【英语】山东省滕州市第二中学2015届高三上学期期中考试

山东省滕州市第二中学2015届高三上学期期中考试
英语试题
第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共105分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1．Where is the cat?
A．On the wall B．In a garage．C．In a tree．
2．How much does the woman weigh now?
A．147 pounds．B．153 pounds．C．160 pounds．
3．Where does the conversation take place?
A．At home．B．At a tailor’s．C．At a store
4．What does the woman think of the ads?
A．Funny．B．Meaningless．C．Ineffective．
5．Why does the woman need help?
A．She doesn’t know what gift to choose．
B．She can’t decide whether to buy a present．
C．She doesn’t have enough money to buy a camera．
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至7题。

6．What are the speakers mainly discussing?
A．When the conference will begin．
B．When the report will be finished．
C．When the woman will go to Rome．
7．What will the woman do this weekend?
A．Attend a meeting．B．See Sarah．C．Work on a report．听第7段材料，回答第8 、9题。

8．What is the man’s favorite hobby?
A．Painting．B．Cycling．C．Surfing the Net．9．Why does the woman make the phone call to the man?
A．To show him a book．
B．To ask his brother to call Lyn．
C．To invite his brother to see a collection．
听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

10．What do we know about the theft?
A．Nobody helped the man．
B．The man seized the boy．
C．It happened in a shop．
11．Why did the old lady hit the man?
A．He didn’t ca tch the thief．
B．She thought he was a thief．
C．He didn’t give her bag to her．
12．How did the old lady feel in the end?
A．Apologetic B．Angry．C．Frightened．
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

13．Where will the boy go first this evening?
A．To a club．B．To a cinema．C．To a restaurant．14．What will the girl do?
A．Wait for a call at home．B．Skip her homework．C．Join the boy later．15．When will the boy probably leave the cinema?
A．At about 5:30．B．At about 7:00．C．At about 7:15．16．What can we learn from the conversation?
A．The speakers will meet in a restaurant．
B．The girl will go to watch a movie．
C．It is the boy’s birthday today．
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．What is the main purpose of the man’s words?
A．To report on work．
B．To get more support．
C．To get rights for the state．
18．According to the man, on what should the government spend more money?
A．Army．B．personnel．C．Education．
19．What does the man think can help with the city’s safety?
A．Making more laws．
B．Banning on the sale of guns in stores．
C．Increasing training for police officers．
20．On what does the man intend to increase the taxes?
A．Gas．B．Wine C．Cigarettes．
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
21．Your failure in the final exam is due to the fact that you didn't ______ enough importance to your English．
A．attend B．attack C．attach D．obtain 22．His new car, ________ he paid 7,000pounds, has already had to be repaired．A．on which B．on that C．for that D．for which 23．I broke my relationship with John because he always found _______ with me．A．error B．mistake C．fault D．failure
24．It is required in the library regulations that any book borrowed __________ by due time,
or the borrower will be fined．
A．return B．be returned C．returns D．is returned 25．His uncle went abroad in 2010, and ________since．
A．has not been heard of B．had not been heard of
C．had not heard of D．has not heard of
26．_____ I can’t fully underst and what his music conveys, his performance is quite impressive．A．As B．Since C．If D．While
27．The manager put up a notice to keep the staff ________of what to do this week．A．inform B．informing C．informed D．to inform 28．How could you ________ such a fantastic job when you have been out of work for months?
A．turn off B．turn in C．turn down D．turn to
29．It doesn’t matter how many times you fail；_________ matters is how many times you stand up and try again．
A．which B．that C．who D．what 30．So long a way _____ to go that we started out at 6:00 in the morning．
A．we have B．do we have C．we had D．did we have 31．The job is not very rewarding _______ money, but he is getting valuable experience from it．A．in memory of B．in terms of C．in charge of D．in search of 32．—What on earth do you want?
—I just want a common sports coat—nothing ________．
A．fancy B．amazing C．informal D．valuable 33．The cultural background of China is totally different from ________ of the US．A．one B．that C．these D．those 34．The birds that will spend the whole winter here have been digging holes in the snow _______ from the cold weather．
A．to shelter B．sheltered C．having sheltered D．sheltering 35．It is your attitude, rather than your aptitude（天资）, ________ determines your altitude．A．which B．that C．what D．who
第二节：完形填空（20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
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。

As a teacher，I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip，there will be no talking as we enter a building．This rule 36 to entering any place，whether it is a cinema，a church，a theatre, or any other place．
Once，in New York City，I took my class to see a（n）37 near Times Square．When we arrived at the theatre，there were about twenty other classes 38 outside waiting to get in．The students from the other schools were not 39 and there was pandemonium（乌烟瘴
气）．I told my students to stay in a line and keep 40 ．I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other 41 ．Soon we started to file into the theatre，and it was very disorganized．There was a lady trying to 42 the groups and get them to their seats，43 students were everywhere and 44 really knew where to go．My class，observing our rule，walked in 45 in two single-file lines．We stood near the door behind everyone else，and we 46 ．All of a sudden，the lady who was 47 noticed us and she walked 48 our direction．She asked the students 49 the teacher was for our group, and I raised my
50 ．She asked, “Very, very nice to meet you．Come this way．”We were led into the theatre，
51 ，and we were given front-row seats．
Sometimes 52 for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect，especially when you 53 no one around who is taking manners into 54 ．However，that is usually the time when such 55 actions will be most appreciated and recognized．
36．A．applies B．leads C．turns D．belongs 37．A．lady B．play C．teacher D．exhibition 38．A．sorted out B．settled down C．lined up D．turned away 39．A．listening B．behaving C．concentrating D．watching 40．A．time B．contact C．watch D．order 41．A．places B．seats C．classes D．teachers 42．A．scold B．dismiss C．attract D．organize 43．A．and B．but C．so D．while 44．A．anyone B．nobody C．everyone D．somebody 45．A．anxiously B．immediately C．quietly D．hurriedly 46．A．passed B．chatted C．rushed D．waited 47．A．in trouble B．on guard C．in charge D．on business 48．A．in B．to C．for D．under 49．A．how B．where C．what D．whether 50．A．voice B．arm C．head D．hand 51．A．finally B．somehow C．first D．instead 52．A．love B．respect C．concern D．support 53．A．receive B．visit C．meet D．recognize
54．A．practice B．account C．effect D．operation 55．A．kind B．urgent C．legal D．firm
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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。

A
Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord．She did it her way．
I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly．Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven．I hated going there every weekend．There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception．My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land．The place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat．We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me．
In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen．I sang the melody and Mom harmonized．Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over．Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk．As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit them every week or two．The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad．Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm．While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle（喧闹）of my life at home．But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced．
Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio．Music always comforted me．
My heart skipped a beat．"Moon River" was playing on the radio．I sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note．
56．From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________．
A．left the small farm with Lord B．passed away four years ago
C．left for Lord to live her own way D．preferred to be with Lord
57．The underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means ________．A．shouted B．comforted C．recalled D．sighed 58．The writer didn’t like staying in the farm for the following reasons except that ________．
A．she could only sing one song in the small farm
B．it was too cold and quiet
C．there was nothing more that could make her excited
D．the place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat
59．Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? _______ A．Cherish（珍惜）life B．My happy childhood C．Our small farmhouse D．Mom’s music
B
60．People choose Café en Seine most probably because they enjoy _____as well as its cocktails and service．
A．its location B．its decoration C．its history D．its environment 61．“Guinness” in Gravediggers probably refers to ________．
A．a kind of tea B．the name of the boss
C．a kind of beer D．the name of the town
62．We can infer that Davy Byrne’s is ________．
A．a newly-opened bar B．an old-fashioned bar
C．a bar with a long history D．a bar popular with foreigners 63．What do Café en Seine and Davy Byrne’s have in common?
A．Their represent the same architecture style．
B．They give the same description about transport．
C．They both serve cocktails and tasty Irish food
D．They are both popular with the rugby crowd．
C
Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place．Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people．Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs．These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city．As
the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango （探戈舞）came into being
At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes．It was danced in the bars and streets．At that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women．Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable．
In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning．The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris．Every kind of dance from ballet to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters．After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exiting dance in cafes．Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular．
The popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world．Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America．It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea．
64．The origin of the tango is associated with _________．
A．Belly dances B．American soldiers
C．the capital of Argentina D．Spanish city
65．Which of the following is true about the tango?
A．It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy．
B．People of the upper classes loved the tango most
C．A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador．
D．It was often danced by two male in the beginning
66．Before World War I, the tango spread to __________．
A．America B．Japan C．France D．South Korea 67．What can be the best title for the text?
A．How to Dance the Tango B．The History of the Tango
C．How to Promote the Tango D．The Modern Tango Boom
D
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed（展现）herself as she did nowhere else．
After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate（巨头）Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House soc ial secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishing．After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it．Perhaps she hoped to find there some idea about how to live her own life．She became not less but more interested in reading．For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing（追求）a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined．During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books．Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes．She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyer’s and Jose Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, The Power of Myth．The book went on to become an international best-seller．She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography（自传）, Moonwalk．
Jacqueline may have been hired for name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth．Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself．In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind．Her books are the autobiography she never wrote．Her role as First Lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor．However, few knew that she had achieved so much．
68．We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline _________
A．became fond of reading after working as an editor
B．was in charge of publishing 100 books
C．promoted her books through social relations
D．gained a lot from her career as an editor
69．The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_________ A．Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady。