高三英语第二次月考试题

沈阳铁路实验中学2016—2017学年度上学期第二次月考

高三英语

时间：100分钟 满分：120分

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Uncle Tom gave little Vicki Black a birthday gift one week before her birthday. He told her not to open it until her birthday. She knew her mother wouldn’t tolerate any disrespect to the kind man who helped them out after Vicki’s father passed away. Besides, Vicki didn’t want to get Uncle Tom angry. But little Vicki didn’t want to just hold it and guess what was in it. After all, she looked forward to his coming to show her interesting things, like how to turn an old sock into a doll.

All the day, Vicki couldn’t stop thinking about the gift. While her teacher was giving a lecture, Vicki sat still in her seat, drawing paper dolls inside the box. When school was done, she raced home. Walking into the room, again, she shook the present, but she heard nothing. Holding her breath, she opened the box and looked inside. Seconds later, she cried. When Mrs Black saw the box, she said angrily, “Didn’t I tell you to leave it alone?” Vicki sobbed and said, “Mommy, you don’t understand.”

“Don’t cry to me. You have missed everything now, just because you couldn’t wait, ” Mrs Black accused. “What will Uncle Tom think now?”

“Uncle Tom gave me nothing,”Vicki cried and handed the empty box to her mother. “He played a trick on me.”

Mrs Black said doubtfully, “Uncle Tom is not like that. You must have dropped it.” Vicki kept crying. Only a rapid knock on the door made the house quiet. It was Uncle Tom. He looked at the empty box. “You have already done it? I told you to wait for your birthday.”

“You didn’t give me a gift.” Fresh tears filled her eyes.

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“I try to give you something. I know your birthday is a special day. I tell myself to give you something valuable to last your whole life. I think hard and get an idea to give you an important lesson. If you open it on birthday, I see you learn. Then I will make a big party to celebrate. Maybe next year you listen, and then you will understand the gift better.”

1. We can learn from the text that Vicki_______. A. often received gifts from her father

B. liked and respected Uncle Tom D. expected uncle Tom to give her

C. was sad because of her father’s death something expensive

2. What does the underlined sentence “You have already done it” refer to? A. You have already opened the box. B. You have already guessed the result.

C. You have already realized Uncle Tom’s purpose D. You have already known what the birthday gift was 3. What kind of person is Uncle Tom? A. Mysterious.

B. Humorous.

C. Thoughtful. D. Generous.

4. What did Uncle Tom want to teach Vicki? A. How to respect others. C. How to deal with gifts.

B. The value of a promise. D. The meaning of gifts. B

In the opinion of some people, the most direct, most touching, and easiest way of protecting wild animals, without doubt, is “the rescue of each individual wild animal”. On seeing a recovered bird return to the blue sky, they will feel moved with hot tears in the eyes.

However, what is very easily ignored by them is that the value of protecting each individual wild animal usually does not lie in the individual wild animal itself, but more frequently in the entire species behind each individual . In this aspect, this is different from the rescue of weak individuals in the human society.

There are many differences between animals and human beings. According to biologist Richard Dawkins, the biggest difference possibly lies in that animals are short of social

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culture. But here, the culture refers to “ the behaviour pattern having nothing to do with heredity(遗传), but which may be copied and inherited(继承)”.

Human beings depend on culture for heritage. As time passes by, the culture has been accumulated to distinguish one group from another. Therefore, the protection of culture is important and necessary. However, wild animals depend on genes for heritage, and therefore, it is important and necessary to keep natural genes in existence. As long as wild animals can pass genes down, the entire species survive.

Therefore, wild animals’ value mostly lies in its gene, and the existence of the species is more important. The individual death cannot be avoided, but the gene may exist forever through the gene bank of the species, keeping the species existent.

When we protect wild animal individuals, this is more a measure than a goal. Therefore, the Yellow stone Park has introduced the wolf to control the number of deer and get rid of the old, weak, sick and disabled. Such behavior is beyond imagination among human beings, but in the nature, this is completely normal and reasonable. We often observe wild animals with the judgment that we may have to human beings, ignoring their differences. But if species itself is not in danger, then working hard to protect the individual can do nothing good to the entire species. Of course for other reasons, we still hope to protect these individuals from death, but this does not belong to the narrow sense of animal protection. 5. In the opinion of Richard Dawkins, wild animals are different from human beings because ______.

A. they depend on culture for existence in the world B. they have no behavior pattern related to heredity C. they can copy or inherit something from their parents D. they have poorer social culture than human beings

6. According to the text, how should we protect wild animals?

A. By protecting every wild animal from death. B. By making their natural genes exist forever.

C. By saving weak animal individuals. wild animals.

7. The author uses the example of the Yellowstone Park in order to show ______.

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D. By passing the law to forbid killing

A. protecting wild animal individuals is not a goal B. protecting wild animals is our goal

C. how to kill those old, weak, sick and disabled deer D. how to keep the balance between different species 8. The text is mainly developed by ________. A. giving examples analyzing causes

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Do you think that puppet show(木偶戏) are just for children? In some parts of the world, like Indonesia, a puppet show is an activity enjoyed by people of all ages.

At most puppet shows, the audience sits on one side of the screen and the puppeteer (操纵木偶的人) sits on the other. However, at an Indonesian shadow puppet show, the audience can choose which side to sit on. From out front, audience members see shadows of puppets acting out exciting scenes of romance or battle. These people enjoy the fantasy that “real” events are taking place.

Behind the scenes, it can be fascinating to see a dalang, or puppeteer, in action. The dalang manipulates puppets made of buffalo hide by moving attached rods(棒) of buffalo horn or bamboo. Each of a puppet’s arms and the main part of its body have their own rods, but its legs are rarely moved on their own.

Each puppet has its own voice and its own way of moving. The “good” puppets usually speak calmly and move gracefully.; the “bad” ones have rough voices and move in a funny way. The stories acted out by the puppets are often based on ancient myths or legends. A specially written puppet show might also celebrate a birth, wedding, or harvest. Sometimes a dalang chooses an old story that he thinks is appropriate for the village where the performance will take place. Before the show, he may ask local people about current events in the village and then use the puppet show to illustrate possible solutions to local problems.

The audience of a shadow puppet show expects to settle in for a long evening. A show may start in the later afternoon and not end until four o’clock the next morning! Children and adults alike may fall asleep in the middle of a show and wake up hours later to find

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B. providing explanation C. making comparisons D.