英语试题

2015.3

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第11卷（非选择题）两部分。

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．选出每小题答案后，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。

3．全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在试卷上无效。

第I卷（满分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。每段对话后有一个小题，从每题所给的ABC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. When did the football match start?

A. At 2:15. B. At 2:45. C. At 3:00.

2. What are they talking about?

A. Dinner. B. Tip. C. Shop.

3. What does the woman mean?

A. The man should say “sorry” to Paul.

B. Paul can repair the radio himself.

C. There is no need to apologize.

4. Why does the woman prefer to live in the country?

A. The landscape is beautiful.

B. The transportation is convenient.

C. It has a good climate.

5. How does the woman feel about the snow?

A. Bored. B. Proud. C. Surprised.

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至8题。

6. When does the conversation take place'?

A．Just before the exam．

B. After the summer vacation.

C．At the end of the term.

7. What will the man probably do next summer?

A. To visit his parents. B. To go to Yunnan. C. To make more money.

8. What does the woman think about the man's plan?

A. It is bad for his study.

B. She supports his plan.

C. It is not a realistic plan.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Why does Jack decide to move to Boswell?

A. Because people there are warm-hearted.

B. Because it is half the size of Highland Park.

C. Because he will have a much greater opportunity.

10.What kind of job may Mary get in Boswell?

A. Planting in a park.

B. Teaching in a new school.

C．Starting a company.

11. What's the probable relationship between Jack and Mary?

A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Boss and secretary.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. What is the man?

A. Student. B. Doctor. C. Waiter.

13. Why did the man apologize to the woman?

A. Because she wanted to have a free meal.

B. Because he made her wait so long.

C. Because there was an insect in her noodles.

14. How does the woman feel at the end of the conversation?

A. Angry. B. Pleased. C. Sad.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. What is Greg Sonders ?

A.A college official.

B.A student from Brown College.

C．A boss from a company.

16. What does Greg want to know?

A. Mary's grade point average.

B．Mary's test scores.

C. If Mary is interested in college sports.

17. What sport is Mary probably best at?

A. Volleyball. B. Basketball. C. Baseball.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

18. How much does the Australian Bush Pass cost if you are a student?

A,$760. B.$800. C. $840.

19. In which city of Australia can you start using the Pass?

A. Sydney. B. Any city. C. Melbourne.

20. Which is the terminal（终点）of the route the speaker suggests?

A. Alice Springs. B. Melbourne. C. Sydney.

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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Next Thursday is the World Book Day-a celebration of all things wonderful about books for all ages, with author events, school fancy- dress parades and a￡1 book token(优惠券) given to all schoolchildren under 18.

Sometimes, reading a modern novel can be tough (Booker Prize- winner The Luminaries ran t0 832 pages!), especially if you lack confidence in your literacy skills. In fact, one in six people in the UK never pick up a book because they've experienced difficulties or are out of the habit of reading for pleasure.

But the Galaxy Quick Reads series are designed to introduce reluctant readers to bestselling short funny novels, which bring the joy of reading without demanding hours of concentrated time. They cover a range of subjects, from romance to comedy.

You can read Jojo Moyes's Paris For One , a romantic adventure in

which 26-year-old Nell books a weekend away to Paris with her lazy,

neglectful boyfriend. When he fails to turn up, she is alone in the city.

That is, until she meets Fabien, who shows her the charms of the

French capital - in more ways than one.

Meanwhile, Adele Geras's moving story Out InThe Dark was set in World War I, in which young Rob came back from the battlefields. Determined to find the officer's widow to return the photo of her and their daughter that the captain kept with him, he traveled several thousand miles but never gave up.

Dead Man Talking is a fantastic tale of Pat, who' had a terrible fight with his best friend, Joe, ten years ago-but now hears that Joe is dead, and he must attend his funeral. But Joe is not going quietly that good night-he's lying in his coffin being very chatty indeed.

21. What will happen on the World Book Day according to the poster?

A. Schoolchildren will be given fine clothes as gifts.

B. The authors of books will attend some events.

C. Experts will encourage people to write their novels.

D. There's a range of books that are priced at just ￡l.

22. If you are interested in a horror story, you may choose_____.

A. Galaxy Quick Reads B. Paris For One

C. Dead Man Talking D. Out In The Dark

23. The passage is mainly about_____.

A. recommendation of good books to readers

B. the history of the World Book Day 2015

C. advice on how to get cheap books

D. a plan to develop the habit of reading among adults

B

When I was 10 years old, I tried out for the cheerleading squad. I had taken gymnastics classes for two years to prepare for these tryouts. However, I didn't make the team. It was a heavy blow to me. I cried all night.

Kids today won't experience that kind of rejection. They're growing up in "everybody gets a turn" world where every child gets a chance to kick the ball, sing the song, and win the award. But that's not always such a good thing.

Parents have become fearful of letting kids fail, thinking that our children are easily hurt and will never recover from anything-that's a serious problem. Last week, my 7- year-old daughter didn't get into the school play. At first, I was upset by it. How would she react? When I gave her the news, I was ready to hug her and cry with her. She looked at me, made a slight face and said, "That's too bad. What's for dinner?"

It clearly wasn't the end of her world. Maybe if we let our kids experience rejection once in a while, we'd realize they are much stronger than we think. Kids need to be able to handle disappointments; doing so helps them to prepare for real life. Most importantly, rejection carries the possibility not only for growth and can also motivate kids to try harder the next time.

Rejection is pain. There is no way around that. How will our kids ever discover their true talents if we don't let them? Instead of complaining, maybe we should consider rejection an opportunity.

24. The author shared her childhood story with readers to_____.

A. show how her parents attached importance to her education

B. suggest how difficult it was for her to join a cheerleader squad

C. introduce the topic of how to let kids face rejection in life

D. explain why children are easily hurt in the process of their growth

25. When failing to get into the school play, the author's 7-year-old daughter_____.

A. felt greatly disappointed B. was upset about it

C. cried all night D. thought nothing of it

26.1n the author's opinion, rejection______.

A. is something that can be avoided in life

B. is good for the growth of the children

C. discourages children from learning new things

D. causes children to lose their confidence

27. What is important when we face rejection according to the last paragraph?

A. Attitude. B. Interest.

C. Health. D. Memory.

C

A hundred years ago on Monday, a once-mighty species became extinct. At the Cincinnati Zoo, a passenger pigeon named Martha died at the age of 29.

It was a quiet end to a noisy species. As recently as the mid-1800s, billions of passenger pigeons swarmed across the eastern half of the United States. But they proved no match for humans, whose rapidly advancing technology drove the birds to extinction in a matter of decades. Other species were also spiraling toward extinction in the late 1800s, but the destruction of the passenger pigeon happened on full public display. "It became the icon (标志) of extinction. "

A hundred years later, the passenger pigeon remains iconic. In 2012, a group of scientists launched a project now named the Great Passenger Pigeon Comeback to create cloned passenger pigeons-or at least birds genetically engineered to have passenger pigeon features. Two years later, project scientists are still hard at work. But they can't say when-or even if-the bird will fly again.

Nor has anyone ever cloned a bird, so every step in the plan will take the project scientists into unknown scientific territory to give rise to a passenger pigeon. Extracting an undamaged passenger pigeon gene from museum specimens (样本) seems impossible. Novak and his colleagues are hoping to reconstruct the gene of the band-tailed pigeons, the closest living relatives of passenger pigeons, which live in the western United States.

Even if the scientists end up with some passenger pigeon chicks in a few years, they will still be a long way from successfully reestablishing the species. However, people today can learn many lessons in its disappearance and apply it to protecting threatened species today.

28. The underlined word "spiraling" in the second paragraph means______.

A. circling at a lower speed B. declining sharply

B.