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江西省五市八校2016届高三第二次联考英语试卷
时长：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. When did Sue leave home?
A. At 4:30. B. At 5:00. C. At 5:15.
2. What does the man prefer?
A. Foreign languages. B. Science. C. Politics.
3. What will the weather probably be like over the weekend?
A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Snowy.
4. Where are the speakers?
A. On a train. B. On a ship. C. In a hotel.
5. What has the woman been doing?
A. Traveling. B. Exercising. C. Relaxing just a bit.
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 does the woman say about the boy?
A. He did a very poor job.
B. He did a better job this time.
C. He didn’t try as hard as he could.
7. Who are the speakers?
A. Boss and employee. B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. When does the conversation probably take place?
A. At the end of a term.
B. In the middle of a semester.
C. At the beginning of a school year.
9. What do we know about the man?
A. He is deciding between two places.
B. He has been to Australia before.
C. He likes diving in the ocean.
10. What do the woman’s parents care about?
A. Money.
B. Holiday activities.
C. Spending time together with their family.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What has the woman been studying?
A. International culture. B. Business management. C. English writing.
12. How many books can the woman borrow in all?
A. Twelve. B. Ten. C. Eight.
13. What will the woman do next?
A. Take an exam. B. Have a class. C. Go to the man’s office.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Who were arguing last night?
A. The speakers. B. Two strangers. C. The speaker’s neighbors.
15. When was the man woken up?
A. At 2:00 a.m. B. At 3:00 a.m. C. At 4:00 a.m.
16. What is the woman’s new routine?
A. Having a cup of coffee every day.
B. Drinking some soy milk every morning.
C. Doing some exercise every morning.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What will take place in the main theater next week?
A. Some professors will give lectures there.
B. A student film festival will be held there.
C. There will be an art exhibition there.
18. What is the collection in the Picture Gallery about?
A. Life of local artists.
B. History of the university.
C. Students’ social activities.
19. What will the audience visit next?
A. A museum.
B. An art gallery.
C. The entertainment building.
20. How soon will everyone meet again?
A. In half an hour. B. In an hour. C. In an hour and a half .
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节，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
Many little girls like flowers, watching butterflies and riding small horses. A lot of them also like cars, robots and spaceships. But most girls’ clothing only has pictures of flowers, butterflies or horses.
Two mothers decided to make clothes that include all the things that little girls do and love.
Six-year-old Bella loves to play with cars. So her dress has pictures of cars on it.
“We haven’t found this type of dress in the store,” Cathy, Bella’s mother, says.
The car dress is from a new girl’s clothing line called Princess Awesome. Rebecca Melsky set up the business. She says its products for girls have some designs normally found on boys’ clothes.
It all started two years ago when Rebecca was hoping to buy clothing for her two-year-old, who liked robots, trucks and spaceships.
“One day when I walked through a girls’ store, I thought to myself I wish they’d make one of those beautiful dresses that also have a robot on it because she will love that. And I thought someone should do that. Maybe I should do that,” Rebecca, said.
Her friend Eva St. Clair believed she should, and their business was born. The women sold the first 70 dresses they made at a market. So they decided to expand their business online. Their products sold very well there, too.
“They sold out so fast that I could not make them fast enough. We decided it was time to think about a factory,” Rebecca said.
So they started to raise money from people over the Internet. The women raised more than ＄215,000 within days, far more than the ＄35,000 they expected.
“Our biggest challenge is going to be how we expand as rapidly as people seem to want us to,” Rebecca said.
The women hope Princess Awesome will expand into products for girls of all ages and all interests.
21. Princess Awesome was started .
A. by Cathy and Rebecca B. because of six-year-old Bella
C. with the help of a girls’ store D. to make unusual clothing for girls
22. The dresses made by Rebecca and her friend .
A. sold better online than at the market
B. helped them get a job in a factory
C. were popular among girls
D. were sold expensively
23. What is the most difficult thing Rebecca and her friend will face?
A. Meeting the needs of all girls.
B. How to make interesting products.
C. Raising enough money for their business.
D. How to expand their business as people expected.
B
Anna Schiferl hadn’t even got out of bed when she reached for her cell phone and typed a text to her mom, one recent Saturday. Mon was right downstairs in the kitchen. The text? Anna wanted an egg for breakfast. Soon after, Joanna Schiferl called, “If you want to talk to me, Anna, come downstairs and see me!” Anna laughs about it now. “I was kind of being lazy,” she admits.
These days, many people with cell phones prefer texting to a phone call. And that’s creating a communication divide, of sorts—the talkers vs. the texters. Some would argue that it’s no big deal. But many experts say the most successful communicators will, of course, have the competence to do both. And they fear that more of us are unable to have—or at least are avoiding—the traditional face–to–face conversations.
Many professors say it is not common to see students outside of class. “I sit in my office hours lonely now because if my students have a question, they email me, often late at night,” says Renee Houston, a professor at the University of Puget Sound in Washington state. “And they never call.”
As Anna sees it: “There are people you’ll text, but won’t call. It’s just a way to stay in touch with each other.” Some believe that scores of texts each day keep people more connected. “The problem is that the conversation isn’t very deep,” says Joseph Grenny, co-author of the book Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High.
“The problem has been there since we’ve had telephones—probably since the time of a telegraph,” Grenny says. Texting is just the latest way to do that. Though they may not always be so good at deep conversations themselves, Grenny suggests that parents model the behavior for their children and put down their own cell phones. He says that they also should set limits, as Anna’s mom did when she made the “no texting to people in the same house” rule.
24. According to Paragraph 1, Joanna .
A. was very strict with her daughter
B. did not know how to use a cell phone
C. was angry that her daughter got up late
D. did not have any breakfast that morning
25. The underlined word “competence” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.
A. chance B. ability C. courage D. patience
26. In Joseph Grenny’s opinion, .
A. cell phones make people lonelier
B. telephones help people communicate clearly
C. texting helps people have deeper conversations
D. talking should be encouraged instead of texting
27. What would be the best title for the text?
A. Why is communication important? B. How does texting affect kids at school?
C. Is texting ruining the art of conversation? D. How can we avoid one-sided conversations?
C
Eco-friendly Car Racer
Can you image a car racer is so eco-friendly that its tyres are made from potatoes, its body is created from hemp (大麻) and rapeseed oil and it runs on fuel made from wheat and sugar beet? The one-seater racing car called Eco One is built by experts from Warwick University, who hope that Eco One will be adopted by the automotive industry. It is sold at $ 51,000.
Pollution-sensitive Dress
Don’t be caught outside unaware of pollution levels in the air. The pollution-sensitive EPA Dress by Stephanie Sandstrom notices pollution in the air accordingly. This dress – which is actually quite pretty – looks like you pull it from the bottom of the dirty laundry pile when the air is dirty. It might protect your health by advising you to stay indoors for the day, but it won’t do you any favor if you’re meeting with clients.
Eco-friendly Umbrella
Traditional umbrellas come with a fixed surface. Although it is changeable, you cannot replace it easily. This eco-friendly design is more flexible. It is actually only an umbrella skeleton without any surface, which can be folded, so you can put anything such as newspapers, plastic bags or whatever you want to serve as the protecting surface.
Eco-friendly Moss (苔藓) Carpet
It is said that walking on fresh grass increases your blood circulation. The Moss Carpet, created by Nguyen La Chanh, looks at getting the grass to your feet. The mat includes ball moss, island moss and forest moss. The humidity (湿度) of the bathroom ensures that it grows well. And that’s why you need to place it there and not anywhere else.
28. According to Paragraph 1, we can find Eco One _____．
A. can seat one passenger and one driver
B. can’t be afforded by the public at present
C. is mainly made from some kinds of plants
D. will take the place of the traditional car industry
29. Why is EPA Dress designed?
A. To advise people to stay at home as often as possible
B. To keep users informed of the polluted levels in the air.
C. To make women look pretty even in the polluted air.
D. To stop people from meeting their clients if necessary.
30. Compared with traditional umbrellas, the Eco-friendly Umbrella _____．
A. is changeable B. hasn’t any surface
C. can be folded D. is made of newspapers
31. Where does the text probably come from?
A. A science report B. A personal blog
C. A health report D. An official document
D
Some people are like homing pigeons: Drop them off anywhere, and they’ll find their way around. Other people, though, can’t tell when they’re holding a map upside down. Are the directionally challenged just bad learners?
Not all of your navigational (导航的)skills are learned. Research shows that your sense of direction is innate. An innate ability is something you are born with. Your brain has special navigational neurons—head-direction cells, place cells, and grid cells (网格细胞)—and they help program your inside compass when you’re just a baby.
In 2010, scientists carried out an experiment to study baby rats’ neural activity in their brains. Although the rats were newborns, the researchers discovered that their head-direction cells (which help them recognize the direction they’re facing) were fully grown and developed. The rats, it seemed, were born with a sense of direction. And they hadn’t even opened their eyes yet!
Humans, of course, are not rats. But the hippocampus—the brain area we use for navigation—is similar in most mammals. If the rat’s compass develops this way, then it’s likely that a human’s compass does, too.
If we’re born with a sense of direction, then why are some people so good at getting lost? The scientists found that the two other cells—place and grid cells—developed within the first month. Place cells are thought to help us form a map in our mind, while grid cells help us navigate new and unfamiliar places. The two cells work together, and that’s where the trouble might be.
People who took part in a 2013 study played a video game that required them to travel quickly between different places. Monitoring their brains, the scientists found that grid cells helped the gamers recognize where they were—even without landmarks. According to researcher Michael Kahana, differences in how grid cells work may help explain why some people have a better sense of direction than others.
32. What did the 2010 research find?
A. Rats have a natural ability to recognize directions.
B. Rats’ hippocampus is different from that of humans.
C. Rats usually find their way without opening their eyes.
D. Baby rats have as many head-direction cells as grown-ups.
33. What do we know about our navigational neurons?
A. Place cells let us know how to read a map.
B. Grid cells help us reach the place we are going to.
C. They help us use a compass when we lose our way.
D. Place and grid cells grow later than head-direction cells.
34. Why are some people so good at getting lost?
A. They can’t remember landmarks. B. Their grid cells can’t work very well.
C. They are unfamiliar with new places. D. Their ability to follow directions is poor.
35. What is the text mainly about?
A. Human navigational skills. B. The compass in rats’ body.
C. Why grid cells are useful. D. How homing pigeons work.
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。
With the year coming to an end, a vacation is inescapable. Travelling in winters is never easy. Though air travel might sound as the most convenient way for winter travel, it also has its own shortcomings. The season of cold sometimes interrupts your travel plans. 36 We bring to you tips to keep in mind if you are air travelling in winters.
Early flights are on time
Early morning flights have been found to be more on time than the ones later in the day. 37 Any delay in the flight schedule during the day leads to a series of delay, the best way to avoid it is to fly early.
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Partner airlines can help you in times of delayed flights. Some airlines work in association with its partner airlines. In case your flight gets cancelled or delayed you can ask for a seat in the partner airline, provided that your airline supports it.
Join a club
39 When your flight gets delayed for hours you can access those clubs in the airport rather than being stuck in the terminal. Also, accessing to different travel agents is easier from the clubs as they assist you with various options available.
Consider a travel agent
At times when you are stuck with situations where your flight is delayed or cancelled, instead of dealing directly with the airline staff, it is best to lay the responsibility on your travel agent. 40
A. Remember to phone bravely
B. Partner airlines can help
C. A member of a club is the best choice for most flyers on the whole
D. Flights get cancelled or delayed beyond what you have to deal with
E. Though you would have to wake up very early, yet it would rid you of a lot of troubles.
F. Your travel agent will act on your behalf and solve the issues so you needn’t solve the issues yourself.
G. Joining a club will sure make you pay some money, but if you are a frequent flyer it is the best choice for you
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，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Always Changing
Jack is leaving, and I’m feeling kind of sad.
You probably don’t know Jack, but you might be lucky enough to 41 someone just like him. He’s been the heart and soul of the office for a couple of years combining 42 professional skills with a sweet and gentle nature.
And now he’s moving on to an exciting new professional 43 . It sounds like it could be the chance of a lifetime, and we’re 44 for him. But that doesn’t make it any easier to say goodbye to him.
Life has a way of throwing these curve(曲线) balls 45 us. Just when we start to get comfortable with a person, a place or a situation, something comes along to 46 the recipe.
Our ability to cope with change 47 to a great degree, our peace, happiness and contentment in life.
But how do we do that? A friend of mine is fond of reminding us that “survivability depends upon 48 .” And then there’s Chris the California surf-rat, who once told me that the answer to life’s problems can be 49 in four words: “Go with the flow.”
I'm not exactly sure, but I think Chris was saying that life is a series of 50 —both good and bad. No matter how excellent your skill, there will always be life-influencing factors over which you have no 51 . The truly successful person expects the unexpected, and is prepared to 52 adjustments if the need should arise—as it almost 53 does.
That doesn’t mean you don’t keep trying to make all your 54 come true. It just means that when things come up that aren’t 55 in your plan, you work around them—and then you move on.
“Change, indeed, is painful, 56 ever needful,” said philosopher Thomas Carlyle. “And if memory has its force and worth, so also has 57 .”
We’re going to miss Jack. But rather than stay on the 58 of our parting, we’ll focus on our hopes for a brighter future—for him, and for us. And then we’ll go out and 59 everything we can to make that future happen.
60 our plans change—again.
41. A. know B. greet C. imagine D. recognize
42. A. good B. extra C. correct D. precise
43. A. agreement B. destination C. opportunity D. experience
44. A. pity B. pleased C. anxious D. curious
45. A. in B. at C. on D. with
46. A. try B. use C. provide D. change
47. A. protect B. produce C. preserve D. determine
48. A. habit B. belief C. adaptability D. communication
49. A. summed up B. put up C. made up D. held up
50. A. events B. records C. accidents D. problems
51. A. power B. trouble C. control D. difference
52. A. get B. make C. take D. have
53. A. never B. already C. seldom D. always
54. A. dreams B. promises C. decisions D. solutions
55. A. eventually B. immediately C. surprisingly D. exactly
56. A. and B. yet C. also D. even
57. A. future B. parting C. hope D. attempt
58. A. complaint B. sadness C. attention D. sympathy
59. A. do B. face C. seize D. demand
60. A. If B. After C. Until D. Before
第II卷
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第二节（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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式
The Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the 61 (large) of the Earth’s oceans, 62 (cover) about 46% of the Earth’s water surface and 32% of its total surface area. It extends 63 the Arctic in the north to the Antarctica in the south, surrounded by Asia and Australia in the west and the Americas in the east.
The Pacific Ocean contains about 25,000 islands. The 64 (major) of them are found south of the equator. 65 water near the equator is less salty than that found in the mid-latitudes (中纬度) for 66 (abundance) equatorial precipitation (赤道降水) throughout the year.
The surface circulation of Pacific waters is 67 (general) clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counter-clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere.
The exploitation of the Pacific’s mineral wealth is various, 68 is influenced by the ocean’s great depths. In shallow waters off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, natural gas is produced, and pearls 69 (harvest) along the coasts of Australia, Japan and the Philippines. One more thing worth 70 (mention) is that the Pacific’s greatest wealth is its fish.
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。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(＼)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。
Two men were traveling together while a bear suddenly met them. One of them climbed up into the tree. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, immediate lay on his back on the ground. When the bear came up, feeling him with his nose and smelt him all over, he held breath. The bear soon left him, for it’s said that a bear
won’t touches a dead body. When he was gone, the other travelers went down from the tree. And he asked his friend that the bear had whispered to his ear. “He gave me a piece of advice,” his companion replied. “Never to travel with a friend who deserts you in the face of danger.”
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李明，上周你班同学就“毕业前我们该为学校做些什么？”进行了讨论。请你根据以下内容要点，将同学们的建议用英语写一封信告诉你的笔友David, 并谈谈你的想法及理由。
1.为图书馆捐书； 2.美化校园； 3.刻苦学习。
注意：
1.词数120左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3.开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear David,
Last week we held an enthusiastic discussion on what we should do for our school before we graduate.
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改错：
Two men were traveling together while when a bear suddenly met them. One of them climbed up into the a tree. The other, seeing that he must be attacked, immediate immediatelylay on his back on the ground. When the bear came up, feeling felt him with his nose and smelt him all over, he held ∧ his breath. The bear soon left him, for it’s said that a bear won’t touches touch a dead body. When he was gone, the
other travelers travelerwent down from the tree. And he asked his friend that whatthe bear had whispered to in his ear. “He gave me a piece of advice,” his companion replied. “Never to travel with a friend who deserts you in the face of danger.”
One possible version:
Dear David,
Last week we held an enthusiastic discussion on what we should do for our school before we graduate. The students in our class have various practical suggestions.
Firstly, we’ve agreed to do something meaningful, such as collecting money to purchase some books for the school library, for it needs more science fictions.
Secondly, we feel like doing some voluntary work such as planting trees and flowers in and around our schoolyard. It could be an excellent choice for us to beautify our environment.
Finally, we have to be determined to study hard to get better results in the coming exams and make greater progress so that our school may feel very proud of us. For my part, I hold the idea that we’ll do as we can to contribute ourselves to our school in our spare time and set a good example for our fellows.
I’m wondering if you can give me some advice.
Best wishes.
Yours friendly,
Li Ming
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