1、- 1 -2019 届新余四中、上高二中高三第一次联考英语第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 30 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卡上。第一节 (共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 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。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。 例: How much is the shirt?A19.15. B9.18. C9.15.答案是 C。1.Where is the mans jacket?A. I
2、n the bedroom. B. In the car. C. In Mikes house.2.Who is leaving for England?A. Peter. B. Mary. C. The woman.3.Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Boss and employee.4.What does the woman mean?A. She does not want to eat anything. B. She wants
3、 to eat something.C. She is getting better now.5.What time at the latest does the man have to check his ticket?A. At 12:05. B. At 12:45. C. At 11:35.第二节 (共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 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。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
4、6 段材料,回答第 6、7 题。6.Who is the mans favorite writer?A. Jack London. B. OHenry. C. Mark Twain.7.When did Jack London go to Canada?- 2 -A. In 1916. B. In 1897. C. In 1876.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8.When did the woman break her finger?A. When doing exercise. B. When doing farm work. C. When doing chores.9.Why
5、did the man have surgery?A. He hurt his arm. B. He hurt his leg. C. He hurt his back.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Where can the girl get an application form?A. At a post office. B. At a passport office. C. At a bank.11.What should be signed by either a doctor or a lawyer?A. The birth certificate. B. Th
6、e application form. C. The photos.12.What can we learn from the conversation?A. The girl is going to Sweden for study. B. The cost of a new passport is 11 pounds.C. The girl is under sixteen now.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13.Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At home. B. On a bus. C. In
7、a car.14.Where should the speakers be heading?A. To the village. B. To the downtown area. C. To the bank.15.Why is the woman worried? A. She does not know how to get to the next block. B. She thinks she will be late for the party.C. She does not know whom to ask for help.16.What will the speakers pr
8、obably do next?A. Stop and talk to the policeman. B. Go to the bank for help.C. Turn left in the next block.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17.Which of the following things is mentioned in the text?A. Saying good night. B. Going home late. C. Washing - 3 -before sleeping.18.What is the easiest to say but th
9、e hardest to do for us?A. To honor our parents. B. To imitate our parents.C. To negotiate with our parents.19.What does the speaker advise us to do if we cant speak to our parents calmly?A. Send a message. B. Make a call. C. Write a letter.20.What is the last tip?A. Trying to reach a compromise with
10、 our parents.B. Telling our parents what we care about and why.C. Showing love and respect for our parents.第二部分 阅读技能(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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASugarlands Mountainfest September 28-October 1Music, outdoor competitions and plenty of spiri
11、ts are sure to draw a huge crowd at Sugarlands Mountainfest in the heart of the Smoky Mountains. Sponsored by Sugarlands. Distilling Company, more than 30 bands are expected to perform over the span of four days, while running, fishing, cycling and more tout the spirit of the great outdoors.3 Falls
12、Festival September 30The 3 Falls Festival, an all-day camping event in middle Tennessee is all about the music, with todays hottest indie bands taking the stage one after another. Dont forget to bring the sunscreen!Granville Fall Celebration October 7The Granville Fall Celebration, a delightful fall
13、 festival in middle Tennessee, offers a wealth of enjoyment for those who cherish hometown delights. Events include a quilt show, historic exhibitions, community singings and bands on the stage, shows of primitive crafts alongside more modern techniques, - 4 -pioneer cooking and much more. Open. and
14、 friendly to people of all ages, this is the place to bring your whole family and learn a bit about local history, the town of Granville and what makes the state a great place to be.Cleveland Apple Festival October 21-22The Cleveland Apple Festival, a celebrated family event in downtown Cleveland, i
15、s a great buy for families, especially since so many of the kids activities are perfectly free! Enjoy a variety of contests, from the Miss Apple Blossom pageant to the Apple Dessert competition. Indulge in a petting zoo, live music and plenty of good foodmuch of it inspired by apples, of course. Thi
16、s fantastic event benefits charities in the Cleveland area.21Which lasts the longest of all the festivals mentioned above?ASugarlands Mountainfest. B3 Falls Festival.CGranville Fall Celebration. DCleveland Apple Festival.22What do we know about Granville Fall Celebration?AIt specially serves the you
17、ngest. BIt covers a wide range of activities.CIt sells various kinds of quilts and crafts. DIt focuses on ancient hand-made crafts.23What is special about Cleveland Apple Festival?AIt is for kids. BPeople can enjoy live music.CIt has something to do with charities. DIt is mainly about a family event
18、.BIn December 2016 Edgar MWelch drove six hours from his home to Washington DC., where he opened fire in a pizzeria with a gun. He had previously read an online news story about the restaurant being the headquarters of a group of child abusers run by Hillary Clinton. He decided to investigate for hi
19、mself; fortunately, no one was hurt.The story about Hillary Clinton is one of the most famous examples of the growing phenomenon called fake news. It was quickly denounced by publications such as The New York Times. However, many people thought that these papers were themselves lying for political e
20、nds and instead of disappearing, the fake story snowballed. Tweets fromRepresentative Steven Smith of the 15th District of Georgia claimed that the mainstream media were telling falsehoods. - 5 -Even though both this name and district were invented, the message was retweeted many times. A YouTube ac
21、cusation of The New York Times article got 250,000 hits.Fake news stories can be hard to control for several reasons. Many people mistrust established news sources and others just dont read them, so the debunking(揭穿) of a fake story by a serious newspaper has limited effect. In addition, the Interne
22、t is very hard to police. When users are caught misusing one media platform, they simply go to another one or start up a website themselves.There are also various reasons why people create fake news. Some have political motives, to belittle or attack their opponents. Other websites, like The Onion,
23、deliberately publish fake news as ironyhumorous comment on society and current affairs. Another group is in it for the profit: many people clicking on entertaining fake news stories can bring in a lot of advertising income. One man running fake news sites from Los Angeles said he was making up to US
24、$30,000 a month in this way. There are also those, like the smalltown teenagers in Macedonia who wrote fake news stories about Donald Trump, who seem to be motivated partly by money and partly by boredom.24.Why did Edgar MWelch go to the pizzeria?A. He was trying to commit robbery. B. He hated all s
25、upporters of Hillary Clinton. C. He was investigating a crime as a private detective. D. He was concerned about an online news story.25.Which of the following best explains “denounced” underlined in Paragraph 2?A. Condemned. B. Abused. C. Followed. D. Proved.26.Which is most unlikely to be a reason
26、for creating fake news?A. Entertaining others as well as themselves. B. Commenting on current affairs. C. Attacking your political opponents. D. Making money from people who pay to read the stories.27.How does the author feel about stopping fake news spreading?A. Cautiously optimistic. B. Doubtful.
27、C. Positive. D. Indifferent. C- 6 -Next week California will try to take cell phones from the hands of drivers, telling everyone from millionaires to workers that conversations behind the wheel must be on an earphone.Californians interviewed by Reuters mostly supported the law requiring hands-free p
28、hones in cars and banning cell phones entirely for drivers under 18, which will take effect on Tuesday, though they were puzzled by a loophole(漏洞) that allows seemingly more dangerous text messaging. Some were doubtful about lawmakers, who they blamed for failing to build more freeways or public tra
29、nsportation in the face of increasingly crowded roads in the nations most populous state and said hands-free conversations were not safer.KFI-AM radio talk-show host John Kobylt told Reuters. “Its stupid because weve one over about seven different studies and each one of them says it s the conversat
30、ion that distracts you, not holding the phone.”State Senator Joe Simitian, who introduced the bill, said keeping both hands on the wheel was always safer. He expected his law to save hundreds of lives. The Democratic lawmaker was considering introducing a new law to ban text messaging in the car. wh
31、ich he said wasnt an issue when he began working on the first one in 2001.Connecticut, New Jersey and New York have already banned drivers from talking on hand-held cell phones. In New Jersey, police have issued 35.000 tickets for using a hand-held phone or texting while driving since the law went i
32、nto effect on March 1.But Californians interviewed by Reuters expressed ambivalence.“On the one hand I dont want to see people crash into each other, but Im not going to get an ear thing.” 38-year-old bank employee Jason Fischer said in Los Angeles.28. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that_.A. most Cal
33、ifornians hate to use an earphone while making a call in the carB. public transportation in California isnt developed enoughC. in New Jersey few people use a hand-held phoneD, most of Californians are probably against the new law29. According to John Kobylt,_.A. all the lawmakers are stupid B. holdi
34、ng the phone is safer than using an earphoneC. it isnt dangerous to make a phone call while driving- 7 -D. it is the phone conversation while driving that is really dangerous30. What will State Senator Joe Simitian probably do in the future?A. He will suggest a law to forbid text messaging while riv
35、ingB. He will conduct a new survey among CaliforniansC. He will suggest building more roads in CaliforniaD. He will suggest a law to completely ban cell phones while driving.3 l. The underlined word “ambivalence“ in the last paragraph probably refers to_.A. a positive attitude B. a negative attitude
36、 C. a confused feeling D. an excited feelingDNorman Garmezy, a development psychologist at the University of Minnesota, met thousands of children in his four decades of research. A nine-year-old boy in particular stuck with him. He has an alcoholic mother and an absent father. But each day he would
37、walk in to school with a smile on his face. He wanted to make sure that “no one would feel pity for him and no one would know his mothers incompetence.” The boy exhibited a quality Garmezy identified as “resilience”.Resilience presents a challenge for psychologists. People who are lucky enough to ne
38、ver experience any sort of adversity (逆境) wont know how resilient they are. Its only when theyre faced with obstacles, stress, and other environmental threats that resilience, or the lack of it, comes out. Some give in and some conquer.Garmezys work opened the door to the study of the elements that
39、could enable an individuals success despite the challenges they faced. His research indicated that some elements had to do with luck, but quite large set of elements was psychological, and had to do with how the children responded to the environment. The resilient children had what psychologists cal
40、l an “internal lens of control(内控点)”. They believed that they, and not their circumstances, affected their achievements. The resilient children saw themselves as the arrangers of their own fates.Ceorge Bonanno has been studying resilience for years at Columbia Universitys Teachers College. He found
41、that some people are far better than others at dealing with adversity. This difference might come from perception(认- 8 -知) whether they think of an event as traumatic(创伤), or as an opportunity to learn and grow. “Stressful” or “traumatic” events themselves dont have much predictive power when it com
42、es to life outcomes. “Exposure to potentially traumatic events does not predict later functioning,” Bonanno said. “Its only predictive if theres a negative response.” In other words, living through adversity doesnt guarantee that youll suffer going forward.The good news is that positive perception c
43、an be taught. “We can make ourselves more or less easily hurt by how we think about things,“ Bonanno said. In research at Columbia, the neuroscientist Kevin Ochsner has shown that teaching people to think of adversity in different waysto reframe it in positive terms when the initial response is nega
44、tive, or in a less emotional way when the initial response is emotionally “hot”changes how they experience and react to the adversity.32. According to the passage, resilience is an individuals ability_.A. to think critically B. to decide ones own fateC. to live a better life D. to recover from adver
45、sity33. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. The psychologists B. The resilient childrenC. Positive elements D. Internal locus of control34. According to Paragraph 4, we can learn that_.A. your positive perception may turn adversity aroundB. stressful events are more predi
46、ctive than delightful eventsC. experiencing adversity predicts that you will go on sufferingD. a negative response doesnt guarantee you will suffer all the time35. What is the authors purpose of writing this passage?A. To teach people how to be resilient. B. To encourage people to live through adver
47、sity.C. To indicate peoples perception varies from each other.D. To compare different research findings about resilience.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。New research helps to explain why screaming is disturbing and useful.Screams, like those we hear in horror mov
48、ies, have a special quality that - 9 -separates them from other noises we make and hear. These screams are recognized by people all over the world.36 “Every kid in every culture screams. Every adult in the context of a true fear responds with screams. So its just a feature of the human mind and brai
49、n ”David Poeppel is a neuroscientist at New York University. He wondered why screams were recognized the same way by people all around the world. So, he and his colleagues set up an experiment.They recorded screams from movies and from volunteers who took part in the research. 37 Instead, they measured how quickly the sounds in the scream changed in volume. It was in this area-the change in volume that screams stand apart f