2015届新八校第一次英语联考试题

命题人：丰城中学 宋晓晴 都昌一中 于金虎

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第一部分听力（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。

1.Where are the two speakers?

A. At a supermarket . B. In a restaurant . C. At home .

2.Why did the man refuse the job?

A. He wants to spend more time with his family.

B. He didn't think he was capable of doing the job.

C. He doesn't enjoy business trips as much as he used to.

3. What do we know about Mrs. Fisher?

A. She has no family. B. She lives alone probably . C. She will go abroad.

4. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man could not wait to see Susan.

B. Susan's work is to report the latest news in town.

C. Susan is eager to share some information with the man.

5. What does the man imply?

A. He is confident of getting the job.

B. He isn't sure of getting the job fully.

C. The interview didn't go as well as he expected.

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；每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8三个小题。

6. Where are the two speakers?

A. In the airport. B. In the post office . C. At the railway station.

7.How long will the woman's stuff arrive?

A. About 9 days . B. About 18 days. C. About 30 days.

8.How much will the woman pay?

A. $5.90. B.$10.20. C.$16.20.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11三个小题。

9.What is the woman doing?

A. Complaining about the campus food.

B. Seeking comments on the campus food .

C. Pushing for changes in the campus food.

10.What does the man think of the campus food?

A. Acceptable. B. Excellent. C. Unsatisfactory.

11.What is the man unhappy with?

A. The vegetables. B. The closing time. C. The soup.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14三个小题。

12.What do the two speakers do with the box?

A. Put it in the lift . B. Bring it to the office . C. Carry it to the woman's.

13.What does the woman do after lunch if she's free on weekdays?

A. She goes to the movie. B. She gets on the Internet . C. She reads the newspaper.

14.When does the woman get to her office?

A. At about 3:30pm. B. At about 3:45pm . C. At about 4:15pm.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17三个小题。

15.What might be the man?

A. An operator. B. A reporter. C. A manager.

16.Why do some people prefer working at home?

A. To save time . B. To get more jobs . C. To earn more money.

17.What might happen in the future?

A. The British firm could move to Pairs.

B. People might work at home for a foreign company.

C. Clerks could have more time to talk on the phone.

听下面一段独白，回答第18至20三个小题。

18.Where is the second stop of the tour?

A. The library. B. The Student Center. C. The Student Office.

19.What is the main purpose of the Student Center?

A. To provide help and leisure activities.

B. To help students with their enrollment（注册）.

C. To provide textbooks for university courses.

20.What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A. The textbooks for courses.

B. The university enrollment.

C. Important locations on campus.

第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，

A

When I was 11, I threw a glance into Dad’s lunch box and made the unexpected discovery that my mother still showed her love towards my father. The evidence, a napkin resting on top of the sandwiches packed in wax paper, was certain “Love you!” she had written on the napkin. “ Meat loaf for supper!”

Mom penned all kinds of messages to Dad on those paper napkins, and he saved a whole pile of them. What embarrassed me as a kid has become a precious memory of my parents.

It also started my own brand of lunch box notes. When my kids were young, I’d glue little drawings on their lunches. Lots of sketches(素描) of our dog, Max, along with smiling flowers. When they were teenagers, I’d copy words of wisdom from great people, Einstein, for example, or Bruce Springsteen. Then, my kids grew up making their own handwritten notes. And my husband writes me love notes on recycled paper, because he’s all about being green.

Friends who know about my lunch box notes eagerly share stories of their own family traditions. So many focus on food. Maura’s mom always drew hearts on the shells of hard-boiled eggs. Melinda wrote messages on her kids’ bananas.

We’re into the third generation of lunch box notes in our home. Whenever my 3-year-old grandson, Clayton, spends the night, he knows his lunch is going to have a napkin note from Grandma in the morning. Last week, I drew a picture of me, waving widely and shouting his name. He took one look at it and screamed, “ Where’s Grandpa?” I added a man in a clean shirt. “ You forgot his tie,” he said. I quickly drew a line of stripes(条纹) down the front of the shirt. Clayton smiled. “Grandpa,” he whispered, running his fingers across the napkin. “It’s you!”

21. When the author first saw Dad’s lunch box notes, she felt ______.

A. moved B. proud C. awkward D. nervous

22. What did the author put in the lunch boxes when her kids were in their teens?

A. Words of love. B. Famous words of wisdom

C. Drawings of their favorite animals. D. Pictures of flowers.

23. It can be inferred that ________.

A. the author’s grandson likes drawing pictures on napkins.

B. the author’s children dislike making lunch box notes.

C. the author’s husband is an environmentalist.

D. the author’s friends all had their brand of lunch box notes.

24. What’s the best title for the text?

A. Old generation’s way of expressing love. B. Lunches packed with love.

C. Different brands of lunch box notes. D. Some interesting family traditions.

B

In the hit film The bucket List, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman meet in hospital in California after they have been diagnosed with cancer. Between them they cook up a “bucket list” ------ a to-do list of all they want to do before they kick the bucket. The movie makes you wonder what would be on your bucket list. So let’s pack up some and see what it would cost to go out and have a little fun.

THE PYRAMIDS, GIZA, EGYPT

On to the pyramids, surely on anyone’s bucket list. Exotik Tours can take you there on a variety of trips, including their popular Egypt Express which includes three nights in Cairo and a three-night Nile Cruise (乘船游览). From $1,384, including four-and five-star accommodation, 12 meals and a ton of sightseeing.

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TAJ MAHAL, AGRA, INDIA

One of the world’s most fascinating images, India’s Taj Mahal makes even Nicholson and Freeman look calm. Toronto’s Goway Travel has many suggestions for India, including a three-day independent visit to Agra. Stay at the attractive Oberoi AmarVilas overlooking the Taj. Include two breakfasts, touring and airport transfer from $1,420.

www.gowaytravel.com 416-322-1034

THE GREAT WALL, CHINA

If the Great Wall of China is on your bucket list, check into Tour East Holiday’s four-day Amazing Beijing Tour for $580 per person, four-star accommodation, sightseeing including the Forbidden City and the Great Wall, breakfasts and two lunches, transportation and guide.

www.toureastholidays.com 416-929-0888

THE HIMALAYAS, NEPAL

And on to the Himalayas. Talk about something truly majestic (壮丽的). See the top of the world on GAP Adventures’ Everest Adventure tour, a 15-day exploration including Everest Base Camp, teahouse lodge stays, and walking through Sherpa villages. Incredibly affordable at just $665 plus local payment of $250. GAP Adventures warns that this is a physically demanding trip.

www.gapadventures.com 416-260-0999

25．The underlined phrase “kick the bucket” in Paragraph 1 means ____.

A. pass away B. play a game

C. list interesting places D. come to life

26．According to the passage, where can you enjoy a view of the whole Taj Mahal?

A. In Sherpa village. B. Near the Forbidden City

C. Through Egypt Express D. At Oberoi AmarVilas

27．If you take on the Everest Adventure tour, you should be aware that ____.

A. the sights may not be so good. B. it is a tiring trip.

C. you may not be used to the food there D. it is an expensive trip

C

WASHINGTON The head of the World Bank says for the first time in human history, it is possible to end poverty around the world. Jim Yong Kim told a Washington audience Tuesday, he wants to make ending world poverty by 2030 a top goal for the bank and governments around the world.

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim says that the problems of poverty, hunger and inequality are wide, urgent and a matter of survival of millions.

“We know that despite the great successes of the last decade, there are still about 1.3 billion people living in extreme poverty, 870 million who go hungry every day, and 6.9 million children under five dying every year,” he said.

But Kim told a Washington audience that the previous successful efforts to cut the number of people living in extreme poverty by half give them hope.

“We are at an auspicious moment in history, when the successes of past decades and an increasingly favorable economic outlook combine to give developing countries a chance－for the first time ever－to end extreme poverty within a generation,” he said in a speech at Georgetown University. “Our duty now must be to ensure that these favorable circumstances are matched with deliberate decisions to realize this historic opportunity.”

Kim says success will require increasing the speed of economic growth, particularly in South Africa and South Asia.

But he warned that civil unrest could happen if economic growth does not help people at all income levels, and also include women and youth．

Kim says that the World Bank and other development agencies will have more resources to get this job done right. “Meeting this 2030 goal will take extraordinary effort,” he said.

However, Kim warned that all the progress in fighting poverty could be