四校淮阴中学、南师大附中、天一中学、海门高中2016届高三5月联考英语试题

1、.2016 年南师附中、天一、淮阴、海门中学调研测试英语试卷注意：本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）部分。答案全部做在答题卡上。总分为 120 分。考试时间120 分钟。第一卷（共 85 分）第一部分听力测试（共两节，满分20 分）第一节（共 5 小题：每小题1 分，满分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. where does the conversation take place probably?a.

2、 at home.b. in a shop.c. in a swimming pool.2. on which days doesn tthe mans son work?a. monday, wednesday and friday.b. tuesday, thursday and sunday.c. monday, friday and saturday.3. who is going after jack?a. mr. green.b. mrs. green.c. his brother.4. what does the man mean?a. the car doesntneed cl

3、eaning.b. he cleaned the car last time.c. mark should clean the car this time.5. when should the delivery be made to the man?a. on sunday.b. on saturday.c. on thursday.第二节：（共 15 小题：每小题1 分，满分15 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

4、5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. what did the ioc president announce?a. the winner to host the 34 th winter olympic games.b. the winner to host the 24 th winter olympic games.c. the winner to host the 44 th winter olympic games.7. how many more nods did beijing get than its rival-almaty?a

5、. forty.b. forty-four.c. four.请听第 7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。8. how long does the woman need the car?a. for three weeks.b. for thirteen days.c. for three days.9. which car does the woman choose at last?a. the silver one.b. the black one.c. the red one.请听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。.10.what does the woman want?a. an ov

6、ercoat.b. a jacket.c. a skirt.11.who promised to solve the problem for the woman?a. the tailor.b. the manager.c. the tailor s assistant.12.when will the speakers go to the tailor s?a. next saturday morning.b. next saturday afternoon.c. next sunday morning.请听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。13.what are the speak

7、ers doing?a. saying good-bye to each other.b. waiting for a flight.c. exchanging their pictures.14. what do we know about jane?a. she is studying at cambridge university.b. she will graduate next july.c. she is twenty-one years old.15. who is the woman s daughter?a. jane.b. beth.c. tina.16. what can

8、 we learn from the conversation?a. the man has been traveling for a month.b. the mans son is a college teacher.c. the woman likes playing the piano.请听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。17. what do restaurants in america seldom accept?a. cash.b. checks.c. credit cards.18. what do we know about popular restaurants

9、?a. they have many reservations every day.b. they serve alcohol to guests under 20.c. they accept reservations for large parties.19. how much should you tip for superior service in a restaurant?a. 15% of the total bill. b. 20% of the total bill.c. 25% of the total bill.20. which of the following is

10、true according to the passage?a. americans smoke less than europeans.b. asians smoke less than europeans.c. the legal smoking age in america is 21.第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35 分）第一节单项选择（共15 小题 : 每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）21. -what do you think about that new librarian?-she is _ of a good clerk, for she even doesn tkno

11、w how to classify the books.a. somebodyb. nothingc. somethingd. nobody22. - i ve had a bad cough recently.-me too. i ve neverxperienced _ of air pollution in cities before.a. an acute problemb. a more acute problemc. a most acute problemd. the most acute problem.23. according to the ministry of envi

12、ronmental protection, many cities in china suffered _air pollution during the third quarter of this year.a. meaningfulb. amusingc. significantd. fundamental24. fame and wealth can be attractive, but_ will they give you permanent happiness.a. in no timeb. at a timec. at all timesd. at no time25. with

13、 the pressure of being off work _, mary seemed to be going crazy.a. making upb. taking upc. picking upd. building up26. floyd landis made several lame excuses blaming medicine he had been taking for an injury, but these were all _.a. in progressb. in vainc. in turnd. in tune27. man y of the creature

14、s in the movie“ avatar ”butaremuchnotofreal,_ happens is stillattractive.a. whichb. whatc. thatd. them28. leonardo da vinci _ a scientist if he had not been so skilled in other areas.a. would beb. must bec. might have beend. should have been29. -hurry! there s no time to waste.-ok. but i m afraid th

15、at _ i work around the clock, i cantcatch up withthose straight a students.a. even ifb. asc. untild. as though30. -you should have told her about the meaning of the gesture.-i meant _, but i had some unexpected guests.a. tob. to havec. to do sod. doing so31. emotional conflict may shake the _ of eve

16、n the strongest relationship, e.g. between husband and wife, parents and children.a. proportionb. foundationc. innovationd. interaction32. it is reported that china will not buy the euro debt until some thorough research _.a. has been doneb. will have been donec. will be doned. had been done33. -any

17、thing special about this device?-well, it can _ between the cancerous and the normal cells under certainconditions.a. concludeb. excludec. discriminated. undergo34. news of the world was gone, shut down after _ in the biggest newspaper scandal ever to hit britain.a. catchingb. caughtc. being caughtd

18、. having caught 35. - iwas reading a dream of red mansions by cao xueqin yesterday, but i couldn tunderstand it.- _. it is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.a. dontfly off the handleb. you got me therec. nothing is impossible to a willing heartd. more haste, less speed第二节完形填空（共20 小

19、题；每小题1 分，满分20 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、 b、c、d 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。learning a second language fuels childrenintelligencesand makes their job prospects.brighter.36the fact is, in u.s.a, as in many other english speaking countries, speakers oftwo or more languages are in the37. eighty-four per cent

20、of us people are monolingual(speakers of only one language). thisleaves a smallnumber who38to speak twoormore languages.no matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything_39english is a marker ofdifference here. that whys fourteen-year-oldumaris40whenpeople comment on the fact

21、 that he is ableto speak arabic. umar s motherpints out:in u“.s.a,it s not41for kids to be bilingual. but, if you speak another language to your children inu.s.a, it is thought that you are not helping them to42society.”but in fact, the general43among experts is that learning a second language is go

22、odfor children. experts believe that bilingualspeople who speak_44languages have a clear learning advantage45their monolingualschoolmates. this46onhow much of each language they can speak, not on which language is used,47they arelearning arabic, french, chinese or any other language.vinss millon, a

23、professor of foreign language training, says:a lot of studies“have48that children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language more49,butin the end they doas wellas theirmonolingualschoolmates, and oftenbetter, in othersubjects.”the view is that there is a(n)50from the effort of lea

24、rning another language. a fewother51agree that bilinguals“tend to use language better as a whole. they also52greater creativity and problem-solving ability, and they learn further languages more easily ”.with all of the benefits, why do we not show more53for learning other languages?parents and teac

25、hers54in bilingualeducation say it is pressure from friendsat school,general55to other languages in english-speaking countries, and problems in the schoolsystem that are to blame.36.a. andb. soc. butd. thus37.a. minimumb. maximumc. minorityd. majority38.a. claimb. pretendc. decided. plan39.a. more t

26、hanb. less thanc. rather thand. other than40.a. excitedb. embarrassedc. disappointedd. appreciated41.a. commonb. unusualc. uniqued. general42.a. fit inb. build upc. contribute tod. figure out43.a. distinctionb. commissionc. announcement d. agreement44.a. oneb. twoc. threed. more45.a. beneathb. beyon

27、dc. overd. of46.a. determinesb. focusesc. commentsd. depends47.a. ifb. whetherc. whend. because48.a. rejectedb. releasedc. revealedd. reminded49.a. slowlyb. rapidlyc. easilyd. efficiently50.a. outcomeb. improvementc. advantaged. tendency51.a. parentsb. learnersc. schoolmatesd. professors52.a. displa

28、yb. producec. inspired. discover53.a. concernb. respectc. enthusiasmd. intelligence54.a. involvedb. impressedc. competingd. replacing.55. a. opinionsb. obstaclesc. sensesd. attitudes第三部分阅读理解（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a 、b 、c、 d 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。athe right to vote is one of the most f

29、undamental rights of any democracy. yet, for too long,too many of our fellow citizens were denied that right simply because of the color of their skin.fifty years ago this week, president lyndon johnson signed a law to change that. the votingrights act broke down legal barriers that stood between mi

30、llions of african americans and theirconstitutional right to cast ballot( 投票 ). it was, and still is, one of the greatest victories in ourcountry s struggle for civilrights. but it didn t happen overnight. countless men and womenmarched and organized, sat in and stood up, for our most basic rights.

31、for this, they were calledagitators(挑拨者 ) and un-american; they were jailed and beaten. some were even killed. but in the end, they reaffirmed the idea at the very heart of america: that people who love this country can change it.our country is a better place because of all those heroes did for us.

32、but as one of those heroes,congressman john lewis, reminded us in selma this past march, “theres still work to be done. ” fifty years after the voting rights act, there are still too many barriers to vote, and too many people trying to erect（建立） new ones. weve seen laws that roll back early voting,

33、force peopleto jump through hoops to cast a ballot or lead to legitimate (合法的 ) voters being improperly purged from the rolls. over the years, we have seen provisions (规定 ) specifically designed tomake it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote. in a democracy like ours, with a history like o

34、urs, that sa disgrace. that s why, as we celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the voting rights act, i m calling on congress to pass new legislation to make sure every american has equal access to the polls.it s why i support the organizers getting folks registered in their communities. and its why,no

35、 matter what party you support, my message to every american is simple: get out there and votenot just every four years, but every chance you get, because your elected officials will only heed(留心 ) your voice if you make your voice heard. the promise that all of us are created equalis written into o

36、ur founding documents but it s up to us to make that promise real. together, let s do what americans have always done: let s keep marching forward, keep perfecting our union, and keep building a better country for our kids.from obama weekly address aug 8 th , 201556. many americans were denied the r

37、ight to vote simply because _.a. they were unwilling to go out and voteb. they were agitators and un-americanc. too many people tried to erect new barriersd. the color of their skin was different57. what message does president barack obama want to convey in this speech?a. the president underlined th

38、at all people are created equal.b. the president celebrated the 50th anniversary of the v oting rights act.c. the president reaffirmed the commitment to protecting the right to vote.d. the president called on everyone to seize every chance to elect officials.bthere is one holiday in the year which i

39、s completely american, thanksgiving day. it is theday when everyone goes back home to spend the day with his family, to have the traditional thanksgiving dinner of roast turkey, to talk about old times.this is a story of thanksgiving day and of one mans efforts, under rather special circumstances, t

40、o carry on these traditions.old pete took his seat this day on his usual bench in union square. every thanksgiving day for nine years, pete had taken this same seat exactly at one oclock, and each time the same pleasant thing had happened. but this time pete had come here more from habit than from h

41、unger.certainly today pete was not hungry. he had just had a dinner so enormous that he could hardly breathe. the buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst. he was so full of soup, oysters, roast turkey, apple pie, ice cream, and a dozen other rich foods that the november breeze and t

42、he first light fall of snow felt cool and pleasant to his face.the meal had been completely unexpected. he had been passing one of the large homes on fifth avenue, where there lived two rich old ladies. it seems that it was their custom each thanksgiving to place a servant at the front entrance with

43、 orders to bring in the first hungry looking person that passed and then give him a thanksgiving dinner of everything he could eat.on this particular thanksgiving day, pete had passed, the servant had brought him in, and, before pete knew it, he was being served like a king with more food than he co

44、uld eat.pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move. he happened to look to the left and there in the distance he saw the old gentleman coming toward him. he wanted to get up and run, but he was so full of food that he stayed right there. every thanksgiving day for nine years, the old gentleman h

45、ad come here, and found pete on this same bench, and then taken him to a restaurant and bought him a thanksgiving dinner. it was a kind of tradition which the old gentleman, who had no family and lived alone, had tried to continue. the old man was tall and thin and sixty years old. he was aristocrat

46、ic looking and he always dressed in black. his hair was whiter and thinner than it had been the year before, and he leaned more heavily on his cane than he used to.how do you do! said the old gentleman. i am glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through th

47、is beautiful world.each time the old gentleman had said exactly this same thing. it was part of the tradition. old pete, too, began to feel as though he himself was now a part of the tradition, and he therefore did not have the courage to tell the old man that he had already eaten. this dinner seeme

48、d to mean so much to the old gentleman.thank you, sir, said old pete at last. ill go with you gladly. im very hungry sir.together the old gentleman and pete walked south to the same restaurant where each year pete had his thanksgiving dinner. they sat at the same table. the old gentleman seemed plea

49、sed and happy. when the waiter brought dish after dish of food to pete, the old gentleman sat quietly and smiled. under the circumstance, pete had to eat. it was part of the tradition, and so he ate like a hero. soup, oysters, roast turkey, pie, he ate everything, although when he entered the restau

50、rant even the smell of more food almost made him sick. at last pete leaned back with the battle won.thank you sir, he said, with some effort, for a fine dinner.they parted as they did each year at the door, the old gentleman going south, pete north. around the corner, pete stopped for a moment, felt

51、 a terrible pain in his stomach, then fell to.the sidewalk unconscious. a little later an ambulance came. in the hospital they discovered that he had had an attack of indigestion.an hour later, another ambulance brought the old gentleman to the same hospital. at firstthey thought it was also indiges

52、tion but later one of the nurses said,that nice old gentleman over there- you wouldnt think that it was a case of starvation.proud old family, i suppose. he told me that he hadnt eaten a thing for three days.”58. this year old pete came to the union square because _.a. he was hungry and expected to

53、find some foodb. he had nowhere to go on the thanksgiving dayc. he wanted to meet the old gentleman and check his healthd. i t was a convention for him to accept the old gentlemans dinner59. why didn told pete refuse the invitation from the old gentleman?a. because he felt he had more room for food.b. because he realized he was involved in the tradition.c. because he felt moved by the old gentlemen s generosity.d. because he didn t dare to tell the old