赣州市-第一学期高三年级期末考试英语1月注意事项：1本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

2答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。

3.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。

4.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分：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 man mean?A. He is searching the Internet now.B. He can’t help the woman now.C. He has nothing to do now.2. How much will the man pay for the apples?A. $2.B. $3.C. $6.3. What are they going to do first?A. Go to the concert.B. Go to a restaurant.C. Go to buy a guide book.4. What is the highest temperature?A. Five degree.B. Four degree.C. Zero degree.5. Where does the woman want to go?A. To a beach.B. To an ocean.C. To a lake.第二节听下面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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. What size is right for the woman?A. Size seven.B. Size eight.C. Size seven and a half.7. What color does the woman like?A. Pink.B. White.C. Black.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。

8. What is the man doing?A. He is asking the woman for help.B. He is buying movie tickets.C. He is looking for a restaurant.9. Where is the man now?A. At a meeting.B. At home.C. At his office.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。

10. What happened to Howard?A. He got in an accident.B. He got a disease.C. He lost his car.11. When did it happen?A. Last month.B. Last week.C. Last night.12. What do we know about the event?A. Howard has got insurance for his car.B. Howard has got his car back.C. The police haven’t got any clue.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。

13. What time is it now?A. 10:30.B. 10:00.C. 9:30.14. Where are the speakers now?A. In a café.B. In a pub.C. In a restaurant.15. Why does the man NOT drink alcohol?A. Because it makes him easily drunken.B. Because it makes his face turn red.C. Because it makes him feel not well.16. What is the possible relationship between the speakers?A. Waitress and customer.B. Friends.C. Strangers.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。

17. How many groups can most universities in Great Britain be divided into?A. Two.B. Three.C. Four.18. What kind of universities does Oxford belong to?A. Red Brick Universities.B. Ancient Universities.C. The Open University.19. Which university doesn't belong to the Red Brick Universities?A. Portsmouth University.B. The University of Liverpool.C. The University of Manchester.20. When was the Open University in Britain founded?A. In 1960.B. In 1968.C. In 1978.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30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。

AApril 03, 2016 Dear Sir / Madam,Over the past 6 months, the service from the garbage collection truck has been very disappointing. We have complained to the truck driver, but he has done very little to solve theproblems. Therefore, I am writing directly to your department to request your help.Basically, there are two problems. The first is that the truck never follows the correct time schedule. Your notice says that garbage will be collected in our area from Monday to Friday at 6 p.m., but the truck always either arrives too early or too late. It has been as much as 15 minutes early and 25 minutes late. The second problem, which is more serious, is that the truck moves off too quickly. I have seen people running after the moving vehicle almost every time, making a disaster very likely. What if the person running were pregnant, disabled, or elderly?As I mentioned at the beginning, we did express our concerns to the driver. The first time we spoke to him, he was very kind. He explained very patiently that the department was trying to make a better time schedule. After that, he just started ignoring us. Honestly speaking, I felt this was very rude of him and unprofessional.If these problems continue, I am worried that residents will start dropping their trash on the corner of the street. Therefore, for both the safety and health of everybody, I hope that you will look into this matter as soon as possible.Yours faithfully,Tsai, Chia-wentsai.ch@21. What is the purpose of this letter?A. To find out about recycling garbage.B. To complain about a service problem.C. To apologize for a late delivery.D. To thank a government department.22. When does the garbage truck arrive?A. Almost half an hour late sometimes.B. On time, as per schedule.C. Always on the weekend.D. Monday to Friday, early in the morning.23.What does Ms. Tsai hope the department would do?A. Praise the driver.B. Ignore her previous letter.C. Check the event.D. Buy a new garbage truck.BJenny, a girl of five years old, lived in Houston, Texas. Like many other children of the same age, she would use a stool(凳子) to help her reach the bathroom sink (洗手池). However, the plastic stool was not firmly placed and made the small bathroom untidy. After learning of an invention competition held by her school that year, Jenny determined to create a stool that would be a permanent fixture in the bathroom, and yet could be kept out of the way when not in use.Jenny decided to make a stool attached to the bathroom cabinet door under the sink. She cut a board of wood into two pieces, each about two feet wide and one foot long. Using metal hinges (铰链), Jenny attached one piece of the wood to the front of the cabinet door, and the second piece to the first. The first piece was set just high enough so that when it swung out levelly from the cabinet door, the second piece would swing down from the first, just touching the ground, and so serving as a support for the first piece of the wood. This created a convenient, steady platform for any person too short to reach the sink. When not in use, the hinges allowed the two pieces of wood to fold back up tightly against the cabinet, where they were held in place by magnets(磁铁). Jenny called her invention the “Kiddie Stool.”Jenny’s Kiddie Stool won first place. Two years later, it was awarded first prize again at Houston’s first annual Invention Fair. As a result, Jenny was invited to make a number of public appearances with her Kiddie Stool, and was featured on local TV as well as in newspapers. Many people found the story of the Kiddie Stool inspiring because it showed that with imagination, anyone can be an inventor.24. Why did Jenny invent the Kiddie Stool?A. Many kids can’t reach the bathroom sink.B. The stools were too tall for her to reach.C. Her stool wasn’t firm and often got in the way.D. She was invited to enter a school invention game.25. How does the Kiddie Stool work?A. It will swing out only when the cabinet door opens.B. It keeps the wooden pieces in place by hinges and magnets.C. It swings from left to right to be attached to the sink.D. It uses two pieces of metal to support the platform.26. What are the characteristics of Jenny’s Kiddie Stool?A. Permanent and foldable.B. Easily broken but attractive.C. Conventional and backward.D. Convenient and recyclable.27. What is the main spirit of Jenny’s story?A. Failure is the mother of success.B. There’s nothing new under the sun.C. Need is the mother of invention.D. Genius means hard-working all one's life.CIn a speech this week to the Institute of Civil Engineering, the Prime Minister, David Cameron, made clear his support for wind energy. He focused on some of the many advantages of developing the industry.Let’s examine those reasons. It is an abundant, clean and sustainable source of energy, reducing our dependence on expensive fossil fuel imports, increasingly from politically unstable parts of the globe. Let’s not forget that Russia turned off the gas supply to Europe in 2006.More recently, we have all felt the pain this winter, when international gas prices soared by 40% compared to last year. Should we carry on exposing ourselves to the instability（不稳定）of global energy prices and the unpredictability of global events, or should we recognize the value of taking control of our energy supply?As for the economic opportunities, over the last decade wind energy has attracted $5 billion in investment（投资）to the UK and is set to go above $50 billion by 2020. Look at the companies queuing up to build wind turbine (涡轮) factories in the UK, such as Siemens and Vestas. Examine the number of people employed in the wind industry in the U K—nearly 12000, now with nearly 90000 jobs by 2021.The UK is already the global leader in wind power, with greater ability than anywhere else in the worl d—enough to supply more than a million homes with electricity all year roun d—and the government is calling for an increase by eight times in the amount of wind turbines installed by 2020, which the industry can achieve as long as it gets the right level of support from ministers. In return, as well as bring the environmental benefits of clean energy, the wind industry is committed to save consumers a lot of money.28. The writer uses the example of Russia to prove that______.A. international gas price is not always stableB. there exists the unpredictability of global eventsC. there are conflicts between Europe and RussiaD. every nation is badly in need of gas29. What does the underlined word “soared” mean?A. Set.B. Dropped.C. Cancelled.D. Rose.30. What can we know from Paragraph 4?A. Many job opportunities are created by wind industry.B. The UK would not accept many companies’ investment.C. Over the last ten years the UK has attracted little investment.D. Other industries are less important than wind industry.31. What is the most important thing for the government to achieve its goal by 2020?A. Attracting more investment.B. Getting enough support from ministers.C. Improving the technology a lot.D. Listing the advantages of wind power to the public.DWild elephants can tell whether a voice comes from a man, woman or boy, a new study says. That’s what researchers found when they played recordings of people for elephants in Kenya. Scientists say this is an advanced thinking skill that other animals haven’t shown. It lets elephants figure out who is a threat and who isn’t. The result shows that the clever animals are also studying people, said study author Karen McComb.“Basically they have developed this very rich knowledge of the humans that they share their habitat with,” said McComb, a professor at the University of Sussex in England. “Memory is key. They must build up that knowledge somehow.”The study was released on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.It’s close but not quite like the Dr. Seuss book, where the elephant Horton hears something that others can’t hear.McComb and colleagues went to Amboseli National Park in Kenya, where hundreds of wild elephants live among humans, sometimes coming in conflict over scarce water. The scientists used voice recordings of Maasai men, who on occasion kill elephants, and Kamba men, who are less of a threat to the elephants.As a result, the elephants reacted defensively — retreating and gathering in a bunch — more to the Maasai language recording because it was associated with the more threatening human tribe, said study co-author Graeme Shannon.They repeated the experiment with recordings of Maasai men and women. Since women almost never spear elephants, the animals reacted less to the women’s voices. The same thing happened when they substituted young boys’ voices. “Making this kind of fine distinctions in human voice patterns is quite remarkable,” said Emory University animal cognition expert Frans de Waal, who was not part of the study.32. Who were the people taking part in the study?A. Frans de Waal and Karen McComb. C. Dr. Seuss and Graeme Shannon.B. Graeme Shannon and Frans de Waal. D. Karen McComb and Graeme Shannon.33. What can wild elephants benefit from their special ability?A. Identifying and avoiding possible danger.B. Growing much faster than any other animals.C. Having a better understanding of humans.D. Developing their language skills.34. How did the elephants feel of young boys’ voices?A. They are extremely exciting.B. They are very depressing.C. They are less threatening.D. They are gentle and kind.35. What does the passage mainly talk about?A. Wild elephants can distinguish between human languages.B. The conflict between humans and wild elephants is growing.C. Wild elephants use language skills to make discrimination.D. Wild elephants can build up good memory and learn tricks.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。