高三第二次联考英语试题 (3)

高三第二次考试
英语试题
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Part I Listening Comprehension （30 marks）
Section A（22．5 marks）
Directions : In, this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakers．For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three 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 1
1．What does the woman think the weather will be like in the afternoon?
A．Foggy．B．Clear．C．Windy．
2．How will the man get the weather information?
A．By listening to the radio．B．By watching TV．C．By making a telephone call．
Conversation 2
3．What time is it now?
A．About 10:30 p．m．B．7 o'clock a．m．C．Nearly 12 o'clock at night．4．What is the man probably doing?
A．Working．B．Having a rest．C．Watching TV．Conversation3
5．How long has the man's wife worked in the bank?
A．3 years．B．5 years．C．8 years．
6．What does the man think of the woman's suggestion?
A．He agrees to it．B．He disagrees．C．He doesn't like it．Conversation 4
7．Where does this conversation take place?
A．In a flat building．B．In the man's office．C．In the woman's house．8．What is the woman looking for?
A．A two-bedroom flat．B．A three-bedroom flat．C．A ground-floor flat．
9．What does the woman think of the flat?
A．Too small．B．Too expensive．C．Satisfying on the whole．Conversation 5
10．What can be the man?
A．A firefighter．B．A bodyguard．C．A policeman．11．What happened to the man?
A．He was burnt．
B．He fell off a tall tree．
C．He breathed in too much smoke．
12．What is the relationship between the man and the woman?
A．Doctor and patient．B．Wife and husband．C．Friends．Conversation 6
13．Why does the man call the woman?
A．To know more about the house to be sold．
B．To make friends with the woman．
C．To earn more money from selling the house．
14．What's the size of the house to be sold?
A．114 square meters．B．140 square meters．C．150 square meters．15．What's the hobby of the man's wife?
A．Planting．B．Gardening．C．Painting．
Section B （7．5 marks）
Directions: In this section, you will hear a short passage．Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the in．formation you have heard．Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS．
You will hear the short passage TWICE．
Section A （15 marks）
Directions; For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D．Choose the one that best completes the sentence．
21．Last week when Susan was going along a quiet road, another car her hit her from behind．
A．following B．followed C．to follow D．having followed
22．—You see, I'm poor in math, but good at English, while you are good at math, weak in English．—That's we should help each other．
A．when B．where C．how D．what
23．Diving has developed into a unique sport which is a combination of gymnastics and ballet over water．
A．performing B．performed
C．to perform D．to be performed
24．—I like your new shoes !
—Thanks．I had to try on almost a dozen pairs I decided to get them．
A．as B．since C．before D．after 25．No one knows if she that boy, but if she him, her parents will be disappointed．
A．will marry; will marry B．marries; marries
C．will marry; marries D．marries; will marry
26．In moments when you're feeling really down, read what you wrote previously, will help uplift your spirits．
A．that B．it C．which D．what 27．Not until they moved into the apartment a girl had been killed in it．A．they did know B．they knew
C．didn't they know D．did they know
28．I got an e-mail from my old school friend last Sunday．Until then, we in touch for nearly 3 years．
A．didn't get B．haven't got C．hadn't got D．don't get 29．Yesterday a street-beggar bought a lottery ticket purposelessly, him a millionaire overnight．
A．making B．having made C．to make D．made 30．Strangely enough, a pair of new trousers in a pile of rubbish．
A．was found B．have found C．has found D．were found 31．When you see the gas prices rising, I am so glad that I am blessed to have a vehicle in which to get around．
A．to say B．say C．saying D．having said 32．Yesterday I was walking downstairs when I missed my foot and had a bad fall, nothing serious, .
A．though B．even C．either D．but
33．It's only after marriage and having children a person understands others' feelings．A．what B．when C．who D．that
34．I'm really very busy, otherwise I go shopping with you．
A．shall B．can C．will D．would 35．— Don't throw the waste on the ground．
—Oh! I'm very sorry．I the dustbin there．
A．didn't see B．isn't seeing
C．don't see D．haven't seen
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．Driving to a store after work, I saw a man! standing near a hair salon9 holding up a sign that said, "I will work for food．" I knew at that moment that I was going into the store and 36
him something．
As I turned into the car park, I saw in my car 37 a lady come out from the hair salon and approach the man．I thought she must be going to give him some 38 or something to help him out．In the store I was 39 to get the things I needed and also the chicken dinner and a soda that I wanted to give the man outside．I hurried out to my car and 40 that I was going to be able to hopefully help this man．
When I drove out, I couldn't see the man．As I turned the corner I saw the man sitting in a 41 area away from the salon and still 42 the sign．I immediately pulled over and gave the man the dinner and soda and said, “43 this will get you through today．" He looked at me and said , "Thank you so much ! "
As I got back into my car, I looked in the mirror and saw the man 44 the dinner as if he hadn't eaten for days．I was so 45 that I was able to help him and at the same time I was so sad that the woman from the salon, 46 , had asked the man to move from her salon．It's sad to say that because I live in a small city where homelessness is not as visible as in larger cities where people are uncomfortable with these people in need．All they need to do is lend a helping hand at times and it could make a huge
47 in their lives．
36．A．cook B．buy C．pay D．serve 37．A．mirror B．light C．window D．door 38．A．comfort B．space C．money D．chance 39．A．preparing B．hurrying C．hesitating D．planning 40．A．explained B．wondered C．agreed D．felt 41．A．famous B．strange C．different D．comfortable 42．A．holding up B．putting down C．giving up D．looking at 43．A．Naturally B．Finally C．Luckily D．Hopefully 44．A．having B．eating C．finishing D．swallowing 45．A．popular B．serious C．thankful D．polite 46．A．immediately B．obviously C．carefully D．nervously 47．A．difference B．mistake C．decision D．advance Section C （12 marks）
Directions：Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context．
Few people would even think of beginning a new job at the age of 76, 48．one of America's most famous artists did just that．Anna Mary Robertson! Better known as "Grandma Moses", turned to painting 49．she was too old to work on her farm．Grandma Moses was crazy 50．painting soon after she picked it up and worked hard at it．She painted carefully and her works were nice．She 51．painted only to enjoy herself, and then began to sell her works for a little money．In 1939, 52．collector, Louis Caldor happened to see several of Grandma Moses' works hanging in a shop．He liked them, bought them at once, and set out to look for 53．．Caldor held a show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses to 54．artists．
Grandma Moses, 55．was world-famous, died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101．
Part ⅢReading Comprehension （30 marks）
Directions: Read the following 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
There were a thousand reasons not to stop．I was running late for a Very Important．．．well, whatever it was that I was running late for that day．Surely the Highway Patrol would be along soon, and it's their job to help stranded （搁浅）motorists, isn't it? Let's see-that makes l, 004 reasons not to stop．And here's 1, 005th: I am the world's worst auto mechanic．The first time I tried to change my car's oil myself I did fine-until I forgot to put the new oil in．The boys down at the garage had a big laugh over that．
I was not sure how much it would have helped that lady who was stranded by the side of the freeway if I had pulled over and given her a hand．So I drove on, just like hundreds of other drivers on the freeway that day．But I felt guilty about it．So I turned off at the next exit and made my way back to see if I could at least give her a lift or something．But by the time I got back to her, a Hispanic （西班牙的）gentleman had pulled in behind her, and was tinkering（修补）her car's engine．
“Is there anything I can do to help?" I asked．
“No! thank you," the lady replied．“This nice man says he can fix it．" At that moment, a voice from under the hood shouted, “OK, try it now! " The woman reached for the key and turned it．The engine started beautifully．
The woman tried to give him some money, but he declined and waved as she drove off．It wasn't until we started walking toward our cars that I noticed he had five more reasons not to stop than I did: his family was sitting in the station wagon, waiting patiently．“Do you stop and help people like this often?" I asked．
He shrugged．¨Somebody has to," he said．“What's she going to do if nobody helps?" And for him, that reason was enough．
56．By telling the story, the author intends to tell us ．
A．we should give help to someone in trouble even if we are in a hurry
B．what a person in trouble needs is necessary skills or knowledge
C．if we can't help a person, we should at least show our concern
D．anybody can be in trouble sometimes
57．Why did the author make his way back at the next exit?
A．To see if anybody else had helped the lady out．
B．To give the lady some kind of help．
C．To help the Hispanic gentleman fix the lady's car．
D．To show his guilt about not having helped the lady．
58．What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A．The author really had l,005 reasons not to stop to help the stranded lady．
B．The author just wanted to find an excuse to stop to help the stranded lady．
C．The author was really too busy to give the stranded lady some help．
D．What the author was running for was actually not that important．
59．How did the author feel after hearing what the Hispanic gentleman said in the end?
A．Moved．B．Encouraged．C．Astonished．D．Ashamed．
60．The author's attitude towards the Hispanic gentleman is that of ．A．appreciation B．disapproval C．disbelief D．sympathy
B
Tired of doing the same things week in week out with the same people having the same conversations? You're in a friendship rut （老一套）, but help is at hand．Get the spark back:
Do something different together, like joining a club or an evening class．It will make you both busy and give you something new to talk about!
Make some new friends．They'll bring new life into your circle of friends and offer fresh ideas for things to do and places to hang out．
Try something new by going out to different places．Check your local "what's on" guide
for events and give them a try．If the nights turn out to be disasters, at least you'll have something to laugh about．
Take a break / Cut down on the time you spend together．This is not necessarily a bad
thing．Instead, after a while, you'll probably find that you have a lot to talk about and have a great time together．In other words, you are living in each other's pockets．
Interview each other．Even if you've been friends for a while, you may find there are lots of things you don't know about one another．
Be spontaneous （自发的）: Do something on the spur of the moment, be it booking a holiday, having a day trip, or buying a gift．Make your mates feel special．
Be outrageous （反常的）:Go and have a few wild nights out, then you can relieve the events with your mates．
See more films．You can talk about the characters over a drink or two afterwards．
If all the above fail maybe you haven't fitted in with each other．It can be hard to accept, but friendships do come to an end, and maybe it's time to move on and find a new friend．
61．If you are in a friendship rut, you will be _____．
A．reluctant to do things week after week
B．bored to do the same things with the same friends
C．eager to talk with your same friends
D．tired from chatting with your friends
62．The underlined sentence in the text may mean _____．
A．you have much influence on your friends
B．you make a living by spending your friends' money
C．you are in a close relationship with your friends
D．you take good care of your friends
63．How can you deal with a friendship rut?
A．To do something as you please sometimes．
B．To act as a reporter to interview someone．
C．To break away from your friends．
D．To laugh about a disaster．
64．From the last paragraph, we can infer that _____．
A．friendships will end if a friend moves away
B．friends find it hard to accept a new friend
C．friends can grow faster or taller than each other
D．friendships may come to an end sometimes
65．The purpose of writing this passage is to _____．
A．advise us on how to make friends
B．tell us what to do with a boring friendship
C．warn people to care for friendships
D．remind us of when to find a new friend
C
The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help vindicate （澄清）hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decor as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcome discomfort and pain．
A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli．They were then asked to watch either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly paintings, or a blank panel while the team zapped a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been pricked by a pin．The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when considering the ugly paintings or the blank panel．
Electrodes measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings．While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part．The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process．
"Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their aesthetic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist．"Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not．But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse．I think these results show that more research is needed into the how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering．"
Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis' Birth of Venus．Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero．"These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso．
66．According to the first paragraph, people didn't approve_____．
A．hospitals spend money on medical equipment
B．hospitals decorate their rooms with works of art
C．hospitals make their environment pleasant to patients
D．hospitals treat their patients with works of art
67．How did the researchers make the research?
A．By asking the subjects to listen to music．
B．By requiring the subjects to draw paintings．
C．By ordering the subjects to choose which picture is beautiful and ugly．
D．By aching the subjects' hands while they are watching paintings．
68．According to the research, when designing a hospital, we should consider its _____．A．beautiful environment B．functional operating room
C．convenient facilities D．bright waiting room
69．Whose paintings are most popular with the subjects?
A．Anonio Bueno．B．Pablo Picasso．
C．Vincent Van Gogh．D．Columbian Fernando Botero．
70．The best title for the passage may be _____．
A．Patients Don't Like Ugly Pictures
B．Beautiful Art Can Ease Pain
C．Arts Can Be Used As a Medicine
D．Ugly Patients Feel Less Pain
Part ⅣWriting （45 marks）
Section A （10 marks）
Directions: Read the following passage．Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage．
Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer．
Air pollution refers to the introduction of some harmful gases and particulate matter （颗粒物质）in the Earth's atmosphere which in turn results in pollution of air that the various forms of life require for various life processes．There exist natural causes of air pollution such as volcanic eruptions, wildfires, etc．as well as human causes such as vehicle emissions, industrial smoke, etc．Over the last few decades, the air pollution caused by humans has become a lot more serious and common than natural air pollution．
Air pollution affects all forms of life including humans, plants and animals on the planet．Along with humans, animals are dependent on oxygen in the air．When polluted air is inhaled （吸入）for breathing oxygen, several harmful gases are also inhaled along with this life-saving gas．These harmful gases are believed to affect animals in the same manner in which they affect humans．Experts also suggest that the particulate matter the animals inhale over a long period can gather in their tissues and cause damage to their organs in the long run．In addition to inhaling the harmful contaminants （污染物）directly, animals can also come in contact with these contaminants from the food they eat and absorb them through their skin．Some studies do show that the effects of air pollution on animal species are much more serious than they are on us humans．
The rapid rate at which air pollution is occurring is not even giving the animals a chance to adapt to the changes in the environment．In the long term, these effects are likely to result in extinction （灭绝）of species, which will indirectly add to our danger because we along with all these animals form the ecological environment where all species depend on each other．Therefore, all of us are supposed to make an effort to reduce air pollution．
Air pollution and animals
I．71．____________ of air pollution
*The introduction of harmful gases and particulate matter in the atmosphere which in turn 72．__________
Ⅱ．73．______ of air pollution
* 74．______: volcanic eruptions, wildfires, etc．
* Human: vehicle emissions, industrial smoke, etc．
Ⅲ．Effects of air pollution on animals
* Harmful gases inhaled together 75．________: having side effects on animals
*The particulate matter inhaled by the animals: gathering in their tissues and
76．____________ in the long run
*77．____________ from food: absorbed by animals through their skin
*Rapid occurrence of air pollution: giving animals 78．________ to adapt to the changes in the environment
IV．79．________
*80．________ should be made to cut back on air pollution．
Section B （10 marks）
Directions: Read the following passage．Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage．
Almost a third of children regularly go without breakfast before school and are more likely than classmates to be inactive, unfit and obese, research shows．While 68% of pupils eat before leaving home, 32% don't．Of the latter, 25% only sometimes have a morning meal and 7% never have breakfast on school days, according to findings which have raised fresh concern about children's eating habits and general health．
The study of 4,326 children, aged 10－16, in England was reported that 26．6% of boys and 38．6% of girls skipped breakfast some or all of the time．Boys often blame lack of time, while many girls missed breakfast because they believe doing so would help them lose weight．"We found that children who skip breakfast either occasionally or regularly are less fit, less active and more likely to be overweight or obese than those who always eat breakfast," said lead author Dr Gavin Sandercock, a lecturer at the University of Essex．"Children with the healthiest weight were always those who regularly had breakfast before heading to school．These findings are worrying because we found more obesity and lower levels of physical activity among skippers, which is of great concern because these children are more likely to develop chronic diseases in adulthood like cancer, heart disease and diabetes．"
"While girls who skipped breakfast are 92% more likely to become obese than female classmates who regularly eat before school, the equivalent figure in boys was 62%．But the boys were much more likely than female ones to have a sedentary （久坐的）lifestyle and, critically, have poor heart and lung fitness," added Sandercock．
Until now it has been thought that children who missed breakfast were more likely to be obese because they snacked during the day and ate late at night．But the study suggests that their inactive lifestyles may also play a key role．
81．What are the negative effects of skipping breakfast regularly? （No more than 6 words）82．Why are the researchers concerned about children's eating habits? （No more than 12 words）
83．Please list at least three reasons for children's weight problem．（No more than 10 words）84．What's the purpose of the text? （No more than 10 words）
Section C （25 marks）
Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese·
“正能量”一词倍受关注，社会呼唤正能量。

但对正能量解读各异，请以Spreading positive energy为题写一篇不少于120词的短文，加以解释并举例说明。

注意：不能使用真实姓名和学校名称。