武昌区2016届高三年级元月调研考试

英 语 试 卷

本试卷共150分，考试用时120分钟。

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本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

注意事项：

1.答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡指定位臵，认真核对与准考证号条形码上的信息是否一致，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位臵。

2.选择题的作答：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。答在试题卷上无效。

3.非选择题的作答：用黑色墨水的签字笔直接答在答题卡上的每题所对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷上或答题卡指定区域外无效。

4.考试结束，监考人员将答题卡收回，考生自己保管好试题卷，评讲时带来。

第 I 卷

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

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

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. Where is the exhibition?

A. In a park. B. In a school. C. Near the man’s house.

2. Who is the woman most probably talking to?

A. Her boss. B. An accountant. C. A policeman.

3. Why did the man get home so late?

A. There was a train strike. B. The bus had an accident. C. The motorway was closed.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. Their jobs. B. Their children. C. Their TV sets.

5. What does the man mean?

A. The walls should be painted a different colour.

B. The woman can hang some pictures on the walls.

C. Some furniture in the living room should be rearranged.

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。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In a shop. B. In a grocer’s. C. In a restaurant.

7. Why can’t the man get the discount?

A. He came late. B. He mistook the date . C. He didn’t see the sign.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What will the man do tomorrow morning?

A. Write a report. B. Have a meeting. C. Meet Mr. Black.

9. When will the man leave for Hong Kong?

A. On Wednesday afternoon. B. On Thursday morning. C. On Friday afternoon.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man want to do?

A. Put off his trip. B. Change a ticket. C. Ask about the ticket.

11. How long does it take the man to get to Amsterdam from Liverpool?

A. Two hours. B. Three hours. C. Four hours.

12. What do we know about the man?

A. He has to change a flight halfway.

B. He will arrive in London at 7:25 a.m.

C. He will leave on the morning of the 24th.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the weather like today?

A. Snowy and windy. B. Windy and cloudy. C. Rainy and cloudy.

14. What will the temperature be tonight?

A. -3℃. B. -5℃ . C. -8℃.

15. When does the conversation take place?

A. Before the winter vacation. B. During the winter vacation. C. After the winter vacation.

16. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man can’t find pleasure during cold winter.

B. Cold weather has caused the woman a lot of trouble.

C. Snowy scenery appeals more to the woman in winter.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When is Wildlife On Three usually on?

A. At 7:30. B. At 6:45. C. At 6:00. 1

8. What is the program India Live about?

A. Desert. B. Wildlife. C. Rivers.

19. What is the failure of the project on Macquarie Island?

A. The natural balance was destroyed.

B. No good food was provided for the rabbits.

C. Too much sea water was allowed to flood in.

20. Why were the defences built?

A. To protect the wildlife. B. To hold back the water. C. To create an area of wetland.

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

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www.conted.ox.ac.uk/qualifications

Online & distance learning

Choose from over 90 courses across a range of disciplines. Most are short courses of 5-10 weeks, accredited (officially approved). A few longer courses result in Oxford qualifications.

www.conted.ox.ac.uk/online

Weekly classes

Approximately 500 part-time accredited classes, open to all, and held in Oxford, Reading and other locations. Topics are studied in depth over a period of 10 or 20 weeks.

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Day & weekend events

Courses of 1 or 2 days, usually held at weekends and taught by lecturers and speakers who are noted authorities in their field of research. Many courses are offered in combination with national organizations. Over 150 offered per year.

www.conted.ox.ac.uk/dayweekend

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200 courses per year, ranging from day schools to short refresher courses to full degree programmes. Subjects include health sciences, public policy, diplomatic studies, nanotechnology, electronics, historic conservation, environmental sciences, public administration, higher education leadership and more.

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Summer schools

Accredited and non-accredited courses of between one and three weeks, with over 120 to choose from. Most are designed for the general public; others are designed to allow professionals to update skills. www.conted.ox.ac.uk/summerschools

21. What type of writing is this text?

A. A course guide. B. A book review.

C. An advertisement. D. An official report.

22. Which programme will you choose if you want to learn from the famous top experts in your field?

A. Summer schools. B. Online&distance learning.

C. Day&weekend events. D. Professional development courses.

23. Which website is useful to foreign students?

A. www.conted.ox.ac.uk/cpd B. www.conted.ox.ac.uk/qualifications

C. www.conted.ox.ac.uk/dayweekend D. www.conted.ox.ac.uk/summerschools

B

Brooke Martin’s golden retriever(金毛猎犬) Kayla hated being left alone or separated. She would howl, pace, and chew on things. Brooke learned that other people had the same problem with their pets. She wondered: ―What if you could talk to your dog if you were gone?‖

Working with her father in their garage, the 16-year-old came up with several ideas. Finally, she invented a device that allowed pet owners to video chat with their pets! She calls the device iCPooch. ―The dog doesn’t have to answer the call,‖ explains Brooke. ―It comes up immediately on the screen on their end. It’s a two-way audio and video—you can see and hear each other.‖ With a click of a button you can even send the dog a treat!

Her invention has earned her a spot competing against nine other finalists in a young scientist competition for middle-school students. These finalists, selected based on their short video presentations, are working with mentors over the summer before heading to the final competition in St. Paul, Minn.

After Martin’s video put her among the 10 finalists in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge, she was paired with Delony Langer-Anderson, a product development scientist in 3M’s consumer health care division. ―I just lead her down the product development path,‖ Langer-Anderson told Live Science. This path includes guidance on how to test the potential product, which combines a video chat device that answers immediately on the dog’s end with a dog treat device the owner can remotely activate.

One thing I have thought about a lot is, what happens if while the device is on the floor, what if your dog knocks it over, or scratches the screen?‖ Martin said. She and Langer-Anderson discussed this, and Martin is now testing materials at a local dog shelter by taping them to the dog house floors to see how well they withstand sharp teeth and claws.

The finalists create models they can test, with the guidance from a mentor. Their projects include a fuel cell that transforms cut grass into electricity and an app that rewards drivers for not texting or calling. Langer-Anderson tries to help the students work through the scientific method, testing their hypothesis, in a determined way, ―so the kids don’t get buried in data.‖ she said.

24. Which of the following would be the best title of the text?

A.“iCPooch” wins in a young scientist competition.

B。 A 16-year-old girl invents a device for dog hunger.

C. A man-made device lets people chat with their pets.

D. A kid-invented device calm dogs’ separation anxiety.

25. “iCPooch”calms pet dogs by ________.

A. allowing video chat B. making dogs sleep C. answering the call D. giving them food

26. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word “mentor”

A. competitor B. assistant C. instructor D. companion

27. What do the inventions of the finalists have in common?

A. They are all new inventions dealing with pets.

B. They are possible solutions to everyday problems.

C. They cope with the problems related to computers.

D. They are all accomplished through individual work.

C

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