重庆南开中学2016届高三12月月考

英 语 试 题

本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。共150分。考试时间l20分钟。

第I卷(共三部分，满分115分)

第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)

做题时，请先将答案划在试题卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试题卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节 (共5小题；每小题l.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，并标在试题卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟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 do we learn about the man ?

A．He slept well on the plane．

B．He had a long trip．

C．He had ameeting．

2．Why will the woman stay home in the evening ?

A．To wait for a call．

B．To watch a ball game on TV．

C．To have dinner with a friend．

3．What gift will the woman probably get for Mary ?

A．A school bag． B．A record． C．A theatre ticket．

4．What does the man mainly do in his spare time?

A．Learn a language． B．Do some sports． C．Play the piano．

5．What did the woman like doing when she was young ?

A．Riding a bicycle with friends．

B．Travelling the country．

C．Reading alone．

第二节 (共15小题；每小题l.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，并标在试题卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题，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8题。

6．Where does the conversation take place?

A．In a hotel． B．At a booking office． C．At a friend’s house．

7．What will the man probably do in a few days?

A．Fly to another country．

B．Come to the same hotel．

C．Drive here to visit friends．

听第7段材料，回答第8至10小题。

8．What did the mail worry about at the beginning of the conversation?

A．He might not find everything he wanted．

B．He might not have enough money with him．

C．He might not be able to carry the shopping．

9．How much should the man pay?

A．$5． B．$75． C．$75.05．

10．What did the woman do in the end?

A．She charged the man a little less．

B．She asked the man to pay her later．

C．She made a mistake in adding up the cost．

听第8段材料，回答第11至13小题。

11．Where are the speakers?

A．In a classroom． B．In a theatre． C．In an office．

12．Why does the man plan to leave early?

A．He is going on vacation．

B．He is going to a performance．

C．He is going to the post office．

13．What does the woman offer to do?

A．Clean the office． B．Pick up the man’s son． C．Finish the man’s work．

听第9段材料，回答第l4至17小题。

14．How does the woman feel at the beginning of the conversation?

A．Angry． B．Surprised． C．Sad．

15．What size bag does the woman want?

A．A 24-inch bag． B．A 29-inch bag． C．A 32-inch bag．

16．When will the woman leave for Mexico?

A．On Thursday． B．On Friday． C．On Saturday．

17．Where does the man work?

A．At a mail order company．

B．At an international travel service．

C．At the airport information desk．

听第l0段材料，回答第18至20小题。

18．Why did the woman not go to college?

A．She didn’t pass the exam．

B．She wasn’t interested in college．

C．She couldn’t afford college education．

19．What job does the woman say she did?

A．She was a bus conductor． B．She was a shop assistant． C．She was a housekeeper．

20．What did the woman think of her friend’s college life?

A．It was busy． B．It was wonderful． C．It was dull．

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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。 A

“Take your time，” Mr. Ballou encouraged．“Read，borrow, and keep，Find something you like．What do you read ? ”

“I don't know．” And I didn’t．I generally read what was in front of me，what I could get from the paperback at the grocery, what I found at the library, magazines，the back of boxes．The idea of consciously seeking out a special title was new to me．

“Pick for me，then．” I said．

He looked up and down at me as though measuring me for a suit．After a moment，he nodded，and handed me a dark red book，fairly thick．

“The Last of the Just，” I read．“By Andre Schwarz-Bart．What’s it about?’’

“You tell me，” he said．“Next week．”

I started after supper, sitting outdoors on all uncomfortable kitchen chair．Within a few pages，the yard，the summer, disappeared．Translated from French，the language was beautiful，simple，impossible to resist．When the evening light finally failed I moved inside，read all through the night．

To this day, thirty years later, I clearly remember the experience．It was my first meeting with world literature, and I was amazed by the strong power a novel contained．I lacked the vocabulary, however, to translate my feelings into words，so the next week，when Mr. Ballou asked， “Well? ” I only replied，“It was good．’’

“Keep it，then，” he said．“Shall I suggest another?”

I nodded，and was presented with Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa．

To make the story short, Mr. Ballou never paid me a cent for helping cut his grass that year or the next．but for fifteen years I taught anthropology (人类学) at Dartmouth College．That summer when I started to read became a turning point in my life which change the course of all that followed．

21．Which of the following is true about the author before he met Mr. Ballou?

A．He was merely fond of magazines．

B．He hardly read anything．

C．He found no time to read．

D．He was not an enthusiastic reader．

22．What happened when the author started to read “ The Last of the Just ”__________．

A．He became absorbed in his reading

B．He didn’t know where to go

C．He found it impossible to translate it

D．He was eager to read another book

23．Mr. Ballou offered the author books probably because he __________．

A．found that the author had no money to buy books

B．intended to sell some books to the author

C．wanted to reward the author’s help

D．expected the author to translate them

24．Why did the author tell this story?

A．To inform us of the importance of reading

B．To introduce an important experience in reading

C．To persuade more people to read in summer

D．To show the close relationship between the author and Mr. Ballou

B

The ideal companion machine—the computer—would not only look，feel，and sound friendly but would also behave in a pleasant manner．Its informal conversational style makes interaction comfortable，and yet the machine would remain slightly unpredictable and therefore very interesting．In its first encounter it might be somewhat hesitant，but as it came to know the user it would progress to a more relaxed and intimate style．The machine would not be a passive participant but would add its own suggestions，information，and opinions；it would sometimes take the initiative in developing or changing the topic and would have a personality of its own．

Friendships are not made in a day, and the computer would be more acceptable as a friend if it imitated the gradual changes that occur when one person is getting to know another．At an appropriate time it might also express the kind of affection that stimulates attachment and intimacy．The whole process would be accomplished in a subtle way to avoid giving an impression of over-familiarity that would be likely to produce irritation．After experiencing a wealth of powerful，well-timed friendship indicators，the user would be very likely to accept the computer as far more than a machine and might well come to regard it as a friend．

An artificial relationship of this type would provide many of the benefits that people obtain from interpersonal relationships．The computer would participate in interesting conversation that could continue from previous discussions．It would have a familiarity with the user’s life as revealed in earlier contact，and it would be understanding and good-humored．The computer’s own personality would be lively and impressive，and it would develop in response to that of the user．With features such as these，the computer might indeed become a very attractive social partner．

25．What would the computer do according to Paragraph l ?

A．Passively receive information．

B．Become intimate right away．

C．Behave more like humans

D．Know everything about the user．

26．The second paragraph intends to tell us __________．

A．it takes time for computers to gain personality of it own

B．friendship is built by expressing love and affection continuously

C．a computer is more like a machine than a friend in human’s eyes

D．timing is the key for a computer to make friends with humans

27．Throughout the passage，the author is __________ in his attitude toward the computer．

A．favorable B．critical C．hesitant D．vague

28．Which might be the most appropriate title of the passage'／

A．Artificial relationships B．How to form intimate relationships

C．The caring and tender machine D．Humans and computers

C

Shoppers on Black Friday, the traditional start of the holiday shopping season in America are notoriously aggressive．Some even start queuing outside stores before dawn to be the first to lay their hands on heavily discounted goods．Last year destructive bargain-hunters in the suburbs of New York City trampled a WalMart employee to death．Despite the madness at many stores，however, the global economic recession appears to have accelerated the pace at which shoppers are abandoning physical stores in favour of retailers on the cyberspace such as Amazon and eBay．

E-commerce holds particular appeal in poor times as it enables people to compare prices across retailers quickly and easily．Buyers can sometimes avoid local sales taxes online，and shipping is often free．No wonder, then，that online shopping continues to grow even as the offline sort declines．The shift in spending to the Internet is good news for companies like P&G that lack retail shops of their own．But it is a big concern for physical retailers，whose prices are often higher than those of e-retailers，since they must bear the extra expense of running stores．The most obvious response to the trend for traditional retailers is to redouble their own efforts in the virtual space．

The concept of “multi-channel” shopping，where people can purchase the same items from the same retailer in several different ways online，via their mobile phones and in shops—is gaining ground，and retailers are trying to motivate users of one channel to try another．Growing online traffic may actually increase sales in stores too．Retailers are also trying to make online shopping seem fun and exciting to act against the low economy．One common tactic is