河南省天一大联考（原豫东、豫北十所名校联考）高中毕业班阶段性测试（三）英语试题及答案

1、天一大联考（原豫东、豫北十所名校联考）2014-2015学年高中毕业班阶段性测试（三）英 语本试题卷分第i卷和第卷两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上（答题注意事项见答题卡），在本试题卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。 第i卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分l 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有2分钟的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1.5分，满分7 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

2、段对话仅读一遍。例 : how much is the shirt? a. 19. 15. b. 9. 18. c. 9. 15.1. what does the woman hurry to do? a. to catch a bus. b. to catch a train. c. to attend a meeting.2. when is the due date of the history project? a . monday . b . wednesday . c . friday .3. why does the man leave so early? a. because

3、the movie is awful. b. because he wants to catch the last bus. c. because he wants to avoid rush hour4 what temperature is it outside? a 72 degrees b 60 degrees c 52 degrees 5 what is different about the man.a his muscles are biggerb hes wearing a new shirt c his haircut doesnt look good第二节（共15小题；每小

4、题1. 5分，满分22. 5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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独自读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6 where will the woman be on saturday morning? a in the park b in a restaurant c in her apartment 7 what does the man think of the woman? a. she is ve

5、ry clean b she is very honest c she is very talented 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8 where did the girl come back from? a a visit to her relatives b a vacation. c an art show9 what will the speakers do next?a paint at home b buy some art supplies c hang up the paintings on the wall听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. why cant the

6、 woman get to sleep? a her side hurts b shes very hungry c she ate too much before bedtime11. what are the speakers going to buy? a a new couch b a new bed c a new table12. when will the speakers be able to shop together? a on sunday afternoon. b on saturday morning c on saturday afternoon 听第9段材料，回答

7、第13至16题。13. which bus are the speakers on?a the 47 b the 48 c the 4914. where is the woman going? a to the hyde park b to a restaurant called pasha c to a lebanese restaurant15. what does the man think about the restaurant?a the food is very good b the cooks dont use enough spices c it doesnt have v

8、ery traditional food16. when does the conversation probably take place? a in the morning b in the afternoon c in the evening 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. to whom is the speaker talking? a security officials. b airplane passengers c airline workers18. what do the people need to do? a fill out a form b turn

9、their money c buy some items19. how can people get help? a by waiting in line b by pushing a button c by calling someone on the phone20. where do the people probably come from? a america b mexico c spain.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题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 oz tr

10、ails knows the blue mountains better than anyone else. we have been showing her charms to people from all over the world since 1999. our small coaches and our experienced guides can get you to the best points in the blue mountains. we have now added the blue mountains ultimate tour. you create your

11、own ultimate tour and get to choose exactly what you want to see and do ! tour description : wild kangaroos and, screeching cockatoos see these native australian animals and more in their natural habitat. leura -spend free time exploring this picturesque village. great shops . excellent lunch. leura

12、 is very popular with sydney locals. three sisters rock formation-here you will hear the aboriginal(土著人的 ) legends about this famous rock formation. * aboriginal site-learn about aboriginal rock engravings(雕刻画 ) and the dharugs who are thought to have arrived in the blue mountains over 22 .000 years

13、 ago. * trip up sydney harbour-relax on an afternoon cruise along parramatta river ( which becomes sydney harbour) back to circular quay ( city centre).escape nasty afternoon traffic. included in price : morning tea * entrance fee to the national park to see wild kangaroos * free hotel pick up (we a

14、re the only blue mountains tour company that will pick you up in manly) * clean , modem buses * the most experienced blue mountains guides and drivers-we only employ the best. able to be purchased/hired : souvenirs lunch-we dont include lunch. .why? experience has shown us that if a set menu is incl

15、uded . half the group will enjoy it . but you may not. and if you dont like the lunch offered .you have no other choices.the fown of leura is full of great little take-away food places for the budget-minded, great cafes and excellent restaurants for those who dont care about their expenditure. 21. d

16、uring the tour. you can appreciate _. a. the footprints of the dharugs on the rocks b. the rocks formed by three sisters c. the pictures carved into rocks by aboriginals d. the engravings about the dharugs history 22. where does oz trails differ from other tour companies? a. it will pick up visitors

17、 from their hotels in manly. b. it will provide travelers with free lunch. c. it will send the most experienced tour guides. d. it will transport travelers in clean buses. 23. the underlined phrase the budget-minded in the last paragraph probably refers to a. people who are interested in fancy cloth

18、ingb. people who want to save moneyc. people who are enthusiastie about travelingd. people who intend to buy souvenirsb even thousands of year. before the”selfie(自拍) was invented .people were concerned with the image of themselves they presented to the world. the rulers of ancient egypt had artists

19、carve portraits of them to decorate their tombs and preserve their images even after death. king tutankhamen lived more than 3.000 years ago. he ruled ancient egypt for 10 years . until his death at age 19. king tut remained practically unknown in the modem world until 1922.when scientists discovere

20、d his tomb . buried and forgotten for centuries. the treasures in the ancient egyptians worshipped (祟拜) many gods. they also believed that all people had a life spirit .called ka that needed a place to live after the body died. tombs inside huge pyramids protected the pharaohs (法老) ka. the ka could

21、also exist in portrait sculptures like the one of a seated hatshepsut. the wife of a pharaoh ,hatshepsut took on the role of king after her husband died. carved from limestone, this life-size sculpture shows the life force of hatshepsuts ka. the artist suggests hatshepsuts strength by placing her fe

22、et firmly on the ground and resting her hands on her knees in a firm. powerful pose. viewers are meant to look at the sculpture of hatshepsut form a frontal angle only. but artist thutmose created his portrait of queen nefertiti as a sculpture in the round . meaning viewers should observe it from ma

23、ny points of view the work is a highly realistic portrait of a queen who ruled beside her husband, a pharaoh. painted with delicate (精细的 ) features .the impressive colors in her portrait resemble the makeup nefertiti probably wore in life. long before any of these portraits were created .a huge crea

24、ture with a lions body and a human head stood guarding in egypts valley of the kings. no one knows who created the great sphinx .or why, but it is said to resemble an early pharaoh. carved out of solid rock on a larger-than-life scale .it is possibly the oldest and most imposing portrait in the worl

25、d.24. the artist presents hatshepsuts strength mainly through the_ of the sculpture. a. material b color c. gesture d. size25. according to the passage .the portrait of nefertiti was_. a. imaginative b. threatening c. lifelike d. abstract26. the great sphinx might be _.a. a creature owned by a phara

26、oh b. a king of animals c. a guard as brave as a lion d. a portrait of an early pharaoh 27. whats the passage mainly about? a. some portrait sculptures of ancient egyptian rulers. b the oldest selfie in the world. c. some powerful kings in egypt. d. some portraits of kings in some countries.c what c

27、an yesterday s weather tell us about how the climate is changing today? thats what an army of volunteers looking at old ships logs(日志)is trying to answer through the old weather project. one of those volunteers is kathy wendolkowski . sitting in her kitchen ,she uses her laptop to read from the logb

28、ook of the pioneer, a ship that was out measuring ocean depths near alaska on july 15 . 1921. her task is to write down the logs handwritten notes . from their stylish cursive script (草书手稿 ) to something that can he digested by computers. there are the logs of the jeannette. its journey began in san

29、 francisco in l879.an unlucky attempt to find an open-water passage to the north pole. two months later . the jeannette was surrounded by ice north of siberia. archivist mark mollan says the jeannette was trapped in the ice for nearly two years before the sailor. were forced to abandon the ship. the

30、y all had to make for small launches dragging their scientific equipment and all the records they kept for those 21 months while they were being carried away in the ice by the movement of water. so all of these logbooks and the equipment were part of that expedition . and they rest on our shelves to

31、day . he says. its a great story .but what does any of this have to do with weather now? the old weather project is the brain child of kevin wood . a research scientist. as we recover more and more data and we can reanalyze the global weather patterns for those year. were going to under- stand more

32、about the way the arctic ice drifts and moves about in those days . which it may or may not do today. he says. scientists are able to do another cool thing with those long-ago climate observations. wood says. -they can plug them into a computer and produce a detailed weather map for that time. but w

33、ood also says . whats really important is what this tells us about the climate and its effects-from storms to floating ice-today. 28 what is kathy doing now? a. measuring: ocean depths near alaska. b. copying records from a ship logbook. c. designing software for computers. d. posting a logbook of a

34、 ship online.29. what did the jeannette want to do? a. to observe the weather in the north pole. b. to save trapped sailors in the north pole. c. to find a route to the north pole. d. to find the mystery of the north pole30. according to the passage .sailor. on the jeannette_. a. removed the ice awa

35、y from the ship by hand b. gave up all of their scientific equipment c. had a rest on the shelves of the ship d. escaped on floating ice31. according to wood .from the weather observations in logbooks_. b. people can prevent ships from being trapped by ice c. people can produce a weather map of toda

36、y in detail d. people can judge the route of the arctic ice driftsd a little girl was in a drawing lesson. she was 6. and she was in the back. drawing. the teacher said this little girl hardly ever paid attention. in this drawing lesson . she did. the teacher was fascinated .and she asked . what are

37、 you drawing? the girl said .l m drawing a picture of god. the teacher said that nobody knows what god looks like . and the girl said that they ould in a minute. if kids dont know . theyll have a try. theyre not frightened of being wrong. now, idont mean to say that being wrong is the same thing as

38、being creative. what we do know is if youre not prepared to be wrong. you will never come up with anything original. and by the time they get to be adults .most kids have lost the capacity. they have become frightened of being there are different ways of defining creativity. creativity .as i see it

39、. is the process of put- ting your imagination to work. its been defined rather simply as applied imagination. with imagination .you can enter other peoples worldviews. you can try and see the world as they do. you can try and adopt their point of view. what it gives rise to is a whole set of relate

40、d powers. the first thing is. that human beings dont live in the world directly as other creatures seem to do. we have ideas about the world. we have theories about n we speak in languages we convert experience into words. we write songs. we create poems. we create scientific theories. philosophies,

41、 and weve surrounded by the products of human imagination. were acting as if were in the same room .but were surrounded by every type of digital device. well ,we dont have other creatures doing that .you know. we havent got a building next to us full of cats and dogs ,you know, conveying ideas over

42、digital networks but were now running national education systems where mistakes are the worst things you can make. and the result is that we are educating people of their creative capacities. picasso once said that all children are born artists. the problem is to remain an artist as we grow up32. th

43、e author told the story of a girl to prove_. a kids are really born artists b. kids are good at drawing c kids are foolish enough to believe in god d kids dare to take ask33. how does the author define creativity ? a applying imagination in life b seeing the world others do c adopting the viewpoints

44、 of others d giving rise to a whole set of powers34. according to the author ,we live in a world where_ a our actions are based on our imagination b many products are made out of human imagination c animals convey ideas through digital devices d cats and dogs are very intelligent35. the last paragra

45、ph implies that_. a creativity isnt learned but a born ability b kids are educated to become artists at school c our schools kill the creativity of the students d artists arent creative their old age第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。ways to have an amazing da

46、y im a big believer in the law of the harvest: we harvest what we sow. if we plant the seeds of success every day we will get a successful harvest 36 try new things so many of lifes great experiences wait just on the other side of our fears or our comfort zone. when the opportunity to try something

47、new comes up .ask yourself .“why not? 37 dont miss out on the great moments that are waiting all around you every day! keep learning when we were kids it seemed like every day had something new that we hadnt experienced before. thats why young children will ask their parents why? about a thousand ti

48、mes a week. 38 a lifetime of learning leads to a love for life be kind it has been said that you can measure 8 person by how they treat the people who can do nothing for them. how often do you stop to talk to the people you encounter every day? one great way to get more out of your day is to fill it

49、 with people you know. 39 and take a moment to learn a little about them find a purpose 40 it may be to run a marathon .write a book ,start a business, develop a product, or learn a new hobby or profession.a have one or more big life goals”b if we delay the planting. we cannot have a good harvest.c

50、we are learning and growing.d you have to make the most of every day in lifee provide meaningful services for other people in any situationf many of the great moments in life are linked to new experiencesg the best way to know more people is to be kind to everyone you meet第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填

51、空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。 an insightful woman .who had lived through numerous dark nights and days, once taught me about getting through difficult times. “i 41 your attitude to life .i told mrs. tucker. i was in my twenties and she was fifty ye

52、ars older. in the short time i knew her she became significant 42 for me i learned from her remarkable attitude and her unshakeable 43 0f character .both of which undoubtedly 44 her through dangerous waters well .i have been through a lot of _45 times .she told me. in fact. sometimes it was awfully

53、hard for me and my husband. he couldnt always find 46 due to his little education. some days he would come home horribly depressed and say. things are so 47 that i dont know if i can take it, and i would say to him, well, you know. things could be worse. and once he said ive heard that so many times .and i think im going to 48 ! i was hurt.but i just hated to see him so 49 . i didnt know what to say. later he confessed(承认) that if i had wept in the state of having lost all 50 .he wouldnt have been able to make it. he needed me during those times it occurs to me that how she 51 to