湖南省长望浏宁四县市2015届高三下学期3月模拟考试——英语

1、 湖南省长望浏宁四县市2015届高三下学期3月模拟考试 英 语 试 题本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。Part I Listening Comprehension (30 marks)Section A (22.5 marks)Directions: In this section youll hear six conversations between two speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is

2、followed by 3 choices marked A, B and C. Listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each question.You will hear each conversation TWICE.Example:When will the magazine probably arrive?A. Wednesday.B. Thursday. C. Friday.The answer is B.Conversation 11. Who made the phone call? A. An air hos

3、tess.B. The boys father. C. A doctor.2. What caused the delay of the plane? A. A strike. B. The bad weather. C. The engine.Conversation 23. When will the speakers meet on Friday?A. At 10:00 am. B. At 11:00 am. C. At 12:00.4. Where will the speakers meet? A. At the mans. B. In the office. C. At the r

4、estaurant.Conversation 35. Why does the woman want to find Mr. Green? A. To tell him about the meeting.B. To ask for a days leave.C. To make an appointment.6. Who will the woman visit tomorrow? A. Tom. B. Mr. Green. C. Her grandma.Conversation 47. How many coats does the man mention? A. Two. B. Thre

5、e. C. Four.8. Where was the second coat lost according to the man? A. On the bus. B. In the park. C. On the underground. 9. How does the woman sound at last?A. Confused. B. Patient. C. Annoyed.Conversation 510. Why does the company fire Jim? A. Theres a crisis and a new machine. B. He is always late

6、 for work. C. Hes not up to the work.11. Whats the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Headmaster and teacher. B. Manager and secretary. C. Director and actress.12. What do we know about the man speaker? A. He has ever been dismissed.B. He neednt talk to Jim himself.C. He asked Sara to wor

7、k here.Conversation 613. What is the survey about? A. Family life. B. Unusual hobbies.C. Holiday activities.14. What is the man interested in? A. Special exhibition. B. Bird shooting. C. Mountain climbing.15. Where does the man wife prefer to go? A. The seaside. B. Castle. C. Ski resorts.Section B (

8、7.5 marks)Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information youve heard. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS. You will hear the short passage TWICE.Weather reportTomorrow morningDry and sunny, in 16 Clo

9、udy and rainy, 17 , in the northwestTomorrow evening 18 , in most of the southern half of the countrySome thunderstorms, 26 or possibly 27, in 19 Dry and 20 , about 19 , in the northern half of the country Part Language Knowledge (45 marks)Section A (15 marks)Directions: Beneath each of the followin

10、g sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.Example:The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket the desert.A. coveringB. coveredC. coverD. to coverThe answer is A.21. Although nuclear power may lead to disasters, _ the nuclea

11、r power industry has been operating safely for three decades in China. A. and B. but C. so D. yet 22. President Xi has advised young people to avoid staying up late, _ heated response from Internet users on microblog.A. having drawn B. drawing C. to draw D. drawn23. The silence of the library _only

12、by the sound of pages being turned over.A had been broken B. breaks C. broke D. was broken24. When Mary arrived she found all her children _ for nearly two hours.A. have gone to sleep B. fell asleep C. was falling asleep D. had been asleep25. Excuse me, can you show me the way to the nearest bus sto

13、p? Sorry. Im a stranger here. I _ here until my guide arrives.A. stand B. have stood C. am standing D. will stand26. Thailand has decided to begin building its first standard-gauge railways in cooperation with China, _may cost $12.2 billion.A. when B. that C. it D. which 27. Suddenly a good idea occ

14、urred to her, but she couldnt find any paper _.A. to write B. to write on C. written D. writing on 28. Thank you for your hard work last week. I dont think we _ it without you.A. could have managed B. can manage C. managed D. could manage29. Well, I really dont know what you mean, _ you want me to d

15、o?A what it is that B. what is it that C. how it is that D. how is it that30. You mean I was absent? No! I _at noon and I have been in the office since.A. came back B. have come back C. was back D. have been back31. In this socialist country led by the Communist Party of China, every corrupt officia

16、l _ be dealt with once evidence is found.A. must B. should C. can D. might32. _the civil servants want a pay increase, they will have got promoted as well.A. Not do only B. Do not only C. Only not do D. Not only do 33. _ by a great demand for environmental-friendly cars, those factories has produced

17、 more green ones.A. Driven B Being driven C Having driven D To drive34. What our parents expect from us is going home and greeting them frequently, _ giving them much money.A. less than B. rather than C. as well as D. as much as35. _ China views US-Japan relationship will have an effect on Chinas mi

18、litary policy.A. When B. Why C. What D. How Section B (18 marks)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.From my second grade on, there was one event I feared every

19、year: the piano recital(独奏演唱会). A recital 36 I had to practice a boring piece of music and perform before strangers. Each year I would ask my father if I could skip the recital “just this once”. And each year he would shake his head, saying something about building 37 and working toward a goal.One r

20、ecent Sunday I stood in church, video camera in hand, and 38 my 68-year-old father play the piano in his very first recital.My father had longed to play music since childhood, but his family was poor and couldnt 39 lessons. He could have gone on regretting it, 40 too many of us do. But he wasnt stuc

21、k in the past. When he retired three years ago, he 41 his church music director to take him as 42 .For a moment after my father sat down at the keyboard, he stared down at his fingers. Has he forgotten the 43 ? I worried. But then came the beautiful melody (旋律). And I 44 he had been doing what music

22、 teachers always stress: 45 the notes and pretend the others arent there.“Im 46 of him for starting something new at his age,” I said to my son Jeff.“Yeah, and doing it so 47 ,” Jeff added.With his first recital, my father taught me more about self-confidence and the life goal than all the words he

23、used those 30-plus years ago.36.A. reflected B. meant C. explained D. proved37. A. self-confidence B. self-control C. self-defense D. self-discipline38. A kept B. sent C. watched D. felt 39. A. miss B. affordC. select D. understand 40. A. as B. once C. if D. while 41. A. allowed B. invited C. inspir

24、ed D. persuaded 42. A. a teacher B. an old manC. a student D. a singer43. A. words B. videos C. notes D. lessons44. A. predicted B. realized C. imagined D. insisted 45. A. pass overB . turn up C. bring in D. concentrate on 46. A. ashamed B. aware C. tired D. proud47. A. nicely B. anxiously C. casual

25、ly D. frequently Section C (12 marks)Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.A report found that over half of the high school boys and two-thirds of the girls never shower after sports at school. Researchers suggest students don

26、9;t want to sweat 48 take a shower, so they are less active. The researchers questioned almost 4,000 children. Lead researcher Dr Gavin said he was surprised 49 how rarely students showered. He said children were getting poor health because of less exercise. He said: " 50 the unwillingness to s

27、hower is a barrier（障碍）to playing sport, we need to do something to promote activity at schools." 51 , the BBC says the study did not look at the exact reasons 52 students do not shower. Maybe there are some other reasons. Undressing in front of 53 may be too much for some children. A spokeswoma

28、n for a health organisation said children worry about their body image. She said schools had 54 role to play in changing attitudes. She said schools should encourage students to do physical activity and let 55 know they need to shower after.Part Reading Comprehension (30 marks)Directions: Read the f

29、ollowing three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.A Regarded as one of the English language's most gifted p

30、oets, John Keats wrote poetry that concentrated on imagery, human nature, and philosophy. Although Keats didn't receive much formal literary education, his own studies and passion brought him much success. Additionally, his own life situation influenced his poetry greatly. Growing up as a young

31、boy in London in a lower, middle-class family, the young John didn't attend a private school, but went to a public one. His teachers and his family's friends regarded him as an optimistic boy who favored playing and fighting much more than minding his studies. After his father's death in

32、 the early 1800s, followed by his mother's passing due to tuberculosis (肺结核), he began viewing life differently. He wanted to escape the world and did so by reading anything he could get his hands on. At around the age of 16, the teenage John Keats began studying under a surgeon so that he too m

33、ight become a doctor. However, his literary appetite had taken too much of his fancy, especially with his addiction to the poetry of Ehmund Spenser. He was able to have his first full poem published in the Examiner in 1816, entitled O Solitude! If I Must With Thee Dwell. Within two months in 1817, K

34、eats had written an entire volume of poetry, but was sharply criticized by a magazine. However, the negative response didn't stop his pursuit of rhythm. John Keats' next work was Endymion, which was published in May 1818. The story involves a shepherd who falls in love with the moon goddess

35、and leads him on an adventure of one boy's hope to overcome the limitations of being human. Following Engymion, however, he tried something more narrative-based and wrote Isabella. During this time, John Keats began seeing his limitations in poetry due to his own limit in life experiences. He wo

36、uld have to have the "knowledge" associated with his poems. His next work was Hyperion that would attempt to combine all that he learned. However, a bout (发作) with tuberculosis while visiting Italy would keep him from his work and eventually take his life in 1821.56. John Keats' attitu

37、de towards life changed because of_. A. his early education from school B. the criticism of a magazine C. Edmund Spenser's poetry D. the deaths of his parents57. What is the common thing between John Keats and his mother? A. They read many books. B. They died of the same disease. C. They had a b

38、ad childhood. D. They showed strong interest in poetry.58. What do we know from the passage? A. Keats once had a chance of becoming a doctor. B. Keats received little education at school. C. In 1816 Keats spent two months writing a poem. D. Endymion was about a real love story.59. While pursuing his

39、 dream of becoming a poet at first, John Keats was_.A. knowledgeable B. experienced C. determined D. impatient60. What can we infer from the passage? A. The poem Hyperion wasn't completed by Keats. B. Edmund Spenser was the greatest poet in Keats' time. C. It is likely that Keats rewrote his

40、 poem Isabella.D. Keats' family must have been very poor when he was young.BWhen Jeff Sparkman draws his cartoon superheroes with colored pencils, he often has to ask other people to tell him what color his masked men turned out to be because he's color-blind. Now, a new smart phone applicat

41、ion (app) can help him figure out what colors he's using and how the picture looks to most everyone else. The DanKam app, available for iPhone and Android for $2.99, is an application that turns the vague colors that one percent of the population with color-blindness sees into the "true&quo

42、t; colors as everyone else sees them. In America, an estimated 32 million color-blind Americans95% are malescan soon have their life improved.“DanKam takes the stream of data coming in through the phone's camera and changes the colors slightly so they fall within the range that people who are co

43、lor-blind see,”developer Dan Kaminsky told CNET. He came up with the idea after watching the 2009 film Star Trek with a color-blind friend. It was then that he got to know more about colorblindness like its varying types and degrees. A vast majority, for instance, have trouble seeing red or green du

44、e to a genetic defect(遗传缺陷). Blue-yellow colorblindness, however, is rarer and develops later in life because of aging, illness or head injuries, etc. He started experimenting with one of the most common representations of points in the RGB color model. What the DanKam app attempts to do is to clean

45、 up the color space of the image or video signal so that colors can be visible to those suffering from viewing problems. “You can adjust the app to fit your needs. There is a range and not everyone who is color-blind sees things the same.” Says Kaminsky.Sparkman, a copy editor at CNET, tried out the

46、 app and was pleased with the results. "It would be useful for dressing for a job interview," he said. But using it for his art is “the most practical application." It worked well on LED and other lights on electronic gadgets, which means Sparkman can now identify the power light on h

47、is computer display as green. 61. According to the first two paragraphs, we can know that DanKam _. A. is designed to help people with colorblindnessB. can turn vague colors into real ones C. is a phone used to help drawing pictures D. appeared in the movie Star Trek62. How does DanKams app work? A.

48、 It puts LED and other lights on electronic gadgets. B. It shows common representations of points in the RGB color model C. It checks color-blind peoples types of degrees of colorblindness. D. It changes the colors so that color-blind people can see them.63. It can be inferred from the passage that

49、colorblindness _. A. cannot be cured by any methods B. is not necessarily inborn disease C. is more commonly seen in women D. makes people unable to tell any colors 64. The underlined word visible in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _. A. recognizable B. enjoyable C. adjustable D. portable65. Wh

50、ich of the following is NOT included in the things that DanKam helps Sparkman with? A. Choosing clothes. B. Playing computer games C. Drawing his pictures. D. Handling electronic gadgets.CBicycles, roller skates and skateboards are dangerous. I still have scars (伤疤) on my knees from my childhood run

51、-ins with various wheeled devices. Admittedly, I was a foolish kid, but Im glad I didnt spend my childhood trapped indoors to protect me from any injury.“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” But parents cant handle it when teenagers put this theory into practice. And now technology has be

52、come the new field for the age-old battle between adults and their freedom-seeking kids.Locked indoors, unable to get on their bicycles and hang out with their friends, teens have turned to social media and their mobile phones to gossip and socialize with their friends. What they do online often mir

53、rors what they might otherwise do if their mobility werent so heavily restricted (限制) in the age of helicopter parenting. Social media and smartphones have become so popular in recent years because teens need a place to call their own. They want the freedom to explore their identity and the world ar

54、ound them. Instead of climbing out of windows, they jump online.As teens have moved online, parents have projected their fears onto the Internet, imagining all the potential dangers that youth might face.Rather than helping teens develop strategies (策略) to deal with public life and the potential ris

55、ks of interacting with others, fearful parents have focused on tracking, monitoring and blocking. These approaches dont help teens develop the skills they need to manage complex social situations. “Protecting” kids may feel like the right thing to do, but it denies teens the chances of learning as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.The key to helping youth in the modern digital life isnt more restrictions. Its freedom plus communication. Urban theorist Jane Jacobs used to argue