2016届北京市朝阳区期中统一考试英语试题

北京市朝阳区2015—2016学年度高三年级第一学期期中统一考试

英语试卷2015. 11

本试卷共12页，共150分。考试时长120分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。

例：What is the man going to read?

A. A newspaper. B. A magazine. C. A book. 答案是A。

1.When will the man go for his holidays? A. In June.

B. In July.

C. In August.

2. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Go to see the doctor. B. Stop using headphones. C. Try listening to some music.

3. Where does this conversation most probably take place? A. In a hotel.

B. In a bank.

C. In a park.

4. What will the woman have to do first? A. Read the instructions. B. Try the buttons one by one. C. Have the machine repaired.

5. What are the two speakers talking about? A. The weather forecast.

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）

听下面4段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。

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B. An outdoor activity. C. The view of a lake.

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6.Why does the woman think of buying Tom a pair of iron shoes? A. Because Tom likes iron shoes. B. Because iron shoes are fashionable. C. Because Tom?s shoes wear out like paper. 7.What shoes willthe woman buy? A.A pair of iron shoes. B.A pair of sports shoes. C.A pair of leather shoes.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 8. Which part of the house is small? A. The private rooms.

B. The public rooms.

C. The kitchen.

9. What can the woman most probably be? A. A housewife.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What did the woman do before the conversation? A. She read a newspaper.

B. She made a trip plan. C. She gave a concert.

B. A guide.

C. A teacher.

11. What?s the relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife.

B. Fan and musician.

C. Employer and employee.

12. What is the woman planning to do? A. To run a special school. B. To perform more beautifully. C. To show more interest in music.

听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。 13. How will the listeners get to Lundy? A. On foot.

B. By bus.

C. By boat.

14. When will the listeners leave Lundy? A. At 6:30 pm.

B. At 8:00 pm. C. At 9:00 pm.

15. What does the speaker ask the listeners to do? A. To take care of themselves. B. To avoid missing the boats. C. To wait for the bus in the parking lot.

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第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）

听下面一段对话，完成第16至20五道小题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有．．20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。 JOB ENQUIRY Type of work Number of hours per week Pay Extra benefits Qualities required answering the phone ___16___ hours a week ￡5 an hour *a free ___17___ * extra pay when working on___18___ * a ___19___ voice * ability to think quickly Interview arranged for ___20___22nd of November

第二部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The Making of a Friend

Several years ago I had a chance to sell things ata local market. During a break in potentialcustomers,I took a __21__ around the rest of the craft (手工艺) show. I came acrossa young man who was showing similar __22__ and stopped to see his work.As soon as I walked in his area, he came over and started to__23__. As hebegan to tell me about his work, I __24__ thatthere was more to his casual discussion thanwhat first was presented. He talked a lot about the production processes. Sure, he was friendly and had good __25__ about his craft.

I began to ask him about what he did __26__ he became a craftsman and learned that he had served a two-year sentence in prison. Years ago, I would have __27__ thanked him for his time and left. But now I wasnot to make prejudicial (偏见的) judgments, and I __28__ to listen to his story.

Our meeting later turned out tobe an open __29__ where we both shared ourbackgrounds. He had made a complete __30__ and had made a decision to become a better person and turned his life around partlyby __31__ his energy on his craft. And, to make his life even more __32__, he performed someexperiments and aimed at development of new products. He __33__ a severe industrial accident that left him with only one eye, an unusually narrow esophagus (食道), which meant he could not eat __34__ foods ever again.

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We must have chatted about our different__35__ for well over an hour, and for several weeks this conversation__36__ whenever I happened to be intown. Wehave been very good friends to this day appreciating each other?s backgrounds and __37__ what made our lives different and unique.

The making of a friend, for me, means communicating with each other with all their __38__, giving each person a chance to express whomtheyare __39__ interruptingthem.Each ofus isunique and we are all different. We are neither better nor worse; we are justdifferent. Friendshipwill not happen__40__ youare willing to accept others. 21. A. walk 22. A. inventions 23. A. follow 24. A. sensed 25. A. sympathy 26. A. when 27. A. truly 28. A. remained 29. A.argument 30. A. comment 31. A. searching 32. A. challenging 33. A. witnessed 34. A. hot 35. A. experiences 36. A. wasted 37. A. selecting 38. A. abilities 39. A. during 40. A. while

B. seat B. products B. nod B. promised B. knowledge B. after B. properly B. appeared B. dialogue B. mistake B. advising B. comfortable B. suffered B. fresh B. performances B. recorded B. adjusting B. hearts B. through B. because

C. look C. schedules C. help C. remembered C. requirement C. before C. commonly C. happened C. secret C. change C. refusing C. ordinary C. handled C. solid C. conclusions C. paused C. accepting C. attitude C. beyond C. unless

D. hand D. experiments D. chat D. answered D. responsibility D. until D. simply D. agreed D. competition D. demand D. focusing D. peaceful D. prevented D. frozen D. standards D. continued D. ignoring D. nature D. without D. once

第三部分：阅读理解（共三节，55分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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A National Geographic Society WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 U.S.A. Phyllis Diller Senior President Dear Member, Your National Geographic Society membership is just about to end. To continue receiving National Geographic for another year, please make your membership continue for a further period of time. Thenget ready to enjoy 60 interesting Geographic articles and as many as five colorful new maps scheduled for the coming year. Think back to the places you?ve been—the things you?ve seen—only in yourNational Geographic. What a valuable reference library they make for a better understanding of our world. As your collection of magazines grows, you and your family will continue to use and refer to them—year after year! It?s like an encyclopedia (百科全书) that continually updates itself. There?s more to membership than the magazine and the maps. You also have the satisfaction of knowing that your dues support the Society?s researchand geography education projects. Incredibly, only a few pennies a day brings you membership, magazines, and maps. Divide that by the number of people who benefit from your membership, and you?ll see how little itcosts to gain so much. I think you?ll agree, and you won?t find a better bargain anywhere. Continue the adventure. Make your membership continue today. Sincerely, Phyllis Diller P.S. To continue receiving National Geographic—with minimum delay—you must respond immediately. 41. According to the passage, National Geographic provides people with ______. A. interesting articles C. membership cards

42. We can learn from the passage that ______. A. the magazines and maps are free B. the membership costs a lot of money C. the payments will support some research D. the magazines can only be found in the library 43. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To call for more social research. C. To introduce a popular magazine.

B. new schedules D. education projects

B. To ask people to continue membership. D. To encourage people to travel the world.

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B

Fly Alone for the First Time

I began flying lessons at the age of 14; but the Federal Aviation Administration requires you to be 16 before you make flight by yourself.So I had to wait for two long years until I could fly aplane by myself. I used that time to master the basicmaneuvers (要领) of flying. I learned emergency proceduresand practiced hundreds of takeoffs and landings untilI could land the airplane smoothly without bouncing it down the runway. It wasn?t always easy, and many times I would come home feeling discouraged and thinking maybe everyone was right—I would never learn to fly, but by the next day, I was always eager totry again.

On the day of my 16th birthday, I made my first solo flight, which meant I could finally fly alone. The night before, my dad, who was my flight instructor, explained that the winds were forecast to be high. He said if we were in the air by dawn, the winds would probably be calm enough for me to solo. The next morning it was cold, but the sky was completely clear, and the winds were calm. I expected my dad to stay in the plane for at least three takeoffs and landings. But after the first one, he told me to pull offthe runway, and he got out of the plane.

I was alone. As I climbed higherand higher, the world began to change. Everything on the ground became miniature. Houses, cars, and all looked like tiny toys that could fit in the surface of my hand. I made three takeoffs and landings that day. Each landing was perfect. It was one of the happiest days of my life.

Today, as a flight instructor, I stand alongside runways watching as my own students take to the sky on their first solo flights. I understand the joy faces, which always bring me back to that day when my dreamcame true. I learned that no matter how people tell you that you can?t do something, if you believe in yourself, you can succeed. 44. When practicing flying, the author ______. A. met several times of emergencies C. couldn?t wait to fly alone in the sky

B.was worried about his own safety D. sometimes doubted his ability to fly

45. The underlined word“miniature” probably means “______”. A. distant

B. unclear

C. small

D. high

46. What was the father concerned about before his son fliedalone? A. Whether his son was brave enough. C. Whether he was able to protect his son.

B. Whether it would be too windy. D. Whetherthere were negativecomments.

47. What lesson does the author learn from hisexperience? A.Be confident and you will succeed. B. Be responsible and you can grow up. C.Give up something and you may win more. D. Think hard and you can achieve yourdream.

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C An Oilfor Life

Maria Alcala of Madrid speaks for many Mediterranean people when she says that “a meal without olive oil would be a bore.” No one knows when the Mediterranean civilizations fell in love with olives. That occurred before recorded history. However, there is evidence that the

olive

cultivation (种植) of olive trees began in countries around the Mediterranean Sea in approximately 4000 B.C., and 2000 years after that people in the eastern Mediterranean area began to produce oil from olives. The Mediterranean still accounts for 99 percent of all world olive oil production.

From ancient times until today, the basic process of producing the oil is the same. First, whole olives are pressed hard into pieces. Then, the liquid is separated from the solids. After that, the valuable oil is separated from the water.

Many olive growers make their ancient traditions continue and still harvest the olives by hand. “We harvest in the traditional way,” says Don Celso, an olive farmer from Tuscany, Italy. “It would be less expensive to do it with machines, but it?s more a social thing. Twenty people come to help with the harvest, and we pay them in oil.”

Olive oil has had a variety of uses through its long history. In ancient times, olive oil was used as money and as medicine. It was even used during war—heated up and dropped down on attackers. It is still used in religious ceremonies. It is great for protecting the freshness of fish and cheese. There are even olive oil lamp and olive oil soaps.

One important study shows that Mediterranean people have the lowest rate of heart disease among Western nations. This is partly associated with their frequent use of olive oil. Other studies show that food cooked in olive oil is healthier, and that eating olive oil twice a day reduces women?s risk of getting breast cancer. The world is beginning to understand its benefits, and olive oil is no longer an unusual sight at dinner tables outside the Mediterranean area. The olive oil producing countries now sell large amounts of olive oil to countries in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North and South America.

Olive oil improves the lives of people everywhere. Its benefits, recently confirmed by science, were already understood in ancient times. Mediterranean people are happy to share their secret with the world.

48. Which step occurs first in olive oil production? A. Drying the olives under the sun. B. Separating the oil from the water. C. Separating the liquid from the solids. D. Pressing the whole olives into pieces.

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49. Which use of olive oil is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. Paint.

B. Medicine.

C. Money.

D. Soap.

50. Why does the author include information about several studies of olive oil? A. To give reasons why olive oil is similar to medicine. B. To show how the biology of Mediterranean people is special. C. To explain the growing interest in olive oil around the world. D. To prove that olive oil is more important for women than for men. 51. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Discussing olive oil production outside the Mediterranean area. B. Explaining the history, production, benefits, and use of olive oil. C. Showing why olive oil is produced around the Mediterranean Sea. D. Comparing Mediterranean olive oil with that produced in other places.

D

Recently some articles state that the word ??selfie” has become one of the most annoying words. But I?dlike to offer that maybe itis not so bad.The“selfie” is used to describe the self-taken photo, often from a smartphone. Women andmen decorate their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagramaccounts with these pictures, sometimes withpuckered (翘起)

selfie

lipsor large smiles. In fact,the selfie has become so widely known that over 31 million photos on Instagramare taken with theselfie.

Let?s think about it. Someone takes about 10selfies each time they do, and they only end upposting one or two of those. They pick the onethat makes them look the best. Isn?t thatbeautiful? In that one picture, someone has givenhimself or herself confidence. Self-image is important.In society today, we are so often consumed withwhat society tells us is perfect. But maybe, withthat one selfie, we feel that we fit that bill. We feelhandsome, beautiful, confident, smart, happy andcontent. For that moment, everything bad or terriblethat has ever happened to us is erased, becausethat smile or that pucker is what gives us thedetermination to love ourselves.

I saw a spoken word poem recently and theyoung man said: If I ask you what you love, the answers will most likely roll off your tongue. You love to read. You love to write. You love birds,music, your mom, your brother, yoursister, your daughter, your best friend, your dog.How long do you think you could go on and onbefore you said “I love myself”?

That statement hit me like a ton of bricks. I?ve struggled with confidence all of my life. Istill do. And in no way am I saying that taking aselfie is a gateway to that confidence. However,the selfie does deserve some credit for allowing individuals to express themselves. Pamela Rutledgeagrees, stating,“There are many more photographs availablenow of real people than

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models.”

52. According to the author, selfie______. A. is an annoying habit for people C.gives a person a sense of confidence

B.becomes a fashion among teenagers D. makes a person become self-centered

53. The author mentions a poem in the passage to stress ______. A. the power of true love C. the kinds of love we have

B. the endless love we get D. the need to love ourselves

54. What Pamela Rutledge said in the last paragraph suggests that ______. A.selfie causes models to be out of work B.selfie gets models to take more photos C. selfie helps more people look like models D. selfie provides more photos of real people 55. The best title for the passage is______. A.TheValue of Selfie C. Selfie Causes Bad Effects

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

Driving with GPS Can Cause Difficulties

Global Positioning System (GPS)is now a part of everyday driving in many countries.It is a space-based system that provides position and time information in all weather conditions. GPS can helppeoplegettowheretheywanttogo. ___56___When this happens, the driver is often to blame. Sometimes a GPS error is responsible. Most often, it is a combination of the two.

___57___ Barry Brown, a GPS technologist,took an incident as an example. His friend once flew to an airport in the eastern United States. There he borrowed a GPS-equipped car to use. He wrongly plugged in the home address in the west. It wasn?t until he was driving for thirty minutes that he realized it. Mr. Brown says this is a common human error. But he says, “One problem is that GPS hasa very small screen andit can just tell you the next turn. ___58___”

“The Normal and Natural Troubles of Driving with GPS”lists several areas where GPS can cause difficulties. They include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. ___59___ GPS may fail due to these reasons and then lead to confusion for the drivers.

Although GPS sometimes causes difficulties when people are driving, the most attractive point of this system is its100% coverage on the planet.It is important for you to have to know what you are doing when you use GPS. You need to have the “ability”to be able to use GPS because it

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B. The Origin ofSelfie D.Selfie Creates Beauty

sometimes goes wrong. ___60___

A. There are quite a few situations showing the problems of using GPS. B. That means that it is not really telling you about going to the wrong place. C. This space-based system is an important tool for civil and commercial users. D. But sometimes it sends you to the wrong place orleaves you completely lost. E. They also contain timing problems related to when GPS commands are given. F. Advances in technology play an active role in modernizing GPS in many ways. G. To make GPS well used, you need a good understanding of how drivers and GPS work.

第三节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）

Read the following passage and then answer the questions. 阅读文章并回答问题。

Space Tourists

Saturday 28 April, 2001: Dennis Tito was setting off on his holiday. “So what?” you might think. Well, Mr. Tito?s journey was certainly unusual! So was the transport he chose, and the price of his trip.

The 60-year-old millionaire from New York was sitting on board a Russian spaceship. He was on a journey to the International Space Station. It might have been a routine trip for the two Russian astronauts who were travelling with him, but for him it was certainly no ordinary journey. Dennis Tito was the first tourist ever in space, and he had paid $20 million to go there. As the spacecraft left the earth?s atmosphere, Tito drank a glass of fruit juice to celebrate and looked down at the earth?s blue-green surface. Two minutes later, he was sick. Luckily it was only a minor problem. He soon recovered, and from then on enjoyed a smooth journey. When he arrived at the space station, there was a big smile on his face. “A great trip!” he commented. “I love space.”

For a long time spacetravel wassomething for heroes.But if some people areright,all this is goingto change. One of them is Charles Miller, Directorof a company called ProSpace. They are investing1large amounts of moneyinspace travel. “Tito?s adventure was just the beginning. We?re going to see exciting new things in the next twenty years!”Charles Miller says.

Companies like ProSpace want space and space travel to belong to the public, not just governments. There are other futureplans, like cruises2 through space from one side of the world to the other. Maybe we will be able to leave from New York at nine o?clock in the morning, and arrive in Tokyo an hour later! Such a schedule would allow the business traveller to return to New York on the same day, and still have eight hours for a meeting! How?s that for speed?

1.invest: to spend money in order to make something succeed

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2. cruise: journey

Questions 61 to65. Judge if the following statements agree with the information given inthe passage. Choose A for TRUE if the statements agree with it; choose B for FALSE if the statements don?t agree with it; choose C for NOT GIVEN if the information the statements carry is not mentioned anywhere in the passage．根据文章内容判断下列表述。如果表述与文章内容一致，选A项；表述与文章内容不一致，选B项；文章中未提及表述的信息，则选C项。 61. Mr. Tito started an ordinary journey in April, 2001. 62. It cost Mr. Tito a lot of money to go to the space station.

63. Mr. Tito really enjoyed his journeyalthough he had ahealth problem at first. 64. Many tourists have been to space since 2001.

65. ProSpace doesn?t want space travel to belong to governments.

Questions 66 to69. Match the following words with their meanings in the passage. Note that there are two choices more than you need. 判断下列词汇在文章中的含义，并从表格中选择恰当的释义。（提示：6个选项中有2项是多余的）

A. not serious 66. routine

B. completely correct 67.minor

C. normal and regular 68.smooth

D. likely to exist later 69. future

E. relating to real situations

F. happening without problems

Question 70. Choose the best answer from A，B，C or D．选择最佳答案。 70. What is the main subject of the passage?

A. For the first time in history, a tourist made a trip into space. B. Dennis Tito is a hero because he flew into space when he was 60. C. The first tourist in space was sick when he drank a glass of fruit juice. D. ProSpace is planning space trips from one side of the world to the other.

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第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节 （15分）

假设你是红星中学高三学生李华，上个月赴美参加夏令营，回国后收到寄宿家庭Mr. Smith的一封信。请给Mr. Smith写一封回信，向他表示感谢。内容包括：

1. 感谢他寄来的照片；

2. 告诉他你最喜欢的照片及原因； 3. 欢迎他们全家来北京。 注意：1. 词数不少于50；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mr. Smith,

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

Sincerely, Li Hua

第二节（20分）

假设你是红星中学高三的学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍上周你被班级推荐参加学校英文书写大赛的完整过程，并以“Our English Handwriting Contest”为题，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件。

注意：词数不少于60。

Our English Handwriting Contest

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________

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