金卷：2016年高考英语冲刺卷08(四川卷)(考试版)

绝密★启用前2016年高考冲刺卷（8）（四川卷）英语试卷注意事项：1．本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

满分150分，考试时间120分钟。

2．答题前考生务必用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息。

3．考试作答时，请将答案正确地填写在答题卡上。

第I卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；第Ⅱ卷请用直径0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效，在试题卷、草稿纸上作答无．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．．效．。

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，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5个小题；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，从每题所给的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。

例：How much is the shirt?A. ￡19.15.B. ￡9.18.C. ￡9.15.答案是C。

1. What does the woman like collecting best?A. Stamps.B. Coins.C. Train tickets.2. Which country found lovely music is good for people’s hearts?A. America.B. Australia.C. Russia.3. What is the woman eager to buy?A. Ice creams.B. Candy.C. Drinks.4. Where are the two speakers?A. In the bank.B. In the classroom.C. In the supermarket.5. What prevented the woman calling the man yesterday?A. She lost her cell phone.B. Her cell phone was power off.C. Her teacher took her cell phone away.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、7题。

6. What is the woman looking for?A. A casual dress.B. A business suit.C. An evening dress.7. What will the woman do next?A. Try on the clothes.B. Bargain with the man.C. Pay for the clothes in cash.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. How old is the woman's grandfather?A. 78.B. 79.C. 80.9. What did the woman's grandfather do last winter?A. He went in the hospital.B. He went on a cycling holiday.C. He attended a skiing contest.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are the speakers arguing about?A. Who to blame.B. Which way to go.C. What transport to take.11. Why did the policeman stop the speakers?A. They took the wrong shortcut.B. They drove beyond the speed limit.C. They went through the red light.12. What was the initial reason for what happened to the speakers?A. The woman didn’t prefer to travel by train.B. The man failed to ask the way.C. The man forgot to book tickets earlier.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is the basic purpose of the IQ tests?A. To test who is brighter.B. To test language and numerical ability.C. To judge an individual talents.14. What makes so many unhappy parents in the world?A. Their children being stupid.B. Their children’s failing in the exams.C. Their children’s abilities not being developed.15. Why do some children do badly in school exams?A. They are not good with words and numbers.B. They do not study hard enough.C. They are looked down upon by others in school.16. How can a person be happy?A. Putting your skills to good use.B. Having a higher IQ.C. Doing well in the exams.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the conductor like?A. Anxious.B. Absent-minded.C. Kind-hearted.18. What should Mr. Mora do in Princeton?A. Give a lecture.B. Meet an old friend.C. Visit a university.19. Why must Mr. Mora find the ticket?A. He might be fined.B. He forgot the destination.C. He wrote something important on it.20. What kind of person is Mr. Mora?A. Forgetful.B. Careful.C. Bad-tempered.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。

AChristmas，Easter and Birthday parties can be difficult times for grandmothers and parents as they rush around trying to arrange the perfect celebration or making everyone as happy as possible! What's better than a birthday party that makes your grandchild smile throughout or a celebration that impresses relatives and close friends?That is why Granny Look has supplied in this section，one of the most comprehensive guides to making these special occasions that happen perhaps once a year a real success.From a selection of Advent Calendars to party planning or Christmas－stocking fillers we have all the possibilities covered so that your children and grandchildren will really have a memorable time with attractive gifts and original ideas.Bring that festive spirit to all those traditional days，and ensure you are always ready for any possibility. Granny Look's extensive links are bound to make every special occasion an entirely different experience from the year before and allow everyone to feel entertained and content.CHRISTMAS－STOCKING FILLERSLOOK no further！！Granny Look helps the family to prepare in time for FATHER CHRISTMAS. Give SANTA CLAUS some ideas.He can fill all the children's Christmas－stockings with goodies! Unique Christmas gifts for children－stocking fillers.A Granny Look favorite!ADVENT CALENDARSAll children love the build－up to CHRISTMAS! What is better than choosing one of Granny Look's selection of Advent Calendars! Here you will find a list of websites to buy traditional or fun Advent Calendars for children at Christmas time.A Granny Look favorite!BIRTHDAYSLOOKING for a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY GIFT? Explore Granny Look's selection of PRESENTS，PARTY PLANNING，PARTY TOYS and PARTY GAMES for your Children and Grandchildren's BIRTHDAYS.Plan and organize the KIDDIE'S PARTIES ahead of time！！Don't forget the PERSONALISED INVITA TIONS!CHRISTMASLOOK and BOOK now！！Granny Look's selection of CHRISTMAS GIFTS for children.Some guides to “What's on in your area”...fo r the kids.PANTOS，SHOWS，THEATRES...at Christmas time!UNIQUE Christmas gifts for Children.Spend QUALITY TIME with your Children's Children this FESTIVE SEASON!21. From the text，we know that “Granny Look” is .A.a person who guides you to make your yearly celebration a real successB.a magazine that helps the family to prepare for special occasionsC.a company that sells all sorts of products on the InternetD.a website that helps you to prepare for special occasions22. The purpose of the text is .A.to make children have a memorable holidayB.to show you how to shop on the InternetC.to give you some information about Granny LookD.to introduce some goods23. You will fail to find any information at Christmas when you need .A. Christmas cardsB.fun Advent CalendarsC. Christmas giftsD. tickets for theatresBOf course, she wasn’t really my aunt and, out of fear, I never called her that to her face. I only referred to her as “My Aunt Fannie” because the name always made my father laugh quietly and gave my mother cause to look strictly at both of us—at me for being disrespectful of my elder and at my father for encouraging my bad behavior. I enjoyed both reactions so I looked for every opportunity to work the name into as many conversations as possible.As a young woman, my mother had worked in the kitchen of a large Victorian farmhouse. During those years my mother helped Aunt Fanny make the best blueberry jam (蓝莓酱) ever tasted by anyone in Glenfield. She was well-known for her jam and for never sharing the recipe with others. Even though my mother knew the recipe by heart, as long as Aunt Fannie was alive, she never made the jam without Aunt Fannie in our kitchen to direct the process and preserve the secret.Each A ugust, my mother would prepare me for Aunt Fannie’s visit. One year, after I had helpedwith the jam process Aunt Fannie gave me a coin and then made me promise that I would never spend it. “Hold onto this coin,” she said, “and someday you will be rich. I still have my very first coin, given to me by my grandmother.” So I kept the coin in a small box and waited to become rich.I now have the blueberry jam recipe and the coin from Aunt Fannie. In people’s eyes Aunt Fannie's success resulted from that secret recipe. But to me, it was just a common recipe. Neither have significantly made me become a rich person, but I keep them as reminders to hold onto the valuable things in life. Money can make you feel rich for a while, but it is the relationships and the memories of time spent with friends and family that truly leave you wealthy. And that is a fortune that anyone can build.24. Why did the author always use the name “My Aunt Fannie” in conversations?A. She was frightened of Aunt Fannie.B. She liked Aunt Fannie’s recipe.C. She enjoyed her parents’ reactions.D. She greatly respected “Aunt Fannie”.25. The underlined word “she” in Paragraph 2 refers to ______.A. Aunt FannieB. the author’s grandmotherC. the author’s motherD. Aunt Fannie’s grandmother26. In the last paragraph, the author encourages readers to______.A. hold onto the first coin in lifeB. make as many friends as possibleC. make money with their own handsD. spend more time with family and friends27. What could be the best title for this passage?A. The Key to SuccessB. Blueberry Jam RecipeC. A Fortune Built from a CoinD. A Relationship of TrustCEarlier this year, the social media website Facebook announced that it would work with several news organizations —including The New York Times, The Guardian, and the BBC—to place news stories directly into users’ personal Facebook webpage. Stories published using Facebook Instant will load more quickly and keep the style of the original publisher, who will keep all the advertising income the stories earn — at least for now. The deal shows how important social media has become to news organizations, and is a clear sign of how the world of news is changing — and has been for a while.When Google News began in 2002, many saw it as the death of the newspaper. It had no human editor. Instead Google used, and still uses, a secret computer program that selects and displays news stories according to the reader’s personal interests. More recently, Associated Press and Yahoo!have been publishing computer-written articles. Both use special software to automatically produce stories about company financial results and sports reports — areas where the quality of writing is felt to be of secondary importance to the accuracy of the data.Should we be worried about such developments? I think we should. One concern is that facebook, Google and other social media websites see journalism as a sideline, a way of putting people in front of advertisements. It isn’t their primary function — so if it stops making them lots of money, they're likely to stop doing it.There’s also a concern that computer-written articles are not actually journalism at all, because what a human news team produces is actually quite complex. A well-written news story puts information in context, offers a voice to each side of an argument and brings the public new knowledge.Though economics and speed of delivery mean readers will probably choose a computer-written story over a carefully shaped article — at least for daily news —I don't think the computers will be writing any in-depth articles for a while yet.28. What is the main purpose of the article?A. To report on a new computer service offered by Facebook..B. To advise readers against reading computer-written news.C. To express concern about recent trends in online news.D. To describe the process of online news reporting.29. Computer-written news reports have so far focused on sports and finance because ________.A. these are the most popular topics for online readersB. there are fewer journalists specializing in these areasC. information on these topics is more easily availableD. writing style is less important than accuracy in these areas30. What doe s the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Journalism.B. Advertising.C. Facebook.D. Business.31. In Paragraph 4, which of the following is mentioned as a characteristic of a well-written news article?A. The information presented is up-to-date.B. The author's opinion is clear.C. Different views on the topic are presented.D. The language used is vivid.DSiri is an artificial intelligence (AI) that you can carry around in the pocket, where it waits patiently to be told what to do. In the week we spent together, my AI assistant has performed admirably in finding me restaurants, or the location of the nearest coffee shop.A typical command might be: “Reserve a table for two at a good French restaurant in San Francisco.” Siri responds by presenting a list of top-rated restaurants that can be booked on . If you say which time you want, it can book you a table without your lifting a finger. In some ways Siri is just a fancy front-end (前端程序) to the 35 sites it can connect to, from taxi booking sites to movie review databases. But what’s new is the way it can analyze the intentions of its master or mistress and use those sites to put them into action.Siri attaches probabilities to the explanation of each word and cross-references (对照检索) with your location and other data, some of which you must provide yourself. To send email reminders, Siri obviously needs to know your e mail address. To “find me the flower shop closest to work”, it needs toknow where you work. To pay bills or buy airline tickets, it would need access to your credit card.That raises the question of how far we are willing to trust a piece of software that can go and do things for us based on what it “thinks” we mean, a topic that occupies some engineers working on artificial intelligence. The more data, and power, you give your virtual assistant, the more damage it could do. Siri may be simple, and always shows its explanation of a command before carrying it out. But it gives users a preview of a new balance between privacy, trust and convenience that the expansion of AI into everyday life is likely to develop.32. What is Siri?A. A digital e-book reader.B. A music-sharing software.C. A voice-controlled website.D. An artificial intelligence software.33. When asked “do I need my umbrella today?”, what will Siri probably respond with?A. The list of umbrella makers.B. The list of umbrella shops.C. The local weather forecast.D. The local climate conditions.34. Siri is new in that it has the ability ______.A. to understand what you speakB. to connect a lot of websitesC. to give a variety of commandsD. to create computerized database35. What question does Paragraph 4 answer?A. Does Siri think itself?B. Can I trust you, Siri?C. Is Siri simple for use?D. Will Siri be popular?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。