江苏省扬州中学2015～2016学年高三检测

英 语 试 题2015.10

说明：本试卷分为第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，第I卷第一至第三部分(选择题)答案请涂在机读答题卡相应位置上。

满分：120分 考试时间：120分钟

第I卷选择题(三部分，共85分)

第一部分：听力(共两节, 满分20 分)

第一节（共5小题，每小题1分，满分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. What does the man need?

A. A new computer. B. A new mouse. C. A new computer screen.

2. What does the woman want from the store?

A. Cookies. B. Peanut butter. C. Milk.

3. What are the speakers doing?

A. Delivering a package. B. Complaining about bad service.

C. Looking for a service company online.

4. How does the girl probably feel?

A. Happy and excited. B. Frustrated and upset. C. Scared and nervous.

5. What is the woman going to do?

A. Call Julian Assange. B. Watch the news on TV.

C. Find some information on the Internet.

第二节（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. How does the woman feel about the circus?

A. It’s childish. B. It’s expensive. C. It sounds really fun.

7. What does the man want to do?

A. Go to the circus by himself. B. Take Jill out for fun. C. Get work done from the office.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What’s wrong with the woman’s mother?

A. She has been sick. B. She misses her family and friends.

C. She can’t earn enough to support her family.

9. Where does the woman live?

A. In America. B. In India. C. In Britain.

10. What does the woman plan to do next year?

A. Study a new language. B. Travel to India. C. Visit her father’s native country.

听第8段材料, 回答第11至13题。

11. When did the man work as a bike mechanic?

A. Two years ago. B. Five years ago. C. Ten years ago.

12. Which park did the speakers decide to go to in the end?

A. Regent’s Park. B. London Fields. C. Victoria Park.

13. What do we know about the woman’s bike?

A. It hasn’t been used for long. B. It is in good condition. C. The woman just had it repaired.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Who is Buster?

A. A child. B. A dog. C. A cat.

15. What does Buster often do?

A. Walk with Lily to school. B. Wait for the man in the park. C. Play with the woman.

16. What has the woman been doing?

A. Asking the man to give up. B. Comforting the man. C. Criticizing the man.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many days will the office be closed?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

18. What is going on in the building?

A. Construction work. B. Celebration activities. C. Moving houses.

19. What will employees talk about at the meeting on Monday?

A. Their future plans. B. Achievement in the past year. C. Work they did at home.

20. Who is Danielle Wilkins?

A. The speaker. B. The office manager. C. The building manager.

第二部分: 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分 35 分)

第一节: 单项填空 (共 15 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 15 分)

21. Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around Thomas Edison.

A. thanks to B. regardless of C. aside from D. but for

22.About 40 percent of the citizens are unhappy with public services, which ______ alarm bells ringing in some local governments, so related departments ______ pay too much attention to this survey.

A. has set; can’t B. will set; mustn’t C. has set; shouldn’t D. is setting; needn’t

23. The international situation is currently undergoing great changes ______ UNESCO plays an irreplaceable role in promoting international cooperation.

A. which B. what C. where D. that

24. The new financial policies of the US government have _______ a chain reaction in the international money markets.

A. gone off B. set off C. seen off D. got off

25. To keep up with their work, the vast majority of office clerks today must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, to say _______ of newspapers and magazines.

A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something

26. In 1973, a book ________ that plants can feel emotions, prefer classical music, and can respond to the unspoken thoughts of humans landed on the New York Times best-seller list.

A. having claimed B. had claimed C. claiming D. claimed

27. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB）, its headquarter______ in Beijing, is an inter-governmental agency which is intended for multi-development of Infrastructure in Asia.

A. located B. locating C. locates D. to locate

28. In these trials, people are ________assigned to a "treatment" group, which benefits from the project, and a "control" group, which does not.

A. initially B. conventionally C. superbly D. randomly

29. It’s unwise of you to consider his wild behavior as ______ a kid’s game. It may gradually develop into a bad habit.

A. no less than B. less than C. more than D. no more than

30. —The boy’s father failed to find a job. ______. He got a cancer.

—How sad! We should give him a hand.

A. It never rains but pours B. Every dog has its day

C. A miss is as good as a mile D. The grass is always greener on the other side

31.---How do you like the food and service in our canteen?

---Much better than ______ used to be.

A. those B. one C. they D. that

32. For sustainable development, the government has decided to give __________ to those energy-conserving and environment-friendly businesses in many aspects.

A. profit B. interest C. preference D. advantage

33. The Second World War, _________ the earlier one in 1914, promoted public concern about the physical and intellectual well-being of the country’s human resources.

A. so as B. as were C. as did D. same as

34. Such phenomena as this _____now widely accepted，of which，however，some___ abstract

to understand.

A．are；seem B．is；seems C．are；seems D．is；seem

35. ---The scarf is nice, but the price is a little bit too high.

---_______, but if you want to have good quality, you have to pay more.

A．No problem B. No offence C. No wonder D. No doubt

第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

The New York Times published an article recently that shows great regret for the "death of conversation"．It suggests that while technology such as cell phones, e-mails , and Internet posting makes us feel more 36 than ever, they’re also driving us 37_ from people around us．

Users get final connectivity 38 the price of 39 face-to-face conversation． Sherry Turkle, author of the article in The New York Times says people are 40 to a different way of being “alone together”．

Actually , 41 text messages or writing micro-blogs allows us to 42 thoughts.

43 bits and pieces of online cannot 44 a “real conversation．” Lan Guo, 19, a freshman English major from Changsha University , said that she would like to hear people’s tone of voice and see their faces in a (n) 45 ．“The give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds,” she said．She also mentions that 46 ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and 47 People．

Turkle mentioned the popular 48 of “I share, therefore I am” among this generation. Liu Xuan, a young writer from Taiwan and psychology graduate from Harvard University, thinks it’s a mindset adopted by most young people． They are so busy creating or polishing their online persona (网络人格)that they forget how to live a (n) 49 life． For example，They may 50 more about blogging about attending a party rather than enjoying being 51 ．

However，experts remind us that it’s unfair to 52 mobile technology . Chen Chen, a sociology expert at China Youth &Children Research Center, points out that it is still owners of gadgets , such as cell phones and tablets , who’re avoiding personal 53 .We take advantage of these devices to hide ourselves 54 others ．Texting messages or calling may be a (n) 55 to avoid contact with others, such as having eye contact． “Only by strengthening conversation can we understand each other. Simply throwing away the mobile gadgets is not a solution．”she said．

36．A．received B．shared C．connected D．respected

37．A．off B．back C．away D．down

38．A．beyond B．at C．for D．above

39．A．having B．risking C．sacrificing D．sharing

40．A．related B．committed C．devoted D．accustomed

41．A．sending B．getting C．reading D．taking

42．A．change B．exchange C．deliver D．raise

43．A．So B．And C．Or D．But

44．A．indicate B．replace C．cover D．involve

45．A．conversation B．computer C．party D．Internet

46．A．abandoning B．joining C．burying D．attaching

47．A．interviewing B．introducing C．knowing D．meeting

48．A．feeling B．concept C．fact D．truth

49．A．colorful B．interesting C．real D．meaningful

50．A．worry B．care C．ask D．debate

51．A．there B．out C．down D．in

52．A．complain B．adore C．worship D．blame

53．A．information B．space C．contact D．management

54．A．from B．of C．behind D．under

55．A．approach B．source C．result D．excuse

第三部分　阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

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Wikipedia is a free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia(百科全书), supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikipedia Foundation. Wikipedia is ranked among the ten most popular websites and is considered the Internet’s largest and most popular general reference book. Now, Wikipedia is becoming Wookiepedia as scientists hope the informative website will help us reach out to intelligent life forms. So aliens can learn about the human race.

Astronomers would like to beam (播送) the entire contents of Wikipedia into space in the hope of contacting aliens. They want to send messages to hundreds of star systems and planets 20 light years away using radio telescopes. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, in California, wants to use powerful radio telescopes to