河北省故城县高级中学2016届高三上学期开学摸底考试英语试题.doc

1、 高三摸底考试第一节（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 woman want to do?A. Find a place. B. Buy a map. C. Get an address.2. What will the man do for the woman?A. Repair her car. B. Give her a ride. C.

2、 Pick up her aunt.3. Who might Mr. Peterson be?A. A new professor. B. A department head. C. A company director.4. What does the man think of the book?A. Quite difficult. B. Very interesting. C. Too simple.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Weather. B. Clothes. C. News.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分

3、 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，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题给出 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. Why is Harry unwilling to join the woman?A. He has a pain in his knee.B. He wants to watch TV.C. He is too lazy.7. What will the woman probably d

4、o next?A. Stay at home. B. Take Harry to hospital. C. Do some exercise.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. When will the man be home from work?A. At 5:45. B. At 6:15. C. At 6:50.9. Where will the speakers go?A. The Green House Cinema.B. The New State Cinema.C. The UME Cinema.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How will th

5、e speakers go to New York?A. By air. B. By taxi. C. By bus.11. Why are the speakers making the trip?A. For business. B. For shopping. C. For holiday.12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Driver and passenger. B. Husband and wife. C. Fellow workers.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. W

6、here does this conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In an office. C. In a classroom.14. What does John do now?A. Hes a trainer. B. Hes a tour guide. C. Hes a college student.15. How much can a new person earn for the first year?A. $10,500. B. $12,000. C. $15,000.16. How many peopl

7、e will the woman hire?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long has the speaker lived in a big city?A. One year. B. Ten years. C. Eighteen years.18. What is the speakers opinion on public transport?A. Its comfortable. B. Its time-saving. C. Its cheap.19. What is good about livin

8、g in a small town?A. Its safer. B. Its healthier. C. Its more convenient.20. What kind of life does the speaker seem to like most?A. Busy. B. Colourful. C. Quiet.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分) 第一节 （共 15 小题；每题 2 分，满分 30 分） A At thirteen, I was diagnosed（诊所） with kind of attention disorder. It made school dif

9、ficult for me. When everyone else in the class was focusing on tasks, I could not. In my first literature class, Mrs.Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all within 45 minutes. I raised my hand right away and said,“Mrs.Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I migh

10、t not be able to do it.” She glanced down at me through her glasses, “you are no different from your classmates, young man.”I tried, but I didnt finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home. In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a bli

11、nd person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldnt get much education. But Louis didnt give up. Instead, h invented a reading system of raised dots（点）, which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.Wasnt I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn l ike the “sighted

12、” students? My thoughts spilled out and my pen started to dance. I completed the task within 40 minutes. Indeed, I was no different from others; I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problems, why should I ever give up? I didnt expect anything when I handled in my pap

13、er to Mrs.Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day- with an“A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words:“ See what you can do when you keep trying?”21 The author didnt finish the reading in class because.A.He was new to the class B.He was tried of literature C

14、.He had an attention disorder D.He wanted to take the task home 22 What do we know about Louis Braille from the passage? A.He had good sight B.He made a great invention. C.He gave up reading D.He learned a lot from school 23 What was Mrs.Smith s attitude to the author at the end of the story? A.Angr

15、y B.Impatient C.Sympathetic D.Encouraging 24 What is the main idea of the passage?A.The disabled should be treated with respect. B.A teacher can open up a new world to students.C.One can find his way out of difficulties with efforts. D.Everyone needs a hand when faced with challenges. B In ancient E

16、gypt, a shopkeeper discovered that he could attract customers to his shop simply by making changes to its environment. Modern businesses have been following his lead,with more tactics（策略）.One tactic involves where to display the goods. Foe example, stores place fruits and vegetables in the first sec

17、tion. They know that customers who buy the healthy food first will feel happy so that they will buy more junk food（垃圾食品）later in their trip. In department stores, section is generally next to the womens cosmetics(化妆品) section：while the shop assistant is going back to find the right size shoe, bored

18、customers are likely to wa nder over cosmetics they might want to try later.Besides, businesses seek to appeal to customers senses. Stores notice that the smell of baked goods encourages shopping, they make their own bread each morning and then fan the bread smell into the store throughout the day.

19、Music sells goods, too. Researchers in Britain found that when French music was played, sales of French wine went up.When it comes to the selling of houses, businesses also use highly rewarding tactics. They find that customers make decision in the first few second upon walking in the door, a nd tur

20、n it into a business opportunity. A California builder designed the structure of its houses smartly. When entering the house, the customer would see the Pacific Ocean through the windows, and then the poll through an open stairway leading to the lower level. The instant view of water on both levels

21、helped sell these $10 million houses.25 .Why do stores usually display fruits and vegetables in the first section? A. To save customers times. B. To show they are high quality foods. C. To help sell junk food. D. To sell them at discount prices. 26.According to Paragraph 3, which of the following en

22、courages customers to buy? A. Opening the store early in the morning. B. Displaying British wines next to French ones. C. Inviting customers to play music. D. Filling the store with the smell of fresh bread. 27.What is the California builders story intended to prove?A. The house structure is a key f

23、actor customers consider. B. The more costly the house is, the better it sells. C. An ocean view is much to the customers taste. D. A good first impression increases sales. 28.What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To explain how businesses turn people into their customers. B. To introduces how

24、 businesses have grown from the past. C. To report researches on customer behavior. D. To show dishonest business practices. CThe Boy Made It! One Sunday, Nicholas, a teenager, went skiing at Sugarloaf Mountain in Maine. In the early afternoon, when he was planning to go home, a fierce snowstorm swe

25、pt into the area. Unable to see far, he accidentally turned off the path. Before he knew it, Nicholas was lost, all alone! He didnt have food, water, a phone, or other supplies. He was getting colder by the minute.Nicholas had no idea where he w as. He tried not to panic. He thought about all the su

26、rvival shows he had watched on TV. It was time to put the tips he had learned to use.He decided to stop skiing. There was a better chance of someone finding him if he stayed put. The first thing he did was to find shelter form the freezing wind and snow. If he didnt, his body temperature would get v

27、ery low, which could quickly kill him.Using his skis, Nicholas built a snow cave. He gathered a huge mass of snow and dug out a hole in the middle. Then he piled branches on top of himself, like a blanket, to stay as warm as he could. By that evening, Nicholas was really hungry. He ate snow and dran

28、k water from a nearby stream so that his body wouldnt lose too much water. Not knowing how much longer he could last, Nicholas did the only thing he could- he huddled(蜷缩) in his cave and slept.The next day, Nicholas went out to look for help, but he couldnt find anyone. He followed his tracks and re

29、turned to the snow cave, because without shelter, he could die that night. On Tuesday, Nicholas went out to find help. He had walked for about a mile when a volunteer searcher found him. After two days stuck in the snow, Nicholas was saved.Nicholas might not have survived this snowstorm had it not b

30、een for TV. He had often watched Grylls survival show. Man vs. Wild. Thats where he learned the tips that saved his life, In each episode(一期节目)of Man vs. Wild, Grylls is abandoned in a wild area and has to find his way out. When Grylls heard about Nicholas amazing deeds, he was super impressed that

31、Nicholas had made it since he knew better than anyone how hard Nicholas had to work to stay alive. 29 What happened to Nicholas one Sunday afternoon? A. He got lost. B. He broke his skis. C. He hurt his eyes D. He caught a cold30. How did Nicholas keep himself warm? A. He found a shelter. B. He ligh

32、ted some branches.C. He kept on skiing D. He built a snow cave.31 On Tuesday, Nicholas _. A. returned to his shelter safely B. was saved by a searcher C. got stuck in the snow D. s taved where he was 32. Nicholas left Grylls a very deep impression because he _.A. did the right things in the dangerou

33、s situation B. watched Grylls TV program regularly C. created some tips for survival D. was very hard-working DWhen her five daughters were young, Helene An always told them that there was strength in unity (团结). To show this, she held up one chopstick, representing one person. Then she easily broke

34、 it into two pieces. Next, she tied several chopsticks together, representing a family. She showed the girls it was hard to break the tied chopsticks. This lesson about family unity stayed with the daughters as they grew up.Helene An and her family own a large restaurant business in California. Howe

35、ver, when Helene and her husband Danny left their home in Vie tnam in 1975, they didnt have much money. They moved their family to San Francisco. There they joined Dannys mother, Diana, who owned a small Italian sandwich shop. Soon afterwards, Helene and Diana changed the sandwich shop into a small

36、Vietnamese restaurant. The five daughters helped in the restaurant when they were young. However, Helene did not want her daughters to always work in the family business because she thought it was too hard. Eventually the girls all graduated from college and went away to work for themselves, but one

37、 by one, the daughters returned to work in the family business. They opened new restaurants in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Even though family members sometimes disagreed with each other, they worked together to make the business successful. Daughter Elisabeth explains, “Our mother taught us that

38、to succeed we must have unity, and to have unity we must have peace. Without the strength of the family, there is no business.“Their expanding business became a large corporation in 1996, with three generations of Ans working together. Now the Ans corporation makes more than $20 million each year. A

39、lthough they began with a small restaurant, they had big dreams, and they worked together. Now they are a big success.33. Helene tied several chopsticks together to show _. A. the strength of family unity B. the difficulty of growing upC. the advantage of chopsticks D. the best way of giving a lesso

40、n34. We can I earn from Paragraph 2 that the An family _.A. started a business in 1975 B. left Vietnam without much money C. bought a restaurant in San Francisco D. opened a sandwich shop in Los Angeles 35. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. How to Run a Corporation B.

41、Strength Comes from Peace C. How to Achieve a Big Dream D. Family Unity Builds Success第二节:下面文章中有 5 个段落需要添加首句 (第 37-41 题) 。请从以下选项(A, B, C, D, E和 F)中选出适合各段落的首句，并在答题纸上将相应选项的标号涂黑。选项中有一项是多余选项。 A. Come in with something to say. B. Prepare general comments.C. Bring materials with you. D. Dont make them wai

42、t.E.Have no fear. F. Go it alone. One of the best things you can do any time in the semester is go see the professor. So hoof on over to an office hour and have some one-on-one face time with someone wholl help you master the material and improve your grade, to boot. But how should you have this con

43、versation with the professor? Here are five insider tips about how to make that office hour really count: 36 _No need to get all bent out of shape about going to see the professor. The professor would actually like to see you and answer your questions. Believe it or not, he or she is on your side an

44、d is eager to see you do well. And besides, he or she has seen many students stupider than you, so nothing youre gong to ask will set the record for stupidity. 37 _Even though you might feel more comfortable going with a friend or partner, the office hour will go better if its just you and the profe

45、ssor. Youll get in more questions, the discussion will be tailored to what you need most help on, and two-party communication is almost always more productive than committee work. You friend can wait outside for the discussion. 38-_If you cant make the official office hours, most professors are will

46、ing to make individual, appointments to help you out. If youre lucky enough to land such an accommodation, though, be sure youre 100 percent on time. Theres nothing that ticks off a professor more than making him-or herself available for a custom office hour only to find that you dont care enough to

47、 come on time. And besides, the professor might leave after ten minutes, which would make your trip a total loss. 39 _If youre meeting with the professo r to go over a paper or test, or to ask questions about a particular lecture or reading, make sure you bring that paper or test, or your lecture no

48、tes or a copy of the article. The professor doesnt remember the comments he or she wrote on your individual piece of workthough he or she will be able to recall them after just a brief glance at your work. And if you have your lecture notes or the article in hand, you and the professor will be able

49、to examine specific points that are confusing to you, rather than just talking in a general way about the contents. 40_Office hours almost always go better if you bring a few specific questions to the meeting. Its almost never good to start a meeting with general comments such as: I didnt understand what you said about or I co