2015年3月长望浏宁四县市高三模拟考试英语试卷

本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)

Section A (22.5 marks)

Directions: In this section you’ll hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Example:

When will the magazine probably arrive?

A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday.

The answer is B.

Conversation 1

1. Who made the phone call?

A. An air hostess. B. The boy’s father. C. A doctor.

2. What caused the delay of the plane?

A. A strike. B. The bad weather. C. The engine.

Conversation 2

3. When will the speakers meet on Friday?

A. At 10:00 am. B. At 11:00 am. C. At 12:00.

4. Where will the speakers meet?

A. At the man’s. B. In the office. C. At the restaurant.

Conversation 3

5. Why does the woman want to find Mr. Green?

A. To tell him about the meeting. B. To ask for a day’s leave.

C. To make an appointment.

6. Who will the woman visit tomorrow?

A. Tom. B. Mr. Green. C. Her grandma.

Conversation 4

7. How many coats does the man mention?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.

8. Where was the second coat lost according to the man?

A. On the bus. B. In the park. C. On the underground.

9. How does the woman sound at last?

A. Confused. B. Patient. C. Annoyed.

Conversation 5

10. Why does the company fire Jim?

A. There’s a crisis and a new machine. B. He is always late for work.

C. He’s not up to the work.

11. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Headmaster and teacher. B. Manager and secretary. C. Director and actress.

12. What do we know about the man speaker?

A. He has ever been dismissed. B. He needn’t talk to Jim himself.

C. He asked Sara to work here.

Conversation 6

13. What is the survey about?

A. Family life. B. Unusual hobbies. C. Holiday activities.

14. What is the man interested in?

A. Special exhibition. B. Bird shooting. C. Mountain climbing.

15. Where does the man’ wife prefer to go?

A. The seaside. B. Castle. C. Ski resorts.

Section B (7.5 marks)

Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS.

You will hear the short passage TWICE.

Weather report



Tomorrow morning

●Dry and sunny, in 16

●Cloudy and rainy, 17 ℃, in the northwest



Tomorrow evening

● 18 , in most of the southern half of the country

●Some thunderstorms, 26℃ or possibly 27℃, in 19

●Dry and 20 , about 19 ℃, in the northern half of the country





Part П Language Knowledge (45 marks)

Section A (15 marks)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

Example:

The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket the desert.

A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover

The answer is A.

21. Although nuclear power may lead to disasters, ______ the nuclear power industry has been operating safely for three decades in China.

A. and B. but C. so D. yet

22. President Xi has advised young people to avoid staying up late, ______ heated response from Internet users on microblog.

A. having drawn B. drawing C. to draw D. drawn

23. The silence of the library ______only by the sound of pages being turned over.

A had been broken B. breaks C. broke D. was broken

24. When Mary arrived she found all her children ______ for nearly two hours.

A. have gone to sleep B. fell asleep C. was falling asleep D. had been asleep

25. — Excuse me, can you show me the way to the nearest bus stop?

— Sorry. I’m a stranger here. I ______ here until my guide arrives.

A. stand B. have stood C. am standing D. will stand

26. Thailand has decided to begin building its first standard-gauge railways in cooperation with China, ______may cost $12.2 billion.

A. when B. that C. it D. which

27. Suddenly a good idea occurred to her, but she couldn’t find any paper ______.

A. to write B. to write on C. written D. writing on

28. Thank you for your hard work last week. I don’t think we _______ it without you.

A. could have managed B. can manage C. managed D. could manage

29. Well, I really don’t know what you mean, ______ you want me to do?

A what it is that B. what is it that C. how it is that D. how is it that

30. You mean I was absent? No! I ______at noon and I have been in the office since.

A. came back B. have come back C. was back D. have been back

31. In this socialist country led by the Communist Party of China, every corrupt official _______ be dealt with once evidence is found.

A. must B. should C. can D. might

32. ______the civil servants want a pay increase, they will have got promoted as well.

A. Not do only B. Do not only C. Only not do D. Not only do

33. _______ by a great demand for environmental-friendly cars, those factories has produced more green ones.

A. Driven B Being driven C Having driven D To drive

34. What our parents expect from us is going home and greeting them frequently, ________ giving them much money.

A. less than B. rather than C. as well as D. as much as

35. _______ China views US-Japan relationship will have an effect on China’s military policy.

A. When B. Why C. What D. How

Section B (18 marks)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital 36 I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, saying something about building 37 and working toward a goal.

One recent Sunday I stood in church, video camera in hand, and 38 my 68-year-old father play the piano in his very first recital.

My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldn’t 39 lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, 40 too many of us do. But he wasn’t stuck in the past. When he retired three years ago, he 41 his church music director to take him as 42 .

For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the 43 ? I worried. But then came the beautiful melody (旋律). And I 44 he had been doing what music teachers always stress: 45 the notes and pretend the others aren’t there.

“I’m 46 of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.

“Yeah, and doing it so 47 ,” Jeff added.

With his first recital, my father taught me more about self-confidence and the life goal than all the words he used those 30-plus years ago.

36.A. reflected B. meant C. explained D. proved

37. A. self-confidence B. self-control C. self-defense D. self-discipline

38. A kept B. sent C. watched D. felt

39. A. miss B. afford C. select D. understand

40. A. as B. once C. if D. while

41. A. allowed B. invited C. inspired D. persuaded

42. A. a teacher B. an old man C. a student D. a singer

43. A. words B. videos C. notes D. lessons

44. A. predicted B. realized C. imagined D. insisted

45. A. pass over B . turn up C. bring in D. concentrate on

46. A. ashamed B. aware C. tired D. proud

47. A. nicely B. anxiously C. casually D. frequently

Section C (12 marks)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

A report found that over half of the high school boys and two-thirds of the girls never shower after sports at school. Researchers suggest students don't want to sweat 48 take a shower, so they are less active. The researchers questioned almost 4,000 children. Lead researcher Dr Gavin said he was surprised 49 how rarely students showered. He said children were getting poor health because of less exercise. He said: " 50 the unwillingness to shower is a barrier（障碍）to playing sport, we need to do something to promote activity at schools."

51 , the BBC says the study did not look at the exact reasons 52 students do not shower. Maybe there are some other reasons. Undressing in front of 53 may be too much for some children. A spokeswoman for a health organisation said children worry about their body image. She said schools had 54 role to play in changing attitudes. She said schools should encourage students to do physical activity and let 55 know they need to shower after.

Part Ш Reading Comprehension (30 marks)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

Regarded as one of the English language's most gifted poets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery, human nature, and philosophy. Although Keats didn't receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success. Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly.

Growing up as a young boy in London in a lower, middle-class family, the young John didn't attend