湖北省枣阳市第一中学高三英语上学期开学考试试题.doc

湖北省枣阳市第一中学2017届高三上学期开学考试英语试题（时间：120分钟 分值150分） 本试卷分第i卷和第ii卷两部分，共15页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。2全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。第i卷第一部分 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75分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的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. at what time is the next train to london?a. 11:45. b. 11:35. c. 12:00.2. where is the natural history museum? a. next to a park. b. beside the central bank.c. on the 42nd street.3. how does the womans son want his steak served? a. medium. b. slightly underdone.c. well done.4. what will the man do this weekend? a. help nick move house. b. go shopping.c. hold a house-warming party.5. what does the woman mean? a. she has bought a present for tommy. b. she wants to buy something on sale. c. she hasnt decided what to buy.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至8题。 6. what are the speakers talking about in general? a. how to take a vacation. b. how to get to a conference.c. how to cut down expenses.7. how is the woman going? a. by train. b. by air. c. by taxi.8. why arent the speakers going together? a. the man has to work overtime.b. they travel in different ways.c. the woman will go on vacation first.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. what does the man want the woman to do? a. send the e-mails. b. pick up some packages. c. mail something for him.10. why does the man ask the woman for help? a. he doesnt have the address list. b. he doesnt have any time. c. he doesnt know how to find a messenger (邮差).11. what will the woman probably do next? a. attend a meeting. b. call the messenger service. c. have some coffee.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. where has the man been to? a. switzerland. b. thailand. c. australia. 13. what impressed the man most? a. visiting the great barrier reef. b. walking through rainforests. c. feeding kangaroos.14. how did the man get the cheap air ticket? a. from his dad. b. from his cousin. c. from his dads friend.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. what is the probable relationship between the speakers? a. manager and secretary.b. interviewer and interviewee.c. clerk and guest.16. what strong point does the woman think she has? a. she travels a lot. b. she has good records at school. c. she is good at writing news reports.17. how does the man most probably feel about the womans reply? a. calm. b. surprised. c. dissatisfied.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. where is the speaker studying now? a. in mongolia. b. in brazil. c. in the united states.19. how did the speaker spend her childhood? a. she moved from one place to another.b. she joined in her favourite school activities. c. she just made friends with people from america.20. what may make the speaker choose the major? a. her love for sharing her wide interests.b. her love for being in touch with others.c. her love for travelling around the world.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。 aone thing the tour books dont tell you about london is that 2,000 0f its residents (屠民) are foxes. they ran away from the city about centuries ago after developers and pollution moved in. but now that the environment is cleaner, the foxes have come home.the number and variety of wild animals in urban c城市的) areas is increasing, says corner jones. a survey of the wildlife in new yorks central park last year counted 14 kinds of animals. a similar survey carried out in the 1890s counted only five kinds.several changes have brought wild animals to the cities. first, the air and water quality in many cities have improved as a result of the 1970s pollution-control efforts. meanwhile, rural areas have been built up, and many animals have gone to the area outside the centre of a city. in addition, urban wildlife refuges (避难处) have been created. the greater london council last year spent $ 750, 000 to buy land and build 10 permanent (永久性的) wildlife refuges in the city. as a result, many birds are now living in the city. by 1970 the birds had died out east of the mississippi because the ddt had made their eggs too thin to support life.that year, scientist tom cade of cornell university began raising the birds for release in cities, for cities afforded abundant food.cities can attract wild animals without turning them harmful. the key is to create habitats where they are able to live happily. such habitats can even be useful. in san francisco, the local government is testing different kinds of rainwater control basins to see not only which ones keep the cleanest water but which will attract the most birds.21 what is the passage mainly about?a. 2,000 foxes returning to london.b. wild animals living in zoos.c. wildlife returning to some larger cities.d. the great enemy of wildlife.22 it can be inferred from the passage thata. londoners are putting more and more wild animals into their zoosb. londoners are happy to see wild animals return to their cityc. londoners are trying to move wild animals back to the countrysided. londoners have welcomed the wild birds, but found foxes a problem23according to the passage, the number of species of wildlife in new yorks park .a. is slowly going downb. is the same as that in other citiesc. doesnt change too muchd. has more than doubled in the last century24 which of the following is not a reason why wildlife is returning to the cities?a. there is plenty of food for wildlife in the city.b. wildlife enjoys being watched and fed in the cities.c. more and more special living areas have been built for the wildlife.d. air and water quality has improved in the cities.bdear customers,i feel quite pleased to announce amazon prime, our latest membership program, which provides “all-you-can-eat” express shipping. its simple: for a directly yearly membership fee, you get unlimited two-day shipping for 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here.sincerely,jeff bezosfounder & ceo25whats the purpose of the letter delivered by the ceo?a. to encourage customers to join in a special program for free.b. to ask for the feedback of the customers.c. to express festive greetings to the consumers.d. to encourage customers to consume more on line.26how much can you save compared with the ordinary customers if you have two orders each with a two-day shipping and a over-night shipping?a. $ 21.97 b. $ 25.96c. $ 16.48 d. $ 9.4827what does “all-you-can-eat” mean in the first paragraph?a. direct b. unlimitedc. convenient d. cheap28what does the last part infer?a. they lose much in the special program.b. the customers spend more in the future.c. this program can offer a double-win in a long term.d. a is a very popular on-line bookstore.ci watch documentaries, not moviesi read history books, not fictioni use every free moment to accomplish one of the tasks on my never-ending checklist, and i am completely filled with thoughts of productivityan hour sleeping is an hour wastedand like the rest of 21st century america, i like itbut this fixation on productivity is increasingly destroying character and transforming men into robots.new york times columnist david brooks warned american university students of this cultural decline in a speech“we cut off all things spiritual and emotional in a competitive urge to stand out”, he said, “the pressure to succeed professionally, to acquire skills, to do the things you need to do to succeed in an information age economy really became the overwhelming（难以应付的） pressures, and it sort of eclipses the thinking about character and morality.”many students happily go to college, viewing it as a next step on their rise to professional achievementforcing as many success-building activities into their schedules as they can, they enjoy keeping busy with little sleep“todays outstanding kids are likely to spend their afternoons and weekends shuttling from one skill-improving activity to the next,” brooks wrote in an article, “we fear failure more than we desire success.”a century ago, college was about character buildingtoday, our characters are in declinewe are experts on economics, material things and professional skillswe fail to discuss and understand relationships, emotions and all things spiritualphilosopher karl popper divided the world into two categories: clocks and cloudsclock problems are those that can be taken apart, examined and solved through deductive reasoning（演绎推理）clouds cannot be taken apartcloud problems represent whole systems that need to be understood in a different way.“when we have a cloud problem, we try to turn it into a clock problem,” brooks saidand in a reason-centered culture, adding titles to ones resume becomes a trendat american university, 85 percent of seniors (and 89 percent of business majors) graduate with at least one practical experience which is often helpful to a students future career, but can sometimes draw focus away from academics.to prevent the death of mans character, brooks urges rediscovering our human natures through falling in loveand by love he means love for a task, job, or another person“synchronicity is key to happiness,” he saidrather than crazily increasing our long lists of accomplishments, we need to lose ourselves in what we do, and success will come on its own.29from paragraph 1, we can learn that people _.aare controlled by timebare keen on reading bookscare changing their charactersdare eager to achieve more30in paragraph 2, the underlined word “eclipses” means _.adeletes bweakenscworsens demphasizes31the last paragraph mainly tells us that _alove is more important than focusbthe focus on human natures countscmore work contributes to happinessdsuccess comes from devotion to work32the purpose of this passage is to _.abring awareness to character buildingbstress the importance of productivitycwarn about the pressure to seek successdcriticize students desire for achievementsdstaying silent can be just as powerful as the words you mean to say, like when the act of hugging will be more comforting than saying, “sorry for your loss.”another time when silence is golden is when you are unsure of what to say. if you are confused about your own feelings concerning a matter, its best to stay quiet until you are more certain because more harm can be done by revealing false or exaggerated feelingschoose silence instead of blurting out “in-the-moment” feelings that are hurtful and not really how you feel in the grand scheme of things. when you feel the urge to say an unkind thing, take a few breaths and think of the possible consequences of your words.silence can be your best friend during negotiations. say your piece, then close your mouth, and let the other person come to their own conclusions. your silence shows that one, you are confident in what you just said, and two, you respect the other person enough to hear what they have to say.sometimes silence is the best and most timely solution because the other person is not in a position to hear what you have to say. for example, when a friend needs for you to listen to her problems, but she is unable to accept your advice at that moment.practice being silent at work when you dont have anything meaningful to contribute. unless you can start the conversation by pointing out something interesting, missing, or beneficial, its best to just observe and learn.finally, silence is golden when you dont want to engage in a fools argument. as some squabbles(口角) will never be resolved, one must agree to disagree.however, there will be times in your life where you will need the power of your voice,the voice within you that wants and needs to be respected and appreciated.33the passage mainly tells us about _a. whether or not to stay silent b. why to stay silentc. how to stay silent d. when to stay silent34what is the best to do during negotiation?a. grasp every chance to say more than the otherb. close your mouth and just listen to the otherc. speak out your own points and discuss with othersd. keep silent after expressing yourself35to follow this passage, the writer is likely to continue telling about_a. the occasions when you should speak upb. the power of your voicec. the advantages of speaking upd. the disadvantages of staying silent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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。relationships are an important part of your life. 36 .they help you feel accepted and liked by others. the feelings you have about yourself and others depend on how well these needs are met.37.this gives you a feeling of security. you feel secure when you know you can count on family and friends to love and to accept you the way you are. you add to your feeling of security by making others feel loved. helping people you care about makes you feel giving and unselfish. think about how good you feel when someone compliments（问候）or thanks you. “what a good job” or “i appreciate your help” are comments that you like to hear about yourself. 38 . naturally you feel happy when you receive a compliment. likewise, you can compliment your family members or friends on their accomplishments.39.talk things over with your family and friends. share your hopes and dreams. express your joys and frustrations. when family members and friends are talking, take time to listen to what they are saying. give them clues that show you are listening, such as a nod of approval or a smile.40 .to earn trust you need to show parents, adults, and friends that you can handle new experiences and responsibilities. being honest and truthful with people can also help you.a. learn to express your thoughts clearly and listen to what others say.b. different opinions on good relationships.c. one of the most important things in life is to be loved and accepted by others.d. such comments make you feel worthwhile.e. relationships help you meet your social and emotional needs.f. keys to making relationships work.g. another relationship skill that helps people get along with one another is trust.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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。in a small village, there lived a potter (陶工) who had a donkey. every day his donkey would carry soil from the field to his house. the field was quite far off, the potter would under a tree midway, his donkey nearby.one day, the potter to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. when he reached the , he thought, “how do i tie this donkey today? he might if i sleep.” the potter decided to lie down holding the donkeys while sleeping.but this way, neither the donkey nor the potter was able to take a rest. a saint (圣人), who to be passing by, saw the potter holding on to the donkeys ears. when the potter told the saint what the was, the saint said: “take the donkey to the place where you tie him every day. to tie him using an imaginary rope. i you he wont run away.” the potter did what the saint had said.he left the donkey and went to take a nap. when he woke up, to his and relief, he found the donkey standing in the place.soon the potter prepared to leave for . but the donkey did not . “what is wrong with this donkey?!” the potter in frustration. , the potter saw the wise saint again. he ran up to the saint and told him about the donkeys behavior. the saint said: “you tied up the donkey, but did you untie him? go and pretend to untie the rope.” the potter the saints advice.now the donkey was ready to leave for home. the potter understood that his donkey was a bonded (被束缚的) donkey. the potter thanked the wise saint and went home with his donkey.41a. though b. unless c. because d. while42a. stand b. rest c. sing d. dance43a. training b. walking c. feeding d. tying44a. forgot b. decided c. stopped d. agreed45a. stone b. tree c. bridge d. house46a. walk around b. lie down c.