1、2016届江西省赣州市十三县（市）高三上学期期中联考英语试题第卷（三部分，共 100 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. Whats the time now?A. 4:00. B. 3:40. C. 4:20.2. What does the man want to take?A. Taxi. B. A bus. C.
2、 A plane. 3. Whats the man going to do?A. See a movie. B. Eat out. C. Prepare a speech.4. What does the man prefer to do at the library?A. Study. B. Read magazines. C. Borrow books.5. What does the man think of Lindas brother?A. He is very quiet. B. He is very friendly. C. He talks too much.第二节：(共 1
3、5 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 至 7 题。6. How many cities did the woman visit?A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.7. Where is the woman now?A. England. B. America. C. Canada.听第 7
4、 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. When will the party be held?A. On May 2nd. B. On May 3rd. C. On May 4th.9. What will be the content of the party?A. Some speeches. B. A dance. C. A contest.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How soon will the taxi get to the museum?A. Within ten minutes. B. Within twelve minutes. C. With
5、in twenty minutes.11. How much will it cost the woman if she doesnt tip the man?A. Only 8 dollars. B. Less than 18 dollars. C. More than 20 dollars.12. What can we learn from the conversation?A.The traffic is too heavy now. B. The museum will close at about 6:00.C. The woman wont tip the man.听第 9 段材
6、料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What can we learn about the mother?A. She is busy at work. B. She doesnt do housework. C. She is resting in bed.14. What is the main problem about the mans cooking?A. He didnt follow the recipe. B. He missed the right pan to cook the pizza.C. He used the directions for a differen
7、t food.15. How did the girl learn her father didnt like the pizza he prepared?A. He told her honestly what he thought about it. B. She could tell by his expressions.C. He threw it away after tasting it.16. What problem did the girl NOT mention about the pizza?A. It was too salty. B. It was burned. C
8、. It was too sweet.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who is the speaker?A. A student. B. An editor. C. A journalist.18. What skills should the volunteers have?A. Writing and typing skills. B. Speaking skills. C. Listening skills.19. How many days a week does Campus Daily come out?A. Four . B. Five. C. Sev
9、en.20. What is most likely to be the best reason for joining the staff?A. To make a great deal of money. B. To become an excellent student.C. To get some interesting experiences.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。AWith online courses,
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16、are recordings of actual lectures, they lack lecture notes and extra materials. However, each course has audio recordings of lectures via iTunes or video recordings of lectures via YouTube. Learn more at https:/ 21. Learners who choose Skillfeed need to _.A. equip themselves with the ability to use
17、the computerB. pay some fee if they want to continue after a monthC. have some knowledge of the design of websiteD. learn to upload their own high-quality video22. We can learn from the passage that Academic Earth _. A. charges learners nothing for any courseB. has many lectures given by 8,500 lectu
18、rersC. provides college courses mainly to young menD. offers college courses at the learners convenience23. If you want to improve your skill of Japanese language, you can visit _. A. https:/ B. https:/C. https:/ D. https:/iTunesU.comBThanks to a young waiter, I recently found a friend of 20 years w
19、as once a yo-yo virtuoso（大师）.“Oh, stop it!” Jackie said when I started laughing during our dinner. “I was, too. And I knew how to Walk the Dog.”“Wow, really?” said our waiter, Jumario Simmons, flashing a big smile at us.“Dont encourage her,” I said.“What else could you do?” he asked.“I did Round the
20、 World,” Jackie said, now ignoring me completely. “That was cradle（婴儿时期的）thing, too.”Id asked Jumario what he did when he wasnt waiting on tables. The 24-year-old waiter was so smart that I knew there had to be more to his story. It turns out that he won a regional yo-yo competition last year. He al
21、so gives free lessons to kids. “It gives them something to do,” Jumario said. “Keeps them off the streets.”One of the great things about eating out is the table talk with strangers, which reminds us that everyone has a life and a name. But the other day I heard that some restaurants are ending this
22、talk between diners and servers. I listened to the reporter describe how their improvements are allowing customers to text orders from their tables to speed up service.The reporter got my attention with this sentence “Five minutes after typing Im at table 3, a meal arrives at the table.” But there w
23、asnt a “please” with this order, which should have been a request. If youve ever waited on tables, you know that the last thing you need is yet another way for a customer to be unpleasant.Most servers are often mediating（调解）between customers requests for substitutions and overworked cooks accusation
24、s of treason（背叛）. Except at high-end restaurants, servers also have to walk back and forth like mothers of preschoolers so that we might consider them worthy of a large enough tip to lift their pay to minimum wage.Texting a server from a table a few feet away is equal to moving our fingers and shout
25、ing, “Hey, you!” It was rude in 1957, and its rude now. You wont ever find me texting a waiter or waitress.24. What do we know from the text?A. The waiter knows Jackie well. B. The waiter is good at playing yo-yo.C. Jackie plays yo-yo in her spare time. D. The author has a great interest in playing
26、yo-yo.25. Some restaurants allow diners to text a server from a table to _.A. improve their service B. reduce the cost of serviceC. show respect for diners D. stop talks between diners and servers26. Whats the last but one paragraph mainly about?A. The pay of servers. B. The work of servers.C. The c
27、ustomers request. D. The work of mothers of preschoolers.27. From the passage, the authors attitude towards texting a server from a table is _. A. indifferent B. positive C. curious D. negativeCSome people collect stamps. Other people collect works of art or musical instruments. But a man in the Ame
28、rican state of Maryland collects secrets.For the past 10 years, people have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. He now has a million secrets. “Its a drawing of a lift. And the secret says: I feel guilty when I take lifts for one floor, so I limp when I
29、 get out.” Frank said. Ten years ago, Mr. Warren created an art project called PostSecret. People then began to send him postcards, other objects and emails telling their secrets. Every Sunday, he chooses 10 secrets and puts them on the website. Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people could
30、share their secrets in a safe place. “I was struggling with secrets in my own life. And it was by creating this safe place where others could share their secrets with me, I think that space was something I needed just as much as they did.”He has published six books full of the secrets people have sh
31、ared with him. One secret in each book is his. Eric Perry delivers mail for the U.S. Postal Service. He has brought thousands of secrets to Franks home over the past three years. “I have a couple of the books that Franks given me and Ive read them all and my family has read them all and its wild!” T
32、he project itself was once one of Franks secrets. His wife Jan didnt know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published. The publisher told him that the address was going to be on the book, and he refused. However, the address was there just because of the contract between them. Actua
33、lly Warren wasnt very happy about that. Some people tell Frank of their secret desire to kill themselves. So he and the PostSecret community have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides（自杀）.28. It is implied in Mr. Warrens words in Paragraph 2 that _.A. the person was ashamed of using a
34、n elevator for one floorB. Americans are not allowed to use an elevator for one floorC. the person felt guilty when pretending to be a disabled oneD. he has received different secrets about using an elevator29. Mr. Warren created PostSecret in order to _. A. satisfy his curiosity about others secret
35、s B. collect more materials for his series of books C. offer a safe place for people to share their secrets D. earn a lot of money by sharing others secrets online30. What do we know about Eric Perry from the passage?A. His family are eager to collect the books written by Frank.B. His main job is to
36、 deliver mails and postcards for Frank.C. He has been a postman who has a great many secrets.D. He has developed a good relationship with Frank.31. What was Mr. Warrens secret according to the passage?A. He once took the lift only for one floor.B. He is interested in collecting others secrets.C. He
37、created an art project without telling his wife.D. He helped prevent others from committing suicides.DIn modern society there is a great deal of argument about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is responsible for social progress and prosperity （繁荣）. Others say that competition is
38、bad; that it sets one person against another; that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people. I have taught many children who held the belief that their self-worth relied on how well they performed at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death affai
39、rs. In their single-minded pursuit（追求）of success, the development of many other human qualities is sadly forgotten. However, while some seem to be lost in the desire to succeed, others take an opposite attitude. In a culture which only values the winner and pays no attention to the ordinary players,
40、 they strongly blame competition. Among those who are against competition are young people who have suffered under competitive pressures from their parents or society. Teaching these young people, I often observe in them a desire to fail. They seem to seek failure by not trying to win or achieve suc
41、cess. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesnt matter because I really didnt try.” What is not usually admitted by them is the belief that if they had really tried and lost, that would mean a lot. Such a loss would be a measure of their worth. Clearly, this belief i
42、s the same as that of true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief that ones self-respect relies on how well one performs in comparison with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this basic and often troublesome fear begins to disappear can we di
43、scover a new meaning in competition. 32. What is the best title of this passage?A. Competition! Why Friends Turn into Enemies B. Competition! What Self-respect Depends on C. New Meaning Found in Competition D. Two Mistaken Beliefs about Competition33. Why do some young people suffering from competit
44、ive pressures seek failure?A. Because they are aware that they will not succeed in competition. B. Because they dont think it worthwhile to compete with others. C. Because they are afraid that they would not be valued if they lost. D. Because they are fed up with the great efforts needed to compete
45、with others. 34. Which of the following will the author probably agree with?A. One should treat competition as a life-and-death affair. B. One should make every effort to avoid competition. C. One should get rid of the fear of failure in competition. D. One should be given rewards after competing wi
46、th others. 35. The true competitors and those with a desire to fail both believe _. A. ones self-worth comes from how well he performs in comparison with othersB. ones dream can be achieved if he has mastered good communication skillsC. ones failure happens when he is suffering from emotional proble
47、msD. ones success is based on how hard he has tried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。For a lot of parents, sending their kids off to college is a bittersweet experience. I think a lot of teenagers head to college without any idea about how money works. Dont let that happen to your college kid. Help them understand these issues before they step into that first class. Budget, budget, budget. 36 So start by making sure you understand budgeting and have begun to use it as part of your financial plan. Independence means responsibility. Living away from
