1、青海省西宁市第四高级中学、第五中学、第十四中学三校2017届高三英语4月联考试题 第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分, 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. When does the conversation take place? A. At the beginning of a term. B. At the end of a term. C. During a vacatio
2、n. 2. Why cant the man drive the woman tomorrow? A. His car is being fixed.B. He has a doctors appointment.C. He will be working in a shop.3. What will the woman do? A. Charge her cell phone. B. Visit her mother. C. Make a call. 4. Who will throw a party for the woman next Sunday? A. The woman herse
3、lf. B. The man. C. Nancy. 5. What does the woman mean? A. Her mother is a housewife. B. Only 10% of American mothers work. C. Most American mothers work. 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
4、第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A festival. B. A birthday party. C. A class reunion. 7. What does the woman decide to do? A. Stay with her family. B. Go to a party with the man. C. Go on a vacation. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How does the man feel? A. Confident. B. Nervous. C.
5、 Excited. 9. What does the man want to do next? A. Continue talking with the woman. B. Go to the bathroom. C. Drink some water. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the girl want to have a car? A. To travel with her friends. B. To show off. C. To be independent.11. Where does the girl study? A. In a middle
6、 school.B. In a high school.C. In a university.12. Why doesnt the man buy his daughter a car now? A. He thinks his daughter is too young to drive. B. He wants his daughter to earn a car. C. He cant afford another car.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. With whom does the woman travel? A. She is alone. B. Her famil
7、y. C. Her business partner.14. What do the speakers have in common? A. They both live in New York. B. They are both traveling on business. C. They have both stayed in the hotel before.15. What is the mans favorite part of the hotel? A. The service. B. The breakfast. C. The facilities.16. What does t
8、he woman imply about the hotel? A. The prices are reasonable. B. It doesnt seem like a nice hotel from the outside. C. The service didnt use to be anything special.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is The Bookworm? A. A literary festival.B. A caf.C. A bookstore.18. Who is Peter Hessler? A. A photographer.
9、B. A public speaker.C. A writer.19. What was the speaker excited about? A. Seeing someone give a speech. B. Hearing a famous band play music. C. Finding his favorite magazine.20. What was the speakers mistake? A. Mistaking the place. B. Mistaking the year. C. Mistaking the day.第二部分 ：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第
10、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 Here is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.Please Touch Childrens MuseumThis museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have te
11、a parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.The Childrens Museum of IndianapolisThis museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石). There are many fossils like the T. Rex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000
12、-square-foot area. Around 10,000 man-made objects, including a 55-ton steam engine and a 33-foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000-square-foot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.WWWBoston Childrens
13、MuseumThis museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.National Museum of PlayTh
14、is museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.Child
15、rens Museum of HoustonThis museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn
16、about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.WWW21. One who has interest in environmental protection can choose to visit .A. National Museum of Play or Childrens Museum of HoustonB. Boston Childrens Museum or Childrens Museum of HoustonC. Please Touch Childrens Museum or Boston Childrens
17、MuseumD. The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play22. While visiting National Museum of Play, you can take part in .A. dinosaur buildingB. New Balance ClimbC. playing with giant flowersD. cooking food at play or TV studios23. If a couple with kids of different ages want to do a
18、ctivities together, they should go to .A. Texas B. Indiana C. New York D. Massachusetts24. Who might be most interested in this passage?A. Parents. B. Students. C. Teachers. D. Researchers.B The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book
19、and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhib
20、it area telling about the writers life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories when she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. Sh
21、e was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as “Would you really marry a woman who works?” And toda
22、y itd be “Would you marry one who doesnt?”The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump”.Around 1926, Margare
23、t Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brought her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge suc
24、cess. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released. It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.25. The book Gone with the Wind was _.A. first published on a newspaperB. awarded ten Academy Awards C. written in “The Dump”D. adapted from a mo
25、vie26. The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_.A. be very pleased withB. be much taller than C. show great respect forD. show little interest in27. We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage that _.A. her height made her marriage unhappyB. her interest i
26、n writing continued as an adult C. writing stopped her working as a reporterD. her life was full of hardship and sadness28. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success.B. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.D. A
27、 Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell.CLate that afternoon I took the train back to Sydney. There I found another surprise waiting for me. My room had been given to somebody else and they had no room for me. Harkin had known my travel plans and had arranged everything; how could he have booked the room on
28、ly for three days? There was nothing to be done but to find another hotel. The waiters were happy to find me a new hotel, and when I said that I was happy to stay at the Airport, thinking it might be cheaper than staying in the city, they suggested the Holiday Inn at the airport. There was one small
29、 matter: the room rate was $300 per night. The best hotel in Katoomba had wanted only$145. I asked if there were anything cheaper they might suggest but they warned that most hotels would already be full by this time.$来&源： The hotel was far from the train station, so Id best take a taxi, at $25. On
30、the way to the Holiday Inn, we passed a hotel just two blocks from the Holiday Inn that advertised a room rate of $104. At the desk I asked if their room rate could go down a lot. “No, this is a 4star hotel，”the waiter told me. “In that case，” I replied, “Ill just walk the two blocks to the cheap ho
31、tel.”But she warned me that they were probably full and that if I didnt take the room, it might not be available if I came back. Finally，I decided to take the room. The room itself was big, but the air conditioning couldnt keep up with the Australian heat. I couldnt get to sleep until about 1：00 am.
32、29Why did the writer have to look for another hotel?AHe didnt book early. BHarkin made a mistake.CHe was short of money. DHe wasnt well received.30How did the writer feel when hearing the room rate at the Holiday Inn?ANervous. BHappy. CSurprised. DRelaxed.31What was the weather like at that moment?A
33、Cool. BWarm. CCold. DHot.32Why did the writer take a room in the Holiday Inn finally?AIts a 4star hotel. BIt s around the station.CIt was midnight then. DThe room was in great demand.DHave you ever fancied sailing around the world or buying a holiday home in the Caribbean? Well, before you get too e
34、xcited, it may help to find out if you have what it takes to become a billionaire. Weve all heard stories of school drop-outs who have made their fortune. Do they tend to be university graduates or self-made successful people? Are they married or single? Thanks to a recent analysis of people in Forb
35、es (福布斯) Top 100 Billionaires List, we can now find out what they have in common. We know what percentage wear glasses and even how many are bald!If you are deciding whether or not to go to university, it may help you to know that 76% of the richest people in the world have a degree. According to th
36、is study, of those 76%, 47% have a bachelors degree, 23% have a masters and 6% have a doctorate. Dont lose hope if you arent very academic, though. Its worth noting that many of those on the list did not pass all their exams with flying colors. Microsoft founder Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard Uni
37、versity after two years of study. And Chinese business magnate Jack Ma, failed his university entrance exams three times before going on to complete his degree and make his millions.Another interesting trend is that the worlds richest people are much more likely to be married only 12% of billionaire
38、s are unmarried. Finally, the percentage of billionaires who are bald is quite high so dont worry if youre losing your hair.33. What do Bill Gates and Jack Ma have in common according to the passage?A. They have the same amount of money at present.B. They both graduated from the same university in t
39、he U.S.A.C. They were both born in a poor family and had much suffering while young.D. They become very successful though they didnt do well in their academic lives.34. What was the purpose of the study? A. To advise readers to sail around the world in their own yachts.B. To tell readers when and ho
40、w these people became billionaires.C. To encourage readers to find probable ways to their own success.D. To find similarities between the top 100 richest people in the world.35. What may be the best title for the text?A. Tales of Bill Gates and Jack Ma.B. How to Become a Billionaire.C. Forbs Top 100
41、 Billionaires List.D. How Bill Gates Made His Fortune.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Speaking to Develop Self-confidenceOvercoming stage frightMost people are nervous about public speaking. 36 If you know that your topic is interesting, and that your material is well
42、 organized, you have already reduced a major worry.Facial expressions 37 During your speech try to change your facial expressions to convey the emotions that you feel. Throughout your speech you need to use expressive facial expressions.Eye contactWhen you speak, you should look at your audience str
43、aight in the eye. The idea is to give the impression that you are talking to each individual in your audience. If you have a large audience, try to look at people in the middle of the room, then slowly look to the right side of the room, then to the left side, then back to the center of the room. 38
44、 Otherwise, this will give the audience the idea that you are not interested in your topic or in them. 39 Enthusiasm is being lively and showing your own personal concern for your subject and your audience. If you are truly interested in your topic, your speech is certain to be enthusiastic and live
45、ly.Varying speaking rateYour words should not be too fast or too slow. If you speak too slowly you will bore your audience. If you speak too rapidly, it will be difficult to understand. Adapt your rate to the content of your speech. For example, if you explain complex information, slow down. 40 A. I
46、nspiring your audience.B. Speaking with enthusiasm.C. If you are happy or enthusiastic, you should speed up.D. Dont look at the floor, the ceiling or out of the window.E. The best way to deal with nervousness is to be really well prepared.F. Smiling before you start your speech shows that you are not nervous.G. If you are nervous, take a few steps to your right or left while speaking.第三部分：语言知识运用（共两节；满分45分） 第一节：完型填空（共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（，和）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Teaching anyone tothink of others before themselves is
