1、2015届山东省枣庄市枣庄五中高三4月模拟考试英语试题第I卷第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题15分,满分75分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后面有一个小题,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。1What do we learn about the man?AHe slept well on the plane BHe had a long trip CHe had a meeting2Why will the woman stay home in the
2、evening?ATo wait for a callBTo watch a ball game on TVCTo have dinner with a friend3What gift will the woman probably get for Mary?AA school bagBA record CA theatre ticket4What does the man mainly do in his spare time?ALearn a language BDo some sports CPlay the piano5What did the woman like doing wh
3、en she was young?ARiding a bicycle with friendsBTravelling the countryCReading alone第二节(共15小题;每小题15分,满分225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,各个小题将给出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。6How much time do the two speakers have to prepare? AAbout
4、 four hours BAbout three hours CAbout two hours7Where did the man leave the list? AIn the library BIn the classroom CIn his room听第7段材料,回答第8至9题。8Where are the two speakers?AIn a room.BIn an office.CIn the street.9What is mainly troubling the woman?AThat her husband hasnt returnedBThe air-conditioner.
5、CThe heat.听第8段材料,回答第10至第12题。10What will Nancy do? AMove to Africa BTeach Russian CMove to Russia11How will Nancy learn Russian? AStudy at university BTake an online class CTalk to people12Why is the woman saving money?ATo help the poorBTo visit Russia CTo study abroad听第9段材料,回答第13至第16题。13What do peop
6、le do on Arbor Day?ATo plant and care for treesBTo imitate the practiceCTo hold a party14Where did Arbor Day come into being?AIn South AfricaBIn ChinaCIn the US15When did it become a traditional holiday in China?AIn 1914BIn 1927CIn 198116What can we know about the holiday?APeople have a day off to c
7、elebrate the dayBPeople volunteer to plant trees on the dayCArbor Day is celebrated all over the world听第10段材料,回答第17至第20题。17Where was the guitar played over 1000 years ago?AIn EgyptBIn PersiaCIn Spain18When was the modern guitar brought to Spain from Persia?AIn the eleventh centuryBIn the twelfth cen
8、turyCIn the thirteenth century19Who helped make the guitar so popular?ANiccolo PaganiniBFranz SchubertCAndres Segovia20What is the passage mainly about?AHow the guitar was developed and became popularBSome guitarists and their most important worksCDifferent opinions about how the guitar was played第二
9、部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节 (共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AOctober 21 was a very dark day in TexasNot only did Hurricane Hanna destroy homes,it caused the largest business damage in Texas s historyThe worst thing is Hanna s destructive force nearly wiped out most power
10、poles and power linesAccording to Center Point Energy,Hurricane Hanna affected 215 million customersCurrently, more than 4,000 of them are still in the darkCrews have worked 16-hour shifts to restore power to residentsMost of Houston seems to be returning to normalSchools,restaurants,retail stores a
11、nd gas stations are openSmiles are backBut harder-hit places,including Galveston,will take much longer to recoverHundreds of people are still missing,and coastal towns are a messSome ruins from storm have drifted south to other beaches in TexasSeveral public schools in Galveston are closed due to wa
12、ter damageParents are registering kids in other area schools which are scheduled to begin class on November 13Many school supplies were destroyedClara Barton Village is an emergency shelter located at Alamo Elementary School in Galveston,TexasThis is where Paula Reed and her family are stayingBeliev
13、e it or not,Paula Reed and her family consider this hurricane a blessingWhen Paula was a girl,she was an orphan,but was taken in by her stepmom,Antonia FloresReed lost contact with Flores and had been trying desperately to locate her for the past few yearsBefore the hurricane,Reed and her family mov
14、ed away from Galveston to a San Antonio shelterThere,she reunited with Flores after 30 long years! The moment they saw each other, their lives were changed21Whats the most serious damage caused by Hurricane Hanna?AHundreds of people are still missingBA large number of people are homelessCPower facil
15、ities are severely destroyedDFactories are closed and many people jobless22It can be inferred that the residents in Houston_Ahave fully recovered from the disasterBwere the most unlucky people in the disasterCneed a long time to bring their life back to normalDsuffered less from Hanna than people in
16、 Galveston23Kids in public schools in other areas of Houston will have to stay at home for_Aat least one monthBat least three weeksCtwo weeks at mostDnearly half a month24Paula Reed and her family consider the hurricane a blessing because_Athey had nothing lost after Hurricane HannaBthey lived a hap
17、pier life in San Antonio shelterCPaula was taken good care of in the shelterDPaula reunited with her stepmother after three decadesBThe International Painting Contest on Google s homepage in 2015 may look pretty strange,but it spotlightings a very serious issue:clean water, which is unusual for an 1
18、1-year-old from Long IslandAudrey Zhang,a fifth-grader from Levittown,NY,is the winner of this year s Doodle 4 Google contest,rising to the top of some 100,000 entries on the theme of“draw one thing to make the world a better place”Her piece,titled“Back to Mother Nature,”describes a detailed water-c
19、leaning machineZhang worked with a team of artists at Google to animate(使生动)her drawing“To make the world a better place,I came up with a transformative water purifier, a machine used to remove dirty or harmful substances,”Google quoted Zhang as saying“It takes in dirty and polluted water from river
20、s,lakes and even oceans,then massively transforms the water into clean,safe and pure waterWhen humans and animals drink this water, they will live a healthier life”She created a whole world around the deviceone populated by humans,a whale in a top hat and dragonsZhang,s piece is“so vivid and so rich
21、 and so full and so complete, Google Doodle team leader Ryan Germick told the Washington Post“Every leaf seemed to have life in it”Along with having her artwork featured on Google s homepage,Zhang wins a $30,000 college scholarshipIn addition,her school will receive a $50,000 Google for Education te
22、chnology grant,and the company is donating $20,000 in her name to a charity devoted to bringing clean water to schools in BangladeshOn Sunday, the night before her work was revealed on net,Zhang told Newsday she was excited by the big win,but said she wouldn t be awake when her art first went online
23、 at midnight“I have school-tomorrow, so I can t stay up late,”she told the paper25Whats the passage mainly about?AThe winner and her work in the painting contestBThe team of artists at Google to animate drawingsCThe painting contest of Google s homepage in 2015DThe water-cleaning machine in the pain
24、ting contest26According to the passage,we know that_AAudrey Zhang is creative and self-disciplinedBa water-cleaning device was made in the contestC$50,000 will be donated in Audrey Zhang s nameDZhangs piece was printed in all major newspapers27The underlined word in Paragraph l probably means“_”Aput
25、 up withBlook for ward toCbreakaway fromDfocus attention onCThe world s richest man might seem to have it all,but Bill Gates has one regretThe self-made billionaire said he felt stupid for not knowing any foreign languagesSpeaking in his third Ask Me Anything question-and-answer session for online f
26、orum Reddit(红迪网),the Microsoft founder said that he wished he spoke French,Arabic or ChineseHe said:“I took Latin and Greek in high school and got A s and I guess it helps my vocabularyI keep hoping to get time to study one of theseprobably French because it is the easiestI did Duolingo for a while
27、but didn t keep it up”Gates,who is worth $793 billion,praised Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for surprising an audience in Beijing when he spoke fluent Chinese“Mark Zuckerberg amazingly leamed Chinese and did a Q&A with Chinese studentsunbelievable,isn t it?”he saidThis isn t the first time for Ga
28、tes to admit his regret over languageHe also showed his habits at home and personal insightsLast February, Gates said he likes to do the dishes himselfto his own special standards every night and also told the interviewer that his wife,Melinda,would likely want Samuel LJackson to play her husband in
29、 a biopic(传记片)He also admitted that he would pick up a $100 bill if he found it on the streetAs he took the top spot on Forbes(福布斯)28th Annual Billionaires list last year for the fourth time,he said he is pretty basic when it comes to so ending on clothes and food,but that he enjoys investing in sho
30、es and racquets(球拍)when he plays tennisWhen asked a life lesson he had to learn the hard way,the billionaire said staying up too late is a habit he is still trying to break“Don t stay up too late even if the book is really excitingYou will regret it in the morningPam still working on this problem,”h
31、e said28Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?AAn Interview with Bill GatesBHow Bill Gates SucceededCBill Gates RegretDThe Richest Billionaire29The underlined part in Paragraph 8 may actually mean that_Ait is important to lay a good foundation of lifeBfood and clothing are bas
32、ic needs for people s lifeChe doesn t spend much money on food and clothesDhe never cares about buying food and clothing30What advice did Bill Gates give?AAvoid staying up too lateBBe a good language learnerCDo the dishes yourself at homeDPick up the $100 bills in the streets31Which of the following
33、 is true according to the passage?ABill Gates is also the founder of FacebookBBill Gates topped the list of Forbes 28 timesCBill Gates was good at learning languages in high schoolDBill Gates wife wants Samuel to play a game with GatesDWe ve been covering standing desks for a long time now because e
34、xperts agree that sitting all day is killing usWe want to be productive while also keeping our bodies healthyOver the years,there have been several solutions to this from fixed standing desks to adjustable ones,portable desks to ones that change into shelvesHowever, the most high tech and elegant so
35、lution has to be this new smart desk called The Stir Kinetic DeskThe desk learns your daily behaviors and moves between a sitting and standing height regularly throughout the day to keep you moving without interrupting your work flowYou can program specific sitting and standing intervals or let the
36、desk set the scheduleIf you tend to sit while returning emails in the morning,but always want to stand during that afternoon conference call,the desk will learn those regular habits and adjust the schedule to fit themOf course,the desk can always be manually lowered or raised by using the touch scre
37、en on the lower left comer of the deskWhen switching positions,the desk gently dips and rises to let you know that a change is coming upIf you re not ready to switch positions at that time,you can tap the touchscreen to stay sitting or standing for a while longerThe builtin touchscreen also keeps tr
38、ack of your daily sitting and standing times and tells you how many calories you ve burnedYou can even set goals for how long or often you want to standThe desk also works with fitness devices like the FitBit to track your movementsAll of that smart tech doesn t come cheap thoughThe M1 desk,which is
39、 the everyday model,runs a steep $2,990,while the more executive model with added features,the F1,goes for$4,190While expensive,it s worth thinking of how much time we spend at our desksMuch like a good mattress(床垫),a good desk that works with you is worth the investmentHopefully in a few years thes
40、e smart,integrated desks will be more common and less expensive32The Stir Kinetic Desk has been designed to_Ahelp users with their workBkeep users moving all the timeCget users to exercise while workingDremind users of their working schedule33Which is the feature of the touchscreen of the desk?AIt c
41、an tell users when to change positionsBIt can track users changes of positionsCIt can keep users in a fixed positionDIt can detect users health condition34Which of the following can best describe the desk?AProductive but challengingBConvenient but unaffordableCComplex and impracticalDMulti-functiona
42、l and intelligent35What does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph?ATo spend money on such a desk is rewardingBWe should get such a desk as soon as possibleCIt won t be long before the desk is widely usedDDesks play a very important role in our daily life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
43、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。Article writing has been a way of conveying information through the webIf you re a writer, being able to let them stay on your article for more than two seconds is already a successYour writing style can create more readers for your content if you know how to capture th
44、e attention of readers36Be Direct-to-the-PointWebsite writing differs from print writingPeople do not want to spend much time on a website because they want to get the information they need37Be InformativeArticles for web content are briefly writtenThey flesh out the information without decorationsB
45、e sure that your articles are not confusingly worded 38 Make sure you organize your facts logically so that your reader can effectively process themBe Conversational39 Be conversational so that readers can grasp what you mean in your articleWith quality content,engage your readers so that your artic
46、le will have that personal and human touchBe ConnectedMost article writers just place sentences that state a certain fact to form a paragraphHowever, in readers hopes,these writers fail to establish a human connection 40 So it is important to make the connection smooth and not abruptAStay away from
47、decorations when writing online contentBMost readers like to read articles that“speak”to themCConnection will allow the readers minds to effectively process what is writtenDGet to your point directly so that your readers can process the informationEHere are some important points to consider before w
48、riting onlineFArticle writing is a fun way of establishing a connection with a reader and a writerGComplex sentences tend to wrongly lead your reader and make them confused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15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。In the fourth grade,
49、I discovered my one true loveactingIt is not only fun,but it 41teamwork and empathy, things I think the world should have more ofHowever, I never expected that acting would also teach me to 42 !In the first semester of my freshman year of high school,my school 43 the play FrankensteinIt s about a sc
50、ientist named Victor Frankenstein who creates a monster, and 44 the monster destroys the scientist s lifeI got the lead female 45 of Frankenstein s girlfriend,ElizabethI had been in plays before,so I was very 46 to the rehearsal(排练)process of memorizing lines and then 47 a character with help from t
51、he directorBut this play was different from 48 one I had ever done before,because Frankenstein and Elizabeth had to kiss in the play a lotThe boy who 49Frankenstein was very cute,I must sayThere was a(n) 50 in which our characters shared“15kisses”51,the director removed itBut there were still some k
52、issing scenesWould we 52 to kiss,or would we actually kiss? Our director 53 having us kiss for real,and for the first few times,it was very 54 My lips barely touched the boy sMany of the other actors and actresses laughed at us55,one thing about stage kissing that you have to understand is that you
53、are not being yourselfThat goes for any 56 After that experience,I feel like I can 57 any roleIt was a big event in my 58 toward becoming a better actressI feel more 59 being onstage and showing my character s personality to the 60And that is important for getting the message of a play across41A1ear
54、nsBteachesCdirectsDexplains42AkissBhugCbowDpray43Aprepared forBcarded outCput onDtook up44AwhenBwhereCwhetherDhow45AstarBroleCmaidDkeeper46AusedBaddictedCrelatedDdevoted47AimaginingBconvincingCdevelopingDrevising48AeachBnoCsomeDany49AplayedBservedCcreatedDreplaced50AspaceBpartCareaDinterval51AEventu
55、allyBSurprisinglyCFortunatelyDRegrettably52AintendBmeanCtryDpretend53Aapplied toBended upCobjected toDgave up54AfierceBromanticCawkwardDpitiful55AHoweverBThereforeCMeanwhileDOtherwise56AbehavingBactingCtouchingDmoving57AchangeBdesignChandleDassess58AwayBjourneyCtourDtrip59AcomfortableBpracticalCopti
56、misticDhopeful60AreadersBactressesCactorsDaudiences第II卷注意事项:用05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15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。Based on recent researchesdistancelearning is slowly proving as 61 (value)as the traditional campusbased formIt is a fixed t
57、ruth that this form of learning is 62 the increaseMoreover, both students and teachers have expressed their 63 (happy)with these coursesThe best part of distance learning courses is their flexible formatStudents can continue 64 (work)and study at the same time without any kind of difficultyYou will
58、65 (provide)with the facilities of a virtual(虚拟的)classroom and a virtual campusAnyone 66 upgrades their professional knowledge to a new level can apply for these coursesWith an online study format,the tests and notes can be 67 (access)with just a mouse click from your home computerHowever, a student
59、 68 (attend)an online course must take the time management 69(serious)Every online student must keep 70 in mind that proper management of time and study schedule is the key towards success in this format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问交换修改作文,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
60、有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(),并在其下面写出该加的词。删除:把多余的词用()划掉。修改:在错的词下画一横线,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。As far as I can remember, grow up in Ohio left many good memories and very few bad onesWe rented a home near a lake where I spent good time of my lifeI attended to s
61、chool to learn a variety of course,and went camping overnight in the woodsMy dog and I would go fishing in the lake that I mentioned earlyDuring the winter we will come down at night and go ice-skating on the lakeIn Ohio the snow could be heavily sometimes and too deep to walk in as I was not that t
62、all at the timeIt was not until I was sixteen and moved to California when the life was changedThis was a tough change for me because the area total differed from OhioThere was no rivers or lakes to fish in at all第二节 书面表达(满分25分)假如你是李华,你班的留学生Charles即将结束三周的假期从美国返回。你想委托他为你代购一个剃须刀,作为生日礼物送给爸爸。请按照以下要求给他写一
63、封电子邮件:1品牌:Gillette:2价格:30美元左右。参考词汇:剃须刀shaver注意:1词数100左右:2可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯:3开头语和结束语已为你写好,不计入总词数。Dear Charles,_Yours,Li Hua2015届山东省枣庄市枣庄五中高三4月模拟考试英语试题参考答案第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)1-5 ABCCA 6-10 ACCCB 11-15 BAACB 16-20 BABCA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)21-25 CDBDA 26-30 ADCCA 31-35 CCBDA第二节(共5小题;每
64、小题2分,满分10 分)36-40 EDGBC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)41-45 BACDB 46-50 ACDAB 51-55 CDBCA 56-60 BCBAD第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)61valuable 62on 63happiness 64to work 65be provided 66who/that 67accessible/accessed 68attending/that attends/who attends 69seriously 70it第四部分 写作(共两节;满分35分
65、)第一节 短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)As far as I can remember, grow up in Ohio left many good memories and very few bad ones. growingWe rented a home near a lake where I spent good time of my life. I attended to school to learn a 或把attended改为wenta variety of course, and go camping overnight in the woods. My
66、dog and I would go fishing in the courseslake that I mentioned early. During the winter we will come down at night and go ice-skating on earlier wouldthe lake. In Ohio the snow could be heavily sometimes and too deep to walk in as I was not that heavytall at the time. It was not until I was sixteen
67、and moved to California when the life was changed. thatThis was a tough change for me because the area total differed from Ohio. There was no rivers or totally werelakes to fish in at all.第二节 书面表达(满分25分)One possible version: Dear Charles,I havent seen you for over three weeks. How have you been doin
68、g these days? I miss you so much! But it wont be long before we meet again, isnt it?Charles, could you do me a favor, please? My fathers birthday is coming, and I want to give him a shaver as a birthday gift. Just buy me a Gillette about 30 dollars. It is a very famous brand around the world. You can bring it back when you come back, and I will pay you back for that. Thank you very much.Looking forward to your coming soon.Yours, Li Hua