太原五中2015—2016学年度第二学期阶段性检测

高 三 英 语

命题：智虎威、齐俊高、南睿 校对：刘克静、席艳艳、杜丽雯、张晓佳（2016.4.7）

第一部分 听力(共两节)

第一节：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. Where is the man going?

A. Lucky Street. B. Michigan Avenue. C. California Street.

2. What does the woman mean?

A. Jeremy and she always eat meat for dinner.

B. Jeremy always gets the opposite of what she orders.

C. She usually has salad instead of steak.

3. What can we learn about the hat?

A. The man doesn’t wear it very often.

B. It was a Christmas present from the man’s grandfather.

C. It was bought thirteen years ago.

4. Why is the woman upset?

A. Because the man isn’t following her directions.

B. Because the man is driving unsafely.

C. Because the man won’t let her drive the car.

5. What did the woman want Eric to do?

A. Give her a ticket to the game. B. Watch a basketball game on TV with her.

C. Sell her a basketball ticket.

第二节：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至7题。

6. What is wrong with Randle?

A. He refuses to go to the bathroom. B. He is being violent with other dogs.

C. He isn’t interested in playing at the park.

7. What is the woman’s suggestion?

A. Be patient with Randle. B. Take Randle to see the vet.

C. Read about some solutions online.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What can we get about the man from the conversation?

A. He is a big fan of baseball. B. He only watches the World Series.

C. He doesn’t care about baseball at all.

9. What is the man’s attitude during the conversation?

A. Interested and excited. B. Frustrated and annoyed.

C. Confused and angry.

10. What is true about the man’s favorite childhood team?

A. They play in a different city now. B. They never make it to the playoffs.

C. They won a championship when the man was little.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The price of new cars. B. How to shop for a new car.

C. What kind of car would suit the man’s needs.

12. What is most important to Freddie?

A. Saving money. B. Being safe. C. Looking good.

13. What will the man probably do in the end?

A. Buy a used sports car. B. Buy a new car with good gas mileage.

C. Buy the woman’s SUV.

听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. At a coffee shop. B. At a police station. C. At a crime scene.

15. How did Mr. Parker see what happened?

A. He walked by on his way home from work. B. He drove by on his way to work.

C. He was in that neighborhood during his lunch break.

16. According to Mr. Parker, what was the thief wearing?

A. A brown jacket and blue jeans. B. A black shirt and a white baseball hat.

C. A black jacket and white shoes.

17. How tall and heavy was the thief?

A. Over six feet tall and over two hundred pounds.

B. Over six feet tall and under two hundred pounds.

C. Under six feet tall and over two hundred pounds.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Who is the man?

A. The head flight attendant. B. The co-pilot. C. The captain.

19. When will the passengers arrive?

A. Five minutes ahead of schedule. B. Fifteen minutes ahead of schedule.

C. Ten minutes ahead of schedule.

20. How can people find out which movies are being shown?

A. By looking in a magazine. B. By waiting for the man’s announcement.

C. By looking in the pocket on the side of their seats.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

（共15题；每小题3分，满分45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

Lego Bricks & More 10664 Creative TowerList Price: $119.99Price: $101.35 & FREE Shipping

You Save: $ 18.64 (16%)

Featuring 160 colorful Lego bricks to create anything your young kids can imagine, this item is designed to allow children complete flexibility and not to keep them to specific items made of certain parts. If you are looking for instruction sheets, many are found on the Lego site.

If you buy it together with the LEGO Ideas Book, the price for both will be $115.44.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews:

★★★★ Spectacular value!

By Marissa McRoberts on November 29

The typical price per piece of Lego has been slightly more than $10 since 2005. At $101 for 160 pieces, this set is about $ 0.6 per piece. It is a great deal.

But there are some downsides: no wheels, bushes, trees, grass, technic elements and that sort of thing, otherwise this is a fantastic starter set.

★★★★★ A great deal!

By Shawn Bosworth on December 6 ?I got this set as a Black Friday deal for an amazing $30! I wanted 2 sets but they were gone before I could even get my hands on one. A very nice man gave me a spare that he grabbed. It’s huge, strong and well-made. The box is about 2 feet tall and is strong enough for a storage?option. I will absolutely be looking to get another set one day!

★★★★★ Impressive gift, even more impressive value!

By Katie Kate on December 25

It’s a great variety of pieces. The box is about 2 feet tall and is strong enough for a storage option. If you’re looking to add some basic bricks to start a collection, this is your set!

21. The Lego Bricks & More 10664 Creative Tower includes ______.

A. a few wheels???? B. a strong container ?

C. technic elements?????? D. the LEGO Ideas Book

22. According to Marissa McRoberts, this set of Lego Bricks ______.

A. is a perfect starter set??

B. costs too much money

C. should contain more pieces of bricks

D. is much cheaper compared with similar products23. How did Shawn Bosworth get a set of Lego Bricks for $30?

A. He got the chance from a man who had an additional set.

B. He ordered two sets and was then offered a discount.

C. He grabbed the bargain when it was first served.

D. He made a deal with the seller for a lower price.

B

On a hot August morning, in a classroom overlooking New York’s Hudson River, a teacher guides a group of 3-year-olds completely in Chinese. This is just a language summer camp run by the primary school Bilingual Buds, which offers a year-round course in Chinese as well as Spanish for kids as young as 2.

A lot of research now shows the regular, high-level use of more than one language may actually improve early brain development. Knowing two or more languages can improve the ability to focus, decide and deal with information better. These important skills are grouped together, known in brain terms as “executive function”. The research suggests they develop ahead of time in bilingual children, and are already evident in kids as young as 3 or 4. Bilingual education, common in many countries, is a growing trend across the United States, with 440 elementary schools offering the study in Spanish, Chinese and French.

But Tamar Gollan, a professor at the University of California, has found a vocabulary gap between children who speak only one language and those who grow up with more. On average, the more language spoken, the smaller the vocabulary in each one. Gollan’s research suggests that while that gap narrows as children grow, it does not disappear completely. Gollan says, “Vocabulary tests help us find that bilinguals have the disadvantage, where you know the word but you just can’t get it out.”

In fact some of the values of bilingualism can’t be measured at all, of course. To speak more than one language is to open the mind to more than one culture or way of life.

Bilinguals also appear to be better at learning other new languages. Clarisse spent her early childhood in Switzerland speaking French. At 6, she learned English. Later she learned Spanish, German, and, during three years living in Tokyo, Japanese. Now she has easily mastered several languages.

24. Why should children learn more than one language according to Paragraph 2?

A. Because it can do good to children’s brain development.

B. Because it’s part of a language summer camp.

C. Because it is common in many countries.

D. Because it is popular with children.

25. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to _________.

A. many countries B. bilingual children

C. these important skills D. two or more languages

26. According to Tamar Gollan, __________.

A. knowing two or more languages can improve children’s skills

B. the more languages children know, the better they will be

C. children had better not take vocabulary tests

D. bilingual education is not always good to children

27. From the passage we can learn_________.

A. Clarisse likes French best instead of Japanese

B. bilingual education is mainly loved by children

C. bilinguals can have a disadvantage in learning other new languages

D. knowing more languages can help children learn more about foreign cultures

C

A machine that takes sweat-laden (浸满汗水的) clothes and turns the sweat into drinking water is in use in Sweden. The machine makes the clothes turn round quickly, heats them to remove the sweat, and then passes the steam through a kind of special material to make purified water.

Since it has been brought into use, its creators say more than 1000 people have drunk others’ “sweat” in Gothenburg. They add the liquid is cleaner than local tap water.

The device was built for the United Nations’ child-focused charity UNICEF to promote a campaign highlighting the fact that 780 million people in the world lack access to clean water.

The machine was designed and built by the engineer Andreas Hammar, known locally for his appearances on TV tech show “Mekatronik”. He said the key part of the sweat machine was a new water purification part developed by a company named HVR.

“It uses a technique called membrane distillation (膜蒸馏),” he told the BBC. “We use a special kind of material that only lets steam through but keeps bacteria, salts, clothing fibers and other things out. They have something similar to the International Space Station, but our machine is cheaper to build. The amount of water it produces depends on how sweaty the person is, but one pe