衡水重点中学2015届高三第五次调研考试英语试题

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秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1．What will the woman do?

A．Make a call． B．Help the man． C．Change coins for the man．

2．How does the woman feel now?

A．Tired． B．Happy． C．Disappointed．

3．How often does the man eat out?

A．Once a week． B．Twice a week． C．Twice a day．

4．What does the man want to know?

A．How to get to the station．

B．When to get to the station．

C．Where to find a set of traffic lights．

5．Why could the woman finish the work on time?

A．She worked very hard．

B．The man helped her．

C．Joan helped her．

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。每段对话或独自读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．When did the interview most probably take place?

A．Monday． B．Friday． C．Saturday．

7．What does the man want to do?

A．Have an interview． B．Change his iob． C．Be a director．

听第7 段材料，回答第8 、9 题。

8． How will the man spend his next birthday ?

A．Going back to his old school．

B．Having a party．

C．Climbing hills．

9．How does the man like the last party he took part in ?

A．He thinks it was boring．

B．He thinks it was far better than expected．

C．He thinks it was interesting．

听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。

10．When will the two speakers meet ?

A．Ats : 00 am． B．Ats : 30 am． C．Atg : 00 am．

11．How will they 90 there ?

A．By bike． B．By car． C．By bus．

12．What 15 the weather like tomorrow ?

A．Cloudy． B．Rainy． C．Sunny．

听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。

13．Why 15 the woman in the garden ?

A．To review her lessons．

B．To enjoy fresh air．

C．To wait for the man．

14．How many units will be included in the test in the man ' 5 opinion ?

A．3． B．4． C．6．

15．What test will they have ?

A．Geography． B．Language． C．History．

16．What are they going to do soon after the dialogue ?

A．Go back home and have a good sleep．

B．Invite another friend to dinner together．

C．Go to the restaurant together．

听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。

17．When can the speaker be home from work ?

A．Ats : 45． B．Atg : 15． C．Atg : 45．

18．Who will set the table ?

A．Suzy． B．Peggy． C．Billy．

19．Which place will Jack clean ?

A．The basement． B．The bathroom． C．The floors．

20．How many children does the speaker have ?

A．Four． B．Five． C．Six．

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。

A

21．What kind of work 15 advertised ？

A．Human resources． B．Architecture

C．Management． D．Marketing．

22．In the letter , the word " efficacy , in Paragraph 215 closest in meaning to " ”.

A．effect B．collision C．cost D．problem

23．What requirement stated in the advertisement does Ms Dankert NOT address ?

A．Management experience．

B．Experience with promotional events．

C．Knowledge of computer software．

D．Supervisory skills．

B

In science fiction TV programs Such as Star Trek , tractor beams （光线）are used to draw spaceships and move objects．For years , scientists have labored to reproduce this feat（技艺）． In 2013 , they succeeded．A team of British and Czech scientists , led by Dr Tomas Cizmar , say they have created a real 一life " tractor beam , , , like the kind from Star Trek , which uses a line of light to attract objects , at least at a micr6scopic level．

Light control techniques have existed since the 19705 , but this 15 thought to be the first time a beam has been used to draw objects towards a light Source．Usually when microscopic objects are hit by a line of light , they are forced along the direction of the beam．After many years ' research , Dr Cizmar ' 5 team discovered a technique that allows for the radiant force 辐射力）of light to be changed and to use the negative force to draw out Certain particles （小颗粒）．

Dr Cizmar says that even though it 15 a few years away from practical use , the technology has huge potential for medical research．In particular , the tractor beam 15 highly selective in the particles it can attract , 50 it can pick up particles that have specific characteristics , such as size or composition , in a mixture．" Eventually , this could be used to separate white blood cells , for example , " Dr Cizmar told BBC News．

It has been a primary plot design in science fiction TV programs and movies to allow ob - ices like spaceships to be trapped in a line of light．But Dr Cizmar said this particular tech - unique would not eventually lead to 鱼旦．A transfer of energy happens in the process．On a mi - ceroscopy level that 15 OK , but on a large level it would cause huge problems．A large object could be destroyed by the heating , which results from the massive amount of energy necessary to pull it．

24．What 15 this passage mainly about ?

A．The application of light control techniques in modern society．

B．The uses and limitations of a scientific invention by a research team．

C．The adoption of light control techniques in medical treatment．

D．The influences and effects of scientific developments on science fiction．

25．Which of the following 15 TRUE about Dr Cizmar ' 5 tractor beam ?

A．It moves big objects as the tractor beam did in Star Trek．

B．It 15 the first beam that pushes obi cuts forward

C．It relies nonnegative force to pull out specific kinds of particles．

D．It 15 currently being used for separating blood cells in medical research．

26．What does " that , , in the last paragraph refer to ?

A．Transferring a massive amount of energy．

B．Making science fiction programs and movies ?

C．Burning a large object into ashes．

D．Catching spaceships in a beam of light．

27．What 15 the tone of this passage ?

A．Objective． B．Suspicious． C．Admiring． D．Pessimistic．

C

In the American colonies there was little money．England did not supply the colonies with coins and it did not allow the colonies to make their own coins．Only the Massachusetts Bay Colony received permission for a short period in 1652 to make several kinds of silver coins．England wanted to keep money out of America as a means of controlling trade : America was forced to trade only with England if it did not have the money to buy products from other countries．The result during the pre - revolutionary period was that the colonists used various goods in commonly used as place of money : beaver furs , Indian wampum , and tobacco leaves were all substitutes（代替物）for money．The colonists also made use of any foreign Coins could obtain．Dutch , Spanish , French , and English coins were all in use in the American unless．

Individual states and the Continental Congress issued paper money．50 much of this money was printed that by the end of the Revolutionary War it was virtually worthless．result , trade in goods and the use of foreign coins were still common during this period．they curlpaper Asia

By the time the Revolutionary War had been won by the American colonists , the money（货币的）system was in a state of total confusion．To change this situation the navy

Constitution of the United States , approved in 1789 , allowed only Congress The individual states could no longer have their own money supply．A few to Issue money．years later

Coinage Act of 1792 made the dollar the official currency of the United States and put the the country on a bimetallic （双金属的）standard．In this bimetallic system , both gold and silver were legal money , and the rate of exchange of silver to gold was fixed by the government at SITEL to one．

28．The reason why England kept money out of America was that _ ．

A．America had to trade only with England

B．American colonies could have their own coins

C．the colonists wanted to save the money for their own country

D．too much paper money in use would lead to the decrease of value

29．What happened to the American monetary system during the Revolutionary War ?

A．Individual states were not allowed to issue money．

B．The Continental Congress issued gold and silver coins．

C．American money replaced trade in goods and foreign coins．

D．50 much paper money was in use that it almost lost its value at last ;

30．According to the passage , under the new US Constitution _ ．

A．only the US Congress could issue money

B．the dollar was made the official currency of the US

C．the US officially went on a bimetallic monetary system

D．various state governments , including Massachusetts , could issue money

31．This passage mainly discusses .

A．American money from past to present

B．the English monetary policies in American colonies

C．the effect of the Revolutionary War on American money

D．the American monetary system during the 17th and 18th centuries

D

If you are hungry , what do you do ? Grab a piece of your favorite meal and stay quiet after that ? Just like your stomach , even your mind 15 hungry．But it never lets you know , because you keep it busy thinking about your dream lover , favorite star and many such absurd things．50 it silently began to pay careful attention to your needs and never let itself grow．When mind loosens its freedom to grow , creativity gets a full stop．This might be the reason why we all sometimes think " What happens next ? " , " Why can ' t 1 think ? " , " Why am 1 always given the difficult problems ? " Well this 15 the result ofour own karma （宿命）of using our brain for thinking of not 一50 一worthy things．

Hunger of the mind can be actually settled through extensive reading．Now why reading and not watching TV ? Because reading has been the most educative tool used by us right from the childhood．Just like that to develop other aspects of our life , we have to take help of read - ing．You have innumerahle number of books in this world which will answer all your " How to ? " questions．（ ） nce you read a book , you iust don ' t run your eyes through the lines , but even your mind decodes it and explains it to you．The interesting part of the book 15 stored in your mind as a seed．Now this seed 15 unknowingly used by you in your future to develop new ideas．The same seed if used many times , can help you link and relate a lot of things , of which