高台县第一中学2015届高三8月质量检测英语试题

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

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. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In the office B. On the street C. On the phone

When did the lecture actually start?

A. At 8:05 B. At 8:15 C. At 8:35

What is most probably James?

A. A shopkeeper B. A teacher C. A doctor

What are the speakers talking about?

A. TV news B. TV programme C. American TV networks

What does the man mean?

A. He is eager to swim. B. He is hungry. C. He is thirsty.

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，你将有时间来阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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

Where is the speakers?

A. At a bus stop B. In a shop C. In a hotel

What does the man say about Nanjing Road?

A. It is clean and spacious. B. There are many shops there. C. There are many people there.

听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题

Why does the woman look upset?

A. She got fired yesterday. B. She had a dispute with John. C. She didn’t do her work well.

Who is John?

A. The woman’s husband. B. The woman’s boss. C .The woman’s teacher.

What’s the woman going to do?

A. Talk to more friends B. Talk to John C. Think it over

听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题

Where are the speakers most probably?

A. At Green Lake College B. At a conference C. At the cinema

Why does the woman talk to the man?

A. To introduce herself B. To ask a question C. To send Mike’s regards

What’s probably the man?

A. A literature professor B. A foreign language teacher C. A science teacher

听下面一段材料，回答第14至16题

How does the man find here?

A. He likes. B. He dislikes. C. He is indifferent.

15. What is the man studying for?

A. A bachelor degree B. A master degree C. A doctor degree

What is the woman going to do probably?

A. Help with the man’s study B. Improve the man’s accommodation

C. Improve the condition of using computers.

听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题

How long is the airport close every day?

A. 11 hours B. 12 hours C. 13 hours

Who will be the most affected by the noise?

A. Students B. Housewives C. Workers

What does speakers say about the price of a newly- house if adding about $ 25000?

A. Cheap B. Just so-so C. Expensive

What will the speaker talk about next?

A. What home buyers should pay particularly attention to.

B. What housing developers are going to do about the noise around.

C. Some necessary changes to the houses to reduce the effects of the noise around.

第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

There has been an outpouring of love for a 23-year-old disabled woman whose dog was killed in front of her while a groomer(美容师) tried to trim(修剪) its claws.

Calls and e-mails came from as far away as the Upper Peninsula and Arizona as well as Oakland and Macomb counties, offering Laurie Crouch, who uses a wheelchair because of multiple sclerosis(硬化症), everything from dogs to money, such as that from Jason Daly of Roseville who said, “ I would like to buy her a new dog.”

A story about the death of Crouch’s pet, Gooch, was printed on the front page of Macomb Daily. Crouch said a man sat on the dog to trim its nails. Gooch died after one claw was trimmed.

Crouch yelled at the groomer to stop when she saw Gooch was struggling to breathe, but she said she was ignored. “If I could have walked, I would have put my hands on her and pulled her off my dog and physically stopped her, but I can’t do that.” Gooch was not a trained service animal, but naturally helped Crouch by picking up things for her.

“This case is absolute animal abuse(虐待),” Larry Obrecht, division manager of the Oakland County Animal Shelter in Auburn Hills, said.

People who read the story contacted Oakland Press to offer help. A message, from Rebecca Amett of Giggles N Wiggles Puppy Rescue, in Roseville, said, “We have puppies to donate … and want to help the young woman who lost her service dog.”

“When Gooch was with me, I was happy,” Crouch said, “I think I can be happy again but no animal can replace Gooch. There’s never going to be another Gooch out there but I think I will find a dog that can bring me joy again.”

21. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A. A disabled woman’s service dog.

B. A cruel groomer killed a disabled woman’s dog.

C. People’s love for a disabled woman who lost her dog.

D. Disabled woman loves to have the dog as company.

22. People called and emailed to .

A. offer help and care to Laurie Crouch. B. give their angry voice to the groomer.

C. offer a cure for Crouch’s disease. D. tell Crouch how to punish the groomer.

23. We can infer from the passage that .

A. Crouch refused to take another dog.

B. Crouch must be sad after losing her dog.

C. Crouch has accepted another dog from a stranger.

D. Crouch can live well without a dog’s company.

B

What's your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants?  It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer. Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals. Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular in the UK. It began in 1970 and was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of ￡1 including free milk from the farm.  Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength --- in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying ￡112 for tickets to the three-day event. Tickets for the event sold out within three hours. Acts included veteran superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone. Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities. Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money for global poverty. In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts will be held simultaneously in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin. Superstars, such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder will perform in order to highlight international poverty and debt.

24. What does the author mean by saying “the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength” in the fourth paragraph?

A. The festival has achieved growing success.

B. Great efforts have been made to hold the festival.

C. The festival has brought in a large amount of money.

D. There have been thousands of fans attending the festival

25 . Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis.

B. Tickets for the 2004 Glastonbury Festival were in great demand despite the high price.

C. Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families.

D. In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free.

26. We can learn from the last paragraph that __________.

A. the Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concerts

B. the Live 8 concerts are held every year in London.

C. London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals

D. some superstars are concerned about global poverty.

27. What is the best title for the passage?

A. How to have a good time

B. Charity events around the world

C. The Glastonbury Festival

D. Superstars’ performances in charity events

C

After moving to the United States, immigrant groups trying to fit in tend to choose high-calorie, fatty foods in an attempt to appear more American, a new study finds. That's one reason why immigrants approach U.S. levels of obesity within 15 years of moving to America.

When their American identity was called into question during a follow-up study, Asian-American participants also tended to choose typical American dishes, such as hamburgers and grilled cheese sandwiches, over more Asian fare. In that experiment, 55 Asian-Americans were asked to choose a meal from a local Asian or American restaurant. Some participants were told that only Americans could participate in the study. Those who chose the more typical American fare ended up consuming an extra 182 calories, including 12 grams of fat and seven grams of saturated fat(饱和脂肪).

"People who feel like they need to prove they belong in a culture will change their habits in an attempt to fit in," said Sapna Cheryan, an author of the study and assistant professor of psychology at the University of Washington. "If immigrants and their children choose unhealthy American foods over healthier traditional foods across their lives, this process of fitting in could lead to poorer health," Cheryan added.

Social pressures, the study concluded, are at the heart of the problem. "In American society today, being American is associated with being white. Americans who don't fit this image even if they were born here and speak English feel that pressure to prove that they're American," said Cheryan.

28. According to the survey, _____.

A. Asia-Americans care less about their health.

B. 25 percent of Americans like junk food.

C. choosing food is related to Asian-American’s situation

D. immigrants are forced to eat junk food.

29. The underlined word “fare” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “_____”

A. food offered as a meal B. a person taking a taxi

C. money spent on food D. an arranged thing to do

30. According to Sauna Cheryan, ________.

A. what immigrants have done is ridiculous

B. American traditional foods are healthier

C. immigrants risk their health in order to fit in

D. American culture affects immigrants deeply

31. Which of the following should take the blame for th