1、绝密启封并使用完毕前炎德 英才大联考长郡中学 2016 届高考冲刺卷英 语本试卷分第卷( 选择题) 和第 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。第卷第一部分 听力(共两节, 满分 30 分)第一节(共 5 小题; 每小题 1. 5 分, 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, 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 sports does the man like?A. Swimming. B. Tennis
2、. C. Skating. 2. Where are the speakers?A. In a supermarket. B. In a post office. C. At a ticket office. 3. What is the man going to do?A. To take a flight. B. To see a friend off. C. To make a telephone call. 4. Why is the announcement made?A. To advertise the “Crocodile” brand. B. To find the owne
3、r of a wallet. C. To welcome people to Java Mall. 5. What does the woman suggest?A. They come to work earlier. B. They get more work done. C. They share one car to work. 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
4、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、7 题。6. Why does the woman hate her life?A. She has too much housework. B. She doesnt know whats the most wonderful. C. She has to be faced with so many tests. 7. How does the man think the woman gets on with her life?A. Quite well. B. Quite badl
5、y. C. Just so so. 听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8、9 题。8. In which row will the man sit in the theatre?A. In Row 12. B. In Row 13. C. In Row 15. 9. How much will the woman return to the man at last?A. 40 yuan. B. 50 yuan. C. 60 yuan. 听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What does the woman plan to do with Sharon?A. To do hom
6、ework together. B. To see a film. C. To go to school. 11. Where is the womans report card?A. In her bag. B. At Sharons. C. At the teachers office. 12. What subject does the woman like?A. English. B. Chinese. C. Spanish. 听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the man studying for?A. GRE. B. TOFEL. C. IE
7、LTS. 14. What makes the man worried if he chooses to study in Britain?A. The fee will be quite high. B. The distance will be too long. C. The test will be hard to pass. 15. What score in the standard exam does the man have to get for an unconditional offer?A. 5. 5. B. 6. 5. C. 7. 5. 16. Which of the
8、 following university hasnt accepted the man?A. Yale University. B. Sydney University. C. Stanford University. 听第 10 段材料, 回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the speech about?A. How to make friends. B. How to forgive a friend. C. How to get help from friends. 18. What is the worst thing one could do in any si
9、tuation?A. Criticize friends. B. Explain the situation. C. Reject a gift. 19. What should you do after writing the letter?A. Burn it. B. Put it away. C. Send it to friends. 20. What is the speakers opinion?A. Help friends in daily life. B. Try to keep yourself calm. C. Keep in touch with friends. 第二
10、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。ATaylor Swift, 23, USUnlucky in love as she may be, Swift was lucky at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night. The singer received the nights top honor, Artist of the Year, as well as Top Bill
11、board 20 Artist, Top Female Artist, Top Country Artist and Top Digital Songs Artist. Her album Red topped the Billboard 200 and country album categories, and her single We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together was named Top Country Song. Adele, 25, UKAdele has been appointed a member of the Most Exce
12、llent Order of the British Empire this week during Queen Elizabeth s annual Birthday Honors, the BBC reports. The singer was recognized for her service to music. The award is another highlight in a fruitful year for Adele, who, in addition to a Grammy and a Golden Globe, won a Best Original Song for
13、 Skyfall in Oscar 2013. Robert Downey Jr, 48, USThe actor, best known for playing the superhero Iron Man, left an 18-month-old fan in floods of tears because he wasnt wearing his characters red and gold suit in public. The heartbreaking meeting happened last Thursday while the actor was out for a wa
14、lk in the Massachusetts towns of Sunderland and Shelburne Falls. A photo of the crying kid and Downey looking both concerned and awkward quickly made its way into the international news. Jennifer Aniston, 44, USIn the 10 months since her August 2012 engagement(订婚)to Justin Theroux, all eyes had been
15、 on Aniston, with fans wondering just when she will become Mrs Theroux. But multiple sources in contact with Aniston and her inner circle say that plans for the much expected wedding appear to be left for the present time. The couple decided to delay the big day because theyre both busy with work. 2
16、1. On which page of a newspaper can you find the above material?A. On the front page. B. On the entertainment page. C. On the sports page. D. On the education page. 22. 2013 has been a fruitful year for Adele for she has won all the following awards EXCEPT . A. the Golden Globe B. the GrammyC. Artis
17、t of the Year in Billboard D. Best Original Song in Oscar23. The anecdote about Robert Downey Jr happened . A. on a casual occasion B. at a fan meetingC. at a movie promotion D. at a press conference24. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together w
18、as written for Taylor Swifts country. B. Adele sang on the BBC to celebrate Queen Elizabeth s birthday. C. Robert Downey did not know what to do when the kid started crying. D. Jennifer Aniston is working on her wedding despite her busy schedule. BRecently, an almost literal case of lifeboat ethics(
19、伦理) occurred. On Aug. 4, Graham and Sheryl Anley, while boating off the coast of South Africa, hit a rock. As the boat threatened to sink the husband got off, but his wife was trapped in the boat. Instead of freeing his wife and getting her to shore, Graham grabbed Rosie, their pet dog. With Rosie s
20、afe and sound, Graham returned for Sheryl. All are doing fine. Its a great story, but it doesnt strike me as especially newsworthy. News is supposed to be about something fairly unique, and recent research suggests that, in the right circumstances, lots of people also would have grabbed their Rosie
21、first. We have strange relationships with our pets. We lavish our pets with adoration and better health care than billions of people receive. We speak to pets with the same high-pitched voices that we use for babies. As an extreme example of our feelings about pets, the Nazis had strict laws that gu
22、aranteed the humane treatment of the pets of Jews being shipped to death camps. A recent paper by George Regents University demonstrates this human involvement with pets to an astonishing extent. Participants in the study were told a situation in which a bus is out of control, bearing down on a dog
23、and a human. Which do you save? With responses from more than 500 people, the answer was that it depended: What kind of human and what kind of dog?Everyone would save a brother, grandparent or close friend rather than a strange dog. But when people considered their own dog versus people less connect
24、ed with thema distant cousin or a hometown strangervotes in favor of saving the dog came rolling in. And an astonishing 40% of respondents, including 46% of women, voted to save their dog over a foreign tourist. What does a finding like this mean? First, that your odds arent so good if you find your
25、self in another country with a bus bearing down on you and a cute dog. But it also points to something deeper: our unprecedented(史无前例的) attitude towards animals, which got its start with the birth of humane societies in the 19th century. We prison people who abuse animals, put ourselves in harms way
26、 in boats between whales and whalers and show sympathy to Bambi and his mother. We can extend empathy to an animal and feel its pain like no other species. But lets not be too proud of ourselves. As this study and too much of our history show, were pretty selective about how we extend our humaneness
27、 to other human beings. 25. What is the function of the first paragraph?A. To create a relaxing mood for readers. B. To present the theme of this essay straightly. C. To lead in the main topic of this essay. D. To raise problems that will be solved later. 26. The author mentions Nazi laws in the thi
28、rd paragraph . A. to show how cruel the Nazis were to the JewsB. as an example to persuade people not to love petsC. to illustrate the strange relationship between human and petsD. as an example to display the humaneness of the Nazis27. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?A. The
29、story of the Anleys and their dog was too unique to be newsworthy. B. Most people surveyed choose to save their own dog rather than a human. C. It was in the 19th century that human beings started to love their pets. D. Human beings are more and more concerned with animals nowadays. 28. What does th
30、e author mainly argue for?A. Pets are of great significance to us human beings. B. We should rethink about our attitude towards animals and mankind. C. It is kind of human beings to extend humaneness to animals. D. We should be selective when showing attitude towards other human beings. CThe Legend
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37、. ganges-restaurant. comD. go to No. 66 Gulong Road, Zhangshanying Town31. You can usually find such information in the section of a newspaper. A. news report B. business C. advertisement D. sportsDMusic lessons in early childhood bring about changes in the brain that could improve its performance f
38、ar into adulthood, researchers say. Brain scans of young adults showed those who had formal musical training before the age of seven had thicker brain areas dealing with hearing and self-awareness. The findings note how brain development can be influenced by the age when children start to learn a mu
39、sical instrument, and how those changes can continue into later life. “Early musical training benefits kids more than just making them enjoy music. It changes the brain, which could bring about cognitive(认知的) advances as well, ” said Yunxin Wang of Beijing Normal University. “Our results suggest its
40、 better to start musical training before the age of seven, which agrees with what most piano teachers recommend, ”she added. She hoped the results might help parents decide when was the best for their children to learn an instrument. The brains cortex(皮层) plays a leading role in ones abilities, from
41、 thought and language to memory and attention. The area matures rapidly in the early years of life, and its development could be affected more if a person starts musical training before it fully matures. Wang studied 48 Chinese students aged between 19 and 21 who had received formal music training f
42、or at least a year sometime between the ages of 3 and 15. Each had a scan to measure the thickness of the brains cortex. After considering sex and the number of years spent having music lessons, Wang found that musical training that started before the age of seven appeared to thicken areas of the br
43、ain involved in language skills and executive function, which is a persons ability to plan and accomplish tasks. “Were not sure why these changes occur, but a reasonable explanation is that early starters might depend more on hearing clues(线索) when learning music, since it might be more difficult fo
44、r younger children to read music, ”Wang said. 32. According to the researchers, musical training before the age of seven can . A. contribute to future work B. create a successful lifeC. develop all-round abilities D. deal with puzzling problems33. When conducting the research with the students, Wang
45、 . A. tested their language abilities B. watched their musical performancesC. focused on school behavior and achievements D. measured the thickness of the brains cortex34. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that . A. it must be hard for kids to read musicB. kids are more likely to learn musi
46、c by hearingC. Wangs explanation has been the most reasonableD. Wang will research into the reasons for the brain change35. For what purpose does the author write the text?A. To describe the development of brain. B. To challenge the previous discoveries. C. To present the findings of the research. D
47、. To give advice on how to learn music. 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。Everyone needs a break, and vacations are not meant for serious study. 36 The Spring Festival is around the corner, so this is the perfect time to discuss some great English language litera
48、ture to take on a long train journey. Before getting into the recommendations, you need to determine your English reading comprehension level. If youre at the primary level, there are two options: reading a childrens book or reading a book that youve read in Chinese translation. 37 If youre at the i
49、ntermediate level, popular books like pop fiction, mysteries and thrillers are good options. For advanced readers, classic works of literature or modern prize winners(Nobel, Pulitzer) are good options. 38 When I pick up a book I like, even though the first few chapters are really hard to get through, I would try to get accustomed to the language the author uses. Generally, after the first few chapters, things get a lot easier, especially if I get involved in the story. Another great way to k
