【高考必备】湖南省湘潭市第三中学高三下学期英语周考测试题2016.4.9Word版缺答案[原创精品].doc

1、2016届高三英语周考测试题2016.4.9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。1What does the woman mean?AThey should live outside the country.BThey need to buy a new cell phone.CThey should cut down their phone bill.2Wh

2、ere does the conversation probably take place?AIn a library.BIn a bank.CAt a station.3What did the woman do before last May?AA businesswoman.BA politician.CA teacher.4What does the man offer to do?ATake the womans box downstairs.BHelp the woman take away stones.CPut the womans things in the box.5Wha

3、t is the woman asking the man for?ASome books.BA book list.CHis library card.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, 从每题所给的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。 听第6段材料, 回答第67题。6What does the woman order first?AA vegetable salad.B

4、Bread and ice water.CA glass of dry white wine.7When can the woman get her order?AAt about 6:50.BAt about 7:10.CAt about 7:30. 听第7段材料, 回答第89题。8What does the man ask the woman to do?AVisit the orphans and give them some presents.BVisit the orphans and give lessons to them.CVisit some high school volu

5、nteers with him.9Where will the speakers meet?AAt the door of the mans house.BAt the gate of their school.COn their school playground. 听第8段材料, 回答第1012题。10What size does the man think he wears?ASize 40.BSize 42.CSize 44.11Which color does the man like especially?AGrey.BBlue.CBlack.12What do we know a

6、bout the jacket?AIt is made of an expensive material.BIt doesnt match the mans skin.CIt is slightly tight in the collar. 听第9段材料, 回答第1316题。13Which is one of the mans good memories?AHis parents used to take him to hunt birds.BHis parents used to teach him to plant trees.CHe used to play in the backyar

7、d with his friends.14What did the man learn from his hard life?AWorking harder than others.BDealing with problems all alone.CMaking more money for his family.15What change would the man make in his early life if he could?AHe would like to have been richer than others.BHe would have chosen a quite di

8、fferent job.CHe would prefer to have been born in a peaceful area.16What can we learn from the conversation?AThe mans parents supported him until he found a job.BThe mans parents are both in their late seventies.CThe man contacts his parents by writing letters. 听第10段材料, 回答第1720题。17What meat is menti

9、oned in the talk?APork.BFish.CMutton.18Who especially like hot dogs cooked over a hot fire in the open air?ATurks.BGermans.CAmericans.19What is mustard like?AIts yellow or yellow-brown.BIts a white or red liquid.CIt has a strong smell.20Why is a hot dog also called frankfurter or frank?AThe people i

10、n Frankfurt enjoy hot dogs most.BThe city of Frankfurt is said to be its birthplace.CThe butcher Frankfurt made the first hot dog.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节（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。 ALisa Pina never thought she would need the fire safety training she received during her appr

11、enticeship (学徒期) as a painter. On Friday morning, she felt so grateful for having had it.On Thursday night, while Pina was babysitting her granddaughter, nephew and two nieces in her sisters apartment, she smelled smoke and realized the apartment building was on fire. When her 4-year-old granddaught

12、er Garcia began saying,“Were going to die”, she knew she had to act. Pina, first sealed the door, and then told all four children to lie on the floor. After calling 911, she told the children to start singing and promised them all treats as soon as they reached safety.“I said, OK, were going to lie

13、down and were all going to play a game,” Pina said.“We all started singing our ABCs and 123s. I was just trying to make it fun.”Pina patiently waited, and a few minutes later, Riverside County sheriffs deputies (县治安官助理) arrived. Pina and the children were all trapped on the second floor as flames fi

14、lled the first floor.Pina did the only thing she could. She opened the window and dropped the children, one by one, into the arms of the sheriffs deputies about 15 to 20 feet below.“I just needed to keep the kids calm so they wouldnt be afraid,”Pina said.“I was definitely afraid inside, but I couldn

15、t let them know that.” Not long after dropping the children out of the window, firefighters arrived with a ladder and rescued her. Ten people were treated at the scene for suffering smoke, but nobody was seriously injured.21When Pina saw the fire, which is the right order of what she did according t

16、o Paragraph 2?told children to lie on the floorLet children start singingsealed the doorcalled 911ABCD22Why did Pina and the children start to sing songs?ATo make herself not scared.BTo spend time waiting for rescue.CTo help calm down the children.DTo practice the fire safety training.23According to

17、 the text, we know that _.Aduring the fire Lisa Pina wasnt afraid at allBLisa Pina was the first one to be rescuedCthe children were sent to hospital after the fireDthe fire didnt cause any death24Which of the following words can best describe Pina?APatient.BBrave.CTimid.DFrightened.BHow much garbag

18、e do you imagine a person will produce in his lifetime? Its about 127,604 pounds of garbage. However, Lauren Singer, who majored in environmental science at New York University, began working toward living a“Zero Waste”lifestyle while still studying at university and has been completely“trash-free”f

19、or the past two years, proving that a trash-free lifestyle is possible.Lauren regularly writes about her experiences of a zero-waste life on her blog. While she was determined to embrace a waste-free lifestyle, the eco-blogger admits that the past two years havent been without difficulties. However,

20、 after persevering for so long, she now feels that she is completely“set up”with everything she needs to keep following a trash-free lifestyle.“I stopped buying packaged products and began bringing my own bags at the supermarket,”she explained,“I stopped buying new clothes and shopped for only secon

21、dhand things. As more and more time passes, I produce less and less.”Even though the journey is hard, Laurens zero-waste life is well worth the effort. She now saves a lot of money because she is prepared when going shopping rather than grab things blindly. She also eats fresh organic fruits and veg

22、etables instead of packaged foods.Today she has learned to make all of her own everyday eco-friendly products, such as toothpaste, shampoo, kitchen cleaner and the like in an attempt to avoid creating unnecessary rubbish. She also founded her own waste-free company, the Simply Co., through which she

23、 sells her homemade products.The 23-year-old girl has become an inspiration to many. She is giving talks on TV and conducting more and more interviews about her zero-waste lifestyle worldwide.Lead a trash-free lifestyleWe are the future of this planet!25Why did Lauren Singer decide to live a zero-wa

24、ste life?ATo finish her university study.BTo save money and keep healthy.CTo reduce garbage and help protect our planet.DTo found her own company and inspire others.26According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE about Lauren Singer?AShe is getting accustomed to a trash-free lifestyle. BS

25、he always lives on the products made by herself.CShe has lived a zero-waste lifestyle easily in the past two years.DShe usually buys what she likes when shopping.27How can we live a zero-waste lifestyle according to the passage?ABy saying no to packaged products.BBy majoring in environmental science

26、.CBy giving talks and doing interviews.DBy founding a company of our own.28Which slogan best describes the theme?AMoney Grows on Trees：Recycle Paper.BCool Kids Help a Warm Planet.CShow Your Care, Dont Pollute the Air.DBeing GreenReduce, Reuse, Recycle.CAn elephant in a South Korean zoo is using his

27、trunk to pick up not only food, but also human vocabulary.An international team of scientists confirmed Friday what the Everland Zoo has been saying for years：Their 5.5-ton elephant Koshik has an unusual talent.The 22-year-old Asian elephant can reproduce five Korean words by putting his trunk insid

28、e his mouth to imitate sound, the scientists said in a joint paper published online in Current Biology. They said he may have started imitating human speech because he was lonely.One of the researchers said there is no conclusive evidence that Koshik understands the sounds he makes, although the ele

29、phant does respond to words like“anja (sit down)”and“nuwo (lie down).”Koshik is particularly good with vowels (元音), with a rate of similarity of 67 percent, the researchers said. For consonants (辅音) he scores only 21 percent.Researchers said the clearest scientific evidence that Koshik is deliberate

30、ly imitating human speech is that the sound frequency of his words matches that of his trainers.Vocal imitation of other species has been found in mockingbirds, parrots and mynahs. But the paper says Koshiks case represents“a wholly new method of vocal production”because he uses his trunk to reprodu

31、ce human speech.In 1983, zoo officials in Kazakhstan reportedly claimed that a teenage elephant named Batyr could reproduce Russian to“say”20 phrases, including“Batyr is good.”But there was no scientific study on the claim.Researchers believe Koshik learned to reproduce words out of a desire to bond

32、 with his trainers after he was separated from two other elephants at age 5.Oh Suk-hun, a South Korean veterinarian who co-authored the research paper with Stoeger-Horwath and Mietchen, said the elephant apparently started imitating human speech to win the trust of his trainers.Kim Jong-gab, Koshiks

33、 chief trainer, said the elephant was timid for a male when he first came to the Everland Zoo, so trainers often slept in the same area with him. Kim thinks that contact helped Koshik feel closer to humans.29What do we know about Koshik?AHe is a newcomer to the zoo.BHis talent has been discovered re

34、cently.CHis imitation of consonants is not so good.DHe began to imitate human speech at age 5.30The example of Batyr is given to show _.ABatyr is less clever than KoshikBit is hard to find evidence for Koshiks talentCelephants are good at imitating human speechDKoshiks talent is really unusual among

35、 elephants31According to the scientists, Koshik imitated human speech _.Afrom zoo visitorsBto fight lonelinessCwith the help of his trainersDfor the purpose of performance32The underlined word“timid”in the last paragraph probably means _.AshyBfriendlyCcoldDproudDMovies about teachersGood Will Huntin

36、gRebellious (反叛的) 20-year-old MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) janitor (看门人) Will Hunting often hangs out with his South Boston bar buddies. After MIT professor Lambeau stumps (难住) students with a challenging math formula on a hallway blackboard, Will anonymously (匿名地) leaves the correct

37、solution.As Wills problems with the police worsen, Lambeau offers a solution, but with two conditionsvisits to a doctor and weekly math sessions. Will agrees to the latter. Will is finally forced to deal with both his past and his future.Mona Lisa SmileIn 1953, Katherine Ann Watson takes a position

38、teaching“History of Art”at Wellesley College, a conservative womens private college in Massachusetts because she wants to make a difference and influence the next generation of women.At her first class, Katherine discovers that the girls have already memorized the entire syllabus (教学大纲) from the tex

39、tbook so she instead introduces them to Modern Art and encourages spirited discussions about topics such as what makes good art and what Mona Lisas smile means. This brings her into conflict with the conservative College President who warns Katherine to stick to the syllabus if she wants to keep her

40、 job The ChorusOn 15 January 1949, former music teacher Clment Mathieu arrives in a boarding school for orphans and problematic boys. The place is administrated by the director Rachin, and most of the boys there receive severe punishments for their faults.Clment decides to teach the boys to sing in

41、a choir in their spare time, and identify the musical potential of the rebel Pierre Morhange. He also has a special feeling for the young Ppinot, a boy who expects a visit from his father every Saturday near the gate, but who actually lost his parents in the war. With his methods, Clment changes the

42、 lives of the boys.33In Good Will Hunting, Will Hunting _.Ashows no changeBis a college studentCmakes fun of LambeauDis a troublemaker at the beginning34Katherine in Mona Lisa Smile can be described as _.AreformativeBconservativeChumorousDstubborn35In The Chorus, the boys under Rachins charge _.Aare

43、 miserableBlead a happy lifeCare mostly orphansDhave no access to music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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Cant get out of the office? Try these tips for a healthier, less stressful workday. 36 For upper-body strength：Stand a yard or more away from your desk, with your f

44、eet together. Place your palms on the edge of the desk a shoulders width apart. Lower your chest to the edge of the desk, and push back up. Remember to breathe out on the way up. Do 20 times.The little mermaid (美人鱼)at work.Sit upright in your chair. Hold your right wrist over your head with your lef

45、t hand and pull it, stretching your right side. Make sure to keep your shoulders down as you bend. Hold for 10 seconds. 37 Take hold of your left wrist over your head with your right hand and stretch the other way. Repeat five times on each side.Shoulder spin.A good move for flexibility. Sit tall in

46、 your chair and reach your left hand behind your back, between your shoulder blades(肩胛骨), palm out. Then reach your right hand up toward the ceiling, bend it down, and try to touch your left hand. 38 Hold for 10 seconds. If not, grab onto your shirt and keep practicing. Switch arms and repeat.The wo

47、oden leg.For lower-body strength：Sit in your chair, extend one leg out straight in front of you and hold for two seconds. Then raise it up as high as you can, and hold it again for two seconds. 39 The magic carpet ride.This works your core and arms. 40 Then place your hands on the armrests, suck in

48、your gut(内脏)and raise yourself a few inches above the seat using your belly muscles and hands. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds. Rest for 30 seconds. Repeat five times.ARepeat with each leg 15 times.BInvisible chair sit.CDesk push ups.DIf you can reach it, great!ESit in your chair, legs crossed and feet on

49、 the seat.FReturn to upright posture.GRelease and raise your arms toward the ceiling again.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和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。“Where are you?” the urgent voice demanded on my mobile phone.The woman on the other end of the phone had 41 newsn

50、ews that would change my life forever. Apparently my 42 was on his way home at lunch-time 43 he suffered an unexpected heart attack. 44 a neighbours sharp eyes had spotted him. By now it was after 1 pm and Ueli was on his way to the nearest hospital. It turned out that, 45 a huge effort by a large t

51、eam of medical staff, nine hours after the 46 , Ueli, the father of two of my sons, died.But Uelis story didnt 47 there. Ever since I met him he had 48 that, should he die before me, I must ensure that if it were possible his 49 would be donated. So on that awful night I 50 the medical staff to help

52、 make his wishes come true. Once the 51 were made, I thought that I had honoured Uelis final act of selflessness and would 52 no more of it.Some time later, 53 , I received a letter telling me that the corneas (角膜) had been successfully transplanted into the eyes of two young women who would benefit

53、 greatly from improved vision. What a 54 it was to know that this generous mans 55 would have such a positive impact on these women. But the best news was 56 to come. More than a year after Ueli died, a lovely card arrived in the mail from the organ donor organization, 57 me that a young man who may

54、 not have lived much longer had successfully 58 Uelis heart valve (心瓣膜).What happiness I have! I know Ueli would have been extremely 59 to have had a part in 60 this young mans life and ensuring that he could now pursue (追逐) his own dreams with much improved health. Now I can forever say,“Rest in pe

55、ace, Ueli. Youll be rememberedeven by strangers.”41AstrangeBexcitingCdifferentDterrible42AbrotherBfatherChusbandDson43AwhenBwhileCafterDsince44AInterestinglyBLuckilyCUrgentlyDNervously45Ainstead ofBdue toCdespiteDexcept46AdonationBdriveCattackDoperation47AworkBchangeChappenDend48AdecidedBpredictedCrealizedDremembered49AbloodBclothesCmoneyDorgans50AchallengedBaskedCadvisedDallowed51AarrangementsBexperimentsCpreparationsDdecisions52AkeepBhearCrequireDneed53AthereforeBbesidesCanyhowDhowever54AsurpriseBwealthCdelightDregret55AwishesBplansCrulesDtips56AjustBsoonCalread