2017广东高三下学期人教版高中英语月考试卷

Poorer families often lack _____to a car ，which they would need to drive their children to a more

successful school outside their own district.

A. talent B. concept    C. access      D. affection

 Even though wind，tide，solar and nuclear technologies are regarded as new fuel sources，there is no _____to the oil at present.

A. acquaintance B. adjustment C. advantage       D. alternative

Doctor often advises us to pay more attention to our diets and mental health and to take _____exami­nations.

A. relevant    B. regular      C. adequate  D. accurate

These private schools offer a ( n) _____ schedule for students who may be working or are even in

school at university.

A．abstract   B．admirable       C．distinct    D．flexible

Though sending text messages or writing micro blogs allows us to exchange thoughts，bits and pieces of online connection cannot      for a “ real conversation ”.

A．charge    B．tolerate   C．distinguish     D．substitute

The adults have to work harder than ever to provide for the needs of the children，who cannot     _____to the economy until they are older.

A．appeal     B．contribute       C．donate    D．corespond

Bill Gates was _____the richest man in the world，but he was moved down from the top in 2010 af­ter he decided to give away $ 28billion to good causes.

A.    previously     B. obviously  C. initially      D. genuinely

Electricalproductsnolongerinusecontaindangerousmaterialswhichcanbereleasedintotheenvi- ronment when they are _____.

A.taken apart B. given away     C. fixed up    D. handed over

My classmates were all _____their smartphones during a high school friends meeting，busy taking pictures of their meal and uploading them to their micro blogs.

A.    fed up with    B. exposed to       C. occupied with D. linked to

With some physical training in the morning，even after a couple of days，you will feel energetic，and  _____，you will benefit greatly from your perseverance.

A.    in a way B. on the other hand C. on the whole     D. in the long term

On the first day of the new year，when I went into the bank，the bank person，an elderly gentleman with a white beard，as usual greeted to me politely “Happy New Year. ” He nodded and I sat in front of him.

Minutes passed and 31 _____ happened. Then very 32 _____ I put my form in front of him. He was very busy. After a few minutes he took my form and 33 _____ filling it. After waiting for a few more mi­nutes ，I began to show all signs of being 34 _____ . I asked him if my work was done. The 35 _____ I ut­tered the words，I felt as if a bomb had fallen on him. He 36  _____，“ Nothing is done，it will take time ! ” Just then I saw his morning cup of tea ，which had been 37 _____ there for the last ten minutes，un­touched. The tea had turned almost 38  _____while he was doing his work. Suddenly I felt what this man must be feeling when customers like me come 39 _____ to get their work done. But we do not even feel the need to 40 _____ them for being there.

Very softly I told him，“Sir, you please have your 41 _____ , I am not in a hurry. ” This man，whom I had been seeing for the last few years， 42 _____ looked up at me and for the first time we had 43 _____ contact. I saw a 44 _____ person there，another human being who was as hard-pressed for time as I always am. He was also 45  _____the small things in life like a hot cup of tea or lying in a warm bed for a few more minutes like me.

He gave me a rare smile and said，“ It is a 46 _____ affair with me ； you are not in a hurry but some­body else will be in a hurry. ”

He really 47 _____ my heart with his words. I felt 48 _____ that all this time I thought of him as a ro­bot ，someone who was there for my 49  _____. I promised to be more 50 of people who help me with myworkandbethankfulthattheyarethereforme.

During the early 1980S，I was a sales manager for a large training company. One of my responsibilities was to train people on how to sell

My mother lived near me for nearly 30 years，who has just had a third-grade education. The popula­tion in our area grew sufficiently and the committee members think about building a new church in our neighborhood. They decided to raise the initial capital by selling lottery (彩票）tickets. My mother jumped at the chance to participate. She had no formal training in the art of selling，but that never en­tered her mind. Her plan was simple: talk to as many people as possible about buying tickets and make them feel guilty if they didn’t.

That’s where I came into the picture. She said I was a big shot and that I must know a lot of peo­ple. She gave me 10 booklets of 10 tickets， each one worth one dollar， adding up to a grand total of $ 100. A week later，I showed up with only half of the tickets sold.

“ If only I had more time，I would have been able to sell all these tickets you gave me，” I said to my mother. “I simply didn’t have the time. ”

“ What a load of nonsense! You either do something or you have all the excuses why not，，’ my moth­er shot back. “You made time to go out to dinner ，watch TV ，jog ，go to the movies. What does time have to do with it? Nothing! ” After that blast of the truth，she started to cry. I was defeated. I quickly a­greed to buy the rest of my tickets myself. She stopped crying instantly and said，“ When you want some­thing ，then you do whatever it takes to get the job done ，even cry. ” With a smile she said，“I knew that crying would work with you，and for being so weak with your excuses，here are 10 more books. Now ，go and sell them all. ’，As a sales manager，I paled(苍白)by comparison.

My mother went on to demonstrate that by not making excuses， she could produce outstanding re­sults. She managed to out-sell every other volunteer，14 to 1. She sold 7000 tickets. Her closest chal­lenge came from a neighbor who sold 500.

I learned a new level of distinction between time and results. I had always wanted to have my own business but had kept saying that it wasn’t the right time and I didn’t have the money. But I kept hear­ing my mother’s voice in my mind ： “You either do something that you want or you have all the reasons why you can ’ t. ”

Six months later，I quit my job and started my own business，training people in time management.

51.The author ’ s mother sold tickets to_______.

A.    to keep her from being lonely

B.    to practice the skills of selling

C.    to help her daughter start a busines

D.    to collect money for building a church

52.The author’s mother suddenly cried because_______.

A.    she was defeated by others

B.    she was sad at the bad news

C.    she was eager to get her job done

D.    she was disappointed with her daughter

53.It is implied in the underlined words in the passage_______.

A.    success can only be achieved by action

B.    experience is the best teacher

C.    one is never too old to learn

D.    all is well that ends well

54.  What’s the theme of the passage?

A.    Practice makes perfect.

B.    Rome was not built in a day.

C.    Where there is a  will， there is a way.

D.    Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Teachers say the digital age has had a good influence — and a not-so-good influence — on this gen­eration of American teenagers. More than 2,000 middle and high school teachers took an online survey. Researchers also spoke with teachers in focus groups.

Three-quarters of the teachers said the Internet and digital search tools have had a “mostly positive” effect on their students’ research habits and skills. But 87 percent agreed that these technologies are cre­ating an “easily distracted(分心的）generation” . And 64 percent said the technologies “do more to dis­tract students than to help them academically. ” Many students think doing research now means just doing a quick search on Google.

The Pew Internet Project did the survey with the College Board and the National Writing Project. A majority of the teachers came from Advanced Placement classes，which provide college-level work for high school students.

Judy Buchanan is director of the National Writing Project and a co-author of the report. Ms.

Buchanan says digital research tools are helping students learn more，and learn faster.

“Teachers really like these tools because they are ways to make some of learning exciting and engag­ing. Young people like these tools. And the goal is to really help them become creators of content，and meaningful content，and not just sort of consumers. ”

But one problem the survey found is that many students are lacking in digital literacy. In other words，they trust too much of the information they find on the Internet. Judy Buchanan says these students have not developed the skills they need to judge the quality of online information.

“It’s just a lot to learn about how to distinguish authentic sources. And it’ s something that really has to be taught and paid attention to. It’s like everything else — in a world in which things can happen quickly，you really do need to have a way to step back ，reflect and analyze the information you have. And teachers can do a lot to teach that.，

Another problem the survey found is blamed on something that might not seem like a problem at all ： being able to quickly find information online. Teachers say the result is a reduction in the desire and abil­ity of their students to work hard to find answers. They say students are overly dependent on search en­gines and do not make enough use of printed books or research librarians.

Many teachers are also concerned that the Internet makes it easy for students to copy work done by others instead of using their own abilities.

55.Most teachers who took the online survey thought the internet tools help students in_______.

A.    becoming more independent

B.    being more serious in study

C.    doing a quick search on Google

D.    developing their research ability

56.According to Ms. Buchanan，the survey aims_______.

A.    to help students become more creative

B.    to draw students attention away from the internet

C.    to make people learn the benefits of the internet tools

D.    to persuade students to use traditional ways of research

57.  According to the researchers，which of the following do students lack when facing the internet?

A.    The ability of doing research online.

B.    The interest in using the internet tools.

C．The skills of judging online information．

D．The methods of obtaining online information．

58．Which of the following is the disadvantage of the internet tools?

A．Offering little useful information．

B.    Search engines are very convenient.

C．Making students unwilling to work hard．

D．Making students addicted to online information．

Everyone hates to wait in lines. We get that anxious feeling that our precious life is slipping away while we ’ re doing something so meaningless. But it ’ s not always the length of the wait we find so un- bearable.SomepeoplecampoutsideApplestoresforanentirenightjusttogettheirhandsonthelatest product. But waiting 10 minutes in a grocery store just to buy a drink? Forget it.

Our behavior when waiting is only partly decided by the length of the wait. “Often the psychology of queuing is more important than the statistics of the wait itself，” notes the MIT researcher Richard Larson.

One apparent aspect of queuing psychology is that we get bored when we wait in line. This issue is solved in many ways， from magazines in hospital waiting rooms to mirrors in elevators so that we can check our appearance.

We really hate it when we expect a short wait and then get a long one. But studies show that we are much more patient when we are given an idea of how long we ’ 11 be waiting.

Walt Disney Co knows this better than anyone else. It posts estimated waiting times for attractions in its theme parks. But according to Larson，these times are overestimated so that visitors get to the front of the queue more quickly than they expect. It keeps them happy.

But perhaps the biggest influence on our feelings about waiting in a line has to do with our sense of fairness. When it comes to queues， the universally acknowledged standard is first come， first served. Any departure from this principle is regarded as unfair and can lead to violent queue anger.

You’ve probably experienced mild queue anger yourself in fast food restaurants，watching people in the other line zoom ahead of you，cursing yourself for having chosen the “wrong” line. In order to solve this problem，the serpentine(蛇形）line was invented. The serpentine line guides all customers into one big snaking queue，separated by ropes or barriers. When you reach the head of the queue，you are di­rected to the next available server，or teller，or customs official. The serpentine line isn’t always faster than multi-lines before an array(排）of cash registers. But it offers important comfort： you absolutely never have to see someone arrive after you and get served before you.

In life ，waiting is inevitable. But a better understanding of the psychology of waiting can help make it a bit more bearable. When all else fails，bring a book or a smartphone will also do.

59.In the 1st para ，the author intends to tell us_______.

A.    why people are crazy about Apple ’ S products

B.    people waste their precious time in queuing

C.    waiting time is not the only cause for people’ S hate in queuing

D.    the psychology is the real reason why people hate to wait in lines

60.Walt Disney Co makes people queuing happily by_______.

A.    having people queue in serpentine lines

B.    letting people know how long they will wait exactly

C.    making people queue shorter than they are informed

D.    offering people magazines to read when waiting inlines

61.Serpentine line is invented to_______

A.    make the waiting line move faster

B.    guarantee the first-come-first-served principle

C.    solve the problem of feeling bored in queuing

D.    guide all customers into one big snaking queue

62.The main purpose of the passage is_______.

A.    to explain the advantages of serpentine line

B.    to introduce ways of saving time in queuing

C.    to offer an explanation of the psychology of queuing

D.    to analyze the psychology of people queuing for Apple products

It’ S human to want light and warmth. God’ S first recorded words were “Let there be light”. And night belongs to the dark side. Electricity ’ S triumph over the night keeps us safer as well as busier. We now live in a fast-moving，fully lighted world where night still happens， but is optional to experience. Our all-weather culture has washed out the night. In fact we treat the night like failed daylight.

Yet slowness and silence—the different rhythm of the night—are a necessary correction to the day. I think we should stop being night-resisters，and learn to celebrate the changes of the seasons，and adjust ourselves to autumn and winter ，not just turn up the heating，leave the lights on and complain a lot.

Night and dark are good for us. As the nights grow longer，it’s time to reopen the dreaming space. Have you ever spent an evening without electric light?

We have all experienced negative darkness—those long nights when we can ’ t sleep，and worry a­bout everything, and so we know that “dark time” can seem endlessly long ，compared with daytime. Yet this slowing of time can be the most relaxing and beautiful experience. Spending the evening in candle­light ，and maybe by the fire—without TV—talking，telling stores，we let the lit-up world go by without us ，expand the hours，and change the thoughts and conversations we usually have.

I have noticed that when all the lights are on，people tend to talk about what they are doing—their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight，people start to talk about how they are feeling——their inner lives. They argue less，there are longer pauses.

To sit alone without any electric light is curiously creative. I have my best ideas at dawn or at night­fall ，but not if I switch on the lights.

Fire，dreams， slowness， time， quietness， books， seasons—all these things，which are not really things，but moments of life—take on a different quality at night-time，when the moon reflects the light of the sun，and we have time to reflect what life is to us，knowing that it passes and that every bit of it，in its change and its difference，is the here and now of what we have.

63.Life is too short to be all daylight. Night is not less ； it’s more.By saying the underlined words，the author implies_______.

A.    we need more light to feel safer

B.    it is necessary to turn off the lights

C．it is good to be silent during the day

D．people are often too busy in a noisy world

64.The author claims to _______with lights turned off at night.

A.    have more original ideas   B. be lonely

C.    have a strange feeling       D.feel safer

65.In the second paragraph from bottom the author intends to tell us_______.

A.    night is good time for us to think

B.    time flies and we should treasure it

C.    things take on a different form at night

D.    everything has a different quality in different time

66.  What’ S the best title of the passage?

A.    Light and night.

B.    Why I love the night?

C.    Home for rest and thought.

D.    How to enjoy a different life.

Mr Amabile，a respected business thinker，taught a lot of companies his theories of competitive ad­vantage. Mr Amabile claims that competition can save even America’ S troubled health-care system，the largest in the world. He and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg argue in their book “Redefining Health Care” that competition，properly applied，can fix what troubles this sector(部门）.

That is a daring claim, considering the horrible state of America’ S health-care system. Just consider a few of its failings ： America pays more for health care than most countries，but it still has some 45 mil­lion citizens with no health insurance at all. While a few receive outstanding treatment，most do not. The authors conclude that it is “ on a dangerous path，with a poisonous combination of high costs， uneven quality，frequent errors and limited access to care. ”

The authors offer a package of solutions to fix this mess，and thereby to put the sector on a genuine competitive footing. First，bring the data in the broad daylight. Second，transform competition from the level of doctors and hospitals to the level of medical conditions，which is completely absent. The authors argue that the right evaluation of “value” for the health sector should be how well a patient improves over the entire treatment，and what the cost is for that entire cycle.

If there is a drawback in this book，it is that the authors sometimes appear over-optimistic. They ar­gue ，for example，that their solutions are so reasonable that private clinic could practise them well without waiting for the government to fix its policy mistakes. That seems to be an attractive idea，but it falls into a trap(陷阱）that economists call the fallacy(谬论）of the $20 bill on the street. If there really were easy money on the pavement，surely previous passers-by would have bent over and picked it up by now!

In the same way，if Mr Amabile ’ S prescriptions (处方）are so sensible that companies can make money in the absence of government policy changes，why have they not done so already? One reason may be that they can make more money in the current mess than in a perfectly competitive market.

In the end，though，that is small criticism of a very big book.

67.Mr Amabile argues in his book that_______.

A.    America’s health-care system leaves nothing to be desired

B.    it is no easy task to improve America ’ S health-care system

C.    competition can help improve America’ S health-care system

D.    Americans enjoy one of the best health-care systems in the world

68.It is implied in the 3 rd paragraph that_______.

A.    competition may help improve medical conditions

B.    America ’ S health-care system is under severe competition

C.    there is too much competition among doctors and hospitals

D.    few patients in America have received qualified treatment

69.In the author ’ s opinion，the book cannot be considered perfect in that_______.

A.    the solutions given are impossible to be applied

B.    optimistic thinking often leads to careless judgment

C.    the authors of the book have offered an economic fallacy

D.    companies may make less money in a competitive market

70.The author takes a(n) _______attitude toward the book “Redefining Health Care”.

A. critical       B. positive     C. negative   D. ironic

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Remember one thing ： there is a bright day after every dark night. So no matter how hard your situa­tion is ，stick your chest out, keep your head up and deal with it.

—Tupac Amarn Shakur，American rapper and actor.

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