东北育才学校2015届高三上学期第一次模拟考试

英语试题

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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回来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. $9.15. C. $9.18.

答案是： B

1. Where does the man like to study?

A. In a library. B. At home. C. At the woman's.

2. What book has the man's sister got?

A. A medical book. B. A Chinese textbook. C. An English textbook.

3. Whose video is it?

A. The man's. B. John' s. C. The woman' s sister' s.

4. What does the woman think of the furniture show?

A. It can't be worse. B. It's a waste of time. C. It's worth visiting.

5. Why does the woman apologize to the man?

A. She broke his telephone.

B. She didn't take him to the hospital.

C. She forgot to tell him the message.

第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项种选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将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。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料。回答第6、7题。

6. What is the woman doing?

A. Persuading the man. B. Comforting the man. C. Encouraging the man.

7. What does the man think of seeing a doctor?

A. It' s silly. B. It' s helpful. C. It' s unnecessary.

听第7段材料。回答第8、9题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Boss and secretary. C. Teacher and student.

9. How does the woman feel about Harry?

A. Annoyed. B. Relieved. C. Worried.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a library. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.

11. How many brothers and sisters does the man have?

A. Three. B. Five. C. Two.

12. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Friendship. B. Love. C. Family.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. When will the man's cousin arrive?

A. On Friday. B. On Thursday. C. On Saturday.

14. What will the man do on Saturday?

A. Work in the library. B. Visit his aunt. C. Pick up his cousin.

15. What does the man ask the woman to do?

A. Help with a term paper.

B. Take care of his cousin.

C. Arrange his cousin's interview.

16. What do we know about the man?

A. He will go to a game with his cousin on Friday.

B. He will take his cousin to a music festival.

C. He knows his cousin's hobbies very well.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When did the speaker take his worst holiday?

A. Two weeks ago. B. Last year. C. Twenty years ago.

18. Why did the speaker's mother come with him to Sacramento?

A. To visit her hometown. B. To spend a holiday. C. To do business.

19. What was the weather like when the speaker arrived?

A. Windy. B. Rainy. C. Cloudy.

20. How did the speaker spend most of his holiday?

A. By watching TV at the hotel.

B. By going to the beach and sightseeing.

C. By visiting museums and going shopping.

Do you remember the night when you took advantage of my 17-year-old neighbor who had to drive to pick up his sister from her dance lessons? Do you know how we all felt when he hit another car and killed the two people in the other car? He died the next morning too. His sister walked home from her dance lesson, and passed police cars and a crowd of people gathering on the sidewalk just two blocks away from the dance studio. She didn’t realize her brother was in the midst of it all. She never saw him again. And it’s all your fault.

I wish you’d walk out of my life forever. I don’t want anything to do with you. Look at all the pain you’ve caused. Sure, you’ve made people happy too from time to time. But the damage you’ve caused in the lives of millions is inexcusable. Stop luring (引诱) in the people I love. Stop hurting me, please.

Sincerely,

Anonymous

21. What is author’s purpose in writing to alcohol?

A. To introduce Mr. Alcohol to the readers

B. To describe the harm alcohol did to his family.

C. To show how much alcohol can hurt people.

D. To show the great fun alcohol can bring to people’s life.

22. What did alcohol do to the author’s father?

A. It made him crash into two other cars and took his life.

B. It made him drink too much and he had to get his stomach pumped.

C. It made him kill two other people when driving.

D. It made him get into a car accident and badly injure himself.

23. The underlined phrase “were intrigued by” is closest in meaning to ________.

A. were familiar with B. were interested in

C. were disappointed with D. were satisfied with

24. What is the tone of the article?

A. Critical B. Doubtful C. Unconcerned D. Humorous

B

American researchers found females are the more talkative sex because of a special “language protein” in the brain.

The study, conducted by neuroscientists(神经学家) and psychologist from the University of Maryland, concluded that women talked more because they had more of the Foxp2 protein. The research, published in the Journal of Neuroscience, found that higher levels were found among humans that were women but in rats that were males. Their findings came after it was previously claimed that ladies speak about 20,000 words a day – over 13,000 more than men. “This study is one of the first to report a sex difference in the expression of a language-associated protein in humans or animals,” said Prof Margaret McCarthy, who led the study. In their study, the researchers attempted to determine what might make male rats more vocal than their female friends.

They separated four-day-old rats from their mothers and then counted the number of times they cried out in the “ultrasonic（超声波的） range”, the frequencies higher than humans can hear, over five minutes. While both sexes called out hundreds of cries, the males called out twice as often, they found. But when the pups were returned to their mother’s cage, she fussed over her sons first. Tests conducted on the parts of the brain known to be associated with vocal calls showed the male pups have up to twice as much Foxp2 protein as the females. The researchers then increased the production in the brains of female pups and reduced it in males. This led to the female rats crying out more often and their mothers showing more interest to them. In contrast, males became less “talkative”.

The researchers then tested samples from ten children, aged between three and five, which showed that females had up to 30 per cent more of the Foxp2 protein than males, in a brain area key to language in humans.

“Based on our observations, we assume higher levels of Foxp2 in girls and higher levels of Foxp2 in male rats is an indication that Foxp2 protein levels are associated with the more communicative sex,” said Prof McCarthy.

“Our results imply Foxp2 as a component (成分)of the neurobiological basis of sex differences in vocal communication in mammals.”

25. From the second paragraph, we can learn that ________.

A. women always speak more words than men

B. men and male rats have low levels of language protein

C. women and male rats have similar levels of Foxp2

D. McCarthy isn’t the first to find females more talkative

26 The underlined phrase “fussed over” in the third paragraph probably means______.

A. paid attention to B. related to C. put pressure on D. counted on

27. The researchers carried out the experiments on rats in order to _______.

A. test which part of the brain is key to language in rats and humans

B. prove the levels of Foxp2 protein in humans and rats are different

C. determine the reason why female rats are more talkative than male rats

D. discover the association between Foxp2 protein and vocal communication

28. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A. Tests on humans and rats B. Why women are the talkative sex

C. Sex differences in Foxp2 protein D. Foxp2 protein determines oral ability

C

Justin Bieber may have millions of fans worldwide, but Russia’s bears don’t appear to admire the pop singer’s music --- which proved fortunate for one lucky fisherman.

Igor Vorozhbitsyn had his life saved by a Justin Bieber ringtone, when his mobile phone went off during a dangerous attack by a brown bear.

The 42-year-old was attacked as he was walking to a favourite fishing spot in northern Russia’s Yakutia Republic and firmly believed that he was going to be killed.

Wildlife experts believe the ringtone must have frightened the bear into stopping its attack.

‘Sometimes a sharp shock can stop an angry bear in its attack and that ringtone would be a very unexpected sound for a bear,’ explained one.?

Mr Vorozhbitsyn suffered from cuts and severe wounds and was rescued when he was found by other fishermen after using the phone to call for help.

Mr Vorozhbitsyn ---now recovering from his wounds---explained: ‘I had parked my car and was walking towards the spot I’d marked out when there was a tremendous impact on my back and the bear was on top of me.’

‘I couldn’t believe my luck when the phone went off and it run away.’

‘I know that sort of ringtone isn’t to everyone’s taste but my granddaughter loaded it onto my phone for a joke,’ he added.

Adult brown bears can weigh as much as 600kg and have been known to kill wolves and even Siberian tigers.

Finally, this is a proof that Justin Bieber is unbearable

29. Igor Vorozhbitsyn was attacked when____.

A. he was fishing at his favourite fishing spot.

B. he was walking towards his favourite fishing spot.

C. he was phoning his granddaughter.

D. he was driving to his favourite fishing spot.

30. The bear stopped attacking because___.

A. Justin Bieber came to rescue Igor Vorozhbitsyn.

B. Justin Bieber sang to it.

C. Justin Bieber’s ringtone was a sudden fright to it.

D. Igor Vorozhbitsyn’s mobile phone was a sudden fright to it.

31. What is the writer’s attitude towards Justin Bieber?

A. positive B. negative C. neutral (中立的) D. not mentioned

32. What does the last