1、凉山州 2016 届高中毕业班第二次诊断性检测英语本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。第 I 卷( 选择题)第 1 至 6 页，第且卷(非选择题) 第 7 至 8 页，答题卷 2 页，共计 10 页，满分 15。分，考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项:1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、座位号、准考证号用 0.5 毫米的黑色签字笔填写在答题卡上，并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。2.选择题使用 2B 铅笔涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上; 非选择题用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔书写在答题卡的对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效;在草稿纸、试卷上答题无效。3.考试结束后，将答题卡收回。第 I 卷第一部分听力(共两节，
2、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，.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。例:How much is the shirt?A. #19.15. B. #9.18. C. #9.15.答案是 C1. Where is the womans new house?A. At a bus stop. B. N
3、ear the train station. C. Near an airport.2. What do you learn from theconversation?A. The woman preferred taking a taxi to taking a bus.B. The last bus left 5 minutes ago.C. They had to walk home.3. Why is the man angry? BecauseA. the telephone rings too much B. he loses his job C. he has too many
4、visitors4. What does the man mean?A. The doctor will be with the man soon. B. He doesnt know why she came here.C. He is Dr. Johnson.5. Whats the most probable relationship between the speakers?A. Doctor and wife. B. Husband and wife. C. Teacher and student.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
5、独自，每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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，听每段对话或独自前，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。每段对话或独自读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. How much is the womans package?A. 4 kilos. B. 5 kilos. C. 6 kilos.7. How much does the woman have to pay?A. 11 pounds. B. 6 pounds. C. 5 pounds.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至
6、9 题。8. What is the woman s brother?A. A postman. B. A poet. C. A writer.9. What does the man plan to do?A. Visit the womans brother later. B. Prepare a gift. C. Meet the woman at once.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where is the woman working?A. In a ticket office. B. In a government office. C. In a lost
7、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。AHistorians usually just study great things that happened in the past time, but Drew Faust hasmade history! On February 11, 2007, Faust was named president of Harvard University. She is the first woman to hold the position in the schoo
8、ls 371 year history.“I am a historian,“ she said. Ive spent a lot of time thinking about the past, and about howit shapes the future. No university in thecountry, perhaps the world, had as remarkable a past asHarvards.“And ourcommon enterprise is to make Harvards future even more remarkable than its
9、 past.That will mean recognizing and building on what we already do well. It will also mean recognizing what we don t do as well as we should, and not being satisfied until we find ways to do better.“It is her great desire for improvement and willingness to try out ideas that have given Drewsuccess
10、in a world controlled by men. “This is a mans world, my girl, and the sooner you learnthat, the better off you11 be.“ Drew Faust recalls her mother telling her this when she was young,but she didnt accept it.Faust grew up in a well-off family in Virginias Shenandoah Valley in the 1950s. Even thenShe
11、 was a trailblazer(先驱).A conversation with her familys black handyman and driver inspiredHer to write a letter, on school notebook paper, to President Dwight Eisenhower.She asked whether he could help bring US citizens together in the south, a much dividedpart of the country at the time.“Drew Faust
12、is a historian with her eyes on the future,“ said Susan Graham, a professor ofHarvard. Many of the universitys schools said that they believe Harvard will have a brighterfuture under the leadership of Drew Faust.21. Why does the writer Drew Faust has made history? Because A. she was president Harvar
13、d University B. Harvard has a remarkable pastC. she was the first woman to be president of Harvard University D. She is a historian 22. What do we know about historians? They A. usually study history or write about it B. are usually womenC. are usually born in well-off families D. are usually presid
14、ents of universities23. What did her mother mean by saying “This is a mans world, my girl.“? To A. encourage her to do mens work B. tell her to do things as a girl should doC. ask her to be well-off D. expect her to be a historian24. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Faust w
15、as born in the north of the US.B. She wrote a letter to President Eisenhower when she became president of Harvard.C. Fausts desire for improvement and willingness to try out new ideas has given her success.D. Historians just care about great things that happened in the past.BPeople feel differently
16、about advertising.People who are against it often argue that it isimmoral. They say ads are full of tricks. They also contain mistakes in grammar. Other people sayadvertisers have a right to speak freely. This is guaranteed by law. They point out that people donot have to view the ads.Weasel words A
17、dvertisers often use special words or phrases.Thesewordsor phrases areoften misleading. These words are called “weasel words“. Advertisers are free to use them as longas they stick to the rules. The government decides what these rules are. Examples of weasel wordsare “helps“, “virtual“, “new and imp
18、roved“，and “like“.“Helps“ People often think“help“means stop.Advertisers use it so that they can saythings that arent necessarily true. Legally, help means to aid or assist. For example, a product can “help“ cure indigestion. In fact, the product downtcure indigestion. Can you think of some ads that
19、 use“help“?“virtually“ To advisers, “virtually“ means “not really“ or “not in fact“. If you see an ad that says this cold medicine relieves virtually all symptoms, the adould really mean it doesnt relieve any symptoms. Can you think of some ads that use “virtually“?“New and Improved“ A product can o
20、nly be considered new for six months. Any smallchange in a product will make it new. Often, this change does not make a product better. Yet, thechange often makes it more expensive. New is often used with “improved“. Can you think of some ads that use “new“ and “improved“?“Like“ “Like“ can mean “not
21、 in fact“. Some products claim they work “like magic”.Like often takes the audiences attention off the product.Think of “like magic.”If things are like magic，they are not magic.Can you think of some ads that use “like“ or “like magic”?25. Advertisers are fond of using “weasel words“ A. so that they
22、might mislead consumers B. so that they are able to show their wisdomC. because the government allows them to D. because they have the freedom of speech26. By using the word “help“, advertisers intend to A. mean what they say B. show they are honestC. tell the consumer the truth D. trick consumers i
23、nto trusting their products27. The author seems to believe that an “improved“ product is often .A. better B. newer C. dearer D. less expensiveCPsychologists have discovered that even the most independent-minded of us will conform tosocial pressure when we are with a group of people. In one classie e
24、xperiment, people were showna vertical line and asked to find a line of identical length from a selection of three.You might think that this is an absurdly easy task, and when people perform it by themselvesthey do it very well. However, psychologists have discovered that we are very easily swayed b
25、y the opinions of other people when we do this task in a group. In one study, a group of three peoplewas set up,where two of the people were confederates(同伙 )of the experimenter.When the confederates deliberately gave wrong answers,people were often swayed to give the wrong answer also. In fact, 75%
26、 of people gave at least one wrong answer, with some people conforming to peer pressure on every occasion.But why do people conform in this way? In an easy task like this, it seems that people donot want to step out of line with the prevailing opinion of the group. On more difficult tasks, people al
27、so conform because they loseonfidence in their own ability to make decisions and preferto trust the majority opinion instead.A typical example of this kind of conformity arises when we come across people in distress.Would you help a woman who has been attacked in the street?It turns out that you are
28、 much more likely to go to her assistance if you are alone.When other people are also around,a diffusion of responsibility occurs. People are paralysed into inaction, because everyone assumes that someone else will go to the woman s assistance.28. In Paragraph 1, the underlined word “conform“ probab
29、ly means“ ”A. seek independence B. disobey ordersC. seek pleasure D. follow what others do29.What is the purpose of the experiment described in Paragraph 2? To A. explain why people would be influenced by the opinions of othersB. prove that people are easily influenced by the opinions of othersC. tr
30、ain the confederates of the experimenter as independent-mindedD. describe how people would be influenced by the opinions of others30. In the last paragraph, according to the author,why wouldnt one help the woman ?He .A. thinks he has no responsibilities to give a hand B.thinks he has has nothing to
31、do with itC. is too shy to give his helping hand D .thinks someone else will offer assistance3l.What method does the author mainly use to develop the text? A. Giving examples. B. Cause-effect analysis.C. Comparative analysis. D. Process analysis.DA MENTORING(导师制)program is giving life changing oppor
32、tunities to Banbury youth.Young Inspirations was founded two years ago to provide mentoring sessions for students and unemployed young adults aged 11 to 21.Alex Goldberg, the programs founder, said:“We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentiall
33、y be life changing and broaden their outlook.“We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to our youth. For example, weve secured internships(实习)with world-famous firms such as Honda. At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more diffi
34、cult to offer thiskind of mentoring,it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to helpyouth with their school work and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures.“Kieran Hepburn, 14, is one of a group of Banbury youth who has benefited from th
35、e program so far. On October the Banbury School pupil was ac companied by Young Inspirations staff to Paris where he was an observer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizations(UNESCO) International Youth Forum(论坛).The event was held for young people from around the worl
36、d to seek their views on how the future of youth and education should look. Kieran joined several hundred observers, mostly in their 20s and was the only UK school pupil to attend the event. Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience. “Before we left I didnt quite know what to make of it,
37、 but when we got there we didnt stop. It was amazing.“ he said, “We went to three or four hours of debates each day and then did something cultural each afternoon.“The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life. Itdealt with issues such as drug abuse, violenc
38、e and unemployment.Kieran said: “It has really helped me to improve my confidence and social skills as well as my school grades and I was voted most improved pupil at school in August.“The Young Inspirations mentoring sessions take place each Friday in Banbury. For details,visit .32. The Young Inspi
39、rations mentoring program aims to .A. train staff for world-famous firms B. offer job opportunities to young adultsC. provide youth with unique experiences D. equip the unemployed with different skills33. Ac cording to the founder，it is difficult for schools to offer the mentoring due to the .A. lac
40、k of support from firms B.cultural differencesC. effect of unemployment D. shortage of money34. We can learn from the passage that A. the visit to the United Kingdom was amazingB. Kieran has made great progress in many aspectsC. the youth have found a way to solve their problemsD.the mentormg sessio
41、ns are held every day except Friday35. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Alex Goldberg, Founder of Young Inspirations.B. Young People Find a World of Opportunity.C. Kieran, Banbury School Pupil to Paris.D. Debates Help Youth with Their Grades.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
42、出能填入空自处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Have you ever set a goal for yourself, like getting fit or being picked for a team? Like lots ofpeople, maybe you started out doing great, but then lost some of that drive and had trouble gettingmotivated again. Everyone struggles with staying motivated and reaching their go
43、als. 36 .Check in with your goal. 37 . That way you can follow what you need to do, check offtasks as you finish them,and enjoy knowing that youre moving toward your big goal. If youre feeling weak on willpower, you can look at your list to help you change!38 If you slip up, dont give up. Forgive yo
44、urself and make a plan for getting back on road. Pat yourself on the back for everything you did right. Dont beat yourself up, no matter how far off track you get. Most people slip up when trying to make a change. Its a natural part of the process.Share with a friend. Another way is having supportiv
45、e people around you. 39 . If you are not getting support from someone when you really need it, you may need to take a break from that friendship and make friends with people who want to help you succeed.Dont give up. Ending an unhealthy behavior or crenting a new, exciting one is all abouttaking res
46、ponsibility for our lives. Finding the motivation to do it isnt easy, but it is always possible. You can stay motivated by writing down your goals, sticking to your plan, and reminding yourself of what led you to set your goal in the first place. 40 .Good luck in reaching your goals!A. It helps if y
47、ou write down your small goals in the same way you write down your big goal.B. Go on with your goal!C. Change is exciting-wed all be very bored without it.D. Know your choice!E. Having a goal partner can make all the difference in times when you dont feel motivated.F. Just look at how many people go on diets, lose weight, and then gain it back again!G. A friend in need is a friend indeed!第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分 45 分)第一节完形填空(共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出可以填人空自处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。John was waiting for the
