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山东省枣庄八中2015届高三第一学期期末测试英语试题第卷 （共100分）第一部分：听力 （共两节。满分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。1where does the conversation most probably take place?ain a hotelbat homecin a library2what can we learn from the conversation?athe man can take part in the sports meetingbthe woman wants to stay home for a restcthe man is down with a fever3what nationality is sheila?ajapanesebenglishcamerican4how are the guests going to new york?aby taxibby planecby bus5what does the man imply?ahe has already tasted the chocolate puddingbhe doesnt want any chocolate puddingcchocolate is his favorite flavor第二节（共15 小题；每小题1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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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7题。6why does the man ask the woman to come to his office?ato call mr. roybto book two ticketscto talk about the report7when will the woman probably go to the concert with the mans wife?aon thursday nightbon tuesday nightcon wednesday night听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8what is the man reading?aa magazine.ba chinese play.ca newspaper.9where are they going at the weekend?abeihai park. bbeihai theatercbeihai cinema.10what are they going there for?ato see beijing opera.bfor a visit.cto learn beijing opera.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11who is eric?ajims friend bthe womans classmatecthe mans little brother12why was the man absent from school yesterday?ahe was sick bhe wanted to escape from a test che needed to pick up a friend13what will the woman do after school?alend the man her notes bgo to the new movie theater cprepare for a test听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14how long ahead of time did the woman leave home?a20 minutes bhalf an hour can hour15where are the speakers? aon the plane bon the bus cin the car16what are the speakers mainly discussing?atraffic bbusiness travel cflight delay17how does the woman feel about the situation?aunderstanding bsorry cangry听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18why is the coast guard being contacted?athe ship is sinking bthe ship is out of fuelcthe ship is 200 miles off the coast19what will happen in ten minutes?athe coast guard will arrive bthe ship will stop moving cthere will be another announcement20what are the passengers asked to do?astop using the gym bgather in the dining hallcgo on with their enjoyment第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分 ）（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。agrowing up in philadelphia, lieberman started cooking with his stay-at-home dad when he was sevenhis food-loving family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakeslieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year abroad before college, learning from a cook in italy and studying local specialties（地方特色菜）in germany, spain and franceat yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly frying and baking while mixing drinks for dozens of friendsjust for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show named campus cuisine about his cookinglieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like make drinks out of dining-hall fruitthat helped the show become very popular among the studentsthey would stop lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cookingtapes of the show were passed around, with which his name went beyond the school and finally to the food networkfood network producer flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network televisionhe says liebermans charisma is key“food tv isnt about food anymore,” says flay“its about your personality（个性）and finding a way to keep peoples eyeballs on your show”but lieberman isnt putting all his eggs in one basketafter taping the first season of the new show, lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwichesan airline company（航空公司）was looking for someone to come up with a tasteful, inexpensive and easy-to-make menu to serve on its flights, lieberman got the job21we can learn from the text that liebermans family _ahave relatives in europe blove cooking at homecoften hold parties down a restaurant22the food network got to know lieberman _aat one of his parties bfrom his teacherscthrough his taped showdon a television program23what does the word “charisma” underlined in the text refer to?aa natural ability to attract othersba way to show ones achievementcliebermans after-class interestdliebermans fine cooking skill24why did the airline company give lieberman the job?ahe could prepare meals in a small kitchenbhe was famous for his shows on food tvche was good at using eggs to make sandwichesdhe could cook cheap, delicious and simple mealsbwomen are friendlybut men are more competitivewhy? researchers have found its all down to the hormone oxytocin （荷尔蒙催生素）although known as the love hormone, it affects the sexes differentlywomen tend to be social in their behaviorthey often share with othersbut men lend to be competitivethey are trying to improve their social status, said professor ryangenerally, people believe that the hormone oxytocin is let out in our body in various social situations and our body creates a large amount of it during positive social interactions （互动） such as falling in love or giving birthbut in a previous experiment professor ryan found that the hormone is also let out in our body during negative social interactions such as envyfurther researches showed that in men the hormone oxytocin improves the ability to recognize competitive relationships, but in women it raises the ability to recognize friendshipprofessor ryans recent experiment used 62 men and women aged 20 to 37half of the participants（参与者）received oxytocinthe other half received placebo （安慰剂）after a week, the two groups switched with participantsthey went through the same procedure with the other materialfollowing each treatment, they were shown some video pictures with different social interactionsthen they were asked to analyze the relationships by answering some questionsthe questions were about telling friendship from competitionand their answers should be based on gestures, body language and facial expressionsthe results indicated that, after treatment with oxytocin, mens ability to correctly recognize competitive relationships improved, but in women it was the ability to correctly recognize friendship that got betterprofessor ryan thus concluded: our experiment proves that the hormone oxytocin can raise peoples abilities to better distinguish different social interactionsand the behavior differences between men and women are caused by biological factors （因素） that are mainly hormonal25what causes men and women to behave differently according to the text? aplacebo boxytocincthe gesture dthe social status26what can we learn from professor ryans previous experiment?aoxytocin affects our behavior in a different waybour body lets out oxytocin when we are deep in lovecour body produces oxytocin when we feel unhappy about others successdoxytocin improves our abilities to understand peoples behavior differences27why did professor ryan conduct the recent experiment?ato test the effect of oxytocin on the ability to recognize social interactionsbto know the differences between friendship and competitioncto know peoples different abilities to answer questionsdto test peoples understanding of body language28the author develops the text by_aexplaining peoples behaviorsbdescribing his own experiencescdistinguishing sexual differences ddiscussing research experimentscone morning more than thirty years ago, i entered the track kitchen, a restaurant where everyone from the humblest（卑微的） to the most powerful came for breakfasti noticed an empty chair next to an elderly, unshaven man, who looked somewhat disheveledhe was wearing a worn-out hat and was alonei asked if i might join himhe agreed quietly and i sat down to have my breakfastwe cautiously began a conversation and spoke about a wide rang of thingswe never introduced ourselvesi was concerned that he might have no money and not be able to afford something to eatso as i rose to go back to the counter and buy a second cup of coffee, i asked,“may i get you something?”“a coffee would be nice”then i bought him a cup of coffee, we talked more, and he accepted another cup of coffee, finally, i rose to leave, wished him well, and headed for the exitat the door i met one of my friendshe asked,“how did you get to know mr. galbreath?”“who?”“the man you were sitting withhe is chairman of the board of churchill downs” i could hardly believe iti was buying, offering a free breakfast, and feeling pity for one of the worlds richest and most powerful men!my few minutes with mr. galbreath changed my lifenow i try to treat everyone with respect, no matter who i think they are, and no matter another human being with kindness and sincerity29what does the underlined word “disheveled” mean?aunfriendly buntidy cgentle dkind30the author bought coffee for the old man because ahe thought the old man was poor bhe wanted to start a conversation che intended to show his politeness dhe would like to thank the old man31what is the message mainly expressed in the story?awe should learn to be generous bit is honorable to help those in need cpeople in high positions are not like what we expect dwe should avoid judging people by their appearancesdwhen asked to point out one or two things that are most important to themselves, many put friends ahead of homes, jobs, cloth and carsa true friendship carries-a-long history of experience that determines who we are and keeps us connectedit is a treasure we should protectunfortunately, the better friends you are, the more probably youll have disagreementsand the result can be what you dont want an end to the relationshipthe good news is that most troubled friendships can be mended first, dont let your pride get in your waymost of us can forgive each other when differences are brought out in the open second, apologize when youre wrong even if youve been wrongedover the course of a friendship, even the best people make mistakessometimes, it may be best if the wronged person takes the lead and apologizeswhen you apologize, give your friend a chance to admit that he has been wrongthird, see things from your friends point of viewand finally, accept that friendships change as our needs and lifestyle changemaking friends can sometimes seem easythe hard part is keeping the connections strong during the natural ups and downs that have an effect on all relationships my suggestion: consider friendship an honor and a gift , and worth the effort to treasure and nurture 32what would be the best title for the text?aeasy ways to make friendsbups and downs in friendshipchow to mend a troubled friendshipdhow to take the lead in making friends33the “wronged person” underlined in the text refers to a person awho has been mistaken for another bwho has been blamed unfairly cwho has treated friends badlydwho has admitted his mistakes34according to the text a friendship can last long only if awe have much in common bwe know our friends mistakes cwe treat our disagreements wisely dwe have know one another for long35what should we do if we follow the authors second suggestion? astick to our own prints of viewbavoid making mistakescmake an apology firstdchange our lifestyles第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从所给选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余you will have a lot of reading to do in this grade this yearyou can do more of it in less time if you learn to read rapidlyperhaps you have been told about some habits which keep a person from reading fast and have been strongly asked to break those which you might have 36 check yourself by answering yes or no to these questionsdo you move your lips （嘴唇） when reading silently? do you point to words with your finger as you read? 37 38 if you answer yes to any of these questions, start at once to break the habitif you move your lips, hold your fingers over them, or hold a piece of paper between your lips while you are reading 39if you point to words, hold the two sides of your book, one side with your left hand, the other side with your right hand40 if you move your head, place your chin （下巴）in one hand and hold your head still if you read no more than one or two three words at a time, you need to work very hard in learning to take in more words at each glance as your eyes travel across the lines of wordsado you read without any sound?bdo you read one word at a time?cdo you still have any of these bad habits?ddo you move your head from side to side as you read? ethen you will have too much time to understand the words? fthen if your lips move, you will know it and can stop themgthen you wont have a free finger to use in pointing while reading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15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。fathers dayfathers day is a fairly new celebration in the british calendar compared with mothers day, which has been a very popular and well celebrated festival in the uk for a very long timefathers day was first celebrated by americans （41） it was inspired by the actions of a man named william smarthe was a veteran of the us civil war and his wife （42） away giving birth to their sixth childhe （43） six children alone without remarrying, which was undoubtedly （44） back in those dayshis daughter, sonora dodd, （45） when she was an adult what her father had sacrificed for his （46） it was in the early 1900s and she was actually （47） one day, listening to a sermon on （48）she thought there should （49） be a fathers day celebrationand so the （50） was born, on the third sunday every june, close to the anniversary of sonoras fathers deathbritain took the idea of fathers day from the american celebration and it has been celebrated （51） since the 1970sfathers day is never quite such a big commercial event （52） mother s day is, probably because it hasnt been in （53） for so longbut what do british people do for fathers day? well, most people would buy their fathers a cardthe card would probably have nice message in it （54） what a great dad their father issome people do buy presents as well（55） gifts for dads are probably ties, chocolates or socks because there are things that dads can （56） use even if they dont want themin the run-up to fathers day, or indeed mothers day, there will be advertisements on tv giving （57） ideas of cds or gadgets（小玩意） we can buycard shops will be full of mugs or pens and similar goods with “ worlds greatest dad”（58） on themsome families（59） do things together to celebrate fathers day like going for a mealas a special treat, british people might give their dad a bit of a rest,（60） him a cup of tea, or even wash his car and mow the lawn to make him feel really appreciate41aand bso cor dbut42agave bwent cdied dpassed 43abrought bfed craised deducated44aunusual bunnatural cunfair duntrue 45anoticed bfound cheard drealized46awife bchildren cson ddaughter 47aat school bat home cat work dat church 48amothers day bfathers day cchristmas day dnew years day49astill btoo calso das well50aattraction btradition cposition dcongratulation51aspecial bofficially cespecial dgreatly 52alike bthat cas dwhich53aexistence buse ceffect dpower54awriting bsaying cspeaking dtelling 55aregular bpopular cnormal dmoral56aalways bsometimes cseldom dnever 57ayou bthem cus dpeople58aplaced bput claid dwritten59amust bcan c might dshould60acook bboil csteam dmake 第卷 （非选择题）注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节：（共10小题；每题15分，共15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。“remember, your father is only one year 61 （old） than you” that was mums usual excuse when dad said the wrong things or did something 62 （fool）dad quitted drinking exactly one year before i was bornhe joined a group of other peoplehe said they 63 （stop） drinking, tooi loved my dad 64 i hated the way his weekly meetings took him away 65 meit seemed that they were more important to him than i wasbut with my birthday coming up i thought dad would make an 66 （except）“cant you miss it just this time? saturday is my birthday! ” i begged him but 67 （refuse）he said “i am chairing the meeting this saturdaywe will have your party on sunday”saturday evenin