1、四川省绵阳市南山中学实验学校高二上学期入学考试英语2016年9月绵阳南山中学实验学校2016年秋季 2015级入学考试英语试题第卷(选择题,共75分)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,从题中所给出的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. What happened to Mr. Smith? A. He was made
2、 headmaster of the school. B. He was fired by the school. C. He doesnt like English any more.2. How many ties does Bob have? A. 5. B. 6. C. 7.3. Why did Father go to work on foot this morning? A. Because he got up earlier. B. Because he couldnt use the car. C. Because he liked to walk.4. What time i
3、s it? A. 8:00. B. 9:15. C. 8:45.5. Who got “C” in the exam? A. Kate. B. Tom. C. Jean.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,各小题给出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 is the man? A. A student. B. A train passenger. C. A
4、ticket seller.7. Which train will the woman take to the museum? A. The train on Platform 2, line 5. B. The train on Platform 4, line 2. C. The train on Platform 4, line 5.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。8. When are the speakers supposed to meet Bill? A. At six. B. At seven. C. At eight. 9. What do the speakers plan
5、 to do? A. To go to the movie. B. To go out for dinner. C. To study for maths exam. 10. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. To go without her. B. To call Bill. C. To help her with her maths. 听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。11. What probably does the woman want to buy? A. Some food. B. Some books. C. Some clo
6、ths. 12. How will the woman go there? A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. On foot.13. What is the relationship between the two speakers? A. They are strangers. B. They are close friends. C. They are neighbors.听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。14. Where is the new sports center? A. On Nanjing Road. B. On Nanning Street. C. Beh
7、ind the Xinhua Bookstore.15. What sport did Billy do last week? A. Played tennis. B. Swam. C. Played table tennis.16. When will the speakers go to the sports center? A. On Friday. B. On Thursday. C. On Saturday.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What could the cat do?A. The cat could run quickly. B. The cat coul
8、d jump. C. The cat could bite. 18. Why did the mouse get out of the cats mouth? A. Because the cat had not killed the mouse. B. Because the cat couldnt catch the mouse. C. Because the cat couldnt bite the mouse.19. Who did the woman hit? A. The cat. B. The mouse. C. The old people. 20. What can we l
9、earn from the passage? A. Be helpful to the old. B. Be kind to the old. C. Be honest to the old. 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)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。AIn early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my m
10、other fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up. “You cant say its not a great university, just because Papa went there.”“Thats not it at all. And it is a top university.” She was still holding the pieces in her han
11、d. “But we cant afford to send you to college.”“I wouldnt dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things arent that bad, are they?” “No, ” she said. “I dont expect you to help support us.” Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small j
12、ewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a longforgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew
13、that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment(投资) could show returns. Whats more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful; otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly. I was torn between the desire to help them and change their l
14、ives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to get what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship (奖学金). My father could hardly contain his pride in me, and my mother eventually gave in before my success.21. The author was n
15、ot allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because_. A. his father graduated from the university B. his mother did not think it a great university C. his parents needed him to help support the family D. his parents did not have enough money for him22. The father started his small shop with the mo
16、ney from _. A. a local league B. his university C. his relatives D. his college friends23. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league? A. To help with her husbands business. B. To raise money for her son. C. To meet her longforgotten friends. D. To better manage her life.24. According to
17、the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn? A. To get a wellpaid job for himself. B. To improve relations with his mother. C. To go to his dream university. D. To carry on with his fathers business.25. Which of the following words is NOT proper to describe the author? A. Diligent.
18、 B. Determined. C. Cooperative D. Hard-workingB Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home. What to Expect The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcover
19、s changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health. Accommodation ZonesHomestays are located in London mainly in Zones 2,3 and of the transport system. Most hosts do not live
20、 in the town center as much of central London is commercial and not residential (居住的). Zones 3 and 4 often offer larger accommodation in a less crowded area. It is very convenient to travel in London by underground. Meal Plans Available Continental Breakfast Breakfast and Dinner Breakfast, Packed Lu
21、nch and Dinner Its important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast. Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Conti
22、nental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee. Friends If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your hosts permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it
23、is an invasion of their privacy. Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. Ho
24、wever, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefitthose who need to practise English at home quite as much.26. The passage is probably written for _. A. host willing to receive foreign students B. foreigners hoping to build British culture C. travellers
25、 planning to visit families in London D. English learners applying to live in English homes27. Which of the following will the host provide? A. Room cleaning. B. Medical care. C. Free transport. D. Physical training.28. What can be inferred from Paragraph 3? A. Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2. B.
26、 The business center of London is probably in Zone 1. C. Hosts dislike travelling to the city center. D. It is not very convenient to travel in London by underground.29. According to the passage, what does continental Breakfast include? A. Dessert and coffee. B. Fruit and vegetables. C. Bread and fr
27、uit juice. D. Cereal and cold meat.30. Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation? A. To experience a warmer family atmosphere. B. To enrich their knowledge of English. C. To entertain friends as they like. D. To enjoy much more freedom.C Two recent studies have found that punishment is n
28、ot the best way to influence behavior. One showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. Researchers at Harvard University in the United States and the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden did the study. They had about two hundred college students play a
29、version of the game known as the Prisoners Dilemma. The game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a group. The students played in groups of four. Each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. But each player could also reward or punish each
30、 of the other three players, at a cost to the punisher. Harvard researcher David Rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. The groups that rewarded it the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded it the least. And the more a group punished itself
31、, the lower its earnings. The group with the most punishment earned twenty-five percent less than the group with the least punishment. The study appeared last month in the journal Science. The other study involved children. It was presented last month in California at a conference on violence and abuse. Researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. More than eight hundred children were aged two to four the first time they were tested. More than seven hundred children were aged five to nine. The two groups were retested four years later, and th
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