成都市“六校联考”高2014级第3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。

What color does the man prefer?

A. Pink B.Yellow C.Light blue.

Why can’t the woman take her holiday?

A.She is out of job now.

B.She is training her employees.

C.She is busy with her new job.

What is the woman doing?

A.Offering suggestions. B.Expressing dissatisfaction. C.Asking for help.

How many hours will the woman be in New York?

A.Two hours. B.Six hours . C.Four hours.

What does the woman mean?

A.She thinks she is likely to get the tickets.

B.She doesn’t want to sit near the stage.

C.She means it is not easy at all to get tickets

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段对白或独白。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，你有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出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8题。

What is Mr. Smith doing?

A.Answering the phone. B.Having a meeting. C.Working in the office

When will Mr. Smith return to the office?

A.After two o’clock B.In an hour . C.At three o’ clock

What can we infer from the dialogue?

A.The man will take a message for Mr Smith.

B.Anne will ring the office again.

C.Mr. Smith will ring Anne back.

听第7段材料。回答第9至11题。

What was the weather like last week?

A.Nice and sunny B.Too warm C.Neither hot nor cold.

What season is it now?

A.Summer. B.Winter C.Autumn.

What does the man think the weather will be like this weekend?

A.He thinks it’ll rain.

B.He doesn’t think it’ll rain.

C.He thinks it’ll be cloudy.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12 What is the man’s occupation?

A.A doctor B.A researcher C.A news reporter

Which of the following room did the man book before he came?

A.A warm room with a shower.

B.A single room with a shower.

C.Room 523.

When is the man checking in?

A.Saturday B.Thursday C.Tuesday.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. How much does the woman pay for what she buys?

A. $215. B. $385 C.$170.

Why does the woman change the first overcoat?

A. It’s too expensive. B. It’s too large. C. It’s a bit small.

What color is the overcoat?

A. Blue. B. White C. Grey.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

What is the talk mainly about?

A. Improving our memory B. Taking care of our health.

C. Collecting information.

What should we do to remember someone’s name?

A. Write it down on a piece of paper.

B. Pay more attention to his or her first name.

C. Remember his or her last name.

What does the speaker suggest to us?

A. Having a rest for twenty minutes. B. Taking some Vitamin Bl and B2.

C. Doing sports during the break.

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）

A

I was excited. I had been invited to my friend’s birthday party. Tori was not my best friend, but she was in my class and we did stuff together. I asked my mum and she said I could go, so I told Tori that I’d be there.

And then, two days later, my best friend called. She and her family were going to Disneyland for the whole day. She invited me to go with them. Disneyland! I really wanted to go...more than anything! I ran to ask my mum if it was OK. My mum reminded me that Tori’s party was on the same day. She said I couldn’t change my mind just because something better came along.

I begged my mum. She said no. I cried. My mum still said no. I couldn’t get her to change her mind. I tried every excuse I could think of. My mum explained to me again--once you accept an invitation to something, you can’t change your mind and go to something else just because you want to do the other thing more. She asked me to think about if someone had said they’d come to my party and then, because something better came along, they changed their minds and didn’t come, how would I feel?

So my mum dropped me off at Tori’s party. We did stuff that was fun and different. We watched a movie that hadn’t come out in theatres yet. There was a make-your- own pizza contest. We each got a piece of dough(面团)and then there were all of these toppings(配料)to choose from. We all got covered in pizza dough, cheese and toppings. We’re supposed to take a present to the birthday person and we all did. But Tori’s mum and dad had a special present to give to each of us too! That was so cool.

When my mum came to pick me up, I told my mum all about the fun things we had done. She told me that she was proud of me for understanding why we can’t just dump someone because something better comes along.

21. Why did the writer cry according to the passage?

A. Because her friends didn’t go to Disneyland with her.

B. Because her best friend didn’t have fun with her.

C. Because her mum didn’t allow her to go to Disneyland.

D. Because her friend didn’t invite her to the birthday party.

22. What advice did mum give to the writer?

A. To change her mind for something better.

B. To explain her feelings to her friend

C. To try every excuse she could think of.

D. To put herself in others’ shoes.

23. What lesson did the writer learn from her mum?

A. An honest person never tells lies.

B. One shouldn’t break a promise lightly.

C. An invitation is a sign of friendship.

D. Something better may come along in your life.

B

American government suggests that children and teens should get 60 minutes of physical activity every day. But less than half of children and just 10% of teens meet these suggestions. What’s the deal?

It’s reported that about 44 million US kids participate in organised sports(such as baseball, softball, soccer).But a new study says just one-quarter of kids get the government-recommended amount of exercise when they show up for team practices. The study, published online last month in a medical journal, says younger kids and boys do better than teens and girls.

The study looked at 200 kids aged 7 to 14 who played on soccer, baseball and softball teams. The kids wore sensors (传感器)to measure their activity during practices.

During each practice, kids averaged 30 minutes of downtime(停工期). “It is not clear how much physical activity is provided by youth sports practices,” say the California-based authors of the study. “Much of the time may be inactive, such as receiving verbal(口头上)instructions and waiting for turns.”

What’s a parent or coach—or kid—to do? The authors of the study suggest increasing the number of practices, extending the time of practices and changing it up(加快)during practices. For example, the coach could give each player a ball at the same time. Rather than focusing on one player’s skills, it’s best to get the whole team moving.

But, the study says, the bottom line is that team sports aren’t enough exercise. For a child to meet the US physical activity suggestions, the kid will have to do more than just join a team. Exercise is also necessary during breaks, during physical education class, after school and even on the way to school.

24.According to the text, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Only 10% of the teens can’t meet the suggestions about physical activity.

B. About 11 million US kids can get enough amount of exercise in team practices.

C. The new study was published on a famous magazine last month.

D. Teens do better than girls and younger kids in the new study.

25.The underlined word “extending” in Paragraph 5 means .

A. giving support or confidence B. making something longer or larger

C. becoming smaller or fewer D. causing to move or go quickly

26.The passage is probably written for .

A. physical teachers and parents B. doctors and nurses

C. class advisers and researchers D. kids and headmasters

27.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Not Enough Exercise? B. Kids for Fun?

C. How to Keep Fit D. Necessary for Kids to Exercise

C

Last week I talked with some of my students about what they wanted to do after they graduated, and what kind of job prospects(前景） they thought they had.

Given that I teach students who are training to be doctors, I was surprised do find that most thought that they would not be able to get the jobs they wanted without “outside help”. “What kind of help is that?” I asked, expecting them to tell me that they would need a relative or family friend to help them out.

“Surgery(外科手术),” one replied.

I was pretty alarmed by that response. It seems that the graduates of today are increasingly willing to go under the knife to get ahead of others when it comes to getting a job .

One girl told me that she was considering surgery to increase her height. “They break your legs, put in special extending screws, and slowly expand the gap between the two ends of the bone as it re-grows, you can get at least 5 cm taller!”

At that point, I was shocked. I am short, I can’t deny that, but I don’t think I would put myself through months of agony(痛苦)just to be a few centimetres taller. I don’t even bother to wear shoes with thick soles, as I’m not trying to hide the fact that I am just not tall!

It seems to me that there is a trend towards wanting “perfection” , and that is an ideal that just does not exist in reality.

No one is born perfect, yet magazines, TV shows and movies present images of thin, tall, beautiful people as being the norm. Advertisements for slimming aids, beauty treatments and cosmetic surgery clinics fill the pages of newspapers, further creating an idea that “perfection” is a requirement, and that it must be purchased, no matter what the cost. In my opinion, skills, rather than appearance, should determine how successful a person is in his/