1、枣阳市白水高中 2017 届高三上学期第一次模拟考试英语试题(考试时间：2017 年 1 月 5 日下午 15:00-17:00)考生注意：1本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 卷（非选择题）两部分，共 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。2请将各题答案填在试卷后面的答题卡上。3本试卷主要考试内容：高考全部内容。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
2、小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What time is it in New York?A. Its 5:00 pm. B. Its 7:00 pm. C. Its 10:00 pm.2. What do we know about the man?A. He dialed the wrong number.B. He was looking for Philips.C. He invited the woman to have ice cream.3. What does the man think is important?A. To be unexpected. B. To enjoy e
3、very song. C. To get what you expect.4. What may lead to the man finding no job?A. His age. B. His living address. C. His email ad dress.5. Why isnt the mans brother bringing Jennifer to the party?A. They are divorced now. B. They live very far away. C. Jennifer broke her leg.第二节 （共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，
4、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、7 题。6. Where might the woman usually study?A. In the library. B. At home. C. In the lab.7. What is the mans major?A. Psychology. B. Physics. C. Math
5、s .听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. They are brother and sister.BThey are roommates.C. They are lovers.9. Why didnt the man invite the woman at first?A. He was embarrassed about her presence.B. He thought she had other plans.C. He wanted her to go out with her f
6、riends.听第 8 段材料 ,回答第 10 至 12 题 。10. What is the name of the cat?A. Alice. B. Lola. C. Jenny.11. What is Alices advice for the pregnant woman?A. Name her baby what she wants.B. Make her sister get another cat.C. Find another name for her baby.12. Why does the woman read the advice page?A. To feel bet
7、ter about herself.B. To get good advice.C. To be entertained.13. How many people went on the trip together?A. Four. B. Twelve. C. Eighteen.14. According to the man, what is most important on family trips?A. Having some privacy.B. Spending time with the children.C. Visiting as many places as possible
8、.15. What is the closest city to where the man stayed?A. Cordoba. B. Madrid. C. Sevilla.16. How does the man feel about the trip now?A. Quite tired. B. Very grateful. C. A little disappointed.听第 10 段材料 ,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who is the intended audience of this announcement?A. Staff at childrens organiz
9、ations.B. Young people who want to volunteer.C. People who have given money in the past.18. How much money of the donations will go to services this year?A. 85 %. B. 95 %. C. 100%.19. Which program would be funded by this foundation?A. After-school programs.B. Future career planning.C. Computers for
10、 preschool students.20. What type of support does the foundation want?A. Equipment only.B. Both volunteers and equipment.C. Both financial donations and volunteers.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。AEvery evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home
11、 from school, changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her mother harvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the modest profit the two of them earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all seven children and their parents. Despite having precious little
12、 time to study, Rashida is one of the top students at her junior secondary school. But with so much responsibility on her small shoulders, she admits that it is sometimes hard for her to imagine a more promising future.Last year, Rashida was invited to join 155 other girls at Camfed Ghanas first Gir
13、ls Career Camp, a program designed to inspire girls growing up in the countrys Northern Region to dream big, and to support them to pursue those dreams. “We organized this camp because we w anted to let girls know that even if they are struggling with poverty, their lives will not be defined by limi
14、tations,” says Dolores Dickson, Camfed Ghanas Executive Director.Over the course of five days, the camp led the junior and secondary school students through a range of experi en ces and career opportunities that were entirely new to them. Dr. Agnes Apusiga, a lecturer from the University of Developm
15、ent Studies, ran the workshop on goal-setting and career choices, describing the universities and training colleges in Ghana that could help them achieve their dreams. Participants then visited the University for Development Studies, where they toured the medical school and science labs. Another hig
16、hlight was a workshop at the computer lab at Tamale Secondary School. Many of the girls had studied information technology from a book but had never before seen a computer.“When the girls arrived at camp, they were not ambitious, because they didnt have any idea what the world held for them,” says E
17、ugenia Ayagiba, Project Officer with Camfed Ghana. “Many had scarcely traveled beyond their own villages.”“I think the most important thing that happened at the camp is that we opened a window of hope for a group of girls coming from backgrounds of poverty,” says Eugenia. For Rashida, who has been l
18、aughed at in the past by her schoolmates because of her fathers disability, the experience was important. “She told one of the camp mentors(辅导员 ) that when she is at school, she often feels like a misfit, and she prefers to keep to herself,” says Eugenia. “But at the camp, it was different. She made
19、 friends with girls who have similar struggles. She took part in every single activity, every single game. On the last day, she said to her mentor, The camp has challenged me to study hard. Now I see that there is light at the end of the tunnel.来21How many are there in Rashidas family?ASeven BEight
20、C Nine DTen22Why did the camp lead the students to visit universities and training colleges?ATo show they are better than their schoolsBTo encourage them to get good educationCTo show them what they are likeDTo get them to touch the advanced equipment there23What can we infer from the passage?ARashi
21、da has become friends with her mentorsBRashidas mentors has encouraged her a lotCRashida was sad because of her fathers disabilityDRashida has had her new dream since the camp24The best title of the passage is _APoor Girls in Ghana BGirls Career CampCCamfed Ghana DStudents in Ghana Dream BigBI sat w
22、ith my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, “Two cups of coffee, one on the wall.” We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left,
23、the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee.” Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gesture was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.After a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a
24、 man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The
25、 man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.N ow it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.
26、Coffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also appreciate that specific blessing but cannot afford.Note the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile
27、on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or knowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Bes
28、ides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.25What made the author interested as well as confused?A. The waiters making normal gestures.B. Customers buying coffee for th e needy.C. The waiters attaching coffee orders on the wall.
29、D. Customers paying for coffee and having it put on the wall.26The author thought the man in need was _.A. obviously poorB. not properly dressedC. not right to leave without payingD. strange to order coffee from the wall27 In the authors opinion, coffee is _.A. necess ary in our lifeB. a blessing so
30、me cant affordC. respect shown for the needyD. a blessing everyone should have28The passage is mainly concerned about _.A. learning from the waiterB. buying coffee for othersC. caring more about the people in needD. analyzing the characters in the coffee shopCNew research shows that kids from low-in
31、come families may be falling behind their peers because an important part of their brains is underdeveloped.Researchers from MIT s McGovern Institute for Brain Research compared the brains of 12-and 13-year-olds from rich families with the brains of their peers from lower-income families. They found
32、 that one particular area of the brainthe neocortex(新皮质),which plays a key role in memory and learning abilityis thinner in children from lower-income households.This is a crucial part of the brain for young students, who are often tested based on their ability to recall large chunks of information.
33、 Children who had a thinner neocortex performed poorly on standardized tests,researchers found.More than 90% of high-income students scored above average on a statewide math and English/Language Arts standardized test,compared with less than 60% of low-income students.Differences in cortical(脑皮层) th
34、ickness could account for almost half of the income-achievement gap in this sample,researchers wrote.“Just as you would expect, there s a real cost not living in a supportive environment. We can see it not only in test scores,in educational attainment,but within the brains of these children,”says ps
35、ychological scientist John Gabrieli,a professor of brain and cognitive sciences at MIT and one of the studys authors.Since a 2011 study published by Stanford University professor Sean Reardon found that the gap between standardized test scores of high-income and low-income students has grown by abou
36、t 40% since the 1960s,there s been a lot of research aimed at finding links between income and achievement, rather than race alone. The MIT study found low-income children were equally likely to have a thinner neocortex,no m atter their races.Gabrieli and his co-authors can t say exactly why poor ch
37、ildren s brains develop differently because there are too many possibilities to count.Their findings do,however,underline the importance of early intervention(干预) to ensure that low-income kids get the tools they need to succeed.29What s the function of the first paragraph?A. To list some findings.B
38、. To give some advice.C. To do some comparisons.D. To show the main idea of the text.30What does the underlined word “crucial” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Special. B. Important.C. Separate. D. Unknown.31What John Gabrieli says in Paragraph 4 mainly shows the importance of .A. cognitive abilityB. educatio
39、nal attainmentC. having developed brainsD. living in supportive surroundings32What is the main idea of the passage?A.Wealthy parents do better in raising children.B.Differences exist between poor children and rich ones.C.Poor children study harder due to their financial conditions.D.Poor children ha
40、ve thinner neocortex than their wealthy peers.DDigital technology - email and smart phones especially-have vastly improved workers ability to be productive outside of a traditional office. Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new
41、survey (调查 ) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say their boss doesnt accept it, and only 35 percent say its tolerated.Skeptical bosses will likely have their doubts reinforced (加深)by the sam
42、e survey, which shows that 43 percent of workers say theyve watched TV or a movie while “working” remotely, while 35 percent have done housework，and 28 percent have cooked dinner.It is true, however, that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的), because it allows workers to take care
43、of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done. Its much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we havent come as a society from the days w
44、hen we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost way to give workers something of value. Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who havent worked remotely would rather give up
45、some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home. Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough ability to change or be changed easily to suit a different situation to manage their time efficiently.33Why do some employers hesitate to allow
46、 remote working?A. They are used to face-to-face communication. B. They want to stick to their routine practice.C. They have little trust in modem technology.D. They fear losing control of their workers 34What seems to be most workers attitude toward remote working?A. Favorable. B. DoubtfulC. Reserv
47、ed. D. Disapproving.35What does the author suggest smart firms do?A. Shorten their office hours. B. Give employees a pay raise.C. Adopt flexible work patterns. D. Reduce their staffs workload.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。One of the common complaints we hear fr
48、om the people around us are problems they are facing. Every day and everywhere there are problems. Many times we find it hard to stay happy. When one problem is solved, another one comes up. How to solve them? The answer is that we must equip ourselves to deal with different kinds of worries by learning the three basic steps of problem analysis. The three steps are:Get the factsWhy is it so important to get the facts? Unless you have the facts, you cant possibly attempt to solve your problem intelligently. Without the facts, all you can do
