成都七中高2016 届高三上期英语开学考试试题考试时间：120 分钟满分：150 分本试题分第I 卷（选择题）和第II 卷（非选择题）。
考生作答时，须将答案答在机读卡和答题卷上，在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。
考试结束后，请将机读卡和答题卷交回。
第I 卷选择题（共110分）注意事项： 1. 必须使用2B 铅笔在机读卡上将所选答案对应的标号涂黑。
2. 第I 卷共三部分，共计110 分。
第一部分听力测试（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. Who is coming for dinner?A. Mark.B. John.C. Tracy.2. What will the man do next?A. Leave right away.B. Stay for coffee.C. Take a piano lesson.3. What does the woman want to watch?A. News.B. Sports World.C. Movie.4. What hobby does the man have?A. Reading and watching TV.B. Taking photosC. Collecting stamps.5. Which description of the following is RIGHT?A. The woman is buying films.B. She wants all her films enlarged.C. She only wants five enlarged.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 5 秒钟的时间阅读各个小题，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. How did they meet?A. They fixed a date before.B. They happened to meet each other.C. At a business meeting.7. What is the man doing now in New York?A. On a business trip.B. On a vacation.C. On a visit.听第7 段材料，回答第8 至9 题。
8. When did the man and Ann probably arrive at the beach?A. At 9:00 am.B. At 10:00.C. At noon.9. What do we learn about the man?A. He didn’t have a good time at the beach.B. He regretted not having put sunscreen on.C. H e was worried about Ann’s skin.听第8 段材料，回答第10 至12 题。
10. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?A. From young smokers.B. From a newspaper article.C. From some smoking parents.11. Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies?A. He has just become a father.B. He wears dirty clothes.C. He is a smoker.12. What does the woman suggest smoking parents should do?A. Stop smoking altogether.B. Smoke only outside their houses.C. Reduce dangerous matter in cigarettes.听第9 段材料，回答第13 至16 题。
13. What do we know about the woman?A. She lives close to the university.B. She is a new student in the university.C. She likes the big kitchen.14. How did the man go to school this morning?A. On foot.B. By bus.C. By car.15. Why was Stella late for work?A. She missed the bus.B. Her train was late.C. Her car broke down.16. What will the man do next day?A. Go to school by train.B. Visit Marta in her flat.C. Leave home earlier.听第10 段材料，回答第17 至20 题。
17. According to the passage, what were dogs trained for in the past?A. Just for fun.B. For the purpose of guarding the house.C. For protection against other animals.18. Why were dogs used for hunting?A. Because they always obeyed their masters.B. Because they did not eat other animals.C. Because they could run faster than any other animal.19. What’s the most important reason for people in the city to keep dogs now?A. For hunting.B. For amusement.C. For companionship.20. What’s the main idea of the passage?A. Dog’s functions have changed now.B. People in the West are fond of animals.C. The city can be a lonely place.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50 分）第一节（共20 小题；每小题2 分，满分40 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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
21. Which of the following is TRUE of the course?A. One must get required marks for the course.B. One must pass a written test and an online quiz.C. One must have given first aid before.D. One’s performance in the class will be very important.22. What can we infer from the passage?A. People don’t need to learn all the contents of the course.B. Few people will be interested in the course.C. The course is a short-term training program.D. Students can choose their lessons as they like.23. Who are the intended readers of the passage?A. Children and parents.B. Teenagers and adults.C. Teenagers only.D. Adults only.BHow often one hears children wishing they were grown-ups and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one whoenjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his parents. He is not so free to do what he wishes to do; he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong.When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.24. According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that ______________.A. life for a child is easy compared with an adultB. a child is always loved whatever he doesC. if much is given to a child, he must do something in returnD. only children are interested in life25. After a child grows up, he______________.A. will have little time playingB. has to be successful in finding a jobC. can still ask for help in time of troubleD. should be able to take care of himself26. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. People are often satisfied with their life.B. Life is less interesting for old people.C. Adults are much freer to do what they want to do.D. Adults should no longer depend on others.27. The main idea of the passage is ______________.A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some painsB. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hardC. childhood is the most enjoyable time in one's lifeD. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his lifeCSixteen years ago, Eileen boyle’s husband, an engineer, took his four children up for an early morning cup of tea, packed a small case and was never seen or heard from again. Eileen was astonished and in a state of despair. They had been a happy family and, as far as she knew, there had been nothing wrong with their marriage.Every day of the year a small group of men and women quietly pack a few belongings and, without so much as a note or a good-bye, close the front door for the last time, leaving their debts, their worries and their confused families behind them. Last year, more than 1,200 men and nearly as many women were reported missing from home --- the highest in 15 years. Many did return home within a year, but others rejected the past completely and are now living a new life somewhere under a different identity.To those left behind this form of desertion is a terrible blow to their pride and self-confidence. Even the finality of death might be preferable. At least it does not imply rejection or failure. Worse than that, people can be left with an unfinished marriage, not knowing whether they will have to wait seven years before they are free to start a fresh life.Clinical psychologist Paul Brown believes most departures of this kind to be well planned rather than impulsive(冲动). “It’s typical of the kind of personality which seems able to ignore other people’s pain and difficultie s. Running away, like killing yourself, is a highly aggressive act. By creating an absence the people left behind feel guilty, upset and empty.”28. When her husband left home, Eileen Doyle ______________.A. could not forgive him for taking the childrenB. had been expecting it to happen for some timeC. could not understand whyD. blamed herself for what had happened29. Most people who leave their families behind them ______________.A. do so without warningB. do so because of their debtsC. come back immediatelyD. change their names30. Some people would even prefer the death to the running away of their spouse because ______________.A. their spouse would feel no pain during the deathB. their spouse death would not be a bit terribleC. a desertion would not bring a feeling of rejection or failureD. their spouse’s death would make them feel less painful31. Usually the man or woman left behind with an unfinished marriage ______________.A. admits responsibility for the situationB. wishes the person who has left were deadC. will come back within a yearD. will have no legal marriage life for seven yearsDWealth starts with a goal saving a dollar at a time. Call it the piggy bank strategy. There are lessons in that time-honored coin-saving container.Any huge task seems easier when reduced to baby steps. If you wished to climb a 12,000-foot mountain, and could do it a day at a time, you would only have to climb 33 feet daily to reach the top in a year. If you want to take a really nice trip in 10 years for a special occasion, to collect the $15,000 cost, you have to save $3.93 a day. If you drop that into a piggy bank and then once a year put $1,434 in a savings account at 1% interest rate after-tax, you will have your trip money.When I was a child, my parents gave me a piggy bank to teach me that, if I wanted something, I should save money to buy it. We associate piggy banks with children, but in many countries, the little containers are also popular with adults. Europeans see a piggy bank as a sign of good fortune and wealth. Around the world, many believe a gift of a piggy bank on New Year’s Day brings good luck and financial success. Ah, but you have to put something in it.Why is a pig used as a symbol of saving? Why not an elephant bank, which is bigger and holds more coins? In the Middle Ages, before modern banking and credit instruments, people saved money at home, a few coins at a time dropped into a jar or dish. Potters(制陶工) made these inexpensive containers from an orange-colored clay(黏土) called “pygg,” and folks saved coins in pygg jars. The Middle English word for pig was “pigge”. While the Saxons pronounced pygg, referring to the cla y, as “pug”, eventually the two words changed into the same pronunciation, sounding the “i” a s in pig or piggy. As the word became less associated with the orange clay and more with the animal, a clever potter fashioned a pygg jar in the shape of a pig, delighting childrenand adults. The piggy bank was born.Originally you had to break the bank to get to the money, bringing in a sense of seriousness into savings. While piggy banks teach children the wisdom of saving, adults often need to relearn childhood lessons. Think about the things in life that require large amounts of money--- college education, weddings, cars, medical care, starting a business, buying a home, and fun stuff like great trips. So when you have money, take off the top 10%, put it aside, save and invest wisely.32. What is the piggy bank strategy?A. Paying 1% income tax at a time.B. Setting a goal before making a travel plan.C. Aiming high even when doing small things.D. Putting aside a little money regularly for future use.33. Why did the writer’s parents give him a piggy bank as a gift?A. To delight him with the latest fashion.B. To encourage him to climb mountains.C. To help him form the habit of saving.D. To teach him English pronunciation.34. What does the underlined word “something” (Paragraph 3) most probably refer to?A. MoneyB. GiftsC. Financial successD. Good luck35. The piggy bank originally was ______________.A. a potter’s instr umentB. a cheap clay containerC. an animal-shaped dishD. a pig-like toy for childrenE Some of the world’s most significant problems never hit headlines. O ne example comes from agriculture. Food riots and hunger make news. But the trend lying behind these matters is rarely talked about. This is the decline in the growth in yields of some of the world’s major crops. A new study by the University of Minnesota and McGillUniversity in Montreal looks at where, and how far, this decline is occurring.The authors take a vast number of data points for the four most important crops: rice, wheat, corn and soya beans. They find that on between 24% and 39% of all harvested areas, the improvement in yields that took place before the 1980s slowed down in the 1990s and 2000s.There are two worrying features of the slowdown. One is that it has been particularly sharp in the world’s most populous(人口多的)countries, India and China. Their ability to feed themselves has been an important source of relative stability both within the countries and on world food markets. That self-sufficiency cannot be taken for granted if yields continue to slow down or reverse.Second, yield growth has been lower in wheat and rice than in corn and soybeans. This is problematic because wheat and rice are more important as foods, accounting for around half of all calories consumed. Corn and soya beans are more important as feed grains. The authors note that “we have preferentially focused our crop improvement efforts on feeding animals and cars rather than on crops that feed people and are the basis of food security in much of the world.”The report qualifies the more optimistic findings of another new paper which suggests that the world will not have to dig up a lot more land for farming in order to feed 9 billion people in 2050, as the Food and Agriculture Organization has argued.Instead, it says, thanks to slowing population growth, land currently ploughed up for crops might be able to revert(回返)to forest or wilderness. This could happen. The trouble is that the forecast assumes continued improvements in yields, which may not actually happen.36. What does the author try to draw attention to?A. Food riots and hunger in the world. B) News headlines in the leading media.C. The decline of the grain yield growth. D) The food supply in populous countries.37. Why does the author mention India and China in particular?A. Their self-sufficiency is vital to the stability of world food markets.B. Their food yields have begun to decrease sharply in recent years.C. Their big populations are causing worldwide concerns.D. Their food self-sufficiency has been taken for granted.38. What does the new study by the two universities say about recent crop improvement efforts?A. They fail to produce the same remarkable results as before the 1980s.B. They contribute a lot to the improvement of human food production.C. They play a major role in guaranteeing the food security of the world.D. They focus more on the increase of animal feed than human food grains.39. What does the Food and Agriculture Organization say about world food production in the coming decades?A. The growing population will greatly increase the pressure on world food supplies.B. The optimistic prediction about food production should be viewed with caution.C. The slowdown of the growth in yields of major food crops will be reversed.D. The world will be able to feed its population without increasing farmland.40. How does the author view the argument of the Food and Agriculture Organization?A. It is built on the findings of a new study.B. It is based on a doubtful assumption.C. It is backed by strong evidence.D. It is open to further discussion.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。