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马鞍山二中、安师大附中、淮北一中2016届高三第一学期

期中联考英语试题

第I卷（共100分）

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 time is it now?

A. 6: 40. B. 6: 30. C. 6: 20.

2. What does the man mean?

A. They have left for the airport.

B. They are on the way to the airport.

C. They may be late for the plane.

3. What kind of music does the woman like?

A. Popular music. B. Jazz music. C. Classical music.

4. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Take some medicine. B. Drink more water. C. Go on a diet.

5. What does the man tell the woman?

A. There is another cat like his.

B. He never loses his dog at all.

C. She has mistaken it for his dog.

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. How soon will the man finish his book?

A. In several months. B. In a few days. C. In two months.

7. What is the man going to do?

A. He will market his book himself.

B. He will ask his friends to advertise the book.

C. He hasn’t made a decision.

听第7 段材料，回答第8.9 题

8. When is Alice’s birthday?

A. The next day. B. The day after tomorrow. C. The day they had the talk.

9. What will the man and the woman buy for Alice?

A. A record. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.

听第8 段材料，回答第10至12题

10. What does the woman say about the restaurant?

A. It is very old. B. The fish there is fresh. C. The beef there is delicious.

11. What do we know about the restaurant?

A. It serves roast dinners on Sundays.

B. It doesn’t serve vegetarian dishes.

C. It opens from 7: 00 p. m. to 11: 00 p. m. on Sundays.

12. What will the man do next?

A. Book a table. B. Check the menu. C. Call the woman’s sister.

听第9 段材料，回答第13至16题

13. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Their own parents. B. Their own changes. C. Their long-lost relatives.

14. What does the man say about Aunt Gertrude?

A. She is looking so old. B. She is so thin now. C. She has long hair.

15. What does Cousin Emily wear?

A. An orange dress. B. A yellow dress. C. A white dress.

16. Where does Aunt Jane live now?

A. In Boston. B. In Chicago. C. In Atlantic City.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题

17. How will the adventurers cross the Amazon River?

A. By train. B. By boat. C. By bike.

18. What will the adventurers do in the rain forests of Brazil?

A. See the sunrise.

B. Look at a variety of animals.

C. Take a boat to the base of the falls.

19. Where will the adventurers go in the second week?

A. To the Mount Fuji. B. To the Niagara Falls. C. To the Amazon River.

20. What does the speaker say about the temples in Thailand?

A. They are incredible. B. They are unforgettable. C. They are indescribable.

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

Anais Nin was a famous writer. Nin was born French-Cuban but lived in the United States in her later years of life till she died. Nin’s works had her relationships with authors, artists, and other figures as the main subject. Some of her writings were made into films. Nin was also a visiting lecturer in several colleges and promoted Women's Movement with her strong writings.

Anais Nin was born in France in 1903. Her father was a Spanish artist and a composer living in Cuba (古巴) where he met her mother, a French singer working in Cuba. As a child Nin was brought up in Spain. When her parents separated, Nin and her two brothers moved to New York with their mother. At the age of 16, Nin decided to give up studying and started to work as a dancer and model to reduce the financial burden on her mother so that her brothers could go on with their studies.

In 1923, Nin got married to her husband, Hugh Parker Guiler in Cuba. In 1924, Nin and Hugh moved to Paris where Hugh continued with his banking career and Nin started writing. Nin wrote her first book in print, D. H. Lawrence: An Unprofessional Study in 16 days. In 1939, Nin left Paris as it was a French government’s request to its residents to leave Paris because of the coming war. Nin returned to New York with Hugh and sent her written books to Frances Steioff of the Gotham Book Mart in New York for safekeeping.

In 1931, Nin wrote her book Henry and Jun: From the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin. In 1936, Nin published House of Incest which was a 72-page fiction novel

Nin also appeared and was a part of various films. In 1973, Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate (荣誉博士学位) by the Philadelphia College of Art. In 1974, Nin was elected to the United States National Institute of Arts and Letters.

In 1977, Nin died in her Los Angeles home after battling with cancer for three years.

21. What can we know about Anais Nin from the first paragraph?

A. She was a native American.

B. She started Women’s Movement

C. She gave lectures in several colleges.

D. She wrote mainly about her family life.

22. Why did Anais Nin give up studying at the age of 16?

A. Because her parents divorced.

B. Because she wanted to help support her family.

C. Because she wanted to realize her dream of becoming an artist

D. Because she moved from country to country.

23. We can infer from the passage that______.

A. Nin got married in 1923 and started writing a year later

B. Nin wrote her book Henry and June from the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin after she moved to America

C. Nin directed and played in various films

D. Anais Nin was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Philadelphia College of Science

B

Each time I see a balloon, my mind flies back to a memory of when I was a six-year-old girl. It was a rainy Sunday and my father had recently died. I asked my mom if Dad had gone to heaven. "Yes, honey. Of course." she said.

"Can we write him a letter?"

She paused, the longest pause of my short life, and answered, "Yes."

My heart jumped. "How? Does the mailman go there?" I asked.

"No, but I have an idea." Mom drove to a party store and returned with a red balloon. I asked her what it was for.

"Just wait, honey. You'll see." Mom told me to write my letter. Eagerly, I got my favorite pen, and poured out my six-year-old heart in the form of blue ink. I wrote about my day, what I learned at school, how Mom was doing, and even about what happened in a story I had read. For a few minutes it was as if Dad were still alive. I gave the letter to Mom. She read it over, and a smile crossed her face.

She made a hole in the corner of the letter where she looped the balloon string. We went outside and she gave me the balloon. It was still raining.

"Okay, on the count of three, let go. One, two, three."

The balloon, carrying my letter, darted upward against the rain. We watched until it was swallowed by the mass of clouds.

Later I realized, like the balloon, that Dad had never let his sickness get him down. He was strong. No matter what he suffered, he'd persevere, hang on, and finally transcend this cold world and his sick body. He rose into sky and became something beautiful. I watched until the balloon disappeared into the gray and white and I prayed that his strength was hereditary. I prayed to be a balloon.

24. When the girl asked her mother if they could write to her father, her mother ______.

A. found it easy to lie B. thought her a creative girl

C. believed it easy to do so D. felt it hard to answer

25. When the girl was told that she could send a letter to her father, she ______.

A. became excited B. jumped with joy

C. started writing immediately D. was worried that it couldn't be delivered

26. In the eyes of the author, what was the rain like?

A. An incurable disease. B. An unforgettable memory.

C. The failures her father experienced. D. The hard time her father had.

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

A. An unforgettable experience B. Fly to paradise

C. The strong red balloon D. A great father

C

Windows 8, apart from Windows 95, is the biggest surprise and the only version of Microsoft’s operating system that has been changed from the core（核心）when compared to its former one. However, a recent study has shown that under 20% of business owners would be willing to upgrade to the new version of Windows. The reason for this remains to be discussed and debated, and we will try to throw light on this research by providing you with some of the most common advantages and disadvantages of Windows 8.

Generally speaking, there are a great number of plus sides related to upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8.

Speed—This is the biggest advantage to mention. Boot time has been reported to be up to nine times shorter than that with Windows 7.

New passwords—Instead of typing your passwords, Windows 8 will let you use gestures on your favorite photos to enter your password. This is not only practical but also extremely cool!

Windows 8 experience—Apart from computers, Windows 8 will be used on all devices, including smart phones, tablet PC’s and so on. Also, owing to the fact that it has been specifically designed with touch screen users in mind, Windows 8, besides using keyboard and mouse, will offer a whole new user experience.

However, there are still some disadvantages.

The first one that has to be mentioned is that there is no Start Menu from Windows. Yes, there is no Start button in the lower left corner, and this might be a real puzzle of many Windows users. Also, many users have had a problem to get used to the new interface（界面）introduced by Windows 8. The biggest problem that is worth noticing is that Windows 8 was originally designed for touch screen users, and this may have a bad effect on deskt