1、吉林省长春市十一中届高三英语上学期月考试题长春市十一高中2015-2016学年度高三上学期阶段性考试英 语 试 题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分，测试时间120分钟。注意事项：1. 答题前, 考生先将自己的姓名、考号填写清楚, 将条形码准确粘 贴在条形码区域内。 2. 选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字迹工整，笔迹清楚。 3. 请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。 4. 保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。 第卷第一部分
2、 听力（120小题）在笔试结束后进行。第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was seven. His food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to
3、bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local specialties（地方特色菜）in Germany, Spain and France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handed frying and baking while mixing drinks f
4、or dozens of friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named Campus Cuisine about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks out of dining-hall fruit. That helped the show become very popular among the students
5、. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the Food Network. Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman
6、s charisma is key.“Food TV isnt about food anymore,” says Flay. “Its about your personality and finding a way to keep peoples eyeballs on your show.” But Lieberman isnt putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen prep
7、aring sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, Lieberman got the job.21. We can learn from the text that Liebermans family _. A. love cooking at home B. have relatives in Europe C. often hold parties
8、 D. own a restaurant22. The Food Network got to know Lieberman _. A. at one of his parties B. from his teachers C. on a television program D. through his taped show 23. What does the underlined word “charisma” in the text refer to?A. A way to show ones achievement. B. A natural ability to attract ot
9、hers. C. Liebermans after-class interest. D. Liebermans fine cooking skill.24. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job?A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen.B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.C. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.D. He was good at using eggs to
10、make sandwiches. BWomen are friendly. But men are more competitive. Why? Researchers have found its all down to the hormone oxytocin (荷尔蒙催生素). Although known as the love hormone, it affects the sexes differently.“ Women tend to be social in their behavior. They often share with others. But men tend
11、to be competitive. They are trying to improve their social status,” said Professor Ryan.Generally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various social situations and our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions (互动) such as falling in love o
12、r giving birth.But in a previous experiment Professor Ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envy.Further researches showed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognize competitive relationships, but in women it raise
13、s the ability to recognize friendship.Professor Ryans recent experiment used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37. Half of the participants received oxytocin. The other half received placebo (安慰剂).After a week, the two groups switched with participants. They went through the same procedure with the other
14、material.Following each treatment, they were shown some video pictures with different social interactions. Then they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questions. The questions were about telling friendship from competition. And their answers should be based on gestures, body
15、language and facial expressions.The results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, mens ability to correctly recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women it was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got better.Professor Ryan thus concluded: “ Our experiment proves
16、that the hormone oxytocin can raise peoples abilities to better distinguish different social interactions. And the behavior differences between men and women are caused by biological factors that are mainly hormonal.”25. What causes men and women to behave differently according to the text? A. Oxyto
17、cin. B. Placebo. C. The gesture. D. The social status.26. What can we learn from Professor Ryans previous experiment?A. Oxytocin affects our behavior in a different way.B. Our body lets out oxytocin when we are deep in love.C. Oxytocin improves our abilities to understand peoples behavior difference
18、s.D. Our body produces oxytocin when we feel unhappy about otherssuccess.27. Why did Professor Ryan conduct the recent experiment? A. To know the differences between friendship and competition.B. To test the effect of oxytocin on the ability to recognize social interactions.C. To know the difference
19、s between friendship and competition.D. To know peoples different abilities to answer questions.28. The author develops the text by _.A. explaining peoples behaviors B. describing his own experiencesC. discussing research experiments D. distinguishing sexual differences CIf doctors want to test you
20、for something, theyll usually take a blood or urine sample (尿样). But wouldnt it be much more convenient if they just asked you to breathe through a special instrument?In fact, your breath can say a lot about you. In traditional Chinese medicine, doctors draw a conclusion about the health state of a
21、patient based on the smell of his or her breath; trained dogs and rats can identify the smells of the breaths of people suffering from certain cancers; traffic police also monitor drivers alcohol consumption by testing their breaths.Just like blood and urine, your breath contains lots of “ metabolit
22、es ” - the waste chemicals that the body produces, which vary from person to person. They are like personal health fingerprints, which is why scientists sometimes call them “ breath prints”, according to Science Daily.Compared to blood or urine testing, breath testing takes only seconds instead of h
23、ours, and it requires neither a needle nor a container to hold the body fluids (体液). This means the test can be taken frequently to better detect early signs of diseases and monitor the progress of a medical treatment.On the other hand, as an identifier, you might think that breaths are not as relia
24、ble as fingerprints since they might change based on what you eat. However, researchers in Zurich, Switzerland mapped 11 healthy volunteers chemical patterns by having them breathe through a special instrument, and they found that each pattern was unique and the patterns didnt change much throughout
25、 the day, reported BBC.“Our goal is to develop breath analysis to the point where it becomes competitive with the established analysis of blood and urine,” said Malcolm Kohler, professor at the University Hospital Zurich.29. According to the text we know that _. A. breath varies from person to perso
26、n based on food B. your breath may give you away if you are not careful C. doctors can test ones breath to find about his illness D. dogs can identify people with certain cancers30. In comparison with blood or urine testing, breath testing is _. A. comfortable and convincing B. traditional and relia
27、ble C. accurate and competitive D. quick and convenient31. What is the authors attitude toward breath testing? A. Doubtful. B. Approving. C. Unconcerned. D. Worried.32. What can we infer from the text? A. Breath testing is reliable and may have a bright future. B. Blood or urine testing will be less
28、 used in medical treatment. C. Doctors have found the best way to detect early signs of diseases. D. Traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular. DEvery year, the fascinating tourist destinations below are attracting travelers from home and abroad to St. Louis, which, founded in 1
29、764 by French traders, today is the fifteenth largest urban area in the United States.American Kennel Club Museum of the DogDog lovers who visit St. Louis wont want to missthis 14,000-square-foot museum.Inside are over 500 paintings, prints, watercolors, and a variety of other dog art objects.The Mu
30、seum is open year round, Tuesday through Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM, and Sunday 1 PM to 5 PM. Admission is $5 for adults,$2.50 for seniors, and $1 for childrenup to 14.Anheuser Busch BreweryThe Anheuser Buxch Brewery tour is not just for beer lovers. The tour includes the historic Brew House. Then the t
31、our continues to the modern Bevo Packaging Plant. The best will be the Budweiser Clydesdale stables. The tours are always free.Gateway ArchDesigned by Eero Sarinen and Hannskari Bandel, it took over two years and 900 tonsof stainless steel to build. It is the tallest of the countrys National Monumen
32、ts. The Arch is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. About one million people per year come to the top of the Arch, where there is an observation platform providing a great view of the city.The St. Louis ZooFirst version of the St. Louis Zoo opened in 1904 at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, but now it has grown into one of the chief zoos in the world. The passenger train takes visitors around th
