江苏省南京市、盐城市2015届高三一模联考英语试题(含答案)(2015.01)(word版)

南京市、盐城市2015届高三年级第一次模拟考试

英语试题

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第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 woman mean?

A. She must go home now.

B. She can stay a little longer.

C. Her parents expect a lot of her.

2. What does the woman think of the party?

A. It’s successful.

B. It’s not good.

C. It’s too noisy.

3. What time is it now?

A. 8:00.

B. 8:30.

C. 9:00.

4. How does the woman feel when she meets with the man?

A. Sad.

B. Embarrassed.

C. Unbelievable.

5. Who will pay for the dinner?

A. The man.

B. The woman.

C. They will go Dutch.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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8题。

6. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Teacher and student.

B. Boss and clerk.

C. Interviewer and interviewee.

7. Who does the man want?

A. A waitress.

B. A secretary.

C. A director.

8. What can we learn about the woman?

A. She is studying in a university now.

B. She has no working experience.

C. She will get the job at last.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。

9. Where are the speakers?

A. In a restaurant.

B. In a hotel.

C. In a bank.

10. How much should the man pay?

A.￥206.

B.￥216.

C.￥260.

11. How would the man like to pay?

A. By cash.

B. By credit card.

C. By cheque.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。

12. Where did Steve come back from last week?

A. From America.

B. From China.

C. From Japan.

13. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman will visit Steve with the man.

B. The woman should wear a formal dress.

C. The man wants to buy a bunch of roses.

14. How will they deal with their kids?

A. Ask the neighbor to look after them.

B. Take the kids with them.

C. Leave the kids alone at home.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。

15. Who is the man talking to?

A. A teacher.

B. A student.

C. A librarian.

16. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. Limit his search.

B. Use a typewriter.

C. Try a broader topic.

17. What articles can be found in the “Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature”?

A. News articles.

B. Magazine articles.

C. Newspaper articles.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why did the little boy open the window?

A. To feed an elephant.

B. To take some photos.

C. To enjoy the scenery outside.

19. What does Nelson do?

A. He is a guard.

B. He is a policeman.

C. He is a doctor.

20. What will happen at last?

A. Nelson will be punished.

B. Nelson will be forgiven.

C. Nelson will be given a glass of beer.

第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. The scientist does not study nature ________ it is useful to do so. He studies it because he

takes pleasure in it.

A. until

B. though

C. because

D. unless

22. — Mom! Jack has broken a cup!

—Doesn’t matter. Accidents ________ happen.

A. should

B. must

C. will

D. shall

23. Home is ________ somebody notices when you are no longer there.

A. that

B. when

C. how

D. where

24. — Could you please explain the assignment for Monday, Miss Smith?

— Certainly. Read the next chapter and come to class ________ to discuss what you’ve read.

A. preparing

B. prepared

C. to prepare

D. to be prepared

25. They eat only plant foods, and take care to ________ animal products from other areas of their

lives.

A. contain

B. maintain

C. exclude

D. include

26. — Did you stay at the party until the very end last night?

— No, I left as early as was ________ with politeness.

A. content

B. consistent

C. patient

D. permanent

27. Believe it or not, your ship isn’t quite sunk, as there are some ways to ________ a new career

even if it’s something you’ve never done before.

A. burst into

B. get through

C. break into

D. comb through

28. Maury Brown of Forbes reports that Major League Baseball’s annual ________ for 2014 will

top $9 billion.

A. allowances

B. revenues

C. rates

D. accounts

29. — Alan seems a lot taller than when I last saw him.

— He ________. He’s grown a foot since you saw him in Shanghai.

A. is

B. will be

C. has been

D. was

30. Personal space is the region surrounding a person ________ they regard as psychologically

theirs.

A. who

B. where

C. when

D. which

31. On two occasions he was accused of stealing money from the company, but in neither case

______ any evidence to support the claims.

A. was there

B. there was

C. had there been

D. there had been

32. A great deal of hotel business comes from people travelling not just for holidays but by people

travelling ________ their business activities.

A. in harmony with

B. in conflict with

C. by order of

D. by virtue of

33. You are not ________ to unemployment benefit if you have never worked.

A. accustomed

B. resigned

C. entitled

D. submitted

34. We guarantee that all your personal information will be treated ________ and there should be

no fear at all of identity theft.

A. initially

B. independently

C. confidently

D. confidentially

35. —I can’t b ear the air pollution in this city anymore. It is getting worse and worse.

— ________! We’ve never had so many chemical factories before.

A. I wouldn’t bet on it

B. You said it

C. Keep it up

D. Come off it

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Everyone enjoys a fitting reply; it is wonderful to say the right thing at the right time!

When I was a senior in high school, I 36 knew I wanted to pursue writing as a career.

Writing had basically 37 me when I was only 7 years old, 38 since that time,

I’d been bombarded by guidance counselors and career planners who all 39 me to have “a back-up plan” in case writing didn’t work out.

I’d never even 40 a different career path, so I was very 41 and worried. After much thought, I decided 42 would be my “back-up plan,” and I signed up for a class through my high school.

This 43 that every morning, I would serve as a teacher’s helper for my favorite 6th grade teacher, Mr. Ralston. Morning after morning, I showed up in Mr. Ralston’s classroom and

44 papers for him.

Sometimes, I even 45 a lesson or two. It was fun, and the students seemed to like me, so I was surprised when it came time for my 46 . Mr. Ralston looked me right in the eyes and asked, “Do you really want to teach?”

“Had I really been that 47 ?” I thought.

“Don’t misunderstand. You’ll do fine in teaching,” he continued. “But, is your48 really in it?”

“Not really,” I 49 . “I want to write. I want to write news stories and fiction and poetry and so much more…but I’ve been told it’s tough to make it as a writer 50 I thought maybe I would teach and then use my summers 51 to pursue writing.”

As I shared with Mr. Ralston my hopes, dreams and carefully plotted-out back-up plan, he smiled and said, “Why are you preparing to 52 with this back-up plan? If you want to be a writer, go for it! Pursue writing!”

Mr. Ralston’s 53 to follow my dreams was the little nudge I needed to help me push past my 54 of not making it as a writer and simply “Go for it!”

That’s what an encouraging word will do when spoken in love in 55 season. So, let’s try and be like Mr. Ralston and speak that word of encouragement at just the right time and make a difference in someone’s life today.

36. A. even B. never C. already D. also

37. A. reminded B. entertained C. accompanied D. chosen

38. A. or B. and C. for D. but

39. A. urged B. forced C. taught D. persuaded

40. A. created B. taken C. considered D. examined

41. A. embarrassed B. confused C. annoyed D. frightened

42. A. writing B. teaching C. studying D. compiling

43. A. meant B. indicated C. suggested D. revealed

44. A. read B. set C. graded D. composed

45. A. reviewed B. skipped C. took D. presented

46. A. application B. evaluation C. instruction D. qualification

47. A. transparent B. shallow C. superior D. ambitious

48. A. eye B. mind C. heart D. focus

49. A. interrupted B. joked C. admitted D. apologized

50. A. unless B. if C. because D. so

51. A. up B. apart C. along D. off

52. A. fail B. follow C. depart D. compete

53. A. encouragement B. determination C. tendency D. attempt

54. A. dreams B. fears C. regrets D. mistakes

55. A. peak B. low C. due D. new

第三部分阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Interstellar

Release date: November 7, 2014

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin,

Ellen Burstyn, Michael Caine

When a wormhole (which theoretically can connect widely-separated regions of

spacetime) is discovered, explorers and scientists unite to set out on a voyage

through it, transcending the limits of human space travel. Among the travelers

is a widowed engineer (McConaughey) who has to decide to leave behind his

two children to join the voyage with the goal of saving humanity.

Big Hero

Release date: November 7, 2014

Starring: Ryan Potter, Soctt Adsit, T. J. Miller, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr.

Set in a fictional metropolis called San Fransokyo (a portmanteau of San

Francisco and Tokyo), a young robotics genius named Hiro Hamada and his

robot Baymax uncover a criminal plot and put together a team of inexperienced

crime-fighters, includingWasabi, Honey Lemon, GoGo Tomago, and Fred to

solve the mystery surrounding the crime.

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1

Release date: November 21, 2014

Starring: Jeenifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody

Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Hulianne Moore, Jeffrey Wright, Jena Malone,

Sam Claflin, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) finds herself in District 13 after she

destroys the Games forever. Under the leadership of President Coin (Julianne

Moore) and the advice of her trusted friends, Katniss spreads her wings as she

fights to save Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) and a nation moved by her courage.

Penguins of Madagascar

Release date: November 14, 2014

Starring: Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Benedict Cumberbatch, John Malkovich

The Penguins of Madagascar is a spin-off of the Madagascar films. The series

follows the adventures of four penguins: Skipper, Rico, Kowalski, and Private,

who perform various paramilitary-like missions to protect their home in the

Central Park Zoo. The penguins often have to deal with problems caused, or

made worse, by King Julien XIII (a ring-tailed lemur), Maurice (an aye-aye),

and Mort (a mouse lemur).

56. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The voyage through the wormhole is a considerable challenge.

B. A team of crime-fighters uncovers a criminal plot in Big Hero.

C. President Coin pushes Katniss to protest Peeta.

D. Penguins have to wrestle with problems in District 13.

57. The similarity that exists in the four films is that ________.

A. each of them is a branch of film series

B. all of them are concerned with positive energy

C. they all have the best actors and actresses in the world

D. the four films all have something to do with exploration

B

According to figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the U.K. has about 7.7 million families with dependent children, of which 3.7 million have just one child, compared to 3 million with two and 1.1 million with three children or more. The number of families today with just one dependent child is now 47 percent and will likely rise to more than 50 percent in a decade. As the ONS confirms, “It appears that families are getting smaller.”

One obvious reason for this could be that women are putting off having children until they have established careers when they are bound to be less fertile. But it could just as well be a matter of choice. Parents must consider the rising cost of living, combined with economic uncertainty and an increasingly difficult job market. And this trend may continue growing as having an only child becomes more normal, which seems to be the mood on the mothers’ online forum Mumsnet, where one member announced that she “just wanted to start a positive thread about how fab it is to have an only child”.

She had received 231 replies, overwhelmingly in the same upbeat spirit. Parents of only children insist there are plenty of benefits. Nicola Kelly, a writer and lecturer who grew up as an only child and is now a married mother of one, says her 15-year-old son seems more grown-up in many ways than his contemporaries.

Not all products of single-child families are as keen to repeat the experience. In a moving recent account journalist Janice Turner wrote about her own keenness to “squeeze out two sons just 22 months apart” as a reac tion to her only-child upbringing.

She was placed on a pedestal by her doting parents, whom she punished with a “brattish, wilful” rejection of everything they stood for. Desperate for a close friend she was repeatedly shattered by rejection and refers to her childhood as being “misery”.

Writer and clinician Dr. Dorothy Rowe, a member of the British Psychological Society, says that we all interpret events in our own individual way and there are some children who no matter what their circumstances feel slighted, while other children see the advantages of their situation.

However, the one part of life that is unlikely to get any easier for only children is when they grow up and find themselves looking after their own parents as they become older.

58. The passage is written with the purpose of ________.

A. illustrating the strength and weakness of having an only child

B. analyzing the reasons why having an only child becomes popular

C. presenting us with different opinions about having an only child

D. guiding people to look at the same issue from different perspectives

59. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. Nearly half of families intend to have just one child.

B. All people don’t stand for the idea of having an only child.

C. Some people fail to recognize the advantage of having an only child.

D. People brought up in an only child family resist downsizing the family.

60. From what Dr. Dorothy Rowe said, we know that ________.

A. journalist Janice Turner experienced a miserable childhood

B. she has a positive attitude towards Janice Turner’s reaction

C. it’s necessary for us to look at the event from our own angle

D. some are unable to make an objective assessment of their conditions

61. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. It’s normal to see the imperfection in character in only children.

B. Mumsnet is an online forum which promotes having an only child.

C. Economic development plays a determining role in the family size.

D. Only children will have difficulty in attending to their parents.

C

Exercise seems to be good for the human brain, with many recent studies suggesting that regular exercise improves memory and thinking skills. But an interesting new study asks whether the apparent cognitive benefits from exercise are real or just a placebo effect — that is, if we think we will be “smarter” after exercise, do our brains respond accordingly? The answer has significant implications for any of us hoping to use exercise to keep our minds sharp throughout our lives.

While many studies suggest that exercise may have cognitive benefits, recently some scientists have begun to question whether the apparently beneficial effects of exercise on thinking might be a placebo effect. So researchers at Florida State University in Tallahassee and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign decided to focus on expectations, on what people anticipate that exercise will do for thinking. If people’s expectations jibe (吻合) closely with the actual benefits, then at least some of those improvements are probably a result of the placebo effect and not of exercise.

For the new study, which was published last month in PLOS One, the researchers recruited 171 people through an online survey system, they asked half of these volunteers to estimate by how much a stretching and toning regimens (拉伸运动) performed three times a week might improve various measures of thinking. The other volunteers were asked the same questions, but about a regular walking program.

In actual experiments, stretching and toning program generally have little if any impact on people’s cognitive skills. Walking, on the other hand, seems to substantially improve thinking ability.

But the survey respondents believed the opposite, estimating that the stretching and toning program would be more beneficial for the mind than walking. The estimates of benefits from walking were lower.

These data, while they do not involve any actual exercise, are good news for people who do exercise. “The results from our study suggest that the benefits of aerobic exercise are not a placebo effect,” said Cary Stothart, a graduate student in cognitive psychology at Florida State University, who led the study.

If expectations had been driving the improvements in cognition seen in studies after exercise, Mr. Stothart said, then people should have expected walking to be more beneficial for thinking than stretching. They didn’t, implying that the changes in the brain and thinking after exerc ise are

physiologically genuine.

The findings are strong enough to suggest that exercise really does change the brain and may, in the process, improve thinking, Mr. Stothart said. That conclusion should encourage scientists to look even more closely into how, at a molecular level, exercise remodels the human brain, he said. It also should encourage the rest of us to move, since the benefits are, it seems, not imaginary, even if they are in our head.

62. Which of the following about the placebo effect is TRUE according to the passage?

A. It occurs during exercise.

B. It has cognitive benefits.

C. It is just a mental reaction.

D. It is a physiological response.

63. Why did the researchers at the two universities conduct the research?

A. To discover the placebo effect in the exercise.

B. To prove the previous studies have a big drawback.

C. To test whether exercise can really improve cognition.

D. To encourage more scientists to get involved in the research.

64. What can we know about the research Cary Stothart and his team carried out?

A. They employed 171 people to take part in the actual exercise.

B. The result of the research removed the recent doubt of some scientists.

C. The participants thought walking had a greater impact on thinking ability.

D. Their conclusion drives scientists to do research on the placebo effect.

65. What might be the best title for the passage?

A. Is it necessary for us to take exercise?

B. How should people exercise properly?

C. What makes us smarter during exercise?

D. Does exercise really make us smarter?

D

Mum, it’s me. Hopefully, this Mothering Sunday you will get to hear those three words. I will, of course, try to phone you. I hope we will be able to speak for the allowed 10 minutes. But I suspect man y inmates will be using the phone, so if I don’t call and if we don’t speak, then this is what I would have said:

It’s not your fault that I am here. I know that deep in your heart you have questioned whether my current circumstance is somehow your fault, if the reckless stupidity of my past is somehow a failure on your part. It is not. Only one person is to blame, only one person should hurt — me. You have always taught me that when the room goes dark, you can wait for the lights to be switched back on or you can search in the dark and turn the light on yourself. You are my light. You always have been and always will be. There is nobody I admire more, nobody I have strived harder to please in my life, which is why my current failure hurts me so much.

I am so sorry that I will not be there to see you, but I want you to know that now, as always, you are here with me. In my darkest hours, and in the coldest loneliness of my past few months, my mind has so often wandered to the past, to when it was you and me — and I have been able to smile. Yours is the strength that I draw upon.

A parent’s job is to make sure that they pass on the best of themselves to their children. You have done that. It is the inner you in me that will get me through this.

I have failed you so epically, but you have never failed me. If I think back to the tears I shed

when Dad left, all those years ago, I see you through their misty glaze. You holding me and you telling me we’d be OK, and we will be. We are and always will be the best team.

Childhood heroes such as footballers, actors and rock stars are clichéd. If the job’s done right, a child’s heroes should be their parents —you are mine. The strength you showed after the divorce from Dad to find your biological parents, to go to university and get your teaching qualifications, to begin your life again, is the strength that I draw on now. It is the belief in myself, it is the belief you have in me, that tells me that once I am released I can and will rebuild my life. I will make you proud again. I will make you happy to have me as your son. Yours is the will that gets me through every day.

I don’t believe you can judge a person for the mistakes they make, as we all make them, but you can judge them for what they do afterwards. And after this, when it is all over, you will still have a son with the same hopes and dreams. They have not diminished. If you can dream it, then you have to believe it can happen — right?

So this Mothering Sunday, please think back to that morning in the 80s, the fir st Mother’s Day without Dad, when a six-year-old me got up early and made breakfast for you. Do you remember it? Could you ever forget? A slice of bread a doorstep thick and a wedge of cheese equally dense. You didn’t have to eat it, but you did, chewing e very dry mouthful. I know now why you forced yourself —because it had been made with love. Well, things don’t change this year — this letter is that bread and cheese (it sure has plenty of the cheese!).

I love you so much. I am sorry I have let you down, but you have taught me that we will always pick ourselves up and become better than we were before. Thank you for everything and this year, more than ever:

Happy Mothering Sunday.

Love, your son

66. According to the passage, what made the author most upset at present?

A. Losing his freedom temporarily.

B. Being unable to phone his mother.

C. Failing to live up to his mother’s expectations.

D. Having no chance to spend the weekend with mother.

67. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. Mothering Sunday.

B. Dark time.

C. His mistake.

D. Near future.

68. What did the author do in the loneliness of his past months？

A. He summed up the causes of the failure in his life.

B. He planned to help his mother find her birth parents.

C. He recalled the fond memories of being with his mother.

D. He prepared himself to go to university for further studies.

69. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “clichéd” in Paragraph 6?

A. Ridiculous.

B. Liberal.

C. Explicit.

D. Common.

70. Which of the following can best describe the author’s mother?

A. Selfless but stubborn.

B. Guilty but determined.

C. Selfish but responsible.

D. Caring but envious.

第四部分任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填1个单词。

Simon Sinek is naturally shy and doesn’t like speaking to crowds. At parties, he says he hides alone in the corner or doesn’t even show up in the first place. He prefers the latter. Yet, with some 22 million video views under his belt, the optimistic ethnographer also happens to be the third most-watched TED Talks presenter of all time.

Sinek’s unlikely success as both an inspirational speaker and a bestselling author isn’t just dumb luck. It’s the result of fears faced and erased, trial and error and tireless practice, on and off stage. Here are his secrets for delivering speeches that inspire, inform and entertain.

Don’t talk right away.

Sinek says you s hould never talk as you walk out on stage. “A lot of people start talking right away, and it’s out of nerves,” Sinek says. “That communicates a little bit of insecurity and fear.”

Instead, quietly walk out on stage. Then take a deep breath, find your place, wait a few seconds and begin. “I know it sounds long and tedious and it feels excruciatingly awkward when you do it,” Sinek says, “but it shows the audience you’re totally confident and in charge of the situation.”

Show up to give, not to take.

Often people give presentations to sell products or ideas, to get people to follow them on social media, buy their books or even just to like them. Sinek calls these kinds of speakers “takers,” and he says audiences can see through these people right away. And, whe n they do, they disengage.

“We are highly social animals,” says Sinek. “Even at a distance on stage, we can tell if you’re a giver or a taker, and people are more likely to trust a giver — a speaker that gives them value, that teaches them something new, that inspires them —than a taker.”

Speak unusually slowly.

When you get nervous, it’s not just your heart beat that quickens. You r words also tend to speed up. Luckily Sinek says audiences are more patient and forgiving than we know.

“They want you to succeed up there, but the more you rush, the more you turn them off,” he says. “If you just go quiet for a moment and take a long, deep breath, they’ll wait for you. It’s kind of amazing.”

Turn nervousness into excitement.

Sinek learned this trick from watching the Olympics. A few years ago he noticed that reporters interviewing Olympic athletes before and after competing were all asking the same question. “Were you nervous?” And all of the athletes gave the same answer: “No, I was excited.” These competitors w ere taking the body’s signs of nervousness — clammy hands, pounding heart and tense nerves — and reinterpreting them as side effects of excitement and exhilaration.

When you’re up on stage you will likely go through the same thing. That’s when Sinek says y ou should say to yourself out loud, “I’m not nervous, I’m excited!”

Say thank you when you’re done.

Applause is a gift, and when you receive a gift, it’s only right to express how grateful you are for it. This is why Sinek always closes out his presentations with these two simple yet powerful words: thank you.

“They gave you their time, and they’re giving you their applause.” Says Sinek. “That’s a gift,