2016年高考模拟训练试题高三英语(二)本试卷分第I卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。

满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

第I卷(选择题共50分)注意事项：1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2．每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

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。

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 have they decided to do?A．Visit an exhibition．B．Study about satellites． C．Fly in a plane．2．Where does the conversation probably take place?A．In a bookstore． B．In a lab．C．In a library．3．When will they discuss the schedule?A．Before dinner．B．After the meal． C．Tomorrow．4．How many seats are left now?A．About 460．B．About 400．C．About 600．5．What are the speakers talking about?A．The weather．B．What happened last night．C．Sleeping problems．听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6．Why doesn’t the man want to the park tonight?A．He plans to go to the beach． B．Jokes appeal to him more．C．It is too cold tonight．7．When will the speakers meet?A．At 7：45． B．At 8：15． C．At 8：30．听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8．What are the speakers mainly talking about?A．Warm clothes． B．Mary’s house． C．Weekend plan．9．How many people will go?A．Two．B．Three．C．Four．听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10．Why does the man wish to break up with his girlfriend?A．She is not as pretty as she once was．B．They don’t get along well．C．He will move soon．11．What does the woman think of the matter?A．The man should not take the job．B．The man might be reasonable．C．The man should maintain this relationship．12．How will the man’s girlfriend feel at his decision?A．Sad． B．Calm． C．Happy．听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13．Why did the man get a new TV?A．TV is on sale． B．He loves big TV．C．His old TV doesn’t work．14．How much does the man pay for the new TV?A．$1，200． B．$1，250． C．$2，400．15．What will the man probably do after the conversation?A．Sell the television to others．B．Return the television to the store．C．Change the television for a small one．16．What do we know about the man?A．He thinks the television is too big．B．He doesn’t watch TV very often．C．He can get his money back whenever he likes．听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17．How many people got on at Green Park?A．A few people． B．An elderly couple．C．The writer and a few people．18．What happened to the elderly gentleman?A．He got stuck in the doors of the train．B．He missed the train in the end．C．He was seriously injured on the train．19．Wh at do we know about the gentleman’s wife?A．She was in great panic． B．She cried for help．C．She remained calm．20．Who offered to help solve the problem?A．The speaker and two other men． B．The conductor．C．Nobody．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。

AA Look at the Festival This Summer21．What is the most exciting part of Sheep Music?A．The garden party．B．The advertisement．C．The family feel．D．The parade．22．If you want to take your children to a festival，which one is the best choice? A．The Firegathering．B．Sheep Music．C．The Big Chill．D．Summer Sundae．23．What is the similarity of these festivals?A．They entertain attendants with music．B．They have a long history．C．They need advance booking．D．They can be compared with Glastonbury．BWhen you attend children’s birthdays or a long-expected family holiday，we usually want to keep those important moments in mind with a photograph．But if you’re one of those people who can’t stop snapping photos at an important event，beware—you could end up forgetting it all in a flash．Experts have warned that the addiction to recording every moment of our lives could be having an adverse effect on our memories．Maryanne Garry，a New Zealand psychology professor，has been stu dying how the frequent taking of photos might change childhood memories．“I think the problem is that people are forgetting to experience the moment，”she says．Parents at the park taking one photo after another of their children，for example，are actually paying less attention to what is happening around them．The picture only captures a small part of the total experience．And because parents remember less about these important events，they become less effective in their role as the key people who help children learn how to talk about their experiences．As a result，children’s own childhood memories are reduced．The idea that we are experiencing less as we record more got psychologist Linda Henkel thinking．She wanted to explore how photographs shape our memories．Henkel，who researches human memory at Fairfield University in Connecticut，did an experiment by sending groups of students to the university’s art museum．The students observed some objects and photographed others．Then，back at the laboratory，they were given a memory test．Henkel found what she called a“photo-taking effect”．The students remembered fewer of the objects that they had taken photos of，and they remembered fewer details about those objects．She says her students’memories were worse because they were relying on the camera to remember the details for them．“As soon as you hit‘click’on that camera，it’s as if you’ve outsourced your memory．”she says．24．What does the word“it”in Paragraph 1 refer to?A．An important event． B．A child’s birthday．C．A valuable photograph．D．A family holiday．25．According to Paragraph 3，why are children’s memories reduced?A．Flash lights are causing children to forget more things．B．Parents are not interested in listening to children’s experiences．C．Children are more interested in taking photos than experiencing．D．Parents are less effective in helping children discuss their experiences．26．How did Henkel develop her theory about the“photo-taking effect”?A．By carrying out an experiment．B．By giving a questionnaire．C．By interviewing a group of students．D．By researching the findings of the others．27．What’s the purpose of this passage?A．To introduce a new discovery in taking photos．B．To discuss the effect of photo-taking on memory．C．To explain how to use cameras in an effective way．D．To describe the ways of remembering valuable experiences．CJose Andre Montano Baina was born and raised in the town of Totora，Bolivia—not exactly the home of jazz．But now he is taking the Bolivian and the world music scene by storm．He has already performed in some of the country’s top occasions including the Legislative Palace and alongside famous musicians like Bolivian rocker Glen Vargas— what’s so great about that? How about the fact that Jose is just seven years old and，has no vision!The young musician began to show his extraordinary music talent at the age of four when he started playing the drums with a high standard of ability and skills，which are usually played by artists three times his age．After mastering them，he quickly moved on to the piano and by the age of five had formed a jazz band! And，while the young boy knows every jazz song in the book and can play them all with great ease and confidence，it is not the only kind of music he enjoys．This Bolivian prodigy(神童)h as various musical taste and isn’t limited to jazz．He also loves listening to blues，heavy metal，tango，bolero and anything in between!His extremely proud father is quick to admit that he has nothing to do with his son’s unusual talent．In fact he didn’t even know much about jazz until Jose started to play．“I didn’t know jazz before，he got me into it．It’s as if he was born a jazz chip(芯片)inside him，I don’t know how to explain how it came about；it’s like the jazz was already inside him．”His father recalled．As for the young rising superstar，he leads a pretty normal life despite all the fame．Just like the rest of you，he goes to school，does homework and yes，has chores assigned (派给)to him as well !28．What is the text mainly about?A．Young blind jazz prodigy rises in Bolivia．B．Jazz chip is found inside the prodigy．C．To educate a jazz prodigy in successful ways．D．Bolivia’s jazz prodigy performs different songs．29．What can we learn about Jose Andre from the text?A．He made performing tours throughout the world．B．He was born exactly in the home of jazz．C．His father helped a great deal in his success．D．He had talent in music though he was blind．30．What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A．Jose Andre is now a famous superstar．B．Great fame has changed Jose Andre greatly．C．Jose Andre still lives his normal life as before．D．Jose Andre devotes all his spare time to music．31．What might be the author’s purpose in writing this text? A．To advertise Jose Andre’s music works．B．To show the way to bring up the prodigy．C．To tell us how to deal with great fame．D．To tell us the story of a jazz prodigy．DCharacters in novels don’t always do what the writer wants them to do．Sometimes they cause trouble，take on lives of their own，or even work against the writer．It’s not justa problem for inexperienced authors：famed children’s novelist Roald Dahl said he got the main character in his book Matilda so“wrong”that when he’d finished his first version，he threw it away and started again．Of course it’s not the characters’fault．The problem lies with the author．Take Stephen King，who admitted that writing working-class characters is more difficult nowadays because his own circumstances have changed．“It is definitely harder，”King said．“WhenI wrote Carrie many years ago，I was one step away from physical labour．”This is also true for characters’ages，added King．“When you have small children，it is easy to write young characters because you observe them and you have them in your life all the time．But your kids grow up．It’s been harder for me to write about this little 12-year-old girl in my new book because my models are gone．”For other authors，such as Karen Fowler，there’s one quality that can stop a characterin its tracks：boredom．“I had particular problems with the main character in my historical novel Sister Noon，”she says．“She had attitudes about race and religion that seemed appropriate to me for her time and class，but they were not attitudes I liked．EventuallyI grew quite bored with her．You can write a book about a character you dislike or a character you disagree with，but I don’t think you can write a book about a character who bores you．”According to Neel Mukherjee，it was Adinath，a character in The Lives of Others，who made him work the hardest．“I think I struggled because it’s difficult to write a character whose most prominent personal feature is weakness，as Adinath’s is，without making that feature define him．”Mukherjee says．But a troublesome character is far from an unwelcome guest，he continues，arguing that“when characters work against the author they come alive and become unpredictable”．“That is a fantastic thing to happen，”Mukherjee says．“I celebrate it．It is one of the great，lucky gifts given to a writer．”32．What can we infer about Stephen King’s book Carrie?A．It was his most difficult book to write．B．It was the first successful novel King wrote．C．There were few children featured in the story．D．Some of its main characters were working class．33．Why did Karen Fowler have trouble writing the main character in her novel Sister Noon? A．She disagreed with the character’s attitudes．B．The age difference between the two was too large．C．She found the character very uninteresting．D．The historical setting made accuracy difficult．34．What does Neel Mukherjee think of his difficult-to-write characters?A．They are a sign that the story is not realistic．B．They are often the most interesting．C．They should be praised by an authors．D．They need to be researched more thoroughly．35．In which part of the newspaper would you expect to find the passage? A．Careers． B．Culture． C．Entertainment．D．Lifestyle．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。