江西省高三英语考前模拟试题
高三高考模拟考试
英语试卷
考试时间：120分钟总分：150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. How is the woma n?
A. She is not feeli ng very well.
B. She is out of her mind.
C. She has lost her temper.
2. What do we know from the con versati on?
A. The woma n went to the con cert.
B. The man did n ' t have the ticket.
C. The woma n did n ' t go to the con cert.
3. Why is Mary happy?
A. Because she received an academic paper,
B. Because she was accepted at the
uni versity.
C. Because she was recog ni zed for excelle nee in her studies.
4. What did the woma n say about Robbie?
A. He warned Cathy to come, but she wouldn ' t.
B. He invited Cathy to the party.
C. He didn ' t invite Cathy to the party.
5. Where are the two speakers?
A. I n a restaura nt.
B. I n a market.
C. In a kitche n.
第二节（共15小题；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至7题。
6. What arc the man and the woman talking about!
A. Mr. Brown ' s son.
B. Mrs. Downs ' son.
school.
7. How long does Mike stay with his classmates a day?
A. About 8 hours.
B. About 6 hours.
hours.
听第7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。
8. What does the father want his daughter to do?
A. TO repair the TV set.
B. To read the paper. the TV set.
9. Who wants to watch TV?
A. Mother and father.
B. Father and daughter.
and mother.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. In the market.
B. In an office.
11. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. Keep the fish in a bottle.
B. Get a tank to keep the fish.
C. Make some holes in the rocks.
12. Why should a few rocks he put into the tank?
A. To let the fish swim around.
B. To make the tank prettier.
C. To keep the water clean.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the woman?
A. A doctor.
B. A nutritionist.
coach.
14. Why does the man have to be careful about foods?
A. Because he has high blood pressure.
B. Because he is overweight.
C. Because he is an athlete.
C. Mike's C. At least 10 C. To turn off
C. Daughter C. At home.
C. A
15. What will the woman do next?
A. Ask her assista nt to write a special menu.
B. Lead the man to a special
restaura nt.
C. Call the can tee n man ager.
16. What' s the man ' s response to the woman ' s advice?
A. He refuses to take it.
B. He finds it great.
C. He accepts it
not too willingly.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Which is the best reas on does Wilma give for tak ing buses rather tha n pla nes?
A. It ' s cheaper.
B. Its more comfortable.
C. It ' s risky.
18. How much does Wilma have to pay for a ticket fr om New York to Chicago by pla ne?
A. 70 dollars.
B. 78 dollars.
C. 80 dollars.
19. Which of the followi ng is NOT true?
A. Many passe ngers on the bus like talk ing to one ano ther.
B. Wilma can get off the bus to explore any stop along the way.
C. Many bus passe ngers are bus in essme n busy work ing while the bus is running.
20. How many reas ons does Wilma give for her prefere nee of tak ing buses while traveli ng?
A. Three.
B. Four.
C. Five.
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）
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
A
Amaz ing Facts About Elf Owls
Brief In troduct ion
The elf owl （a kind of owl） is mostly found in the southwester n parts of the Un ited
States and Mexico. During the spring and summer seasons, it moves to Arizona and NewMexico.
It retur ns to Mexico for the win ter. The elf owl does n ' t build its n est. It lives in tree holes.
Features
The elf owl is a yellow bird. Its wings are dark and about .48-61 centimeters long.
Its eyes are bright yellow. Its feet are large. It is the smallest owl of the species. It
is about 12.5- 14.5 centimeters Iong. It is also the world ' s lightest owl, weighing not
more tha n 40 grams. In gen eral, female elf owls weigh more tha n male on es.
The female usually lays three eggs at a time. After the young elf owls are born , their mothe r will feed them with worms（蠕虫）for up to 3-4 weeks. After 10 weeks, the young ones are fully grown and ready to take flight.
Livi ng Habits
The elf owls are not aggressive birds. When dan ger comes, they will fly away in the
other direct ion, rather tha n stay and fact the dan ger or the en emies. Besides flying , the elf owl can also walk and climb like a parrot. The elf owl is most active after dusk , during t he night, and just before dawn. It can produce many different kinds of sounds. It
can live for 3-6 years in the wild. If they are kept in cages, they can live for 10-14 years. The elf owls are now in dan ger because of the loss of habitat. Cutt ing dow n trees will result in lack of places for them to live in.
21. Accord ing to the first and sec ond paragraphs, an elf owl may . ________
A. build its n est in trees
B. have yellow wings
C. have big and dark eyes
D. live in Mexico in win ter
22. What can we learn from the text?
A. The female elf owl takes care of her children for about four weeks.
B. The elf owl sleeps at night and looks for food during the daytime.
C. The female elf owl lays one egg at one time.
D. The elf owl can live no Ion ger tha n six years.
23. What is the character of the elf owl?
A. Shy.
B. Peace-lovi ng.
C. Hard-worki ng.
D. Selfish.
B
Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite
of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He mademillions of dollars by writing. His real n ame was Samuel Lan ghor ne Cleme ns, but he is better known to all over the world as Mark Twain, his penn ame.
Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected
to live through the first win ter. But with his mother a boy, he caused much trouble for his pare nts. He used to play jokes on all his friends
and neighbors. He didn ' t like to go to school, and he often ran away from home. He always went in the direct ion of the n earby Mississippi. He was n early drow ned nine times.
After his father ' s death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided
him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards, he became a full-time writer.
In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including The
Adventures of TomSawyer in 1876, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him
famous, and brought him great fortune.
Unfortun ately, Mark Twain got i nto debts in bad in vestme nts （
投资）and he had to write
large nu mbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and the n three of his childre n passed away.
At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910. 24.
In Mark Twain ' s childhood, _________________ .
other boys
25. Which of the follow ing shows the right order about Mark Twain?
a. He became a miner. debts.
d-b-f-a-e-c
26. In order to make a livi ng, Mark Twain ___________
s care, he man aged to survive. As A. he lear ned a lot at school
other boys
B. he ofte n went swimmi ng with
C. his mother ofte n worried about his safety
D. he often played games with
b. He worked as a prin ter.
c. He got into
d. His father died.
e.
He became a full-time writer. f.
He joined the
army.
A. a-d-b-c-e-f
B. c-b-d-f-e-a
C. d-a-f-e-b-c
D.
A. did many kinds of work
B. first worked as a prin ter
C. wrote stories in the begi nning
D. joi ned the army after he
worked in a mi ne
27. In the later years of his life, Mark Twain ___________ .
A. wrote many stories and earned a lot of money
B. must have been very sad because he lost his family
C. continued writ ing un til his death
D. le nt too much money to others
C
Facing increasing pressure to raise students ' scores on standardized tests,schools
a re urging kids to work harder by offering them obvious encouragements.Happy Meals are at the low end of the scale.With the help of bus in esses, schools are also givi ng away cars,iPods,seats to basketball games,and —in a growing number of cases —cold,hard cash.The appeal of such programs is obvious,but
the consequences of tying grades to goods are still uncertain.lt ' s been a commontradition in middle -class families to reward top grades with cash as a way to teach that success in school leads to success in life.But for many disadva ntaged min ority
childre n,the Ion g-term ben efits of gett ing an educati on are not so clear,accord ing to experts.
No one knows for sure how well cash and other big-ticket rewards work in educati on in the long run .But there are ple nty of concerns that this ki nd of practice could have n egative effects on kids.Virginia Shiller,a clinical psychologist,says that it ' s worth experimenting with cash encouragements but that tying them to success on a test is not a worthwhile goal. “I ' d rather see rewards based on effort and responsibility —things that will lead to success in life, ” she says.
Even if rewards don ' t lead to in dividual achieveme nt on a test,they could have a meanin gful effect in the school.Charles McVea n, a bus in essma n and phila nthropist （慈善家）,started a tutoring program , which pays higher-achieving students $10 an hour to tutor struggli ng classmates and divides them into teams.Duri ng the course of the year,stude nts bond and compete.The team posting the highest math scores wins the top cash prize of $100. McVea ncalls the comb in ati on of peer （同龄人）tutori ng,competiti on,and cash en courageme nts a recipe for "nothing less tha n magic ”.