2016级秋期高三入学考试

英语试题

考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分

第I卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节听下面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.How long will the concert last?

［A］Two hours.［B］One and a half hours.［C］One hour.

2.What does the woman mean?

［A］Mary shouldn't talk to her roommate like that.

［B］Mary is probably not responsible for that.

［C］Mary is easy to get along with.

3.What problem is the man facing?

［A］He hasn't been able to reach Carl.

［B］The line for football game tickets is too long.

［C］Carl refused the invitation to the football game.

4.When will the man see his parents?

［A］At 6:00 am.［B］At 8:00 am.［C］At 10:00 am.

5.What does the woman suggest they do?

［A］See the show some other night.

［B］Have dinner after the show.

［C］Walk to the theater.

第二节听下面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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6.What does the woman do for the man?

［A］She opens the window.［B］She fetches some hot water.［C］She turns the heat on.

7.Where does the man want the woman to put the blanket?

［A］On the quilt.［B］Over his head.［C］Round his shoulders.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8.What is the weather like during the day today?

［A］Cloudy.［B］Sunny.［C］Rainy.

9.What will the speakers do tomorrow?

［A］Tidy up the garage.［B］Clean the backyard.［C］Go to the mall.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

［A］Interviewer and interviewee.

［B］Doctor and patient.

［C］Fellow workers.

11.What is the man's health problem?

［A］He suffers high blood pressure.

［B］He has been putting on weight.

［C］He has difficulty in sleeping.

12.According to the man, what is the cause of his problem?

［A］Lack of exercise.

［B］Too many pizzas and burgers.

［C］Not eating ice cream before going to bed.

听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13.Where are the speakers right now?

［A］On High Street.［B］On Princess Street.［C］On the Mond.

14.Which place will the man walk past first?

［A］The Assembly Hall.［B］The post office.［C］A dog market.

15.What does the man actually want to find?

［A］A supermarket.［B］A monument.［C］A pub.

16.What can we learn from the conversation?[:.]

［A］The white building is the Assembly Hall.

［B］The woman is walking her little dog.

［C］The supermarket is next to the bookstore.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17.What is the program mainly about?

［A］Ladder safety.［B］Firefighter training.［C］Emergency escape.

18.Where will people practice?

［A］On trains.［B］In tall buildings.［C］In a college.

19.What is required to apply for this course?

［A］One should be over 16 years old.

［B］One needs to sacrifice some free time.

［C］One must have leadership skills.

20.On which floor is the speaker's office?

［A］The first floor.［B］The third floor.［C］The sixteenth floor.

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

（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。

A

Charles, Goodyear, the owner of a rubber company, was trying to create a waterproof（防水的）mailbag for the postal service. People’s mail got wet whenever it rained, so Goodyear was trying to make a canvas bag that was covered in rubber. But the rubber always fell off easily since it was either too soft of too hard. Discouraged by his failed attempts, one day Goodyear shook a spoonful of sticky rubber, and a small drop of it landed on the hot stove. When he got the rubber off the stove, he realized the heat had changed it. The rubber was now strong and flexible. Goodyear’s discovery not only helped him make his canvas and rubber mailbag, it also led to the invention of canvas shoes with rubber soles （鞋底）that we call sneakers.

When a new brand called Keds hit the market in 1917, the name “sneakers” was born. Other shoes at this time were still clunky, so they made a lot of noise as people walked. But the rubber soles on Keds made it possible for people to walk very quietly. Wearing these noiseless shoes, a person could pass by without being heard.

For many years, people wore sneakers only when playing sports. Sneakers became part of the youth culture. A famous actor named James Dean was photographed wearing sneakers, jeans, and a white T-shirt. Teenagers everywhere wanted to copy the look. Wearing sneakers was a way for young people to express themselves. Pretty soon, sneakers weren’t just for the playing field or the tennis court. People wore them just about anywhere: to school, the office, and even parties.

Why was it difficult to make a waterproof mailbag?

A. The rubber had to be heated to a very high temperature.

B. There was not enough canvas at that time.

C. It took a lot of money to make such a bag.

D. Sticking the rubber onto the canvas was not easy.

The underlined word “clunky” in Paragraph2 could best be replaced by “_______”.

A. ugly B. strong C. cheap D. heavy

In the 1950s, teenagers’ attitude towards sneakers might be __________.

A. doubtful B. cautious C. uninterested D. positive

The main purpose of the text is to _____________.

A. stress the importance of shoes B. tell the story of sneakers

C. introduced Charles Goodyear D. show how a mailbag was made

B

My friend Mike was shaking his head in disbelief. "That young woman who just waited on me," he said, pointing to an employee of the fast food restaurant where we were eating, "had to call someone over to help her count change. The cash register (收银机) showed her I needed 99 cents, but she couldn't figure out how to count out the coins." I understood Mike's concern. What we have done is to create several generations of individuals most of whom have no idea how to reason; how to do simple math; how to do research; or, finally, how to be creative . The reason for this is our overuse of information technology: video games, television, digital watches, calculators, and computers. Information technology feeds us information without requiring us to think about it and let us perform operations without understanding them.

It is time we took a hard look at an educational system that only teaches our children how to push buttons. Our kids can't tell time if the clock has hands. They can use calculators, but cannot add, subtract（减）, divide, or multiply. Video games have taken the place of active, imaginative play. Although most of them are technically educated, they choose not to read. They are so used to television and movies that they cannot use their imagination to stay interested in a book.

Therefore, we must do something to help our children. If we don't, they will never learn how to solve problems. They will never learn even basic reasoning skills and will certainly not develop creativity. Instead of filling classrooms with electronics, let's concentrate on good old-fashioned literacy ― reading books. Students must see how things work and how processes lead to results, and they must also stretch their imagination.

What was the employee’s problem?

A. She couldn’t operate the cash register.

B. She forgot to count change.

C. She couldn’t solve simple math problems.

D. She was in need of coins for customer.

According to the text, Mike worries that ___________.

A. information technology is developing too fast.

B. many restaurants do not provide good service

C. we are creating people who cannot think for themselves

D. modern technology feeds us with too much information

What’s probably the author’s suggestion about children’s problem?

A. To get them off TV and computer games.

B. To teach them how to learn from video games.

C. To turn off all electronic equipment at school.

D. To give them freedom in the use of computers.

We can learn from the text that the author believes __________.

A. calculators help children expand their imagination

B. reading benefits children more than electronics do

C. there’s no place for electronics in the classroom

D. information technology does us a lot of good

C

The Lumière brothers, Auguste and Louis, were son of well-known artist Antoine Lumière. Both of them had a natural talent for science and were educated at Lyon’s largest technical school, La Martiniere.[:]

Antoine was often up to date with the latest developments in the photography industry of those times. Assisted by his sons, he started a business that produced and sold photographic equipment. In 1881, young Louis developed a dry-plate （干版）technique for still-photography. Soon afterwards a factory was built to produce the plates.

By 1894 the Lumières were producing around 15,000,000 plates a year. Antoine, by now a successful businessman, was invited to watch how Thomas Edison’s Peephole Kinetoscope worked It was actually an early movie camera. Upon his return with a copy of the Kinetoscope’s film.Antoine encouraged his son’s to work on developing a cheaper alternative.

The brothers worked through the winter of 1894. They recognized two main problems with Edison’s invention: the Kinetograph was a large piece of machinery, which resigned it to the workroom; the viewer （底片看片器）meant that only one person could experience the films at a time. Within a year, the Cinematographe was born. It was much smaller and could be viewed by larger audiences.

Louis came up with a new design for moving the film inside their Cinematoscope. He was inspired by the irregular movement of a sewing machine, as it would allow each frame to be stationary （停止的）just long enough. To achieve this, he created tiny holes along the sides of the film strip（胶卷）, and using a short thin piece of wire, he fastened the film to the machine’s motor. A continuous display of frames would then give the illusion （错觉）of movement.

Their first film was Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory, which showed workers at their fact