2015—2016学年第一学期如皋市高三年级期中联考 英语试卷

第四节 在本节中，你将读到一篇短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑。

When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could do this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my 31 I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say，“No! You are going to college.” I was very 32 when he said, “OK. Let's go to the paper factory.”

Two days later, he 33 me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends 34 together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager. When we 35 the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard (门卫) and one minute later we were inside. I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers, and listening to the noise. It was 36 . I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the 37 ?” “Too bad,” I answered.

“And marriage is even harder!” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard so I could get into a good college. I 38 studying English and I decided to major in languages at college. Thanks to my father and our 39 to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I 40 a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

31. A. teacher B．friend C．father 33. A. took

B．let C．asked

D．husband D．told

32. A. angry B．tired C．nervous D．surprised 34. A. working B．studying C．singing D．farming 35. A. looked at B．returned to C．arrived at D．left for 36. A. terrible

B．wonderful C．funny

D．special

37. A. workers B．guard C．building D．factory 38. A. enjoyed B．stopped C．disliked D．minded 39. A. way B．idea C．plan D．trip 40. A. married B. married with C. married to D. got married to

第二部分：阅读理解（共22小题：第41～58题每小题2分，第59～62题每小题1分，共40分）

第五节 在本节中，你将读到三则阅读材料，从题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑。

A

No matter where you travel in Asia, you'll find yourself faced with a new culture. You can start your Asian exploration by visiting some of these attractive cities first.

Beijing, China

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Beijing is the second largest city in China and serves as the capital. The city is so old, in fact, that almost every building has some sort of cultural or historic features — no matter how small. Getting around the city you'll find yourself faced with amazing temples, the largest palaces in the world, and many works of art that leave you breathless.

Siem Reap, Cambodia (柬埔寨)

Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia. Siem Reap has a lot of French and Chinese style architecture. In the city, there are traditional dance performances, silk farms, fishing villages and a bird sanctuary (保护区) near the Tonle Sap Lake(洞里萨湖). Siem Reap today, being a popular tourist attraction, has a large number of hotels and restaurants.

Kathmandu, Nepal (尼泊尔)

Situated in the heart of the Himalayans（喜玛拉雅山脉）, Kathmandu（加德满都）, the largest city and capital of Nepal, is considered to be one of the most outstanding cities in the world today. The shopping districts are world famous and the hotels in Kathmandu are among the most comfortable in the world.

Kyoto, Japan

The city of Kyoto served as the capital of Japan from 794 to 1868. No longer the capital, it is known for being the seventh largest city in Japan. Kyoto was destroyed throughout history by fires and war. But now the city is home to more than 1.4 million people, and it presents a modern face to the rest of the world.

Every city throughout Asia has a story of its own. It's up to you to explore（探险） them all and find out exactly what each one has to offer. Enjoy!

41. If you want to visit the biggest palace where ancient emperors lived in the world, you can go to ________.

A. Beijing B. Siem Reap C. Kathmandu 42. In Siem Reap you can see the following EXCEPT ________. A. Chinese style buildings B. excellent art works C. traditional dances D. a protected bird area 43. Which city's development was greatly influenced by war?

A. Beijing. B. Siem Reap. C. Kathmandu. D. Kyoto. 44. We can learn from the passage that ________. A. the cities are all capital cities now B. Beijing is the largest city in China C. one can't find a good hotel in Kathmandu D. all the cities have their own stories

45. The writer's purpose in writing the passage is ________. A. to introduce several attractive cities in Asia B. to compare some tourist cities in Asia

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D. Kyoto

C. to tell readers not to visit European cities D. to write an advertisement about a travel company

46. What the cities mentioned above have in common is that they _______. A. all once served as capitals B. were all destroyed by war once

C. all have many tourist attractions to enjoy D. all operate under their own laws

B

If you don't use a dictionary, what should you do instead？The first thing you can do is trying to guess what the word means. Often the surrounding context gives a very clear idea of the meaning of the word. Even if you can't work out the meaning exactly, you may be able to get a vague idea, enough to enable you to continue reading. Sometimes it is impossible to guess the meaning of a word from the context and then you will have to decide whether the word is important enough to make it worth stopping and looking it up in a dictionary, or whether you can just pass it by. Many times in your reading, you will come across words which you don't know, but do not prevent you from understanding all the main points of the text. You can make your dictionary much more efficient if you only look up the words which are necessary to understand the text, and this means that you must develop the skill to decide whether the words are worth looking up. 47. The passage mainly tells us in our reading what we should do________. A. without knowledge of English B. when we look up words in a dictionary C. when we are guessing new words D. without using a dictionary

48. According to the passage which of the following is NOT true? A. We can guess all the words we don’t know from the context.

B. Sometimes we can pay no attention to the new words which are not very important. C. We can try to guess some new words and get a clear meaning from the context. D. It’s unnecessary for us to look up all the new words in a dictionary.

49. Even if you can't work out the meaning exactly, you may be able to get a vague idea. Here “vague” means________.

A. mysterious B. not clear C. exact D. important 50. In our reading some words which we don't know________. A. help us to understand the text well

B. don't prevent us from understanding the main points of the text C. will be remembered forever D. are borrowed from other languages 51. In this passage the writer________.

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A. advised us to use the dictionary as much as possible B. told us not to be discouraged by the sight of a dictionary C. gave us some advice on how to deal with these unknown words D. introduced some ways to take notes in the course of reading

C

Today the car seems to make great progress in many ways. A variety of technologies that assist drivers are appearing on new cars. A developing technology called Vehicle-to-Vehicle

communication, or V2V, is being tested by car producers to help reduce the number of accidents. V2V works by using wireless signals to send information back and forth between cars about their location, speed and direction, so that they keep safe distances from each other. Another new technology being tested is Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communication, or V2I. V2I would allow vehicles to communicate with road signs or traffic signals and provide information to the vehicle about safety issues. V2I could also request traffic information from a traffic management system and access the best possible routes. Both V2V and V2I have the potential to reduce around 80 percent of vehicle crashes on the road.

More and more new cars can read traffic signs, maintain a safe distance in steady traffic and brake automatically to avoid crashes. Moreover, a number of firms are creating cars that drive themselves to a chosen destination without a human at the controls. It is predicted that driverless cars will be ready for sale within five years. If and when cars go completely driverless, the benefits will be enormous. Google, which already uses prototypes(雏形) of such cars to ferry its staff along Californian freeways, once put a blind man in such a car and filmed him being driven off to buy takeaway hamburgers. If this works, huge numbers of elderly and disabled people are able to travel around on their own more conveniently. The young will not have to pay expensive motor insurance, because their reckless(鲁莽的) hands and feet will no longer touch the wheel or the accelerator. People who go to work by car will gain hours each day to rest or read a newspaper in the car. 52. Which of the following statements is true about V2V? A. V2V communication has been very well developed. B. Through V2V, a car can go around beyond the speed limit. C. Through V2V, drivers can chat with each other on the road. D. V2V is designed to decrease crashes by keeping safe distances.

53. What does “infrastructure” in Vehicle-to-Infrastructure probably refer to in this passage? A. Traffic signs and information systems. B. Roads, bridges and buildings.

C. Knowledge and rules about safe driving. D. The traffic department of the government. 54. Which of the following is NOT a potential(有可能的) benefit of driverless cars? A. The elderly can travel around freely by themselves. B. “Drivers” can sleep in the car on their way to work. C. People can have a thrilling car race in the street. D. A blind man can get into a car and travel safely.

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