河北定州中学2015—2016学年度第二学期开学考试

高三年级英语试卷

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷 （选择题共90分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题;每小题1分，满分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 woman mean ？

A. She wonders if they really need to do it.

B.She suggests that they plan immediately.

C. She is writing her seminar (研讨会）presentation now.

2. What does the man learn from the woman?

A. Tom has left for Los Angeles.

B. Tom's parents went to Los Angeles.

C. Tom has decided not to go to Los Angeles.

3. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A pet. B.Their neighbor. C. Their friend.

4. What’s the weather like today?

A. It's windy. B.It's hot. C. It's rainy.

5. Where are the speakers?

A . In a barber shop. B. At a restaurant. C. In a garage.

第二节（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. When does the conversation most probably take place?

A. After a company tour. B. After a sightseeing trip.

C. After an interview.

7. What was the total production of the man's company last year?

A. About 20,000 units. B. About 40，000 units .

C. About 45,000 units.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why does the woman ask to get her money back?

A. The machine is broken.

B. The coffee cups are too small.

C. The product does not make enough coffee.

9. What does the man offer to do?

A. Give the woman the money back.

B. Exchange the product for another model.

C. Repair the product in a week.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What do we know about the woman?

A. She will go on a field trip. B. Her favourite artist was Monet.

C. She appreciated all kinds of art.

11. What does the man like?

A. Impressionism. B. Post-impressionism. C.Moden art.

12. What does the man think of the woman?

A. She is quiet. B. She is wild. C.She is strang.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where was the first Shapers gym opened?

A. In Manchester. B. In London. C.In Edinburgh.

14.. What is the difference between Shapers gyms

A. They develop specially designed programs.

B. They have a special swimming pool.

C.They have unique trainers.

15. What suggestion does the man offer to the woman?

A. Bring her sports clothes.

B. Call back later.

C. Try a one-day pass.

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. Shapers gyms are for adults only.

B. Shapers gyms are open for 14 hours a day.

C. The man will go to the snack bar after taking exercise.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the speaker?

A. A student. B. A teacher. C.A guide.

18. When is the first trip?

A . In June. B. In April. C.In March.

19. How will the group travel to Birmingham?

A. By train. B. By coach. C.By piane.

20. What should group members take on the first trip?

A. Their cameras. B. Their ID cards. C.Their tickets.

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

So many of us hold on to little complaints that may have come from an argument，a misunder

standing ，the way we were raised，or some other painful event. Stubbornly，we wait for someone else to reach out to us — believing this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.

A friend of mine，recently told me that she hadn't spoken to her son in almost three years. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wife and that she would't speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out，she said，“ I can't do that. He’s the one who should apologize. ” After a little gentle encouragement，however，she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement，her son was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case，when someone takes the chance and reaches out，everyone wins.

Whenever we hold on to our anger，we turn“ small stuff”问题）” into really “ big stuff” in our minds. We start to believe that our positions are more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more im-portant than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go，and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesn't mean that you 're wrong. Everything will be fine. You'll experience the peace of letting go，as well as the joy of letting others be right.

You'11 also notice that，as you reach out and let others be “right”，they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But，if for some reason they don't， that's okay too. You '11 have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world，and certainly you'11 be more peaceful yourself.

21.The underlined word “ rekindle” in Paragraph 1 probably means “ ”.

A. recover B. develop

C. accept D. replace

22. In the author's opinion，we hold on to our anger often because we think .

A. we can turn small issues into big ones

B. our positions are higher than others

C. our own opinions matter most

D. others will be less defensive

23. The best thing to do after a quarrel is to .

A. let go of our own rights B.realize that you are wrong.

C. expect others to give in D.apologize to others first.

24. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. People should keep peaceful when facing small stuff.

B. Reaching out and apologizing wins one peace and happiness.

C. We should tell apart small and big stuff in our daily life.

D. It's necessary to enjoy our friendship and family relationship.

B

While I will explain a bit about the science of stress and relaxation a little later r simple way to think about it is that our body 's stress response works like a car alarm. keep us safe by warning us of the presence of danger in our immediate environment.

But instead of warning us with a loud and annoying sound，our body alarm system lets us know that something is wrong by creating changes in our neurochemistry (神经化学）.If you've ever experienced pain in your stomach，periods of extreme anger，inability to focus or even insomnia (失目民），

chances are your body was paying the price in those moments for the brain chemistry of stress.

So if it's so uncomfortable，why not just get rid of stress altogether?

This is not only impractical，it would be dangerous. Let's go back to the metaphor (比喻说法） of the car alarm. If the alarm is turned off altogether，the car is exposed to continual danger without there being any way of your knowing about it until it is too late. It would be like walking through the jungle without any fear signal in the presence of a poisonous snake or other dangerous animals — while it might feel “nice” to be so relaxed，your body actually needs the stress response not only to remind you of danger but also to offer extra adrenaline (肾上腺素) for your heart and extra blood and oxygen for your arms and legs.

However，if the car alarm goes off at any time，someone just looks at the car with a bit of an atti- tude，and it becomes equally useless. Not only do we stop paying attention to it，but it begins to drive us and everyone around us becomes a little bit crazy. In the case of our bodies，walking around in a constant state of alarm also has some pretty alarming health consequences，which we will explore in greater depth in the next chapter.

25.Our body's stress response is compared to a car alarm in that .

A.they work all the time B. they both give a signal

C.they work in the same way D. they both produce a sound

26.When our body alarm system works， .

A.we feel calm B. we feel excited

B.some changes happen in our brain D. some changes happen in our heart

27. What would happen if stress were got rid of completely?

A. We'11 be free of worries.

B. We'11 achieve a sense of safety.

C. We'11 reach a perfect state of mind.

D. We'11 fail to realize the possible danger.

28. What's the purpose of giving the example of walking through the Jungle in Paragraph 4 ?

A. To show the harm of stress.

B. To show the effect of stress.

C. To explain the function of stress response.

D. To explain the necessity of stress response.

C

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