长阳一中2015--2016学年度第一学期9月考试
高三英语试卷
本卷满分150分 答题时间120分钟
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. How does the woman know about the weather tomorrow?
A. She checked the weather forecast on the Internet.
B. She watched the weather forecast on television.
C. She listened to the weather report on the radio.
2. Who does the woman want to call?
A. Daniel. B. Drake. C. James.
3. When can the man meet Professor White this afternoon?
A. At about 2: 10. B. At about 2: 40. C. At about 3: 20.
4. Where did the man go last weekend?
A. The nature reserve. B. The forest park. C. The beach.
5. How will the speakers go home?
A. By subway. B. By taxi. C. By bus.
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 is the man’s occupation?
A. A doctor. B. A policeman. C. A firefighter.
7. Which of the following subjects is mentioned in the dialogue?
A. Physics. B. Geography.
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C. Architecture.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. When will the plane take off?
A. Before noon. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening.
9. What will Mrs. Jones have?
A. Coffee. B. Cakes. C. Breakfast.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the man consider first when choosing a suitcase?
A. Its brand and material. B. Its size and style. C. Its price and color.
11. Why does the woman recommend the wallet?
A. Because it’s on sale these days.
B. Because it’s made of real leather.
C. Because it’s popular and can be folded.
12. How much will the man pay for what he has bought in total?
A. 580 yuan. B. 620 yuan. C. 700 yuan.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What does NPR refer to?
A. A TV station. B. A newspaper. C. A radio station.
14. Where does the man mostly get the news from?
A. The radio or the newspaper. B. The radio or the Internet.
C. The Internet or the newspaper.
15. Which news is the man most interested in?
A. Sports and economic news. B. Scientific and educational news.
C. Entertainment and social news.
16. Where is Carey now?
A. In Britain. B. In Japan. C. In America.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
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17. When was the Hope Diamond discovered in India?
A. In the 16th century. B. In the 17th century. C. In the 18th century.
18. Who bought the Hope Diamond in 1911?
A. A rich American woman. B. A man called Henry Phillip Hope.
C. A wealthy businessman from France.
19. How is the Hope Diamond being shown in the museum?
A. Without its usual setting. B. On a long diamond chain.
C. Among 16 small diamonds.
20. Why does the museum show the Hope Diamond?
A. To try to sell it to someone. B. To let some experts to assess its value.
C. To mark its fiftieth anniversary in the museum.
第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题两分，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。
A
A tender woman, or an independent one, which one would you prefer? A recent research shows that most people would choose the latter.
This type of woman is called a nühanzi (“tough woman”). Experts believe these characteristics have social and psychological roots among young females in China. Su Hao’s friends all call her a tough woman, because she can finish tough tasks usually carried out by men. For example, she carries 10-litre water to her dormitory on the 5th floor.“I depend on no one but myself,”she says.
According to a recent survey by China Youth Daily, tough women have become rather common in society. Of the 21,265 respondents, 78.5 percent said they are familiar with a tough woman. About 50 percent said they like women with tough characteristics, while less than 29 percent expressed the opposite view. Why are tough women gaining popularity? Shen Meng, a psychological consultant, believes the fierce competition
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in society is contributing to this trend. “Women are often in a disadvantaged position compared to men,” Shen says. “In order to survive, they have to be independent, strong and tough.” Liu Xiaolin, professor of psychology at Wuhan Mental Health Center, believes tough women are brought up this way. They are often on close relationship with their fathers, who teach their daughters to be brave and decisive,” he says. As a result, these women are more likely to be psychologically healthy and more tolerant to stress, according to Liu.
Though Liu believes that this is a good trend, Hu Shenzhi, a psychologist at the Guangdong Sunflower Counseling Center, says the popularity of tough woman indicates an unclear line between gender identities, which can lead to relationship problems. “Some women with characteristics that differ from the traditional female image may have a difficult time finding Mr Right,” he says. “Even if they get married, their manly characteristics might cause family conflicts.
21. Which of the followings does NOT belong to the characteristics of a tough woman?
A. She is soft and tender to others.
B. She is independent of others in daily life.
C. She is more tolerant to stress.
D. She can solve problems usually for men.
22. How many respondents like tough women?
A. about 16,700. B. 21,265.
C. about 6,200 D. about 10,600.
23. What problems may tough women have in their life?
A. It’s difficult for them to be friends.
B. They often suffer gender confusion.
C. They may have difficulty with marriage.
D. They have different characteristics form traditional female images
B
Your glasses may some day replace your smartphone, and some New Yorkers are ready for the switch. Some in the city can’t wait to try them on and use the maps and GPS that the futuristic eyewear is likely to include.
“I’d use it if I were hanging out with friends at 3 a. m. and going to the bar
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and wanted to see what was open,” said Walter Choo, 40, of Fort Greene.
The smartphone-like glasses will likely come out this year and cost between $250 and $600, the Times said, possibly including a variation of augmented (增强的) reality, a technology already available on smartphones and tablets (平板电脑) that overlays information onto the screen about one’s surroundings. So, for example, if you were walking down a street, indicators would pop up showing you the nearest coffee shop or directions could be plotted out and come into view right on the sidewalk in front of you.
“As far as a mainstream consumer product, this just isn’t something anybody needs,” said Sam Biddle, who writes for Gizmodo.com. “We’re accustomed to having one thing in our pocket to do all these things,” he added, “and the average consumer isn’t gonna be able to afford another device that’s hundreds and hundreds of dollars.”
9to5Google publisher Seth Weintraub, who has been reporting on the smartphone-like glasses since late last year, said he is confident that this type of wearable device will eventually be as common as smartphones.
“It’s just like smartphones 10 years ago,” Weintraub said. “A few people started getting emails on their phones, and people thought that was crazy. Same kind of thing. We see people bending their heads to look at their smartphones, and it’s unnatural,” he said. “There’s gonna be improvements to that, and this a step there.”
24. One of the possible functions of the smartphone-like glasses is to .
A. provide information about your surroundings
B. supply you with a picture of the future
C. program the opening hours of a bar
D. update the maps and GPS in your smartphones
25. The underlined phrase “pop up” in the third paragraph probably means “ ”.
A. appear immediately
B. get round quickly
C. develop rapidly
D. go over automatically
26. According to Sam Biddle, the smartphone-like glasses are _______.
A. necessary for teenagers
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B. attractive to New Yorkers
C. available to people worldwide
D. expensive for average consumers
27. We can learn from the last two paragraphs that the smartphone-like glasses .
A. are popular among young adults
B. are as common as smartphones
C. may have a potential market
D. will be improved by a new technology
C
We are all interested in equality, but while some people try to protect the school and examination system in the name of equality, others, still in the name of equality, want only to destroy it．
Any society which is interested in equality of opportunity and standards of achievement must regularly test its pupils．The standards may be changed—no examination is perfect—but to have tests or examinations would mean the end of equality and of standards．There are groups of people who oppose this view and who do not believe either in examinations or in any controls in school or on teachers．This would mean that everything would depend on luck since every pupil would depend on the efficiency, the values and the purpose of each teacher．
Without examinations, employers will look for employees from the highly respected schools and from families known to them －a form of favoritism will replace equality．At the moment, the bright child from an ill-respected school can show certificates to prove he or she is suitable for a job, while the lack of certificate indicates the unsuitability of a dull child attending a well-respected school．This defending of excellence and opportunity would disappear if examinations were taken away, and the bright child from a poor family would be a prisoner of his or her school’s reputation(声誉), unable to compete for employment with the child from the favored school.
The opponents of the examination system suggest that examinations are an evil forc
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e because they show differences between pupils．According to these people, there must be no special, different, academic class．They have even suggested that there should be no form of difference in sport or any other area: all jobs or posts should be filled by unsystematic selection．The selection would be made by people who themselves are probably selected by some computers．
28. The word “favoritism” is used to describe the phenomenon that _____．
A. children from well-respected schools tend to have good jobs
B. bright children also need certificates go get satisfying jobs．
C. poor children with certificates are favored in job markets
D. children attending ordinary schools achieve great success
29. What would happen if exams were taken away according to the author?
A. Schools for bright children would lose their reputation．
B. There would be more opportunities and excellence．
C. Children’s job opportunity would be affected by their school reputation．
D. Children from poor families would be able to change their schools．
30. The opponents of the examination system will agree that _____．
A. computers should be selected to take over many jobs
B. jobs should not be assigned（分配） by systematic selection
C. special classes are necessary to keep the school standards
D. schools with academic subjects should be done away with
31. The passage mainly focuses on _____．
A. examination and equality B. schools and certificates
C. opportunity and employment D. standards and reputation
D
As you are probably aware，the latest job markets news isn’t good：Unemployment is still more than 9 percent，and new job growth has fallen close to zero．That’s bad for the economy，of course．And it may be especially discouraging if you happen to be looking for a job or hoping to change careers right now．But it actually shouldn’t matter to you nearly as much as you think．That’s because job growth numbers don’t matter to job hunters as much as job staff-turnover(人员流动)data．After all，existing jobs open up every day due to promotions，resignations(辞职)，and
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retirements．(Yes，people are retiring even in this economy．)In both good times and bad，staff-turnover creates more openings than economic growth does．Even in June of 2014，when the economy was still booming along，job growth was only 132，000，while staff-turnover was 4.7 million!
And as it turns out，even today—with job growth near zero—over 4 million job hunters are being hired every month．
I don’t mean to imply that overall job growth doesn’t have an impact on one’s ability to land a job．It’s true that if total employment were higher．It would mean more jobs for all of us to choose from(and compete for)．And it's true that there are currently more people applying for each available job opening，regardless of whether it’s a new one or not．
But what often distinguishes those who land jobs from those who don’t is their ability to stay motivated． They’re willing to do the hard work of identifying their valuable skills；be creative about where and how to look；learn how to present themselves to potential employers；and keep going，even after repeated rejections．The Bureau of Labor Statistics data show that 2.7 million people who wanted and were available for work hadn’t hunted for it within the last four weeks and were no longer even classified as unemployed．
So don’t let the headlines fool you into giving up．Four million people get hired every month in the U.S.．You can be one of them.
32．The author tends to believe that high unemployment rate____．
A．takes job opportunities from people
B．prevents many people from changing careers
C．does not mean the U．S. economy is worsening
D．should not stop people from looking for a job
33．What does the author say about overall job growth?
A．It increases people’s confidence in the economy．
B．It doesn’t have much effect on individual job seekers．
C．It gives a ray of hope to the unemployed．
D．It doesn’t mean greater job security for the employed．
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34．What is the key to finding a job according to the author?
A．Education B．Intelligence
C．Experience D．Persistence
35．What do we learn about The Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment data?
A．They clearly indicate how healthy the economy is．
B．They don’t include those who have stopped looking for a job．
C．They provide the public with the latest information．
D．They warn of the structural problems in the economy．
第二节 （共5 小题；每小题2分， 满分10分）
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。
We all get 24 hours in a day. 36 It’s because they know how to optimize(最优化) their day for better performance. There are five things the most productive people are willing to follow and they think they are important.
1. 37
Just take a look at how Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg almost wear the same shirts everyday. They will not waste their willpower(意志力)and time in deciding what clothing to wear. They know it won’t matter in the long term. Focus on the things that will actually help you in the long term as soon as possible.
2. They see the hardest tasks as top priority.
They know their willpower is at it’s highest as soon as they wake up and they use that to their advantage by dealing with the toughest tasks first. Productive people also know that putting off the hardest things for last will become a habit and carry over to other areas of their life. Don’t do the easy things first. 38
3. They see learning how to learn as an important skill to master.
The most productive people know that continual learning is important for their own personal success. Highly productive people take learning a step further and implement(执行) memorization techniques to help them retain more information.
4. They see even the worst days as days to make the right choices.
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Productive people find ways to get their work done regardless of whether they feel like doing it or their circumstances. 39 Highly productive people stay focused on the long term result and not on short-term relief.
5. They see the value in getting help from other people.
40 Bill Gates said he never did anything alone. You can’t do everything yourself. Put as much focus as you can on the high priority tasks that generate the most results.
A. They recognize the limits of their knowledge.
B. Yet some people seem to accomplish so much more.
C. They see the long-term effect of every little thing they do through the day.
D. Save the easy tasks for last when your willpower has gone down and you are tired.
E. The process of getting where you want to be or finishing work will not always be smooth sailing.
F. Highly productive people don’t waste time doing things they could get someone else to do.
G. They see the benefits of thinking deeply and seriously everyday and routine breaks.
第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两小节， 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，从短文后所给各题四个选项（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。
When Benjamin LaBrot was in second grade in Southern California, he told his class that when he grew up, he wanted to be both a doctor and a marine(海洋的)biologist. His teacher told him he had to 41 one, but he was determined to 42 his love of the ocean with his desire to help people.
He started achieving his 43 in junior high school, when he worked on sport and commercial fishing boats and the Marine Science Floating Laboratory vessel (船)as a research diver. This led him to become certified as an emergency medical technician and a scuba dive buddy (伙伴)for divers with paraplegia, quadriplegia (四肢瘫痪)or blindness.
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44 his schooling, he and his peers went on with personal medical missions in the developing countries. After college he moved to Ireland and joined in the global medicine program at the Royal College of Surgeons(爱尔兰皇家外科医学院).
It was on one particular mission to Tanzania in 2006 that he 45 found his calling(天职).With a backpack full of 46 , he set up a clinic under a tree in a lonely and poor village in the Serengeti. A line of 50 patients 47 , all of them with 48 illnesses from tuberculosis to malaria to common colds.
It was not long, however, 49 the supplies in his backpack were used up and the line had only grown longer. 50 and driven to tears by the 51 that he would have to leave patients untreated, he 52 then and there that he would never leave a patient untreated, no matter what the 53 .
In 2008, the group Floating Doctors was established with the 54 to bring medical relief to 55 coastal communities around the world . With the realization that approximately 80 percent of the world’s population live within 5 miles of the coast and that 56 to the poorest communities is often best attained by waterways, the group decided to buy a 76-foot sailboat, called “The Southern Wind.” LaBrot now had “a much bigger backpack” and would never 57 supplies again.
With his sister Sky LaBrot — then a Hollywood restaurant and club opener — and a handful of volunteers， they 58 “The Southern Wind” with 25,000 pounds of medical supplies and set sail for their first medical mission in 2010: Part of the coast of Haiti was affected by the cholera epidemic (传染病)that 59 the tragic earthquake. In roughly three months they set up 35 mobile 60 and treated 2,500 patients.
41.
A. order
B. fetch
C. choose
D. deliver
42.
A. press
B. refuse
C. interrupt
D. combine
A. goals
B. rights
C. signs
D. theories
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43.
44.
A. Throughout
B. Upon
C. Against
D. Below
45.
A. abstractly
B. bravely
C. nervously
D. truly
46.
A. food
B. instruments
C. medicine
D. documents
47.
A. remarked
B. formed
C. complained
D. left
48.
A. various
B. primary
C. active
D. deadly
49.
A. if
B. since
C. unless
D. before
50.
A. Thrilled
B. Curious
C. Heartbroken
D. Confused
51.
A. law
B. reform
C. strength
D. fact
52.
A. decided
B. regretted
C. wondered
D. forgot
53.
A. occupation
B. circumstance
C. tradition
D. secret
54.
A. mission
B. instruction
C. accumulation
D. explanation
55.
A. wealthy
B. lively
C. valid
D. remote
56.
A. risk
B. pride
C. control
D. access
57.
A. hold on to
B. run out of
C. make up for
D. put up with
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58.
A. loaded
B. counted
C. advocated
D. compared
59.
A. broke down
B. appealed to
C. made for
D. resulted from
60.
A. stores
B. restaurants
C. clinics
D. garages
第一节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分， 满分15分）
阅读下面材料， 在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于三个词）或括号内单词的适当形式填空。
As I was making my way to the coffee shop, I noticed an old man 61 was poorly dressed sitting on a bench nearby. I knew from first sight that he was in need of some kind of help. He had a little lunch stretched out in front of him and was wholeheartedly enjoying it.
Then I joined the line and waited 62 (serve). There was a young man in front of me. He handed the waitress a twenty-dollar bill and requested a glass of orange juice as well 63 a favour. The 64 (puzzle) waitress looked at the young man, not 65 (complete) understanding the request.
The young man asked her to give the juice and the change to 66 old man eating his lunch outside on the bench. The waitress said she 67 (give) them to the old man as he had told her to. Afterwards, there was a wonderful exchange between the waitress and the old man in need of some attention. I only wish I had a photo 68 (take) to record the smiles on both of their faces.
As I was thinking about this event later on, I wondered 69 the young man didn’t just perform this act of kindness 70 (he). I suspect that it is because in his heart he hoped that this act of kindness might inspire others to do something for this old man, too.
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题I分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文.
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文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(^)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last Saturday, I went to the museum with some of my classmate. We got up early and started at 8 o’clock. We went there by bike because the museum was only five kilometers away from our school. It was sunny and warm that day.
About 20 minutes late, we arrived at the museum. There were lots of people at the gate, most of whom were students. After wait for ten minutes, the museum opened. Then we entered the museum, in that we saw so much old and interesting things. And there was a guide explaining us those things. We all listened carefully but we learned a lot. I took the number of photos there, and it was really an unforgettably day. The visit to the museum was lasted for about two and a half hours and we benefited a lot from it.
第二节 书面表达 （满分25分）
假如你是王明，将到美国参加一个英语学习俱乐部活动，你要在会上交流自己的英语学习体会。请根据要求写一篇发言稿。内容包括：学习方法、学习收获、学习困难。
注意：
1． 词数 120 个左右；
2． 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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