沈阳二中2015—2016学年度上学期12月份小班化学习成果

阶段验收 高三（16届）英语试题

命题人： 高三英语组 审校人： 高三英语组

说明：1.测试时间：120分钟 总分：150分

2.客观题涂在答题纸上，主观题答在答题纸的相应位置上

第Ⅰ卷 （40分）

第Ⅱ卷 （110分）

第I卷

第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）

（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

Mr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty- three, battled for half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route-- through the boot(行李箱)。

Mr. Johnson’s car had finished up in a ditch(沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent, after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, the water began to come in only slowly,” Mr. Johnson said. “I couldn’t force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.”

Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the attention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape.

Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desperately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.”

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

His hands and arms cut and bruised(擦伤)，Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Huddled in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.

1. What is the best title for this newspaper article?

The Story of Mr. Johnson, A Sweet Salesman.

Car Boot Can Serve As The Best Escape Route.

Driver Escapes Through Car Boot.

The Driver Survived A Terrible Car Accident.

2.Which of the following objects is the most important to Mr. Johnson?

The hammer.

The coin.

The screw.

The horn.

3.“Finally it gave”(paragraph 5) means that ______.

A. luckily the door was torn away in the end

at last the wrench went broken

the lock came open after all his efforts

the chance was lost at the last minute

4.It may be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. the ditch was along a quiet country road

the accident happened on a clear warm day

the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

B

Type of TV programs

Soap opera: a continuing program, which follows the lives of a group of people; the stories are often romantic, exciting, dramatic, and hard to believe.

Quiz show or game show: individuals, families, or teams answer questions or play games against each other. The winner gets a prize, for example, a car, a vacation, or money.

Talk show: a program where the host talks to famous people about their lives and careers; sometimes there are comedy acts and music as well.

Documentary: a film with factual information, often analyzing problems in society.

Newsmagazine: a program with brief informational films, interviews, or commentaries.

Series: more than one program about the same situations or the same characters in different situations. This may be comedy series (the programs are intended to be funny) or drama series( the programs are intended to be serious or exciting).

Current events program: a program about current social/political issues or problems.

The movie: a movie made for television, not shown in cinemas.

Cartoon: an animated program or movie, often for television, sometimes for adults too.

Part of TV guide for several channels in the US.

THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES. Ellen finds out she has

an evil twin; Sandy can't hide her fatal attraction for

David; Stuart finds happiness.

SEINFELD. A librarian says that Jerry has a book

that's 20 years overdue.

THE SIMPSONS----- animated. Bart visits the school

psychologist and drives her crazy.

60 MINUTES. The price of terrorism; lottery winners

who go broke; charities that make a difference.

JEOPARDY! Contestants vie for cash prizes.

THE SIMPSONS animated. Bart visits tile school

psychologist and drives her crazy.

NASCAR RACING. live auto racing.

WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW. Discussion of

political issues.

LAW & ORDER. The murder of an actress leads to an

investigation of her ex -husband and the child they

have given tip for adoption.

THE TONIGHT SHOW. Jay's guests are Tom Hanks

and Madonna.

5. If you want to know what is happening at the present time, please watch ____.

A. NASCAR RACING B. WASHINGTON WEEK IN REVIEW

C. SEINFELD D. THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES

6. If you are keen on soap operas, ____ will be to your liking.

A. SEINFELD B. 60 MINUTES

C. LAW& ORDER D. THE LIGHT OF OUR LIVES

7. JEOPARDY! Is a kind of ____.

A. game show B. talk show

C. TV movie D. cartoon show

C

My best friend and I were in the shop that she owns. It was the middle of the afternoon; we were both pretty happy and making plans for the weekend, and the atmosphere was extremely relaxed, almost lazy. Suddenly a man entered the shop. We knew, somehow, that he didn’t look like one of our usual customers, but we welcomed him politely anyway. Without any hesitation he pulled something out of his coat that we did not recognize immediately, but when he ordered us to go into the back with him, there was no doubt that this “something” was a gun.

Giving us precise orders, he offended us and kept reminding us that he could shoot at any time. He looked for the money in the register, from our wallets, and then he asked for our jewelry and we gave him all he wanted. Finally he brought his “job” to conclusion and left.

When I was a child, I felt safe with my parents in my home or wherever I was not alone. Then I began to understand the news and I learnt that horrible things were happening “out there”, but I still kept thinking that those events were just other people’s worries, not mine. From the precise moment the guy walked out of the shop. I completely changed my way of relating to the world. I always look around to see which kinds of people are possibly following me. Now I usually double check everything: If I’ve locked myself in the car or in the house. I am always careful not to wear any jewelry. Whenever an unknown guy is getting too close or is trying to get information from me, I tighten up. I know that it is wrong, that not everyone is looking to attack me again.

After all, I consider myself lucky, since nothing really bad happened to me or to my friend, but what affects me is the thought of what could have happened. We could have died or he could have beaten or raped us! I know that I have to work on it because since that day I haven’t felt safe anymore. What I don’t know is where to start. Now I am sure only of one fact, that I blame this guy, not for having taken my jewelry, but for having deprived （剥夺）me of my innocence.

8. Which of the following statements best describes the main idea of the passage?

A. A joke that a stupid friend played on the writer

B. Terrible things can happen to anybody

C. A car accident and other bad things that happen to people

D. A robbery and its effect on the writer’s life

9. Which is true according to the passage?

A. The man in the shop was one of the usual customers

B. The robber took money and jewelry

C. The writer knew immediately that the robber had a gun

D. The writer was in the shop alone when the robber entered.

10. How is it that the author considers herself lucky?

A. She did not lose all her money.

B. She has never been robbed again.

C. She has only injured slightly.

D. She could have been hurt or killed, but she wasn’t.

11. What was the most serious result of the robbery to the writer?

A. She doesn’t trust others or feel safe.

B. She and her friend were beaten and raped.

C. Her friend closed the store after the robbery.

D. The robber was still at large.

D

Many Americans are turning to Japan, they think, a country of high academic(学术的) achievement and economic success, for possible answers. However, the answers provided by Japanese preschools are not the ones Americans expected to find. In most Japanese preschools, surprisingly little emphasis is put on academic instruction. In one survey, 300 Japanese and 210 American preschool teachers, child development specialists, and parents were asked about various aspects of early childhood education. Only 2 percent of the Japanese respondents(答问卷者)listed “to give children a good start academically” as one of their top three reasons for a society to have preschools. In contrast, over half the American respondents chose this as one of their top three choices. To prepare children for successful careers in first grade and beyond, Japanese schools do not teach reading, writing, and mathematics, but rather skills such as determination, concentration, and the ability to work as a member of a group. The huge majority of young Japanese children are taught to read at home by their parents.

Like in America, there is diversity(多样性) in Japanese early childhood education. Some Japanese kindergartens have specific aims, such as early musical training or potential(潜力的) development. In large cities, some kindergartens are attached to universities that have elementary and secondary schools. Some Japanese parents believe that if their young children attend a university-based program, it will increase the children’s chances of eventually being admitted to top-rated schools and universities. Several m