2016内蒙古包头一中二模英语试题及答案

2015—2016学年度第二学期考试
高三年级校二模英语试卷
命题人：高三英语备课组
                                        
  第I卷
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 will the girl make today?
A. A paper cup     B. A paper vase    C. A paper flower
2. Where does the conversation take place?
A. At home.      B. In an office.  C. In a store.
3. What does the man suggest they do?
A. Ask the school radio station for help.
B. Find an advertising company.
C. Hold a charity concert.
4. Where did the woman find the TV guide?
A. On the TV set.  B. Under the sofa.  C. By the telephone.
5. What did Tony do last month?
A. He saved a child.
B. He saved an old man.
C. He caught a criminal.

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。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What do we know about the girl?
A. She comes to school late.
B. She has finished reviewing.
C. She missed some classes.
7. What does the girl hope to do?
A. Pass this course.    B. Get financial support.    C. Work even harder.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. When did the woman send the package?
A. About three days ago. B. About a week ago. C. About ten days ago.
9. What has happened to the package?
A. It is broken.
B. It didn't go out.
C. It hasn't arrived.
听第8段材料，回答第10 至12题。
10. What is the man making an ad for?
A. A company.      B. A festival.     C. A party.
11. What does the woman think of ads?
A. She hates them.
B. She likes them.
C. She doesn’t mind them.
12. What are advertising rules like in the US?
A. Strict.          B. Misleading     C. Flexible.
听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Teacher and student.
B. Boss and employee.
C. Husband and wife.
14. When will they go on a vacation?
A. This Thursday.        B. Next Thursday.      C. At the end of the month.
15. Why don’t they go to New York?
A. It's too expensive.      B. It's too cold there.    C. They've been there before.
16. What will the man do later?
A. Make a phone call.    
B. Find out the skiing season.
C. Look for a hotel.
听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。
17. What do these students need to do?
A. Pay for heating costs.
B. Move their belongings.
C. Clean the Butler Hall.
18. When will the dorms reopen?
A. At 5 pm, on Feb. 7th.
B. At 5 pm, on Feb. 16th.
C. At 6 pm, on Feb. 1 6th.
19. Where can students go during the break?
A. To the college store.
B. To the computer center.
C. To the dining hall.
20. Why won't some students leave campus?
A. To go on studying.
B. To work on campus.
C. To finish their paper.

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）
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

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Have you ever heard of an old saying? Intelligence is a born ability while goodness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choice can be hard.
I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. I'd never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.
I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.
After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choice．