太原五中2014—2015学年度第二学期阶段检测

高 三 英 语

出题人：李红勤 李星玲 校题人：吕元吉 王鲜梅 齐俊高 郭海涛 (2015.5.8)

第一部分 听力( 共两节)

(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.＄19.15. B.＄9.18. C.＄9.15.

答案是C.

1. What is Linda?

A. A writer. B. A student. C. A teacher.

2. What is the man afraid of?

A. Having an accident. B. Missing the interview.

C. Saying something wrong.

3. What does the woman want to do?

A. To return a jacket. B. To change a jacket.

C. To buy another jacket.

4. Why does the man feel upset?

A. A guy stole his clothes. B. He found his clothes ugly.

C. Someone said he was ugly.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. She disbelieves her son. B. She feels very sorry for her son.

C. She wants her son to use a new key.

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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Why isn’t Jenny at the store?

A. She left work early. B. She’s late for work. C. She’s been out of work.

7. How does the man feel about Jenny?

A. Angry. B. Curious. C. Concerned.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What is lying on the railway tracks?

A. A man. B. A rock. C. A trunk.

9. What are the speakers about to do?

A. To move the rock. B. To wave the T-shirt. C. To find something red.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man want to talk about?

A. Lucy’s poor health. B. Lucy’s school education.

C. Lucy’s work performance.

11. What did the customer at Table 4 do that annoyed Lucy?

A. He praised her. B. He made a complaint.

C. He ordered the special offer.

12. Why is Lucy in low spirits?

A. She hasn’t made a plan. B. She hasn’t realized her dream.

C. She hasn’t become a good waitress.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How does the woman think Mark feels?

A. Anxious. B. Unhappy. C. Frightened.

14. What was Catherine doing when the speakers got home?

A. Reading her books. B. Playing with her friends.

C. Chatting with the operator.

15. What does the woman want to ensure?

A. Mark can pass the exam. B. Mark can help people in need.

C. Mark can apply what he’s learned.

16. What will the speakers do for Mark?

A. Keep a record of his reactions. B. Create an unexpected situation.

C. Write down their own experiences.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When did the magician first perform professionally?

A. In 1964. B. In 1968. C. In 1972.

18. What made the magician world famous?

A. His TV show. B. His global tours. C. His teaching job.

19. Which does the magician think is his greatest achievement?

A. Project Magic. B. Box office records. C. The Magic of ABC.

20. How is the magician different from other magicians?

A. He practices hard. B. He believes in wonder.

C. He started his career early.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

（共15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。

A

My father passed away in a nursing home on a September day. I never remembered him telling me he loved me. Upon hearing his death, I didn’t feel the need to cry. I struggled with my lack of strong feelings over his passing, knowing it was not healthy for me to avoid sadness.

On Christmas Day of the year, I was reflecting on as many good memories of my father as I could. I decided to work out my feelings, so I sat down and wrote my father a letter.

Dear Daddy,

I remember something today. I remember when I was 3 years old, mom carried me right before bedtime and you sang “Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep” to me, and I remember your voice like it was just yesterday. I remember the warmth of you lying next to me and how special I felt at that moment. Then my mom carried me off to my own bed to tuck me in.

I remember times when I could sit out on the porch with you and watch an approaching thunderstorm, and you would tell me the scientific facts behind lightning and thunder. I thought you knew everything.

I remember you taking my two brothers and me on trips to a stream out in the country on summer days. We would walk along the stream, picking wildflowers to take home to mother.

I want to thank you for giving me an appreciation of nature and science and of God’s beautiful creation, Earth. I want to thank you for making us take part in “family worship” every evening after dinner. I remember that Bible stories and the Golden Rule on how to treat others, and I learnt how to appreciate music in my life from the hymns we sang. I also learnt to harmonize with my sisters.

And most of all, I want to forgive you. I forgive you for not being able to tell me that I was a special girl and that you loved me. I longed for your spoken affection. But I realize something in your own upbringing would not allow you to express your feelings verbally（口头地）. I realize that you did the best that you could with what you knew.

I signed the letter and put it into my wooden box to join many other cards and letters from my family and loved ones that I cherished. But somehow, it had not brought any relief I desired.

On New Year’s Eve, I remember the letter to my father. I took it outside to the yard. Then I built a fire and dropped it into the flame and watched it burn.

As I thanked my father for giving me life, the tears came. I released all the grief and whispered, “you were my father… and I love you.”

21. Why did the writer struggle with the feelings upon hearing her father’s death?

A. Because she couldn’t accept her father’s death.

B. Because she wanted to hold back her sadness.

C. Because she knew she should have felt sad.

D. Because she had a mixed feeling of love and hatred.

The writer spent much happy time doing memorable things with father EXCEPT that ___.

A. father sang songs for her before bedtime

B. father taught her nature, science, and history

C. father took her on trips in nature

D. father read Bible stories for her

23. It can be inferred from the text that ______.

A. the writer burned the letter directly after finishing writing it

B. father’s growth influenced his way of expressing himself

C. the writer never expected father to express his true feelings

D. the writer didn’t forgive her father completely after his death

24．Which can be chosen as the best title for the story?

A. Daddy, I miss you. B. A regretful letter to father

C. Happy time with daddy D. The flames of forgiveness

B

An American research company shows that $248.7 billion online sales are expected by 2014. It seems as if we can’t get enough of spending money through countless online clicks today. Following are some of the incredible things that you can buy online!

1) Parents

51-year-old Michael Amatrudo from Connecticut put a posting on Craig list in 2009 to sell his elderly parents, asking for $155 in return.

2) Chewing Gum

Bidding for Britney Spears’ chewing gum reached $14,000 in 2004. The pop star’s half-eaten sandwich also went for over $500.

3) Kidney Stone

Star Trek actor William Shatner sold his kidney stone for $20,000 when he put it up for sale online to see how much a piece of him was worth. He ended up giving the money to charity.

4) An Imaginary Friend

This imaginary guy went (or might still be going) by the name of Jon Malipieman and was sold on eBay for $3,000 by a man who claimed:

“My imaginary friend Jon Malipieman is getting too old for me now. I am now 27 and I feel I am growing out of him. He is very friendly. Along with him, I will send you what he likes and dislikes, his favorite things to do and his personal self portrait.”

5) Souls

The website demonical.com is probably the creepiest site I have ever visited. You can sell your own soul or buy the souls of people such as Fidel Castro and Woody Allen (both selling for $950). Bill Gate, whoever that is, has his soul for sale at $1,300 while Michael Jacobsen’s soul is being sold for $3000.

6) A Rock That Looks Like Meat

The screen shot from eBay tells us that people are bidding over $1 million for this “naturally formed bbq pork rock”. Absolute madness.

25. What is the author’s purpose for writing the passage?

A. To introduce some unbelievable things online.

B. To call on customers to resist the products.

C. To attract readers to visit the related websites.

D. To encourage readers to buy the things online.

26. Which is probably sold at the highest price according to the passage?

A. Chewing Gum. B. Kidney Stone.

C. An Imaginary Friend. D. A Rock That Looks Like Meat.

27. According to the text, _____ is most likely to have starred in a film.

A. Britney Spears B. William Shatner

C. Jon Malipieman D. Fidel Castro

28. What can be inferred from the text?

A. Michael Amatrudo charged a high price for selling his elderly parents.

B. William Shatner sold the kidney stone so as to donate the money to charity.

C. Jon Malipieman was sold because he was not wanted any longer.

D. The soul of Michael Jacobsen is worth more than that of Woody Allen.

C

Iceland is experiencing a book boom（繁荣时期）.

It is hard to avoid writers in Reykjavik. There is a phrase in Icelandic, “ad ganga med bok I maganum”, meaning everyone gives birth to a book. Literally, everyone “has a book in their stomach”. One in 10 Icelanders will publish one.

“Does it get rather competitive?” I ask the young novelist, Kristin Eirikskdottir. “Yes. Especially as I live with my mother and partner, who are also full-time writers. But we try to publish in alternate years so we do not compete too much.”

“Writers are respected here,” Agla Magnusdottir tells me. “They live well. Some even get a salary.” Magnusdottir is head of the new Icelandic Literature Centre, which offers state support for literature and its translation. “They wr