湖南省株洲市高三英语教学质量统一检测（一）试题.doc

株洲市2015届高三年级教学质量统一检测（一）英 语 试 题本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。part i listening comprehension (30 marks)section a (22.5 marks) directions: in this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. for each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked a, b and c. listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question. you will hear each conversation twice.conversation 11. how many nights will they stay in the hotel?a. three. b. four. c. five. 2. who needs a room with a shower? a. the man. b. the daughter.c. the son.conversation 23. who wants to buy a new dress?a. jenny.b. ann.c. lucy.4. where will the speakers go first? a. a clothes store.b. the city library.c. a bookstore.conversation 35. where are the speakers? a. at a post office. b. at a clothing store.c. at the airport.6. how much will the woman pay? a. $ 16.60. b. $ 16.20.c. $ 12.50. conversation 47. which museum will they go to? a. an art museum.b. a childrens museum.c. a history museum.8. who is henry? a. jims brother.b. the womans husband.c. the womans father.9. why do they have to get there earlier? a. its too far. b. jim wants to have more fun. c. the parking lot there is small.conversation 510. what kind of computer does tom prefer? a. a desktop computer.b. a notebook computer.c. an ipad.11. why does tom like this kind of computer?a. it is much cheaper.b. it is light and easy to carry.c. it has a big keyboard.12. what is the advantage of roses computer? a. its less expensive.b. it has a battery.c. it takes up little space.conversation 613. what is the man busy doing recently?a. running for student president. b. designing posters. c. giving free notebooks.14. whats emily studying? a. science. b. literature. c. public relations.15. when will they meet for the ideas of marks campaign? a. tomorrow morning. b. tomorrow afternoon. c. next monday.section b (7.5 marks)directions: in this section, you will hear a short passage. listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. fill in each blank with no more than three words. you will hear the short passage twice. the short training programlearning from adventures purposeto 16. _activitieslectures on public relations and 17. _ outdoor activitiesdurationit lasts 18. _ days in julyassessment no19. _ a report on your performancecost20. _ part ii language knowledge (45 marks) section a (15 marks) directions: for each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked a, b, c and d. choose the one that best completes the sentence.21. humor, if _ properly, will help us break the ice and gain affection of others in social communication. a. using b. used c. to use d. to be used 22. if you_ the failed experiences, you would not have made such a mistake in your homework.a. refer to b. have referred to c. referred to d. had referred to 23. taking a gap year is a good chance for students to learn skills and gain life experience, _ them an edge in the job market. a. given b. to give c. giving d. having given 24. the mixture of his improved self-confidence and never-ending efforts is _ lies behind his rapid progress in his study. a. what b. that c. where d. which 25. reading for fun means much to us and we _ never tell where its influence stops.a. must b. need c. can d. should 26. the romany prefer to move and stay in small groups_ they can protect and preserve their culture and freedom.a. even though b. as if c. as soon as d. so that 27. happiness will be within our reach if positive thinking _ into daily routine and becomes an important part of our world. a. adopts b. is adopted c. will adopt d. will be adopted 28. ann_ to the company for the position of senior clerk and she is waiting anxiously for the result. a. will apply b. will be applying c. applied d. had applied 29. it is generally acknowledged that only by having acceptance of the cultures of different countries _ good relationships with each other. a. can we develop b. we can develop c. we developed d. did we develop 30. wherever you study after graduating from high school, _ regular contacts with your family.a. keep b. to keep c. keeping d. kept 31. zhuzhou offers visitors outstanding natural beauty coupled with excellent customer service, _ makes for an unforgettable experience. a. what b. which c. that d. whom 32. what makes tomorrows successful citizens_ the ability to cope with a changing world as well as the responsibility toward a community.a. is b. are c. has d. have 33. it was the deep love and encouragement of my teammates_ helped me gain the greatest strength and meet the challenges in life. a. what b. which c. who d. that 34. lyn gave up the chance of going abroad, but he feels he _ a right decision.a. makes b. has made c. had made d. is making 35. there is no doubt that _ a goal, one needs not only knowledge but also good personalities. a. achieve b. achieving c. to achieve d. achieved section b (18 marks)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.it was a terribly cold christmas eve with heavy snow outside. i stayed in bed, feeling upset because there wasnt enough money to buy me the 36 that id wanted that year.mum came back with some snow in her hair. “come on, matt!” she said. “dress 37 ! its freezing cold out tonight.” 38 , i went out in the cold with mum and climbed up the sled beside her. she pulled it around the house and then stopped in front of the woodshed(柴房). she went in and 39 with an armload of wood. “i rode by jensens today,” said mum, “little jakey was out digging around in the snow. theyre out of wood, matt.” jensen lived about two miles down the road. her husband died 3 months ago, 40 three children, jakey being only 8 years old.we loaded the sled high with 41 . then we went to the store and my mother took down some meat, a sack of flour and a smaller sack of shoes.we rode the two miles to jensens in 42 . all the way i wondered why mum bought them some shoes and candy as we didnt have much money. jensen had closer neighbors than us. it shouldnt have been our 43 .we got to jensens house and unloaded the wood as quietly as possible. then we took the meat, flour and shoes to the door. we 44 . jensen opened the door and let us in. “we brought you a few things, jensen,” mum said, 45 the sack of flour and the meat on the table. then mum handed her the sack of shoes. jensen bit her lower lip to keep it from trembling, tears welling out and down her cheeks.“we also 46 a load of wood, jensen,” mum added. she turned to me and said: “matt, go and bring some in.” i wasnt the same person when i went back out to get the wood. just then the scarf didnt seem 47 . the look on jensens face and the smiles of her three children was the best christmas gift of my life.36. a. scarfb. overcoatc. shoesd. handbag37. a. fashionablyb. casuallyc. comfortablyd. warmly38. a. unsteadilyb. unhurriedlyc. unwillinglyd. uncomplainingly 39. a. stepped awayb. came outc. broke downd. fell over40. a. adoptingb. takingc. overlookingd. leaving41. a. woodb. meat c. flourd. grass42. a. surpriseb. dangerc. silenced. harmony43. a. customb. concernc. commentd. courage44. a. signedb. chasedc. knockedd. hesitated45. a. taking awayb. getting backc. giving outd. putting down46. a. preparedb. bought c. borrowed d. required47. a. expensiveb. importantc. ordinaryd. availablesection c (12 marks)directions: complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.leaving for college can be a big challenging learning experience. maybe this is the first time for you to live with people 48. _ arent your family members. because of the differences in values and personalities, unavoidably, conflicts may easily arise between roommates. so how can you develop a successful roommate relationship 49._ fewer conflicts? first, lose your shyness 50._ open up to your roommates by talking about the common interest, which can help you learn each others different cultural or social backgrounds. 51._, be flexible with your roommates and adjust your thinking to new situations. dont get stuck with 52._thinking patterns and habits that you bring from home. at last, 53._ your roommate does something that bothers you, dont let 54._ turn into a bad situation. try to work together to reach a compromise that 55._ can both live with. in a word, a harmonious roommate relationship lies in the friendly communication, mutual respect and acceptance of others differences. part reading comprehension (30 marks)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.akarl fleming joined the military because he needed a change in his life. he had a successful career with a shipping company but he wanted to do something more. he found that something in the u.s. army. fleming began his service in 2009 and never looked back.a few years later, fleming volunteered to go to afghanistan. there, he worked as a bodyguard for the u.s. army corps of engineers. he enjoyed it, except for the almost-nightly rocket attacks. karl was never hit directly by a rocket, but he didnt need to be to feel its effects. the rockets caused severe shaking, shaking so bad that fleming was left with many injuries. he was also diagnosed with concussions(脑震荡) and post-traumatic stress disorder(ptsd).fleming said he was down but not out. once he returned from afghanistan, fleming underwent one test after another. at first, fleming said he thought he could recover or be able to return to duty and realize his dream of becoming an officer. but then came the news he had never imagined: fleming would never be an officer because he was too injured to continue.fleming said he was depressed after learning his military career was over. add that to the memory loss, extreme anxiety and the many painful medical procedures he was already experiencing. he rarely ventured outside on the weekend. instead, he preferred to sleep in. all that changed, however, with flemings service dog, kuchar.fleming said he had heard dogs could help people suffering from ptsd, so he started doing research. karl eventually selected k9s for warriors, which is where he met kuchar, a yellow lab. fleming and kuchar trained together for weeks, before returning to fort benning. k9s for warriors provided fleming with kuchar and the training for free.life with kuchar has been life-changing. fleming doesnt sleep in any more because kuchar wont let him. instead, they venture out into a world karl was once afraid of a world for fleming that now seems impossible to imagine without kuchar by his side. 56. karl fleming joined the army because _.a. he had a successful career b. he loved to be a soldierc. he wanted to have a change d. he expected to work in a shipping company57. from paragraph 2, we can learn karl fleming was _.a. forced to go to afghanistan b. struck directly by a rocket one dayc. satisfied with everything in the army d. injured because of the shaking from the rockets 58. fleming suffered from the following illnesses except _. a. concussions b. ptsd c. memory loss d. a heart attack59. karl fleming recovered with the help of _.a. an experienced bodyguard b. a well-trained dogc. a laboratory engineer d. a military officer60. the passage is mainly about flemings_. a. change of life b. service in the military c. medical procedures d. experiences in afghanistan bthe snow cap of mount kilimanjaro, famous in literature and beloved by tourists, initially formed some 11,000 years ago, but will be gone in two decades, according to researchers who say the ice fields on africas highest mountain shrank by 80 percent in the past century.lonnie g. thompson, one professor from ohio state university, said measurements using modern navigation satellites show that the oldest ice layers on the famous mountain were deposited during an extremely wet period starting about 11,700 years ago. the mountain appears in literature, most notably ernest hemingways “the snows of kilimanjaro” and some ancient beliefs in africa hold the mountain to be a sacred place. but a temperature rise in recent years is destroying the 150-foot-high blocks of ice that gave kilimanjaro its unique white cap. “the ice will be gone by about 2030,” said thompson. the disappearing ice already has reduced the amount of water in some tanzanian rivers and the government fears that when kilimanjaro is bald of snow the tourists will stop coming. “kilimanjaro is the number one foreign currency earner for the government of tanzania,” said thompson. “it has its own international airport and some 20,000 tourists every year. the question is how many will come if there are no ice fields on the mountain.”africa was not alone in the global drought. thompson said other records show that civilizations during this period collapsed in india, the middle east and south america.researchers put markers on the ice field blocks in 1962 and thompson said measurements using satellites show the summit of the ice has been lowered by about 56 feet in 40 years. the margin of the ice also has moved back more than six feet in the past two years, much smaller than before.“thats more than two meters worth of ice lost from a wall 164 feet (50 meters) high,” said thompson. “thats an enormous amount of ice.”61. the snow cap of mount kilimanjaro _. a. will disappear in two centuries b. first developed some 11,000 years ago c. resulted in a temperature rise in recent years d. has decreased to 80 percent over the past century62. according to thompson, the disappearing of the snow may mainly influence_.a. the local water supply b. the local tourismc. the weather in the surrounding areas d. the government foreign currency exchange63. the underlined word “margin” in paragraph 6 means_.a. center b. top c. edge d. back64. the writers tone in this article is_. a. concerned b. casual c. doubtful d. angry 65. which of the following can be the best title for this passage? a. risks of visiting mount kilimanjaro b. a sacred place kilimanjaro c. africas highest mountain d. kilimanjaro snow cap may melt soonchow many times a day do you check your email? when you wake up? before bed? a dozen times in between? the technology that was supposed to simplify our lives has become the vital time-suck: the average teen spends more than seven hours a day using technological devices, plus an additional hour just text-messaging friends.the advantage of technological devices is connectedness: email lets us respond on the go, and we are in touch with more people during more hours of the day than at any other time in history. but is it possible were more lonely than ever, too? thats what mit professor sherry turkle observes in her new book, alone together, a fascinating portrait of our changing relationship with technology. turkle details the ways technology has redefined our comprehension of closeness and lonelinessand warns us of the danger of accepting such virtual(虚拟的) relationships in place of lasting emotional connections. for turkle, the biggest worry is the effect all these shallow connections have on our development. is technology offering us the lives we want to live? “were texting people at a distance,” says turkle, “were using lifeless objects to convince ourselves that even when were alone, we feel together. and then when were with each other, we put ourselves in situations where we are aloneconstantly on our mobile devices. its what i call a perfect storm of confusion about whats important in our human connections.” what cant be denied is that technology, whatever its faults, makes life a whole lot easier. it allows us to communicate with more people in less time and makes conversation simple. but it can also be seductive(具有诱惑性的), providing more stimulation than our natural lives. there are usually some unhealthy videos online which remove teenagers attention from their schoolwork. besides, some online activities make people addicted, which occupied their daily life and