邵东十中2019届高三第二次月考英语试卷 第卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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 will the woman do next? A. Go on sleeping. B. Go to work.C. Go to a church.2. What will Ashley go to Europe for? A. Study.B. Vacation.C. Business.3. What feather is NOT mentioned about the washing machine? A. Time saving.B. Energy saving.C. Water saving.4. What does the woman think about the mans words? A. She believes it.B. She doubts it.C. She likes it.5. What is the car like? A. Its powerful. B. It looks new. C. It cant be driven anymore.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 are the ingredients of the dumplings? A. Beef and cabbage. B. Pork and cabbage. C. Pork and carrot.7. What does the woman think of the dumplings? A. Very good.B. Disgusting.C. Just so-so.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What was the man supposed to do now? A. Attend a conference. B. Do some sports. C. Go to a birthday party.9. What does the man need the money for? A. Buying himself a cake. B. Buying a new suit. C. Compensating a girl.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Whats the womans job? A. A radio hostess.B. An office clerk.C. A teacher.11. What does “hot-desking” in the office refer to? A. The best location. B. The desks prepared only for the boss. C. A way of co-sharing desks and computers.12. What can we know from this conversation? A. Everyone has their own computer in a “hot-desking” office. B. “Hot desking is more common in big organizations. C. Few people are on leave throughout the year.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where are the speakers? A. In a hotel.B. In a cafe.C. In the mans house.14. Why does NOT the woman want sugar in her tea? A. She doesnt like it. B. She wants to try the original flavor. C. She is on a diet.15. What instrument does the woman play? A. Piano.B. Violin.C. Guitar.16. What do we know about John? A. He is a terrible person B. He promised the woman to give her a chair once. C. He has trouble making up his mind.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What were the earliest form of the blues? A. War songs. B. Work songs.C. Holiday songs.18. What does the name blues come from? A. Happiness and harvest. B. Resentment and sadness. C. Loneliness and sorrow.19. What can we know about Bessie Smith? A. She had made 150 recordings in her life. B. She didnt like to give live performances. C. She died at age 43.20. What caused Bessies death? A. A car accident. B. Gun shot.C. Illness.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 After a cold, wet, boring winter and boring in and out of work, I decided to use my spare time in a more productive way.Having spoken to a very nice lady from my local Volunteer Centre, it was agreed that I should try my hand with a local conversation group.I set out on my motor-car. On the way it rained.Soaking wet, I arrived at the conversation groups headquarters and trudged(跋涉) along the pathway to the front door. The fronts of my trousers steamed as the hot sun started to dry away the contents of the cloudburst.I was greeted by a happy and headed Scottish man in sandals. “lets take a walk round the land we work on,” he said.It was obvious that this band of merry men and women, consisting of professionals, volunteers and unemployed people on the New Deal scheme, got up to all manner of things conversational, environmental, ecological, horticultural, and so on.The land was very vast for a suburban project and everyone seemed in tune with nature and each other. “Sign me up,” I said to the man with the Scottish after our pleasant journey through fields and forests had come to an end.During my time working as a volunteer with the group I helped give career guidance because I had been trained in this field, digging holes, repairing fences, clearing scrubland (灌木丛), cutting riverbanks, mending dams, planting various things and carrying all sorts of strange looking equipment for those more experienced and qualified members.I had a great laugh with the trainers and the people on the New Deal scheme and even learned a thing or two about birds, beetles, ladybirds, spiders and butterflies.21. What was weather like when the author reached the headquarters? A, Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Windy. D. Sunny.22. According to the passage, the headquarters may be _. A. In the city B. Not