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1、-四川省成都石室中学高三二诊模拟考试英语试卷（含答案）-第 12 页石室中学髙2017届二诊模拟考试英语试卷本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试用时120分钟，满分150分。第I卷（选择题，共100分)第一部分：听力（共两节，每小题1分，满分20分) 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）1. What does the man say about the paintings?A. They are very expensive.B. They are very beautiful.C. They look like kids5 art.2. What does the
2、 man want to do?A. Look for a pet store.B. Buy something for dogs.C. Let the woman take care of his dogs.3. What are the speakers doing?A. Taking pictures.B. Doing exercise.C. Playing a video.4. What day is it today?A. Sunday.B. Saturday.C. Friday.5. Why does the woman want a later appointment?A. He
3、r flight was delayed.B. She needs to pick up someone.C. She has to take her mother to the hospital.第二节听下面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 are posted on the wall of the cafeteria?A. The food pri
4、ces.B. Some pictures.C. The introduction to the cafeteria.7. What will the man probably have?A. Chicken.B. Fish.C. Noodles.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题8. According to the woman, what was the party like this year?A. It was very relaxed.B. It was too wild and crazy.C. It ended up a failure.9. What can we learn abou
5、t the man?A. He has a secretary named Maggie.B. He had never been to an office party before.He wore a black suit to the party.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is bothering the man and his wife?A. The noise.B. The size of their room.C. The service of the elevator.11. What will the man do?A. Check out today.
6、B. Wait in the hotel.C. Call the police.12. What did the woman promise to do?A. Repair the elevator.B. Cut down the price.C. Give the man a suite tomorrow.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why was the man so late?A. He was stuck in traffic.B. The bank opened late.C. He forgot about the time in the bank.14. Where
7、 is Henry from?A. America.B. Germany.C. France.15. What did Henry give the man? A. A guidebook.B. Some money.C. A map of the bus system16. What is true of the speakers?A. They both work in a bank.B. They are traveling in Europe.C. They just came back from a holiday.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. When is the
8、opening day?A. July 4.B. July 7.C. September 4.18. What do we find out about the Americas Cup?A. It is a boat race.B. It has been held in San Francisco before.C. The city spent one year preparing for it.19. Which team won the race last year?C. America. C. Three.A. Italy.B. New Zealand.20. How many t
9、eams will be competing in the Challenger Series?A. Five.B. Four.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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。AManagers and office busybodies might be keen on a clean desk, but it seems that in terms of 2/10productivity, they could have it all wrong. “A messy desk can a
10、ctually lead people towards clearer thinking,” say researchers from Germany.The researchers found in a series of linked studies-using a messy desk and a messy shop front-that people actually thought more clearly when all around was chaos, as they sought to simplify the tasks at hand. That is, visual
11、 and mental clutter (杂舌L) forces human beings to focus and think more clearly. For instance, famous thinkers and writers such as Albert Einstein and Roald Dahl have been notorious (臭名昭著的for their untidy desks.“Messy desks may not be as detrimental as they appear to be, as the problem-solving approac
12、hes they seem to promote work efficiency or enhance employees creativity in problem solving,” say the authors.“Business and government managers often promote clean desk policies to avoid disorganized offices and messy desks, for the purpose of boosting work efficiency and productivity,” writes a res
13、earcher, Jia Liu of the University of Groningen. “This practice is based on the conventional wisdom that a disorganized and messy environment can clutter ones mind and complicate ones judgments.”“However, not all evidence supports this conventional link between a messy environment and a messy mind”.
14、 The scientists tested peoples response in various messy environments, including a messy shop front, a disorganized desk, and even a work environment where a language task reminded people of messiness.The authors found in the series of six studies that people tended towards simplicity in their think
15、ing.“They classified products in a simpler manner, were willing to pay more for a T-shirt that has a simple-looking picture, and sought less variety in their choices”, said the researchers.21. Why did the author take Albert Einstein and Ronald Dahl for example?A. To tell readers untidy desks can mak
16、e you as famous as them.B. To convince readers that untidiness is not all that bad.C. To inform readers of one way to successuntidy desks.D. To attract readers and show the authors wide range of knowledge.22. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. A messy environment will certain
17、ly lead to a messy mind.B. A clean environment will do great harm to work efficiency.C. People tend to clear up the mess before thinking clearly.D. All people are not in favor of “clean desk” in the office.23. The underlined word “detrimental” probably mean.A. disadvantageous B. commonC. beneficialD
18、. accessible24. What is the main idea of this passage?A. The messier the desks are, the more efficient the employees are.B. Messy desks in the office can have a positive effect on employees.C. We should make our office messy to improve our work efficiency.D. Clean desks can promote the employees pro
19、ductivity and creativity.BWhile it is expected that students come to university with the ability to take a good set of notes, this is not always the case. High school may not have demanded it, so good listening andnote-taking skills may need to be developed.TRYBeing a positive, active listener.HOW?S
20、it down front and do not read or talk. Pay particular attention during the second 20 minutes (when you tend to lose it) and to the last minutes when a summary might be given or conclusions drawn.TRYBeing a positive, active learner.HOW?Come to class with an interest in the material and with questions
21、 to be answered. You can develop these by thinking about and anticipating the lecture and by pre-reading the text (the latter is especially helpful if you find yourself having difficulty keeping up with the material).TRYGetting accurate notes, with special attention to the main ideas.WHY?There may b
22、e an overhead projector; if so, get that material down. In addition, look for points of emphasis-from the profs verbal language, body language, or careful reading of his notes. If you still feel youre missing the main points, try showing your notes to a classmate or the prof.TRYLeaving lots of space
23、 between ideas.WHY?Because you want lots of room to continue to add notes in your own words; this will help you learn the material on a deeper level by integrating it with what you already know. Also, the extra space will make it easier for you to find material when you are studying.TRYGoing over ne
24、w notes-10 minutes for each class-within 24 hoursWHY?Because you lose 5080% of the material if you dont.TRYSetting your notes up so you can study effectively from them.HOW?Leave wide left margins (页边空白):here you will write questions from which to study your notes. Leave the back of the page blank, s
25、o you can fold the page, cover the notes, and answer the questions when studying.25. During a listening lesson.A. the students might lose interest after 20 minutesB. most students might be absent-mindedC. students prefer to talk to each otherD. students don5t have to pay attention to the last part o
26、f the lesson26. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?A. Pre-reading what you read might help you understand the material better.B. Taking notes in class can help you master the main idea better.C. The writer of the passage is not quite satisfied with high school education.D. O
27、ne should learn to go over ones lessons within 24 hours.27. The article is probably written for.A. high school studentsB. grown-upsC. university studentsD. teachers of EnglishCOlaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men
28、and of strange civilizations, broken up by long “dark ages” in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men.However, most of our ideas about the
29、future are really very short-sighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? Thats much more difficult.When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to me
30、n of 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us. Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas
31、that we simply cant think of.So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important than they really are. If we mak
32、e the earth a poor place to live because we are careless or greedy or quarrelsome, our grandchildren will not bother to think of excuses for us.Second, by trying to escape from present interests and imagine life far in the future, we may arrive at quite fresh ideas that we can use ourselves. For exa
33、mple, if we imagine that in the future men may give up farming, we can think of trying it now. So set you imagination free when you think about the future.28. A particular mention made of Stapledons book in the opening paragraph.A. serves as a description of human historyB. serves an introduction to
34、 the discussionC. shows a disagreement of viewsD. shows the popularity of the book29. The text discusses men and women 50,000 years ago and 50,000 years from now in order toshow that.A. human history is extremely longB. life has changed a great dealC. it is useless to plan for the next 50 yearsD. it
35、 is difficult to tell what will happen in the future30. Spundels and ballalators are used in the text to refer to.A. tools used in farmingB. ideas about modern lifeC. unknown things in the futureD. hunting skills in the Stone Age31. According to the writer of the text, imagining the future will.A. s
36、erve the interests of the present and future generationsB. enable us to better understand human historyC. help us to improve farmingD. make life worth livingDEvery year, thousands of new high school graduates pack their bags, move to new cities, and sign papers accepting loans, the money borrowed fr
37、om a bank or lenders etc., which they might not be able to pay back. Without proper education on personal finance, especially as it relates to 5/10paying for college, young adults are guided into improper loan plans that result in years of debt after graduation. In order to set students up to succee
38、d financially, it is important to educate students and parents on their financial options before school in the fall. The best way to support families heading for college is to require that every high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. This will help smooth the transition
39、 into adulthood.The average student takes out at least one loan to cover the costs of their education each year. In 2014 the average student graduating from college carried a negative balance of about $20,000 in debt, which often spread over multiple lenders. Upon graduation, students rarely know ex
40、actly how much money they owe, and even though they are in the state of being unable to pay their debts, they cannot wipe out student loans. These students spend much of their adult lives paying off the gradual increasing debts.A personal finance course would teach students how to manage their incom
41、e and expenses, while helping to significantly reduce the amount of debt students carry into adulthood. By teaching students how to save money and live within their means, this course will provide the next generation with a foundation to progress financially. Students choosing to get a job straight
42、out of high school would also benefit from finance education for these very reasons. With education on how to manage their finances, all young people will have the knowledge to make healthy decisions, leading them to improve good credit and purchase needed items like cars and homes with skill and co
43、nfidence.While not every young person makes financial mistakes, those who do can face years of difficulty trying to get their finances back under control. Rather than help them through these hard times when they happen, we should try to prevent them from happening at all. Making the completion of pe
44、rsonal finance coursework a requirement for graduation would ensure that young people are at least aware of the basics of preserving a financial stability.32. After graduation from college, many young people.A. struggle to support their familiesB. spend years paying off their debtsC. get through the
45、 hard times smoothlyD. are able to manage their own finances well33. What is the third paragraph mainly about?A. Ways to improve financial credits.B. Advantages of taking a finance course.C. Skills of balancing income and expenses.D. Introduction to the education on personal finance.34. Having finan
46、cial knowledge, high school students are probably able to .A. smooth their way for collegeB. get out of their financial trapC. free from the cost of their college educationD. avoid the risk of the future financial trouble35. The main purpose of the passage is to.A. inform and explainB. argue and per
47、suadeC. analyze and evaluateD. discuss and examine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。选项中有两项为多余 选项。Only 60 percent of students seeking a bachelor5s degree at an American college or university finish their study program within six years. That information comes from the United States Dep
48、artment of Education. 36 The report talks about full-time students who attended a four-year college or university for the first time in 2008.Many schools are looking for ways to increase the graduation rate. Some universities require individuals to declare a major at the beginning of their studies. Other schools let students wait until their second year. Changing major