福建省福州市第八中学届高三英语第四次质量检测试题.docx

1、福建省福州市第八中学届高三英语第四次质量检测试题福州八中20152016学年高三毕业班第四次质量检查英语试题考试时间：120分钟 试卷满分：150分 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 man going to do? A. Buy a new bag. B. Make a phone call. C. Use the b

2、athroom.2. What did the man buy? A. A new car. B. Some junk food. C. A new bicycle. 3. What will the man teach the woman? A. How to play the piano. B. How to do math. C. How to get a good deal at the market. 4. Whats the womans suggestion to the man? A. Start saving money. B. Buy some clothes. C. No

3、t waste time. 5. What are the speakers going to do? A. Paint the walls white. B. Buy a new table. C. Get rid of the mark on the table. 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，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、7题。 6. Wh

4、o might the man be? A. The womans hairdresser. B. The womans physical trainer. C. The womans professor. 7. Where are the speakers? A. At a gym. B. At the beach. C. In a caf. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the woman order at first? A. A fish sandwich. B. A turkey sandwich. C. A chicken sandwich. 9. How

5、much money does the woman give the man as a tip? A. Nine dollars. B. Five dollars. C. One dollar. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. When does the conversation take place? A. At 8:00 a.m. B. At 9:00 a.m. C. At 10: 00 a.m.11. What does the woman like doing? A. Playing the piano. B. Playing the violin. C. Playing t

6、he drum.12. What will the man do next? A. Draw a picture. B. Write down his hobbies. C. Buy some notebooks. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What was the woman doing in the beginning? A. Reading an article. B. Watching TV. C. Listening to music.14. Why was the young man in the story homeless? A. He had lost his

7、 job. B. Everything he owned was stolen. C. His family didnt want him to come back.15. Where did the young man meet the group of people? A. At a bus station. B. In the homeless shelter. C. In a park.16. What did the group do for the young man? A. They gave him a job. B. They bought him a plane ticke

8、t. C. They bought him some nice clothes. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When did Tom Cruise start acting? A. At age 9. B. At age 16. C. At age 19.18. How many times has Tom Cruise won an Academy Award? A. Three. B. Two. C. None.19. Who was Tom Cruises second wife? A. Nicole Kidman. B. Katie Holmes. C. Mimi R

9、ogers.20. How is Tom Cruise thought of by other actors? A. He deserves more awards. B. He is kind and thoughtful. C. He should do more for his country.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。AAugust has always been difficult for me. It is the time w

10、hen I realize that the books my English teacher assigned to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.You might think that I dont want to spend my summer reading, but thats not the problem. I love reading. On the first day of my summer holiday this year, I

11、went to the library and got “A Gathering of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper.So why do I hate summer reading for school? Because the books on su

12、mmer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting. Teachers and librarians dont understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational. They choose books that a friend of my mothers calls “spinach books”: good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer, I read th

13、em, hate them and get bitter about the experience.This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As preparation, my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence”（纯青年代）by American author Edith Wharton. Im sure there are many people who enjoyed it. Some might e

14、ven say its their favorite book.But I dont think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.“The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldnt imagine being in l

15、ove, much less being in love in 1900. “The Age of Innocence” was totally different to my life.Most of my required summer reading has been like that books written in a style that plays up the adjectives and plays down the verbs. I guess teachers dont think exciting plots make for “good literature”. T

16、o me, though, a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins. “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe and “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer.

17、 These are all books that have literary value but，just as important，can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun in the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.21. The author thinks he will have a difficult August because . A. he hates August B. h

18、e doesnt like reading in the summer holiday C. he is to read the books boring and not right for kids D. he hates the homework assigned by the English teacher22. What can make students interested in August reading ought to be . A. romantic B. out of date C. entertaining and educational D. fun but not

19、 necessarily good23. The author lists such books as The Friends of Eddie Coyle because he thinks . A. they can change his opinion B. he can learn a lot more from them C. he has to do as teachers tell him to D. they are of literary value and enjoyable24. The best title of this passage should be A. Te

20、achers, Set Us Free B. I Dont Like Reading on Holiday C. Why Cant Teachers Set Us Books That Are Fun? D. Teachers, Dont Set Us Any Reading AssignmentsBTony Blair, former Prime Minister of Britain, would not have felt excited over Oxfords intention to offer him an honorary doctors degree had he known

21、 it were later to be taken back. The story should begin from a girl called Catherine Lisa Bell. Catherine Lisa Bell was a girl from a remote mountain area. She was the first graduate in that area to reach Oxfords entry score, but her application was refused in the interview, because the professors t

22、hought she lacked creative potential. The government of the girls hometown paid a special visit to Minister of Education and asked him to speak for her to Oxford. The Minister called at Oxford and hoped they would give the girl special admission. Quite unexpectedly, however, his pleading was refused

23、. The Minister turned to the deputy prime minister, but he got turned down as well. The deputy prime minister couldnt help but turn to Prime Minister Blair. Blair telephoned to Oxford himself to show his personal attention to the matter. He tried his best to persuade the university officials to chan

24、ge their decision, only to be greeted with a declaration from Oxford: “We admit that Prime Minsters proposal comes out of concern for the students from less developed areas, but it is unacceptable. There is but one reason: On matters of enrolment (招生), no one has the right to change the interview co

25、nclusion the professors draw. This is hundreds of years of tradition of Oxford.” Feeling a loss of face, Blair complained in private that Oxford was too stiff and needed reforming. Famous people have no privacy. The complaint soon found its way to the teachers and students of Oxford and aroused grea

26、t anger among them. Immediately the university cancelled the plan to give Blair an honorary doctorate and delivered a strong protest against government intervention (干涉) on university affairs. 25. Oxford refused admission of the girl because _. A. she was thought to lack creativity B. she was from a

27、 low developed area C. her score didnt meet the requirement D. her local government didnt support her26. The reason why Oxford refused Blair was that _. A. Oxford felt it a loss of face B. Blair was not yet its honorary doctor C. Oxford respected the professors opinion D. Oxford was too stiff and ne

28、eded reforming27. Oxford canceled their plan to offer Blair an honorary doctors degree because_. A. they learned about Blairs privacy B. Blair asked them to get reformed C. they were angry with his complaint D. he showed his excitement too early 28. What kind of a university do you think Oxford is?

29、A. Its professors are self-willed. B. It fears no power or influence. C. It always stands on principles. D. It is stubborn and inflexible.C“We found that individual differences in the amount of grey matter in certain regions of the brain are related to how sensitive different people are to pain,” sa

30、id Robert Coghill, Ph.D., senior author of a study.The brain is made up of both grey and white matter. Grey matter processes information much like a computer, while white matter controls communications between the different regions of the brain.The research team did some research on the relationship

31、 between the amount of grey matter and individual differences in pain sensitivity in 116 healthy volunteers. Pain sensitivity was tested by rating the participants degree of their pain when a small spot of skin on their arm or leg was heated to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. After pain sensitivity testing,

32、 participants went through scans that recorded images of their brain structure.“Subjects with higher pain ratings had less grey matter in brain regions that contribute to thoughts inside the brain and control of attention,” said Nichole Emerson, first author of the study. These regions include the posterior cingulated cortex, precuneus and areas of the posterior parietal