2015届辽宁省锦州市高三质量检测（一）英语试题及答案.doc

辽宁省锦州市2015届高三质量检测（一）英 语 试 题本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷注意事项：1.答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。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秒种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. why didn t the man answer the call?a. his phone broke down. b. he didn t take his phone.c. he didn t hear the ringing.2. what may the woman most probably talk about next?a. her special birthday party. b. her plans for john s birthday.c. her worry about john s birthday.3. what did david probably think of the movie?a. terrible. b. not that bad. c. fantastic.4. where does the man most probably often eat?a. at home. b. in the restaurant. c. at the woman s.5. what does the man mean?a. he has called jim.b. it s unnecessary to call jim.c. he visits jim every thursday.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，各个小题给出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 do we know about the man?a. he has tried several jobs.b. he graduated five years ago.c. he hasn t worked there long.7. why did the man take the job?7. why did the man take the job?a. because of business trips.b. because of the good pay.c. because of chances to learn chinese.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what made the man enjoy his trip in morocco？a. the comfortable weather.b. its scenery and history.c. its amazing culture.9. which country has the woman traveled to?a. ghana. b. kenya. c. egypt.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what do we know about the woman s favorite singer?a. he isn t so talented. b. his name is chris brown.c. his fans are mostly young girls.11. what kind of music are the songs with you and forever?a. pop. b. rb. c. country.12. whose music do both of the speakers like?a. justin bieber s. b. chris brown s. c. justin timberlake s.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what was the woman most probably doing this afternoon?a. writing a school paper. b. shipping at a store. c. reading a newspaper.14. what date is it probably today?a. november 8th. b. november 9th. c. november 10th.15. how does the man feel when hearing about the delivery time?a. worried. b. surprised. c. disappointed.16. what may the man do next?a. buy a pet for tim. b. choose a gift to buy. c. go downtown.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what is the speaker?a. a student. b. a teacher. c. a scientist.18. what is african people s attitude toward african rice and wild tomatoes?a. they don t like them.b. they want to destroy them.c. they consider them important.19. where can african rice grow?a. on extremely dry land. b. in cold conditions. c. in deep water.20. what can scientists do by studying african wild tomatoes?a. find much larger tomatoes.b. promote much redder tomatoes.c. develop good tasting tomatoes.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。awould you like to join an all-women s expedition to annapurna? you must be an experienced high altitude climber, strong, enthusiastic and a hard worker! if you think this is for you, please contact: arlene blum, berkeley, california, usa.many women wrote to them from all over the world, but they could only choose ten. when the final team was chosen, the youngest was twenty years old, the oldest was fifty. for arlene, finding the climbers was only the first step. the team needed another important thing: money. there were long talks at vera watson s house, when they discussed how to make the 80,000 dollars they would need for the expedition. with the help of enthusiastic friends, they organized dances, sports, and parties. they even sold expedition t- shirts. after many months, and a lot of hard work, they finally had the money they needed.now at last they were in kathmandu, the city where their great adventure would begin. arlene looked round at the women in the airport. they looked tired after the long journey from francisco, but happy to be in nepal at last. there had been so many friends and families at the airport to say goodbye. it had been difficult to leave the people they loved. irene had looked so sad when she said goodbye to her daughters. arlene had found it very difficult to leave her boyfriend, john. for all of them there was the chance that they would never see their families or friends again.all climbing in the himalayas is dangerous. one in ten of the people who go there do not come back. annapurna was very dangerous because of its avalanches. arlene knew the avalanches very well. on the expedition film she said21. which of the following is not a must for the interviewees?a. an experienced climber. b. a strong-minded woman.c. a woman in good figure. d. an enthusiastic woman.22. the ways they made the necessary 80,000 dollars are mentioned except _ .a. organizing balls b. organizing sports meetingsc. organizing birthday parties d. selling expedition t-shirts23. kathmandu is located in _ .a. california. b. america. c. san francisco. d. nepal.24. what would arlene say in the following paragraph?a. the sense of achievement when she climbed on the top of the mountains.b. the dangers that she had experienced during the climbing.c. warning the readers not to climb the mountains.d. some advice on how to climb the mountains safely.byou put a great deal of effort into reaching the college of your choice. it s time to get started. but what s next? beginning college can be an exciting but awkward time. follow these tips to adjust to your new life rapidly and make the most of your college experience. to save time and money, use the college s bus system. taking the bus to school is quick, easy and free in most college towns. you won t have to locate or afford a place to park either. it s also a good way to be environmentally aware. save pennies on books by waiting until class starts. you might not even need all of the recommended books. new textbooks cost an arm and a leg. try buying used textbooks it s a surefire way to save money and serves the purpose as well. do never look at college life as an endless series of parties and social activities. but there is a whole lot more to college if youre serious about graduating. having a good college experience is all about balancing work and fun. be mindful of your diet. make healthy food choices and watch what you eat. avoid foods that are processed or high in sugar. the “freshman 15”is real. many college students gain at least 15 pounds during their freshmen year. while electives（选修课）can be helpful when figuring out your major, you shouldnt entirely rely on them. clubs and other organizations exist around. get involved. make sure, though, that you still have time to study. having too much on your plate can hurt your grades.25. which of the following ideas can be financially wise?a. driving your own car. b. renting an apartment.c. buying used books. d. attending activities.26. the “freshman 15”tells the fact that some freshmen _.a. take relaxed attitudes to their dietsb. have little regular physical exercisec. focus less on their academic workd. attend limited activities on campus27. the underlined phrase“ having too much on your plate” probably refers to _.a. using too much money for mealsb. taking part in too many after-class activitiesc. eating too many unhealthy foodsd. taking an elective that has too many studentscpeople may use the expression “birdbrain” in english to talk about someone who is stupid, but crows prove that this is unfair. now it has been discovered that crows may understand analogies（类推法） .to test this ability in animals, scientists do “relational matching-to-sample (rmts)”tests. if a pair was aa, for example, then picking bb to match it would be correct.an international team led by edward wasserman in the us first trained two crows to match things by color, shape, and number in what is called“ identity matching-to-sample (imts)” , then moved onto rmts.for the imts test, the birds were put in a cage with a plastic tray that had three cards and two cups in it. the card in the middle was the sample card. the cups on either side were covered with the other two cards. one was the same as the sample, while the other wasn t. the cup with the card that matched the sample card contained two worms to eat.in the second part of the experiment, the birds were tested with relational matching pairs. a card with two same- sized circles, for example, meant they should pick the test card with two same-sized squares and not two different-sized circles.the birds did well in the more difficult test and picked the correct card more than three quarters of the time.wasserman was surprised that crows were able to solve the problem without any training in rmts. he said in a news release: “honestly, if it was only by force that the crows showed this learning, then it would have been an impressive result. but this was spontaneous.”so perhaps it s time to stop saying ” birdbrain” permanently.28. why does the author mention the expression “birdbrain” in the opening paragraph?a. to get the reader interested in the origins of the expression.b. to urge people to stop saying that birds are stupid.c. to introduce the topic of edward wasserman and his experiment.d. to introduce recent findings about crow s intelligence.29. which of the following is ture about the tests on the crows?a. the birds did better in rmts than in imts.b. the birds were first made to do rmts, then imts.c. the birds picked almost all the correct cards in rmtsd. in the imts test, the birds needed to identify the sample card to get rewards.30. the underlined word“spontaneous”is closest in meaning _.a. natural b. creative c. typical d. brilliant31. which of the following can be the best title for the text?a. crows show cleverness.b. crows may understand analogies.c. crows did well in rmts.d. apes and monkeys are cleverer than crows.don july 1 at exactly 7:59:59, bejing time, the world s atomic clocks will pause for a single second, or, more precisely, change to the unusual time of 7:59:60. the addition of a leap second （闰秒） , is to keep our clocks in time with the slowing of earth s rotation （旋转） and astronomical time as measured by the sun.just one extra second could affect the way computers and websites work, however. when the last leap second was added back in 2012, the community website reddit crashed. for reddit, the problem was that a linux system got confused when it checked the network time and found an extra second.speaking to wired about the problem back in 2012, linux creator linus torvalds commented:“almost every time we have a leap second, we find something. it s really annoying, because it s code that is almost never used, and thus not tested by users under their normal conditions. ”companies have thought of their own solutions, and google s“leap smear”may be the best- known example. as company engineer christopher pascoe explains in a blog post, companies usually try to turn back the clocks by one second at the end of the day so that they play that second again. however, pascoe believes this creates problems. he asked:“does email that comes in during that second get stored correctly?”google has a solution: cut the extra second into milliseconds and then put these tiny amounts of time into the system throughout the day.“this means that when it became time to add an extra second at midnight.”says pascoe.“our clocks have already taken this into account over the course of the day.”for many companies without google s money, however, the leap second will likely still cause some crashes.32. why do we need to add a leap second?a. to change the world s atomic clocks.b. to keep atomic clocks in time with the world s computers.c. to keep atomic clocks in time with the slowing of earth s rotation.d. to record the changes to astronomical time.33. what happened to the website reddit when the leap second was added in 2012?a. it crashed because of a virus attack.b. its network time added two extra seconds.c. all of the code in its linux system went wrong.d. one of its software systems got confused and the site broke down.34. how do companies usually deal with the problem of the extra second?a. by shutting down computers at the end of the day.b. by stopping receiving emails during that second.c. by turning the clocks back by one second at the end of the day.d. by cutting the extra second into milliseconds and putting them into the system throughout the day.35. what s pascoe s attitude toward google s solution to the problem?a. ambiguous. b. approving. c. doubtful. d. cautious.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。college applications are submitted, and for some, it s time for interviews.36 you might be pleasantly surprised to find that many college admissions staffers today are young, multicultural, and far from cranky. colleges want you to like them, even if they don t accept you. so the interview is not a test.here are some tips for you.control the conversation. the more the student can make the interview a conversation, not a question-answer session, the more success they are likely to have. 37prepare, but don t recite your answers. you can prepare for some questions, including:“tell us about yourself.” “what do you think has been your biggest achievement or contribution to your high school or your community?” “why do you want to attend our school?” 3839 seems a little silly to even mention this, but students unknowingly put themselves out of the selection for reasons including: not turning off their cell phones, arriving late, dressing inappropriately, behaving rudely, making a bad first impression by slouching（无精打采） ,chewing gum, acting disinterested, and so on.follow up. 40 be sure to mention something discussed in the interview. if you are still interested in attending, show your enthusiasm in the note.a. be respectful.b. send a thank-you note to the interviewer.c. the best way to do that is to be honest and share your personality.d. be interested.e. the first thing to do is to get rid of the image of the elderly, strange admissions person.f. after the interview, you may telephone the missions person.g. think about these questions, practice responding, and get feedback from someone youtrust.第二部分：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。a few years ago, on a flight i fortunately met with a psychologist, dan gilbert. he was very humorous, and we talked a lot. i was completely 41 . he was interested in the questions that we 42 but never have the opportunity to 43 .now gilbert has written a book stumbling on happiness. reading it 44 me of that plane ride long ago. it is a 45 to read his book. gilbert is charming and 46 . he has a rare 47 for making very complicated ideas come 48 .stumbling on happiness is a book about a very simple 49 powerful idea. what distinguishes us from other animals is our ability to predict the future, 50 , our interest in predicting the future. we spend much time 51 what it would be like. why? it is what allows us to 52 our life. it is by trying to apply some control over our futures 53 we attempt to be 54 . but by any objective measure, we are really 55 at that predictive function. we re terrible at knowing how we will feel tomorrow, and even worse at 56 what will bring us happiness. gilbert 57 to explain why we are so terrible. in making his case, gilbert walks us 58 a series of attracting facts about the way our minds work.i suppose i really should go on at this point. but i think that might ruin the 59 of reading stumbling on happiness. this is a story about the mysteries of our lives. if you have even the slightest 60 about the human condition, you ought to read it. trust me.41. a. attracted b. shocked c. excited d. interested42. a. talked about b. thought about c. cared about d. worried about43. a. find b. explore c. understand d. answer44. a. reminds b. informs c. suggests d. thinks45. a. step b. way c. hobby d. pleasure46. a. intelligent b. firm c. funny d. active47. a. interest b. gift c. ability d. power48. a. magic b. serious c. alive d. good49. a. and b. besides c. or d. but50. a. or rather b. in all c. in addition d. or else51. a. telling b. developing c. imagining d. guessing52. a. make b. protectc. thankd. shape53. a. whenb. that c. where d. what54. a. relaxed b. peaceful c. happyd. perfect55. a. bad b. angryc. slow d. disappointed56. a. predicting b. knowing c. realizing d. feeling57. a. sets about b. sets off c. sets out d. sets up58. a. overb. to c. on d. through59. a. loveb. experience c. scene d. idea60. a. curiosity b. hope c. patience d. knowledge第卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。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。for many peop