江苏省南通市2015届高三期末考试（第一模拟调研考试）WORD版

江苏省南通市2015届高三期末考试（第一模拟调研考试）

英语试题

考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求

1. 本试卷共14页。本次考试满分为120.分，考试时间为120分钟。考试结束后，请将答题纸 (卡)

交回。 2. 答题前，请您务必将自己的姓名、考试号等用书写黑色字迹的0.5毫米签字笔填写在答题纸 (卡)

上。

3. 请认真核対答题纸(卡)表头规定填写或填涂的项目是否准确。

4. 作答非选择题必须用书写黑色字迹的0.5毫米签字笔写在答题纸(卡)上的指定位置,在其它 位

置作答一律无效。作答选择题必须用2B铅笔把答题纸(卡)上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。 如需通动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案。

第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）

做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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. Which sweater does the man advise the woman to buy? A. The blue one. B. The red one. C. The green one. 2. Where is the. man now? A. At work. B. At the bank. C. At the post office. 3. How long will the woman wait?

A. About two minutes. B. About four minutes. C. About eight minutes. 4. How does the man probably feel? A. Frightened. B. Happy. C. Tired. 5. What are the speakers talking about? A. A picture. B. The man's brother. C. The woman's hair.

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，每小题将给出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 does the man plan to do? A. Attend a party. B. Write to a newspaper. 7. What did the woman do yesterday afternoon? A. She played golf. B. She stayed at home.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

C. Make a call. C. She went hiking.

8. When will the woman take a vacation? A. In one week. B. In two weeks.

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C. In three months,

9. Where will the woman probably spend most of her vacation? A. On the beach. B. In the mountains. C. In the countryside.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where are the speakers? A. In a classroom. B. In the library. 11. What is the boy doing this year? A. Making a phone. B. Making a volcano. 12. What is the first prize? A. A new calculator. B. One hundred dollars.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

C. In a tree house. C. Making a tree house. C. Five hundred dollars.

13. How did the woman get to the museum? A. By subway. B. By bus. C. By car. 14. How many of the paintings did the woman see? A. Very few of them. B. About half of them. C. Almost all of them. 15. Whose paintings did the woman like the most? A. Diego Rivera's. B. Frida Kahlo's. C. Henri Matisse's. 16. What does the man want to do with the woman?

A. Make some paintings. B. Go traveling this summer. C. Go back to the museum.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When does school start every morning? A. At 8:35 a.m. B. At 8:30 a.m. C. At 8:15 a.m. 18. What should parents do in the morning if they are late? A. Call Anne Richards.

B. Take their children through the side gate.

C. Park nearby and walk with their children to school.

19. How long does it take students to come outside after school? A. About only a minute or two. B. About ten minutes.

C. About half an hour or more.

20. What is the main point of the announcement? A. To explain some policy changes. B. To criticize parents for bad behavior.

C. To outline the timetable for the coming year.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节 单项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

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

21. I?d like to thank you for the great _____ of being addressing this assembly, sharing my opinion of living a low-carbon life.

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A. privilege B.principle C. possibility D. presentation 22. —Sophia described every detail of the accident just now. —Her memory _____ be completely back, then? A. shall B. might C. could D. must 23. David has done good deeds all his life, _____ him a lot of popularity. A. earned B. earning C. to earn D. having earned

24. Don't put me on the spot like this. You know, because of my duty, I can?t give away __ information to you.

A. contemporary B. conventional C. confidential D. consistent 25. —Alice seems absent these days.

—She __ a job from city to city—you see, she is graduating in June. A. hunts for B. is to hunt for C. has hunted for D. has been hunting for

26. The decision is announced by the headmaster ____ we will hold the evening party next week. A. that B. whether C. how D. when

27. Research on brain activity shows imagination is generated in the right side of the brain; ________, the left side of the brain is thought to be “logical”. A. in contrast B. in consequence C. in a word D. in other words 28. Cooperative learning allows us to have more chances to acquire _____ is beneficial to ourselves. A. who B. which C. what D. that

29. Shy as she is, Rebecca?s intelligence______ her character, which ensures her main position in the debating team. . A. caters to B. accounts for C. compensates for D. submits to 30. —What has made him so knowledgeable? —_____ domestic and foreign classics, A. Having exposed to B. Being exposed to C. Exposing to D. Exposed to

31. It is reported that China ____ its first orbiting space station by around 2022. A. is to complete B. is going to complete C. will complete D. will have completed

32. Last week, I tried to contact all former classmates, but one or two _______ through the net. A. slid B. slipped C. skipped D. squeezed

33. Nowadays, more and more young ladies, ___ figures most are fine enough, are going on a diet.

A. who B. whose C. of whose D. of whom

34. Peter bought a map as soon as he got to Los Angeles ________ he lost his way there. A. as though B. now that C. even if D. in case 35. —Susan is so hard-working that she has won a third scholarship. —Just as a proverb goes, ??_________.” A. Make hay while the sun shines B. No pains, no gains

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C. The early bird catches the worm D. Once bitten, twice shy

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

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

It is important to build confidence in whatever we try to do. Let's just say that cooking has not 36 been my thing. Many of my friends know that I 37 a lot of meals. When we invited people over they wanted to know if I would he near the kitchen before they would 38 . After one brutal batch of chili, I decided to put some 39 into learning how to cook. I began visiting cooking websites but was discouraged by their lack of pictures and felt 40 . I borrowed a cook book from the library but didn't have any of the food 41 to make what they were suggesting.

42 , I did something that most would think is common sense. I started to read and follow the 43 that most foods provide on the package. Who knew that they would be so 44 ? I never would have improved my cooking skills without trying to get better. Now as much as I would like to say from that point on everything went 45 . Just like learning anything it took a lot of 46 . At first I undercooked the baked chicken. Then I 47 the chicken. Finally, after three attempts, it was edible(可吃的) but I forgot to season (调味) it 48 Once I made it through those cooking 49 , I can now bake chicken with the best of them. After I 50 chicken I was on to my next dish, spaghetti, I followed the ways to cook the noodles and got them just right. I added the meat and sauce blend to the noodles and was 51 by how watery everything came out. Oops, I forgot to 52 the noodles. Spaghetti only took 53 tries to get it right. My trial and error helped me start building confidence. When it comes to building confidence there is a(n) 54 that one should follow. Building confidence in life is just like cooking. You have to take the time to learn the 55 before you become successful at it. 36. A. merely B. really C. yet D. always 37. A. bought B. cooked C. ruined D. wasted 38. A. comment B. complain C. try D. accept 39. A. time B. money C. attraction D. joy 40. A. aimless B. hopeless C. bored D. worried 41. A. crops B. materials C. writers D. suppliers 42. A. Confused B. Disappointed C. Relaxed D. Delighted 43. A. directions B. examples C. schedules D. descriptions 44. A. ambiguous B. accurate C. attractive D. useful 45. A. smoothly B. quickly C. wrong D. unexpected 46. A. courage B. practice C. energy D. effort 47. A. boiled B. tasted C. abandoned D. burned 48. A. gradually B. eventually C. appropriately D. particularly 49. A. delights B. experiences C. dreams D. classes

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50. A. enjoyed 51. A. upset 52. A. dry 53. A. two 54. A. tendency 55. A. aims

B. barbecued B. calmed B. fry B. several B. arrangement B. procedures C. mastered C. shocked C. cool C. casual C. agenda C. skills D. rejected D. bothered D. mix D. simple D. recipe D. rules

第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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

A

Dive with Big Sharks

Our shark dive adventures make use of hookah systems and shark cages. A hookah system is a system of providing air from the surface to divers down below. Cage divers breathe by using a regulator connected to an air hose. Is Shark Diving Dangerous?

Yes. You could get sunburn. You could hit your head on the top bunk getting out of bed. You could fall overboard. As for a shark attack, according to the International Shark Attack File, you are far more likely to be killed by a dog or a deer. Price & Details

One Day Cage Diver Adventure—$875

Our expert shark diver team will accompany you to the best viewing areas within the Marine Sanctuary. There, we'll drop our cage and prepare to provide you with a view you'll never forget.

No dive experience is necessary. Our cages sit just below the surface. You'll be able to breathe comfortably from your snorkel or air hose while you move about the cage, taking photos and having fun.

Top Shark Adventure—$375

If you want to see great white sharks but prefer them a little further away, we offer great top-side shark viewing from our observation deck(甲板). Help scan the horizon for fins and watch for sharks attacking their prey (猎物). Important Note

There's No Shark Guarantee

Although we go to the best places at the best time of year, we cannot guarantee you?ll see sharks. We?ve been very successful in past shark seasons and expect another incredible year, However, if we see no sharks, there is no refund (退款).

56. Which of the following is true about the two adventures? A. Top-Shark Adventure makes use of hookah systems.

B. Top Shark Adventure is suitable for those worried about danger. C. Cage Diver Adventure is less interesting than the other.

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D. Cage Diver Adventure offers you a view of the bottom of the sea. 57. We can learn from the advertisement that there might be a risk that __ . A. you are hurt by a shark while diving there B. you are out of breath deep down in the sea. C. you fail to achieve your purpose of the trip D. you suffer from lack of skill in shark diving

58. It can be inferred from the advertisement that shark diving is _____ A. difficult but exciting B. challenging and tiring C. expensive but popular D. amazing and enjoyable

B

The time-honored lamp and lantern business in Pingvao county, Shanxi province was popular back when there were large festivities or celebrations and corporations, institutions and government offices needed lanterns to decorate their halls and streets.

Then the central government started calling for budget cuts, and no unnecessary celebrations, so the industry was staring at a depressed market and a number of enterprises just shut down and the Pingyao faced a challenge. But, now it is on an innovative path that has led to success and the market downturn has passed and it is seeing a second peak.

It has stopped using the mass production lines that targeted big festivals and has turned instead to traditional lantern arts and culture and brought in new technology and developed new products to meet diverse demands from customers all across the country.

Li Xiaoqian, head of one shop, says that they have turned from single-produet groups to arts and crafts and are “making culture” instead of just products. Previously, they only catered to Shanxi culture, but now they embrace Fujian, Jiangsu. Zhejiang and Taiwan cultures as well and even got the invitation from the city of Taichung. Taiwan to take part in 2015 lantern show during Spring Festival there. And, Li goes on, even though this may not bring in big profits, it could be a good way to increase their influence through cultural exchanges.

In their research, they also discovered a trend among museums and tourist spots that valued Chinese civilization and culture so they considered combining the traditional lantern business with tourism as another pathway and are now sorting through all kinds of historical materials and preparing for indoor exhibitions by cooperating with museums and exhibition centers.

So, it looks as if, in the battle for the market, this crafts shop has finally come out a winner.

59. The lamp and lantern industry declined after ___ ___ . A. the prices went up sharply some years ago B. big festivals were celebrated in more ways C. we started to correct unhealthy social trend D. they lost attraction to their former customers

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60. What has mainly helped lead to a new boom in the business? A. Improving product quality. B. Adjusting managing strategy. C. Designing beautiful patterns. D. Advertising products widely.

61. Which is the main factor in Li ?s crafts shop winning the competition? A. Their technique. B. Their talent. C. Their creativity. D. Their devotion. 62. One of the purposes of the news story is probably ____. A. to provide an example for other businesses to follow B. to ask more people to take part in 2015 lantern show C. to introduce a good lamp and lantern shop to readers D. to call for a yet more booming market in the business

C

If I asked you to sit down and remember a list of phone numbers or a series of facts, how would you go about it? There?s a fair chance that you?d be doing it wrong.

One of the interesting things about the mind is that even though we all have one, we don?t have perfect insight(洞察力) into how to get the best from it. This is partly because of flaws (缺陷) in our ability to think about our own thinking. Studying this self-reflective thought process exposes human beings' mental blind spots.

One area where these blind spots are particularly large is learning. We?re actually surprisingly bad at having insight into how we learn best.

Researchers Jeffrey Karpicke and Henry Roediger III made an experiment, where they asked college students to learn pairs of Swahili and English words. So, for example, they had to learn that if they were given the Swahili word “mashua” the correct response was “boat”. They could have used the sort of facts you might get on a high-school quiz, but the use of Swahili meant that there was little chance their participants could use any background knowledge to help them learn. After the pairs had all been learnt, there would be a final test a week later.

Now if many of us were revising this list we might study the list, test ourselves and then repeat this cycle, dropping items we got right. This makes studying and testing quicker and allows us to focus our effort on the things we haven't yet learnt. It?s a plan that seems to make perfect sense, but it?s a plan that is disastrous if we really want to learn properly. Karpicke and Roediger asked students to prepare for a test in various ways, and compared their success—-for example, one group kept testing themselves on all items without dropping what they were getting right, while another group stopped testing themselves on their correct answers. On the final exam differences between the groups were dramatic. While dropping items from study didn?t have much of an effect, the people who dropped items from testing performed relatively poorly.

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It seems the effective way to learn is to practice getting items back from memory, not trying to consolidate (巩固) them in there by further study. Moreover, dropping items entirely from your revision, which is the advice given by many study guides, is wrong. You can stop studying them, if you?ve learnt them, but you should keep testing what you?ve learnt if you want to remember them at the time of the final exam.

So the evidence has a moral for teachers: there?s more to testing than finding out what students know—tests can also help us remember.

63. According to the passage, we often fail to remember facts because _______. A. we ignore our weakness in memorizing things B. we don?t understand well what we are learning C. we don't know where our metal blind spots are D. we take improper ways to memorize for good ones 64. The researchers' experiment was intended to _____. A. confirm we don?t know how to leant effectively

B. find out how we can consolidate our knowledge better

C. distinguish effects of memory in learning different languages D. prove the importance of background knowledge in memorizing 65. What does the author believe leads' to a good memory? A. Constant measure of your knowledge. B. Frequent revision of what you learn.

C. Firm abandonment of what you?re poor at. D. Strong desire for grasping new knowledge. 66. The proper title for the passage is ______. A. An experiment on memory B. A concept of human memory C. A way to improve your memory D. A discovery of a mental blind spot

D

In the remote corner of the country a meteorological(气象的) station was set up. Next to the station was the manager's house. Apart from looking after the instruments, his job consisted of writing accurate reports on the state of the weather so that, should questions be asked, the authorities would not be at a loss but have the necessary information at hand.

The manager was a most conscientious young man. He wrote his reports in a neat hand and always truthfully. If it rained he would not rest until he had described the rain from every possible angle: when, how much, for how long...

Towards the end of the summer, storms became frequent and they brought rain with them. He described them truthfully in detail, and sent his reports to the head offices. The storms continued.

One day he had a visit from an old and experienced colleague, who remarked casually

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before leaving: “I wonder, my friend, if your reports aren't a bit on the depressing side.\

\pouring rain.”

\verybody can see that. But you do understand, don?t you, that we must approach the problem scientifically. Mind you, it's none of my business. I just mentioned it out of friendship.\

The young manager was left alone and continued compiling his reports. He gazed at the sky with some anxiety, but he went on writing.

About that time he received an unexpected summon (传唤) from his higher authority. The authority received him in a lovely house. Main was drumming on the roof.

\side nature of your reports. For some time now they?ve been affected by a pessimistic note. The harvest is on the way, and you keep on talking about rain. Don?t you understand the responsible nature of your work?\

“But it keeps on raining...\

The authority said angrily, “We have here all your recent reports. You are a good worker, but I want you to understand that we shan't tolerate any defeatism!

The following day the weather improved. He was delighted and immediately wrote his report: “The rain has stopped completely and it has to be admitted that it has never rained. very much. Just a few drops now and again. But now, what sunshine!\

Indeed, the sun had broken thorough the clouds; it became warm and the earth was steaming.. The manager went about his duties happily. In the afternoon clouds began to gather once more, driven by a cold wind. The time for his next report came and he wote: “The sun behaves as usual. Already Copernicus has demonstrates that the setting of the sun is only apparent. In reality it always shines, only...\

At this point he broke off, feeling very unhappy. When the first lightning struck, he shook off his opportunism, and wrote simply: “17:00 Thunderstorms.\

The next day brought another storm. He reported it. The day after, no storm, but hail (冰雹). He reported it. A strange calm, even a feeling of satisfaction, came over him. It lasted until the postman brought him another summon. This time it was from the Central Authority.

When he returned from the capital there were no doubts in his mind. For several days he reported bright, sunny weather. Occasionally his reports struck a dialectical (辩证的) tone. For instance: “Occasional showers have caused certain flooding, but nothing can break the fighting spirit of the soldiers”.

More reports followed with descriptions of fine weather. Two months later he wrote a report puzzling the authority. An investigation discovered that he had written the report while under the influence of alcohol purchased with money obtained from the sale of his meteorological instruments.

Thereafter nothing disturbed the sunny weather in his district. He was killed by

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lightning while walking round the fields, with a miraculous (奇迹) bell in his hand, trying to drive away the clouds.

67. The manager?s friend actually asked him to handle the problem by ________. A. using a method based on science B. predicting possible changes C. studying carefully D. performing a trick

68. To the authority, weather reports were to be given probably for the purpose of A. meeting the expectations of the farmers B. promising the farmers a good harvest C. urging the farmers to get in their crops. D. proving the accuracy of their forecasts

69. The underlined word '?pessimistic” in Paragraph 9 means _______ \A. wishing something unusual to happen

B. expecting something bad to happen C. doubting whether it will be true D. hoping it is out of someone?s favor

70. The manager wrote his weather reports_________. A. honestly B. arbitrarily C. vaguely D. negatively

第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。 注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卷上相应题号的横线上。

Attitude is a way that we think and feel about someone, or a way that we behave. We all have great potential and we all desire good results from our efforts. Each of us has the ability to put our unique human potential into action and to acquire a desired result. But the one thing that determines the level of our potential, and that predicts the quality of the result we receive is our attitude.

With a positive attitude we experience pleasant and happy feelings. This brings brightness to the eyes, more energy, and happiness. Our whole being broadcasts good will and happiness. We believe we will have a bright future. Even our health is affected in a beneficial way.

A negative attitude creates unhappy feelings, moods and behavior. When the mind is negative, poisons are released into the blood, which cause more unhappiness and negativity. This is the way to failure, frustration and disappointment.

People can affect our attitude by teaching us poor thinking habits or unintentionally misinforming us or providing us with negative sources of influence, but no one can control our attitude unless we voluntarily give in to that control. No one else \make ourselves angry when we give in to control of our altitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test. If we

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select a changeable attitude by becoming unfriendly, angry, jealous or suspicious, then we have failed the test. If we condemn ourselves by believing that we are unworthy, then again, we have failed the test.

If we care at all about ourselves, then we must accept full responsibility for our own feelings. We must learn to guard against those feelings that have the possibility to lead our attitude down the wrong path and to strengthen those feelings that can lead us confidently into a better future.

If we want to receive the rewards the future holds in trust for us, then we must exercise the most important choice given to us as members of the human race by maintaining. (维持) full control over our attitude.

Having the right attitude is one of the basics that success requires. The combination of a sound personal philosophy and a positive attitude about ourselves and the world around us gives us an inner strength and a firm resolve(决心) that influences all the other areas of our existence.

Attitude Is Everything

Attitude is a feeling or opinion about someone, or our 71_________ towards others. Concept of attitude It decides how 72_________ our potential is. It indicates how 73_________ we complete our work. Positive attitude gives us good feelings or enables us to be 75_________ about 74_____ of different the future. attitudes With negative attitude, we will feel unhappy, behave improperly or 76_________ to achieve our goal. Our attitude might be 78_________ by others, but we ourselves are the persons in charge. 77_________of our We should resist negative attitudes of others while 79_________ our positive ones. attitude _______masters of our own attitude will ensure our rewards in the future. 第五部分书面表达(满分25分）

81.你的朋友Linda在美国攻读环保专业硕士，在最近给你的中，她对于明年毕业后是回家乡发

展还是留在美国表示犹豫。请你根据以下信息给她回―封邮件，劝说她回乡，并给她提一些建议。 1.家乡需要(环境现状等) 理由 2. 政策优惠(贷款、税收等） 3.… 11

1.多作积累(经验、知识、技术等） 建议 参考词汇：environmental protection保专业 preferential policy 优惠政策。

注意：

1. 对所有要点逐一陈述，适当发挥，不要简单翻译。 2. 词数150左右。开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总词数。

3. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等。

Dear Linda,

In your e-mail you , say you are not sure whether to return home or not after graduation. I think it is better for you to come back. _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ I hope what I have written here can be of some help to you. All the best.

Yours, Mary

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参考答案：

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One possible version

Dear Linda,

In your e-mail you , say you are not sure whether to return home or not after graduation. I think it is better for you to come back.

To begin with, our hometown is badly in need of talents specialized in environmental protection with the development of economy. Waste water here needs treating in a better way, as is the rubbish. So to attract talents like you, many preferential policies are adopted here. If you start a business, it will be easier for you to get loans and you don?t have to pay so much tax. In addition, old people prefer living in an environment they are familiar with. When working back home, you will be able to keep your parents company, helping them to enjoy their old age.

Of course, you have a lot to do now to begin well here. For example, you have to master advanced technology. It is also necessary for you to gain enough working experience. What?s more, you will hvave to make an informed decision of what you will be devoted to.

I hope what I have written here can be of some help to you. All the best. Yours, Mary

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