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成都市“六校联考”高2015级第一学期期中试题

英 语

（全卷满分：150分 完成时间：120分钟）

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. Whose birthday is it today?

A. Mary’s. B. Mike’s. C. David’s.

2. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Customer and assistant. C. Classmates.

3. What is the woman going to do?

A. Pick up Jack. B. Take her son to school. C. Attend a meeting.

4. What does the man want to do?

A. Make friends with the woman. B. Buy a book.

C. Send a book to his friend.

5. Where does this conversation most likely take place?

A. In a supermarket. B. In a restaurant. C. At home.

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、7题。

6. What did the man want to have for supper?

A. Dumplings. B. Noodles. C. Chicken.

7. Why can’t they have the supper as planned?

A. There is something wrong with the refrigerator.

B. The man suddenly didn’t want it.

C. The chicken is rotten.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Where is the railway station?

A. In the northeast of the city. B. In front of Rose Restaurant.

C. In the southeast of the city.

9. Which bus goes to Rose Restaurant?

A. No.8 bus. B. No.4 bus. C. No.15 bus.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What has the woman been doing recently?

A. Looking for a part-time job. B. Working in a restaurant.

C. Meeting her friends.

11. How many hours does the man work every evening?

A. About 5 hours. B. About 3 hours. C. About 4 hours.

12. What can we learn about the man?

A. He doesn’t like his present job.

B. He wants the woman to meet his manager tomorrow.

C. He has already told his manager about the woman.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where are the Whites going?

A. To the bus station. B. To the subway station. C. To the man’s house.

14. Why is Mrs. White going to Washington?

A. To see Tony’s Grandma. B. To go on a trip. C. To attend a meeting.

15. What day is it today?

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

16. What can we learn about Tony?

A. He is cute. B. He misses his grandma very much.

C. He will stay with his grandma for a month.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where will the swimming competition be held?

A. At the New Town Swimming Pool. B. At the Johnson Sports Center.

C. At the school swimming pool.

18. Why did they change the competition place?

A. The first place was too old. B. It is going to rain tomorrow.

C. The first place was too far away.

19. When will the students set off for the competition?

A. At 9:45am. B. At 9:40am. C. At 10:00am.

20. What should the students take to the competition?

A. Umbrellas. B. Lunch. C. Cold drinks.

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

Liquid Paper (修正液) was invented by Bette Nesmith Graham. She was 17 when she got a job at a Texas bank as a secretary, even though she didn’t know how to type. The company she worked for sent her to a secretary school, and she was typing in no time at all.

The 1950s had seen the widespread use of the electric typewriter, which typed faster but also meant more mistakes. Also, mistakes made by early electric typewriters were very hard to erase, which caused problems for Bette.

In order to make extra money she used her talent to paint holiday windows at the bank. Then one day, it suddenly occurred to her that she could create a paint to cover up type-

writing mistakes.

It worked! In 1956, Bette sold her first bottles of the new product, which she called “Mistake Out”. She made it in her kitchen, and her son Michael and his friends bottled it in the family garage.

By 1957, she was selling 100 bottles a month and had gotten a patent (专利) for her product, which she now called “Liquid Paper.” Sales continued to grow, as more and more people heard about Liquid Paper, through word-of-mouth and by reading about it in magazines.

In the 1960s, Bette bought a machine to help her produce Liquid Paper in large quantities. In 1971, she sold 2 million bottles. In 1979, she sold the company for 47.5 million dollars. She didn’t live to see the end of the contract (合同), dying in 1980, at the age of 56, in Texas.

Bette’s invention continues to be used every day by secretaries and other people in the office and wherever typewriters are used.

21. When Bette began to work in a bank, she ______.

A. was too young to type B. had graduated from secretary school

C. wasn’t experienced in typing D. taught herself about typing

22. It can be inferred that the first Liquid Paper ______.

A. was produced by hand B. was made by machine

C. was bottled in the kitchen D. was tested in the garage

23. What is the passage mainly about?

A. A rock group. B. A secretary. C. Liquid Paper. D. Mistake Out.

24. The passage is organized mainly in order of ______.

A. importance B. time C. space D. popularity

B

How are you and your family going to celebrate Earth Day? It’s great day to get outside and ride a bike, but there are other ways you could spend the day. Here are four books. You can learn more about the earth and the animals that make the world a special place to live.

The Busy Beaver, by Nicholas Oldland

Beaver is very busy, and he doesn’t always think carefully. As a result, he makes a mess of the forest and ends up in hospital. Finally, he realizes how careless he’s been and decides to make things right when he returns to the forest.

Lessons from Mother Earth, by Elaine Mcleod

Five-year-old Tess is visiting her grandmother and, for the first time, she visits the garden. Along the way, Tess’s grandmother tells her the rules of the garden, “You must always take good care of our garden. Never throw rubbish around. There is plenty for everyone to share if we don’t destroy the soil.” The story is beautifully told as a caring conversation between a child and her grandmother.

Luz See the Light, by Claudia Davila

When Luz’s community experiences a series of black-outs (停电) , she quickly comes to understand the need to save energy and find other ways of doing things . With the help of her friends and neighbors, she creates a community garden and park that everyone can use. The book attracts many young readers.

The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss

A young boy learns of the role of the Lorax as protector of the trees, and how his home became polluted. The book contains memorable of forestry conservation (保护) .

25. We can learn from the passages that Beaver ______.

A. always plans things carefully B. never takes care of the forest

C. decides to leave the forest forever D. gets hurt because of his carelessness

26. Which of the following words can best describe Luz?

A. Stubborn. B. Creative. C. Beautiful. D. Unfriendly.

27. Which of the following books focus on the protection of forest?

A. The Busy Beaver and The Lorax.

B. Luz Sees the Light and The Lorax.

C. The Busy Beaver and Lessons from Mother Earth.

D. Lessons from Mother Earth and Luz Sees the Light.

28. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

A. To provide some activities to Earth Day.

B. To offer some books to young children.

C. To tell readers how to write children’s books.

D. To teach readers how to protect our environment.

C

There was a man playing the piano in a bar. He was a good piano player and always performed in this bar. People came in just to hear him play. But one night, a customer told him that he didn’t want to hear him just play the piano any more. He wanted him to sing a song.

The man said, “I don’t sing.”

But the customer was persistent (固执的). He told the bar manager, “I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want that man to sing!”

The manager shouted across the room, “If you want to get paid, sing a song. Our customers are asking you to sing!”

So he did. He sang a song. A piano player who had never sung in public did so for the first time. And everyone was surprised by his song — “Mona, Mona Lisa”. He got lots of applause (掌声) that night.

He had such a talent for singing, but he just had been sitting on his talent for the past years! If without such a chance, he may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. However, now he had become one of the best-known singers in America.

You, too, have skills and abilities. Maybe your “talent” is not as great as the singer above, but it may be better than you think! And with effort, most skills can be improved. So, in your life, you should be brave enough to try doing different things and find out what talents you really have!

29. Why did the man start to sing?

A. Because he wanted to make more money.

B. Because the bar manager said he liked his song.

C. Because the manager asked him to sing at the request of a customer.

D. Because he wanted to show everyone that he had a talent for singing.

30. What do you think of the bar manager?

A. Strict. B. Rude. C. Patient. D. Kind.

31. What do the underlined words “he just had been sitting on his talent” probably mean?

A. He didn’t discover his talent. B. He didn’t sing.

C. He had no talent for singing. D. He hated to sing.

D

Have you ever wanted to be healthier? Get a pet! That is what the experts are saying. There are many advantages to owning a pet, no matter whether it is a cat, dog, or horse.

Some new parents are often in a rush to get rid of their pets when a baby is expected. Yet, studies have shown that having a pet at home actually reduces a child’s likelihood of developing certain kinds of diseases. In one study, a researcher studied 300 new-born babies and tested them again a year later. He found that if they had a dog at home the children had up to 33% fewer allergies (过敏症). In addition, the children had stronger immune systems (免疫系统) when compared to the babies of homes with no pets.

In another study, researchers tested nearly 4,500 p