2015学年度第二学期三月高三英语试卷第 I 卷 (共103分)I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the f1. A. In a restaurant. B. At a concert.C. In a museum.D. At a flower shop.2. A. 15. B. 50. C. 85. D. 100.3. A. Excited. B. Interested. C. Disappointed. D. Entertained.4. A. Go on with the chat. B. Review his lessons.C. Connect with his friends.D. Talk with his friends face to fac5. A. Leave the paper to the woman. B. Type the paper immediately.C. Read the newspaper carefully.D. Check the paper once again.6. A. She believes the program is enjoyable. B. She doesn’t like the progC. She admires the talents in the program.D. She will watch the pr7. A. Doctor and patient. B. Librarian and student.C. Policeman and car driver.D. Post clerk and customer.8. A. It wasn’t very enjoyable. B. It was very exciting.C. It was adventurous.D. It was as good as expected.9. A. He is always in a good mood. B. He spent more money than expectedC. He is happy that he’s got a new piano.D. He’s pleased with his10. A. Mr. White’s new appointment. B. Mr. White’s vacation.C. An important vacant position.D. How to apply for a job.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked thre hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Firing a gun. B. Robbing a motorcyclist.C. Dangerous driving.D. Injuring two people.12. A. The motorcyclist was injured. B. The driver was seriously hurt.C. The armed robbery failed.D. A car driver witnessed the robber13. A. Around 8:30 p.m. last night. B. Around 9:30 p.m. last night.C. Around 10:30 p.m. last night.D. Around 8:30 this morning.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Traditional grocery stores. B. Bigger grocery chains.C. Membership stores.D. Large discount centers.15. A. Americans have bought more organic foods than before.B. People like to go to the stores that sell natural foods.C. Supermarkets offer less variety than discount chains.D. Supermarkets are usually owned by different companies.16. A. Supermarkets are no longer important.B. There is more competition now than there used to be.C. Supermarkets have had to raise prices to make a profit.D. Natural foods have taken over the market that supeSection CDirections: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations w you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage c fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically c(A)The first year of school can be stressful - not for the kids, but for the parents!They want their little ones to do well at school and some pushy parents will already But some parents are concerned about the rules for when children should start school The School Admissions Code for England says that children (26) ______ join the recep But here is the problem: A four year old who is born in August could be in the same The older child will probably do better in class tests. He or she is almost a year ( Now England's schools minister, Nick Gibbs says that the rules should (29) ______ (c And he said that some parents “feel forced (30) ______ (send) their child to school He proposes that children that are born during the summer can join the class when th Dr. David Whitebread, an educationalist from Cambridge University says that the UK h “In countries with these later starting ages, there is a very much reduced summer-b(B)Face-Reading SystemIf a potential customer enjoys your advertisement, they are more likely to buy your p received in the real world. Now a new system could help advertisers know exactly how th The system, (34) ______ (develop) by Daniel McDuff and colleagues at the Massachusetts can then classify what is viewed as positive facial responses and smiles during the vide The team collected more than 3200 videos of people, (37) ______ faces were filmed by the one for Doritos, one for Google and one for Volkswagen, the viewers were asked if they per cent of the time.The system would be a gift for advertisers (38) ______ (try) to grab the attention of (39) ______ (view) programmes online, depending on their reaction, or as a more effectiSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each wordA Special Day: Microsoft’s 40th AnniversaryEarly on, Paul Allen and I set the goal of a computer on every desk and in every home. about how far computing has come since then, and we can all be proud of the __42__ role Today I am thinking much more about Microsoft’s future than its past, though. I beli and computing will become even more spreading. We are nearing the point where computers an Under Satya’s leadership, Microsoft is better positioned than ever to lead these adv the deepest commitment to research in the industry. In my role as technical advisor to Saty Skype Translator, and Holo Lens -- and those are just a few of the __47__ that are on th In the coming years, Microsoft has the opportunity to reach even more people and orga __48__ do not have access. So I hope you will think about what you can do to make the powe as the very intention of what a PC delivers makes its way into all devices.We have accomplished a lot together during our first 40 years and enable countless bu Microsoft a fantastic company now and for decades to come.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases Better Solar Energy Systems: More Heat, More LightSolar photovoltaic thermal energy systems (太阳能光伏热能系统), or PVTs, produce bot 的) solar thermal collector. That’s because they operate at low temperatures to cool cry way to gather heat.That’s a problem of economics. A solar-electric system is run at a comparatively lo (光伏的) cells can __54__ all the space on the roof, leaving little room for thermal app In a pair of studies, Joshua Pearce, an associate professor of materials science and e are Kunal Girotra from Thin Silicon in California and Michael Pathak and Stephen HarrisoMost solar panels (电池板) are made with crystalline silicon, but you can also make s but they are lighter, flexible, and cheaper. Because they __57__ much less silicon, they and are breakable.“That means that, when you expose them to light, their efficiency __59__ ---- pretty up only a small __60__ of the market.However, Pearce and his team eventually found a way to improve the __61__ of solar p thin-film silicon to make it work and improve its working efficiency. __62__, Pearce’s gro cells that largely overcame the __64__ effect. When they applied the thin-film silicon di cell’s electrical efficiency by over 10 percent.51. A. focused B. exposed to C. protected D. compared wit52. A. efficie B. reasonable C. normal D. passive53. A. value B. reward C. cost D. price54. A. put up B. take up C. make up D. break up55. A. decisio B. solution C. suggestion D. qualificatio56. A. roughly B. probably C. generally D. specially57. A. replace B. produce C. exchange D. require58. A. Unfortu B. Luckily C. Similarly D. Evidently59. A. works B. counts C. rises D. drops60. A. choice B. content C. portion D. element61. A. range B. function C. appearance D. extent62. A. In cont B. In brief C. In fact D. In general63. A. locatio B. conditions C. surroundin D. temperatures64. A. negativ B. inexact C. inevitable D. complex65. A. increas B. defined C. wasted D. loweredSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several q best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)Tea drinking was common in China for nearly one thousand years before anyone in Europe expensive. It could not be bought in shops and even those people who could afford to havthought it was a vegetable and tried cooking the leaves. Then they served them mixed with them to their children as sandwiches.Tea remained scarce and very expensive in England until the ships of the East India Co the country that the price fell and many people could afford to buy it.At the same time people on the Continent were becoming more and more fond of tea. Unti tea tasted like when milk was added. She found it so pleasant that she would never again d drank their tea with milk in it. Slowly this habit spread until it reached England and t At first, tea was usually drunk after dinner in the evening. No one ever thought of clock stopped her getting “a sinking feeling” as she called it. She invited her friend66. Which of the following is true of the introduction of tea into Britain?A. British people were the first people in Europe who drank tea.B. It was not until the 17th century that British people had tea.C. British people got expensive tea from India.D. Tea reached Britain from Holland.67. What does this passage most probably talk about?A. It talks about how British people got the habit of drinking teaB. It talks about how tea became a popular drink in BritainC. It talks about the history of tea drinking in BritainD. It talks about how tea-time was born68. People in Europe began to drink tea with milk because ______.A. tea with milk stopped people getting a sinking feelingB. people followed the way a French lady drank teaC. tea with milk was then a fashionable curiosityD. tea with milk tasted much more pleasant69. We may infer from the passage that the habit of drinking tea in Britain was mostA. the upper social classB. the ancient ChineseC. a famous French ladyD. people in Holland(B)HOLIDAYS1. The Bay Hotel2. Willapark Manor Hotel3. The Country Garden Hotel4. Boscastle5. Godshill6. The B1akeney Hotel7. SW France70. Which of the following is advertised in a humorous way?A. BoscastleB. SW FranceC. GodshillD. The Bay Hotel71. A family with two kids and two dogs can only choose to stay in ______.A. The Country Garden HotelB. Willapark Manor HotelC. The Bay HotelD. Boscastle72. In which of the following can Elderly people enjoy a special price offer?A. GodshillB. The Bay HotelC. The B1akeney HotelD. The Country Garden Hotel73. All of the following hotels are close to the sea EXCEPT ______.A. SW FranceB. The Blakeney HotelC. Willapark Manor HotelD. The Country Garden Hotel(C)It’s true that high-school coding classes aren’t essential for learning computer sci dean at Carnegie Mellon’s School of Computer Science.However, Cortina said, early exposure is beneficial. When younger kids learn compute or create artwork, or test hypotheses (假设). It’s not as hard for them to transform thei becomes normal. Giving more children this training could increase the number of people i Students also benefit from learning something about coding before they get to college, students away.The Flatiron School, where people pay to learn programming, started as one of the man “we try to adjust lessons to things they’re interested in,” said Victoria Friedman, a The students in the Flatiron class probably won’t drop out of high school and build Programming languages have a quick turnover, so the “Ruby on Rails” language they l through a problem and organize the results — apply to any coding language, said Deborah Indeed, the Flatiron students might not go into IT at all. But creating a future army in their offices, in their homes — for the rest of their lives. The younger they learn ho to do that — the better.74. Cortina holds that early exposure to computer science makes it easier to ______.A. remodel the way of thinkingB. perfect artwork productionC. formulate logical hypothesesD. complete future job training75. Deborah Seehorn believes that the skills learned at Flatiron will ______.A. have to be upgraded when new technologies comeB. need improving when students look for jobsC. help students learn other computer languagesD. enable students to make big quick money76. According to the last paragraph, Flatiron students are expected to ______.A. stay longer in the information technology industryB. become better prepared for the digitalized worldC. bring forth innovative computer technologiesD. compete with a future army of programmers77. The word “coax” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.A. misguideB. challengeC. frightenD. persuadeSection CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the st Some futurologists have assumed that the vast increase of women in the workforce may s of this concern is that the outlook of becoming a multi-paycheck household could encourage the earning ability of a woman can make her more attractive as a marriage partner. Data sho about rainy days ahead. As the economy comes to life, the number of marriages also rises The increase in divorce rates follows to the increase in women working outside the ho less cloudy than its effect on marriage decisions. The realization that she can be a good is equally plausible (似是而非的). Tensions grounded in financial problems often play a key and emotional stability.Psychological factors also should be considered. For example, a wife blocked from a c if she can find fulfillment through work outside the home, work and marriage can go toge Also, a major part of women’s inequality in marriage has been due to the fact that, Depending upon how the couple reacts to these new conditions, it could create a stronger (Note: Answer the question or complete the statement in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. According to the first paragraph, what do fewer people get married for when the79. A wife may strengthen her family’s stability by working to _______________.80. Psychologically speaking, whether _______________ will have a strong effect on t81. What problem may a multi-paycheck household have?第II卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in1、当你感到疲惫不堪时，为何不停下手中的事情放松一下呢？（Why…）2、当地的慈善机构安排了各种活动为那些病人筹集医疗和生活费用。