2016届安徽省合肥市第一中学高三上学期段二（期中）考试
英语试题
分值：150分 时长：120分钟
注意事项：
1．本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
2．答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。 3．全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。
4．第I卷听力部分满分30分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供给高校作参考。 5．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
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）
听下面五段对话。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，你将有 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 did the woman feel about the price of the tie?
A. She thought it was cheap. B. She thought it was expensive. C. She liked the tie.
2. What did the man do last night?
A. He stayed at home. B. He went to the concert. C. He went fishing.
3. Why did the woman stop the man from whistling? A. She was trying to write a report. B. She was trying to go to sleep. C. She wanted watch TV.
4. When will the two arrive in New York?
A. 7:05. B. 6:55. C. 7:10 5. What time did the conversation take place?
A. 8:00. B. 7:30. C. 8:30.
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。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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Where does this conversation take place?
A. At an airport. B. At a harbor. C. At a railway station.
7. How soon will the man get on board?
A. In about 10 minutes. B. In about 20 minutes. C. In about 30 minutes.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What color carpet does the man suggest?
A. Blue. B. White. C. Cream. 9. What is the possible result the woman worries about? A. She can’t return the carpet if she doesn’t like it. B. She can’t choose the right color for the carpet. C. She can’t afford the high price of the carpet. 10. Where does this conversation most probably take place?
A. In a store. B. In the street. C. In the woman’s house.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the most probable relationship between two speakers?
A. Friends. B. Strangers. C. Neighbors.
12. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Their habits. B. Their families. C. Their neighbors.
13. What is the man’s trouble? A. He can’t give up smoking.
B. He’s often disturbed at night. C. He has no house of his own. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What day can it be today?
A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Friday.
15. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. Father and daughter. B. Husband and wife. C. Manager and clerk.
16. What will the man most probably do next? A. Go on with the newspaper. B. Clean the bathroom. C. Sweep the floor.
17. What can we learn from this conversation? A. The woman is a full-time housewife. B. The woman should clean the bathroom. C. The man has just come back from work. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Who is the man?
A. A sports trainer. B. A radio reporter. C. A ball player.
19. What is the man describing? A. A football game. B. A volleyball game. C. A basketball game. 20. What is the winning team?
A. Germany. B. England. C. Spain.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Check out our top 5 weather apps(应用程序) for your smart phones, which will keep you one step ahead of nature. 1. Tornado Warning and Alert App This app from the American Red Cross tracks a tornado as it approaches with step-by-step advice about what to do before the storm hits. A siren warning is built into the app and goes off when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issues a tornado warning in your area. 2. The Weather Channel App This app includes weather forecasts from more than 200 meteorologists and lets you check what kind of weather lays ahead, complete with storm prediction maps. The Weather Channel app also alerts users to storm warnings in the area. 3. Lightening Finder If the goal is to get to the storm, rather than avoid it, this app is here to help. The lightening Finder color-codes the age of the lightening bolt, and estimates a safe distance from which to watch it. 4. NOAA Weather Radio HD This app broadcasts radio reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and give you around-the-clock updates on the latest weather warnings, watches, advisories, and forecasts. Push notifications alert you to serious storm warnings in your area even when you are not currently using the application. The app also gives detailed four-day forecast based on your GPS coordinates, or a chosen location. 5. Dark Sky Stay dry with Dark Sky, which offers weather reports, including minute-by-minute rain forecasts for your exact location. To keep its predictions as accurate as possible, this app forecasts only one hour into the future. 21. If you want to keep track of daily weather changes, you may choose
A. Lightening Finder B. The Weather Channel App C. Tomado Warning and Alert App C. NOAA Weather Radio HD 22. Which of the following is true about Dark Sky? A. It is especially suitable to predict wet days. B. It provides more services than the others. C. It only offers accurate prediction for your area. D. It keeps you aware of the weather days ahead. 23. The main differences of the five apps lie in
A. users’ phones B. users’ locations C. their images D. their functions
B
The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature. David Tillman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized, population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.
The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tillman says overweight people are at greater risk for non-infectious diseases like diabetes(糖尿病)and heart disease
Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these same health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20-year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.
And, a diet bad for human beings, is also bad for the environment. As the world’s population grows, more forests and tropical areas will become farmland for crops
or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now. Mr. Tilman calls the link between diet, the environment and human health, “a dilemma”: a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.
24. According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from________.
A. transportation B. developing countries C. agriculture D. developed countries 25. David Tillman believes that____________.
A. diet, the environment and human health are closely connected. B. the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes. C. people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease. D. traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet. 26. We can infer from the passage that_________. A. Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases.
B. overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases. C. the examined information comes from developing countries. D. industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet. 27. The main purpose of the passage is to_________. A. call on us to protect the environment. B. warn us of the danger of the Western diet. C. remind us of the importance of health. D. advise us to have a balanced diet.
C
The house was quiet at 5 am and Tim’s mother was asleep. Only the sound of the big freezer broke the quiet. He’d dreamt of the cave last night. The purring(轻微颤动声) of the freezer had been the sea.
Tim pulled on a sweater and put some apples into his schoolbag. It was too early for breakfast. He’d eat after he’d been through the cave, sitting on the rocks
and staring at the sea. He wished he had a proper pack. His schoolbag would have to do. What else? Sandwiches---but his mother might wake up if he started pulling out bread for sandwiches, she’d want to know why he had to leave so early. He settled for some biscuits, and left a note stuck to the table:
“Gone to Michael’s. Back tonight, Tim.”
The sky was high and soft and light outside, though the sun still wasn’t up. Even the highway up the hill was quiet as he made his way down the street. The wind from the sea was fresh and sweet.
The sand hills still breathed heat from yesterday’s sun, though the top of the sand was cool. He ran down to the beach impatiently, but there was no one, just dry sand dancing in the early wind and seabirds marching up and down watching the waves. The light changed suddenly. The first rays of sunlight stretched (延伸) across the sea. The sun was pushing its way over the edge of the world, over the first rocks, along to the point. Tim glanced back. The beach was still empty. The sun sailed higher in the sky.
He could see the cave now, even darker in the morning light. The sand turned silver then dark gold as the water flowed away from it. He had to force himself to go closer. Why was it so much more mysterious (神秘的) now? But it would be silly to go back now after so much trouble. He needn’t go in all the way. . . 28. What did Tim do at the beginning of the story?
A. He left the house quietly. B. He had breakfast at home. C. He left a note on the freezer. D. He put a sweater in his schoolbag. 29. “He settled for some biscuits” ( in Paragraph 3 ) means that Tim_______. A. had to leave the biscuits on the table B. liked biscuits better than sandwiches
C. had to take biscuits instead of sandwiches D. could only find some biscuits in the kitchen
30. What made it possible for Tim to see the entry to the cave?
A. The height of the first rocks. B. The ups and downs of the waves.
C. The change in the position of the sun. D. The vast stretch of the sunlit beach.
31. In the story, Tim's mood (心情) changed from_________.
A. loneliness to craziness B. anxiousness to excitement
C. helplessness to happiness D. eagerness to nervousness
D
In a world full of information as our own, all of us need to know how to learn well. Yet evidence suggests that most of us don’t use the learning techniques that science has proved the most effective.
The scientific literature(科技文献) evaluating these techniques goes back to decades and across thousands of articles. It’s far too extensive and complex for the average parents, teachers or employers to look through. Fortunately, a team of five leading psychologists have done the job for us.
Professor John Dunlosky and other psychologists closely examined 10 learning strategies and evaluated each from high to low utility(实用) on the basis of the evidence they’ve gathered. Here’s part of their conclusions:
In contrast to familiar practices, the effective learning strategies with the most evidence to support them aren’t well known outside the lab. Take distributed practice, for example. This strategy involves spreading out your study time, rather than engaging in one marathon. Cramming (死记硬背)information at the last minute may allow you to get through that test or meeting, but the material will quickly disappear from your memory. It’s much more effective to look through the material at intervals over time.
And the longer you want to remember the information, whether it’s two weeks or two years, the longer the intervals should be.
The second learning strategy that is highly recommended by Dunlosky is practice testing. Yes, more tests---but they are not for a grade. Research shows that the mere act of calling information to mind strengthens that knowledge and aids in future
retrieval (检索). While practice testing is not a common strategy---despite the strong evidence supporting it ---there is one familiar approach that captures its benefits: using flash cards. And now flash cards can be presented in digital form. Both distributed practice and practice testing were rated as having “high utility” by Dunlosky.
32. How did the psychologists study and rate the learning strategies? A. By analyzing the materials gathered in the past years. B. By asking some students questions about their study. C. By doing some experiments on the objects in the lab. D. By asking parents and teachers to look through the articles. 33. The underlined word “extensive” in Para. 2 means____________. A. small in amount B. easy or quick to do
C. more than is needed D. a wide range of information
34. About distributed practice and practice testing, it’s true that________. A. many students have benefited a lot from them. B. they were first put forward by John Dunlosky. C. only a small number of experts know about them. D. psychologists are not sure whether they are effective.
35. The evidence shows that the strategy of practice testing__________. A. is a way to use flash cards to help study B. is mainly used to help us remember well C. helps know about students’ grades in time D. is a way widely used to strengthen memory 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How Can I Fight Laziness?
Lazy people will never amount to anything in life. However, laziness can be defeated on once a few changes have been made in your mind.
36________. Many people lack sleep constantly, since they stay up too late and
get up too early to prepare for work. These people have little motivation once they arrive home. Laziness works had in had with a lack of motivation and a tendency to put off things. By adjusting your sleep schedule to provide a few more hours of meaningful rest, you can fight laziness throughout the day.
Another way to fight laziness is to change your mind from passive to active. Some people treat their lives as if they were pushed from task to task. Others take a more proactive (积极主动的) approach, viewing each task as a challenge they must overcome alone. 37________
Some people fight laziness by removing the temptations(诱惑) that surround them. A television in the living room may provide entertainment, but watching too much TV often contributes to laziness. 38______ Complete a few tasks and reward yourself with what you enjoy, such as a good dinner or a film.
Laziness can also be a lasting problem at home. Couples and children may all have different energy levels, but laziness can be spread if not dealt with immediately. 39________Be the first to collect and wash dishes after a meal. Others in the home may eventually follow your example and perform their own task. It is difficult to practice laziness when you are surrounded by motivated people. 40._______Enough exercise and a balanced diet can help you to develop a healthy lifestyle, thus enabling you to have more energy and help lift your spirits. A. To fight family laziness, set an example. B. Knowing how to fight laziness is important.
C. One way to fight laziness is to get enough sleep.
D. Finally, taking exercise regularly can help you fight laziness. E. With strong determination, you will be able to achieve your goal. F. Laziness sets in when you no longer feel in charge of your own life.
G. Create a reward system for yourself, just as parents do for a child.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Generally speaking, a British is widely regarded as a quiet, shy and conservative(保守)person who is 41.______ only among those with whom he is acquainted. When a stranger is present, he often seems nervous, 42._____embarrassed. You have to take a commuter train(通勤车)any morning or evening to 43._______the truth of this. Serious-looking businessmen and women sit reading their newspapers or 44._______ off in a corner; hardly anybody talks, since to do so would be considered quite offensive(冒犯的).
45.__________, there is an unwritten but clearly understood code of behavior, which, once 46.________, makes the offender immediately the object 47._________. One of the few things we can say about the British with certainty is that a British takes a(n)48.__________to the discussion of their weather and that, if given a chance, he will talk about it 49._______. Some people argue that it is because the British weather 50._________ follows forecast and thus becomes a source of interest to everyone. This may be so. Certainly a British cannot have much 51.________ in the weathermen, whose predictions, in many cases, 52.______to be wrong! The man in the street seems to be as accurate—or as inaccurate-as the weathermen in his 53._________.
Foreigners may be surprised at the number of references 54._________ weather that the British make to each other in the course of a single day. Very often conversational greetings are 55._______ by comments on the weather. “Nice day, isn’t it?” “ Beautiful day!” may well be heard instead of “Good morning, how are you?” 56._______the foreigner may consider this exaggerated(夸人)and comic, it is worthwhile a British but is 58._______ to know where to begin, he could do well to mention the state of the weather. It is a(n) 59.________subject to which a response may well be 60._______ of even the most reserved of the British. 41. A. relaxed B. frustrated exhausted
42. A. yet
B. otherwise
C.
even
C. amused D.
D. so
B. witness
C.
watch
43. A. perform
D. undertake
44. A. whispering B. murmuring laughing
45. A. Hopefully C. nodding D.
B. Exactly C. Frequently
D. Obviously
46. A. developed
D. broken
47. A. doubt
D. praise
48. A. emotion
D. judgment
49. A. at length
D. at least
50. A. always B. often credit
51. faith B. relief credit
52. A. put out
D. find out
53. A. consideration
D. appreciation
54. A. about B. on to
55. A. started
D. proposed
56. A. Since B. Although Only if
57. A. profit B. observed B. argument B. fancy
B. at last B. make out
B. prediction
B. conducted B. advantage C. followed
C. criticism
C. likeliness
C. at most
C. honor D.
C. honor D.
C. turn out
C. approval
C. in D.
C. replaced
C. However D.
C. gain
D. interest
C.
in
groups
58. A. at a loss B. in detail
D. on occasion
59. A. avoidable B. steady C. optional D. safe
60. A. expected B. asked C. wished D. reminded
第II卷
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 Beijing, 61_______(origin) a place for emperors and officials, today is a wealthy and international 62_______(tour)destination in Asia. People from all over the country are moving to Beijing in search of jobs and opportunities as this exciting city is a place 63.______dreams can come true. Throughout the city, smartly 64____(dress) business people head 65_____their offices or the nearest department stores and visitors can only imagine the deals and 66_____(fortune)being made at that very second. In beautiful parks, old couples in colorful clothing dance to music from a radio67_____ youngsters in the 68 _____(late) fashions listen to rock music on their headsets. 69_______(walk) through the broad streets lined with designer stores, you can take a turn and suddenly find 70_______(you) in a century’s old lane.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用( \\ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下面一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. As a young
boy, he lived an excited life. He did not go to school for very long, and he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 year old, O. Henry went to Texas, which he tried different jobs. He first works on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missed from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen it. Because that, he was sent to the prison. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. He wrote main about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple although the tales were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader surprise.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是Mike，请你根据所给背景材料，建议写一篇英文短文。 背景材料：
编者按：本期刊出Henry的来信，欢迎读者就信中谈到的问题提出建议并给出理由。 Dear editor,
The summer holidays come to an end and a new school year begins. Although school is all about getting knowledge and learning is a part of our life, it’s not only exciting but also exhausting, boring and stressful. I’m worried about the coming duties. 建议：
1. 心态乐观；2. 课后活动；3. 健康饮食。 要求：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3.开头语和结尾语已经为你写好。 Dear Henry,
I’m glad to share my solutions to your problem.
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Yours, Mike
合肥一中2015-2016学年高三年级阶段2考试
英语试题答案
六、短文改错：
71. 第二句excited? exciting 72. 第三句 and? but 73. 第四句 year? years 74. 第五句 works? worked 75. 第六句 missed? missing 76. 第七句because 后加of 77. 第七句去prison前面the 78. 第九句main? mainly 79. 第十句although? though/as
80. 第十句 reader? reader’s/readers’ 七、书面表达： Dear Henry,
I’m glad to share my solutions to your problem.
First of all, be optimistic. An optimistic way of thinking always helps us even in the most difficult life situations and this one is no exception. There’s nothing in school that can make you scared. Cheer yourself up, and you’ll feel no stress for good. Then, do some sports after class. Not only does proper exercise build up
our body, but also helps improve our mood, which helps you forget about stress and makes you smile instead. Finally, eat healthily. In this way, you can keep energetic and fit. As the saying goes, “ An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Therefore, make sure you add enough fruits, vegetables, nuts, and other healthy food to your meals. Best wishes!
Yours,
Mike
听力原文： Text 1:
M: I paid 10 dollars for this tie. It’s too expensive. W: Expensive? You shouldn’t have said so. Text 2:
M: We went to the concert last night. So wonderful! And I called you, but nobody answered me. Where were you?
W: I had planned to stay at home, but Jack invited me to go fishing with him.
Text 3:
W: Do you think you could stop whistling? I’m trying to write a report. M: Oh, sorry, I thought you were watching TV. Text 4
W: When will we arrive in New York?
M: Let me see, it’s five to seven. I think our plane will land in fifteen minutes. Text 5
W: Oh, no. It’s eight o’clock already and I haven’t finished typing this essay. M: Don’t worry. That clock is 30 minutes fast. Text 6
W: Good morning. Your ticket, please. Set your suitcase upright and I’ll check it through M: OK. Text 7
W: Hi, Jane. Where are you going?
W: I’m not sure. I want to redecorate my living room. M: Really? Have you decided what colors to use?
W: Well, not yet. I’m thinking about white walls and light blue furniture. But I can’t decide what kind of carpet to get.
M: I think you should look for cream colors to go with the wall.
W: I worry about expensive things like that. I’m afraid I won’t be able to take it back if I decide I don’t like it.
M: There’re a few carpet stores just ahead. Why not ask them about that? W: Oh, I have this neighbor, and his dog barks all right long. It’s driving me mad. M: Try talking to him.
W: Yeah, I guess. He’s kind of unfriendly. That’s all. What are your neighbors like?
M: OK, except two. One is in the flat below mine, and he smokes and the smoke comes right into my bedroom. Ugh! It’s terrible. And if I talk to him, he’s really rude. W: Well, if I were you, I’d move house.
M: Uh-huh. The other has these wild parties at night, like four or five times a week. W: Well, you know what I’d do if I were you? M: What?
W: I’d go and join the party! Text 9
W: You know, Trevor, I don’t want to see a dirty bathroom when I enter it, but it is .
M: Sorry, Patricia. I had the worst day. I’m so tired. But I promise I’ll clean it this weekend.
W: Weekend? That’ll be three days away. Listen, I know how you feel. I work too and I can do my share of the house work everyday. Why can’t you? I mean, that’s our agreement, isn’t it?
M: Yes, yes, you came home, cooked the dinner and washed up. And I’ll do my share in a minute.
W: Oh, come on, Trevor. Don’t be that way. Put aside the newspaper now. M: I don’t think it will make any difference if the bathroom is not cleaned right now. and, the living room floor doesn’t look that dirty. W: Trevor, I’m going to get angry.
M: OK, dear, go to have a bath. When you come back, the floor will be clean Text 10
W: And now it’s over to Bill Casey for the latest news from Germany on the World Cup.
M: Hi, good evening, Jenny. Well, it was an exciting afternoon in Berlin today as England played Spain in the second World Cup semifinal. Spain got off to a good start with a goal by Miguel Garcia in the 5 minute of play. England came back in the 20 minute with a goal by Roland Lockhart and half time the teams were tied with one goal each. In the second half, it was all Spain. Juan Salazar scored in the 45 minute and Felipe Gonzalez gave Spain a two-goal lead in the 50. England cut the lead to one in the 67 minute with a goal by Paul Gregson, but that was as close as England would get. Lockhart almost scored his second goal of the game in the 89 minute,
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but his shot hit the crossbar and was picked up by the Spanish goalkeeper. Thanks to its 3 to 2 win, pain now goes on to the final against Argentina.
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