英语是世界上最广泛的第二语言，也是欧盟的，最多国际组织和英联邦国家的官方语言，下面是2016届高三英语第一次模拟考试试题，请考生认真练习。

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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。

1. What did the man do before lunch?

A. He swam with John.  B.He went away.           C.He played tennis.

2. How many countries has the woman been to so far?

A. Four.              B .Three.                 C. Two.

3. When would Elvis and Susan like to leave?

A. Tomorrow.         B. Next Monday or Tuesday.  C. This Tuesday.

4. What does the woman mean?

A. She won't go to the concert tonight.

B. She wants to go to the concert alone.

C. She doesn't think the concert is interesting.

5. When does the bakery close?

A. At 7:00.            B. At 6:55.               C. At 7:30.

第二节(共1 5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至第8题。

6. Where does the dialogue take place?

A. In a library.         B. In a bookstore.          C. On a sports field.

7. Why is the man not able to find the book he needs?

A. Because it is the first time he has been to the library.

B. Because there is only one reading room in the library.

C. Because he wants to refer to the book for some figures.

8. Where is the General Reading Room?

A. Beside the library building.

B. In a white house across the sports field.

C. Inside the library building.

听第7段材料，回答第9至第11题。

9. Where does the man live?

A. 17 Mallett Street.    B.70 Mallett Street.    C.17 Mallett Street.

10. Which house is on fire?

A. Number 16.        B. Number 18.        C .Number 20.

11. Why is there nobody in the house on fire?

A. Because they went shopping.

B. Because they went to work.

C. Because they went abroad on holiday.

听第8段材料，回答第12至第13题。

12. How can the visitor find bed and breakfast places?

A. By looking in the paper or walking around the streets and looking for signs.

B. By going to the city hall signing his name in the office.

C. By looking for them in big hotels.

13. What should the visitors do to stay in youth hostels?

A. They have to call in advance.

B. They have to become members.

C. They have to work in the hostels for some time.

听第9段材料，回答第14至第1 6题。

14. What is the relationship between the man and woman?

A. Father and daughter.    B .Mother and son.    C.  Husband and wife.

15. What does the man apologize for?

A. Being unable to come back early.

B. Having hurried away this morning.

C. Not having bought anything for the children.

16. Why does the man phone home?

A. One of the children was not feeling well.

B. The boys were not feeling well.

C. The mother and the boy were not feeling well.

听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。

17. Whom is the girl complaining about?

A. Her father.           B. Her grandfather.    C. Her brother.

18. What was the man like when the girl was sma11?

A. Kind but miserable.    B. Critical but kind    C .Kind  and  cheerful

19. What is the man always doing now?

A. Helping others.        B. Telling jokes.      C. Complaining and criticizing

20. How old is the girl now?

A. Six.                  B. Sixteen.         C. Fifteen.

第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分1 5分)

从A.B.C.D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21.  -How good the news is for you!

-________.

A. You are friendly to tell me        B. I'm glad to see that

C. It's kind of you to say so         D. It's nice to hear

22. A discovery is said to be ______accident meeting _______prepared mind.

A. the; a         B. an; a          C. the; the          D. a; the

23. According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to______ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.

A. differ          B. decline       C. fail             D. shrink

24.- Hey! Here is a message on my cellphone, telling me that I have won the first prize of a weekend for two in Paris.

-Delete it! It's a trick. Many a person ______by such tricks.

A. has been cheated                B. have been cheated

C. were cheated                   D. was cheated

25. A deadly earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, causing a nuclear disaster,

shadows many Japanese are still living in.

A. whose         B. which        C. that            D. when

26. The result was far beyond ______we had expected, ______ brought great joy to every one of us.

A. that; which     B. which; who    C. what; what      D. what; which

27. - Did you find the missing couple in the mountain yesterday?

- No, but we ______to get in touch with them ever since.

A. have tried      B. had tried      C. have been trying  D. had been trying

28. Nowadays people separate their waste to make it easier for it______.

A. to reuse        B. to be reused   C. reused          D. reusing

29.- Has Mr. Lu shown up in class yet?

-No, I guess something ______have come up.

A. need          B. should        C. might          D. must

30. I asked the bus driver to _______me______ near the city center to see the newly-built Gulou.

A. put; on        B. put; off        C. put; out        D. put; back

31.______in charge of the shopping center has upset him for quite some time.

A. Left          B. Being left      C. Having left     D. To leave

32. - Was it in front of the museum ______you were visiting it inside?

-Sure. But when I went out of the museum ,my car was gone.

A. that          B. where         C. which          D. while

33. It is generally considered that football match is______any other match.

A. a great deal exciting than         B. fairly more exciting to

C. a lot of more exciting than        D. far more exciting than

34. Three of the town's factories have closed down ______the space of a year.

A. among        B. for           C. between         D. within

35. My picture ranked third out of the 15 pictures ______in the photography contest.

A. to be entered   B. to enter       C. entered         D. entering