湖南省益阳市2015届高三四月调研考试英语试题.doc

绝密启用前益阳市2015届高三四月调研考试英 语本试题卷分四个部分，共9页。时量120分钟。满分150分。Part Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (22.5 marks) Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question. You will hear each conversation TWICE.Conversation 11. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a supermarket.B. In an office.C. In a railway station.2. What do we know about the man? A. He is manager.B. He is a new comer.C. He is late for work. Conversation 23. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Secretary and boss.B. Teacher and student.C. Doctor and patient.4. Why was she late? A. Her aunt called her to get up late. B. She missed the bus. C. She got a telephone call.Conversation 35. Where does the flight go? A. To London.B. To Paris.C. To Heathrow.6. How much is the one-way flight? A. $420.B. $840.C. $210.Conversation 47. When will Miss Grace leave? A. This afternoon.B. This Sunday.C. Next week.8. Why does the girl know little about her school? A. She is on holiday.B. She has gone to Sydney.C. She has been on sick leave.9. What must the girl do first? A. Go to school.B. Go to hospital.C. Go to the party.Conversation 510. What is the woman worried about? A. She will gain weight.B. She will be too busy.C. Her holiday will be boring.11. What does the man often do during the Christmas holiday? A. He enjoys his favorite foods to the fullest. B. He reads at least one hour each day. C. He takes part in physical activities.12. Where will the man spend the Christmas holiday this year? A. At school.B. At home.C. At his girlfriends.Conversation 613. What has the man prepared? A. Glasses.B. Enough meat.C. Hot dogs and hamburgers.14. Where will the man get tomato sauce? A. From the woman.B. From the guests.C. From the shop.15. Whats the great thing about a picnic according to the man? A. A variety of activities. B. Free choices for everyone. C. The comfortable environment. Section B (7.5 marks) Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. You will hear the short passage TWICE. Seeing Eye DogsThe First Seeing Eye Doga 16._ shepherd named BuddyOwnerDorothyPurposeTo be trained for 17._ and 18._ from dangers.First IntroductionIn 19._, in a newspaperExamplesMorris was safely guided across the streets through 20._Part Language Knowledge (45 marks)Section A (15 marks) Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.21. The widely-accepted character Duang on the Internet does not even exist in the Chinese dictionary. However, it _ like wildfire online in China recently. A. spreadB. has spreadC. had spreadD. would spread22. We ought to allow at least half an hour to make the trip _ the traffic may be heavy. A. so thatB. even thoughC. in caseD. as if23. I hold a strong belief that its good _ a beautiful mind, but an even greater gift is to discover a beautiful heart. A. havingB. having hadC. to haveD. to having24. A series of stars in the entertainment circle have been involved in drugs, warning us that no matter how many difficulties we face, Tom, _ drugs. A. not takingB. doesnt takeC. not to takeD. dont take25. -Hi, John！Why do you look so anxious? -Oh, there you are! I _ you forever. A. am looking forB. have looked for C. look forD. have been looking for26. Since the policy of reform and opening up was carried out, the African countries have been given much help by China, without which they _. A. must have failedB. would have failedC. would failD. should fail27. A smog documentary _ by Chai Jing, Under the Dome, has been watched millions of times and has drawn national attention. A. being producedB. having producedC. producingD. produced28. -Where did the rescue team find the black box of that missing plane? -It was in the water area _ the plane crashed. A. whereB. thatC. whichD. when29. Nowadays, people get interest in purchasing things from some websites in America, Britain, Germany and France, because they find most goods are at _ those in Chinas market. A. cheap as half asB. the half price ofC. as half cheap asD. half the price of30. _ we must ensure is _ the law should work as a powerful and effective tool in fighting pollution instead of being soft as cotton stick. A. What; thatB. That; whetherC. What; whetherD. That; what31. The Chinese government is looking to push ahead with reforms through 2015, _ dealing with major structural challenges and economic reforms. A. to focus onB. focusing on C. focused onD. having focused on32. When online payment operator Alipay began to give gift money cash to its users on Feb 11, a Spring Festival red-envelope war _. A. has startedB. would startC. startedD. was starting 33. -Is one and a half weeks enough for the novel to be finished? -Thats enough. The novelist is ill and only after _ go with it. A. does he recover he canB. he recovers he can C. he recovers can heD. does he recover can he34. -Which singer do you like best on the reality show I Am a Singer 3？ -Li Jian is my favorite. But, you know, his quiet life might have continued if Wang Fei _ his song, Legend, at 2010s CCTV Spring Festival Gala. A. hadnt sungB. hasnt sungC. didnt singD. werent to sing35. My grandfather once told me a sensible saying like this: It is the energy and persistence you have_ conquer all things. A. whichB. thatC. asD. whatSection B (18 marks) Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. As a famous saying goes, Reading makes a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man. I like reading very much. When I 36 a good essay in reading newspapers or magazines, I often feel like cutting and keeping it. However, just as I am about to do so, I find the article on the 37 side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to keep in good health, or advice about how to be oneself in society. If I cut the front essay, the opposite one will 38 damage, leaving out half of it or keeping the next without the title. As a result, the scissors would stay before they start, or halfway done when I find out the result to my 39 . Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time, both worthy your attention. You can only take up one of them, the other has to wait or be 40 . But you know the future is 41 the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left behind. Thus you are caught in a dilemma and feel sad. why should nice opportunities and 42 ideas gather around all at once? It may happen that your life changes dramatically on your preference of one choice to the other. In fact that is what life is like: we are often given with the two choices which are both 43 like newspaper cutting. It often occurs that our attention is drawn to one thing only after we take up another. The former may be more important than the latter and 44 a divided mind. I still remember a philosophers remarks: When one door shuts, another opens. So a 45 choice may not be a bad one. Whatever we do in our lifetime, and whenever lifes storm makes us go, there must be something we can 46 , some shore we can land on. Dont forget there is always a(n) 47 door for everyone. While the front door is closed, there must be another open for you. 36. A. come aboutB. come outC. come acrossD. come up 37. A. nextB. oppositeC. backD. front 38. A. sufferB. causeC. receiveD. get39. A. surpriseB. disappointmentC. excitementD. regret40. A. given upB. let outC. held onD. put away41. A. unimaginativeB. unimportantC. unlikelyD. unpredictable42. A. confusingB. brilliantC. ambiguousD. understandable43. A. annoyingB. admirableC. desirableD. necessary44. A. gives rise toB. results from C. makes up forD. takes up45. A. activeB. passiveC. sensibleD. foolish46. A. dependB. treasureC. achieveD. imagine47. A. preferableB. alternativeC. comfortable D. attractive Section C (12 marks) Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context. In our town there once was an excellent teacher. He always wrote the number two and four 48 the blackboard in the first class to his new students. After that, he would ask his students 49 the answer was. Every time he raised this question, some of his students said six was the key 50 others hold that two was more proper and some of them chose eight as 51 answer; moreover, there were still some students 52 were just sitting at their seats without a word. 53 the students were discussing the issue, the teacher always sighed and said to the students, 54 is no use debating because all of you did not notice the key point: what is exactly the question? Are those two numbers to be added, subtracted or be acquired to do some other calculations? Without what the question is, how can you get a 55 answer?Part Reading Comprehension (30 marks) Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.A Walk into the California home of Anne Belles and her husband, Jim Silcock, and youll see kids everywhere playing video games, doing homework, and getting ready for dinner. There are 30 boys in this house and Anne Belles is their mom. Belles has wanted to help children since she was a kid. I was intrigued by the movie Oliver! in the 1960s, a musical based on the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. I told my mom, Thats what I want to do. Annes boys are from 3 to 25 years old. All of them are challenged in some way. They each have special needs physically, mentally, or at school, says Belles. Every day, a small army of childcare workers, nurses, and volunteers comes in to help cook and clean, wash 30 loads of laundry a day, and take care of health needs. To find out how much such a large family costs, we followed Jim Silcock to the grocery store. He spent $880 on food for one week. Every month they spend $2,000 to run five cars, $15,000 for the fourteen paid helpers, and more than $10,000 on medical costs. The family receives $26,000 a month from the state government, and makes some money from a family business. All the money is spent on the children; having new clothes and fancy cars isnt important to Belles. How do the kids feel? 17-year-old Anthony says, The family is there whenever I need something . I feel like I am loved. Everything Im doing now is what I wanted to happen in my life, says Anne Belles. So, no regrets; this is perfect. I couldnt ask for it to be bettermaybe a bigger house, you know, would be nice.56. The underlined word intrigued in the first paragraph means _. A. fooledB. attractedC.frightenedD. disappointed57. The boys Anne has raised _. A. are all ready to accept a challengeB. all like Oliver Twist C. all have disabilitiesD. are all teenagers58. For Anne and her husband, raising 30 boys _. A. is their dreamB. is no small task C. is a piece of cakeD. is their family tradition59. What do 17-year-old Anthonys words mean? A. He is satisfied with his family.B. He has learned how to love others. C. He wants to get more care and love.D. He is still looking for his own family.60. What do we know about Anne and her husband? A. They are kind-hearted and selfless. B. They are tired of looking after so many boys. C. They want to improve their own living condition. D. Theyve always regretted not having their own baby.B4 Best Seattle Day Trips The Boeing Everett Factory is only a short 40-minute drive outside of Seattle in Everett, Washington. It is the largest building in the world since it needs lots of room to make some of the biggest planes in the world. The tour lasts 90 minutes and there is no stopping and no restrooms. Even cellphones are prohibited during the tour, so make sure to leave everything in the car or bring change for lockers. Unlike other factory tours which are free and give you stuff, the Boeing tour costs about $20 and you dont get anything. The Enchanted Forest is a small family-owned theme park a little over 3 hours from Seattle in Oregon. The park is a mix of a simple fairy tale town and a small family theme park. The destination is seasonal and not open in winter. The best rides are the Haunted House and the Adventures of Mordor. The other thing you cant miss is the water show that is inside a cave and shows every half an hour. Even if you have no kids but are a kid at heart, you will enjoy yourself in the Enchanted Forest. The Washington State Capitol is located a little over an hour away from Seattle in Olympia. It is open from Monday to Friday, any day that is not a state holiday. It is a good place to bring a lunch and have a picnic in front of the Capitol and is a great place to take kids to learn about the government. Riverfront Park is about four hours away in Spokane. The park is like an old theme park that every city used to have, but it is much newer. Riverfront Park features an ice skating rink (滑冰场) in winter. It is also a good place to go for a picnic along the river. But I prefer the Enchanted Forest to Riverfront Park.61. When you are seeing around the Boeing Everett Factory, you _. A. can easily access restrooms B. cannot take any personal belongings C. can go inside the biggest planes in the world. D. can stay there as long as you like during the day.62. What does the writer mean by saying the Enchanted Forest is seasonal? A. It is not open to the public every season. B. It charges differently in different seasons. C. It has different scenes in different seasons. D. It has different activities in different seasons.63. The Washington State Capitol is open to the public _. A. every day except at the weekend. B. every other day except on state holidays. C. every workday except on state holidays. D. every day except on national holidays.64. Where would you most probably go if you want a picnic along the river? A. The Boeing Everett Factory.B. The Enchanted Forest. C. The Washington State Capitol.D. Riverfront Park.65. The passage is written to _. A. prove that Seattle has many famous attractions B. explain why Seattle is worth a visit for a family C. introduce four good places in Seattle for a day trip D. introduce four places for a family to spend time togetherC What if you never needed to eat again? Imagine that all you needed was a special formula (配方) that would provide your body with all the nutrients (营养) it needed to survive. Well, computer programmer Rob Rhinehart has created just such a thing called Soylent and its now shipping to adventurous eaters. Rhinehart invented Soylent after becoming frustrated with the high price of foods and the time he spent making meals. He has shown the Soylent development process on his blog. I guess that the body doesnt need food itself, only the chemicals it has. What if I ate only the ingredients the body uses for energy? he wrote in a blog post titled How I Stopped Eating Food. Forty different chemicals make up his formula, which is made up of packaged powder and a bottle of oil. Soylent drinkers mix these two parts with water. After experimenting with the formula, Rhinehart and his roommates made a plan to sell it. They raised $3,500,000 to start a company and put Soylent into production. Now the company sells bags of the formula on its website. At its lowest price, Soylent costs about $3 a meal. This is much cheaper than some solid foods. Soylent also does not spoil (变质) as quickly as many fresh foods. For these reasons, Rhinehart thinks Soylent could someday become a solution to world hunger. The young inventor has been living off of Soylent for more than a year. But he does still eat some solid foods. Such as when he goes to restaurants with friends. However, before you follow Rhineharts lead and forsake solid foods completely, you should talk to your doctor. Many medical professionals dont think people should replace all of their meals with a powdered formula. They argue that human beings need a well-balanced diet to be healthy. Solid foods may have important nutritional benefits that cannot be got from formulas like Soylent. 66. The original purpose of Rhinehart creating Soylent was to _. A. save time and money on foodsB. solve the problem of world hunger C. provide his body with more nutrientsD. realize his dream of running a company 67. We can infer from the passage that Soylent _. A. can be bought in the supermarket now B. may cure patients of some ordinary diseases C. can be preserved for a longer time than some fresh foods D. has been delivered to poor countries to solve hunger problem68. The underlined word forsake in the last paragragh can be replaced by _. A. turn toB. give upC. try outD. prepare for69. Many medical professionals attitude towards the use of Soylent is _. A. hopefulB. favorableC. worriedD. surprised70. In which part of a newspaper can you probably find this text? A. Business.B. Education.C. Food & Health.D.Popular science.Part Writing (45 marks)Section A (10 marks) Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. As a teenager, do you want to grow taller naturally? If yes, firstly, you must have a good sleep at night. So go to bed early and try to get at least 78 hours of sleep each night. Research has proved that sleeping early is good for health. Even if you get 8 hours of sleep, it wont be beneficial if you have the habit of going to bed late at night. Thus, try to sleep before 10 p.m. each night and youll sleep much better. Secondly, you need to be physically active. Unluckily, many teenagers these days spend hours sitting in front of computers, failing to take part in enough physical activities. Studies have shown that teenagers who often run, cycle or swim tend to grow taller than those who are inactive. Whats more, regular stretching exercises, especially early in the morning, and regular breathing exercises can also prove helpful in encouraging height growth. Thirdly, healthy eating is also a must. So, dont eat unhealthy junk food because it can cause health problems and slow down the proper growth of the body. Instead, form a habit of eating lots of fruits and vegeta