山西四校2015届高三上学期英语第一次联考试卷

试题说明：1. 本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

2.满分150分。考试用时120分钟。

3. 听力计入总分。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题  共115分)

第一部分 听力(共两节,满分20分)

第一节(共5小题;每小题1分，满分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 did the woman’s sister use to be?

A.A teacher.   B.A doctor .   C.A nurse.

2.How did the man come here?

A.By bus.    B.By taxi.             C.By car.

3.Whom does the dictionary belong to?

A.Marry.     B.Jack.    C.Jane.

4.When will the train leave?

A.At 9:00.    B.At 10:00.    C.At 10:30.

5.What is the man doing?

A.Watching TV.   B.Answering the phone. C.Repairing the TV.

第二节(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6.What do the speakers decide to do at last?

A.Have a rest.    B.Play basketball.  C.Visit Lucy.

7.Who has just given birth to a baby?

A. Lisa.      B. Lucy.    C. The woman.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.When did the woman show Mr. brown around the company?

A.Yesterday morning.   B.Yesterday afternoon. C.Yesterday evening.

9.Where did the quality manager go yesterday?

A.To the restaurant.   B. To the factory.      C.To the hospital.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.How much does the woman want to spend on a gift?

A.About $20.    B.About $30.   C.About $40.

11.What gift does the woman decide to buy at last?

A.A cartoon book.

B.A pen and a pencil box.

C.A book on how to play games.

12.What do we know about the woman’s son?

A.He is ten years old.

B.He likes to write books.

C.He plays PC games very well.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What does the woman think of her shopping trip?

A.Surprising.    B.Exciting.   C.Unpleasant.

14.Why was Jane late?

A.Her watch was slow.

B.Her car broke down.

C.She met a friend in the street.

15.Where did the woman and Jane actually meet?

A.At the woman’s clothing department.

B.At the east entrance of the department.

C.At the main entrance of the department.

16.What did the woman buy?

A.A sweater.    B.A dress.    C.A T-shirt.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What is the woman?

A.A photographer.   B.A musician.   C.An explorer.

18.What did the woman like doing in Africa?

A.Meeting many interesting people.

B.Seeing animals run freely in the wild.

C.Enjoying the beautiful natural scenery.

19.Which country has the woman visited?

A.Spain.     B. Ireland.          C.New Zealand.

20.What does the woman complain about?

A.The high cost of traveling.

B.The long distance of traveling.

C.The impolite tourists of some places.

第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节 (共15小题;每小题2.5分，满分37.5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

Have you ever heard of a great Chilean poet? He was once referred to as the Picasso of poetry. Beloved by Chileans of all classes, he is one of the most widely read and respected poets in history. And this year is the 110th birthday of Pablo Neruda (1904-1973).

Born with the name Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto, he was a tall, shy and lonely boy. He loved to read and started to write poetry when he was ten. The American poet Walt Whitman, whose framed picture Neruda later kept on his table, became a major influence on his work.

However, his father did not like the idea of having a poet for a son and tried to discourage him from writing. To cover up the publication of his first poem, he took the pen name Pablo Neruda.

In 1924 Neruda gained fame with his most widely read work “Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair’’. Yet his rich experience as a diplomat and exile made him go beyond the theme of love. His work also reflected the political struggle of the left and development of South America. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971.

Neruda loved the sea which he saw as creative, destructive and forever moving. He found inspiration in the power and freedom of the waves and the seabirds on the coast. “I need the sea because it teaches me,” he wrote. “I move in the university of the waves.” He loved how the sea forever renewed itself, a renewal echoed (共鸣) in his work.

21. The underlined word “Picasso” can probably be replaced by “________”.

A. poem fan         B. most important person

C. famous person from Picasso     D. freedom fighter in Picasso

22. Neftali Ricardo Reyes Basolto took the pen name Pablo Neruda because ________.

A. he was greatly influenced by other poets

B. literary greats usually used the pen name

C. his father encouraged him to use the name

D. he wanted to prevent his father knowing the publication

23. Which of the following is not the theme of his works?

A. Social reform.       B. Love.

C. Political struggle.      D. Development of South America.

24. The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A. Neruda loved to write his poems near the sea

B. the sea gave Neruda vast writing inspiration

C. the beautiful scenery along the Chile coast

D. Neruda’s poems were widely read overseas

B

Traditionally, across the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together. But boys' schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve them in activities such as art, dance and music.

Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to correspond to(和…相符) the "boy code" of hiding their emotions to be a "real man".

The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside girls.

Tony Little, head master of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize that boys are actually more emotional than girls.

The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.

But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys' learning style, letting them move around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study's author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.

Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with "boy-focused" approaches such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given "hands-on" lessons where they are allowed to walk around. "Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine(女性的) and prefer the modern genre (类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes," James wrote.

Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be "masterful and in charge" in relationships. "In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they understand themselves well enough to know what that means," the study reported.

25. The author believes that a single-sex school would __________.

A. force boys to hide their emotions to be "real men"

B. help boys to be more competitive in schools.

C. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely

D. naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man

26. It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys __________.

A. behave more responsibly.     B. grow up pore healthily.

C. perform relatively better.     D. receive a better education.

27. According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is __________.

A. teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys

B. boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted

C. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in

D. teaching can be designed to promote boys' team spirit

28. What does the underlined word “acute” in paragraph 8” mean?

A. lovely    B. sharp    C. serious   D. dull

C

Dear Friend,

The recent success of children's books has made the general public aware that there's a huge market out there.

And there's a growing need for new writers trained to create the $3 billion worth of children's books bought each year ... plus stories and articles needed by over 650 publishers of magazines for children and teenagers.

Who are these needed writers? They're ordinary folks like you and me.

But am I good enough?

I was once where you might be now. My thoughts of writing had been pushed down by self-doubt, and I didn't know where to turn for help.

Then, I accepted a free offer from the Institute to test my writing aptitude(潜能),and it turned out to be the inspiration I needed.

The promise that paid off

The Institute made the same promise to me that they will make to you, if you show basic writing ability:

You will complete at least one manuscript(手稿) suitable to hand in to a publisher by the time you finish our course.

I really didn't expect any publication before I finished the course, but that happened. I sold three stories. And I soon discovered that was not unusual at the Institute.

Since graduation, I have authored 34 nationally published children's books and over 300 stories and articles.

Free test and brochure

We offer a free aptitude test and will send you a copy of our brochure describing our recognized home-study courses on the basis of one-on-one training.

Realize your writing dream today. There's nothing sadder than a dream delayed until it fades forever.

Sincerely,

Kristi

Kristi Holl, Instructor

Institute of Children's Literature

29. From the first three paragraphs, we learn that_____.

A. children’s books are usually bestsellers

B. there is a growing need for writers of children's

C. magazines for teenagers have drawn public attention

D. publishers are making $3 billion each year

30. When finishing the course, you are promised to_____.

A. be a successful publisher               B. become a confident editor

C. get one story or article published         D. finish one work for publication

31. Kristi Holl mentions her experience mainly to_____.

A. prove she is a good instructor            B. give her advice on course preparation

C. show she sold more stories than articles    D. promote the writing program

D

Cooking food over a smoky fire is found everywhere in the world. It is often difficult to find wood for the fire. People who do not have wood must spend large amounts of money on cooking fuel. However, there is a much easier way to cook food using energy from the sun. Solar cookers, or ovens, have been used for centuries. A Swiss scientist made the first solar oven in 1767. Today, people are using solar cookers in many countries around the world. People use solar ovens to cook food and to heat drinking water to kill bacteria and other harmful organisms.

There are three kinds of solar ovens. The first is a box cooker. It is designed with a special wall that shines or reflects sunlight into the box. Heat gets trapped under a piece of glass or plastic covering the top of the cooker. A box oven is effective for slow cooking of large amounts of food.

The second kind of solar oven is a panel(嵌板式) cooker. It includes several flat walls, or panels, which directly reflect the sun’s light onto the food. The food is inside a separate container of plastic or glass that traps heat energy. People can build panel cookers quickly and with very few supplies. They do not cost much. In Kenya, for example, panel cookers are being manufactured for just two dollars.

The third kind of solar oven is a parabolic(抛物线的) cooker. It has rounded walls that aim sunlight directly into the bottom of the oven. Food cooks quickly in parabolic ovens. However, these cookers are hard to make. They must be re-aimed often to follow the sun. Parabolic cookers can also cause burns and eye injuries if they are not used correctly.

You can make solar ovens from boxes or heavy paper. They will not catch fire. Paper burns at 232 degrees Celsius. A solar cooker never gets that hot. Solar ovens cook food at low temperatures over long periods of time. This permits people to leave food to cook while they do other things.

To learn more about solar cooking, you can write to Solar Cookers International. The postal address is nineteen-nineteen Twenty-First Street, Sacramento, California, nine-five-eight-one-one, USA. Or you can visit the group’s Internet Web site. The address is www.solarcooking.org.

32.How long is the first solar cookers invented?

A. About 1767 years      B. More than 300 years

C. More than 250 years     D. Less than 250 years

33. In which of the following column could we find the passage?