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荆州中学高二年级第一次质量检测英语卷

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟

考生注意：

1.答题前，考生务必将自己的准考证号、姓名填写在答题卡上。

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，再选涂其它答案标号。第II卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写作答，在试题卷上作答，答案无效。

第I卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）

做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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. How will the woman pay?

A. By credit card. B. By cheque. C. In cash.

2. What instrument does Harry play?

A. The piano. B. The guitar. C. The violin.

3. What will the boy do at school today?

A. Swim. B. Play football. C. Practice singing.

4. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. On a ship. B. On a plane. C. On a train.

5. What does the man mean?

A. It is better to read the material once more.

B. It is a waste of time to go over the material again.

C. It is necessary to present the material to the customer at once.

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. Why does the woman look tired?

A. She has been studying too hard.

B. She has done too much exercise.

C. She has limited herself to a little food recently.

7. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Do different kinds of exercise regularly.

B. Take exercise as much as possible.

C. Go on a diet to lose weight.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Fetch some X-rays.

B. Speak with Ms. Jackson.

C. Look over the medical charts.

9. Who will the man see next?

A. Mr. Chow. B. Mr. Harris. C. Mr. Peterson.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Tour guide and tourist.

11. How much should the man pay for the visit?

A. Five pounds. B. Three pounds. C. Two pounds.

12. What is free of charge?

A. The ticket. B. Food and drinks. C. The bus fare.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the speakers mainly discussing?

A. What to buy for a wedding.

B. When to attend a wedding.

C. How to hold a wedding.

14. When is the wedding?

A. On Wednesday. B. On Friday. C. On Saturday.

15. What do we know about the woman?

A. She knows Jill and Tony better than the man.

B. She went to university with Tony.

C. She came to know Jill last year.

16. What kind of wedding does the woman like?

A. A big one. B. A small one. C. An amusing one.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When will the tour start?

A. In 10 minutes. B. In 20 minutes. C. In 30 minutes.

18. What is forbidden during the tour?[:]

A. Taking photos. B. Asking questions. C. Making phone calls.

19. What can the listeners do after lunch?

A. Read books. B. Buy gifts. C. Visit the student center.

20. When does the speaker suggest the listener go to the coffee shop?

A. Before the tour. B. During the tour. C. After the tour.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分34分）

第一节（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24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

One cold January evening in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, America, I went with my father on an oil burner service call. My father was in his forties at that time and I was about twelve years old. He was always working hard trying to support us seven kids. I enjoyed hanging out with him whenever I could — he taught me so much.

We arrived at the call and after walking over snow and ice, we knocked on the customer’s door. A senior citizen opened the door and let us into her very cold home. She was wearing an old, worn-out brown coat that went down to her knees. On her head, covering her gray hair, was an old and worn hat. The home wasn’t furnished very well and was quite dark, except for a single light bulb over the dining room table. Below the light was an older man counting change from several old coffee cans. He looked up at us as we passed by to get to the kitchen where my dad would fix the oil burner. He didn’t say anything. He just looked up at us. He couldn’t speak English, nor could his wife. She only pointed to the kitchen and smiled at us.

After a short while, my father had the heater up and running, and it began to heat their cold home. The lady asked my dad in poor English how much she owed him for fixing the heater. My dad looked around the house and said that he had to go out to the truck and write the bill.

Once in the truck he marked the bill “no answer at home, no charge”, so they wouldn’t be charged for his work. He looked over at me and said, “He was counting his change to pay me. They need their money more than I do.”

As usual, my father taught me something important that time, which was to be kind to the poor.

21. According to Paragraph 1, we know that the writer’s father .

A. often taught the writer how to work

B. worked several jobs at the same time

C. had a very big family to support

D. brought up his children alone

22. The description in Paragraph 2 shows that the old couple .

A. had no job

B. led a very poor life

C. didn’t know how to save money

D. were not very friendly to strangers

23. What can we infer from the passage?

A. The old couple had no children in America.

B. The old man didn’t plan to pay money.

C. The old woman felt very embarrassed all the time.

D. The old couple were not native Americans.

24. The writer’s father didn’t charge for his work because .

A. he didn’t need that money B. he felt pity for the old couple

C. he was not satisfied with his work D. he wanted to set a good example to others

B

It may not be news to parents of teenage girls, but researchers have confirmed that no one can stop their 16-year-old daughter from deciding how the family spends its money.

The willpower and determination of teenage girls give them a big say in how a family’s money is spent on everything from food and meals to mobile phones, and, of course, clothes. Teenage boys did not show up at all in the analysis, which was designed to find out the influence of young people on household spending.

The findings on the spending power of teenage girls were calculated from Office for National Statistics records of family spending during the 1990s and 2000s. Researchers examined how much money went on services and leisure goods in different kinds of homes. They checked spending on food, restaurant meals, alcohol, tobacco, services, heating, transport, clothes and sports in 2,745 British families.

They found that teenage girls in the UK typically played an active role in family decisions about the allocation（分配）of household resources. But older children---those over the age of 21 who are still living with their parents---appear to have no say in household decisions.

They also tired to calculate to what extent(程度) the bargaining power of teenager affected family budgets. “Every parent knows that children, even at a very early age, have their own preferences as for consumption, researchers said. “But children are only interested in a limited range of goods---mainly sweets and toys---and parents are able to use punishment to reduce their children’s bargaining power or remove it.” When they become teenagers, however, girls are much more independent and they are capable of earning their own money, which improves their bargaining power in family decisions.

The researchers could not explain why girls have more influence over spending while the evidence for boys is much less conclusive. However, this study could be of great significance to market research and how marketers target children.

25. From the passage we can learn that .

A. teenage boys have some influence over household

B. teenage boys don't want to decide on household spending

C. teenage girls have more influence over family budgets than teenage boys

D. teenage girls have weaker willpower and determination than teenage boys

26. What does the underlined part “give them a big say” in the second paragraph mean?

A. Make them want to know.[:.]

B. Make their influence stronger.

C. Make them dare to say something.

D. Make them say something meaningful.

27. It appears that household decisions are NOT affected by .

A. girls living with parents B. girls living alone

C. girls over 12 D. girls over 21

28. How can parents reduce children’s bargaining power?

A. By threatening to punish them.

B. By allocating household resources.

C. By offering them sweets or toys.

D. By persuading them.

C

What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world?

That's an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."

Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend seminars or read books on time management. It seems they all want to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners -- some in electronic form -- to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more time out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: "Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of."

To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people's time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less formal the situation is, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, peop