内蒙古赤峰市宁城县高三下学期5月模拟考试英语试题及答案

1、 注意：本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。第卷（选择题，共100分）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。1. when can the woman get her car?a. at noon. b. at abou

2、t 2 pm. c. late in the evening. 2. where does this conversation most probably take place?a. in a drugstore. b. in a lawyers office.c. in a doctors office. 3. what does kate do?a. she is a teacher. b. she is a writer. c. she is a doctor. 4. what will the girl do tonight?a. she will stay at home alone

3、. b. she will go to ask nancy for dinner. c. she will have to stay at home with her brother. 5. what is the woman?a. a librarian. b. a student. c. a teacher. 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。每段对话或独白读

4、两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6. how many car salespersons were hired?a. ten. b. eleven. c. twenty-one. 7. what advantage does the woman have compared with the salesmen?a. she is a woman. b. she is very friendly. c. she is ready to help others. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。8. what does the woman want to do next ye

5、ar?a. work abroad. b. make travels. c. make more money. 9. what is the woman worried about?a. she is unable to live in a family.b. how to find a reputable agency. c. whether the family treats her well. 10. what suggestion does the man offer?a. get some money from parents. b. get a part-time job abro

6、ad. c. get information from an agency. 听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11. what did the man put up on his wall yesterday?a. the picture he drew. b. the picture he took. c. the picture his friend gave him. 12. what is probably the man?a. a photographer. b. a model. c. a visitor. 13. how many cameras does the m

7、an have?a. a dozen. b. more than two. c. only two. 听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。14. why did the man buy the second-hand car for the woman?a. he was short of money.b. he wanted to save some money. c. the new cars were not satisfying. 15. whats the womans feeling if she drives an old car?a. ashamed. b. angry

8、. c. happy. 16. what do the speakers decide to do at last?a. to buy an expensive car immediately.b. to sell the car to a friend. c. to dress the car up. 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. what do you know from the talk?a. people still prefer to live in the same place where they have always lived. b. people n

9、owadays dont stay in the same place all their lives. c. no people still live where they used to live. 18. how old is the man?a. 70. b. 85. c. 100. 19. what is the secret of long life according to the man?a. laughing and taking exercise. b. moving from one place to another place. c. talking to people

10、 as often as possible. 20. how many times has the man been married?a. once. b. twice. c. three times. 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ahi guys! im lucy the ladybird and while im very much of a lady, im not actually a bird but a glowing red

11、beetle(甲虫) with decorative black spots. im a friendly little bug, to be honest, and simply like to be close with my pals as long as they handle me very gently. i dont bite humans but i do sink my teeth into mean beasts like aphids (蚜虫) which, unlike me, are very harmful to all the plants. i milk the

12、 aphids just like people do with cows and i milk them dry of all the sap (汁) they have got from your poor plants. im a real gardeners friend and love helping out around the place by pollinating flowers, tidying up plants fallen leaves and helping to turn them into nice rich fertilizer to feed everyt

13、hing both above and below the soil, and naturally, being so attractive to look at, we are perfect living garden decorations. one thing i can not tolerate is all that poisonous pollution from vehicles, garbage burning and other un-environmentally friendly acts that occur in the cities every single mi

14、nute of the day and night. pollution of any kind really chokes me to death, so these days, i only live in clean countryside areas, particularly cool ones where it rains and everything grows fresh and green from spring right through to autumn. in winter, when the weather is too cold for me to bear, t

15、hen i find a nice place to sleep until the snow has gone and i can come back out to play. oh! i almost forgot to tell you that although i am not a bird i do have wings and can fly for short distances. so if you pick me up and let me run up and down your hands and arms, then please dont frighten me b

16、y screaming if i suddenly secede to take off! 21. what threatens lucy the ladybird most?a. heavy rains. b. cold weather.c. air pollution. d. aphids.22. from the second paragraph we can learn that lucy thinks_.a. ladybirds are the best living things in the garden b. ladybirds are the most honest livi

17、ng things in the garden c. the garden is a perfect place for ladybirds to live in d. ladybirds add beauty to the garden naturally23. what do we know about the ladybird?a. it belongs to the insect family. b. it does harm to all growing plants.c. it lives on the liquid of plants. d. it can fly a long

18、distance.24. how many aspects about the ladybirds are talked about in the passage? a. its appearance b. its influence on plants c. its habitat d. its food e. the origin of its name a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5bno rows of desks in this classroom, and no teacher lecturing at the front. in fact, thats something

19、 barrie teacher liz collett rarely does. instead, shes on the move, talking to students about their work, from the small group sitting on the floor playing games to others nearby figuring out a math problem. the children in this class do not take a spelling test all year in fact, the school avoids a

20、ll pencil-and-paper tests nor do they get assigned homework. instead, their teacher gives them immediate feedback(反馈) on their work throughout the day. welcome to the school of the 21st century, a place where teachers and students cooperate all the time. such advanced classrooms are trying things, w

21、hich some might consider as coddling kids letting students give a voice-recorded essay instead of a written one or even allowing teens to design their own courses. though some people blame schools for dumbing things down (降低教育标准) , others will say such changes are actually based on the newest resear

22、ch on how to attract todays youth and increase not only their interests, but also their achievements. many of todays school are not holding kids interests. and if theyre not interested, theyre not learning and isnt that the point? “students today say they want their education to be useful and valuab

23、le, and dont want it to be simply repeating the facts. thats the kind of learning that be happening for many kids,” says penny milton, a researcher. “what we could argue is that to become good learners, they need to become thinkers.” jan olson, anther researcher, says schools have been operating the

24、 same way since the industrial revolution. but the digital age is bringing an education revolution. while using technology is a part of it, whats important for students is being able to use information and understand it, not just remembering it. todays learner needs fewer traditional tests and more

25、“effective” feedback, ongoing discussion with a teacher, which studies have found is the number one factor in improving achievement. 25. the first two paragraphs are used to_.a. blame liz for not being responsible for her workb. describe what schools are like in the 21st centuryc. give an example of

26、 a successful school lessond. question whether it is right not to assign homework26. the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 means “some people may think it as a way of_”a. spoiling children b. making children become lazy c. leading children to make mistakes d. caring about children27. jan olson thin

27、ks it important for students to _.a. repeat the facts without really thinkingb. learn something related to technology c. make full use of information d. use technology to improve their grades 28. which is the most effective way to help students achieve more?a. assigning more homework b. offering imm

28、ediate answers.c. giving more pencil-and-paper tests. d. holding more discussions with them.clast month, james connolly, a junior at the university of massachusetts, stood in front of a local police station wearing a loose garment as punishment. his crime? he was charged with underage drinking, ille

29、gal possession of alcohol and very big noise while holding a party. this shaming punishment has increased in the us in recent years, mostly decided by local judges for less-serious crimes such as drunk driving and theft. they believe shame is the best small crime punishment. for example, in tennesse

30、e, judge james mckenzie has made a shoplifter stand outside wal-mart with signs that read, “ im a thief put here by order of judge mckenzie.” some experts think alternative punishments like community service and fines dont convey moral condemnation (谴责) of the criminal because they arent shameful en

31、ough. shaming punishments are sometimes called scarlet letter punishments. the name comes from us author nathaniel hawthornes 1850 novel, the scarlet letter. in this novel, a woman is forced to wear a scarlet ( red) ”a” on her clothes as punishment for her adultery. supporters of shaming punishment

32、argue that public shaming is a good way of expressing community values. some judges say shamed offenders seldom repeat their crimes. others arent so sure. “there is little evidence to suggest that shaming punishment are successful in preventing people from committing special crimes. and a shamed cri

33、minal may face a hard battle to regain reputation in society. so a shaming punishment may force the offender into more crime to support himself.” 29. james connolly was punished because_.a. he wore a loose garment in front of a local police stationb. he drunk too much and caused an accidentc. he bro

34、ke the law of alcohol consumption and held a noisy partyd. he stole things from a supermarket30. in early american societies, offenders_.a. wore a scarlet “a” on their clothes as shaming punishmentb. would never gain respect from othersc. didnt receive any moral condemnationd. had the chance of bein

35、g accepted by the societies again31. we can infer from the passage that_.a. shaming criminals publicly is a good way of expressing community valuesb. shaming punishment has a long history in the usc. shaming punishment can always have good resultsd. community service and fines dont convey moral cond

36、emnation of criminals32. what is the best title of the passages?a. doubtful punishmentb. successful punishmentc. the increasing punishment in the usd. the result of shaming punishment in the usdand family but uncomfortable with his children. as a child i loved him; as a school girl and young adult(成

37、年人)i feared him and felt bitter(痛苦的) about him. he seemed unhappy with me unless i got straight as and unhappy with my boy friends if their fathers were not as “successful” as he was. whenever i went out with him on weekends, i used to struggle to think up things to say, feeling on guard. on the fir

38、st day of my visit, we went out with one of my fathers friends for lunch at an outdoor cafe. we walked along that afternoon, did some shopping, ate on the street table, and laughed over my sons funny facial expressions gone was my fathers critical(挑剔的)air and strict rules. who was this person i knew

39、 as my father, who seemed so friendly and interesting to be around? what had held him back before?the next day my dad pulled out his childhood pictures and told me quite a few stories about his own childhood. although our times together became easier over the years, i never felt closer to him at tha

40、t moment. after so many years, im at last seeing another side of my father. and in so doing, im delighted with my new friend. my dad, in his new home in arizona, is back to me from where he was.33why did the author feel bitter about her father as a young adult?ahe was silent most of the time bhe was

41、 too proud of himselfche did not love his children dhe expected too much of her34when the author went out with her father on weekends，she would feel_.anervous bsorry ctired dsafe35what does the author think of her father after her visit to tucson?amore critical bmore talkativecgentle and friendly ds

42、trict and hard-working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。选项中有两处为多余选项。for the rest of march, a disease will sweep across the us. it will keep kids home from school. 36_employees will suddenly lose their ability to concentrate.the disease, known as “march madness”, refers to the yearly

43、 65 team us mens college basketball tournament (锦标赛). 37_teams compete against each other in a single elimination (单局淘汰) tournament that eventually crowns a national champion.nearly 20 million americans will find themselves prisoners of basketball festival madness. the fun comes partly from guessing

44、 the winners for every game. friends compete against friends. 38_colleagues against bosses.big name schools are usually favored to advance into the tournament. but each year there are dark horses from little known universities.this adds to the madness. watching a team from a school with 3,000 studen

45、ts beat a team from a school with 30,000, for many americans, is an exciting experience. two years ago, the little known george mason university was one of the final four teams. 39_college basketball players are not paid, so the game is more about making a name for their university and themselves. 4

46、0_about $ 4 billion will be spent gambling (赌) on the event. according to media life magazine, the event will bring in $ 500 million in advertising income this year, topping the post season income of every us professional league, including that of the nba.a. husbands against wives.b. the players wil

47、l go all out for the games.c. but that doesnt mean money isnt involved.d. college students will ignore piles of homework.e. people are willing to spend more money on watching it.f. it begins on march 15 and lasts through the beginning of april.g. many people had never even heard of the university be

48、fore the tournament. 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、和）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。a certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. she regretted it immediately and would do anything to take the words back. so she went to

49、an older, wiser woman in the village and 41 _for advice.listening to her, the older woman 42_ the younger womans distress(苦恼) and knew she must help her. she also knew she could 43_ ease her pain, but she could teach.then, she said. “there are 44_ things you need to do. the first is extremely diffic

50、ult. tonight, take your best 45_ pillows and open a small hole in each one. then, 46_ the sun rises, you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. when you are 47_, come back to me. if youve done the first thing 48_, ill tell you the second.”the young woman hurried home to pre

51、pare for her chore, 49_ the pillows were very 50_ to her and very expensive.all night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. her fingers were 51_. the wind was so sharp that it caused her eyes to water, but she ran on through the 52_ streets, 53_ there was something she could do to put things 54_

52、 the way they once were. finally she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman.she was exhausted but 55_ ,thinking that her efforts would be rewarded.“now,” said the wise woman, “go back and 56_ your pillows. then everything will be

53、 as it was before.”the young woman was stunned, “you know thats impossible! the wind 57_ each feather as fast as i placed them on the doorsteps! you didnt say i had to get them back! if this is the second requirement, then things will never be the same.” “thats true,” said the older woman. “never fo

54、rget. each of your words is like a feather in the wind. once 58_ no amount of effort, 59_ sincere or heartfelt, can ever return them to your mouth. choose your words well and 60_ them in the presence of those you love.”41. a. looked b. asked c. sought d. prayed42. a. witnessed b. touched c. guessed

55、d. sensed43. a. certainly b. easily c. never d. seldom44. a. one b. two c. three d. four45. a. feather b. leather c. woolen d. cotton46. a. when b. after c. as d. before47. a. through b. offc. over d. out48. a. quickly b. absolutely c. completely d. carefully49. a. as if b. even though c. now that d

56、. in spite of50. a. hard b. rare c. nice d. precious51 a. freezing b. to freeze c. froze d. frozen52. a. darkened b. widened c. brightened d. broadened53. a. amazed b. lucky c. thankful d. hopeful54. a. on b. up c. off d. back55. a. tired b. relieved c. relaxed d. calm56 a. refill b. get c. purchase d. seek57. a. blew