福建省漳州市八校高三3月联考英语试题及答案

1、2015届高三英语八校联考试卷第i卷（共115分） .第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. who is answering the phone?a. elaine. b. allan macfarlane.c. bob harris.2. what happened to the driver?a. he ran into a bicycle. b.

2、he drove too slowly. c. he ran into a tree.3. what can we learn from the dialogue?a. they like summer. b. they dont like summer. c. they think hot weather is nicer.4. when should susan go to meet professor brown?a. at 9:30. b. at 10:00. c. at 10:30.5. what does the woman plan to do this afternoon?a.

3、 buy a new pair of glasses. b. shop for some clothes. c. go to her classes.第二节（共15小题；每小题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至8题。6. where does the conversation most likely take place?a. in a rest

4、aurant. b. in a hotel. c. on the phone.7. when does the restaurant stop serving lunch? a. at 1 p. m.b. at 2 p. m.c. at 3 p. m.8. how many people will come with the woman for lunch?a. one. b. two. c. three.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. what are the speakers talking about?a. buying a car.b. choosing a gift. c. u

5、sing a computer.10. whats the relationship between the two speakers?a. husband and wife. b. professor and student. c. salesman and customer.11. what do we know about the person mentioned by speakers?a. maybe he likes something expensive. b. he is surely over sixty years old.c. he must be fond of lea

6、rning.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. whats the probable relationship between the speakers?a. close friends. b. strangers.c. colleagues.13. whats the woman going to do?a. she is going to work in a post office nearby.b. she wants to do some exercise.c. she intends to post a letter.14. what does the woman have t

7、o do to reach the destination？a. she has to find the entrance inside a building complex.b. she has to turn right to the main street.c. she has to register her letter.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. what is the present condition of hotline like today?a. poor. b. popular. c. rare.16. what is the purpose of start

8、ing the hotline for teenagers?a. to gain the belief of teenagers. b. to make teenagers study hard.c. to protect teenagers rights.17. what does the woman think of the hotline for teenagers?a. it wont last long. b. it will be useful. c. it will save many lives.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what is the purpose

9、 of the passage?a. to report on the growing middle class of china.b. to introduce a us company.c. to analyze the current market.19. how many new babies does china have every year?a. 11 million. b. 20 million.c. 21 million.20. which of the following is true?a. the toys made by china are of poor quali

10、ty.b. china has a lot of high-quality toys exported.c. china is behind in toys-making.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）.it is reported that many a new house _ at present in the disaster area in gansu province.a. was being builtb. were being builtc. is being builtd. are being built2.

11、 the question that puzzled them is _ they can get rid of the air pollution in the area.a. how is it thatb. that how c. that it is how d. how it is that 3.only by increasing the number of doctors by 50 percent properly in this hospital.a. can be the patients treated b. can the patients be treatedc. t

12、he patients can be treated d. treated can be the patients4. easy _ by car, bus, train, bike or on foot, warwick castle is surrounded by historic buildings and many attractions. a. reaching b. reached c. to reach d. to be reached5. ive just read an excellent book of moyans, _ you cannot afford to mis

13、s. a. that b. what c. one d. whom 6. .an expert says, “i think it is unpredictable for nature. you dont know what will happen but_, we are preparing.” a. somehow b. anyhow c. somewhatd. someway7. english is a language shared by several diverse cultures, _ uses it differently.a. all of which b. each

14、of them c. all of them d. each of which8.faced with a bill of $20,000, _.a. john has taken an extra job. b. the boss has given john an extra job.c. an extra job has been taken d. an extra job has been given to john.9._ her performance in study, no one can match her in the grade. however, learning ta

15、kes up all her time and she hasnt developed other abilities, which is a great pity. a. on behalf of b. in terms of c. as a result of d. in charge of 0. how silly i was to have thrown the lottery ticket away! i _ the jackpot.a. had better have hit b. might have hit c. should have hit d. must have hit

16、 1. no modern telecommunications, we would have to wait for weeks to get news from around the world.a. were there b. had there beenc .if there are d. if there have been2.the important thing is not just to _ more products but to improve the quality and reduce the cost. a. make outb. take outc. turn o

17、utd. give out3. in this book, the word is used in its original sense unless _ stated. a. otherwiseb. thusc. therefored. anyway 4. _ with depression, eating disorders and alcohol abuse for years, he now understands how important being healthy is. a. strugglingb. having struggledc. struggledd. to stru

18、ggle5.you must find such long hours very tiring. -_ - i enjoy it. a. not yetb. dont mention itc. not in the leastd. i couldnt agree more第二节 完型填空（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。each spring brings a new blossom of wildflowers in the ditches(沟渠)along the h

19、ighway i travel daily to workthere is one particular 36 flower that has 37 caught my eyeivenoticed it blooms only in the morning hours；the 38 sun is too warm for itevery day for about two weeksi see those beautiful 39 this spring i 40 a wildflower garden in our yardi can look out of the 41 window wh

20、ile doing the dishes and see the flowersive often thought those lovely blue flowers from the 42 would look great in that bed alongside other wildflowerseveryday i 43 past the flowers thinking，“ill stop on my way home and 44 them gee (哎呀)，i dont want to get my good clothes dirty 45 ，i never stopped t

21、o dig themone day on my way home from work，i was 46 to see the highway department had mowed the ditches and the pretty blue flowers were 47 i thought to myself，“way to go，you 48 too longyou should have done it when you first saw them 49 this springa week ago we were shocked and saddened to learn my

22、oldest sisterinlaw had a terminal brain tumor(肿块)she is 20 years 50 than my husband and unfortunately，because of age and distance we havent been as 51 as we all would have likedi couldnt help but see the 52 between the pretty blue flowers and the relationship between my husbands 53 and usi do believ

23、e god has given us some time left to 54 some wonderful memories that will bloom every year for usand yes，if i see the blue flowers again，i11 55 and transplant them to my wildflower garden36a. red b. yellow c. blue dwhite37a .often bnever c. seldom dalways38a. morning b. afternoon c noon devening39.

24、a. trees b flowers c woods dgardens40a. started bcleared c. built ddeserted41a .bedroom bdinning-room c. sittingroom dkitchen42a. highway bgarden c. ditch dpark43a. rode b. walked c drove dran44a. pick bsell c water ddig45a. whats worse bwhats more cwhatever the reason d. what with no reason46a. sur

25、prised bexcited c. delighted dsaddened47a. found bgone c. discovered d1eft48a .waited bwanted c.kept dprotected49a. growing b. blooming c. seeding dfading50a .younger b. later c. earlier dolder51a. good bwealthy c. close dstrong52a. change bresult c. value dconnection53a. sister bbrother c. mother d

26、father54a. slip bjog c. refresh dplant55a. buy bstop c. mow dcollect第三部分。阅读理解（共小题，每小题2分，满分0分）阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。aone sunday, my family had gathered at my parents house to feast upon moms wonderful cookingduring the normal dinner chatter, i noticed that my father was sl

27、urring （说话含混） his wordsno one mentioned this during dinner, but i felt compelled to discuss it with my mother afterwardwe decided that there was something seriously wrong and that dad needed to see the doctormom phoned me two days later“the doctor found a brain tumor （肿瘤）its too large at this point

28、to operatemaybe they can do something then, but the odds are long”even with the treatment, my fathers condition worsened, and the doctor finally informed us that this condition was terminalduring one of his stays in the hospital, we brought our baby daughter chelsey with us when we visited himby thi

29、s time he had great difficulty speakingi finally figured out that he wanted chelsey to sit on his stomach so he could make faces at herwatching the two of them together, i realized i was living an experience that would stay with me foreverthough grateful for the times they could share, i couldnt sha

30、ke the feeling of a clock ticking in the backgroundon the visit to my parents home during what we all know was my fathers last days, my mother took chelsey from my arms and announced, “your father would like to see you alone for a minute”i entered the bedroom where my father lay on a rented hospital

31、 bedhe appeared even weaker than the day before“how are you feeling, dad?” i asked“can i do anything for you?”he tried to speak, but he couldnt make out a word“im sorry, but i cant understand you,” i saidwith great difficulty he said, “i love you”we dont learn courage from heroes on the evening news

32、we learn true courage from watching ordinary people rise above hopeless situationsin many ways my father was a strict, uncommunicative manhe found it difficult to show emotionthe bravest thing i ever saw him do was overcome that barrier to open his heart to his son and family at the end of his life5

33、6which of the following statements is true?athe writer accompanied his father to a medical examinationbthe writers father got worse after the removal of the brain tumorcthe writers father had known about his illness before the writer discovered itdthe writer was quick to notice the strange condition

34、 of his father57what does the underlined sentence “the odds are long” mean?ait takes a long time for father to recoverbtheres little possibility for father to recovercfather needs love and care from his familydthey need a proper time to operate on father58the father had never said “i love you” to th

35、e writer before because_ahe was not used to openly showing his emotionsbhe was not so attached to the writerche thought there was no need to tell the writerdhe believed in strictness and punishment59what does the writer attempt to tell us?alife is short, so live your life to the fullest bdont wait t

36、o see a doctor till it is too latecbravely express your love for your familydwe dont often value health until we lose it bunlike chemists and physicists, who usually do their experiments using machines, biologists and medical researchers have to use living things like rats. but there are three nobel

37、 prize-winning scientists who actually chose to experiment on themselves all in the name of science, reported the telegraph.1. werner forssmann (nobel prize winner in 1956)forssmann was a german scientist. he studied how to put a pipe inside the heart to measure the pressure inside and decide whethe

38、r a patient needs surgery.experiments had been done on horses before, so he wanted to try with human patients. but it was not permitted because the experiment was considered too dangerous.not giving up, forssmann decided to experiment on himself. he anaesthetized (麻醉) his own arm and made a cut, put

39、ting the pipe 30 centimeters into his vein. he then climbed two floors to the x-ray room before pushing the pipe all the way into his heart.2. barry marshall (nobel prize winner in 2005)most doctors in the mid-20th century believed that gastritis was down to stress, spicy food or an unusually large

40、amount of stomach acid. but in 1979 an australian scientist named robin warren found that the disease might be related to a bacteria called helicobacter pylori.so he teamed up with his colleague, barry marshall, to continue the study. when their request to experiment on patients was denied, marshall

41、 bravely drank some of the bacteria. five days later, he lost his appetite and soon was vomiting each morning he indeed had gastritis.3. ralph steinman (nobel prize winner in 2011)this canadian scientist discovered a new type of immune system cell called the dendritic cell. he believed that it had t

42、he ability to fight against cancer.steinman knew he couldnt yet use his method to treat patients. so in 2007, when doctors told him that he had cancer and that it was unlikely for him to live longer than a year, he saw an opportunity.with the help of his colleagues, he gave himself three different v

43、accines based on his research and a total of eight experimental therapies（疗法）. even though steinman eventually died from his cancer, he lived four and a half years, much longer than doctors had said he would.60. the main purpose of the passage is to _.a. present some dangerous experiments that nobel

44、 prize winners did on themselves.b. list difficulties that scientists went through in order to make important discoveries.c. explain why some scientists chose to experiment on themselves.d. introduce a few nobel prize winners who did experiments on themselves.61. which of the following is true accor

45、ding to the article?a. forssmanns experiment ended in failure.b. forssmann had the pipe pushed all the way into his heart.c. barry marshall succeeded by drinking some helicobacter pylori.d. barry marshalls experiment on himself confirmed that most doctors belief about gastritis was correct.62 the un

46、derlined word “gastritis” in paragraph 5 probably means _.a. a kind of bacteriab. a kind of stomach diseasec. a new type of therapy d. a large amount of stomach acid63. from the text, we can conclude that ralph steinman _.a. discovered a new type of cancer cell called the dendritic cellb. tried diff

47、erent therapies containing the dendritic cell on himselfc. had his request to experiment on patients deniedd. believed that he was better than doctors at treating cancer cfour years ago my sweet mom went to be with her lord. she did it her way. i got the call at work, and i headed home quickly. mom

48、and dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since i was seven. i hated going there every weekend. there was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old tv set, if the weather allowed reception. my mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land. the place

49、was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat. we had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me. in the evenings, my mom and i would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. i sang the melody and mom harmonized. he

50、r favorite song was moon river and we sang it over and over. mom told me stories about how when i was a little girl, i could sing before i could talk.as time passed, i had my own children and went to visit them every week or two. the kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. me, well, i

51、 still hated the silence of the farm. while my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, i missed the hustle and bustle（喧闹）of my life at home. but i sat there listening quietly as she reminisced. now, i sat back in the silence and th

52、e silence was deafening so i finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. music always comforted me. my heart skipped a beat. moon river was playing on the radio. i sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as i listened to every familiar note. 64. from the first paragraph, we know that

53、the writers mother _. a. passed away four years ago b. left the small farm with lordc. left for lord to live her own way d. preferred to be with lord65. the underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means _. a. recalled b. comforted c. shouted d. sighed 66. the writer didnt like sta

54、ying in the farm for the following reasons except that _. a. it was too cold and quiet b. she could only sing one song in the small farmc. there was nothing more that could make her excitedd. the place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat67. which of the following would be the best title for

55、this passage? _a. cherish(珍惜) life b. my happy childhood c. our small farmhouse d. moms musicdin her new book, “the smartest kids in the world,” amanda ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of tom, a high-school student from gettysburg, pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in warsaw, poland. poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raise