高三12 月月考 英语试题
总分 120 分 考试时间 120 分钟
一、阅读理解（共 40 分）
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1．Which course would be helpful for an English beginner?
A．High School ESL. B．General English.
C．Night Classes. D．Academic English.
2．How much will you pay if you spend two weeks taking the Night Classes?
A．360. B．300. C．600. D．240.
3．In which section can we find this passage?
A．Life style. B．Opinion. C．Health. D．Study.
A CV is a sales document; it conveys the information of what you are looking
for and why. Why you are qualified for such work, covering your previous work
experience, education, qualification and interests, so effort should be made to
make CV as clear as possible in order to sell you most effectively for the post
which you are applying for.
Profile
The profile should be a short sentence stating clearly:
What work you are looking for
What you have to offer (Why you are qualified)
I believe in starting the CV with a profile. This explains to the employer what
you are looking for and summarizes all of the attributes ( 特质) that can be found
in detail on the rest of your CV.
The employer knows what they are looking for. If your profile states this in
summary, then you are making their job a lot easier and they are more likely to
put you in the “yes pile, as they quickly check a large volume of CVs.
Work Experience
Work experience should come directly after the profile in reverse
chronological (反向时间 顺序) order. The first thing an employer will look at is
the last job you have had and if you had the relevant experience or achieved
something relevant to the job you are applying for in previous roles.
Education
Education should be also in reverse chronological order.
Other Qualifications
If you have attended any training courses or have industrial qualifications
they should be entered here. Remember this is a sales document list everything
you have done here — sell yourself!
Interests
Qualify you hobbies and interests. Do not mention a thing like I like to go
running without qualifying it as to what has been achieved. For example, it
would be better to say “I am part of the Harriers running club.” or “I recently
completed the Great North Run.
4．If your profile states your attributes in summary, you'll____.
A．make your job a lot easier
B．be sure to persuade the employer
C．be more likely to get the job
D．fail to pass the interview
5．To write a good CV, you have to _______.
A．tell everything you've experienced in detail
B．place the Profile after the Work Experience
C．use only short sentences to express yourself
D．present the relevant facts to the employers
6．Which is the most concerned by the possible employer?
A．Your interests.
B．Your last job.
C．Your training courses.
D．Family background.
Giant pandas (大熊猫) are no longer endangered, Chinese officials have said,
decades of work to save the creatures helped drive their population in the wild up
to 1,800. The species will be listed as vulnerable (易 危 物 种 ), Cui Shuhong,
director of the Department of Natural Ecological Protection of the Ministry of
Ecology and Environment, said at a press conference on Wednesday.
China has spent half a century attempting to boost the population of its
famous animals, creating panda reserves across several mountain ranges in an
effort to save them from extinction. They were taken off the endangered list by
the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in 2016.
Since the 1970s, Chinese officials have worked on a campaign to drive up
their numbers. To prevent habitat loss, officials created specially designed nature
reserves in areas where their main food source, bamboo, is plentiful. In 2017,
China announced plans for a 10,476-square-mile reserve, which is three times the
size of Yellowstone National Park.
China has established a relatively complete nature reserves system, Cui
said on Wednesday as he announced the move. Large areas of natural
ecosystems have been systematically and completely protected, and wildlife
habitats have been effectively improved.
Pandas are known in China as an umbrella species, which means experts
believe measures to protect them would help protect other species, as well as the
larger ecosystem. Cui added that the populations of some other rare and
endangered species are gradually recovering as well. The number of species such
as Siberian tigers, Amur leopards, and Asian elephants has increased
significantly. he said.
7．What has happened to giant pandas?
A．They will never be protected in future.
B．Their nature reserves will decrease sharply.
C．They are not listed as endangered species.
D．They have to face the worsening situations.
8．What’s the meaning of the underlined word “boost” in paragraph 2?
A．Increase. B．Maintain.
C．Cancel. D．Copy.
9．What can we know about an umbrella species?
A．They can improve the production of umbrellas.
B．Protecting it is beneficial to a larger ecosystem.
C．They are not at the top of food chain in nature.
D．Protecting it means endangering other species.
10．Where is the text most probably taken from?
A．A novel. B．A business plan.
C．A guidebook. D．A newspaper.
Say “Sit” to your dog, and he’ll likely sit on the floor. But would he respond
correctly if the word were spoken by a stranger, or someone with a thick accent?
A new study shows he will, suggesting dogs understand spoken words in a clever
and complicated way long thought unique to humans.
Holly Root-Gutteridge, a biologist, and her colleagues ran a test. The
researchers filmed 42 dogs of different breeds as they sat with their owners near
an audio speaker that played noncommand words with similar sounds, such as
“had”, “hid”, and “who’d”. The words were spoken-not by the dog’s owner-but
by several strangers, men and women of different ages and with different accents.
In the video above, the dog Max turns quickly and listens seriously when he
hears a woman say “had” for the first time. But as other women with different
accents repeat the word, he loses interest, indicating he knows they are all saying
the same word. When a speaker says a new word, like “who’d”, Max cheers up
again, but his attention flags when a new voice returns to saying “had”. Together,
these reactions suggest dogs recognize words regardless of the speaker-and that
they don’t need any training to do it, the team reports today in Biology Letters.
“It’s wonderful—and novel—to see research looking at dogs’ reactions to
words that are not commands or requests,” says Alexandra Horowitz, a researcher
at Barnard College in New York City. Because of the nature of the test, however,
the scientists cannot show that the dogs “understood” what the words meant,
Horowitz points out. “But the work clearly demonstrates that dogs are listening to
us,” she says, even when our speech is not about them.
11．What can we learn from this study?
A．Dogs can hear some simple words. B．Dogs can hear words like humans.
C．Dogs cannot understand a stranger. D．Dogs know their owners’
meaning.
12．What do the researchers do for the dogs in the study?
A．Record their sounds. B．Record their reactions.
C．Train their hearing ability. D．Train their learning ability.
13．What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A．The result of the study. B．A dog filmed in the study.
C．An example of the research. D．Different reactions of the dogs.
14．What is Horowitz’s attitude towards the study?
A．Objective. B．Favorable.
C．Opposed. D．Unclear.
二、七选五（共 10 分）
How Sociologists Define Culture
Culture is one of the most important concepts within sociology because
sociologists recognize that it plays a crucial role in our social lives. It is important
for shaping social relationships, maintaining and challenging social order,
determining how we make sense of the world and our place in it, and in shaping
our everyday actions and experiences in society. 15
In brief, sociologists define the non–material aspects of culture as the values
and beliefs, language, communication and practices that are shared in common by
a group of people. Expanding on these categories, culture is made up of our
knowledge, common sense, assumptions and expectations. It is also the rules,
norms, laws and morals that govern society; the words we use as well as how we
speak and write them; and the symbols we use to express meaning, ideas and
concepts. 16 It informs and is encapsulated in how we walk, sit, carry our
bodies and interact with others; how we behave depending on the place, time and
“audience”; and how we express identities of race, class and gender, among
others. Culture includes the collective practices we participate in as well, such as
religious ceremonies, the celebration of secular holidays and attending sporting
events.
17 This aspect of culture includes a wide variety of things, from
buildings, technological gadgets and clothing, to film, music, literature and art,
among others. Aspects of material culture are more commonly referred to as
cultural products.
Sociologists see the two sides of culture—the material and non–material—as
closely connected. Material culture emerges from and is shaped by the non-
material aspects of culture. 18 But it is not a one–way relationship between
material and non–material culture. Material culture can also influence the non-
material aspects of culture. For example, a powerful documentary film might
change people’s attitudes and beliefs. 19 What has come before in terms of
music, film, television and art, for example, influences the values, beliefs and
expectations of those who interact with them, which then, in turn, influence the
creation of additional cultural products.
A．This is why cultural products tend to follow patterns.
B．It is composed of both non-material and material things.
C．Without culture, we would not have relationships or society.
D．Culture is also what we do and how we behave and perform.
E．Material culture is composed of the things that humans make and use.
F．Culture is distinct from social structure and economic aspects of society.
G．In other words, what we value, believe and know influences the things
that we make.
三、完形填空（共 15 分）
Kristall Goytia and Jason Oswald were set to get married in Spring Branch on
March 21. However, COVID-19 forced them to change their 20 . They
made the last-minute decision after it became 21 people weren’t going to
be able to witness the 22 . “It was such a 23 decision to make,”
Goytia said.
The couple 24 everything the Monday before their big day, but at
that point the wedding flowers had already been 25 . So Goytia thought
some of the people most 26 by coronavirus shutdowns could 27
the roses. “These people can’t even see their families right now so we thought
they could use some 28 ,” said Goytia.
The pair spent six hours organizing 800 flowers into bouquets (花束) and,
with the help of community workers, found those who were glad to 29
them. In keeping with the 30 from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, they dropped the flowers off at the front door with staff who then
31 the bouquets. One of the homes, Legacy at Forest Ridge, shared photos of
smiling 32 receiving the flowers on Facebook.
They were surprised after seeing the posted pictures online. “It was an
emotional 33 point for us, because it really attached great 34 to
these elderly people,” Goytia said.
The couple’s wedding date is now August 1.
20．A．schedule B．career C．reputation D．lifetime
21．A．suitable B．generous C．obvious D．elegant
22．A．translation B．ceremony C．application D．conference
23．A．beneficial B．typical C．specific D．hard
24．A．took off B．dropped off C．put off D．split off
25．A．conveyed B．gathered C．constructed D．possessed
26．A．hidden B．caused C．improved D．impacted
27．A．rejected B．enjoy C．abandoned D．share
28．A．cheer B．insurance C．medicine D．rescue
29．A．oppose B．classify C．choke D．accept
30．A．competence B．guidelines C．donations D．deadlines
31．A．circulated B．withdraw C．distributed D．postponed
32．A．authors B．seniors C．doctors D．inventors
33．A．turning B．aggressive C．explicit D．relevant
34．A．notes B．reference C．pictures D．importance
四、用单词的适当形式完成短文（共 15 分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Shanghai Disneyland said on Wednesday it would build the world's first
Zootopia-themed （疯狂动物城为主题）land earlier this year. On Dec. 10, it
started building its Zootopia- themed land, 35 will bring characters（人
物）from the popular animated film（动画片） 36 the park, its operator
said. Zootopia once broke China's box office records and 37 （become）
the country's No. 1 animated film.
It is expected 38 （ be） the first-ever Zootopia-themed land at any
Disney park worldwide, and the 39 （ eight） themed land at Shanghai
Disneyland. The 40 （ develop） of the land follows the success of the
animated film on the Chinese mainland, which made 1. 53 billion yuan in 2016,
until it 41 （top） by Chinese animation Ne Zha in August this year.
The new land aims to provide a life-like animal center with characters in this
movie 42 some other Disney movies, according to the Shanghai Disneyland.
The opening of the center will bring 43 （much） tourism to Shanghai than
before and offer more destinations to 44 （tourist） all over the world.
五、开放性作文（共 15 分）
45．众所周知，学生使用手机越来越普遍，但是学生使用手机的消极作用
也日渐凸显。请你根据所给信息，以 The negative effects of using cellphones
on students 为题目写一篇英语短文：
1.长时间使用手机危害身体健康，特别是视力；
2.依赖打电话、发短信，学生与亲友间很少面对面交流；
3.上课发短信、看视频，学生成绩快速下降；
4.沉迷于玩手机，学生没有时间进行体育锻炼；
5.家长和老师应该适当限制学生使用手机。