益阳市箴言中学2016届高三第二次模拟考试
英语试题
时量：120分钟 总分：150分
第I卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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 does the man want to do tonight?
A. Go out to eat. B. Eat at home. C. Learn how to cook.
2. What does the woman most probably think of the man?
A. Naughty. B. Kind-hearted. C. Careless.
3. Why is there no food left in the fridge?
A. Jim ate all the food.
B. Alice took all the food.
C. Jim took all the food to the kitchen.
4. How does Susan probably look now?
A. Pleased. B. Surprised. C. Upset.
5. What does the man’s father want him to be?
A. A musician. B. A doctor. C. A programmer.
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 time is it now?
A. 11:00 am. B. 11:30 am. C. 12:00 noon.
7. Where does the conversation take place?
A. On the train. B. At the train station. C. At the restaurant.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why can’t Adam go boating with the woman tomorrow?
A. He is busy preparing a speech contest.
B. He is taking a vacation in China now.
C. He has to work overtime tomorrow.
9. What will the man do tomorrow?
高三英语试题共8页第2页
A. Read a new book.
B. Write at home all day.
C. Spend an hour in the park.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What was the news about?
A. Jenny’s famous songs.
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B. Jenny’s saving a baby’s life.
C. Jenny’s winning a music contest.
11. How much money did Jenny receive?
A. 2,500 dollars. B. 3,000 dollars. C. 5,000 dollars.
12. What do we know about the woman?
A. She performed at the TV station.
B. She is well known to the public.
C. She is an unknown songwriter.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. In which city did the man live?
A. Shanghai. B. Beijing. C. Wuhan.
14. What was the man’s main reason for going to Los Angeles?
A. To visit his aunt.
B. To visit his grandma.
C. To study English there.
15. What did the man think of the people in Los Angeles?
A. Direct. B. Humorous. C. Rude.
16. Where did the man usually eat when he was in Los Angeles?
A. At restaurants. B. At a university. C. At his aunt’s home.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What inspired the speaker to eat in a more healthy way?
A. A report about Americans’ eating habits.
B. A report about a restaurant owner.
C. A report about fast food restaurants.
18. What do we know about Alice Waters’ restaurant?
A. It is famous in the US.
B. It was started in France.
C. It used to be a fast food restaurant.
19. Where do the vegetables used by Alice Waters’ restaurant come from?
A. Overseas markets. B. Supermarkets. C. Local farms.
20. How much weight has the speaker lost in the past five years?
A. 30 pounds. B. 40 pounds. C. 70 pounds.
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）
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My 18-month-old son, Adam, called from the front door. “Look, Mama! Doggie!” I dropped what I was doing and stuck my head out of the door. Brandy, our next-door neighbor’s 11-year-old dog, was over again. “Go away!” I shouted.
Brandy’s owner had died about a month earlier. The woman’s family had emptied the house and stuck a “For Sale” sign in the front yard, but the family had left old Brandy behind. For weeks, she’d been wandering around the neighborhood.
It wasn’t that I disliked dogs or anything like that. I just didn’t think about them very much. I never had a dog growing up and had never thought to get one.
Brandy went away and I stayed outside with Adam. Then the phone rang. I went inside
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to take the call. When I came back, Adam was gone. I searched the yard, front and back, then the basketball court and public pool. No trace of him. I was so nervous that I ran home and called the police, then my husband.
Police searched the neighborhood. Suddenly I heard another sound: a dog barking. “It’s coming from the woods.” one of my neighbors said. We followed the barking to a wooded cliff (悬崖). There we found my son, and he was just inches away from the edges of the cliff, fast asleep. Brandy was beside him, leaning (倚靠) against him to keep him away from the edge. When I picked Adam up, Brandy sank down on her side, breathing quickly. She must have been holding Adam there for hours!
I thanked the police and brought Adam and Brandy back to our house. She hesitated a moment on our doorstep, no doubt remembering the time I’d driven her away.
“Come on, girl.” I said. “This is your home now.” Brandy stepped in, and once she saw she was really welcome, she relaxed and lay down on the floor just inside the door. She’d done a great thing, and I wondered if she knew it. She’d certainly touched me in a way that no animal ever had. What a pity a dog like Brandy had been left behind!
21. What is the correct order for the events in the story about Brandy?
a. She was left behind by her owner’s family.
b. She stepped into the woman’s house.
c. She appeared at the woman’s front door.
d. She stayed beside the woman’s son for hours.
A. d, a, b, c B. a, c, b, d C. a, c, d, b D. c, d, b, a
22. What did the woman do when she first saw Brandy?
A. She drove her away.
B. She gave her some food.
C. She took her home.
D. She said thank you to her.
23. How were they able to be aware that the woman’s son was near the cliff?
A. By searching the neighborhood.
B. By hearing her son’s crying.
C. By following a dog’s footsteps.
D. By hearing a dog barking.
B
Thousands of taxi drivers in Shenyang, Liaoning province, reportedly blocked streets with their vehicles on Sunday in protest against unlicensed vehicles using taxi-hiring apps (打车软件) and apps-based car rental companies providing passenger services, including high-end cars. Although the drivers also complained about the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy by the government, their main complaint was the loss of business because of the rising number of Internet-based car services companies.
On Wednesday, news reports came that Beijing transport authorities will take measures to stop the illegal “taxi business” of private cars through the newly rising Internet apps, following the footsteps of Shenyang and Nanjing.
It is not yet clear how the Shenyang city government will handle the issue and whether it will declare the services offered by market leaders such as Didi Dache, a taxi-hiring app provider backed by Tencent Holdings, and Kuaidi Dache illegal. But
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Shanghai transport regulators have set a rule, by banning Didi Zhuanche, or car services offered by Didi Dache in December.
Such regulations will cause a setback to the car-hiring companies and investors that are waiting to cash in on the potentially booming business. Just last month, Didi Dache got $700 million in funding from global investors, including Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings, Russian investment company DST Global and Tencent. Besides, the market is uncertain that Kuaidi Dache is about to finalize its latest round of funding after getting $800 million from global investors.
Regulatory uncertainties, however, could cast a shadow on the future of the Internet-based car-hiring services, which have become popular in most of China’s big cities. To be fair, these companies’ business model is anything but bad. For example, Didi Zhuanche works side by side with established car rental companies to provide high-end car service mainly for businesspeople through the Internet and mobile phone apps.
Every link in this business model chain has legal companies and services. Hence, it is hard to define it as illegal and ban it.
24. Why did taxi drivers in Shenyang block the streets with their vehicles?
A. Because they wanted the authority to increase their driving allowances.
B. Because they wanted to be taught how to use the taxi-hiring apps.
C. Because they wanted to appeal to passengers not to hire the private cars.
D. Because they wanted to make their main complaints known to the authority.
25. The author’s attitude to banning internet car-hiring service is______.
A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. unclear
26. Which of the following statements is false according to the passage?
A. App-based car rental is functional to some degree
B. The problem referred to in the passage exists in all cities
C. The government should regulate the app-based car rental market
D. Didi Dache is a China-foreign joint company
27. we can learn from the passage that _____.
A. some international investment companies have strong faith in the future of apps-based car rental companies
B. Shenyang forbade apps-based car rental companies
C. Shanghai is the second city banning Didi Zhuanche
D. it is not difficult to picture the apps-based car rental companies illegal
C
School children are using mobile phone applications to do their homework, which seem to be increasing during summer vacations. But instead of blaming students for their behavior, we should say no to too much homework. This is important because by using mobile phone applications to do their homework, students don't add much to their knowledge, says an article in Guangzhou-based Yangcheng Evening News. Excerpts (摘录):
Using mobile phone applications to do homework is no different from copying from someone else's work. This is the opinion of a vast majority of teachers. Students who seek cell phone apps help to do their homework will pay dearly during major exams when they cannot seek the help of such applications, the teachers say.
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The heavy load of homework Chinese students are burdened with, said to be the heaviest in the world, has led to the popularity of these applications.
Senior high school students in China rarely go to bed before 11 pm. A report in Shanghai published in2013 showed that students in the city on average spend 28.2 hours in class every week, the 9th highest among 65 countries and regions surveyed. Also, they spend an average of 13.8 hours a week doing homework, most in the world.
There is no association between the amount of homework one does and the amount of knowledge one gathers. In fact, a research by Australian experts shows that the result is exactly the opposite: the more hours students spend doing homework, the less effective they will be in gaining knowledge.
The United States is one of the countries where students do little homework, but that has not damaged the country's academic status in the world.
So, it's time Chinese schools understood this fact and freed students of the unnecessary burden of homework.
28. What’s the writer’s attitude toward the students’ using mobile phone applications to do their homework?
A. Understanding B. Supporting C. Scolding D. Praising
29. The cause of the students’ using mobile phone applications to do their homework is______.
A. the heavy burden of homework B. the advance of modern technology
C. the pressure of the students’ parents D. the influence of other countries
30. What does the underlined phrase “pay dearly” mean?
A. be rewarded B. be dismissed C. suffer a lot D. provide much money
31. Which of the following is probably the best title?
A. Stop using mobile phones to do homework.
B. Spend less time to gain much knowledge.
C. Improve China’s academic status in the world.
D. Free kids of the burden of homework.
D
A new pollen (花粉) study showed that drought was responsible for the extinction of civilizations more than 3,000 years ago during the Bronze Age.
The reason behind why the civilizations in and around modern-day Israel suddenly broke down more than 3,000 years ago has remained a mystery up until now. A new pollen study by Tel Aviv University researchers finally solved this Bronze Age mystery.
Prof. Israel Finkelstein showed that owing to serious climate changes, the entire world of the Bronze Age crumbled in a short period of time. The discovery was made on the basis of a high-resolution analysis of pollen grains taken from sediments (沉淀物) beneath the Sea of Galilee and the western shore of the Dead Sea.
Prof. Finkelstein received support from the European Research Council to conduct research aimed at reconstructing ancient Israel. Researchers of the part of the project that dealt with climate change extracted (提取) about 60 feet of samples of
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gray muddy sediment from the center of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel. They had to drill through 1,000 feet of water and into 65 feet of the lake bed and were able to recover evidence dating over the past 9,000 years.
“Pollen is the most enduring organic material in nature,” explained Dr. Dafna Langgut, a pollen researcher who carried out the actual work of sampling. “These grains tell us about the plants that grew near the lake in the past and therefore prove the climatic conditions in the region.”
Researchers noted a sharp decrease in Mediterranean trees like oaks and pines in the Late Bronze Age. According to study experts, this could be because of repeated periods of drought. The droughts may have resulted in long famines, forcing people to migrate from north to south.
32. The underlined word “crumbled” in Paragraph 3 means _____.
A. settled B. disappeared C. established D. changed
33. Prof. Finkelstein conducted the new pollen study to _____.
A. earn some money B. discover the ancient civilizations
C. learn more about local plants D. recreate ancient Israel
34. By conducting the study, scientists found _____.
A. Mediterranean trees were rare in the Early Bronze Age
B. climate change was to blame for the lost civilization
C. people in the Late Bronze Age starved to death
D. droughts were rare during the Bronze Age
35. The text is most probably taken from _____.
A. a newspaper report B. a history textbook
C. a travel magazine D. an agricultural book
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。
What Influences a Person's Self-Esteem(自尊)?
Puberty(青春期） and Development
Some people struggle with their self-esteem and body image when they begin puberty.
36. _________ These changes, combined with wanting to feel accepted by our friends, means it can be tempting to compare ourselves with others. The trouble with that is, not everyone grows or develops at the same time or in the same way.
Media Images and Other Outside Influences
Our early teens are a time when we become more aware of celebrities and media images — as well as how other kids look and how we fit in with others. 37. _________All of this can affect how we feel about ourselves and our bodies even as we grow into our teens.
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Families and Schools
Family life can sometimes influence our body image. 38. _________ Family members might struggle with their own body image or criticize their kids' looks ("why do you wear your hair so long?" or "how come you can't wear pants that fit you?"). This can all influence a person's self-esteem, especially if they're sensitive to others peoples' comments. 39. _________ Although these often come from ignorance, sometimes they can affect body image and self-esteem.
Healthy Self-Esteem
If you have a positive body image, you probably like and accept yourself the way you are, even if you don't fit some media "ideal." This healthy attitude allows you to explore other aspects of growing up, such as developing good friendships, becoming more independent from your parents, and challenging yourself physically and mentally. 40. _________
A. Friendship is an important part of our school life.
B. It’s a time when the body goes through many changes.
C. Some parents might be too focused on looking for a certain way.
D. People may also experience negative comments about the way they look from classmates.
E. We might start to compare ourselves with other people or media images.
F. Teens may experience many problems when growing up.
G. Developing these parts of yourself can help improve your self-esteem.
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）
阅读下面的短文，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。
I began teaching in a university three years ago. I had 41 a long time to learning what to teach. 42 , my university hoped we could learn from experienced professors 43 to teach. My colleagues presented wonderful lectures about the tools they liked to use. I enjoyed their lectures but don’t 44 a thing they said.
At a coffee break during the lecture, 45 myself alone, I turned to a math professor standing nearby, asking him what his 46 teaching tool was. “A cup of coffee.” he said, “As I talk too much and too fast in the classroom, students sometimes have 47 following me. So when I’ve said 48 I want my students to think about, I will 49 and take some coffee. It lets what I have said sink in. “
When he put down his cup, I 50 there was no coffee in it. “My doctor 51 me to stop drinking coffee,” he explained. “So I always use a（n） 52 cup.” I decided to try his 53 in my class.
I took a cup of coffee with me to my next class, which 54 . My pauses for coffee also gave me time to think about what I was going to say next. I began to use my 55 to look around the room to see how my students were 56 to my teaching.
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When I found them absent-minded, I tried to 57 back their attention. When I saw them puzzled over something I had 58 , I gave another example. My lecture became 59 organized, but my students seemed to 60 me better.
41. A. spent B. devoted C. taken D. killed
42. A. However B. Whenever C. Finally D. Therefore
43. A. why B. where C. how D. when
44. A. value B. experience C. promise D. remember
45. A. catching B. putting C. finding D. forgetting
46. A. favorite B. traditional C. common D. curious
47. A. fun B. pleasure C. time D. trouble
48. A. that B. everything C. something D. all
49. A. avoid B. dismiss C. appreciate D. stop
50. A. observed B. noticed C. proved D. remembered
51. A. advised B. offered C. arranged D. appointed
52. A. full B. empty C. clean D. available
53. A. lecture B. cup C. discovery D. idea
54. A. delayed B. helped C. promised D. bargained
55. A. situations B. cases C. pauses D. cups
56. A. reacting B. seeing C. turning D. replying
57. A. put B. take C. bring D. hold
58. A. promised B. explained C. understood D. expected
59. A. more B. least C. most D. less
60. A. understand B. admire C. remember D. observe
第II卷
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第二节 语法填空（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(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Many Chinese people 61.______(begin) going abroad to study and work in the 1970s. Some of 62. _____(they) have not returned. Perhaps they felt that foreign countries offered better opportunities, as well as a salary in foreign currency such as dollars and pounds. 63.______, China’s rapid development and the 64. ______(increase) number of international companies registering to do business in China have led many Chinese living abroad 65. ______(swap) their lives there for 66. ________new life back in China.
These Chinese have come back to China to take advantage 67. _______ new opportunities here. According to the government statistics, more than 130 thousand people came back in China, 68. ______(earn) incomes as senior managers, engineers, business owners, etc. Many of these had benefited from the government’s 69. ______(specially) new policies encouraging people to start their own 70.______(business).
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1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。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。
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删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
In order to encourage the students take outdoor exercise, our school organized a mountain-climbing activity in April 10. Hundreds of us took part in it.
It was a nice day. At 8:00 am, we gathered at the foot of Biyun Mountain and set out for the top in high spirit. All the way we were chatting, singing and laughing, enjoyed the fresh air and the beautiful scenery. When some fall behind, others would come and offer help. About 2 hours later, we all reached top. Bathing in sunshine, we jumped and cheered with joy.
The activity benefited us a lot. Not only did they get us close to nature and give us relaxation from heavily school work, it also promoted the friendship among us. How a wonderful time we had!
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是学生会主席李华，学校安排你给即将到你校任教的外籍教师Tom推荐一名学生帮手（assistant） 。请根据以下要点给他写封推荐信。
1. 欢迎Tom的到来；
2. 推荐李琳为学生帮手（高三年级学生，18岁）；
3. 介绍李琳当帮手的优势（电脑，沟通能力，英语水平）。
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．不要逐句翻译，可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．信件开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Tom,
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英语答案
听力 1-5 BCBCB 6-10 ABACC 11-15 ACBCA 16-20 CBACB
阅读理解21-35 CAD DBBA AACD BDBA
36-40 BECDG
完形填空41-60 BACDC ADCDB ABDBC ACBDA
语法填空61 began 62 them 63 However 64 increasing 65 to swap 66 a 67 of
68 earning 69special 70 businesses
短文改错In order to encourage the students 71to take outdoor exercise, our school organized a mountain-climbing activity 72 on April 10. Hundreds of us took part in it.
It was a nice day. At 8:00 am, we gathered at the foot of Biyun Mountain and set out for the top in high 73. spirits. All the way we were chatting, singing and laughing, 74enjoying the fresh air and the beautiful scenery. When some 75 fell behind, others would come and offer help. About 2 hours later, we all reached the top. 77Bathed in sunshine, we jumped and cheered with joy.
The activity benefited us a lot. Not only did 78.it get us close to nature and give us relaxation from 79 heavy school work, it also promoted the friendship among us. 80 What a wonderful time we had!
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书面表达
Dear Tom,
I’m Li Hua, chairman of the Students’ Union. It’s great to learn that you are coming to teach in our school next semester.
I was asked to write to you, recommending Li Lin, a Senior 3 student, aged 18, to be your assistant. He (She ) is a diligent student, who can use the computer skillfully and has a gift for communicating with others. What’s more, he (she) is expert at spoken English and always ready to help others in need. I am confident that he (she ) can be helpful in your work and life in China. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask me.
Looking forward to your coming soon.
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Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
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