衡水市第二中学

2015-2016学年上学期考试

高三年级英语试题

本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分.

第一卷（共三部分， 共计 100分）

注意事项：

1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。

2.. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。

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 did the woman know John failed the exam?

A．From his expression．B．From his paper． C．From the woman．

2．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．At a shop． B．At a cinema． C．At a restaurant．

3．What will the speakers do?

A．Go to Manila． B．Invite Mr Quizon． C．Get familiar with their company．

4．Who is the woman?

A．A new worker． B．A regular customer． C．A shop manager．

5．What does the man mean?

A．He will go to town． B．He misses his parents． C．He has moved house．

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 happened to the boy at the basketball match?

A．He injured his leg． B．He quit the match halfway． C．He failed to score the key ball．

7．What was the boy disappointed at?

A．The result of the match．

B．His performance in the match．

C．His teammates’behavior after the match．

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What are the speakers doing?

A．Playing chess． B．Looking at pictures． C．Making weekend plans．

9．What do we know about the woman?

A．She cooked the man some dishes．

B．She expresses an interest in cooking．

C．She concentrates when playing chess．

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．What are the speakers talking about?

A．A hobby． B．A job． C．A plan．

11．What did the man think of learning to make videos?

A．Diffcult． B．Enjoyable． C．Boring．

12．What does the man plan to do in the future?

A．Write stories． B．Stop making videos． C．Enter the music industry．

听第9段材料，回答第1 3至l 6题。

13．Where will the man go first?

A．To a hall． B．To a classroom． C．To a meeting room．

14．What will the Director of the Studies talk about?

A．Student dormitories． B．Different courses． C．Social activities．

15．How long will the man stay in the hall?

A．One hour and fifteen minutes．

B．One and a half hours．

C．One hour and forty-five minutes．

16．How does the man feel about the test?

A．Glad． B．Surprised． C．Confident．

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．How long is the lecture about ants?

A．30 minutes． B．45 minutes． C．60 minutes．

1 8．Where will the film The Great Migration show?

A．In Theater A． B．In Theater B． C．In Theater C．

1 9．Who will host the event Encouraging Garden Wildlife?

A．David Crocker． B．Monica Chaddha C．The speaker．

20．What can the listeners do at 2:30 p．m．?

A．Visit the Exhibition Room． B．Attend a lecture． C．See a film．

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．

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice．Gifts are easy—they’re given after all．Choice can be hard．

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago．I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year．I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast，and the idea of building all online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old，and I’d been married for a year．I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect．MacKenzie told me I should go for it．As a young boy，I’d been a garage inventor．I’d always wanted to be all inventor，and she wanted me to follow my passion．

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired．I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet．He took me on a long walk in Central Park，listened carefully to me，and finally said，“That sounds like a really good idea，but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job．”That 1ogic made some sense to me，and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision．Seen in that light,it really was a difficult choice，but finally，I decided I had to give it a shot．I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing．And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration ，I took the less safe path to follow my passion ，and I’m proud of that choice．For all of us，in the end，we are our choice．

21．What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

A．His dream of being an inventor． B．The support of his wife．

C．The greatly increasing usage of the Internet． D．Millions of exciting titles,

22．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?

A．The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him．

B．He would be very excited if he tried it out．

C．Be would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try．

D．The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him．

23．Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Cleverness and Kindness B．The Starting of Amazon

C．Following My Passion D．We Are What We Choose

24．We can know from the passage that_______．

A．the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author B．the author wanted someone else to try the idea

C．the author might not regret if he failed the idea D．the author might go back to his boss if he failed

B.

Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mount Everest, Mount Qomolangma’s peak is no longer a lonely place and is turning into a trash heap.

So far, more than 350 climbers have successfully reached the peak. And they have complained about waiting for hours in the bottlenecks (狭窄路段) on the way to the peak,?a situation that isn’t just uncomfortable — it’s cold and windy up there —?but?downright dangerous. If bad weather strikes, climbers can and do die.

As a matter of fact, the dangerous crowds aren’t the only problem on Qomolangma. All those climbers need to bring a lot of gear—and much of them ends up being left on the mountain, sometimes even the peak itself. Mount Qomolangma is becoming the world’s largest dump. Here’s mountaineer Mark Jenkins writing in National Geographic about the state of Qomolangma: “The two standard routes, the Northeast Ridge and the Southeast Ridge, are disgustingly polluted with oxygen cans and torn tents everywhere.”

But the good news is that some mountaineers are taking it upon themselves to clean up Qomolangma. Mountianeer Paul Thelen and his friend Eberhard Schaaf are part of the annual Eco Everest Expedition, which has been cleaning up rubbish from base camps to the peak since 2008. So far they’ve collected over 13 tons of garbage.

Some of that rubbish is even being used for a higher purpose. As part of the Mount Everest 8844 Art Project, a group of 15 artists from Nepal collected 1.5 tons of garbage brought down the mountain by climbers. They’ve transformed the cans and oxygen tanks—and in one case, part of the remains of a helicopter—into 74 pieces of art that have already gone on exhibition in Nepal’s capital. Part of the profit from sales will go to the Everest Peakers Association, which has helped collect tons of rubbish on the slopes of the mountain.

25. What does the underlined word “gear” mean?

A. Equipment for climbing mountains.

B.. The food climbers brought onto the mountain.

C. Some important machines used for the bottlenecks.

D. Some rubbish found on the mountain.

26 The group of 15 Nepali artists_________.

A. created works of art using rubbish from Qomolangma

B. were employed by the Everest Peakeers Association

C. climbed Qomolangma and collected 1.5 tons of trash

D. painted 74 beautiful pictures of Mount Qomolangma’s peak

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

A. Eco Everest Expedition Proves Successful B. Qomolangma Has Become A Huge Mess

C. Test Yourself Against Qomolangma D. Recycle Rubbish On Qomolangma

C

The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep, but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed before they go to sleep.

Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment. For five days in a row, the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep. Their sleep patterns were monitored all night. Before and after each trial period, the people took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin (褪黑激素) was in their blood at any given time.

When subjects read on the iPad as compared to the paper books, they reported feeling less sleepy at night and less active the following morning. People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights, and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion (分泌) was delayed by an hour and a half.

The researchers conclude in today's journal article that given the rise of e-readers and the increasingly widespread use of e-things among children and adolescents, more research into the long-term consequences of these devices on health and safety is urgently needed. Czeisler and colleagues go on, in the research paper, to note：“Reading an iPad in bed may increase cancer risk.”

However, software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and computers according to time of day, and there are also glasses that are made to filter (过滤) short wavelengths. While they seem like a logical solution for the nighttime tech users, it needs more research.

28. In Charles Czeislers experiment, all the subjects were asked to______.

A. sit in a row and receive the strict tests?

B. have their sleep patterns observed all night

C. read a paper book a