宁夏石嘴山市2016届高三英语下册第二次模拟考试题

1、石嘴山市三中2016届高三年级第二次模拟考试英 语本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证号，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置上。2选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂,如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案的标号；非选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号在各题的答题区域(黑色线框)内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。4保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。第卷 第

2、一部分：听力理解(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1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。例：How much is the shirt ? A.19.15B.9.18C.9.15 答案是C.1. What does the man mean?A. Jack doesnt like him.B. He has nev

3、er called Jack.C. Jack is always busy.2. What is the mans suggestion?A. Staying in bed. B. Seeing a doctor. C. Taking some medicine.3. What can we learn about Shaw?A. He is poor. B. He looks untidy. C. He is clean.4. What does the man think about taking a cable lift?A. It is crazy. B. It is dangerou

4、s. C. It is fun.5. What will the woman do?A. She will go out. B. She will use the mans office.C. She will paint her office第二节:(共15小题，每小题1.5分,共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。听完每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第67题。6. What was the evenin

5、g discussions subject?A. Learning strategies. B. Friendship. C. Popular music.7. When will the man probably come?A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.听第7段材料，回答第8-9题。8. From where did Mary know the competition?A. TV. B. The Internet. C. A newspaper.9. How old is Mary now? A. Twenty-one. B. E

6、leven. C. Twenty.听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。10. How did the man feel about the speech competition?A. Disappointing. B. Wonderful. C. Just so-so.11. Who was the winner?A. Sam. B. Jim. C. Bob.12. What can we learn from the conversation? A. Jims pronunciation was the best. B. Most listeners didnt like Sams speec

7、h. C. Sams speech moved the man.听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。13. What is probably the woman doing?A. Having an interview.B. Talking with a friend.C. Having a class.14. What do we know about the woman?A. She knows little English.B. She has some vision problems.C. She wants to be an air-hostess.15. How long has t

8、he woman had nursing experience?A. For two weeks. B. For two months. C. For two years.16. Which advantage doesnt the woman mention?A. Being open-minded. B. Being active. C. Being friendly.听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17. How did the children study in the past?A. By memorizing all the things.B. By doing a lot o

9、f homework.C. By going to school on weekends.18. What do teachers encourage children to do today?A. Join in more activities.B. Repeat again and again.C. Learn by themselves.19. What do some children think about school?A. Its like a club.B. Its like a prison.C. Its like a cinema.20. What make it impo

10、ssible for some children to find a job?A. Their ages.B. Their skills.C. Their teachers.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分 ）第1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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to d

11、evelop color prints in our city and so he did When I was 16，Dad looked closely at the violin I played and said that he wanted to make oneHe read about violin-making, and then became a violin-maker at the age of 43. He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkee

12、per, while he worked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments. Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautiful. Some experts told him that it was the special varnish(油漆)that gave the instruments their beaut

13、iful soundDad argued that chemists could analyze the varnishif that was the answer One of Dads friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violinsWhen Dad explained that the top was made of spruce(云杉), his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which Dad might be interested in. He

14、 worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be an excellent violin and it would become Dads masterpiece. He believed that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself. Later, the instrument was stolen, Dads spirit was broken

15、 and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins. The violin has been missing for more than 25 yearsSomewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent toneThe owner today may never understand why this Ordi

16、nary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius21. In Paragraph l，the writer mentioned his fathers developing color prints to . A. let others know that he believed his father B. show that his father would like to make violins C. Prove that his father could do anything he wanted to D. give an ex

17、ample showing that his father was an inventor22. What did the writers father think about Stradivarius violins? A. They were made by experts B. The wood of the violins was special C. The way of making them was unusual D. The varnish was different from the others23. From the underlined sentence, we le

18、arn that the writers father A. found another new job B. wanted to become famous C. lost interest in instruments D. liked the violin very much24. What could be the best title of the passage? A. My Experienced Father B. My Father and His Violin C. The Secret of Making Violins D. The New Owner of the V

19、iolinB According to EMTP and Stat Gear CEO Avi Goldstein, every driver should be taught how to get out of a car when it becomes submerged in water.“Accidents and natural disasters often occur so quickly that its essential for drivers to be prepared,” says Goldstein. “In this case, preparation is sim

20、ply knowing what should be done before it happens.” Goldstein offers the following lifesaving tips: 1.Try to stay calm. The worst thing you can do is become overly agitated and panicked. 2. Dont try to open the door. This will cause the car fill with water very quickly. 3. Unfasten your seat belt or

21、 cut it if its jammed. 4. Help free anyone else in the car. 5. Use a window punch preferably spring-loaded. Its nearly impossible to break a car window with your hands or feet. 6. Exit through the broken window and swim up to safety. “Every car should be equipped with a window punch and seat belt cu

22、tter, but they are usually completely forgotten by car owners,” says Goldstein. For example, the T3 Tactical Auto Rescue Tool from Stat Gear features a 440c stainless steel serrated knife, seat belt cutter, spring-loaded window punch and LED light. Goldstein asserts that the T3 or another similar to

23、ol should always be within arms length of a driver. “If for any reason a driver becomes pinned into his or her seat, emergency tools need to be within reach-otherwise they are useless. They will do you no good in your trunk or backseat.” The following is a quick demonstration on how to escape a sink

24、ing car with a baby on board.25. What is the meaning of the underlined word in paragraph 1?A. washed B. cleaned C. stuckD. discovered26. According to the passage, where should you put a window punch and a seat belt cutter in your car?A. Near the drivers seat. B. In the trunk.C. In the back seat. D.

25、Under the engine.27. What will be following the passage?A. How to save a baby in a car.B. How to help a baby escape from a car.C. How to escape from a sinking car with a baby.D. How to avoid sinking a car with a baby.CIn ancient Egypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his s

26、hop simply by making changes to its environment. Modern businesses have been following his lead, with more tactics（策略）.One tactic involves where to display the goods. For example, stores place fruits and vegetables in the first section. They know that customers who buy the healthy food first will fe

27、el happy so that they will buy more junk food later in their trip. In department stores, section is generally next to the womens cosmetics(化妆品) section：while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe, bored customers are likely to wander over cosmetics they might want to try later

28、. Besides, businesses seek to appeal to customers senses. Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping, they make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day. Music sells goods, too. Researchers in Britain found that when French musi

29、c was played, sales of French wine went up. When it comes to the selling of houses, businesses also use highly rewarding tactics. They find that customers make decision in the first few second upon walking in the door, and turn it into a business opportunity. A California builder designed the struct

30、ure of its houses smartly. When entering the house, the customer would see the Pacific Ocean through the windows, and then the poll through an open stairway leading to the lower level. The instant view of water on both levels helped sell these $10 million houses.28. Why do stores usually display fru

31、its and vegetables in the first section?A. To save customers times.B. To show they are high quality foods.C. To help sell junk food.D. To sell them at discount prices.29. According to Paragraph 3, which of the following encourages customers to buy?A. Opening the store early in the morning.B. Display

32、ing British wines next to French ones.C. Inviting customers to play music.D. Filling the store with the smell of fresh bread.30. What is the California builders story intended to prove?A. The house structure is a key factor customers consider.B. The more costly the house is, the better it sells.C. A

33、n ocean view is much to the customers taste.D. A good first impression increases sales.31. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To explain how businesses turn people into their customers.B. To introduces how businesses have grown from the past.C. To report researches on customer behavior.D. To

34、 show dishonest business practices.DThere is a large percentage of Asian people in the US. Theyre hard working, respectful but strange sometimes. If you dont understand the culture, you will get some problems with them. Asian people are different from any other cultures if you think you know them, y

35、ou might want to think again.How are they different? When it comes to most Asian culture, respect is everything. You can do anything you want but dont disrespect an Asian man. You will get some real consequences afterward and especially if he is your boss. Its something called “face saving” in the A

36、sian culture. Its ridiculous sometimes but its their culture. Sometimes their culture can come in between their relationship at work. Asian people might expect a lot of respect from their co-workers when their co-workers just see them as an equal. Americans are very different from Asian people. If y

37、oure Asian, you might want to understand the American culture and even adapt to their culture if you work with them. It will be easier for you since youre in their countries. Imagine an American working in China, expecting Chinese co-workers to get along with him when he criticizes them straight out

38、 on every single matter in front of everyone. I think they will take him outside and take care of him. It just doesnt work that way with Asian people. If youre an American boss giving your Asian employee a review, you will see that they will have a problem with your negative remarks. They will think

39、 that you dont like them, disrespectful, and want to get rid of them; when in fact, youre just doing your job. Of course, its not fair for you as an American boss but just expect that it can be something that is on your Asian employees mind.32. The Americans cant get along well with the Asians proba

40、bly because_.A. their cultures are different B. they dont like each otherC. both of them are too proud D. they have different political views33. The underlined phrase “face saving” in Paragraph 2 probably means_.A. saving some money for later use B. making faces to please your bossC. showing some re

41、spect to somebody D. helping somebody out of trouble34. From the third paragraph we can know that it is difficult_.A. for the Asians to accept the culture in AmericaB. for the Americans to adapt to the culture in ChinaC. for people to learn the culture in a foreign countryD. for people to follow the

42、 culture in their own country35.The negative remarks an American boss gives on your work probably mean he/she_.A. doesnt like you any longer B. thinks you are not worth respectingC. offer you some better advice D. wants you to improve your work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

43、项为多余选项。 Handwriting can make or break the first impression. If your handwriting is difficult for others to read, you will sometimes feel embarrassed. 36 . It needs lots of practice to improve your handwriting. 37 . Try each of them out on a piece of paper by signing your name. Find out which type of

44、 pen you can write best with. You may be amazed at the change in your handwriting just by changing to another pen. 38 . Do not just do what feels comfortable because that is just your old bad habit coming back into play. Try to hold the pen lightly and dont press too hard.Use your chosen pen to writ

45、e Os on some pieces of lined paper. Write until you have filled up all the lines. Be careful with each O that you write. 39 . Practice writing Os as much as possible. Remember : practice makes perfect. You may practice for weeks or months if you need to. 40 .As your handwriting shows signs of improv

46、ement , go ahead and keep on practicing by writing more words.A. Gather different types of pens.B. Practice holding your pen in different ways.C. However , a bad writing habit is hard to break.D. Choose a type of pen with which you write best.E. It wont help if you write a lot of careless Os on the

47、paper.F. Two to three months practice is enough to get good handwriting.G. After you are confident in your Os, do the same thing with your name.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Bobby was getting cold in the snow. His shoe

48、s had a few holes and did a poor job of keeping out the 41 . He had been out for about an hour already, 42 he could not hit an idea for his mother s Christmas gift. Ever since his father died three years ago, the family had 43 . His mothers small wage could 44 make ends meet. What the family lacked

49、in 45 they made up for in love. Bobby s sisters, clever with hands, had already 46 beautiful gifts for their mother. But Bobby had nothing. Standing up, Bobby walked to the street. It wasnt 47 without a father, especially when he needed a man to talk to. He walked from shop to shop. Everything seeme

50、d so beautiful and so out of 48 .It was getting dark and Bobby turned to walk home when 49 his eyes caught something shining on the ground. He reached down and 50 a shiny dime(a coin of ten cents).Never before has anyone felt so 51 as Bobby felt at that moment. 52 spread throughout his body. 53 his

51、new found treasure, he walked into a nearby store. His 54 quickly turned cold when knowing he could buy nothing with only a dime.Then he went into a flower shop. Bobby handed the dime and asked 55 he could buy one flower for his mother. Looking at Bobby and his dime, the shopkeeper 56 for a second a

52、nd asked Bobby to wait there. Then he went in. Few minutes later, the shopkeeper came out with a bunch of beautiful red roses. Bobby s heart 57 as the shopkeeper placed the roses gently into a beautiful box. He had only a dime !That will be ten cents, young man,” the shop owner said. 58 Bobby gave t

53、he man his coin in disbelief. Could this be true? 59 the boy s mind, the shopkeeper added, I just happened to have some roses on sale. Would you like them?This time Bobby didnt 60 . Walking out of the door, Bobby heard the shopkeeper say, Merry Christmas, son. 41A. rain42A. yet43A. ended44A. hardly4

54、5A. time46A. boughtB. coldB. soB. movedB. probablyB. spiritB. madeC. darkC. orC. struggledC. usuallyC. moneyC. orderedD. dustD. thusD. unitedD. totallyD. educationD. exchanged47A. safe48A. mind49A. gradually50A. searched51A. popular52A. Warmth53A. Choosing54A. guilt55A. what56A. paused57A. settled58

55、A. Slowly59A.Changing60A. refuseB. wiseB. controlB. suddenlyB. watchedB. specialB. PanicB. HoldingB. patienceB. whyB. lookedB. sankB. CalmlyB. ClearingB. stopC. strangeC. reachC. hurriedlyC. placedC. wealthyC. RegretC. BringingC. curiosityC. ifC. waitedC. bledC. SecretlydC. OccupyingC. insistD. easyD. sightD. deliberatelyD.discoveredD. comfortableD. AmbitionD. FetchingD.excitementD. whenD. prayedD. relievedD. UnwillinglyD. ReadingD. hesitate第II卷 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1.5分，共15分