高密市2015届高三4月模拟考试英语试卷 2015.4
本试卷分为I卷和II卷，共11页，满分150分。考试时间120分钟。
第I卷(满分100分)
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
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. How much will the man pay for the tickets?
A. ￡7. 5. B. ￡15. C. ￡5 0.
2. Which is the right gate for the man’s flight?
A. Gate 16. B. Gate 22. C. Gate 25.
3. How does the man feel about going to school by bike?
A. Happy. B. Tired. C. Worried.
4. When can the woman get the computers?
A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.
5. What does the woman think of the shirt for the party?
A. The size is not large enough.
B. The material is not good.
C. The color is not suitable.
第二节 （共15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7题。
6. What can we learn about Mr. Brown?
A. He is in his office. B. He is at a meeting. C. He is out for a meal.
7. What will the man probably do next?
A. Call back. B. Come again. C. Leave a message.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What kind of room does the man want to take?
A. A single room. B. A double room. C. A room for three.
9. What does the man need to put in the form?
A. Telephone and student card numbers.
B. Student card number and address.
C. Address and telephone number.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Fellow clerks. B. Boss and secretary. C. Customer and salesperson.
11. What does the man like about his job?
A. Living close to the office.
B. Chances to go abroad.
C. Nice people to work with.
12. What do we know about the woman?
A. She likes traveling.
B. She is new to the company.
C. She works in public relations.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. When will the visitors come?
A. In March. B. In April. C. In May.
14. How many visitors are coming?
A. 8. B. 10. C. 12.
15. What will the visitors do on the second day?
A. Go to a party. B. Visit schools. C. Attend a lecture.
16. Where will the visitors go on the final day?
A. To London. B. To Scotland. C. To the coast.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the first word the baby tried to say?
A. Truck. B. OK. C. Duck.
18. How old was the baby when he learned to say that word correctly?
A. About 18 months. B. About 21 months. C. About 24 months.
19. What did the father do when the baby screamed that word at the airport?
A. He corrected the baby.
B. He tried to stop the baby.
C. He hid himself somewhere.
20. Why did the mother pretend not to know the baby?
A. She got angry with the father.
B. She was frightened by the noise.
C. She felt ashamed about the noisy baby.
第二部分 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
A
Editor Henry Slocum，
I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books, or e-books, with great interest. You made several good points about the disadvantages of e-books. You may have overlooked, however, some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books．Yes，e-books are expensive, but they are also convenient. In addition, due to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to change our planet for the better．
E-books, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term, are about the same size and shape as regular books. They have a large screen in the middle, however. This screen shows the reader a page of text that has been downloaded from a computer．Once the reader has finished reading the page on the e-book screen, he or she scrolls down to see a new page. The process continues until the entire book has been read．
As you pointed out, Mr. Slocum，it’s great to lie on a warm，sandy beach with a book．You can do that just as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book. In fact, because e-books are so light, you can carry them anywhere．Say，for example，that you like to read on the bus．Which would you rather carry with you — a heavy 800-page novel, or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces?
Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well．They are more environment friendly than traditional books．At present，thousands of trees are cut down each year to meet the publishing industry’s demand for paper．Books that don’t sell are eventually returned to the publisher and destroyed．This terrible waste could be avoided if everyone used e-books，which require no paper.
Sincerely，
David Eng
21. What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books?
A. Interesting B. Expensive C. Convenient D. Environment-friendly
22. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2?
A. What an e-book is. B. Why e-books are popular.
C. How e-books have developed. D. Who are the readers of e-books.
23. In David’s letter, he thinks that .
A. E-books will come down in price
B. E-books come in various sizes and shapes
C. E-books do little harm to the environment
D. E-books are no better than traditional books
24. The main purpose of the letter is to .
A. explain how to read e-books
B. honor the person who invented e-books
C. scold publishers for wasting so much paper
D. provide evidence that e-books are a good choice
B
“Grandma, Grandma, tell us a story!” Four darling children sat by my feet, looking up at me expectantly．Suddenly, we were interrupted by clapping. "Terrific," the director said, stepping up the stage from the aisle（过道）．“Except, could you kids face the audience a bit more?”
The kids shifted to face the empty seats, which would be filled in a few days for the church play. “Perfect,” the director said. “Now, Grandma, read to your grandchildren.” A pan of sadness hit me．If only I could read to my real grandchild!
I had a granddaughter, but I’d never met her．Sixteen years earlier my son was involved in a relationship that ended badly．But out of it came a blessing: a baby girl named Lena．I hoped to be a grandmother to her — but shortly after the birth, the mother moved without any address left．Over the years, I asked around town to try to find my son’s ex-wife, but it seemed that she didn’t want to be found．
I’d just joined this new church a week earlier and was at once offered the part of Grandma in the play．At least now I could pretend to be a grandma. The rehearsals (预演) went well, and finally the day of the show arrived．The performance was great．“You all looked so natural up there,” one of my friends said．
Afterward, I walked over to one of the girls in the play．“How’s my granddaughter?” I joked.
“Fine!” she answered．Just then, someone else walked up and asked the girl her name．
I wasn’t sure I heard the girl's answer correctly．But it made me ask her another question．“What’s your mother’s name?”
She told me, but I was still in shock．“And what’s your father’s name?” I asked. She told me. It was my son．
She’d only started going to that church a week before I did．Since that day of the play, we’ve stayed close．Not long ago, she even made me a great grandma．
25. What was the author doing at the beginning of the story?
A. Telling a story B. Playing a game
C. Preparing for a play D. Acting in a movie
26. Why did the writer feel sad when she heard the director’s words?
A. Because the words were quite out of place.
B. Because the words made her think of her lost grandchild.
C. Because her performance did not satisfy the director.
D. Because the writer’s real granddaughter was in the play.
27. This passage is mainly organized in the pattern of ．
A. time and events B. contrast and conclusion
C. cause and effect D. questions and answers
28. We can infer that when writing the story, the author felt .
A. happy B. worried C. confused D. anxious
C
A San Diego boy Kristoffer Von Hassel has the gaming world’s attention after he exposed a security weakness that let him log into his dad’s Xbox Live account，without permission．
Kristoffer’s father，Robert，noticed soon after Christmas that his son was logging into his account and playing games that weren’t appropriate for his age．When he asked how, Kristoffer showed him a hack that seems simple but is fairly impressive considering a 5-year-old found it．
Kristoffer would go to his dad’s account and type in an incorrect password．That would take him to a password verifications (确认) screen，where he would simply tap the space bar repeatedly and then press “enter. ”
“How awesome is that?” asked Davies, who works in online security himself．“Just being 5 years old and being able to find a vulnerability and getting attached to that．I thought that was pretty cool.” He told KGTV that Kristoffer has figured out three or four other “hacks”，including getting past the lock on a smartphone by holding down the “home” key for long enough．
Davies reported the vulnerability to Microsoft．And Microsoft acted，issuing a fix for it．“We’re always listening to our customers and thank them for bringing issues to our attention,” the company said in a written statement. “We take security seriously at Xbox and fixed the issue as soon as we learned about it.”
The company has even included Kristoffer’s name on a list of security researchers who have helped make online Microsoft products safer. For his discovery，or more accurately，for reporting it with his father’s help，Kristoffer will receive four games, $50 and a year’s subscription to Xbox Live from Microsoft．
29. Why did a San Diego boy attract the gaming world’s attention?
A. He is a security researcher.
B. He designed a new software．
C. He is addicted to playing games．
D. He got past the lock of a game account．
30. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is how Kristoffer______.
A. 1ogged into his dad’s Xbox account
B. managed to set his own password
C. learned to gain access to the game
D. played computer games on his own
31. The underlined word “vulnerability” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_________”.
A. security failing B. system protection C. system accident D. data fault
32. What is the best title of the text?
A. Challenging your father, even at an early age
B. Hacking Xbox, even a 5-year-old could do it
C. Microsoft, faced with security charges again
D. A 5-year-old boy subscribing to Xbox Live
D
A four-wheeled robot，known as Rover，has been tested by a team at Sydney University．It was used to move a herd of cows from a field to a dairy(牛奶场)．
Researchers were amazed at how easily cows accepted the presence of the robot. They were not disturbed by it and the gathering process was calm and effective．Because the robot moved in a steady manner it allowed cows to move at their own speed，which was important in reducing injuries among cattle，said Dr Kendra Kerrisk，dairy researcher and associate professor．
The robot was adapted from one that was already being used to monitor fruit and trees on farms．A team at Sydney University’s Centre for Field Robotics improved the robot so that it could be put in a field with cows in order for the researchers to gather data on robot—cow interaction．
The robot needs to be operated by a human but it’s hoped that in the future a version can be developed that will be fully automated．As well as gathering cows a new version could also collect information useful for farmers．
Using robots to get cows to the dairy will be better for their well-being．“The research is in its very early stages but robotic technologies certainly have the potential to transform dairy farming，”said Dr．Kerrisk．“When we have discussed this concept with farmers they have been extremely excited and we have had a series of calls and emails asking how they can get hold of one，”she added．
The robot could also cut down the number of accidents involving humans on farms．Most dairy farmers in Australia use bikes to round up their cattle and they are one of the leading causes of injury．The team hopes that by using the robot to do the job instead，accident rates could fall．
33.The robot Rover was mainly used to _____________．
A. milk the cows on the field B. feed the cows with food
C. round up cows on dairy farms D. take farmers around the farm
34. At present, the robot Rover ______________．
A. can go around the farm automatically
B. can help farmers to gather data
C. has to be operated by a human
D. has been available in the market
35. What can we learn from Dr. Kerrisk’s words in the fifth paragraph?
A. The research will soon be finished．
B. Dairy farming has much potential．
C. Robotic technology has highly developed．
D. The robot will be popular among farmers
