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桂林中学2016年高三年级8月考试英语试题

(答题时间120分钟)

本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，只交答案卡。

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5个小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的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. When did Sue leave home?

A. At 5:00. B: At 4:30. C. At 5:15.

2. What does the man prefer?

A. Foreign language. B. Science. C. Politics.

3. What will the weather probably be like over the weekend?

A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Snowy.

4. Where are the speakers ?

A. On a train. B. On a ship. C. In a hotel.

5. What has the woman been doing?

A. Traveling. B. Exercising. C. Relaxing.

第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，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断材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What does the woman say about the boy?

A. He did a very poor job. B. He did a better job this time. C. He didn’t try as hard as he could.

7. Who are the speakers?

A. Teacher and student. B. Mother and son. C. Boss and employee.

听第7段材料，回答第8、10题

8. When does the conversation probably take place?

A. At the end of a term. B. In the middle of a semester. C. At the beginning of a school year.

9. What do we know about the man?

A. He is deciding between two places. B. He has been to Australia before.

C. He likes diving in the ocean.

10. What do the woman’s parents care about?

A. Money. B. Holiday activities. C. Spending time together with their family

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What has the woman been studying?

A. International culture. B. Business management. C. English writing.

12. How many books can the woman borrow in all?

A. Twelve. B. Ten. C. Eight.

13. What will the woman do next?

A. Take an exam. B. Have a class. C. Go to the man’s office.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Who were arguing last night?

A. The speakers. B. Two strangers. C. The speakers’ neighbors.

15. When was the man woken up?

A. At 2:00a.m. B. At 3:00 a.m. C. At 4:00 a.m.

16. What is the woman’s new routine?

A. Having a cup of coffee every day. B. Drinking some soy milk every morning.

C. Doing some exercise every morning.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What will take place in the main theater next week?

A. Some professors will give lectures there. B. A student film festival will be held there.

C. There will be an art exhibition there.

18. What is the collection in the Picture Gallery about?

A. Life of local artists. B. Students’ social activities. C. History of the university.

19. What will the audience visit next?

A. An art gallery. B. A museum. C. The entertainment building.

20. How soon will everyone meet again?

A. In half an hour. B. In an hour. C. In an hour and a half.

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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Basketball Statistician Help Wanted

The Athletic Department is looking for students to help assist staff during the Fall 2016, Winter 2016-17 and Spring 2017 semesters. Students in this position will be keeping live statistics during basketball games. Students must meet all of the following requirements:

Good computer skills

Available evenings and weekends

Knowing basketball rules and statistics

Students interested in working for the Athletic Department should contact the Athletic Coordinator at their respective(各自的) campuses.

TP/SS Athletic Coordinator, Michael Simone,240-567-1308

Rockville Athletic Coordinator, Jorge Zuniga,240-567-7589

Springfield Athletic coordinator, Gary Miller,240-567-2273

Germantown Athletic Coordinator, Gavri Chavan, 240-567-6915

21. When will the job start?

A . In May 2016 B. In September 2016 C. In May 2017 D. In September 2017

22. Who is more likely to get job?

A. Sam, English major, member of the college basketball team

B. Judy, IT staff with night classes, children’s basketball team coach

C. Ted, computer major, basketball fan, free on evenings and weekends

D. Molly, part-time programmer, high school basketball player, new mother

23. Whom should you contact if you want to apply for the job in Rockville?

A. Michael B. Jorge C. Gavri D. Gary

B

Vancouver. B.C.—For six months. Ted Schredd and Deanna Kopel cycled around North America to show others a way to help the environment. “Nobody wants to breathe dirty air—but for the air to change. People have to stop driving cars,” says Ted, “If more people start riding bikes, the air will be cleaner.”

Ted started his trip alone. He had $ 160 in his pocket and plans to cycle around North America. He left his hometown of Vancouver, and when he arrived in San Diego he got the chance to make some extra money for the rest of his 13, 000 km trip. A cyclist he met asked him to speak at an environment meeting in Texas. Within a few hours, Ted was on a plane to the meeting and a big surprise.

When he met Deanna at the meeting, they talked for six hours straight. It was love at first sight. The next day, he called her to ask if she wanted to finish the trip with him. She said yes, sold everything in her flat, gave her notice at work, and was on the road with Ted three weeks later.

Deanna found Ted’s timetable difficult because he got up early in the morning. Deanna was a nurse and usually worked at night. “All of a sudden, I was up at six when I wanted to sleep until noon,” said Deanna.

As the couple cycled to Florida and up to Montreal and then back to Vancouver, every day was an adventure. They got free meals in restaurants, and slept in people’s yards. When they ran out of money, people gave them extra cash. Sometimes people gave away $50 or $100.

And like all good stories this one has a happy ending. On the way back to Vancouver, they stopped in Edmonton to visit Ted’s relatives. During the visit, they got married. People tied ten cans and a “Just Married” sign to the back of their bikes.

They now want to write a book about their trip. “We want people to know that you can protect our earth and still have fun,” Schredd said.

24. What did Ted Schredd believe to be a way to protect the environment?

A. Driving less. B. Breathing clean air.

C. Saving waste tin cans. D. Staying healthy by cycling.

25. Why did Ted speak at an environmental meeting?

A. He could get a big surprise. B. He was in the city of the meeting.

C. He hoped to find someone to help him. D. He wanted more people to know more about his opinion.

26. What difficulty did Deanna meet after starting the trip with Ted?

A. Getting free meals in restaurant. B. Sleeping in people’s yards.

C. Getting up very early. D. Missing her friends.

27. In what way does the story have a happy ending for Ted and Deanna?

A. They got married during their trip. B. They got together with their relatives.

C. They became very famous in America. D. They wrote a book about their experience.

C

We all have ideas about what kinds of foods are good or bad to eat. As a result, people from one culture often think the foods that people from another culture eat are unacceptable. Many people would find it terrible to eat rats, but there are forty-two different cultures whose people regard rats as proper food.

Food likes and dislikes do not always seem related to nutrition. For example, broccoli (花椰菜) is first on a list of the most nutritious common vegetables, but it is twenty-first on a list of vegetables that Americans like most to eat. Tomatoes are sixteenth on the list of most nutritious vegetables, but they are first on the list of vegetables that Americans like most to eat.

But dislikes is not the only reason why some cultures will not eat a certain food. In some cultures, certain foods are taboo. Taboo is a word from the language of the Fiji Islands that is used to describe something that is forbidden. We do not usually think about why certain things are taboo in our culture.

One example is that Americans do not eat dogs, although people from some other cultures regard them as good food. In the United States, dogs are very important to people as pets. They are usually regarded as part of the family, almost like a child in some cases. In addition, dogs have value as protection against criminals (罪犯). Actually, the dog’s place in society as a companion makes the dog taboo as food.

Scientists believe that most food likes and dislikes are a result of the ways of life of different people. People will not eat pets such as dogs. Americans eat a lot of beef because there is plenty of land for raising cattle and their meat can be shipped cheaply for long distances by railroads.

28. The writer uses the example of rat as food to show that_____.

A. some cultures may seem rather strange B. understanding between different cultures is easy

C. people may eat very different things D. eating properly is very difficult

29. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A. People don’t often consider nutrition as important.

B. Some vegetables are more nutritious than others.

C. Broccoli and tomatoes are common vegetables.

D. Americans like broccoli better than tomatoes.

30. Why is eating dogs a taboo in America?

A. It is a taboo from the Fiji Islands. B. It is against American laws.

C. Dogs are needed by the police. D. Dogs are close to human life.

31. What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A. Nutritions and Beliefs. B. Food and Culture.

C. Taboo about Food. D. Science in Eating.

D

“Heaven (天堂) is where the police are English, the cooks are French, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss. Hell (地狱) is where the police are German, the cooks are English, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians.”

Obviously the national stereotypes (模式化的思想) in this old joke are generalizations (普遍化), but such stereotypes are often said to “exist for a reas