1、20152016届襄阳五中、宜昌一中、龙泉中学高三上学期九月联考英语试卷命题学校：宜昌一中 命题人：朱学恒 田艺 潘琴 审题人：襄阳五中 本试题卷共10页，分第I卷和第卷两部分。全卷满分150分。考试用时120分钟。 祝考试顺利 注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、准考证号填写在答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。3非选择题的作答：用黑色墨水签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。4考生必须
2、保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，请将答题卡上交。第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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1.5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. 19.15 B. 9.15 C. 9.18答案：B 1. What does the man ask the woman to
3、 do?A. Work later than normal.B. Attend a meeting early the next morning.C. Watch his children for the evening.2. What does the woman mean?A. She has to go meet Jeff.B. She is not good at math.C. She is busy with her biology homework.3. Where will the woman change buses?A. At City Hall.B. At the sta
4、dium.C. At the public market.4. What does the woman say about her food?A. Its the best sandwich shes ever eaten.B. She doesnt really like it.C. Its not too expensive.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A mistake made by the man.B. The correct way to wash clothes.C. The womans favorite p
5、ink shirts.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. How old is the girl now?A. Four years old.B. Five years old.C. Seven years old.7. Where will the speakers probably go together?
6、A. To the hills.B. To a playground.C. To a swimming pool.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How will the speakers go to the beach?A. By car.B. By bus.C. By train.9. What will the man do first?A. Have a class.B.Visithis professor.C. Pick up Joe.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why isnt Mr. Fairchild with the woman?A. He cant mak
7、e it to dinner.B. He is parking the car.C. He is in the restroom.11. What is the Rosewood most famous for?A. Its beautiful views.B. Its fresh seafood.C. Its excellentsteaks.12. What will the woman do next?A. Take an order.B. Call her husband.C. Go to the rest room.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why is the wom
8、an interviewing the man?A. For a school project.B. For a newspaper.C. For a TV show.14.How old is the mans daughter?A.2.B.4.C.6.15. How oftenmaythe man go to the movies?A. A couple of times per month.B. About once per month.C. Once a week.16. What can we learn about the mans exercise activities?A. H
9、e rarely exercises.B. He works out a lot at home.C. He prefers to exercise outdoors.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How often does someone get free food at thenewsupermarket?A. Once a week.B. Once a day.C. Once a month.18. How was Mrs. Edwards different from her friends?A. She never gave up hope.B. They had a
10、ll won before.C. She bought more food than they did.19. Why did Mrs. Edwards get back to the supermarket?A. To get some tea.B. To buy a basket.C. To bring her wallet back.20. How did Mrs. Edwards probably feelinthe end?A.Very satisfied.B. Embarrassed.C. Disappointed.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题; 每
11、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。 ANo trip to Chicago is complete without a visit to the Art Institute, which is the second largest art museum in the nation.Opening hours:Mon - Wed & Fri - Sun, 10:30 am - 5 pm; Thu, 10:30 am- 8 pm; closed on New Years Day, Thanksgiving,
12、 and Christmas Day.Highlights:l The Modern Wing contains contemporary masterpieces by Dali, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, Pollock, and Warhol. View one of the worlds finest Impressionist collections, including masterpieces by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, and Van Gogh. Thorne Miniature Rooms offe
13、r a detailed view of European homes from the 16th century through the 1930s and American homes from the 17th century to 1940. The past returns as over 550 works from 4,000 years of art come together in Of Gods and Glamour, located in the beautiful new Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Rom
14、an, and Byzantine Art.Advice for visitors: Free guided tours are available daily at noon. Free art-making activities are available for children each weekend from 11 am to 2 pm. Visit the Family Room in the Ryan Education Center, open daily from 10:30 am 5 pm, and introduce your child to the museums
15、collections with a variety of hands-on activities. Assemble (组装) puzzles based on masterpieces youll see in the galleries, build architectural wonders with colorful blocks, and learn about art through stories and games at Curious Corner. Check out the Lions Trial tour for children ages 5-10. This to
16、ur is especially designed for the young people in your group! Dont miss it!Getting there:You can take the follow buses: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 14, 26, 28, 126, 143.21. The Art Institute of Chicago can be visited on _.A. Christmas DayB. New Years DayC. Thanksgiving DayD. Independence Day22. Whose works can y
17、ou see in the Impressionist collections?A. PicassosB. MonetsC. PollocksD. Warhols23. If you are interested in Greek art, you can go to _.A. the Modern WingB. Thorne Miniature RoomsC. the Impressionist collectionsD. the Of Gods and Glamour collections24. At Curious Corner, children can _.A. get free
18、guidanceB. join the Lions Trail tourC. enjoy free art-making activitiesD. take part in many hands-on activitiesBThirty-two people watched Kitty Genovese being killed right beneath their windows. She was their neighbor. Yet none of the 32 helped her. Not one even called the police. Was this in gunman
19、 cruelty? Was it lack of feeling about ones fellow man?Not so, say scientists John Barley and Bib Fatane. These men went beyond the headlines to seek the reasons why people didnt act. They found that a person has to go through two steps before he can help. First he has to notice that is an emergency
20、.Suppose you see a middle-aged man fall to the side-walk. Is he having a heart attack? Is he in a coma from diabetes(糖尿病)? Or is he about to sleep off a drunk?Is the smoke coming into the room from a leak in the air conditioning? Is it steam pipes? Or is it really smoke from a fire? Its not always e
21、asy to tell if you are faced with a real emergency.Second, and more important, the person faced with an emergency must feel personally responsible. He must feel that he must help, or the person wont get the help he needs.The researchers found that a lot depends on how many people are around. They ha
22、d college students in to be tested. Some came alone. Some came with one or two others. And some came in large groups. The receptionist started them off on the tests. Then she went into the next room. A curtain divided the testing room and the room into which she went. Soon the students heard a screa
23、m, the noise of file cabinets falling and a cry for help. All of this had been pre-recorded on a tape-recorder.Eight out of ten of the students taking the test alone acted to help. Of the students in pairs, only two out of ten helped. Of the students in groups, none helped.In other words, in a group
24、, Americans often fail to act. They feel that others will act. They, themselves, neednt. They do not feel any direct responsibility.Are people bothered by situations where people are in trouble? Yes. Scientists found that the people were emotional, they sweated, they had trembling hands. They felt t
25、he other persons trouble. But they did not act. They were in a group. Their actions were shaped by the actions of those they were with.25. The purpose of this passage is _. A. to explain why people fail to act in emergencies B. to explain when people will act in emergencies C. to explain what people
26、 will do in emergencies D. to explain how people feel in emergencies26. The researchers have conducted an experiment to prove that people will act in emergencies when _.A. they are in pairs B. they are in groups C. they are alone D. they are with their friends27. The main reason why people fail to a
27、ct when they stay together is that _.A. they are afraid of emergenciesB. they are unwilling to get themselves involvedC. others will act if they themselves hesitateD. they do not have any direct responsibility for those who need help28. The author suggests that _.A. we shouldnt blame a person if he
28、fails to act in emergenciesB. a person must feel guilty if he fails to helpC. people should be responsible for themselves in emergenciesD. when you are in trouble, people will help you anywayC Filmmaker Jennifer Nelson had to pay $1,500 to have “Happy Birthday to You” sung in the movie shes making.
29、The money went to Warner Music Group, a company that claims to own the copyright on the song. A copyright is the legal right to use or sell a creative product such as a song, a TV show, a book, or a work of art. Warner has claimed the copyright for “Happy Birthday to You” since 1988.“I never thought
30、 the song was owned by anyone,” Nelson said in an e-mail to The New York Times. “I thought it belonged to everyone.”Nelsons movie is a documentary a film that uses pictures and/or interviews with people to create a factual report of real-life events and is actually about the history of the “Happy Bi
31、rthday” song itself.Two sisters named Mildred and Patty Hill wrote a song called “Good Morning to All” in 1893. Over a short period of time, people began to sing the words “happy birthday to you” in place of the original lyrics to the tune of the Hill sisters song.A number of history experts say tha
32、t there is no record of who actually wrote the “Happy Birthday to You” lyrics. Historians also say there is no way to know when the general public began singing the “Happy Birthday” song, but they believe it was being sung by the public long before it was printed and owned by a company.Nelsons lawye
33、rs say this piece of musics history proves that “Happy Birthday to You” belongs to everyone in the general public. That would mean Warner Music Group has no right to charge anyone a fee to sing the song in any setting.Experts estimate that Warner/ Chappell, the publishing division of the Warner Musi
34、c Group, has made about $2 million a year from licensing fees for “Happy Birthday to You.”Nelsons lawyers are asking a court in New York City to order Warner/Chappell to return fees they have collected over the past four years for use of the “Happy Birthday” song.29. Jennifer Nelson had to pay Warne
35、r Music Group to _.A. own the copyright on a songB. have a song sung in her movieC. have it play a song in her movieD. have it write a song for her movie30. The history experts statement can prove that the “Happy Birthday” song _.A. has always been very popularB. has more than 200 years historyC. do
36、es not belong to Warner Music GroupD. was initially owned by another company31. According to Nelsons lawyers, to sing the “Happy Birthday” song, people _.A. should pay the Hill sistersB. need not pay for any purposeC. should pay Warner Music GroupD. need not pay except for commercial use32. If the c
37、ourt supports Nelsons lawyers claim, _.A. Warner will return about $8 millionB. she can obtain the copyright on the songC. Warner will have to pay her for her damagesD. she only needs to pay a little money to use the songDWe can make mistakes at any age. Some mistakes we make are about money. But mo
38、st mistakes are about people. Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen? When I got that great job, did Jim really feel good about it, as a friend? Or did he envy my luck? And Paul - why didnt pick up that he was friendly just because I had a car? When we look back, doubts like these can make
39、 us feel bad. But when we look back, its too late.Why do we go wrong about our friends - or our enemies? Sometimes what people say hides their real meaning. And if we dont really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “Youre a lucky dog.” Thats being friendly. But l
40、ucky dog? There s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesnt see it himself. But bringing in the dog bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesnt think you deserve your luck.Just think of all the things you have to be thankful for is another noise that says one thing and me
41、ans another. It could mean that the speaker is trying to get you to see your problem as part of your life as a whole. But is he? Wrapped up in this phrase is the thought that your problem isnt important. Its telling you to think of all the starving people in the world when you havent got a date for
42、Saturday night.How can you tell the real meaning behind someones words? One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks? Does what he says agree with the tone of voice? His posture? The look in his eyes? Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the
43、real meaning of what people to you may save another mistake.33. This passage is mainly about _.A. how to interpret what people sayB. what to do when you listen to others talkingC. how to avoid mistakes when you communicate with peopleD. why we go wrong with people sometimes34. According to the autho
44、r, the reason why we go wrong about our friends is that _.A. we fail to listen carefully when they talkB. people tend to be annoyed when we check what they sayC. people usually state one thing but mean anotherD. we tend to doubt what our friends say35. The underlined word “it” in the second paragrap
45、h refers to _.A. being friendlyB. a bit of envy C. lucky dogD. your luck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。 Today our life and work rarely feel light or pleasant. Instead, the whole experience of being alive begins to melt into one enormous obligation(责任). 36_We say this
46、to one another with great pride. 37 We are unavailable to our friends and family, unable to find time for the sunset, to finish off our obligations without time for a single mindful breath. This seems to have become the model of a successful life.Because we do not rest, we lose our way. We lose the
47、relaxation that gives us help. 38 Poisoned by the belief that good things come only through tireless effort, we never truly rest. This is not the world we dreamed of when we were young. But how did we get so terribly rushed in a world filled with work and responsibility, yet it lacks joy and delight
48、? 39 Sunday is the time to enjoy and celebrate what is beautiful and good, time to sing songs, give thanks, and walk. It is time to be refreshed as we stop our work, our chores and our important projects. Sunday is more than the absence of work. Many of us, in our desperate drive to be successful an
49、d care for our many responsibilities, feel terrible guilty when we take time to rest. 40 Many of us still recall when, not long ago, shops and offices were closed on Sundays. Those quiet Sunday afternoons are deep in our cultural memory.A. We also miss the quiet that gives us wisdom.B. All work and
50、no play make Jack a dull boy.C. It becomes the standard greeting everywhere, “I am so busy.”D. We work through day and night, feeling rather exhausted.E. But the Sunday has proven its wisdom over the ages.F. The reason is simple: we have forgotten the Sunday.G. The busier we are, the more important
51、we seem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others.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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I was in my third year of teaching creative writing at a high school in New York, when one of my students, 15-year-old Micky, gave me a note fr
52、om his mother. It 41 his absence from class the day before.I had seen Micky himself writing the note at his desk. Most parental-excuse notes I received were penned by my 42 . The forged(伪造的) excuse notes made a large pile, with writing that ranged from imaginative to crazy. The 43 of those notes did
53、nt realize that honest excuse notes were usually 44 : “Peter was late because the alarm clock didnt go off.”The students always said that it was hard putting 200 words together on any subject, but when they 45 excuse notes, they were brilliant.So one day I gave the excuse notes to my classes, saying
54、, “Theyre 46 to be written by parents, but actually they are not. True, Micky ? ” The students looked at me 47 .“Now, this will be the first class to study the 48 of the excuse notes - the first class, ever, to practice writing them. Youre so 49 to have a teacher like me who has taken your best writ
55、ing and turned it into a 50 worthy of study. ” Everyone smiled as I went on, “You used your 51 . So try more now. Today Id like you to write An Excuse Note from Adam/Eve to God.” 52 went down. Pens raced 53 paper. For the first time ever I saw students so 54 in their writing that they had to be aske
56、d to go to lunch by their friends.The next day everyone had excuse notes. 55 discussions followed. The headmaster entered the classroom and walked 56 , looking at papers, and then said, “Id like you to see me in my office.” My heart 57 .When I stepped into his office, he came to 58 my hand and said,
57、 “I just want to tell you that that lesson, that task, whatever the hell you were doing, was 59 . Those kids were writing on the college 60 . Thank you. ”41. A. explainedB. describedC. introducedD. announced42. A. parentsB. studentsC. teachersD. partners 43. A. editors B. readersC. writersD. speaker
58、s44. A. trueB. falseC. easyD. dull45. A. producedB. consideredC. imaginedD. delivered46. A. designedB. collectedC. supposedD. improved47. A. eagerlyB. nervouslyC. excitedlyD. coldly48. A. formB. difficultyC. meaningD. art49. A. luckyB. helpfulC. lovelyD. active50. A. talentB. habitC. productD. subje
59、ct51. A. devotionB. imaginationC. concentrationD. information52. A. handsB. eyesC. headsD. ears53. A. acrossB. withC. againstD. behind54. A. curiousB. carefulC. casualD. calm55. A. SeparatedB. Surprising C. HeatedD. Lasting 56. A. day and nightB. in and out C. now and thenD. up and down57. A. sankB.
60、 roseC. flewD. hurt58. A. watchB. touchC. shakeD. catch59. A. sureB. dimC. toughD. great60. A. baseB. levelC. paperD. theme第II卷注意事项：用0.5 毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。In this constantly changing world, how to put th
61、e knowledge 61 (gain) every day into 62 (real) has interested numerous people. As a proverb goes, “Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key 63 it.” Apparently, this saying 64 (try) to deliver the message 65 we ought not to stop practicing it if we 66 (true) want to master the knowledge we le
62、arn,There are several reasons 67 (account) for this statement. To begin with, human beings are forgetful beings; therefore, only when we use knowledge, make 68 (mistake), and try to use it again will we be able to remember it by our heart. Moreover, knowledge has become growingly complicated and we
63、can seldom grasp the essence of it if we do not practice it again and again. Practicing, to sum up, 69 (be) of greatest importance for those who are determined to learn knowledge well. As a student, I hope that the young can focus more attention on practicing 70 they learn.第四部分写作（共两节；满分35分）第一节 短文改错（
64、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。每次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：在错的词下画一横线，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。There are many advantage of smiling. It can not only make us happy, but also please o
65、thers. If we smile to life, life will smile to us on return. So I want to smile at all whenever and wherever possibly.First, I would like to smile to my parents because you have given me life and taken the trouble to bringing me up. They arrange almost everything for me. I love my parents, with thei
66、r help I have made a great progress. I will like to say “Thank you” to them with a smile. Then my smile should go to myself, but for only in this way can I gain more confidence in smiling my difficulties away and lived a better life. 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）假设你是李华，上个月去英国参加了一次夏令营活动，活动期间一直住在Mr. Smith家中。他们给你提供了很多帮助，请写一封感谢信表达对他们的感谢。内容要点：1. 感谢Smith夫妇；2. 你的感受；3. 邀请Smith夫妇来华旅游。注意: 1. 词数：100字左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入词数；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；DearMr.andMrs.Smith,Howareyoudoing? _ Yours, Li Hua
