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1、厦门市2016届高中毕业班第一次质量检查英语试题 厦门市2016届高中毕业班第一次质量检查英语试题第I卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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1.5分，满分7.5分）l- When will the bar open? A. At l:00 pm. B. At l:30 pm C At 2:00 pm.2.What does the woman advise the mm to do? A. Make the pans. B. Ask for help. C. Follow th

2、e instructions.3.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The womans dress B. A graduation gift C. The man3 taste.4What is the woman? A.A secretary B. A saleswoman C. An official.5.What do the drivers strike for A. Lower petrol price. B. Controlled taxes. C. Shorter working hours,第二节（共15小题；每小题

3、1 5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6 What will the man probably do? A. Join in the activity. B. Set a good example. C. Learn from the elderly.7.Where may the conversation take place? A. In the nursing home. B. In the school. C. At the school gate.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Where does the man want to go？ A.A bookstor

4、e. B. The KFC. C. A hospital.9.What is the man likely to do first? A. Buy some books. B. Have some food. C. Park the car.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A Conductor and passenger . B. Teacher and student C. Doctor and patient11.Why did the woman miss the

5、 bus A She got up late. B. She saw a doctor. C. She answered a call.12. What kind of person does the man seem to be like? A. Strict B Cruel. C. Humorous听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.Where was the mans sister last night?A. At the cinema. B. In the lab. C. At the concern14. How did the man find the concert? A.

6、Great. B. Boring, C. Ordinary.15. What does the woman think causes a decline in wildlife? A, A lack o f water B. Hunting. C. Food pollution.16. What does the man suggest the government do? A Raise money. B. Organize activities C. Make rules听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How many pieces of news are related to

7、 China? A. One. B. Two. C. Three.18. What does the President expect the media staff to do? A. Be down-to-earth B. Produce more reports. C Dig interesting information19. Why is the International Kite Festival held? A. To draw professional kite makers. B .To support mental health care C. To show the b

8、est kites20. What did the staff do for the oldest panda? A. They celebrated his 13th birthday. B. They made an ice-cream cake. C. They threw a birthday party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 The Disney theme park, its first on the Chinese m

9、ainland and the second in Greater China, after Hong Kong Disneyland, will open in Shanghai on June 16,a Thursday Tickets on sale will begin on March 28, 2016. A standard single day ticket for the Shanghai Disney Resort costs 370 yuan ($56.2),while 8 peak-day ticket for festival and holiday periods w

10、ill be sold for 499 yuan , the resort announced on February 3rd. Children between l and l.4 meters tall and seniors aged over 65 years old can enjoy a 25% discount on the ticket price. A two-day ticket will be available at a 5 percent discount. Tickets can be booked on the official website or throug

11、h the hotline 400-180-0000. In comparison with the other five Disney parks around the world, a one-day ticket for the Hong Kong Disney costs 539 Hong Kong dollars ($69.2) for adults aged 16 t0 64 years old, while that for the theme park in Tokyo is being sold at 6,900 yen ($58). Disney says the park

12、 will also reflect Chinese culture. The combination of Disney and Chinese cultures will be seen in many classic Chinese designs, such as a teahouse-Wandering Moon. Celebrations of seasonal festivals and stage shows will also include Chinese language, performers, theatrics and acrobatics (杂技) . The r

13、esort is expected to bring 5 million new passengers annually to the Pudong International Airport after it opens. It is also expected to attract 10 million visits a year.21. How much will a couple pay if they visit the park with a l.3-meter tall kid on National Day? A. About 830 yuan. B. About 1020 y

14、uan. C. About 1120 yuan. D. About 1370 yuan.22. According to the text, what makes the Shanghai Disney Resort special? A. Its ticket system. B. Its Chinese characteristics. C. The size of the park. D. The entertaining equipment.23. Which is TRUE about the Shanghai Disney Resort? A. 10 million visits

15、are expected a year.B. Its single day admission is the highest. C. Tickets are available only on the website.D. It is the first theme park on the Chinese mainland.B Harper Lee, whose 1961 novel To Kill a Mockingbird on the racial troubles of the American deep south, has died at the age of 89. Until

16、last year, Lee had been something of a one-book literary legend. To Kill a Mockingbird sold more than 40 million copies around the world and earned her a Pulitzer prize, remaining a towering presence in American literature. Another novel, Go Set a Watchman, was controversially published in July 2015

17、 as a sequel to Mockingbird, though it was later confirmed to be Mockingbird first draft. But from the moment Mockingbird was published to almost instant success, the author consistently avoided public attention. Lee had lived for several years in a nursing home near the house in which she had grown

18、 up in Monroeville, Alabama-the setting for Maycomb of her famous book. Her neighbor for 40 years, Sue Sellers, said, She was such a private person. Allshe wanted was privacy, but she didnt get much. There was always somebody following her around. James Naughtie, BBC Books Editor, commented on the n

19、ovels of Harper Lee: I think she stands, particularly among American readers, as someone who shone a light into a very dark place. She was writing at a time when people were beginning to lift the lid on everything in the South which theyd chosen not to understand. That all changed in the 1960s. So I

20、 think her status for writing that book in its extraordinarily direct way will remain.24. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Lee became successful with stories on American south. B. People owe Lees success to luck to some degree. C. Mockingbird makes Lee a wonder in Ameri

21、can literature. D. Mockingbird was a bestseller by selling 40m copies.25. What does Maycomb in Paragraph 3 probably refer to? A. A nursing home. B. Lees hometown. C. A fictional place. D. A main character.26. Which best describes Americans attitude towards racial troubles before the 1960s? A. Tolera

22、nt. B. Unconcerned. C. Sympathetic. D. Dissatisfied.27. What can we learn from the text? A, Lee based all her stories on her life. B. Lee had to avoid being followed by her fans. C. Lee wrote Go Set A Watchman before Mockingbird. D. Lee lived in the house where she grew up for the whole life. C Thes

23、e days, young people in some English-speaking countries are speaking a strange language, especially when communicating on social media. Look at these words chosen by The Washington Post: David Bowie dying is totes tradge: and When Cookie hugged Jamal it made me totes emosh . Or this sentence: BAE, l

24、et me know if you stay in tonight. What on earth do they mean? Well, totes is a short form of total if Similarly, tradge means tragic and emosh means emotional. It seems that, far millennials (千禧一代) , typing in this form is not only time-saving but fashionable. As you can see, many millennial slangs

25、 (俚语) are formed by so-called totesing-the systematic abbreviation (缩写 ) of words. The trend might have started with totally becoming totes, but it now has spread to many other English words. The origins of other millennial slangs are more complex than totesing. Bae, for example, has been widely use

26、d by African-Americans for years. It can be an expression of closeness with ones romantic partner or, like sweetheart, for someone without romantic connection. After pop singer Pharrell used the word in his work, bae became mainstream. Some people might think millennial slangs lower the value of the

27、 English language, but Melboume University linguist(语言学家 )Rosey Billington doesnt agree. She says when people are able to use a language in a creative way, they show that they know the language rules well enough to use words differently. Two other linguists, Lauren Spradlin and Taylor Jones. share t

28、hesame view. The two analysed hundreds of examples of totes-speak and discovered totesing has complex roots It isnt simply an adult version of baby talk, nor a clever way to minimize your word count.Rather, it is a highly organized system that relies on a speakers mastery of English pronunciation. I

29、t is about sounds, follows sound system of English and has strict rules.28. Why do young people like using e-slangs? A. They are time-consuming. B. They are in fashion.C. They are complex. D. They are in order.29. Whats the authors purpose of mentioning Bae in Paragraph 5? A. To suppon that totesing

30、 is no baby talk.B. To analyse the usage of millennial slangs. C. To inform people how it became mainstream.D. To explain the complex origins of milleruual slangs.30. Which statement may Rosey Billington agree with? A. Totesing is a loosely organized system.B. Millennial slangs lower the value of En

31、glish. C. Its simply a clever way to reduce the word count.D. Totes-speak requires a good command of English.31. Whats the best title of the passage? A. E-slangs Catch on Among Youth B. Linguists Disapprove of Totesing C. Millennial Slangs Take the Lead D. English Has Greatly Changed D About l.3 bil

32、lion years ago, two massive black holes hit each other and formed a new one. The energy set free by the collision created a ripple(波纹) in the space-time structure and spread outward in gravitational waves ( 引力波 ) . Then, on September 14, 2015, a group of scientists discovered the waves. On February

33、11, an announcement came from the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIOO) in the US that, for the very first time, a gravitational wave was directly observed and recorded.We discovered gravitational waves. We did it, David Reitze, the director of LIGO, said in the press conference

34、 on February 11. Its exactly what Einsteins theory of general relativity predicted: Einsteins 1915 theory re-imagined the framework for the universe. According to Einstein, the framework for the universe-or the space-time structure-is not fixed, but changed by matter and energy in a way a heavy slee

35、per causes a mattress to sag (床垫下凹) , producing the effect we call gravity, explains a New York Times article. A disturbance in the universe could cause space-time to become larger, break into pieces and even move up and down, like a mattress shaking when that sleeper rolls over, producing ripples o

36、f gravity: gravitational waves, explains the article. Compared with the other three forces in the universe (electromagnetism, the weak nuclear force and the strong nuclear force), gravity is relatively weak, making gravitational waves hard to discover. The discovery by LIGO would open a new chapter

37、in astronomy. Everything else in astronomy is like the eye, Szabolcs Marka, a Columbia University professor, told The New York Times. Finally, astronomy grew ears. We never had ears before.32. What is a gravitational wave according to the text? A. Its a disturbance in the universe. B. Its the crash

38、of the two black holes. C. Its a ripple in the space-time structure. D. Its an effect caused by energy.33. Why is the discovery by LIGO important? A. It proves Einsteins 1915 theory. B. The waves were hard to discover.C. The waves changed the universe. D. It reshapes the space-time structure.34. Wha

39、t can we learn from the text? A. It took LIGO 4 months to confirm the discovery.B. The framework for the universe can be changed C. One produces gravity because he sleeps heavilyD. There are more than four forces in the universe.35. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. Astronomy calls for mor

40、e attention. B. Never before has astronomy achieved much. C Astronomy is more about what we can hear in space. D.A better understanding of the universe is made possible.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Do you have these so-called bad qualities? If yes, congratulations!

41、 Youre better than you think. It is hard to know what is good or bad these days when it comes to what qualities you possess. What strong quality applies to you may be what will drag you to become successful.And whatever the world has to think or say about those qualities shouldnt bother you. Actuall

42、y, these qualities are what bring out the shine in you. 36 You love taking risks. You like adventures. And you wont just be settled in the safe zone. People will ask you why you are always after the thrill and going above the limits. But how will you discover new things when you are always playing i

43、t safe? 37 You are proud. Pride is different from arrogance（傲慢）.You have your inner self and try to keep your self-respect under control. You dont give in easily. 38 And you understand what your worth is 39 Many may consider you to be nosy, pushy or a busy body. But in many cases, being curious does

44、nt always kill the cat, but makes you smarter. You cant really become a better person when you are sticking to what you are. Focus on what you can be and ask the right questions. You are pessimistic. 40 The world wants to listen to a story of persons who are positive. But what if you are jumping int

45、o everything with optimism and not giving yourself the benefit of doubt？You may lose so much when you are not counting the risks and saying enough No. A. You will only swell for the right reasons. B. People will not view shyness as a strength. C. You want to have an answer for everything. D. You don

46、t see everything from a positive light. E. You have to know a lot and reach for knowledge. F. Here are no called bad qualities that could offer you advantages in life. G Discovering yourself and the world requires some attempts at new things.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，

47、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。 “Hi, Mrs. Grady, said Mark, Would you like us to shovel（铲除）your driveway?” Mrs. Grady touched her hand to her heart. That would be 41boys. I think the job is too much for me。” “It will cost 10 _42”said Jamie. “If thats OK, Mark 43 Shoveling was Ja

48、mies idea, a way to earn enough money for video games “Oh, dear: Mrs. Grady sounded 44“I havent been able to get to the bank. I can 45 homemade cookies, but I realize thats not what you had in 46 ” Mark was going to say Mrs. Grady could 47 them another time, but Jamie 48. Well come back later. As th

49、ey walked through the snow off the 49 ,Mark glanced over his shoulder. Mrs Grady stood at her window, 50 them. She didnt look like the person whod come to his 51 last summer when Mr. Dunns dog, Goldie, escaped from his backyard. Goldie had 52 wanted to play, but Mark didnt feel 53 around big dogs. M

50、ark tried to call for his dad, but his 54 seemed locked behind his teeth. Mrs. Gradys front door flew open. She ran across the street and slipped 55 Mark and the dog. She wasnt much 56 than Mark, but she stood 57 as a rock in front of him. Goldie, go home! Then she swept a broom to 58 the dog along.

51、 Get! Goldie obeyed. When Marks father appeared, he said to Mrs. Grady. That was very 59 ! Thank you. Mrs. Grady laughed. Its nothing. Good neighbors watch for each other, dont they？ Now she needed Mark as much. He smiled and 60 _ at her, then pushed his shovel deep into the snow.41. A. vital B. won

52、derful C. practical D. expensive42, A. hours B. dollars C. days D .cookies43. A. added B. advised C. bargained D. concluded44. A. satisfied B. uninterested C. considerate D. disappointed45. A. sell B .accept C. offer D. swap46. A. need B. store C. mind D. common47: A. pay B. reward C. visit D. save4

53、8. A. turned up B. calmed down C. passed out D. broke in49. A. bank B. door C. driveway D. window50, A. admiring B. watching C. inspecting D. blessing51. A. rescue B. acquaintance C. company D. notice52. A. just B. seldom C. still D. never53. A. confident B. comfortable C. energetic D. enthusiastic54. A. mouth B. nose C. throat D. tongue55. A. under B. into C. between D. against56. A .quicker B. taller C .cleverer D. better57. A. straight B. attentively C. firm D