南京市、盐城市2017届高三年级第二次模拟考试
英 语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分120分，考试用时120分钟。 注意事项：
答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、姓名、考试号写在答题纸上。考试结束后，将答题纸交回。
第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分20分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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纸上。
第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 are the speakers talking about? A. Buying DVDs.
B. Renting DVDs.
C. Sharing DVDs.
2. What does the woman mean? A. She will help the man later. B. She is unwilling to help the man. C. She can’t be of any assistance.
3. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In Henry’s house.
B. In a restaurant.
C. In a hospital.
4. What is the probable relationship between Fred and Anne? A. Boss and secretary.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Teacher and student.
5. How did Tom go to London? A. By car.
B. By plane.
C. By train.
第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. What does the woman dislike? A. Exhibitions.
B. Folk concerts.
C. Pop concerts.
7. What does the woman think of the opera? A. Fantastic.
B. Serious.
C. Noisy.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What is the topic of the man’s term paper? A. Influence of presidential elections. B. Methods of digging for information. C. Influence of TV on presidential elections.
9. Why does the man come to the graduate school’s library?
A. To return books. B. To search for information. C. To apply for a job as a librarian. 10. What can the man do according to the librarian? A. Use the computer to search. B. Check out the outside materials. C. Obtain materials from around the world. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. How much does the man pay for car insurance a month? A. $25.
B. $50.
C. $100.
12. What is the woman’s point in the conversation?
A. The man is a great driver. B. She seldom uses her car. C. Women are more careful drivers. 13. How many accidents has the woman been in this past year? A. Zero.
B. Two.
C. Five.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Which is the second largest ethnic group in San Francisco? A. The Chinese.
B. The whites.
C. The blacks.
15. What is the Japanese population in San Francisco? A. 12,000. 16. What does the man do? A. A driver.
B. A teacher.
C. A guide.
B. 120,000.
C. 800,000.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. A search engine. B. A program for teachers. C. A language learning platform.
18. Where is Luis von Ahn from? A. Switzerland.
B. Guatemala.
C. Costa Rica.
19. Why did Luis von Ahn create Doulingo? A. To make language learning affordable. B. To make money by placing advertisements. C. To arouse people’s interest in translation. 20. How was Duolingo originally funded? A. By big websites.
第二部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
21. With private groups, there is a false sense _______ everybody in the groups knows each other and has the same interests in mind. A. where
B. that
C. what
D. why
B. By the government.
C. By schools.
22. ––In the UK, some people equate life experience with the number of stamps in their passports. ––That’s why they all agree that they _______ the ―travel bug‖. A. catch
B. caught
C. have caught
D. are to catch
23. Is it common practice that salesmen receive a _______ of 10 percent on all sales made? A. deposit
B. receipt
C. pension
D. commission
24. The number of stay-at-home fathers reached a record high last year, new figures show, _______ families saw a rise in female breadwinners. A. if
B. as
C. because
D. though
25. Our dream is to _______ a World Cup that makes you, your grandchildren and everyone in football really proud. A. stage
B. chair
C. found
D. watch
26. ––Iris is always kind and _______ to the suffering of others. ––No wonder she chooses to be a relief worker. A. allergic
B. immune
C. relevant
D. sensitive
27. We had wanted to surprise Father with a birthday gift, but my sister _______ by asking him what he would like.
A. licked her lips B. ate her words C. spilt the beans D. pulled his leg
28. Hopefully, the new method will be effective, helping students to get their career plans _______.
A. at hand
B. at will
C. on trial
D. on track
29. We are committed to creating a world free from the homeless and the hopeless, a world _______ each and every corner is a true paradise. A. that
B. which
C. of which
D. from where
30. Yet _______ in the process of development did they stop to consider the impact of their ―progress‖ on
nature. A. in no time
B. at no point D. more often than not
C. as likely as not
31. During each NBA season, basketball fans cheer on their favorite teams to make _______ through. A. it
B. them
C. that
D. those
32. He was greatly shocked at Donald Trump’s taking office. Never did he expect that the voters _______ be so unreasonable.
A. should
B. could
C. would
D. might
33. _______ a record-breaking seven Golden Globes, the musical La La Land surprisingly does not appeal to Chinese viewers.
A. Winning
B. Won
C. Having won
D. To win
34. If these new measures don’t work, we’ll have to _______ our old system. A. make up for
B. come up with
C. break away from
D. fall back on
35. ––Why didn’t you come back last night? I waited long! ––_______. You were playing games the whole night. A. Don’t give me that
B. Don’t lose your head D. Don’t dream away your time
C. Don’t trust to chance
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
Order is the best manager of time. It illustrates many subjects. Thus, obedience to the natural law is order. Virtue is order. The world began with it. 36 was once common before its establishment. The merchant, the clerk and the laborer are all of the same 37 , born with the same expectations and affected by similar influences. They are, it is 38 , born in different positions, but it 39 with