九江一中2016届第二次适应性考试

英语试卷

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，共150分，答题时间120分钟。答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。

2. 第Ⅰ卷（选择题）答案必须使用2B铅笔填涂；第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）必须将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

3.考试结束，将答题卡交回，试卷由个人妥善保管。

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?

A. Keep the windows open. B. Close the windows. C. Go out to get fresh air.

2. What does the man imply?

A. He did poorly in the test. B. He managed all the questions. C. He left halfway during the test.

3. Why does the man refuse the woman?

A. He damaged the heater. B. He can’t afford the expenses. C. He doesn’t like to use the heater.

4. When will the woman’s train leave tomorrow?

A. At 5:00 am. B. At 6:30 am. C. At 11:30 am.

5. What will the woman do tomorrow morning?

A. Send a letter. B. Read her mail. C. Attend a meeting.

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Clerk and client. B. Boss and secretary. C. Teacher and student.

7. What will the man do tomorrow morning?

A. Have a meeting. B. Do some shopping. C. Take the kids to class.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. How does the man feel about the interview?

A. Anxious. B. Excited. C. Confident.

9. What does the woman suggest the man do?

A. Tell a lie. B. Be honest. C. Avoid this question.

10. Why did the man get fired?

A. He often made mistakes.

B. He didn’t get on well with his colleagues.

C. He said something his boss disliked.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11. What does the man think of a business trip?

A. Boring. B. Stressful. C. Relaxing.

12. For what does the woman’s company choose to travel by train?

A. Comfort and convenience. B. Fewer travel expenses. C. Environmental protection.

13. What will the woman do?

A. Take a few days off.

B. Help the man with his work.

C. Ask the boss to let the man rest today.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。

14. When will the party be held?

A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.

15. Where will the speakers have lunch?

A. At a golf club. B. At Mario’s restaurant. C. At the man’s.

16. How will the man go to the party?

A. Take a taxi. B. Drive his own car. C. Ask for the woman’s pickup.

17. What present will the woman give to Granddad?

A. A hat. B. Some CDs. C. A leather suitcase.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18. What is the passage about?

A. A detailed explanation about each section.

B. General directions for taking a listening test.

C. A presentation on listening skills.

19. What does the speaker advise the listeners to do?

A. Finish the easy questions first.

B. Skip the directions and examples.

C. Make a guess at the answer for those unsure.

20. What should the listeners do on the answer sheet?

A. Tick the letter. B. Underline the letter. C. Blacken the letter.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读下面短文，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。（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

When you think of New York City, you think of the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building and the city’s world-famous museums. So, it makes sense that when you visit New York City, you want to visit those same quintessential New York sights. The New York CityPASS offers entry to six top New York City attractions for a single, discounted price, making it possible – and easy – to visit everything on your dream New York City agenda. The pass is valid for nine consecutive (连续的) days, making it a flexible choice for visitors who want to explore at a leisurely pace.

With New York CityPASS, visitors can get up close and personal with Lady Liberty and trace family roots at Ellis Island; experience a bird’s eye view of the city from 86th floor of the Empire State Building; visit the jaw-dropping collection of the largest art museum in the Western Hemisphere at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; and wow at the towering dinosaur skeletons at the American Museum of Natural History. The pass also lets you choose between either Top of the Rock or the Guggenheim Museum as well as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum or the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

If you choose to visit the 9/11 Memorial & Museum, the available entry time is 2pm or later from April through September. From October through March you may visit during regular museum hours. Last entry is always two hours prior to close.

There’s so much to see and so little time, so you won’t want to waste one New York minute waiting in line. In addition to the admission price, New York CityPASS holders can skip ticket and wait lines – a luxury when visiting special exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the Empire State Building, where waits can be as long as three hours.

IMPORTANT: Available attractions are subject to change without notice.

21. What does the New York CityPass not offer?

A. Entry to six top New York City attractions. B. A flexible choice.

C. A discounted price. D. Free visits to New York’s museums.

22. Which two are alternatives when you hold the New York CityPass?

A. Lady Liberty and Ellis Island.

B. The Empire State Building and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

C. 9/11 Memorial & Museum and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum.

D. The Guggenheim Museum and the American Museum of Natural History.

23. What is the most distinct advantage of the CityPass when visitors visit some special exhibits at the Empire State Building?

A. They don’t have to wait in a queue. B. They can enjoy a luxury of more exhibits.

C. They can still visit it after it closes. D. They can get a bird’s eye view of New York from it.

B

When I was a boy my father told me that he could do anything he wanted to. Dad said that he wanted to be the first to develop color prints in our city and so he did．

When I was 16, Dad looked closely at the violin I played and said that he wanted to make one．He read about violin-making, and then became a violin-maker at the age of 43. He bought the tools and materials, opened a small store and set Mom up as the shopkeeper, while he worked at a local company. He retired from the company 17 years later and continued to make violins and other instruments.

Dad often guessed why the Stradivarius violins sounded so beautiful. Some experts told him that it was the special varnish (油漆) that gave the instruments their beautiful sound. Dad argued that chemists could analyze the varnish—if that was the answer.

One of Dad’s friends asked him which kind of wood was used to make violins. When Dad explained that the top was made of spruce (云杉) , his friend said that he had all old piece of spruce which Dad might be interested in.

He worked for the next 12 months making a violin from the wood that his friend had given him. It proved to be an excellent violin and it would become Dad’s masterpiece. He believed that the secret of the Stradivarius sound was in the wood itself.

Later, the instrument was stolen, Dad’s spirit was broken and he stopped making instruments. But he kept the music shop until he was 80 years old, selling guitars and violins.

The violin has been missing for more than 25 years. Somewhere a musician is playing a late-20th-century violin with an excellent tone. The owner today may never understand why this ordinary-looking violin sounds so much like Stradivarius．

24. In Paragraph l, the writer mentioned his father’s developing color prints to .

A. let others know that he believed his father

B. show that his father would like to make violins

C. prove that his father could do anything he wanted to

D. give an example showing that his father was an inventor

25. The reason why the Stradivarius violins sounded beautiful was that_________.

A. they were made by experts． B. the wood of the violins was special．

C. the way of making them was unusual． D. the varnish was different from the others．

26. Which of the following statements is true about the missing violin?

A. It was a Stradivarius violin. B. It was made of spruce

C. It was not found until his father was 80 D. It must be valued by its new owner.

27. What kind of person is the writer’s father?

A. Pround and funny B. Talented and diligent

C. Pessimistic and lazy D. Creative and aggressive

C

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day and the Friday before Cyber Monday in the United States. It is a busy shopping day and is a holiday in some states. For many American consumers, it is the day when you can get great deals on goods that may eventually become Christmas presents. Many people have a day off work or choose to take a day from their quota of annual leave on Black Friday.

But why is it "black" Friday? There are a couple of stories. But the most commonly cited one has to do with ink, paper, and accounting. By the early 1980s, a theory began to be circulated: that retailers traditionally operated at a financial loss for most of the year (January through November) and made their profit during the holiday season, beginning on the day after Thanksgiving.

When this would be recorded in the financial records, once-common accounting practices would use red ink to show negative amounts and black ink to show positive amounts. Black Friday, under this theory, is the beginning of the period when retailers would no longer have losses (the red) and instead take in the year's profits (the black).

The Christmas shopping season is of enormous importance to American retailers and, while most retailers intend to and actually do make profits during every quarter of the year, some retailers are so dependent on the Christmas shopping season that the quarter