2016届高三英语模拟试卷2

2016届高三英语模拟试卷2

I. Listening Comprehension: 30％

Section A

Directions: In Section A. you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. Angry. B. Tired. C. Hungry. D.

Disappointed.

2. A. She did a survey a week ago. B. She completed her survey quickly.

C. She will help him on Thursday.

D. She thinks she can reduce the cost.

3. A. In a grocery. B. In a warehouse.

C. In a shopping mall.

D. In a fashion designer’s studio.

4. A. He doesn’t have any idea about what he wants to do.

B. He’d like to work this summer.

C. He wonders whether the woman has a job.

D. He can’t decide where to go on vacation.

5. A. She must renew it before getting plane tickets.

B. Sh e doesn’t need a new one after all.

C. She has run into unexpected difficulties.

D. She hasn’t had trouble renewing it so far.

6. A. They had a misunderstanding four years ago.

B. They really like each other very much.

C. They’ve been angry with on e another for a long time.

D. They’ve never learned how to express their feelings.

7. A. They watched the end of the race.

B. Only three of them didn’t finish the race.

C. Most of them didn’t run.

D. They participated in the last three races.

8. A. She doesn’t care how the movie ended.

B. She generally dislikes horror movies.

C. She would rather see a horror film.

D. She wasn’t really frightened.

9. A. Linda would probably prefer a cassette.

B. She was thinking of giving Linda the records.

C. There is no need to buy Linda the records.

D. Linda doesn’t buy records anymore.

10. A. At last he enjoys his college life.

B. College life has changed little since last year.

C. He has many new friends this year.

D. It’s easier to find his way around this year.

Section B

Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.

11. A. Women earn more money than men.

B. A majority of college students are women.

C. Women are top earners.

D. A majority of college teachers are women.

12. A. Women students. B. Married women.

C. Women workers.

D. Married couples.

13. A. The change of American women’s income.

B. The proportion of women students in college.

C. The change of American married women.

D. The status of American women.

Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.

14. A. Handling climate change. B. Saving electricity.

C. Wildlife protection.

D. Nature conservation.

15. A. In New York. B. In Paris. C. In Tokyo. D. In Sydney.

16. A. More than four thousand. B. More than two thousand.

C. More than eighty-eight.

D. More than two hundred. Section C

Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are asked to fulfill the task by filling in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard.

Complete the form: Write One Word for each answer.

Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.

Complete the form: write no more than 3 words for each answer

II. Grammar and Vocabulary

Section A: 16

Directions: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

A

Teaching involves more than leadership. Some of the teacher’s time and effort __25___(direct) toward instruction, some toward evaluation. But __26__is the teacher as a group leader who creates an efficient organizational structure and good working environment so that instruction and evaluation activities can take place. A group that is disorganized or fighting frequently among members will not be a good learning group. The leadership pattern includes __27__(help) to form and maintain a positive learning environment so that all activities can take place smoothly.

On the first day of class, perhaps a few closely united groups and friendships already exist. But there is no sense of group unity. If teachers are successful leaders, they will help students develop a system of relationships __28__ encourages cooperation.

Standards and rules must be established to maintain order, ensure justice, and protect individual rights, __29__do not go against school policy.

__30__ skilful the teacher is in uniting students and establishing a good atmosphere, the task is never complete. Regular maintenance is necessary. Conflicts

arise. The needs of each member change. A new kind of learning task __31__(require) a new organizational structure. Sometimes outside pressures such as holidays, upcoming tests or athletic contests, or family troubles cause stress in the classroom. One task for the teacher is __32__(restore) a positive environment by helping students to cope with conflict, change, and stress.

B

More people than ever are drinking coffee these days---but __33__ smaller quantities than they used to. Some manufacturers of coffee makers are trying to take advantage of this trend by developing small machines that brew __34__(small) amounts of coffee.

Two U.S. appliance companies----Black & Decker, __35__(base) in Towson, Maryland, and Toastmaster Inc. of Columbia, Missouri----have recently introduced “drip” coffee makers that brew one or two cup servings of coffee. Both of the products brew the coffee directly into a cup, __36__(eliminate) the need for a separate carafe. Since many people make a pot of coffee in the morning but drink only a single cup, the new coffee makers__37__reduce the wasted coffee. Black & Decker’s Cup-at-a-Time costs $ 27, __38__ Toastmaster’s Coffee Break Retails for $20.

Black & Decker also makes __39__ coffee maker that drips coffee directly into a carry-around thermal carafe. The carafe, a glass vacuum bottle,__40__(suppose) to keep the coffee fresh for hours. The product, called the Thermal Carafe Coffee-maker, comes with a built-in lid that opens during the brewing process and close when it is completed. There are several models, including one that fits under the counter, ranging from $ 60 to $ 110 in price.

Section B: 10

Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be u s ed once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Of all systems of symbols, language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual __41__, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain __42__ in their nervous systems. We call that system of agreements language.

There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as __43__ positions can be symbolized by feathers __44__on the head, by gold on the watch chain, or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in, so the fact of being __45__ can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.

However __46__ these facts may appear at first glance, they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we __47__ special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other, yet we all have a way of feeling as if, and sometimes acting as if, there were necessary connections. For example, there are people who feel that foreign languages are __48__ by nature; foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can’t they call things by their right names? This feeling__49__ itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is __50__ to have said: “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals,” they feel that the symbol is inherently connected in some way with the things symbolized.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A: 15

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.

In today’s world of cell phones, mini laptops and MP3 player s, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them. Since these devices are so common, is time running out for the 500-year watch? According to some consumers, yes. New Jersey teenager Charlie Wollman says a watch is “an extra piece of equipment with __51__ function.” Many young adults __52__, and use their cell phones to tell time. Louis Galie, a senior vice president at Timex said that fewer young people wear watches today than five years ago. __53__, some people claim that the __54__ industry is at a crossroads.

However, watchmakers __55__ say that watches regain popularity when the consumers reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they are __56__ to spend money on a quality timepiece that doesn’t just keep good time. Fifty years ago, watchmakers boas ted about their products’ __57__. But in recent years the watch industry has __58__ itself into an accessory business. And for many today, the image a watch communicates has become more important than the time it tells.

“Complication”---- features that go beyond simple timekeeping----are an important part of a watch’s __59__. Today’s watches offer various features that suit almost any personality. These features __60__ altitude trackers, compasses, lunar calendars, USB drives, and even devices that measure the effectiveness of golf swings!

__61__ is also a key element in today’s watches. For example, Japanese watchmaker Tokyoflash makes watches that don’t even look like watches. The company’s popular Shinshoku model uses different color lights to __62__ the time. It looks more like a futuristic bracelet than a watch. Another Japanese watchmaker, EleeNo, makes a(n) “__63__” watch. Using a ring of circles to keep time, this watch makes an excellent conversation piece.

Whether a watch communicates fashion sense, creative talents or a love of sports, consumers want their timepieces to __64__. Nowadays, everyone has the same kind