福建省龙海二中2016届高三下学期开学模拟英语试卷

1、龙海二中 2016 届高三下学期期初模拟考英语试卷（考试时间：120 分钟 总分 150 分）命题人：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，你将有两分钟的时问将试卷上的答 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。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What s the weather like at the moment?A.

2、 SunnyB. Rai nyC. Cloudy2. What s the women s roommate like?A. She s nice.B. She s patie nt.3. Why has John moved out?A. To be n ear school B. To live in a quiet place.4. What s the man problemA. He can t see the nice clqarl B. He s parked inhe wrong place.C.He has no ticke tfor the movie5. Which mu

3、sical in strume nt does have?A. DrumsB. violi n.C. A guitar.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 三个选项选出最佳选项，并标在试卷相应位置， 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，每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料。回答 6、7 题。6. What can we lear n from the con versati on?C. She s tidy.C. To a

4、void the trouble.A. The woma n has missed flight. B. The pla ne will take off toni ght. C. The airport is closed.7. What dose the wome n want?A. A room for herself alone. B. A hotel close to the airport. C. A room with bright light.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8, 9 题。8. What can we lear n about the woma n?A. She is

5、n t familiar with the InteeihB. She can t afford a cameraC. She doesn t like M205.9. What is the man probably going to do next?A. Reduce the budget. B. Change the model.C. Order a camera.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 17 题。10. What does the man show the woma n?A. A magaz ineB. Hair care products C. A bottle of r

6、ed wi ne.11. How will the woman s hair look?A. Long.B. Short.C. Shoulder-le ngth.12. Why doesn t the woman want to change the color of her hair?A. She thinks it expensive.B. She s afraid it might damage her hair.C. She doesn t like the suggested color.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. How much pocket money

7、 does Lily get a mon th?A. About 5 pou nds.B. About 15 pou nds.C. About 20 pou nds.14. Why does Lily want more pocket mon ey?A. To get as much as her frien ds. B. To pay for music less ons.C. To buy some clothes.15. When can Lily have pocket money?A. When she is mature in her mum BeWhen she no Ion g

8、er argues with her mum.C. When she proves good at her school work16. What does David suggest Lily do?A. Have a discussi on with her mum.B. Help her mum with housework.C. Sit dow n and waitBalmy.听第 10 段录音，回答 17-20 问题：17. Where is the speaker?18. Why is food or drink not allowed on the jour ney?A. To

9、avoid annoying others. B. To show respect for the guide.C. To guarantee passengers safety.19. How long can the tourists stay at the first destination?A. 15 to 30 mi nu tes.B. About an hour.C. About two hours.20. What is the sec ond reson ati on famous for?A. Sto nehe nge.B. The River Avoid.C. The Ra

10、man Baths.第二部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题海小题 2 分，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。AThe Mayan Indians lived in Mexico for thousands of years before the Spanish arrived in the 1500s.The Maya were an intelligent, culturally rich people whose achievements were many

11、. They had farms,beautiful palaces, and cities with many build in gs. The Maya n people knew a lot about nature and theworld around them. This knowledge helped them to live a better life than most people of that time,because they could use it to make their lives more comfortable and rewarding. Knowl

12、edge about toolsand farming, for instanee, made their work easier and more productive.In ancient Mexico there were many small clearings in the forest. In each clearing was a villagewith fields of corn, bea ns, and other crops around it. To clear the land for farms, the Maya cut dow ntrees with stone

13、 axes. They pla nted seeds by digg ing holes in the gro und with poin ted sticks. Afarmer was able to grow crops that produced food for several people. But not every Maya had to be afarmer. Some were cloth makers, builders, or priests.The Maya believed in many gods, in cludi ng rain gods, sun gods,

14、and corn gods. The people builtlarge temples to honor the Maya n gods. Skillful workers built cities around these temples. It wasdifficult for them to con struct these cities, because they had no horses to carry the heavy stone theyA. On a pla ne.B. I n a bus.C. At a tourist site.used to build with.

15、 Workers had to carry all of the building materials themselves. Today, many of thesean cie nt Maya n cities and temples are still sta nding.Although the cities that the Maya built were beautiful, and the people worked hard to build them,very few of the people lived in them. Usually, only the priests

16、 lived in the cities.The other people lived in small villages in the forests. Their houses were much simpler than theelaborate structures in the cities. They lived in small huts with no windows. The walls were made ofpoles covered with dried mud, and the roof was made of grass or leaves. Most Maya l

17、ived a simple lifeclose to nature.Measuring time was important to the Maya, so they developed a system for measuring itaccurately. Farmers needed to know when to plant and harvest their crops. Mayan priests made asystem to keep track of time. They wrote numbers as dots (.) and bars (-). A dot was on

18、e and a barwas five.The Mayan priests studied the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets. They made a calendar from whatthey learned. The year was divided into 18 months of 20 days each with five days left over. The Mayancalendar was far more accurate than the European calendars of the time.Around the year 8

19、00, the Maya left their villages and beautiful cities, never to return. No oneknows why this happened. They may have died from an infectious disease. They may have leftbecause the soil could no longer grow crops. Archaeologists are still trying to find the lost secrets of theMaya. They are still one

20、 of our greatest mysteries.21According to the passage, what made the Mayan people s life easier?A.The gods they believed in.B.The arrival of the Spanish.C.The location of their villages and cities.D.Their knowledge about nature and the world.22Which of the following is not true about the Maya?A. Rel

21、igion was an important part of the Mayan culture.B.The Maya led a simple and natural life.C.Most Mayans lived in the cities they built.D.Tools made the Mayan s farming easier and more productive. 23What numbers do “ . . ”and -” represent respectively?A. 2；3B. 10；3C. 2； 15 D. 10；1524The elaborate str

22、uctures in the cities _ .A.didn t have much decoration were complex and consisted of many partsB.were complex and con sisted of many partsC. were small but very cozyD.were made of modern materialsBBelow is a select ion from a scie nee website: http:/www.ge no /25020028What is clo ning?The term

23、 cloning describes a nu mber of differe nt processes that can be used to produce gen eticallyidentical copies of a biological entity（ 存在体）.The copied material, which has the same geneticmakeup as the orig in al, is referred to as a clone.How are genes cion ed?Researchers rout in ely use cloning tech

24、 niq ues to make copies of genes that they wish to study. Theprocedure con sists of inserting a gene from one orga ni sm, ofte n referred to as foreig n DNA, i ntothe genetic material of a carrier called a vector（带菌者）.Examples of vectors include bacteria, yeastcells or viruses. After the gene is in

25、serted, the vector is placed in laboratory con diti ons that prompt itto multiply, result ing in the gene being copied many times over.What ani mals have bee n cion ed?Over the last 50 years, scie ntists have con ducted clo ning experime nts in a wide range of an imalsusing a variety of tech niq ues

26、. In 1979, researchers produced the first gen etically ide ntical mice bysplitt ing mouse embryos in the test tube and the n impla nti ng the result ing embryos into the wombs ofadult female mice. It was notun til 1996, however, that researchers succeeded i n cloning the firstmammal from a mature ce

27、ll taken from an adult animal. After 276 attempts, Scottish researchers fin allyproduced Dolly, the lamb from the udder cell of a 6-year-old sheep. Besides, other mammals that havebee n cloned in clude: cat, deer, dog, horse, mule, ox, rabbit and rat.Have huma ns bee n cion ed?Despite several highly

28、 publicized claims, huma n cloning still appears to be fiction. There curre ntly is nosolid scie ntific evide nee that anyone has cloned huma n embryos.In 1998, scie ntists in South Korea claimed to have successfully cloned a huma n embryo, but said theexperime nt was in terrupted very early whe n t

29、he clone was just a group of four cells.In 2004, a group led by Woo-Suk Hwa ng of Seoul Natio nal Uni versity in South Korea published apaper in the journal Science in which it claimed to have created a cloned huma n embryo in a test tube.However, an in depe ndent scie ntific committee later found n

30、o proof to support the claim and, inJanuary 2006, Science announ ced that Hwan gs paper had bee n retracted（撤销）.Why is huma n cloning difficult?From a technical perspective, cloning humans and other primates （灵长类动物） is more difficult than in other mammals. One reas on is that two prote ins esse ntia

31、l to cell divisio n are located very closeto the chromosomes （染色体） in primate eggs. Consequently, removal of the eggs nucleus to makeroom for the donor nu cleus also removes the prote ins, in terferi ng with cell divisio n. In other mammals,such as cats, rabbits and mice, the two prote ins are sprea

32、d throughout the egg. So, removal of theeggs nu cleus does not result in loss of prote ins. In additi on, some dyes and the ultraviolet light usedto remove the eggs nu cleus can damage the primate cell and preve nt it from grow ing.What are some of the ethical issues related to cloning?Cloning would

33、 present the potential of creating a human that is genetically identical to another personwho has previously existed or who still exists. This may conflict with Iong-standing religious and societalvalues about huma n dig ni ty, possibly violati ng prin ciples of in dividual freedom, identity andauto

34、nomy（自主权） .However, some argue that cloning could help sterile（ 生 育困难的）couples fulfilltheir dream of parenthood. Others see human cloning as a way to avoid pass ing on a hurtful gene thatruns in the family without hav ing to un dergo embryo scree ning or embryo select ion.25. Which of the following

35、animals hasn t been cioned?B.OxD.Do nkey26. Why did Scie nee retract HwangB. Science found out mistakes in the paper.C. There was no proof to support HwangD. Hwang wan ted to update the paper by add ing new things.A. Cat.C. Sheep.s paper?A. Hwa ng copied othersfinds in his paper.s claim.stron ger fo

36、cus on high quality teach ing.27. Which of the following statements about cloning is true?A. The cloning procedure consists of inserting a vector into the genetic material.B. Removal of the egg s nu cleus can con tribute to the failure of huma n cloning.C. Dolly was successfully cloned after a few a

37、ttempts.D. There is no possibility that sterile couples can give birth to their babies.CFor many stude nts in the UK today, decidi ng whether or not to go to uni versity can be as much about affordability as it isabout ambition and aspiration.In the past, stude nts in the UK could apply to a uni ver

38、sity or college. They were sure that even if they came from alow in come family, their tuiti on fees and some of their livi ng（or maintenance）costs would be covered by a local authoritygrant（ 拨款）.A university education was, in a financial sense, open to all and the number of students attending unive

39、rsitygrew yearly.Sadly, it seems, those days are long gone. The tur ning point came in 1998, whe n the Labour Government introduced tuiti on fees of 1,000 a year and, in stead of givi ng stude nts a maintenance gra nt, asked them to cover theirown livi ng expe nses with a repayable stude nt loa n. O

40、nly stude nts on the lowest in comes were en titled to a gra nt.The flood gates had been opened. As time passed, the ceiling on tuition fees rose, and although applica nts fromScotla nd, Norther n Irela nd and Wales still qualified for vary ing levels of subsidy （补贴占） ,by 2009/10 students in England

41、often found themselves facing tuition fees over 3,000 a year.In 2011 the Government announced that, from 2012, uni versities could charge fees of up to 9,000 a year. Although the Government sweetened the pill by stating that postgraduates did not have to beg in repay ingtheir stude nt loa ns un til

42、they were earning more tha n 21,000 a year, thenews created over-dissatisfaction. Many students argued that it was unfair that students should have to begin their work lifeloaded with huge debt, while others complained that the changes would bring back a class divide to university education.These vi

43、ews were reflected in the number of students applying for a university place, which by January 2012 fell by morethan 22,000. The Uni versities Min ister, David Willetts, stood by the decisi on to in crease tuiti on fees, say ing that theywould not“ put universities bearabteoiiooting an”that they wou

44、ld accelerate “ a28. From the first paragraph, we can infer that_ in atte nding uni versity.A. affordability plays more importa nt roles tha n ambiti on and aspirati onB. ambition and aspiration are more important than affordabilityC. affordability is as importa nt as ambiti on and aspirati onD. amb

45、iti on and aspirati on make a greater differe nee29. We can put the sentence“ Butthe biggest change was still to come” at the beginning ofParagraphA. 5B. 3C. 4D.230. The un derl ined part“ sweetenedinhtee）iast paragraph possibly meansA. made a sweet pillB. made the cha nge appear goodC. in creased t

46、he pillD. reduced the pill31 The writer_the cha nge about uni versity educati on fees.A .is opposed toB. is in favour ofC. takes no no tice ofD. is n either for nor aga instDVacation is a time for refreshment. In work, we are often called to think. Sometimes, itto give our brains a rest. Without a b

47、reak, we may not be able to perform up to our pote ntial. This can be a problem, not onlyfor the employee, but for the employer as well.“ The main ben efit of vacati on is for the worker to come back en ergized,haven t had a break, thethey re not coming back with new energy. They haven step back and

48、 get perspective （远景），and come back with renewed enthusiasm.Long work ing hours without a break, in security （不安）about one s job, and other wcelated worries can lead toburnout and stress. Humans can usually adapt to pressure, but not for a limitless amount of time.Its a problem of relating good work

49、ers and having them loyal to the firm while they rethere,” says David Maume, PhD, professor of sociology at the Uni versity of Cincinn ati. He says burnout can also affectemployees productivity, creafjctivsimess.In additi on, high levels of stress are likely to be precursors （ 前兆）to depressi on, whi

50、ch can hitboth the employer and employee s pocketbook. Even people who manager toremain productive atre always at work, then they re not with their family and friends.If they rweorking while on vacation, for the time that they roen the job, they rneot really present.says Weaver.t had a chanee towork

51、 can have problems. If theyAn unbalanced emphasis on work can strain family and social life. When you come up for air, you may see that you re alone, or that your relationships have gone on without you.32. What s the main benefit of a vacation?A. The manager can be more creative.B. The worker can st

52、ep back and get more excitedC. The worker can come back with new energy.D. The worker can adapt to pressure much better.33. The underlined word “ there ” in the fourth paragraph probably refers to _.A. the vacation B. the homeC. the university D. the company34. When a worker is always at work, he is

53、 likely to get more and more_ .A. absent-minded B. energetic C. skillful D. active35. Which of the following is the best title of the text?A. How to spend the vacation effectively.B. Why the workers need a vacation.C. How to deal with the daily pressure.D. Why the workers need new energy.第二节（共 5 小题；

54、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。The revisi on period is, arguably, the most difficult part of any exam process. The exam itself usually between one and threehours. 36 However, the knowledge that it is the culmination of the entire process should provide some comfort. Awel

55、l-structured revision plan can help you revise well. Below are my top tips for creating a well-structured andcomprehensive revision plan, which will provide the best chance of success in the summer.1.37It ought to go without saying that planning your revision timetable must be done before anything e

56、lse, to ensure there isenough time for comprehensive coverage of all subjects. With most exams starting at the end of June, the revision planshould be in place by the end of March at least.2. Continual assessment38 In order to chart （ 跟踪记录 ） your development effectively, we recommend that our studen

57、ts attempt practicepapers in each subject, marked according to the relevant mark scheme and curriculum.3. Order your subjects strategically39 Ordering your subjects in an effective manner can help to do this. For example, scheduling English revision toappear early in your revision plan may provide u

58、seful when revising essay-based subjects such as History, ReligiousStudies and Politics later on.4. Each subject is differentDepending on your learning style, you may find one easier than the other. More unusual exam types, such as performanceexams, require their own unique attention. 40A. Besides,

59、your time allocation （ 分配 ） may be dependent on your own aptitude in that subject.B. Make a detailed timetableC. Pressure and nerves can undoubtedly make it an uncomfortable experience.D. Revision is a process of improvement.E. Plan earlyF. Starting with a subject that appears early on in the exam s

60、chedule is a wise decision.G. The best revision plans have an element of strategy to their creation.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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入的空白 处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。A barking dog brought Jack out of his sleep. He lay in the prison cell