江苏省常州市教育学会学业水平监测（2015届高三第一学期期末考试）
高三英语试题
注意：本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。答案全部做在答题纸上。总分为120分。考试时间120分钟。 第一部分听力(共两节，满分20分) 第一节(共5小题；每小题l分，满分5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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 is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Employer and employee. B. Waitress and customer. C. Mother and son.
2. Where was the man bom? A. In Sydney. B. In Ireland. 3. What are the two speakers doing? A. Watching television. B. Listening to the teacher. C. Making the program. 4. Which tablecloth is cheaper? A. The green one. B. The red one. 5. What does the man mean? A. He will go to the library. B. He will borrow these books. C. He will go to school this morning.
C. In Scotland.
C. The blue one.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍。
请听第6段材料，回答第6至第7题。
6. Where does this conversation most probably take place? A. At a party. B. In an office. C. In the woman’s house. 7. Why is the man feeling down?
A. He doesn’t know anybody there. B. He is alone at Christmas. C. He doesn’t like Christmas.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9、10题。
8. How does the man get the information about homeless population? A. From an article. B. From radio. C. From TV. 9. How many homeless people are there in India? A. One million. B. Two million. C. Three million.
10. Which country has the highest percentage of homeless people? A. India. B. The US. C. Germany. 请听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What is the man doing?
A. Asking about reading habits. B. Questioning about an evening school. C. Exchanging reading experience with the woman.
12. How much time does the woman spend a week reading newspapers? A. About two or three hours. B. About four or five hours. C. About seven or eight hours. 13. What does the woman like best? A. Newspapers. B. Textbooks. C. Novels. 请听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What does the woman think of surfing the Net at first? A. It is a waste of time. B. It can save time. C. It is fantastic. 15. What is the man doing? A. Doing shopping. B. Writing a paper. C. Searching for information.
16. What does the man recommend to his mother? A. E-shopping. B. E-mail. C. E-card. 请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Which event is going to be held next?
A. Men’s 50-meter freestyle. B. Women’s 50-meter freestyle. C. Women’s 100-meter freestyle.
18. What do we know about Alice Godley? A. She has broken records. B. She is good at 50-meter backstroke. C. She has won three races so far this month. 19. Who was supposed to swim in Lane 2? A. Beth Cromer. B. Karen Gibson. C. Elizabeth Hampton. 20. Which club does Beth Cromer represent? A. London Sports Club. B. Manchester Club. C. Liverpool Club.
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)
请阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. Welcome to take this time number G7589 High-speed Rail Train _______ for North
Changzhou from Xuzhou, the train will arrive in Changzhou North Station terminal, please take passenger baggage, thanks! A. bid B. intended C. bound D. left 22. —Oh, I am sick of the weather here.
—So am I. It_______ since last Friday. Wish it could stop raining tomorrow. A. rained B. has rained C. was raining D. has been raining
23. Welcome! We_______ non-Chinese customers with bilingual menus written both in Chinese and English. A. cater to B. serve for C. target at D. check in
24. It is beyond_______ that Mayun’s success comes from nowhere but his creative ability and hard work.
A. expectation B. doubt C. possibility D. expression
25. It_______ me the other day that I might not have paused to think of life meaning for years. A. appealed to B. referred to C. occurred to D. happened to 26. — In no case_______ you are a senior three student.
— My teacher has told me thousand times. Anything fresh? A. you should forget B. forget you C. should you forget D. shouldn’t you forget
27. When it comes to the majority of the latest technologies in the next 20 years, _______ has greater potential than the technology being developed in these young pepple’s company, _______ in my eyes will lead to a revolution. A. nothing; which B. none; where C. nothing; where D. none; which 28. —Your brother has been admitted to Nanjing University?
—Yes, he deserves it. If I had worked as wisely, that_______ my destiny. A. might be B. would be C. could have been_______ D. will have been 29. _______ girls can be_______ they would like to be, whether it is a pilot or an astronaut, is being accepted all around the world.
A. What; whomever B. That; whatever C. If; whoever D. 不填; whatever 30. — Morning. I have a couple of pictures in my flash drive_______. How much does it cost? — Well, it depends on the size and number you want. But it should be _____ between 30 and 50 RMB.
A. to be developed; somewhere B. to develop; somewhere C. to be developed; anywhere D. to develop; anywhere 31. —What about going abroad for further study?
—Great, but I never expected_______ a chance for me before. A. there to be B. there being C. it to be D. it being
32. The fathers expressed a common desire at the parents’ meeting held by the school, _______ desire that more sleep and freedom_______ be provided to their children. A. the; must B. the; should C. a; must D. a; 不填 33. —Mum, do you have a_______ ?
—Sorry dear, I would_______ listen to your story now. But you see this endless work? A. second; however B. second; otherwise C. time; otherwise D. time; however 34. One of the goals is to ensure that clean water is_______ to everyone, as in many places water is not safe to drink unless it is boiled. A. available B. compulsory C. inadequate D. appropriate 35. —Mr. Smith, you are fined for over-speeding. Please sign here. —Fined? Over-speeding?_______ A. Are you all right? B. You can't be serious!
C. Mind your own business! D. You asked for it!
第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I read mostly fiction before I was introduced to CaMalcolm Gladwell’s work.
In his TED talk called “Choice, Happiness, and Spaghetti Sauce”, the economist and journalist used the 36 of Pepsi and spaghetti sauce to argue that giving people choices makes them happy. If I had only heard his conclusion statement and 37 the artfully-manipulated statistical evidence that he 38 , I would have been itching (渴望的) to know how he could argue such an interesting point. But he 39 his argument like a detective story, with each puzzle piece 40 to the conclusion. 41 , I borrowed his book Outliers: The Story of Success from the library. Each chapter had its own story and argument, and all of the arguments were, 42 Gladwell, about 43 that led to an individual’s success in the world.
The 44 of his research was amazing. In the first chapter, he 45 the reasons behind the crash of Korean Air Flight 801 in 1997, which 46 more than 220 lives. The disaster took place partly because the co-pilot didn’t 47 mistakes that the pilot was making. In South Korea, it’s 48 to contradict higher-ups even if they are doing something wrong. Gladwell explained why a(n) 49 number of Canadian hockey players are bom in the first part of the year. The 50 date for youth hockey leagues is December 31, and since hockey players bom in the beginning of the year seem older, larger and more 51 than younger players, they are more to be given more attention in training and become 52 , hockey players as adults, he wrote. Perhaps most interesting of all, Gladwell explained why Asians are so good at 53 . He said Asians get a head start when we learn how to count because our language has fewer syllables and makes numbers easier to remember.
Gladwell is mostly interested in answering my favorite question, “Why?”. And that’s exactly why I love his work. After reading Outliers: The Story of Success and other books like it, I found myself 54 my commonly-accepted beliefs much more often. After all, why should we take anything 55 ? Thank God I came across Gladwell! 36. A. skills B. examples C. theories D. credits 37. A. missed B. believed C. refused D. inspected 38. A. preserved B. created C. employed D. confirmed 39. A. suspected B. protected C. covered D. structured 40. A. reacting B. compared C. contributing D. opposed 41. A. Frustrated B. Fascinated C. Delighted D. Disappointed 42. A. according to B. similar to C. apart from D. different from 43. A. plots B. results C. factors D. cases 44. A. depth B. width C. length D. breadth 45. A. analyzed B. assessed C. understood D. discovered 46. A. lost B. risked C. spared D. claimed
47. A. make out 48. A. conventional 49. A. significant 50. A. put-off 51. A. mature 52. A. average 53. A. sports 54. A. holding 55. A. for granted B. work out B. offensive B. even B. set-off B. talented B. top
B. language B. sharing B. wrong C. point out C. controversial C. reasonable C. pay-off C. flexible C. ordinary C. math C. abandoning C. by mistake D. rule out D. considerate D. precise D. cut-off D. energetic D. special D. biology D. questioning D. easy
第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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