高三8月起点考试英语试题

考试时间：120分钟

第I卷（选择题）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. Where is the exhibition?

A. Near the man’s house.

B. In a park.

C. In a school.



2. What will the woman have to do?

A. Switch to another flight.



 B. Go to the airport immediately.



 C. Ask the man to have the ticket changed.



3. What does the woman want to do?

A. Buy a new skirt.

B. Change for another skirt.

C. Get her money back.



4. Who is the woman most probably talking to?

A. Her boss.

B. An accountant.

C. A policeman.



5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A souvenir.

B. A place.

C. A trip.



第二节（共15题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a shop.

B. In a grocer’s.

C. In a restaurant.



7. Why can’t the man get the discount?

A. He came late.

B. He mistook the date.

C. He didn’t see the sign.



请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What should the speakers do before Thursday?

A. Agree on a design.

B. Send the reports out.

C. Finish the reports.



9. How does the man feel about his team’s task?

A. Surprised.

B. Worried.

C. Bored.



请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man want to do?

A. Put off his trip to Lisbon.



B. Change a ticket to Amsterdam.



 C. Ask about the price of the ticket to London.



11. How long does it take the man to get to Amsterdam from Liverpool?

A. Two hours.

B. Three hours.

C. Four hours.



12. What do we know about the man?

A. He will leave on the morning of the 24th.



 B. He has to transfer to another flight.



 C. He will arrive in London at 7:25.



请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What happened to Darren in the February competition?

A. He ran in a new event.

B. He got injured.

C. He came last.



14. When did Darren’s situation begin to improve?

A. When he made a deal with a shoe company.



 B. When he got into the British team.



 C. When he started a part-time job.



15. Why has Darren got fit again quickly?

A. He has started to work with a new trainer.



 B. He has increased the time for training.



 C. He has changed the way of training.



16. Why does Darren want to win the next competition?

A. To pay for his wedding.

B. To show he is fit.

C. To retire early.



请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why doesn’t Tony think many children will come for the whole summer?

A. The course is much too expensive.



 B. They will be bored with the activities.



 C. Their parents will want to stay with them for some time.



18. What should one do first to take the course?

A. Pay for the course.

B. Visit Tony’s website.

C. Send an application form.



19. What does Tony remind parents to do?

A. Inform his of their children’s special needs.



 B. Pay the full amount of money immediately.



 C. Choose the activities their children like.



20. What do we know about the course?

A. It lasts three months.



 B. It is aimed at teenagers.



 C. It consists of different activities.





第二部分：词汇知识应用

第一节 多项选择题（每小题1分 满分10分）

21．---Mary was being badly treated when John happened to pass by and helped her out.

---I think it was not a pure ____________ but had been well planned.

A．coincidence

B．occurrence

C．arrangement

D．incident



22．.Her _______ to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise, because she was just a fresh clerk in the company, working here only for one month.

A．adaptation

B．promotion

C．devotion

D．objection



23．There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _____ gave up.

A．eventually

B．unfortunately

C．generously

D．purposefully



24．The most perceptive of the three, she was the first to realize the _____ danger of their

situation.

A．obvious

B．easy

C．potential

D．necessary



25．In order not to get disturbed , I spent three hours locked in my study, _____ the next day’s interview.

A．in search of

B．in preparation of

C．in exchange for

D．in answer to



26． The lead singer was ill and couldn’t sing that night, and her ______ didn’t perform well, which made the audience disappointed.

A．agent

B．attitude

C．substitute

D．institute



27．Some minerals are quite common , others are regionally _______ , and still others are rare on the earth.

A．attributed

B．distributed

C．contributed

D．scattered



28． During the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway ,33 migration overpasses have been made _______ for herbs（兽群） of Tibetan antelopes to go through their breeding grounds.

A．admirable

B．available

C．abundant

D．appropriate



29． Would you please come and help me with this form because I don’t know how to ____ it.

A．set aside

B. set up

C．set off

D．set about



30．The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions ____ equality , and this in turn leads to further sharing .

A．searches for

B．makes for

C．stands for

D．calls for













： 完形填空（每小题1分 满分20分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 The New York Times published an article recently that shows great regret for the “death of conversation”. It suggests that while technology such as cell phones, e-mails, and Internet posting makes us feel more 31 than ever, it’s also driving us 32 from people around us.

Users get final connectivity 33 the price of 34 face –to-face conversation. Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are 35 to a different way of being “alone together”.

Actually, 36 text messages or writing microblogs allows us to 37 thoughts.

38 bits and pieces of online cannot 39 a “real conversation”. Lao Guo,19, a freshman of English major from Changsha University, said that she would like to hear people’s tone of voice and see their faces in a(n) 40 . “The give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds.” she said. She also mentions that 41 ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and 42 people.

Turkle mentioned the popular 43 of “I share, therefore I am” among this generation. Liu Xuan, a young writer from Taiwan and psychology graduate from Harvard University, thinks it’s a mindset adopted by most young people. They are so busy creating or polishing their online persona（网络人格） that they forger how to live a(n) 44 life. For example, they may 45 more about blogging about attending a party rather than enjoying being 46 .

47 , experts remind us that it’s unfair to blame mobile technology. Chen Chen, a sociology expert at China Youth and Children Research Center, points out that it is still owners of gadgets, such as cell phones and tablets, who’re avoiding personal 48 . We take advantage of these devices to hide ourselves 29 others. Texting messages or calling may be a(n) 50. to avoid contact with others, such as having eye contact. “Only by strengthening conversation can we understand each other. Simply throwing away the mobile gadgets is not a solution.” she said.

31．

A．received

B．shared

C．connected

D．respected







32．

A．off

B．back

C．away

D．down







33．

A．beyond

B．at

C．for

D．above







34．

A．having

B．risking

C．sacrificing

D．sharing







35．

A．related

B．committed

C．devoted

D．accustomed







36．

A．sending

B．getting

C．reading

D．taking







37．

A．change

B．exchange

C．deliver

D．raise







38．

A．So

B．And

C．Or

D．But







39．

A．indicate

B．replace

C．cover

D．involve







40．

A．conversation

B．computer

C．party

D．Internet







41．

A． abandoning

B．joining

C．burying

D．attaching







42．

A．interviewing

B．introducing

C．knowing

D．meeting







43

A．feeling

B．concept

C．fact

D．truth







44．

A．colorful

B．interesting

C．real

D．meaningful







45．

A．worry

B．care

C．ask

D．debate







46．

A．there

B．out

C．down

D．in







47．

A．Therefore

B．Altogether

C．Instead

D．However







48．

A．information

B．space

C．contact

D．management







49．

A．from

B．of

C．behind

D．under







50．

A．approach

B．source

C．result

D．excuse









第三部分： 阅读理解（每小题2分 满分40分）

A

Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and selfrespect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.

Here is an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.

Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of mean excitement. Later we might tell our family of friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.

Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?

In the first case,where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and selfrespect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others.In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us honorable. Upon leaving the store,we feel honorable and our selfrespect is increased .Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.

There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.

51．According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our ________.

A．selfrespect B．financial rewards

C．advertising ability D．friendly relationship

52．The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to ________.

A．lying B．stealing

C．cheating D．advertising

53．The underlin