1、丰城九中、高安二中、宜春一中、万载中学2017 届调研联考英语试卷第卷（考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题，每小题 1.5 分）1. What will the man do on Saturday evening?A. Attend a party. B. Do the cooking. C. Go cycling.2. Where are the speakers?A. In a clothes shop. B. In a tailors. C. In a laundry.3. How does the man go to
2、 work every day?A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.4. What does the man think of his present job?A. Challenging. B. Boring. C. Well-paid.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A photo. B. A play. C. A dress.第二节（共 15 小题，每小题 1.5 分）听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. Why is the man at the airport?A. To board
3、 a plane. B. To pick up some passengers. C. To meet the woman.7. Which flight has been delayed?A. The French flight. B. The Spanish flight. C. The Italian flight.昕第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Where can the man put his bag?A. Behind the door. B. In the locker. C. On the desk.9. What should the man do after g
4、etting into the exam hall?A. Find his examination number. B. Turn off his mobile phone. C. Show his student ID card.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What will the speakers do during the summer break?A. Earn some money. B. Enjoy some arts. C. Do some shopping.11. What can the speakers do in Rosemount?A. Ha
5、ve some nice meals. B. Find a good variety of local artworks.C. Buy some paintings and handmade jewellery.12. Where will the speakers sleep during the summer break?A. In their house. B. In a hotel. C. In a tent.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What kind of club does the woman want to take?A. The one that
6、has a big number of members. B. The one that offers many different activities.C. The one that has a low entry fee.14. What does the man say about the cross-country cycling club?A. It has many members. B. It looks quite interesting. C. It is too expensive.15. How much does the film club cost?A. $15.
7、B. $30. C. $50.16. Which club will the woman probably join?A. The street dance club. B. The table tennis club. C. The film club.听第 l0 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long does it take the buses to get to the camping area?A. About 8 hours. B. About 6 hours. C. About 2 hours.18. What will the listeners do f
8、irst when they arrive at the camping area?A. Go shopping. B. Check the e-mails. C. Set up the tents.19. What does the speaker advise the listeners to do?A. Stay in the camp in stormy weather. B. Listen to the weather report.C. Prepare clothes for wet weather.20. What are the listeners probably unabl
9、e to do in the hills?A. Ask Mrs. Sanderson questions. B. Go down to the town. C. Use their phones.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）ATo most people, noise pollution is a jet flying over their head. For one Spanish woman, it is a neighbor playing the piano. The woman has taken her ne
10、ighbor to court. Now she wants to send her neighbor to prison for over seven years on the charges of psychological damage and noise pollution.In a country known for its noisiness, the case has raised eyebrows. Neighbors often complain about street noise in Spain, but people seeking prison time for s
11、omeone practicing the piano is unheard of. At the trial, sonia Bosom says she has been suffering noise pollution up to now due to the practice sessions of Laia Martin, who lives below her. Martin, 27, didnt admit that she played at home that often, saying she took regular classes in other towns and
12、mostly practiced at home on the weekends.On the first day of the trial, the newspaper reported that Bosom told the court she now hated pianos so much that she couldnt even stand seeing them in a film.Bosom says years of hearing constant playing has caused her “psychological injury“. Medical reports
13、show she has suffered from a variety of problems, including insomnia (失眠), anxiety, and panic attacks.She says tests by local authorities have found that the sound levels made by the piano are up to 10 decibels (分贝) higher than the limit. City authorities have asked the family several times to eithe
14、r stop the piano playing or soundproof (隔音) the room. The family told the court they carried out soundproofing work twice but the complaints continued.The court hasnt made a final decision. A spokeswoman says the trial will end before May.21. Bosom wants to send Martin to prison because .A. Martins
15、playing the piano damaged her health B. Bosom suffered from heart attackC. Martin refused to take regular classes in other towns D. Martin flew a jet over her head22. How did Laia Martin respond to the complaints?A. She stopped playing the piano. B. She soundproofed the room.C. She didnt admit she p
16、layed at home. D. She took her neighbor to court.23. Which of the following may probably be the best title for the passage?A. A 7-year Sentence Caused by the Piano B. Pianist Charged with Noise PollutionC. Health Problems of a Spanish Woman D. Actions Against Noise by Local AuthorityBWinters are lon
17、g and unforgiving in North Dakota. The winter of 1996 was especially brutal. It was a difficult time in my own life too. A neck injury had kept me flat in bed for nearly a year. “Just in time for Easter,“ my husband, Dick, said. But how could I feel the joy when the snow was four feet deep and I had
18、 months of painful physical treatment ahead?I was doing the dishes one day, feeling hopeless when there was a tap against the glass. It was a branch of the troublesome cottonwood (棉白杨). Back in the fall of 1979, it was a new subdivision (细枝 )then. The people whod briefly occupied the house before us
19、 had placed the pipe from the pump next to it. The earth was so wet that the poor thing had fallen down, most of its bare root system pointing skyward, blowing hopelessly back and forth in the cold wind. Dick decided to pull it out one day, but I protested.“Look at how hard its trying!“ I said, poin
20、ting to the way it strongly kept hold of the earth. “It deserves a chance.“Dick borrowed some tools. We packed dry soil around the tree and put up some stakes (桩) into the ground, making it stand upright. That winter was still terrible. Surprisingly, in the spring my “rescue stick“ put forth a few l
21、eaves, then with lots of branches. By the 1990s that little stick was a giant, towering over the house.Now the tapping at the window continued, louder as the wind picked up, almost as though to tell me to look up. At last, I did. I caught my breath. In the window against the icy blue sky, thousands
22、and thousands of fresh red buds were waving in the wind.The tree was bursting with life and I had a wonderful Easter.24. What is the meaning of the underlined word “brutal“ in Paragraph 1 ?A. Busy. B. Hard. C. Long. D. Warm.25. How did Dick rescue the new subdivision?A. By supporting the stick firml
23、y. B. By watering the stick regularly.C. By distributing chemical fertilizer. D. By lighting the stick day and night.26. The author writes the last paragraph mainly to .A. inform us of the current condition of his cottonwoodB. imply that hed spent the hardest time and felt hopefulC. tell us that the
24、 tree had survived from the awful winterD. suggest what he was going to do for the coming festival27. Which of the following can serve as the main idea of the passage?A. A friend in need is a friend indeed. B. There is no garden without its weeds.C. Success is the accumulation of sweat. D. While the
25、re is life, there is hope.CDo you ever pull your phone out of your pocket, thinking it is vibrating (振动), only to find that it isnt?This phenomenon, which scientists call “phantom (幻觉的) phone vibration“, is very common. Around 80% of people surveyed say they have imagined their phones vibrating when
26、 they were actually still.So, what leads to this universal behavior? According to the BBC, the explanation lies in your brains ability to discover signals from the outside world.When your phone is in your pocket, there are two possible states: it is either vibrating or not. Meanwhile, you also have
27、two possible states of mind: the judgment that the phone is vibrating, or that it isnt.Ideally, you match the four states correctly. However, sometimes your brain decides that the consequences of missing a call are more serious than a “false alarm“. Therefore, you become more sensitive to vibrations
28、 so that you dont miss anything.This is just like the fire alarm in your homeit can be annoying when it goes off in response to just a tiny bit of smoke. But thats a small price to pay compared to a fire really breaking out because the alarm fails to alert you.Now, you might still ask: why cant our
29、brains just make every judgment correctly without being too sensitive to false signals?The answer is that your brain bears a heavy burden every day. “You get a large amount of sensory information thats coming from your eyes, ears and skin, and you cant deal with all that information all the time,“ M
30、ichael Rothberg, a researcher at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, US, told Live Science.For example, the rustling (沙沙声) of clothing or the growling (咕咕声) of your stomach may both lead your brain to believe that they come from the vibration of your phoneit is like trying to hear your name bein
31、g called in a noisy room.So, perhaps you should just check your phone whenever you think its vibrating. Its not too much trouble to do that, is it?28. According to this passage, phantom phone vibration .A. is common among people with mental problemsB. can measure peoples ability to collect informati
32、onC. happens when our brains react sensitively to false signalsD. helps our brains to make very quick and accurate decisions29. Why is the fire alarm used as an example in this passage?A. To show us the fire alarm is as sensitive as the phone vibration.B. To help us understand the cause of phantom p
33、hone vibration better.C. To tell us the phone vibration usually happens when a fire breaks out.D. To convince us its important to check our phones like checking a fire alarm.30. According to Michael Rothberg, which is mainly responsible for phantom phone vibration?A. A noisy background. B. A lack of
34、 much attention.C. A heavy burden every day. D. An overflow of sensory information.31.What does the author suggest we do about phantom phone vibration?A. We should always fully believe our own sense of listening.B. We should just check our phones whenever we think theyre vibrating.C. We should ignor
35、e the vibration bothering when our phones are actually still.D. We should think of the vibration carefully before we make correct judgments.DSo many of us hold on to little complaints that may have come from an argument, a misunderstanding, the way we were raised, or some other painful event. Stubbo
36、rnly, we wait for someone else to reach out to usbelieving this is the only way we can forgive or rekindle a friendship or family relationship.A friend of mine, recently told me that she hadnt spoken to her son in almost three years. She said that she and her son had had a disagreement about his wif
37、e and that she wouldnt speak to him again unless he called first. When I suggested that she be the one to reach out, she said, “I cant do that. Hes the one who should apologize.“ After a little gentle encouragement, however, she did decide to be the first one to reach out. To her amazement, her son
38、was grateful for her willingness to call and offered an apology of his own. As is usually the case when someone takes the chance and reaches out, everyone wins.Whenever we hold on to our anger, we turn “small stuff (问题)“ into really “big stuff“ in our minds. We start to believe that our positions ar
39、e more important than our happiness. They are not. If you want to be a more peaceful person you must understand that being right is almost never more important than allowing yourself to be happy. The way to be happy is to let go, and reach out. Let other people be right. This doesnt mean that youre
40、wrong. Everything will be fine. Youll experience the peace of letting go, as well as the joy of letting others be right.Youll also notice that, as you reach out and let others be “right“, they will become less defensive and more loving toward you. They might even reach back. But, if for some reason
41、they dont, thats okay too. Youll have the inner satisfaction of knowing that you have done your part to create a more loving world, and certainly youll be more peaceful yourself.32. The underlined word “rekindle“ in Paragraph 1 probably means “ “.A. recover B. develop C. accept D. replace33. In the
42、authors opinion, we hold on to our anger often because we think .A. we can turn small issues into big ones B. our happiness is more importantC. our own opinions matter most D. others will be less defensive34. The best thing to do after a quarrel is to .A. let go of our own fights B. realize that you
43、 are wrongC. expect others to give in D. apologize to others first35. What would be the best tide for the passage?A. Be Peaceful B. Reach Out and Give C. Small and Big Stuff D. Enjoy Your Friendship第二节 (共 5 小题; 每小题 2 分,满分 10 分)The benefits of keeping a journal (日志)If you want to grow, one important
44、thing you should do is keeping a journal. It may seem simple, but it can make a big difference in your life. I have been keeping journals for years. Writing all the lessons I learn and all the ideas I get has become a habit for me. 36 Here are some benefits you will get by keeping a journal. It prev
45、ents you from losing an idea. Have you ever gotten an idea only to lose it later because you didnt write it down? 37 But then I developed the habit of writing down every idea that came into my mind as soon as possible. If Im away from my computer, I usually write it down on a piece of paper that I b
46、ring wherever I go. I will then transfer the idea to the journal in my computer. It helps you review all the lessons youve learned. By reviewing your journal, you can quickly see the lessons youve learned and the ideas youve gotten. 38 You can use the ideas to propel (鞭策) yourself forward. 39 After
47、keeping a journal for years, you can look back at it and see how far youve gone. Things that were big problems in the past might seem small today. The raw ideas you had in the past might have been realized today. It helps you expand your ideas. When you try to come up with a sentence to express an idea, you are thinking actively about it. 40 In the end, you will expand your ideas.A. I often experienced that myself. B. It trains you to express your thoughts.C. It allows you to see your progress over time.D. Just use what
