2015学年第二学期高三调研考英语试卷

2016.03.18

考试时间 ：120分钟 满分：150分

第I 卷（共103分）

I. Listening Comprehension

Section A

Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. At 1:00 p.m. B. At 1:30 p.m. C. At 2:00 p.m. D. At 2:30 p.m.

2. A. In a park. B. In a museum. C. In a zoo. D. In a pet store.

3. A. 12. B. 24. C. 36. D. 48.

4. A. The man’s job. B. The woman’s health.

C. A class they are talking about. D. A new medicine for headaches

5. A. Boss and secretary. B. Teacher and student.

C. Customer and waitress. D. Doctor and patient.

6. A. He thought it was a success. B. He didn’t think it was successful.

C. He enjoyed it very much. D. He thought it was well worth seeing.

7. A. He wonders why they can’t go for a walk in the park.

B. He doesn’t want to go for a walk in the park.

C. He won’t go out with the woman.

D. He thinks it’s a good idea.

8. A. Watching movies is inexpensive entertainment. B. Going to movie is his hobby.

C. The movie is his favorite. D. He will go to see the movie again.

9. A. He’ll miss the meeting that afternoon. B. He’ll have an appointment with the host.

C. He won’t miss the meeting. D. He is very hard-working.

10. A. Jane was telling a joke. B. Jane wasn’t sincere.

C. Jane has already come back from Paris. D. Jane wasn’t in Paris that day.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Because dogs did not share water bowls. B. Because dogs were not on a leash.

C. Because dogs may spread disease. D. Because dogs might scare children.

12. A. California. B. Florida. C. Maryland. D. Washington.

13. A. The new law will once again help New York win the reputation of new fashion in the US.

B. The new law will help to develop its economy growth by attracting dog owners.

C. The new law will break the balance between health laws and flexibility for businesses.

D. The new law will help to stop the sale of large amounts of soft drinks in New York.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news.

14. A. Because pumpkin business is growing fast there.

B. Because they like to drink beer made of pumpkins.

C. Because they can enjoy eating a variety of pumpkins.

D. Because they can get the pumpkins for Halloween carving.

15. A. 150,000. B. 50. C. 40. D. 100, 000.

16. A. It’s a big demand. B. It’s the bad weather.

C. It’s the Halloween. D. It’s different sizes, shapes and colors.

Part C Longer Conversations

Directions: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

Why is Tom afraid of hearing the word ‘test’?

Because he feels____17_____ about test these days.



What does his instructor think of Tom’s present situation?

He thinks that Tom has been ___18___ for the test.



What will really cause Tom’s failure according to the woman’s opinion?

A kind of _____19_____ visualization.



What will make people successful according to the woman?

She thinks that ____20____ thinking really works.





Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

The present condition of the man

He is _____21 ______ to this country.



The recommendation the clerk made.

He’d better open a_____22______ account.



The annual interest rate of this card

 ____23____



The other benefit the card brings to the man.

He can get a cash advanced up to____24 ____.



Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A （16%）

Directions: Read the following two passages. Fill in each blank with one proper word or the proper form of the given word to make the passage coherent. Make sure that your answer are grammatically correct.

A

Dad was always full of advice, but one of the biggest lessons he taught me one summer was about having a strong work ethic. When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed yards during the summer___25___(earn) pocket change. Dad was our salesman. He told our neighbors about our service and offered a price they could not refuse. My brother and I got $10 (64 yuan) per yard. I later found out that our friends were charging $20 or more for the same amount of work.

___26___ ___26___ we headed out to mow lawns, Dad was there to watch. I used to wonder___27___ he came with us. He stood ___28___(supervise) our work in the heat when he could have been inside relaxing with air conditioning and an icy drink.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor’s yard. She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over. To make matters worse, we had ___29___ old lawn mower. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was tired and sweaty.

I was just about to cut off the lawn mower when I saw Dad pointing to one piece of grass. He yelled: “You missed a piece.”

I frowned, hoping he would let it slide and let me go home. He kept pointing. So, tired and ___30___ (disappoint), I went back to cut that piece of grass. I mumbled to myself: “That one piece isn’t hurting anyone. Why won’t he just let it go?”

But when I reached adulthood, I understood his message: When you’re running a business, the work you do says a great deal about you. If you want to be seen as an entrepreneur (企业家) with integrity, you ___31___ deliver a quality product. That single blade of grass meant the job was not done.

___32___ neighbors took notice of the good work we did and we soon got more business. We started out with one client (客户), but by the end of the summer we had five.

B

The Bangladeshi-American, Salman Khan was born in 1976 to a poor immigrant family. He knew clearly___33___ education could give people power and change their lives for the better: Khan went to a public high school ___34___ “a few classmates were fresh out of jail”, as he told The New York Times, but he got into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He got Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics, electrical engineering and computer science, and also got a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Business School. Khan then worked as a successful hedge-fund analyst (对冲基金分析师).

It all began in 2004___35___ Khan began tutoring his cousins who were having difficulty with math. To make it easier to communicate with them, he decided to put the lessons online as a series of videos. His cousins quickly found that they preferred seeing Khan online.

“___36___ (have) a video lesson that they could pause and repeat made it easier to learn ” commented Wired magazine. without tiring their tutor.

He started to realize that the videos could help a lot more people and never grow old. He then quit his job, made more than 4,800 videos teaching math of all grades, put them online, and started Khan Academy in 2006.

“My ideas about teaching were straightforward and deeply personal. I wanted to teach in the way I wished that I___37___(teach). I hoped to show the joy of learning, the excitement of understanding things about the universe. I wanted to pass along to students not only the logic but the beauty of math and science,” he wrote in his book The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined.

The academy has become so popular across the world___38___ celebrities and businesspeople are starting to offer donations, including Microsoft founder Bill Gates. He has donated more than $9 million (about 57 million yuan) to the academy organization, reported Forbes.

However, Khan doesn’t want to make money from it. “My goal is to make learning faster for students of all ages. ___39___ so little effort on my own part, I can give a large number of people power for all time. I can’t think of a___40___ (good) use of my time,” Khan said in his TED talk.

Section B

Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

atmosphere B. consideration C .nightmare D. attack E. potential

F. heartbroken G. purposely H. incredibly I. widely J. innocent K. motionless





You never think it will happen to you. It was just a Friday night at a rock show. The ___41___was so happy and everyone was dancing and smiling. And then when the men came through the front entrance and began the shooting, we naively believed it was all part of the show. It wasn’t just a terrorist___42___, it was a massacre. Dozens of people were shot right in front of me. Pools of blood filled the floor. Cries of grown men who held their girlfriends’ dead bodies pierced the small music concert hall. Futures ruined, families___43___.In an instant.

Shocked and alone, I pretended to be dead for over an hour, lying among people who could

see their loved ones ___44___. Holding my breath, trying to not move, not cry - not giving

those men the fear they longed to see. I was___45___ lucky