湖北省八校2016届高三第一次联考(12月)英语试题及答案

2016届高三第一次联考英语试题试卷满分150分考试用时120分钟注意事项：1. 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。

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★祝考试顺利★第I卷（选择题共100分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）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罝。

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’s the probable relationsh ip between the two speakers?A.Old classmates.B. Travelers in England.C. Tourist and guide.2.How will the man send the machines?A. By ship.B. By air.C. By truck.3.Where is the man going to plant the tree?A.By the front door.B.At the back of the garage.C.At the other end of the garden.4.What does the man advise Alan to do?A.Go out to work.B. Listen carefully to John.C. Be calm and patient.5.When is the man going home?A. In the evening.B. In the afternoon.C. At noon.第二节(共15小短: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. Why does the man want to eat out?A.He wants to celebrate his birthday.B.He has won a big prize.C.He wants to have some relaxation.7. Where will they have supper?A.At home.B. The place the man likes.C. The place the woman prefers.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why is the man not certain of the job?A. His education is not enough.B. Others are more suitable than him.C. He does not have enough work experience.9. According to the woman, what is important for work?A. The ability to put knowledge to practical use.B. Good knowledge with work experience.C. Strong will and hard work.10. What is the man’s opinion about the interviewers?A. They have good experience.B. They are experts in the field.C. They are knowledgeable but proud.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Buying books for their course.B. The money needed for the books.C. Sharing the books with each other.12. Why does Dr. Downs want his students to have these five books?A. These books are not expensive.B. He wants his students to read more.C. He wants to discuss them in detail.13. How does the woman plan to solve the problems about the books?A. She buys three and the man buys two.B. She pays the man fifty dollars for sharing.C. They will share the total amount for the books.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What subjects does the woman like to apply for next year?A. Economics.B. Engineering.C. Science.15. What’s the purpose of the woman talking with the man?A. For a good record of her studies this year.B. For a recommendation of him.C. To get some advice about the recommendation.16. What do the woman’s parents think of her idea?A. They think it is a good idea.B. They think it is a bad idea.C. They think it has nothing to do with them.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many people took part in the swimming activity?A. About 300.B. About 3000.C. About 30,000.18. Who organized the swimming activity?A. Local Authority.B. The Tourism Agency.C. The Sports Center.19. Why did they organize the swimming activity?A. To make people more aware of environmental protection.B. To get ready for a swimming competition.C. To celebrate the Dragon-boat Festival.20. What can we know from the 62-year-old swimmer?A. the river isn’t as clean as it was several years ago.B. the river was very clean when he was a child.C. he often goes swimming in the river.第二部分阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，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。

AWe do not usually think about how our language works. Talking is such a natural, everyday activity that we do not often stop to consider how it actually works. When we do study our language, though, we are often surprised that we are able to understand our conversations. Words can mean so many different things. However, it turns out that the speaking situation helps a lot in making language work.First, the speaking situation helps make words more particular. For example, the word “dog” can describe a dog that a speaker saw in a dream. It can also be use d to discuss a neighbor’s dog. No language has a separate word for the idea “dog that I saw yesterday” and another word for the idea “dog that I saw in a dream.” This is because the speaking situation makes it clear what speakers mean when they use words. So, when you have a conversation with your neighbor, the knowledge that you have a dog tells your neighbor what the word“dog” probably means in that situation.The speaking situation also helps make language clearer. For example, the word “bank” has t wo possible meanings. It can mean “a place where people keep money,” but it can also mean “the side of a river.” So the sentence “I went to the bank” is not clear. It could mean I went to the side of the river or it could mean I went to the place where my money is kept. However, if the speaker is talking about fishing or going to the mountains, others probably know that “bank” means “the side of a river.”The things that speakers say may not always be clear. Sometimes the words are not very particular, but the speaking situation can provide the meaning. Other times words may have many meanings. Then the speaking situation limits the right meaning. This extra knowledge from the situation is very important to understand language.21.The passage is mainly about _____.A.the best time and place to talk to othersB.how speaking situation helps language workC.what to say in difficult situationsD.how our language works22.According to the passage, we can safely say that _____.A. a speaking situation does not affect the meaning of wordsB.speaking is not very natural for most peopleC. a speaking situation is not importantD.people often do not consider how talking works23.By using the example of the word “dog”, the writer wants to show that _____.A. a word may need to be explained in a conversationB. a word may have different meaningsC.speaking situation helps people understand the particular meaning of a wordD.the meaning of words is not particular24.According to the passage, we can know the meaning of the word “bank” by referring t o_______.A.the time and the place where the conversation happensB.the occupation of the person who uses the wordC.earlier or later parts of the conversationD. a reliable dictionaryBI turned 16 on Friday, but the Driver’s License Office in my small homet own was only open on Tuesday, so I had to wait through that extremely long weekend and an endless Monday before going in for my examination.I came to the Driver’s License Office half an hour earlier that Tuesday morning, pacing back and forth on the worn porch waiting for the office to open at eight. I reviewed the driver’s manual for the hundredth time. I was ready. I knew the manual backward and forward;I had made an “A” in my driver’s training course, and I was a genius behind the wheel.Finally, the door opened and a weary-looking man in a brown uniform let me in.“Let me guess. You want to take the driver’s test.” his voice was not enthusiastic.“Yes!” I answered in excitement.“Ok, fill this out, and if you pass we’ll go for a drive.”I grabbed the test and rushed to the desk where I filled it out in record time. A quick check showed that my paper was perfect.“Let’s get in the car.” He tossed me a set of keys, and I slid behind the wheel. Everything was going smoothly as we pulled out of the empty parking lot. I signaled a right hand turn, and we were on a deserted street. This was going to be easy.“Turn left and go up Young Blood Hill,” he ordered. My hometown is in the mountains, and Young Blood Hill was almost vertical. As I eased up the steep hill and came to a stop at the top, I heard the car’s engine die. My heart sank. I would have to start it again without rolling back down the hill. I swallowed hard and turned the key; as I moved my foot from the brake, the car began to roll. I suppose I could have rolled all the way back to the bottom except for one thing. There was something behind me which stopped my roll with a rough shake and crash of glass—a police car.The policeman wrote me a ticket as I looked over the damage, and the man from the Dr iver’s License Office slid behind the wheel. I waited until we had parked before I asked how long a person had to wait before taking the test again.25. What time does “that Tuesday morning” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.The morning when he made an “A” in his driver’s training course.B.The morning when he knew the driver’s manual perfectly well.C.The first Tuesday morning immediately after his16th birthday.D.The Tuesday morning right before his 16th birthday.26. Why didn’t the car roll back to the bottom?A.The engine died.B.It hit a police car.C.The writer braked it hard.D.The man from the Driver’s License Office helped make it stop.27. From the underlined sentence “I grabbed the test and rushed to the desk where I filled itout in record time”, we can know that ______ .A.t he writer didn’t like the man from the Driver’s License Office.B.the writer was excited and eager to go for the driver’s test.C.time for the test was tight.D.the test paper was very easy.28. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The man from t he Driver’s License Office got a ticket.B. The policeman drove the car away after the accident.C. The writer failed the driving test.D. The writer didn’t want to take the driving test again.CNANJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou will shake hands in their historicmeeting scheduled in Singapore on Saturday, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday.The two-part meeting includes one session open to the media and another behind closed doors, said Zhang Zhijun, who is also head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, when interviewed at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait.According to Zhang, Xi and Ma, as "leaders of the two sides" of the Taiwan Strait, will exchange views during the closed-door meeting.After the meeting, press conferences will be held by both sides. Later, the two leaders are expected to attend a dinner, said Zhang.Zhang said the meeting will lift cross-Strait communication to a new high.The landmark meeting is a breakthrough in face-to-face exchange and communication between the leaders across the Taiwan Strait after the relationship became strained following the events of 1949.Zhang said the meeting will improve mutual trust and allow for an exchange of opinions on handling the cross-Strait ties.In addition, the meeting will help strengthen the 1992 Consensus(共识), which was reached in talks between the two sides in 1992 and recognizes the one-China principle, and safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties, according to Zhang.Zhang added that the scheduled meeting will also benefit regional peace and stability.Also at Wednesday's summit, Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, hailed the upcoming meeting between the two leaders as a milestone for cross-Strait ties.Chiang told the media that he believed the meeting will give a boost to the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.29. According to the article, the meeting of the two leaders will _____.A.be held at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan StraitB.be the first face-to-face communication between people across the Taiwan StraitC.improve mutual trust and benefit regional peace and developmentD.be all open to the media30. Which of the following statements about the 1992 Consensus is not true?A. It was reached in 1992.B. It recognizes the one-China principle.C. It safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.D. It is an agreement between China and Japan.31. Which of the following can best substitute t he word “hailed” in the last paragraph but one?A.sang high praise forB. was concerned aboutC. was impressed withD. got well prepared for32. Which might be the right sequence of the following events?a. The two leaders shake hands in front of the media.b.The two leaders hold press conferences.c.The two leaders exchange views during the closed-door meeting.d.The two leaders have dinner together.A. a; b; c; dB. a; c; b; dC. a; d; b; cD. b; a; c; dDResearchers found that women who had given birth might have a reduced risk of death from several common conditions than those who had not, according to a study released Friday by the Imperial College London (ICL).The study, led by ICL researchers, was published in the journal BMC Medicine. It investigates the association between the so-called reproductive factors -- such as having children and breastfeeding -- and a woman's risk of death.Researchers analyzed data from 322,972 women across 10 countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Sweden, with an average age of 50.Each woman was followed for an average of 12.9 years. During this period, there were 14,383 deaths overall, which included 5,938 deaths from cancer and 2,404 deaths from circulatory system diseases, according to the study.The team compared reproductive factors with risk of death from several common conditions, such as breast cancer, stroke and heart disease.The researchers found that women who had given birth had a 20 percent reduced risk of death than those who had not. It was also found that there was a reduced risk of death (eight percent) in women who had breastfed compared to those who did not.The risk of death from cancer was lower in those that had given birth compared to those that had not. Within this group, the risk was reduced even further in women that gave birth to two or three children in comparison to those who had only one child."Hormonal mechanisms may explain the lower risk of death that we observed with breastfeeding, and having given birth, as these factors are associated with changes in hormone levels," said Dr Melissa Merritt from ICL, who led the study.33.According to the passage, the risk of death from cancer is the lowest in womenwho _______.A.have given birth to no child.B.have given birth to one child.C.have given birth to more than one child.D.have breastfed.34.According to the research, if a woman has given birth and breastfed, her riskof death will decrease by_____.A.20%B. 28%C. 12%D. 16%35.Which of the following might be one of the findings of the research?A.Several common conditions lead to women’s death.B.Reproductive factors are associated with changes in hormone levels.C.Women who have given birth live longer than those who have not.D.Having children might reduce women’s risk of death from some diseases.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，选项中有两项为多余选项。