益阳市箴言中学2015届高三第一次模拟考试

英 语

时间：120分钟 总分：150 命题人：孙艳芳

PartⅠ Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

Section A (22.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1 Where does the conversation take place?

A.At the restaurant B At school C At home

2 What did the girl eat for lunch？

A. A sandwich and chips

B. A burger ,salad and water

C.A piece of bread and some juice

Conversation2

3 What day is it today?

A Monday B Saturday C Sunday

4 What will the man do?

A Borrow the woman’s computer

B Go to the library to finish his paper

C Have the woman take care of his sister

Conversation3

5 What’s the purpose of the expert’s visit?

A To tell about the study programs.

B To give information on the internet.

C To offer students advice on their study.

6 What does the man think of the lecture？

A Worthwhile B Useless C Easy

Conversation4

7 What did the woman do during the weekend？

A She had dinner in a restaurant.

B She watched a movie in a cinema.

C She celebrate her mother’s birthday.

8 What does the woman think of the movie?

A Interesting B Boring C Confusing

9 What do the speakers plan to do on Saturday？

A Buy a birthday present B Visit some friends C Hold a party

Conversation 5

10What do we know about the man?

A He is a fan of the quiz show

B He is a very humorous person

C He doesn’t think Frank Jones funny.

11 What does the man think of the questions of the quiz show?

A They are quite easy. B They are very serious. C They are harder and harder.

12 What kind of questions is the woman good at?

A Ones on math and science

B Ones on history and literature

C Ones on pop music and movie stars

Conversation 6

13 Why did Susan get a job before going to university？

A She didn’t want to go to college.

B Her parents didn’t give her enough money.

C She wanted to help her parents support her family.

14 What did Susan like in the shop？

A the workmates B the clean workmates C the smell of the baking

15 What does Susan say about serving customers?

A She enjoyed the busy part of the day.

B She hated serving them at lunchtime.

C She liked to plan a party or a wedding for them.

Section B (7.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

The magazine good living

I first edition

Cooking directions for 16

A special free gift —a DVD showing how to prepare 17

II second edition

An article about the 18

A special collection of dishes for 19

Some recipes designed especially for 20

Part II Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.

1.Suddenly she realized that money alone couldn’t ____ what he had suffered.

A. give in to B. run out of C. come up to D. make up for

2.—Alice won’t join in our discussion tonight.

—Oh, she _____. We have already put it off.

A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. shouldn’t D. can’t

3.He has donated some money to those who________ in poverty, which _______ of great help.

A. live, are B. lives, are C. live, is D. lives, is

4.If you _________ harder last year, you _________ so upset today.

A. worked; would not be B. had worked; would not have been

C. worked; would not have been D. had worked; would not be

5.Jim is in good shape physically ______ he doesn’t get much experience.

A. if B. unless C. even though D. as long as

6.The human body consists of organs, each ____a definite job to do.

A. have B. to have C. has D. having

7.In front of our school ________ on whose tops we can have a clear view of the lake.

A. standing two towers B. stands two towers

C. do two towers stand D. stand two towers

8. you put your heart into study，you are sure to get a satisfying result．

A．While B．Until C．As long as D．Even if

9.He has a great interest in golf. As a result, he _____ it twice a week in the past year.

A. plays B. played C. had played D. has been playing

10.—Have you finished your work?

—Yes. Actually, I _______ it before you came.

A. have finished B. had finished C. finished D. would finish

11—Has Nancy gone back to her home in the UK?

—Yes. She ________ here only for three days with her friends.

A. stayed B. had stayed C. has stayed D. was staying

12. the novel several times，I know the characters in it very well．

A．Having read B．Reading C．To read D．Being read

13.Nervous and anxious, Jill failed ______ a good impression at the job interview.

A. to have made B. making C. to make D. having made

14._____ at the back of the temple is the Tianning Tower, which,_____154 meters into the sky, is the tallest tower of the kind in China.

A. Located; rises B. Locating; rising C. Located; rising D. Locating; rises

15.I’m still wondering put the Christmas gift under my pillow．

A．whom it is that B．it is whom that C．it is who that D．who it is that

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

Peter was a US Navy fighter pilot in Vietnam. On his 75th mission, his fighter was 36 and he was forced to eject（弹射出去）. The only thing between him and imminent（逼近的）death was his parachute（降落伞）that he prayed would open. The parachute did open and Peter made it down to the ground alive, but he was 37 alive and spent 6 years in a Vietnamese prison camp.

One day, many years after returning to his homeland, Peter and his wife were sitting in a little restaurant in Kansas City 38 he noticed a guy who kept looking at him.

Peter looked back but didn’t recognize him, but he kept catching this guy 39 him. Finally the guy stood up and walked over to Peter’s 40 and said, “You’re Peter.” Peter looked up at him and said, “Yes.” The guy said, “You’re a 41 pilot, part of that ‘Top Gun ”outfit. You launched from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, you parachuted into enemy territory and you spent six years as a 42 of war.”

43 surprised, Peter looked up at the guy and asked, “How in the world did you know all that?” The man laughed and said, “Because I 44 your parachute.”

Peter was 45 . The man grabbed Peter’s hand and pumped his arm and said, “I guess it worked,” and walked off.

Think about this for yourself. How many times in life do you 46 the people who help you out the most? The people who come out of the far 47 of your life just when you need them the most and pack your parachutes for you?

36. A. hurt B. spoiled C. injured D. destroyed

37. A. caught B. held C. taken D. removed

38. A. while B. as C. when D. once

39. A. staring at B. glaring at C. glancing at D. glimpsing at

40. A. desk B. table C. house D. restaurant

41. A. helicopter B. fighter C. plane D. warship

42. A. friend B. pilot C. soldier D. prisoner

43. A. Somewhat B. Somewhere C. Anyhow D. Anyway

44. A. picked B. put C. installed D. packed

45. A. worthless B. speechless C. careless D. priceless

46. A. walk B. go C. pass D. wander

47. A. grounds B. camps C. corners D. fields

Section C (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

Maria is the founder of a chain of coffee bars. She comes from Singapore, but later moved to London with her family. Her father, who was a factory manager, filled 48 with a belief in hard work. Maria studied political science at university. 49 leaving university, she became a teacher. When her father passed away, she went to New York for 50 break. Every morning she’d go to a coffee bar. When she got 51 to London, she realized that 52 was nothing like those coffee bars. 53 she decided to give up her job and do something about it. She opened her 54 coffee bar in the year 1995 and her success was quick. She opened another ten the following year. Now she is proud of her success and plans to open 80 more 55 the 85 she already has. Just think Maria is only 35 !

Part III Reading Comprehension (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage

A

The oil from palms (棕榈) has a wide variety of uses and is found in food, soaps and shampoos. An international team found a gene that made some of the trees produce more oil than others.

Dr Rajinder Singh, from government agency the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, said, “The oil palm has three fruit forms: a thick-shelled type —the Dura; those that don’t have any shell—the Pisifera; a third form produced as a cross between the thick shell and the one without the shell—the Tenera, which are more of the fleshy fruit to produce the oil,” and the researchers identified the gene producing this trait.

While oil palm growers attempt to grow onl