南通中学高三英语试卷
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分) 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 does the man suggest the woman do? A. Ask for help. B. Buy a new toy.
C. Follow the instructions.
2. What is the woman going to do tonight? A. To go to a dance party.
B. To practise the lines of the play. C. To perform in the drama contest. 3. What are the speakers doing? A. Lining up to buy something. B. Complaining to the store owner. C. Waiting to be served in a restaurant. 4. What do we know about the woman? A. She is making a joke. B. She is telling a lie. C. She is getting angry.
5. When can the man leave his room at the latest? A. 12:00 pm.
B. 5:30 pm. C. 2:00 pm.
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5秒钟阅读各个小题；听完后，每个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第六段材料，回答第6至7题。
6. How does the man feel after the test?
第 - 1 - 页 A. Worried. B. Relaxed. C. Tired. 7. What will they probably do next?
A. Go to the cinema. B. Go home. C. Go to a coffee house. 听第七段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Where is the woman going?
A. To the airport. B. To the bus stop. C. To the railway station.
9. What does the woman ask the man to do?
A. To see a doctor. B. To drive carefully. C. To reply to the text.
10. What happened to the speakers at last? A. They had a car accident. B. They were taken to the police. C. They quarrelled with each other. 听第八段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Customer and shopkeeper. B. Husband and wife. 12. When will they go shopping?
A. On Saturday.
B. On Sunday.
C. On Friday.
C. Boss and employee.
13. What will the man probably do on the woman’s birthday?
A. He will cook a dinner for her. B. He will buy her some comic books. C. He will buy her a diamond necklace. 听第九段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What did the woman do after failing to find her car? A. She went to the police station. B. She called the police for help. C. She took the underground back home. 15. Why was the woman unable to find her car? A. Because she had the car stolen.
第 - 2 - 页 B. Because she had the car pulled away. C. Because she took the wrong exit. 16. How did the woman feel that day? A. Happy.
B. Angry.
C. Silly.
听第十段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Which of the following products are most talked about on the social media platform? A. Coffee, beer and chicken. B. Cola, beer and pizza. beer and pizza.
18. What’s the percentage of Twitter messages related to food and drink? A. 5%. B. 4%. C. 80%. 19. What can we learn from the passage?
A. People living in developed areas are less likely to talk about fast food. B. The areas which talk about sports have higher rates of deaths and being overweight.
C. Twitter provides a valuable insight towards our diet and our health. 20. What is the passage mainly about? A. Social functions of Twitter. B. Research findings on Twitter.
C.
Coffee,
C. Researchers’ attitudes towards Twitter. 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1分, 满分15分)
21. —Have you heard that Jack has been promoted to sales manager recently? —It’s nothing to be surprised at. The reason why he has won the trust of customers
is that he has a/an attitude. A. changeable
B. flexible
C. movable
D. alternate
22. As is expected, it will still be some years before all the metro lines in our
city into operation. A. will be put
B. are put C. will have been put D. have been put
23. —Do you know if the new CEO is willing to meet the director this afternoon? — , does it?
第 - 3 - 页 A. It takes no time C. It doesn’t hurt to ask make sense
B. It counts for nothing
D. It doesn’t
24. He’s a very good actor, a lot of comedians are not, and he’s a good director and a good writer as well. A. who
B. where
C. whom
D. which
25. Being a teacher is not always easy, and being the teacher of a physically challenged
student often carries with extra stress. A. one
B. him
C. it
D. them
26. When you cast a for others, you help them see their potential and their possibilities. A. glance
B. doubt
C. shadow
D. vision
27. In any case, parents should make clear what, , the child is expected to pay for with the pocket money. A. if ever
B. if so
C. if any
D. if anything
28. The south of the country has been the worst effects of the recession.
Which of the following is wrong?
A. protected from B. sheltered from C. cushioned from 29. —Would you mind going to the movies by yourself tonight?
—I am afraid I will feel lonely in the theatre, with no one me.
A. being accompanied C. to accompany
B. accompanied
D. prevented from
D. having accompanied
30. If you manage to survive the crisis, think about how it will help you new challenges. A. give up
B. take up
C. hold up
D. put up
31. Anne lost her wallet and Mother wasn’t surprised that as she was too careless. A. she was so
B. so was she
C. so did she
D. she did so
32. —Don’t forget to drop me a line when you settle down. —Trust me! I won’t. I’ll keep you .
第 - 4 - 页 A. touched B. posted C. corresponded D. preserved
33. all the work you’re putting in, remember that you’re probably growing
roots not fruit. A. For fear of
B. Apart from
C. Regardless of
D. In spite of
34. Many natural disasters took place across the country, severe losses on people’s life and property. A. to have brought B. only bringing
C. only to bring
D.having brought
35. This policy, which used to be very successful, is a , though it no longer meets the needs of the current situation. A. sacred cow
B. Pandora’s box C. Mickey Mouse course D.Good Samaritan
第二节: 完形填空 (共 20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分 20 分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Do you see the glass as half-full rather than half-empty? Such clichés(陈词滥调)are 36 questions, as researchers examine with great care the power of positive thinking. Research is proving that optimism can 37 you to be happier, healthier and more successful. Pessimism leads, 38 , to hopelessness, sickness and failure, and is linked to 39 , loneliness and painful shyness. If we could teach people to think more positively, it would be like protecting them against these 40 illnesses.
Your abilities count but the belief that you can succeed 41 the result. When things go wrong the pessimist tends to 42 himself. “I’m not good at this,” he says. “I always fail.” But the optimist looks for other 43 . Negative or positive, you are what you think. If people feel hopeless they don’t 44 to acquire the skills they need to succeed.
A sense of control is the real test for 45 . The optimist feels in control of his own life. If things are going badly, he 46 quickly, looking for solutions, forming a new plan of action, and 47 for advice. The pessimist feels like a toy of fate and moves slowly. He doesn’t seek advice, since he 48 nothing can be done. Many studies suggest that the pessimist’s feeling of helplessness 49 the
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