宁夏大学附属中学届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、宁夏大学附属中学届高三下学期第二次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案1. How much water should the woman drink? A. Seven glasses. B. Eight glasses. C. Nine glasses.2. What celebration does the man plan to hold? A. His sons wedding. B. His sons birthday party. C. His daughters graduation party.3. What does the woman hope to do? A. She

2、hopes to reserve a room in the hotel. B. She wants the man to find a taxi for her. C. She asks the man for directions in the street.4. Why did the woman ask the man to stop the car？ A. He drank too much wine. B. A policeman came up to them. C. The red light was flashing.5. How much will the man pay

3、for the repairing of the computer? A. 4 dollars. B. 1 dollar. C. None.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。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，每小题将给出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. Which companies are not mentioned in the conversation?A. Microsoft

4、 and Apple. B. Dell and Microsoft. C. IBM and Yahoo.7. How many universities have admitted the man? A. Four. B. Three. C. One.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Why is Mr. Davis in Japan? A. He is spending his vacation there. B. He is holding his wedding there. C. He is having a business meeting there.9. What proble

5、m is puzzling the man now? A. The sales of the products of his company. B. The cost of the advertisement of his company. C. The design of the advertisement of his company.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the woman come here? A. To help children find a swimming trainer. B. To escape the hot of her homet

6、own. C. To escape the punishment of her boss.11. What did the woman first planned to do? A. Stay at her office with the air conditioner on. B. Stay at home to kill time with air conditioner on. C. Play with her children at school without going to work.12. When will the man leave here? A. Tomorrow. B

7、. In three days. C. The day after tomorrow.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the season now? A. The early spring. B. The early summer. C. The early autumn.14. When did the man go camping? A. Last week. B. Last month. C. Last year.15. Where should food be kept while camping? A. In the pack bag. B. In the

8、camp tent. C. In a storage container.16. Why cant people throw empty bottles cans into the fire while camping? A. That may put out the fire. B. That may cause some accidents. C. That may attract wild animals.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did Walter Annenberg found in 1953? A. Fashion. B. Seventeen. C.

9、TV Guide.18. Which column of Seventeen offers advice for women aged from 15 to 21? A. The “Real Life” section. B. Makeup and beauty section. C. Bargaining products section.19. Which issue of Seventeen magazine is sitting right here next to the woman? A. The April 2010 issue. B. The August 2010 issue

10、. C. The October 2010 issue.20. How does the speaker find Seventeen? A. It is by far the best magazine for teen girls. B. It is by far the best magazine for teen boys. C. It will be a better magazine for teen gifts soon.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

11、在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AOwning a smart phone may not be as smart as you think. They may let you surf the Internet, listen to music and snap photos wherever you are but they also turn you into a workaholic, it seems. A study suggests that, by giving you access to emails at all times, the all-singing, all-dancing

12、 mobile phone adds as much as two hours to your working day. Researchers found that Britons work an additional 460 hours a year on average as they are able to respond to emails on their mobiles. The study by technology retailer Pixmania reveals the average UK working day is between 9 and 10 hours, b

13、ut a further two hours is spent responding to or sending work emails, or making work calls. More than 90 percent of office workers have an email-enabled phone, with a third accessing them more than 20 times a day. Almost one in ten admits spending up to three hours outside their normal working day c

14、hecking work emails. Some workers confess they are on call almost 24 hours a day, with nine out of ten saying they take work emails and calls outside their normal working hours. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 7 am, with more than a third checking their first email in

15、this period, and a quarter checking them between 11 pm and midnight. Ghadi Hobeika, marketing director of Pixmania, said, “The ability to access literally millions of apps, keep in contact via social networks and take photos and video as well as text and call has made smart phones invaluable for man

16、y people. However, there are drawbacks. Many companies expect their employees to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and smart phones mean that people literally cannot get away from work. The more constantly in contact we become, the more is expected of us in a work capacity.”21. What can

17、we conclude from the text? A. All that glitters is not gold. B. Every coin has two sides. C. It never rains but pours. D. Its no good crying over spilt milk.22. The underlined word “accessing” in the third paragraph can be replaced by . A. calling B. reaching C. getting D. using 23. Which of the fol

18、lowing is true according to the text? A. The average UK working day is between nine and twelve hours. B. Nine-tenths spend over three hours checking work emails. C. One fourth check their first mails between 11 pm and midnight. D. The average time for first checking emails is between 6 am and 8 am.2

19、4. Whats the main idea of the text? A. Workaholics like smart phones. B. Smart phones bring about extra work. C. Smart phones make our live easier. D. Employers dont like smart phones.BBursting into the classroom from recess, 15 children take their seats and face the woman they know as Ms. Yang. “Wh

20、at day is it today?” she asks, in Mandarin Chinese. “Confucius birthday!” the fifth graders shout in Mandarin. “Why do we celebrate Confucius birthday?”“Because hes the greatest teacher in the history of China!” exclaims a brown-haired girl. She is speaking Mandarin.English is rarely heard in Lisa Y

21、angs class at the Chinese American International School(CAIS), despite the fact that few students are native speakers of Mandarin.The United States is actively trying to increase the group of students in “critical languages” such as Mandarin. The students at CAIS are way ahead in such a trend.Founde

22、d 25 years ago, this small private school in San Francisco, USA, does what few other American schools do: It produces fully fluent speakers of Mandarin Chinese, by far the most commonly spoken language in the world.Mandarin Chinese is suddenly hot in American schools. As China becomes the worlds lea

23、ding economy sometimes this century, schools in the U. S. are scrambling to add Mandarin to their list of foreign languages or expand Chinese programs already in place.“It really is almost unprecedented. People are looking at China as a force to be reckoned with And to ensure that the U. S. has the

24、ability to conduct trade, and to work with the Chinese. Certainly having an understanding of Chinese language and culture is an advantage,” said Marty Abbott of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL).To develop Chinese-language programs has not been smooth. A shortage of tr

25、ained teachers has made it difficult for some schools to join the race. When schools do get teachers, they often hire them straight from China, and the teachers usually suffer culture shock when they come to the U. S.Robert Liu remembers his first two years in an American classroom It was not an eas

26、y adjustment. “In China, students respect their teachers,” he said. Liu found that American students, however, expect an active teaching style. He had to use games to engage them rather than lectures.To avoid many of the problems with foreign teaching styles, the CAIS has been working with the Chine

27、se government to improve training of teachers who are sent to the U. S.25. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. Understanding Chinese language and culture is helpful to work with Chinese. B. Chinese-language programs have met trouble during the development. C. Many other A

28、merican schools do the same as CAIS, founded 25 years ago. D. A lack of trained Mandarin Chinese teachers is a problem for the programs.26. What kind of problem is the most difficult to adjust in teaching Chinese in America? A. To adapt themselves to the American life styles. B. To communicate with

29、the American students. C. To get along well with the American students. D. To be fit for the cultural differences in teaching styles.27. The meaning of the underlined word “scrambling” is similar to .A. climbing B. rushing C. changing D. beating28. It can be learned from the passage that . A. the st

30、udents in Lisa Yangs class usually speak ChineseB. There are few American students in Lisa Yangs classC. We celebrate Confucius birthday because hes the greatest history teacherD. in America the students dont respect their teachersCJoshua, Helmut ,and BethlehemMichelle O. DonovanISBN 9781462058679Li

31、fe is not easy for nine-year-old Joshua during World War II. Because of his familys Jewish background, they are sent to live in the concentration camps. Scared and alone, Joshua one day makes friends with a little mouse he calls Bethlehem who becomes his closest friend.More Things in Heaven Bill Bos

32、worthISBN 9780595433582In his More things in Heaven, Bill Bosworth presents the highlights of his 83 years of life, including his trips to India and the study of the writings of several great spiritual leaders. More Things in Heaven will appeal to anyone who insists on finding the deepest meaning for their existence based on their own experiences.Encourage Me!Inspirational PoetryGloria CoykendallISBN 9781412027854It