1、 高埂中学第二次强化训练试卷 英语第卷第一部分 听力理解（共两节，满分 30分）第一节 （共 5小题；每小题 1. 5分，共 7. 5分）请听下面 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。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。1. Where does the woman think her father is now?A. At home. B. At his office. C. At the club. 2. What is the woman probably going to do this
2、weekend?A. Go boating with her classmates. B. Go camping with the man. C. Prepare for a competition. 3. How long does the woman usually sleep every night?A. About eight hours. B. About seven hours. C. About six hours. 4. What do we know about Tim?A. He became severely ill. B. He may have a car accid
3、ent. C. He didnt take driving lessons. 5. What does the man suggest? A. Calling the service centre. B. Pressing the emergency button. C. Doing nothing for a short while 第二节 （共 15小题；每题 1. 5分，共 22. 5分）请听下面 5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从题中所给的 A，B，C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有 5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出 5秒钟的作答时间。每段对
4、话或独白读两遍。请听第 6段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. How old is the magazine that the man is looking for?A. One year old. B. Two year old. C. Two and a half years old. 7. Where will the two speakers probably go next?A. The second floor. B. The right side of the first floor. C. The left side of the first floor. 请听第 7段材料，回答
5、第 8、9 题。8. When will the two speakers probably go to Epcot? A. Right now. B. After lunch. C. At night. 9. What are the two speakers going to do first?A. Get checked in. B. Find a parking lot. C. Ride the roller coaster. 请听第 8段材料，回答第 10至 12题。10. Where was the man last week?A. In Rome. B. In Milan. C.
6、 In Ferrara. 11. What did the man probably visit first?A. The castle. B. The cathedral. C. The Renaissance buildings. 12. How many times has the man traveled abroad this year?A. Twice. B. Three times. C. Four times.请听第 9段材料，回答第 13至 16题。来源:学+科+网 Z+X+X+K13. What festival are the two speakers talking a
7、bout?A. Mothers Day. B. Easter. C. Halloween. 14. When does the woman usually visit her grandparents?A. On Friday morning. B. On Saturday morning. C. On Saturday afternoon. 15. What is the favorite part of the festival to the woman?A. Receiving presents. B. Going to church. C. Hunting for eggs. 16.
8、What will the man probably do during the holiday?A. Hang out with other international students. B. Join the womans family for the festival. C. Stay in the dorm reading a huge book. 请听第 10段材料，回答第 17至 20题。17. When did the speaker arrive in Antarctica?A. In December. B. In September. C. In March. 18. W
9、hat difficulty does the speaker have at the moment?A. There is a lot of hard work to do. B. The ship wont return for months.C. He is working with a small number of people. 19. What has improved in Antarctica in the last ten years?A. Food. B. Communication. C. Living conditions. 20. What is the speak
10、er trying to do?A. Remind scientists of danger in Antarctica. B. Describe his own experience in Antarctica. C. Suggest ways of improving life in Antarctica.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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AChristmas，Easter and Birthday parties can be diffi
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20、stmas gifts D.tickets for atheatresBMen are spending more and more time in the kitchen encouraged by celebrity (名人) chefs like Gordon Ramsay and Jamie Oliver，according to a report from Oxford University.The effect of the celebrity role models，who have given cooking a more manly picture，has combined
21、with a more general drive towards sexual equality and men now spend more than twice the amount of time preparing meals than they did in 1961.According to the research by Prof.Jonatahn Gershuny，who runs the Centre for Time Research at Oxford，men now spend more than half an hour a day cooking，up from
22、just 12 minutes a day in 1961.Prof.Gershuny said， “The man in the kitchen is part of a much wider social trend.There has been 40 years of sexual equality，but there is another 40 years probably to come.”Women，who a generation ago spent nearly two hours a day cooking，now spend just one hour and seven
23、minutesa great fall， but they still spend far more time in the kitchen than men.Some experts have named these men in aprons as “Gastrosexuals (men using cooking skills to impress friends)”，who have been inspired to pick up a kitchen knife by the success of Ramsay，Oliver as well as other male celebri
24、ty chefs such as Hugh FearnleyWhittingstall，Marco Pierre White and Keith Floyd.“I was married in 1974.When my father came to visit me a few weeks later，I was wearing an apron when I opened the door.He laughed， ” said Prof.Gershuny.“That would never happen now.”Twothirds of adults say that they come
25、together to share at least three times a week，even if it is not necessarily around a kitchen or dining room table.Prof.Gershuny pointed out that the family meal was now rarely eaten by all of its members around a tablewith many “family meals” in fact taken on the sofa in the sitting room，and shared
26、by family members.“The family meal has changed a lot，and few of us eatas I did when I was a childat least two meals a day together as a family.But it has survived in a different format.”24.What is one reason behind the trend that men spend more time cooking than before?A.The improvement of cooksstat
27、us. B.The influence of popular female chefs.C.The change of females view on cooking. D.The development of sexual equality campaign.25.What does the author think about the time men and women spend on cooking?A.Men spend more time cooking than women nowadays.B.Women spend much less time on cooking tha
28、n before.C.It will take 40 years before men spend more time at the stove than women.D.There is a sharp decline in the time men spend on cooking compared with 1961.26.How did Prof.Gershuny see the family meal according to the passage?A.It has become a thing of the past. B.It is very different from wh
29、at it used to be.C.It shouldnt be advocated in modern times. D.It is beneficial to the stability of the family.27.Which is the best title for the passage?A.The Changes of Family Meals B.Equality between Men and WomenC.Cooking into a New Trend for Men D.Cookinga Thing of the Past for WomenC 来源:Zxxk.C
30、omNew Yorkers and visitors to the Big Apple will get to ring in the Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year in the U.S., in style with a fireworks display on the Hudson River set to music written by Academy Award-winning composer Tan Dun.The display is part of the second annual “Happy Chinese
31、 New Year: Fantastic Art China” festival held in New York on February 5-10, 2016. The China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), the U.S.-China Cultural Institute and the Cultural Associate of the Committee of 100 announced this years events on November 18 at a press conference at the Lincoln Center
32、.The “Fantastic Art China” festival will feature a larger and more diverse series of artistic and cultural events across New Yorks top cultural venues (地点) and landmarks, including the Lincoln Center, Empire State Building and Jacob K. Javits Convention Center.This years theme focuses on exploring t
33、he complicated relationship between sound and image, said Professor Yu Ding from CAFA, who is also president of Fantastic Art China and in charge of the festivals design. Lunar New Year, which celebrates the “Year of the Monkey” in 2016, is an opportunity to bring Chinas modern art to mainstream Ame
34、rica, and the festival serves as an innovative approach to establishing cultural exchange between China and New York City, Yu said.UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador Tan Duns music is a new edition that will be featured at several venues, including a major art exhibition at the Javits Center, events at the
35、Lincoln Center and the fireworks display on the Hudson, which will take place on the evening of February 6. Five barges (游艇) on the river will launch the fireworks designed by CAFA that will tell a story about celebration and conservation.“We Chinese are fond of nature, so the best way to celebrate
36、the Lunar New Year is to salute with the sounds of nature, such as sounds of water, stone and bamboo,” said Tan Dun at the press conference, “And it will be fun to use the music of water during the firework display.”In addition to the fireworks, a special lighting show at the Empire State Building w
37、ill illuminate New York City during the holiday. Chinese New Year is being recognized as a public school holiday for the first time in New York. Children from the National Dance Institute, which represents 75 schools, will perform traditional Chinese dances at the Lincoln Center and the Javits Cente
38、r. And, in celebration of the “Year of the Monkey” events will feature a conservation message about the endangered golden monkey in China.28. The theme of this years celebration is centered on _.A. diversity of Chinese traditional festivalsB. relationship between sound and image of natureC. endanger
39、ed species and environment protectionD. cultural exchange between China and America29. The coming “Year of the Monkey” is to be celebrated in New York by _.A. sailing on the Hudson River along with a new-year speechB. holding a special concert at the Empire State BuildingC. setting off fireworks and
40、 holding a special lighting showD. taking a week off and organizing Chinese dance contests30. What does the underlined word “illuminate” (in Para. 7) most probably mean?来源:学科网A. Lighten. B. Surround. C. Decorate. D. Broaden.31. This passage is written mainly in order to _.A. compare some traditional
41、 festivals in China and AmericaB. attract visitors to America for the coming new-year celebrationC. strengthen the cultural co-operation between China and AmericaD. report celebration activities for the “Year of the Monkey” in New YorkD Time for Kids (TFK) gets the great news on the coolest toys for
42、 2014 at the 111th American International Toy Fair.Whats four days long, bigger than seven football fields, and filled with thousands of toys? Its Toy Fair 2014!Each year, hundreds of toy companies from across the country come together in New York City. All kinds of products are shown as a way to kn
43、ow whats to come in the new year. This years trends (款式) include oversize toys. “In 2014, everything is really big and really out there,” says Adrienne Appell, a toy-trends expert.Toy Fair is the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere (西半球). Toy-store buyers go to the event to decide which
44、 toys they may want to sell during the holiday season. Members of the media, like TFK, go to the fair to report back on all the cool trends. Unfortunately, Toy Fair is not open to the public.This years Toy Fair was the biggest in its 111-year history. More than 1,000 toy companies showed products fr
45、om simple card games to high-tech robots. “Larger Than Life” was a Toy Fair favorite. This trend is all about big toys with a big play value. Though it is all fun and games at Toy Fair, we saw lots of products making a push towards education, with STEAM. That stands for science, technology, engineer
46、ing, art, and math. This trend includes word games. And of course, we saw some super cool, high-tech games. “Technology is always going to influence toys,” says Appell. “This year we saw lots of 3D games, and robots.”To know more information about the event, click (点击) here to watch the video.32. Wh
47、at can we infer from Toy Fair 2014?A. Toys are becoming more educational than fun. B. Robots are great favorites of buyers. C. Big toys will be popular this year.D. Simple card games will disappear on the market.33. Whats special about Toy Fair 2014?A. It is the largest. B. It is the longest. C. It
48、sells all of its toys. D. Its held in New York City.34. Whats the best title for the text?A. Kids love toys B. Toy-stores in New York City C. Technology changes toys D. Time for toys35. The text is taken from a _.A. website B. newspaper C.magazine D. Textbook来源:学科网第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2分，共 10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Real-life Room Escape GamesReal-life room escape games are a type of physical adventure game in which
