沈阳二中2015—2016学年度下学期第一次模拟考试

高三（16届）英语试题

命题人： 高三英语组 审校人：高三英语组

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

注意事项：

1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡指定区域。

2.第Ⅰ卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。第Ⅱ卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡指定位置书写作答，在本试题卷上作答无效。

3.考试结束后，考生将答题卡交回。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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 is wrong with the sweater?

A. It is a wrong size. B. It lost color. C.It became smaller.

2. What does the man want?

A. An apartment. B.A house with a garden. C.A garden in the country.

3. What does the man think the woman should do?

A. Avoid inviting Henry. B.Throw a party. C.Visit Henry in town.

4. Why isn’t Lisa coming?

A. She doesn’t like the snow.

B. She got injured last night.

C. Jenny wants to replace her.

5. How did the man get along with the job interview?

A.Very poorly. B.Not so well. C.Very well.

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至7题。

6. How many people did the man talk with at the café?

A.1 B.2 C.3

7. What did the man do after leaving the café?

A. He immediately came back.

B. He talked over the phone.

C. He went to a store.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题

8. What did the woman do with the noise upstairs last time?

A. She quarreled with people upstairs.

B. She played even louder music.

C. She called the police.

9. What will the two speakers do next?

A. Go to the cinema.

B. Watch a movie at home.

C. Go upstairs.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.

10. Who was the man most probably talking with just now?

A. A classmate B.A friend C. A professor

11. What does the man prefer?

A. Writing a research paper.

B. Answering multiple-choice questions.

C. Taking two exams during the semester.

12. Where will the woman go next?

A. An examination room. B. A classroom. C. The library

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where did the woman plan to meet Jennifer?

A. At the east entrance.

B. At the west entrance.

C. On the stone bridge.

14. Why didn’t Jennifer answer the phone?

A. She didn’t take the phone with her.

B. Her phone had broken down.

C. Her mother was using her phone.

15. When did the woman and Jennifer meet?

A. at 1:00pm B. at 1:30pm C. at 3:30pm

16. How did the woman feel when she finally saw Jennifer?

A.angry B.excited C.relaxed

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Which of the following has the longest story?

A.The Bodleian Library

B.The Boston Public Library

C.The British Library

18. What was Sir Giles Gilbert Scott?

A.an architect B.a librarian C.a professor

19. What does the British Library have?

A. A collection of 23 million items.

B. An expansion space.

C. Exhibitions on books and materials.

20. How many libraries in the world are larger than the last library?

A.1 B.2 C.3

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Tayka Hotel de Sal

Where: Tahua, Bolivia

How much: About $ 95 a night

Why it’s cool: You’ve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? That’s something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt---including the beds (though you’ll sleep on regular mattresses and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake which is the world’s biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries. When rain starts to dissolve (溶解) the hotel, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.

Green Magic Nature Resort

Where: Vythiri, India

How much: About $ 240 a night

Why it’s cool: Taking a pulley(滑轮)---operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window, there is no glass! You watch monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷). Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast---the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.

Dog Bark Park Inn B&B

Where: Cottonwood, Idaho

How much: $ 92 a night

Why it’s cool: This doghouse isn’t just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a few steps of the loft(阁楼) in Willy’s head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant(消防栓) outside.

Gamirasu Cave Hotel

Where: Ayvali, Turkey

How much: Between $ 130 and $ 450 a night

Why it’s cool: Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms cool in summer. (Don’t worry--- there is heat in winter.)

21. What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?

A. It is located on a prehistoric lake.

B. It should be protected against the rain.

C. Everything in the hotel is made of salt.

D. You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel.

22. How are the hotels similar?

A. Expensive. B. Comfortable.

C. Natural. D. Unique.

23. What do the underlined words “Sweet Willy” refer to?

A. The loft of the hotel.

B. The name of the hotel owner.

C. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.

24. Which of the hotels gives you a feeling of living in the far past?

A. Tayka Hotel de Sal.

B. Gamirasu Cave Hotel.

C. Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.

D. Green Magic Nature Resort.

B

The Owl Count

Annie slept in the front of the seat with her father drove through the darkness. “We’re almost there!” Dad announced cheerfully. “Soon we’ll be observing and counting owls at the state park.” Yawning, Annie nodded and smiled. The time was 4:30 a.m. Looking out into the darkness, Annie remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. During the day they sleep in hard-to-find spots.

“Dad, why do you need to count owls?” she asked. “It’s important for the scientists to have current information about bird populations,” he explained. “We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a certain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. Then we’ll send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting about birds from people all over the country.”

Dad pulled into the parking lot of the state park. Then, with flashing in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so cold. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket.

Suddenly Annie’s father stopped and gestured for her to be still. Obeying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up head. “That’s certainly a screech owl,” her father whispered. “Let’s get a look at it.” After looking more closely, Annie could see that it was a small owl. Sensing danger, the owl narrowed its eyes and pulled its feathers tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl.

Walking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. “This looks like a perfect spot to attract owls,” Dad said, “I’m going to play a recording of common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can get one to answer.’ Annie could hardly believe her ear. The recorded call sounded as if the bird were asking, “Who cooks for you?” Moments later Annie thought she heard a return call in the distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch above them.

Annie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly two feet tall. Grey feathers surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not stay long, but it did not matter. Annie would never forget the image of the powerful barred owl.

25. Why did Annie and her father go to the state park?

A. To take a hike in the woods.

B. To record the call of barred owl.

C. To collect information about birds.

D. To protect the environment for wildlife.

26. In paragraph 4, why did Annie’s father stop her suddenly?

A. He noticed a screech owl.

B. He heard somebody crying.

C. He sensed they were in danger.

D. He reminded her to take down note.

27. How did Annie feel when she saw the barred owl?

A. Bored B. Amazed C. Frightened D. Relaxed

C

I told my friend Graham that I often cycle two miles from my house to the town centre but unfortunately there is a big hill on the route. He replied, “You mean fortunately.” He explained that I should be glad of the extra exercise that the hill provided.

My attitude to the hill has now changed. I used to complain as I approached it but now I tell myself the following. This hill will exercise my heart and lungs. It will help me to lose weight and get fit. It will mean that I live longer. This hill is my friend. Finally I comfort myself with the thought of all those silly people who pay money to go to a gym and sit on stationery exercise bicycles when I can get the same value for free. I have a smile of satisfaction as I reach the top of the hill.

Problems are there to be faced and overcome. We cannot achieve anything with an easy life. Helen Keller was the first deaf and blind person to gain a university degree. Her activism and writing proved inspirational. She wrote, “Character cannot