发布时间 : 星期二 文章山西省山大附中2015届高三12月月考英语试题及答案更新完毕开始阅读405d2050162ded630b1c59eef8c75fbfc67d9407
山西大学附中
2014～2015学年第一学期高三12月月考
英语试题
（满分：150分，测试时间：120分钟）
【试卷综评】试卷以新课标为指导，从学什么，考什么的原则出发，遵循“题在书中”，既重基础又注重综合能力的提高。本套试卷具有很好的区分度，即全面考查考生的基础知识与技能，又考查学生分析问题，解决问题的能力，测试效果较为明显。阅读理解中的推理判断题，主旨大意题仍然是学生的薄弱环节，应重点练习。做完型填空时，注意整体上把握文章大意。书面表达以半开放式作文形式出现，即给出一定的提示内容，又要考生根据提示内容进行适当的发挥，从而有效考查考生的书面表达能力；总之，本次期中试卷难度适中，是一份质量较高的试卷。
第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：（共15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中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
【题文】A
“Mum, what does it mean when someone tells you that they have a skeleton（骨骼）in the closet（衣橱）?” Jessica asked. “A skeleton in the closet?” her mother paused thoughtfully. “Well, it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else know about. For example, if in the past, someone in Dad’s family had been arrested for stealing a horse, it would be ‘a skeleton in his family’s closet’. He really wouldn’t want any neighbor to know about it.”
“Why pick on my family?” Jessica’s father said with anger. “Your family history isn’t so good, you know. Wasn’t your great-great-grandfather a prisoner who was transported to Australia for his crimes?” “Yes, but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners.” “Gosh, sorry I asked. I think I understand now,” Jessica cut in before things grew worse.
After dinner, the house was very quiet. Jessica’s parents were still quite angry with each other. Her mother was ironing clothes and every now and then she glared at her husband, who hid behind his newspaper pretending to read. When she finished, she gathered the freshly pressed clothes in her arms and walked to Jessica’s closet. Just as she opened the door and reached in to hang a skirt, a bony arm stuck out from the dark depths and a bundle of white bones fell to the floor. Jessica’s
mother sank in a faint（晕倒）, waking only when Jessica put a cold, wet cloth on her forehead. She looked up to see the worried faces of her husband and daughter.
“What happened? Where am I?” she asked. “You just destroyed the school’s skeleton, Mum,” explained Jessica. “I brought it home to help me with my health project. I meant to tell you, but it seemed that as soon as I mentioned skeletons and closets, it caused a problem between you and Dad.” Jessica looked in amazement as her parents began to laugh madly. “They’re both crazy,” she thought.
1. According to Jessica’s mother, “a skeleton in the closet” means ______. A. a family honor
B. a family story C. a family secret D. a family treasure
2. What can we learn about some Australians’ ancestors from Paragraph 2? A. They were brought to Australia as prisoners. B. They were the earliest people living in Australia. C. They were involved in some crimes in Australia. D. They were not regarded as criminals in their days.
3.Jessica’s parents laughed madly at the end of the story probably because ______. A. they were crazy
B. they were over excited
C. they realized their misunderstanding D. they both thought they had won the quarrel 【答案】【知识点】C2 故事类
【文章综述】文章是读者介绍了英语习语have a skeleton（骨骼）in the closet的含义和由此引发的一个笑话 【答案解析】
1.C语义猜测 根据第一段母亲所说的话“it’s something that you would rather not have anyone else to know about”“它是一件你不希望其他人所知道的事情”，选择C
2.A 细节推断 由第二段”Yes，but people these days say that you are not a real Australian unless your ancestors arrived as prisoners”，“如今的人们说如果你的祖先不是以囚犯的身份到达澳大利亚的话，那么你就不是一个真正的澳大利亚人。”,故选A项。 3.C 推理题。通读全文说明父母误解了她的意思，故选C项。
【题文】B
An African-born British scientist received an environment research prize for showing how
bees can be used to reduce conflict between people and elephants. Lucy King's work proved that beehive (蜂房）\of bees, which can bite them inside their long noses, and flee when they hear buzzing (蜂鸣声).
Dr King's work offers an intelligent solution to an age-old challenge, while providing further confirmation of the importance of bees to people and a really clever way of preserving the world's largest land animal for current and future generations. Working in Kenya, Dr King and her team showed that more than 90% of elephants will flee when they hear the sounds of buzzing bees. Afterwards, they also found that elephants produce a special sound to warn their fellows of the danger. They used the findings to construct barriers where beehives are woven into a fence, keeping the elephants away from places where people live and grow food.
A two-year project involving 34 farms showed that elephants trying to go through the fences would shake them, disturbing the bees. Later, the fences were adopted by farming communities in three Kenyan districts , who also made increased amounts of money from selling honey.
As Africa's population grows, competition for space between people and elephants is becoming more serious, and there are fatalities on both sides. The same is true in parts of Asia. Sri Lanka alone sees the deaths of an estimated 60 people and 200 elephants each year from conflict.
Lucy King now wants to see whether the Kenyan technique will work in other parts of Africa and perhaps, eventually, in Asia.
4. Dr King's solution is described as “intelligent” because_____________. A. it successfully keeps elephants out of African farmers' fields
B. the fences were adopted by farming communities in three Kenyan districts C. more than 90％ of elephants flee when they hear the sounds of buzzing bees D. it protects crops, produces honey and preserves the elephant at the same time 5. Which of the following orders of events correctly shows how Dr King’s project works? ①Beehive fences are built around a farm. ②Elephants hear the buzzing and run away. ③Bees are disturbed and fly out of the beehives. ④Elephants trying to enter the farm shake the fences. A. ①→②→③→④ C. ④→③→②→①
B. ①→④→③→② D. ①→②→④→③
6. The underlined word “fatalities” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to__________. A. deaths
B. communities C. population D. fences
【答案】【知识点】C8 科普知识类
【文章综述】本文讲述了非洲出生的英籍科学家Dr King，因其研究——如何运用密蜂来减少人与大象之间的冲突，而获得环境研究大奖 【答案解析】
4.D细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“Dr King’s work offers an intelligent solution to an ageold challenge，while providing furtherconfirmation of the importance of bees to people and a really clever way of preserving the world’s largest land animal for current and future generations.”可知，Dr King提出的解决办法既考虑到了保护大象——这一最大的陆地动物现有的数量和后代的繁殖，又确保了蜜蜂对人类的重要性。这就是Dr King的聪明之处，因而获得大奖,故选D项。
5.B推理判断题。通读全文可知，Dr king先是通过把蜂房建立在农场附近，使大象试着去破坏蜂房，蜜蜂被打扰到后就会飞走并发出蜂鸣声，而大象听到声音就会逃离，这样一个过程来完成他的计划的，故选B项。
6.A词义猜测题。根据文章倒数第二段内容可知，人与大象之间对于生存空间的争夺越来越激烈，这就导致人与大象均造成不同程度的伤亡。亚洲和斯里兰卡均报道过相关的死亡事件。因此，此处的fatalities指的就是死亡，故选A项。
【题文】C
Well, parents, surprise! Lots of us are using Twitter and Facebook to find rides, and not just to school. It’s awkward to be refused when you call a friend and ask for a ride. But with Twitter, you just tweet (贴子,留言) and look for other people heading the same way.
It may sound risky, but many teens stay within their own social circles to find rides, and don’t branch out beyond friends when asking on Twitter just like me, but to some young people, especially those taking longer trips, stranger danger is less of a concern.
“I think the digital connection of young people is really key, because younger generations grew up sharing things online, sharing files, photos, music, etc, so they have been very used to sharing,” said Juliet Schor, a sociology professor at Boston College.
The sharing economy got big during the recession（经济衰退）, allowing people to access more goods and services using technology and even to share cost. And that technology, for me, is what the car was for my mom, a gateway to more freedom.