英语卷届山西省太原五中下学期高三阶段检测校二模05.docx

1、英语卷届山西省太原五中下学期高三阶段检测校二模05太原五中20142015学年度第二学期阶段检测高 三 英 语第一部分 听力(共两节)第一节：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. Where is the man going? A. Lucky Street. B. Michigan Avenue. C. California Street.2. What does the woman mean? A. Jeremy and she al

2、ways eat meat for dinner. B. Jeremy always gets the opposite of what she orders.C. She usually has salad instead of steak.3. What can we learn about the hat? A. The man doesnt wear it very often. B. It was a Christmas present from the mans grandfather.C. It was bought thirteen years ago.4. Why is th

3、e woman upset? A. Because the man isnt following her directions. B. Because the man is driving unsafely. C. Because the man wont let her drive the car.5. What did the woman want Eric to do? A. Give her a ticket to the game. B. Watch a basketball game on TV with her.C. Sell her a basketball ticket.第二

4、节：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至7题。6. What is wrong with Randle? A. He refuses to go to the bathroom. B. He is being violent with other dogs. C. He isnt interested in playing at the park.7. What is th

5、e womans suggestion? A. Be patient with Randle. B. Take Randle to see the vet.C. Read about some solutions online.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What can we get about the man from the conversation? A. He is a big fan of baseball. B. He only watches the World Series. C. He doesnt care about baseball at all.9. Wh

6、at is the mans attitude during the conversation? A. Interested and excited. B. Frustrated and annoyed. C. Confused and angry.10. What is true about the mans favorite childhood team?A. They play in a different city now. B. They never make it to the playoffs.C. They won a championship when the man was

7、 little.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The price of new cars. B. How to shop for a new car.C. What kind of car would suit the mans needs.12. What is most important to Freddie? A. Saving money. B. Being safe. C. Looking good.13. What will the man probably do in th

8、e end? A. Buy a used sports car. B. Buy a new car with good gas mileage.C. Buy the womans SUV.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a coffee shop. B. At a police station. C. At a crime scene. 15. How did Mr. Parker see what happened?A. He walked by on his way ho

9、me from work. B. He drove by on his way to work.C. He was in that neighborhood during his lunch break.16. According to Mr. Parker, what was the thief wearing? A. A brown jacket and blue jeans. B. A black shirt and a white baseball hat.C. A black jacket and white shoes.17. How tall and heavy was the

10、thief? A. Over six feet tall and over two hundred pounds. B. Over six feet tall and under two hundred pounds.C. Under six feet tall and over two hundred pounds.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Who is the man? A. The head flight attendant. B. The co-pilot. C. The captain.19. When will the passengers arrive? A.

11、Five minutes ahead of schedule. B. Fifteen minutes ahead of schedule.C. Ten minutes ahead of schedule. 20. How can people find out which movies are being shown? A. By looking in a magazine. B. By waiting for the mans announcement.C. By looking in the pocket on the side of their seats.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满

12、分60分）第一节 （共15题；每小题3分，满分45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。A2015, the time has come for more creative China tours to be made, Shanghai Disney opens, more high-speed rail options. Insisting on high-quality services, we are proud to present our ever best-selling China tour packages, tour themes and

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14、n your arrival. Enjoy local peoples morning exercise at the Temple of Heaven before visiting the Great Wall, and then have a lifetime experience of visiting the Mutianyu section of the Great Wall on Day 2.Day 3-4 In XianStill in Beijing in the daytime of Day 3. Visit the Forbidden City and the Tiana

15、nmen Square to feel royal life in ancient China. After that pay a visit to hutongs which give full flavor of authentic experience. Catch a flight at night to Xian. Private guide and driver escort you to visit the highlights of Xian on Day 4.Day 5-7 In Guilin/YangshuoContinue to see Xian and have mor

16、e interacts with the local. Visiting a family in Xian and learning how to make different shapes of dumplings give you an unforgettable time. Take a plane at night and arrive at Guilin on Day 5. Get on board to enjoy essence of Guilin, the Li River cruise to Yangshuo. Cycle to villages and meet frien

17、dly local people and learn more about Chinese agriculture. Day 8-10 In Shanghai Private transfer from Yangshuo to Guilin airport. Shanghai guide and driver are waiting for you with smiling faces. Highlights of the city on Day 9 show you the future of China as the end of the trip. You have free time

18、on the last day before taking an international flight.Just let us know your travel style! We will then adapt this tour and create a unique quote based on your individual needs. For more information, please click here: 21. How many night flights will the tourists take during this trip? A. One.B. Two.

19、 C. Three.D. None.22. If a tourist is interested in Chinese food, which place will impress him/her most? A. Beijing. B. Guilin.C. Xian.D. Shanghai. 23. Where can you find this passage?A. In the newspaper. B. In a report. C. In a textbookD. On the Internet. BOn the eve of our daughters weddings, I ga

20、ve both of them what I considered to be excellent marital advice: never leave your husband unsupervised (无人监督的) with pruning shears (修枝剪). If only I had taken my own advice. I recently let my guard down. Thirty-some years of marriage can do that to a woman. Give a man pruning shears and electric tri

21、mmers (电动修剪器) and he will give new meaning to “armed and dangerous.”One day earlier this year, my husband said that the crab apple tree was dead. “Why do you think it is dead?” I asked.“Look at it. Theres not a leaf on it.”“Theres not a leaf on anything. Its March,” I said.“It looked sick last fall

22、and with this bitter winter we had, Im convinced its dead.”The truth is hes never liked the crab apple. Sure, it has beautiful blooms in the spring, but then it gets a disease, the leaves curl, and it drops those little apples that sit on the driveway.Each passing week he pronounced the tree dead. E

23、ventually I began to believe him. Though he agreed it would be a regrettable loss, there was a twinkle in his eye. He armed himself a couple of weeks ago and began trimming. A branch here, a branch there, a small limb, then a large limb. I watched and then decided to check the wood on some of the br

24、anches closer to the trunk. I broke one off and saw green. The crab apple was not dead. It just hadnt had time to leaf out. The tree was now falling to one side, but it was not dead. I would have told him so, but he had moved on to a maple. Once the man starts, he cant stop. One trim leads to anothe

25、r. “Please, stop!” I called. He smiled and nodded, but he couldnt hear because he had started the hedge (树篱) trimmers and was getting ready to fix a line of hedges. Zip (飕飕声), zip, zip.“What do you think?” he shouted.“Its supposed to be a privacy hedge; now all that will be private are our ankles.”H

26、e started the trimmers again. “Stop!” I called, “Come back!”“Why?” he shouted.“Youre in the neighbors yard.”24. By saying “if only I had taken my own advice.” the author means that _. A. she should have kept a closer watch on her husbandB. she feels regretful about her marriage after many yearsC. sh

27、e didnt follow her own advice about pruning shearsD. she shouldnt have given that marital advice to her daughters25. We can learn from the article that the authors husband _. A. has a great talent for gardeningB. had never used pruning shears beforeC. mistook their crab apple tree for a maple treeD.

28、 nearly ruined their neighbors garden26. What does the article mainly talk about? A. Why husbands shouldnt be left to trim trees alone. B. Why the authors husband insisted on trimming their crab apple tree.C. How the author has survived her “thirty-some” years of marriage. D. How the authors husband

29、 killed their crab apple tree.27. What is the tone of the article? A. Anxious. B. Humorous. C. Serious. D. Critical. CMore than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the globe each day, and its likely that many taste bitter. Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink t

30、aste sweeter by simply changing the colour of their cups.Scientists claim that blue and glass mugs, which are popular in some coffee shops, can reduce coffees bitterness, without any need for sugar, and that coffee drunk from white cups tastes the bitterest. To prove their claims, the researchers in

31、vited 36 volunteers and used three different colored cups - blue, white and transparent glass - to do an experiment. In the experiment, coffee consumed from the white cup was found to taste less sweet when compared to the other two colored cups, while the blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest. The scientists believe that the colour brown may be associated with coffees bitterness because coffee in a white cup appears the brownest and tastes the bitterest. “Our study clearly shows that the colour of a coffee cup does influence the perceived (感受到的) t