英语的母语使用者数量位居世界第三，少于汉语和西班牙语，但上两个世纪英国和美国在文化、经济、军事、政治和科学上的领先地位使得英语成为一种国际语言。以下是2016届高三英语上册练习试题及答题纸，供练习。

第一卷(共两部分，共85分)

第一部分：听力(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 does the woman mean?

A. Things here are very cheap.                   B. Things here are not cheap.

C. She doesn’t know whether things here are cheap or not.

2. Where does the conversation most probably take place?

A. In a restaurant.         B. At the woman’s.           C. At the man’s.

3. When will the woman look at the report?

A. Now.                 B. Tomorrow.               C. This afternoon.

4. What does the woman mean?

A. Mr. Brown is not at home.                     B. She can repair it herself.

C. It’s not necessary to repair it.

5. What is the woman going to do after work?

A. Visit her daughter.       B. See her doctor.           C. Go to the bookstore.

第二节 (共15小题;每题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，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8题。

6. Why does the man ask the woman to be quick?

A. It’s time for class.       B. A speech will be on.       C. An exam has begun.

7. Why doesn’t Linda like to go to the speech?

A. It’s boring.            B. It’s useless.             C. She isn’t interested in it.

8. Who will go to the speech at last?

A. The man himself.       B. Linda.                 C. Linda and the man.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11题。

9. What will the man be if he passes the interview?

A. A boss.              B. A senior engineer.         C. An assistant engineer.

10. What does the man think a good boss should be?

A. A good boss should treat male and female employees equally.

B. A good boss should be an excellent team player.

C. A good boss should be of great courage.

11. How does the man think about the boss?

A. Nothing special.      B. She is working hard.         C. She is a great boss.

听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14题。

12. What is the man looking for?

A. A roommate.        B. A friend.                   C. An apartment.

13. Why can’t the man speaker stand the man living upstairs?

A. Because he often comes back late.

B. Because he plays music all night.

C. Because he always wakes him up early in the morning.

14. Whom will the man probably live with?

A. Jenny’s brother.       B. A stranger.        C. Jenny.

听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17题。

15. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Only friends.                 B. Colleagues.            C. Business cooperators.

16. What does the woman think of the environment in Qingdao?

A. It’s beautiful on the whole.      B. It’s too hot.             C. It’s cold and wet.

17. What’s the bad thing in Qingdao according to the woman?

A. The traffic problem.           B. The serious pollution.     C. The strong sunshine.

听下面一段对话，回答第18至第20题。

18. How often do people in the Historical Society meet?

A. Every week.                 B. Every other week.        C. Every three weeks.

19. What is the main purpose of the Historical Society?

A. To find out what they can learn from history.

B. To study the people in history.

C. To learn about what happened in the past.

20. Which one is the Historical Society’s phone number?

A. 6806798.                    B. 6808790               C. 6808796

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节, 满分35分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分)

21. This book tells ____ life story of John Smith, who left ____ school and worked for a 　　　　newspaper at the age of 16.

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

22. At the conference, people of different _______ were given a chance to exchange theirs with each other.

A. points          B. manners        C. views           D. ways

23. --- What do you think of this novel?

--- Er … sorry. I _____. What did you say?

A. didn’t listen    B. hadn’t listened   C. haven’t listened  D. wasn’t listening

24. People take naps at noon in warmer climates, ____ the heat makes work difficult in the early afternoon.

A. which         B. what            C. where             D. when

25. About ____ gene-targeting drugs are already in testing pipeline. It won’t be long ____ they are put into effect.

A. two dozen; before  B. two dozens; that  C. two dozens of; before   D. dozens; that

26. _____ it is _____ you obtain, you should share _____ your parents your feelings.

A. What; /; to                       B. Whichever; that; with

C. Whatever; that; with              D. Which; /; to

27. Many a man and many a woman _____ that he or she had better education.

A. wish  B. has wished      C. do wishes   D. have wished

28. It was foolish of him to ____his notes during such an important test, and as a result,

he got punished.

A. point to            B. keep to          C. stick to          D. refer to

29. ---I was trying to carry out the plan, but I failed.

---Well, you _____, for we were uncertain it would do ____.

A. needn’t do that, in fact          B. needn’t have done, in effect

C. needn’t have, in practice          D. needn’t, in time

30. Sometimes the boy is a bad-tempered child, but he ____ be quite lovely when he wishes.

A. may        B. can     C. shall    D. must

31. —Can you describe _____ it happened?

—Yes, I was riding on my bike _____ a car knocked me down from behind.

A. when; as     B. how; as　　　   C. how; when 　　 　 D. how; while

32. --- Do you mean to play the hero in the film?

--- _____. But it should be a character I like.

A. Not surprisingly  B. Not necessarily     C. Not importantly  D. Not absolutely