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高三上学期摸底考试英语试题高三上学期摸底考试英语试题 第一卷第一卷 I Listening Comprehension Part A Short Conversations Directions In part A you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers At the end of each conversation a question will be asked about what was said The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once After you hear a conversation and the question about it read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard 1 A In a restaurant B On a train C At a bus stop D At the airport 2 A At home B At a bar C At a concert D with some friends 3 A Teacher and student B Boss and secretary C Patient and doctor D Shop assistant and customer 4 A 1 40 B 6 40 C 4 30 D 8 60 5 A She is going away B She won t give up her job C She will be sorry to leave D She will not buy him a present 6 A The man shows the disappointment at what the woman will do B The man would like to join them C The man suggests the woman should reconsider her plan D The man tries to persuade the woman not to go with Jerry 7 A The modern art prints are too expensive B He really appreciates the woman s gift C He hopes the woman likes modern art D People who enjoy modern art would like the prints 8 A He hasn t had time to try it on yet B It doesn t fit him very well C He needs a green shirt to have a change D He s not sure whether he likes the pattern 9 A The man can t come for the appointment at 3 15 B The man wants to change the date of the appointment C The man is glad he can get in touch with the doctor D The man was confused about the date of the appointment 10 A Internet surfing B Stock exchanging C Mountain climbing D Job hunting Section B Passages Directions In Section B you will hear two short passages and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages The passages will be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once When you hear a question read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage 11 A On Highway 22 B On Highway 60 C On Highway 109 D On Highway 119 12 A She was driving too fast B She was not driving at a required speed C She had too many people in the car D She was driving in the wrong direction 13 A The old ladies were sick in the car B The policeman had been rude C The women were fined because of their carelessness D The driver mistook the highway number for the speed limit Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage 14 A Positive thinking can make people healthy B A better attitude results in a better operation C Researchers have observed 16 patients recovery during the past 30 years D Great attention has been paid to how attitudes affect health 15 A The painting was once thought to be worth around 25 million B The painting is one of the most expensive pictures ever sold at auction C The painting was purchased through TV D The quality of the painting has not been seen on the market for more than 10 years 16 A At least eight people were killed in the northern part of Guangdong B At least eight people died as Beijing River rose to its highest level C Though Beijing River reached its highest level in 20 years it is unlikely to burst its bank at the moment D A million people will be affected when the river bursts its banks Section C Directions In Section C you will hear two longer conversations The conversations will be read twice After you hear each conversation you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard Write your answers on your answer sheet Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation The woman s reason for making the call To enquire about the 17 apartment The address of the apartment It s 21 18 Street New York The heating facilities All the rooms have 19 fires The available time It s 20 from June 1st Complete the form Write ONE WORD for each answer Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation What s the name of the program 21 How do westerners treat illness It s a bit like 22 a car Why is a person ill according to Chinese traditional medicine There is a n 23 somewhere in his body Why is western medicine also important It can 24 as soon as possible Complete the form Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer II Grammar and Vocabulary Section A Directions After reading the passages below fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct For the blanks with a given word fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word for the other blanks use one word that best fits each blank A It s a sunny afternoon at Modern Sky one of China s most popular outdoor music festivals and 21 year old rapper Yu Jialang is making his first appearance Hands 25 hold high excited fans crowd the stage to cheer for Yu 26 describes himself as the baddest informal expression for best usually used by African Americans boy from his neighborhood as he busts rhymes in Chinese Yu is a Beijing university student 27 major in drama and film literature but his true passion is hip hop He wants to become one of China s few professional rappers To promote his music Yu has been playing gigs a live performance by someone such as a musician or a comedian at local clubs 28 beginning of the year and he also volunteers for a popular hip hop radio show Xi Ha Gong Yuan the park 29 he makes occasional appearances In U S rap is popular culture Rappers like Eminem and 50 Cent have been popular since early 2000s but it was not 30 the Beijing Olympics in 2008 that home grown hip hop found a fan base College student Wang Dazhe 20 has been fan of hip hop music since high school Wang says rap has become more popular among Chinese youth in recent years because many young people like him 31 raise to pursue individuality When I was in high school I wanted to be different says Wang And hip hop music is stimulating it made me feel excited 32 the fact that I didn t understand much of the lyrics B Explore the other great wall of China The ancient Chinese were stonewall masters China 33 has the world s longest fortification buildings or walls built to defend a place the 21 196 kilometer long Great Wall but the world s longest circular city wall the Ming City Wall which was originally 35 kilometers around The latter stands in Jiangsu s provincial capital of Nanjing It s one of China s most underrated tourist attractions and many local residents think it is worthy 34 visit Currently visitors can access only about three kilometers of the wall but about 22 of the 35 remain 25 kilometers of the once inaccessible wall are scheduled to open to the public soon In the past the wall was the end of the city says Sun Xiaowei 32 president of the Nanjing based urban hiking community But now it s the starting point of Nanjing s culture Sun recently shared with us the greatest barbican an outer defensive work 36 attracts him most Zhonghua Gate 37 locate immediately to the north of Qinhuai River Zhonghua Gate is one of the best preserved and most intricate barbicans in the world according to Sun The gate is used as a grand entrance to any tour of the City Wall It once served as the southern gate of ancient Nanjing a 15 168 square meter fortification that contained four layers of defenses as well as three grand castles 38 the ruins are connected to each other by a wide ring of wall If 39 pay an entry fee visitors can view former garrisons an exhibition about the history and variety of bricks 40 use to build the City Wall Section B Directions Complete the following passage by using the words in the box Each word can only be used once Note that there is one word more than you need A pressingB displayedC highlightD anticipatedE refreshing F statusG strikingH astonishedI buriedJ statueK draw When Emperor Qin Shi Huang 41 his death more than 2 000 years ago he wanted an army of warriors to guard his tomb forever So he ordered the creation of some 8 000 terra cotta soldier to be buried with him Historians speculate the soldiers were modeled after eight individuals Since the first 42 was discovered by workers digging a well in Xi an Shaanxi Province in 1974 the world has been 43 by the legacy of the powerful emperor Since then it has become a major tourist attraction and a World Heritage site Now these soldiers have a counterpart female terra cotta warriors A small army of them have been created by Prune Nourry a Paris born artist and they were 44 in the show called Terracotta Daughters The difference is these female terra cotta warriors are not out to protect any emperor but were created to 45 attention to the difficult situation of girls in China In China there is a huge imbalance between boys and girls I wanted to 46 the issue of gender preference said Nourry And in a 47 parallel to the terra cotta soldiers the terra cotta girls will also become an archaeological project After the exhibition they will be 48 in China until 2030 the year that according to Chinese sociologists men will have the hardest time finding a wife because of the skewed gender ratio Terracotta Daughters is impressive in its artistic craftsmanship and social statement It s a 49 reinterpretation of one of China s national symbols With these modern female warriors Prune raises the 50 issue of gender discrimination without pointing fingers at anyone or anything One looks at these amazing terra cotta statues and feel compelled to ask why aren t there more of them And why aren t there more girls in China III Reading Comprehension Section A Directions For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A B C and D Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context The University of the Arts London UAL England s largest art and design university should be planning the launch of its new campus which is due to open in September But this has been destroyed by a collapse in its public funding which has 51 UAL to start a radical restructure of its courses Set to lose more than 50m in public funding by 2015 the university which 52 six colleges is having to think creatively about how it might 53 its financial future Among other things it is looking to set 54 courses in China and the Middle East 55 putting three of its loss making courses together and 56 its range of more profitable postgraduate degrees It is not the 57 major art and design school under financial pressure Goldsmiths also faces the loss of its teaching budget as it only 58 arts courses which have been particularly hard hit by the funding cuts The postgraduate Royal College of Art RCA plans to increase student numbers by 50 59 the next three years But UAL faces perhaps the greatest 60 As a relatively new university it has undergone a series of significant structural changes Nigel Carrington rector of the UAL 61 the university is in a challenging financial position Not only is it set to lose almost all its public funding for teaching 62 like other universities set up after 1992 it has already lost millions of pounds of research funding We have to 63 we are being privatized We will have 64 no public funding at all by 2015 We have 52m of teaching funding at the moment We expect 65 but 1m 2m of that to have gone by 2015 says Nigel 51 A movedB ledC conductedD put 52 A consistsB composesC comprisesD commits 53 A ensureB requireC requestD assure 54 A offB onC upD in 55 A whileB whenC becauseD since 56 A exaggeratingB exceedingC expandingD exposing 57 A typicalB trueC mereD only 58 A rulersB runsC raisesD rises 59 A againstB overC toD behind 60 A obstaclesB challengesC regulationsD guidelines 61 A advocatesB admitsC allowsD appeals 62 A forB orC butD so 63 A consumeB concealC assembleD assume 64 A visiblyB virtuallyC vaguelyD voluntarily 65 A littleB anyC allD some Section B Directions Read the following three passages Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements For each of them there are four choices marked A B C and D Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read A Two friends have an argument that breaks up their friendship forever even though neither one can remember how the whole thing got started Such sad events happen over and over in high schools across the country In fact according to an official report on youth violence In our country today the greatest threat to the lives of children and adolescents is not disease or starvation or abandonment but the terrible reality of violence Given that this is the case why aren t students taught to manage conflict the way they are taught to solve math problems drive ears or stay physically fit First of all students need to realize that conflict is unavoidable A report on violence among middle school and high school students indicates that most violent incidents between students begin with a relatively minor insult For example a fight could start over the fact that one student eats a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime Laughter over the sandwich can lead to insults which in turn can lead to violence The problem isn t in the sandwich but in the way students deal with the conflict Once students recognize that conflict is unavoidable they can practice the golden rule of conflict resolution stay calm Once the student feels calmer he or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well Rude words name calling and accusations only add fuel to the emotional fire On the other hand soft words spoken at a normal sound level can put out the fire before it explodes out of control After both sides have calmed down they can use another key strategy for conflict resolution listening Listening allows the two sides to understand each other One person should describe his or her side and the other person should listen without interrupting Afterward the listener can ask non threatening questions to clarify the speaker s position Then the two people should change roles Finally students need to consider what they are hearing This doesn t mean trying to figure out what s wrong with the other person It means understanding what the real issue is and what both sides are trying to accomplish For example a shouting match over a peanut butter sandwich might happen because one person thinks the other person is unwilling to try new things Students need to ask themselves questions such as these How did this start What do I really want What am I afraid of As the issue becomes clearer the conflict often simply becomes smaller Even if it doesn t careful thought helps both sides figure out a mutual solution There will always be conflict in schools but that doesn t mean there needs to be violence After students in Atlanta started a conflict resolution program according to Educators for Social Responsibility 64 percent of the teachers reported less physical violence in the classroom 75 percent of the teachers reported an increase in student co operation and 92 percent of the students felt better about themselves Learning to resolve conflicts can help students deal with friends teachers parents bosses and coworkers In that way conflict resolution is a basic life skill that should be taught in schools across the country 66 From Paragraph 2 we can learn that A violence is more likely to occur at lunchtime B a small conflict can lead to violence C students tend to lose their temper easily D the eating habit of a student is often the cause of a fight 67 Which of the following is something that students should be taught to avoid violence A They should understand each other by listening B They should get to know that it is impossible not to have conflict at school C They should ask some sharp questions to make clear the speaker s position D They should use name calling to calm others down 68 After the conflict resolution program was started in Atlanta it was found that A there was a decrease in classroom violence B there was less student cooperation in the classroom C more teachers felt better about themselves in schools D the teacher student relationship greatly improved 69 The writer s purpose for writing this article is to A complain about problems in school education B teach students different strategies for school life C advocate teaching conflict management in schools D inform teachers of the latest studies on school violence B The prospect of giving a speech can make even the most experienced speech writer nervous Nonetheless speeches can be powerful motivational tools and there are numerous examples of inspirational speeches that changed the course of history Here some tips can to give a memorable speech that will motivate your audience At first please know your audience This is crucial to delivering your speech because your message is only as important as the recipients think it is Learning as much as possible about the audience and what they value will help you form a speech that is inspiring Find out why people will be attending your speech to better understand the audience s motivation Second you should speak with confidence Speakers should always practice their speech in advance This helps build confidence and greater familiarity with what you are saying without an audience present If the speech is truly important consider video recording yourself or asking friends to watch while you practice The feedback can help improve your speech while watching your speech may prompt you to add something inspirational that you had inadvertently left out Instead of later thinking I should have said you can make sure you include everything when you deliver the speech If hearing your own speech inspires you it will likely inspire others Third maintain a positive attitude and position Be passionate about your subject Don t expect your audience to become more enthusiastic about something than you are Your energy alone can be inspiring as long as it is expressed appropriately Spark