【高考模拟】宁夏六盘山市2016届高三英语第二次模拟考试试题(含解析)

宁夏六盘山高级中学2016届高三英语第二次模拟考试试题（含解析）第I卷（共115分）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）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 is the woman’s favorite hobby?A. Singing songsB .Playing tennisC. Going shopping2. Where are the speakers going?A. To a parkB. To a cinemaC. To a restaurant3. Why is David quitting his job?A. He has been too busyB. He has set up a companyC. He has got a better job4. How will Lily go home?A. By taxiB. By subwayC. By bus5. What does the woman do?A. A saleswomanB. An inspectorC. A lawyer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和7题。

6. What does the woman plan to do on Tuesday?A. Take a business tripB. Have meetingsC. Write a report7. When will the woman see the doctor?A. On TuesdayB. On WednesdayC. On Friday听第7段材料，回答第8和9题。

8. Who helped the woman choose the photos?A. Her classmatesB. The manC. Her art teacher9. What was the result of the competition?A. The woman won one prizeB. The woman won nothingC. The woman came last听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers?A. At schoolB. At a travel agencyC. At a train station11. What is the most convenient way to travel around Europe?A. By trainB. By planeC. By car12. How many countries is the man going to visit this summer?A. TwoB. ThreeC. Four听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why does the man recommend West Derby?A. It is near the woman’s workplaceB. It has many small housesC. It is not expensive14. What is the woman’s main concern?A. She can send her children to good schoolsB. She can share low rentC. She can live alone15. Who is John Godfrey?A. The man’s colleagueB. The man’s customerC. The man’s boss16. When will the woman meet John Godfrey?A. On 9th B .On 10th C. On 11th听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the highest temperature in summer in Oymyakon?A. 25℃B. 35℃C. 45℃18. What do people in Oymyakon have now?A. Indoor bathroomsB. Cell phonesC. Televisions19. What was Oymyakon famous for in the past?A. The extreme weatherB. Some oldest people in the countryC. A Hollywood actor’s visit20. What can we learn about Oymyakon from the talk?A. The young people there dream of modern lifeB. Ewan McGregor visited Oymyakon in winterC. A foreigner built the first hotel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。

ARaised in a fatherless home, my father was extremely tightfisted towards us children. His attitude didn’t soften as I grew into adulthood and went to college. I had toride the bus whenever I came home. Though the bus stopped about two miles from home, Dad never met me, even in sever weather. If I grumbled, he’d say in his loudest father-voice, “That’s what your legs are for!”The walk didn’t bother me as much a s the fear of walking alone along the highway and country roads. I also felt less than valued that my father didn’t seem concerned about my safety. But that feeling was canceled one spring evening.It had been a particularly difficult week at college after long hours in labs.I longed for home. When the bus reached the stop, I stepped off and dragged my suitcase to begin the long journey home.A row of hedge（树篱）edged the driveway that climbed the hill to our house. Once I had turned off the highway to start the last lap of my journey, I always had a sense of relief to see the hedge because it meant that I was almost home. On that particular evening, the hedge had just come into view when I saw something gray moving along the top of the hedge, moving toward the house. Upon closer observation, I realized it was the top of my father’s head. Then I knew, each time I’d come home, he had stood behind the hedge, watching, until he knew I had arrived safely. I swallowed hard against the tears. He did care, after all.On later visits, that spot of gray became my watchtower. I could hardly wait until I was close enough to watch for its secret movement above the greenery. Upon reaching home, I would find my father sitting innocently in his chair. “So! My son, it’s you!” he’d say, his face lengthening into pretended surprise.I replied, “Yes, Dad, it’s me. I’m home.”21. What does the underlined word “grumbled” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Accepted happily.B. Explained clearly.C. Agreed willingly.D. Spoke unhappily.22. What made the author feel upset was ______.A. the tiredness after long hours in labsB. the fear of seeing something movingC. the feeling of being less than valuedD. the loneliness of riding the bus home23. The author’s father watched behind the hedge because ______.A. he was concerned about his son’s safetyB. he wanted to help his son build up courageC. he didn’t want to meet his son at the doorwayD. he didn’t think his son was old enough to walk alo ne24. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. My Father’s Secret.B. My College Life.C. Terrible Journey Home.D. Riding Bus Alone.BThe British “Daily Telegraph”Traditionally regarded as one of the safest planes in the skies, the Boeing 777’s reputation will have been damaged by the second fatal crash in less than a year. There are around 1,000 Boeing 777s in service, and the plane is a long distance machine, travelling some of the longest routes. It entered service in 1995 and the National Transportation Safety Board, which is responsible for monitoring US-made aircraft ,has recorded fewer than 60 incidents.But the recent record hasn’t been exact with two major incidents-a crash at San Francisco airport last July, which causes three lives, and the crash-landing of a British Airways 777 at Heathrow in January 2008.To our sadness, two days ago, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 lost contact flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The Malaysian disaster is very different from both the BA incident and the crash involving an Asian Airlines flights at San Francisco International Airport in July, which occurred shortly before landing, while the Malaysia airlines plane disappeared off the radar(雷达)during the early stages of the trip.The accident at San Francisco in July was due to pilot error which led to the engines being set to idle because he believed the computer would maintain sufficient speed to keep the plane up in the air. The BA crash landing, which did not result in any deaths, was finally found to have been caused by a block in the fuel linefeeding the engine.However, the Malaysia airlines plane disappeared off the radar during the early stages of the trip. No exact explanations have been given for the Malaysia airlines plane crash. First reports suggest that Zaharie Ahmad Shah, the 53-year-old Malaysian airlines pilot, was hugely experienced-having joined the carrier in 1981 and with 18,365 hours in the aircraft under his belt.25. Which of the following is TRUE of the plane crashes?A. There are four plane crashes mentioned in the passageB. The BA incident in July resulted from the pilot errorC. Three deaths were caused in the crash at San FranciscoD. The crash in San Francisco airport was caused by a block26. What can we learn from the next?A. The exact reason for 370 crash is not clearB. Flight 370 crash must be similar to the BA incidentC. The experienced pilot of Flight 370 can’t have operated wrongD. Flight 370 must have been taken control of to a different place27. What you read is ______________.A. a noteB. a scheduleC. a reviewD. a news report28. The main purpose of the passage is to __________.A. introduce the Flight 370 crashB. show Boeing 777’s safetyC. guess the cause of the Flight 370 crashD. compare the causes of these plane crashesCMany of the world’s countries have reached or are approaching zero population growth (ZPG). Nearly all such lands are economically well developed．They include much of Europe(including Russia), the United States, Canada, Japan. and Australia. As the rate of natural increase(RNI)declines, two things happen．First, the population begins to decline if the loss is not balanced by immigration. Second, a c ountry’s population ages because there are fewer births.Is achieving ZPG good or bad? What happens when a country’s population begins to drop? Many people, after all, believe that population decline is a good thing. But is it good for everyone? Does everyone agree?An aging population can create many problems. Senior citizens require more health care and medical attention. Rather than paying into retirement programs, they begin to draw from their pensions. In the US, the Social Security program, according to many experts, will be used up by 2018. It will pay out more money than it takes in. Additionally, a great number of jobs go begging in search of people willing or entry level positions that pay low wages. With an able to do them. Many of these jobs are aging population, who will fill them? At the other extreme，some positions require a large number of training and highly specialized skills. Who will fill these positions as retirees leave the workforce?The answer to the problem of declining and aging population is simple: increased migration.Today many people, particularly those from less developed countries, are migrating in search of employment. Many are willing to take jobs that cannot(or will not) be filled by the domestic population. Others are well educated and highly skilled. Both groups contribute to a c ountry’s economy progress in many ways. Further, they add to the richness of a country’s culture. Of greatest importance, perhaps, is the fact that they have become absolutely necessary to the economy of many lands. As you can see, for many countries and for most immigrants, migration is a win—win situation.29. In the writer’s view，which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Not everyone agrees that achieving ZPG is absolutely goodB. Achieving ZPG is every country’s aim in spite of its side effect sC. Achieving ZPG is bad for senior citizensD. Achieving ZPG is good for employment30.According to the passage, the best way to solve the problem of declining and aging population is .A. to improve the health care systemB. to increase RNIC. to increase employmentD. to increase migration31.The main idea of the last paragraph is .A. the advantages of increased migrationB. the problem of declining and aging populationC. how to increase migrationD. some ways to enrich a country’s cultureDBefore I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laugh—and the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasn’t onl y funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you weren’t jealous of him.In short, we don’t laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a person’s emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.32. What did the author find out after studying psychology?A. Only good jokes make people laughB. Many factors lead to people laughing.C. Funny things can make people laughD. Laughter can make people healthy.33. Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?A. They played a trick on the pedestrians.B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.C. They could feel the pedestrians’ happiness.D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.34. What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?A. AnnoyB. BlameC. Look down onD. Make up to35. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?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。