厦门第一中学2017届高三12月月考英语试题（考试时间120分钟，满分150分） 2016-12第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
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。
1. What’s the relationship between the speakers?A. Secretary and bossB. Old friendsC. Husband and wife2. What is the woman’s reaction to the hotel?A. She is indifferent to itB. She is interested in itC. She is against it3. What does the man imply?A. He didn’t go to the jeweler’sB. He was too busy to fix the watchC. He doesn’t know how to get to the jeweler’s4. Who will smoke the cigarettes?A. The man’s wifeB. The manC. The woman5. How often will the woman take the medicine?A. Twice a dayB. Three times a dayC. Four times a day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，并标在试卷的相应位置。
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至8题。
6. What is the woman?A. A reporter and columnistB. A columnistC. A reporter7. Why does the woman come to the man?A. She wants to interview him on somethingB. She wants to say “Hello” to himC. She just drops in on him8. What is the man probably expert at?A. News reportsB. ForestryC. Edition听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
9. Why couldn’t the man sleep last night?A. Martin was too noisyB. He quarreled with someoneC. He was too worried10. Who ought to cook tonight?A. The womanB. The manC. Martin11. What doe we know about Martin?A. He’s a house builderB. He’s the man’s roommateC. He’s the woman’s boyfriend听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. Who is the woman?A. A new university studentB. An assistant professorC. A professor13. How many hours of lessons does the man suggest a week?A. 4B. 12C. 1414. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Take algebra(代数)B. Take a testC. Take geometry(几何)听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15. Why is the woman unhappy?A. The apartment needs a lot of repair workB. The apartment is too far from the campusC. She’s having trouble with the owner of the apartment16. What are the woman and her roommate planning to do?A. To talk to Ms. ConnorsB. To find another apartmentC. To ask the man to repair the dishwasher17. Why does the woman think the man can help her?A. He had the same problemB. he has some knowledge of the lawC. He can bring a lawsuit(诉讼)against the owner听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Who is the speaker talking to?A. Art lovers B .Photographers C. University students19. What is Dr. Wilson busy doing now?A. Taking photographs for a newspaperB. Teaching painting in a universityC. Writing a book about art20. What can be expected in Dr. Wilson’s talk?A. The 19th century paintings and present-day artB. Her experiences in European countriesC. Lifestyle in Italy in the 19th century第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，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。
ALake Forest High School ClubsEnvironmental ClubClub members are provided with opportunities to realize their goals of environmental service. The majority of projects are student-initiated. Last year’s activitiesincluded: the LFHS Courtyard Garden upkeep, Bike to School Day with free cocoa and snacks, an “eat local” 100-mile dinner, recycling solutions for LFHS, beach clean-up though the Great Lakes Alliance, and Earth Week celebrations.Meetings: First Friday of the month in Room 5 at 7:00 a. m.Advisors:Ms. Mary Beth Nawor, mnawor@Peer TutoringStudents volunteer to help fellow students in improving their academic and organizational skills. Students tutor LFHS and middle school students on an individually scheduled basis. LFHS tutors must have proficiency（精通）in the academic area in which they wish to tutor, but middle school tutors only need general academic proficiency.Meetings:All tutoring is done on an individually scheduled basis.Advisor: Ms. Kathy O’Hara,kohara@Young IdeaYoung Idea is LFHS’s art and literary maga zine. Students of all ages who love writing and art are encouraged to become part of the staff of this award-winning magazine. Young Idea encourages all students to submit art and literature to the magazine, whether they are a part of the staff or not. From September to February, Young Idea meets on Thursdays after school in the Public Room to discuss the pieces that have been submitted to the magazine and provide feedback for the authors.Meetings: See above explanation.Advisors: Ms. Debbie Zare, dzare@Scout BuddiesScout Buddies is a friendship club which helps build friendships among individuals with and without disabilities. Club members participate in a variety of social activities both within the school and in the community. Activities include organizing holiday parties in the school, bowling, going to movies, and eating out in local restaurants.Meetings:Monthly meeting dates vary, but in Room 134.Advisor:Ms. Donna Lovitsch, dlovitsch@21. Which club provides help for students poor in study?A. Environmental ClubB. Peer TutoringC. Young IdeaD. Scout Buddies22. When is the staff of Young Idea most likely to meet?A. 6: 30 p. m., August 11, ThursdayB. 7:00 p. m., September 23, FridayC. 7:30 a. m.. November 17, ThursdayD. 6:00 p. m., January 5, Thursday23. What is the requirement for students to join a certain club?A. They are required to have a bike to join Environmental ClubB. They need to be academically proficient to join Peer TutoringC. They need to win a literary award to join Yong IdeaD. They need to be athletic to join Scout Buddies.BShowers can be relaxing. You can hum a song, daydream or think about nothing, leaving the real world behind you. But did you know that showering can also benefit your mind?A research by Scott Barry Kaufman, a psychologist from Yale University in the US interviewed over 3,000 people around the world. It turned out that nearly two-thirds of the interviewees said they had experienced new ideas in the shower and were more likely to have them in the shower than at work. So why does a simple shower have such magic power? Science can explain it.Showering can help to raise our level of dopamine, a hormone closely related to our creativity. “People vary in terms of their level of creativity according to the activity of dopamine”, explained Alice Flaherty, a famous American neuroscientist.“Taking a warm shower can make us feel relaxed and therefore make the dopamine level rise and bring 'Aha!' moment to us.”Besides the chemical changes, showering may give you a break from what you feel you have been stuck with. Especially when you have thought hard all day about a problem, jumping into the shower can keep you from the outside world so that you can focus on your inner feelings and memories. In this way, according to American psychologist Shelley H. Carson,author of Your Creative Brain, “a showering hour may turn into an ‘incubation (孵化) p eriod’ for your ideas.”Showering allows us to enjoy the creative juices of our minds, but it needn't just be the bathroom where you get your inspiration. For instance, Gertrude Stein, a female American writer and poet, got new ideas by driving around a farm and stopping at different cows until she found the one that most inspired her. So try to create your own way to free your mind, whether it's a walk near the ocean, a country drive or reading a book at home.24. According to the article, what can showering bring around?A. A terrible moment to us.B. Increasing level of dopamine.C. Boredom or tiredness.D. A better understanding of the world25. If one has focused on something all day, showering can help _______.A. turn one’s attention inwardsB. draw one’s attention to the outside worldC. one make an important breakthroughD. many chemical changes to take place26. The example of Gertrude Stein in the last paragraph is used to _______.A. encourage readers to find their own ways of getting inspirationB. point out to readers that it's hard to find inspirationC. explain how to link inspiration with readers’ daily livesD. show that creativity often comes from strange places27. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage?A. The Magic Power Of ShoweringB. How to Take a Relaxing ShowerC. Showering or CreatingD. To Shower or Not to ShowerCNo woman can be too rich or too thin. This saying represents much of the strange spirit of our times. Being thin is assumed as such a virtue.The problem with such a view is that some people actually attempt to live by it. I myself have fantasies of slipping into narrow designer clothes. Consequently, I have been on adiet for the better --or worse-- part of my life. Being rich wouldn't be bad either, but that won’t happen unless an unknown relative dies suddenly in some distant land, leaving me millions of dollars.Where did we go off the track? When did eating butter become a sin, and a little bit of extra flesh unappealing, if not unpleasant? All religions have certain days when people stop from eating and overeating is one of Christianity's seven deadly sins. However, until quite recently, most people had a problem getting enough to eat. In some religious groups, wealth was a symbol of probable high morals, and fatness a sign of wealth and well-being.Today the opposite is true. We have shifted to thinness as our new mark of virtue. The result is that being fat -- or even only somewhat overweight -- is bad because it implies a lack of moral strength.Our obsession（迷恋）with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweight people than ever before, and that in many cases, being overweight correlates with an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. These diseases, however, may have as much to do with our way of life and our high-fat diets as with excess weight. And the associated risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more of a dietary problem -- too much fat and a lack of fiber -- than a weight problem.The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but that we neither exercise enough nor eat well. Exercise is necessary for strong bones and both heart and lung health.A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention to weight. Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually dangerous if those who get (or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be pure vain glory.28. In the eyes of the author, an odd phenomenon nowadays is that_________.A. looking slim is a symbol of having a large fortuneB. being thin is viewed as a much-desired qualityC. fat people are subject to health problemsD. religious people are not necessarily virtuous29. According to the passage, people’s views on body weight__________.A. remain the same in spite of the change of timesB. vary in different religious beliefsC. result in different religious beliefsD. have changed greatly over time30. Which of the following statements would the author agree?A. No woman can be too rich or too thinB. Eating butter is a sinC. Diseases have much to do with our way of lifeD. Cancer in the digestive system results from a weight problem31. What's the author's advice to women who are absorbed in the idea of thinness?A. They should rid themselves of fantasies about designer clothes.B. They should be more watchful for fatal diseases.C. They should gain weight to look healthy.D. They should be more concerned with their overall life style.DYou ask me what is poverty? Listen to me. Here I am, dirty, smelly and with no "proper" underwear on and with the stench of my rotting teeth near you. I will tell you. Listen to me, listen without pity. I cannot use your pity. Listen with understanding. Put yourself in my dirty, worn out, ill-fitting shoes, and hear me.Poverty is getting up every morning from a dirt and illness - stained mattress. The sheets have long since been used for diapers. Poverty is living in a smell that never leaves. This is a smell of urine, sour milk, and spoiling food sometimes joined with the strong smell of long - cooked onions. It is the smell of the outdoor privy(厕所). It is the smell of young children who cannot walk the long dark way in the night. It is the smell of the mattresses where years of "accidents" have happened. It is the smell of the milk which has gone sour because the refrigerator long has not worked, and it costs money to get it fixed.It is the smell of rotting garbage. I could bury it, but where is the shovel? Shovels cost money.Poverty is being tired. I have always been tired. They told me at the hospital when the last baby came that I had chronic anemia caused from poor diet, a bad case of worms, and that I need a corrective operation. I listened politely--the poor are always polite. The poor always listen. They don’t sa y there is no money for iron pills or better food, or warm medicine. The idea of an operation is frightening and costs so much that, if I have dared, I would have laughed.Poverty is looking into a black future. Your children won’t play with my boys. They will turn to other boys who steal to get what they want. I can already see them behind the bars of their prison instead of behind the bars of my poverty. Or they will turn to the freedom of alcohol or drugs, and find themselves enslaved. And my daughter? At best, there is for her a life like mine.Poverty is an acid that drips on pride until all pride is worn away. Poverty is a chisel(凿子)that chips on honor until honor is worn away. Some of you say that you would do something in my situation, and maybe you would, for the first week or the first month, but for year after year after year?I have come out of my despair to tell you this. Remember I did not come from another place or another time. Others like me are all around you. Look at us with an angry heart, anger that will help you help me. Anger that will let you tell of me. The poor are always silent. Can you be silent, too?32. The primary emotion conveyed by the speaker in this passage is:A. jealousyB. discouragementC. terrorD. hopelessness33. It can be safely concluded from the passage that the speaker thinks ______.A. the rich people are to blame for her povertyB. her sons must choose between a life of crime and a life of povertyC. poverty means more than lack of moneyD. nobody can help her out of poverty34. By saying “the poor always listen” and “the poor are always silent”, the speaker is implying that poor people________.A. feel threatened by authorityB. cannot express themselves properlyC. suffer from helplessnessD. don’t want to offend other people35. The main intention of the speaker in this passage is to ________.A. convey information about poverty to the audienceB. arouse the audience’s action on povertyC. define poverty for the audienceD. describe real difference between the rich and the poor第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案；选项中有两项为多余选项。