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衡阳八中永州四中2016年下期高三年级实验班第一次联考英语（试题卷）注意事项：1.本卷为衡阳八中永州四中高三年级实验班第一次联考试卷，分两卷。其中共72题，满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。2.考生领取到试卷后，应检查试卷是否有缺页漏页，重影模糊等妨碍答题现象，如有请立即向监考老师通报。开考前15分钟后，考生禁止入场，监考老师处理余卷。3.请考生将答案填写在答题卡上，选择题部分请用2b铅笔填涂，非选择题部分请用黑色0.5mm签字笔书写。考试结束后，试题卷与答题卡一并交回。预祝考生考试顺利第i卷 选择题（共100分）一.听力（每题1.5分，共30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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。例：how much is the shirt?a. 19. i5. b. 9.15. c. 9.18.答案是b。1. what is the man interested in?a. fashion. b. computers. c. novels.2. how will the woman go back home?a. she will walk home. b. her father will pick her up. c. sues mother will drive her home.3. what has happened to the woman?a. she is making noises at midnight.b. she wants to make rude remarks.c. she cant put up with her roommate.4. what are the two speakers talking about?a. a heavy rain. b. a rat. c. cats and dogs.第二节 （共15小题；每小题15分，满分225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。听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。5. where does the conversation probably take place?a. in a cinema. b. in a restaurant. c. in a classroom.6. how does dave feel about the interview?a. disappointed. b. satisfied. c. nervous.7. how many people were selected for this interview?a. 4. b. 14. c. 16.听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题。8. when would uncle baker be free?a. on saturday. b. on sunday. c. from monday to friday.9. why wouldnt uncle baker come on saturday?a. his car was broken.b. he only wanted to come on sunday. c. he would be very busy on saturday.听下面一段对话，回答第10至12题。10. where does the library stand?a. behind the no. 15 building.b. behind the students union building.c. on the left side of the red brick building.11. where does this dialogue most probably take place?a. in the school ground. b. at the street corner. c. in the library.12. where can the man see the instructions?a. in the main entrance to the library b. in the students union building. c. in the red brick building.听下面一段对话，回答第13至16题。13. why did the son come back late?a. he waited a long time for the bus. b. he hurt his hands and knees. c. he went to a pub with linda.14. what happened to linda?a. she was fired. b. she had an accident. c. she got drunk.15. what was the old lady doing in the middle of the road?a. trying to seek help. b. struggling to stand up. c. looking for something.16. what fell out as the old lady was crossing the road?a. a gold tooth. b. a gold necklace. c. a gold ring.听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。17. what was the only difficulty?a. few people had exactly the same idea.b. the money for the holiday wasnt enough.c. thousands of other people had exactly the same idea.18. where did they stop their car?a. near a new farmland. b. near an old factory. c. near an old farmland.19. what did they bring with them?a. plenty of food. b. lots of baskets. c. a number of books.20. what could they see coming towards them?a. plenty of cows. b. a hundred or more sheep. c. hundreds of birds.二.阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）第一部分 阅读下面的文章，从每题后面所给的四个选项中选出正确的一项。a an article published recently in the scientific journal nature is shedding new light on an important, but so far little has been appreciated, aspect of human evolution. in this article, professors dennis bramble, and daniel lieberman suggest that the ability to run was a decisive factor in the development of our species. according to the two scientists, humans possess a number of anatomical（人体结构的）features that make them surprisingly good runners. “we are very confident that strong selection for running，which came at the expense of the historical ability to live in trees-was helpful in the origin of the modern human body form,” says bramble, a biology professor at the university of utah. traditional thinking up to now has been that the upright body form of modern humans has come about as a result of the ability to walk, and that running is simply a by-product of walking. furthermore, humans have usually been regarded as poor runners compared to such animals as dogs, horses or antelopes. however, this is only true if we consider fast running over short distances. even olympic athlete can hardly run as fast as a horse can gallop, and can only keep up a top speed for fifteen seconds or so. horses and antelopes, on the other hand, can run at top speed for several minutes, clearly outperforming us in this respect. but when it comes to long-distance running, humans do astonishingly well. they can maintain a steady pace for miles, and their overall speed compares favorably with that of horses or dogs. bramble and lieberman examined twenty-six anatomical features found in humans. one of the most interesting of these is the nuchal ligament（颈背的韧带）. when we run, it is this ligament that prevents our head from pitching back and forth or from side to side. therefore, we are able to run with steady heads held high. the nuchal ligament is not found in any other surviving primates（灵长类动物）, although the fossil（化石）record shows that homo erectus, an early human species that walked upright, much as we do, also had one. then there are our achilles tendons（跟腱）at the backs of our legs, which have nothing to do with walking. when we run, these tendons behave like springs, helping to push us forward. furthermore, we have low, wide shoulders, virtually disconnected from our skulls (the bony part of the head), another anatomical adaptation which allows us to run more efficiently. but what evolutionary advantage is gained from being good long-distance runners? one assumption is that this ability may have permitted early humans to obtain food more effectively. “what these features and fossil facts appear to be telling us is that running evolved in order for our direct ancestors to compete with other carnivores (animals that eat meat) for access to the protein needed to grow the big brains that we enjoy today.” says lieberman.21.we can learn from the passage that the human ability to run _.a. was only recently described in a scientific journalb. played an important part in human evolutionc. was considered more natural than the ability to live in treesd. contributed to the form of human language22.according to the second paragraph, humans _a. are better runners than most other animals b. are not good at running short distancesc. compare unfavorably with horses and dogs d. are poor long-distance runners23.it appears that the nuchal ligament _.a. enables us to run with steady heads b. is found in modern primates onlyc. prevents the head from being held high d. is a unique feature of carnivores24.the passage does not tell us that _a. early humans had an advantage in obtaining food thanks to the running abilityb. fossils help us better understand human evolution.c. our achilles tendons are an adaptation for running efficientlyd. big brains may have been evolved for running long-distanceb “my work is done.” those words were some of the last penned by george eastman. he included them in his suicide note. they mark an ignoble end to a noble life, the leave taking of a truly great man. the same words could now be said for the company he left behind. actually, the eastman kodak company is through. it has been mismanaged financially, technologically and competitively. for 20 years, its leaders have foolishly spent down the patrimony of a centurys prosperity. one of americas bedrock brands is about to disappear, the kodak moment has passed. but george eastman is not how he died, and the eastman kodak company is not how it is being killed. though the ends be needless and premature, they must not be allowed to overshadow the greatness that came before. few companies have done so much good for so many people, or defined and lifted so profoundly the spirit of a nation and perhaps the world. it is impossible to understand the 20th century without recognizing the role of the eastman kodak company. kodak served mankind through entertainment, science, national defense and the stockpiling of family memories. kodak took us to the top of mount suribachi and to the sea of tranquility. it introduced us to the merry old land of oz and to stars from charlie chaplin to john wayne, and elizabeth taylor to tom hanks. it showed us the shot that killed president kennedy, and his brother bleeding out on a kitchen floor, and a fallen martin luther king jr. on the hard balcony of a memphis motel. when that sailor kissed the nurse, and when the spy planes saw missiles in cuba, kodak was the eyes of a nation. from the deck of the missouri to the grandeur of monument valley, kodak took us there. virtually every significant image of the 20th century is a gift to posterity（繁荣） from the eastman kodak company. in an era of easy digital photography, when we can take a picture of anything at any time, we cannot imagine what life was like before george eastman brought photography to people. yes, there were photographers, and for ly large sums of money they would take stilted（不自然的） pictures in studios and formal settings. but most people couldnt afford photographs, and so all they had to remember distant loved ones, or earlier times of their lives, was memory. children could not know what their parents had looked like as young people, grandparents far away might never learn what their grandchildren looked like. eastman kodak allowed memory to move from the uncertainty of recollection, to the permanence of a photograph. but it wasnt just people whose features were savable; it was events, the sacred and precious times that families cherish. the kodak moment, was humanitys moment. and it wasnt just people whose features were savable; it was events, the precious times that families cherish. kodak let the fleeting moments of birthdays and weddings, picnics and parties, be preserved and saved. it allowed for the creation of the most egalitarian art form. lovers could take one anothers pictures, children were photographed walking out the door on the first day of school, the person releasing the shutter decided what was worth recording, and hundreds of millions of such decisions were made. and for centuries to come, those long dead will smile and dance and communicate to their unborn progeny（子孙）. family history will be not only names on paper, but smiles on faces. the cash flow not just provided thousands of people with job, but also allowed the companys founder to engage in some of the most generous charity in americas history. not just in kodaks home city of rochester, new york, but in tuskegee and london, and at the massachusetts institute of technology. he bankrolled（资助） two historically black colleges, fixed the teeth of europes poor, and quietly did good wherever he could. while doing good, kodak did very well. over all the years, all the kodakers over all the years are essential parts of that monumental legacy. they prospered a great company, but they with that company blessed the world. that is what we should remember about the eastman kodak company. like its founder, we should remember how it lived, not how it died. history will forget the small men who have scuttled this company. but history will never forget kodak.25. according to the passage, which of the following is to blame for the fall of kodak?a. the invention of easy digital photographyb. the poor management of the companyc. the early death of george eastmand. the quick rise of its business competitors26. it can be learnt from the passage that george eastman .a. died a natural death of old age.b. happened to be on the spot when president kennedy was shot dead.c. set up his company in the capital of the us before setting up its branches all over the world.d. was not only interested in commercial profits, but also in the improvement of other peoples lives.27before george eastman brought photography to people, .a. no photos has ever been taken of people or eventsb. photos were very expensive and mostly taken indoorsc. painting was the only way for people to keep a record of their ancestors.d. grandparents never knew what their grandchildren looked like.28the person releasing the shutter (paragraph 5) was the one .a. who took the photographb. who wanted to have a photo takenc. whose decisions shaped the eastman kodak companyd. whose smiles could long be seen by their childrenc “your son is one of the sickest kids weve ever had in intensive care,” was what the nurse said to me after we had arrived in an ambulance, 20 minutes from kingston hospital to the evelina in westminster. the journey was the longest of my life. i had been told that my six-month-old son, my friend, my whole heart, was going to die. and i spent the whole time in the blue-lit vehicle wondering how on earth i would lift my wife from the black hole she was about to be plunged (投入) into.the nurse who gave me that bad news was to become a great friend. she told me that the noise my son was making in the back of the ambulance was the sound that babies made before they died. there were many more horrible words and terms. but my son survived.it wasnt just george who endured. in the three weeks of his hospital stay, i slept 20 hours in total. my wife hardly slept. i lost over two stone in weight in the five days he was in intensive care. and weve been treating him for three years now. i have collapsed 20 timesthe fear, the anxiety and exhaustion. even now, we wake at least five times a night, often staying awake to treat him for as long as an hour.my son has type 1 diabetes (糖尿病). its a little known condition. george had a simple, everyday virus. it caused his immune system to attack his pancreas. now he needs constant insulin (胰岛素) to stay alive. i wanted to raise awareness for georges condition. i wondered how i could do it. ive run a couple of marathons. but a marathon was never really going to get peoples attention the way i hoped. two marathons, back to back? maybe three? could i do it? how much could i endure?i started running at the age of 19 when i thought my heart was broken. i couldnt cope with the pain and i went for a run. i kept on going for a run. each time i came back, it would hurt a bit less. it wasnt so long before i had completely forgotten about my broken heart. but i couldnt stop running. i found that any stress, frustration, anxiety would reduce when i went out on the road.when we finally brought my son home from hospital, my wife told me i had to go for a run. she knew that i had not allowed myself to show the emotions id been feeling. i fought very hard not to break. it was my worst nightmare (噩梦) playing out, but it was also my wifes. i did not want them to see the fear that i was feeling. when i got back from that first run, my wife simply said “better?” and it was.im often asked how i motivate myself for running such distances. they assume i think about my son. but i cant really. if i did, i would weep the whole way round. the hard part of endurance running is mental. its strange to choose an event that you will never win. the race will always be larger than the individual. and if you dont respect the distance, you will pay for it. the biggest mistake any long distance runner makes is to think about the finish line. each time you do, the body falls apart. actually, the brain falls apart.i know i can run two marathons. i also know that the third marathon will break me. and i will be staring at another sort of black hole. it will be then that i think of my son, and all that he endured and continues to endure every day. i know that i will start to think of giving up, the pain will be so great. my brain will fall to bits and my body will too. so i will picture my son. and ill remember that he didnt give up. he never gives up. why should i?29.having heard what the nurse said to him, the writer must have felt .a.desperate and fearful b.special and differentc.bitter and lonely d.disturbed and annoyed30.the writer says he has collapsed 20 times because .a.long distances of marathon made him worn outb.he has to stay awake every night to care for his sonc.treating a sick son needs great efforts physically and mentallyd.his sons condition is becoming more and more serious than expected31.according to paragraph 4, the writers running marathon aims at .a.improving his sons immune systemb.receiving encouragement from the publicc.raising awareness of his sons rare diseased.making himself strong enough to stand great pain d beaches are not only great for lying on and doing water sports, and in fact one of the best ways of enjoying them is a classic beach walk. here at iwantsun. co. uk, weve been searching the globe to find you the worlds best and most glorious beach walks, and heres our pick of the top.the footpath of the gods, amalfi coast, italy the name says it all really and you truly do feel up there to walking along this wonderful mountain coastal path, which offers some of the most striking views on the planet. the path begins at town of bomerano to charming positano along the unesco world heritage area of the amalfi coast. the whole walk will take you approximately four and a half hours to complete