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宜春中学、丰城中学、樟树中学、高安二中四校2016届高二上学期期末联考英语试题时量：120分钟分值：150分第 I 卷第一部分：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. Why is the man going to Florida?A. To buy a cat.B. To take yoga classes.C. To attend a business meeting.2. How does the man probably feel now?A. Excited.B. Depressed.C. Surprised.3. What do the speakers probably do?A. They are actors.B. They are teachers.C. They are movie producers.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A jacket.B. A tie.C. An interview.5. Where are the speakers?A. In a restaurant.B. In a bank.C. In a supermarket.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面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6～7题6. What does the man think of the tennis racket(网球拍)?A. It’s just what he wants to buy.B. It’s a little expensive.C. Craig may not like it.7. Who is Craig?A. The man’s brother.B. The woman’s son.C. The man’s son.听第7段材料，回答第8～10题8. What does the woman want to get?A. Candy.B. A drink.C. Popcorn.9. How many friends are with the speakers?A. One.B. TwoC. Three.10. Where are the speakers?A. At a movie theater.B. At a grocery.C. In a restaurant.听第8段材料，回答第11～13题11. What happened to the woman in the Zurich Airport?A. She missed her flight.B. She lost part of her luggage.C. She got lost in the airport.12. What was in the woman’s checked luggage?A. Her passport and cards.B. Her down coat and sweaters.C. The man’s clothes and other daily necessities (必需品).13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Husband and wife.C. Passenger and airport clerk.听第9段材料，回答第14～16题14. Why was the man upset last week?A. He was fired.B. The woman lied to him.C. He was asked to work overtime.15. What does the man say about Mr. Ainsworth?A. He is a fair manager.B. He always misses his work.C. He alwayslistens to Tammy.16. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Explain to Tammy.B. Look for another job.C. Talk to Mr. Ainsworthagain.听第10段材料，回答第17～20题.17. What is true about Margie’s hit single(单曲) Hold My Heart?A. It has sold five billion copies.B. Margie wrote it at the age of six.C. It was released this month.18. What kind of music did young Margie like?A. Rock.B. Country.C. Jazz.19. What was Margie’s high school life like?A. She focused on her music.B. She had an active social life.C. She did poorly in her schoolwork.20. What does the speaker think of Margie?A. She has a bright future.B. She is too young to be famous.C. She shouldwork harder.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。

AA store that sells husbands has just opened in Ottawa where a woman may go tochoose a husband from many men.The store is comprised of 6 floors and the men increase in positive attributes（品质，特点）as the shopper goes up the flights. There is, however, a catch（陷阱）. As you open the door to any floor you may choose a man from that floor, butif you go up a floor, you cannot go back down except to exit the building.So a woman goes to the shopping center to find a husband. On the first floorthe sign on the door reads: Floor 1—These men have jobs. The woman reads the signand says to herself, “Well, that’s better than my last boyfriend, but I wonderwhat’s further up?”So up she goes. The second floor sign reads: Floor 2—These men have jobs andlove kids. The woman remarks to herself, “That’s great, but I wonder what’sfurther up?”And up she goes again. The third floor sign reads: Floor 3—These men have jobs,love kids and are extremely good-looking. “Hmm, better.”The fourth floor sign reads: Floor 4—These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking and help with the housework. “Wow!” exclaims the woman, “Very tempting. But, there must be more, further up!”And again she heads up another flight. The fifth floor sign reads: Floor 5—These men have jobs, love kids, are extremely good-looking, help with the housework and have a strong romantic character. “Oh, mercy me! But just think…what must be awaiting me furthe r on?”So up to the sixth floor she goes. The sixth floor sign reads: Floor 6 –You are visitor 3, 456, 789,012 to this floor. There are no men on this floor. Thank you for shopping Husband Mart and have a nice day.21. Women tend to go up the floor until they reach the top floor because _____.A. they think even better husbands may be upstairsB. they know the catch very wellC. they think the husbands downstairs are not suitableD. they are sure that the best husbands are on the top floor22. The writer intends us to believe that _____.A. women think they are better than menB. husbands are hard to shopC. women can’t be too careful when choosing husbandsD. women are hard to please23. We can infer from the passage that _____.A. women are romanticB. women are not good at shopping husbandsC. more women will leave the shop aloneD. women are more kind than menBThey will be here in a minute, surely. I’ll just stare at my shoes a little while longer to pass the time. Wi sh I’d brought a book. Hang on, though, what if I’ve got the wrong day? The wrong place? Have the clocks gone back? No, damn it, I’m off home. Whoever I’m waiting for clearly lives in a different time zone from me.I am always 10 minutes early, so if you’re 10 minutes late, I’ve been foot-tapping for 20 minutes. I know it’s not fair to hold the first 10 against you, but I just can’t help myself. I never wait more than 20 minutes beyond the meeting time we decided upon, not for anyone, ever.OK, that’s no t strictly true. I have, on occasion, hung around anxiously and heartbrokenly for up to an hour, but the bitter anger that follows is never a pretty sight. If you’ve made me wait that long, you will wish you hadn’t bothered turning up at all.How come some people are always late and some are always on time? If I can manage to be punctual(准时的), why can’t you? Because I left a hot cup of coffee at home while you sat down to roll another cigarette. Because I spilled jam on my pants and quickly wiped it off whereas you took time to change your whole outfit. Because I switched off midway through a TV series, but you had to ride out the end, didn’t you? And don’t even think about blaming the traffic. How do you think I got here? By flying carpet? Only carelessness or arrogance (傲慢)can explain a habit of lateness.Some people are always la te because they can’t make realistic calculations abouthow long it takes to do things. There are 60 seconds in a minute and 60 minutes inan hour. Just deal with it. Painful as it may be, you have to accept that, as you’ve agreed to meet at eight and it’s now a quarter to, you don’t have time to phoneyour girlfriend.Much worse, though, are those with big egos(自我). Being late is just rude. Beinglate on purpose really means that you hate the person you are meeting.Of course, there are some perfectly lovely latecomers out there. I just neverwait long enough to find out.24. Which of the following words best describes how the author feels in the first paragraph?A. Thankful.B. Curious.C. Anxious.D. Joyful.25. What does the author think contributes to people always being late?a. Their big egos.b. Traffic jams.c. Their carelessness.d. Being picky when choosing clothes.e. Their realistic calculations of how long it takes to do things.A. a, cB. b, d, eC. c, d, eD. a, b26. We can infer from the article that the author ___________.A. has missed l ots of meetingsB. has a strong preference for good timekeepingC. has trouble getting along with othersD. is tolerant of people being late27. According to the author, people should ____________.A. be patient when waiting for a latecomerB. keep in mind that being late is rude and selfishC. always arrive 10 minutes early for an appointmentD. ask people around them to remind them on an appointmentCA scientist turns out to be able to see the future by offering each offour-year-olds a piece of candy and watching how he or she deals with it. Some children reach eagerly for the treat they see. Some last a few minutes before theygive in. But others are determined to wait until the last moment.By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened.A survey found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out generally grew up to be more popular, adventurous, confident and d ependable. The children who gave in to temptation(诱惑) early were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and inflexible（固守己见的）.Actually, the ability to delay reward is a sign of emotional intelligence which doesn’t show up on an IQ test.The hardware of the brain and the software of the mind have long been scientists’ concerns. But brain theory can’t explain what we wonder about most, like the question why some people remain upbeat in the face of troubles that would sink aless resistant soul.Here comes the theory of Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence: when it comes to predicting people’s success, brain ability as measured by IQ may actual ly matter less than the qualities of mind once thought of as “character”.EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researchers have been trying to understand is how they work together; how one’s ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use. Among the ingredients for success, researchers now generally agree that IQ accounts for about 20%; the rest depends on everything from social class to luck.While many researchers i n this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously, some few fear EQ invites misuse.28. The experiment with the four-year-olds makes it clear that .A. the age of 4 is a proper time for scientific experimentB. the ability of self-control plays a role in personal successC. emotional intelligence won’t show up until adolescenceD. candy can be used to measure a person’s emotional intelligence29. Which of the following is TRUE of EQ and IQ according to the text?A. Scientists are trying to discover the way in which EQ and IQ work together.B. There is no link between EQ and IQ.C. The higher a person’s IQ is, the higher his or her EQ is.D. Some people can be blessed with lots of both, but some with little of either.30. The underlined word “upbeat” in Paragraph 4 probably means .A. kindB. floatingC. optimisticD. excited31. What is most likely to be written in the paragraph that follows?A. Information about famous people with high EQ.B. Some reasons why EQ is a relatively new field.C. Strong demand for basic emotional education.D. Examples showing the opposite voice about EQ.DMany environmentalists and entrepreneurs are looking for ideas on how to “capture gold” ― that is, how to collect and convert plastic waste into new plastic or fuel.OK, describing plastic waste as potential “gold” may be overdoing it. But the campaigners say that publicizing the concept that plastic is worth something may help reduce the amount of waste that ends up in oceans and the bellies(肚子) of sea creatures.To that end, they have set up a competition inviting members of the public to submit ideas online. Organizers will take the best ones to the Rio+20 Earth Summit (峰会) in Rio de Janeiro next month, where they are planning a daylong side event called Plasticity focusing on issues related to plastic pollution.The plastic waste problem is gaining broader attention as environmentalists, scientists, manufacturers and the public become more aware of the sheer volume of(大量的) the stuff that finds its way into the sea.More than 260 million metric tons of plastic are now produced per year, according to the trade association PlasticsEurope. The majority of that is not recycled. Most of it ends up in landfill, and a significant amount ends up as litter on land, in rivers and in the ocean s.Technological advances have made clear that it is possible to reuse much of this plastic by turning it into fuel or new products. Yet the companies that have come up with such solutions have not achieved the economies of scale that would allow them to function profitably. Insufficient waste-collection and recycling systemsin most countries also stand in the way of “ trash to cash” concept, said Do ug Woodring, an environmental entrepreneur in Hong Kong who is among the organizer of the Plasticity forum(论坛) in Rio.Rather than breast-beating, the form aims to highlight some of the technologies and ideas out there for collection and reuse. My personal favorite for now is a vacuum cleaner with plastic parts made from plastic waste.32. What do the campaigners like to do exactly?A. To hold a competition on how to deal with environmental pollution.B. To describe plastic waste as potential “gold”.C. To invite members of the public to their forum.D. To collect ideas on how to recycle plastic waste.33. The underlined part “trash to cash” most probably means ““.A. applying modern technology to recycling systemsB. turning plastic waste into fuel or new productsC. collecting sufficient plastic waste for future useD. establishing many environmental businesses34. According to Doug Woodring, the companies that want to reuse plastic waste .A. have collected enough waste to be usedB. have no practical solutionsC. lack technological advancesD. haven’t reached profitable scale35. What can be the best title for the text?A. Earth Summit = Way Out?B. Waste Recycling = Green Life?C. Plastic Waste = Great Wealth?D. New Technology = Little Waste?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。