宜昌一中、龙泉中学2016届高三十月联考

英语试卷

命题学校：龙泉中学 命题人：郑云强 审题人：刘云芳

本试题卷共4页，分第I卷和第Ⅱ卷两部分。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。

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第Ⅰ卷

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）

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 much should the man’s rent be?

A. $500. B. $150. C. $125.

2. What will the woman probably think of the man?

A. He used to be an excellent athlete. B. He is a real sportsman. C. He is a sports fan.

3. What has the man been doing?

A. Having an interview. B. Filling out a form. C. Asking for information.

4. What do we know about the woman?

A. She is too busy to go. B. She’s willing to go swimming. C. She doesn’t want to wait long.

5. What does the woman mean?

A. It’s terrible to go abroad alone.

B. It doesn’t matter if the man is not good at English.

C. The man should improve his English.

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. What is the woman going to be?

A. A cook. B. A teacher. C. A doctor.

7. How long will the woman work every day?

A. 8 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 4 hours.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What are the speakers talking about?

A. An interview. B. An exam. C. A writing contest.

9. How are they feeling at the moment?

A. Pretty happy. B. Very sad. C. A little confused.

10. Which part did they both find difficult?

A. The oral self-introduction. B. The essay. C. The imitation writing.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What will Diana do this afternoon?

A. Attend a lecture. B. Go to class. C. Write an essay.

12. What do we know about Dr. Rich?

A. He teaches English culture. B. He’s been absent three times. C. He’s very strict.

13. What does Mike say about the business communication course?

A. There is not much course work to do.

B. He has already handed in three essays.

C. He has a 3000-word term paper to write.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What are the speakers talking about?

A. How much money they spend on meals.

B. The changes of the food service in the school.

C. The changes of food in the dining hall.

15. What does the man think of the changes?

A. He doesn’t like them.

B. Students will benefit from the changes.

C. He can’t understand them as they are too complicated.

16. What plan did Tom choose to buy?

A. A seven-meal plan. B. A ten-meal plan. C. A fourteen-meal plan.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where do people believe the left hand is unclean?

A. In Malaysia. B. In Pakistan. C. In Indonesia.

18. When might elderly Westerners be offended?

A. When others try to help them without their agreement.

B. When others teach them new things.

C. When others ask them too many questions.

19. Why don’t Italians give handkerchiefs as gifts?

A. Handkerchiefs mean saying goodbye.

B. Handkerchiefs are used in funerals.

C. Handkerchiefs are connected with unhappy feelings.

20. Whom might the talk be addressed to?

A. People who are going abroad.

B. Guests from all over the world.

C. Those who will work for an international conference.

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

Lumberjack Art

When people think of an artist, they probably do not imagine a lumberjack(伐木工人) cutting down trees with a chainsaw. Yet many lumberjacks consider themselves to be artists. Instead of patiently working on a large block of hard rock, however, lumberjack artists use chainsaws to carve their masterpieces from wood.

Wooden sculptures(雕塑) created with chainsaws are perfect examples of folk art. Everyday tools are used to create art that focuses on subjects found in nature, such as bears or other forest animals. Not all lumberjacks are artists, but some chainsaw artists have been lumberjacks.

A lumberjack who is also an artist might cut down a tree during a workday. If the stump, the bottom of the tree, is a good size, the artist might be motivated to sculpt the stump into the shape of a forest animal. The chainsaw artist might also carve other large blocks of wood. Sometimes a homeowner might cut down a tree in the yard and then hire a chainsaw artist to create an outdoor sculpture from the stump. So, this art owes its origins to everyday tasks and nature.

The origins of chainsaw art may be humble(不起眼的), but the practice has expanded well beyond turning a stump into a sculpture. In some ways chainsaw artists are like traditional woodcarvers. One artist said that using chainsaws was simply more practical. This person began his work as a traditional woodcarver—that is, he used hand tools to carve the wood into the shapes he wanted. To save time, he began using a chainsaw to remove some parts of the wooden block. This artist realized that the chainsaw not only cut down large pieces of wood quickly, but it also produced a distinctive and beautiful pattern on the wood. These patterns would not be seen in other pieces of art. Eventually, the artist began using the chainsaw for nearly all of his carvings.

However unusual it may seem, chainsaw art is here to stay. The final test of success for any type of art is the enthusiasm and acceptance of the public. The conclusion is: people love watching chainsaw artists work, and people love the sculptures they create.

21. What do we know about chainsaw artists?

A. They are originally traditional lumberjacks.

B. They create masterpieces in woods and forests.

C. They introduce a new concept of artists to people.

D. They produce their sculptures while cutting down trees.

22. Chainsaw art _____.

A. is a kind of folk art B. is hard to be spread

C. focuses on modern themes D. needs time to be mastered

23. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 4?

A. The origins of the lumberjack art.

B. The experiences of a chainsaw artist.

C. The procedure for creating a chainsaw sculpture.

D. The application of chainsaw in the lumberjack art.

B

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And what do you usually get? Your desk is just about big enough for a cup of coffee; there’s no desk lamp; the stationery(办公用品) is a couple of sheets of headed notepaper; and a pen doesn’t work. Printing has to be arranged with the Reception, and when you try to use your cellphone you find that it won’t work in Canada.

Well, Harmony is different. Just tell us in advance what you’re going to need, and we’ll see that it’s waiting for you when you arrive. There will be a printer in your room if you want one, and a cellphone that really works. All you have to pay for is the calls you make.

We can also arrange a room for business meetings, and, using the very best employment agency, even supply a secretary to take minutes. All we ask is a few days’ notice.

All our rooms are of the same high standard, and we guarantee not to increase prices in the next twelve months. But book now, because we’re already filling up fast, and we’d hate to disappoint you.

Harmony—the hotel you’ve always wanted, but never been able to find—until now!

24. The advertisement is intended for_____.

A. airline staff B. business people C.secretaries D. tourists

25. What must the guest do if he wants a secretary?

A. Inform the hotel in advance. B. Tell the Reception on arrival.

C. Call an employment agency. D. Put up a notice in the hotel.

26. Why is it best to book now?

A. The best rooms go first. B. Prices might increase soon.

C. It ensures high standard rooms. D. Rooms may become unavailable.

27. What is special about Harmony?

A. It offers telephone calls for free. B. It provides printing at the Reception.

C. It gives high standard information services. D. It makes arrangements to meet guests’ needs.

C

Robots are being used for the first time in hospitals. “Robot-nurses” perform a variety of tasks such as delivering medicine, food and laboratory samples to sickrooms and taking away waste. Patients aren’t treated by robots, as this is still done by medical staff. The idea is to employ robots to transport supplies between departments.

“Nurses often have to break off from what they are doing to gather supplies,” says Peter Seiff, who makes the robots called TUGs. Research shows any interruption in medical work can lead to errors --- a nurse may forget whether she has given medicine and may give a patient double the dose (剂量) or none at all.

The robots vary in size according to what job they perform, but normally take the shape of a metal box on wheels, with a box on the side containing their software.

After being programmed, the robots are able to find their way around a hospital unassisted. They also contain scanning technology to create electronic pictures or a “memory” of routes on their hard drives to help them go through passages, doors and other obstacles. Each robot is also monitored at the producer’s headquarters (总部) in case it runs into any difficulties.

Trials show TUGs reduce the time it takes for a patient to receive medicine, and stop drugs from going missing. A study at the University of Maryland Medical Centre in the U.S. found that when three TUGs were used over the course of a year, the average length of time from the drugstore receiving a prescription to the patient receiving it dropped from 74 minutes to 30 minutes and saved nurses 6,123 hours finding medicines. It also cut the number of medicines that went missing to zero.

“The biggest complaints we receive from patients is that the nurses don’t spend enough time with them. Anything that frees nurses is a boon,” says Katherine Mulligan, director of nursing at the hospital, “The TUGs allow nurses to spend more tim