2014——2015学年高中三年级第二次统一考试

英 语 试 卷

第Ⅰ卷

注意事项：

1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至12页。

2．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷和答题卡上相应的位置。

3．全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

4．结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

5．听力不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给学校作参考。

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 is the man?

A. A patient. B. A doctor. C. A teacher.

2. When will the woman take the medicine?

A. At about four o’clock. B. At about six o’clock. C. At about eight o’clock.

3. What is the man suffering?

A. Hearing problems. B. Speech problems. C. Eyesight problems.

4. What do we know about Mr. Anderson?

A. His schedule is full tomorrow.

B. He won’t go to work tomorrow.

C. He’s in another office now.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. The man should start running daily.

B. It’s important to warm up before exercising.

C. The man should continue his exercise program.

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7题。

6. What is the average life-span of those in that small village?

A. 78. B. 88. C. 92.

7. What does the woman think is the reason for the long life there?

A. The fresh air. B. The easy life. C. The water.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

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

A. Teacher and student. B. Classmates. C. Father and daughter.

9. What does the woman worry about?

A. Her term paper. B. The exam. C. Her health.

10. What does the man advise her to do?

A. Hand in the paper. B. Change her major. C. Do something relaxing.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What’s wrong with the man?

A. He has been coughing. B. He has a pain in his back. C. He has no appetite.

12. How long has the man been smoking?

A. One and a half years. B. About ten years. C. Almost eight years.

13. Why does the woman mention chewing gum?

A. It can cure the man’s illness.

B. It is good for the man’s appetite.

C. It can be used to replace cigarettes.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. How many Cokes has the man had today?

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

15. Why has the man never been to a doctor or tried to get help？

A. Because he has never though of it.

B. Because he doesn’t have time. C. Because he can’t afford it.

16. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is a doctor. B. She prefers coffee to tea.

C. She used to drink too much Coke.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Which of the following is true according to the talk?

A, Water is the most necessary thing for life.

B. A normal adult’s body contains 70% to 80% water.

C. We can live without water for only a couple of days.

18. Why is water important for normal body functioning?

A. It can lower blood pressure.

B. It helps to cool body temperature. C. It prevents heart diseases.

19. At least how many glasses of water should one drink every day?

A. Six. B. Eight. C. Ten.

20. Under what condition should one drink more?

A. When you are gaining weight.

B. When you work hard.

C. When you do physical exercise a lot.

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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涂黑。

A

One winter, my cousin and I were playing toy blocks in the yard. My mom was out for shopping to get groceries and my dad was asleep upstairs in his room. Suddenly, it started to snow. First it was just a little. But then it started to pour heavily.

Then, we put the finishing touches to our blocks and headed back inside. Right when I opened the sliding glass door, my cousin fell down on the slippery wooden stairs. I let go of the door, my worst mistake, you see. The door locks automatically but I had put a rock, right next to the door so it wouldn’t close. But while I was running to my cousin’s aid I’d accidentally kicked the rock.

Now, my cousin and I were locked outside. And unfortunately it started to get really windy. It was really freezing with the snow. First we started to call my dad, but he was sleeping soundly. I mean sleep-through-a-tornado-soundly. It was of no use.

Then I tried to climb over the fence but it didn’t work because the fence was iced by snow and wind, and the fence is six feet high. So, I climbed up to my tree house and brainstormed some ideas on ways to get out. At one point, I was seriously considering jumping out of the tree house and use the trampoline（蹦床）to jump over the fence.

So, we got to work. First, I took out the trampoline. Then I started to jump. First try—I almost cracked my head. Second try — this time I convinced my cousin to do it but at the last second, he thickened out. Third try—I jumped and missed but at the last second, my hand caught the fence, and with a lot of pushing I finally climbed over the fence and luckily, I fell on a big snow drift.

Finally, my mom came back. Then I got inside and unlocked the door for my cousin to get in. Then we shared this story to my mom and dad.

21. When the author wanted to jump out, the main problem was that _______.

A. the fence was icy

B. the fence was slippery and high

C. the trampoline couldn’t bear the weight

D. the trampoline was too small

22. The attitude of the author’s cousin towards jumping on trampoline seems ________.

A. passive B. positive C. indifferent D. objective

23. The words “chickened out”（Line 3, Paragraph 5）most probably means __________.

A. fell down B. cried out C. jumped up D. backed out

24. Which would be the best title of the text?

A. Climbing Fence in the Snow B. An Adventure in Yard

C. Friendship Produces Pleasure D. We Are Independent

B

The world welcomes 2015! From New Zealand to New York, the world eagerly celebrated the New Year, hoping for a better future after a year of diseases, struggles and disasters.

The islands of Samoa mid Tokelau in the Pacific Ocean and places located near the International Date Line mark the dawn of the New Year. As celebrations spread westward, fireworks lit up the night sky in towns and cities around the world, as celebrators partied on the streets.

In some parts of the world, the New Year’s celebrations were, lets say, rather unusual. In many European countries as well as in Coney Island, New York, swimmers braved freezing water temperatures for a dip in the ocean or lake on January 1. In Rome, Italy, divers jumped off the 59-foot-high Cavour bridge into the Tiber River. Londoners rang in the New Year with a massive fireworks display with dozens of rockets lighting up the night sky. The Scots’ celebration of New Year is also called “Hogmanay”. A torchlight procession led by men dressed as Vikings kicks off four days of Hogmanay celebrations in Edinburgh, Scotland. The procession ends With the burning of a Viking long ship. Hogmanay is the Scottish word for the last day of the year. Street festivals are held on each day culminating in a fireworks display.

In New York, hundreds of thousands gathered to witness a huge ball with more than 30,000 lights descend at midnight. This tradition was adopted by the New York Times（after whom the square is named）in 1908 to attract crowds to celebrate the paper’s new headquarters. The ball has dropped every year since then except during the wartime years of 1942 and 1943. The first ball was made of iron, but now 2,688 crystal（水晶）triangles decorate this lighted ball.

25. We can learn that people in the capital of Great Britain will celebrate the New Year by _______.

A. watching fireworks B. jumping into water

C. jumping off bridges D. partying on streets

26. The author mentioned the celebration called “Hogmanay” to clarify further that _________.

A. the Scots are Vikings B. the Scottish words are traditional

C. the display ends with a ship D. the celebrations are varied

27. From the last paragraph, we learn that the hall __________.

A. stopped dropping since 1942 B. started to drop in the 19th centuries

C. is made of iron D. is made of crystal

28. Where does this text probably come from?

A. A news story. B. A travel advertisement.

C. A book review. D. A TV interview.

C

It is 7 am and the alarm is going off. You know you have to be out of bed to catch the bus. But the urge to bury yourself in the bed is ever so strong. Sounds familiar? Why is it that teens find it difficult to get themselves out of bed in time every morning or stay sharp and focused during the first couple of hours of school?

During adolescence, the body goes through many changes and this includes a shift in sleep patterns. Researchers from MIT have been tracking the body’s need for sleep in teenagers. They found that though adolescents need as much as 9.5 hours of sleep a day, they get to bed later and later with each passing year. In fact, the sleep cycle shifts later by as much as 12 to 18 minutes each year between the ages of 10 and 20! So by the time a 10-year-old who sleeps at 8 pm grows to be 17 or 18, their body naturally wants to stay up till 10:30 or 11 pm.

According to researchers, this is because of a hormone called melatonin（褪黑激素）that is secreted（分泌）by the pineal gland - a tiny structure deep inside the brain. Melatonin regulates the body’s natural day-night rhythms. It causes a person to become sleepy by lowering their body’s core temperature. In teens, melatonin is secreted much later in the evening and continues to increase throughout