1、20 16年10月稽阳联谊学校联考英语试题卷主命题：萧山中学 本试卷分第1卷（选择题）和第1I卷（非选择题）。第1卷1至7页，第1I卷7至8页。满分150分，考试用时120分钟。 请考生按规定用笔将所有试题的答案涂、写在答题纸上。 第1卷注意事项： 1答第1卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2选出每小题答案后，用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，再选涂其他答案标号。所有答案均不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。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
2、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。l. What does the mans brother look like? A. He has long hair. B. Hes strong.2. How much will the man pay?C. Hes tall.C.$IO，3. Where are the speakers? A. In a shop. B. In a hotel. C. At ho
3、me.4. What are the speakers talking about? A. Vegetables. B. Flowers.5. What does the woman mean?C. Fruits. A. They get lost. B.They got on a wrong bus. C.They shouldnt go to Altadena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
4、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 will the woman probably get to her branch office? A. By plane. B.By car. C.By train.7. What does the man suggest doing? A. Making a phone call. B.Checking the Internet. C.Writing an e-mail.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. When will the man probably visit the store
5、? A. This evening. B.Tomorrow moming. C.Tomorrow afiemoon.9. What will the man probably do next? A. Pay a late fee. B.Go out of torn. C.Retum a DVD.昕第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why is the apartment inexpensive? A. Its far from public transportation. B. It doesnt have a good view. CIt has limited space.11. W
6、hat is included in the rental fee? A. Telephone service. B.Electricity. C.Fumiture.12. What does the woman want to do next? A. Move house. B.Complete the paperwork. C.Look at another apartment.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How many shows are there at the weekend? A.4 B。5 C614. Why wont the man buy tickets fo
7、r the ll p.m. show tonight? A. There arent enough tickets left. B.A friend of his cant make it. C. He thinks it is too late.15. What day is it today? A. Friday. B.Saturday. C.Sunday.16. Which show will the man buy tickets for at last? A. The noon one today. B.The 8 p.m. one today. C.The midnight one
8、 tomorrow.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When will the Japanese space holiday centre probably be ready? A. In 2017. B.In 2019. C.In 2020. 18. What can tourists do at the space holiday centre? A. Eat normal food. B. Travel to the moon.19. What does the Japanese company think of the cost? A. Acceptable. B. Hig
9、h.20. What do we know about the Lunar Hotel? A. It will all be under the ground. B. It may have 100 rooms. C. It will be very clean.C. Fly freely in space.C. Low.第二部分：阅读理解 c共两节,满分 35分)第一节 (共 10 Al /j小题;每J题 2.5分,满分 25分)将该项涂黑 。 A We do it from the worldly comfort of our bedrooms and offices and to obs
10、erve a special occasion,like a beach vacation or the high school party. Lt has its own spot in the dictionary, right next toselthood and selfish. And this year it eamed its place as the Oxford English Dictionarys 2013 Word of the Year. The selfie (白拍 ) has taken over our culture - and our smartphone
11、s. The rise of the selfie has become universal - between presidents, celebrities (名人) and citizens alike - and the trend is only continuing to grow. A recent survey conducted by the Pew Intemet & American Life Project found that 54 percent of Internet users have posted original photos online. And of
12、 those hundreds of millions of photos, many are of the self- descriptive variety. For example,currently there are nearly 62 million selfie photos on a social media tool that has significantly contributed to the personal portraits popularity. That figure, which continues to rise every day,doesnt even
13、 begin to include the selfies shared on other social media. Despite its dictionary defrnition, which describes the selfie as a photograph taken of oneself,typically with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website, the first mention of the word can be traced back to an Australian o
14、nline forum from 2002 -lOng before the days of the iPhones front-facing cameras and the popularity of social media. Still, what distinguishes a selfie from a self-portrait may be the medium and, potentially, the socially-driven distribution method.What makes the selfie so fascinating - and why do we
15、 feel pressed to take one? According to Dr.Pamela Rutledge, the desire to take, post and get 1ikes on selfies goes back to a biological behaviorall humans are linked to.I think it influences our sense of social connection in the same way as it does when you go to a party and people say 60h I love yo
16、ur dress, Rutledge said. Biological, social recognition is a real need and there is even an area of the brain that is devoted to social activity.21. What does the underlined word 6lt in paragraph I probably refer to? A. Word of the year. B. A special occasion. C. Our culture. D. The selfie.22. Whats
17、 the main idea of Paragraph 2? A. The trend of the Intemet. B. The figures of posted photos. C. The boom of the selfie. D. The popularity of social media.23. Why cant we help but selfie? A. Because we hope to satisfy our biological and social needs. B. Because the Internet makes it convenient to upl
18、oad the selfies. C. Because we want to get likes for our photography technique. D. Bec ause it has taken over our life since its origin in Australia. B The days of staring attentively at the computer screen pretending to be interested inan assignment even though you are bored out of your mind may so
19、on be coming to an end. Thatsbecause if Dr. Harry Witchel has his way, computers of the future will be able to detect (察觉)boredom and even react to it real-time.But before you get concemed, the machine is not reading your mind. It is just keeping track of the constantinvoluntary movements that peopl
20、e exhibit when in front of a computer or even a television. These are not the bigger instrumental actions like moving a mouse or using the remote,but subtle barely noticeable movements like scratching or stretching. Witchel says the level of movement is directly relative to how absorbed the person i
21、s in what he/she is reading or watching the higher the interest level, the lesser the movement!To test the theory Witchel and his team invited 27 people and exposed them to avarietyofdigital content for three minutes at a time. The activities ranged from playing online games to reading documents lik
22、e the EU banking regulations that most people would frnd boring. A video motion tracker monitored their movements as they powered through each assignment. Just as the researchers had suspected, the involuntary actions decreased surprisingly, by as much as 42%, when the subjects were totally absorbed
23、 in what they were reading or seeing.Fortunately, the scientists are not planning to use the findings that were published in the online Joumal to create machines that report students who are not focusing at school. Instead, they believethat combining the motion detecting technology into future compu
24、ters will help enhance (如强) the digital leaming experience.The scientists say that being able to measure the students interest level, will enable educators toadjust the materials real-time and re-engage the student. Witchel also believes that the technology can provide filmmakers with honest audienc
25、e opinions and in the future, also be used in developing more understanding companion robots.24. Dr. Harry Witchel wants future computers to have the competence to . A. sense when users feel tired and less absorbed B. record how long people surf on the Internet C. help educators to prepare teaching
26、materials D. read the peoples mind in front of a computer 25. What can we infer from the text? A. The machine will be used to detect whether the students are focusing at school. B. Subjects will make fewer unconscious movements if they are concentrated. C. Future computers are intended to cure adole
27、scents of their network addiction. D. Most people think banking docum ents boring because they are of little value.26. What may be the best title for the text7 A. Being Exposed to Computers All Day Long Makes You Bored. . B. Scientists are Developing a More Advanced Computer Now. C. Computers of the
28、 Future May be Able to Detect Boredom. D. The Future Machine is Helpful to Teachers And Students. C . Phrases like good sharing! and great job on the slide! echo across American playgrounds.Coaches pass out ribbons to every participant. Scholar publishes a series called Im Special!assuring readers t
29、hat the ability to play with friends and sing songs makes them special indeed.Weve been told that high self-esteem is the key to childrens happiness and success, and weve been praising and protecting them ever since. But has the self-esteem movement gone too far? Many experts argue that instead of r
30、aising healthy high achievers, maybe were raising a generation of narcissists(白我陶醉者) Our old concepts of self-esteem(自尊) are old-fashioned, and parents need to send the concept to the trash heap of all things outdated and useless, says Aaron Cooper, co-author of I Just Want My Kids to be Happy. Whil
31、e experts used to blame low self-esteem for everything from bad grades to criminal behavior,research has shown that inflated(肜胀的)self-esteem is more often the criminal. An article called Rethinking Self-Esteem by Roy made a stir when he supposed that criminals and drug abusersactually had higher sel
32、f-esteem than the general population. Martin and Ervin found that the modem habit of constant praise was tuming kids skeptical and unmotivated. And esteemed child development expert T. Barry recently wrote in The New York Times that the phrase self-esteem had lost its meaning. Parents just want thei
33、r children to have a positive self-image. And while its easy to make fun of the extremes of the self-esteem movement, its difficult to walk the fine line between acquiring self-respect and self-centeredness.Anyway, make it clear that while you have expectations for their behavior, you love and accep
34、tthem unconditionally. True self-esteem isnt about a steady stream of applause; it develops whenchildren know their limits and responsibilities are given enough opportunities to challenge themselves,and feel secure that theyre loved even when they fail.27. Whats the purpose of using phrases like goo
35、d sharing! and great job on the slider? A. To attract readers attention. B. To introduce the topic. C. To give the authors opinion. D. To tell readers the key to happiness and success.28. According to the text, which of the following statements is true? A. Children with high esteem are likely to be
36、high achievers. B. In childrens development high self-esteem plays a positive role. C. High self-esteem makes kids motivated nowadays. D. High self-esteem does harm tokids in a way.29. The proper way to develop childrens true self-esteem is to . A. give them constant praise unconditionally. B. let t
37、hem shoulder all their responsibilities. C. offer them support even though they fail. D. have high expectations for their behavior.30. Whats the authors attitude towards high self-esteem? A. Subjective. B.Positive. C.Objective. D. Negative.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
38、选项。If ever there was living proof that marathon running keeps you fit Jenny Wood Allen from Dundee is it. 31 She was 71 and she didnt even have proper training shoes them At first she could only run to the end of her avenue, which is about three quarters ofa mile. Shehad problems getting back and ha
39、d to either take a bus or ask somebody for a lift. Withina couple of months, however, she was managing two or three miles.32When it comes to marathon running, however, the experts are divided. One of them,Professor Craig Sharp says that if you are reasonably fit you can probably run for two hours at
40、 a medium pace and feel OK. At this point your muscles run out of glycogen（糖原）-the best source of energy we have. This means you start using fat for energy, and your body has to work harder to transform fat into energy. This happens at a time when you are starting to feel exhausted. And it can hurt
41、your heart in the long run. 33 Other specialists have a very different opinion. Dr. Percy Brown believes that if you train reasonably and prepare several months in advance, it could even help you live longer. He argues thatafter 16-20 miles, you have to slow down and running gets really hard. 34 Att
42、er a quick top up of water and a rest, most go home and make a full recovery. Only l in l,000 actually makes it to hospital.Another problem may be post-race exhaustion. Surveys show most runners are much more likely to catch colds or develop chest infections in the week afier runningarace._35Theres
43、no evidence of lasting disease or an increased risk of illness.A. In spite of this, marathon running is bad for your health.B. He believes that the only problem you may have when running a marathon is exhaustion or a small injury caused by falling or tripping over things.C.Scientifically speaking, h
44、uman beings are perfectly designed forjumping and running and walking long distances.D. Nowadays marathon is an increasingly popular sport in the world.E.But this weakening effect on the system is temporary.F.She started by running to the shops, wearinga thickjacket,and carrying her shopping bag.G A
45、ll this is proof-he believes-that the body isnt designed for long-distance running.，第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）第一芾完形填空（共20个小题，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A. B.C和D四个选项中，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。 My mom has always been there for me. She never takes 36 whenever times are hard and I consider taking the ea
46、sy way.3 7,she tells me thatI can be anyone or anythingI want一38 Irefuse to gjve up. The word impossk)le is not palt of her 39.and she isthe biggest believer40 雠expression Cant means wont She sees my 41 ,and pushes me to do the bestI possibly can. 笫II卷第三部分：语言运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10个小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读
47、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。 A Bite of China No trip would be complete without experiencing the local food culture. 56 (actuaD, China第四部分：写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节应用文写作（满分15分） 假定你是李明。你所在的班级将举行毕业告别派对(graduation farewell party)，请你给外教Mr. Robinson写一封邀请信，内容包括： 1时间：周日下午5点： 2地点：学校餐厅： 3活动安排：事用晚餐，观看演出，分享美好回忆等等。
48、注意：1词数80左右； 2可适当增加细节。第二节概要写作（满分25分）阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。 One of the toughest things about being ahigh school student is that you never seem to get enough sleep at night, which often leaves you nodding o任during classes. Spending either less than six or more than nine hours in sleeping puts your
49、health at risk.A popular solution to a lack of sleep at night is to take a power nap（小睡）”during the day, but does this work? Generally speaking, it can be beneficial. Research shows that a nap in the day - even a brief one as short as ten minutescan clear your mind and leave you with increased energ
50、y and improved productivity.Here are some things you need to know to nap correctly. To start with every time you doze o圩（打瞌睡）during the day does not count as a power nap. The best time to take a power nap is in the mid-aftemoon, when your energy level tends to decrease. Try to avoid naps after 4pm,
51、for sleeping too late in the day can make it harder to fall asleep at night.How long should a power nap be? Grabbing 10-30 minutes of rest is usually best for a middle-of-the-day nap. You are not really getting established sleep if you nod 0行for only five minutes.However, napping more than 40 minute
52、s can leave you feeling sleepier than when you start, meaningyouII have to go through the whole waking-up process afier you go into the deeper stage of sleep.However, as refreshing as it might be, if you are getting adequate sleep at night, taking a power nap isnt such a wise choice. The reason is that sleeping during the day can interfere with(妫碍)your bodys biorhythms（生理节奏）The brain gets used to going to bed at roughly the same time each night and getting up at the same time each day, and you dont want to disturb this routine.