1、2016 届陕西省西安市第七十中学高三上学期 10 月月考英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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 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 称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Why did both of the speakers do grocery shopping at 9:00 sharp ?A.
2、To run into each other. B. To avoid the crowds. C. To get bargains2. What is the man going to do ?A. Call a taxi for the woman. B. Take the woman to the bus station. C. Drive the woman to the train station.3. What does the woman suggest the man do ?A. Wait for the proper moment . B. Find another way
3、 to walk. C. Cross the street at the traffic lights.4. What does the man mean?A. He has also read the article for three times.B. He cant understand the article eitherC. He cant read the article in the dark.5. What does the woman say about the film?A. She has already seen the film.B. She is intereste
4、d in seeing the film.C. Most classmates think the film is good. 第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 15 分，满分 225 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. When will the dinner start ?A. 6:10 B. 6:30 C. 6:407. Wh
5、y is the man late ?A. Because the ferry he took broke down.B. Because he went to the ferry Lost-and- Found.C. Because he went back to the ferry to find his dog.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 、9 题。8. Why cant the baby-sitter come ?A. Her daughter is sick. B. She has a stomachache. C. She will go to the hospital.9. W
6、hat does the man think of the baby-sitter tonight ?A. Nice B. Good C. Nervous听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where does the man want to go ?A. Chicago B. New Zealand C. Tokyo11. What time will the Flight 212 take off ?A. At 11:30 a.m. B. At 10:30 a.m. C. At 11:30 p.m. 12. How long does the whole journey
7、take ?A. Less than one hour . B. About two hours. C. About eleven hours听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What are the two speakers doing in the park?A. They are having a date. B. They are picnicking. C. They are exercising14. Why did the woman go to the doctor the day before yesterday?A. She fell down and
8、hurt her ankle.B. She cut her fingers badly.C. She had trouble in breathing.15. What can we know about the woman build?A. Shes heavy. B. Shes of medium build C. Shes healthy16. What annoys the woman most ?A. Giving up fried chips. B. Getting up early C. Getting rid of Coke.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题17.
9、 Why do people leave home to travel according to the speaker ?A. To get educated. B. To take an adventure. C. To enjoy themselves.18. What do we learn about Paris from the passage ?A. There are 200 vehicles for every kilometer.B. There are few shops along river Seine19. What impression will a touris
10、t get of Hong Kong ?A. It has many big parks. B. It is a city of contrasts. C. It is an industrial center.20. What does the passage tell about travelling ?A. It makes our city more interesting.B. It enables us to get first-hand knowledge.C. It brings about changes in our lifestyle.（40 分） 阅读下列短文 ，从每题
11、所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项 ，ASome people will do just about anything to save money. And I am one of them. Take my familys last vacation. It was my six-year-old sons winter break form school, and we were heading home from Fort Lauderdale after a weeklong trip. The flight was overbooked, and Delt
12、a, the airline, offered us $400 per person in credits to give up our seats and leave the next day. I had meetings in New York，So I had to get back. But that didnt mean my husband and my son couldnt stay. I took my nine-month-old and took off for home.The next day, my husband and son were offered mor
13、e credits to take an even later flight. Yes, I encouragedokay, orderedthem to wait it out at the airport, to “earn“ more Delta Dollars. Our total take: $1,600. Not bad, huh?Now some people may think Im a bad mother and not such a great wife either. But as a big-time bargain hunter, I know the value
14、of a dollar. And these days, a good deal is something few of us can afford to pass up.Ive made living looking for the best deals and exposing （揭露） the worst tricks. I have been the consumer reporter of NBCs Today show for over a decade. I have written a couple of books including one titled Tricks of
15、 the Trade: A Consumer Survival Guide. And I really do what I believe in.I tell you this because there is no shame in getting your moneys worth. Im also tightfisted when it comes to shoes, clothes for my children, and expensive restaurants. But I wouldnt hesitate to spend on a good haircut. It keeps
16、 its shape longer, and its the first thing people notice. And I will also spend on a classic piece of furniture. Quality lasts.21. Why did Delta give the authors family credits?A. They took a later flight. B. They had early bookings.C. Their flight had been delayed. D. Their flight had been cancelle
17、d.22. What can we learn about the author?A. She rarely misses a good deal. B. She seldom makes a compromise.C. She is very strict with her children. D. She is interested in cheap products.23. What does the author do?A. Shes a teacher. B. Shes a housewife.C. Shes a media person. D. Shes a businesswom
18、an.24. What does the author want to tell us?A. How to expose bad tricks. B. How to reserve airline seats.C. How to spend money wisely. D. How to make a business deal.BThey baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital. She is quiet but alert （警觉）. Twenty centimeters from her face researcher
19、s have placed a white card with two black spots on it. She stares at it carefully. A researcher removes the card and replaces it by another, this time with the spots differently spaced. As the cards change from one to the other, her gaze（凝视） starts to lose its focus until a third, with three black s
20、pots, is presented. Her gaze returns: she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card. Can she tell that the number two is different from three, just 24 hours after coming into the world?Or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer? The same experiment, but with three spots shown bef
21、ore two, shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes. Perhaps it is just the newness? When slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects (a comb, a key, an orange and so on), changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects them
22、selves. Could it be the pattern that two things make, as opposed to three? No again. Babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three, or three to two. The effect even crosses between senses. Babies who were repeatedly shown two spots beca
23、me more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two; likewise （同样地） when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.25. The experiment described in Paragraph 1 is related to the babys_.A. sense of hearing B. sense of sight C. sense of touch D. sense of s
24、mell26. Babies are sensitive to the change in_.A. the size of cards B. the colour of picturesC. the shape of patterns D. the number of objects27. Why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?A. To reduce the difficulty of the experiment. B. To see how babies recognize sounds.C. To carry th
25、eir experiment further. D. To keep the babies interest.28. Where does this text probably come from?A. Science fiction. B. Childrens literature. C. An advertisement. D. A science report.CIt happened to me recently. I was telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading Barack Obamas Dreams From My Fath
26、er and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a brilliantly （精彩地）written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way which suggested he had no idea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking t
27、o a book liar.And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they havent. In the World Book Days “Report on Guilty Secrets”, Dreams From My Father is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people h
28、ave lied about reading, and as Im not one to lie too often (Id hate to be caught out), Ill admit here and now that I havent read the entire top ten. But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have read the book at number one, George Orwells 1984. I think its really brilliant.The Wo
29、rld Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky (I havent read him, but havent lied about it either) and Herman Melville.Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress”
30、someone they were speaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more indepth!But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. K. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the
31、 back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (Ill come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).29. How did the author find his friend a book liar?A. By judging his manner of speaking. B. By looking into his background.C. By mentioning a famous
32、name. D. By discussing the book itself.30. Which of the following is a “guilty secret” according to the World Book Day report?A. Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list. B. 42% of people pretended to have read 1984.C. The author admitted having read 9 books. D. Dreams From My Father is hardl
33、y read.31. By lying about reading, a person hopes to .A. control the conversation B. appear knowledgeableC. learn about the book D. make more friends32. What is the authors attitude to 58% of readers?A. Favorable. B. Uncaring C. Doubtful D. FriendlyDThe National GalleryDescription:The National Galle
34、ry is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar Square in London. It houses a diverse collection of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are r
35、eached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entranceLayout:The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th- to 15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van
36、Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronese.The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin,
37、Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.The East Wing houses 18th- to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh.Opening Hours:The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10am to 9pm) and is free, but charges apply to some sp
38、ecial exhibitions.Getting There:Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk), Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).33. In which centurys collection can you see religious paintings?A. The 13th. B. The 17th. C. The 18th. D.
39、The 20th.34. Where are Leonardo da Vincis works shown?A. In the East Wing. B. In the main West Wing.C. In the Sainsbury Wing. D. In the North Wing.35. Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?A. Piccadilly Circus. B. Leicester Square. C. Embankment. D. Charing Cross.第二节 （共 5 小题；每
40、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。Public Speaking TrainingGet a coach36 ，so get help. Since there are about a billion companies out there all ready to offer you public speaking training and courses, here are some things to look for when deciding the training thats right for you
41、.Focus on positivesAny training you do to become more effective at public speaking should always focus on the positive aspects of what you already do well. Nothing can hurt confidence more than being told that you arent doing well. 37 , so good public speaking training should develop those instead o
42、f telling you what you shouldnt do. 38 If you find a public speaking course that looks as though its going to give you lots of dos and donts, walk away! Your brain is so full of what youre going to be talking about.39 . As far as were concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about publi
43、c speaking. Your audience can be your friends.You are a special person not a cloneMost importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits. 40 . Your training course should help you bring out yourpersonality, not try to turn you into someone yo
44、ure not.A. You arent like anybody elseB. You already do lots of things wellC. Turn your back on too many rulesD. Check the rules about dos and dontsE. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is toughF .The one thing you dont want is for them to fall asleepG. So trying to force a whole set of rule
45、s into it will just make things worse第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D）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。I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more 41 the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “ 42 a disability” for several h
46、ours one Sunday. Some members, 43 , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs（耳塞）or blindfolds （眼罩）.Just sitting in the wheelchair was a 44 experience. I had never considered before how 45 it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down, my 46 made the chair begin to roll. Its whee
47、ls were not 47 . Then I wondered where to put my 48 . It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into 49 . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of 50 for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary（临时的） 51 .I tried to find a 52 positi
48、on and thought it might be restful, 53 kind of nice, to be 54 around for a while. Looking around, I 55 I would have to handle the thing myself? My hands started to ache as I 56 the heavy metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the 57 of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) 58 task.My wheelchair experiment was soon 59 . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the 60 , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.41. A. curious about B. interested in C. aware of D. careful with42. A. cure B. prevent C. adopt D. analyze43. A.
