临川一中2015-2016学年度（上）期中考试

高三年级英语试卷

命题人：王发福 陈晓梅 审题人：徐玉梅

本试卷分Ⅰ卷（选择题）和Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两大部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。

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。

How will Jack get in touch with Eric?

A. Over the telephone. B. By e-mail. C. By letter.

2. What did the man do before?

A. A software engineer. B. A businessman C. A scientist.

3. Why will the woman move to New York?

A. She’s going to write letters there. B. She has settled down there.

C. She has got a new job there.

4. What is the woman?

A. A headmaster. B. A student. C. A volunteer teacher.

5. How long has James owned his business?

A. For 15 years. B. For 50 years. C. For 50 days.

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至7题。

6. Why does Henry stick to his present job?

A. He likes it very much. B. It helps him get an MBA degree.

C. He wants to get more experience.

7. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman enjoys her job a lot. B. The man dislikes his future career.

C. The two speakers do the same job.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. How long will the woman stay in Toronto?

A. 2 weeks. B. 1 week. C. 2 days.

9. Who will the woman work with in Toronto?

A. The man. B. The man’s secretary. C. Jodie.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the two speakers planning to go in the morning?

A. To a zoo. B. To an art museum. C. To a shopping center.

11. Why does the man want to visit the zoo?

A. The zoo will be closed in a few weeks. B. The zoo is free to visitors on that day.

C. There are unusual animals in the zoo.

12. How will the two speakers go to the seashore?

A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. By subway.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. When will the woman’s daughter move into the apartment?

A. Next month. B. At 10 am tomorrow. C. Today.

14. What kind of apartment does the woman like?

A. An apartment with a big garage. B. An apartment with two bedrooms.

C. An apartment with heat and stove.

15. What’s the total rent each month?A. $1,700 B. $1,350 C. $2,050

16. What does the woman think of the apartment?

A. Good B. Too expensive. C. A little cold.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the girl praised as?

A. The bravest blogger. B. The best fighter against cancer. C. The most inspiring writer.

18 Where was the girl’s story shown?

A. On the Internet. B. In her notebook. C. In a daily newspaper.

19. What can we know about the little girl?

A. She is still in danger of losing her life. B. Her disease has been totally cured.

C. She keeps a diary in a blog.

20. Who wrote the little girl’s story in a blog?

A. Herself. B. Her father. C. Her doctor.

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。

A

Welcome to camp Wicosuta！

Camp Wicosuta is a traditional four-week sleepaway camp for girls in Hebron, New Hampshire. At Camp Wicosuta, girls develop confidence and self-esteem (自尊) by learning and developing new skills, making new friends, and having the time of their lives! At Camp Wicosuta, everything we do is centered on your daughter’s physical and emotional safety. As educators, we understand what it takes for young girls to learn and grow both individually and within a group.

ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SLEEPAWAY CAMPS

Camp Wicosuta was founded in 1920 by Anna Rothman, one of the pioneers of sleepaway camps for girls. Mrs. Rothman knew that by getting young women out of urban areas and into the natural environment surrounded by caring role models and energetic friends, they would learn many of the lessons needed for them to get ahead in the world around them.

THE “3 C’S”: CONFIDENCE, COMPETENCE & COMMUNITY

Camp Wicosuta teaches young girls skills that build self-confidence and self-esteem. At Wico, our goal is for every child to walk away feeling confident of herself and competent in her ability in any of a number of areas. We teach these lessons in a physically and emotionally safe community in which our campers are challenged to move past their self-set limits.

If you wish to join us, you may click to download a Camp Enrollment Form, print and fill it out, and then mail or fax it to:

Camp Wicosuta

4 New King Street

White Plains, NY 10604

Fax: 603 – 216 –3339

For further information call 800 – 846 – 9426

21. What is the goal of Camp Wicosuta according to the passage?

To help campers develop new skills and go beyond themselves.

To help campers develop confidence and competence.

To help campers learn how to fit into society in the future.

To help campers make more new friends in a safe community.

22. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

Individual development matters much more important than teamwork.

Camp Wicosuta is intended for all the teenagers.

Safety in mind and body is the focus of Camp Wicosuta.

Camp Wicosuta is a modern weekly camp with great popularity.

23. What type of writing is this passage?

A. An art show review. B. An advertisement.

C. An official report. D. An exhibition guide

B

We all know what a brain is. A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the body in the head. It controls our body’s functions, movements, emotions and thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more.

A brain can also simply be a smart person. If a person is called brainy, she is smart and intelligent. If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say “She’s the brains in the family.”. And if you are the brains behind something you are responsible for developing or organizing something. For example, Bill Gates is the brains behind Microsoft.

Brain trust is a group of experts who give advice. Word experts say the phrase “brain trust” became popular when Franklin D. Roosevelt first ran for president in 1932. Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues facing the U.S. These professors were called his “brain trust.”

These ways we use the word “brain” all make sense. But other ways we use the word are not so easy to understand. For example, to understand the next brain expression, you first need to know the word “drain”. As a verb, to drain means to remove something by letting it flow away. So a brain drain may sound like a disease where the brain flows out the ears. But, brain drain is when a country’s most educated people leave their countries to live in another. The brains are, sort of, draining out of the country.

However, if people are responsible for a great idea, you could say they brainstormed it. Here, brainstorm is not an act of weather. It is a process of thinking creatively about a complex topic. For example, business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products, and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems.

If people are brainwashed, it does not mean their brains are nice and clean. To brainwash means to make someone accepts new beliefs by using repeated pressure in a forceful or tricky way. Keep in mind that brainwash is never used in a positive way.

24. Why did Roosevelt successfully win the election?

Because word experts were popular. B. Because he got his brain trust.

C. Because he was smart at giving advice. D. Because he was the brains behind American.

25. According to the text, if you’re the CEO of Bai Du you can be called_______ .

the organ of the Bai Du B.the brain drain of Bai Du

C.the brains behind the Bai Du D. Bai Du’s brain trust

26. Which of the following expression is always used in a negative way?

Brainstorm B. Brain trust C. Brainwash D. Brain drain

27. What’s the main idea of this article？

A. The origin of the word “brain”. B. The word “brain” and its stories.

C. What is the brain. D. The difference between “brain trust” and “brainwashed”.

C

Once, a peasant exhausted by illnesses and burdens of life came to a wise man. He sat in front of the wise man who gave him a social and warm smile, and breathed out heavily, letting out a wave of mourning. He began complaining that he had a hard burden and that he didn’t see the bright daylight at all. It seemed that one problem fell on his head after another. They had twisted (扭曲) him so much that he couldn’t even breathe in some fresh air. Later, he began blaming all of his relatives, who, in his opinion, were guilty for his misfortune.

The wise man listened to him in silence, and when the peasant once again inquired why it was so unfair, what he should do and how to find peace, the wise man got up from his seat and invited the peasant to follow him. They came out of the hut and went to a lakeside, which was not far away and where from time to time flying fishes were jumping fast above the surface, catching food.

The wise man led the peasant to the lakeside and said to him, “You see the smoothness of the lake? The depths are full of life. There are fishes that always stay in water, and if suddenly the lake gets polluted, they can’t see further than their own noses. They will hardly recognize where the source of pollution is, and they will keep swimming in circles. And there are also fishes that get wings and they can rise above the water of the lake, looking at it from the height of their flight. So this is my advice: in