1、 试卷类型: A单县五中高三 10 月阶段测试英语试题 2015.10.04注意事项: 1. 本试卷分第 I 卷(选择题)和第 II 卷( 非选择题)两部分。2. 答题前, 考生务必将自己的姓名和考号填写在答题纸的相应位置。第 I 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. What does the man want to b
2、e?A. A doctor. B. A teacher. C. An architect.2. How much are the stamps?A. 2.20 pounds. B. 2.30 pounds. C. 5 pounds.3. Why does the woman show interest in the bookstore?A. She wants to work there. B. She wants to buy a cookbook.C. She loves a man working there.4. What are the speakers talking about?
3、A. Kinds of drinks. B. An art exhibition. C. Tourist attractions.5. What does the man complain about the food?A. It tastes terrible. B. It comes too late. C. It isn t what he ordered.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
4、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 probably is the woman?A. An English teacher. B. A designer of programmes.C. A student of business studies.7. What do the students think of the programmes?A. Theyre simple. B. Theyre serious. C. Theyre interesting.听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。8
5、. What does the man plan to do this Saturday morning?A. Get up late. B. Take a walk. C. Cut some wood.9. What did the house manager say about the wolf?A. It was attracted by the food. B. It killed a lot of small animals.C. It lost its way back to the wood.10. What do we know about the woman?A. She i
6、s telling a lie to the man. B. She likes telling jokes to people.C. She may not catch what the manager said.听第8材料，回答第11-13题。11. What is wrong with the man?A. He has caught a cold. B. He has some other plans.C. He has to stay in bed tomorrow.12. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Be on duty. B.
7、 Finish his job. C. Look after him.13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Teacher and student. C. Employer and employee.听第9材料，回答第14-16题。14. Who probably is the woman?A. A secretary. B. A UFO fan. C. A reporter.15. When did the man see the UFO?A. Last night. B. T
8、his morning. C. A few minutes ago.16. Why did the man look out of the window?A. Something was shining. B. There was a loud noise. C. His dog was barking.听第10材料，回答第17-20题。17. Why is the man tired?A. He has been studying hard. B. He has been tidying up his house.C. He was at work for the whole day.18.
9、 What does Marie do now?A. A student. B. A manager. C. A university professor.19. What kind of people is the man looking for?A. A cleaner. B. A decorator. C. A cabinetmaker.20. What do we know about the womans friend?A. He is leaving town. B. He can be contacted by telephone.C. He will work for the
10、man at once.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。AOctober 21 was a very dark day in Texas. Not only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes, it caused the largest business damage in Texass history. The worst thing is Hannas destructive fo
11、rce nearly wiped out most power poles and power lines. According to Center Point Energy, Hurricane Hanna affected 2.15 million customers. Currently, more than 4,000 of them are still in the dark. Crews have worked 16-hour shifts to restore power to residents. Most of Houston seems to be returning to
12、 normal. Schools, restaurants, retail stores and gas stations are open. Smiles are back. But harder-hit places, including Galveston, will take much longer to recover. Hundreds of people are still missing, and coastal towns are a mess. Some ruins from storm have drifted south to other beaches in Texa
13、s. Several public schools in Galveston are closed due to water damage. Parents are registering kids in other area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13. Many school supplies were destroyed. Clara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galvest
14、on, Texas. This is where Paula Reed and her family are staying. Believe it or not, Paula Reed and her family consider this hurricane a blessing. When Paula was a girl, she was an orphan, but was taken in by her stepmom, Antonia Flores. Reed lost contact with Flores and had been trying desperately to
15、 locate her for the past few years. Before the hurricane, Reed and her family moved away from Galveston to a San Antonio shelter. There, she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed.21. Whats the most serious damage caused by Hurricane Hanna?
16、A. Hundreds of people are still missing. B. A large number of people are homeless.C. Power facilities are severely destroyed. D. Factories are closed and many people jobless.22. It can be inferred that the residents in Houston_.A. have fully recovered from the disasterB. were the most unlucky people
17、 in the disasterC. need a long time to bring their life back to normalD. suffered less from Hanna than people in Galveston23. Kids in public schools in other areas of Houston will have to stay at home for_A. at least one month B. at least three weeksC. two weeks at most D. nearly half a month24. Pau
18、la Reed and her family consider the hurricane a blessing because_A. they had nothing lost after Hurricane HannaB. they lived a happier life in San Antonio shelterC. Paula was taken good care of in the shelterD. Paula reunited with her stepmother after three decadesBThe International Painting Contest
19、 on Googles homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange, but it spotlightings a very serious issue: clean water, which is unusual for an 11-year-old from Long Island.Audrey Zhang, a fifth-grader from Levittown, N.Y, is the winner of this years Doodle 4 Google contest, rising to the top of some 100, 000
20、 entries on the theme of “draw one thing to make the world a better place.”Her piece, titled “Back to Mother Nature,” describes a detailed water-cleaning machine. Zhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate(使生动)her drawing. “To make the world a better place, I came up with a transformat
21、ive water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,” Google quoted Zhang as saying. “It takes in dirty and polluted water from rivers, lakes and even oceans, then massively transforms the water into clean, safe and pure water. When humans and animals drink this water, they will
22、 live a healthier life.”She created a whole world around the deviceone populated by humans, a whale in a top hat and dragons.Zhang, s piece is “so vivid and so rich and so full and so complete, Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post. “Every leaf seemed to have life in it.”Al
23、ong with having her artwork featured on Googles homepage, Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarship. In addition, her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education technology grant, and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in Banglad
24、esh.On Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net, Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win, but said she wouldnt be awake when her art first went online at midnight.“I have school-tomorrow, so I cant stay up late,” she told the paper.25. Whats the passage mainly about?A. The win
25、ner and her work in the painting contest.B. The team of artists at Google to animate drawings.C. The painting contest of Googles homepage in 2015.D. The water-cleaning machine in the painting contest.26. According to the passage, we know that_.A. Audrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplinedB. a wat
26、er-cleaning device was made in the contestC. $50, 000 will be donated in Audrey Zhangs nameD. Zhangs piece was printed in all major newspapers27. The underlined word in Paragraph l probably means “_”. A. put up with B. 1ook for ward toC. breakaway from D. focus attention onCThe worlds richest man mi
27、ght seem to have it all, but Bill Gates has one regret. The self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languages.Speaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit(红迪网), the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French, Arabi
28、c or Chinese.He said: “I took Latin and Greek in high school and got As and I guess it helps my vocabulary. I keep hoping to get time to study one of theseprobably French because it is the easiest. I did Duolingo for a while but didnt keep it up.”Gates, who is worth $79.3 billion, praised Facebook f
29、ounder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese. “Mark Zuckerberg amazingly leamed Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese studentsunbelievable, isnt it?” he said.This isnt the first time for Gates to admit his regret over language. He also showed his habits at h
30、ome and personal insights.Last February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himselfto his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife, Melinda, would likely want Samuel L. Jackson to play her husband in a biopic(传记片). He also admitted that he would pick up a $100
31、bill if he found it on the street.As he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯)28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time, he said he is pretty basic when it comes to so ending on clothes and food, but that he enjoys investing in shoes and racquets(球拍)when he plays tennis.When asked a life
32、 lesson he had to learn the hard way, the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break. “Dont stay up too late even if the book is really exciting. You will regret it in the morning. Pam still working on this problem,” he said.28. Which of the following can be the best
33、 title for the passage?A. An Interview with Bill Gates B. How Bill Gates SucceededC. Bill Gates Regret D. The Richest Billionaire29. The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that_.A. it is important to lay a good foundation of lifeB. food and clothing are basic needs for peoples lifeC. h
34、e doesnt spend much money on food and clothesD. he never cares about buying food and clothing30. What advice did Bill Gates give?A. Avoid staying up too late. B. Be a good language learner.C. Do the dishes yourself at home. D. Pick up the $100 bills in the streets.31. Which of the following is true
35、according to the passage?A. Bill Gates is also the founder of FacebookB. Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 times.C. Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high schoo1.D. Bill Gates wife wants Samuel to play a game with Gates.DWeve been covering standing desks for a long time now because
36、experts agree that sitting all day is killing us. We want to be productive while also keeping our bodies healthy. Over the years, there have been several solutions to this from fixed standing desks to adjustable ones, portable desks to ones that change into shelves.However, the most high tech and el
37、egant solution has to be this new smart desk called The Stir Kinetic Desk. The desk learns your daily behaviors and moves between a sitting and standing height regularly throughout the day to keep you moving without interrupting your work flow.You can program specific sitting and standing intervals
38、or let the desk set the schedule. If you tend to sit while returning emails in the morning, but always want to stand during that afternoon conference call, the desk will learn those regular habits and adjust the schedule to fit them. Of course, the desk can always be manually lowered or raised by us
39、ing the touch screen on the lower left comer of the desk.When switching positions, the desk gently dips and rises to let you know that a change is coming up. If youre not ready to switch positions at that time, you can tap the touchscreen to stay sitting or standing for a while longer.The built-in t
40、ouchscreen also keeps track of your daily sitting and standing times and tells you how many calories youve burned. You can even set goals for how long or often you want to stand. The desk also works with fitness devices like the FitBit to track your movements.All of that smart tech doesnt come cheap
41、 though. The M1 desk, which is the everyday model, runs a steep $2,990, while the more executive model with added features, the F1, goes for$4,190.While expensive, its worth thinking of how much time we spend at our desks. Much like a good mattress(床垫), a good desk that works with you is worth the i
42、nvestment. Hopefully in a few years these smart, integrated desks will be more common and less expensive.32. The Stir Kinetic Desk has been designed to_.A. help users with their work B. keep users moving all the timeC. get users to exercise while working D. remind users of their working schedule33.
43、Which is the feature of the touchscreen of the desk?A. It can tell users when to change positions. B. It can track userschanges of positions.C. It can keep users in a fixed position. D. It can detect users health condition.34. Which of the following can best describe the desk?A. Productive but chall
44、enging. B. Convenient but unaffordable.C. Complex and impractical. D. Multi-functional and intelligent.35. What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph?A. To spend money on such a desk is rewarding.B. We should get such a desk as soon as possible.C. It wont be long before the desk is
45、 widely used.D. Desks play a very important role in our daily life.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。Article writing has been a way of conveying information through the web. If youre a writer, being able to let them stay on your article for more than two seconds i
46、s already a success. Your writing style can create more readers for your content if you know how to capture the attention of readers. _36_Be Direct-to-the-PointWebsite writing differs from print writing. People do not want to spend much time on a website because they want to get the information they
47、 need. _37_Be InformativeArticles for web content are briefly written. They flesh out the information without decorations. Be sure that your articles are not confusingly worded. _ 38 _ Make sure you organize your facts logically so that your reader can effectively process them.Be Conversational39 Be
48、 conversational so that readers can grasp what you mean in your article. With quality content, engage your readers so that your article will have that personal and human touch.Be Connected Most article writers just place sentences that state a certain fact to form a paragraph. However, in readers ho
49、pes, these writers fail to establish a human connection. 40 So it is important to make the connection smooth and not abrupt. A. Stay away from decorations when writing online content.B. Most readers like to read articles that “speak” to them.C. Connection will allow the readers minds to effectively process what is written.D. Get to your point directly so that your readers can process the information.E. Here are some important points to consider
