高三第八次模拟考试英语试题

高三第八次模拟考试英语试题命题人：高三外语组校对人：高三外语组本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）。

第 I 卷第一部分：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）1. Where does the woman think her father is now?A. At home.B. At his office.C. At the club.2. What is the woman probably going to do this weekend?A. Go boating with her classmates.B. Go camping with the man.C. Prepare for a competition.3. How long does the woman usually sleep every night?A. About eight hours.B. About seven hours.C. About six hours.4. What do we know about Tim?A. He became severely ill.B. He may have a car accident.C. He didn‘t take driving lessons.5. What does the man suggest?A. Calling the service centre.B. Pressing the emergency button.C. Doing nothing for a short while.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答6、7题。

6. How old is the magazine that the man is looking for?A. One year old.B. Two years old.C. Two and a half years old.7.Where will the two speakers probably go next?A. The second floor.B. The right side of the first floor.C. The left side of the first floor.听第7段材料，回答8、9题。

8.When will the two speakers probably go to Epcot?A. Right now.B. After lunch.C. At night.9.What are the two speakers going to do first?A. Get checked in.B. Find a parking lot.C. Ride the roller coaster.听第8段材料，回答10至12题。

10.Where was the man last week?A. In Rome.B. In Milan.C. In Ferrara.11.What did the man probably visit first?A. The castle.B. The cathedral.C. The Renaissance buildings.12.How many times has the man traveled abroad this year?A. Twice.B. Three times.C. Four times.听第9段材料，回答13至16题。

13.What festival are the two speakers talking about?A. Mother‘s Day.B. Easter.C. Halloween.14.When does the woman usually visit her grandparents?A. On Friday morning.B. On Saturday morning.C. On Saturday afternoon.15.What is the favorite part of the festival to the woman?A. Receiving presents.B. Going to church.C. Hunting for eggs.16.What will the man probably do during the holiday?A. Hang out with other international students.B. Join the woman‘s family for the festival.C. Stay in the dorm reading a huge book.听第10段材料，回答17至20题。

17.When did the speaker arrive in Antarctica?A. In December.B. In September.C. In March.18. What difficulty does the speaker have at the moment?A. There is a lot of hard work to do.B. The ship won‘t return for months.C. He is working with a small number of people.19. What has improved in Antarctica in the last ten years?A. Food.B. Communication.C. Living conditions.20. What is the speaker trying to do?A. Remind scientists of danger in Antarctica.B. Describe his own experiences in Antarctica.C. Suggest ways of improving life in Antarctica.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）AMy fifteen-year-old son has just returned from abroad with rolls of exposed film and a hundred dollars in uncashed traveler‘s checks, and is asleep at the moment. His blue duffel(粗呢) bag lies on the floor where he dropped it. Obviously, he postponed as much sleep as he could: when he walked in and we hugged, his electrical system suddenly switched off, and he headed directly for the bed, where I imagine he beat his old record of sixteen hours.It was his first trip overseas, so weeks before it, I pressed travel books on him, and a tape cassette of useful French phrases; drew up a list of people to visit; advised him on clothing and other things. At the luggage store where we went to buy him a suitcase, he headed for the duffels, saying that suitcases were more for old people.During the trip, he called home three times: from London, Paris, and a village named Ullapool. Near Ullapool, he climbed a mountain in a rainstorm that almost blew him off. In the village, a man spoke to him in Gaelic, and, too polite to interrupt, my son listened to him for ten or fifteen minutes, trying to nod in the right places. The French he learned from the cassette didn‘t hold water in Paris. The French he talked to shrugged and walked on.When my son called, I sat down at the kitchen table and leaned forward and hung on every word. His voice came through clearly, though two of the calls were like ship-to-shore communication. When I interrupted him with a ―Great!‖ or a ―Really?‖, I kno cked a little hole in his communication. So I just sat and listened. I have never listened to a telephone so attentively and with so much pleasure. It was wonderful to hear news from him that was so new to me. In my book, he was the first man to land on the moon, and I knew that I had no advice to give him and that what I had already given was probably not much help.The unused checks are certainly evidence of that. Youth travels light. No suitcase, not much luggage and a slim expense account, and yet he went to the scene, and came back safely. I sit here amazed. The night when your child returns with dust on his shoes from a country you‘ve neverseen is a night you would gladly turn into a week.21. During the trip, the author‘s son ______.A. ran out of moneyB. had inadequate sleepC. forgot to call his motherD. failed to take good pictures22. According to the passage, which of the following could best describe the author‘s son?A. Polite and careless.B. Creative and stubborn.C. Considerate and independent.D. Self-centered and adventurous.23. What does the underlined word ―that‖ in the last paragraph refer to?A. It is important to listen to your child‘s story.B. It‘s easy to interrupt the chat with your child.C. The author is proud of her son landing on the moon.D. The son no longer needs much help from his mother.24. What can we infer from the passage?A. Good parents should protect their children from potential dangers.B. The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.C. It‘s a nice choice to give a child space to experience and explore.D. Communication between parents and children is extremely important.BGrown-ups are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced ever since. A man who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can still swim as well as ever when he gets back in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He can play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins ―Twinkle，twinkle，little star‖ or remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.One explanation is the law of over learning，which can be stated as follows：Once we have learned something，additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it.In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming，bicycle riding，and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and remind ourselves of words such as ―Twinkle，twinkle，little star‖ and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but over learn.The multiplication tables(乘法口诀表) are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school，because they are another of the things we over learn in childhood.The law of over learning explains why cramming(突击学习) for an examination，though it may result in a passing grade，is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming，a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examination，but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little over learning，on the other hand，is really necessary for one's future development.25．What is the main idea of Paragraph 1?A．People remember well what they learned in childhood.B．Children have a better memory than grown-ups.C．Poem reading is a good way to learn words.D．Stories for children are easy to remember.26．The author explains the law of over learning by________．A．presenting research findings B．setting down general rulesC．making a comparison D．using examples27．According to the author，being able to use multiplication tables is________．A．a result of over learning B．a special case of crammingC．a skill to deal with math problems D．a basic step towards advanced studies 28．What is the author's opinion on cramming?A．It leads to failure in college exams. B．It's helpful only in a limited way.C．It's possible to result in poor memory. D．It increases students‘ learning interest.CA bargain is something offered at a low and advantageous price. A more recent definition is: a bargain is a dirty trick to force money out of the pockets of silly and innocent people.The cost of producing a new - for example - toothpaste would make 80p the proper price for it, so we will market it at £1.20. It is not a bad toothpaste, and as people like to try new things it will sell well to start with; but the attraction of novelty soon fades, so sales will fall. When that happens we will reduce the price to £1.15. And we will turn it into a bargain by printing 5p OFF all over it.Sometimes it is not 5p OFF but 1p OFF. What breathtaking rudeness to advertise 1p OFF your soap or washing powder or whatever! Even the poorest old-age pensioner ought to regard this as an insult(侮辱), but he doesn‘t. A bargain must not be missed. People say one has to have washing powder (or whatever) and one might as well buy it a penny cheaper.The real danger starts when unnecessary things become ‗bargains‘. Many people just cannot resist bargains. Provided they think they are getting a bargain they will buy clothes they will never wear or furniture they have no space for. Once I heard of a man who bought an electric saw（电锯）as a bargain and cut off two of his fingers the next day. But he had no regrets: the saw had been truly cheap.Quite a few people actually believe that they make money on such bargains. A lady once told me: ―I‘ve had a lucky day today. I bought a dre ss for £120, reduced from £400; and I bought a beautiful Persian carpet for £600, reduced from £900.‖ It will never occur to her that she has actually wasted £720. She feels as though she had made £580. She also feels, I am sure, that if she had more time for shopping, she could make a living out of it.Some people buy in large quantities because it is cheaper. Once a couple bought enough sugar for their lifetime and the lifetime of their children and grandchildren. They thought it a bargain not to be miss ed. When the sugar arrived they didn‘t know where to store it – until they realized that their toilet was a very spacious one. So that was where they piled up their sugar. Not only did their guests feel rather strange whenever they were offered sugar to put into their coffee, but the toilet became extremely sticky.To offer bargains is a commercial trick to make the poor poorer. When greedy fools fall for this trick, it serves them right.63. Which word best describes the language style of the passage?A. Polite.B. Foolish.C. Humorous.D. Serious.64. What does the underlined word ―novelty‖ in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Good quality.B. Low price.C. Newness.D. Curiosity.65. How does the author feel about 1p OFF a product?A. It‘s a gift for poor people.B. It‘s an offense to shoppers.C. It‘s a bargain worth trying.D. It‘s a real reduction in price.66. Which statement will the author probably agree with?A. Bargains are things people don‘t really need.B. Bargains are often real cheap products.C. 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Camp All-Star stands out among the others because it ______.A. is surrounded by a beautiful lakeB. provides various activities and sportsC. offers timely information on its websiteD. allows children to play outside all day long57. One of the goals of Camp All-star is to ______.A. fire kids‘ imaginationB. build up kids‘ confidenceC. develop kids‘ leadership skillsD. promote kids‘ self-control58. This advertisement is intended for ______.A. parentsB. coachesC. staffD. campers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。