忻州市第一中学2015届高三上学期期末考试

英语试题

【本试题分第I卷和第II卷两部分，时间120分钟，总分150分，听力不计入总分。】

第I卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案表在试卷上。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。

(共5小题;每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)

听下面五段对话。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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What impressed the man about the new theater?

A. The ticket price. B. The seats. C. The sound.

2. What are the speakers going to do tonight?

A. Listen to a lecture. B. Go out for pizza. C. Work in the garden.

3. Why has the man been staying at home?

A. He works at home. B. He is out of work. C. He’s been sick.

4. How many students had planned to take the exam?

A.50. B. 25. C. 15.

5. What does the man think of the cheese?

A. It is delicious. B. It smells better than it tastes. C. It has gone bad.

第二节（共15 小题；每小题1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。听完每段对话或独白前后，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6至7题。

6. What does the woman think is out there?

A. A bear. B. A wolf. C. A duck.

7. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Keep awake. B. Look at Greg’s tent. C. Continue to sleep.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What will Nancy do?

A. Move to Africa. B. Teach Russian. C. Move to Russia.

9. How will Nancy learn Russian?

A. Study at university. B. Take an online class. C. Talk to people

10. Why is the woman saving money?

A. To help the poor. B. To visit Russia. C. To study abroad.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Who is Eric?

A. Jim’s friend. B. The woman’s classmate. C. The man’s little brother.

12. Why was the man absent from school yesterday?

A. He was sick. B. He wanted to escape from a test.

C. He needed to pick up a friend.

13. What will the woman do after school?

A. Lend the man her notes. B. Go to the new movie theater.

C. Prepare for a test..

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. How long ahead of time did the woman leave home?

A. 20 minutes. B. Half an hour. C. An hour.

15. Where are the speakers?

A. On the plane. B. On the bus. C. In the car.

16. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A. Traffic. B. Business travel. C. Flight delay.

17. How does the woman feel about the situation?

A. Understanding. B. Sorry. C. Angry.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why is the coast guard being contacted?

A. The ship is sinking.

B. The ship is out of fuel.

C. The ship is 200 miles off the coast.

19. What will happen in ten minutes?

A. The coast guard will arrive.

B. The ship will stop moving.

C. There will be another announcement.

What are the passengers asked to do?

A. Stop using the gym.

B. Gather in the dining hall.

C. Go on with their enjoyment.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

第一节 (共15小题;每小题3分，满分45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

“Do you like doing things for people?” I asked a friend.

“Yes, most of the time,” she replied.

“Most of the time?”

“Well, I love to do things that are unexpected. I like to do little things most people wouldn't think about doing,” she said.

“But why did you say most of the time?”

“Well, sometimes after doing those little things people take advantage of you. I mean, they expect you to do it again. They ask you to do it. That’s when I don’t like it.”

It was odd that I had this conversation. This just happened to me. I love to do little things. I will pay for a meal card for the people in the office every time we have a meeting there. Not a big thing. It’s a little thing. $5.30 will pay for almost five lunches. Hey, big spender!

I also bought a bag of animal crackers for a friend at work. She was having a tough day and not very happy at all. I drove down to the Wal-Mart and picked up a huge bag for under $2.00. Her smile was worth it.

But one week she said, “Bob, we ran out of crackers. We love them so much.” I didn't want to do it. I smiled and she persisted. I finally admitted, “It’s different when I do it because I want to, but now you are trying to make me go to get them. It’s not the same.” But I bought it for her.

Unfortunately, a big fire in my family took away all the possessions we had. I didn’t know what to do and how to do it. What happened to me then surprised me most. I once had my bike repaired, but the repairman said “no charge” on hearing my sufferings. A stranger called James Kennedy read some pieces I’d written about our sufferings for Slate, the online magazine, and wanted to give us a new house across the lake from New Orleans. I refused but I felt moved. Another poet at the University of Florida also wanted to let his house to me free of charge while he was on holiday. My mates gave us more money for us to rebuild my home. When you do something kind for others, do you always get rewarded? Yes, but not in the way you might expect.

21. What’s the main purpose of the first paragraph?

A. To tell the background of the story.

B. To attract the attention of the readers.

C. To get the readers to know main idea directly.

D. To explain the reasons why he wrote the passage.

22. What do we know about James Kennedy?

A. He was a writer of an online magazine.

B. He was also a poet at the University of Florida.

C. He offered the author a new house free of charge.

D. He learned about the author’s sufferings online.

23. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Misfortune of blessing on happiness.

B. Never too late to learn.

C. Helping others means helping yourself.

D. Many hands make the work lighter.

B

When Peng Liyuan stepped off the plane in Moscow, the whole world wanted to know who dressed the elegant first lady. The reporter released the secret—Ma Ke.

Peng Liyuan has been wearing Ma Ke’s designs for more than a decade, a fact that was only highlighted recently when she was on her first state visit accompanying her husband President Xi Jinping. The elegant and attractive Peng, formerly a popular singer, has been compared with the US’ first lady Michelle Obama and France’s Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, since stepping off the airplane in Moscow on March 22. Suddenly, everyone was curious to know more about the first lady’s wardrobe.

Even so, Ma prefers a low-key approach. “If you eat a tasty egg why would you want to see the hen？” she says of all the media attention.

Ma’s relationship with Peng began 10 years ago after a concert in Guangzhou when a reporter told Peng she knew the designer behind the label Exception de Mixmind. Peng asked for an introduction because she was a fan of Ma’s designs and had been wearing them for years.

The two naturally became friends. Ma says“The painting reflects the painter, and clothes reflect both the designer and the wearer. Someone desires fame and wealth, or love and sympathy; what you have in your heart is reflected in the design. Those who don’t share my philosophy won’t buy my clothes. Peng is a caring person, devoted to charity and environmental protection, which is exactly what I’m doing now.”

However, regardless of the brand, Peng’s support of Chinese labels has surprised millions of Chinese who favor foreign fashion brands.

“Instead she presented a vision of Chinese fashion, desiring to bring Chinese designers to the world stage, ” says a western designer.

The first lady’s double-breasted coat and her black leather handbag aren’t available at any of Exception’s shops, though Exception’s physical stores do have seen a rising number of visitors.

24. The passage mainly discusses________.

A. the designer of the first lady Peng Liyuan’s dress, Ma Ke

B. the friendship between Peng Liyuan and her designer

C. Peng Liyuan’s clothes on her first state visit

D. the reactions to Peng Liyuan’s first visit to Moscow

25. In the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 Ma Ke mentioned “an egg and the hen” to show________.

A. it is hard to explain “Which came first，the egg or the hen？”

B. paying such great attention to her was unnecessary

C. the outcome was more important than the process

D. her dissatisfaction with the media attention on her dress

26. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. First ladies compete with each other whenever they are together.

B. Peng’s suits can be bought in Ma Ke’s clothes stores.

C. Ma Ke offered to design the first lady’s clothes through her friends.

D. Peng had liked Ma’s designs long before she got to know her in the flesh.

27. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Peng wears the dress designed by a Chinese designer probably to support Chinese brands

B. Many citizens found Peng Liyuan’s choice quite unexpected.

C. Black leather handbags like Peng’s are widely sold in bag stores in big cities.

D. After Peng Liyuan’s visit to Moscow Ma Ke’s clothes became more popular.

C

Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 to 15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.

Many adults remember learning that way — by copying letters over and over again. Today’ s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.

But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might th