1、卓越联盟卓越联盟高三年级高三年级 9 9 月份检测试题月份检测试题 英语试卷英语试卷 【本试卷满分 150 分，考试时间：120 分钟】 第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 做题吋，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的吋间将试卷上的答案 转涂到 答题卡上。 第一节（共 5 小题 t 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 秒钟的时间來回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。毎段对话仅读 1 遍。 1. What day is it today? A. Monday
2、. B. Saturday, C. Sunday. 2. Why doesnt the woman want the CD? A. She already owns one. B. She doesnt like the singer. C. Her sister likes the singer more, 3. How long will it take to fly to Portland? A. 2 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 10 hours 4. What type of clothing does the store sell? A. Expensive, hig
3、h-quality clothing. B. Cheap, low-quality clothing. C. Cheap, designer clothing. 5. What does the woman need help with? A. Locating a file on the desktop. B. Saving a file on the computer. C. Finding the tab that says 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
4、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 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. What will the speakers bring to Springfield? A. A cake. B。. A picture. C. Colored pencils. 7. What do we know about the woman? A. She has no time to bake a cake. B. She loves the boys artwork. C. She bought
5、 the boy colored pencils. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What day is it today? A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Friday. 9. What does the man want Tina to do? A. Come to practice. B. Watch her little sister. C. Work at the grocery store. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题. 10. Where did Lynn see the advertisement? A. In the
6、newspaper. B. Ona road trip. C. On the Internet. 11. Why doesnt Lynn want to buy the car? A. It is not safe. B. The price is too high. C. It doesnt drive smoothly. 12. What needs to be replaced? A. The tires. B. The radio. C. The air conditioner. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the name of the w
7、omans mother? A. Betty. B. Laura. C. Josephine. 14. What does the man want his daughter to be like? A. Innocent. B. Beautiful C. Tough. 15. What is the womans attitude toward names? A. All girls names are attractive. B. Babies should be named after relatives. C. Names dont influence personality. 16.
8、 What will the speakers probably do? A. Name the baby Victoria. B. Let grandma name the baby. C. Continue to search for the right name. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. How many books has Nicholas Sparks sold worldwide? A. Nearly 65 million. B. Nearly 75 million. C. Over 97 million. 18. What does the Ni
9、cholas Sparks Foundation do? A. It teaches students responsibility. B. It provides books to rural communities. C. It helps poor kids get an education. 19. With whom did Sparks found the Epiphany School? A. His wife. B. His teacher. C. The community committee* 20. What can we learn about Sparks? A. A
10、ll his books have been made into movies. B. Education changed his life. C. He started a school in New York. 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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Get involved with our research Some of our research projects rely on the generosity of people like you.
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18、u join . A, Oxford Vaccine Group B. Insomnia research group C, Oxford Experimental lab D. Brain Scanning study group B I believe in getting lost. Lost in the text of the novel that is particular to your thoughts and feelings that you consider special. Lost in the song that reminds you of your childh
19、ood summers, feeling the warm wind brushing against your arm as you ride your bicycle. Lost in the sip of cappuccino, idling the day away. Lost in the unprepared Sunday Drive, with no destination. Youre free to wander, take paths that youve never noticed, discover places you havent been. Then off th
20、e path to lead you back home, leaving you to test directions and alertly absorb your surroundings in order to find your way back; that land of lost I get lost daily; whether its in thought, or the unplanned drive I just decided to go on. Getting Jost is an adventurous learning experience that trains
21、 you how to be more aware of your surroundings. A few of my most favorite memories involve physically getting lost That one late night trip back to Ludington I took with a few friends. We finally realized we were going the wrong way, almost three hours out of our way. Another time, I got lost in the
22、 DeVos Place and then the parking garage for two hours solid. These are nervous experiences that get your anxiety pumping. Youre fearful that you wont be safe, but it always works itself out in the end. Physically losing yourself prepares you for how you manage when you emotionally or mentally lose
23、yourself. You dont always have to be lost in a literal sense to get 1ost and some of the time, losing yourself may not be a positive experience. There are times where I lose sight of who I am. While lost, I test out metaphorical paths and sometimes they turn out to be the right direction and other t
24、imes they are a wrong turn, I make note of these wrong turns, so I can avoid them further on up the road of finding my way back to who I am. In Walden, Henry David Thoreau wrote Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we
25、are and the infinite extent of our relations. Getting lost fuels my curiosity and teaches me lessons on finding my way back to the right track, I believe in getting Jost through day dreams, a misplacement, adventures, and difficult times when you make discoveries about yourself and the atmosphere ar
26、ound you. In order to truly find yourself I believe that you should put down the map and get wonderfully lost. 24. The author believes in getting lost in _ . A. reading a well-received novel B. listening to a song recalling the past C. hanging out with friends in a cafe D. going on a well-planned tr
27、ip 25. The author mentions the experiences of physically getting lost in order to say . A. physically getting lost is most difficult to deal with B. we can enjoy trips while physically getting lost C. people are easy to get physically lost in our daily life, D. we realize our surroundings while phys
28、ically getting lost 26. Words from Henry David Thoreau imply that getting lost . A. enables us to look within and to see outward B. pulls people back into the previous moment C. enables us to remind ourselves of adventures D. helps us enjoy ourselves wherever we are 27, Which of the following might
29、be the best title of the passage? A. Experiences of Getting Lost B. Wonderfully Getting Lost C. Causes of Getting Lost D. Physically Getting Lost C You need only look at a professional cyclist to appreciate the potential effects of cycling on the body. But what about the mind? Its a question that ha
30、s long challenged anyone who has wondered how riding a bike can offer what feels close to a state of emptying your mind. Dr, John Ratey believes cycling increases the chemistry in your brain that makes you feel calm/* and that carrying out multiple operations while cycling can be an effective treatm
31、ent. As was shown in a German study involving 115 children, half of them did cycling that involved complex movements, while the rest performed more straightforward exercises with the same aerobic （有氧的） demands. Both groups did well in concentration tests, but the complex group did a lot better. Ther
32、e have been other interesting findings too* In 2013, Dr. Jay Alberts rode a tandem bicycle, a bicycle built for two riders sitting one behind the other, across the American state of Ohio with a friend who has Parkinsons disease, a condition effecting the nervous system. The idea was to raise awarene
33、ss of the disease, but to the surprise of both riders, the patient showed significant improvements. Dr. Jay Alberts then scanned the brains of 26 Parkinsons patients during and after an eight-week exercise programme using bikes. Half the patients were allowed to ride at their own paces, while the ot
34、hers were pushed harder. All patients improved, and the group which was pushed harder showed particularly significant increases in connectivity between areas of intelligence responsible for functions such as walking and picking things up. We dont know how this happens, but there is more evidence of
35、the link between Parkinson and cycling. A video on the Internet shows a 58-year-old man with severe Parkinsons. At first, we watch the patient trying to walk. He can barely stand and his hands shake uncontrollably. Then we see the man on a bicycle being supported by others. With a push, hes off, cyc
36、ling past cars with perfect balance. Doctors dont fully understand this discrepancy either, but say that cycling may act as some sort of action that helped the patients brain. The science of cycling is incomplete, but perhaps the most remarkable thing for the everyday rider is that it can require no
37、 conscious focus at all）. The mindlessness of cycling can not only make us happier, but also leave room for other thoughts. On the seat of my bike, Ive solved problems at work and made life decisions, as, Im sure, have countless others. 28. What does the study described in Paragraph 2 suggest? A. Cy
38、cling has a good effect on physical fitness. B. The tasks involved in cycling can be hard for children. C. Lack of exercise like cycling causes lack of concentration. D. Cycling can improve the ability to focus attention on a task. 29. Studies of people with Parkinsons show that _ . A. cycling does
39、more good if sufferers put more effort into it B. cycling on tandem bikes has a better effect on the disease C. not every person with Parkinsons will benefit from cycling D. social awareness is more important for Parkinsons sufferers 30. What does the underlined part this discrepancy in Paragraph 4
40、refer to? A. Why Parkinsons affects some people and not others. B. Why someone with Parkinsons can cycle but not walk, C. How cycling could be included in treatment for Parkinsons. D. How a link between cycling and Parkinsons was discovered. 31. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. The effect of c
41、ycling is not yet fully understood. B. Cycling is believed to be both complex and mindless. C. Cycling has a significant influence on peoples mind. D. People may be more, intelligent with the help of cycling. D Terrible working conditions have a long tradition. Early industry was marked by its dirty
42、, dangerous factories. In the early 20th century workers were forced into dull, repetitive tasks by the needs of the production line. However, in a service-based economy, it makes sense that focusing on worker morale might be a much, more fruitful approach. Proving this is more difficult. But that i
43、s the aim of a new study targeting workers at British Telecom. Three academics Clement of Erasmus University, Rotterdam of Oxford and George Ward of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology-surveyed 1,800 sales workers at 11 British call centres. All each employee had to do was click on a simple em
44、oji each week to indicate their level of happiness. Those workers were charged with selling customers broadband, telephone and television deals. In total the authors collected adequate responses from 1,161 people over a six -month period. The results were striking. Workers made 13% more sales in wee
45、ks when they were happy than when they were unhappy. This was not because they were working longer hours; in happy weeks, they made more calls per hour and were more efficient at turning those calls into sales* The tricky part, however, is determining the direction of causation （因果关系）.Workers may be
46、 happier when they are selling more because they expect a bigger bonus. The academics tried a clever way to get round this causation problem by examining a very British issue-the weather. Workers turned out to be less happy on days when the weather in their local area was bad and this unhappiness co
47、nverted into lower sales. Since they were making national calls, not local ones, it is unlikely that customer unhappiness with the weather was driving the sales numbers. So it was worker mood driving sales, not the other way round. Even if this reasoning proves to be correct, businesses may not find
48、 it of comfort. The academics point out that what we are not able to do is making an official decision as to whether investing in improving employee happiness makes good business sense. It is possible that the costs of such investment might outweigh any gains in productivity. More research is clearl
49、y needed. But there is evidence that happier workers are： good news for shareholders （持股人），as well as productivity. Analysts found the firms where workers gave the best reviews easily outperformed those where employees gave a thumbs down. 32. According to the passage, worker morale means _ . A. enthusiasm and cheerfulness B.
