1、 荆州中学高三年级第一次质检英语卷第一部分: 听力 (共两节, 满分 30 分) 做题时,先将答案划在试卷上。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）听下面五段对话。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. How long has the train already stayed at the station?A15 minutes. B14 minutes. C8
2、minutes.2. When will the mother probably arrive?AAround dinner time. BIn the mid-afternoon. CAt noon.3. What does the man imply?AThe woman should be careful.BThe woman shouldnt start training.C The woman should see a doctor.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?AClassical music. BStudying li
3、terature. CWatching movies.5. What degree does the man plan to start to do?ADoctor s degree. BMasters degree. CBachelors degree.第 2 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，并标在席卷的相应位置。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，各个小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第 6 段材料，回
4、答第 6、7 题。6. Where does the man want to go?ATo Beijing. BTo London. CTo New York.7. When is the mans flight?AAt 6:25 a.m. BAt 6:25 p.m. CAt 10:00 p.m.请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What do we know about the man?AHe quarreled with his boss. BHe lost his job. CHe is tired.9. What does the woman suggest the man
5、 do?AAsk for help. BGo see a doctor. CFinish the projects.请听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What are the speakers mainly talking about?AWhat transport to take.BHow to carry their luggage.C Where to spend Vacation.11. Why does the woman want to take a train there?ATo be safe. BTo enjoy the scenery. CTo sav
6、e money.12. What does the man worry about?ATheir luggage. BTheir tickets. CTheir time.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What are the speakers worrying about?ABooking plane tickets. BMissing five days of school.C Making up lessons during spring break.14. What does the man suggest doing first?AGetting their
7、 money back. BTalking with their professors. C Booking plane tickets15. What can we learn about the man?AHe has canceled his trip.BHe had been ill for a week.C He was caught in a storm.16. What can we learn about the woman?AShe is looking forward to the vacation.BShe got the news from the dean.C She
8、 has talked with John.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What date is St. Georges Day?AApril 22nd BApril 23rd. CApril 24th.18. Who drove the car yesterday?AJohn. BMargaret. CAndrew.19. What can we learn from the talk?AStratford is not very far from the sea.BCairngorms has great scenery.C Cairngorms lies i
9、n the heart of England.20. What do we know about Stratford?AThere are mountains round it.BAvon river runs through it.C It has marketplaces.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, 从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe king was to pass by a beggars small poor house a
10、nd the man was excited, not because he was about to see the king but because the king was known to part with expensive jewels and huge sums of money when moved by sympathy.He saw the kings carriage just when a kind man was filling his begging bowl with uncooked rice. Pushing the man aside, he ran in
11、to the street, shouting praises of the king and the royal family.The carriage stopped and the king beckoned to the beggar.“Who are you?” he asked. “One of the most unfortunate of your people,” said the beggar. “Poverty sits on my doorstep and follows me about like a dog. I havent eaten since yesterd
12、ay afternoon!” “Have you nothing for your king except great sorrow?” said the ruler, putting out his hand. “Give me something.” The beggar, astonished, carefully picked up 5 grains of rice from his bowl and laid them on the kings outstretched palm. The king drove away. The beggars disappointment was
13、 great. He complained and cursed the king again and again for his miserliness. When he returned home in the evening he found a bag of rice on the floor. “Some generous soul has been here,” he thought and took out a handful of rice from the bag. To his astonishment, there was a small piece of gold in
14、 it. He realized then that the bag had been sent by the king. He emptied the rice on the floor, feeling sure there would be more gold pieces in it, and he was right. He found 5, one for each grain of rice he had given the king.“It is not the king who has been miserly,” thought the man, sadly. “If I
15、had been generous and given him the whole bowl of rice, I would have been a rich man today.”21. From the passage, we know that the king_.A. was a kind man B. was arrogant C. was a miserly man D. was very young22. Why did the king ask the beggar for something according to the text?A. Because he was p
16、oor than the beggar.B. Because he wanted to make the beggar even poorer.C. Because he had nothing to eat.D. Because he wanted to give something to the beggar in return.23. The real reason why the beggar got only five gold pieces is that_.A. he complained and cursed the king again and againB. the kin
17、g was only generous to rich peopleC. the king wanted to punish him severelyD. he himself was miserly BA survey suggests that people who have dropped out from high school just earn an average of $9,000 less per year than graduates. Now a new study removes a common belief why they quit. Its much more
18、basic than flunking out(不及格).Society tends to think of high school dropouts as kids who just cant cut it. They are lazy, and perhaps not too bright. So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.“The vast majority actually had passing grades and
19、 they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About one million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic(美籍西班牙的)students will receive a diploma(证书), and actually all dropouts come to regret
20、 their decision. So, if failing grades dont explain why these kids quit, what does? Again, John Bridgeland: “The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they werent inspired or motivated. They didnt see any direct connection between what they were learni
21、ng in the classroom to their own lives, or to their career aspirations.”The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the U.S., only one state, New Mexico, has a law requiring teenagers to sta
22、y in high school until they graduate. Only four states: California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions. Jeffrey Grin, another researcher, says raising the compulsory attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school
23、.“As these dropouts look back, they realize theyve made a mistake. And anything that sort of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and see it through to the end, is probably helpful measure.”New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that
24、 forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the pointthe need for reform. Its been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually means something
25、.24. According to researchers study, most high school students drop out of school because_.A. they have failing gradesB. they are lazy and not intelligentC. they are discriminated againstD. they take no interest in classes25. According to the passage, which state has a law requiring school attendanc
26、e until they graduate?A. New Hampshire. B. Utah.C. New Mexico.D. The District of Columbia.26. In the last paragraph, the writer is trying to_.A. suggest raising the compulsory attendance age B. analyze the reason why students quit schoolC. raise awareness of reforming high school dropoutsD. wish to
27、make laws to guarantee no dropouts27. From the passage, we can infer the following EXCEPT that _.A. the grades of most dropouts at school were acceptableB. dropouts salary is not as satisfying as graduatesC. classes dont appeal to dropoutsD. about 500,000 high school dropouts are black and SpanishCG
28、enerally speaking, government regulations normally ban anything from smoking in public places to parking in certain zones. But officials in the Brazilian town of Biritiba Mirim, 70km (45miles) east of Sao Paulo, have gone far beyond that. They plan to prohibit residents from dying early because the
29、local cemetery(墓地) has reached full capacity.Theres no more room to bury the dead, they cant be cremated(火化) and laws forbid a new cemetery. So the mayor has proposed a strange solution: outlaw death. Mayor Roberto Pereira says the bill is meant as a protest against federal regulations that prohibit
30、 new or expanded cemeteries in preservation areas. “They have not taken local demands into consideration”, he claims.A 2003 decree(法令) by Brazils National Environment Council forbids burial grounds in protected areas. Mr. Pereira wants to build a new cemetery, but the project has been stopped becaus
31、e 98% of Biritiba Mirim is considered as a preservation area.Biritiba Mirim, a town of 28,000 inhabitants, not only wants to prohibit residents from passing away. The bill also calls on people to take care of their health in order to avoid death. “I havent got a job, nor am I healthy. And now they s
32、ay I cant die. Thats ridiculous,” Amarido do Prado, an unemployed resident said.The city council is expected to vote on the regulation next week. “Of course the bill is laughable, illegal, and will never be approved,” said Gilson Soares de Campos, an assistant of the mayor. “But can you think of a b
33、etter resolution to persuade the government to change the environmental decree that is prohibiting us from building a new cemetery?” The bill states that “offenders will be held responsible for their acts.” However, it does not say what the punishment will be.28. What is the bill to be proposed by t
34、he officials in Biritiba Mirim?A. Ban on building a new cemetery.B. Ban on parking in certain zones.C. Forbidding buried grounds in preservation.D. Prohibiting residents from dying early.29. What can we infer from the phrase “have gone far beyond that” in the first paragraph?A. The officials in Biri
35、tiba Mirim have made these regulations.B. The officials in Biritiba Mirim have been to many places around the world.C. The bill to be proposed by officials in Biritiba Mirim is much too unexpected.D. The officials in Biritiba Mirim have built too many cemeteries in their town.30. Whats the attitude
36、of the mayor of Biritiba Mirim towards the federal regulations?A. He remains silent about them.B. He gives strong backing to them.C. He objects to them.D. He asks the residents for advice on them.31. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. The mayor of the town wants to build a new c
37、emetery against federal regulation.B. The residents of the town sing high praise for the bill.C. No better resolution of the problems has been thought out.D. The government is going to change the environmental decree.DWe take it for granted that with memory we can remember most of things which happe
38、ned in our life. But it is difficult to imagine what life would be like without memory. The meanings of thousands of everyday perceptions(感知), the basis for the decisions we make, and the roots of our habits and skills are to be found in our past experiences, which are brought into the present by me
39、mory.Memory can be defined as the ability to keep information available for later use. It not only includes “remembering” things like arithmetic(算术) or historical facts, but also involves any change in the way an animal typically behaves. Memory is involved when a rat gives up eating grain because h
40、e has sniffed something suspicious in the grain pile.Memory exists not only in humans and animals but also in some physical objects and machines. Computers, for example, contain devices for storing data for later use. It is interesting to compare the memory storage capacity(容量) of a computer with th
41、at of a human being. The instant access memory of a large computer may hold up to 100,000 “words”strings of alphabetic or numerical charactersready for instant use. An average U.S. teenager probably recognizes the meaning of about 1000,000 words of English. However, this is but a part of the total a
42、mount of information that the teenager has stored. Consider, for example, the number of faces and places that the teenager can recognize on sight.The use of words is the basis of the advanced problem solving intelligence of human beings. A large part of a persons memory is in terms of words and comb
43、inations of words. But while language greatly expands the number and the kind of things a person can remember, it also requires a huge memory capacity. It may well be this capacity that distinguishes humans, setting them apart from other animals. 32. Which of the following is true about memory?A. It
44、 helps us perceive things happening around us every day.B. It is based on the decisions we made in the past.C. It is rooted in our past habits and skills.D. It connects our past experiences with the present.33. According to the passage, memory is helpful in ones life in the following aspects EXCEPT
45、that_.A. it involves a change in ones behaviorB. it keeps information for later useC. it warns people not to do things repeatedlyD. it enables one to remember events that happened in the past34. What is the major characteristic of mans memory capacity according to the author?A. It can be expanded by
46、 language. B. It can remember all the combined words. C. It may keep all the information in the past. D. It may change what has been stored in it. 35. Human beings make themselves different from other animals by_. A. having the ability to perceive dangerB. having a far greater memory capacity C. hav
47、ing the ability to recognize faces and places on sight D. having the ability to draw on past experiences 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，选项中有两项是多余的选项。Have you ever found it difficult to understand a text or express your own idea? In fact, someone who always comes across these
48、 kinds of problems may have learning disabilities. Today we begin a series of programs about learning disabilities. These are disorders in the ways that people understand or use language. They can affect the ability to listen or think, or to speak or to read and write. They can also affect the ability to do mathematics. _36_Researchers believe that learning disabilities are caused by differences in the way that the brain wo
