南昌市十所省重点中学2015年二模突破冲刺交流试卷（09）高三英语

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)

请听下面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 do they mainly talk about?

A. The rain.

B. The jacket　

C. The weather.

2. What can we infer from the talk?

A. The woman is on vacation now.

B. The woman is a little worried.

C. The woman is not eager to find a job.

3. What did the woman do just after high school?

A. She played in a band.

B. She started a new company.

C. She worked as a saleswoman.

4. How much will the woman lend the man?

A. 6 dollars.

B. 7 dollars.

C. 4 dollars.

5. What does the man offer to do?

A. Call her a taxi.

B. Telephone Lisa.

C. Ride his car.

第二节：(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

请听下面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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What's wrong with the woman's bike?

A. The wheels are loose.

B. The brake is loose.

C. The chain is loose.

7. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a post office.

B. In the street.

C. In a garage.

请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What will the two speakers have in a Chinese restaurant?

A. Breakfast.

B. Brunch.

C. Lunch.

9. What is the weather like that day?

A. Cold.

B. Cool.

C. Warm.

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What do the speakers mainly talk about?

A. Movie culture.

B. Tonight's plan.

C. Literary works.

11. What are the speakers going to see?

A. Blue Horizons.

B. The Red and Black.

C. Gone with the Wind.

12. What does the woman say about Sophia Bellini and Richard Evans?

A. They are smart.

B. They are an excellent pair.

C. They are old but wonderful actors.

请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why are the two speakers upset?

A. It may snow during their vacation.

B. They may not be able to take their vacation.

C. They may fail to join the graduation ceremony.

14. What can we learn about their vacation?

A. They are going skiing.

B. They have made bookings for their plane.

C. Their flight has been cancelled.

15. What made them miss so many classes?

A. The earthquake.

B. The bad winter.

C. A terrible flu.

16. What are they going to do right now?

A. Talk to Professor Hampton.

B. Speak to all of the other people.

C. Call the travel agency.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. On which day can students of the reading club get together?

A. On Wednesday.

B. On Saturday.

C. On Thursday.

18. How many clubs are mentioned in the text?

A. Two.

B. Three.

C. Four.

19. How long will the bike riding last at least?

A. One hour.

B. Two hours.

C. Three hours.

20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?

A. The school clubs.

B. The school history.

C. The school website.

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

In 2002 I began training to become a life coach. Many of my teachers and fellow classmates recommended the original Chicken Soup for the Soul book. I had heard of it as bestseller, but I’d never read it. I figured I should read it if only to expand my personal-development knowledge base. I had read only thirty-seven pages when I came across the story “ The Smiles.”

Contributor Hanoch McCarty told the story of Antoine de Saint, who wrote “The Smile”, which was possibly based on Saint-Exupery’s own experience as a captured fighter pilot in the Spanish Civil War. The pilot is nervous and frightened because he’s certain he will be put to death the next day. When he borrows a match from his jailer, their eyes lock unexpectedly. The pilot smiles at him. The jailer returns the smile. Then the two men begin to discuss their families and even share pictures. Later the jailer decides to free the pilot and lead him to safety. I remember being absolutely amazed by the words:” My life was saved by a smile.”

The magic moment when the two souls recognize each other filled me with hope and possibility. The next morning on my way to work I stopped in a food shop and bought a cup of tea. When the server handed me the cup I smiled and said thank you. He stepped back and for a moment looked confused. Then he smiled and said, “I’ve been doing this all morning , but you’re the first person to smile at me.” I couldn’t believe how good I felt.

As I continued to smile throughout the days, weeks and months I noticed an amazing cycle: The more I smiled, the friendlier everything seemed; and the friendlier everything seemed, the more I smiled. It also seemed to me that the smiles I received in return were not just polite smiles. I felt a momentary connection with the person, as though we had come to an agreement that all was right with the world.

21. Why did the author read the Chicken Soup for the Soul book?.

A. To get ready for her job

B. To satisfy her curiosity

C. To relax herself a bit D. To improve her outlook

22. From Paragraph 2, the pilot’s smile ______.

A. is actually a sign of giving up

B. throws the jailer into confusion

C. makes it possible for him to be freed

D. shows he has the courage to face death

23.That morning, before the waiter served tea to the author,_______.

A. no other customers had come

B. The author was in low spirits

C. he smiled at the author

D. nobody smiled at him

24. The underlined part in the last paragraph probably means ______.

A. it was polite to return others’ smiles

B. the returned smiles came for the heart

C. the author found an amazing cycle of smiles

D. the author preferred warm smiles to polite smiles

B

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ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — One of the world's most famous fossils (化石) — the 3.2 million-year-old Lucy skeleton (骨骼) unearthed in Ethiopia in 1974 — will go on an exhibition tour abroad for the first time in the United States, officials said Tuesday.

Even the Ethiopian public has only seen Lucy twice. The Lucy on exhibition at the Ethiopian National Museum in the capital, Addis Ababa, is a replica while the real remains are usually locked in a secret storeroom. A team from the Museum of National Science in Houston, Texas, spent four years discussing with the Ethiopians for the U.S. tour, which will start in Houston next September.

“Ethiopia’s rich culture of both the past and today, is one of the best kept secrets in the world,” said Joel Bartsch, director of the Houston museum.

The six-year tour will also go to Washington, New York, Denver and Chicago. Officials said six other U.S. cities may be on the tour. But they said plans had not been worked out.

Travelling with Lucy will be 190 other fossils.

Lucy, her name taken from a Beatles song that played in a camp the night of her discovery, is part of the skeleton of what was once a 3.5 -foot-tall ape-man (猿人).

29. What do the words “a replica” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. A painting of the skeleton.

B. A photograph of Lucy

C. A copy of the skeleton.

D. A written record of Lucy.

30. How many cities has Lucy’s U.S. tour plan already included?

A. Four. B. Five. C. Six. D. Eleven.

31. What was the skeleton named after?

A. An ape-man. B. A song.

C. A singer. D. A camp.

D

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