万州二中2015—2016学年上期高三中期考试

英 语

注意事项：

1.本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。

2.答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0.5毫米黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、班级、学校填写清楚，并贴好条形码。请认真核对条形码上的准考证号、姓名。

3.每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。在试题卷上做答无效。

第I卷

第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分）

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. What does the man mean?

A. He isn’t good at chemistry.

B. The teacher isn’t very good.

C. He doesn’t like chemistry.

2. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a kitchen. B. At a picnic. C. In a garden.

3. What does the traffic sign mean?

A. The road is for people on foot.

B. The road has a height limit.

C. The road is being repaired.

4. What does the man suggest?

A. Going to the movies together.

B. Going to the concert later.

C. Sending an important e-mail.

5. What does the woman advise the man to do ?

A. Improve his working skills.

B. Leave the company.

C. Ask for a pay raise.

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 is the man’s major?

A. Chemistry B. English C. Engineering

7. How many years has the man worked?

A. One year B. Two years C. Three years.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man ask his daughter to do?

A. Housework B. Homework. C. Exercise.

9. What can we learn from Peter?

A. He is unwilling to do exercise.

B. He is the woman’s brother.

C. He is very strong.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the man?

A. reporter B. A doctor C. A volunteer

11. What does the woman usually do in the charity school?

A. Have a talk with the students.

B. Take part in public benefit activities.

C. Encourage others to do meaningful things.

12. How often does the woman go to the charity school?

A. Every week. B. Every month. C. Every other week.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man’s dream?

A. To travel around the world.

B. To write a book about strangers’ stories.

C. To travel abroad with strangers.

14. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She is very brave.

B. She wants to travel with Bob.

C. She may go travelling soon.

15. Why does the man like travelling by asking for free rides?

A. He is very poor.

B. He doesn’t have a car.

C. He wants to save money and meet people.

16. What does the man suggest the man to do?

A. Take pleasure in the situation that she is in.

B. Try to make her dream come true.

C. Spare some time to buy a new bag.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. At what age do most Americans start to go to school?

A. Three. B. Four C. Five

18. What do children learn in kindergarten?

A. A new language.

B. What school is like.

C. How to read and write.

19. How many years do children attend elementary school?

A. For six years B. For four years C. For two years.

20. Why do some students study accounting?

A. To get into a good college.

B. To learn how to operate machines.

C. To get entry into the business world.

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。

A

　 The first time I heard the actual London Bridge was in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, I thought it was a joke. A stupid joke at that. I mean, what sort of moron would take a perfectly good, perfectly famous bridge and move it halfway around the world to some no-name town in northwest Arizona? Back in 1962 when all this started, Lake Havasu City was nothing. A couple of shops, a couple of homes, and no tourism at all.

　　It turns out Robert McCulloch is the moron in question, and he wasn’t quite the moron I thought he was. His 2.45 million dollar investment in the 130-year-old bridge—which the British government was selling because it was about to fall into the Thames—ended up being the investment of a lifetime. You see McCulloch was a real businessman, among other things, and his money paid off big. He turned Lake Havasu into one of the most visited tourist attractions in Arizona.

　　It took nine long years to take down the bridge, ship it brick by brick to the middle of nowhere, and build it up again. When it finally did open up in 1971, it was a huge deal covered by the international press.

　　The bridge is now a popular tourist attraction, and there’s even a mini “English Village” at the foot of the bridge with souvenirs and real British food so you can have a good old time.

　　Nowadays Lake Havasu is a busy town with a population of about 56,000 citizens and another2.5 million visitors each year. Most of that is during spring break when the town overflows with energetic boys and girls. Even MTV and the Girls Gone Wild people get in on the action. All thanks to that little bridge.

　　I don’t know about you, but I’m saving my pennies. When the French get sick of that Eiffel Tower, I’ll be the first to put money on it. It’ll look great in my backyard.

　　21. The underlined word "moron" in the first paragraph means .

A. a brave person B. a foolish person

C. a famous person D. a strange person

　　22. Why did the British government put the London Bridge up for sale?

　　 A. It polluted the Thames.

B. It was no longer popular.

　 　C. It was going to fall down.

　 　D. It could bring them the needed money.

　　23. What was Lake Havasu City like before 1962?

A. It was a good place for investment.

B. It was known for its English Village.

C. It was a small town with no tourism.

D. It had a population of 56,000 citizens.

　　24. In the last paragraph, the author tries to be .

　 　A. polite B. friendly C. practical D. humorous

B

　 Studies over the past decade at the University of Utah show that hands-free cellphones are just as harmful to drivers as hand-held ones because it is the conversation, not the phone, that is distracting(分散) their attention. “Even though your eyes are looking right at something, when you are on the cellphone, you are not as likely to see it,” says Professor David Strayer. “Ninety-nine percent of the time, it's not that critical(危急的), but that l% could be the time a child runs into the street,” he adds.

　　Dr. Strayer’s studies have also found that talking on a cellphone is far more distracting than talking with a passenger. Listening to the radio, to music or to a book on tape also isn’t as distracting, because it doesn’t require the same level of interaction as a conversation. But even drivers may miss some details of a book on tape if their attention is focused on driving tasks. Some people can train themselves to pay extra attention to things that are important—like police officers learn to search faces in crowds.

　　And the Utah researchers have found a rare group of “super-taskers”—about 2.5% of the population—who seem able to attend to more than one thing with ease.

　　Many more people think they can effectively do several things at the same time, but they are really turning their attention rapidly between two things and not getting the full effect of either. Clearly, it is easier to put some tasks together than others.” Not all distractions are the same,’’ says Dr. Strayer. Things like cleaning and working out can be done automatically while the mind is focused elsewhere. But doing homework and texting at the same time isn’t possible. Even talking and watching TV is difficult. “Just try talking with your wife while watching football. It’s impossible,” jokes Dr. Strayer.

　　25. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. The harm in using phones while driving.

B. The advantages of hand-held phones.

　 　C. The danger of running in the street.

　 　D. The causes of road accidents.

　　26. What does the example of police officers in Paragraph 2 show?

　 　A. Searching for faces requires more attention than driving.

　　 B. Talking to a crowd calls for a high level of attention.

　　 C. One’s attention can be easily distracted in crowds.

　　D. The ability to attend to two tasks can be trained.

　　27. “Super-taskers” can be best described as people who can .

A. do several things effectively at the same time

B. turn their attention rapidly to two things

C. handle all difficult tasks with ease

D. pay full attention to one task

　　28. Which of the following can you do while talking on the phone?

　　 A. Doing homework. B. Writing a letter.

C. Working out. D. Watching TV.

C

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