江西省师大附中届高三上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、江西省师大附中届高三上学期期末考试英语试题 Word版含答案 江西师大附中2015届高三年级期末考试英 语 试 题第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称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 color will the man choose?A. Blue. B. Green. C.

2、Brown.2. How much money will the man lend to the woman?A. 285 yuan. B. 145 yuan. C. 140 yuan.3. What kind of tea does the woman want?A. Tea with milk. B. Tea with sugar. C. Tea with milk and sugar.4. What can we learn about the woman?A. She is good at algebra.B. She is not good at algebra.C. She wil

3、l help the man with algebra.5. What did the woman think of the movie?A. Terrible. B. Wonderful. C. Average.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. What is the date today?A. May 21.

4、 B. May 19. C. May 20.7. Why cant the woman go to the lecture?A. She doesnt like it.B. She has to look after her mother.C. She is ill. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What can we infer about the woman?A. She often studies late into the night.B. She feels nervous about her exam.C. She cannot sleep at night.9. What

5、 did the doctor suggest the woman do?A. Take some medicine. B. Go to another hospital. C. Get enough sleep.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man want to take a book with him? A. To guide him on his travels.B. To kill time.C. To give to his friend as a gift.11. Where will the speakers go first?A. Aus

6、tralia. B. Indonesia. C. America.12. How will the speakers get to Australia?A. By air. B. By ship. C. By train. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Which position is the woman interested in?A. Editor. B. Teacher. C. Translator.14. How many foreign languages can the woman speak?A. One. B. Two. C. Three.15. Which su

7、bject was the womans best subject at school?A. English. B. French. C. Spanish.16. What might be the relationship between the two speakers?A. Writer and author. B. Teacher and student. C. Interviewer and interviewee.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the fastest way to improve listening and speaking skill

8、s?A. Surfing the English 1 on 1 website. B. Talking to native English speakers. C. Practicing with your English teacher.18. What should a learner do when not practicing with the tutors? A. Make conversation with others. B. Consult the experts and specialists. C. Listen to the pre-recorded conversati

9、ons and readings.19. What is not one of the advantages of the recordings offered by English l on l? A. They are designed by famous experts and specialists. B. They cover various topics. C. They only can be used as online materials.20. Why should learners listen to personalised recordings? A. They he

10、lp you to hear the mistakes you make and correct them. B. They help you to remember what you have learned. C. They offer better listening study methods.第二部分阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)第一节 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 ,并在题卡上将该项涂黑。(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) AGeorge Ballas of Houston, Texas, lived a long li

11、fe. He was a businessman, university lecturer, author, dancer and dance studio owner whose son, Corky, and grandson, Mark, followed his footsteps into the dance world. Also, Mr. Ballas was the inventor of the Weed Eater. Mr. Ballas died in Houston on June 25th, 2011 at the age of 85.George Ballas wa

12、s born in Louisiana. He joined the military at 17. He served in World War II and the Korean War. After the military, he became a dance teacher and an executive in the dance school industry.In the 1950s, he built a dance studio of his own in Houston. People called it the biggest one in the world. The

13、 dance studio had 120 teachers. Mr. Ballas sold the studio in 1964. By the early 70s, he set about the next big thing. The idea had come to him at a car wash. He watched the needle-like bristles（刷子毛） of the brushes as they went round and round against his car. Could a similar idea be used to cut the

14、 grass in places out of reach?To find an easier way for people to cut the grass and weeds, he placed lengths of a fishing line through holes in a tin can. He attached the can to the spinning part of a mower. A revolution for millions of people who cut the grass for a living or just to keep their nei

15、ghbors happy appeared. His invention grew into a company which he later sold.George Ballas became known as the “Weed King”. As he once said, “A Weed Eater comes along once in a lifetime.” Today the idea lives on in a new generation. The noise may not be the nicest, but neither is a louder mower. The

16、 Weed Eaters work well in corners and along walls and fences. As weed expert Bill Curran at Penn State University points out, they avoid the use of chemicals or the labor of pulling weeds by hand. Of course, a Weed Eater can do damage like any other power tools. The high-speed cutting line can inevi

17、tably damage pieces of trees, wood fences, stone surfaces or birdbaths.In 1952, George Ballas married Maria Louisa Marulanda, a Spanish dancer and film actress. They were together for 59 years until his death.21. Which of the following is the correct order according to the passage? a . Mr. Ballas se

18、t up a dance studio. b. Mr. Ballas taught dance in a school. c. Mr. Ballas invented the Weed Eater. d. Mr. Ballas became a soldier in World War II. A. abcd B. dbac C. dcba D. cbad22. The passage is most probably taken from a _. A. celebrity biography B. music magazine C. news report D. science repor

19、t23. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the Weed Eater? A. It makes less noise. B. It works well in corners. C. It can cut the grass in places out of reach. D. It doesnt damage nearby plants and things.BLake OrtaThis wonderful new tour is our first tour by train of Italy, and is based on

20、pretty Lake Orta. Tour attractions include four of Italys most beautiful lakes Orta, Como, Maggiore and Lugano as well as historic Varallo, Monte Rosa, and Lake Maggiores Borromean Islands. One of the most attractive features is our base, the charming family-run 3-star Giardinetto Hotel, located in

21、lovely gardens right on Lake Orta, and with wonderful lake views. Dinner is included here every night in its lakeside restaurant.Travel by Eurostar Train: St Pancras (England) / Paris (France): 12:29 / 15:50 Paris (France) / Turin (Italy): 07:42 / 13:17 Novara (Italy) / Paris (France): 08:44 / 15:15

22、 Paris (France) / St Pancras (England): 17:13 / 18:29 .Available DeparturePrice from05-Sept-2014Sold Out12-Sept-2014Sold Out19-Sept-2014995Giardinetto Hotel The charming 3-star Giardinetto Hotel is located in lovely gardens right on the lake, and has wonderful views. Facilities at this friendly, fam

23、ily-run hotel include a heated pool, a lakeside restaurant serving excellent local cuisine, a bar, and , comfortable bedrooms with a private bath/shower, a TV, a telephone and a minibar, many with lake views. Included in Tour 1 nights accommodation at the 3-star Hotel of Lyon on a bed-and-breakfast

24、basis 7 nights accommodation on a dinner, bed-and-breakfast basis at the 3-star Giardinetto Hotel, Lake Orta Transfers in Paris and Italy Tour manager available throughout Not Included in Tour Single-room supplement ( 200) Room upgrades only twins / doubles available Standard lake view 63 per person

25、 Superior non-lake view- 49 per person Superior lake view77 per person Holiday insurance (30 per person)24. Where will the tourists spend most of their time during the tour? A. On Lake Orta. B. On Lake Maggiore. C. On Monte Rosa. D. On Lake Como.25. How much will a couple pay for the tour with holid

26、ay insurance and a standard lake view?A. 2088. B. 2176. C. 2204. D. 2148.26. What do we learn about the Giardinetto Hotel? A. It is located on Barrowman Islands. B. It has good lake views. C. It is owned by a travel agency. D. It doesnt provide private showers.27. If you take this trip you wont need

27、 to pay _ . A. for a standard lake view B. for a superior non-lake view C. holiday insurance D. transfer fees .CThere could be an oceans worth of water more than 300 miles under the Earths surface that equals the known water content across the entire planet. Findings published in the latest issue of

28、 the journal, Nature show that water was found in a sample of ringwoodite, a stone formed under extreme pressure inside the Earths mantle (地幔).The ringwoodite discovery was made by Professor Graham Pearson of the University of Alberta. When Pearson”s team examined a seemingly worthless brown diamond

29、 they had uncovered, they found the ringwoodite sample within , which contained about 1.5 percent water.However, Pearson and his team acknowledge that the finding, the first of its kind, does not completely settle the water theory. In an accompanying Nature article, University of Bayreuth geochemist

30、, Hans Keppler, cautions that no firm conclusions can be made based on the single ringwoodite sample.But Pearson himself is now convinced，telling the Edmonton Journal, “What you can definitely say from our finding is that there are oases of water -wet spots in the deep Earth. Now if you extrapolate

31、(推断）it to the whole of this area we call the transition zone, it means there might be the same mass of water as what is held in all of the world s oceans.”If Pearson is correct, the presence of water deep beneath the Earths surface could help scientists better understand the shifting of tectonic(地壳构造上的) plates，which may be thinned and corroded (侵蚀）by the existence of water. As to the existence of the ringwoodite sample itself, Pearson and his team say it was probably pushed to the Earth s surface by a volcanic erupti