合肥市高三第一次教学质量检查英语试题.doc

合肥市2016年高三第一次教学质量检测
英语试题
（考试时间：120分钟满分:150分）
第I卷（三部分，共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案
转涂到答题卡上。
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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A.￡19. 15. B.￡9.18. C.￡9.15.
答案是C
1. What will Jack do this weekend?
A. Go for a picnic . B. Make some plans. C. Work on his paper.
2. What-s the woman's favorite sport?
A. Basketball. B. Tennis. C. Baseball.
3. What is the weather like now?
A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Windy.
4. What are the speakers talking about？
A. Public transportation.
B．Ways to get to school.
C. Advantages of riding a bike.
5. What was the woman's problem?
A. She got on the wrong train.
B. She got into the wrong carriage.
C. She lost her train ticket.
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. What does the man want to do?
A. Buy a T-shirt. B. Exchange a T-shirt. C. Return a T-shirt.
7. What's wrong with the T-shirt?
A. It has a hole in the collar.
B．It-s not a good match.
C．It-s the wrong color.
听第7段材料，回答第8.9题。
8. Why is the woman going to the library?
A．To return some books.
B. To prepare for the exams.
C. To borrow magazines and newspapers.
9. What are the speakers going to do in the afternoon?
A. Go swimming. B. Read in the library. C. Attend a chemistry class.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What did the woman do at the weekend?
A. She hung out with her friends.
B. She attended a board meeting.
C. She prepared a report for a meeting.
11. Why is the woman so tired?
A. Because she has overworked for half a month.
B. Because she has got a serious sleep problem.
C. Because she stayed up all night yesterday.
12. What does the man advise the woman to do?
A. Ask the boss for an extension.
B. Put off the board meeting.
C,. Stick to the scheduled time.
听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。
13. When is the woman leaving for Hawaii?
A. In two weeks. ' B. Next Wednesday. C. In early November.
14. How long will the woman stay there?
A. Two days. B. Twelve days. C. Fourteen days.
15. What festival falls on the day when the woman arrives?
A. Christmas. B. Thanksgiving. C. New Year's Day.
16. Which of the following will the woman probably take as a gift?
A. French wine. B. Italian cheese. C. Chinese tea.
听第 10段材料,回答第 17至 20题。
17. Where does the speaker work? '
A. At a healthcare center. B. At a nursing home. C. At a local hospital.
18. What's the purpose of the lecture?
A. To draw people's attention to hand washing.
B. To introduce the Global Hand Washing Day.
C. To tell people to prevent some common illnesses.
19. How many seconds should we spend washing our hands at least?
A. Two. B. Twelve. C. Twenty.
20. What does the speaker suggest finally?
A. Exercising our fingers gently.
B. Making our hands dry in time.
C. Using some hand cream of good quality.
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
When you're looking forward to taking a holiday in Egypt, you're certainly not short
of choices. The country has so many to see that you'll probably not want to limit yourself
to just one city.
Hurghada-A Water Sports Paradise
With 250 hotels ranking from comfortable 3-star hotels
Lip to 5-star accommodation, the main attraction of staying
here is the activities in and on the warm waters. It has become
an international centre for water sports, allowing visitors to
take part in surfing, sailing and deep sea fishing. The waters
are also home to a huge variety of coral and fish, making it a dream spot for diving. If all
that isn-t enough, Hurghada is home to some of the world's finest underwater gardens.
Luxor-An Open Air Museum of Ancient History
For those with an interest in Egyptian history, Luxor is an
excellent place to stay and is built upon the site of the ancient
Egyptian city of Thebes. If you make this the base for your
Egypt holiday, you're basically staying in an open air museum!
The modern city of Luxor has the ruins of Karnak. Across the
Nile lie many more monuments, temples and tombs including the Valley of the Kings and the Queens. The Nile sailing is necessary for those with an interest in the country's ancient history.
Cairo- The Capital City
Finally, of course, there's Cairo. It-s definitely a starting
point for most of Egypt holiday makers. Cairo offers an excel-
llent mix of culture, art, cooking and sightseeing chances. With
the famous pyramids, various temples and some fascinating
museums, Cairo is a fantastic choice if you can come to the city.

21. Visitors flood to Hurghada mainly because it can offer them _ .
A. the funniest botanic gardens B. choices of water activities
C. a brief history of Egypt D. the mix of culture and art
22. Which of the following cities do most tourists visit first in Egypt?
A. Cairo. B. Luxor. C. Thebes. D. Hurghada.
23. This passage is most probably taken from _ .
A. a historical document B. a science magazine
C. a travel guide D. a book review
B
It-s the universal cry of parents. "Get a job! " Soliman's mother told Soliman on the
second day of his college breaks.
After years of delivering furniture for his mother'-s store, he knew many people had
things they wanted to get rid of. If he borrowed his mom's truck, he could make a little
money by carrying away their garbage.
One night, Soliman came up with a name for his new business - College Hunks
Hauling Junk. He advertised the next day, and within hours, his phone rang. He asked
his friend Friedman to help. They made $ 220 in three hours by cleaning out a woman-s
garage. Soliman and Friedman earned $ 10,000 that summer. But the two weren't ready
to become full- time garbage mcn after graduation. "We were trained to finish college and
get a good job," says Soliman, who first worked at a research firm. Friedman bccame an
economic analyst.
After working for the firm and the company for a while, both of them changed their
minds. They quit their jobs and restarted their business, but had trouble finding a bank
willing to lend them money. "Within months," says Friedman, "we were pretty upset. "
At last, one bank risked lending them $ 50,000. At first, they lost money. One customer
asked them to deal with a dozen garbage cans filled with construction garbage. They
measured the job by volume instead of by weight and charged just $ 130. "The cans were
so heavy that it took us two and a half hours," says Soliman, "And it cost us more than
$ 250 to carry the load. "
However, the tough experience taught them a lesson. They reduced the cost of
unloading by recycling metals and electronics. Just four years later, they ran a nationwide
company that earned $ 3 million in 2014. " I figured if Nick and I failed, we'd learn more
from failing than from not trying at all," says Soliman.
24. What does Soliman find when helping to deliver furniture?
A. Some parents want their kids to work at college breaks.
B. Many families have things they don't want to keep.
C. His mom's truck works well in carrying heavy furniture.
D. It's hard to make money by carrying away the garbage.
25. What makes Soliman think of starting his new business?
A. His working experience in his mother's store.
B. His strong desire to make use of the garbage.
C. His hatred for people's throwing away things.
D. His much available time at college breaks.
26. How did Soliman and Friedman cut the cost of the company?
A. By filling the cans with more garbage.
B. By measuring the job by volume.
C. By reducing the working hours.
D. By recycling something useful.
27. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?
A. Easier said than done. B. Nothing succeeds like success.
C. Two heads are better than one. D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
C
Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have existed on the planet, and they
can grow to a length of 100 feet and weigh more than 330,000 pounds. But recently
researchers have found that these whales are on the move and they have migrated from
California waters to areas off Canada and Alaska for the first time since commercial
whaling ended in 1965.
The researchers identified 15 blue whales that have appeared off the coast of British
Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since 1997. Four of these whales were recognized as ones
that were once sighted off California shores, suggesting that the whales are returning to an
old migration pattern between the coasts.
Before commercial whaling began in the early 1900s, blue whales were found widely
throughout the North Pacific and California waters. But from the 1920s to the 1960s,
whaling severely reduced the whale populations. Blue whales never recovered in the
Northern Pacific, making sightings in this area rare. However, much larger groups of
whales have been observed close to California since the 1970s.
The scientists had previously thought that the California population was separate from
the population that had historically lived in North Pacific waters. But the current study
shows that whales off the coast of British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska are likely part
of the California population.
To identify the blue whales, the researchers looked at photos of cetaceans taken in the
North Pacific Ocean and compared them with a library of blue whale pictures taken along
the West Cost of the United States and Southern Pacific. Up to now, the researchers are
not quite sure why the whales are changing their migration patterns, but they suspect that
the whales may be following their food moving farther north by the changes in ocean
conditions.
28. According to the passage, blue whales are .
A. following a fixed route of migration
B. dying out due to commercial whaling
C. moving from the south to the north
D. rarely found in the Southern Pacific
29. The whale population in the northern Pacific .
A. is different from the California population
B. is probably part of the California population
C. has become the largest group since the 1970s
D. has lived there since the 1960s
30. The underlined word "cetaceans" in Paragraph 5 probably means .
A. land creatures B. whale species
C. ocean conditions D. migration patterns
31. What might make blue whales migrate according to the researchers?
A. Commercial whaling. B. Weather conditions.
C. Life reproduction. D. Food resources.
D
When slaves were first brought over from West Africa to the southern parts of
America, they brought along with them aspects of their own culture-religion, dance,
language, music, and cuisine. A mix of the two cultures eventually appeared. The
religious dance of the ring shout turned into modern dances like the Charleston, and tribal
chants slowly transformed into sorrowful hymns (圣歌) sung by slaves that described their
hardships.
These soulful accounts by slaves of the severe climate and conditions began to be
called "the blues" , which continued in popularity among African Americans after the Civil
War. This music increased in popularity into the early 1900s when many black musicians
became an important part of the music industry.
The slaves that had been brought over were from all different regions of West Africa,
but they worked together until they gradually formed a common culture. This strengthened
the identity of their music that, in the 1950s, eventually led to the beginning of rock and
roll. The Beatles, the most influential band of the 1960s, are often determined as the
acceleraior that resulted in the ideology (意识形态)surrounding music that is still around
today. The frcedom and individuality associated with that time period brought forth a
whole culture surrounding music. It was not just music any more, but a lifestyle.
Ovcr the dccadcs, music has developed into such a vital part of society and pop
culture. Musicians arc glorified, with tons of adoring and screaming fans. The modern
technology of present day has allowed for a greater gap betwcen the creator of the music
and the fans, as well as a widespread commercialization of music. However, criticisms of
modern pop music often arise due to its mass production, and now there is a lack of the
same soul and quality of naturalness and simplicity in music that was rising in the early
20th century.
32. What contributed to the birth of the Charleston?
A. Various African religions. B. People's love of tribal dances.
C.A mix of two different cultures. D. The popularity of sorrowful hymns.
33. According to the passage, what can we learn about the blues?
A. It became popular in the late 20th century.
B. It may include the description of slaves' sad lives.
C. It mainly told the stories of the American Civil War.
D. It reflected the hard lives of many black musicians.
34. What does the underlined word "this” in the third paragraph refer to?
A. Slaves' collective work. B. One region of West Africa.
C. The new common culture. D. The music by the Beatles.
35. It can be learned that the music in the early 20th century____.
A. possessed soul and sincerity
B. became more commercialized
C. was blamed for its mass production
I). widened the gap between musicians and fans
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多
余选项。
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