襄阳五中高三年级8月月考

英语试题

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. What day is it today?

A. Monday. B. Saturday. C. Sunday.

2. Why doesn’t the woman want the CD?

A. She already owns one. B. She doesn’t like the singer.

C. Her sister likes the singer more.

3. How long will it take to fly to Portland?

A. 2 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 10 hours.

4. What type of clothing does the store sell?

A. Expensive, high-quality clothing.

B. Cheap, low-quality clothing.

C. Cheap, designer clothing.

5. What does the woman need help with?

A. Locating a file on the desktop.

B. Saving a file on the computer.

C. Finding the tab that says “file”.

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，回答第6、7题。

6. What will the speakers bring to Springfield?

A. A cake. B. A picture. C. Colored pencils.

7. What do we know about the woman?

A. She has no time to bake a cake. B. She loves the boy’s artwork.

C. She bought the boy colored pencils.

听第 7段材料,回答第 8.9题。

8. What day is it today?

A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Friday.

9. What does the man want Tina to do?

A. Come to practice. B. Watch his little sister. C. Work at the grocery store.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where did Lynn learn about the car?

A. In the newspaper. B. On a road trip. C. On the Internet.

11. Why doesn’t Lynn want to buy the car?

A. It is not safe. B. The price is too high.

C. It doesn’t drive smoothly.

12. What needs to be replaced?

A. The tires. B. The radio. C. The air conditioner.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the name of the woman’s mother?

A. Betty. B. Laura. C. Josephine.

14. What does the man want his daughter to be like?

A. Innocent. B. Beautiful. C. Tough.

15. What is the woman’s attitude toward names?

A. All girls’ names are attractive.

B. Babies should be named after relatives.

C. Names don’t influence personality.

16. What will the speakers probably do?

A. Name the baby Victoria.

B. Let grandma name the baby.

C. Continue to search for the right name.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20小题。

17. How many books has Nicholas Sparks sold worldwide?

A. Nearly 65 million.

B. Nearly 75 million.

C. Over 97 million.

18. What does the Nicholas Sparks Foundation do?

A. It teaches students responsibility.

B. It provides books to rural communities.

C. It helps poor kids get an education.

19. With whom did Sparks found the Epiphany School?

A. His wife. B. His teacher.

C. The community committee.

20. What can we learn about Sparks?

A. All his books have been made into movies.

B. Education changed his life.

C. He started a school in New York.

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

Writers used to approach publishers to have their work read by the public. Now they can simply post them and find millions of instant audience.

After breaking up with her boyfriend, Bao Jingjing started “making up” a love story simply to distract her attention. Her story of a girl suffering the pain like hers progressed quickly, attracting many readers.

When Bao stopped writing as she reunited with her boyfriend, she was urged to continue, as readers wanted to know what happened next. Bao finished it soon. It became so popular that it was turned into a best-seller. To cap it all off, Bao’s novel was later adapted into a successful movie.

Bao’s story is only one of many Internet novels that have landed deals for physical books, TV shows and films. Unlike traditional writers who buried themselves in their books for years, some young writers like Bao have got readers rapidly online and found overnight success.

Bao admits her success was unexpected. She still remembers how surprised her parents were when she proudly gave them her copyright earnings. Online literature forums(论坛) are platforms for grassroots writers to succeed.

In recent years, Zhang Wei, known as “Tangjiasanshao”, has earned 177 million yuan by his fingers though working as an author was beyond his dreams. He topped the list of wealthiest Chinese Internet novelists twice and was the only online writer to be listed on the 2014 Forbes “Chinese Celebrity List”.

He admits that he is one of the few writers at the top of the pyramid while most online writers remain unknown. However, he urged that his success can be achieved by others, as long as “they write hard enough”.

21. According to the passage, we know that _______.

A. Bao Jingjing’s parents didn’t want her to be a writer.

B. Bao Jingjing didn’t really expect her success overnight.

C. Bao Jingjing didn’t finish her first online love story.

D. Bao Jingjing’s first online story was turned into a TV show.

22. The author mentioned Zhang Wei’s example mainly to_________.

A. introduce another online writer to the readers

B. show the example of another online writer’s success

C. encourage readers to become online writers

D. express his admiration for online writer Zhang Wei

23. What can we infer from what Zhang Wei says in the last paragraph?

A. Few words, many deeds. B. First try, and then trust.

C. Harm set, harm get. D. No pains, no gains.

B

Many people trying to sell homes find that an increase in home prices has turned the market in their favor. But sellers can still get the short end of the deal if they aren’t careful. Here are a few tips for you:

Don’t test your luck. Of course you think anyone who moves into your lovely home should be willing to pay top dollars, especially if you’ve recently invested in some improvements. But listing a home at a price that’s too high above the market price could turn away some buyers.

Buyers noticing that the home still hasn’t sold may begin to assume there’s something wrong with the house and use that as a reasonable excuse for offering a lower price. And if a home hasn’t received any offers after two weeks, it might be time to reset the price.

A price that’s too low can bring about an undesired outcome. Listing your home at or slightly below the market price can have the effect of drawing in a large group of buyers and increase the chances that a home will receive multiple offers. But setting the price too low comes with several risks. One possibility is that buyers will get skeptical of the home that is listed for $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 less than similar homes in the area, especially if it’s not properly marketed. Once again, people might assume there is something wrong with the home and may not bother to look at it.

Spy on the competition. Going to other people’s open houses can give you a better sense of how your home compares to others on the market. Check out the finishes in their kitchens, the size of their backyards and use the information to figure out where your home should fit in the range of the price. But don’t set your pricing just on what you see elsewhere.

24. What does the underline part in paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. To be at a disadvantage B. To get the upper hand

C. To have control over the situation D. To be unable to fit in

25. What should home sellers do according to the passage?

A. Price your house on the basis of its geographic location.

B. Price your house slightly above the market price after decorating it.

C. Change the price if no offer has been received within a week.

D. Change your house at a price slightly below the market price.

26. If you set the price of your house too low, _____.

A. buyers might think it not worthwhile to go to have a look

B. you are likely to come into conflict with the neighborhood sellers

C. your house will be crowded with buyers within a couple of days

D. chances of your house being sold at a better price will be greatly increased

27. What is the benefit of going to other people’s open house?

A. You can pick up some useful lessons on house selling.

B. You can get your pricing mainly based on what you see elsewhere.

C. You can work out how much money you should ask for your home.

D. You can know how to make your house stand out against other houses.

C

Sunday is more like Monday than it used to be. Places of business that used to keep daytime“business hours” are now open late into the night. And on the Internet, the hour of the day and the day of the week have become irrelevant（不相关的）. A half century ago in the United States, most people experienced strong and precise dividing lines between days of rest and days of work, school time and summer time. Today the boundaries still exist, but they seem not clear.

The law in almost all states used to require stores to close on Sunday; in most, it no longer does. It used to keep the schools open in all seasons except summer; in most, it still does. And whether the work week should strengthen its legal limits, or whether it should become more “flexible,” is often debated. How should we, as a society, organize our time? Should we go even further in relaxing the boundaries of time until we live in a world in which every minute is much like every other?

These are not easy questions even to ask. Part of the difficulty is that we rarely recognize the “law of time” even when we meet it face to face. We know as children that we have to attend school a certain number of hours, a certain number of days, a certain number of years — but unless we meet the truant officer (学监), we may well think that we should go to school due to social custom and parents’ demand rather than to the law. As adults we are familiar with “extra pay for overtime working,” but less familiar with the fact that what constitutes（构成）“overtime” is a matter of legal definition. When we turn the clock forward to start daylight-saving time, have we ever thought to ourselves: “Here is the law in action”?