沂水一中12月份学情调查考试英语试题（120分钟）

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l. 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l0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。

例：How much is the shirt? A￡19.15 8￡9.15 C￡9.18 答案是B。

1. What will Dorothy do on the weekend?

A. Go out with her friend B. Work on her paper C. Make some plans

2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt?

A. $15 B. $30. C. $50.

3. What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon?

A. To attend a wedding B. To visit an exhibition C. To meet a friend

4. When does the bank close on Saturday?

A . At l：00 pm B. At 3：00 pm C . At 4：00 pm

5. Where are the speakers?

A. In a store B. In a classroom C. At a hotel

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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What do we know about Nora?

A. She prefers a room of her own B. She likes to work with other girls C. She lives near the city center．

7. What is good about the flat?

A. It has a large sitting room B. It has good furniture C .It has a big kitchen

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8 Where has Barbara been?

A. Milan B. Florence C. Rome

9. What has Barbara got in her suitcase?

A .Shoes B. Stones C. Books

听第8段材料，回答第10至l2题。

l0. Who is making the telephone call?

A. Thomas Brothers B. Mike Landon C. Jack Cooper．

11.What relation is the woman to Mr. Cooper?

A. His wife B. His boss． C. His secretary．

12. What is the message about?

A .A meeting B. A visit to France C. The date for a trip

听第9段材料，回答第13至l6题。

13. Who could the man speaker most probably be?

A. A person who saw the accident． B .The driver of the lorry． C. A police officer．

14. What was Mrs. Franks doing when the accident took place?

A .Walking along Churchill Avenue B. Getting ready to cross the road C. Standing outside a bank

15. When did the accident happen?

A. At about 8：00 am B. At about 9：00 am C. At about l0：00 am

16. How did the accident happen?

A .A lorry hit a car． B .A car ran into a lorry．C. A bank clerk rushed into the street

听第l0段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the talk mainly about?

The history of the school B. The courses for the term C. The plan for the day

18. Where can the visitors learn about the subjects for new students?

A. In the school hall B. In the science labs C. In the classrooms

19. What can students do in the practical areas?

A .Take science courses B. Enjoy excellent meals C. Attend workshops

20. When are the visitors expected to ask questions?

A. During the lunch hour． B. After the welcome speech C .Before the tour of the labs

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节,满分40分）

第一节: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

Have you ever dreamed of visiting a planet in the Milky Way (银河系)? While the trip sounds exciting, it would take years and years to reach your destination. So in the future, bedtime for astronauts may be more than a few hours of regular shut eyes. They would have to sleep for years.

European researchers are now conducting hibernation experiments. The study may help them understand whether humans could ever sleep through the years it would take for a spaceflight to distant planets. "If there was an effective technology, it could make deep space travel a reality," said Mark Ayre of the European Space Agency last month.

What seems like a science fiction is not completely unlikely. Researchers have been able to use chemicals to put living cells into a sleeplike state where they don’t age. They have now moved on to the small, non hibernating mammals like rats.

A major challenge is the fact that cells can be very simple systems, whereas body organs are far more complex. "It’s like moving from a simple Apple computer to a supercomputer," said Marco Biggiogera, a hibernation researcher at Italy’s University of Pavia. Just like bears and frogs, the hibernation of human beings would cause a person’s metabolism (新陈代谢) to lower so they would need less energy.

Medical research, however, is just half of a spaceflight hibernation system. There is a challenge of designing a suitable protective shelter. Such a shelter would provide the proper environment for hibernation, such as the proper temperature. It would also have to monitor life functions and serve the physiological needs of the hibernator.

According to Ayre, the six person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission (使命) to Jupiter’s moon (木星的卫星) Callisto, could be an opportunity to use human hibernation. The mission aims to send six persons on a five year flight to Callisto, where they will spend 30 days, in 2045.

21. According to the article, the hibernation research _______.

A. is just an idea B. is always a science fiction

C. has already finished successfully D. has made some progress

22.In a hibernating state, a person needs ________.

A. less sleep B. more food C. less energy D. more movement

23.The first try of the hibernation technology the six person Human Outer Planets Exploration Mission to Jupiter’s moon Callisto.

A. will be B. has been planned for

C. is certain to be D. may be

24.What is the best title of the article?

A. Hibernation study for space travel B. Welcome to our space travel

C. To hibernate, to live longer D. Welcome to the Milky Way

B

With its 775 rooms, Buckingham Palace makes regular houses look tiny. Now home to Queen Elizabeth II, it’s been the British Monarchy’s official London digs since 1837. National Geographic Kids slipped behind the guarded gates to find the palace’s coolest features.

1. FANCY FEAST

For special dinners, a team of 21 chefs whips up dishes that are served on solid gold plates. Even Her Majesty’s pet dogs receive meals of lamb and cabbage in silver bowls. Good thing the kitchen is well stocked--- the Queen welcomes about 50,000 dining guests every year.

2. CLASSY COACH

The Queen’s most attractive ride may be the Gold State Coach, parked in the palace’s Royal Mews building and used in the crowning of a king or queen, since 1821. Covered with heavy gold, it’s pulled by eight horses.

3. MOVIE NIGHT

The royal family hosts private screenings of movie in their very own cinema, sometimes seeing new films before they hit theaters.

4. WHAT’S UP, DOC?

Forget a medicine cabinet (药品柜). Buckingham Palace houses a doctor’s office run by the Queen’s physician. And surgeons have performed operations in other parts of the palace. In 1902, for instance, doctors operated on King Edward VII in a room facing the garden.

5. BEDROOMS

The palace has 52 bedrooms. Rooms such as those inside the Belgian Suite contain chandeliers(枝行吊灯), gold-gilded mirrors, fireplaces, canopy beds, and more.

6. TOP- SECRET TUNNELS

Rumor has it that secret underground tunnels connect the royal residence to other buildings in London. The paths were reportedly built during World War II when enemy bombs regularly pounded the city. Weaving deep under London’s busy streets, the tunnels would have provided the royals safe passage during an attack. But even now officials won’t reveal much about these under- the- radar routes.

25. The underlined part “whips up” probably means_______.

A. enjoys B. selects C. cleans D. cooks

26. According to the text, in Buckingham Palace________.

A. there are eight horses altogether

B. stocks of food in the kitchen hardly run low

C. the Queen’s pet dogs are fed with simple meals

D. there’s no suitable place to perform operations

27. What do we know about the tunnels in Buckingham Palace?

A. They are not well- protected.

B. They were heavily bombed.

C. They are not open to the public.

D. They are linked with other cities in Britain.

C

Mosquitoes(蚊子) ruin countless American picnics every year, but around the world, this bloodsucking beast isn’t just annoying— it causes a health problem. More than a million people die from the spread of mosquito-borne diseases like malaria and yellow fever each year. Attempts to control populations via insecticides like DDT have had ruinous side effects for nature and human health. Neurobiologist Leslie B. Vosshall has a different solution for stopping the insects and the spread of disease. “I believe the key to controlling mosquito behavior is to understand better how they sense us,” she says.

At their Rockefeller University lab, Vosshall and her colleagues are studying the chemical sensory processes by which mosquitoes choose hosts. How do they sense heat, humidity, carbon dioxide, and body odor(气味)? What makes some people more attractive to a mosquito than others? It takes blood and sweat to find out. To study how mosquitoes assess body odor, Vosshall and her teammates might wear stockings on their arms and keep from showering for 24 hours to create sample smells, Then comes the hard part. They insert their arms into the insects’ hidden home to study how mosquitoes land, bite, and feed and then they document how this changes. This can mean getting anywhere from one bite to 400, depending on the experiment. Studying male mosquitoes is more pleasant. Since they don’t feed on blood, the lab tests their sense of smell using honey.

Vosshall and her team have also begun to study how genetics contribute to mosquitoes’ choice of a host. She’s even created a breed that is unable to sense carbon dioxide, an important trigger for the insects. “By using genetics to make mutant(变异的) mosquitoes, we can document exactly how and why mosquitoes hunt humans,” Vosshall says.

Once Vosshall figures out what makes mosquitoes flock to us, she can get to work on making them leave us alone. Many of her lab’s proposed solutions sound simple enough, including bracelets(手镯) that carry long-lasting repellants(驱虫剂) or traps that can reduce