2015年高三校际联合检测英语

2015.05

本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)。第I卷1至10页，第II卷11页至12页。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

注意事项：

1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2．选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

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。每段对话后面有一个小题，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 will Bob probably do in the evening?

A．Write a letter． B.See a play． C．Go to the cinema．

2．How should the speakers do their homework?

A．By doing it on the computer．

B．By writing it in their books．

C．By writing it on a piece of paper．

3．What season is it in Sydney?

A．Summer． B．Winter． C．Autumn．

4．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a restaurant． B．In a hotel． C．In a coffee shop．

5．What size probably does the man wear?

A．Size 6． B．Size 7． C．Size 8．

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，你将有时问阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出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至第7题。

6．What happened to the man?

A．He lost his car key．

B．He locked the key in his car．

C．He lost his car at the airport．

7．How will the woman help him?

A．She will drive him home．

B．She will lend him her car．

C．She will drive him to the airport．

听第7段材料，回答第8至第9题。

8．What happened to the woman?

A．She couldn’t cross a busy street．

B．She was caught by the police．

C．She got hurt by a taxi．

9．Where are the two speakers?

A．In the street． B．In the hospital． C．In the police station．

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．How long has the woman engaged in the job?

A．For three years． B．For four years． C．For five years．

11．What do we know about the woman?

A．She can speak three languages．

B．She often works for long hours．

C．She doesn’t enjoy her job．

12．What is the woman?

A．A teacher． B．A model． C．A tour guide．

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．How long will Anna still have to stay in London?

A．At least 30 days． B．At least 25 days． C．Nearly 40 days．

14．What does Anna do in the afternoon?

A．Going sightseeing． B．Doing homework． C．Taking classes．

15．Why does Anna want to improve English?

A．To get a promotion soon．

B．To make friends with British people．

C．To communicate with her customers better．

16．What do we know about Anna?

A．She has never been to London before．

B．She knew little English before coming to London．

C．She practices English with her roommates．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

l7．What did the speaker do for his holiday last year?

A．Stayed at home． B．Went to the beach． C．Went to the mountains．

18．What does the speaker like about the seashore?

A．Sunbathe at the seashore．

B．Taking a walk along the seashore．

C．Surfing on the sea．

19．How far is it to the seashore?

A．18 miles． B．80 miles． C．300 miles．

20．Where did the speaker decide to go at last?

A．To the beach． B．To the countryside． C．To the mountains．

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和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

So far,this year’s global music market has definitely been dominated (支配)by women：Beyonce Knowles，Taylor Swirl，and Iggy Azalea are all making waves．And one hot name that adds more conviction to the list is US singer Ariana Grande．

Almost exactly a year ago，Grande released her first album，Yours Truly． And over the past 12 months，the 21-year-old former Nickelodeon(an American TV channel for kids and adolescents)star has transformed from a pop artist you might recognize to an outstanding superstar．She now possesses three top 10 singles in the current Billboard Hot 100 chart，an impressive opening performance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards，and millions of followers on social networking sites．

Her second album，My Everything, which was released on Aug 25，is the latest sign of her coming dominance．It hit No．1 on the Billboard 200 album chart this week，making her the only other female singer after Scotland’s Susan Boyle to have two continuous No．1 albums in a single year.

Grande’s strength lies in her powerful voice and wide voiced range．Unlike her companions Selena Gomez and Demi Lovato，Grande’s star power is rooted in the fact that she can really sing．More importantly，Grande knows how to control her voice，which is at once strong and sensitive，and use it to expand her musical territory．

My Everything is the best example．In this album，Grande literally tries her hand at everything：dance music，R&B jams，hip-hop tunes，power ballads and even’60s-inflected pop．

While you can clearly sense her ambition as a singer，you will be impressed by how effortlessly she handles these different styles of music，especially if you have listened to Yours Truly，a more refreshing．’90s R&B—influenced project．

Of course，one suggestion for Grande’s future music would be for her to display more personality instead of simply showing her voiced talent．But not to worry, based on what we’ve heard thus far, it's safe to say Grande is well on her way to growing into her own．

21．Which of the following contributes to Grande’s great success?

A．The impressive opening performance．

B．Her followers on social networking sites．

C．The influence of’60s pop and’90s R&B．

D．Her powerful voice and wide voiced range．

22．We can conclude from the last paragraph that Grande_________．

A．1ikes to show off her voice B．is a promising superstar

C．1acks her own personality D．has difficulty going further

23．What can we learn about Ariana Grande?

A．She prefers hip-hop tunes in particular．

B．She used to be a pop star in a TV channel．

C．She has two top 10 singles of Billboard’s Hot 100．

D．She is the only singer to have two No．1 albums in a year．

24．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A．A Rising Music Genius B．The Music Market of Women

C．Susan Boyle and Her Companions D．Different Styles of Grande’s Music

B

October sixteenth is World Food Day．This day is also the anniversary of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization(F．A．O．)．The UN agency leads international efforts to defeat world hunger．It was created in 1945．

The F．A．O．says more than one hundred fifty countries are to hold special events to celebrate World Food Day．At F．A．O．headquarters in Rome，for example，runners will compete in a five-kilometer race through the city’s historical area．Events in other countries include discussions among experts，press conferences and musical programs．

The message of this year’s World Food Day is“investing in agriculture for food security”．The F．A．O．says，“During the early 1990s，the foreign aid for agriculture was nine thousand million dollars each year．But now, it has declined to less than five thousand million dollars a year．”Yet, the F．A．O．estimates that more than eight hundred and fifty million people around the world do not get enough food．

The UN agency notes that seventy percent of the world’s hungry lies in the farmers who grow small amount of food．Many also face problems of feeding themselves．The F．A．O．says agricultural aid could help small farmers make a profit from their crops．Farmers would also be able to feed their families throughout the year and re-invest in their farms．They could buy better seeds，equipment and chemical fertilizers to help their crops grow．

Muhammad Yunis．the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to improve the lives of poor people，as well as his Bangladesh microfinance organization，the Grameen Bank，has lent small amount of money to poor people who are unable to get traditional loans，especially women．Minister Yunis says that he plans to give his share of the one million three hundred thousand dollars Nobel award to good causes．He says he wants to establish an eye hospital and start a project to produce low-cost food for the poor．

25．To celebrate the World Food Day, how many kinds of activities are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two． B．Three． C．Four． D．Five．

26．Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The F．A．O．is established to invest in agriculture for food security．

B．The foreign aid for agriculture has reduced by nearly 50％in recent decades．

C．The Grameen Bank has provided large amount of loans for poor farmers．

D．Yunis will donate his entire Nobel award to help solve the hunger for the poor．

27．With agricultural aid，farmers can_________________.

A．promote the production of crops B．produce low-cost food

C .invest money in other fields D．help to improve crop seeds

28．The writer wrote the passage mainly to____________．

A．give an introduction of the F．A．O．

B．inform us of the situations of the world food

C．appeal for more investment on agriculture

D．show how to deal with the world’s hunger

C

A public primary school in New York City has stopped giving its students homework．

P．S．116 Principal Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month explaining that after more than a year of analyzing studies，the school had concluded that students’after-school time would be better spent on activities like reading at their own pace and playing rather than working on homework．

Hsu’s letter says that many studies indicate that there is no connection between homework and academic success．Indeed，there are some studies that show that the link between homework and success is doubtful at the primary school level．

An important 1989 study on homework by Professor Cooper found that doing homework led students to perform better in school as they grew older．In later grades，students who did homework performed increasingly better than students who did not．In 2006，Cooper published a study that analyzed 15 years’worth of data on the effectiveness of homework．He found that homework had a more positive impact on students as they aged，and identified stronger relations between homework and achievement for students in grades seven through 12 than for students in kindergarten through sixth grade．

A 2012 study from the Indiana University School of Education on 10th-graders found little relation between time spent on homework and better course grades，although