绵阳市2017届高三第三次诊断性考试英语(2017绵阳三诊英语卷).doc

绵阳市高中2014级第三次诊断性考试 英语试题
第I卷（选择题，共100分）
第一部分 听力理解（共两节，满分30分）
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。答案写在答题卡上。
例：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡19.15 B. ￡9.18 C. ￡9.15
答案是C。
1.What is the woman’s favourite sport?
A. Basketball B. Badminton C. Tennis
2. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Having a birthday party B. Doing some exercise C. Getting Jack is gift
3. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In a bookstore B. In a library C. In a supermarket
4. What is the woman going to do next weekend?
A. Go to a party B. Stay at home C. Visit her grandparents
5. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Visit her neighbors
B. Move to his town
C. Join a neighborhood social club
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段对话，回答第6至7题。
6. What is the best season to visit Spain?
A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn
7. Why is train travel getting more popular in Spain?
A. Its speed gets improved
B. It is more comfortable
C. It makes people more relaxed
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. How far did they walk every day during the trip?
A. 5 kilometers B. 10 kilometers C. 15 kilometers
9. What problem did they have?
A. There wasn’t enough oxygen sometimes
B. They didn’t have modern equipment
C. They couldn’t walk freely in the mountains
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Colleagues B. Friends C. Roommates
11. What does the man think of his new job?
A. Just so-so B .A bit disappointing C. Quite satisfactory
12. What does the woman want to do?
A. Work in the man’s company
B. Balance her work and family life
C. Clean up garbage and litter
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where will Mr. Smith go?
A. Sydney B. London C. Austria
14. From which gate will Mr. Smith’s flight leave?
A. Gate 9 B . Gate 3 C. Gate 1
15. When must Mr. Smith arrive at the airport?
A. At 10:30 am. B. At 8:30 am C. At 12:30 am
16. What will the woman do?
A. Call the man back B. Give Mr. Smith the messageC. Collect the ticket
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is Mr. Henry Stone?
A. A Banker B. A teacher C. A writer
18. What does the Henry like doing at the airport?
A. Watching peopleB. Telling storiesC. Reading magazines
19. What did Henry learn from the newspaper that day?
A. A valuable suitcase was missing
B. A man stole money from bank
C. A woman run away from home
20. Why was the woman at the airport?
A. She was travelling on business
B. She was selling magazines
C. She was seeing the man off
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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
It’s time to make preparations for traveling! Here are some good destinations.
Porto, Portugal
Porto is nearly synonymous (同义的)to port wine, and also its rich history. The city’s histories center and the Alto Douro Wine Region have been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It also has a lot of inexpensive museums, cheap vintage trams and beautiful pebbly beaches. Day trips to vineyards are easy to arrange.
Grenada
Grenada is a beautiful island that has golden beaches, crystal waterfalls, and flourishing mountains. One important reason to visit Grenada is its wild and lively carnival held every year in autumn. It seems that anyone who visits will not lack things to do and sights to see because of its many beautiful sights and year-round festivities.
Nepal
Nepal remains a fabulous choice for budget-conscious travelers. Travel costs per day are as low as $50 on average. Visitors will get an amazing experience in Nepal by visiting the country’s political and cultural center, Royal National Park in the south and the habitat of rare animals like the one-horned rhino and Bengal tiger.
Antigua
Antigua means ancient or antique in Spanish, and it is the perfect name for that tropical and charming island in the Caribbean. Located in the West Indies, Antigua is also famous as a best wedding destination. Antigua is historic and has a special charm and beauty that makes it the most desired tourist destination in the Caribbean.
21. Where should a tourist on a tight budget choose to go?
A. Nepal & Grenada B. Grenada & Antigua
C. Antigua & Proto D. Porto & Nepal
22. From the passage we can infer that ________.
A. these trips are too expensive for ordinary people
B. most of the destinations are located close to water
C. the best time to visit these places is in autumn
D. museums in the four places are free for tourists
23. What makes Antigua special among the 4 destinations?
A. Its long history B. Its lively carnivals
C. Its rare animals D. Its attraction for honeymooners
24. Whom is this passage intended for?
A. Travel agencies B. Outdoor lovers C. Holiday makers D. Sports fans
B
Given a choice, Chinese university graduates prefer to find employment rather than start a company. In the past 12 months, more than 20 provinces have introduced many policies to encourage students to start their own companies, such as allowing them to quit studying but keep their student status for two to eight years. But a report by human resources website Zhaopin released recently still found that only 3.1 percent of students said they will start their own business, down from 6.3 percent in 2015.
“The Chinese government, universities and investors have provided a friendly environment for young startups. However, the failure rate of fresh graduates founding startups is still too high due to the lack of experience, resources and networking," said Wang Yixin, a senior consultant at Zhaopin. "In addition, universities have paid a lot of attention to innovation and creative thinking instead of starting up companies. This is another reason for the low desire on campus to found startups."
　 At the same time, college graduates’ interest in further education has also declined, leading to an increase in students wanting employment from 71.2 percent last year to 75.6 percent this year. Nearly 30 percent of those graduates accepted offers from the internet industry.
Though some geniuses in the Internet industry created miracles, many industry insiders hold the idea that before one starts up, one has to know how to produce products, how to sell them, how to manage a company. Those lessons you cannot expect a fresh graduate to know so the students should work a few years first. They also insist that students complete their studies first because a diploma still matters in china.
25. The government are trying to encourage students to _________.
A. find employment after graduation B. continue their study at school
C. set up their own businesses D. leave school without a diploma
26. The 2nd and 3rd paragraphs focus on ________.
A. what contributes to the success of starting a business
B. why there are more students choosing to find employment
C. how students’ interest in further education shapes their career perspectives
D. who are working together to create a good environment for young startups
27. What is the industry insiders’ suggestion to the university students?
A. Immediately start their own companies after graduation
B. Start their own companies while at school
C. Quit study to start their own companies
D. Finish studies and work a few years first
C
Years ago, a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands. Most people were reluctant to work on farms along the Atlantic because of the awful storms. As the farmer interviewed applicants for the job, he received a steady stream of refusals.
Finally, a short thin man approached the farmer. “Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him. “Well, I can sleep when the wind blows.” answered the little man.
Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, desperate for help, hired him. The little man worked well around the farm, busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt satisfied with the man’s work.
Then one night the wind howled loudly in from offshore. Jumping out of bed, the farmer rushed to the man’s sleeping quarters. He shook the little man and yelled, “Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!”
The little man rolled over in bed and said firmly, “No sir. I told you, I can sleep when the wind blows.”
Annoyed by the response, the farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot. Instead, he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his amazement, he discovered that the cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were barred. The windows were tightly closed. Everything was tied down. Nothing could blow away.
The farmer then understood what the little man meant, so he returned to his bed to sleep while the wind blew.
28. What does the underlined word “reluctant” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. happy B. unwilling C. interested D. eager
29. Why did the farmer hire the little man?
A. The little man was hard-working
B. He couldn’t find any other worker
C. The little man was a good farmhand
D. He was satisfied with the little man’s answer
30. How did the farmer feel about his new farmhand’s work at first?
A. Delighted B. Disappointed C. Annoyed D. Interested
31. What did the farmhand really mean by saying he could sleep in blowing wind?
A. No wind could wake him up from his sleep
B. The wind comforts him to fall asleep easily
C. He enjoys sleeping with the wind blowing
D. He is always well-prepared for emergencies
D
We’re no strangers to relationship between. Now, a new research has found that tending to feel guilty can make partnerships more challenging---and cause us to shy away from them.
The study, published in last month’s issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, used a series of five experiments to examine how people’s feelings of guilt affected people when they’d enter into a new partnership. Participants first completed a questionnaire about how guilty or ashamed they would feel in various situations.
Then, in each experiment, participants were given a task that required some knowledge in certain area. For instance, a participant would be instructed to work on an accounting task with a partner who just happened to be an expert in accounting. The first participant then got to decide whether they would be assessed(评价)as a team or as individuals.
The results showed that participants who were more likely to feel guilty were less likely to form partnerships. The authors suggest this might be because they were concerned that they would get more than they gave, thus letting their partners down. They preferred to do poorly on the task on their own, rather than potentially disappoint their partners.
Of course, this study looked at business partnerships, not romantic ones. But, other studies have shown that guilt and shame, which are different concepts but often overlap(重叠), can play huge roles in both starting and maintaining romantic relationships, too. Feeling guilty can be a good thing(it makes us more likely to apologize and smooth things over), but only when we’ve actually done something wrong. Feeling guilty all the time or for no reason can cause a buildup of unhappiness. Those dealing with anxiety disorders understand its effect best.
So, if you happen to have this “important” trait, learning to give yourself a break could be the secret to a happier relationship.
32. What is the purpose of the research?
A. To finish a survey for the journal
B. To know how people form a new partnership
C. To find out how feelings of guilt affect partnership
D. To ask people to be more careful when choosing a partner
33. Why do people who tend to feel guilty were less likely to form partnerships?
A. They were instructed not to work with partners
B. They enjoyed doing things on their own
C. They were worried about letting their partners down
D. They thought they can finish the task better without a partner
34. What can we know from the fifth paragraph?
A. Guilt and shame mean the same thing
B. Feeling guilty is a good thing at any time
C. Feeling guilty can help us to deal with anxiety
D. Guilt and shame also influence a romantic relationship
35. What’s the best title for this passage?
A. Feelings guilty influences people’s partnership
B. Advice on forming a new partnership
C. How to avoid feeling gulilty
D. A study on feelings of guilt
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。
In 2014, the Nobel peace prize made news for a different reason. 36 But that was not all. One of the two Malala Yousafzai. Malala was only 17 years old when she won the award. She won the award. She became the youngest winner ever of a Nobel prize in any field. What she had achieved at such a young age?
Malala was born in 1997, in the small Pakistani town of Mingora. Mingora is located in the scenic Swat Valley. The region was once famous among visitors. Malala’s father was a school teacher by profession. 37 Malala attended one of the girl’s schools owned by her father. It was her father who taught her the importance of schooling.
When the Taliban (塔利班)of Afghanistan took control of the area by force, a lot began to change. They did not approve of girls attending school. But the eleven-year-old Malala could not accept this order. 38 She made a speech in Peshawar to protest the order. She then began writing a blog for BBC under the name Gul Makai.
Her posts described their life in the valley under Taliban rule. 39 It was dangerous work, yet she continued to flight for her rights.
Soon, her real name was brought to light as the BBC blogger. She began receiving death threats for her writings. __40 Instead she began to raise her voice further. For her activism, Malala was nominated(提名)for the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2011.
A. She did not just give in.
B. He ran a few schools in the area.
C. Two persons had won the award.
D. Her father stood firmly behind her.
E. Yet, she refused to bow down in fear.
F. She left school to find a job to support herself.
G. She wrote about her strong belief in education of girls.
第三部分 英语知识运用
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last weekend, while biking through the suburb, I was involved in a