盐城市2015届高三年级第一学期期中考试
英 语 试 题
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20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 time is it now?
A. 7:15.B. 7:30.C. 7:45.
2. What does the woman mean?
A. She agrees with the man. B. She disagrees with the man.C. She is not sure about it.
3. What did the woman do last night?
A. She stayed at home.B. She had a date with the man.C. She saw a film.
4. Where does the girl think her father is now?
A. At home. B. At the club. C. At his office.
5. What is Susan Gray?
A. A writer. B. A student. C. A reporter.
第二节 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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 find?
A. A cheap hotel.B. A cheap house. C. Some travelers’ cheques.
7. When do the banks close?
A. At 2:00 in the afternoon. B. At 7:00 in the evening. C. At 10:00 in the evening.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. How many days did they stay there?
A. Seven days.B. Twenty-two days.C. Six days.
9. Who caught the most fish?
A. Ben.B. Kathy.C. Ben’s father.
10. Why does Ben not want fish for dinner?
A. Because he doesn’t like fish.B. Because he ate too much fish on his holiday.
C. Because his mother doesn’t want him to eat fish.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At a shop.B. At a market.C. In a hospital.
12. What has the man brought to the woman?
A. Some fruit.B. Some food.C. Some medicine.
13. Why doesn’t the man want to stay too long?
A. Because he is busy.B. Because he doesn’t see Mr White.
C. Because the woman needs more rest.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. How many hours does Xiao spend training each day?
A. Two. B. Three. C. Five.
15. How was Xiao feeling when his heart was “beating really fast” inside his chest?
A. Anxious.B. Confused.C. Exhausted.
16. How many Olympic bronze medals has Xiao won?
A. One.B. Four.C. Five.
17. Why does Xiao think he will make a great coach?
A. He will retire in five years. B. He is very knowledgeable. C. He enjoys traveling.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What is the speaker?
A. A teacher.B. A tour guide. C. A shop assistant.
19. What does the bookshop sell?
A. Chinese books.B. English books.C. French books.
20. Which shop is outside the shopping centre?
A. Larp’s. B. Li-Ning.C. Splend Tea Shop.
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）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的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。
21. —The speech contest is due to be held next week. See to ________ that you’re ready on time!
—No problem. I have been preparing for it recently.
A. everything B. all C. yourself D. it
22. A situation often appears where we know what a character means and how to read it but it has ________ our minds when we want to write it down.
A. slippedB. crossedC. occupiedD. eased
23. About a month ago, October 9 to be ________, French writer Patrick Modiano, 69, won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature.
A. flexibleB. preciseC. honest D. fair
24. The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; ________ it was littered with pots and pans.
A. thereforeB. anyhowC. insteadD. though
25. Residents in the neighborhood where a gunman killed several people have to ________ the question of whether their houses are safe.
A. push forB. wipe awayC. relate to D. wrestle with
26. Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but ________, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
A. thatB. whichC. oneD. whose
27. ________ from a popular video game, the TV series Swords of Legends made 27-year-old Li Yifeng find success as an actor this summer.
A. AdaptedB. Having adaptedC. Being adaptedD. To be adapted
28. —Could you please tell me ________ that prevents her from being happy?
—She has taken the driving test three times but hasn’t passed yet.
A. what it is B. it is what C. how it is D. it is how
29. The proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who ________ previously.
A. would dieB. had diedC. should have diedD. would have died
30. The true traveller sets out to make an independent, unhurried journey to the unknown, travelling ________ few people have set foot.
A. in which B. what C. when D. where
31. My brother and some of his classmates ________ as volunteers to help the elderly in the old-age home during the winter holiday to come.
A. worked B. are working
C. will be working D. have been working
32. The workers are going on strike for the salaries here are low ________ the rates elsewhere.
A. with B. against C. through D. beyond
33. Discrimination is a problem that’s been troubling America’s social ________ for years.
A. constructionB. conscienceC. awarenessD. framework
34. —________, I can attach no definite meaning to this rather grand sentence.
—Why not turn to your teacher for help?
A. As hard I might tryB. Try hard as I might
C. As hard as I might tryD. Try as hard as I might
35. —James should give up the idea of winning everyone’s respect and focus on his own work.
—________. How did you know that?
A. You are not getting itB. Exactly—one step at a time
C. You make it sound so easyD. Thank you for bringing it to my attention
第五部分 书面表达（满分25分）
81. 请阅读下面短文，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。
A young couple moved into a new neighbourhood. The next morning while they were eating breakfast, the young woman saw her neighbor hanging the washing outside.
“That laundry is not very clean; she doesn’t know how to wash correctly. Perhaps she needs better laundry soap.”
Her husband looked on, saying nothing.
Every time her neighbour hung her washing out to dry, the young woman made the same comments.
A month later, the woman was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, “Look, she’s finally learned how to wash correctly. I wonder who taught her this.”
The husband replied, “Never be arbitrary. In fact, I got up early this morning and cleaned our windows.”
[写作要求]
1. 作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引
用原文的句子。
2. 作文中不得出现真实姓名和学校名称。
[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
盐城市2015届高三年级第一学期期中考试
英 语 答 案
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21-25 DABCD26-30 BAADD31-35 CBBBD
36-40 ABDCA41-45 DBACB46-50 CADCB51-55 ADBDC
56-57 DC58-61 CDBD62-65 DACB66-70 BCDAC
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76. determining77. influence/effect/impact78. conflict79. successful/effective80. evidence
81. One possible version:
While a young couple new to a neighbourhood looked through the windows over their breakfast, the wife found her neighbor’s laundry always dirty until one day her husband cleaned their own windows.
Obviously, the young woman was deceived by the perception and formed arbitrary judgments, which made her a laughingstock. So never should we rush to judgment without examining the evidence.
If we act arbitrarily in face of the forks in the road of life, we may go in the wrong direction and get farther and farther away from our destination. Moreover, arbitrariness can make us too proud and imprison our soul in the long term.
To avoid arbitrariness, we must look before we leap, striving for a comprehensive understanding of the situation we are confronted with. Also, we should be open to advice. Lastly, always be cautious in judgments because what looks like a neighbor’s dirty laundry to us may be simply a result of our dirty windows!
英语试题听力文稿
Text 1
W: I’m afraid we can’t arrive there on time.
M: Don’t worry. I’ve ordered a taxi for 7:30. It will arrive here in 15 minutes.
Text 2
M: Hi, Ann. How about having a picnic with us this weekend?
W: Oh, I couldn’t agree with you more.
Text 3
M: Did you go to the cinema last night?
W: Well, I meant to. But just when I was about to leave it began to rain.
Text 4
M: Hello! This is Bill Smith in the Greenhouse Club. May I speak to Mr. Jones?
W: I’m sorry. But my Dad isn’t in right now. I can give you his office phone number. He won’t be back until six o’clock.
Text 5
W: Good evening, Professor David, my name is Susan Gray. I’m with the local newspaper. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions？
M: Certainly not. Go ahead, please.
Text 6
W: Good afternoon.
M: Hello, I wonder if you can help me. I’ve just arrived here, and I’m looking for somewhere to stay.
W: Uh, huh…
M: Can you tell me where I can find a cheap hotel?
W: Certainly. There are a few around here, but the nearest and one of the nicest is just around the corner. It is called the Euro Hotel. Would you like me to phone to see if they have a room?
M: No, that’s OK. I’ll just wander round there myself. Ah! Another thing, I need to change some travelers’ cheques, but I don’t know what time the banks close.
W: They close at 7 o’clock in the evening.
M: Right. Thanks.
Text 7
W: Hi, Ben.
M: Hi, Jane. How are you?
W: I’m well, thanks. I’ve just been swimming in the lake. How was your holiday, Ben?
M: It was great. We went fishing on the Huang River.
W: What was the best part of your trip?
M: The best part was being able to swim in the river whenever I wanted to.
W: Did you catch any fish?
M: We all caught some fish but Dad caught the most. He caught twenty-two fish in the seven days that we were there. Mum caught six but my cousin Kathy caught the biggest one.
W: Yes, but how many fish did you catch?
M: I only caught one but Mum said it tasted the best of all.
W: It sounds as if you had a great holiday.
M: We did. I have to go now. It’s time for dinner.
W: What are you having for dinner tonight?
M: I don’t know. Anything as long as it’s not fish!
Text 8
M: Hello. Mrs White. I hope you are feeling better today.
W: Oh, yes. Thank you. I’m feeling much better now. The doctor gave me some medicine. I think the fever is almost gone.
M: That’s good and you’re looking well. By the way, how do you find the hospital here?
W: Both the doctors and nurses are very nice indeed.
M: Glad to know that. Are you allowed to have some fruit? I’ve bought some oranges.
W: That’s very kind of you.
M: Where is Mr. White?
W: He is not here at the moment. But he has been staying with me for the last two days.
M: Is there anything at all that I can do for you?
W: No, I don’t think so, thank you.
M: All right. I’d better not stay too long. You need more rest. I’ll come again.
W: Please don’t. I’m much better now. I know you are very busy.
M: If you need anything, please do let me know.
W: I will. Thank you for coming and for the oranges too.
M: Don’t mention it. Goodbye and take care of yourself.
W: Bye-bye.
Text 9
W: Good morning. Today I am going to interview Ning Xiao, an Olympic diving champion.
M: I’m well and I’m happy to be here.
W: Can you tell me what it is like to be an Olympic champion?
M: Yes, being a champion can be very challenging and exhausting because I train for five hours a day: two hours in the morning and three hours in the afternoon.
W: How did you feel before you competed in the Olympic Games?
M: I felt vey nervous. I could feel my heart beating really fast inside my chest.
W: How many medals did you win at the Olympics?
M: I won one gold and four bronze medals.
W: Congratulations, and that’s a wonderful achievement. In which countries have you competed?
M: I have been in competitions in Australia, Scotland, Ireland and Japan. My favorite country is definitely Scotland because I find the people really friendly and welcoming.
W: What ambitions do you have for the future?
M: I would like to keep diving for another five years. Then I will retire and become a diving coach. I know that I will make a coach because I know a lot about diving and I have learnt some special diving techniques.
W: Thank you Xiao for speaking with me. Good luck with future diving competitions.
Text 10
Could I have your attention please? Thank you. As I told you yesterday morning, this afternoon is our shopping afternoon. If you look on the back page of your tour programme, you’ll see a little map of the city center, with names of some of the shops marked. As you won’t have too much time, I’m just going to explain to you what they sell. We’re now in the Friendship Shopping Centre. On your right is Larp’s, a very good place for shoes and boots, rather than gloves, bags, clothes or others. Opposite that is Li-Ning, a good place for sports goods. Not cheap, but really nice. Next door to Li-Ning is a place for books. They have got books on almost every subject anyone has ever written about, airplanes to animals but Chinese only—so none of your English books I’m afraid. If you walk along, there are shops which sell cameras, radios, and so on, which you won’t buy, I’m afraid. If you are tired or would like to have a nicer cup of afternoon tea, I suggest Splend Tea Shop, where you can have British afternoon tea, with very good home-made cakes, chocolates and other things. The shop is two blocks away from here, but within walking distance.
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