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高三年级 英语试卷（共 10 页）

(测试120分钟内完成，总分140分，试后交答题卡和答卷纸)

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I. Listening Comprehension Section A Short conversation

Directions:

In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end

of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. $30 B. $10. C. $27. D. $20

2. A. Two passengers on the bus. B. Policeman and driver. C. Hotel receptionist and traveler. D. Passenger and taxi driver.

3. A. He has graduated for years. B. He failed in the graduation exam. C. He is worried about the result of the exam. D. He is not well-prepared for the exam. 4. A. From a jewelry store B. From a call box. C. From a supermarket.

D. From a change machine. 5. A. Tony made a wise decision.

B. Tony shouldn’t give up easily. C. Tony can change the class time D. Tony can find a better reason 6. A. At an airport. . C. At a hotel. 7. A. Sunny. C. Foggy.

B. At a police station. D. At a bank. B. Windy. D. Rainy.

B. It will soon be finished. D. It was stopped halfway.

8. A. It has failed. C. It is on going.

9. A. Tom’s boss has a twin brother. B. Tom didn’t know where his boss was. C. The person in black shirt is Tom’s boss. D. The person in black looks like Tom’s boss. 10. A. Some unregistered students are in the class. B. The professor prepared less than 38 copies. C. The students at the back were late for class. D. A few students forgot to bring their assignment. Section B Directions:

In Section B, you will hear several longer conversation(s) and short passage(s), and

you will be asked several questions on each of the conversation(s) and the passage(s). The conversation(s) and the passage(s) will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage. 11. A. 70000 tons. B. 2,000,000 tons. C. 2,030 tons. D. Not mentioned. 12. A. Most farmers were infected with diseases. B. Cocoa farmers lack professional training

C. The global consumption is increasing every year.

D. Cocoa trees are-growing more slowly because of the weather . 13. A. The world will probably be running out of chocolate B. Cocoa farmers are looking for other jobs. C. Eating too much chocolate is not good for health. D. Asian people are eating more and more chocolate. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage. 14 A. To tell the purpose of learning history. B. To explain the history of education C. To criticize students' history study habits D. To present a new approach to history education. 15. A: By asking questions about the future. B. By studying in the traditional method.

C. By looking for answers to present-day problems. D. By memorizing historic facts. 16. A. Predict the future. B. Memorize details. C. Raise critical questions.

D. Demonstrate the link between past and future.

Questions 17 through 18 are based on the following conversation. 17. A Films with much fighting and killing. B. Films about the life of wild animals. C. Films which are close to real life. D. Films with a happy ending

18. At7:30p. m. B. At 7:40 p. m. C. At 3:30 p. m. D. At 6:15 p.m.

Questions 19 through 20 are based on the following conversation. 19. A. Find her suitable equipment and teach her techniques. B. Design tough and challenging workout plan. C. Assign her exercises to do at home. D. Have her thoroughly examined.

20. A. Train herself all day long. B. Try another fitness center.

C. Have a try for one month. D. Change her fitness goal

II. Grammar and Vocabulary Section A

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

The twenty-four horses dash around a racetrack. The thunder of their hooves (蹄) rings in the riders’ ears, nearly 21 (drown) out the cheering of the crowd. After three or four minutes of suspense, one horse crosses the finish line first, winning the Melbourne Cup and earning a place in history.

The horses that compete in the Melbourne Cup—one of the world’s most famous horseraces—were fated to race. 22 (breed) for speed, these horses are the few 23 were singled out as having potential to become champions.

Preparing a racehorse to compete requires a team. A horse’s owner manages the team and decides which races to enter. A trainer determines the racehorse’s diet and exercise. Regular exercise makes a horse 24 ( likely) to be injured, but overtraining tires the horse. A groomer (动物美容师) cares for the racehorse and reports any problems he discovers to the trainer. And of course, no horserace could 25 (run) without a rider. These riders train for long hours and travel constantly from one race to another. They need to make a strategy, adapt 26 to changing conditions and communicate with their horse to guide it to victory.