高三第五次模拟考试英语试题本卷共四个部分，时量120分钟，满分150分PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION （30marks）SECTION ADirections: In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.Conversation 11. What’s the girl doing?A. She is having a hot teaB. She is having a mealC. She is playing with her mother2. What is the girl given at last?A. A knifeB. A spoonC. A cupConversation 23. Why does the man want to live in an apartment?A. He doesn’t want to be aloneB. He wants his own spaceC. He can’t stand his friends4. What will the man do this weekend?A. Learn how to cookB. Meet his friendsC. Visit the woman Conversation 35. How much should the man pay for the fruit?A. 18 yuanB. 12 yuanC. 15 yuan6. What will the man do next?A. Go homeB. Buy more food and drinkC. Eat some breadConversation 47. What do they have for breakfast today?A. Carrot juice and breadB. Apple juice and fried eggsC. Carrot juice and fried eggs8. Which subject doesn’t John have today?A. MathB. MusicC. History9. What can we learn from the conversation?A. John’s mother will pack the schoolbag for him.B. They are eating in the room upstairs.C. John doesn’t like apple juice and bread at all.Conversation 510. Where is the man going to spend his holidays?A. In AustraliaB. In AmericaC. In China11. How will the man travel?A. By seaB. By trainC. By air12. What is the weather like in the place where the woman will spend her summer holidays?A. It’s coldB. It’s rainyC. It’s warmConversation 6A. has been interviewedB. is being interviewedC. had been interviewedD. was being interviewed27. –Jack failed the driving test again.-- The question is ______ we can help him avoid making the same mistake.A. whyB. howC. whatD. that28．I really can’t think of ______ told me you were not coming back till tomorrow.A. it was who thatB. who was it thatC. that who was itD. who it was that 29．The boy stood there astonished, with his eyes ______ on the strange moving object in the sky.A. to fixB. fixingC. fixedD. having fixed30．--What’s the matter with Philips?-- Something must have happened to him. He left home three hours ago, but ______ at the party.A. didn’t arriveB. isn’t arrivingC. hadn’t arrivedD. hasn’t arrived31．After Queen Elizabeth officially opened the Summer Olympics, London become the first city ______ three Olympic Games in history.A. to have hostedB. hostingC. hostedD. having hosted32．If ever the occasion ______ when I want advice, you’re the first person I’ll come to.A. will ariseB. has arisenC. is arisingD. arises33. My tutor always teaches us “A man ______ fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until be began to blame somebody else.”A. shallB. mustC. wouldD. can34. ______ time at Hunan Normal University, I’m very impressed with the quality of the teachers and students.A. Having spentB. Beijing spentC. To spendD. spending35. A large amount of money ______ spent on the Hope Project and a good many schools ______ set up.A, are; has been B. is; have been C. are; have been D. is; has beenSection B(18 marks)Directions：For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A，B，C，and D．Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.It was the end of my junior year, the weekend before a party. I was __36__ around that night with some friends, and a bottle got passed around the car. Everyone was taking swigs (大口喝). Then the bottle got to me. I took a swig. That was the biggest __37__ of my life – I had to drive home later that night.About a mile from my house, a policeman turned his light bar on and I pulled over and waited for him to come to my door. “Can I see your __38__ and registration please, Miss?” He took them and went back to his car for a while. When he returned, he asked if I had __39__.“Yes sir.” I said. He asked me to step out of my car.All of a sudden I felt cold metal on my wrists. He __40__ me right then and there. As I was sitting in the back seat of his car, all I could think was, “God, I’m in so much __41__ my parents are going to kill me.”The cop drove me to a town twenty minutes from my home. Being arrested was so __42__. The next week I got a lawyer and I went to court two months after that. I got $ 700 in fines, fortyhours of community __43__, and had to attend a MADD (Mothers Against Drunk Driving) meeting. I’ll be on probation (缓刑) for a year, and I have to __44__ driver’s education again. And I __45__ my license for a whole year!This has been a huge learning experience for me. It opened my eyes to how easy it is to make a __46__ decision. I want everyone reading this to know that it’s not right to drink and drive, and it __47__ isn’t worth losing your license.36．A．running B．driving C．riding D. walking 37．A．problem B．mistake C．change D．challenge 38．A．license B．card C．identity D．passport 39．A．eaten B．drunk C．practiced D. quarreled 40．A．forgave B．scolded C．arrested D．fined 41．A．mess B．trouble C．wonder D．confusion 42．A．common B．different C．scary D．boring 43．A．communication B．activity C．service D．survey 44．A．bring B．give C．take D．make 45．A．held B．got C．kept D．lost 46．A．happy B．quick C．difficult D．stupid 47．A．gradually B．necessarily C．possibly D．definitelySection C(12marks)Directions：Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.Many people think the search for cleaner energy leads only to renewable resources like sun, wind and water. But it __48__ leads to a fossil fuel. Natural gas is considered __49__ cleanest of the fossil fuels, the fuel created by plant and animal remains over millions __50__ years. Burning it releases fewer pollutants __51__ oil or coal. The gas is mainly methane (甲烷). It produces half the carbon dioxide of other fossil fuels. So __52__ may help cut the production of carbon gases linked to climate change.Russia is first in __53__ are called "proved reserves" of natural gas. The United States is sixth. Over the years, big oil __54__ gas companies recovered much of the easily reached supplies of gas in America. They drilled straight down into formations where gas collects. __55___these supplies were used up, big drillers looked for similar formations in other countries.Part ⅢReading Comprehension(30 marks)Directions：Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A，B，C and D．Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.AFamily traditions were important in our house, and none was more appreciated than the perfect Christmas tree.“Dad, can we watch when you trim (修剪) the tree?” My eldest son, Dan, nine, and his seven-year-old brother John, asked.“I won’t be cutting this year,” my husband Bob said. “Dan, you and John are old enough to measure things. Do it all by yourselves. Think you boys can handle it?”Dan and John seemed to grow six inches in their chairs at the thought of such an amazing responsibility. “We can handle it.” Dan promised. “We won’t let your down.”A few years before Christmas, Dan and John rushed in after school. They gathered the tools they’d need and brought them out to the yard, where the tree waited. I was cooking when I heard the happy sounds as the boys carried the tree into the living room. Then I heard the sound that every mother knows is trouble: dead silence. I hurried out to them. The tree was cut too short. John crossed his arms tight across his chest. His eyes filled with angry tears.I felt worried. The tree was central to our holiday. I didn’t want the boys to feel ashamed every time they looked at it. I couldn’t lower the ceiling, and I couldn’t raise the floor either. There was no way to undo the damage done. Suddenly, a thought came to my mind, which turned the problem into the solution.”“We can’t make the tree taller,” I said. “But we can put it on a higher position.”Dan nodded his head sideways. “We could put it on the coffee table, It just might work! Let’s try it!”When Bob got home and looked at the big tree on top of the coffee table, Dan and John held their breath.“What a good idea!” he declared. “Why didn’t I ever think of such a thing?”John broke into a grin. Dan’s chest swelled with pride.56. Who trimmed the Christmas tree this year?A. Dan and JohnB. The writerC. BobD. The whole family57. The underlined part “grow six inches (Para 4) implies the brothers felt _____,A. scaredB. embarrassedC. nervousD. proud58. What happened after the brothers moved the Christmas tree into the living room?A. They got angry with each other. .B. They found the tree was cut short.C. They rushed to schoolD. They began to decorate the tree.59. How could the short tree be turned into a perfect one?A. By making the tree taller.B. By lowering the ceiling.C. By placing it on a coffee table.D. By raising the floor.60. What Bob said in the last but one paragraph showed_________.A. he was too stupid to think of the ideaB. he was a little disappointedC. he should not have given them the taskD. he appreciated what the brothers had doneBDebate: Can stricter gun control laws decrease the rate of crimes involving guns?Yes, because with fewer weapons, you get fewer crimes.Take a look at the crime rates of countries like the United Kingdom. Their crime rate is very low, compared to ours here in the United States. Just by simply putting stricter laws in place on who can own them, it will greatly reduce the crimes involving guns.Posted by: 5h4yGloryPast PracticeThere was an assault weapon(攻击性武器) ban back in 1994 under Bill Clinton. Shootings and crime did not go down for the 10 years when this law was in effect.Criminals do not follow rules.The law only affects those who try to obey the law to arm them to protect themselves.Posted by: jb1988Wake up, you Americans!It's hardly surprising that America has one of the highest gun related murder rates of all countries! And of course guns don't kill people, but the more people own guns, the easier it is to get access to one, the higher the chance of people using it to kill somebody is !In Germany, we have really strict gun laws and only a few people own guns, and obviously we don't need them. There's no reason that a normal citizen would need a gun! Guns are made for one reason only: killing.Posted by: cstephie13More gun control laws, fewer shootingsOn the same day as the Sandy Hook tragedy, a man in China entered a primary school with a knife and injured 22 students on December, 14. However, nobody was killed. Compare that to the 26 students and teachers killed at SandyHook in Connecticut with a powerful gun.We must leam something from this tragedy.Posted by: Jasonx986Gun violence goes up with more gun controlCriminals will take advantage of the situation. They will do whatever they want and take whatever they want and kill whoever gets in their way. They will get guns illegally.Crime rates go up as a result of more gun control, because criminals know you don't have one,and they will kill you as they like.Banning guns doesn't make any sense !Posted by: eebnflow61. According to the first post, in the United Kingdom___________.A. the crime rate is higher than America'sB.the crime rate is rising sharplyC. there is no gun control lawsD. buying guns is very hard62. We can infer that jb1988___________.A. is against gun control lawsB. was working under Bill ClintonC.is in favor of gun control lawsD.has a gun63. Which of the following does cstephie13 probably agree with?A. The more people own guns, the more people will be killed by them.B. The USA has one of the highest murder rates in the world.C. People need guns to protect themselves in time of danger.D. Guns are made to protect rather than kill.64. What do we know about the Sandy Hook tragedy?A. 22 students and teachers were killed by a powerful gun.B. 22 students were injured without any deaths.C. The tragedy took place on December 14 in Connecticut.D. 26 primary students were killed by a knife.65. Which of the following thinks that guns should not be controlled?A.Jasonx986B. eebnflowC. 5h4yGloryD. cstephie13CWith the average temperature for January standing at -50C, it is no wonder the Russian village of Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world. Known as the “Pole of Cold”, the coldest ever temperature recorded in Oymyakon was -71.2C. This is the lowest recorded temperature for any permanently inhabited location on Earth and the lowest temperature recorded in the Northern Hemisphere(北半球).Ironically, Oymyakon actually means “non-freezing water” due to a nearby hot spring. Mosthomes in Oymyakon still burn coal and wood for heat and enjoy few modern conveniences.Nothing grows there so people eat reindeer(驯鹿) meat and horsemeat. A single shop provides the town's bare necessities and the locals work as reindeer-breeders, hunters and ice-fisherman.There are few modern conveniences in the village -- with many buildings still having outdoor toilets -- and most people still burn coal and wood for heat. When coal deliveries are irregular, the power station starts burning wood. If the power ceases, the town shuts down in about five hours, and the pipes freeze and crack.Daily problems that come with living in Oymyakon include pen ink freezing, glasses freezing to people's faces and batteries losing power. Locals are said to leave their cars running all day for fear of not being able to restart them. Even if there was coverage for mobile phone reception, the phones themselves would not work in such cold conditions.Another problem caused by the frozen temperatures is burying dead bodies, which can take anything up to three days. The earth must first have thawed(融解) sufficiently in order to dig it, so a bonfire is lit for a couple of hours. Hot coals are then pushed to the side and a hole couple of inches deep is dug. The process is repeated for several days until the hole is deep enough to bury the coffin.Travel companies offer tourists the opportunity to visit the village and sample life in the freezing conditions.66. Oymyakon gets its name because ______.A. it is extremely cold thereB. its water is non-freezingC. there is a hot spring nearbyD. it is known as the “Pole of Cold”67. From the passage we can infer that people in Oymyakon _______.A. seldom have fresh vegetables and fruitsB. prefer meat to any other kind of foodC. can buy anything in the shopD. might row a boat to catch fish68. Why do the locals have their cars running all day?A. They have little awareness of savingB. They want to keep warm in the car.C. They have abundant oil resources.D. They are afraid they can’t get the car started.69. Mobile phones would not work in Oymyakon because ______.A. batteries can’t be charged in such conditionsB. the extreme coldness makes the batteries lose powerC. the butteries are of poor qualityD. there was no coverage for phone reception.70. Which of the following is the first step when burying a dead body?A. Hot coals have to be pushed to the side.B. A bonfire has to be lit first.C. The coffin must be put in place.D. A hole couple of inches deep is dug.PART FOUR WRITING (45’)SECTION A (10’)Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram by using the information for the passage. Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer.Who would have thought that just breathing could solve a lot of our health problems? Don’t we all breathe, all day, every day? It’s automatic, and we don’t even have to think about it.There’s a big difference between regular breathing and deep breathing. Regular breathingcomes from the lungs, using the chest muscles. It provides oxygen to the heart which in turn makes sure the oxygen gets to all the cells in the body. There’s not an organ in the body that can operate without oxygen.Deep breathing involves learning to slow the breathing and use the diaphragm, the muscle located beneath the lungs, and not just the chest muscles. Now sit up straight and take another deep breath using the diaphragm. Your chest will rise and you will feel the diaphragm move upwards. Exhale（呼出）slowly, preferably through pursed （噘起）lips. That is an effective deep breathing.Deep breathing allows the body to take in more oxygen and release more carbon dioxide. This leads to many health benefits: a lowering of blood pressure, slowing of heart rate, and relaxation of the muscles. It calms the mind, helping to reduce sleeplessness. An increase of energy and reduction of fatigue with reduced anxiety and stress are desired effects, too.Eastern cultures have practiced deep breathing for centuries. They know it is essential to keep the mind and body in a positive relationship. The practices of yoga, qigong, and t’ai chi include deep breathing in their relaxation techniques. Could this be the reason why Asian women suffer fewer menopausal（更年期）symptoms?If we all did deep breathing exercises, even as little as a few minutes a day, we could improve our mental outlook and most likely see an improvement in our physical health as well.Title: Deep BreathingⅠ. 71. _______________●Coming from the lungs by using the chest muscles●72. _______________ to the heart and sent to all the cells.Ⅱ. Deep breathing●73. _______________the breathing and use the diaphragm●More oxygen74. ________________ and more carbon dioxide releasedⅢ. 75. _______________ of deep breathing●Blood pressure lowered and 76. _______________●Muscles relaxed and mind calmed●77. _______________, fatigue, anxiety and stress reduced●78. _______________ increasedⅣ. 79. _______________ of deep breathing●Yoga, qigong and t’ai chiⅤ. SummaryBreathing 80. _______________ every day a few minutes could improve our mental outlook and physical healthSection B (10 marks)Directions：Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.I have a friend named John Roberts who owns a horse ranch (牧马场) in San Ysidro. The last time I was there he shared a story with me.“It is a story about a young man who was the son of an itinerant(流动的) horse trainer. When he was a senior，he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.”“That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horseranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch，showing the location of all the buildings，the stables and the track.”“The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, ‘See me after class.’”“The boy went to see the teacher after class and asked,‘Why did I receive an F？’”“The teacher said, ‘This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You come from an itinerant family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later you’ll have to pay large stud fees. There‘s no way you could ever do it.’Then the teacher added，‘If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.’”“The boy went home and asked his father what he should do. His father said, ‘Look, son，you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.’”“Finally，after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated,‘You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.‘”John continued, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added, “If I had changed my paper at that time, maybe we would not have the chance to be here talking about the dreams.”81. What was the boy’s goal described in his seven-page paper? (No more than 6 words) (2 marks)________________________________________________________________________ 82. Why did the teacher give him an F”? (No more than 14 words) (2 marks)________________________________________________________________________ 83. How did John’s father respond to his son’s puzzlement? (No more than10 words) (3marks)________________________________________________________________________ 84. What can we learn from the article? (No more than 8 words.) (3 marks)________________________________________________________________________Section C (25 marks)Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.假定你是即将毕业的高三学生李华，受学校英文报的邀请，写一篇英语短文，谈谈你高中学习和生活的收获。
