2015年江苏省高考英语试卷

1、2015 年江苏省高考英语试卷一、第一部分听力（共两节，满分20 分）1（1 分） What time is it now ？A.9：10B.9： 50C.10：002（1 分） What does the woman think of the weather ？AIts niceBIts warmC Its cold3（1 分） What will the man do ？AAttend a meetingB Give a lectureCLeave his office4（1 分） What is the womans opinion about the course？AToo hardB

2、 Worth takingCVery easy5（1 分） What does the woman want the man to do？ASpeak louderB Apologize to herCTurn off the radio6（2 分）听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题6How long did Michael stay in China？AFive daysBOne weekC Two weeks7Where did Michael go last year？ARussiaBNorwayC India8（2 分）听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题8What food doe

3、s Sally like？AChickenBFishCEggs9What are the speakers going to do？ACook dinnerC Go shoppingC Order dishes10（ 3 分）听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题10Where are the speakers？AIn a hospitalBIn the officeCAt home11When is the report due？AThursdayBFridayC Next Monday12What does George suggest Stephanie do with the re

4、port？1AImprove it BHand it in laterCLeave it with him13（ 4 分）听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题13What is the probable relationship between the speakers？ASalesperson and customerBHomeowner and cleanerCHusband and wife14What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer？AOne with two bedroom BOne without furniture COne

5、 near a market15How much rent should one pay for the onebedroom apartment ？A.350B.400C.$41516Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see？AOn Lake StreetBOn Market StreetCOn South Street17（ 4 分）听第 8 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题17What percentage of the worlds tea exports go to Britain？AAbout 15%BAbout 3

6、0%C Over 40%18Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk？AMost British people drink that way BTea tastes much better with milkCTea with milk is healthy19Who suggests a price for each tea？ATea tastersBTea exportersCTea companies20What is the speaker talking about？AThe life of tea tasters2BAfternoon tea i

7、n Britain CThe London Tea Trade Centre第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分15 分）第一节：单项填空（共15 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 15 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（ 1 分） The number of smokers，_ is reported ，has dropped by17percent in just one year（）AitBwhichC whatD as22（1 分）Schools should be lively places where individu

8、als are encouraged to _to their greatest potential （）AaccelerateBimprove Cperform Ddevelop23（ 1 分） Jim， can you work this Sunday？ _？Ive been working for two weeks on end（）AWhy me BWhy not CWhat ifDSo what24（ 1 分） Much time _ sitting at a desk ， office workers are generallytroubled by health problems

9、（）Abeing spent Bhaving spent C spentD spending25（1 分）_ Li Bai，a great Chinese poet，was born is known to the public，but some wont accept it （）AThat BWhy CWhereDHow26（ 1 分） It is so cold that you cant go outside _ fully covered in thickclothes（）AifBunlessC onceD when27（ 1 分） The university started som

10、e new language programs to _ thecountrys Silk Road Economic Belt（）Aapply to Bcater for Cappeal toDhunt for28（1 分）It might have saved me some trouble _ the schedule（）Adid I knowBhave I known C do I knowDhad I known329（ 1 分） The whole team _ Cristiano Ronaldo， and he seldom lets themdown（）Await onBfoc

11、us on Ccount on Dcall on30（1 分）The real reason why prices，and still are，too high is complex，and no short discussion can satisfactorily explain this problem（）AWereBwill beChave beenDhad been31（1 分）The police officers decided to conduct a thorough and _ reviewof the case（）AcomprehensiveB complicatedCC

12、onsciousD crucial32（ 1 分） Some schools will have to make _ in agreement with thenational soccer reform（）AjudgmentsBadjustments C commentsDachievements33（ 1 分） Why didnt you invite John to your birthday party？ Well，you know hes _（）Aan early bird Ba wet blanketCa lucky dogD a tough nut34（1 分）Many of t

13、he things we now benefit from would not be around _Thomas Edison（）Athanks toBregardless ofCaside fromD but for35（ 1 分） Go and say sorry to your Mom，Dave Id like to， but Im afraid she wont be happy with my _（）Arequests Bexcuses CapologiesDregrets第二节：完形填空（共1 小题；每小题20 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

14、 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑36（ 20 分） I was required to read one of Bernie Siegels books in college and was4hooked on his positivity from that moment on The stories of his unconventional（ 36）and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so（37）to me and had such abig（38）on how I saw life from then on

15、Who knew that so many years later Iwould looktoDr Bernie and his CDs again to）（ 39）my owncancerexperience？Im an ambitious（ 40），and when I started going through chemo （化疗），even though Im a very（41）person，I lost my drive to write I was just too tiredand not in the（42） One day，while waiting to go in fo

16、r（ 43），I hadone of DrBernies books in my handAnother patient （44）what I was readingand struck up a conversation with me（45）he had one of his books with him aswellIt （ 46）that among other things，he was an eightyyearold writer Hewas（47）a published author，and he was currently（ 48）on a new bookWe would

17、see each other at various times and（ 49）friendsSometimes he worea duck hat，and I would tellmyself， hewas definitelya（ n） （50）ofDrBernieHe really put a （51）on my faceHe unfortunately（52）lastyear due to his cancer，（53）he left a deep impression on me and gave me the（ 54）to pick up my pen againI（55）to m

18、yself，If he can do it，thenso can I 36AtastesB ideas37AamazingB shocking38AstrikeB push39Alearn fromB go over40AreaderB writer41ApositiveB agreeable42AmoodB position43AadviceB referenceCnotesD memoriesCamusingDstrangeCchallengeDimpactCget throughDrefer toCeditorDdoctorChumorousDhonestCstateDwayCprote

19、ctionD treatment544AviewedB knewCnoticedD wondered45AwhileBbecauseC althouD provighding46Acame outB worked outCproved outD turnedout47AnaturallyB merelyChopefullyDactually48AdecidingB investingCworkingDrelying49AbecameB helpedCmissedDvisited50ApatientB operatorCfanD publisher51AsignB smileCmarkDmask

20、52Ashowed upB set offCfell downD passedaway53AsinceB butCsoDfor54AguidanceB trustCopportunityD inspiration55ApromisedB sworeCthoughtDreplied第三部分：阅读理解（共4 小题；每小题 4 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 .56（4分）656According to the Code，visitors should actAwith care and respectBwith

21、 relief and pleasureCwith caution and calmnessDwith attention and observation57What are you encouraged to do when travelling in New Zealand？7ATake your own camping facilitiesBBury glass far away from riversCFollow the track for the sake of plantsDObserve signs to approach nesting birds58（6 分）In the

22、United States alone，over 100million cellphones are thrown away each yearCellphones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste like computers and personal digital assistants The electronic waste stream is increasing three times faster than traditional garbage as a wholeElectronic devices cont

23、ain valuable metals such as gold and silverA Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comparison to total waste，the concentration （含量） of gold and other precious metals was higher in Socalled ewaste than in naturally occurr

24、ing mineralsElectronic wastes also contain many poisonous metalsEven when the machines are recycled and the harmful metals removed，the recycling process often is carried out in poor countries，in practically uncontrolled ways which allow many poisonous substances to escape into the environmentCreatin

25、g products out of raw materials creates much more waste material ， up to 100times more，than the material contained in the finished productsConsider again the cell phone，and imagine the mines that produced those metals，the factories needed to make the box and packaging（包装） it came inMany wastes produ

26、ced in the producing process are harmful as wellThe US Environmental Protection Agency notes that most waste is dangerous in thatthe production ，distribution ，and use of products as well as management of the resulting wasteall result in greenhouse gas releaseIndividuals can reduce their contribution

27、 by creating less waste at the start for instance，buying reusable products and recyclingIn many countries the concept of extended producer responsibility is being considered or has been put in place as an incentive（动机） for reducing wasteIf8producers are required to take back packaging they use to se

28、ll their products，would they reduce the packaging in the first place？Governmentsincentive to require producers to take responsibility for the packaging they produce is usually based on moneyWhy， they ask，should cities or towns be responsible for paying to deal with the bubble wrap （气泡垫） that encased

29、 your television？From the governmentspoint of view，a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the costs and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and taxpayers back to the producers58By mentioning the Swiss study，the author int

30、ends to tell us thatAthe weight of e goods is rather smallBEwaste deserves to be made good use ofCnatural minerals contain more precious metalsDthe percentage of precious metals is heavy in e waste59The responsibility of ewaste treatment should be extendedAfrom producers to governmentsBfrom governme

31、nts to producersCfrom individuals to distributorsDfrom distributors to governments60What does the passage mainly talk about？AThe increase in e wasteBThe creation of e wasteCThe seriousness of ewasteDThe management of ewaste61（8 分）Suppose you become a leader in an organizationIts very likely that you

32、ll want to have volunteers to help with the organizations activitiesTo do so，it should help to understand why people undertake volunteer work and what keeps their interest in the work 9Lets begin with the question of why people volunteer Researchers have identified several factors that motivate peop

33、le to get involvedFor example，people volunteer to express personal values related to unselfishness， to expand their range of experiences，and to strengthen social relationshipsIf volunteer positions do not meet these needs，people may not wish to participateTo select volunteers，you may need to underst

34、and the motivations of the people you wish to attractPeople also volunteer because they are required to do soTo increase levels of community service ， some schools have launched compulsory volunteer programs Unfortunately ，these programs can shift peoples wish of participation from an internal facto

35、r （eg，I volunteer because its important to me ） to an external factor （eg， I volunteer because Im required to do so ）When that happens，people become less likely to volunteer in the future People must be sensitive to this possibility when they make volunteer activities a mustOnce people begin to volu

36、nteer ， what leads them to remain in their positions over time ？To answer this question，researchers have conducted follow up studies in which they track volunteers over time For instance ， one study followed 238volunteers in Florida over a year One of the most important factors that influenced their

37、 satisfaction as volunteers was the amount of suffering they experienced in their volunteer positionsAlthough this result may not surprise you， it leads to important practical advice The researchers note that attention should be given totraining methods that would prepare volunteers for troublesome

38、situations or provide them with strategies for coping with the problem they do experience Another study of 302volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree to which people viewvolunteeras an important social roleIt was assumed that those people for whom the role

39、of volunteer was most part of their personal identity would also be most likely to continue volunteer work Participants indicated the degree to which the social role mattered by responding to statements such asVolunteering in Hospital is an important part of who I amConsistent with the researchersex

40、pectations， they found a positive10correlation （正相关） between the strength of role identity and the length of time people continued to volunteer These results，once again，lead to concrete advice： Once an individual begins volunteering，continued efforts might focus on developinga volunteer role identit

41、yItemsshirtslikeTthat allow volunteers to be recognizedpublicly for their contributions can help strengthen role identity 61People volunteer mainly out ofAacademic requirementsBsocial expectationsCfinancial rewardsDinternal needs62What can we learn from the Florida study？AFollowup studies should las

42、t for one yearBVolunteers should get mentally preparedCStrategy training is a must in researchDVolunteers are provided with concrete advice63What is most likely to motivate volunteers to continue their work？AIndividual differences in role identity BPublicly identifiable volunteer TshirtsCRole identi

43、ty as a volunteerDPractical advice from researchers64What is the best title of the passage？AHow to Get People to VolunteerBHow to Study Volunteer BehaviorsCHow to Keep VolunteersInterestDHow to Organize Volunteer Activities65（ 12 分） Freedom and ResponsibilityFreedoms challenge in the Digital Age is

44、a serious topic We are facing today a strange new world and we are all wondering what we are going to do with it11Some 2，500years ago Greece discovered freedom Before that there was no freedom There were great civilizations ， splendid empires ， but no freedom anywhereEgypt and Babylon were both tyra

45、nnies， one very powerful man ruling over helpless massesIn Greece，in Athens （雅典），a little city in a little country ，there were no helpless massesAnd Athenians willingly obeyed the written laws which they themselves passed，and the unwritten ，which must be obeyed if free men live together They must sh

46、ow each other kindness and pity and the many qualities without which life would be very painful unless one chose to live alone in the desert The Athenians never thought that a man was free if he could do what he wantedA man was free if he was self controlled To make yourself obey what you approved w

47、as freedomThey were saved from looking at their lives as their own private affairEach one felt responsible for the welfare of Athens，not because it was forced on him from the outside，but because the city was his pride and his safetyThe essential belief of the first free government in the world was l

48、iberty for all men who could control themselves and would take responsibility for the stateBut discovering freedom is not like discovering computers It cannot be discovered once for allIf people do not prize it ，and work for it，it will go Constant watch is its priceAthens changedIt was a change that

49、 took place without being noticed though it was of the extreme importance， a spiritual change which affected the whole stateIt had been the Athenians pride and joy to give to their city That they could get material benefits from her never entered their mindsThere had to be a complete change of attit

50、ude before they could look at the city as an employer who paid hercitizens for doing her workNow instead of men giving to the state，the state was to give to them What the people wanted was a government which would provide a comfortable life for them ； and with this as the primary object ，ideas of fr

51、eedom and self reliance and responsibility were neglected to the point of disappearingAthens was more and more looked on as a cooperative business possessed of great wealth in which all citizens had a right to shareAthens reached the point when the freedom she really wanted was freedom from12responsibilityThere could be only one resultIf men insisted on being free from the burden of self dependence and responsibility for the common good ， they would cease to be freeResponsibility is the price every man must pay for freedomIt is to be had on no other term