2015-2016学年度第一学期期末联考

高三年级英语

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. Why hasn't the man had dinner yet?

A. Because he is not hungry at all.

B. Because there is no rice left at home.

C. Because his father isn't back from work.

2. What is the woman going to do tonight?

A. Visit her aunt B. See a movie C. Stay at home

3. Where is the man probably going next?

A. To the airport B. To the boss's home C. To the coffee shop

4. Which does the man learn best among the three in English lesson?

A. Grammar B. Listening C. Speaking

5. When did Mr. Jones call?

A. At 9:50 B. At 8:40 C. At 8:20

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. What does Black Pearl Restaurant begin serving dinner?

A. At 5:30 B. At 6:30 C. At 7:30

7. What do we know about the man?

A. He doesn't want to eat early.

B. He would like to book a table for five.

C. He will not eat in Black Pearl Restaurant.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why does the woman refuse to watch a movie?

A．Because she is busy.

B. Because she cannot afford it.

C. Because she isn't feeling well.

9. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The man was used to saving costs.

B. The man called Peter five times last month.

C. The man's phone bill should be less than 89 dollars.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How long haven't the two speakers seen each other?

A. Less than 6 weeks. B. About 3 months. C. Over half a year.

11. Who's Danny?

A. Sarah's husband. B. The woman's husband. C. The man's boss.

12. What should the woman really do according to the man?

A. Change her job. B. Lose some weight. C. Work much harder.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the man's main purpose?

A. He wants the woman to work in his restaurant.

B. He wants students to buy meals in his restaurant.

C. He wants to change the way they prepare food.

14. What do we know about the woman?

A. She's got experience working in a restaurant.

B. She is not interested in the project at all.

C. She likes eating high- fat food.

15. What are Li Ming's favorite food?

A. Salad and noodles. B. Hamburgers and fried chicken. C. Rice and vegetables.

16. What will the woman do right after the conversation?

A. Go on with her work. B. Visit the man's office. C. Go shopping with the man.

听第10段材料，回答第1 7至20题。

17. Where did the story happen?

A. At an airport. B. On the street. C. In a train station.

18. What was the elderly woman doing there?

A. She was seeing off her husband.

B. She was looking for her husband.

C. She was picking up her husband.

19. What troubled the elderly woman?

A. She lost her cellphone.

B. She lost her hearing aid.

C. She couldn't hear her husband clearly.

20. What did the speaker do?

A. She looked for the woman's husband.

B. She lent the cellphone to the woman.

C. She talked to the woman's husband on the phone.

第二部分阅读理解(40分)

第一节阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。（共15小题，每小题2

分，满分30分）

A

“That is not rubbish," I said, as the cafeteria server took back my used straw(吸管).

“Not rubbish," I repeated, in answer to her wha- did- ya- say, her eyes fixed on her phone.

“Not rubbish," I said again, as she picked up the straw and backed away from the counter, eyes

still down.

“Not rubbish," I said, as she walked towards the back counter, next to which was the rubbish

bin.

“Not---,"I said, more urgently, as her hand moved towards the bin.

“…rubbish," I said as she let go of it.

Only then did she look up from her phone. Suddenly realizing what I'd been saying, she

smiled and gave me a "never- mind" look.

But we should mind, because around the world, millions, perhaps b…ions, of small things

must be thrown away every day without ever having been used.

Try standing near a paper-towel container in a public toilet--if you handle the looks of

suspicion-and watch how little thought goes into the drying process. One, two, three, sometimes

four sheets of paper are pulled out with seemingly no thought at all, usually for a very quick wipe.

In our office toilets, the waste paper bin stands immediately below the container. Often clean

sheets fall straight into the bin as wet hands pull them from the counter. No one bends down to pick

up the clean, dry paper. No one minds.

But our landfills are overflowing and our resources are being eaten up at a rocketing rate. The

very least we can do is actually make use of straws, paper towels and many other similar things

before we make them part of our society's great waste.

21. What's the author's purpose in writing the text?

A. To tell a sad personal story. B. To call on readers to reduce pollution.

C. To show the poor service of the cafeteria. D. To ask readers to waste less.

22. When the author reminded her about the straw, the server____.

A. felt a little embarrassed B. turned a deaf ear

C. failed to understand the author D. found her phone dropped into the bin

23. In the author's eyes, paper towels in public toilets

A. are of poor quality B. should be changed.

C. are purposely wasted D. should be given more attention

24. The text is mainly developed____.

A. by example B. by comparison C. by process D. by classification

B

The argument over New York's ban on sales of super- sized high- sugar drinks continue to go

up. Meanwhile, the Coca- Cola Company recently made a two- minute advertisement showing itself

as part of the solution to America's obesity（肥胖）problem. Food writers and doctors eyed it with

disapproval. "Oh, please!” wrote famous author Marion Nestle.

There really isn't anything to say about drinking soda（汽水）.A super-sized drink with

123grams of sugar is short cut to heart disease and obesity. One in three Americans today is obese,

compared to one in five in 1990. There's no single cause for this increase, but one is almost

certainly the linking for soda drinks.

Other nations drink coda more responsibly. Japan drinks 34 liters per person, compared t0 165

liters per person in the United States. More examples are Russia(30 liters per person),Italy(49 liters

per person)and South Korea (27 liters per person). In the United States, soda is the most consumed

drink; they drink almost twice as much as they do bottled water.

Soda outside America isn't necessarily healthier. It's in the way that people drink it. As with

most things like food and drink, the Italians do soda better. It has 23 grams of sugar in a standard-

sized bottle. They drink it as a mid- afternoon treat in limited quantities, which is how Americans

used to drink it. They don 't have it like water at every meal.

The problem is not soda but the people. Yes, the industry targeted children by placing

machines in schools. Yes, they spent millions protecting sales of their products. But, with all the

evidence, we're the ones who are buying it.

25. Marion's words "Oh, please! " show that she _

A. hopes Americans will fight obesity B. thinks the soda argument should stop

C. disagrees with Cola- Cola's statement D. is angry with the prohibition(禁止) on sale

26. In America, soda seems to

A. contain more sugar than before B. be more popular than any other drinks

C. be considered as the root of health problem D. have an increasing number of consumers

27. How do the Italians drink soda in a responsible way?

A. They drink a limited quantity at every meal. B. They drink bottled water at the same time.

C. They cut down the amount they drink. D. They drink it mainly in the afternoon.

28. What is the author's opinion on soda?

A. It should be forbidden from selling.

B. It is actually healthier than he thought.

C. Americans think too much about the bad effects of it.

D. Americans should change their ways of dealing with it.

C

Last year college students in America spent an estimated $700 0n textbooks on average. The

National Association of College Stores reported more than five billion dollars in sales of textbooks

and course materials.

Association spokesman Charles Schmidt says electronic textbooks now represent 2- 3% of sales.

But he says that is expected to reach 10- 15% by 2016.

Online versions are now available for many of the most popular college textbooks. E- textbooks

can cost half the price of a new print textbook. But students usually lose access after the end of the

term. And the books cannot be placed on more than one device, so they are not easy to share.

So what do students think of e- textbooks? Administrators at Northwest Missouri State

University wanted to find out. Earlier this year they tested them with 500 students in 20 classes.

The university is unusual. It not only provides laptop computers to all 7,000 0f its fun- time

students. It does not require students to buy their textbooks either. They rent them to save money.

The school aims to save even more by moving to e- textbooks.

The students in the survey reported that downloading the books from the Internet was easy.

They liked the idea of carrying lighter backpacks. And 56% said they were better able to find

information.

But most found that using e- textbooks did not change their study habits. And 60% felt they

read more when they were reading on paper. In all, almost half the students said they still liked

physical textbooks better.

But the survey found that cost could be a big influence. 55% said they would choose e- textbooks

if using them meant their textbo