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1、南安一中20152016学年度上学期期中考高三英语科试卷本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷，共12页，满分分，考试时间分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题纸上。2考生作答时，请将答案答在答题纸上，在本试卷上答题无效。按照题号在各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。3答案使用05毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚，选择题答案使用2B铅笔填涂，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。4保持答题纸纸面清洁，不破损。考试结束后，将本试卷自行保存，答题纸交回。第I卷（选择题 共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，每小题1.5分，满分3

2、0分。） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上，录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节听下面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. Why cant the speakers go boating? A. Its too hot out. B. Its too cloudy now. C. A storm is coming.2. How many more group interviews will the man ha

3、ve at least? A. 1. B. 2. C. 3.3. What is the mans probable job? A. A shopping assistant. B. A waiter. C. A factory worker.4. How does the man feel about having guests? A. He thinks they bring good luck. B. He doesnt usually like it. C. He only likes having his family come over.5. How does the woman

4、sound? A. Nervous. B. Sad. C. Angry. 第二节 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，各小题将给出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、7题。6. Where is the nightlight? A. In a drawer. B. On the wall. C. On the bed.7. Whats the relationship between the speakers? A

5、. Neighbours. B. Friends. C. Husband and wife. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What are the speakers talking about at the beginning? A. Laptops B. Smartphones. C. Flat screen TVs. 9. What does the man think about Steve Jobs? A. He was only a good businessman. B. He was just a nice guy. C. He was a genius. 10. Ho

6、w does the woman probably feel about Apple? A. She loves Apples products. B. She doesnt care much about it. C. She wants to find out more about it. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What does the woman think about the mans car? A. Its very clean. B. Its in a terrible mess. C. The outside needs to be washed.12. W

7、ho did the man give a ride to? A. His friends dad. B. The womans brother. C. His classmate.13. How does the judge feel about messy cars? A. He is very embarrassed by them. B. Only poor people have them. C. They show the owner has an organized mind. 听第9段材料. 回答第14至17题。 14. How does the man respond to

8、the womans eating chocolate? A. Surprised. B. Indifferent. C. Understanding. 15. How long has the woman in the story been eating chocolate? A. About 25 years. B. About 75 years. C. About 100 years. 16. Why will the woman buy chocolate bars in big packages? A. To save her time. B. To have plenty of t

9、hem every day. C. To save money. 17. What does the man think about the womans plan? A. Its not very good for her health. B. She should give it a try. C. Its better than exercising. 听第10段材料。回答第18至20题。 l8. What can we learn about The Tonight Show? A. It starts at 10: 30 p.m. B. It used to be on Saturd

10、ay night. C. Its the longest running talk show ever. 19. Who is the current host of The Tonight Show? A. Johnny Carson. B. Jimmy Fallon. C. Jay Leno. 20. What is the hosts interview style like? A. Serious and formal. B. Curious and intelligent. C. Relaxed and natural.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题，每

11、小题2分，满分30分。）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A In 1901, H.G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the moon people they

12、 met. In turn, the moon people expressed their surprise. Why, they asked, are you traveling to outer space when you don t even use your inner space? H.G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground ci

13、ties on the moon. However, the question that the moon people asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it. Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there a

14、re large underground shopping areas. The Channel, a tunnel (隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete. But what about underground cities? Japan s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called Alice Cities. The designers imagine using surface space for public parks

15、 and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city. Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gar

16、dens, and wilderness. H.G. Wells moon people would agree. Would you?21. The explorers in H. G. Wells story were surprised to find that the moon people_.A. knew so much about the earthB. understood their languageC. lived in so many underground citiesD. were ahead of them in space technology22. What d

17、oes the underlined word it (paragraph 2) refer to?A. Using the earths inner space. B. Discovering the moon s inner space.C. Meeting the moon people again. D. Traveling to outer space.23. What sort of underground systems are already here with us?A. Offices, shopping areas, power stations. B. Tunnels,

18、 gardens, offices.C. Gardens, car parks, power stations. D. Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas. 24. What would be the best title for the text?A. Alice Cities - cities of the future B. Building down, not upC. Enjoy living underground D. Space travel with H. G. Wells B Sometimes it is difficult to tal

19、k to taxi drivers. They must give all their attention to the road as they work out the shortest way to the place where you are going. However, passengers from Wangfujing were in surprise when they took a taxi. The driver just would not stop talking in English.Organized by the Cultural and Education

20、Section of the British Embassy, “Dare to Speak” examines if Chinese people will speak English in “real-life” situations.Matthew Knowles, an acting student from South Carolina at Beijing Film Academy, acted the part as the “driver”. He collected six passengers on Saturday morning, most of whom were f

21、emale white-collar workers.“Of course they were surprised at first, wondering why Im driving a taxi, and wondering whether this is a real taxi, but then most of them were pretty willing to speak,” he said. Knowles said he was also surprised by his “passengers”. “Apart from my first passenger, who co

22、uld speak very little English, all the rest spoke English very well, and it was fun to communicate with them,” he said, adding that some “passengers” were quite talkative.The “foreign taxi driver” project was just one of the “Dare to Speak” activities, which have been going on since the end of Octob

23、er. Other projects included a foreign store owner near a high school in Beijing, a cook in a Shanghai university canteen. They were testing the willingness of Chinese people, especially students and white-collar workers, to speak to foreigners in English. Rong Xin, senior manager of IELTS (雅思) with

24、the British Embassy, said they hoped to let IELTS takers in China know that communication is the most important goal of IELTS. “We hope that more and more IELTS takers in China can realize the importance of communicating in English in real life, instead of just getting high test scores,” she said.25

25、. Why did Matthew Knowles drive a taxi? A. He enjoyed chatting with people in English. B. He played the role of a taxi driver in a film. C. He took part in the project “Dare to speak” D. He wanted to improve his Chinese while driving.26. The Chinese may meet and talk to _ in “Dare to speak” projects

26、. A. a white-collar worker B. a high school student C. a restaurant manager D. a foreign store owner 27. The purpose of the project “Dare to Speak” is to _ .A. draw Chinese peoples attention to IELTS B. remind language learners of the goal of learningC. attract more foreigners to start business in C

27、hinaD. give more chances for English learners in ChinaCThe Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products th

28、at we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically. Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losin

29、g the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels. On another level, diet products have

30、greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we dont have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle. The danger of diet pr

31、oducts lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contai

32、n zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous. Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to serious

33、ly think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.28. From Paragraph 1, we learn that _.A. diet produc

34、ts are misleading people B. people are fed up with diet productsC. people have difficulty in choosing diet productsD. diet products fail to bring out peoples potential29. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _.A. hesitate before they enjoy diet foodsB. watch their weight

35、rather than their diet C. pay attention to their own eating habitsD. try out a variety of diet foods30. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” means . A. it costs a lot to lose weightB. diet products bring no pain C. losing weight is effortless D. diet products are free from calories31. Diet prod

36、ucts indirectly harm people physically because such products _.A. are over-consumed B. provide too much energy C. are short of chemicals D. lack basic nutrientsDOn the day after Thanskgiving in the US, or Black Friday, lots of stores offer special discounts to mark the beginning of holiday shopping

37、season. In China, a similar day falls on Nov. 11 when millions of Chinese shoppers go to T and T, two e-commerce websites operated by Alibaba.The 11.11 Shopping Festival, as the event is now called, is also known in China as Singles Day. The shopping festival first started in 2009 and Alibaba said i

38、t chose the date because it was easy to remember. Last year, Tmall and Taobao together produced 19.1 billion in sales on that day, according to Alibaba. This years shopping festival kicked off with an even stronger startsales hit 100 million yuan 55 seconds after midnight and reached 35 billion at t

39、he end of the day. The shopping spree(狂欢) drew the attention of Chinas leaders, as Premier Li Keqiang recently praised Alibabas founder, Jack Ma, for creating a day for consumption. China is trying to lead the countrys economy to a slower, more sustainable（可持续的）growth model based on domestic (国内的) c

40、onsumption instead of investment and exports. Online shopping is no doubt a growth point that will release spending potential. China had 564 million regular Internet users by the end of last year. It has surpassed the US to become the worlds largest e-commerce market, with its online sales over 1 tr

41、illion US dollars (6 trillion yuan) by 2020.“The real-time nature of online consumption attracts millions of people to spend money and enjoy life. E-commerce opens a new channel for China to encourage domestic demand,” Liu Yin, vice-president of the China International Electronic Commerce Center sai

42、d. More importantly, it promotes employment and the logistics (物流) industry with its sales model of “online purchasing plus express delivery”, he added. Convenience, choice and low prices have increased online shopping, but there are still some problems with the one-day shopping spree.Some online sh

43、ops, driven by the huge profits, took this opportunity to play price tricks. They raised prices to twice those of the originals in the early October and then offered discounts on Nov 11. Many consumers, driven by the advantage they could take, just went along for the ride. “They spend lots of time o

44、nline to check what to buy and are happy to get what they dont really need at a lower price,” wrote Jia Ge, an Internet analyst, on his Sina weibo.32. In the US, a holiday shopping season refers to _. A. a spree in a holiday like Thanksgiving B. one of the four seasons in a year like springC. a shop

45、ping spree when stores offer special discounts D. a holiday when people can relax themselves by shopping33. In this years 11.11 Shopping Festival, Tmall and Taobao produced _in all. A. 19.1 billion yuan B. 100 million yuan C. 35.1 billion yuan D. 35 billion yuan 34. What Liu Yin said is mainly about _. A. the advantages of e-commerce B. the advantages of express delivery C. the development of online shopping D. the development of logistic industry35. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.A. most online shops played price tricks on consumers to