1、唐山一中高三年级强化提升考试（一）英语试卷注意事项：1. 答题前考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后再选涂其他答案标号框，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 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 秒钟的
2、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 C。1. Why cant the man lend the woman his notebook?A. He doesnt have a notebook. B. He doesnt bring it with him. C. He will need it himself.2. Where does the man live now?A. In Washington. B. In New York. C. In Boston.3. W
3、hen will the man be in the race?A. On Wednesday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.4. Why is the woman worried?A. The repairman will not come on Friday.B. She cant hand in her paper on time.C. She cant fix the fax machine.5. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a post office. B. In a bookstore. C
4、. In a supermarket.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，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. Why is the man going to the party early?A. To get a good seat. B. To give a gift to George. C. To
5、help George with the party.7. When will the woman arrive at the party?A. At about 2:00. B. At about 2:15. C. At about 2:30.听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What are the speakers discussing?A. A new employee. B. A building project. C. The mans retirement.9. What does the man say about Allison?A. She will do
6、a good job. B. She is not experienced. C. She is confident about her work.听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。10. When will the dining hall close?A. At about 6:30. B. At about 7:00. C. At about 10:0011. What does Ann think of the dining hall?A. Dining hall is worse than home cooking.B. Dining hall is better tha
7、n home cooking.C. Dining hall is as good as home cooking.12. What will Bill most probably do right now?A. Order a pizza. B. Cook dinner at home. C. Go to the dining hall.听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What does Eddie do?A. A travel writer. B. A TV reporter. C. A college student.14. What do we know abou
8、t Tom Coogans latest book?A. It is his 10th book. B. It is about a horse. C. It took him 16 months.15. How will Eddie prepare for his talk with Tom Coogan?A. By watching Tom Coogans TV program.B. By reading Tom Coogans latest book.C. By asking the woman questions.16. Where will Eddie meet Tom Coogan
9、?A. At Tom Coogans house. B. At a TV station. C. At a college.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where should the listeners go if they get lost?A. To the ticket office. B. To the tourist bus. C. To the main gate.18. What may surprise the listeners?A. There are people living in the palace.B. The palace has
10、become a museum.C. People are dressed in traditional clothes.19. What should the listeners do before they have their photos taken with the local people?A. Buy their products. B. Ask for their permission. C. Talk with their families.$20. What proper price can you offer if the local people ask you for
11、 $20 for their product?A. $20 B. $14 C.$6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。ARecently my wife and I took a trip to Costa Rica. One morning we came to an isolated beach where the rainforest came almost right up to the water. There were h
12、uge, green trees all along the hills leaning down towards the beach. One particular tree stood out because it was so big and the trunk bent at a 90-degree angle over the water.I shouted to our guide how amazing that tree was. “Too bad it is dying inside,” he said.“What do you mean it is dying? It lo
13、oks so green and strong.”“Look more closely. Tell me if you see anything out of the ordinary.”As I moved I did notice something. The roots of the tree were growing out of the ground and then coming up and wrapping around the trunk and limbs (大树枝) of the main tree.“Why do the tree roots do that?” I a
14、sked.“That is not a part of the tree,” he said, “That is a root that we call the Strangling Root. It grows alongside a large tree and wraps itself around it like a vine (藤). It doesnt have its own root system so it needs to cling to the bigger tree to grow.”“Well, thats kind of cool,” I said, “They
15、work together.”The guide shook his head, “Not really. It feeds off the nutrients at the heart of the bigger tree. As the root gets stronger, the big tree gets weaker. It slowly dies on the inside as the Strangling Root gets stronger and more aggressive. In the end, the big tree is left almost hollow
16、 and eventually falls over, unable to support its own weight plus the weight of the Strangling Root.”I thought a lot about that tree during the rest of our trip. There are many applications to our lives within that situation. If there is something robbing us of our happiness and success, we need to
17、decide to remove it from our life immediately. Remove the Strangling Roots from around you and you will be amazed at how much more energy you have to focus on the important things.21. What did the writer notice strange?A. A huge tree was dying inside slowly.B. Some roots werent growing underground.C
18、. A kind of tree didnt have its own root system.D. The roots are wrapping themselves along the beach.22. According to the text, the Strangling Root survives by _.A. competing with trees for sunlight B. robbing the nutrients from the treesC. growing in the form of a vine D. keeping its heart hollow a
19、nd empty23. The relationships between the Strangling Root and the tree are _.A. win-win B. friendly C. life and death D. cooperative24. What can we learn from the text?A. Try to see problems as opportunities.B. Being in nature gives you a sense of spiritual happiness.C. We must learn to cooperate wi
20、th each other. D. Concentrate on what gives your life a sense of meaning. BVisitor Oyster cards are electronic smart cards that come fully charged with credit. Whether youre making a one-off trip to London or youre a regular visitor, using an Oyster travel smart card is the easiest way to travel aro
21、und the citys public transport network. Simply touch the card on the yellow card reader at the doors when you start and end your journey.Advantages of a Visitor Oyster CardA Visitor Oyster card is one of the cheapest ways to pay for single journeys on the bus, Tube, DLR, tram, London Overground and
22、most National Rail services in London: Save timeyour card is ready to use as soon as you arrive in London. Its more than 50% cheaper than buying a paper travel card or single tickets with cash. There is a daily price caponce you have reached this limit, you wont pay any more. Enjoy special offers an
23、d promotions at leading London restaurants, shops and entertainment venuesplus discounts on the Emirates Air Line cable car and Thames Clippers river buses.Buy a Visitor Oyster cardBuy a Visitor Oyster card before you visit London and get it delivered to your home address. A card costs3 (non-refunda
24、ble) plus postage. Order online and arrive with your Oyster in hand! You can also buy a Visitor Oyster card from Gatwick Express ticket offices at Gatwick Airport Station and on board Eurostar trains travelling to London.Add Credit to Your Visitor Oyster CardYou can choose how much credit to add to
25、your card. If you are visiting London for two days, you can start with 20 credit. If you run out of credit, add credit at the following locations: Touch screen ticket machines in Tube, DLR, London Overground and some National Rail stations. Around 4,000 Oyster Ticket Stops found in newsagents and sm
26、all shops across London. TFL Visitor and Travel Information Centers. Tube and London Overground station ticket offices. Emirates Air Line terminals.25. When can you use your Visitor Oyster Card?A. After you become a regular visitor. B. Once you arrive in London. C. Only when you end your journey. D.
27、 Before you leave home.26. What can we learn about the Visitor Oyster card?A. It can reach you before your journey to London.B. It requires you to pay as much as the daily price cap.C. It can provide you a 50% discount at a London shop.D. It can be delivered to your home address free of charge.27. W
28、here can you add credit to your Visitor Oyster card?A. On the Internet. B. On Eurostar trains.C. At a Tube station ticket office. D. At Gatwick Express ticket offices.CNext time you find yourself drenched (湿透) in an unexpected heavy rain, look on the bright sideit will be a memorable experience. Whi
29、le wet weather may make us feel dark, it sharpens the memory and improves our recall. But those who feel in a good mood because its a sunny day are able to remember less well, according to memory tests carried by Australian researchers.Professor Joe Forgas, who led the research, said, “It seems stra
30、nge but a little bit of sadness is a good thing. People performed much better on our memory test when the weather was unpleasant and they were in a slightly negative mood. On bright sunny days, when they were more likely to be happy, they flunked it.”The tests were carried out on shoppers at a store
31、 in Sydney, where researchers randomly placed ten small objects on the check-out counter. On rainy days, sad music was played in the store. When it was bright and sunny, customers heard cheery music. This was done to further influence them towards negative or positive moods. After shopping, customer
32、s were asked how many of the objects they could remember. Their scores were three times higher when the weather was bad and they were feeling angry, compared with those tested on sunny days. The results were published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. A report on the findings said, “They point
33、to a growing body of evidence that the way people think, the quality of their judgments and the accuracy of their memory are all significantly influenced by positive and negative moods.”Professor Forgas said, “We found that weather-inducted (天气感应的) negative mood improved memory accuracy. Shoppers in
34、 a negative mood showed better memory and higher discrimination (分辩) ability.”A worse mood helped to focus peoples attention on their surroundings and led to a more thorough and careful thinking style, while happiness increased confidence and forgetfulness.Being happy tends to promote a thinking sty
35、le that is less focused on our surroundings. In a positive mood we are less likely to make more snap (匆忙的) judgments about people we meet. Mild negative mood, in turn, tends to increase attention to our surroundings and produce a more careful, thorough thinking style.Accurately remembering everyday
36、scenes is a difficult task, yet such memories can be of importance in everyday life. Surprisingly, the influence of mood states on the accuracy of real-life memories is still poorly understood.28. Whats the major function of Paragraph 1?A. To attract readers interest.B. To generalize the whole passa
37、ge.C. To describe a memorable experience.D. To introduce the theme of the whole passage.29. In the research, researchers play different music to _.A. make customers become sadder or happierB. help customers choose what they wantC. promote customers to buy more goodsD. get customers to make a quick c
38、hoice30. According to Joe Forgas, on sunny days, people _.A. tend to pay more attention to their surroundings B. will make careful judgments on othersC. will have more confidenceD. will have a better recall31. What can we know from the research?A. Forgetfulness is rather troublesome.B. Its memorable
39、 to experience a rainy day.C. Being in a good mood can benefit us a lot.D. Depressing days are good for memorizing things.DIts rare that you see the words “shyness” and “leader” in the same sentence. After all, the common viewpoint is that those outgoing and sociable guys make great public speakers
40、and excellent networkers and that those shy people are not. A survey conducted by USA Today referred to 65 percent of managers who believed shyness to be a barrier to leadership. Interestingly, the same article stresses that roughly 40 percent of leaders actually are quite shytheyre just better at a
41、dapting themselves to situational demands. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Charles Schwab are just a few “shyers”.Unlike their outgoing partners who are more sensitive to rewards and risk-taking, shy people take a cautious approach to chance. Rather than make the appealing speeches that determine soci
42、al gathering, shy people listen attentively to what others say and absorb it before they speak. Theyre not thinking about what to say while the other person is still talking, but rather listening so they can learn what to say. In a sense, shy people share a common love of learning. They are intrinsi
43、cally (内在地) motivated and therefore seek satisfaction instead of achieving a shining outside recognition.Being shy can also bring other benefits. Remember being in school and hearing the same kids make their voices, until shy little Johnny, who almost never said a word, cut in? Then what happened? E
44、veryone turned around to look with great respect at what little Johnny is actually talking. This is how shy people made good use of their power of presence: they “own” the moment by speaking calmly and purposefully, which translates to a positive image.Shyness is often related to modesty. Not to say
45、 that those who seek public attention arent modest, but shy people tend to have an accurate sense of their abilities and achievements. As a result, they are able to acknowledge mistakes, imperfections, knowledge gaps and limitations.Since shy people have a lower interest in outside rewards than outg
46、oing ones, theyre more comfortable working with little information and sticking to their inner desires. Shy people are also more likely to insist on finding solutions that arent apparent. Dont believe me? Maybe youll believe Albert Einstein, who once said, “Its not that Im so smart, its that I stay
47、with problems longer.” Obviously, finding certainty where uncertainty is typically popular is a huge plus for any successful person.The myth that shy people are less effective leaders than their outgoing fellows is just a misunderstanding. Make wise use of your personality strengths to lead your bus
48、iness whether you are outgoing or shy.32. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that _.A. shy people are sensitive to rewardsB. shy people care more about contentC. outgoing people are more careful about chancesD. outgoing people consider what to learn while listening33. The example of Johnny shows _.A. shy
49、 people are likely to be modestB. hardworking students speak little in publicC. some students keep silent on purpose at schoolD. shy people may have an advantage in discussion34. We can learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 that _.A. success results from devotionB. shyness results from popularityC. outside reward leads to insistenceD. uncertainty counts more than certainty35. The author supports his idea
