江西省六校2015届高三下学期第二次联考

英 语 试 题

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。

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题。每段对话仅读一遍。

What will the woman do?

A．Go out for a dinner. B．See a movie with Johnson.

C．Work on an article.

2．What does the woman like best?

A．Drawing. ` B．Shopping. ` C．Jogging.

3．What is the man probably?

A．A nurse. B．A dentist. C．A surgeon．

4．What are the speakers talking about in general?

A．A match. B．Football. C．The man’s hobby.

5．Why doesn’t the man allow the girl to learn to drive?

A．He has no time to teach her to drive.

B．He thinks it dangerous for her to drive.

C．She isn’t old enough to get a driving license．

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至7题。

6．What is the woman doing?

A．Making complaints. B．Asking for advice. C. Arguing with the man

7．What does the woman think of her job?

A．Interesting but challenging. B．Stressful but meaningful. C．Tiring but well-paid.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8．Where are the speakers?

A．In a shop. B．In a hotel. C．In a bank.

9．What will the man do next?

A．Cash some cheques. B．Fill in a form. C．Show his ID card.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．Who is the man probably?

A．A bus driver. B．A passenger. C．A passer-by.

11．How much will the woman pay in total?

A．45cents. B．80 cents. C．90 cents.

12．What should the woman do if she wants to get off the bus?

A．Shout at the man. B．Push the button for the bell.

C．Show the man her ticket.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．Why does the man call the woman?

A．To check the rate. B．To make a reservation

C．To ask about a hotel.

14．Why does the woman recommend the Imperial to the man?

A．It is less expensive. B．It is a four-star hotel.

C．It is near the city center.

15．What does the woman say about the Imperial?

A．It is better known than her hotel.

B．It is cheaper than her hotel.

C．It is almost fully booked.

16．What does the man want to know about the Imperial in the end?

A．The telephone number. B．The location. C．The price.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What is one of the young people’s lifestyles in modern society?

A．They often continue the family occupation.

B．They have to marry people that their parents approve of.

C．They may live with people whom their parents have never met.

18．What do the parents expect their children to do nowadays?

A．Live with them. B．Do better than they did. C．Support the family.

19．How many causes of the generation gap does the speaker mention?

A．Two. B．Three. C．Four.

20．What is the speaker’s opinion on the generation gap between the young and the old?

A．It will continue to exist for some time. B．It will disappear sooner or later.

C．It will be filled little by little.

第Ⅰ卷(选择题共115分)

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、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Misciosico, 60 a marketing consultant in Pearl river, N.Y., says she’s addicted to her Sony e-reader. She buys or borrows a print book only when it’s not available digitally. Miscioscio says most of her friends and relatives have also switched to e-books for the convenience and lower prices. Last winter, she notes, she vacationed in Costa Rica and says “at least 75% of those readers were reading electronically. I was shocked to see people taking their e-readers onto the loungers（躺椅）in the pool.”

Meier, 43, a marketing director in Beaver Falls, prefers her books on paper, not screens. After working on a computer all day, she says, “I want a book in my hand. Turning over its pages is my way of knowing it's time to relax and slow down.” Meier, who's sticking with physical books, doesn't consider herself any kind of digital “resister.” “I'm comfortable with all forms of technology,” she says. “However, when it comes to books, I suppose I'm a traditionalist. My preference will always be the real thing.”

To her, part of the joy of reading is the book itself: “pulling it from the shelf, inspecting the cover, letting it fall open to a random page.”

Both have lots of company. Statistics show that e-book sales grew 43% last year, but that's a slowdown compared with the triple-digit increases in recent years. E-books remain the fastest-growing part of the book market but account for only about 20% of all sales, reported by publishers.

Miscioscio and Meier are at opposite ends of a book business in transition. Even though e-book sales have grown more than 4,000% since 2008, it's unlikely that physical books will disappear the way records did in the music industry.

21. Miscioscio will ______ when a book is not available digitally.

A. give up reading such kind of books

B. switch to the book of lower price

C. buy the book on paper

D. take an e-reader onto the loungers

22. According to Meier, her “preference” refers to ______.

A. paper book B. part of joy C. a random page D. an e-book

23. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Records are unlikely to disappear in the music industry.

B. Miscioscio and Meier are two opponents in book business.

C. The market share of e-books is bigger than that of paper books.

D. Physical books will remain to be accepted to some people.

24. What is the passage mainly concerned with?

A. E-books will dominate the book industry eventually.

B. Readers go their own way in choosing books.

C. New technology brings more benefits for readers.

D. Physical books will disappear gradually in the future.

B

It all began with a stop at a red light.

Kevin Salwen was driving his 14-year-old daughter, Hannah, back from a sleepover in 2006 . While waiting at a traffic light, they saw a black Mercedes Coupe on one side and a homeless man begging for food on the other.

“Dad, if that man had a less nice car, that man there could have a meal.” Hannah protested. The light changed and they drove on, but Hannah was too young to be reasonable. She pestered（纠缠）her parents about inequity, insisting that she wanted to do something.

“What do you want to do?” her mom responded. “Sell our house?”

Warning! Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager. Hannah seized upon the idea of selling the luxurious family home and donating half the proceeds to charity, while using the other half to buy a more modest replacement home.

Eventually, that’s what the family did. The project —crazy, impetuous （鲁莽的） and utterly inspiring — is written down in detail in a book by father and daughter scheduled to be published next month: “The Power of Half.” It’s a book that, frankly, I’d be nervous about leaving around where my own teenage kids might find it. An impressionable child reads this, and the next thing you know your whole family is out on the street.

At a time of enormous needs in Haiti and elsewhere, when so many Americans are trying to help Haitians by sending everything from text messages to shoes, the Salwens offer an example of a family that came together to make a difference — for themselves as much as the people they were trying to help. In a column a week ago, it described neurological （神经生物学的）evidence from brain scans that unselfishness lights up parts of the brain normally associated with more primary satisfaction. The Salwens’ experience confirms the selfish pleasures of selflessness.

Mr. Salwen and his wife, Joan, had always assumed that their kids would be better off in a bigger house. But after they downsized, there was much less space to retreat to, so the family members spent more time around each other. A smaller house unexpectedly turned out to be a more family-friendly house.

25. What does the underlined word “inequity” most probably mean in Paragraph 3?

A. Unfairness. B. Satisfaction.

C. Reasonable statement D. Personal attitude.

26. What does the underlined sentence “Never suggest a grand gesture to an idealistic teenager.” means? ______

A. Don’t respond to a child's demands firmly without consideration.

B. Unless a child is realistic, never give an answer immediately.

C. Give an answer if the child is reasonable.

D. Never give a quick answer to an idealistic teenager.

27. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. The Salwens regretted selling their house.

B. The relationship between the family members of the Salwens is much closer.

C. Small houses can bring happiness.

D. The Salwens intend to buy another big house.

28. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Mercedes Coupe is only an ordinary car which is quite cheap.

B. Unselfishness has nothing to do with people’s primary satisfaction.

C. Hannah asked her parents to do something charitable and they sold their house.

D. The writer’s children asked him to sell their house.

C

In modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity (繁荣). Others say that competition is bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affairs. In their single-minded pursuit (追求) of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which only values the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players, they strongly blame competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try.” What is not usually