江苏省盐城市高三英语第三次模拟考试试题

1、精诚凝聚 =_= 成就梦想 盐城市2015届高三年级第三次模拟考试英语试题第一部分听力（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. how long did it take the man to type the letter?a. two hours. b. less than one hou

2、rc. more than one and a half hours.2.what can we learn from the conversation? a.johnson is out nowb. johnson is waiting for the call . c. .the line to johnson is busy now3. what is the woman think of herself? a. singingb.playing the pianoc. .playing the drums4. what does the woman think of herself?

3、a. careless. b. bad . c. thoughtless .5.how much did the woman pay for her sweater? a. $.10 b.$40 c.$50 .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，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第题。6.when did the woman get to london?a. last

4、 spring.b.a few hours agoc. last month .7.why did the woman got to london?a. because she wanted to visit some relatives .b.because she wanted to visit some tourist attractionsc. because she was on an educational programme.8.whats the meaning of moonlighting?a. a second job b.a hobby c.a kind of tool

5、 for lighting .听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9.where is the man?a. at home b. in the office c. on the bus10. who would visit the man at 4:00 that afternoon? a. mr. johnson b. miss li . c. mr. hopkins 11. whats the relationship between the man and the woman? a.friends b. couple c. workmates听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. wha

6、t made the man feel low-spirited? a. that he saw a person spitting on the bus b.that he had something stolen on the bus c. that he fell sick with a flu13.how many hours late was the train from toronto? a.2 hours b.2.5hoursc.3 hours.14. what will the man do? a. go to pick up his friend b. see his fri

7、end off c. buy a train ticket听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.what does the man think of his vacation? a. exciting . b. meaningful c. disappointing.16. how does the man spend his vacation? a. staying at home b. visiting his friends c. taking a trip17.what is the man probably going to do this afternoon? a. see a

8、movieb. have a picnic. c. go swimming.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what is the most important thing to do on the first day in college? a. .find out where the classrooms are. b. know about the professor. c. arrive at the classroom on time19. what is an advantage of “welcome week” to new students? a. they ca

9、n receive a teaching plan. b. they can meet new friends. c. they can learn about a professors teaching style.20.how should a new student take notes during a class? a. with a laptop b. with a desktop c. with a pen and a notebook.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. most of the visito

10、rs were happy just sitting around in the shade, _ it had been a long, dusty journey on the train.a. for b. so c. but d. or22. what little money he did have _ on a record selected with extreme care which became, to his way of thinking, a possession close to his heart.a. spent b. been spent c. was spe

11、nt d. to spend 23. we tend to _ happiness with freedom, but, as a psychotherapist and writer has observed, without obstacles to our desires its harder to know what we want, or where were heading.a. combine b. compare c. equip d. equate24. - cathy, in my opinion, is very _. - absolutely! she prefers

12、home life to going out.a. domestic b. energetic c. dynamic d. enthusiastic25. as martin luther king, jr. put it, peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means _ we arrive at that goal.a. that b. where c. by which d. with which26. of the forces shaping higher education _ is more sweepi

13、ng than the movement across borders.a. nothing b. none c. either d. anything27. our car _ engine trouble, we stopped for the night at a roadside rest area.a. developed b. being developed c. having developed d. to develop28.- nobody in life gets _ what they thought they were going to get. - but if yo

14、u work really hard and youre kind, amazing things will happen.a. simply b. exactly c. seemingly d. really29. hillary clinton, at the first official event of her presidential campaign, _ the ideas that she said will be at the heart of her campaign.a. spelt out b. cross out c. made up d. covered up30.

15、 when i asked her to define success in her own words, she said, “success is _ you look back at your life and the memories make you smile. ”a. how b. that c. where d. when 31. - what s this? i hear about your appearing on the six oclock news. - oh that. some people _ something on campus and i just ha

16、ppened to pass in front of the camera.a. filmed b. had filmed c. were filming d. have been filming 32. to survive in the world, we have to act _ others, but to survive as ourselves, we have to act alone.a. in honor of b. in concert with c. in light of d. in contact with33. i _ able to catch the fist

17、 light home, but my watch betrayed me.a. were b. had been c. would be d. would have been34. microsoft, in a(n) _ from tradition, has already released similar touch-friendly office apps for apple incs ipad and iphone.a. independence b. absence c. departure d. survival35. - ann, our department may be

18、named the department of the year because of the outstanding performance.- _.a. good to know b. ill sayc. i hear you on that one d. cant argue with that 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。someone recently asked me when i became more confident about my abili

19、ties as an entrepreneur. i thought it was a funny question, _36_ i not very confident at all, and constantly filled with _37_ about every decision i make.it doesnt exactly hold me back in my work; its just that i am very _38_ of what i do, and im always _39_ on the way i work, think and talk. i have

20、 also learned over the years that making a decision is often more important than making the _40_ decision. preferably your decisions are the right ones, but inaction or indecisiveness is more _41_ than making the wrong decisions every now and then.there is one thing i have learned over the years tha

21、t i wish i had learned earlier in my career. and that is the _42_ that i am not stupid.it sounds logical, but i often sat in on meetings and heard people explain things and then _43_ to myself, “ i dont understand that. maybe im stupid?” or i would hear about a startup and i wouldnt _44_ their busin

22、ess model and think im stupid. or i would hear an entrepreneur speak and think, “ that all like _45_ bullshit, but i must be stupid, because other people seem to love it.”a couple of years ago, i came to the _46_ that i was not stupid at all. when people in meetings say things i dont understand i _4

23、7_ up and tell them so. usually, i hear a sigh of _48_ in the room and find out nobody understood what was being talked about.when i dont understand a business model it usually means there is not one, or it _49_. turns out im not stupid and _50_ i dont understand it, most people wont understand it a

24、t all. _51_ doubting my own abilities ive learned to _52_ my “bullshit radar” a bit more and not understanding something is a clear sign that something is _53_.my advice to young entrepreneurs is this: you are not stupid! if something does not make _54_, if it sounds stupid, if you dont understand i

25、t, something is wrong! trust your gut( 本能的) _55_. feel free not to know and be honest when you dont understand something!36. a. if b. unless c. because d. when37. a. disappointment b. doubt c. terror d. curiosity38. a. conscious b. tired c. ashamed d. fond 39. a. insisting b. working c. relying d. r

26、eflecting40. a. right b. tough c. firm d. final 41. a. boring b. costly c. disgusting d. significant42. a. truth b. concept c. realization d. reputation43. a. thought b. referred c. smiled d. came44. a. mind b. know c. love d. understand45.a. tastes b. sounds c. smells d. looks 46.a. compromise b. c

27、onclusion c. point d. agreement 47.a. speak b. look c. hang d. cheer48. a. despair b. pleasure c. relief d. impatience49. a. disappears b. ceases c. approaches d. sucks50. a. since b. if c. as d. while51. a. instead of b. apart from c. as well as d. regardless of 52. a. operate b. differentiate c. t

28、rust d. inspect53. a. in b. up c. on d. off54. a. progress b. history c. money d. sense 55. a. feeling b. level c. happiness d. comfort第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）请认真对阅读下列短文玉，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项止，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。alife on air (hardback)was:15.99 our price: 12.99in stock: ready to be dispatchedqu

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34、s probably taken from a newspaper column.b. people are likely to get a discount whichever book they purchase.c. each of the reviewers thinks highly of the four books.d. all of the four books dont belong to a certain book series.blee kuan yew emerged onto the international stage as the founding fathe

35、r of the state of singapore, then a city of about 1 million. he developed into a world statesman who acted as a kind of conscience to leaders around the globe.fate initially seemed not to have provided him with a stage on which to achieve more than modest local success. in the first phase of decolon

36、ization, singapore emerged as a part of malaya. it was cut loose because of tensions between singapores largely chinese population and the malay majority and, above all, to teach the city a lesson of dependency, malaya undoubtedly expected that reality would cure singapore of its independent spirit.

37、but great men become such through visions beyond material calculations. lee challenged conventional wisdom by opting for statehood. the choice reflected a deep faith in the virtues of his people. he asserted that a city located on a sandbar with no economic resource to draw upon, and whose major ind

38、ustry as a colonial naval base had disappeared, could nevertheless thrive and achieve international reputation by building on its principal asset(财富): the intelligence, industry and dedication of its people.a great leader takes his or her society from where it is to where it has never been - indeed,

39、 where it as yet cannot imagine being. by insisting on quality education, by suppressing corruption and by basing governance on merit. lee and his colleagues raised the annual per capita income of their population from $500 at the time of independence in 1965 to roughly $55,000 today. in a generatio

40、n, singapore became an international financial center., the leading intellectual metropolis of southeast asia, the location of the regions major hospitals and a favored site for conferences on international affairs. it did so by adhering to an extraordinary pragmatism: by opening careers to the best

41、 talents and encouraging them to adopt the best practices from all over the world.superior performance was one component of that achievement. superior leadership was even more important. as the decades went by, it was moving - and inspirational - to see lee., the mayor of a medium-size city, become

42、a mentor of global strategic order.the great tragedy of lees life was that his beloved wife was felled by a stroke that left her a prisoner in her body, unable to communicate or receive communication. through all that time, lee sat by her bedside in the evening reading to her. he had faith that she

43、understood despite the evidence to the contrary.perhaps this was lee kuan yews role in his era. he had the same hope for our world. he fought for its better instincts even when the evidence was ambiguous. but many of us heard him and will never forget him.58. why did lee kuan yew choose to lead sing

44、apore to be independent?a. he intended to act as a kind of conscience to leaders around the globe.b. he determined his people shouldnt be subjected to malaya anymore.c. he had considerable confidence in the value of the citys assets.d. he wanted singapore to be the most powerful country worldwide.59

45、. from the underlined sentence in paragraph2, we can know that _.a. malaya expected singapore to be powerfulb. malaya had a desire to kick off singaporec. malaya firmly believed singapore would give ind. malaya didnt think singapore possessed independent spirit60. the fourth paragraph is organized t

46、o _.a. illustrate how advanced singapore has been todayb. demonstrate lee kuan yew attached great importance to the talentsc. prove what a crucial decision lee kuan yew once maded. show the tremendous impact lee kuan yew had on singapore61. which of the following can best describe lee kuan yew?a. st

47、ubborn and arbitrary b. aggressive and affectionate.c. demanding and bossy d. outspoken and humorous.cscientists from the united states say they have found fish and other creatures living under key waters in antarctica. they made the announcement after completing three months of research at the ross

48、 ice shelf, the worlds largest floating ice sheet.the researchers hoped to find clues to explain the force of the melting ice and its effect on sea level rise. reed scherer and ross powell are with northern illinois university in dekalb, illinois. they just finished up their research on our southern

49、most continent. money for the project came from americas national science foundation.“we chose a study site where, in the first year ,we went into the subglacial (冰川下的)lake and tried to understand the environment in there, both ecologically and in terms of the ice dynamics about how the lake operate

50、s ,and how the sediment(沉淀物) underneath the ice sheet operates, as well, because its the water and the sediment underneath the ice that controls how fast the ice is flowing into the ocean” says ross powell, who led the investigation. the team included scientists ,engineers, machinery and other suppl

51、ies across the ice from the main u.s. scientific base at mc murdo station to the researchers camp .the camp was near a subglacial lake ,where an earlier study took place,ross powell says the latest study may provide evidence that can help predict the effect of climate change on rising sea levels.“wh

52、at we have found is that these are very sensitive areas to the stability of how dynamic the ice is and how fast the ice may react to increases of melting both from the ocean and the atmosphere.”among the new instruments built for the project was a powerful hot water drill. the researchers used the d

53、rill to dig down some 740 meters. they collected water ,sediment and other material from the grounding zone.working around the clock before the deep hole refroze, they sent a video camera down to the 400-square-meter undersea area.reed scherer says the video images they saw in the command center wer

54、e a total surprise.“its a very mobile environment. the bottom is changing constantly. and so the things that we saw were all very mobile organisms, things that swim and some things that crawl. and obviously they are getting enough nutrition that they can thrive, some of the little crustacean-like cr

55、eatures called amphipods that we saw swam quite quickly and were quite active.”this is the farthest south that fish have ever been seen. how did the creatures get here? what do they feed on? and what effect will the retreating ice have on them?ross powell says the ice and sediment cores taken from the grounding zone can