江西省九江市第一中学届高三英语下学期适应性考试试题一.docx

1、江西省九江市第一中学届高三英语下学期适应性考试试题一九江一中高三第一次适应性考试英 语 试 卷第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）（略）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。1.What is the woman probably? A. A secretary. B. A teacher. C. A guide. 2.What does the woman mean? A. She rar

2、ely fails the exams. B. She is preparing for the coming exams. C. She is a frequent visitor to the library. 3.Who is a language genius according to the speakers language teacher? A. The woman. B. The man. C. Jack. 4.Where are the speakers probably? A. At a police station. B. At a cell phone shop. C.

3、 At a car repair shop. 5.How much will the woman pay for the book? A. 30 dollars. B. 28.5 dollars. C. 25 dollars. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分）听下面五段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.When did the woman get thirty yuan a month? A

4、. At the age of 13. B. At the age of 15. C. At the age of 17. 7.What does the man advise the woman to do to get more pocket money?A. Study harder. B. Help to do some housework. C. Get a part-time job. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What is the second question the woman asks? A. Whether she can get a table at 8.30

5、. B. Whether Italian dishes are served. C. How many Italian dishes are on the menu. 9.What is the womans number? A. 5530-0318. B. 5513-0380. C. 5513-0318. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.Why does the woman apologize? A. The mans flight has been cancelled. B. The mans flight has been put off. C. The mans flight

6、has taken off. 11.How many times at least was the announcement made according to the woman? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times. 12.How will the man get to Washington? A. By bus. B. By plane. C. By cab. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What is the woman probably doing? A. Reading a story. B. Writing a book. C. Hav

7、ing a coffee. 14.Where is Maria originally from? A. Singapore. B. Britain. C. America. 15.What did Maria do in 1996? A. She went to New York for a break. B. She went to coffee bars quite often. C. She opened ten more coffee bars. 16.How many coffee bars does Maria have at the moment? A. 80. B. 85. C

8、. 86. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.When did the speaker put her house up for sale? A. When she got a job in a company. B. When her husband became the general manager. C. When she became a housewife. 18.When did the speakers agent bring a couple to visit her house? A. At midnight. B. In the afternoon. C. In

9、the morning. 19.Where did the speaker hear the man say something to his wife? A. In the bathroom. B. In the bedroom. C. In the kitchen. 20.What did the buyers think of the house? A. It was very tidy. B. It was big enough. C. It was like her own home. 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，

10、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。AFranklin Chang-Diaz was born in Costa Rica in 1950. His family moved to Venezuela soon after, where he had an experience that changed his life forever. When Franklin was 6 years old, he learned that Russia had launched the first satellite, Sputnik 1. The ide

11、a of space travel made the boy excited. Franklin climbed into a tree and watched the sky until the next morning, dreaming of what it would be like to fly among the stars. After that night, Franklin put his whole heart into one goal: becoming an astronaut. He wrote to rocket scientist Werner won Brau

12、n and asked him for advice. The scientist wrote back suggesting that Franklin study math and science in the United States. Even though studying in the United States seemed like an impossible dream, Franklin had decided he would do whatever it took to travel into space. After graduating from high sch

13、ool in Costa Rica, Franklin worked hard to save money so that he could go to the United States to realize his dream. With only $50 in his pocket, Franklin moved to Connecticut. Even though he did not speak English and he had already graduated from high school, he entered high school in Connecticut.

14、By the end of the school year, he had earned prize money set for students to help finish college education to the University of Connecticut. His education had only just begun. Eight years later, Franklin Chang-Diaz earned his ph. D. in physics. Chang-Diaz began realizing his dream of space travel in

15、 1981. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had 19 astronaut jobs to offer. Thousands of scientists applied for the jobs, and Chang-Diaz was one of the few chosen. After 5 years of training, he rocketed into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia, from which he studied Halleys c

16、omet and made several scientific experiments. Chang-Diaz dreams about the day when people will be able to travel long distances to other planets and stars. And Chang-Diaz doesnt stop there. He researches the connection between the rain forest and space. Whats the next for this fearless explorer? The

17、 skys limit! 21.Which of the following words can best describe Franklin Chang-Diaz? A. Determined. B. Proud. C. Clever. D. Warm-hearted. 22. What is the 4th paragraph mainly about? A. How Franklin Chang-Diaz succeed applying for the job as an astronaut. B. How Franklin Chang-Diaz realized his dream

18、of space travel. C. How Franklin Chang-Diaz studied Halleys comet. D. How Franklin Chang-Diaz trained for space travel. 23.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Franklin Chang-Diaz spoke good English before moving to the USA. B. Franklin Chang-Diaz finished high scho

19、ol in Venezuela. C. Franklin Chang-Diaz studies the connection between Halleys comet and space. D. Franklin Chang-Diaz got his high school education twice. BDogs and other hairy mammals shake at just the right frequencies to get rid of water most quickly from their bodies and directly on to any unlu

20、cky humans nearby. Mice do it. So do tigers and pandas. These animals really know how to shake. Frequency is the number of cycles movements back and forth per second. Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta recently recorded videos of 40 different animals, standing for 15 diffe

21、rent species. The scientists wanted to see how wet, hairy mammals shake off water after they get wet. The scientists say the animals shake at just the right frequencies to lose water drops as quickly as possible. “I think its pretty amazing that they can do that,” David Hu, one of the scientists, sa

22、id. This study was led by Andrew Dickerson, a graduate student in Hus lab. His team calls this get-dry shake “natures analogy(类似) to the spin cycle of a washing machine”. Both the washing machine and shaking animals can get rid of water quickly but animals are much faster than washing machines. For

23、animals, this process helps them control heat in their bodies.“If a dog couldnt dry itself, it would have to use 25 percent of its daily calories to heat its body to get rid of the water,” Hu said. “Every time they got wet they would get hypothermia and die.” The bigger the animal, the slower it sha

24、kes, according to Dickerson and his team. A mouse moves its body back and forth 27 times per second, but a bear shakes only four times per second. Animals skin also helps them get rid of water. The scientists are continuing to look at how animals interact with water in the natural world. In particul

25、ar, the scientists want to know how water interacts with hair which means studying animals that have got used to life in the water, like beavers and otters. 24.Which of the following animals is not likely to be studied in the experiments? A. A panda. B. A tiger. C. A cat. D. A snake.25.What can we l

26、earn from the passage? A. Professor David Hu led the study. B. A dog shakes off water at a higher speed than a washing machine. C. Animals shake off water to keep themselves cool. D. A dog shakes off water faster than a mouse.26.How did David Hu feel about the video? A. Surprised. B. Encouraged. C.

27、Excited. D. Amused. 27.Which of the following does hypothermia probably refer to? A. a disease caused by hunger B. a disease caused by getting too hot.C. a disease caused by getting too cold. D. a disease caused by shaking too fast. CAfternoon tea became popular about 150 years ago, when rich ladies

28、 invited their friends to their houses for an afternoon cup of tea. Usually taken in the late afternoon, it is also called “low tea” as it is served at a low table. Since this isnt a meal, but rather like a late afternoon snack, finger foods such as sandwiches, scones and pastries are common. People

29、 are not merely taking tea to get nutrition or satisfy hunger, but to take time to relax, chat and enjoy the company of dear friends. In England, the traditional time for tea is four or five oclock in the afternoon and no one stays after seven oclock. This very British tradition is said to have been

30、 started around 1840 by Duchess Anna Maria, wife of the 7th Duke of Bedford, England. During the long time between an early breakfast and very late dinner, she experienced what she called “a sinking feeling” at about 4 or 5 in the afternoon. So she asked her maid to bring her a pot of tea, a little

31、bread and butter and cake in her room. She found this arrangement so pleasing that she began asking her friends to join her. High tea, a term often mixed with afternoon tea, usually takes the place of supper. In the past the British working population did not have afternoon tea. They had meals about

32、 noon and after work between five and seven oclock. The table would be set with dinner foods like meat, bread, butter, potatoes, cheese and of course tea. It was called “high tea” because it was eaten at a high dining table rather than a low tea table. How much do people enjoy the afternoon tea moment? As a famous writer name