山西省重点中学协作体届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题含答案.docx

1、山西省重点中学协作体届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题含答案山西省重点中学协作体2016届高三第二次模拟考试英 语 试 题一、听力（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. Why wont the man help the woman?A. Hes going on vacation.B. He cant be around cats and dogs.C. He has been hire

2、d by someone else.2. When does the conversation probably take place?A. In the evening B. In the afternoon C. In the morning3. What does the man tell the woman?A. Their regular prices are a bargain.B. Their specials are only online.C. Their discounts on tires just ended.4. What does the man probably

3、give to the woman?A. A bunch of flowers B. A necklace C. A surprise party5. What will the woman do on Saturday night?A. See a film B. Go out to eat C. Look after her little brother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ABC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

4、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6-7 题6. What is the boy going to be for Halloween? A. A wolf B. A prince C. A fighter with a mask7. What does the girl think of Prince Elsa? A. Shes very strong B. She has cooler hair C. She is for young kids听第7段材料，回答8-9 题8. How old is the mans daughter? A. Four years

5、old B. Three years old C. Two years old9. Who was an important influence on the woman?A. Her father B. Her grandfather C. Her mother听第8段材料，回答10-12 题10. Who might Mr. Gibson be? A. An art dealer. B. An art teacher C. A professional artist11. Where did the young woman get the idea for her painting?A.

6、From nature B. From a television show C. From her own imagination12. In the mans opinion, what is the most important thing? A. Getting new skills even when youre older B. Exploring as many types of art as possible C. Allowing yourself to be creative from the start听第9段材料，回答13-16 题13. How long was the

7、 woman in the mountains? A. For six days B. For five days C. For two nights14. What was the womans favorite part of her trip?A. The fresh air B. The sounds of nature C. Going fishing in the river15. What does the man say about Hawaiian people?A. They are all attractive B. They are very busy C. They

8、are very welcoming16. What do the speakers have in common?A. Theyve both been camping before B. Theyve both been to Hawaii beforeC. They both spent the break with their parents听第10段材料，回答17-20 题17. What is the planes final destination? A. Dallas B. Miami C. Seattle18. What is true about the emergency

9、 exit rows?A. Anyone can sit there if theyre open B. They are reserved for families with childrenC. Flight staff may ask people sitting there for help19. What is to the right of the speaker?A. The speakers co-worker B. A place to check in extra baggage C. The area where the line should form20. Who w

10、ill be able to board the plane first? A. Senior citizen B. Kids under the age of 15 C. Passengers with an A on their boarding passes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。（A）Early one morning, more than a hundred years ago, an American inventor called Elias Howe

11、finally fell asleep. He had been working all night on the design of a sewing machine but he had run into a very difficult problem: It seemed impossible to get the thread to run around the needle without any problems. Though he was tired, Howe slept badly. He turned and turned. Then he had a dream. H

12、e dreamt that he had been caught by terrible savages whose king wanted to kill him and eat him unless he could build a perfect sewing machine. When he tried to do so, Howe ran into the same problem as before. The thread kept getting caught around the needle. The king flew into the cage and ordered h

13、is soldiers to kill Howe. They came up towards him with their spears raised. But suddenly the inventor noticed something. There was a hole in the tip of each spear. The inventor awoke from the dream, realizing that he had just found the answer to the problem. Instead of trying to get the thread to r

14、un around the needle, he should make it run through a small hole in the center of the needle. This was the simple idea that finally made Howe design and build the first really practised sewing machine. Elias Howe was not the only one in finding the answer to his problem in this way. Thomas Edison, t

15、he inventor of the electric light, said his best ideas came into him in dreams. So did the great physicist Albert Einstein. Charlotte Bronte also drew in her dreams in writing Jane Eyre. To know the value of dreams, you have to understand what happens when you are asleep. Even then, a part of your m

16、ind is still working. This unconscious(无意识的), but still active part understands your experiences and goes to work on the problems you have had during the day. It stores all sorts of information that you may have forgotten or never have really noticed. It is only when you fall asleep that this part o

17、f the brain can send messages to the part you use when you are awake. However, the unconscious part acts in a special way. It uses strange images which the conscious part may not understand at first. This is why dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to us”.21. The problem Howe was trying to s

18、olve was_.A. what kind of thread to use B. how to design a needle which would not breakC. where to put the needleD. how to stop the thread from getting caught around the needle22. Thomas Edison is spoken of because_.A. he also tried to invent a sewing machine B . he got some of his ideas from dreams

19、C. he was one of Howes best friends D. he also had difficulty in falling asleep23. Dreams are sometimes called “secret messages to ourselves” because _.A. strange images are used to communicate ideasB. images which have no meaning are usedC. we can never understand the real meaningD. only specially

20、trained people can understand them（B）The “melting pot” in American cuisine(菜肴。烹饪法) is a myth, not terribly unlike the idea of a melting pot of American culture, notes chef Dan Barber. “Most cultures dont think about their cuisine in such monolithic(统一的) terms,” he says. “French, Mexican, Chinese, an

21、d Italian cuisines each consist of dozens of distinct regional foods. And I think American cuisine is moving in the same direction, becoming more localized, not globalized. ”American cuisine is shaped by the natural wealth of the country. Having never faced agricultural hardship, Americans dont have

22、 to rely on rotating crops, such as the Japanese, whose food culture now showcases buckwheat (荞麦) alongside rice, or the Indians, or the French and Italians, who feature beans alongside wheat. “That kind of negotiation with the land forced people to incorporate(接受) those crops in to the culture,” sa

23、ys Barber. And so eating soba noodles becomes part of what it means to be Japanese, and eating beans becomes part of what it means to be French.So if what we eat is what we are, what are Americans? Well, meat. “If Americans have any unifying food identity, I would say we are a mostly white meat cult

24、ure,” says Barber. “The protein-centric dinner plate, whether youre talking about a boneless chicken breast, or a 16-ounce steak, as an everyday expectation is something that America really created, and now exports to the rest of the world.”Every single culture and religion uses food as part of thei

25、r celebrations, says Ellen Gustafson, co-founder of the FEED Project and The 30 Project, which aims to deal with both hunger and overweight issues globally. “The celebratory nature of food is universal. Every season, every harvest, and every holiday has its own food, and this is true in America as w

26、ell. It helps define us.”24. According to the first paragraph, American cuisine _.A. consists of varieties of regional foods B. is becoming more and more globalizedC. has absorbed a lot from Chinese cuisine D. is not as unified as its culture25. What has made American cuisine different from other cu

27、isines according to the article?A. Relying on rotating crops B. The difficulty of planting cropsC. The US melting pot culture D. The US agricultural wealth26. We can conclude from the article that _ has become part of what it means to be American.A. eating rice B. eating beans C. eating white meat D

28、. eating soba noodles27. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?A. American cuisine is healthier than other cuisines. B. American cuisine hasnt changed much over time. C. Americans use food as part of their celebrations. D. Americans are quite proud of their own cuisine.

29、（C）In a time when a dangerous number of people are overweight, many people seem to have forgotten the most important way to keep healthy and slim-exercise. And as a new study carried out on mice in the lab has shown, exercise done early in life can reward you in your adult years.A team of researcher

30、s at the University of California studied the effects of early exercise on adult physical activity, body mass and eating. They found that early-age exercise in mice has positive effects on adult levels of voluntary exercise in addition to reducing body mass.“These results may have an effect on the i

31、mportance of regular physical education in elementary and middle schools,” said Theodore Garland, a professor of biology, who led the research project. “If kids exercise regularly through their school years, then they may be more likely to exercise as adults, which could have far-reaching positive e

32、ffects on human health and well-being.”Although the positive effects of early-life exercise lasted for only one week, it is important to note that one week in the life of a mouse is the same as about nine months for humans. “Our results suggest that any positive effects of early-life exercise on adult exercise will need to be kept up if they are to be long-lasting.”His team of researchers fou