2016届高三上学期第二次联考英语试卷

2016届高三年级第二次四校联考英语试题2015.12 命题：康杰中学长治二中忻州一中临汾一中【本试题分第I卷和第II卷两部分，时间120分钟，总分150分，听力不计入总分。

】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小题; 每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面五段对话。

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 does the man think of his math class?A. Interesting.B. Boring.C. Difficult.2. What does the woman want to do first?A. Do her homework.B. Go to the cinema.C. Go to the concert.3. What are the two speakers talking about?A. The repair of the road.B. A traffic sign.C. Careful drivers.4. How much did the woman pay altogether?A. $ 50.B. $ 48.C. $ 52.5. What does the man mean?A. He will remain in the company.B. He will ask for more money.C. He will accept the woman’s advice.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. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a shop.B. In a hotel.C. In the man’s house.7. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Clothes.B. The room.C. The cupboard.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What does the man ask the girl to do?A. Do some sports.B. Have a good rest.C. Do her homework.9. What’s wrong with the girl’s mother?A. She is tired after work every day.B. She is late for the sports activities.C. She has got some heart problems.10. What can we know about the girl?A. She is treated unfairly.B. She hates to do any sports.C. She is too tired to do any sports.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What does Dr. Brown do?A. A professor.B. A dentist.C. A teacher.12. When will the man meet Dr. Brown?A. At 2:00.B. At 2:30.C. At 3:00.13. What is the man worrying now?A. Dr. Brown may not return.B. He may feel painful.C. He may not be free in the afternoon.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

14. What is the woman doing in the city now?A. Looking for a house.B. Looking for a job.C. Working in a company.15. What did the woman’s father advise her to do?A. Work on his farm.B. Live in the city.C. Go back to school.16. Why is it difficult to find a job in the city?A. Many factories are closed.B. Financial crisis happened.C. Many people are out of work.17. What will the woman do if she can’t find a job tomorrow?A. She will ask for her father’s advice.B. She will continue to look for a job in the city.C. She will return to her fathe r’s farm in the countryside.听第10段材料，回答第18至第20小题。

18. Where does Daniel come from?A. France.B. Poland.C. America.19. Why will the museum be built?A. In memory of the dead on Sep. 11, 2001.B. In memory of the US independence in 1776.C. To fill the hole in the heart of the city.20. Who will pay for the rebuilding costs?A. The American government.B. Relatives of the dead.C. Some American businessmen.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 (共15小题; 每小题3分，满分45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。

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So why introduce little ones to math so early?Sain Beilock, an expert on performance anxiety, says the more fun and familiar math is early on, the less likely children will feel nervous when they start to learn math in school. “My lab has shown recently that kids as early as first grade report feeling anxious about doing math,” Beilock said.“You can hear totally educated adults say, ‘You know I’m just not that good at math.’ or ‘I’m kind of afraid of math.’ And that’s a totally acceptable thing for a well-educated person to say, but you never hear them say, ‘Well, you know, I’m just not that good at reading,’”Overdeck said. She wants children and their parents to become as fluent in numbers as they are in Harry Potter.24. Overdeck majored in astrophysics because she _______.A. was really fond of mathematicsB. hoped to change math education in the USC. had an interest in physicsD. would like her children to be good at math25. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2?A. 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Stephen Braun mainly stresses caffeine’s _______.A. creating ideasB. improving work efficiencyC. helping people to relaxD. stimulating people33. The examples of some famous people are given to show that _______.A. most artists like drinking coffeeB. drinking coffee helps artists make more moneyC. there’s a link between drinking coffee and creating ideasD. drinking coffee makes artists become more successful34. What leads to the artists’ creative process according to Mason Currey?A. Getting a good mindset.B. Drinking the coffee.C. Being lost in thought.D. Brewing the coffee.35. What does Braun advise us to do in the end?A. To drink less coffee.B. Never to take more coffee than you need.C. Never to limit caffeine use.D. To work out a safe level of caffeine use.第二节 (共5小题; 每小题3分，满分15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。