银川九中2016届第二次模拟考试

高三英语试卷 命题人 苏 鑫

本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

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 want to do tonight?

A. Go out to eat. B. Eat at home. C. Learn how to cook.

2. What does the woman most probably think of the man?

A. Naughty. B. Kind-hearted. C. Careless.

3. Why is there no food left in the fridge?

A. Jim ate all the food.

B. Alice took all the food.

C. Jim took all the food to the kitchen.

4. How does Susan probably look now?

A. Pleased. B. Surprised. C. Upset.

5. What does the man’s father want him to be?

A. A musician. B. A doctor. C. A programmer.

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 time is it now?

A. 11:00 am. B. 11:30 am. C. 12:00 noon.

7. Where does the conversation take place?

A. On the train. B. At the train station. C. At the restaurant.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why can’t Adam go boating with the woman tomorrow?

A. He is busy preparing a speech contest.

B. He is taking a vacation in China now.

C. He has to work overtime tomorrow.

9. What will the man do tomorrow?

A. Read a new book. B. Write at home all day. C. Spend an hour in the park.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What was the news about?

A. Jenny’s famous songs.

B. Jenny’s saving a baby’s life.

C. Jenny’s winning a music contest.

11. How much money did Jenny receive?

A. 2,500 dollars. B. 3,000 dollars. C. 5,000 dollars.

12. What do we know about the woman?

A. She performed at the TV station.

B. She is well known to the public.

C. She is an unknown songwriter.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. In which city did the man live?

A. Shanghai. B. Beijing. C. Wuhan.

14. What was the man’s main reason for going to Los Angeles?

A. To visit his aunt. B. To visit his grandma. C. To study English there.

15. What did the man think of the people in Los Angeles?

A. Direct. B. Humorous. C. Rude.

16. Where did the man usually eat when he was in Los Angeles?

A. At restaurants. B. At a university. C. At his aunt’s home.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What inspired the speaker to eat in a more healthy way?

A. A report about Americans’ eating habits.

B. A report about a restaurant owner.

C. A report about fast food restaurants.

18. What do we know about Alice Waters’ restaurant?

A. It is famous in the US.

B. It was started in France.

C. It used to be a fast food restaurant.

19. Where do the vegetables used by Alice Waters’ restaurant come from?

A. Overseas markets. B. Supermarkets. C. Local farms.

20. How much weight has the speaker lost in the past five years?

A. 30 pounds. B. 40 pounds. C. 70 pounds.

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

(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、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

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C. a free bowl of dessert at any restaurant at the airport

D. a discount on any course at Tanya Language School

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A. B

C. D.

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A. You need to pay $ 50 to sign up a child for the club.

B. Club members enjoy free travel insurance for any flight

C. The advertisement is intended for students of all ages.

D. Any child must be accompanied by at least one paying adult.

B

Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day's events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?

When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen...

At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.

Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very often only of objects I find really beautiful. I'm no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.

I don't want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won't have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I'll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don't live to make memories--I just live, and the memories form themselves.

24. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ________.

A. observing her school routine B. expressing her satisfaction

C. impressing her classmates D. preserving her history

25. What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary?

A. A dull night on the journey. B. The beauty of the great valley.

C. A striking quotation from a book. D. Her concerns for future generations.

26. What does the author put in her diary now?

A. Notes and beautiful pictures. B. Special thoughts and feelings.

C. Detailed accounts of daily activities. D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.

27. The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ________.

A. to experience it B. to live the present in the future

C. to make memories D. to give accurate representations of it

C

If you live in a big city, there are many things to drive you crazy on your daily route, and it’s not just overcrowded subway trains.

Vicky Zhao is a mainlander working in Hong Kong. For her, one thing she can’t put up with is people standing on the wrong side of the escalator（自动扶梯）in subway stations. “Escalators help us move faster and save time. It isn’t a place to rest,” the 24-year-old says. “I often see tourists block the way with their suitcases or chatting on the escalators during rush hours. It annoys me to no end.”

Admitting she is not the patient type, Zhao says things are much better in Hong Kong than in cities on the mainland where “stand right, walk left” signs are often ignored.

The logic behind the “stand right, walk left” escalator etiquette（礼仪）seems obvious. Even though you may want to catch your breath while you’re transported up or down, you should still consider others and leave enough space for people in a hurry, so that they can run and catch the train.

Many cities’ escalators, including London’s and Beijing’s, use the “stand right, walk left” system to speed up the flow of people.（Australia is an exception and you should stand on the left side instead.）But some cities discourage people from moving on escalators out of safety reasons. In Hong Kong’s subway stations there are regular announcements asking people to “stand still” on escalators. Even so, most people in this fast-paced city observe the “stand right, walk left” etiquette.

But the people who stand on escalators defend themselves by telling the walkers not to be so impatient. The BBC quotes one stander as saying：“If the person is in such a rush, why not just take the stairs? Even when the escalator is packed and there’s nowhere to move, I see these same people complaining about not being able to pass.

Whatever the escalator etiquette is in the place you live or visit, do what most people are doing and always be mindful of others: leave enough space between each other, don’t stay at the end of the escalator, and if someone is blocking your way, a simple “excuse me” is enough.

28．In the second paragraph, the underlined word It refers __________.

A．the author’s living in the big city of Hong Kong