山东省烟台市2017届高三高考适应性练习(一)英语试题.doc

山东省烟台市2017届高三高考适应性练习(一)英语试题
2017年高考适应性练习(一)
英语试题
说明：
本试卷分四部分，共12页，满分150分。考试用时120分钟。答案全部涂写在答题 纸上，考试结束后，只交答题纸。
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，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。
例：How much is the shirt?
A．19．1 5 pounds． B．9．15 pounds． C．9．18 pounds．
答案是B。
1．When does the man expect the woman to pick him up?
A．At 6：00． B．At 6：15． C．At 6：30．
2．Why did so many old people die last month?
A．It was too cold． B．It was too hot． C．They were too old．
3．What has caused the sales to go down?
A．Low production． B．Poor management． C．Foreign competition．
4．Where does the conversation most probably take p lace?
A．In a hotel． B．In a hospital． C．In an office building．
5．What do we know about the woman?
A．She used to work in a car company．
B．She wishes to find another new job．
C．She’s expecting her manager’s opinion on her job．
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，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至7题。
6．What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A．Police and driver． B．Student and teacher． C．Employer and employee．
7．Why is the man often late for work?
A．He cares for his aunt．
B．He gets caught in traffic．
C．He doesn’t like his work hours．
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8．What does the woman want the man to do when he goes out?
A．Boil the kettle． B．Shut the window． C．Close the drawers．
9．What do we know about the woman?
A．She is very careful． B．She is warm-hearted． C．She is absent-minded.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10．Where does this conversation probably take place?
A．In a lecture hall． B．In a classroom． C．In a library．
11．What will the man talk about in his report?
A．American Islands． B．Pacific cultures C．New York City．
12．What is the woman doing here?
A．Helping the students．B．Preparing for her report． C．Dating with the man．
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．Why does the woman want to leave Park Hotel dining room?
A．She needs some time for courses．
B．She doesn’t like full-time jobs．
C．She is not satisfied with the pay．
14．How long can the woman work every week?
A．For two days． B．For three days． C．For Four days．
15．Why won’t the woman work on Sunday?
A．She is very busy． B．The restaurant is closed. C．There are no tips.
16．When will the woman begin her new job?
A．From April． B．From May． C．From June．
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What is the speaker mainly telling the listeners about
A．Vacation arrangements． B．College facilities． C．Dormitory management．
18．How long will most of the dormitories be closed?
A．For about 7 days． B．For about 10 days． C．For about 15 days．
19．What will remain open as usual?
A．The post office and the college office．
B．The library and the computer center．
C．The college store and the dining halls．
20．What will the listeners do afterwards?
A．Finish their projects． B．Go out to work． C．Fill out forms．
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)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Some people collect stamps．Others collect coins．Noah Webster，Jr．collected words．
He did not save just the words，of course，but also their meanings and spellings．His collection became the basis of today’s American English．
Webster was born on October 16，1758，on a farm in West Hartford．Webster was interested in language even as a child．Most children at the time stopped their education after only a few years．But Webster continued and attended college at Yale University．
During the four years Webster studied at Yale，the American colonies(殖民地)separated from Britain in the Revolutionary War．People then argued about the language of the newly independent states．Should it be English or German? After all，10 percent of the population spoke German．
Webster thought the language of the American states should be English．Not British English but American English．The only problem was that such a language did not yet formally exist. People in different American states used different words，spellings and pronunciations．
Webster believed improving children’s education could help build a stronger nation．Young Americans should also learn to use a standard language．So he decided to write a series of textbooks：a speller，a reader and a grammar．Webster published the first book， which came to be called The Blue-Backed Speller，in 1783．
The speller immediately became a best seller．Soon it was used in schools in every state．In 1787 Webster changed the book’s name to The American Spelling Book.
Webster used the money he earned from his speller to begin another project：a dictionary．He believed Americans needed a dictionary that reflected their own geography，political system and history．His first version，published in 1806，included about 40，000 words．His second，called the American Dictionary of the English Language，included 70，000 words．Webster’s dictionary came to be a symbol of the country’s new national identity．
21．What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．The biography of Noah Webster．
B．The symbol of America’s national identity．
C．The origin and importance of American English．
D．The contributions Webster made to American English．
22．Webster wrote a series of textbooks to_________.
A．stress the importance of the English language
B．educate children with a standard language
C．1et Americans learn about their own history
D．earn money to edit an important dictionary
23．Noah Webster can best be described as_____.
A．optimistic and reliable B．ambitious and cautious
C．critical and considerate D．farsighted and knowledgeable
24．Webster thought Americans needed a dictionary that__________.
A．shows their nation’s own characteristics B．includes as many words as possible
C．is easy to consult and understand D．keeps a record of American history
B
Are you a procrastinator(拖延者)?An overcommitter? No worries! We’ve rounded up several teens with issues just like yours and found fixes that will help you have an A+ year!
The Procrastinator
“I’ll look at one vocabulary word and think I deserve three hours worth of YouTnbe．”
——Kami，16，Nebraska
Kami gets all her work done it just takes her twice the time it should．“Sometimes I find myself rewarding myself for doing the tiniest task．”
Just do it，Kami!
Start with the worst：Leaving the hardest stuff for last sets up an“avoid it”goal rather than a“do it”one．Deal with the task you fear most right away and you needn’t procrastinate anymore!
Set a timer：SPIFY：Short Periods of Intense Focus，Yes! Work for 45 minutes，then take a 15-minute break；follow this 45／15 cycle until you’re done．The more strictly you stick to SPIFY， the more firmly rooted it will become．
The Overcommitter
“It’s hard to find time for all my extracurriculars(课外活动)，schoolwork and fun．”
——Ana，17，Massachusetts
Ana runs track，rides horses and does gymnastics．She arrives home late，already worn out, then rushes to dinner before doing homework．“I need time for socializing and relaxation．I'm too focused all the time．”
Just say no，Ana！
Make tough choices：drop some commitments．Think about what your goals are and stick to those that can get you there．Lose the stuff that stresses you out，like those piano lessons you never practice for．
Look for hidden time：you can’t add more hours，but you can examine the in-between， transition periods in your schedule to identify any time you can seize for small homework tasks，like doing reading for English on the bus to practice．
25．What can we learn about Kami?
A．She is fed up with her school studies．
B．She leaves her work undone due to laziness.
C．She watches fun videos on line 3 hours a day．
D． She fails to balance between study and relaxation．
26．What’s the writer’s suggestion for procrastinators?
A．Don’t reward oneself for the tiniest task．
B．Get the toughest stuff last done．
C．Practice time management via“SPIFY”．
D．Operate in the“all work and no play”pattern．
27．Which of the following ways may help manage Ana’s busy life?
A．Quitting all the commitments that she is taking up．
B．Accomplishing every task ahead of schedule．
C．Developing other hobbies and interests for a change.
D．Taking full advantage of intervals between activities．
C
Being forgiving to yourself and others can protect against stress and the harm it does to mental health，according to a new study in the Journal of Health Psychology．
Researchers looked at the effects of lifetime stress on a person’s mental health，and how more forgiving people got along compared with people who weren’t so forgiving．To do this，they asked 148 young adults to fill out questionnaires that assessed their levels of lifetime stress，their tendency to forgive and their mental and physical health．
No surprise，people with greater exposure to stress had worse mental and physical health．But the researchers also discovered that if people were highly forgiving of both themselves and others，that characteristic alone almost removed the connection between stress and mental illness．
“It’s almost entirely erased—it’s zero，”says study author Toussaint．“If you don’t have forgiving tendencies，you feel the immediate effects of stress in a severe way．You don’t have anything to cushion you against that stress．”
How a forgiving personality protects a person from the influence of severe stress is hard to determine．The researchers infer that people who are more forgiving may adopt better skills to deal with stress，or their reaction to major stressors(压力源)may be slow．
Though more research is needed to fully understand the benefits of being more forgiving，Toussaint believes“100％”that forgiveness can be learned．His own previous research has shown that saying a short prayer on forgiveness can help people take the edge off. “I think most people want to feel good and forgiveness offers you the opportunity to do that，”he says．
28．The researchers got the effect of forgiving by_____．
A．analyzing questionnaires B．doing scientific experiment
C．writing research papers D．communicating with 148 adults
29．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Forgiving tendencies can deal with all mental problems．
B．It remains unknown why forgiveness helps to reduce stress．
C．Toussaint’s study has fully discovered the benefits of being forgiving．
D．Saying a short prayer on forgiveness is the key to getting rid of stress．
30．What does the underlined phrase“take the edge off”in the last paragraph probably mean?
A．Look ahead． B．Become relaxed．
C．Make up their mind． D．Stick to their goals．
31．What may be the best title for the passage?
A．A new study on physical health
B．Forgiving yourself makes you feel good
C．Forgiveness is good for mental health
D．Getting rid of stress is good for your health
D
A fly with an extremely unusual ability to hear is the model for what may be the future of new and improved heating aids．Neal Hall is a sound engineer who worked on the new hearing aid model．He says the tiny yellow fly living in Central America and the southern United States owns special hearing structure．
Mr．Hall and his team at the University of Texas made a copy of the fly’s heating structure．They discovered that the fly has a clever mechanism(机制)that instead of using two independent ears，like a human would，the fly's ears are actually coupled．
The fly's cars are two millimeters apart．That distance is so small that sound reaches one ear just four millionths of a second before arriving at the other．Experts say it should be impossible to identify where a sound is coming from．But inside this fly’ ear there is a 1.5 millimeters long structure similar to a see-saw—a piece of children’s play equipment．
Like the see．saw，the fly’s ear structure goes up and down from a central point．Pressure waves against the structure increase the time it takes for sound to travel，which permits the fly to identify sound easily．
Mr．Hall and his team used silicon(硅)to copy the fly’s ear structure．They also used special electric materials that enable them to measure its movements at the same time．
Hall says the hearing aid device could be used in two ways．One way would be to help the military on the battle field，where sensors could find where shots are coming from．The second way would be to remove unwanted noise from a person's surroundings．“That is a feature that is incredibly useful for hearing aids，for example，if you turn up the gain of a hearing aid to hear someone across from you，it also expands everything else in the room，”said Hall．
32．What’s the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A．To introduce a hearing aid based off the fly’s ear structure．
B．To describe a fly with an unusual hearing ability．
C．To compare the fly's ears with the hearing aid．
D．To encourage people to protect their hearing．
33．In which way are human’s ears different from the fly’s ears in structure?
A．Human’s ears are much bigger． B．Human’s ears are coupled．
C．Human’s ears are independent． D．Human’s two ears are similar．
34．What helps the fly identify sound easily?
A．The strong pressure waves outside.
B．The central point inside its two ears．
C．The special structure like a see-saw inside its ears．
D．The short distance between the fly’s two ears．
35．What does the last paragraph mainly tell us about the new hearing aid?
A．Its shortcoming． B．Its practical function．
C．Its main features． D．Its future designs．
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。
Help a local charity without giving a penny
Philanthropic(博爱的)efforts do not have to be financial． 36 Regardless of how fight money is for you，you can still help others．
●Give away your gently used things．
When you clean out your closets，chances all that you’11 find items you no longer need．Consider giving them to a local charity． 37 Toys at a homeless shelter，a kitchen table at a halfway house or maternity(孕妇的)clothes at a pregnancy center benefit the individuals who receive those services and meantime save the non-profit organizations money.
●Volunteer your time．
Could you spare an hour each week to volunteer in your community? 38 You could do something like attending a patient or stuffing(填充)envelopes，which would be a help to some organizations．
When you’re looking for somewhere to volunteer，take the following things into account：
◆How the time requirements work with your availability
◆Your specific skills and passions
◆Personal experiences that might be beneficial to share with others in similar
circumstances
● 39
If there’s a specific cause close to your heart，use your passion to let others know about it and g