江苏高考英语模拟试卷
江苏省2016年2月南师附中、淮阴、天一、海门英语四校联考
命题人：
奚晓燕天一中学 2001年毕业于南京师范大学外国语学院。江苏省天一中学高三英语备课组长。2013年无锡大市评优课一等奖。
注意：本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）部分。答案全部做在答题卡上。总分为120分。考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（共85分）
第一部分听力测试（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. Where does the conversation take place probably
A. At home.
B. In a shop.
C. In a swimming pool.
2. On which days doesn’t the man’s son work
A. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
B. Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
C. Monday, Friday and Saturday.
3. Who is going after Jack
A. Mr. Green.
B. Mrs. Green.
C. His brother.
4. What does the man mean
A. The car doesn’t need cleaning.
B. He cleaned the car last time.
C. Mark should clean the car this time.
5. When should the delivery be made to the man
A. On Sunday.
B. On Saturday.
C. On Thursday.
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。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What did the IOC President announce
A. The winner to host the 34th Winter Olympic Games.
B. The winner to host the 24th Winter Olympic Games.
C. The winner to host the 44th Winter Olympic Games.
7. How many more nods did Beijing get than its rival-Almaty
A. Forty.
B. Forty-four.
C. Four.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How long does the woman need the car
A. For three weeks.
B. For thirteen days.
C. For three
days.
9. Which car does the woman choose at last
A. The silver one.
B. The black one.
C. The red one.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman want
A. An overcoat.
B. A jacket.
C. A skirt.
11. Who promised to solve the problem for the woman
A. The tailor.
B. The manager.
C. The tailor’s assistant.
12. When will the speakers go to the tailor’s
A. Next Saturday morning.
B. Next Saturday afternoon.
C. Next Sunday morning.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What are the speakers doing
A. Saying good-bye to each other.
B. Waiting for a flight.
C. Exchanging their pictures.
14. What do we know about Jane
A. She is studying at Cambridge University.
B. She will graduate next July.
C. She is twenty-one years old.
15. Who is the woman’s daughter
A. Jane.
B. Beth.
C. Tina.
16. What can we learn from the conversation
A. The man has been traveling for a month.
B. The man’s son is a college teacher.
C. The woman likes playing the piano.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What do restaurants in America seldom accept
A. Cash.
B. Checks.
C. Credit cards.
18. What do we know about popular restaurants
A. They have many reservations every day.
B. They serve alcohol to guests under 20.
C. They accept reservations for large parties.
19. How much should you tip for superior service in a restaurant
A. 15% of the total bill.
B. 20% of the total bill.
C. 25% of the total bill.
20. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage
A. Americans smoke less than Europeans.
B. Asians smoke less than Europeans.
C. The legal smoking age in America is 21.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节单项选择（共15 小题: 每小题1分，满分15分）
21. ----What do you think about that new librarian
----She is ______ of a good clerk, for she even doesn’t know how to classify the books.
A. somebody
B. nothing
C. something
D. nobody
22. ---- I’ve had a bad cough recently.
----Me too. I’ve nev er experienced ______ of air pollution in cities before. A. an acute problem B. a more acute problem
C. a most acute problem
D. the most acute problem
23. According to the Ministry of Environmental Protection, many cities in China suffered ______ air pollution during the third quarter of this year.
A. meaningful
B. amusing
C. significant
D. fundamental
24. Fame and wealth can be attractive, but ______ will they give you permanent happiness.
A. in no time
B. at a time
C. at all times
D. at no time
25. With the pressure of being off work ______, Mary seemed to be going crazy.
A. making up
B. taking up
C. picking up
D. building up
26. Floyd Landis made several lame excuses blaming medicine he had been taking
for an injury, but these were all ______.
A. in progress
B. in vain
C. in turn
D. in tune
27. Many of the creatures in the movie “Avatar” are not real, but much of ______ happens is still attractive.
A. which
B. what
C. that
D. them
28. Leonardo da Vinci ______ a scientist if he had not been so skilled in other areas.
A. would be
B. must be
C. might have been
D. should have been
29. ----Hurry! There’s no time to waste.
----OK. But I’m afraid that ______ I work around the clock, I can’t catch up with
those straight A students.
A. even if
B. as
C. until
D. as though
30.----You should have told her about the meaning of the gesture.
----I meant ______, but I had some unexpected guests.
A. to
B. to have
C. to do so
D. doing so
31. Emotional conflict may shake the ______ of even the strongest relationship, . between husband and wife, parents and children.
A. proportion
B. foundation
C. innovation
D. interaction
32. It is reported that China will not buy the Euro debt until some thorough research ______.
A. has been done
B. will have been done
C. will be done
D. had been done
33. ----Anything special about this device
----Well, it can ______ between the cancerous and the normal cells under certain conditions.
A. conclude
B. exclude
C. discriminate
D. undergo
34. News of the world was gone, shut down after ______ in the biggest newspaper scandal ever to hit Britain.
A. catching
B. caught
C. being caught
D. having caught
35. ---- I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin yesterday, but I couldn’t understand it.
---- ______. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.
A. Don’t fly off the handle
B. You got me there
C. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart
D. More haste, less speed
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的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。
Learning a second language fuels children’s intelligen ce and makes their job prospects brighter. 36 the fact is, in as in many other English speaking countries, speakers of two or more languages are in the 37 . Eighty-four per
cent of US people are monolingual (speakers of only one language). This leaves a
small number who 38 to speak two or more languages.
No matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything ___39 English is a marker of difference here. That’s why fourteen-year-old Umar
is 40 when peopl e comment on the fact that he is able to speak Arabic. Umar’s
mother points out: “In it’s not 41 for kids to be bilingual. But, if you
speak another language to your children in it is thought that you are not helping
them to 42 society.”
But in fact, the general 43 among experts is that learning a second language is good for children. Experts believe that bilinguals –people who speak
__44 languages – have a clear learning advantage 45 their monolingual schoolmates. This 46 on how much of each language they can speak, not on which language is used, 47 they are learning Arabic, French, Chinese or any other language.
Vinss Millon, a professor of Foreign Language Training, says: “A lot of studies
have 48 that children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language more 49 , but in the end they do as well as their monolingual schoolmates, and often better, in other subjects.”
The view is that there is a(n) 50 from the effort of learning another language. A few other 51 agree that “Bilinguals tend to use language better
as a whole. They also 52 greater creativity and problem-solving ability, and
t hey learn further languages more easily”.
With all of the benefits, why do we not show more 53 for learning other languages Parents and teachers 54 in bilingual education say it is pressure
from friends at school, general 55 to other languages in English-speaking countries, and problems in the school system that are to blame.
36. A. And B. So C. But D. Thus
37. A. minimum B. maximum C. minority D. majority
38. A. claim B. pretend C. decide D. plan
39. A. more than B. less than C. rather than D. other than
40. A. excited B. embarrassed C. disappointed D. appreciated
41. A. common B. unusual C. unique D. general
42. A. fit in B. build up C. contribute to D. figure out
43. A. distinction B. commission C. announcement D. agreement
44. A. one B. two C. three D. more
45. A. beneath B. beyond C. over D. of
46. A. determines B. focuses C. comments D. depends
47. A. if B. whether C. when D. because
48. A. rejected B. released C. revealed D. reminded
49. A. slowly B. rapidly C. easily D.
efficiently
50. A. outcome B. improvement C. advantage D. tendency
51. A. parents B. learners C. schoolmates D. professors
52. A. display B. produce C. inspire D. discover
53. A. concern B. respect C. enthusiasm D. intelligence
54. A. involved B. impressed C. competing D. replacing
55. A. opinions B. obstacles C. senses D. attitudes
第三部分阅读理解（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。
A
The right to vote is one of the most fundamental rights of any democracy. Yet, for too long, too many of our fellow citizens were denied that right simply because of the color of their skin.
Fifty years ago this week, President Lyndon Johnson signed a law to change that. The Voting Rights Act broke down legal barriers that stood between millions of African Americans and their constitutional right to cast ballot(投票). It was, and still is, one of the greatest victories in our country’s struggle for civil rights. But it didn’t happen overnight. Countless men and women marched and organized, sat in and stood up, for our most basic rights. For this, they were called agitators(挑拨者) and un-American; they were jailed and beaten. Some were even killed. But in the end, they reaffirmed the idea at the very heart of America: that people who love this country can change it.
Our country is a better place because of all those heroes did for us. But as one of those heroes, Congressman John Lewis, reminded us in Selma this past March, “There’s still work to be done.” Fifty years after the Voting Rights Act, there are still too many barriers to vote, and too many people trying to erect（建立）new ones. We’ve seen laws that roll back early voting, force people to jump through hoops to cast a ballot or lead to legitimate (合法的) voters being improperly purged from the rolls. Over the years, we have seen provisions (规定) specifically designed to make it harder for some of our fellow citizens to vote. In a democracy like ours, with a history like ours, that’s a disgrace. That’s why, as we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, I’m calling on Congress to pass new legislation to make sure every American has equal access to the polls.
It’s why I support the organizers getting folks registered in their communities. And it’s why, no matter what party you support, my message to every American is simple: get out there and vote—not just every four years, but every chance you get,
because your elected officials will only heed(留心) your voice if you make your voice heard. The promise that all of us are created equal is written into our founding documents but it’s up to us to make that promise real. Together, let’s do what Americans have always done: Let’s keep marching forward, keep perfecting our union, and keep building a better country for our kids.
[From Obama Weekly Address Aug 8th , 2015]
56. Many Americans were denied the right to vote simply because _____.
A. they were unwilling to go out and vote
B. they were agitators and un-American
C. too many people tried to erect new barriers
D. the color of their skin was different
57. What message does President Barack Obama want to convey in this speech
A. The President underlined that all people are created equal.
B. The President celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Voting Rights Act.
C. The President reaffirmed the commitment to protecting the right to vote.
D. The President called on everyone to seize every chance to elect officials.
B
There is one holiday in the year which is completely American, Thanksgiving Day. It is the day when everyone goes back home to spend the day with his family, to have the traditional Thanksgiving dinner of roast turkey, to talk about old times.
This is a story of Thanksgiving Day and of one man's efforts, under rather special circumstances, to carry on these traditions.
Old Pete took his seat this day on his usual bench in Union Square. Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, Pete had taken this same seat exactly at one o'clock, and each time the same pleasant thing had happened. But this time Pete had come here more from habit than from hunger.
Certainly today Pete was not hungry. He had just had a dinner so enormous that he could hardly breathe. The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst. He was so full of soup, oysters, roast turkey, apple pie, ice cream, and a dozen other rich foods that the November breeze and the first light fall of snow felt cool and pleasant to his face.
The meal had been completely unexpected. He had been passing one of the large homes on Fifth Avenue, where there lived two rich old ladies. It seems that it was their custom each Thanksgiving to place a servant at the front entrance with orders to bring in the first hungry looking person that passed and then give him a Thanksgiving dinner of everything he could eat. On this particular Thanksgiving Day, Pete had passed, the servant had brought him in, and, before Pete knew it, he was being served like a king with more food than he could eat.
Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move. He happened to look to the left and there in the distance he saw the Old Gentleman coming toward him. He wanted to get up and run, but he was so full of food that he stayed right there. Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, the Old Gentleman had come here, and found Pete on this same bench, and then taken him to a restaurant and bought him a Thanksgiving
dinner. It was a kind of tradition which the Old Gentleman, who had no family and lived alone, had tried to continue. The old man was tall and thin and sixty years old. He was aristocratic looking and he always dressed in black. His hair was whiter and thinner than it had been the year before, and he leaned more heavily on his cane than he used to.
"How do you do!" said the Old Gentleman. "I am glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through this beautiful world."
Each time the Old Gentleman had said exactly this same thing. It was part of the tradition. Old Pete, too, began to feel as though he himself was now a part of the tradition, and he therefore did not have the courage to tell the old man that he had already eaten. This dinner seemed to mean so much to the Old Gentleman.
"Thank you, sir," said Old Pete at last. "I'll go with you gladly. I'm very hungry sir."
Together the Old Gentleman and Pete walked south to the same restaurant where each year Pete had his Thanksgiving dinner. They sat at the same table. The Old Gentleman seemed pleased and happy. When the waiter brought dish after dish of food to Pete, the Old Gentleman sat quietly and smiled. Under the circumstance, Pete had to eat. It was part of the tradition, and so he ate like a hero. Soup, oysters, roast turkey, pie, he ate everything, although when he entered the restaurant even the smell of more food almost made him sick. At last Pete leaned back with the battle won.
"Thank you sir," he said, with some effort, " for a fine dinner."
They parted as they did each year at the door, the Old Gentleman going south, Pete north.
Around the corner, Pete stopped for a moment, felt a terrible pain in his stomach, then fell to the sidewalk unconscious. A little later an ambulance came. In the hospital they discovered that he had had an attack of indigestion.
An hour later, another ambulance brought the Old Gentleman to the same hospital. At first they thought it was also indigestion but later one of the nurses said, "That nice old gentleman over there-- you wouldn't think that it was a case of starvation. Proud old family, I suppose. He told me that he hadn't eaten a thing for three days.”
58. This year Old Pete came to the Union Square because ______.
A. he was hungry and expected to find some food
B. he had nowhere to go on the Thanksgiving Day
C. he wanted to meet the Old Gentleman and check his health
D. i t was a convention for him to accept the Old Gentleman’s dinner
59. Why didn’t Old Pete refuse the invitation from the Old Gentleman
A. Because he felt he had more room for food.
B. Because he realized he was involved in the tradition.
C. Because he felt moved by the Old Gentlemen’s generosity.
D. Because h e didn’t dare to tell the old man he had already eaten.
60. According to the passage, which of the following is true
A. Only the Old Gentlemen observed Thanksgiving Day traditions.
B. The two gentlemen were both hospitalized because of hunger.
C. The Thanksgiving dinner offered by the Old Gentleman is more than dinner
itself.
D. The food in the restaurant tastes better than that in large homes on Fifth
Avenue.
61. What can we learn from the two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen
A. One man’s meat is another man’s poison.
B. They are really gentlemen true to their word.
C. They are too vain to express their true feelings.
D. The conduct of the two gentlemen is really absurd.
C
Today, many species of animals and plants are endangered. This means they are in danger of becoming extinct and living on only in the pages of history books. The famous dodo is a classic example of a creature that became extinct. A flightless bird that lived on the island of Mauritius, it was discovered by sailors in 1598 but was hunted to extinction by 1681.
Hunting has caused the Bengal tiger and the African elephant to be endangered today but habitat destruction can also lead to extinction. This is equally true for plants. Animals and plants disappear for other reasons too, but the main cause is often a disruption（打乱，破坏） in the natural food chain, whether due to hunting, habitat destruction, or even the introduction of alien species.
The natural food chain is the cycle that governs the existence of all life on this planet. It is a carefully balanced cycle and any imbalance that occurs can cause knock-on effects that have serious consequences. At the beginning of the natural food chain are plants which turn sunlight into energy and draw nutrients from the earth. Plants are called producers.
After the producers come the consumers. There are three tiers of consumers. First are creatures such as plant-eating animals, fish and insects which feed off the producers. These animals that only eat plants are called herbivores. The second tier of consumers are carnivores - animals that live off other animals. The third tier of consumers eats both other animals and plants. These consumers, including most humans, are called omnivores.
After animals and plants die, they become food for other smaller creatures, such as bacteria and some plants, such as fungi. As they feed, these creatures turn the dead bodies back into gases and minerals which are again food for the producers at the beginning of the food chain. And so the cycle continues.
All of nature is connected and governed by hundreds of these delicate food chains and if a single plant in the chain cannot survive, then the insects that live off the plant start to die and the animals that eat the insects also start to die.
When a food chain is disrupted, the consequences can be extremely serious. One estimate suggests that for each plant species that is lost, up to 30 animals and insects may also die out. One wonders how many species were affected by the extinction of the dodo
Humans can have disastrous effects on food chains. We've already mentioned hunting but now let's look at travel. When people first started to explore the world they took plant and animal species from their home countries and introduced them wherever they went. They didn't realize that by introducing alien species they were disrupting the natural food chains of the areas they discovered. Although there are strict rules in place today controlling the import and export of alien species, some places are still fighting the effects of aliens introduced hundreds of years ago.
For example, Gough Island in the South Atlantic Ocean is a breeding ground for albatrosses that have been nesting there for centuries. But in the 19th century, mice from passing ships were brought to the island. Being a species alien to the island, they had no natural predators and have now grown to such a size that they are attacking and killing albatross chicks. If they are allowed to continue, they will wipe out the albatross population.
With import laws and people's rising awareness of how humans affect the natural environment, hopefully we can learn to fit better into the natural food chains that govern our world. Otherwise we need to accept that the loss of any more plants and animals could eventually mean our own extinction.
62. What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us
A. Hunting and habitat destruction lead to extinction.
B. Many species of animals and plants are endangered.
C. Plants and animals become extinct for the same reasons.
D. The main cause of extinction is often a disruption in the natural food chain.
63. Which of the following sentence is TRUE according to the passage
A. Strict rules alone can remove the bad effects of alien species.
B. Plants, herbivores and carnivores are the three tiers of consumers.
C. If a bird becomes extinct, the relevant food chain will be disrupted.
D. Animals and plants become extinct because alien species are imported.
64. By mentioning the mice in Gough Island, the author intends to highlight ______.
A. mice worldwide are growing all the time
B. being aliens, they had no natural predators
C. some places are still fighting the effects of aliens
D. traveling can have disastrous effects on food chains
65. What is the best title of the passage
A. Survival of the fittest.
B. Endangered animals and plants.
C. How to protect the natural environment.
D. The link between food chains and extinction.
D
What will higher education look like in 2050 That was the question addressed Tuesday night by Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University.
“We’re at the end of the fourth wave of change in higher education,” Crow began, arguing that research universities followed the initial establishment of higher education, public colleges, and land-grant schools in the timeline of
America.
In less than a half-century, he said, global market competition will be at its fastest rates of change ever, with several multitrillion-dollar economies worldwide. According to a recen t projection, the nation’s population could reach 435 million, with a large percentage of those residents economically disadvantaged. In addition, climate change will be “meaningfully uncontrollable” in many parts of the world.
The everyday trends seen today, such as declining performance of students at all levels, particularly in math and science, and declining wages and employment among the less educated, will only continue, Crow maintained, and are, to say the least, not contributing to fulfilling the dream of climbing the social ladder mobility, quality of life, sustainable environment, and longer life spans that most Americans share.
“How is it that we can have these great research universities and have negative-trending outcomes” Crow said in a talk “I hold the universities accountable. … We are part of the problem.”
Among the “things that we do that make the things that we teach less learnable,” Crow said, are the strict separation of disciplines, academic rigidity, and conservatism, the desire of universities to imitate schools at the top of the social ranks, and the lack of the computer system ability that would allow a large number of students to be educated for a small amount of money.
Since 2002, when Crow started being in charge at Arizona State —which he calls the “new American university” —he has led more than three dozen initiatives that aim to make the school “inclusive, scalable, fast, adaptive, challenge-focused, and willing to take risks.”
Among those initiatives were a restructuring of the engineering and life sciences schools to create more linkages between disciplines; the launch of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the School of Sustainability; the start of a Teachers College to address K-12 performance and increase the status of the Education Department at the university; and broadened access, increasing the freshman class size by 42 percent and the enrollment of students living below the poverty line by 500 percent.
Universities must start, Crow noted, “by becoming self-reflective architects, figuring out what we have and what we actually need instead of what legend tells us we have to be.” Research universities today have “run their course,” he added. “Now is the time for variety.”
During a discussion afterward, Crow clarified and expanded on some of his points. He discussed, for example, the school’s distance-learning program. “Nearly 40 percent of undergraduates are taking at least one course online,” he said, which helps the school to keep costs down while advancing interactive learning technologies.
He said that Arizona State is working to increase the transfer and completion rates of community-college students, of whom only about 15 percent, historically, complete their later degrees. “We’ve built a system that will allo w them to track into universities,” particularly where “culturally complex barriers” beyond
finances limit even the most gifted students.
66. The fourth wave of change in America’s higher education refers to _______.
A. public colleges
B. land-grant schools
C. research universities
D. initial higher education
67. Which is NOT part of the American dream most people share
A. People enjoy a quality life.
B. People live longer and longer.
C. The freedom to move around.
D. An environment that is sustainable.
68. Which is an initiative adopted by Crow at Arizona State University
A. Restructuring the teachers College.
B. Launching the School of Life Sciences.
C. Ignoring the linkages between disciplines.
D. Enrolling more students from poor families.
69. Which one is similar to the underlined word “architect” in meaning
A. The author of the guidebook is an architect by profession.
B. If you want to refurnish the house, consult the architect.
C. Deng Xiaoping is one of the architects of the PRC.
D. Tom is considered one of the best landscape architect here.
70. With the distance-learning program, Arizona State University is able to ______.
A. enroll 40% of its students online
B. keep costs down without a loss of quality
C. provide an even greater number of courses
D. attract the most gifted students all over the world
第二卷（共35分）
第一节任务型阅读（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恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。
The hottest apps
IF you’re one of those people who likes to take a look at their phone from time to t ime, you’re not alone. Using apps has now become part of everyday life. But with so many on the market that claim to be the best, which ones should you download onto your phone to have fun with Below, four have been picked out for you. Evernote In the world of note taking, Evernote is the king. It allows users to create electronic files such as text, photos, audio, and videos. It also lets you organize your files, tag (标记) them, and search them easily.
One of the most useful features on the app, though, is being able to log onto any device with your Evernote account and use your files. The app automatically stores your content in the cloud storage, and syncs (同步) it with your other devices. Another feature that is new in the latest version of the Evernote ap p is “Places”, which allows you to sort the files, photos, audio or video you have created by the location where you created them.
So if you need some organization in your life, Evernote is the app for you.
Candy Crush Soda Saga
The original Candy Crush Saga took the world by storm, leaving millions addicted to its endless candy-popping levels.
But now there is a new challenge: Candy Crush Soda Saga. The app is similar to the original, but different enough to draw you in with a few new features. The app is still a match-3 game, which means that you have to move a piece of candy until there are three matching ones.
There are a few new features, though, such as soda bottles, which burst into purple liquid when you match three of them. There are also hidden gummy (粘性的) bears in this new version, and to complete the levels, you must clear the candies to reveal the hidden bear. These new features make the game a little harder than the old version, and you can expect to spend more time on each level.
So if you liked the original Candy Crush game, Candy Crush Soda Saga will be a new treat with much of the same fun as before.
Moment Cam
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第二节书面表达（满分25分）
请阅读下面短文, 并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
Following a four-day meeting of the Communist Party of China Central Committee in Beijing, the central government announces that China allows two children for every couple.
The People's Congress at provincial level or its standing committee has revised local regulations or made new ones, with the support and guidance of the National Health and Family Planning Commission, Jiang said.
"The number of new births will definitely increase in the coming years and we estimate that the peak will be over 20 million newborn babies," said Wang Pei'an, vice-minister of the National Health and Family Planning Commission.
At present, about 60 percent of China's child-bearing women are over 35 years old, which means an increase of 'elderly' mothers will be witnessed in China in the next few years, Wang said in a news release on Friday.
"It's safe to say that the two-child policy won't bring huge pressure on food security and basic public services, such as health, education and employment," Wang said. He estimated that another 30 million working people aged between 15 and 59 will be added by 2050. "It will benefit economic growth in the long term," Wang added.【写作内容】
1.用约30个单词写出上文概要；
2.用约120个单词就“二胎政策”这一话题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：
（1）你同意你父母亲生二胎吗表明你的态度并说明理由（至少2点）；
（2）试分析中国实行二胎政策的好处。（至少两点）
参考词汇：兄弟姐妹：sibling
【写作要求】
1.在作文中可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能直接引用文中原句。
2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
3.不必写标题。
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江苏省2016年2月南师附中、淮阴、天一、海门英语四校联考答案
一、听力：1-20: BBACB BCCAA BCBAC ABCBA
二、单选 21-35: BBCDD BBCAB BACCD
三、完形 36-55: CCADB BADBC DBCAB DACAD
四、阅读
56-57: DC 58-61: DBCB 62-65: DCDD 66-70: CCDCB
五、任务型（10分）
71. recommendation 72. claiming 73. Types/Categories/Kinds/ Sorts
74. Features 76. harder 77. similar
78. where 79. Besides 80. cover/ involve
六、书面表达（25分）
[one possible version]
The passage tells us the latest release of the two-child policy and analyzes its prospect and the positive effects it may have on China.
On a personal note, the long-awaited move immediately excited me, because having a sibling is what I have been dreaming about. With a sibling around, never will I feel lonely. In addition, I can shoulder part of the responsibility to take care of the baby, and thus learn to take care of others. Above all, I can share my joys and sorrows with another family member.
In the same way, the new policy means much more than giving children. It is expected to help to change China’s negative population trends. As is mentioned in the passage, the two-child policy is bound to increase the fertility rate and control the aging population. Besides, it will also help to solve an imbalance between boys and girls. (148)
【作文得分要点和评分标准】
一、得分要点
1. 用约30个词概括这段短文的内容（6分）
2. 你的态度（2分）+理由（至少两点4+4分）
3. 实施二胎政策的好处（至少两点4+4分）
二、评分标准
1. 本题总分为25分，按5个档次给分。
2. 评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言初步确定其所属档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3. 词数少于130或多于170的，从总分中减去2分。
4. 评分时，应注意的主要内容为：内容要点、应用词汇和语法结构的数量和准确性、上下文的连贯性及语言的得体性。
5. 拼写与标点符号是语言准确性的一个方面，评分时，应视其对交际的影响程度予以考虑。
6. 如书写较差，以致影响交际，将分数降低一个档次。
7. 内容要点可用不同方式表达，对紧扣主题的适当发挥不予扣分。
【英语作文评分标准----各档次的给分范围和要求】
第五档（很好）：（21-25分）
1. 完全完成了试题规定的任务。
2. 覆盖所有内容要点。
3. 应用了较多的语法结构和词汇。
4. 语法结构或词汇方面有些许错误，但为尽力使用较复杂结构或较高级词汇所致；具备较强的语言运用能力。
5. 有效地使用了语句间的连接成份，使全文结构紧凑。
6. 完全达到了预期的写作目的。
第四档（好）：（16-20分）
1. 完全完成了试题规定的任务。
2. 虽漏掉1、2个次重点，但覆盖所有主要内容。
3. 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足任务的要求。
4. 语法结构或词汇方面应用基本准确，些许错误主要是因尝试较复杂语法结构或词汇所致。
5. 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文结构紧凑。
6. 达到了预期的写作目的。
第三档（适当）：（11-15分）
1. 基本完成了试题规定的任务。
2. 虽漏掉一些内容，但覆盖所有主要内容。
3. 应用的语法结构和词汇能满足词汇的要求。
4. 应用简单的语句间的连接成分，使全文内容连贯。
5. 整体而言，基本达到了预期的写作目的。
第二档（较差）：（6-10分）
1.未恰当完成试题规定的任务。
2. 漏掉或未描述清楚一些主要内容，写了一些无关内容。
3. 语法结构简单，词汇项目有限。
4. 有一些语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响了对写作内容的理解。
5. 较少使用语句间的连接成分，内容缺少连贯性。
6. 信息未能清楚地传达给读者。
第一档（差）：（1-5分）
1. 未完成试题规定的任务。
2. 明显遗漏主要内容，写了一些无关内容，原因可能是未理解试题要求。
3. 语法结构单调，词汇项目有限。
4. 较多语法结构或词汇方面的错误，影响对写作内容的理解。
5. 缺乏语句间的连接成分，内容不连贯。
6. 信息未能传达给读者。
不得分：（0分）
未能传达给读者任何信息：内容太少，无法评判；写的内容均与所要求内容无关或所写内容无法看清。
【附：听力原文】
Text1
M: May I help you
W: Yes, I would like to buy a swimming suit for my older sister as a birthday present. Text 2
W: I hear your son is working part-time at the supermarket.
M: Yes, he works on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 4:00 . to 7:00 p. m. and all day on Saturday.
Text 3
M: Wait a minute. I recognize the man who’s following Jack. It’s Mr. Green. W: Now I remember. Mr. Green told me yesterday his brother was coming.
Text 4
W: The car hasn’t b een cleaned for a few days.
M: No, it hasn’t.
W: It’s very dirty. Someone ought to clean it today.
M: It’s Mark’s turn.
Text 5
M: Can you deliver this, please.
W: It depends where you live, sir.
M: In Camden Town.
W: Yes, we deliver there. But it will cost two pounds fifty.
M: All right. But I’m only in on Saturday.
Text 6
W: Good news!
M: What’s it
W: The IOC President Thomas Bach announced the winner just now.
M: What winner
W: Silly bookworm! Beijing has got the right to host the twenty-fourth Winter Olympic Games in 2022.
M: That’s really good news! Tell me something further, please.
W: Beijing and its co-bidder Zhangjiakou won 44 nods against Almaty’s 40 in the voting, becoming the first city to host both summer and winter Olympics.
M: Wonderful! I’ll d o something for the Winter Olympic Games from now on.
Text 7
M: Hello, can I help you
W: I’d like to rent a Toyata Corolla.
M: All right. How long will you need it
W: For three days.
M: Have you ever rented a car before
W: No, I haven’t. Can I choose the c olor of the car
M: Sure. We have Toyata Corollas in black, red and silver.
W: I don’t like black or red.
M: Then you can have the other one! Please show me your ID card and I will copy it. W: OK. Anything else
M: Sign your name on the application form, and here are the keys to the car. W: Thanks! What time do I have to bring it back
M: It needs to come back by noon of the third day.
W: All right. Thanks!
M: Drive safely.
Text 8
W: Can you recommend a good tailor
M: Yes, why
W: I want a new overcoat for the winter.
M: Oh, how about the tailor near my school
W: I don’t think that one is very good. I had a dress made there, but it pulled open under the arms a few days later.
M: Why didn’t you go back and reason with the tailor
W: I did, but he refused to do anything about it and quarreled with me. In the end, I had to talk to the manager.
M: What did he say
W: He said he would see what he could do.
M: Well, that’s good.
W: But I don’t want to have the same kind of trouble. Do you know any other tailors in town
M: Well, there’s one next to the 6th Department Store. He’s said to be very good. W: Could you take me there someday
M: Certainly. How about next Sunday morning
W: OK. That’s very kind of you.
Text 9
W: Oh, what terrible weather! The plane must be delayed.
M: I know. I can’t wait to get home. I’ve been traveling on business for a month.
I really miss my family.
W: A month is a long time to be away. Well, do you have any children
M: I have two, a boy and a girl. Would you like to see a picture of them
W: Sure…Oh, how nice! Now, who’s this
M: This is Jane, my beautiful daughter. She’s twenty-four.
W: Is she married
M: No. She is studying engineering at Cambridge University. She will graduate this
June. And she has gotten a position with IBM.
W: What an excellent girl!
M: So she is! And this is my son, James.
W: How old is he
M: He is twenty-one. He’s in college now. That’s my wife, Beth, a college teacher. W: Wow, you certainly have a lovely family!
M: Thank you. So, tell me about your family.
W: My husband and I have a daughter, Tina. She is a lovely girl and she likes playing the piano. But I don’t have a photo with me.
M: Well, it seems that you miss your daughter very much.
W: Yes. I haven’t seen her for nearly two weeks.
Text 10
If you visit America, you should be aware of some of the American customs and habits. All restaurants in America accept cash for payment, and most also accept credit cards. You will seldom find a restaurant that accepts checks. It is common to have to wait for a table in a popular restaurant.
There are many popular restaurants that do not accept reservations, or will only accept reservations for large parties, for example, six or more people. Many restaurants in America have a license to serve alcohol. The drinking age in America is 21.
Tipping is another common custom. American restaurants do not add a service charge to the bill. Therefore, it is expected that the customer will leave a tip for the server. The common practice is to leave a tip that is equal to 15% of the total bill for acceptable service, and about 20% for superior service. Smoking in America is not always considered to be a good social habit. Smoking in public is not as common in America as in many other countries. Generally, Americans smoke less than Europeans and much less than Asians. It is a fact that smoking is becoming less and less socially acceptable. Smoking is forbidden in many places. The legal smoking age in America is 18.