1、2016 届山东师范大学附属中学高三上学期第二次模拟考试英语试题(考试时间：120 分钟 总分：150 分) 本试卷分第 I 卷(选择题)和第 II 卷( 非选择题)两部分。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项：1答第 I 卷考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2选出每一题答案前，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框，不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第 I 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。每段对话后面有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B
2、、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 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1When does the man get up on Saturday?AAt 7 am BAt 7：30 am CAt 8 am2Why did the man come late for class? AHe got up lateBHe was caught in trafficCHe missed the school bus3Where is the woman going?ATo a football ground BTo the air
3、port CTo her apartment4Where does the conversation probably take place?AIn a restaurant BIn a hotel CIn a cinema5What does the man advise the woman to do?AGo to the ticket window and askBAsk the policemanCCall the ticket window 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。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选
4、出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，备小题给出 5 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第 6 段材料回答第 67 题。6Where is the woman going?ATo the hospital B To take a bus CTo the center of town7Which bus will the woman take?ANumber 7 BNumber 13 CBoth number 7 and number 13听第 7 段材料，阋答第 8、9 题。8Where did the woman find out
5、the job?AFrom an ad on the televisionBFrom a poster CFrom her friend9How many hours will the woman work a week?ASix hours a week BFifteen hours a week C Ten hours a week听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10Where can the man afford a house?AIn Riverdale BIn Mount Kisco CIn the south of the city11What is the hous
6、e the man has decided to see like? AIt is a two-story one BIt has one bathroomC It has no basement12What will the man do next week?AGo to see the house BGo on a business tripC Look for a better house听第 9 段材料，l 川答第 13 至 16 题。13What is the woman going to do this evening?AWork overtime BHave a meeting
7、CPick up Ted14Where will the mall meet Ted?AAt Ted s fathers house BIn his own house CAt his company15What does the man advise the woman to do?AFind the right person BGo home early CLearn to enjoy life16When will the woman call Henry?AOn Saturday eveningBThis afternoonCAfter she has finished her wor
8、k听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17What was Katharine famous for?AShe leads one of the most important newspaper companies in the USBShe was one of the most important American government official representativesCHer family was very rich18What was Katharine s first job?AAn investment bankerBA reporter for a n
9、ews paper CA businesswoman19Which of the following companies does the Washington Post Company include?ANewspaper and magazineBBroadcast and books CNewspaper and books20What did Katharine do to support women in the workforce?AEmploy more women in her company BMake public speeches about the importance
10、 of womens educationCSpend more money training women第二部分 阅读理解(共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，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 (ABC 和 D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhat are American high schools like? Well，Im happy to tell you what I knowWhen I started school here，it had already been a week since th
11、e schoo1 openedAt this school， freshmen usually go on a trip for about three days at the beginning of school. Unfortunately I missed that wonderful tripwhich would have been the best time to get to know my classmatesI was really sadI wished Id known about it earlier.Despite the disappointment，howeve
12、r，I gradually adapted to my new life and schoo1There is a space in the basement of the teaching building where students chat and meet each otherAs we do not always have the same classrooms and classmates，the school wants us to get to know each other thereStudents usually come to school early，sit in
13、that space and have funAround the space，there are many lockers for students to leave their books in，so that students do not have to carry a heavy schoolbag everywhereIt really surprises me that we have almost no textbooksWe only have textbooks for World History and Algebra and they are big and heavy
14、，like bricksFor other classes，we only need binders(活页夹)with paper in themWithout textbooks， students learn things freely and activelyFor example，my humanities teacher just teaches us what is in her mind at the timeWe never know what we will learnAnother difference between American schools and Chines
15、e schools is that American schools care about studentsmorality more than their academic studiesFor example，if you do not finish your homework，you will just be asked to do it later， but if you cheat or lie，you will get a warning or even be kicked outI think that most students here are good at schoolw
16、ork as well，but compared to Chinese students，they can make learning a more joyful experienceI think we should take the good points from our two different kinds of education to perfect our approach to studying21What was the writer sad for?AHe was late for schoo1BHe missed the trip at the beginning of
17、 schoo1CHe didnt know anyoneDAmerican students looked down upon him22Why do students go to the basement of the teaching building?ATo attend class BTo share a classroom CTo have funDTo meet teachers 23According to the passage，in American high schools，_ Ayou are likely to be kicked out if you cheatByo
18、u11 be punished if you do not finish your homeworkCstudents are better at school work than Chinese studentsDstudents care much about the grades they getBThe new high-speed railway line between Urumqi，capital of the Xinjiang Uygur self-governing region，and Lanzhou，capital of Gansu province，has cut tr
19、ain travel time by half to less than 12 hoursThe dramatic improvement will benefit many families planning reunions for Spring Festival“For the first time，I feel home is not that far away after all， ”said Liang Shaofu as he boarded a high-speed train in Urumqi with six members of his familyThe 35-yea
20、r-old left Lanzhou to set up a dry fruit business in Xinjiang eight years ago，and he has now settled in UrumqiThe 1,776-km line，which passes through Qinghai province and is the countrys first high-speed railway to be built in a high-altitude region，came into service on Dec 26“We normally drive home
21、for Spring Festival to avoid the difficulties of buying seven train tickets for the whole family during the peak season， ”Liang said “Driving can be very tiring and dangerous sometimes，so one year we even decided not to go back to Lanzhou simply to avoid the trip ”More than 600， 000 passengers trave
22、led on the line during its first month，and the Urumqi Railway Bureau said the introduction of high-speed services will ease transport pressure during the Spring Festival peak seasonThe existing usual railway line could no longer support Xinjiangs developmentAll passenger trains will gradually shift
23、to the new link，leaving the old one to be used for goodsAs a result，Xinjiangs annual goods ability could reach 200 million metric tons from the current 70 million The line passes through areas that experience high winds， and it also crosses parts of the deserted Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the bone-dr
24、y sands of the Gobi Desert The project could help China to promote its high-speed railway technology abroad，said Ma Xi zhang，director of the Lanzhou-Xinjiang railway projects_management department in Xinjiang.24How long did it take to go from Urumqi to Lanzhou by the usual train before?Aabout 12 hou
25、rs BAbout 6 hoursCAbout 18 hours DAbout 24 hours 25Whats the main advantage of the new high-speed railway?AIt takes more time to go to Urumqi to LanzhouBIt will be more convenient for people all over the country to XinjiangCAll the people in Lanzhou can return home on festivalsDIt helps to improve X
26、injiangs development26From the passage we can learn_.AXinjiangs annual goods ability can increase nearly four timesBthe new railway technology may help more railway lines to be built abroadCthe high-speed railway lines cant be built across the bone-dry sandsDthe old railway lines can only carry good
27、s now27Which of the following is true according to the passage?AThe new high-speed railway line is good for all people to go homeBThe new high-speed railway line benefits businessmen to carry goodsCTaking the new train is safer than driving home from Urumqi to LanzhouDBusinessmen seldom went home fo
28、r Spring Festival beforeCIn the animal kingdom，weakness can bring about aggression in other animalThis sometimes happens with humans also But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in peopleI see it every day when people hold doors for me，pour cream into my coffee，or help me to put on
29、 my coatAnd I have discovered that it makes them happyFrom my wheelchair experience，I see the best in people，but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see dailyThey dont get to see this soft side of others often；we try every way possible to avoid，showing our w
30、eakness，which includes a lot of pretendingBut only when we stop pretending were brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness thats in them Last month，when I was driving home on a busy highway，I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usualPeople behind me began to get impatient an
31、d angry，with some speeding up alongside me， homing(按喇叭)or even shouting at meAt the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty four years of driving I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speedNo more angry shouts and no more horns!When I put on my flashlights， I
32、was saying to other drivers， “I have a problem hereI am weak and doing the best I can ”And everyone understoodSeveral times，I saw drivers who wanted to passThey couldnt get around me because of the stream of passing traffic But instead of getting impatient and angry，they waited， knowing the driver i
33、n front of them was in some way weakSometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we dont feel that wayBut those are and far betweenMore often，it would be better if we dont pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared28The author has d
34、iscovered that people will feel happy when_Athe offer their help Bthey receive othershelpCthey feel otherskindness Dthey show their weakness29The author feels sad sometimes because_ Ahe has a soft heart Bhe relies much on othersCsome people pretend to be kind Dsome people fail to see the kindness in
35、 others30In this passage，the author advises us to_Ahandle problems by ourselves Baccept help from othersCadmit our weakness Dshow our bravery31Which of the following is the best title for the passage?AWheelchair Experience BWeakness and KindnessCWeakness and Strength DA Driving ExperienceDWe know th
36、e famous onesthe Thomas Edisons and the Alexander Graham Bellsbut what about the less famous inventors? What about the people who invented the traffic light and the windshield wiper(雨刮器)? Shouldnt we know who they are?Joan Mclean thinks soIn fact，Mclean，a professor of physics at Mountain University
37、in Range，feels so strongly about this matter that shes developed a course on the topicIn addition to learning“who”invented“what”，however ，Mclean also likes her students to learn the answers to the“whyandhow”questionsAccording to Mclean “When students learn the answers to these questions，they are bet
38、ter prepared to recognize opportunities for inventing and more motivated to give inventing a try Her students agreeOne young man with a patent for an unbreakable umbrella is walking proof of McLeans statement “If I had not heard the story of the windshield wipers invention， ”said Tommy Lee, a senior
39、 physics major， “I never would have dreamed of turning my bad experience during a rainstorm into something so constructive ”Lee is currently negotiating to sell his patent to an umbrella producerSo，just what is the story behind the windshield wiper Well，Mary Anderson came up with the idea in 1902 af
40、ter a visit to New York CityThe day was cold and stormy，but Anderson still wanted to see the sights，so she jumped aboard a streetcarNoticing that the driver was struggling to see through the snow covering the windshield，she found herself wondering why there couldnt be a builtin device for cleaning t
41、he windowStill wondering about this when she returned home to Birmingham，Alabama, Anderson started drafting out solutions One of her ideas，a lever(操作杆)on the inside of a vehicle that would control an arm on the outside，became the first windshield wiperToday we benefit from countless inventions and i
42、nnovationsIts hard to imagine driving without Garrett AMorgans traffic light Its equally impossible to picture a world without Katherine JBlodgetts innovation that makes glass invisibleCan you picture life without clear windows and eyeglasses?32By mentioning“traffic light”and“windshield wiper”the au
43、thor indicates that countless inventions are_Abeneficial，because their inventors are famousBbeneficial ， though their inventors are less famousCnot useful ，because their inventors are less famousDnot useful，though their inventors are famous33Professor Joan McLeans course aims to_.Aadd color and vari
44、ety to studentscampus lifeBinform students of the windshield wipers inventionCcarry out the requirements by Mountain UniversityDprepare students to try their own inventions34Tommy Lees invention of the unbreakable umbrella was_Anot eventually accepted by the umbrella producerBinspired by the story b
45、ehind the windshield wiperCdue to his dream of being caught in a rainstormDnot related to Professor Joan McLeans lectures35Which of the following can best serve as the title of this passage?AHow to Help Students to Sell Their Inventions to ProducersBHow to Design a Built-in Device for Cleaning the W
46、indowCShouldn t We Know Who Invented the Windshield WiperDShouldnt We Develop Invention Courses in Universities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。 Although problems are a part of our lives，it certainly doesnt mean that we let them rule our lives foreverOne day or th
47、e other, you11 have to stand up and sayproblem，I dont want you in my life 36 Problems with friends，parents，girlfriends ，husbands ， and childrenthe list goes on. Apart from these the inner conflicts within ourselves work, tooThese keep adding to our problemsProblems come in different shapes，colors and feelingsBut good news is that all problems can be dealt withNow read on how to solve your problemsTalk about your problemsWhat most of us think is that
