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辽宁省锦州市锦州中学2015届高三英语上学期期中试题（答案不全）本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，共120分，考试用时100分钟。第i卷（选择题 共85分）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。每对话后有一个小脱。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.19.15. b.9.15. c. 9.18. 答案是b。1. what does the woman mean? a. she doesnt like tim. b. she doesnt mind giving tim a lift. c. she doesnt want to sit beside tim.2. what is the man probably doing? a. borrowing some coins. b. using the telephone. c. picking up the coins3. when will the womans bus leave? a. at 10:30. b. at 10:15. c. at 10:45.4. where is the woman speakers father now probably? a. in the man speakers house. b. at his workplace. c. at home in bed. 5. what does the man suggest the woman do? a. stop working and write her aunt back. b. send her aunt a present to show her apology c. keep in touch with her aunt through the internet.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟：听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料。回答第6、7题。6. what does the man ask larry to do? a.take some big oranges to the party b. bring some drinks to the party. c. give him a call the next day.7. what is the woman doing while answering the call? a. writing the message down. b. doing her homework. c. sending someone to find larry.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what are the speakers talking about? a. buying a second-hand car. b. buying a brand new car. c. selling the man speakers old car. 11. who is going to work overseas? a. the man speaker. b. the woman speaker c. the woman speakers cousin . 12. what does the woman tell the man about the car to be sold? a. its a four-door car with air conditioning. b. its a two-door car with air conditioning. c. its a four-door car with power steering. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. from whom did the man speaker get the flowers? a. richard and mariana. b. richard and marilyn. c. john and mariana.14. why did the woman speaker cry? a. her uncle and aunt didnt treat her well. b. the letter reminded her of her parents. c. she didnt have any friend. 15. where does the conversation most probably take place? a. at the man speakers home. b. at the woman speakers house. c. in a french restaurant.16. what can w e learn from the conversation? a. there are four people in the man speakers family. b. the woman speaker has been here over one year. c. the man speaker is quite good at math.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. why did the teacher do the experiments? a. he had few classes every day. b. he thought the money was fun. c. he wanted to find out the cleverest animal.18. where did the teacher put the monkey? a. in a room. b. in a big box. c. in a small box.19. how long did the teacher wait for? a. a whole day. b. a few minutes. c. a few hours. 20. which of the following is true according to the talk? a.the teacher only had experiments on the monkey. b. the monkey found the food and enjoyed it. c. the teacher did more than one experiment. 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） a i promised michael i wouldnt mention this until the season was overnow l think its time early last season, i wrote a column about an art of kindness i had seen jordan do to a disabled child outside the stadiumafter it ran，i got a call from a man in the western suburbshe said，“i read what you wrote about jordan, but i thought i should tell you another thing i saw”here it comes, i thought. it always does. write something nice about a person, and people call you up to say that the person is not so nice. a few weeks later jordan and i were talking about something else before a game, and i brought up what the man had said. was the man right? had jordan really been talking to those two boys in that poor and dirty neighborhood? not two boys, jordan said. but four. and he named them. he said four names. and what did they talk about? everything,” jordan said. anything. ive asked to see their grades so that i can check to see if theyre paying attention to their study. if it turns out that one or two of them may need teaching, i make sure they get it. its just one more part of michael jordans life，one more thing that no one knows about, and one more thing jordan does fight for. the nba season is over now, and those boys have their memories. so do j! when the expert reviewers begin to turn against jordan as they surely will, ill think about those boys under the streetlight, waiting for the man they know to come. for someone they can depend on.21. the writer wrote this story about jordan and his young friends because _ a. he thought highly of jordans deeds b. he hated to see jordan do something bad c. he believed it was time to help the disabled d. he felt sure he neednt keep the promise then22. a man in the western suburbs made a call to_ a. know why jordan stopped in a bad area b. get a chance to become famous himself c. let the writer know jordan was not that nice d. offer an example to show how jordan helped others23. jordan talked with the boys because he _. a. needed their support b. had promised to do so c. liked to teach them to play basketball d. wanted to make sure they all studied well24. the text implies that jordan is _. a. an excellent basketball player b. good at dealing with problems of life c. always ready to make friends with young people d. willing to do whatever he can for the good of societyb can an iphone really make you happier? a new study says “yes”. according to a survey of 35,000 people around the world, access to communications technology is a major factor in increasing happiness.we all need a few basic things in order to be happy: access to clean water and food, a home, health care, and relationships. but once the necessities are met, what do people most desire? the answer is access to communication devices (设备), according to the survey by bcs, the chartered institute for it. most people in the study gave similar answers, but the potential (潜在的) happiness increase that technology could bring about was particularly great in women and in people with low incomes or levels of education even in developing countries.while farmers in the african countryside arent likely to pick up the latest shiny toys from apple, even a simple cell phone can serve as a valuable happiness-increasing tool, allowing the development of social networks beyond the community. “whether young or old, were all social beings, we all have a need for communication,” researcher paul flatters told bbc news.in rural communities, access to communications technology such as cell phones and computers is limited, but expanding, thanks to groups like one laptop per child, which supplies children in developing countries with basic laptops that allow them to research school projects and connect with others all over the world. other groups, like the uks computer aid, are helping rural villagers get wired with the help of portable cyber cafes (便携式网吧) that allow locals to log online to send emails and perform work-related research. and back home, it seems from the results that small it devices like the iphone really can increase your happiness provided you use it to talk with and send messages, photos, and videos to friends and family to help strengthen your social networks, rather than simply play angry birds.25. how does an iphone make one happier, according to the study?a. by giving one a higher income.b. by letting one keep in touch with others.c. by giving one chances to surf the internet.d. by letting one enjoy movies or take photos. 26. what does the study show us?a. how many people are using iphones.b. what communication tools people like to use.c. what people need besides the basic necessities.d. what is the life of people in developing countries like.27. the underlined words “angry birds” in the last paragraph most probably refer to “_”.a. birds that are angry b. an e-gamec. naughty children d. a computer28. the author wrote the text to tell us that _.a. communications technology can increase happinessb. the iphone is the best cell phone in the worldc. playing with an iphone is a waste of timed. people in developed countries are happier c at a recent class, yoga instructor hagen taught several facial exercises designed to build up facial musclessome women practise moves including the lion , showing the tongue hanging out and eyes rolled uphagen encourages class members to hold the position for 60 seconds, jokingyou can do this any timeit really helps you get a seat on the train hagen recently published a bookthe yoga face: remove wrinkles （皱纹） with the ultimate natural faceliftshe developed a workshop using facial yoga because women wanted to look their best facial muscles become weak and flabby （松驰的） and need regular exercise to reduce wrinklesbesides the lion, other exercises include satchmo in which the cheeks are blown out louis armstrong-style, and marilyn, in which attractive kisses are blown to strengthen mouth muscles for full and firm lips hagen recommends facial yoga for those wanting to find outer and inner beauty, saying, the emotional aspect is just as important as the physiological （生理学的）. but she doesnt rule out plastic surgery or botoxi don t rule it out for myselfone day i may feel like i need thatbut regardless of that, maintaining elasticity （弹性的） is extremely important, especially if you have had botox and plastic surgery, she said while making faces in front of strangers might frighten some, those who attended the class thought it the perfect way to fight against busy new york lifestyles working in new york is very stressful kathy healey said, its a perfect way to end the week29 . by saying it really helps you get a seat on the train. hagen means that some passengers can . apractise yoga with you bhelp you do facial yoga cbe frightened away dnotice your face30 which of the following about facial yoga is true? ait is designed for wealthy people bit can be useful but harmful cit can make you feel at ease dit is popular in the world31from the passage we can conclude that plastic surgery and botox _ ahelp reduce wrinkles bare good for womens health cwill be replaced by facial yoga dare natural ways to keep young d fear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head，according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting(收缩)and pumping blood around their bodies，compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to a fearful event，depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.sarah garfinkel at the brighton and sussex medical school said：“our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.”the study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. dr garfinkel said，“the study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we dont seeand guide whether we see fear.”to further understand this relationship，the scientists also used a brain scanner(扫描仪)to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a persons feeling of fear.“we have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain speakto each other to change our feelings and reduce fear,”dr garfinkel said.“we hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders，and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.”32what is the finding of the study? a. ones heart affects how he feels fear. b. fear is a result of ones relaxed heartbeat. c. fear has something to do with ones health. d. ones fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear. 33the study was carried out by analyzing _. a. volunteers heartbeats when they saw terrible pictures b. the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditions c. volunteers reactions to horrible pictures and data from their brain scans d. different pictures shown to volunteers and their heartbrain communication 34which of the following is closest in meaning to “mechanism” in paragraph 6? a. order. b. system. c. machine. d. treatment. 35this study may contribute to _ a. treating anxiety and stress better b. explaining the cycle of fear and anxiety c. finding the key to the heartbrain communication d. understanding different fears in our hearts and heads第二节：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。（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分） 36 when a person does a certain thing again, he is impelled(迫使) by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly; thus a habit is formed. once a habit is formed, it is difficult, and sometimes impossible to get rid of. 37 children often form bad habits, some of which remain with them as long as they live. older persons also form bad habits as long as they live. older persons also form bad habits, and sometimes become ruined by them. 38 many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and thoroughness. among the habits which children should not form are laziness, lying, stealing and so on. 39 unfortunately older persons often form habits which ought to have been avoided. 40 .a. there are other habits which, when formed in early life, are of great help. b. whether good or not habits are, they are easy to get rid of. c. we ought to keep from all these bad habits, and try to form such habits as will prove good for ourselves and others. d. habits, whether good or bad, are gradually formed. e. it is very important for us to know why we should get used to good habits. f. these are all easily formed habits. g. it is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits. 第三部分 语言知识运用 （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、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。 on a trip to california, my family stopped for lunch. as we walked towards the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a 41 beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us. regardless of his 42 , he greeted us in a friendly way. once inside, my daughters whispered, “mum, he 43 ” after we ordered our lunch, i explained, telling the kids to look 44 the dirt. we then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many 45 him. seeing this rudeness truly upset me. the day i became a mother, i had determined to set a good 46 to my children. yet sometimes when things didnt go right, being a good example was 47 . when our meal arrived, i realized i had left the carsick pills in the truck. with the winding trip ahead, the kids needed them, so i 48 myself from the meal and went to get them. just then, the “doorman” was opening the door for a couple. they rushed past him without even acknowledging his 49 . letting them in first, i said a loud “thank you” to him