内蒙古赤峰市宁城县2015届高三上学期摸底统一考试

英语试题

注意：本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。考试

时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）

第一部分 听力(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。

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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍。

1. When can the woman get her car?

A. At noon. B. At about 2 pm. C. Late in the evening.

2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. In a drugstore. B. In a lawyer’s office. C. In a doctor’s office.

3. What does Kate do?

A. She is a teacher. B. She is a writer. C. She is a doctor.

4. What will the girl do tonight?

A. She will stay at home alone.

B. She will go to ask Nancy for dinner.

C. She will have to stay at home with her brother.

5. What is the woman?

A. A librarian. B. A student. C. A teacher.

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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. How many car salespersons were hired?

A. Ten. B. Eleven. C. Twenty-one.

7. What advantage does the woman have compared with the salesmen?

A. She is a woman. B. She is very friendly. C. She is ready to help others.

听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8. What does the woman want to do next year?

A. Work abroad. B. Make travels. C. Make more money.

9. What is the woman worried about?

A. She is unable to live in a family.

B. How to find a reputable agency.

C. Whether the family treats her well.

10. What suggestion does the man offer?

A. Get some money from parents.

B. Get a part-time job abroad.

C. Get information from an agency.

听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11. What did the man put up on his wall yesterday?

A. The picture he drew. B. The picture he took. C. The picture his friend gave him.

12. What is probably the man?

A. A photographer. B. A model. C. A visitor.

13. How many cameras does the man have?

A. A dozen. B. More than two. C. Only two.

听下面一段对话，回答第14至第16三个小题。

14. Why did the man buy the second-hand car for the woman?

A. He was short of money.

B. He wanted to save some money.

C. The new cars were not satisfying.

15. What’s the woman’s feeling if she drives an old car?

A. Ashamed. B. Angry. C. Happy.

16. What do the speakers decide to do at last?

A. To buy an expensive car immediately.

B. To sell the car to a friend.

C. To dress the car up.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What do you know from the talk?

A. People still prefer to live in the same place where they have always lived.

B. People nowadays don’t stay in the same place all their lives.

C. No people still live where they used to live.

18. How old is the man?

A. 70. B. 85. C. 100.

19. What is the secret of long life according to the man?

A. Laughing and taking exercise.

B. Moving from one place to another place.

C. Talking to people as often as possible.

20. How many times has the man been married?

A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.

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

One-hundred-and seventh birthdays aren’t usually celebrated for authors who aren’t alive anymore. But Theodor Seuss Geisel---better known as the children’s books author Dr. Seuss ---who came into the world on 2 March, 1904, was an unusual man.

Like generations of children I was raised on his wonderful stories. But when I now read them to my children it’s not just the childhood memories I enjoy. His writing is brilliant and imaginative and flows with a self-confidence as sure as the words of a Shakespeare poem. Readers ride his characteristic rhythm (韵律) with an effortless joy that cannot be matched by any other modern writer

You have brains in your head

You have feet in your shoes

You can steer yourself any direction you choose

And will you succeed?

Yes indeed, yes indeed!

Ninety-eight and three-quarters percent guaranteed.

Seuss’s brilliant cartoons and clever words make his books a delight for adults but they attract mostly children of course. His stories teach kids moral lessons but in indirect and entertaining ways.

The first Seuss book I was given was The Lorax, written just as the 60s were becoming the 70s. Seuss was ahead of his time, and in this book the dawn of concern for environmental problems are shown as the Lorax “who speaks for the trees” battles against an evil businessman who wants to destroy the forest and make goods “which everyone needs”.

It’s not only a warning of the heavy price of environmental destruction, written well before most people had thought to worry, but it’s also a smart analysis of consumer societies “Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” This is of course a moral message, but not of the kind designed to persuade the youngsters into behavior that adults want.

I could go on, but hey, it’s a birthday, and I’m sure you folks have some good toasts to raise for the party…

21. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A. To introduce Dr. Seuss’s life. B. To analyze Dr. Seuss’s books.

C. To describe Dr. Seuss’s writing style. D. To celebrate Dr. Seuss’s achievements.

22. Why does the author include Dr. Seuss’s poem?

A. To encourage readers to use their brains and choose their own way.

B. To give readers a sample of Seuss’s story The Lorax.

C. To provide readers with an example of Seuss’s writing style.

D. To explain how relevant Seuss’s stories remain today.

23. Why do adults also enjoy Seuss’s books?

A. His words and pictures are imaginative enough to be enjoyed by all.

B. His books give children obvious moral messages to learn from.

C. He writes about adult topics in a way that is understandable to children.

D. He was the first person to write about the environment.

24. When was the book The Lorax written?

A. Early 1960s. B. Early 1970s. C. Late 1960s. D. Late 1970s.

25. Which of the following is true about Seuss?

A. Many of the issues he discussed attracted greater concern in later years.

B. He is widely considered as the twentieth-century Shakespeare.

C. His books are more popular now than when they were first published.

D. Most readers thought his ideas were difficult to understand.

B

One day Bill went to eat at a restaurant in London．Suddenly a young woman sat down beside him．Bill could not think what she wanted．She did not look very happy．Bill asked her what was wrong．“The problem is,” she began．But then she stopped．She didn’t find it easy to tell Bill about it, it seemed．

“My husband and I wanted to meet here for lunch at 12,” she said at last, “but he hasn’t come．”

“Well, don’t you know where he is? Can you ring him up?”

“No, I can’t.” said the woman, “And I have had lunch now and I can’t pay the bill．Because I haven’t got any money with me．”

“Never mind, I’ll pay the bill for you．You can pay me back later．” Bill said．“If you give me your address, I’ll send you the money as soon as I get home．” With these words she left the restaurant．

A few weeks later, when Bill was having lunch at another restaurant, he suddenly heard a familiar（熟悉的）voice, “Excuse me．May I just sit here for a moment?” Bill turned round．It was the same young woman again．This time she was talking to a man with gray hair at a table not far from the gate．Bill smiled at the woman and got up from his chair and walked across the room．

26.One day Bill came to eat at a restaurant _____ ．

A．to meet a young woman B．to help a woman

C．to have lunch D．to have the last meal of the day

27.The woman said she would _____ ．

A．return Bill’s money as early as possible B．go to Bill’s home to return the money

C．give Bill’s money back the next day D．return Bill’s money at the restaurant

28.Bill walked across the room _____ ．

A．to pay the woman’s bill B．to say hello to the man with gray hair

C．to meet the woman D．to go away from the woman

C

In a moment of personal crisis, how much help can you expect from a New York taxi driver? I began studying this question and found the answers interesting.

One morning I got into three different taxis and announced, “Well, it’s my first day back in New York in seven years. I’ve been in prison.” Not a single driver replied, so I tried again. “Yeah, I shot a man in Reno.” I explained, hoping the driver would ask me why, but nobody asked. The only response came from a Ghanaian driver, “Reno? That is in Nevada?”

Taxi drivers were uniformly sympathetic when I said I’d just been fired. “This is America,” a Haitian driver said. “One door is closed. Another is open.” He argued against my plan to burn down my boss’s house. A Pakistani driver even turned down a chance to profit from my loss of hope; he refused to take me to the middle of George Washington Bridge—a $20 trip. “Why you want to go there? Go home and relax. Don’t worry. Take a new job.”

One very hot weekday in July, while wearing a red ski mask and holding a stuffed pillowcase with the word “BANK” on it, I tried calling a taxi five times outside different banks. The driver picked me up every time. My ride with a Haitian driver was typical of the superb assistance I received.

“Let’s go across the park.” I said. “I just robbed the bank there. I got $25,000.”

“$25,000?” He asked.

“Yeah, you think it was wrong to take it?”

“No, man. I work 8 hours and I don’t make almost $70. If I can do that, I do it too.”

As we approached 86th and Lexington, I pointed to the Chemical Bank.

“Hey, there’s another bank,” I said, “Could you wait here a minute while I go inside?”

“No, I can’t wait. Pay me now.” His reluctance may have something to do with money—taxi drivers think the rate for waiting time is too low—but I think he wanted me to learn that even a bank robber can’t expect unconditional support.

29. Why did the Pakistani driver refuse to take the author to the middle of the George Washington Brid