1、安徽省马鞍山二中、安师大附中 2017 届高三 12 月阶段性测试英语试题注意事项：1.本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、座位号及考试科目用 2B 铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2.每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。3.本试卷满分 150 分，考试时间为 120 分钟。第卷第一部分 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
2、出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有 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 are the speakers talking about?A. The mans weekend activities. B. The womans favorite sport. C. The city they live in.2. What might the man be?A. A businessman. B. A doctor. C. A student.来源:学科网3. When did the speakers start talking
3、?A. At 2:50. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:10.4. What does the woman want to do?A. Borrow money from the man. B. Work in the bank. C. Start up a business.5. What is the mans research field?A. Education. B. Insects. C. Finance.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
4、，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. What kind of job did the woman take after graduation?A. Teaching. B. Marketing. C. Volunteering.7. What does the woman think the man should d o?A. Take his job immediately. B. Not worry about the money
5、. C. Make a decision and stick to it.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。来源:Zxxk.Com8. Where does the woman advise the man to apply for a job?A. In a newspaper office. B. In a travel agency. C. In a car factory.9. What does the man ask the woman about the job?A. The pay. B. The working conditions. C. The experienc
6、e.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why didnt the man realize his childhood dream?A. His parents didnt support him. B. He was offered another job. C. He lost interest in it later.11. What did the woman want to be when she was a little girl?来源:Z*xx*k.ComA. A pilot. B. A scientist. C. A teacher.12. What lang
7、uage is the woman good at?A. English and French. B. English and Italian. C. French and Italian.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Who is Jenny?A. The mans wife. B. The womans colleague. C. The mans sister.14. How long has it been since the speakers graduation?A. Three years. B. Ten years. C. Thirteen years.
8、15. What do we know about the man?A. He continued his studies after graduation. B. He once worked at a law firm.C. He is working in a trade company.16. When will the speakers meet each other again?A. This Saturday. B. This Sunday. C. Next Saturday.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is Bill Gates famou
9、s for according to the speaker?A. His family background. B. His education in university. C. His contribution to the computer.18. What did Bill Gates do in 1975?A. He went to Harvard University. B. He began to design new software. C. He sold his inventions to MITS.19. When did Bill Gates leave Micros
10、oft?A. In 2000. B. In 2008. C. In 2014.20. What do we know about Bill Gates from the talk?A. He was born in New York . B. His mother worked as a lawyer. C. He founded the Microsoft Company.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。AA cat wit
11、h his own Facebook page and Instagram account is taking the Internet by storm thanks to his expressive eyebrows. Curious-looking Sam has racked up 150,000 Instagram followers and 530,000likes on Facebook since bursting onto the scene in 2012.Owner Amanda Collado, 26, from New York, has been handling
12、 the large amount of requests from fans and media for the past three years. She said, “There have definitely been situations where I have had to ignore friends, family or work to take the time to do Sams posts or answer emails on his behalf. Everyone gets a little annoyed when I m on my phone and no
13、t paying attention to them. I never thought Sam would be so popular.”Amandas mum, Ivette Rodriguez, noticed the abandoned cat outside her home one evening.Ivette said, “I saw a little niche (壁龛) next to the house and there was a cat in there. He willingly gave himself up to meI guess he was so tired
14、 of being outside.”Amanda created an Instagram account for Sam after a friend pointed out his expressive brows. She said, “I didnt notice his eyebrows initially.”“He had about 800 followers at firstbut in February someone posted his photo on Reddit and he blew up overnightI woke up with 1600 followe
15、rs. From there we made a Facebook and all other social media accounts.”Amanda posts pictures to Sams account every two days, but spends most of her day keeping up with all of his fans. But the effort she puts into her pets social media has paid offand she has bigger plans for Sams future, including
16、merchandise (商品).“Right now were trying to share him in a free way. Eventually well sell Sam merchandise, because I know many people do like having cute little mugs, Sam mugs, or posters, T-shirts.”21. Why does Amanda sometimes ignore her friends?A. She is absorbed in her work. B. She is popular wit
17、h her fans.C. She gets along badly with her friends. D. She is busy with Sams business.22. How did Amanda get the cat called Sam?A. She bought it from her friend. B. One of her friends gave it to her.C. Her mother found it and adopted it. D. The text didnt mention it.23. What does Amanda plan to do
18、about Sam?A. She plans to post Sams photo on Reddit on the Internet.B. She plans to post pictures to Sams account every day.C. She plans to buy more cats.D. She plans to sell Sam products.BWhenever something looks interesting or beautiful, there is a natural desire of us to capture (捕捉)and preserve
19、itwhich means, in this day and age, that we are likely to reach for our phones to take a picture.Though this would seem to be an ideal solution, there are two big problems associated with taking pictures. Firstly, we are likely to be so busy taking pictures that we forget to look at the world whose
20、beauty and interest encourage us to take a photograph in the first place. And secondly, because we feel the pictures are safely stored on our phones, we never get around to looking at them, so sure are we that well get around to them one day.The first person to notice the problems was the English ar
21、t critic(评论家), John Ruskin. He was a keen traveler who realized that most tourists make a poor job of noticing or remembering the beautiful things they see. He argued that humans have a natural tendency to respond to beauty and desire to have it, but there are better and worse expressions of this de
22、sire. At worse, we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs. But, in Ruskins eyes, theres just on e thing we should doattempting to draw the interesting things we see, regardless of whether we happen to have any talent for doing so.Ruskin said, “Drawing can teach us to see: to notice properly
23、 rather than gaze absent-mindedly. In the process of recreating with our own hand what lies before our eyes, we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.”Ruskin deplored the blindness and hurry of modern tourists, esp
24、ecially those who prided themselves on travelling around the whole Europe in a week by train, “No changing of places at a hundred miles an hour will make us stronger, happier, or wiser. There was always more in the world than men could see, if they ever walked slowly; they will see it no better for
25、going fast. The really precious things are thoughts and sights, not pace.”24. According to Paragraph 2, when taking pictures, people tend to _.A. forget to appreciate something attractive on the spotB. find it hard to learn skills of taking good picturesC. find a good way to keep things in their min
26、dsD. have a chance to meet the challenge of new technology25. According to Ruskin, what should travelers do to best express their appreciation of and desire for something beautiful?A. To speak it out openly. B. To photograph it instantly.C. To purchase it directly. D. To paint it immediately.26. Fro
27、m the fourth para graph, we can infer that Ruskin encourages us to be _.A. considerate and determined B. active and adventurousC. creative and thoughtful D. sensitive and ambitious27. The underlined word “deplored” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _.A. appreciated B. criticized C. favo
28、red D. ignoredCWhen Marco Polo travelled to Hangzhou, China 700 hundred years ago, never had he thought hed be creating a job of social media ambassador in the 21st century in China.On May 20, one lucky foreigner would be selected to become the modern-day Marco Polo, getting a free 15-day trip to th
29、e scenic city of Hangzhou in China, and rewarded $55,000 in the next year for working part-time to promote the city to the global audience. Five finalists from Australia, Romania, U.S., Switzerland and France were in the final race. They came from a pool of 700 applicants from around the world, care
30、fully selected by the Hangzhou Tourism Commission on their familiarity with China, social media presence and adventurous spirit.Located about 100 miles southwest to Shanghai, Hangzhou is home to 844 million population and among Chinas richest cities as measures by per-capita GDP. Traditionally, Hang
31、zhou is known for its charming West Lake, a UNESCO world heritage site with tradition al Chinese stories and tales, and the Grand Canal, which travels from Hangzhou to Beijing and was a key route of transportation in ancient China. The citys mild climate and charming environment drew 97 million tour
32、ists last year, contributing to 6.5% of the citys GDP.The lucky winner would start an all-expense-paid trip to Hangzhou, which, in addition to visits to tourist sites and tastings of delicious food, also would include a four-day ride along the Grand Canal and three evenings spent at a local resident
33、s home.“It is in fact a part-time job. How you work that out efficiently is your problem,” Liam Bates, perhaps the strongest competitor because of his fluent Chinese, said. “We will see how hard it is to meet these numbers.”28. The purpose of Hangzhou choosing a social media ambassador is to _.A. ke
34、ep Marco Polo in peoples memories B. attract more foreign tourists to ChinaC. encourage more foreigners to speak Chinese D. explore a new route of transportation29. From paragraph 3, we know that _.A. Hangzhou is 100 miles northwest to Shanghai B. 8.8 million visitors came to Hangzhou in 2015C. tour
35、ism plays an important in the GDP of Hangzhou D. the Grand Canal travels from Hangzhou to Shanghai30. Liam Bates was most likely to get the job mainly due to his _.A. travel experience B. fluent ChineseC. adventurous spirit D. excellent videos31. Which of the following might be the best title for th
36、is passage?来源: 学.科.网A. Hangzhou rewards international visitors to ChinaB. Liam Bates creates a dream job of social media ambassadorC. Dream job in Chin a$55,000 to the contemporary Marco PoloD. Hangzhou, a famous city for West Lake and the Great CanalDChinese car makers have narrowed the quality gap
37、 with their foreign rivals in the worlds largest vehicle market to the smallest level in seven years, according to research.But the improvements have not been enough to see an obvious drop in the market share for local car companies this year, raising questions about their ability to be global compe
38、titors.The annual quality survey of Chinas car market by J.D. Power, a Californian market research company, tracks the number of mechanical and design problems reported per 100 vehicles by more than 21,000 Chinese drivers.It documented 131 problems per 100 domestic(国内的) vehicles, compared with 95 pe
39、r 100foreign vehicles. The 36-point gap was the narrowest in the studys seven-year history. When China overtook the US as the worlds largest car maker in the 2009, the gap between domestic and foreign cars was 145 points. “Its evidence to the improvements that domestic brands have been making,” said
40、 Geoff Broderick, head of J.D. Powers operations. “By 2018 the domestic and the global brands will be equal in terms of quality.”Despite the steady improvement in quality, local vehicle makers have been performing poorly this year. According to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, dome
41、stic brands share of the market for carsnot including SUVshas fallen from about 25 percent to 20 percent.“Chinese customers are very picky in the world because they have been trained to distrust products,” said Mr Broderick, citing scandals(丑闻 ) affecting baby milk powder and toys.“They go into a si
42、tuation expecting there could be quality issues, whereas in the West we trust the brands.32. What was the gap between Chinese vehicles and foreign vehicles in 2016?A. 131 points. B. 145 points. C. 95 points. D. 36 points.33. The data in the fourth paragraph shows that _.A. the market share of the do
43、mestic cars has droppedB. the quality of domestic vehicles have been improvedC. Chinas cars have many mechanical and design problemsD. J.D. Power has done many surveys in the past seven years34. J.D. Power is _.A. a name of a company B. a car makerC. a head of an association D. a milk brand35. Accor
44、ding to what Mr. Broderick said in the last two paragraphs, we can learn that _.A. Chinese car market will be optimistic as is expected来源:Zxxk.ComB. Chinese and western consumers have different attitudes to products.C. he doesnt like Chinese customers because they dont trust products来源:学。科。网D. it is
45、 easier for Chinas car companies to sell cars to the West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。Why is volunteering important?When it comes to service work, it is important to realize that the actual goal should be getting the most out of your volunteering work. 36Gain
46、ing new/social experiencesVolunteering allows students to get involved with new things and develop social and academic skills that couldnt be learned in a classroom environment. 37Giving back and helping others来源:学+科+网 Z+X+X+KVolunteers create better environments for others; they create healthier co
47、mmunities and they brighten lives. Jill, a senior student, has been a volunteer in her community for m ore than three years.38 “They always tell me how great we sound and how they wish they had taken time to learn an instrument in their youth.”Creating connections with people39 Not only does the vol
48、unteer work you do show who you are as a person, but it reflects many positive qualities that possibly employers and admission officers want to see. Volunteering allows you to meet a wide variety of people from all sorts of walks of life.40Volunteering isnt one of the most attractive jobs, but it is one of the most beneficial and up lifting(令人振奋的). Its taking some time out of your day and helping other s. Volunteer work makes us feel good. It builds self-confidence and lifts up the spi
