英语高考模拟卷-歙县中学2016届高三压轴测试卷英语试题及答案

2016届高三高考模拟测试

英语

本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分?满分150分?考试时间120分钟?答案应写在答题卷上,不能答在试题卷上?

第Ⅰ卷(选择题满分100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?

例:How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.5.

B. ￡9.15.

C. ￡9.18.

答案是B?

1. How much would the man pay if he buys four ties?

A. $30.

B. $60.

C. $108.

2. What is the weather like now?

A. Sunny.

B. Windy.

C. Warm.

3. Where are the speakers?

A. In a hotel.

B. At a dinner table.

C. In the man’s house.

4. What is the woman?

A. A reporter.

B. A teacher.

C. A student.

5. What movie did the man probably watch last night?

A. World WarⅡ.

B. Airhead.

C. Titanic.

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?7题?

6. Where does the conversation take place?

A. In the woman’s house.

B. In a company.

C. On the phone.

7. What is the man probably?

A. A salesman.

B. A reporter.

C. A cleaner. 听第7段材料,回答第8?9题?

8. What did the woman buy at last?

A. A copy of New York Times.

B. A bottle of Chinese vinegar.

C. A kilo of bananas.

9. How much did the woman pay all her things?

A. $42.90.

B. $48.70.

C. $48.10. 听第8段材料,回答第10至12题?

10. What is the man looking for?

A. A house.

B. A company.

C. A neighborhood.

11. What can we know about the man?

A. He is very critical of it.

B. He isn’t an honest man.

C. He is satisfied with it.

12. What will the speakers probably do soon?

A. Meet each other tomorrow afternoon.

B. Talk about the price tomorrow.

C. Sign an agreement.

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题?

13. When does the microbiology lecture on Tuesday start?

A. At 9 am.

B. At 11 am.

C. At 2 pm.

14. How long does the chemistry lab on Wednesday last?

A. One hour.

B. Two hours.

C. Three hours.

15. Which day is the man’s busiest day?

A. Tuesday.

B. Wednesday.

C. Thursday.

16. What has the man got on Friday?

A. One lecture.

B. Two tutorials.

C. Nothing.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题?

17. What day is it today?

A. Sunday.

B. Friday.

C. Saturday.

18. What was Friday’s weather like?

A. Fine and partly stormy.

B. Warm and dry.

C. Fair and humid.

19. What is Saturday evening’s weather forecast for the state?

A. Heavy showers over the northern part.

B. Some rain in parts of the state.

C. Light rain over the entire state.

20. What event will occur on Sunday evening?

A. The earth’s shadow will cover the moon.

B. Colorful lights will appear in the sky.

C. Shooting stars will be visible.

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?D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑?

A

Eric was known for his red hair and his bad temper, and thus he earned the name Eric the Red. Like his father Thorval Asvaldson he also killed several men in personal quarrels, one concerning the death of some of his slaves, and another concerning some wood working tools. Following these killings, he had to leave Iceland for three years.

Eric lived and explored in Greenland for the full three years of his banishment(流放) from Iceland. Realizing the habitable(适于居住的) Greenland, he returned to Iceland. He persuaded 25 ships to be with him on a mission to colonize(殖民) this new land. Some turned back and others were lost at sea, but Eric arrived in Greenland with about 14 ships, and around 500 settlers. The colony prospered( 繁荣), and Eric became a rich leader. Therefore, Eric was regarded as the discoverer of America.

Eric’s son Lief was a strong leader, and an explorer himself. He sailed west and found rich lands there which he named Vinland, but soon after he returned to Greenland, the island was going through a plague (瘟疫) brought from Iceland, and many of its settlers, including Eric the Red, died. Once Greenland might have reached around 3000~4000 inhabitants(居住者), but the dreams of settling further west came to little as the Greenlanders struggled to survive in their awful environment which worsened with a cooling cycle. Several hundred years after Eric and Lief the Greenlanders were cut off from Europe, the colder climate brought the Innuit peoples south, and into fight with the Vikings that survived in the terrible conditions. Around a hundred years before Columbus “discovered America”, the colony in Greenland failed to support itself. No one knows if there were any survivors where they left.

21. What can we learn about Eric the Red from paragraph1?

A. Eric the Red often lent his wood working tools to other people.

B. Eric the Red got his name because of his appearance and temper.

C. Eric the Red often had quarrels with his father and other people.

D. Eric the Red was born in a rich family and lived a happy childhood.

22. What led to the death of the inhabitants on Vinland?

A. Fights against the invaders.

B. Some natural disasters.

C. The terrible weather there.

D. An unexpected disease.

23. Why did Lief’s hope of settling further west fail in the end?

A. Because Lief was killed in the fight with the Innuit peoples.

B. Because the environment there was awfully terrible.

C. Because the Greenlanders were cut off from Europe.

D. Because no one was willing to move westwards.

B

Children who spend more time outdoors may have a lower risk of becoming nearsighted, new research suggests.

In the study, researchers looked at about 1,900 schoolchildren. The scientists found that the kids who had been instructed to spend more time outdoors over three years were 23 percent less likely to develop nearsightedness during this time than those who had not been instructed to spend more time outdoors. Moreover, among the kids who did become nearsighted during the study, the degree to which their eyesight worsened was slightly smaller among those who spent more time outdoors.

The researchers selected six schools and required the children, whose average age was 7 at the start of the study, to attend one additional 60-minute class of outdoor activities during each school day for three years. The parents of these children were also encouraged to engage their children in outdoor activities after school, especially during weekends and holidays. The other half of the children, from another six schools, continued their usual activity patterns. After three years, 30.4 percent of the kids in the intervention (干预) group had become nearsighted, compared with 38.5 percent of the kids in the other group.

It is not clear exactl y why spending more time outside would benefit children’s eyesight, the researchers said. However, some research has suggested that the higher levels of light intensity found outdoors may increase the release of the chemical dopamine (多巴胺) of the eye. In turn, dopamine is known to restrict the type of growth in the eye that is associated with nearsightedness.

Based on the new results, the researchers recommend that children spend more time outdoors because of the potential benefits of their eyesight. Howeve r, it’s important to protect kids’ skin and eyes from UV(紫外的) light, which can be damaging.

24. What did the children in the intervention group do during each school day?

A. Attend an extra class of outdoor activities.

B. Continue to do their usual activities.

C. Spend one hour in doing eye exercises.

D. Participate in outdoor activities with parents.

25. What can be inferred about the chemical dopamine?

A. It can contribute to poor sight.

B. It can damage people’s brain.

C. It is beneficial to eyesight.

D. It means low levels of light intensity.

26. What may be discussed next according to the last paragraph?

A. How to design outdoor activities for kids.

B. How to prevent kids becoming nearsighted.

C. How to protect kids’ skin and eyes from UV light.

D. How to encourage kids to join in outdoor activities.

27. Which can serve as the best title for the passage?

A. The More Time Outdoors, the Better

B. Kids May See Better if They Play Outside

C. It’s Time to Engage Kids in Outdoor Activities

D. Researchers Found a Cure for Nearsightedness

C

After Dinner Car Troubles

A complaint was received by the president of a major car company: “This is the fourth time I have written to you, and I don’t blame you for not answering me because I must sound crazy, but it is a fact that we have a tradition in our family of having ice cream for dessert after dinner each night. Every night after we’ve eaten, the family votes on which flavor of ice cream we should have and I drive down to the store to get it. I recently purchased a new Pantsmobile from your company and since then my trips to the store have created a problem. You see, every time I buy vanilla(香草) ice-cream my car won’t start. If I get any other kind of ice-cream, the car starts just fine. I want you to know I’m serious about this question, no matter how silly it sounds: What is there about a Pantsmobile that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice-cream, and easy to start whenever I get any other kind?”

The Pantsmobile company president understandably doubted about the letter, but he sent an engineer there anyway. The engineer had arranged to meet the man just after dinner time, so the two got into the car and drove to the grocery store. The man bought vanilla ice-cream that night and, sure enough, after they came back to the car it wouldn’t start for several minutes, the engineer returned for three more nights. The first night, the man got chocolate. The car started right away. The second night, he got strawberry and again the car started right up. The third night he bought

vanilla and the car failed to start.

There must be a logical reason why the man’s car wouldn’t start when he bought vanilla ice-cream. What was it? After doing more research into the case, the engineer eventually found out the cause. Vanilla ice-cream was the most popular flavor and was on display in a little case near the express check out, while the other flavors were in the back of the store and took more time to select and check out. This mattered because the man’s car was experiencing vapor (蒸汽) lock, which is excess (过度的) heat boiling the fuel in the fuel line and the resulting air bubbles(气泡) blocking the flow of fuel until the car has enough time to cool. When the car was running, there was enough pressure to move the bubbles along, but not when the car was trying to start.

Moral of the story: Sometimes even crazy-sounding problems are real. A better moral: Chocolate ice-cream cures vapor lock.

28. What can we know from the first paragraph?

A. The family ate more ice-cream than other food at dinner.

B. The company had paid less attention to the man’s complaints.

C. The man drove the second- hand Pantsmobile to buy desserts.

D. Whenever the man bought chocolates, he couldn’t start the car.

29. After several letter complaints, the car company sent an engineer to________.

A. check the problem out

B. warn the man not to make trouble

C. repair the problem car

D. drive the car for him

30. Which was the right order that caused the car problem?

A. excess heat→ boiling the fuel→ creating air bubbles→ block the flow of fuel

B. creating air bubbles→ excess heat→ boiling the fuel→ block the flow of fuel

C. block the flow of fuel→ excess heat→ boiling the fuel→ creating air bubbles

D. creating air bubbles→ boiling the fuel→ excess heat→ block the flow of fuel

31. The author really wants to tell us that________.

A. chocolate ice cream can settle a car problem

B. buying a popular ice-cream may lead to problems

C. car companies should be more responsible

D. what doesn’t seem reasonable sometimes exists

D

It took 100 years, but finally, scientists proved Albert Einstein’s theory that gravitational waves exist.

The waves were predicted as part of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity nearly 100 years ago. It was the theory of the physics behind the workings of our world and the universe. The idea was that the waves are like ripples(涟漪)in space, caused by some of the violent and energetic processes in the Universe. For example, two black holes crashing into each other.

Now a group of scientists, including ones from CalTech, MIT and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration finally found the gravitational waves.

David Reitze is the executive(有执行权的)director of the LIGO observatory(天文台) at CalTech. “We have detected gravitational waves. We did it!” Reitze spoke with others at a pr ess conference in Washington, DC this past week. The scientists announced they were able to see ripples in the fabric(织物)of space time.

What are these gravitational waves? Well, imagine throwing a rock into a pond. When the rock hits the flat surface of the water, it creates ripples or waves. Space time is like the surface of the water. So that means gravitational waves are like the ripples moving out from where the rock hits the water.

It might be hard to understand, but those gravitational waves expand and contract space and time as they move through space. And when they get to the Earth, the waves pass through, and contract and expand the planet as the wave goes by.

It was Einstein who said these gravitational waves should be observable. But these are not huge waves. They are very, very small, which is why it took so long to find them. You cannot see them with your eyes. They are smaller than the size of an atom.

How did the scientists find them? They used a giant scientific tool called LIGO—which stands for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory. The billion-dollar LIGO project is two L-shaped observatories. One is in Louisiana and one in Washington state. Their job was to watch for these gravitational waves. They have been looking on and off since 2002.

For years, scientists have been watching two black holes in another galaxy(银河)far away. The two were spinning around each other, moving closer and closer together. When they finally

crashed into each other, it was with such power and force, that gravitational waves rang throughout the universe, like a giant bell. Those waves, traveling at the speed of light, finally reached the Earth, some 1.3 billion years later. They are the same waves that the scientists announced this past week. Each of the black holes was thought to be 29 to 36 times the mass of our sun.

So, what does this discovery mean?

Abhay Ashtekar is a Penn State physicist, who was not on the discovery team. He said: “Our understanding of the heavens changed dramatically.”

32. According to the text, which of the following statements is true?

A. Gravitational waves have been existing for 100 years.

B. Albert Einstein proved the existence of gravitational waves.

C. Gravitational waves travel as fast as light.

D. Albert Einstein predicted the existence of black holes.

33. What can be inferred from the text?

A. The LIGO project costs a lot of money.

B. The LIGO project is directed by Abhay Ashtekar.

C. The LIGO has been watching for gravitational waves continuously.

D. The LIGO observatory is intended to detect black holes.

34. What is the text mainly about?

A. Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity.

B. The detection of gravitational waves.

C. David Reitze’s LIGO project.

D. The crash of two black holes.

35. The underlined word “contract” probably means________.

A. make a legal agreement with someone

B. become shorter or narrower or smaller

C. catch or develop an illness

D. communicate with someone

第二节(共5小题:每小题2分,满分10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?

Driving in New Zealand is not difficult but there are a few surprises. 36 . The following tips should help you have a safe trip.

Driving is always kept on or below the legal speed limits indicated on road signs. The maximum speed on any open road is 100km/h. The maximum speed in urban areas is 50km/h. Adjust your speed as conditions demand.

37 . Although distances may seem short, New Zealand roads often include hilly, narrow or winding areas, which slow down your journey. If you’re used to driving in the city, take care when driving on the open country roads, and watch out for single-lane bridges.

New Zealand accepts the national driving licenses of all other countries for tourists staying less than 12 months. You must carry your license while driving. After a period of one year, you must apply for a New Zealand driver’s license. 38 .

Most open roads are a single lane each way, except for motorways coming into larger cities (Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch). Before overtaking, make sure you will have at least 100m of a clear road in front of you. Do not pass on double yellow lines —these indicate that it’s too dangerous to overtake.

Road conditions are variable. Off the main highways some roads may be not opened and extra care needs to be taken. 39 Ask your rental car company to mark these roads on your map before setting off.

In winter some roads may be dangerous due to ice or snow, particularly around mountain passes. 40 Do not brake suddenly on ice. In some cases chains may be required (rental cars usually come with chains supplied). Make sure you’re familiar with how to fit them.

A.If you have an international driving permit, you can drive for one year after you first arrive in New Zealand.

B. Look out for signs indicating slippery surfaces and drive slowly.

C. A few of them are not safe for vehicles and insurance does not cover them.

D. You should be aware of our road rules and driving restrictions before you set out.

E. Don’t misjudge driving time.

F. You will have to pass a theory test, and a practical test.

G. Check rental agreements before hiring a car to drive.

第三部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)

第一节完型填空(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?D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑?

Are you responsible for your actions? Or are you trying to put the 41 on someone else? If you’re always trying to find fault 42 yourself, then you’re not taking responsibility for your own actions. Start making a plan to hold yourself responsible if something isn’t 43 . Ask yourself what you could have done to make the situation work out in your 44 ? Continue to do so until you start seeing the 45 of what you do in your business.

When you start taking responsibility for your actions you start to see a(n) 46 in how you process information. You’ll find out what works best for you and wha t does not work at all. You have the power to 47 when you start focusing on what you can do to make your business and life work for you.

To be 48 , you have to keep a 49 attitude to all that you do, even in situations where you feel nothing has come from it. Always 50 the good in what you do. So what though it doesn’t work out the first or 51 time? It’s OK. You 52 find ten ways not to do something. 53 with the path to find out what will work and be enthusiastic about it. You will 54 more about what is best for you than anybody else.

Don’t think a lot about the negatives that you have experienced 55 you will only be wasting time trying to figure out why it 56 . You don’t have 57 for that; you have to keep moving forward. The 58 time you spend wondering what should, could or would happen, the more likely the next big things would have passed you 59 .

So hold yourself responsible for your actions. Only you can 60 the path you take in order to succeed in life and realize your dream.

41. A. pressure B. blame C. story D. focus

42. A. outside B. with C. within D. against

43. A. coming out B. going out C. checking out D. working out

44. A. honour B. language C. favour D. heart

45. A. purposes B. steps C. results D. degrees

46. A. deed B. change C. drawback D. example

47. A. mature B. differ C. decide D. succeed

48. A. responsible B. happy C. famous D. helpful

49. A. basic B. relaxed C. friendly D. positive

50. A. ignore B. find C. absorb D. read

51. A. second B. fifth C. eighth D. tenth

52. A. indeed B. again C. just D. also

53. A. Continue B. Agree C. Stay D. Travel

54. A. receive B. desire C. know D. prove

55. A. while B. unless C. but D. as

56. A. returned B. happened C. stopped D. lasted

57. A. time B. money C. patience D. experience

58. A. freer B. better C. more D. happier

59. A. away B. over C. on D. by

60. A. move B. cross C. determine D. build

第Ⅱ卷(非选择题满分50分)

第三部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)

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?

Do you know the UK government has 61. _______ (successful) passed a law banning branding on packs of cigarettes? That means tobacco makers will be forced 62. _______ (pack) their cigarettes in plain packets.

The motivation behind this 63._______ (decide) is to make smoking less appealing to people, especially children.

A similar law 64. _______ was passed in Australia in has resulted 65. ________ a fall in smoking rates from 15.1% to 12.8% for people aged 14.

As of January 2015, 22% of adult men and 17% of adult women smoke in Great Britain. The possibility of smoking in the UK 66. ________ (increase) with age so that by 15 years of age 8 % of school children are regular smokers. Children, it is thought, will be less attracted to cigarettes 67. _______ (sell) in unbranded boxes.

Smoking is one of 68. _______ biggest causes of preventable deaths in England. Every year

about 80,000 die and over 450,000 69. ________ (send) to hospital due to smoking. This places a large stress on the health service and is also a factor in why the government would like to prevent people 70. _______ (take) up smoking or help them quit.

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)

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文?文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处?每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:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉?

修改:在错的词下划一横线,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?

I was real sad when I found my bicycle had broken down again. Tired of repairing it again and again, I decided buy a new one. After school, I went to a shop locating in the center of the city with a friend called Jack. The black bicycle attracted my eyes as soon as we went into the shop. It looked so cool I could hardly wait to ride it. The shopkeepers told us that it was the latest bicycle.

He wanted to charge me for 800 yuan, that was too high for me. I just couldn’t afford such an expensive one. Then I choose another one, which cost him only 200 yuan. It was not perfect, so it was much better than the old one.

第二节:书面表达(满分25分)

假定你是李华?最近你校的英语戏剧社团(English Drama Club)需要招募一批新成员,你打算加入?请根据所给提示,写一封自荐信?内容包括:

1.自我介绍(包括兴趣和优势);

2.参加这个社团的目的;

3.希望被批准?

注意:

1.词数100左右;

2.开头和结尾已给出,但不计入总词数?

Dear Sir or Madam,

I’m Li Hua, from Class 1 Grade 1 _______________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

参考答案

第一部分听力(共两节,每小题1.5分,满分30分)

1-5 CBAAC 6-10 CAABA 11-15 CACBB 16-20 ABCBA

第二部分阅读理解(共两节, 每小题2分,满分40分)

21-23BDB 24-27 ACCB 28-31 BAAD 32-35 CABB 36-40 DEFCB

第三部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)

完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)

41-45 BADCC 46-50 BDADB 51-55 DCACD 56-60 BACDC

第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)

61. successfully 62. to pack 63. decision 64. that/ which 65. in

66. increases 67. sold 68. the 69. are sent 70. taking

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)

1. real改为really

2. buy前加to

3. locating 改为located

4. The (black…) 改为A

5. shopkeepers改为shopkeeper

6. 去掉for

7. that 改为which

8.choose 改为chose 9. him 改为me 10. so改为but

第二节:书面表达

Dear Sir or Madam,

I’m Li Hua, from Class 1 Grade 1. I’m writ ing you to apply to join the English Drama Club.

I have been dreaming of performing since I was a child. I have read some of Shakespeare’s plays, which attract me greatly. Besides, I am good at spoken English because I always practice speaking English with my teachers and classmates at our school’s English corner. Also, I won first prize in the English Speech Contest last month. I think there is still much for me to learn to improve myself.

Therefore, I expect to put my time and effort to good use by performing with other club members. I will appreciate it if I am given the chance.

Looking forward to your early reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua