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1、 “皖南八校” 2017届高三第二次联考 英 语 2016. 12 第 I卷（共 100分） 第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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 （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 does the man mean? A. He is too busy. B. He i

2、s willing to help. C. He wont offer help. 2. What do we learn about the speakers? A. Theyll keep in touch during the summer vacation. B. Theyll hold a party before the summer vacation. C. Theyll get back to school once in a while. 3. How much did the shoes cost originally? A. 80 dollars. B.40 dollar

3、s. C.20 dollars. 4. When does the conversation take place? A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. In the evening. 5. What will the speakers probably do? A . Go to the park by bike. B. Go to the park by bus. C. Not go to the park. 第二节（共 1 5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

4、、 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。 听第 6段材料，回答第 6、 7题。 6. What would the boy rather do? A. Do the dishes. B. Clean the table. C. Empty the dustbin. 7. Whats the relationship between the speakers? A. Mother and son. B. Sister and brother. C.

5、Teacher and student. 听 第 7段材料 ,回答第 8.9题。 8. Why are the speakers so busy? A. Theyre working on a chemistry experiment. B. Theyre preparing for so many exams. C. They have a lot of homework. 9. Where are the speakers? A. On the campus. B. In the library. C. In the classroom. 听第 8段材料 ,回答第 10 至 12 题。 1

6、0. What is Harrods famous for? A. Its Food Hall and Egyptian Hall. B. Its many different kinds of food. C. Its ancient-style buildings. 11. How does Harrods get most of its power? A. By getting it from a small town. B. By producing electricity itself. C. By getting it from the biggest electricity fa

7、ctory. 12. How many people come in a day in January? A. 30 ,000. B. 300 ,000. C. 15 ,000 ,000. 听第 9段材料 ,回答第 13至 16题 。 13. Where is the man? A. In a hairdressers. B. In a store. C. In a hotel. 14. How long hasnt the man been here? A. About one month. B. About two months. C. About three months. 15. Ho

8、w will the mans hair be better according to the woman? A. By using a good conditioner. B. By cutting hair usually. C. By washing hair every day. 16. What does the man think of the womans advice? A. He accepts it. B. He refuses it. C. He will try it next time. 听第 10 段材料 ,回答第 17 至 20题 。 17. What is th

9、e first thing you should do before going shopping? A. Buy local newspapers. B. Call the store to find out the price. C. Write down the things you are going to buy. 18. Where can you buy things cheaply? A. In chain stores and supermarkets. B. In stores with longer open hours. C. In chain stores and l

10、ocal stores. 19. What is the main idea of the passage? A. How to buy things cheaply. B. How to be a clever shopper. C. How to save money. 20. How many points does the speaker mention as a smart shopper? A. 2 points. B. 3 points. C. 4 points. 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

11、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。 A Bookable study rooms The Library provides a variety of bookable group study rooms, some with presentation areas, for groups of between 6 and 12 students to use for team work. Group study rooms There are 10 Group Study Rooms on Level 30f Northampton Squa

12、re Library. Rooms 3A, 3F, 3G, 3H,3J and 3K are equipped with presentation area to help prepare group presentations. Rooms 3B, 3C, 3D and 3E are intended for group discussion and seminar work. These rooms are equipped with whiteboards. Whiteboard pens can be borrowed from the service desk on Level 2.

13、 Please do not use any other writing tools on the whiteboards. Maximum booking period of 2 hours at one time. Presentation areas provide: LED screen to practice presentation with group colleagues Network access on PC with wide range of software USB port to plug in（插入） your own device or laptop Assis

14、tive（为残疾人设计的） Technology Rooms Assistive technology rooms are available for students by using ID cards to get access permission and can be booked for a maximum of 4 hours per person per day. Rooms are equipped with the following software: Dragon, JAWS, Zoom Text, Kurzweil, Supernova, TextHelp and In

15、spiration. A scanner is provided for use with the assistive software packages. For further information click Guide to Library Services for Additional Needs. 21.lf you and your five team members need to book a room to present a project, which room should you go to? A. Room 3B. B. Room 3C. C. Room 3E.

16、 D. Room 3G. 22. What do we know about Group Study Rooms? A. They are on Level 2. B. They are equipped with whiteboards. C. They have no Internet access. D. They provide USB disks. 23. Which of the following is specially provided for students with disability? A.2 hours per person per day. B， Whitebo

17、ard pens. C LED screen. D.A scanner with assistive software packages. 24. We may read this article on a A. website B. magazine C. booklet D. story book B An early morning winter storm had brought several inches of snow m my small town in the mountains. Schools were canceled, roads were dangerous and

18、 all I wanted to do was to stay in bed. Still, I knew I had to get the day started so I put on warm clothes and walked outside. The snow got all over my shoes. The cold wind dried my lips and my eyes. My 47 year-old back ached in anticipation（预想） of the shoveling（铲雪） I would have to do if the snow d

19、idnt stop soon. Yet, when I looked out on the white blanket that covered the ground, I couldnt help but smile a bit. It was so beautiful. It softened the bare trees and hid the dead grass. In the distance I could hear the sound of the snowplow(雪犁 ) on the road, the barking of a happy dog and the lau

20、ghter of children playing outside, enjoying their way off from school. The sweet music of that laughter brought back a hundred memories of winters past. I remembered catching snowflakes (雪花 ) on my tongue, building snowmen, making snow angles, running down hills and always losing snowball fights wit

21、h first my brothers and then my own children. Standing there in that warm coat of memories made the wind a little less cold and my back a little less sore(疼痛的 ). I turned up my head, stuck out my tongue and for the first time in years caught a snowflake on it. It tasted so fresh and clean. It tasted

22、 like youth, like joy and like love. May you always feel young in spirit, no matter how old or achy your body may be. May you always delight in the simple joys of life. May you always share your happiness with the hearts of children. And may you always give your love, your light, your laughter and y

23、our warmth to others even on the coldest days. 25. What was the authors first reaction when he knew it snowed heavily? A. He was upset. B. He was happy. C. He was thankful. D. He was moved. 26. From which senses did the author describe the joy of having snow? A. Taste and smell. B. Sight and smell.

24、C. Smell, hearing and taste. D. Sight, hearing and taste. 27. What does the author mainly want to tell us with this article? A. Appreciate every snowstorm you spend with your family. B. Snow brings both fun and trouble. C. Memories can change our opinion. D. We should stay young at heart. 28. From t

25、he underlined sentence in Paragraph l, we can know that “ “. A. my back ached because of the cold weather. B. I didnt want to start my day on such a snowy day. C. my back would ache upon thinking of cleaning up the snow. D. the snow didnt stop and I felt too cold. C The Man Booker Prize for Fiction

26、is awarded for a novel written by a writer from the Commonwealth or the Republic of Ireland and it aims to represent the very best in contemporary fiction. The prize was originally called the Booker-McConnell Prize, which was the name of the company that sponsored it, though it was better-known as s

27、imply the Booker Prize. In 2002, the Man Group became the sponsor and they chose the new name, keeping Booker. Publishers can submit books for consideration for the prize, but the judges can also ask for books to be submitted that they think should be included. Firstly, the Advisory Committee gives

28、advice if there have been any changes to the rules for the prize and selects the people who will judge the books. The judging panel changes every year and usually a person is only a judge once. Great efforts are made to ensure that the judging panel is balanced in terms of gender(性别 ) and profession

29、s within the industry, so that a writer, a critic, an editor and an academic are chosen along with a well-known person from wider society. However, when the panel of judges has been decided, they are left to make their own decisions. Meanwhile, the prize sponsor has no further right to take part in

30、any more. The Man Booker judges include critics, writers and academics to maintain the consistent quality of the prize and its influence is such that the winner will almost certainly see the sales increase considerably, in addition to the 50,000 that comes with the prize. 29. Who can submit books to

31、 the prize? A. Judges. B. Writers. C. Readers. D. Sponsors. 30. Why is the prize named the Man Booker Prize? A. Because the prize is given to writers from the Commonwealth. B. Because the prize was known as simply the Booker Prize. C. Because the prize is sponsored by the Man Group and they kept the

32、 name. D. Because the prize is aimed to award the very best contemporary fiction. 31. Which task can be done by the Advisory Committee? A. Changing the rules for the prize on their own. B. Selecting the judging committee. C. Making decisions on who is the winner. D. Submitting books for consideratio

33、n for the prize. 32. The consistent quality of the prizes is guaranteed by _ . A. the prize money. B. the gender of the judges. C. the make-up of the panel of judges. D. the increase in sales of the winner. D Back in the 1860s, a British scientist named Henry Walter Bates noticed something interesti

34、ng in the animal world: a kind of butterfly, Common Mormon, can change the pattern on its wings so that it looks like another butterfly species, the Common Rose, which is poisonous for birds to eat. Bates argued that animals develop this ability to protect themselves from being eaten. This theory ha

35、d been widely accepted by scientists. But one question remains: how do these animals manage to do that? After more than 150 years, scientists are finally able to answer that question-it is all down to a gene (基因 ) called “ doublesex“, according to a study published on March 6 in the journal Nature.

36、In fact, scientists have long known that genes are responsible for this useful ability. But until the new study, scientists hadnt been able to find out which genes in particular were responsible. Scientists at the University of Chicago compared the genetic structures of the Common Mormons that chang

37、ed their wing patterns with those of ones that did not. And all the results pointed to a single gene, “doublesex”. This was much to the scientists surprise. They used to expect that something as complex as this would be controlled by many different genes. For example, one gene would control the colo

38、r of the upper part of the wing, one would do so for the lower part. However, the “doublesex” gene doesnt quite do everything by itself. Instead, it acts like a switch-it “tells” other genes to change the wing patterns. Isnt that clever? Scientists believe that this special ability of the “doublesex

39、” gene on Common Mormon was developed throughout the long history of evolution. “The harmless species gains an advantage by resembling something predators (捕食者 ) avoid,” Sean Carroll, a scientist told Nature. “it was obvious evidence for natural selection. ” 33. How do scientists find the truth of b

40、utterfly changing wing patterns? A. By doing experiment on butterflies. B. By comparing genetic structures. C. By observing the butterflies. D. By analyzing the result. 34. Which of the following ideas is accepted by scientists? A. The doublesex gene does do everything by itself. B. The doublesex ge

41、ne is poisonous. C. The doublesex gene tells other genes to change the wing patterns. D. The doublesex gene could only control the color of the upper part of the wing. 35. What is the best title of this passage? A. How Common Mormons stay safe B. How butterflies changed wings pattern C. What America

42、n scientists discovered D. What genetic structures of butterflies have 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂 黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to prepare for exam? Here are some tips you can read with your child. The first step in preparing for examination is to set a fixed time each da

43、y to study and a schedule to say when to start the revision and for which subject. The plan should include how many chapters to revise and how many worksheets to work on. 36 . Parents who do not know the examination time schedule can search exam timetable to see the official examination schedule. 37

44、 . The second thing is to decide on the place to study. Some need total silence in a library before they can concentrate while others like to have some background music like in the cafeteria. 38 . So there is no need to tell your child to change the study place if he is producing the desired results

45、. 39 . For lessons, pupils must participate in lessons and discussions actively. For exercise, work on the simple ones in the textbook. For theory, pupils can use the mind map method to summarize the facts. At last, study smart. Focus on chapters that are the core of the subject or difficult chapter

46、s. 40 。 A. Next the most effective way to revise is to use an active approach. B. Making good preparations counts. C. Mind map can help you a lot in your revision work. D. Your child has to be self-disciplined to follow the plan. E. It is not necessary to simply read from first to last page. F. The

47、best time to start revision is one or two months before the examination. G. Both are alright as long as your child is comfortable with it. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45分） 第一节完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ A.B.C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最 佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One day, I was driving to the airport with my mother. She observed a plane in the sky for a while and said, “Its magic.” I looked at her, 41 .She used to be an engineer, and she should understand better than I how flight is 42 a simple physics equation（方程） .It definitely wasnt 43 . But now, I 44 she was at least par