1、2016 届江西省南昌市十所省重点中学命制高三第二次模拟突破冲刺英语试题（六）本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分第一卷（选择题 共 70 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，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 drink does the man like?A. Tea. B. Coffee. C. Cold water.2. W
2、hat are the two speakers talking about?A. The increasing crime rate. B. The impact of mass media. C. what are reported in the newspaper.3. When are Jennys parents coming?A. In April. B. In June. C. In July. 4. Where is the man?A. At home. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant.5. How many adults are ther
3、e in the mans group?A. 2. B. 3 C. 5.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 和 7 题。6Where will the speakers have a talk?A. In the office. B. In a park. C. In the cafe
4、.7. What will they talk about?A. The womans good idea. B. The mans notebook. C. The trip.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 和 9 题。8. Where is the man from?A. Germany. B. America. C. China.9. When will they start the language exchange?A. Today. B. Tomorrow. C. Next Thursday.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Which place is the
5、tourists favourite site?A. Modern Bridge. B. DB Tower. C. Nice Avenue.11. What will the man probably do in Walter Square?A. Enjoy folk music and dancing. B. Buy some souvenirs. C. Get a magnificent view of the city.12. How does the man feel about the trip?A. He is disappointed at it. B. He feels uns
6、ure about it C. He is eager for it.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What has been consistent in building a brand over the last 25 years?A. Advertising media. B. Essence of the product. C. Essence of branding.14. What does Volvos case indicate?A. Volvo takes safety approach in branding.B. Companies shouldn
7、t change their brand image all the time.C. The managers ideas are usually different from those of consumers. 15. What does Mr. Roberston advise the advertising mangers to do to avoid competition?A. Treat the customers as well as the boss. B. Put some personal insights into the brand.C. Differ the br
8、and.16. What can we learn from the passage?A. The brand competition is fierce now. B. Mr. Robertson is the president of Volvo Corporation.C. Building a brand today is very different from the past according to Mr. Roberston.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. About Shakespeare and Company which is NOT mentio
9、ned in the text?A. It lends books. B. It prepares beds for writers. C. It reads books to children.18. What do we know about Mr. Whiteman?A. He was Ms. Beachs neighbor. B. He used to work at Ms. Beachs bookstore. C. He has followed Ms. Beachs ways of doing business.19. Why was Ms. Beachs business clo
10、sed? A. She died. B. The German made her give it up. C. Her business went from bad to worse.20. When did Mr. Whiteman change the name of his bookstore to Shakespeare and Company?A. In 1951. B. In 1962. C. In 1964. 第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分 40 分)第一节 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,并在题卡上将该项涂黑。(共 1
11、5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分)A.Summer Science Class registration begins on March 8! If you are interested in science，the environment，or conservation and you are in grades 712，sign up soon for Black Rock Forest Consortiums Summer Science Class program. You can download the Summer Science Classes 2013 brochur
12、e here. It is easy to register；just call 845-534-4517 or click here.Twelve-week-long courses in the natural sciences and the arts are offered at Black Rock Forest in Cornwall from July 15 through August 9.Two more classes are offered with site partners，including “The Art of Scientific Observation， ”
13、 hosted jointly by Black Rock Forest Consortium and Storm King Art Center，one of the worlds leading sculpture parks，and “A Nautical Expedition” hosted jointly by the Consortium and the Constitution Marsh Audubon Center.We are delighted to announce two special “away” classes that are part of the Summ
14、er Science Class program this year: an “Adirondack Eco-Adventure” beginning August 11，and “Conservation Biology in Florida， ” beginning June 23 and featuring field work on the Gulf Coast in cooperation with the University of Floridas Seahorse Key Marine Biological Laboratory. For more information on
15、 the Summer Science Class program，please read our press release.Black Rock Forest Consortium is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to advance scientific understanding of the natural world through research，education and conservation programs.21If you want to be a member of Summer Science Class，
16、you should _Avisit Black Rock Forest first Bdownload their brochureCcall a phone 845-534-4517 Dregister before March 822Summer Science Classs courses are_Aonly about science subjects Bcooperated by several organizations Cfrom July 15 through August 9 Dhosted by the worlds leading professors23Where c
17、an you find the article?AFrom a web site. BFrom a traveling brochure.CFrom a novel book. DFrom one famous magazine.BThe Great Gatsby, Lord of the Flies, and The Catcher in the Rye . these books are usually among the reading lists given to students in the US. They all have something in common the wri
18、ters are all white men. As the literary ideas taught in todays schools are often the groundwork for further education, critics believe that reading mostly white male views could have negative effects on students.Scott Campbell, an English teacher at New Trier High School, said he believes this fact
19、comes from social oppression (压迫 ).“Women a hundred or so years ago were not encouraged or expected that they might write, so were left with literature that seems unbalanced,” Campbell explained. “This is just one of the after-effects of male domination (统治).”Some schools have started to change that
20、. Hancock High School in Michigan has included books that teachers believe to be more culturally relevant to their students. Themes have included power and justice (正义), family and womens rights, which are taught through The Kite Runner and The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts respe
21、ctively (分别地 ).Hancock junior Sandra Rodriguez said she welcomes her schools efforts to replace some of the traditional high school reads.“These books just talk about men and men and men. And they never actually show women actually doing something,” she said. “You have to read something you feel goo
22、d about.”Still, some students warn that theres a fine line between a curriculum (课程) that reflects their culture and one thats trying too hard.“We come from a Hispanic (拉美的) culture, but even when they give us Hispanic books, its like the same book over and over: Hispanic kid wants to go into the wh
23、ite community and not get looked down upon,” said Hancock senior Lisseth Perez.24.Why do the reading lists for American students need improving?A. the literary ideas stated in the books of the lists are out of dateB. the lists overemphasize the topic of social oppressionC. the lists are dominated by
24、 the works of white male authorsD. the lists dont contain any works by modern writers25. According to the passage, what kind of novel is the The Kite Runner?A.Valuable family valuesB. the theme of the power and justiceC. Equal rights for men and womenD. Huge changes in the Hispanic community26.What
25、did Lisseth Perez think of the “Hispanic books“on her reading list?A. excitingB. boringC. inspiringD. Confusing27. What do the books in the reading lists for American students have in common?A. They are about power and justiceB. They are about families and womens rightsC. They are about social oppre
26、ssionD. The authors are white menCHu Lis heart sank due to the color of the air. Driving 140 kilometers from Tianjin City to Beijing last week，she held her breath as the air became a charcoal grey haze(炭灰色的阴霾)The 39-year-old businesswoman has lived in Beijing for a decade，and this past month，she sai
27、d，brought the worst air pollution she has ever seen. It gave her husband a cough and left her seven-year-old daughter housebound(足不出户) “My husband as well as I is working here，so we have no choice， ” she said.“But if we had a choice，wed like to escape from Beijing.”The extended heavy pollution over
28、the last month，which caused punishment in return for a day last weekcalled the “airpocalypse” by internet users has largely changed the way that Chinese think about the countrys air. On one day，pollution levels were 30 times higher than levels considered safe by the World Health Organization (WHO)Fl
29、ights were cancelled. Roads were closed. One hospital in east Beijing reported they had treated more than 900 children for breathing issues. Bloomberg found that for most of January，Beijings air was worse than that of an airport smoking area.The smogs(烟雾) most threatening aspect is its high concentr
30、ation(浓度) of PM 2.5 particulate matter that is small enough to breathe deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream，causing breathing infections，lung cancer and possibly damaging childrens development. The WHO has estimated that outdoor air pollution accounts for two million deaths per year，65% of
31、them in Asia.28Which conclusion can we draw from the first paragraph?AHu Li is living in Beijing. BHu Li traveled to Tianjin for business.CThe haze is harmful to people. DThe pollution is the worst in Beijings history.29The haze affected people mainly in_Athe way they traveled Bthe opinion about nat
32、ional airCthe way they lived their life Dthe life style of internet30From the passage we know high concentration of PM 2.5_Acan lead to choke Bcan cause heart cancer Cwill damage childrens development Dwill damage peoples organ31Whats the best title for the passage?AHu Lis attitudes to Beijings haze
33、 BThe damages of Beijings hazeCWHO suggests improving Beijings air DWhat caused air pollution in BeijingDDo you believe that things are connected for no scientific reason at all? For example, do you avoid saying the word “four” to avoid bad luck? If so, you have a superstition (迷信). And youre not al
34、one all kinds of people have them.For example, Portugals soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo always steps onto the pitch (球场) with his right foot first, according to The Telegraph. And sports players are not alone in having superstitions. A visitor once asked the Nobel Prize winning scientist Niels B
35、ohr whether he really believed that the horseshoe hed hung at his country home was lucky. “Of course not,” the Danish physicist said. “But I understand its lucky whether you believe in it or not.”One recent study found that even scientists at MIT and other top US schools tended to look for a meaning
36、 in natural events, similar to the connection between stepping on the pitch and playing soccer well, according to The Atlantic. When the researchers gave the scientists little time to answer questions, they were twice as likely to agree with statements such as “Trees produce oxygen so that animals c
37、an breathe” than they were when they had more time to think about their reply.It seems that fear can make people think differently in this way, too. In a British study, students imagined meeting a “witch” who said she would cast (施魔法) an evil spell on them. About half said a scientist should not be
38、worried about the spell. Yet each of them said that, personally, they wouldnt let the “witch” do it to them.So why are so many of us superstitious? Well, it seems to be our way of dealing with the unknown. “Many people quite simply just want to believe,” Brian Cronk, a professor of psychology at Mis
39、souri Western State University, said in a 2008 interview. “The human brain is always trying to work out why things happen, and when the reason is not clear, we tend to make up some pretty bizarre (古怪的) explanations.”And these explanations arent completely unhelpful. In fact, superstitions can someti
40、mes work and bring real luck, according to psychologists at the University of Cologne in Germany in the May 2010 issue of the journal Psychological Science. They found that believing in something can improve performance on a task like an exam.So, what about you? What superstitions do you follow to k
41、eep you safe and successful?32. Why does the author mention word “four“ in the first paragraph?A. to prove that it is reasonable to be superstitiousB. to introduce the readers to the topic of superstitionsC. to show how foolish it is to believe in superstitionsD. to discuss the scientific reasons be
42、hind superstitions33.How many examples of superstitions are mentioned in the passage? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D.534.Whats the authors attitude to superstitions?A. Neutral B. Positive C. Negative D. Unknown35. What is the best title of the article?A. How to get rid of superstitionsB. How superstitions affect
43、our daily livesC. How some common superstitions came into beingD. Why superstitions are common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。“Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.” Lao TzuIf you are in a city where everyone rushes, realize that you dont have to
44、 be like everyone else. You can be different. You can walk instead of driving in rush hour traffic. You can be on your iPhone or Blackberry less, and disconnected sometimes. Your environment doesnt control your life you do. Im not going to tell you how to give you a step-by-step guide to moving slow
45、er. _36_1. Do less.Cut back on your projects, on your task list, on how much you try to do each day. Focus not on quantity but on quality. _37_ Save smaller, routine tasks for later in the day, but give yourself time to focus.2. Have fewer meetings._38_ And they eat into your day, forcing you to squ
46、eeze the things you really need to do into small windows, and making you rush.3. _39_ When you do the important things with focus, without rush, there will be things that get pushed back, and that dont get done. And you need to ask yourself: how necessary are these things? What would happen if I sto
47、pped doing them?4. Practice mindfulness.Simply learn to live in the present, rather than things so much about future or the past. When you eat, fully appreciate your food. When you are with someone, be with them fully. When you are walking, appreciate your surroundings, no matter where you are.Try t
48、hese things out. Life is better when unrushed. _40_A. Start to put off or cancel the unnecessary.B. Meetings are usually a “big waste of time”.C. The world likely wont end if you dont pass one of the examinations.D. But here are some things to consider and perhaps adopt, if they work for your life.E. Remembe
