湖北省荆门市2019届高三元月调研考试英语试卷（含答案）

荆门市2019年高三年级元月调考

英 语

（考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分 试卷共10页）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5短对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt？

A.￡19.15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15. 答案是 C

1. What food did the woman cook? A. Chinese food. B. Japanese food. C. Thai Food. 2. Where will the speakers meet Sally? A. In the park. B. In the museum. C. At the library. 3. How does the man think of the book? A. Popular. B. Humorous. C. Scientific. 4. What will the woman do this Saturday? A. Attend a concert. B. Go to the park. C. Try the new restaurant. 5. In which year is the man in college now? A. The first year. B. The second year. C. The third year. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6.Why is the boy so excited?

A. He’s passed the driving test. B. He is allowed to drive tonight. C. He’s got a new car. 7.What will the boy do tomorrow afternoon?

A. Have ice cream with Alan. B. Go to play in the band. C. Practice football. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. Why is the man at the shop? A. To order a camera for his wife. B. To have a camera repaired. C. To get a camera changed.

9. What will the man do afterwards? A. Make a phone call. B. Wait until further notice. C. Come again the next day.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10.What is Brad busy doing now? A. Writing a report. B. Copying a report. C. Typing a report. 11.What did people most use the Internet to do in the past? A. Updating their blogs. B. Visiting social networks. C. Getting specific information.

12.Why does Jason do this survey?

A. To work on advertisement. B. To finish a newspaper article.

C. To learn the popularity of the Internet. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the woman doing? A. Hosting a TV show. B. Giving a lecture on poetry. C. Conducting a radio debate.

14. How did the man’s mother contribute to his success in poetry? A. She sent him to poetry classes. B. She taught him to write business plans.

C. She asked him to read from early childhood.

15. What does Steven find the most difficult about writing? A. Finding a proper style.

B. Using the most suitable words. C. Getting good experience.

16.What does the man say about his own writing? A. Creative. B. Successful. C. Encouraging. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What will the visitors do first? A. Have a meal. B. Visit a church. C. Do some shopping. 18. Where is the bank?

A. Beside the cookie shop. B. Next to the snack bar. C. In the main square. 19. What does the speaker say about the snack bar beside the lifts? A. It’s open all day. B. It offers nice food. C. It doesn’t offer much choice. 20. What is Whitmarch? A. A carpet store. B. A bus stop. C. A snack bar.

第二部分 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。

A

What’s best to read this year?

Secrets I Know (Random House Children’s Books, ages 3-7)

This tale written by Kallie George and pictured by Paola Zakimi follows a young girl and her little friend as they move from rain to sunshine, from pleasant loneliness to sweet friendship, and finally from adventures on earth to an exploration of the sky above. The colors of Zakimi’s pencil drawings are calming and George’s poetic text tells her story with simple language. Pandora (Clarion Books, ages 3-7)

The award-winning author Victoria Turnbull tells the story of a little fox Pandora. Pandora lives alone. She makes herself a handsome home, but no one ever comes to visit. Then one day something falls from the sky -- a bird with a broken wing. Little by little, the bird helps Pandora feel less lonely. Turnbull’s watercolor and colored pencil drawings make this story of friendship and growth an atmospheric delight. Prince and Pirate (G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Younger Readers, ages 5-8)

A different kind of friendship is described in this book, by Charlotte Gunnufson with pictures by Mike Lowery.

Prince and Pirate are a pair of mismatched fish put into the same aquarium（水族馆）. At first it seems that they’ll never learn to be friends. It’s only when both take pity on a frightened dogfish that they learn the benefits of cooperation, and soon all three fish become good friends. The Giant Jumperee (Dinal Books, ages 3-5)

The story was written by the award-winning British author Julia Donaldson. When Rabbit hears a loud voice bellowing（吼叫）threateningly from inside a cave, he gathers Cat, Bear and Elephant to help him decide what to do. But it’s Mama Frog who fearlessly confront（s面对）the unknown creature. Helen Oxenbury’s soft watercolors create a beautiful countryside and her characterizations of the animals are impressive. 21. Who pictured the book Pandora? A. Kallie George C. Paola Zakimi A. Pandora

B. Victoria Turnbull D. Charlotte Gunnufson B. Secrets I Know D. The Giant Jumperee

22. Which book tells a story about courage? C. Prince and Pirate

23. What do the four books have in common?

A. Their publishers are the same one. B. Their characters are all animals. C. They all have pencil drawings. D. They are all for younger readers.

B

One evening last summer, when I asked my 17-year-old son, Ray, for help with dinner, his response surprised me, “What’s a colander（漏勺）?” he asked.

I could only blame myself. Nobody’s hands went in the sauce except my own. But that night, as I explained with a touch of panic that a colander is the thing with holes in it, I wondered what else I hadn’t prepared Ray for. I felt confident that I’d raised a self-reliant boy, as we all try to do. But could he boil water? Sew on a button? Wash his clothes without turning them pink? No, no and no. Suddenly it hit me: He’d be leaving the house in a year to attend college. No way was I going to set a spoiled prince into the world.

As parents, while we focus on our child’s confidence and character, we perhaps don’t always consider that we are also raising someone’s future roommate, boyfriend, husband, or father. I wanted to know that I’d raised a boy who would never ask the woman in his life, “What’s for dinner?” So I came up with a plan: I would offer Ray a private home economics course. I was delighted to find that he didn’t say no.

For two hours, three days a week, Ray was all mine. One day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned a chicken for toasting. Then he rolled out the piecrust（馅饼皮）and filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven.

Three of my four grandparents were tailors, so Ray was genetically programmed to quickly master the basics, like mending a split seam or refastening a button. One day we covered Advanced Laundry, in which I taught him never to mix a red sweatshirt with white shirts or put sweaters in the dryer. I knew that he would rather have been shooting hoops in the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother -- he tried to beg off sewing lessons, even though I insisted that one day, someone would find the sight of him fixing his own shirt very attractive -- but it couldn’t be denied that he was learning, and more than just housekeeping. “I appreciate more what you do as a mom,” he told me one day.

Ray now understands the finer points of cooking, and more important, he realizes there’s nothing masculine（男子气的）about being helpless. Not only can he make his own dinner, he can make it for his family, too. That’s what I call a man.

24. Hearing her son’s question, the author felt _______. A. shocked

B. angry

C. disappointed

D. calm

25. We can learn from the text that Ray ________.

A. made great progress in cooking B. preferred sewing to cooking

C. was unwilling to take the course at first D. always thought it attractive to do housework

26. The underlined part “more than just housekeeping” shows that Ray _______. A. fell in love with housework

B. did other work in the house D. began to be more independent

B. Should Boys Be Involved in Housework?

C

Many people may have watched the film “March of the Penguins”, which shows a real group of birds in Antarctica. Imagine a group of fat black and white birds walking in a line. Suddenly, one penguin loses his balance and falls on the ice. Every time penguins fall down, people laugh. The animals are cute!

People like the film very much. So much, in fact, that police in England think that it may be the reason behind a crime. A man went to a zoo in London and stole a baby penguin. Authorities think that the man stole the penguin after seeing the film and believe he wanted to give it away as a Christmas gift.

Michael Gauthier-Clerc, an expert studying penguins, thinks that many people like penguins but some people do not understand them. He told The New York Times newspaper, “People love the penguin’s colors, its way of standing straight upright and the way it walks.”

These things make penguins seem cute to people, but there are good reasons for all of these things. For example, penguins move from side to side when they walk and may seem to be out of balance. But Doctor Gauthier-Clerc says that the penguins waddle to save energy. The penguin’s colour also has a special purpose. It protects the penguins when they are swimming. From below, larger animals cannot see the penguin’s white underside because it looks the same as the bright sky or ice. And from above, other animals cannot see the penguin’s black back against the dark ocean floor.

The penguins’ colors protect them in nature. But scientists have found that some of these physical details also have an effect on humans. They make animals seem cute to people. Scientists believe that humans are very sensitive to things that are cute, such as human baby and even objects that may look like parts of a baby.

Recent studies show that cute images affect the brain in a special way. A study done at the University of Michigan tested young people’s reactions to images. It found that young people believed a message more if the message was joined by a cute picture. The researchers showed the young people two messages. One was a simple anti-smoking message. The other showed a cute animal telling them that smoking was bad. The conclusion turned out that the young people trusted the cute message more than the simple message. 28. In the film “March of the Penguins”, ________. A. a baby penguin is stolen

B. a penguin is sent out as a gift D. penguins have a bad sense of balance

C. penguins are cute and attractive C. acknowledges the author’s efforts

27. What would be the best title for the text? A. Are Women Programmed for Housework?

C. I’m Proud I’ve Raised a Curious Son D. A Present for My Future Daughter-in-law

29. It can be inferred from the passage that _______ .

A. a walking penguin has more energy than a swimming one B. a penguin walks in a funny way to prevent itself from falling C. a shop selling baby products are likely to make more money D. a website with cute pictures may attract more young visitors 30. Scientists have found that the penguins’ color can ________. A. change at different places

B. help them keep warm

D. protect them from being hunted

C. make people have pity on them

31. The study carried out by the University of Michigan shows that _________. A. cute messages mislead people