苏州市2015届高三调研测试
英 语 2015.2
第一部分： 听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1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 did the two people in the conversation attend last night?
A. A movie. B. A lecture. C. A play.
2. What?s the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. A manager and his partner. B. An employee and his boss. C. A headmaster and his friend. 3. What is the man going to do first?
A. Go to a movie. B. Join his friends. C. Write a report. 4. What is the man?s job?
A. A policeman. B. A salesman. C. A coach. 5. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. In a taxi. B. On a bus. C. On a plane.
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5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出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至7题。
6. Why is the woman so excited?
A. She?s going to a movie with her boyfriend. B. She?s met a superstar by accident. C. She?s been chosen to act in a music video. 7. How does the man feel during the conversation? A. Upset. B. Curious. C. Shocked.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What has made the man and the woman start the conversation?
A. A story. B. An advertisement. C. An article.
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9. According to the man, why are people who spend limited time in a drugstore more likely to make a purchase?
A. Because they know what they need. B. Because they look around in advance.
C. Because they talk themselves out of other purchases.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Why has Brian Sharp refused many interviews? A. He doesn?t want people to make up stories about him. B. He wouldn?t like others to know about his private life. C. He is afraid to answer people?s questions directly. 11. What does Brian Sharp say about writing novels? A. He seldom draws stories from real life. B. He doesn?t like following a fixed pattern. C. His heroes are actually real people in the past. 12. How can we describe Brian Sharp? A. Successful and happy. B. Rich but unhappy. C. Lonely and poor.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What has drawn the officer?s attention to the man? A. He is buying a magazine at night. B. He is out late at night wearing a woman?s housecoat. C. He is driving a Ford at a high speed to another neighborhood. 14. Why does the officer ask the man to get into her car? A. She has arrested the man. B. She will send him to the police station. C. She wants to drive him back home. 15. What is the man used to doing? A. Reading the Time magazine before sleep. B. Going out for a walk before going to bed. C. Talking with Winston Churchill about reading. 16. What is this commercial advertising? A. The police?s good job. B. The pink housecoat. C. The Time magazine.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What does “APEC blue” refer to? A. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation week. B. Air pollution eventually controlled. C. The blue sky in Beijing during the APEC.
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18. What brought Beijing “APEC blue”? A. President Xi Jinping?s speech at a welcome dinner. B. Efforts of the local people and government departments. C. Chinese people?s awareness about environmental protection.
19. Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned in the news story? A. Blocking the subway. B. Closing some factories. C. Limiting vehicles on road.
20. What is one of the tough challenges China faces in the post-APEC period?
A. How to host an international event. B. How to push forward things. C. How to continue the blue sky.
第二部分： 英语语言知识运用 （共两节，满分35分） 第一节 单项填空 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，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. In order to encourage participation in class activities, teachers may call on students ______ whether they have raised their hands.
A. regardless of B. instead of C. in terms of D. on top of 22. — I?ve sold my first painting!
— This is really ______! Someone actually thinks your painting fantastic. A. everything B. anything C. nothing D. something
23. We have been trying to train the young people who were hired last month, but they ______ their best to learn.
A. were not doing B. didn?t do C. are not doing D. hadn?t done
24. Tired of her endless complaints, I walked out of the room ______ she could open her mouth.
A. when B. until C. before D. once
25. Expanding populations and steadily improving communications brought more trade and contact, but also more ______ between social groups.
A. cooperation B. friction C. liberation D. distribution
26. To prevent further pollution, many people are ________ the use of alternative
energy sources.
A. applying to B. compensating for C. catering to D. pushing for 27. If you put a stone in the way of an ant, it will go around, over, under or on top, without stopping, until it finds a way to get ______ it needs to be. A. what B. how C. which D. where
28. Homecoming Day often includes many activities, such as sports, culture events, concerts or games, ______.
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A. all depending on a school?s traditions B. all depend on a school?s traditions C. all depended on a school?s traditions D. all are depended on a school?s traditions
29. Having seen several deadly traffic accidents recently, China?s traffic police launched ______ breath tests among all drivers.
A. authentic B. random C. vague D. tentative
30. Most of the students in the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong ______ have participated for more rights, but what they did caused serious effects on people?s living.
A. should B. might C. would D. can
31. Selfies(自拍) have become popular because ______ than stopping a stranger to take a photo, but you can take as many pictures as you like. A. not only is taking out a smart phone less awkward B. not only taking out a smart phone is less awkward C. not only is taking out a smart phone more awkward D. not only taking out a smart phone is more awkward
32. The plans got ______ in the approval process, so everyone had to stop and wait until the application forms came back from the ministry.
A. struck B. occupied C. stuck D. delivered
33. For those pioneers, the ocean was not a barrier but a known landscape ______ they travelled constantly by boat to exchange goods and knowledge. A. with whom B. across which C. through which D. from where 34. — It is said that Tom once ran away from home.
— Yes. After spending every penny of his money and ______ himself out, he went back home.
A. being reduced to hire B. was reduced to hire C. was reduced to hiring D. being reduced to hiring
35. — The boss of Mocrosoft, Satya Nadella, had to apologize for remarks he made
advising women not to ask for a pay rise but to have “faith in the system”. — He deserved it. ______.
A. Accidents will happen B. A good dog deserves a good bone C. A close mouth catches no flies D. Actions speak louder than words
第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，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。
Parent involvement is critical in helping with children?s development and
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achievement and in preventing and correcting educational and developmental problems.
The degree 36 which American parents are 37 in their children?s schools is often surprising to people of other countries. Most schools have organizations 38 of both parents and teachers (usually called P.T.A. from the initials of the “Parent-Teacher Association”). They meet together 39 to discuss and consult on various matters related to the school — curriculum, budgets, faculty, salaries, library facilities, or 40 it may be.
Mothers often 41 to help with classroom or after-school activities. They sometimes make costumes for plays or play the piano or 42 a teacher on a class field trip. Some of them give regular time, under the 43 of the teacher, in working with tutoring children in the classroom.
In good schools a real 44 is made to have both the home and the school work together for the child?s well-being. You will generally find teachers 45 to talk with you about any problems concerning your child — 46 the larger the school (understandably), the less likely this is to happen. Where size 47 , there are often scheduled appointments 48 parents can meet 49 with one or more of their child?s teachers to discuss his particular 50 or progress. You will be sent notices of meetings or programs to which you are invited.
Both mothers and fathers are 51 to attend such meetings and to show their interest in the school. You may be invited to a “Parents? Day”, where you follow a child?s 52 through a full day of classes. This is inspiring and enjoyable for most parents.
School activities provide a good way to meet your 53 and to make friends in the community. Since Americans enjoy meeting people from other countries, you will probably find your national background a help 54 a disadvantage in getting to know others. This is true even if you are having trouble with the 55 .
Successful parent involvement benefits parents, children, and teachers and, therefore, has significant influence on children?s education.
36. A. on B. to C. in D. with 37. A. involved B. participated C. attached D. devoted 38. A. making B. consisting C. including D. forming 39. A. regularly B. normally C. commonly D. ordinarily 40. A. wherever B. whenever C. whoever D. whatever 41. A. volunteer B. approve C. bother D. hesitate 42. A. appreciate B. appoint C. assist D. advocate 43. A. advice B. protection C. direction D. control 44. A. effort B. attempt C. effect D. wonder 45. A. aggressive B. grateful C. convenient D. eager
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