山西省古县、高阳、离石三区八校高二英语下学期第一次联考试题.doc

山西省三地区2016届高三下学期第一次八校联考英语试 题 部 分 （满分150分，考试时间120分钟，请将答案填写在答题卷上）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）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。每段对话有一个小题，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。1. what does the man mean?a. he doesnt have anything to do. b. he believes the woman is wrong about the time.c. time passes very quickly.2. what did paul do this morning?a. he had a history lesson. b. he had a chemistry lesson.c. he attended a meeting.3. what does the woman mean?a. jimmy is going to set out tonight.b. jimmy has not decided on his journey.c. there is no need to have a farewell (告别) dinner.4. what does the woman worry about most?a. bad weather. b. bus strike. c. heavy traffic.5. what did the man say about his camera?a. he enjoyed using his new camera. b. he left his camera in his friends car.c. he lost his camera.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，每段对话或读白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6至第7题。6. how old is the woman now?a. ten years ago. b. nineteen years old. c. eighteen years old.7. how does the woman make some money?a. she gives lessons. b. she plays the piano at the concerts.c. she plays the piano at parties.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第9题。8. when does the woman plan to leave?a. on wednesday morning. b. on friday afternoon. c. on saturday night.9.what does the woman think about the cost?a. low. b. reasonable. c. high听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。10. what is the girls nationality?a. chinese. b. japanese. c. indian.11. what is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?a. customer and shop assistant. b. student and teacher. c. classmates.12. what does the man mean when he says “very good”?a. he thinks the girl can easily understand his words. b. he thinks the girl understands how to use “excuse me” and has used it correctly. c. he thinks the girl is clever.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。13. where does this conversation take place?a. at a travel agency. b. at the railroad station. c. at the bus station.14. why does the traveler want to take a bus?a. the bus tickets are cheaper than the train tickets. b. the traveler wants to experience another way of traveling. c. bus stops at several cities along the way.15. why are the bus tickets much cheaper than the train tickets?a. the bus trip takes longer time.b. the bust stops at several cities.c. there is no rest room in the bus.16. why couldnt the passenger use the train ticket to pay for the bus ticket?a. the train ticket costs more than the bus ticket.b. the train station belongs to another company.c. her uncle and aunt dont agree with her to do so.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。17. what is the speaker doing?a. giving a lesson. b. making a speech. c. introducing a family.18. how long was the company in business?a. for over a century.b. for about half a century. c. for about a quarter of a century.19. why did the company nearly go out of business?a. they paid for the fire loss. b. they spend too much building the new factory. c. they paid the employees regularly while rebuilding.20. what do we know about arden textile?a. they received an award from the public. b. people had different views on what they did.c. they have helped others make great profits.二、阅读理解（40分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。（a）what do you want to be when you grow up? a teacher? a doctor? how about an ice-cream taster?yes, there really is a job where you can get paid to taste ice cream. just ask john harrison, an “official taste tester” for the past 21 years. testing helps manufacturers to be sure of a products quality. during his career harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice creamas well as for developing over 75 flavors（味道）.some people think that it would be easy to do this job; after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? notheres more to the job than that, says harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. he points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.in a typical morning on the job, harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream samples. he lets the ice cream warm up to about 12f. harrison explains, “you get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir（搅拌）it, creating ice-cream soup.”while the ice cream warms up, harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “tasting begins with the eyes,” he explains. he checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself，“does the product have the color expected from that flavor?” next its time to taste!continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps harrison busy but happy working at one cool job.21. what is john harrisons job?a. an official. b. an ice-cream manufacturer.c. a chemist. d. an ice-cream taster.22. according to john harrison, to be qualified in the “cool field”, it is helpful to _.a. think up new ideas every day b. keep a diary of daily workc. have a degree in related subjects d. find out new flavors each day23. what does harrison do first when testing ice cream?a. he stirs the ice cream. b. he lets the ice cream warm up.c. he tastes the flavor of the ice cream. d. he examines the color of the ice cream.24. which of the following is probably the best title for the passage?a. one cool job b. flavors of ice creamc. tasting with eyes d. john harrisons life（b）beijing chinas education authority will tighten the widely criticized policy of “extra credits” for the national college entrance examination to ensure a fairer chance for all exam-takers.under the policy, high school students who win awards in national olympic competitions could get extra credits, up to 20 points for the national college entrance exam. students with talentin sports and students who are from ethnic groups can also benefit from this policy. the extra credits have increased these students chances of being admitted by famous universities. some parents were found to have helped their children fabricate(伪造)award experiences or falsify qualifications to get extra credits.“it has harmed education equality，” the ministry said.xiong bingqi, vice-chief of the 21st century education research institute, said the policy is designed to help students who have special talents but may be weak in academic performance to have a chance to receive higher education. it will still be needed but it is time to make the rules fairer, he said.the ministry said it will reduce the range of competitions whose winners can get extra credits, and limit the winners, privileges.the new policy will apply to students who begin high school in 2011, it said.chen lei, a mother of a 10-year-old girl, said she welcomed the ministrys policy adjustmentas she does not want her daughter to become an olympic competition geek.but not all the chinese parents welcomed the new policy. “it is like a thunderbolt for me. my 13-year-old son has spent so much time studying olympic math, and participated in so many technological competitions during vacations. it is useless now,” said dong wen, a 43-year-old mother.a student said, “many students have changed the current study plan, and they can abandon the competition. i will be interested in learning the courses which can improve my abilities.” yuan guiren, minister of education, told china daily that the reform is an attempt to consider the overall quality of an applicant. “but the country will not stop the national college entrance examination as it is still the most objective way to evaluate talent in china,” he said.25. it can be inferred from the passage that_.a. high school students with talent in sports are weak in academic performanceb. students who win awards in olympic competitions cant get extra credits in 2011 c. the number of competitions whose winners can be awarded extra credits will be smallerd. he extra credits have reduced students chances of being admitted by famous colleges26. what does the underlined word “geek” probably mean?a. a winner b. a smart learner c. a competitor d. a dull student27. which person in the passage was strongly against the new policy?a. xiong bingqi b. chen lei c. dong wen d. yuan guiren28. what might be the best title for the text?a. “extra credits” policy in china to be adjusted b. promotion of national olympic competitionsc. advice on the national college entrance exam d. chinese government to push education reform（c）the news that china bans time-travel tv dramas and movies got a lot of attention on the internet. yet, time travel in china is a bit different from time travel in common sense. it is anything but science fiction and always goes backwards in time. there is minimum imagination involved-no ever-ending circles that mess up present and future, no advanced technology, no new social orders or new human forms from the twenty-whatever century, everything is a known historical fact when you travel through in chinait is not even called time travel; rather the chinese people refer to it as time crossover. time crossover has been an extremely popular theme for online novels for years (in fact, it is an indispensable part of chinas online culture), and didnt get picked up by tv and the big screen until recent two years. most of time-travel dramas and movies are adapted from popular online novels and like in other cases adaptations are never better than the original booksthe main plot of time-travel novels or tv dramas can be very well summarized in one sentence: from nobody to somebody. time travel in china is more about escaping from the reality than about realizing wild dreams.in china, there is no need of time machine either. people travel backwards in time via the possession of antiques presence at historical places of interest encounter of life-threatening accidents or simple a look into the mirror. some time-travel novels even start with i wanted togo back to history so much that one morning when i opened my eyes i was back. technology is not relevant at allthough china is not short of histories to go back to, people have their own preferences and it is pretty much a gender thingif the main character is male then he usually goes back to special times in history when he is able to help build up or tear up a dynasty. a typical example is a step into the past (寻秦记), the first time-travel tv drama in china, which tells the story of how a swat member helps to unite china and build up qin dynasty.on the other hand, female characters primarily go back to qing dynasty partly because qing dynasty has the most number of princes to fall in love with. yongzheng emperor is the favorite. as can be seen in startling by each step (步步惊心), a qing time crossover classic, a girl goes back to qing dynasty and falls in love with yongzheng emperor and his brothers33. the writing purpose of this passage is to _.aanalyze why the time-travel tv dramas are banned in chinabshow the difference between time travel in china and in other culturescintroduce the characteristics of the time-travel tv dramas in chinadadvise people to watch the time-travel tv dramas in china34. it can be inferred from the passage that_ .achina now has banned any forms of productions about time travelbthe main character always follows a set pattern in the time-travel tv dramas in chinacadapted from online novels, time-travel tv and movie productions enjoy more praisedall the time-travel productions are about heroes and their success35. the news mentioned in the very beginning is intended to_ .aprove authors view bgive an example cwork as a topic sentence dintroduce the topic（d）hey, ladies! its summer again and its time for a new you! no more make-up, no more pretending! yes, thats right! its time to stop making ourselves beautiful for the camera, and start posting confident pictures without all the make-up and extra tricks we add onto ourselves in the hope of appearing more attractive and beautiful. because believe it or not, we already are!after we wash our face and go to bed, it is not so perfect. you know it the face we should confidently be showing to the world! who cares if you have pimples（面痕）or your eyes look small, or if you have crows feet? guess what? those are actually what make you such a beautifully grown woman. and any person who doesnt think so is just not as strong as you.nowadays we are so prone to do anything and everything to make us look as young and perfect as possible. yet the troth is, by doing this, we are actually making our tree skin get worse and badly affected by all the junk we put on. we are making ourselves believe that by changing our appearance we will be more accepted and seem more attractive to other people. and yet, our final goal is to find that without all of the make-up. what kind of twisted（扭曲的）game are we really playing with ourselves?so i would like to make a suggestion for all women out there to give yourself a break at least this summer. take a couple of pictures without all of that make-up on. you dont need it every single day, especially not this hot summer! youll be surprised that the more confident you are about showing the real side of you, the more attractive you will be to everyone else.yes, the saying, “beauty comes from within” is an old one, definitely still holds some troth today. so be brave, carefree, and make-up free! let the world see you for who you really are!32. the author thinks that ladies should show others _.a. their crows feet b. their beautiful picturesc. their real face with confidence d. their attractive appearance33. what does the author think of adding make-up to our face?a. it makes perfect images. b. its really meaningless.c. it makes true images go outdated. d. its hard to achieve what we wish.34. what is the authors purpose of quoting the old saying?a. to declare its what one really is that matters.b. to show the importance of adding make-upc. to give us some examples of adding make-up.d. to tell us not to neglect those old sayings.35. what is the topic of this text?a. spending more time being with families and friends.b. not putting on any make-up on our face this summer.c. paying enough attention to ourselves in this summer.d. showing the beautiful side of ourselves to others.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。选项中的两项为多余选项。cell phones: hang up or keep talkingmillions of people are using cell phones today. in many places, it is actually considered unusual not to use one. 36 they find that the phones are more than a means of communication having mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.the explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity(负面报道)of such ideas. _37_ on the other hand, signs of change in the issues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning equipment. in one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss. 38 this man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years.39 the answer is radiation(辐射). high-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about.as the discussion about the safety continues, it appears that its best to use mobile phones less often. _40 use your mobile phone only when you really need it. in the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. so for now, its wise not to use your mobile phone too often.a. they will possibly affect their benefits.b. in many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people.c. what do the doctors worry about?d. what is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful?e. they say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.f. he couldnt remember even simple tasks.g. use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time.三、完形填空（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。one cool morning i was asked to go to several garage sales together with my mother. we finally 41 at a pleasant house in the woods. the elderly 42 told me that he and his wife were retired teachers. as we were searching, i heard the gentlemans wife say her 43 to someone, and i immediately 44 who she was. she looked at me and said, “youre susan miller.” i looked at her 45 , for it had been nearly thirty years 46 i had been in her class.my mother immediately said sorry to her for any bad 47 that i might have done. she apologized again after learning that i wasnt the sweet little child. mum thought that if this woman 48 me after so many years, i must have done something 49 . my teacher looked at my mother and 50 said, “oh, no, she was very good.”my teacher 51 that during the last week of school, i brought her a plant from my mothers garden. it was a lambs ear. she