平度市第九中学2014—2015学年度第一学段学分认定高三英语试题

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本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答案卡一并交回。

注意事项：

??? 1．答第I卷前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

??? 2．选出每小题答案前，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号框,不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

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个小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

???? 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的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.What does the woman want to know?

? A. Whether Bill Smith can help her

B. Whether she needs to write a summary

C. Whether she can review Bill Smith’s summary

2.What does the woman like to read?

A. Mystery novels B. History C. Non-fiction

3. What’s the weather like now?

A. Warm B. Cool C. Cold

4. What does the man offer to do?

A. Pick the woman up at the train station

B. Give the woman a lift to the train station

C. Tell the woman the way to the train station

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

? A. Holiday plans B. Museums C. Concerts

第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）????????????

听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。?

听第6断材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How many pieces of clothing were sent to the laundry?

? A. Three B. Four C. Five

7.What will the woman do ?

? A. Wait for a phone call B. Phone the housekeeper C. Come again tomorrow morning?

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题

8. What did the man probably do on Tuesday?

A. He hurt Jason when playing soccer

B. He knocked over a plate of food

C. He broke a new bowl

9. When did the man and Ben go to a restaurant?

? A. On Monday B. On Wednesday C. On Thursday

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who does the woman think can take the man’s place?

?? A. Mike B. Peter C. Bill

11. According to the man, what is the bigger blow?

A. He has to resign B. He has a debt of $100 C. He has lost all his money

12. How will the man probably go to school?

?? A. By bus B. By bicycle C. On foot

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Who lives in Cleveland?

?? A. The woman’s brother B. The woman’s sister C. The woman’s parents

14. Where did the woman’s family celebrate last year’s Thanksgiving?

?? A. In Cleveland B. In Florida C. In Boston

15. What relation is Jack to the woman?

?? A. Her Nephew B. Her brother C. Her dad

16. What do we know about the woman’s Thanksgiving last year?

?? A. Her mother made vegetable pies

B. Her sister made a great fruit salad

C. She brought apples from her garden

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.How long do the classes last in the mornings?

A. Two hours B. Three hours C. Three hours and a half.

18.What can students do in the afternoons?

A. Do homework B. See film shows C. Play sports

19. What does the speaker remind students to do?

A. Go to bed before 10:00 pm

B. Call their parents at least once a week

C. Ask their parents to call the teacher if they want to go home

20. Why do students come to Sterling House?

??? A. To learn film acting B. To study English C. To take PE training

?第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节? (共15小题；每小题2分，满分40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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．

A

Experts say probably no one in the history of the American theater influenced it more than George Abbott. He lived to be one hundred and seven years old. He remained active until he died，January 31,1995.

George Francis Abbott was born in 1887 in New York State. His family moved to the western state of Wyoming when he was eleven years old.

George worked as a cowboy during summers before the family moved back to New York State，near the city of Buffalo. He attended the University of Rochester，where he played football and took part in the acting club. He then studied play writing at Harvard University. In 1912，he won one hundred dollars for a play he wrote called “The Man in the Manhole”．

George Abbott moved to New York City in 1913．But he had a slow start in the theater. He did not get many acting jobs. Two years later，he became an assistant to a theater producer. Soon he was deeply involved with rewriting plays and producing them. He had his first hit show in 1926．It was called “Broadway”．

You can tell the history of the Broadway theater area in New York City by telling the story of George Abbott's life. He wrote plays. He directed them. He produced plays. And he acted in them. He was involved in more than one hundred and twenty productions. Some of his most popular shows were musicals. They include “Jumbo”，“Pal Joey”，“Call Me Madam”，“Pajama Game”，“Fiorello！”and “Damn Yankees”．In some years，he had three hit shows at the same time.

21. From the passage，we can learn that the writer________.

A．thinks highly of George Abbott in the development of America

B．thinks well of George Abbott who created the history of play

C．admires George Abbott greatly for his varieties of inventions

D．sings high praise for George Abbott's role in the history of the American play

22. When did his family move to the western state of Wyoming?

A．1898.???? B．1887.?? ?? C．1897.???? D．1798.

23. The main idea of the last paragraph is________.

A．how important George Abbott's was in his family

B．how many works George Abbott wrote

C．George Abbott played an important role in the history of the Broadway theater area

D．George Abbott is a gifted play writer in the world.

B

Millions of people are using cell phones today. In many places it is actually considered unusual not to use one. In many countries, cell phones are very popular with young people. They find that the phones are more than a means of communication—having a mobile phone shows that they are cool and connected.

The explosions around the world in mobile phone use make some health professionals worried. Some doctors are concerned that in the future many people may suffer health problems from the use of mobile phones. In England, there has been a serious debate about this issue. Mobile phone companies are worried about the negative publicity of such ideas. They say that there is no proof that mobile phones are bad for your health.

On the other hand, why do some medical studies show changes in the brain cells of some people who use mobile phones? Signs of change in the issues of the brain and head can be detected with modern scanning(扫描)equipment. In one case, a traveling salesman had to retire at a young age because of serious memory loss. He couldn’t remember even simple tasks. He would often forget the name of his own son. This man used to talk on his mobile phone for about six hours a day, every day of his working week, for a couple of years. His family doctor blamed his mobile phone use, but his employer’s doctor didn’t agree.

What is it that makes mobile phones potentially harmful? The answer is radiation. High-tech machines can detect very small amounts of radiation from mobile phones. Mobile phone companies agree that there is some radiation, but they say the amount is too small to worry about.

As the discussion about their safety continues, it appears that it’s best to use mobile phones less often. Use your regular phone if you want to talk for a long time. Use your mobile phone only when you really need it. Mobile phones can be very useful and convenient, especially in emergencies. In the future, mobile phones may have a warning label that says they are bad for your health. So for now, it’s wise not to use your mobile phone too often.

24. The underlined word “detected” in Paragraph 3 could be best replaced by_____________.

A. discovered B. removed

C. cured D. caused

25. The salesman retired young because_________.

A. he disliked using mobile phones

B. he couldn’t remember simple tasks

C. he was tired of talking on his mobile phone

D. his employer’s doctor persuaded him to

26. On the safety issue of mobile phones, the manufacturing companies______.

A. deny the existence of mobile phone radiation

B. develop new technology to reduce mobile phone radiation

C. hold that the amount of radiation is too small to worry about

D. try to prove that mobile phones are not harmful to health

27. The writer’s purpose of writing this article is to advise people　　　.

A. to buy mobile phones

B. to use mobile phones less often

C. to update regular phones

D. to stop using mobile phones

C

Boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.

　　Far from the traditional image of a culture of aggressive masculinity (阳刚), the absence of girls gives boys the chance to develop without pressure to conform to a stereotype, a US study says.

　　Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to conform to the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man".

　　The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

　　Tony Little, headmaster of the British boys-only school, Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

　　The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when their female peers do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

　　But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

　　Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with "boy-focused" approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given "hands-on" lessons where they are allowed to walk around, James found.

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel they had to conform to a stereot