A. wish 52. A. vital 54. A. wise

B. deny B. clerks B. out of B. or

C. complain C. graduates C. laid-out C. in

D. avoid D. teenagers D. laid-off D. away from D. directions D. without D. accept D. conducted D. complicates D. in case D. suppose D. original D. on the average D. convincing D. studying D. least D. after D. explored D. distribution D. practical

42. A. workmates

B. underemployed B. introduction B. escape B. analyzes B. hope B. personal

C. information C. except C. suffer C. created C. while C. expect C. normal C. top

B. consulted

C. organizes

B. on condition that

53. A. in common 55. A. adding 56. A. fourth 57. A. above 58. A. taught 60. A. particular

B. on the whole B. regrettable B. gaining B. very B. over B. trained B. tradition B. social

C. in addition C. fixing C. third

C. ahead of C. concluded C. preparation C. formal

59. A. application

第II 卷

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第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

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)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Americans, as you may know, have a reputation for being talkative. We tend to have a lot 61. _____(say), and we tend to feel pretty comfortable saying it. Still, there are some taboo topics that even Americans don’t like to discuss. So, when in conversation with a chatty American, try not to bring 62. ______ the following topics.

Money

Money makes the world go round, and Americans are, at times, “all about the Benjamins”--- Benjamin Franklin 63.______ (appear) on Americans’ $100 bill. However, just 64. ______ money’s on your mind doesn’t mean it should be a key part of your conversation. 65._____ is considered rude to ask about someone’s salary, or to discuss other matters of personal finance.

Weight

Americans have famously enormous appetites --- I once went to a French ice cream shop 66.______ the sizes were small, medium, large and American. But discussing someone else’s weight is considered 67._______ (extreme) rude in the United States. A person’s weight is private, and making comments about it is definitely considered 68.______ (polite).

Soccer

First of all: They call it “soccer”, not football. Americans are proud 69.______ their homegrown sports and professional soccer is relatively unpopular. If you want to talk soccer with 70.______ stubborn American sports fan, be prepared to experience a whole lot of resistance to the world’s favorite sport.

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：在错的词下划一横线，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。 Ladies and gentlemen,

Thank you for holding such wonderful party for me before the day of your returning to Australia. I really can’t thank you enough for that you’ve done for me during my visit.

I remembered vividly the day when I arrive here. I was deeply impressed by your kindness or the beautiful scenery of your city. Everything was more awesome than visit the splendid Mount Huang on the third day. And the memory will surely last a lifetime. I’m also glad to have made many friends here, to whom I hope to see again in the future.

I believe this visit will promote friendship and understanding between the Australian and Chinese student. Once again, I want to extend my most sincerely gratitude to all of you.

Thank you!

第二节 书面表达 （满分25分）

你们班要举行一次英语演讲比赛，主题是“Competition and Cooperation”, 请你依据下列要点，给全班同学做个演讲。

要点：1. 竞争普遍存在；

2. 竞争与合作的关系；

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3.竞争与合作的重要性。 注意：1. 词数120 左右；

2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.开头和结尾已经给出， 不计入总词数。 Dear classmates,

I feel greatly honored to give a speech here. My topic is “Competition and Cooperation”. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Thanks for your attention.

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英语答卷 得分：

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第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70.

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）

假如英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号上面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，并在该词空白处写出修改后的词。 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处不计分 Ladies and gentlemen,

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Thank you for holding such wonderful party for me before the day of your returning to Australia. I really can’t thank you enough for that you’ve done for me during my visit.

I remembered vividly the day when I arrive here. I was deeply impressed by your kindness or the beautiful scenery of your city. Everything was more awesome than visit the splendid Mount Huang on the third day. And the memory will surely last a lifetime. I’m also glad to have made many friends here, to whom I hope to see again in the future.

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