1、江西省南昌市十所省重点中学命制 2015 届高三第二次模拟突破冲刺英语试题（二）听力第 1 节 听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选择出最佳选项，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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What will the woman do next ?A. Walk her dog.B. Take the dog to her friends.C. Go swimming.2. Why did the man return early ?A. His mother didnt feel well.
2、B. He hadnt planned the trip well.C. His mother was unhappy about his trip.3. What is the woman probably ?A. An actress. B. A writer. C. A host.4. What is the woman doing ?A. Checking in. B. Doing cleaning. C. Making a complaint.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about ?A. Work. B. Health. C. L
3、ifestyle.第二节 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的三个选项中选择出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，各小题将有 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. What does the woman think of the dress at first ?A. Its too long. B. Its too tight. C. Its too expensive.7. How much will the woman pay ?A. $ 90. B. $ 63. C. $ 30.听第 7 段材料，回答第
4、8 至 10 题。8. What is the relationship between the speakers ?A. Classmates. B. Brother and sister. C. Teacher and student.9. Why was the man absent from class today ?A. He forgot to set his alarm.B. He forgot the time.C. He got up late.10. What does the woman ask the man to do ?A. Save water. B. Buy h
5、er a coffee. C. Go over the lecture notes.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.Where was the woman when she heard the noise ?A. In her car. B. In her tent. C. In her parents tent. 12. How did the womans brother feel at first when he heard the noise ?A. Excited. B. Terrified. C. Unworried.13. Who on earth made
6、the noise ?A. A bear. B. The womans father. C. The womans mother.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What does the mans second-elder sister do ?A. She is a dentist. B. She is a lawyer. C. She is a teacher.15. What was the mans major at college ?A. Engineering. B. Computer. C. Maths.16. What does the woman as
7、k the man to do in the end ?A. Get his qualifications back.B. Send his qualifications to her.C. Show his qualifications to the board.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. When was the survey published ?A. Yesterday. B. The day before yesterday. C. Last week.18. On what are the prices based in the survey ?A. W
8、ages in different jobs.B. Hours of work in different jobs.C. The cost of the same basket of shopping.19. Which country has the highest price according to the survey?A. Denmark. B. Sweden. C. France.20. What do we know about Poland ?A. The standard of living there is high.B. It is a Scandinavian coun
9、try.C. It has lower wages.阅读理解（共 15 小题, 每小题 2 分, 满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AReaders have returned to Dickens books again and again over the years to see what he has to say about their own times.No surprise then that it was Dickens whom Britons turned to during the economic crisis in the las
10、t couple of years. Dickens helped them make sense of a world that was rapidly falling apart. The BBC adapted one of his less well-known novels, Little Dorrit, into a popular television drama that introduced many Brits to the novel for the first time. A dark story about greed and money, it was the pe
11、rfect illustration of bad times.As long as Dickenss novels have something to say to modern audiences, it seems likely that he will remain one of Britains best-loved writers. 21. In the article, the author intends to tell us _. A. why Dickens novels still appeal to readers in modern timesB. that Dick
12、ens works are no longer popular among young peopleC. why the British government puts Dickens on school reading listsD. that Dickens and Shakespeares works are required for study at school22. In Britain, people still read Dickens because of _. a) romance in his books b) moral value in his books c) hi
13、s colorful characters d) his insight into human nature e) government education requirement f) his prediction of the current economic crisis A. abdf B. bcde C. bdef D. abed 23. We can infer from the article that _.A. its better to read Dickens in time of difficultyB. Dickens was a great social observ
14、er of his timeC. human nature seems worse during bad times D. Dickenss novels are short and easy to read24. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Little Dorrit is one of Dickens best-known novels.B. Dickens novels are of greater value during economic crisis.C. Dickens works have gained more
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20、VIAZ.B. Dont take TOVIAZ if you are allergic to its ingredient.C. Its unwise for people under 18 years old to use TOVIAZD. You may feel excited while eating TOVIAZ with alcohol.27. Which of the statements about taking TOVIAZ is TRUE?A. Its OK to take it with food or without food.B. Chew the tablet w
21、ell before you swallow it.C. Use TOVIAZ in hot environment to cure heat illness.D. If you miss a dose, do take it right away on the same day.CTom appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush. He stopped by the fence in front of the house where he lived with his aunt P
22、olly. He looked at it, and all joy left him. The fence was long and high. He put the brush into the whitewash and moved it along the top of the fence. He repeated the operation. He felt he could not continue and sat down.He knew that his friends would arrive soon with all kinds of interesting plans
23、for the day. They would walk past him and laugh. They would make jokes about his having to work on a beautiful summer Saturday. The thought burned him like fire.He put his hand into his pockets and took out all that he owned. Perhaps he could find something to pay someone to do the whitewashing for
24、him. But there was nothing of value in his pockets. So he put the bits of toys back into his pockets and gave up the idea.At this dark and hopeless moment, a wonderful idea came to him. It filled his mind with a great, bright light. Calmly he picked up the brush and started again to whitewash.While
25、Tom was working, Ben Rogers appeared. Ben was eating an apple as he walked along the street. When he came close to Tom, he stopped.Tom went on whitewashing. He did not look at Ben. Ben stared a moment and then said: “Hello! Im going swimming, but you cant go, can you?”No answer. Tom moved his brush
26、carefully along the fence and looked at the result with the eye of an artist. Ben came nearer. Toms mouth watered for the apple, but he kept on working.Ben said, “Hello, old fellow, youve got to work, hey?”Tom turned suddenly and said, “Why, its you, Ben! I wasnt noticing.”“Im going swimming. Dont y
27、ou wish you could? But of course youd rather work. You seem to like it very much.”“Like it? Well, I dont see why I shouldnt like it. Does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?”Ben stopped eating his apple. Tom moved his brush back and forth, stepped back to look at the result, added a t
28、ouch here and there, and stepped back again. Ben watched every move and got more and more interested. Soon he said,“Tom, let me whitewash a little.”Tom thought for a moment, was about to agree; but he changed his mind.“No, no, it wont do, Ben. You see, Aunt Polly wants this fence to be perfect. It h
29、as got to be done very carefully. I dont think there is one boy in a thousand, maybe two thousand, that can do it well enough.”“No is that so? Oh come, let me just try. Only just a little.”“Ben, Id like to, but if it isnt done right, Im afraid Aunt Polly .”“Oh, Ill be careful. Now let me try. Ill gi
30、ve you half of my apple.”“Well, here No, Ben, now dont. Im afraid .”“Ill give you all of it.”Tom gave up the brush with unwillingness on his face, but joy in his heart. And while Ben worked at the fence in the hot sun, Tom sat under a tree, eating the apple, and planning how to get more help. There
31、were enough boys. Each one came to laugh, but remained to whitewash. And when the middle of the afternoon came, Tom had won many treasures. The fence had been whitewashed three times. If he hadnt run out of whitewash, Tom would have owned everything belonging to his friends.He had discovered a great
32、 law of human action that in order to make a man or a boy want a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to get. 28. Why did Tom take all his bits of toys out of his pockets?A. Because he was tired and wanted to play with his toys.B. Because he wanted to exchange his toys with his fr
33、iends.C. Because he wanted to give his toys to his friends. D. Because he wanted to know if he could buy help with his toys.29. Tom was about to agree to let Ben whitewash when he changed his mind because _.A. Tom wanted to do the whitewashing himselfB. Tom planned to make Ben give up his apple firs
34、tC. Tom was unwilling to let Ben do the whitewashingD. Tom was afraid Ben couldnt do the whitewashing well.30. We can learn from the passage that _.A. Tom was fond of whitewashing the fenceB. Tom had a lot of friends who were ready to help himC. Tom managed to let other boys do the whitewashing for
35、himD. Tom was better at whitewashing the fence than others31. Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?A. The Happy Whitewasher B. Tom And His FellowsC. Whitewashing A Fence D. How To Make Things Difficult To GetDE-reading and e-books are slowly conquering the world.Compare
36、d to traditional paper books，e books in some schools and universities attract more interest because the information flow seems much easier to manage and comes in a greatly higher quantity.Japan is known for the reform-minded attitude towards the gadget(精巧装置) world and for the fact that it is one of
37、the first countries that encouraged in the educational system the emailing of homework.The digital textbook looks like the logical step in the world of learning.It is natural but it is also completely untraditional.The plan of the largest publishing companies to get in line with the trend is to save
38、 a large quantity of paper and make the kids become interested in learning using a cool gadget.Many USA universities and colleges have made students be used to the procedure of downloading the courses and of course the procedure involves interactive software and also the chance of using the computer
39、.The traditional education system is still unwilling when it comes to giving up books.The standard approach of information taught out of a book and Shakespeare read out of an old school novel makes studying English as traditional as it can be.In a world where kids would rather see the movie than rea
40、d a book，the digital age has brought along a completely different flavor to reading.Bringing that flavor in school will make teaching a greener and also a completely different matter.32Why are e-books so popular in the world?AIts cheap to buy. BIts effective to use.CIts convenient to bring. DIts the
41、 latest fashion.33Which of the following words can best take the place of the word “reform-minded” in the second paragraph?AOldfashioned. BAggressive.CRejecting. DProgressive.34In America，the students are encouraged to_Aapply the procedure of downloading the coursesBcommunicate with their teachers u
42、sing computerCresearch some interactive software for their studiesDdo their homework in computer instead of in paper35Whats the authors attitude to the digital textbooks?ABeing against. BBeing for. CNot mentioned. DBeing neutral.七选五Over the last 25 years, British society has changed a great deal or
43、at least many parts of it have. 36 . Ideas about social class whether a person is “working - class” or “middle - class” are one area in which changes have been extremely slow.In the past, the working-class tended to be paid less than middle-class people. The typical working man would collect his wag
44、es on Friday evening and then, it was widely believed, having given his wife her “housekeeping“, would go out and squander the rest on beer and betting.The old style of what a middle-class man did with his money was perhaps nearer the truth. He was-and still is - inclined to take a longer-term view.
45、 Not only did he regard buying a house as a most important thing, but he also considered the education of his children as extremely important. 37 . Only in very few cases did workers have the opportunity （or the education and training） to make such long-term plans. 38 . In a large number of cases fa
46、ctory workers earn as much as their middle class supervisors (管理者). Social security and laws to improve century, have made it less necessary than before to worry about “tomorrow“. Working-class people seem slowly to be losing the feeling of inferiority(自卑感). In fact there has been a growing tendency
47、 in the past few years for the middle-classes to feel slightly ashamed of their position.39 .They generally tend to share very similar tastes in music and clothes, they spend their money in having a good time, and save for holidays or longer-term plans when necessary. There seems to be much less dif
48、ference than in precious generations. 40 . As long as this gap exists, there will always be a possibility that new conflicts and jealousies will emerge, or rather that the old conflicts will re-appear, but between different groups.ANowadays, a great deal has changedBBoth of these provided him and his family with securityCAs a result, differences in life styles and attitudes came into existenceDHowever, we still have a wide gap between the well paid and the low - paidEIn recent years, the working class people have begun to design long term plansFIn some ways, howev
