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1、 - 1 - 福建省莆田第九中学福建省莆田第九中学 2019 2019 届高三上学期第二次月考届高三上学期第二次月考 英语试题英语试题 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 3 30 0 分） 第一节 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 does the woman think of the movie? A. Its amusing. B. Its exciting. C. Its disappointing.

2、 2. How will Susan spend most of her time in France? A. Traveling around. B. Studying at a school. C. Looking after her aunt. 3. What are the speakers talking about? A. Going out. B. Ordering drinks. C. Preparing for a party. 4. Where are the speakers? A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a boo

3、kstore. 5. What is the man going to do? A. Go on the Internet. B. Make a phone call. C. Take a train trip. 第二节 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。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，各小题将给出 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、7 题。 6. What is the woman looking for? A. An informati

4、on office. B. A police station. C. A shoe repair shop. 7. What is the Town Guide according to the man? A. A brochure. B. A newspaper. C. A map. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What does the man say about the restaurant? A. Its the biggest one around. B. It offers many tasty dishes. C. Its famous for its seaf

5、ood. 9. What will the woman probably order? A. Fried fish. B. Roast chicken. C. Beef steak. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. Where will Mr. White be at 11 oclock? A. At the office. B. At the airport. C. At the restaurant. 11. What will Mr. White probably do at one in the afternoon? A. Receive a guest. B.

6、 Have a meeting. C. Read a report. 12. When will Miss Wilson see Mr. White? - 2 - A. At lunch time. B. Late in the afternoon. C. The next morning. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Why is Bill going to Germany? A. To work on a project. B. To study German. C. To start a new company. 14. What did the woman

7、dislike about Germany? A. The weather. B. The food. C. The schools. 15. What does Bill hope to do about his family? A. Bring them to Germany. B. Leave them in England. C.Visit them in a few months. 16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Fellow-travelers. B. Colleagues. C. Cla

8、ssmates. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. When did it rain last time in Jurez? A. Three days ago. B. A month ago. C. A year ago. 18. What season is it now in Jurez? A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. 19. What are the elderly advised to do? A. Take a walk in the afternoon. B. Keep their homes cool. C. Drin

9、k plenty of water. 20. What is the speaker doing? A. Hosting a radio program. B. Conducting a seminar. C. Forecasting the weather. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，每小题 2 分，满分 40 分） 第一节 （共 15 小题；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 （A、 B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Flying can be fun and exciting, no matter what you choos

10、e to do. But have you ever thought about what happens on the plane? Here are some of the most interesting things that happen. Do planes drop human waste while in flight? When you flush （冲）a toilet on a plane at an altitude of 30,000 feet, there must be a question in your mind: “Is this about to land

11、 on a farmers house?” Take it easy. A planes toilets cannot be emptied in the sky. The waste is stored in tanks on board and can only be operated by the ground crew. However, why is news like “blue ice falling out of a plane” reported? Is blue - 3 - ice human waste? Stories about blue ice are true b

12、ut rarely happen. The FAA said some toilet holding tanks have a blue chemical in them. If a tank leaks high in the air, the water freezes once it hits the outside air, and melts before it lands on the ground. Is turbulence (颠簸) dangerous? Its scary, uncomfortable and spills your drink. But is turbul

13、ence something you really need to worry about? Absolutely not. Its part of flying, and it isnt dangerous. Turbulence is caused when two masses of air hit one another at different speeds. Wind, thunderstorms and closeness to mountains are all possible reasons. Despite how dangerous it feels, turbulen

14、ce wont crash your plane. Even in extremely rough air, the wing is not going to break off. Why are plane windows round? If you have traveled by plane before, you may have noticed that every plane window has a round design. This isnt to make the plane look good. Its for the safety of everyone on boar

15、d. As the airplane flies higher and higher, the outside atmospheric pressure gets lower and lower. In the end, the pressure inside the plane becomes greater than the pressure outside. At this time, windows that can resist pressure are needed. Square windows can crack. The different pressure inside a

16、nd outside put stress on the right angles. However, rounded corners help to reduce these stresses by spreading them around the window. 21. It can be learned from the passage that . A. passengers waste falls onto the land directly B. blue ice frequently falls out of planes C. blue ice from a plane is

17、 a great safety threat D. passengers waste is dealt with on the ground 22. According to the passage, turbulence . A. is very dangerous B. seldom happens during flying - 4 - C. may crash a plane D. can be caused for many reasons 23. The plane window has a round design for the purpose of . A. economy

18、B. security C. beauty D. convenience 24. The passage is meant to . A. tell us some interesting facts about flying B. inform us of flying safety tips C. warn us of the danger of flying D. introduce us the design of a plane B Times are a little tough at our house right now. Neither of us makes a lot o

19、f money, but years of experience have taught us how to walk between the raindrops and make it from one month to the next with a fair amount of grace. I cook a lot at home, more when were facing difficult times. When I know that I have to keep us fed on not much money, I fall back on my grandmothers

20、recipes. She taught me to cook. When I was a kid, my twin brother and I spent long summer weeks and Christmas vacations with my mothers parents in the mountains of North Carolina. Rather than go hunting with my grandfather on mornings, I found myself more and more in the kitchen with my grandmother,

21、 watching her making a lemon cheese pie with her soft hands. My great-grandmother died when my grandmother was 11 years old. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to take on all of the housework while attending school. Throughout the Great Depression, she learned how to make a little food go a lo

22、ng way. Vegetables were cheap, so she cooked a lot of them, mostly only using small amounts of meat for seasoning. Roast beef was a twice-a-month luxury, but there was nothing she couldnt do with a chicken, every part of it. Nothing went to waste. Now I understand that her food was sacred (神圣的). I f

23、eel connected to my grandmother and to hundreds of years of family when Im in my kitchen making country food. In the delicious smells is a long tale of victory over hard times, of conquering starvation of not just surviving, but finding joy and pleasure in every meal of every day. - 5 - From grandmo

24、ther I learned to take real satisfaction in feeding people. My grandmother would beam with pleasure over a heavily laden table and say: “Do you know what this would cost at the restaurant?” I never knew what restaurant in particular she had in mind, but I knew that the question was totally not fair,

25、 because no restaurant anywhere can cook like a grandmother. But now, thanks to her guidance and years of practice, I can. 25. According to the passage, the author cooks a lot at home because . A. she wants to try out her grandmothers recipes B. she is quite particular about food C. the food in restaurants is unhea