临川二中2015-2016学年度上学期高三年级期中考试英语试题满分：150分考试时间：120分钟命题人：上官锦华李连梅郑淑芳胥灵香2015.12.18第一卷（选择题，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。
每段对话仅读一遍。
听下面5段对话，回答1至5小题。
1. What’s the rel ationship between the two speakers?A. We don’t know.B. Father and daughter.C. Mother and son.2. What color does Nancy like?A. Brown.B. Green.C. Yellow.3. When will the performance start?A. 7:00p.m.B. 7:30a.m.C. 7:30p.m.4. When was the woman born?A. In May, 1929.B. In March, 1964.C. In July, 1965.5. How is the man planning to go to Santa Fe（圣达菲）?A. By train.B. By air.C. By bus.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。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。
6. What time of the day is it now?A. In the morning.B. In the late afternoon.C. About noon.7. Why do the speakers come to the garden?A. To enjoy the nice weather.B. To have their afternoon tea.C. To have a chat.8. What drink will the man have?A. Apple juice.B. Beer.C. Orange juice.听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。
9. How does the man go to work?A. By bike.B. By car.C. On foot.10. How far is it from the man’s home to where he works?A. Only fifteen minutes’ car ride.B. Just fifteen minutes’ walk.C. About more than fifteen minutes’ walk.11. How did the woman suggest going?A. By bus more often.B. On foot.C. By bike.听第8段材料，回答12～14题。
12. What are they talking about?A. The sports meeting.B. The headmaster.C. Their favorite sport.13. What will Rose take part in?A. The long jump.B. The high jump.C. The 100-meter running race.14. Why doesn’t Billy want to take part in the competition?A. He feels too nervous.B. He doesn’t like sports.C. He has to look after the things for the players.听第9段材料，回答15～17题。
15. How long has Julia been studying in China?A. Two years.B. Three years.C. Four years.16. What subject does Julia’s father teach?A. English.B. History.C. Chinese.17. What is Julia’s mother’s hobby?A. Collecting china.B. Collecting stamps.C. Traveling.听第10段材料，回答18～20题。
18. How many advantages did the speaker mention about watching films at home?A. Five.B. Four.C. Three.19. If the ticket of the new film costs 120 yuan , how much do you rent a CD accordingto the speaker?A. About 80 yuan.B. About 60 yuan.C. About 40 yuan.20. What can we learn from the speaker?A. The speaker prefers to see a film at a cinema.B. The speaker likes to have someone explain the film.C. He worries about bothering others when watching a film at a cinema.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，并在答题卡上将此项涂黑。
APatricia was worried. She had a job interview, and she wanted to look good. She decided to get some new clothes. The store owner, Pallas Hansen, helped Patricia find a suit. But when she left the store, she didn’t pay for the suit!How could Patricia do this? She was in a special store called Career Closet in San Jose, California. Pallas Hansen and Charlotte Krumwiede started this nonprofit store to help women. They knew that many women don’t find jobs because they don’t have the right clothes for a job interview. Women who don’t have a lot of money have to use their money to buy food and clothes for their children. They can’t buy clothes for themselves.Pallas and Charlotte started the store in 1992 after they heard about a store like this in Chicago. V olunteers work in the store. Working women donate most of the clothes to the store. This makes it possible for thecustomers at Career Closet to get clothes for free.Career Closet has helped 2,500 San Jose women, but clothes aren’t the only things women get at the store. They also get confidence. Patricia is 36 years old. Her husband was hurt in an accident, and Patricia needed a job to support her seven children. She went to Career Closet and got a jacket, a skirt, and a blouse. “The whole day made me feel spec ial,” she said. Patricia was a success at her interview, and she got the job. One reason why she got it was that she was wearing the right clothes for the workplace.Pallas says,” I love this job. Sixty percent of the women get jobs. It’s like being a fairy god-mother.”21. What do the women get besides clothes at Career Closet?A. MoneyB. ShoesC. ConfidenceD. Chances22. Where do the clothes at Career Closet come from?A. V olunteers working in the storeB. PatriciaC. Pallas Hansen and Charlotte KrumwiedeD. Working women23. We can know from the passage that ____________.A. women need to wear fashionable dress for work.B. dressing properly in working place is important.C. women are train ed for the interview in Pallas’s shop.D. women get the job training in Pallas’s shop.24. The best title for the passage might be _____.A. Getting Clothes Free of ChargeB. FashionC. Success of womenD. Job InterviewBSunshine Sports CenterOne of the most modern sports centers in town, the Sunshine Sports Center is not just a sports club but much more!With a swimming pool for adults and teens, and a smaller one for children, our center has something for all the members of the family. Parents can relax while children play in the water. For anybody who is interested in competitive sports, football and basketball courts are the ideal places to work off stress．Whether you just want to keep in shape, lose some weight or build your strength, there's the super-modern equipment and three personal trainers to look after you and answer your questions. They can also give you general advice about healthy eating and dieting．LessonsIt doesn’t matter if you’re five or eighty-five, there’s something for you at the Sunshine Sports Center! We offer personal training in all sports if you want it, but there are also group lessons for all sports if you prefer teamwork．Kids and teenagersTake advantage of our special offer for younger members. For members between five and sixteen years old, there are special lessons in water polo, competitive swimming and diving. There are many classes for all levels of swimmers, with a lifeguard on duty from 9:00 am when the pool opens until it closes at 7:00 pm．Social eventsSunshine Sports Center is not only for sport! You can enjoy a delicious meal at our restaurant or have a milkshake（奶昔）with your friends on the balcony overlooking the swimming pool and the courts. In addition, there are lovely gardens where families or friends can have a picnic! To celebrate a birthday, there is no better place than the Sunshine Sports Center．So, come on Sign up for Sunshine Sports Center today!25. In Sunshine Sports Center .A. children are not allowed to swim aloneB. lifeguards are on duty 24 hours a dayC. people can have birthday partiesD. special lessons in diving are offered to adults26．People can ask personal trainers for advice when they .A. build strengthB. sign upC. learn to swimD. play basketball27．The main purpose of the passage is to .A. explain the rules of the sports centerB. show the benefits of sportsC. persuade people to play sportsD. attract people to the sports centerCDon’t talk to me; I’m busy with my iPhoneRiding a London subway, a person from China will notice one major difference: in London, people do not look at each other. In fact, eye contact is avoided at all times. That’s not rudeness—people are just too busy to bother looking.Busy doing what, you ask? Well, they’re certainly not using the time for a moment of quiet reflection, nor are they reading a book. New technology has replaced quiet habits. Today the only acceptable form of book on the London underground is an e-book.Apple must earn a fortune from London commuters(乘车上下班的人). Since the launch of the iPhone in 2007, over 40,000—yes, that’s 40,000—“apps”（programs downloaded for the iPhone）have been designed. Commuters love them because they are the perfect time-k illers. One “app”, called iShoot, is a game that features tanks(坦克). Another one, Tube Exits, tells passengers where to sit on the train to be closest to the exit of their destination. ISteam clouds the iPhone screen when you breathe into the microphone. You can then write in the “ steam” on your phone screen.For those without an iPhone, another Apple product, the iPod, may be another choice. It’s not just teenagers who “plug in” to their music—iPods are a popular way to pass the time for all ages.And if games, e-books and music aren’t enough to keep you occupied, then perhaps you would prefer a film. The development of palm DVD technology means many commuters watch their favorite TV show or film on the way to work. With all this entertainments, it’s amazing that people still remember to get off the train.28. People in London do not make eye contact on the subway because ______.A. they are busy reading booksB. they are not very politeC. thinking about their private thingsD. they are busy playing with their electronic equipment29. Those who like war games can download _____ to their iPhones.A. iShootB. iPodC. ISteamD. Tube Exits30. The underlined word “occupied” in the last paragraph probably means _____.A. delightedB. busyC. controlledD. amused31. The article tells us that _____.A. London commuters are unfriendly to strangersB. with all the new time-killers, London commuters often forget to get off the trainC. technology is changing the way London commuters spend their traveling timeD. Apple has earned a lot of money from selling 40,000 iPhonesDThe world is filled with smart, talented and gifted people．We meet them every day．A few days ago, my car was not running well. I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed within just a few minutes. He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine. I was amazed. The sad truth is that only great talent is not enough．I am often shocked at how little talented people earn. I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year. A business consultant (顾问) who specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle with money. It was this business consultant that gave me the phase, “They are one skill away from great wealth”.There is an old saying that goes，“Job means ‘just over broke(破产）’”．And unfortunately，I would say that the saying applies to millions of people. Because school does not think financial(财务的）intelligence is intelligence, most workers “live within their means”. They work and they pay the bills. Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn．When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald’s?” almost all the students raise their hands．I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald’s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald’s is excellent at business systems. The reason why so many talented people are poor is that they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems. The world is filled with talented poor people. They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．32．How did the mechanic find the problem in the car?A. by listening to the engineB. by listening to what the author saidC. by pulling it to the garageD. by driving it33．Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?A. They have no talents．B. They have no good skills．C. They don’t work enough．D. They don’t have financial intelligence．34．The success of McDonald's lies in its ．A. skills at making hamburgersB. excellent serviceC. talented workersD. good business systems35．Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. The world lacks smart, talented and gifted people.B. The world lacks skilled workers.C. The world lacks people like McDonald’s.D. The world lacks excellent doctors and dentists.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。