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(银川一中第二次模拟考试)

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）。第Ⅰ卷第1至12页，第Ⅱ卷第12-14页。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷 (选择题）

注意事项：

1．答第Ⅰ卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2．选出每小题答案后，用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。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

第一部分：听力理解(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。

(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。

例：How much is the shirt ?

A.＄19.15. B.＄9.18 C.＄9.15

答案是C.

1. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers？

A. Teacher and student.

B. Doctor and patient.

C. Manager and office worker.

2. What is the woman complaining about?

A. Having to wait

B. Her check

C. The computer

3. What does the woman mean?

A. The woman knows where Martha has gone.

B. Martha will go to the concert by herself.

C. It is quite possible for the man to find Martha.

4. What is the man’s ticket for?

A. A play

B. A concert

C. A lecture

5. What does the man mean?

A. He agrees with the woman.

B. He disagrees with the woman.

C. He is looking in the woman’s eye.

第二节:(共15小题;每小题1.5分,共22.5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。每段对话仅读两遍。

听第六段材料，回答第6－7题。

6. What does the woman do part-time?

A. A cleaner

B. A guide

C. A teacher

7. What is the most important reason why the woman likes the job?

A. She can get a high pay.

B. She can have more spare time.

C. She can get a full working experience.

听第七段材料，回答第8----9题。

8. What do we learn about the two speakers?

A. The man likes to sit in his chair.

B. The woman doesn’t like to travel.

C. They went on a trip last year.

9. How long does the voyage the speakers talked about in the advertisement take?

A. 10 days

B. 21 days

C. 25 days

听第八段材料，回答第10----12题。

10. Why does the man come to the woman?

A. Because he wants the woman to help with the computer design.

B. Because he wants the woman to advertise his products.

C. Because he wants the woman to sell his products.

11. What makes the computer different from other ones?

A. A voice-activation system and study software.

B. A children game system and a voice-activation system.

C. A voice-activation system and special hardware.

12. Which is TRUE about the new computer?

A. It can speak to users.

B. It is cheaper than others.

C. Its hardware is better than others.

听第九段材料，回答第13----16题。

13. What is Frank’s brother’s hobby?

A. Collecting stamps

B. Working in a garden

C. Collecting coins

14. Where does Sue want to go some day?

A. Mexico B. China C. Canada

15. Why doesn’t Frank have a real hobby?

A. Because he is too busy.

B. Because he doesn’t want to.

C. Because he is lazy.

16. What does Frank do?

A. Marketing director

B. Traveling salesman

C. Office clerk

听第十段材料，回答第17----20题。

17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?

A. How money came into use.

B. Some of the things that served as money in the past.

C. How to decide the value of money.

18. Which of the following might have been used as money by early Japanese according to the passage?

A. Tea B. Salt C. Nuts

19. Who were the first people to use coins?

A. Europeans B. American Indians C. Chinese

20. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Things lowly valued by everyone may not serve as money.

B. Salt is seldom used as a kind of money.

C. The most common money of all was a plant of some kind.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分 ）

（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

My three-year-old granddaughter, Tegan, went with her parents to a family gathering at the home of her other grandparents. Everyone was having a wonderful time visiting and catching up on all the latest family news.

Like most children, Tegan was having a good time playing with all the toys that were different from her own and that were kept for children to play with at her grandparents’ house. In particular, Tegan had found a little tea set and had begun pretending that she was having a tea party. She set up all the place settings and arranged her table with the great care and elegance that only a three-year-old can create. Meanwhile, her Daddy was engrossed in conversation, and as he continued to chat with his family, Tegan would hand him a cup of "tea". Her Daddy, who always tries to participate in her games, would pause for a few seconds from his conversation, and say all the proper words and gestures for her tea party which would thrill Tegan. He would request two lumps of sugar. He would tell her how wonderful her tea tasted, and then he would continue his adult conversation with his family.

After going through this routine several times, her Daddy suddenly awoke to reality as he had a flash of concern in his mind: "She is only three years old, where is she getting this ‘tea’ that I've been dutifully drinking?" He quietly followed her, without her knowing, and his fears were growing stronger as he saw her turn and go through the bathroom door. Sure enough, there she was stretching up on her tippy toes reaching up to get her ‘tea’ water -- out of the container of water that grandpa used to soak his false teeth!

21．At the family gathering, the adults __________.

A．watched their favorite TV programs

B．talked about what happened at home

C．drank tea while chatting

D．arranged tables for children’s games

22．Which of the following phrases can replace the underlined phrase “was engrossed in” in Paragraph 2 ?

A．got tired of B．got annoyed by

C．was absorbed in D．was puzzled at

23．What can be learned from the text ?

A．Tegan was unhappy to be left alone at the gathering.

B．Tegan’s father often played with her in games.

C．Tegan refused to apologize for what she had done.

B

Are you a saver or a spender?

"A penny saved is a penny earned." This old saying calls attention to the wisdom of saving money. "_________________________" is another way to talk about saving for the future.

People who hate to spend money are known as "tightwads," while those who like to get the most value for their money are called "thrifty." A thrifty person is different from a "spendthrift." A spendthrift is someone who spends wastefully. People like that are often said to spend money "like a drunken sailor" or "like there's no tomorrow. "

In the United States, people who want to start a savings account have different choices of where to put their money. These include banks and credit unions. Credit unions are cooperatives for people who have some kind of connection. For example, the members might work for a university or a government agency. Most credit unions are nonprofit organizations.

Credit unions, banks and other financial institutions pay interest on savings accounts. But the interest rates are low. Certificates of deposit（存款证） pay higher returns. With a certificate of deposit, or CD, a person agrees not to withdraw the money for a certain period of time. This term could be anywhere from a few months to several years. Longer terms, and larger amounts, pay higher interest. People can withdraw their money early but they have to pay a fine.

In a number of countries, people have been saving less over the years. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is a group of thirty-four countries. The OECD says in 1990, Americans had a household savings rate of seven percent. This year, that rate is expected to be a little more than?four percent and many European countries have higher rates like the UK and France , but Americans save more than families in countries like Japan and South Korea.

25．Which of the following proverbs can be filled in the blank in Paragraph 2?

A．Health is wealth.

B．Money is a good servant but a bad master

C．Put money away for a rainy day.

D．Money doesn’t grow on trees.

26．If you have $10,000, which of the following may help you get higher interest ?

A．Choose certificates of deposit for one year.

B．Put the money in banks for one year.

C．Put the money in credit unions for one year.

D．Choose certificates of deposit for one year but withdraw the money ahead of time.

27．What does the passage mainly talk about ?

A．Different choices of putting money away in the US.

B．The importance of saving money.

C．How to put money into banks.

D．The household savings rate in the US.

C

In today’s congratulatory phone call to the team behind NASA's Mars Curiosity rover（火星车）, President Barack Obama made sure that if the mission discovers Martians, he'll be one of the first to know.

"If in fact you do make contact with Martians, please let me know right away," Obama said during the call, "I've got a lot of things on my plate, but I expect that that will go to the top of the list. Even if they're just microbes(微生物), it will be pretty exciting."

Obama also said he was impressed by the attention that's been paid to flight director Bobak Ferdowsi, the "Mohawk Guy" whose star-spangled haircut and warmhearted behavior during Curiosity's Aug. 5 landing won him Internet fame.

"I, in the past, thought about getting a Mohawk myself," Obama joked. "But my team keeps on discouraging me. And now that he's received marriage proposals and thousands of new Twitter followers, I think I'm going to go back to my team and see if it makes sense."

The congratulatory phone call is a tradition for the White House. But it was clear that Obama particularly enjoyed congratulating the scientists and engineers behind the amazingly successful landing of NASA's newest Mars exploration.

He also said the achievement reflected the American spirit, and he gave his personal promise to protect these critical investments in science and technology.

"This is the kind of thing that inspires kids ac