1、2016 届山西高考假期综合练习英语 9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 ， 共 7.5 分 ）听 下 面 5 段 对 话 。 每 段 对 话 后 有 一 道 小 题 ， 从 每 题 所 给 的 A、 B、 C 三 个 选 项 中 选 出 最 佳 选 项 。 听 完 每 段 对 话 后 ， 你 将 有 10 秒 钟 的 时 间 来 回 答 有 关 小 题
2、和 阅 读 下 一 小 题 。 每 段 对 话 仅 读 一 遍 。1. What are the speakers going to do tonight?A.Go to the park. B. Watch a movie. C. Stay at home.2. Who is ill?A.The man. B. The woman. C. The mans wife.3. What is the man?A.A student. B. A teacher. C. A host.4. Where does this conversation take place?A. In the offic
3、e. B. In the hospital. C. At the barbers.5. How would the woman like her steak?A. Rare. B. Medium. C. Well-done.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 阅览 室 读 各个小 题， 每小
4、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 6 至 7 题。6. How will the man go to Hongkong?A. By train. B. By air. C. By bus.7. When will the man arrive in Hongkng?A. At 4:00pm. B. At 4:25 pm. C. At 6:25 pm.听第 7 段 材 料 ， 回 答 第 8 至 10 题。8. Where does the man want to go?A. The p
5、ost office. B. The shop. C. The bank.9. Whats the date today?A. Match31. B. April 1. C. April 2.10. What is the mans wifes nationality?A. Chinese. B. American. C. Canadian.听第 8 段 材 料 ， 回 答 第 11 至 13 题。11. Why does the man want to speak to Ms Collins?A. To talk about his accommodation situation.B. To
6、 talk about his department.C. To ask for leave.12. What is Ms Collins doing most probably?A. Making a call. B. Having lunch. C. Having a meeting.13. What will Ms Collins do before 6 pm.A. Meet the man. B. Call the man back. C. Go out with the woman.听第 9 段 材 料 ， 回 答 第 14 至 16 题。14. How did the woman
7、come here?A. By taxi. B. On foot. C. By bus.15. Why did the woman get off work so late?A. She dealt with some letters.B. She sent some e-mails.C. She prepared some flies for her boss.16. What are the speakers going to do next?A. Have dinner. B. Watch a movie. C. Attend a party.听第 10 段 材 料 ， 回 答 第 17
8、 至 20 题 。17. When did the speaker meet the rest of his group members?A. On Friday evening. B. On Saturday morning. C. On Saturday afternoon,.18. What is the relationship between Carole and Lynn?A. Classmates. B. Friends. C. Sisters.19. What did the speaker think of this weekend?A. Exciting. B. Borin
9、g. C. Unpleasant.20. What does the speaker mainly talk about?A. Outdoor sports at the Activity Center.B. His experience at the Activity Center.C. How to go rock-climbing and caving.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
10、 D)中 ， 选 出 最 佳 选 项 ， 并 在 答 题 卡 上将 该 项 涂 黑 。AThe worlds richest man might seem to have it all，but Bill Gates has one regret The self- made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languagesSpeaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online forum Reddit(红 迪
11、 网 )， the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French， Arabic or ChineseHe said： “I took Latin and Greek in high school and got As and I guess it helps my vocabulary I keep hoping to get time to study one of theseprobably French because it is the easiest I did Duolingo for a while but didn
12、t keep it up ”Gates， who is worth $79 3 billion， praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese， “Mark Zuckerberg amazingl y leamed Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese studentsunbelievable， isnt it?”he saidThis isnt the first time for Gates
13、 to admit his regret over language He also showed his habits at home and personal insightsL ast February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himselfto his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife， Melinda， would likely want Samuel L Jackson to play her husband
14、in a biopic(传 记 片 )He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the streetAs he took the top spot on Forbes(福 布 斯 )28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourthtime，he said he is prett y basic when it comes to so ending on clothes and food investing in shoes and racq
15、uets(球 拍 )when he plays tenn isbut that he enjoysWhen asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way， the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break Dont stay up too late even if the book is really exciting Youwill regret it in the morning Pam still working on this
16、 problem， ”he said 21 Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Bill GatesRegret B. The Richest BillionaireC. An Interview with Bill Gates D. How Bill Gates Succeeded22 The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that A. it is important to lay a good foundation of life
17、B. he never cares about buying food and clothingC. food and clothing are basic needs for peoples lifeD. he doesnt spend much money on food and clothes 23 What advice did Bill Gates give?A. Avoid staying up too late B. Be a good language learnerC. Do the dishes yourself at home D. Pick up the $100 bi
18、lls in the streets 24 Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Bill Gates is also the founder of FacebookB. Bill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 timesC. Bill Gates was good at learning languages in high schoo1D. Bill Gateswife wants Samuel to play a game with GatesBAs a leading
19、Chinese language school and a cultural exchange institute in China, Global Exchange Education Center has been providing Mandarin (or Putonghua) language courses and cultural exchange programs for over a decade.How to apply for our programsIn order to apply for all of our programs, you must beat leas
20、t 18 years old. in good health,a senior high school graduate. Application Procedure for Chinese Language ProgramsStep 1. Send us a completed application form by email or fax.Step 2. Send us $ 60 application fee after receiving our email confirmation. Step 3. Arrange the payment transfer.Step 4. Plan
21、 the trip to Beijing. Application Procedure for Chinese Business Internship (实 习 ） ProgramStep 1. Send us a completed application form with your CV and personal statement for the program by email or fax.Step 2. Send us $ 310, including $60 application fee and $ 250 internship placement deposit, afte
22、r receiving our letter of acceptance for the program.Step 3. Arrange final payment transfer after receiving our second confirmation. Step 4. Plan the trip to Beijing. Personal Statement for applicants for Chinese Business Internship ProgramYou should state why you want to take this program and what
23、your expectations of the program are. How you will make use of this program in your future career. APPLICATION DEADLINESThe applications for most programs are reviewed on a rolling basis. You are encouraged to submit your application ahead of the application deadlines. ConfirmationHaving received yo
24、ur a pplication, Global Exchange Education Center usually sends out an emailconfirmation for the booking within 2-5 working days.25. The text is probably written for .A. junior high graduates B. international students C. job seekers D. language trainers26. If you apply for both of the programs, the
25、total application fees will be .A. $120 B. $310 C. $250 D. $ 37027. Which of the following is not necessarily included i n applicants personal statement?A. Their purposes of t aking the program B. Their expectations of the program.C. Their future practice of the program. D. Their feedbacks on the pr
26、ogram.CAlibaba started taking the lead in China by connecting big Chinese manufacturers(制 造 商 ) with big buyers across the world. Its business-to-business site, A allowed business to buy almost everything. Alibabas advantage wasnt hard to judge: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards.
27、Its market attracts 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year and Alibaba is just the middle man. It encourages people to use its markets not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, t
28、ake my experience. I moved to Beijing a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “Youre looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ” my Chinese t
29、eacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.Alibabas original business-to-business model now is second to consumer buying. Chinese retail(零 售 ) buying makes up 80% of Alibabas profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items( 物 品 ) for sale an
30、d the most unbelievable selection of things youll ever find.TM is Alibabas other big site, where you can find brand name goods from Nike and Unilevernear the lowest prices.What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U.S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping big-
31、box retailers especially in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beiji ng, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the mar
32、ketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free shipping. Im not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese-language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teachers iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with gr
33、eat difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.28. Alibabas advantage mainly lies in .A. its low price B. its big sizeC. its not charging small sellers D. its business-to-business service29. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in the passage?A. Alibaba will continue to dev
34、elop.B. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.C. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.D. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites.30. What can be inferred from the passage?A. TM provides more profit than Taobao.B.The authors Chinese teacher is also an online purch
35、ase lover.C. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.D. Alibabas business-to-business service earns more money than retail.31. What is the passage mainly about?A. Shopping online in China is TaoBao.B. How the author purchases online in China.C. Shopping online goes beyond tra
36、ditional shopping.D. Alibaba influences peoples daily purchase in China.DIts well known that our human memory can fail us. People can be forgetful, and they can sometimes also “remember” things incorrectly, with damaging consequences in the classroom, courtroom, and other areas of life. Now, researc
37、hers show for the first time that bumblebees(大 黄 蜂 ) can be unreliable witnesses too.Bumblebees are rather clever animals, which explains why Chittka has been studying learning and memory in the insects for the last 20 years.Most times when people have studied memory in animals, errors in performanc
38、e have been taken to mean that the animals failed to learn the task or perhaps learned it and then forgot. But what if animals can experience a more interesting type of memory failure?To find out, Chittka first trained bumblebees to expect a reward when visiting a yellow artificial flower followed b
39、y one with black-and-white rings. During subsequent tests, bees were given a choice between three types of flowers. Two were the types theyd seen in the training before. The third had yellow-and-white rings, representing a mixed-up version of the other two. Minutes after the training, the bees showe
40、d a clear preference for the flower that recently rewarded them.One or three days later, however, something very different happened when the bumblebees memory was put to the test. At first, the bees showed the same preference displayed in the earlier tests, but as the time went on, they began select
41、ing the flower with yellow rings, even though theyd never actually seen that one in training before.Chittka says that insects make similar errors in the conjunction (结 合 ) of long-term memoriesas humans do. The ability to extract (提 取 ) common features between different events in the environment mig
42、ht come at the expense of remember ing every detail cor rectly. In bees, with their limited brain capacity (容 量 ), the pressure to store main features of several objects rather than each individual object might be much greater, compared with humans.32. Which of the following might be the best title
43、of the passage?A. Human memory can fail sometimes. B. Bumblebees make false memories too.C. Humans are not as clever as bumblebees. D. Bumblebees have extraordinary memory.33. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “subsequent”?A. scientific B. accurate C. following
44、D. exceptional34. What does the test mentioned in Paragraph 4 tell us?A. Short-term memories serve the bees well.B. The yellow artificial flower appeals to the bees.C. Bumblebees like the flowers with yellow-and-white rings.D. Bees have remarkable abilities to distinguish colors.35. We can infer fro
45、m the passage that .A. Chittka thinks that bumblebees failed to remember the color of the flowersB. Researchers have learned that bumblebees are unreliable animalsC. There exist no similarities between the memory errors in humans and bees.D. It is less challenging for humans tha n bees to store main features of several objects.
