曲沃中学高三英语十月份测试题

第一部分 听力

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秒种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.?￡9.18??????C.?￡9.15 答案是C。

1.What does the woman want to do?

A. Find a place.????B. Buy a map.???????C. Get an address.

2.What does the man do for the woman?

? ?A. Repair her car?????B. Give her a ride????C. Pick up her aunt.

3.Who might Mr. Peterson be?

A. A new professor????B. A department head???C. A company director.

4. What does the man think of the book?

? ?A. Quite difficult.???B. Very interesting.???C. Too simple.

5. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Weather????B. Clothes????C. News.

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6、7小题。

6. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?

??A. He has a pain in his knee. B. He wants to watch TV. ?C. he is too lazy.

7. What will the woman probably do next?

??A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.

听第7段对话，回答8、9小题。

8. When will the man be home from work? ?A. At 5:45?????B. At 6:15??????C. At 6:50

9. Where will the speakers go?

?A. The Green House Cinema.?? B. The New State Cinema.???C. The UME Cinema.

听第8段对话，回答第10至12题。

10. How will the speakers go to?New York? A. By air.?????B. By taxi.?????C. By bus.

11. Why are the speakers making the trip?A. For business.????B. For shopping.????C. For holiday.

12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

??A. Driver and passenger????B. Husband and wife????C. Fellow workers.

听第9段对话，回答第13至16题。

13. Where does this conversation probably take place?

??A. In a restaurant.????B. In an office.???C. In a classroom.

14. What does John do now?

A. He’s a trainer.????B. He’s a tour guide.???C. He’s a college student.

15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?A. $10,500.???B. $12,000.????C. $15,000.

16. How many people will the woman hire? A. Four???????B. Three???????C. Two

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?

A. One year.?????B. Ten years.????C. Eighteen years

18. What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?

??A. It’s comfortable????B. It’s time-saving????C. It’s cheap.

19. What is good about living in a small town?

??A. It’s safer.????B. It’s healthier.????C. It’s more convenient.

20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most? A. Busy.?????B. Colourful.?????C. Quiet.

第二部分 阅读理解 (共20小题，每小题3分，满分60分)

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I regularly train at a local boxing gym and I’m lucky enough to meet an amazing man, Adrian Charter. Adrian comes to the gym to train, just like me. The difference is, I’m 31 years old, and Adrian is 72!

I watched Adrian as he was training, early on a Sunday morning, and he was hitting the punching bag harder and quicker than most men in their twenties would. Adrian was a former boxer whose last professional fight was in 1972. Even though he has stopped competing as a boxer, his discipline(纪律) still makes him stick to a training rule.

It simply amazed me as to how a 72-year-old man could train so hard. Believe me, boxing is one of the most difficult sports on the earth, needing much patience,skill, and effort.

What surprised me even more was that a few days earlier he did some running. He ran 9 kilometers. He does this on a regular basis. For me, I can run 5 kilometers at most.

When I questioned him about how he kept such discipline, he calmly replied, “It is all in my mind.”

I thought about it for a moment. If discipline can push a 72-year-old man to train so hard and enjoy it, could I imagine how discipline could serve every single human being on the earth? Right at this point, as you read this story, please pause and ask yourself, “What is my level of discipline?”

Adrian’s example told me that the power of discipline will get us to the finishing line! The bigger the challenge is, the more our discipline can serve us and the sweeter the taste of success will be!

21. The author noticed Adrian Charter mostly because Adrian Charter _______ .

A.was a famous former boxer B.was the oldest in the boxing gym

C.acted faster even than young people D.didn’t want to compete any longer

22.What does the author think of boxing?

A.It has high requirements. B.It has strict training rules.

C.It has a limit to people’s age. D.It makes people become quick and strong.

23. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means “______ ”.

A. Rome was not built in a day B. no pains, no gains

C. failure is the mother of success D. early birds can catch worms

24. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Grasp every chance to keep fit B. An unforgotten experience

C. The power of discipline D. An amazing boxer

B

Apple picking



Apple picking is always a popular fall activity, with families looking for a fun way to spend time together outdoors. Check out some options on where and how to pick close to Toronto:



Where

to pick

Pine Farms Tel: 905-833-5459

Hours: Tuesday to Sunday 9 am to 5 pm

Details: Pick your own apples from mid-August to November.





Albion Farms Tel: 905-584-0354

Hours: Daily 10 am to 6 pm

Details: Pick your own apples on weekends only





Watson Farms Tel: 905-623-9109

Hours: Monday to Friday 9 am to 8 pm Weekends 9 am to 6 pm

Details: Pick your own apples only in early September.





Brooks Farms Tel: 905-473-3920

Hours: Daily 9 am to 5 pm

Details: Picking your own apples is not available(可得到的)，but apples are available in the farm market.





Willis Family Fruit Farms Tel: 905-876-2606

Hours: Weekends 10 am to 8 pm

Details: Pick your own apples only in September and October.



Apple picking tips

Call first: Certain apple types may not be available because demand and farm hours can change without notice. So call ahead before setting out.





What to bring: Some farms provide containers(容器) for you to carry the fruit home, but it’s not a bad idea to bring them yourself. Comfortable shoes and clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty are a must. And keep the weather in mind: pack a sweater for cooler days, and bring sun cream.



25. According to the author, apple picking ______ .

A. helps farmers harvest the fruit B. can bring great pleasure to families

C. is better for teenagers than for adults D. is becoming more and more popular in cities

26. If you are only free after 6 pm on Tuesday, you can choose _____ .

A. Pine Farms B. Albion Farms C. Watson Farms D. Willis Family Fruit Farms

27. What can we learn from the passage?

A. You may dirty your clothes when picking apples.

B. Apples on all the farms are on sale at the same time.

C. You have to pay to take the apples you have picked home.

D. You are not allowed to take containers for carrying apples.

C

What looks like an angry old man and lives at the bottom of the ocean? It’s the world’s ugliest animal---the blobfish(水滴鱼).

Its strange skin is shaped by its habitat. It lives 800 meters below the ocean’s surface, a depth where very few other creatures can survive.

Most fishes have a swim bladder(鱼鳔), which is filled with gas and helps them stay afloat. At the depth that the blobfish live, water pressure is 80 times higher than that at higher sea levels and any swim bladder wouldn’t be able to serve its purpose.

The blobfish don’t have a swim bladder because their skin works the same way. It helps them stay afloat without having to use any energy.

The blobfish have a pretty relaxed attitude towards eating. All they do is stay and wait for crabs or lobsters to come by.

Since the blobfish like to eat crabs and lobsters, they often get caught in nets that are used to catch lobsters or crabs and end up dying or being killed. They are not suitable for eating so they are useless for fishermen.

There’s a purpose behind the blobfish’s new title; it has become the new mascot for the Ugly Animal Preservation Society, an organization whose purpose is to preserve endangered ugly animals.

“We’ve needed an ugly face for endangered ugly animals for a long time and I’ve been amazed by the public reaction,” said the Society’s Simon Watt. “For too long cute animals have taken the limelight(风头) but now the blobfish will be a voice for those who always get forgotten.”They hope this new face will help the world know that we need to help preserve the populations of ugly animals too.

28. The biggest difference between the blobfish and most other fishes is that the blobfish_____ .

A. cannot be eaten by people B. don’t have a swim bladder

C. only live at high sea levels D. aren’t active in catching food

29. What makes the blobfish stay afloat?

A. Their skin. B. Their tail. C. Their mouth. D. Their swim bladder.

30. We can learn from what Simon Watt said that _____ .

A. most ugly animals are in danger B. the population of the blobfish is increasing

C. the blobfish have attracted the public’s attention

D. people knew nothing about the blobfish in the past

31.What is the purpose of the passage?

A. To discuss the importance of preserving animals.

B. To give the reason for starting an organization.

C. To present the results of a survey.

D. To introduce a special animal.

D

Spring is coming, and it is time for those about to graduate to look for jobs. Competition is tough, so job seekers must carefully consider their personal choices. Whatever we are wearing， our family and friends may accept us, but the workplace may not.

A high school newspaper editor said it is unfair for companies to discourage visible tattoos (纹身),nose rings, or certain dress styles. It is true you can’t judge a book by its cover, yet people do “cover” themselves in order to convey (传递)certain messages. What we wear, including tattoos and nose rings, is an expression of who we are. Just as people convey messages about themselves with their appearances, so do companies. Dres