【天府高考】2017届全国高考大联考信息卷：英语试卷(1)及答案解析

2017年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟试题（一）
英语
本试卷分由四部分组成。

其中第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。

第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。

试卷满分为150分，考试时间120分钟。

第一部分听力（共两节，共20小题，每小题1.5分，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。

例：How much is the shirt?
A. 19.5.
B. 9.15.
C. 9.18.
1. What day is it today?
A. Tuesday.
B. Wednesday.
C. Thursday.
2. Where are the speakers?
A. In a theater.
B. In front of a library.
C. Outside a bookstore.
3. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Look for shoes out of town.
B. Buy shoes online.
C. Give up buying shoes.
4. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man stayed with Jenny yesterday.
B. Jenny complained about Sam’s birthday party.
C. The man has been busy dating Jenny these days.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. How to get main points.
B. How to choose a course.
C. How to prepare for a subject.
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 woman ask the man to do?
A. Go on a trip with her.
B. Look after her house.
C. Go downtown.
7. Which country does the woman hope to visit?
A. America.
B. Mexico.
C. Canada.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What are the speakers talking about in general?
A. Job plans.
B. A camp.
C. Trips.
9. What do we know about the woman?
A. She intends to have a trip with her sister.
B. She plans to get a job at a hotel.
C. She wants to go camping.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the man at the woman’s house?
A. To repair the house.
B. To finish his report.
C. To pay for the damage.
11. What happened to the woman’s house?
A. The chimney fell down right on the fence.
B. A tree fell down on the wall.
C. The roof was damaged.
12. How does the woman feel about the service?
A. Satisfied.
B. Disappointed.
C. Angry.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Why does the man contact the airport?
A. To book a ticket.
B. To find his luggage.
C. To ask for transport information.
14. How long will the man stay in Milton?
A. About four weeks.
B. About two weeks.
C. About one week.
15. How will the man travel after arriving at the airport?
A. By taxi.
B. By subway.
C. By car.
16. What does the man say about his daughter?
A. She will get married next week.
B. She always takes the bus to work.
C. She will probably be busy when he arrives.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题
17. What is regarded as the main secret to wealth?
A. Working hard.
B. Saving money.
C. Making financial plans.
18. How many millionaires made their fortunes in one generation in America?
A. Four-fifths.
B. Two-thirds.
C. One-fifth.
19. How much money does a typical millionaire save per year?
A. $130,000.
B. $104,000.
C. $26,000.
20. What do we know about millionaires?
A. They look quite different from ordinary people.
B. They were not good at studying at school.
C. One third of them are self-employed.
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。

A
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·How to find words in a dictionary
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21. Some information of the four books was given in order to _______.
A. reduce the cost of them
B. appeal to readers of all ages
C. help readers understand them
D. make them suitable for different readers
22. What do the four books have in common?
A. They are all for 8- to 12-year-olds.
B. They are all written by L. Ron Hubbard.
C. They are all study books.
D. They are all based on educational research.
23. If you buy the four books on April 1, 2015, you will have to pay _______ for them.
A. $ 129.38
B. $ 64.69
C. $ 34.90
D. $ 111.93
24. The purpose of the passage is to ________.
A. introduce the four books to read
B. help children to learn English
C. sell the four books to students
D. enrich students’ knowledge about nature
B
An Australian company, Smart Car Technologies, has developed a system that lets drivers know when they’re speeding. When the technology becomes commercially available, it could help lead-footed drivers avoid tickets and also save lives. The company that developed the product hopes to convince Australian government agencies to put the technology into use in their automobile fleets（车队）.
The product, called Speed Alert, links real-time location data and speed obtained with the help of GPS to a database of posted speed limits stored in a driver’s PDA or programmable mobile phone. The setup of the product does not need to be hooked up to a car’s speedometer （速度计）. In fact, it is entirely portable. It will also work with newer phones and PDAs that have built-in GPS receivers. If a driver exceeds（超过）the speed limit, the speed is shown and an alert sounds.
Michael Paine, an Australian vehicle design engineer and traffic safety consultant, was hired to analyze the product. He told LiveScience that his colleagues in the road safety field are “very enthusiastic” about what they’re now calling “an intelligent speed alert”. Other research, according to Paine, shows that 40 percent of all traffic deaths involve speeding. There is also a potentially controversial future use: “Since the system is so portable, it would be easy to make it a requirement for teenage drivers to always use a speed alert device when driving,” Paine
said. “The system even has the capability to record speeding violations, so parents can monitor their teenage drivers.”
25. What’s the purpose of the new product?
A. To inform us of the new car system.
B. To introduce some improvement in cars.
C. To popularize the built-in car system.
D. To limit certain drivers to safe driving.
26. Lead-footed drivers refer to the ones _______________.
A. who drive too carelessly
B. who drive over the speed limit
C. who are partly disabled
D. who drive too slowly
27. The second paragraph mainly talks about _______________.
A. the project of the built-in product
B. how the product is programmed
C. the functions of GPS in cars
D. why the system becomes popular
28. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. A New In-car Device against Speeding
B. Progress in Car-making Science
C. Warning for Adventurous Drivers
D. A Speed Alert and Its Future Use
C
Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.
“Shoes convey a thin but useful piece of information about their wearer,”the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal cues(非语言暗示) with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”
Medical Daily notes that the detailed personality information detected in the study includes a person’s general age, gender, income, political ideas, and other personality, including someone’s emotional stability.
Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone’s shoes. In the study, 63 students from The University of Kansas researchers looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants. V olunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.
Some of the results were expected: people with higher income most commonly wore expensive shoes，and flashier footwear was typically worn by outgoing people.
However，some results are funny and interesting.For example, “practical and functional”shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots were more closely
aligned with “aggressive”personality. The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personality.
The researchers noted that some people would choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality information，but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personality.
29. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following statements is true?
A. The shoes people wear may reflect the information of the wearer.
B. People would always look at stran gers’ shoes with a practical purpose.
C. Shoes are so funny and interesting that they attract people’s much attention.
D. People pay attention to shoes in order to know the information of the shoes.
30. According to the text, the researchers did the study by __________.
A. doing casual interviews
B. carrying out lab experiments
C. analyzing the data from the participants
D. observing the participants
31. The underlined part “aligned with” probably means “__________”.
A. familiar with
B. related to
C. provided with
D. devoted to
D
The poaching, or illegal killing, of rhinos(犀牛) in South Africa is growing worse each year.The government recently reported that a record number of rhinos were poached in 2014, a year which had more rhino killings in South Africa than ever before.
The World Wildlife Fund, or WWF, says about 20, 000 rhinos live in South Africa.That is more than 80 percent of the rhinos in the world. Edna Molewa, South Africa’s Environment Minister, says, “During 2014, we are sad to say this, 1,215 rhinos were killed. This is a rise in the number of poached rhinos from 1, 004 in 2013 and indeed very worrying.”
The animals are hunted for their horns(角). Many people in Asia believe the horn has curing power, which drives poachers, at all costs, mad for more horns. But there is no scientific evidence for this belief. The horn is made of keratin. That is the same thing as human hair, fingernails and toenails.
Ms. Mo1ewa said 386 suspected poachers were arrested last year, an increase from the year before. But rhino protection workers say poachers often go unpunished after arrest. South Africa’s legal system is ineffective. Ms. Mo1ewa said more needs to be done and South Africa is taking strong measures to protect rhinos. The efforts include moving some of the animals to secret places in neighboring countries. “Now approximately 100 rhinos have been moved to neighboring states in the SADC region during 2014 and 200 more rhinos will be moved this year,” Molewa said.
Jo Shaw, the rhino program manager at the WWF, said, “W e’re talking about a loss of a hundred rhinos a month, or more than three a day. We really need to see effective action not just at a national level but internationally.” She says officials should find the criminal groups responsible for the poaching and punish them. Government officials are to meet in Botswana in March at the Inter-governmental Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade.
32. What do we know about rhinos?
A. Half of rhinos live in South Africa.
B. Less than 1,000 rhinos were killed in 2013.
C. The killing reached the highest point in 2014.
D. There are only 20,000 rhinos left in the world.
33. What is the main reason for people to hunt rhinos?
A. To get more keratin.
B. To protect the farmland.
C. To use them for decoration.
D. To make money from horns.
34. Jo Shaw thinks that_________.
A. many criminal groups are well organized
B. new laws are needed to punish the killers
C. rhino protection needs international cooperation
D. conferences about protecting rhinos are to be held every year
35. What can we infer from the text?
A. Rhino protection has a long way to go.
B. No one would like to buy horns in the future.
C. The illegal killing of rhinos will soon disappear.
D. Rhinos living in South Africa will move to other countries.
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。

并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

The world is changing and new ideas appear every day; introducing them into your life will keep you engaged. The following are the methods I use to stay open and impressionable. They’ll work for you too, no matter how old you get.
Quiet your inner voice.
It’s the little voice that offers a ru nning explanation when you are listening to someone.
36 It is too easy to pay more attention to the inner voice than the actual speaker. That voice often keeps you from listening openly for good information and can often make you shut down before you have heard the entire basis. Focus less on what your brain has to say and more on the speaker. 37
Argue with yourself.
38 Every time you hear yourself contradicting (与······矛盾) the speaker, stop and take the other point of view. Suggest to your brain all the reasons why the speaker may be correct and you may be wrong. In the best case you may open yourself to the information being provided. Failing that, you will at least strengthen your own argument.
39
Some people are naturally curious and others are not. No matter which category you are in, you can benefit from behaving like a curious person. Next time you are listening to information, make up and write down three to five relevant questions. 40 If you are in a conversation, you can ask the other person. Either way you’ll likely learn more, and the action of t hinking up questions will help encode the concepts in your brain. As long as you’re not a cat, you should benefit from these actions of curiosity.
A.Act as you are curious.
B.Try to calm yourself down.
C.You may be surprised at what you hear.
D.You will learn from other people who are experienced.
E.If you are in a lecture, google them after for answers.
F.If you can’t quiet the inner voice, then at least use it to your advantage.
G.It’s the voice that brings up your own opinion about the information being provided.
第三部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
第二节阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Rick Snyder, a 69-year-old resident of Manatee County, Florida, refused to sit still after he retired. 41, he turned to one of his passions outside of work: 42for the cats living throughout his community. He has always liked animals. He’s been taking care of cats for years and he started 43 a lot of change lying around. So he started picking it up and keeping 44of it.
Snyder has 45to collect $21,495 in loose change weighing more than 1 ton since he got the 46more than 10 years ago. Waking up around 4 a.m. each day, Snyder would gather coins along his way to take care of the cats. He 47anywhere between 45 and 48 miles each week and 48an average of $5.60 in change each day. Snyder said he’d like to thank the many who are too lazy to 49 a penny.
After beginning the collection, Snyder 50an initial goal of $10,000 for himself. Once he surpassed his 51goal of $20,000, however, he decided to 52it all away to the Gulf Shore Animal League. Cheryl Wade, the president of the organization said that Snyder’s53is the largest they have ever received from a single individual. With the
change, the league will be able to 54adopting cats.
Then, Snyder and volunteers from all walks of life 55to move the coins from his 151 peanut jars to plastic bags that could be 56to the local bank. After this initial donation has been 57, Snyder continues to gather abandoned pocket change throughout Manatee County and prepared his next 58that will help more cats.
Cheryl Wade teaches by 59:We need to do something for someone else. Never 60 the true value of a handful of pocket change.
41. A. Therefore B. Instead C. However D. Besides
42. A. looking B. preparing C. trading D. caring
43. A. leaving B. saving C. noticing D. throwing
44. A. track B. signal C. information D. mind
45. A. decided B. tried C. managed D. expected
46. A. idea B. chance C. work D. message
47. A. drove B. rode C. ran D. covered
48. A. earned B. received C. accepted D. collected
49. A. take up B. pick up C. give up D. bring up
50. A. built B. created C. set D. made
51. A. previous B. long-term C. only D. second
52. A. give B. put C. turn D. carry
53. A. scheme B. donation C. goal D. motivation
54. A. try B. consider C. continue D. enjoy
55. A. offered B. gathered C. promised D. agreed
56. A. delivered B. presented C. possessed D. expanded
57. A. sheltered B. dropped C. deposited D. exchanged
58. A. contribution B. organization C. practice D. activity
59. A. thought B. meaning C. example D. experience
60. A. underline B. undercharge C. understand D. underestimate
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

My dad is a “Mr. Mom”. He was 50 years old when I was born. I didn’t know 61 he was at home instead of Mom, but I considered myself very lucky because I was 62
only one who had Dad around in my class.
Dad did so many things for me 63 my elementary school years. He 64 (convince) the school bus driver 65 (pick) me up at our house instead of the usual bus stop six blocks away. He always had my lunch ready for me when I came home.
As I got a little 66 (old) and tried to gain my 67 (depend), I wanted to move away from those “childish”signs of his love. But he 68 give up. In high school I was no longer able to go home for lunch, so I began taking my own lunch. Dad would get up a little earlier and make it for me.
However, when I left home for college, I missed 69 (see) my dad every day after school. At that time I called him a lot. It didn't matter 70 he said, for I just wanted to hear his voice.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧) ，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词。

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起) 不计分。

This morning, I was jogging in the park when I caught the sight of a wallet on a bench. I picked up and checked the contents. Inside it, I found some money or a card with a phone number. Believe that the owner would be worried, I immediately tried the number. A man answered it in an amazing voice. Hearing that I had his wallet, he sighs with relief and told me he would return right away. Ten minutes late, the man arrived. After confirming he was an owner, I handed the wallet back to him. With his thumb up, he expressed his gratitude to me repeated. Seeing the smile on her face, I felt happy that I was able to help.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是高三学生李华，得知你的美国笔友Peter被Harvard(哈佛大学)录取，请你给他写一封电子邮件。

要点如下:
1. 表示祝贺且备受鼓舞；
2. 介绍自己目前的学习情况；
3. 请教学习方法。

注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 开头和结尾已给出，但不计人总词数；
3. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,
I have received your e-mail.
Yours,
Li Hua
2017年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试模拟试题（一）
英语参考答案
听力：
1~5 ACBAC 6~10 BCABB 11~15 CACAA 16~20 CBACB
阅读理解：
A篇21~24 CCDA B篇25~28 DBBA C篇29~31 ACB D篇32~35 CDCA
七选五36~40 GCFAE
完形填空：
41~45 BDCAC 46~50 ADDBC 51~55 DABCB 56~60 ACACD
语法填空：
61. why 62. the 63. during/in 64. convinced 65. to pick
66. older 67. independence 68. wouldn’t 69. seeing 70.what
短文改错：
This morning, I was jogging in the park when I caught the sight of a wallet on a
bench. I picked up and checked the contents. Inside it, I found some money or a
it and card with a phone number. Believe that the owner would be worried, I immediately
Believing
tried the number. A man answered it in an amazing voice. Hearing that I had his
amazed
wallet, he sighs with relief and told me he would return right away. Ten minutes late,
sighed
later
the man arrived. After confirming he was an owner, I handed the wallet back to him.
the
With his thumb up, he expressed his gratitude to me repeated. Seeing the smile on her
repeatedly
his
face, I felt happy that I was able to help.
书面表达范文：
Dear peter,
I have received your e-mail. I am very excited and inspired by the good news that you have been admitted into Harvard. First I’d like to offer my congratulations to you on your great success and I also hope to enter a famous university just like you.
Now I wan t to tell you something about myself. As you know, I’m busy preparing for the College Entrance Examination. Day after day I work very hard and have to stay up late doing piles of papers. However, I’m always feeling stressed out because my efforts don’t see m to pay off, which makes me frustrated and exhausted. Will you be kind enough to give me some advice?
I would appreciate it if you could write back to me as soon as possible.
Yours,
Li Hua
听力原文：
Text 1
W: Don’t forget Professor Jackson wants the lab reports in by Wednesday. That means we have to write it up today.
M: I won’t forget. We’ll finish it at three after my last class.
Text 2
M: Stop for a minute. I want to look at the books in the window.
W: I see some books are on sale. Let’s go inside and see if we can find something on art.
Text 3
W: I heard you went shopping this morning.
M: Yes, but I couldn’t find the kind of jogging shoes I want anywhere in town.
W: Why not order them from the Internet? It’s easier than running around town looking for them.
Text 4
W: Jack, I expected to see you at Sam’s birthday party yesterday but you were absent.
M: I had a date with Jenny. I have been terribly busy these days. You know she is complaining. Text 5
M: I don’t think I can deal with all these books for this course.
W: I found that you don’t have to read them all. Just get the main points and work hard on them.
Text 6
W: Ben, I need to ask you for a fever.
M: Sure. What can I do for you?
W: Well, I’, going out of town on a business trip, and I was wondering if you could keep an eye on my apartment.
M: No problem. Where will you be going?
W: New York first and them go on to Montreal. I hope I can get some time to sights Canada, though it will be pretty cold at this time of year.
M: You are so lucky. You get to visit interesting places.
Text 7
W: It’s almost vacation time, Have you found a summer job yet?
M: I suppose I can work at the Boy’s Camp where I worked last summer. But camp jobs don’t pay much.
W: I think I can get a job at the Edgewater Hotel. A friend of mine was a waiter there last summer. The pay wasn’t good, but he got lots of tips.
M: My sister worked there last summer too, making beds and cleaning bathrooms. She didn’t like it, but she eared quite a lot of money. What I want is a job outside. After sitting in classes all winter, I’d like a job in the open air.
Text 8
M: Ah, good morning, Mrs. Miles?
W: Yes.
M: How do you do? Julian Allen from Sun insurance. I’ve come to make a damage report on the house. I’m visiting quite a few houses in this area a ctually. Storm did a lot of damage. W: Well, you have been quick. I only phoned yesterday.
M: I know. We like to try and settle it as soon as possible.
W: OK, let’s start here at the front, shall we? The chimney is damaged.
M: Ah, yeas. Some of the bricks have blown off. Right, let’s walk round to the back.
W: Here we are.
M: Goodness, that tree’s fallen down right on the fence.
W: Yes. It’s a real pity. Lovely tree that was. The roof was damaged too, I’m afraid.
M: I see. OK. I’ve got all that.
W: Um, that’s about it, I think.
M: Good. I’ll write up my report and we’ll let you have a check as soon as possible.
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W: Good morning, Heathrow Airport. What can I do for you?
M: Good morning. I’ll fly to Toronto, and then go to Milton next week. So I would li ke to know something about the airport transport in Milton.
W: No problem. How long will you be staying in Milton?
M; Ah … about one month. I’ll go to see my daughter there. She will get married next month. W: Oh, congratulations. And does she have a car?
M: Yes, of course. She drives to work every day.
W: Well, is it possible for her to meet you at the airport? She can find a parking space easily. M: Yes, she did plan to pick me up there, but she called last night saying she would be busy with something at work at the time. She said she could manage, but I really don’t want to bother her too much.
W: I see. How about a taxi? There is a taxi station right in front of the airport gate with taxis waiting in line. You don’t have to book in advance like in some other European cities.
M: Good. Do you know how much does it cost, by any chance?
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M: When you think of millionaires, do you think of people wearing diamonds and driving expensive car? In fact, the rich are far more likely to be wearing old jeans and driving an old pickup truck. They don’t try to look different from ordinary people, say authors Thomas Stanley and William Danko in their book, The Millionaire Next Door. They did a research about America’s millionaires and found that the main secret to wealth was saving. “Anyone can be wealthy if they make a plan and work hard,” says Stanley. Here is what else they found.
Eighty percent of millionaires in America made their fortunes in one generation. They didn’t get money from their family. Most of t hem own a business. Two-thirds of them are self-employed, often in blue-collar industries, where you don’t have to wear a suit. These people were not the A students in high school; they were the B and C students.
The typical millionaire earns $130,000 a year and save about 20 percent of it per year. They spend time managing their money and planning their financial future.
Even those who don’t earn a lot of money can become millionaires. People don’t understand how little money it could take to become a millionaire. If people who drank three cans of soda a day for 46 years had put that money in soft drink company stocks instead, they’d been millionaires.。