2014—2015普通高中高三教学质量监测

英 语 试 题

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．选出每小题的答案后，用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。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 next?

A. Order the meal. B. Cook the meal. C. Leave the restaurant.

2．What time is it now?

A.8: 25. B.8:15. C.8:05.

3. How will the man pay?

A. By cash. B. By credit card. C．By check.

4. What difficulty does William meet while learning English?

A. Communication. B. Pronunciation. C. Grammar.

5. What does Bill want to do in the future？

A. To study in Cambridge University.

B. To apply for some vocational schools.

C. To work as a news reporter.

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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Grammar. Where is the woman probably?

A. At home. B. In a school. C. In the company.

7. Why does the man make a phone?

A. Asking for advice. B. Inquiring the result. C. Applying for a job.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What happened to Tony?

A. He was caught cheating.

B. He was punished by his father.

C. He passed the exam.

9. What does Mrs. White tell Tony to do?

A．Talk to his father. B. Study hard. C. Avoid making mistakes.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How does the woman usually go to school?

A． BY bus- B. On foot. C. By bicycle.

11. Why does the man find it hard to stop using his car?

A. It's very convenient.

B. It does good to the environment.

C. It saves lots of money.

12. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. To buy a cheap car. B. To sell his car. C. To walk to work.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is Jenny going to do now?

A- To have a swim- B. To return her books. C. To have an English class.

14. What might be the relationship between the speakers?

A- Friends. B. Teacher and student. C. Fellow workers.

15. Why does Tom go to library?

A. To prepare for his exam.

B. To visit his friends.

C. To learn swimming. '

16. What are they mainly talking about?

A. Their midterm exams.

B. Plans after the class.

C. The swimming skills.

听第 10段材料,回答第 17至 20题.

17. Where do people call kale gobhi ?

A. In Italy. B. In India. C. In Russia.

18. Why are people in America calling kale a "Super Food"?

A. It can fly over tall buildings.!@

B. It can rescue people like Superman.

C. It can keep people safe from sickness.

19. What do we know about kale?..

A. It is filled with healthy nutrients.

B. It can be made into medicine.

C. It tastes terrible.

20. What is the speech going to talk about?

A. The origin of kale.

B. The way to cook kale.

C. Kale's health benefits.

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，并在答题卡上将

该项黑。

A

Morgan Motor Company Factory Tour and Cream Tea for Two

Descriptions

The Morgan Motor Company Factory is based in Malvern but is famous all over the world for their cars' character and charisma ( 魅力). Not only will you enjoy a guided tour of the only car maker in the world to still be run by the founding family after a century, you can also make the day complete with a cream tea for two.

Activities

During this fascinating tour you will see how the cars are made from start to finish using a mixture of modern technology and traditional methods, as you visit the workshops. After the tour you will be able to view the museum at your leisure, take your time to discover the wonderful history of this automobile. You will also enjoy a cream tea in the Morgan Cafe to make it just a little bit more special for free.

Participant guidelines

Minimum age: 5 (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult).

Availability

Available on weekdays only. The factory closes for one week at Easter, during July and at Christmas, please check with the factory for their closure dates.

We advise booking at least four weeks in advance but during the summer months this increases to six weeks to ensure that dates are available. This is only a guideline and we advise you to book as early as possible to ensure that dates are available before the expiry date listed on your voucher.

All bookings are subject to availability.

Additional information

The Visitor Centre Cafe is open daily and can cater for gluten-free（无谷蛋白） diets.

The Morgan gift shop is open daily.

The Morgan museum is open daily and free of charge to visit.

There is a large visitor car park.

All areas are wheelchairs friendly.

Packaging and Delivery

For information on our packaging and delivery, please click here.

21. A visitor to join in Morgan Motor Company Factory Tour can know'

A. the development of the science B. the way to make the cream tea

C. the production process of cars D. the secret to run a car company

22. What can we learn from the text?

A. Children aged 12 can visit there alone._

B. Visitors can enjoy the free meals there.

C. People can visit the factory any time on weekdays.

D. The disabled can use their wheelchairs in the factory.

23. Where can we find this tour information?

A. In a newspaper. B. On the Internet.

C. In a geography book. D. In a magazine.

B

Martha Graham, born in 1894, was one of the most famous dancers and creators of dance, whose influence on dance has been compared with the influence Picasso had on the modern visual arts, Stravinsky had on music, or Frank Lloyd Wright had on architecture. She created almost two hundred dance pieces. She is often called the Mother of Modern Dance.

Earlier in her life, however, Martha did not know that she would become a dancer. At that time, the dancers were looked down on. So Martha's parents didn't approve of her desire to dance at the beginning. Until 1916, she began her studies at the newly created Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts, E founded by Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn, where Graham worked very hard to improve her ability to dance because she was considered too old to begin dancing.

In 1936, Graham made her defining work, "Chronicle^, which signaled the beginning of a new era in modern dance. The dance brought serious issues to the stage for the general public in a dramatic manner. Influenced by the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the Great Depression that followed, and the Spanish Civil War, it focused on depression and isolation, reflected in the dark nature of both the set and costumes.

Graham continued to dance past the age of seventy. Once again, she was met with criticism from people who came to watch her shows. But she didn't give up. Her last completed ballet was 1990's Maple Leaf Rag-. "A Dancer's World" is an introduction to Graham and her work. She tells about her dances and

her dance group shows some of their methods.

Martha Graham received many awards during her lifetime, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in nineteen seventy-six. She was the -first dancer to receive the country's highest civilian honor. She died in 1991 at the age of ninety-six. In 1998, Time magazine listed her as the "Dancer of the Century" and as one of the most important people of the twentieth century.

24. Some famous artists mentioned in Paragraph 1 show Martha Graham .

A. was influenced greatly by them B. kept in touch with them regularly

C. had a great effect on modern dance D. liked to make more friends with them'

25. Why didn't Martha's parents approve of her desire to dance at first?

A. She was too old to learn American dance. B. American dance was seen as a lower art form.

C. There was no academic school to teach dancing. D. Her family was too poor to afford her tuition.

26. When Martha Graham continued to dance in her 70s, she

A. was warmly welcomed by the youth B. achieved huge success once again

C. received many awards for her age D. was attacked by people

27. The text is mainly about .

A. the background of modern dance in America

B. the development of modern dance in America

C. Martha Graham and her achievements in dance

D. the awards Martha Graham won in her life

C

Monty Hempel is a professor of environmental sciences at Redlands University in California. He studies ecological literacy—or ecoliteracy , for short. Ecoliteracy is the ability to think about and understand the natural processes that make life possible.

Monty Hempel says ecoliteracy gives people knowledge about environmental problems. But he says it does not always work to get them to change their behavior.

Mr. Hempel wrote part of the Worldwatch Institute's latest State of the World report. He says in his article, "Some people think that ecoliteracy is just a green form of science literacy. And what I have tried to ask is whether that's enough. In other words, what an ecologically-literate person needs to know might include things like the cycles and the flows, the energy systems, all of those kind of things that we would call the science of ecology. "

"That doesn't seem to lead to action to protect our environment—to protect our life-support system to the level that we need to. Just because we know a lot about the environment doesn't mean that we actually act to save it. After all, actions speak louder than knowledge. "

He adds that people may not be very worried about environmental problems if they seem far away. "Some people call it psychological distance. A lot of climate issues ar