高三英语试题(1).doc

南京市2015届高三第三次模拟考试
英语 2015. 05
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）
做题时，现将答案标在试卷上。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 is the woman probably doing?
A. Preparing a speech.
B Listening to loud music.
C Talking loudly on the telephone.
2. How does the woman like the canteen food?
A. She is fond of it. B She is tired of it. C. She can’t have enough of it.
3. Why does the man want to wear his new suit?
A. At the woman’s request.
B. For an important occasion.
C. To look more professional.
4. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At the man’s house B. At a hotel C. In a cafe.
5. What time is it when the conversation is on?
A. 8:30 B. 8:45 C. 9:15

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. Why do they have no chance for the horror movie?
A. The theater is too far.
B. The tickets are sold out.
C. The man didn’t read the paper.
7. Which cinema are they going tonight?
A. The Bayside B. The Capitol C. The Golden.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. What is true about the woman’s Danish friend?
A. She worked at a bank.
B. She used to live in London.
C. She was the woman’s roommate.
9. How long will the woman be in Copenhagen?
A. Two weeks. B. Seven days. C. Three days.
10. What has the woman heard about Copenhagen?
A. It’s big but relaxing.
B. People there are quite busy.
C. It has good-quality desserts.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the woman doing?
A. Hosting an evening TV program.
B. Having her bicycle repaired.
C. Lecturing on business management.
12. Why did the man take over the bicycle shop?
A. He wanted to be his own boss.
B. He found it more interesting.
C. He wanted to win a bike race.
13. What do we learn about the people working in the shop?
A. They are volunteers.
B. They are all the man’s friends.
C. They work five days a week.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Why is the woman calling?
A. She has an appointment with the man.
B. She is checking if Mike still wants the desk.
C. She wants to make sure if she could deliver the desk.
15. What probably is the man who answered the call?
A. A colleague of Mike’s. B. A relative of Mike’s C. A neighbor of Mike’s
16. What happened to the manager?
A. He is on sick leave.
B. He is busy with something.
C. He is just not being around.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the presentation mainly about?
A. The sales of the motor car.
B. The popularity of the motor car.
C. The development of the motor car.
18. What used to restrict the use of electric vehicles?
A. The driving ranger and cost.
B. Recharging points and safety.
C. The driving range and recharging points.
19. What does the speaker say about electric vehicles of today?
A. They are able to receive email.
B. They can do all the driving for users.
C. They are comparatively environmental-friendly.
20 What do you learn about a conventional car in the future?
A. It will be powered by vegetable oil.
B. It will be challenged by other new-energy cars.
C. It will still play an important role on the market.

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l分，满分l5分)

25. Some tourists visiting Tian’anmen Square during the holiday left a ________ of litter everywhere they went.
A. trail B. dot C. chain D. track
26. ----There won’t be anywhere to park.
----Oh, _______. Let’s try the subway.
A. that’s a real bargain B. that’s a good point
C. that’s really something D. that’s all settled
27. How did it come about ________ a quiet person should appear so wild today?
A. whether B. that C. if D. what
28. You never really understand a person _______ you consider things from his point of view.
A. if B. once C. as D. until
29. ---Kingsman: The Secret Service is a spy action comedy film. Wants to come with me?
---I’d love to, but my best friend is getting married, and I won’t _______ it for anything.
A. overlook B. trade C. miss D. forget
30. ---________ I say something to you? You were really, really something back there. Incredible!
---Are you talking to ---me? Whoa!
A. Must B. Can C. Need D. Should
31. The guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and we spent a lovely evening wandering into places which we ________ straight past otherwise.
A. had walked B. were walking
C. would have walked D. must have walked
32. Loneliness is a feeling _______ people experience a powerful rush of emptiness and solitude.
A. which B. where C. that D. how
33. Halfway through the chapter _______ I hadn’t taken anything in.
A. did I realize B. had I realized
C. I realized D. I would realize
34. If Kate had known what was _______ for her, she would not have married Tom.
A. in response B. in return C. in reaction D. in store
35. He started school the same day as I did and ________ to it like a duck to water.
A. appealed B. took C. catered D. saw
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 40 the busy, bustling ways of modern life. Can you 41 William Shakespeare or Charles Dickens skipping through a 42 door? There are double doors, sliding doors, stage doors and glass doors. The 43 and mystery of a door lies in its quality of being hidden. A glass door is not a door at all, but a window. The meaning of a door is to 44 what lies inside; to keep the heart in suspense.
Also, there are many ways of opening doors. There is the cheery 45 of elbow with which the waiter opens the kitchen door. There is the sympathetic and awful 46 of the dentist’s maid who opens the door into the operating room and, without speaking, 47 that the doctor is ready for you.
The opening of doors has in it some flavor of the 48 , some sense of moving into a new moment. Even in 49 , the opening of a door may bring relief. But the closing of doors could be 50 , A door closed brings 51 to an end. And there are degrees of sadness in the closing of doors. A door slammed is a confession of weakness. A door 52 shut may often be the most tragic gesture in life.
The opening and closing of doors is a part of the serious fluency of life. Life will not stay 53 and let us alone. We are 54 opening doors with hope, closing them with despair. Life 55 not much longer than a pipe of tobacco, and destiny knocks us out like the ashes.
36. A. mystery B. relief C. scenery D. pleasure
37. A. So B. Still C. Even D. Also
38. A. wishes B. puzzles C. surprises D. changes
39. A. checked B. fixed C. wrapped D. removed
40. A. essential to B. different from C. consistent with D. typical of
41. A. imagine B. suggest C. catch D. notice
42. A. stage B. sliding C. glass D. revolving
43. A. symbol B. miracle C. sign D. mark
44. A. busy B. hide C. discover D. exhibit

第三部分 阅读理解
认真阅读下列短语，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。

A
Dear Applicant, A
We regret to inform you that your application to the stated establishment cannot be processed at this time due to the fact that it does not exist.
After consultation with out mythical advisors we have also determined that even if it didn’t exist, the course “wandology” would be highly in demand and hence require at least two As and a B in any of the following subjects:
Advanced Spellcrafting
Mystimatics
Defence Against The Dark Arts
History of the Occult
Shaft Design
Your hand written grade sheet claiming top marks in “waving a stick about”, “ waving a pointy hat” and “watching Paul Daniels TV specials” sadly is not suitable for submission, however by applying through clearing you may be suitable of Liberal Arts courses. Alternatively you may wish to resubmit next year by tying your letter to an owl and hoping for the best.
On behalf of UCAS I wish you every success.

Yours sincerely,
XXX

Dear Duke University Admissions, B
Thank you for your rejection letter of March 26, 2015. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me admission into the Fall 2015 freshman class at Duke.
This year I have been fortunate enough to receive rejection letters from the best and the brightest universities in the country. With a pool of letters so diverse and accomplished I was unable to accept the rejection letters I would have been able to only several years ago. Therefore, I will be attending Duke University's 2015 Class. I look forward to seeing you then.
Best,
Siobhan O'Dell

Dear Siobhan, C
I understand how disappointed you are that we were unable to offer you a space in our incoming class, I want to be honest with you and let you know that it’s very rare that we learn something that leads us to change our decision, in the last ten years we’ve about 500 requests for a review… and changed the decision four times
Wish you all the best~
XXX

56. Of the three letters, which is in response to which?
A. A---B B. C---B C. C---A D. B----C
57. Chances for Duke University to change its admission decision in history were_______.
A. none B. big C. slim D. hard to tell
58. What makes it impossible for the applicant to resubmit an application next year?
A. Tying the letter to an owl and send it to UCAS
B. Printing out grade sheet
C. Applying for the Liberal Arts course as an option
D. Improving his scores
59. What can we infer form the letter about college application?
A. It is disappointing for sure.
B. Rejection letters are better written than offers.
C. It is no as fun as on imagines.
D. There could be extra work beyond normal procedure.

B
Do I exist?
Obviously!
Until Descartes came along in the seventeenth century, everyone assumed that we exited. Obviously. The fact seemed so mind-blowingly obvious that it wasn’t really discussed. We could see ourselves in the mirror, we could feel pain and pleasure, we could think thoughts for ourselves and, more importantly, perhaps, all the world’s main religions assumed that we do exist. So we exist.

No you don’t it!
You don’t exist. That’s because it’s impossible to show once and for all that you do. There’s no proof. You might think you exist-that you are sitting at a table reading this book, for instance-but how could you show with 100 percent certainty that this is true? There’s no experiment that could prove it. Although Descartes said just you could prove your own existence by the fact that you are able to think, this isn’t actually, according to the British philosopher A. J. Ayer. Just because we know that we are thinking, this doesn’t mean that there is a “you” doing the thinking. It just shows that the thoughts are happening, not that anyone is having them. Thoughts exists, “You” don’t.

_____________!
What a waste of time this question is. Although you can argue until the end of time whether you exist or not, it doesn’t get you anywhere. Unless you forget about this unanswerable question, you’ll be stuck thinking about it forever, and that isn’t of any use to anyone. Move on. Think about something more important! This very roughly, is the view of almost all philosophers, who prefer to answer other, apparently more useful, questions.

Yes, but…
You exist, but not in the way you might think. According to the great French philosopher Ren Descartes, you can’t show that anything exists—apart from your own self. The existence of the entire world can be doubted in one way or another, but the facts you’re having thoughts shows that there might be something (that’s you) having them. This let Descartes to write the famous philosophical phrase, “ I think before I am”.

60. Which of the following can be the missing heading?
A. Forget about it B. What a ridiculous point
C. Think about it D. What a pointless question
61. This passage is anything but a(n)___________.
A. comment B. discussion C. argument D. debate
62. The famous answer to the question “Do I exist?” is ___________.
A. No, you don’t exist. B. I think, therefore, I am.
C. Yes, you do exist. D. It won’t get you anywhere
C
Knots are the kind of stuff that even myths are made of.
In the Greek legend of the Gordian knot, for example, Alexander the Great used his sword to slice through a knot that had failed all previous attempts to unite it. Knots, enjoy a long history of tales and fanciful names such as “Englishman’s tie, ” “and “cat’s paw. ” Knots became the subject of serious scientific investigation when in the 1860s the English physicist William Thomson (known today as Lord Kelvin) proposed that atoms were in fact knotted tubes of ether（醚）. In order to be able to develop the equivalent of a periodic table of the elements, Thomson had to be able to classify knots — find out which different knots were possible. This sparked a great interest in the mathematical theory of knots.
A mathematical knot looks very much like a familiar knot in a string, only with the string’s ends joined. In Thomson’s theory, knots could, in principle at least, model atoms of increasing complexity, such as the hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen atoms, respectively. For knots to be truly useful in a mathematical theory, however, mathematicians searched for some precise way of proving that what appeared to be different knots were really different — the couldn’t be transformed one into the other by some simple manipulation（操作）. Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the Scottish mathematician Peter Guthrie Tait and the University of Nebraska professor Charles Newton Little published complete tables of knots with up to ten crossings. Unfortunately, by the time that this heroic effort was completed, Kelvin’s theory had already been totally discarded as a model for atomic structure. Nevertheless, even without any other application in sight, the mathematical interest in knot theory continued at that point for its own sake. In fact, mathematical became even more fascinated by knots. The only difference was that, as the British mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah has put it, “the study of knots became a special branch of pure mathematics. ”
Two major breakthroughs in knot theory occurred in 1928 and in 1984. In 1928, the American mathematician James Waddell Alexander discovered an algebraic expression that uses the arrangement of crossings to label the knot. For example, t2-t+1 or t2-3t+1, or else. Decades of work in the theory of knots finally produced the second breakthrough in 1984. The New Zealander-American mathematician Vaughan Jones noticed an unexpected relation between knots and another abstract branch of mathematics, which led to