湖南省常德市汉寿县第一中学2024-2025学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题

湖南省常德市汉寿县第一中学2024-2025学年高三上学期12月月考英语试题学校:姓名班级考号

一、阅读理解Dubai Aquariumunderwater ZooExperienceYouwill besurprised at the amazingcollection consistingof over140species including300sharks,rays andthe largestcollection ofsand tigersharks in the world.Walk alongthe Rainforest,Rocky Shoreand LivingOcean environmentsat theUnderwater Zooand youwill findyourself facetoface withdangerous piranha,giant catfish,playful otters,a Humboldtpenguin colonyand more.OptionsBasic Pass:With thisbasic pass,youll get access to the Dubai Aquarium andunderwater Zoo.Explorer Pas:If yourelooking to getalittle closerto thesea creatures,then thispass isfor you.（潜水模拟器）Along withthe explorer pass you can alsoget access to thesubmersible simulatoramp;big screentheater and a freeride on the glass-bottom boat.VIP LineBuster:This passincludes allthe benefitsof anexplorerpassanda tour guide.Andyou canget totry yourhand atfish feeding!Timings一一Sunday Wednesday:10:00am11:00pm一Thursday-Saturday:10:00am12:00amPro Tip（套票）.You cansave a lot bybuying acombo ticketThis ticketgives youaccess toUnderseaZoo andAquarium lunnelalongside ticketsto theobservation deckonthe124th floorof theBurjKhalifa.Your governmentID cardhas tobe presentedat theentrance.

1.Which speciesin thezoo hasreached theworlds largestnumberA.Piranha.B.Giant catfish.dog ranin circlesof excitementthat westayed solong in the wild.Weremained in the woods for twohours,asking everyonewe cameacross whetherthey losttheirkeys,but invain.It seemedwe hadto giveup.But mysister wouldnt,saying thatshe justcouldnt stoppicturingthe ownerbrushing asidetall grasseshoping to find thelost keys.How anxiousand upsetthe ownerwouldbe!”I tooka lookatthebunch of keys again and quiteby accident,found thekey fobhad thealarmbutton,“Look!If wepress thealarm button,close enoughof course,we canset offthe ownerscaralarm...”“Thats brilliant.”注意续写词数应为左右

1.150请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答

2.We rushedback toour neighborhood.The dooropened andin frontof usstood an old lady.C.Sand tigersharks.D.Humboldt penguins.

2.Which of the followingis necessaryfor entryA.A basicpass.B.A comboticket.C.A VIPline buster.D.A governmentID card.

3.When canyou visitDubaiAquariumunderwater ZooA.At11:00am onWednesday.B.At3:00pm onThursday.C.At5:00pm onSaturday.D.At9:00am onTuesday.My parentsbought a house inVerona,New Jersey,in1946when I was

5.My sister,Merry,wasborn twoyears later.Our housewas setfar backfrom theroad.It feltsafe andadventurous with a bigback yard andsuburban wildlife.The main attraction for me,by far,was themassive treein thefront yard,（树艺师）which rosehigher thanI couldsee.We calledit Old Oak.An arboristwho checkedOld Oakformy parentsafter thesnowstorm of1947had pronouncedit300years old.Playing beneathOld Oak,my bestfriend,Justine,and Imade toyhorses.From Old Oaks lowestbranch,my dadhung awooden boardon achain fora swing.The backand-forth motionof theswing andrhythmicclicking of the chaincomforted me.Id lieunder thegreen umbrella,admiring OldOaks height—my protector.Time passed.Iwasswinging lessunder the tree andmore onthe dancefloor.Long aftermyfather soldthe house,Merry and I visitedOldOakwhen attendingVerona High reunions.Justine calledlast October.A newowner hadbought theproperty andtaken down thetree.I found（房产）the realestate photo.In frontof thehouse laytwo hugelengths oftrunk.Td haveto actfast togeta piecefor Merryand me.The agentinvolved in the salesaid thathe wouldtry totalk withthe newowner.However,that attemptfailed.Then Iturned toJohn Zelenka,an artfularborist,for help.Fortunately,hesent photosof theremaining trunkpieces,contacted the owner,and suggestedslices formywoodworking hobbyist son inNew Hampshire.On acold Aprilmorning,my husbandand Imet Zelenkato examinethe pieceshed cutaftertransporting thetrunk.I couldntcall Merryfast enough.She wasexcited.Trees giveus suchgifts fromflowersto shade.My relationshipwith OldOak hastaken ona newform.

4.What dowe knowabout OldOakA.It witnessedthe authorsbirth.B.It failedto survivea snowstorm.C.It waslocated atthe sideof aroad.D.It was a tall,centuries-old tree.

5.Why didJustine callthe authorlast OctoberA.To reportan incidentabout OldOak.B.To inquireabout the authors property.C.To recalltheir daysspent underOldOak.D.To inviteher to attend VeronaHighreunions.

6.What canwe inferabout theauthor from the lasttwo paragraphsA.She wasunable tocontact Merry.B.She feltgrateful andcomforted.C.She decided to starta wholenew life.D.She madewooden worksout ofthe piece.

7.What isthe mainidea ofthe textA.A ladygot trunkroots fromher childhoodtree.B.A treeaccompanied twosisters into their adulthood.C.A strongrelationship wasestablished thankstoabackyard.D.A coupleturned theirwoodworking-hobbyistsoninto anarborist.Who made the ABC song Somepeople saya mannamed Charles Bradlee madethe song.He wasthefirst personto sayhe ownedit.That wasin

1834.Bradlee calledthe song“The Schoolmaster”.Aschoolmaster is anoldname fora teacher.No oneknows whereit camefrom.But wedo havesomeclues.Sounds LikeAnother SongTheABC songsounds the same asTwinkle TwinkleLittle Star”.It hasthe sametune,or music.Itsounds like“Baa BaaBlack Sheep”,too.Try singingeach song.Sing theminarow.You canhear fbryourself!The tunewas firstprinted in

1761.It didnthave anywords.No oneknows whowrote it.Later,a womanwrote the words forTwinkle TwinkleLittle Star”.Her namewas Jane Taylor.She livedinEngland.She wrotethewords in

1806.Mozart was a veryfamous composer.He wrotea pieceof musicin

1785.It soundsalotlike the ABC song!We LearnBetter FromSongsWhen the ABC songfirst becamepopular,few childrenwent toschool.Most peopledid not learnhow to read.They didnotlearnhow to write,either.As timewent on,this changed.More peopleneededto knowhow toread andwrite.More childrenstarted learning the ABCsong.It helpedthem rememberthe letters.Why dowe singthe ABCsong Wecould justread itquietly.Or wecould sayit withoutsinging.Why isthe songpartly importantThe answeris relatedto howwe learn.Children havealwaysleaned fromgrown-ups.But200year ago,most peoplecouldnt reador write.Childrenhad to remember things.They couldnot writedown what they learned.They couldnot readabout itlater.So it was importanttoremember.Songs helpedpeople remember.People sangsongs thattold stories.They taughttheir childrenwhat theyknew through songs.today.Most childrenwho learnto speakEnglish willsing it.Then they will remembertheirletters!

8.How isthe passagemainly developedA.By comparing.B.By listingfacts.C.By tellinga story.D.By examiningdifferences.

9.Who madetheABCsongA.CharlesBradleeB.JaneTaylor.C.Mozart.D.No oneknows theanswer exactly.50,no nonereally knowswho madetheABCsong.We doknow thatthis songis popular

10.Which ofthe followingis nottrue about the importanceof songsA.Songs helpchildren remembertheletters.B.Songs toldstories.C.People canteach what they knowto childrenthroughsongs.D.Songs helppeople havea happylife.

11.Why theQuestion WhomadetheABCsong^^is used in thebeginningA.To testthe readers.B.To showthe songis important.C.To introducethe topic.D.To analyzethe causeand effect.The Earthhas justbeen senta message from space.Now peoplearound theworld are trying to一figure outwhatthemessage says.But themessage wasntfrom aliensintelligent creaturesfrom otherpartsoftheuniverse.Instead,its partof a project designed to seehow humansmight reactif wedid getamessage fromaliens.The ideathat theremight bealiens ispopular inbooks andmovies.But sofar,theres beennoknown signthat theyexist.Still,many scientistsbelieve theuniverse islarge enoughthat ifslikely thatotherintelligent creaturescould existsomewhere.A numberof scientistsaretryingtofindvestiges ofsuch creatures.The mostwell-known groupiscalled SETISearch forExtraterrestrial Intelligence.One ofthe bigquestions aboutsuch creaturesis,ifthey existed,would webe ableto communicate with themDaniela dePaulis isan artistwhos workingwithscientists atSETL Shewondered whatwould happenif theEarth actuallyreceived amessage fromspace,How wouldpeople reactWould peoplebe ableto worktogether tofigure outwhatthemessagesaidDaniela dePaulis cameup with aprojectdesignedtotest howhumans reactedto gettingsuch amessage.She callsthe projectA Signin Space.She workedwithagroup ofscientists atSETI tocome upwitha secretmessage.Last Wednesday,the EuropeanSpace AgencysExoMars TraceGas Orbiterspacecraftsent thecoded messageback toEarth fromMars.The signalwas pickedup byseveral radiotelescopesaround theworld.The datathe informationfromthemessage hasnow beenput onthe Internet.Anyone candownloadit andtry tofigure outwhat itmeans.A specialwebsite hasbeen setup forpeople toreporttheir ideasabout themessage,and discussany progressthey makein tryingto translateit.

12.What isthepurpose ofdesigning amessage fromspaceA.To knowhow peoplerespond.B.To letus knowaliens9lifestyle.C.To tellwe haventfound aliens.D.To denythe existenceof aliens.

13.What doestheauthorimply aboutthe presenceof aliensA,It makespeople worried.B.It needsfurther evidences.C.It isan incorrectimagination.D.It bringsconfusions tospace study.

14.What doesthe underlinedword“vestiges“in paragraph3meanA.Signs.B.Groups.C.Homes.D.Records.

15.What canbe inferredaboutthemessagefromMars fromthe lastparagraphA.SETI keepsit abig secret.B.Scientists havetranslated it.C.Everyone hasaccesstoit.D.It isonly studiedby scientists.I justcounted howmany foreign languages Ivestudied sofar inmy lifeand itsbeen twelve!Ialways followmy interestsand findways toput mylanguage learninginto thingsIm alreadyinterested in.I liketoreadblogs inother languages.

16.For themost part,bloggers tendtowritethe sameway theyspeak,so Idont haveto worrymuch aboutadopting strangeterms thatare onlyusedinwriting.Movies arealso areally goodtool,especially ifyoucanfind subtitlesinthe language yourelearning.17theywillstill keepyour brainlistening andreading inthe samelanguage.Music isanother（歌way tostart listeningto thingsin yournew language.Personally,Im sobad atunderstanding lyrics词）even inEnglish,so thisone doesntreally workforme,but Ihave friendswho learna languagethroughlyrics.Games areof coursealso anexcellent wayof studyinga newlanguage.A lotof languagelearningcomputer programsinclude games.Im supercompetitive andif Iplay anyof them,I canbehooked forhours.18When theinitial excitementof learninga newlanguage beginsto fade,it canbe hardto stickwithit.The hardestbit fbrme iswhen Imcomfortable enoughwithalanguage tounderstand mostthings andmakemyself understood.Tm actuallystuck atthis stagein Norwegian.19Ideally Ishould sign up to takea biglanguage exam.Each timeI startgetting self-satisfied,its time totakea newcourse orsignupforonline lessons,or takeup somesort ofchallenge thatwill requireme tolevel upmy skills.

20.The bestlanguage classIve evertaken wasmy beginnersRussian courseat universitywheremy professornever usedany English.It gottothepoint whereI wouldkind ofjust forgetaboutEnglish whilein Russianclass,which helpedmetoreally immersemyself inthe Russianlanguage anddoa wholelot withthe limitedRussian Ihad.A.Thafs reallyuncomfortable.B・It doesntmatter whatlanguages theyretranslated into.C.I alsotry tothink inthelanguageIm learning.D.Its timewell spentif Imlearningthelanguage.E.Computer gamesalways makeme feelworn out.F.They dontalways exactlymatch whatsbeing said.G.I foundthem theperfect learningtool becausetheyre usuallywritten inoral language.

二、完形填空Grandpa Davidlives inthesamehouse hehas livedin forover60years;he21thecompany ofhis dog,Friday.The dogwasaregular22in hishome andyard.During thetime（痴呆）.when Grandpahad Friday,he startedhaving dementiaMy familycame tovisit himevery day,working together to keephim livingindependently and

23.Three yearsago,Friday24We thoughtofways tolet Grandpaknow Fridaywas gone.We evenhad aburial servicefor Fridayinthebackyardwithhim.But onthe25visits,he stillasked aboutFriday.And evenhe26that theneighbors musthave takenhisdog somehow.Grandpa missedFriday somuch,so wedecided todo somethingfor him.Months ago,Aunt Eringot abrilliant ideato handleGrandpas problem.She purchaseda roboticdog fbrhim.The doghassoft furand canmove aroundand bark.To oursurprise,Grandpa quickly27the dogas hisnew Friday.His dementiahas ledto his28on hisnew dogvery much.And hebelieves heisananimal29a robot.Grandpa takesgood careofthe dog.He alwaysshares his30food withFriday,whichhappens tobe eatenby the31cat atnight.And throughoutthe dayand oftenlate atnight,Friday isplacedgently inthe grassso hecan dohis own32Life withFriday hasbeen goodfor Grandpathough hestilldeals with33of dementia.Actually havingthedog”helps him34his attentionand behappy.Our familyisgrateful thata roboticdog hasbrought Grandpacompanionship and

3521.A.suffered B.experienced

22.A.sorrow B.trick

23.A.plainly

24.A.passed away

25.A.daily

26.A.reported

27.A.adapted

28.A.patienceC.enjoyed D.gathered

29.A.other thanC,trouble D.presence

30.A.bigB.luckily C.safely D.freely

31.A.neighborsB.died outC.turned downD.set off

32.A.bestB.weekly C.monthly D.yearly

33.A.pleasuresB.robbed C.complained D.broke

34.A.focusB.titled C.honored D.acceptedB.dependence C.anxiety D.curiosityB.rather thanC,or ratherD.1ess thanB.little C.rich D.ownB.strangers C.doctors D.schoolsB,wonder C.business D.trickB,challenges C.reasons D.changesB.avoid C.pay D.lose

35.A.eagerness B.memory C,freedom D.comfort

三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式1Videos of77-year-old XuXiuzhen,who speaksdifferent languageswith foreignerswhile workingata scenespot sellingwater,postcards andheaddress flowers,have broughther instanttame.Xus village36locate ina populartourist destination.She hasbeen working37atourguide and小贩vendor in Yangshuo since1998,38the areabecame famouswithforeign backpackersand organizedtours.Xu,who droppedout ofjunior schoolinthethird grade,beganto learndifferent languagesin orderto attractmore foreigncustomers.Xu saidshe wouldconvert wordsinany languageinto Chinese39character basedon theirpronunciation andthen memorizethem.Repeating thewordsinher headbefore goingto bedand40immediate afterwaking uphas givenherfluency inbasic conversationswith foreigners,she said.Over thepast twodecades,Xu hastaught herself11foreignlanguages,including English,Spanish,Japanese andKorean.In additionto41make herincredibly popular,her linguisticpowers havemade42easier forhertocommunicatewithforeign tourists.Xu hasalso becomeone ofthe43busy tourguidesinYangshuo.Her reputationdraws alarge crowdof touristsevery day,especially foreignvisitors,who come to meetthe multilingualguide outof44admire.Xu nowowns apopular restaurantand operatesa reputablehotel.More andmore foreigntourists45cometoYangshuo,andIhope theywill feelat homehere withmy help,“she said.

四、书信写作假定你是李华，你的好朋友以前成绩很优秀，但由于骄傲和懒惰，最近他的成绩

46.Peter一落千丈，丧失斗志就此请你用英语给他写一封电子邮件，内容包括进行安慰;

1.给予劝告;

2.表达祝福

3.注意写作词数应为左右;

1.

80.请在答题卡的相应位置作答2Dear Peter,Yours,Li Hua

五、书面表达.阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文47We threewere runningdownthepath,shouting andlaughing whenour dogRubby suddenlystoppedinthedistance.He turnedaround,eyeing us,with histail swingingup anddown.My littlebrother Tobyimmediately spedup andrushed towhere Rubbywas.He bentdown andpickedup somethingand ranback tous.It wasa bunchofkeys.We gatheredinacircle,examining thekeys oneby one,hoping tofindsome usefulinformation aboutits owner.There were3keys,ahousekey,a mail key anda car key anda（吊坠）,unique keyfob verylikely designedspecially.“Gosh,theownermight bein greattrouble.My sistersighed.She wasright.We oncelost ourkeys.Although wehad anextra housekey,it tookour parentsquite along timetogeta newmailkey,let alonetherewasacarkey.Who mighthave lostthemAfter manywild guesses,we finallydrew aconclusion:It mightbelong tosomeone inourneighborhood asonly ourneighbors wanderedintothewoodsfora walk.But itwas stillimpossible tofigureout whoitwas.We hada verybig neighborhood.“The ownermight comeback tolook forthem.^^Toby reminded.So wedecidedtostay wherewe were,keeping awatchful eyeon allpassers-by.Our little。