扬州市2015—2016学年度第一学期期末检测试题

高 三 英 语 2016.01

第 I 卷（选择题， 三部分， 共85分）

第一部分 听力（共两节，每题1分，满分20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。

What do we learn from the conversation?

The man hates to lend his tools to other people.

The man hasn’t finished working on the bookshelf.

The man lost those tools.

What do we know about the man?

He doesn’t like his job.

He will not give up his job.

He has a large family to support.

What’s the relationship between the two speakers?

Classmates. B. Teacher and student. C. Headmaster and teacher.

Who is worried about gaining weight?

The son. B. Aunt Louise. C. The mother.

Why doesn’t the woman buy the coat?

It is expensive. B. There isn’t her size. C. She doesn’t like the color.

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，并标注在试卷的相应位置。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6、7题

What is the woman probably?

A hotel clerk. B. A house agent. C. A shop assistant.

What is the pillow filled with?

Cotton. B. Dried flowers. C. A special material.

听第7段材料，回答8、9题

What kind of skills does the woman not have?

Operating computers. B. Doing business. C. Typing.

Which company did the woman work in?

A trading company and a trust company.

A trust company.

A trading company.

听第8段材料，回答10至12题。

What’s wrong with the woman’s mother?

She has been sick.

She misses her family and friends.

She can’t earn enough to support her family.

Where does the woman live?

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

What does the woman plan to do next year?

Study a new language.

Travel to India.

Visit her father’s native country.

听第9段材料，回答13至16题。

How many Economics lectures will the man attend every week?

5 times, from Monday to Friday.

Two times, on Thursday and Friday.

Two times, on Tuesday and Thursday.

Why did the man miss the meeting for the new students yesterday?

Because he hadn’t received any notice about that meeting.

Because he had to attend the group discussion.

Because he had to do some part time jobs yesterday.

If a student wants to earn the scholarship, what is the required attendance rate?

80% B. 90% C. 100%

Which of the following statements is not true according to the conversation?

The man is a grade one student in the university.

The man has to work after school.

The man thinks the time of the lecture is too early.

听第10段材料，回答17至20题。

How long has the speaker lived in a big city?

One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.

What is the speaker’s opinion on public transport?

It’s comfortable. B. It’s time-saving. C. It’s cheap.

What is good about living in a small town?

A. It’s safer. B. It’s healthier. C. It’s more convenient.

What kind of life do the speakers seem to like most?

Busy. B. Colorful. C. Quiet.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）

21. Though Tom was physically challenged, he did not _______ himself to his fate.

resist B. reserve C. resign D. rescue

22. Press enter and the application form will be displayed on the screen _______ your address could be changed.

where B. which C. that D.as

23. --Look where you’re going! Anything wrong?

--Oh, I ______ about the accident I saw in the morning. I was terrified when two cars collided.

have thought B. was thinking C. would think D. will be thinking

24. The Olympic Games, the world’s greatest sporting event, advocate the principle that ______ maters is not winning but participating.

that B. which C. what D. how

25. The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance.

A. by accident B. at random C. at risk D. on average

26. Despite her recent surgery she has been carrying on ________.

A. consequently B. otherwise C. likewise D. regardless

27. To get promoted, I must _____ my colleagues, who are committed to their jobs.

A. take after B. take to C. take in D. take on

28. ______ we never get entirely knocked out of the game, hope always remains.

A. Although B. So long as C. Even though D. Unless

29. Only when you try will you find how though the bottleneck may be ______ through.

to squeeze B. squeezed C. squeezing D. being squeezed

30. He made great achievements in spite of his lowly _______.

resource B. belief C. origin D. source

31. His injuries were severe. Five minutes late, _______he would have died.

but B. or C. so D. and

32. --Do you still remember when we went to Australia?

--I can’t remember now but ______ sometime last winter?

might it be B. could it be

C. could it have been D. should it have been

33. Much time _____ siting at a desk, office clerks are generally troubled by various health problems.

being spent B. having spent C. spending D. spent

34. My sister is quite _____ and plans to get a Ph.D degree within one year.

aggressive B. enthusiastic C. considerate D. ambitious

35. --It really annoys me when a person’s cell phone goes off during a movie!

-- Yeah, me too. It really _______.

A. costs me an arm and a leg B. gets on my nerves

C. beats my brains out D. pulls my legs

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分， 共20分）

阅读下面的短文， 掌握其大意，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中， 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

You and I agree to meet at four-thirty . I show up at 4:33 . I don’t say anything ,because that’s close enough to satisfy our social __36___. Only after five minutes do you ___37___ me to say , “sorry I’ m late .”At ten minutes i owe you an ___38__ : “the free way exit was closed . I had to go four miles out of my way .”After twenty minutes I have to make a full and serious __39__ .After forty minutes I’d better not ___40___ at all .

That sort of thing ------so formally ___41__ and never explicitly stated----- drives people from other cultures __42____ . Anthropologists (人类学家）list the __43___ things to cope with inn a foreign land . Second only to the language barrier is the way we deal with __44___.

Now psychologists look at our __45__of time another way . They go into several countries and measure the ___46___ of life . They measure the accuracy of bank clocks and how fast city residents walk . They time transactions (交易)in banks and post offices . They see ___47___ people take to answer questions .

Japanese keep a ___48___of the fastest pace . Americans are a ___49____ second . Italians and Indonesians are at the bottom of the ___50___ . Italians give long answers to your questions.Indonesians don’t ___51__ setting their bank clocks .

__52___ American cities , Boston and Kansas City are fastest .New York is up there ,of course , but we keep a faster pace here in Houston , California’s “slow -pace ”reputation is ___53___ ,as the slowest pace of all is kept in Los Angeles .

In a technology-dense world , the tension of life has changed our view of time . __54__ , if we are smart enough , we should not live by the clock only when we have to .

Now it’s 4:55 . I’m walking ___55____ ,towards our 4:30 meeting .

36 . A . contract B. connection C. construction D. confidence

A.order B. intend C. require D . expect

A. action B. announcement C. explanation D. eruption

A. apology B. excuse C. option D. opinion

A. look up B.stay up C. keep up D. show up

A . observed B. introduced C. impressed D. imitated

A. immoral B. unaware C. crazy D. thrilled

A. fastest B. toughest C.strangest D.funniest

A . study B. time C. budget D. transport

A. view B. comment C. contact D. phenomenon

A. rhyme B .pace C.ratio D. session

A. how often B. how far C. how soon D. how long

A . tradition B. note C. record D. secret

A. narrow B. shallow C. close D. severe

A.mood B. address C. reference D. list

A. take over B. care about C . reply to D . answer for

A. Off B. Among C . Despite D. Besides

A. ruined B. accomplished C. erased D.deserved

A. However B. Therefore C. Thus D. Rather

A. consistently B. unconsciously C. unhurriedly D. anxiously

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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Every year, countless nonprofit organizations want to double their donations. Many companies in the United States have a Matching Gift program, which offers certain amount of money to these organizations when its employee makes a personal donation. The following list includes information on four major companies matching gift programs.

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Coca-Cola

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Coca-Cola offers a matching gift program for employees through which the company triples (三倍于)donations to educational organizations, arts& cultural organizations and environmental groups. If you have donors who work for Coke, then make sure they’re submitting these grant requests , as the tripling of employee donations can go a long way.



GE Foundation

The GE Foundation matches at a 1:1 ratio with a minimum required donation of $ 25 and a maximum donation of $25,000 per year. Employees (both part and full-time), spouses ,and retires are all eligible for their matching gift program.



Google

Google offers a generous matching gift program through which the company matches donations form employees to a wide range of organizations.

This is through either the company’s personal matching gift program or through the matching of fundraising efforts for events such as walks , marathons, bike rides, etc. Each Google employee can request up to $12,000 in matching funds annually through its different matching gift programs.



Verizon

Verizon has a solid matching gift program in place for its full-time and part-time employees and for its retires.

Verizon matches donations at a 1：1 ratio, with a minimum gift requirement of $25 and a maximum gift requirements of $ 1,000 per year, per donor . The company will match a maximum of $5,000 per year , per donor for donation to higher education.