湖北省宜昌金东方高级中学2015届高三8月起点考试英语试题及答案

高三8月起点考试英语试题
考试时间：120分钟
第I卷（选择题）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. Where is the exhibition?
A. Near the man’s house.
B. In a park.
C. In a school.
2. What will the woman have to do?
A. Switch to another flight.
B. Go to the airport immediately.
C. Ask the man to have the ticket changed.
3. What does the woman want to do?
A. Buy a new skirt.
B. Change for another skirt.
C. Get her money back.
4. Who is the woman most probably talking to?
A. Her boss.
B. An accountant.
C. A policeman.
5. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A souvenir.
B. A place.
C. A trip.
第二节（共15题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a shop.
B. In a grocer’s.
C. In a restaurant.
7. Why c an’t the man get the discount?
A. He came late.
B. He mistook the date.
C. He didn’t see the sign.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What should the speakers do before Thursday?
A. Agree on a design.
B. Send the reports out.
C. Finish the reports.
9. How does th e man feel about his team’s task?
A. Surprised.
B. Worried.
C. Bored.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man want to do?
A. Put off his trip to Lisbon.
B. Change a ticket to Amsterdam.
C. Ask about the price of the ticket to London.
11. How long does it take the man to get to Amsterdam from Liverpool?
A. Two hours.
B. Three hours.
C. Four hours.
12. What do we know about the man?
A. He will leave on the morning of the 24th.
B. He has to transfer to another flight.
C. He will arrive in London at 7:25.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What happened to Darren in the February competition?
A. He ran in a new event.
B. He got injured.
C. He came last.
14. When did Darren’s situation begin to improve?
A. When he made a deal with a shoe company.
B. When he got into the British team.
C. When he started a part-time job.
15. Why has Darren got fit again quickly?
A. He has started to work with a new trainer.
B. He has increased the time for training.
C. He has changed the way of training.
16. Why does Darren want to win the next competition?
A. To pay for his wedding.
B. To show he is fit.
C. To retire early.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why doesn’t Tony think many children will come for the whole summer?
A. The course is much too expensive.
B. They will be bored with the activities.
C. Their parents will want to stay with them for some time.
18. What should one do first to take the course?
A. Pay for the course.
B. Visit Tony’s website.
C. Send an application form.
19. What does Tony remind parents to do?
A. Inform his of their children’s special needs.
B. Pay the full amount of money immediately.
C. Choose the activities their children like.
20. What do we know about the course?
A. It lasts three months.
B. It is aimed at teenagers.
C. It consists of different activities.
第二部分：词汇知识应用
第一节多项选择题（每小题1分满分10分）
21．---Mary was being badly treated when John happened to pass by and helped her out.
---I think it was not a pure ____________ but had been well planned.
A．coincidence B．occurrence C．arrangement D．incident
22．.Her _______ to Sales Manager took everyone by surprise, because she was just a fresh clerk in the company, working here only for one month.
A．adaptation B．promotion C．devotion D．objection 23．There was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _____ gave up. A．eventually B．unfortunately C．generously D．purposefully 24．The most perceptive of the three, she was the first to realize the _____ danger of their situation.
A．obvious B．easy C．potential D．necessary
25．In order not to get disturbed , I spent three hours locked in my study, _____ the next day’s interview.
A．in search of B．in preparation of C．in exchange for D．in answer to 26．The lead singer was ill and couldn’t sing that night, and her ______ didn’t perform well, which made the audience disappointed.
A．agent B．attitude C．substitute D．institute 27．Some minerals are quite common , others are regionally _______ , and still others are rare on the earth.
A．attributed B．distributed C．contributed D．scattered 28．During the construction of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway ,33 migration overpasses have been made _______ for herbs（兽群）of Tibetan antelopes to go through their breeding grounds. A．admirable B．available C．abundant D．appropriate 29．Would you please come and help me with this form because I don’t know how to ____ it. A．set aside B. set up C．set off D．set about 30．The pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions ____ equality , and this in turn leads to further sharing .
A．searches for B．makes for C．stands for D．calls for
第二节：完形填空（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。

The New York Times published an article recently that shows great regret for the “death of conversation”. It suggest s that while technology such as cell phones, e-mails, and Internet
31．A．received B．shared C．connected D．respected 32．A．off B．back C．away D．down 33．A．beyond B．at C．for D．above 34．A．having B．risking C．sacrificing D．sharing 35．A．related B．committed C．devoted D．accustomed 36．A．sending B．getting C．reading D．taking 37．A．change B．exchange C．deliver D．raise 38．A．So B．And C．Or D．But 39．A．indicate B．replace C．cover D．involve 40．A．conversation B．computer C．party D．Internet 41．A．abandoning B．joining C．burying D．attaching 42．A．interviewing B．introducing C．knowing D．meeting
43 A．feeling B．concept C．fact D．truth 44．A．colorful B．interesting C．real D．meaningful 45．A．worry B．care C．ask D．debate 46．A．there B．out C．down D．in 47．A．Therefore B．Altogether C．Instead D．However 48．A．information B．space C．contact D．management 49．A．from B．of C．behind D．under 50．A．approach B．source C．result D．excuse
第三部分：阅读理解（每小题2分满分40分）
A
Do you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and selfrespect? The collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help y ou create this life of good feelings.
Here is an example to show how honorable actions create happiness.
Say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. If we keep silent, and profit from the clerk's mistake, we would drive home with a sense of mean excitement. Later we might tell our family of friends about our good fortune. On the other hand, if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. We would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.
Then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?
In the first case,where we don't tell the clerk, a couple of things would happen. Deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. In the process, we would lose some peace of mind and selfrespect. We would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. We damage our own reputations by telling others.In contrast, bringing the error to the clerk's attention causes different things to happen. Immediately the clerk knows us honorable. Upon leaving the store,we feel honorable and our selfrespect is increased .Whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rewards of goodness and a sense of nobility.
There is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. Honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. Honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. And it's easy to think and act honorably again when we're happy. While the positive cycle can be difficult to start, once it's started, it's easy to continue. Keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.
51．According to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our ________. A．selfrespect B．financial rewards
C．advertising ability D．friendly relationship
52．The author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to ________. A．lying B．stealing
C．cheating D．advertising
53．The underlined phrase “bringing the error to the clerk's attention”means ________. A．telling the truth to the clerk
B．offering advice to the clerk
C．asking the clerk to be more attentive
D．reminding the clerk of the charged item
54．Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?
A．How to Live Truthfully
B．Importance of Peacefulness
C．Ways of Gaining Self-¬respect
D．Happiness through Honorable Actions
B
Coffee is one of the world’s most widely-enjoyed drinks. Now, a new research suggests that if you drink enough coffee, it might help you avoid certain kinds of cancer.
Dr. Mia Hashibe of the University of Utah School of Medicine was interested in the connection between coffee drinking and certain cancers of the head and neck. Researchers have looked into this before, but without reaching any firm conclusions. She said, “So this finding from our new study was quite a surprise. We didn’t really have any expectation of which direction it could go into.”
To sort out the conclusion, Hashibe and her assistants used statistical(统计学的) techniques to, in effect, make one big study out of the earlier smaller studies. She explained, “Thanks to the earlier studied, we have a lot of more power than earlier studies that looked at this. And we
included 4,000 cancer patients who have cancer of the mouth and throat. And the 9,000 controls, people who don’t have cancer.” Those students in Europe and the United States found that people who drank a lot of coffee were less likely to develop cancers of the mouth and throat. “We saw 4 cups of coffee per day, ” Hashibe said, “This was the 40 percent decrease in risk. We didn’t see the same effect for drinking three cups or less per day.”
Mia, Hashibe said there was a weak connection between cancer risk and drinking coffee without caffeine. And she and her assistants found no proof that drinking tea provided the same protection as drinking coffee. Their research is published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention.
Hashibe says it is not clear how coffee might protect drinkers from certain cancers. “There are a few chemicals that are known to be antioxidants (抗氧化物)in coffee. So we are thinking perhaps they are playing some sort of protective role against several canc ers.”
55．This passage is probably taken from __________
A ．a literature book
B ．a travel journal
C ．an old directory
D ．a medical magazine
56．Dr Hashibe expected nothing of her research because____________
A ．it was impossible to get the desired result.
B ．the research was much surprising in fact
C ．no conclusions had been reached before
D ．the research team lacked faith in success
57．What do we know about Dr. Mia Hashibe and her research?
A ．She knew for sure how coffee may affect drinkers
B ．She included 4,000 people without cancer in study
C ．She found an effect for three cups of coffee a day.
D ．She based her research on several earlier studies
58．What would be the best title for the passage?
A ．Drinking coffee may protect some cancers
B ．Drinking coffee may prevent some cancers
C ．Drinking coffee may cure some cancers
D ．Drinking coffee may cause some cancers
C
I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal, eggs and toast. Others had cokes and candy for lunch, while we had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from other kids’. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.
My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. We had to wear clean clothes every day. Other kids always wore their clothes for days. We reach the height of disgrace because she made our clothes herself, just to save money.
The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9:00 each night and up at 7:45 the next morning. So when my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to break Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do with us. Through the years, our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing ,red for falling. My mother, however, would merely be content with black marks. None of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout.
She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background, I’m now trying to bring up my three children. I’m filled with pride and when my children think I am mean because I now thank God everyday for giving me the meanest mother in the world.
59．From the passage we can learn that the writer’s mother was ____________
A ．not generous at all
B ．very strict with her children
C ．very mean with money matters
D very cruel to her children
60．It can be inferred from the passage that ________________
A ．the writer worked hard and usually got good grades in studies.
B ．mother was punished for breaking the Child Labor Law
C．all the other kids studied better than the writer
D．the writer’s fa mily lived a miserable life
61．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．Mother practiced economy in running her home
B．The writer is very thankful for her mother
C．The writer is severe with her children when bringing them up.
D．The writer has a deep hatred for her mother.
62．The passage was written in a way of __________ tone.
A．humorous B．hateful
C．ridiculous D．critical
D
Surface Exploration. Robots make great explorers on planets, moons, and other landing areas .Aside from the Earth, just about every surface in the solar system is unsafe for humans to explore. The air on most other planets is insufficient for humans to breathe, making it necessary to wear a space suit and oxygen equipment. The temperatures on these surfaces are much too hot or too cold for any humans to withstand. Plus there would be complications with radiation , weather, and a lack of gravity. Robots have much less limitation in these areas and can survive much longer under these conditions.
Data Collection. Robots are designed for collecting scientific data. Robots are also able to perform many tasks at a time and can process information much quicker and more efficiently. Important scientific projects from detecting minerals, analyzing ground samples, and finding water are all performed more quickly and accurately(精确地) by robots.
Cost Effective. The use of robots has made the cost of space exploration much less expensive than it would cost for humans to do the work. In order to successfully send humans into space we would need to build a vehicle that can not only carry humans, but also enough food and water to keep them alive for the duration of the trip. Moreover, robots have no problems working for hours o n end. Robots never complain, they don’t require food or water, and they never need a bathroom break.
Space travel. Over the past 30 years or so there have been many different types of robots used successfully in the exploration of space. Perhaps the most famous and successful robots are the Spirit and Opportunity who have both been exploring the surface of Mars. They have both been very successful with experiments on soil and rocks and have even found evidence of water in Mar’s history.
63．According to the passage ,which of the following is NOT true?
A．The use of robots in space exploration cost more than the use of humans
B．It may be dangerous for humans to explore the solar system except the Earth.
C．Both the Spirit and Opportunity have found the evidence of water in the Mars.
D．Many different types of robots have explored the space successfully
64．Which column could the passage come from?
A．Education B．Finance C．Travel D．Science
65．The underlined word “withstand” most probably means “________’
A．arise B．bear C．defeat D．diverse
66．What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage?
A．Negative B．Persuasive C．Subjective D．Objective
Just as you know, it's all true.I remember how my heart was racing the first time I visited Times Square in New York.I can't find any words in the dictionary to describe how I felt at that moment. Someday, when you get lucky and go there, you will know what I mean.
Unfortunately, TV and movies never show the other side of what students must do to survive America.
Education in the States is really different from other places. Yes, there is the traditional A, B, C, and D grading system, and you get to be on the Dean's List if you have all A's on your
transcript.However, these grades don't just come from your test performances. The requirements of classes in the US are much more varied and this is the biggest adjustment that overseas students have to manage.
Some have papers that you have to write every week; others have group projects you must do with your classmates, presentations you make in the class, or research you do by yourself to prove your own idea. There comes a night when you have a couple of projects for different classes, a paper, and an exam to study for. And that night you ask yourself, “What did I get myself into？”
I'm not trying to intimidate you, but you should know what it really is like to study in the States. One thing I can promise you is that it is worth all the hard work you put in. And the more time you give to your study, the more open doors you will have by the time you finish your degree.
67．The author wrote this passage to ________.
A．help readers prepare for studying in the US
B．warn people of the dangers of living in the US
C．promote the US education system to overseas students
D．make readers understand the benefits of studying in the US
68．According to the author, America is ________.
A．a place that he could not get used to
B．a country where students can learn freely
C．a dangerous place to live in without family or friends
D．a place where people from different backgrounds get on well
69．When the author first visited Times Square, he felt ________.
A．disappointed B．surprised
C．excited D．nervous
70．According to the passage, which of the following is most challenging?
A．Attending all the classes.
B．Getting all A's in the tests.
C．Writing papers every week.
D．Balancing different study requirements.
第II卷（非选择题）
第一节：完成句子（每小题2分满分20分）
根据汉语意思，用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子。

71．_________________________ his parents’ way of doing things, the boy can hardly come up with his own ideas when faced with problems. (convince)
相信父母的处事方式，因此他面临问题时很难有自己的见解。

72．So loudly ____________________ that even the people in the next room could hear him.（speak）
他说话的声音很大，连隔壁屋子里的人都听得见。

73．Do you know ____________________ that your parents chose to settle down in this
city?(why)
你知道你父母为什么选择在座城市定居吗？
74．After graduating from university, he _________________ in Wuhan, but he chose to teach in a school of a mountain village.(work)
大学毕业以后，他本可以在武汉工作，但她选择了在一所山村学校教书。

75．Your speech was heard by the five judges, ____________ that it was the best one this year. (agree)
那五位评委听了你的演讲，他们都认为这是今年最好的。

76．According to the statistics, a man is _____________________to die of a skin cancer as a woman. (likely)
根据一项调查，男性死于皮肤癌的可能性是女性的两倍。

77. The though __________________the whole continent was very exciting.(cross)
他们可以横穿整个大陆的想法很是令人兴奋。

78.It was at the church ___________________ last week that the accident took place.(show)
事故就发生在上个星期我带你参观的那个教堂里。

79．The young man was sitting under the tree with _________________the apple.(fix)
那个年轻人坐在树下，眼睛盯着那个苹果。

80. Philip seemed ___________________to Jane. He know her well. (introduce)
菲利普好像已经被介绍给了简。

他很了解她。