2016学年第二学期高三十二校联考英语试卷
第I卷 (共103分)
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. By car. B. By train. C. By airplane. D. By ship. 2. A. $4.5. B.$5. C. $9. D. $10. 3. A. He tried to call the woman. B. He was too busy to call the woman. C. He spoke to the woman last night. D. He forgot to call the woman. 4. A. A telephone. B. An automobile. C. A refrigerator. D. An elevator. 5. A. Hurry to the meeting. B. Go sightseeing by bus. C. Take the underground. D. Go to the office. 6. A. A businessman. B. A lawyer. C. A professor. D. A teacher. 7. A. Mother and son. B. Teacher and student C. Husband and wife. D. Boss and secretary. 8. A. It is everything. B. It is nothing. C. It should be got through hard work. D. It is not important to her. 9. A. He doesn’t like the hotel. B. They can’t afford to stay at the hotel. C. They do not want to stay at a hotel. D. He can’t find the way to the hotel. 10.A. He doesn’t care much about it. B. He enjoys it very much. C. He hates working overtime. D. He doesn’t like his work. Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. 6 hours. B. 9 hours. C. 18 hours. 12. A. Asian people usually prefer their trip to be organized.
B.Western people like to wander around freely. C.Tourists never feel tired during the trip.
D.Asian people have greater pressure from work. 13. A. How to organize tours in some new ways.
B.How to make the demanding tourists settle in. C.How to communicate with new people.
D.How to find something in common with tourists.
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D. 13 hours.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following news. 14. A. It remained the same.
B. It gained great popularity.
C. People seldom go shopping online.
D. It was destroyed because of the economic depression. 15. A. Because there are few large shopping malls.
B. Because she does online shopping out of habit. C. Because she can save money by shopping online.
D. Because she can buy something cheap with good quality.
16. A. People shop online for the variety, value and convenience offered.
B. There are more female online shoppers because they love shopping. C. Nothing needs to be worried about when people are shopping online. D. All the shopping webs are very popular among online customers.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet. Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation. Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer. Reception Notes Guest Requirement Guest Name Room number Present situation Solution To __17__ the stay by two or three days. Julia __18__ All the rooms for next week have been __19__. Ask the guest to __20__ at 9 a.m. tomorrow.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Why did the woman raise the proposal? How much will new equipment cost? Why did the woman talk to the staff? What will the marketing do?
They want to __21__. There are __22__. From 100000 to 500000 dollars. Because __23__ should also be taken into consideration. It has good ideas for __24__. II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
(A)
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Freya Stark, explorer and writer
Freya Stark was an explorer who lived during a time when explorers were regarded as heroes. She travelled to distant areas of the Middle East, where few Europeans—especially women—(25)____(travel)before. She also travelled extensively in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Nepal and Afghanistan.
Stark was born in Paris in 1893. (26)____ she had no formal education as a child, she moved about with her artist parents and learned French, German and Italian. She entered London University in 1912, but at the start of World War I, she joined the nurse team and (27)____ (send) to Italy. After the war, she returned to London and attended the School of Oriental Studies. Her studies there led to extensive travel in the Middle East, (28)____ (enable) her to eventually become fluent in Persian, Russian and Turkish.
Stark became well known as a traveler and explorer in the Middle East. She travelled to the Lebanon in 1927 at the age of 33 (29)____ she had saved enough money, and while there, she studied Arabic. In 1928, she travelled (30)____ donkey to the Jebel Druze, a mountainous area in Syria. During her (31)____ trip, she went to a distant region of the Elburz, a mountain range in Iran, where she made a map. She was searching for information about an ancient Muslim sect Known as the Assassins, which she wrote about in Valley of the Assassins (1934), a classic (32)____ ____ she was awarded a God Medal by the Royal Geographic Society. For the 12 years, she continued her career as a traveler and writer, establishing a style which combined an account of her journey with personal commentary on the people, places, customs, history and politics of the Middle East.
(B)
The electric revolution
The main reasons why electric cars are not more popular at present are their price and their relatively small range.
Existing battery systems only allow electric cars (33)____ (travel) a distance of between 100 and 160km. However, this distance may not be a problem for urban drivers. A recent Sydney study reported that 70 percent of journeys were 30km or less, and recent data from the US suggests that 77 percent of trips (34)____ (take) there are 48km or less.
An innovative company called Better Place is aiming to make electric cars an option for all drivers. It wants to see existing vehicles replaced by electric vehicles which, it says, offer a number of benefits. Firstly, they can be powered by renewable energy which produces zero emissions. (35)____ is moreimportant is that electric motors are more efficient and can convert more than 90 percent of power into movement. (36)____ (achieve) its aim, Better Place plans to use technology already available.
The plan is simple but revolutionary. It starts with the installation of a home charge point, and through this, the vehicle will be plugged into the electricity charge point whenever it is in the garage, typically at night. In the morning, with a fully charged battery, the car is capable of as much as 160km in urban motoring conditions. (37)____ ____ ____ the home charge point, the battery can be topped up by charge points at work and at supermarkets.
(38)____ battery is linked to a control centre by smart technology inside the vehicle. Better Place can then ensure that the car is charged with electricity from renewable sources at the cheapest price. For (39)____ (long) trips, a navigation system directs the driver to the nearest
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switch station, (40)____ the battery can be replaced with a charged one by a robot within a couple of minutes.
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Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. arrival B. booming G. fantastic H. readership Japanese and American Comic Book Heroes
To some people, the idea of reading comic books seems childish. To others, comics are nothing more than __41__ of their happy childhoods. But for people who love comic books, they can be a(n)__42__ escape from the realities of modern life. Comics are able to __43__ readers to brightly-colored, imaginary worlds where superheroes fight with super-monsters, where good can succeedover bad, and where heroes can save thousands of innocent people from the ―bad guys.‖ Comics are published globally, but Japanese and American versions __44__ the market despite the fact—or perhaps because—they differ in some ways.
One difference is the appearance of the heroes. Manga ([日语]漫画) heroes look smaller, younger, and more immature than their all-conquering American oneswho have sport muscles and wear themed clothes. Also, manga heroes rarely look Japanese, and the stories are not typically set within a Japanese __45__. Conversely, American comic heroes, despite their masks, are proudly American and are admired for their __46__ to defend U.S. cities. Importantly, in Japan a manga creator can himself or herself become a national hero, becoming almost as famous as the characters.
Probably the biggest difference is the __47__. Up until the 1950s, American comic books were read by both children and adults, with popular titles such as Superman selling as many as half a million copies per month. The __48__ of TV, however, led to a long-term decline in sales so that now the average reader of an American comic book is a teenage boy with an interest in superheroes. In Japan, the __49__ couldn’t be greater. There manga sales are still __50__, reaching as high as $7 billion each year largely because readers range from young boys and girls up to middle-aged men and women. A survey by the Mainichi newspaper estimates that 42 percent of women aged 20 to 49 read comics. Manga for men and boys, like the American comics, tend to be action-oriented, while manga for women and girls tend to be focused on relationships.
C. contest D. context E. contrast F. dominate I. readiness J. reminders K. transport III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
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.
The best job in the world?
Chocolate consultant
This could well be the bestjob for anyone with even the __51__ passion for chocolate—and yes, jobs like these really do exist. There are lots of different types of chocolate consultant. Louise Thomas has worked in the chocolate industry for two years and has been __52__ about chocolate. She became __53__ by the lack of education and awareness regarding fine chocolate, so started her own company to share her love of the cocoa bean. She now runs tastings to find a(n)__54__ chocolate for everycustomer or to extend their range. If you don’t yet have what it takes to be a
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