安徽省马鞍山二中安师大附中届高三英语阶段性测试试题.docx

1、安徽省马鞍山二中安师大附中届高三英语阶段性测试试题安徽省马鞍山二中、安师大附中2017届高三英语12月阶段性测试试题注意事项：1.本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、座位号及考试科目用2B铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2.每小题选出答案后，用2B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。不能答在试卷上。3.本试卷满分150分，考试时间为120分钟。第卷第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)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

2、中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有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 are the speakers talking about? A. The mans weekend activities. B. The womans favorite sport. C. The city they live in.2. What might the man be? A. A businessman. B. A doctor. C. A student.3. When did the speakers start talking? A.

3、 At 2:50. B. At 3:00. C. At 3:10.4. What does the woman want to do? A. Borrow money from the man. B. Work in the bank. C. Start up a business.5. What is the mans research field? A. Education. B. Insects. C. Finance.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

4、。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至7题。6. What kind of job did the woman take after graduation? A. Teaching. B. Marketing. C. Volunteering.7. What does the woman think the man should do? A. Take his job immediately. B. Not worry about the money. C. Make a decision

5、 and stick to it.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Where does the woman advise the man to apply for a job? A. In a newspaper office. B. In a travel agency. C. In a car factory.9. What does the man ask the woman about the job? A. The pay. B. The working conditions. C. The experience.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why didnt th

6、e man realize his childhood dream? A. His parents didnt support him. B. He was offered another job. C. He lost interest in it later.11. What did the woman want to be when she was a little girl? A. A pilot. B. A scientist. C. A teacher.12. What language is the woman good at? A. English and French. B.

7、 English and Italian. C. French and Italian.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who is Jenny? A. The mans wife. B. The womans colleague. C. The mans sister.14. How long has it been since the speakers graduation? A. Three years. B. Ten years. C. Thirteen years.15. What do we know about the man? A. He continued his

8、studies after graduation. B. He once worked at a law firm. C. He is working in a trade company.16. When will the speakers meet each other again? A. This Saturday. B. This Sunday. C. Next Saturday.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is Bill Gates famous for according to the speaker? A. His family background.

9、B. His education in university. C. His contribution to the computer.18. What did Bill Gates do in 1975? A. He went to Harvard University. B. He began to design new software. C. He sold his inventions to MITS. 19. When did Bill Gates leave Microsoft? A. In 2000. B. In 2008. C. In 2014.20. What do we

10、know about Bill Gates from the talk? A. He was born in New York. B. His mother worked as a lawyer. C. He founded the Microsoft Company.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。A A cat with his own Facebook page and Instagram account is taking the I

11、nternet by storm thanks tohis expressive eyebrows. Curious-looking Sam has racked up 150,000 Instagram followers and 530,000likes on Facebook since bursting onto the scene in 2012. Owner Amanda Collado, 26, from New York, has been handling the large amount of requests fromfans and media for the past

12、 three years. She said, “There have definitely been situations where I havehad to ignore friends, family or work to take the time to do Sams posts or answer emails on his behalf. Everyone gets a little annoyed when Im on my phone and not paying attention to them. I never thought Sam would be so popu

13、lar.” Amandas mum, Ivette Rodriguez, noticed the abandoned cat outside her home one evening. Ivette said, “I saw a little niche (壁龛) next to the house and there was a cat in there. He willinglygave himself up to meI guess he was so tired of being outside.” Amanda created an Instagram account for Sam

14、 after a friend pointed out his expressive brows. She said, “I didnt notice his eyebrows initially.” “He had about 800 followers at firstbut in February someone posted his photo on Reddit and heblew up overnightI woke up with 1600 followers. From there we made a Facebook and all other social media a

15、ccounts.” Amanda posts pictures to Sams account every two days, but spends most of her day keeping up with all of his fans. But the effort she puts into her pets social media has paid offand she has bigger plans for Sams future, including merchandise (商品). “Right now were trying to share him in a fr

16、ee way. Eventually well sell Sam merchandise, because I know many people do like having cute little mugs, Sam mugs, or posters, T-shirts.”21. Why does Amanda sometimes ignore her friends? A. She is absorbed in her work. B. She is popular with her fans. C. She gets along badly with her friends. D. Sh

17、e is busy with Sams business. 英语试题 第3页 共10页22. How did Amanda get the cat called Sam? A. She bought it from her friend. B. One of her friends gave it to her. C. Her mother found it and adopted it. D. The text didnt mention it.23. What does Amanda plan to do about Sam? A. She plans to post Sams photo

18、 on Reddit on the Internet. B. She plans to post pictures to Sams account every day. C. She plans to buy more cats. D. She plans to sell Sam products.B Whenever something looks interesting or beautiful, there is a natural desire of us to capture (捕捉)and preserve itwhich means, in this day and age, t

19、hat we are likely to reach for our phones to take a picture. Though this would seem to be an ideal solution, there are two big problems associated with taking pictures. Firstly, we are likely to be so busy taking pictures that we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest encourage us to

20、take a photograph in the first place. And secondly, because we feelthe pictures are safely stored on our phones, we never get around to looking at them, so sure are we that well get around to them one day. The first person to notice the problems was the English art critic(评论家), John Ruskin. He was a

21、 keen traveler who realized that most tourists make a poor job of noticing or remembering the beautiful things they see. He argued that humans have a natural tendency to respond to beauty and desire to have it, but there are better and worse expressions of this desire. At worse, we get into buying s

22、ouvenirs or taking photographs. But, in Ruskins eyes, theres just one thing we should doattempting to draw the interesting things we see, regardless of whether we happen to have any talent for doing so. Ruskin said, “Drawing can teach us to see: to notice properly rather than gaze absent-mindedly. I

23、n the process of recreating with our own hand what lies before our eyes, we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.” Ruskin deplored the blindness and hurry of modern tourists, especially those who prided themselves

24、 on travelling around the whole Europe in a week by train, “No changing of places at a hundred miles an hour will make us stronger, happier, or wiser. There was always more in the world than men could see, if they ever walked slowly; they will see it no better for going fast. The really precious thi

25、ngs are thoughts and sights, not pace.”24. According to Paragraph 2, when taking pictures, people tend to _. A. forget to appreciate something attractive on the spot B. find it hard to learn skills of taking good pictures C. find a good way to keep things in their minds D. have a chance to meet the

26、challenge of new technology25. According to Ruskin, what should travelers do to best express their appreciation of and desire foromething beautiful? A. To speak it out openly. B. To photograph it instantly. C. To purchase it directly. D. To paint it immediately.26. From the fourth paragraph, we can

27、infer that Ruskin encourages us to be _. A. considerate and determined B. active and adventurous C. creative and thoughtful D. sensitive and ambitious27. The underlined word “deplored” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _. A. appreciated B. criticized C. favored D. ignored C When Marco P

28、olo travelled to Hangzhou, China 700 hundred years ago, never had he thought hed be creating a job of social media ambassador in the 21st century in China. On May 20, one lucky foreigner would be selected to become the modern-day Marco Polo, getting a free 15-day trip to the scenic city of Hangzhou

29、in China, and rewarded $55,000 in the next year for working part-time to promote the city to the global audience. Five finalists from Australia, Romania, U.S., Switzerland and France were in the final race. They came from a pool of 700 applicants from around the world, carefully selected by the Hang

30、zhou Tourism Commission on their familiarity with China, social media presence and adventurous spirit. Located about 100 miles southwest to Shanghai, Hangzhou is home to 844 million population and among Chinas richest cities as measures by per-capita GDP. Traditionally, Hangzhou is known for its cha

31、rming West Lake, a UNESCO world heritage site with traditional Chinese stories and tales, and the Grand Canal, which travels from Hangzhou to Beijing and was a key route of transportation in ancient China. The citys mild climate and charming environment drew 97 million tourists last year, contributi

32、ng to 6.5% of the citys GDP. The lucky winner would start an all-expense-paid trip to Hangzhou, which, in addition to visits to tourist sites and tastings of delicious food, also would include a four-day ride along the Grand Canaland three evenings spent at a local residents home. “It is in fact a part-time job. How you work that out efficiently is your problem,” Liam Bates,perhaps