桂林十八中2015届高三第一次月考英语试题试卷(3)

thrived as people could still afford it. Then in the 1950s television arrived and popcorn consumption decreased. People stayed home and stopped going to the theatre. But the link between movies and popcorn had already existed.  Soon people began making popcorn at home on the stove and, later，microwave popcorn was introduced. Today the movies have regained popularity and popcorn has once again become the favorite. 
32. Popcorn was first planted in________. 
A. China               B. America           C. India          D. Mexico
33. Why does the corn kernel pop when heated?
A. Because it is covered with soft starch.         B. Because the pressure inside is too big. 
C. Because the starch becomes bigger in size.     D. Because there is water inside the kernel. 
34. We can know from the passage that________. 
A. popcorn began to be farmed in the late 1800s   
B. popcorn was only a kind of food in the 1500s 
C. hot dogs used to be sold by street sellers   
D. people stop eating popcorn while watching movies now 
35. The underlined word “thrived” in the fifth paragraph probably means “________”. 
A. started to disappear   B. was seriously affected   C. suffered a lot     D. developed very well
第二节    （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）  （注：本题为新课改内容）
     根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, red?   36   Do you prefer greys and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist. At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings.     37   . If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.
  38    A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.   39   . A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides(自杀) than any other bridge in the area---until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue.
  40   . It is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or grey.
A. On the other hand, black is depressing.
B. They tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favorite color as grow up --- we are born with our preference.
C. The rooms are painted in different colors as you like.
D. If you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.
E. Light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.
F. Life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colors.
G. Colors do influence our moods---there is no doubt about it
第三部分    英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节    完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）  
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead. 
I don't remember when it first started  41  me -----her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did make me annoyed, for they felt work - worn and  42  against my young skin．Finally, one night, I shouted at her: ―Don’t do that any more –your  43  are too rough! She didn’t say anything in  44  . But never again did my mother close out my day with that  45  expression of her love． 
Time after time, with the  46  years, my thoughts returned to that night. I'm not a little girl any more．Mom is in her mid - seventies, and those hands I  47  thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my  48  .
Now, my own children are  49  . Mom no longer has Dad. It was late on that Thanksgiving Eve, as I went to sleep in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand  50  before stealing across my face to brush the  51  from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so  52  touched my brow. In my  53   , thousands of times, I  54  the night my young voice complained.  55  Mom’s hand in my hand, I said how  56  I was for that night. I thought she'd remember, as I did, 57 Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and    58  —long ago. 
That night, I fell asleep with a new  59  for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the  60  I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found． 
41．A. surprising          B. hurting            C. annoying            D. amazing 
42．A. rough             B. gentle             C. smooth              D. strong 
43．A. noises             B. words             C. hands              D. feelings
44．A. anger             B. silence             C. fear               D. reply