福州八中2015—2016学年高三毕业班第一次质量检查

英语试题

考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分

2015.8.29

第一卷

（计分100分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5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 are the speakers?

A. At a café. B. At a shop. C. At home.

2. How does the man feel about the final exam now?

A. Worried. B. Confident. C. Proud.

3. What advice did the doctor give to the man?

A. Eat more. B. Exercise regularly. C. Go on a healthy diet.

4. What is the man going to do?

A. Have dinner with Henry.

B. Reserve a hotel for the woman.

C. Travel to New York.

5. What is the weather like?

A. Sunny. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy.

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. What does the woman ask for?

A. The way to a park. B. The exit of a theatre. C. The parking place.

7. Where is the sign?

A. Around the corner. B. Behind a tree. C. Beside a car.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What do the speakers think of the new training programme?

A. It’s full of useful ideas.

B. It’s not as good as the old one.

C. It’s better than their previous one.

9.Why were some trainees dissatisfied?

A. There were too many ideas.

B. The training was too theoretical.

C. The training programme was not enjoyable.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10 When should the man arrive at latest?

A. At 10:00. B. At 9:30. C. At 9:00.

11. What do we know about the race?

A. It is on the 22nd of July.

B. It is held on the Palace Pier.

C. It helps to collect money for a school.

12. What is unsuitable to wear for the race?

A. Jeans. B. Shorts. C. T-shirts.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Receptionist and guest. B. Guide and tourist. C. Manager and worker.

14. What transportation is free?

A. Boats. B. Taxies. C. Buses.

15. Where will the man get off if he takes the bus?

A. At Tower Hill Underground Station.

B. At London Bridge.

C. At Tower Bridge.

16. What does the man say about the river taxi?

A. It runs to a timetable all day.

B. It passes some places of interest.

C. It takes about half an hour to get to London Bridge.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where is the town of Swanton?

A. Near the sea. B. By a lake. C. On a hill.

18. What does Jack like most about living in Swanton?

A. There’re chances to climb nearby.

B. There’s plenty of activity in the town.

C. There’s interesting wildlife near the town.

19. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. Swanton is an important tourist city.

B. There is plenty of entertainment in Swanton.

C. There is a well-known music festival in Swanton.

20. Why is Jack unhappy about the environment of Swanton?

A. The water in the river is dirty.

B. There are few wild birds around today.

C. The trees in Swanton woods are not healthy.

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。

A

It's time for your family to relax and have fun! The following family adventures have links for you to get more information．

Take the Rides of Your Life

Visit Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, to seek thrills "Even though it's located off the beaten track, experts regularly praise Cedar Point as the best overall theme park of the country," says U.S. News & World Report. The park calls itself the roller coaster capital of the world, and with 16 to choose from, it's hard to argue. It's open daily from May 10 through Labor Day; weekends only from Labor Day through November 2．

Tickets start at $ 48．99 per person if purchased online．

http://www．cedarpoint,com．

Wander Free on a Dude farm

Dust off your cowboy boots and ready your cowboy hats for a visit to this Rocky Mountains paradise. Located in Augusta, Montana, "The farm has everything an aspiring cowboy or girl could long for," says Sunset magazine, including hiking trails, fishing trips, campfires with sing-alongs, and, of course, horseback rides. The large farm operates from June through September; kids-only and adults-only programs are available．

Total cost starts at $ 1,360 per adult, $ 1,276 per teen, and $ 1,168 per child．

http://www．triplejranch．com．

Dig for Dinosaurs

Most kids （and adults）love dinosaurs, and to make their wildest dreams come true, head to Fruita, Colorado. The Museum of Western Colorado offers Dino Digs for children ages five and older. You can choose from one-, three-, and five-day expeditions. "Imagine how your child will feel when she helps unearth the fossilized（化石）bones of ancient species," says Outside magazine. It lasts from May to October．

Digs start at $ 125 per person．

http://www．museumofwesternco．com

Surf Sand Dunes

Swap your snowboard for a sand-board, and head to Sand Master Park in Florence, Oregon. Real Simple recommends learning the basics at this private dune park, "which offers board rentals and lessons - often taught by world-champion sand boarders．" Then you 'can hit the "slopes" to test your skills．From March to June, and September to November．

Rentals for a sand-board start at $ 10 per day; lessons start at $ 45 an hour per person．

http:/'www. Sandmasterpark.com．

21.What is special about Cedar Point?

A. You can visit Cedar Point on weekends．

B. It has 16 roller coasters for you to choose from．

C. You can help unearth the fossilized bones of dinosaurs．

D. It offers lessons taught by world-champion sand boarders．

22. If you have a 3-day holiday in April, which of the following may interest you most?

A. Take the Rides of Your Life B. Wander Free on a Dude farm

C. Dig for Dinosaurs D. Surf Sand Dunes

23. Where will you probably find this passage?

A. A science fiction． B. An adventure storybook．

C. A travel magazine． D. A theme park advertisement．

B

My 16-year-old son, Anton, had gone to the local swimming hole．Most of the kids swim there, and there are plenty of rocks for them to use as safe harbors, so I had no fears for his safety．

Still, the firefighter's first words "You need to come up here to the Stillwater River" made me catch my breath, and his follow-up words gave me relief: “ Your son is OK．”

When I got to the river, I immediately saw the fire truck, ambulance and Anton, wrapped with a towel about his shoulders, sitting quietly on a low platform of the fire engine．

I hurried over to him. "You OK?"I asked．

“Yeah," was all he said．But my eyes begged for an explanation. I didn't get it from my son, however, who tends to play his cards close to his vest．

The story was this: A woman was being swept under water. Hearing the cries, Anton and his friend Tyler, without hesitation, swam out to her, and brought her safely to shore．

In an age in which the word "hero" is broadcast with abandon and seemingly applied to anyone who make it through the day, I realized the real thing in my son．The teens are stubborn and self-centred, but that didn't mean they have no desire to do good．

Still shocked by my son's daring, I drove him home．Along the way, I tried to dig out some more information from him - but he had precious little to say．The only words he said were,

“What's for supper?"

I spent some time alone that evening, thinking about the tragedy that might have been. The next morning, when Anton got up, I half wanted him to tell me the story．But all he did was toast some bread, pull himself together, and head for the door to start a new day. Watching from the window, I was reminded that still water often runs deep．

24. Why did the mother allow her son to swim there?

A. He was an excellent swimmer. B. The water of the river is shallow.

C. He was old enough to swim. D.The rocks can be of help if there's danger.

25. The underlined part "who tends to play his cards close to his vest" probably means _________

A. Anton is a boy fond of swimming with other kids

B. Anton is unwilling to tell others what he thinks

C. Anton always has a desire to help others

D. Anton seldom changes his mind

26. In the mother's eyes, what her son did was__________

A. dangerous but interesting B. meaningful but difficult

C. unexpected and courageous D. awful and absurd

27. What might be the best title for the passage?

A. My Son, My Hero B. Anton, A Silent Boy

C. A Good Deed D.A Proud Mother

C

The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep, but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep.

Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment. For five days in a row, the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep. Their sleep patterns were monitored all night. Before and after each trial period, the people took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin (褪黑激素) was in their blood at any given time.

When subjects read on the iPad as compared to the paper books, they reported feeling less sleepy at night and less active the following morning. People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights, and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion (分泌) was delayed by an hour and a half.

The researchers conclude in today's journal article that given the rise of e-readers and the increasingly widespread use of e-things among children and adolescents, more research into the long-term consequences of these devices on health and safety is urgently needed. Czeisler and colleagues go on, in the research paper, to note：“Reading an iPad in bed may increase cancer risk.”

However, software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and computers according to time of day, and there are also glasses that are made to filter (过滤) short wavelengths. While they se