成都外国语学校2016届高三最后一卷

英 语 试 题

注意事项：

1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

2．答题前考生务必用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息。

3．考试作答时，请将答案正确地填写在答题卡上。第I卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；第Ⅱ卷请用直径0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无效。

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个小题；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，从每题所给的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. Which book does the man suggest the woman borrow?

A. The novel. B. The cook book. C. The law book.

2. What is the man tired of?

A. Chinese food. B. Japanese food. C. American food.

3. What has the man grown in his garden?

A. Vegetables. B. Flowers. C. Fruits.

4. Why doesn’t the man go out with his friends?

A. He is busy in earning money.

B. Things are expensive.

C. He has no time.

5. How late is the woman?

A. Over an hour. B. An hour. C. 45 minutes.

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和第7题。

6. Why does the man make the phone call?

A. To make an appointment.

B. To ask for some information.

C. To offer some suggestions.

7. What will the man do afterwards?

A. Find a house. B. Hunt for a new job. C. Read some materials.

听第7段材料，回答第8和第9题。

8. Where are the speakers?

A. At a meeting. B. At a party. C. At a wedding.

9. Who is in Toronto?

A. Jim. B. Anne. C. Mary.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How long does the exhibition last in total?

A. About one week. B. About three weeks. C. About one month.

11. When is the gallery closed on weekends?

A. At 3:00 pm. B. At 4:00 pm. C. At 5:00 pm.

12. What does the man want to see?

A. Old pictures. B. Modem paintings. C. Modem sculpture.

听第9段材料，回答第13至第16题。

13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Fellow workers. B. Strangers. C. Guide and tourist.

14. What does the man do?

A. A teacher. B. A doctor. C. A nurse.

15. Where does the woman come from?

A. Nepal. B. France. C. Switzerland.

16. What do we know about the woman?

A. She will go back next week.

B. She doesn’t know Elizabeth Morath.

C. She came to the place for work.

听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。

17. What is the speaker?

A. A ticket seller. B. A bus conductor. C. A tour guide.

18. Where are the listeners probably?

A. On a bus. B. At the airport. C. At a tourist spot.

19. How much does a ticket cost a child above 14?

A. $14. B. $15. C. $25.

20. Where will the listeners have lunch?

A. At the Nicolet Shopping Center.

B. At the St. Anthony’s Falls.

C. At the Waller Art Center.

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

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice．Gifts are easy—they’re given after all．Choice can be hard．

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago．I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year．I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast，and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old，and I’d been married for a year．I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect．MacKenzie told me I should go for it．As a young boy，I’d been a garage inventor．I’d always wanted to be an inventor，and she wanted me to follow my passion．

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired．I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet．He took me on a long walk in Central Park，listened carefully to me，and finally said，“That sounds like a really good idea，but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job．”That 1ogic made some sense to me，and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision．Seen in that light,it really was a difficult choice，but finally，I decided I had to give it a shot．I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing．And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.

After much consideration ，I took the less safe path to follow my passion ，and I’m proud of that choice．For all of us，in the end，we are our choice．

21．What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

A．His dream of being an inventor． B．The support of his wife．

C．The greatly increasing usage of the Internet． D．Millions of exciting titles,

22．Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?

A．The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him．

B．He would be very excited if he tried it out．

C．He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try．

D．The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him．

23． Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Cleverness and Kindness B．The Starting of Amazon

C．Following My Passion D．We Are What We Choose

B

Instagram is a fast，beautiful and fun way to share your life with friends and family．Take a picture or video，choose a filter to transform its look and feel．and then post to Instagram—it’s that easy．You can even share to Facebook, Twitter and more．It’s a new way to see the world．So many photos of food are contained on Instagram—now a pop-up diner in London is taking advantage of this new trend by letting people settle the bill for their meals simply by uploading photos of their dishes to social networks．

I always thought people’s taking pictures of their food was kind of silly，but at this new pop-up restaurant in the UK，I’d probably do it too．“The Picture House” is the world’s first pay-by-photo restaurant. You order, click a photo of the food, share on Instagram and eat for free!

The restaurant belongs to frozen food giant(巨人)Birds Eye，who came up with the idea to cash in on people’s addiction with photographing food and sharing the pictures online．They conducted a survey and found out that more than half of the British population regularly took pictures of their meals．So they realized it was a better way to advertise their new dining range．

The pop-up diner was open in Soho，London for three days in May，and is now moving to other major UK cities．They serve two-course meals that customers don’t have to pay for，if they photo and Instagram it.

The restaurant is a part of Birds Eye’s “Food for Life” campaign，a new marketing project that aims at changing the way people look at frozen food．“Taking photos of food enables people to show off and to share their mealtime moments—from the everyday to the special，”said marketing director Margaret Jobling．

The reaction to the Picture House has been great so far And the pay-by-picture concept has proven to be an effective way．Alternative payment methods are actually gaining popularity among a lot of businesses．Last year in a cafe in Germany customers pay by how much time they spend there，not by what they eat．

24．Instagram probably is________．

A．a program used to share photos B．a campaign of“Food for Life”

C．a restaurant free of charge D．a new marketing project

25．What’s the author’s attitude to this new trend?

A．Confused B．Interested C．Opposed D．UnconcernedZxxkCom

26．“The Picture House” encourages sharing photos of its food to_______．

A．raise the price of frozen food B．create a new social media trend

C．attract more customers D．reward the regular customers

27．Which of the following can serve as the best title for the passage?

A．Food for Life B．The Pop-up Diner

C．No Need to Pay D．Pay by Picture

C

This Monday，the nation will start to celebrate Presidents’ Day，just seven days before George Washington’s birthday．Everyone agrees that day is a holiday，but is it just to celebrate George Washington’s Birthday? What about Abraham Lincoln? Some government offices call it Presidents’ Day．Others say the holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday．Confused yet?

George Washington was elected the country’s first President on April 30，1789．Soon after，Americans began publicly celebrating his birthday．Presidential historians say the actual date of George Washington’s birth is February 11，1732．But a change in the calendar system 20 years later shifted all dates，making Washington’s birthday February 22，which is now well accepted．In 1879．Congress made Washington’s birthday an official federal holiday．It was the first federal holiday to celebrate an individual’s birthday．In 1968，Congress passed the Monday Holidays Act，which moved the holiday to the third Monday in February．The new law did not change the holiday’s name．It was still called Washington’s Birthday，even though some lawmakers wanted to call it Presidents’ Day to include Abraham Lincoln，whose actual birthday is February 12．

Many people argue that the holiday should celebrate all past Presidents．They feel Lincoln should be honored for his role in preserving the nation during the Civil War and helping to free slaves．Others feel the holiday should only honor Washington．the country’s first President．They say shifting the focus away from Washington would mean future generations of kids would not know about the Father of Our Country．

Laws have been introduced in Congress over the years to require use of the term “George Washington’s Birthday．”but none of those laws have been passed．Meanwhile，ma