安徽省“皖南八校”2015届高三第三次联考

英语

本卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分，满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷

第一部分：听力理解(共两节。满分30分)

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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15 B. ￡9.15 C. ￡9.18

答案是B。

1. What time did Fred leave this morning?

A. At 6:30. B. At 6:00. C. Before 6S00.

2. What did the man use to do?

A. A cook. B. A teacher. C. A driver.

3. How does the man feel?

A. Disappointed. B. Sad. C. Surprised.

4. How does the man want to go?

A. By bus. B. On foot C. By bike.

5. Where did the conversation happen?

A. In Toronto. B. In Singapore. C. In Los Angeles.

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。每段对话或独白听两遍。

听第6段材料，回答6—7题。

6. When did the man plan to use the bike?

A. Yesterday. B. Today. C. The day after tomorrow.

7. Why didn't Tom keep his words?

A. He wanted to sell the bike. B. His parents wanted to use the bike.

C. He lent the bike to someone else.

听第7段材料，回答8—9题。

8. Why does the boy have to wait?

A. His grandparents haven't arrived. B. His father is at work.

C. The dinner isn't ready.

9. What is the boy's dad doing?

A. Helping cook the dinner B. Meeting the boy's grandparents

C. Visiting the World's Exhibition-

听第8段材料，回答10—12题。

10. What does the man want to do?

A. To attend a lecture. B. To listen to a concert. C. To see a movie.

11. What is the trouble with taking the bus?

A. The bus doesn't go directly to the Music Building.

B. The bus goes slowly to the Music Building.

C. The bus will not come for a while.

12. What did the man decide to do finally?

A. To wait for the bus. B. To go there on foot. C. To consider another vehicle.

听第9段材料，回答13—16题。

13. What happened to the woman?

A. She had an accident. B. She took a wrong taxi. C. She felt unwell.

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

A. To stay still. B. To try to walk. C. To go straight home.

15. How could the man get there so fast? '

A. He drove a police car there after getting the news of the accident.

B. Someone sent him there in a car after getting the radio call.

C. Someone reported the accident and he was right in the area.

16. Where does the man probably work?

A. In a police station. B. At a radio station. C. In a hospital.

听第10段材料，回答17—20题。

17. What is the speaker talking about?

A. How paper influences people's life. B. How people used to keep records.

C. What materials paper is made from.

18. How did ancient Chinese keep records before writing was developed?

A. By putting a number of stones together. B. By drawing pictures on animal bones.

C. By carving paintings on metal pots.

19. When were the examples of words carved on animal bones and metal pots found?

A. From the sixth century to the third BC B. From the sixteenth century to the third BC

C. From the thirteenth century to the third BC

20. What was the shortage of using bamboos to keep records?

A. It was expensive. B. It couldn't be kept long. C. It was heavy to carry.

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节。满分45分)

第一节：语法和词汇知识(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

例：Alice was the letter from Tom, but it didn't reach her for some reason.

A. expecting B. waiting C. waiting for D. expected 答案是A。

21. I've spent ______ most exciting day today, for ______ younger of my two sons has been admitted into the university.

A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; /

22. Will it be ages ______ he goes back to school? I'm so worried about him.

A. before B. after C. when D. as

23. The new financial policy of the United States has ______ a chain reaction in the international money markets.

A. set off B. given off C. put off D. got off

24. After winning the singing competition, she thought herself ______ in her neighborhood.

A. none B. anyone C. everyone D. someone

25. —Excuse me, would you mind helping me with several maths probleM:?

—Well, I don't know. I'm in a hurry'

A. eventually B. actually C. immediately D. anxiously

26. ______a certain doubt among the parents as to the necessity of children's doing so much homework.

A. It existed B. There had C. There existed D. It had

27. I don't doubt ______ he has the ability to deal with the situation, but ______ the problem can be solved quickly depends on his attitude.

A. whether; if B. that; whether C. if; whether D. whether; that

28. —The new house looks very beautiful now. I'm glad we have changed the decoration plan.

—Yeah. We would have made the house ugly if we______.

A. don't B. haven't C. didn't D. hadn't

29. —Do you think Jack will win the match?

—Yes. He is smart, patient and experienced, so I ______ him to win.

A. hope B. prefer C. expect D. want

30. There are two thousand students in our school ______ girls.

A. two-thirds are B. two-thirds is C. two-thirds being D. two-thirds of them are

31. —What do you think of Mr. Smith?

—Well, he looks like a gentleman, but he ______have beaten his wife yesterday, which really surprised us.

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

32. —How is your grandma recently?

—She ______ quite good after the operation, but she is taking a turn for the worse.

A. felt B. feels C. had felt D. has been feeling

33. —Many people say the growth ______ of GDP will slow down under the "new normal (新常态)" What's your opinion?

—To be honest, I'm not sure.

A. risk B. range C. rate D. rank

34. How I regret the hours wasted in the woods and fields, ______ I should have studied.

A. which B. when C. where D. as

35. —I will buy you a mountain bicycle as a reward if you win the English composition contest.

—______.

A. It all depends B. It's up to you C. It doesn't matter D. That's a deal

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When your friend yawns as you chat, don't be angry. For, far from being a sign of boredom, yawning may signal empathy (同感).

Scientists believe that contagious (容易感染他人的) yawning— yawning 36 someone else does —is a sign of being very 37 in the first person's thoughts and feelings.

This is the theory of Italian researchers who 38 more than 100 men and women from four continents as they went to work, ate in restaurants and sat in waiting rooM:.

When one of the 39 yawned, the researchers noted whether anyone within 10 feet yawned within the next three 40 .

Their results showed that race and 41 had no effect on whether the uncontrollable urge to yawn was 42 . But how well the two people knew each other did.

A reciprocal (相互的) yawn was most 43 to occur among family members, then 44 , then acquaintances. The phenomenon was 45 common among strangers, the journal PLoS ONE reports.

The University of Pisa team concluded that contagious yawning is driven by how emotionally (感情上的) 46 we are to someone and so how likely we are to 47 the same feeling with them.

They say there are other reasons to link yawning with empathy. 48 , we start to "catch" yawns from the age of four or five, around the time when we 49 the, ability to identify each other's emotions 50 .

Studies also show that those easily 51 by contagious yawning are better at knowing _52 others are thinking about from their faces.

Most animals, including snakes and fish, yawn, 53 it is; only contagious in humans and chimps (猩猩) and, according to a recent study, dogs.

The researchers, from the University of London's Birbeck College, put 29 54 in a room with a yawning man and found that 21, or 72%, also started to yawn. They said the skill may allow the pet to build stronger 55 with their owners.

36. A. when B. before C. while D. after

37. A. absorbed B. concerned C. interested D. disappointed

38. A. observed B. saw C noticed D. watched

39. A. workers B. customers C. researchers D. volunteers

40. A. days B. weeks C. minutes D. hours

41. A. age B. sex C. profession D. health

42. A. passed on B. passed by C. passed away D. passed through

43. A. normal B. possible C. likely D. probable

44. A. strangers B. friends C. teachers D. classmates

45. A. most B. more C. less D. least

46. A. distant B. different C. close D. fond

47. A. share B. hurt C. lack D. mix

48. A. For example B. That is C. In a word D. To begin with

49. A. need B. lose C. control D. develop

50. A. exactly B. properly C. particularly D. quickly

51. A. disturbed B. caught C. influenced D. interrupted

52. A. what B. which C. how D. who

53. A. and B. but C. so D. otherwise

54. A. snakes B. fish C. cats D. dogs

55. A. beliefs B. bonds C. basis D. bodies

第三部分：阅读理解 (共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40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。

A

I was driving down the road the other day, listening to sweet music coming out of my car radio. My heart felt peaceful, my mind was clear, and my soul was full of love. Even with all its probleM: life seemed good. Then the music stopped and the news came on. There was talk of another famous millionaire in drug rehab (康复) after an incident with the police. There was news on the murder of a poor man whose life was supposed to be changed after winning the lottery. There was even a discussion on how much greed and excess (放肆) had damaged our world.

Every story seemed to point once again to the old saying that money can't buy happiness. Hearing them made me think of a movie I saw many years ago on Mother Teresa's home for the dying in India. What struck me most when I watched it wasn't the unbearable poverty there. It wasn't the sickness and suffering that the people there were going through. It was rather the peaceful smiles of love, kindness, and happiness that they shared with the Sisters and with each other.. These people had nothing. Many were struggling at the end of death. Yet, they knew the simple truth that so many of us here are still learning: Joy is Free.

We can have joy and spread joy everyday of our life here. Don't love or admire dollar signs and think that money w