1、甘肃二诊 甘肃省届高三第二次高考诊断英语试题 Word版含答案甘肃省2015届高三第二次高考诊断试卷英 语 试 题本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考生注意： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的准考证号、姓名等填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上。考生要认真核对答题卡上粘贴的条形码的“准考证号、姓名、考试科目”与考生本人准考证号、 姓名是否一致。 2第I卷每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。第卷用黑色墨水签字笔在答题卡上书写作答，在试题卷上作答，答案无效。 3考试结束后，监考员将
2、试题卷、答题卡一并收回。第I卷第一部分听力（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，你将有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 does Mr. Black most probably do? A. He s a carpenter. B. He s an electrician. C. Hes a docto
3、r.2. What does the woman want to do? A. To continue with the work B. To stop for a break. C. To go home.3. What is the woman s trouble? A. She is late for the class. B. She can t find the classroom. C. She has little chance of getting into that class.4. When is the dress likely to be ready? A. Tuesd
4、ay morning. B. Tuesday afternoon. C. Thursday afternoon.5. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. At a hotel. B. At a restaurant. C. At home.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
5、第6段材料，回答第6至8题。 6. What does the man urge the woman to do? A. To buy the silk dress. B. To try on the linen dress. C. To buy the linen dress.7. What makes the woman hesitate to get the dress? A. The extra thickness and the collar. B. The high price and the tightness. C. The material and the collar.8.
6、 What is the result of the conversation? A. The woman buys the dress. B. The woman refuses to buy the dress. C. The woman promises to come back for the dress.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. How many members are there in Adam s family? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.10. Who does the cooking on Tuesday? A. David. B. M
7、um. C. Dad.11. Who usually does the shopping in the family? A. Dad and David. B. Adam and David. C. Mum and Adam. 听第 8段材料 ,回答第 12至 14题。12. Where was the woman yesterday? A. At home. B. At school. C. At a hospital.13. When will the speakers have a quiz? A. Tomorrow. B. On Friday. C. Next Friday.14. W
8、hat did the teacher ask the students to do? A. To review chapter 6. B. To improve their reading skills. C. To read the chapters about the Spanish War.听第9段材料,回答第 15至 17题。15. What was Alfred Nobel s nationality? A. German. B. Swiss. C. Swedish.16. What do you think of Nobel according to the woman? A.
9、He was a man of contrasts. B. He was a knowledgeable man. C. He was a selfish man.17. What did Nobel think of his fame? A. He was very proud of it. B. He had no interest in it. C. He thought he deserved it.听第 10段材料,回答第 18至 20题。18. What is the importance of December 15th? A. The date when Abraham Lin
10、coln passed away. B. The date when the Civil War ended. C. The date when the paper is expected.19. Where did President Lincoln give his famous speech? A. In Washington D. C. B. At Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. C. In Texas University.20. What will the speaker probably discuss next? A. The speech by Linco
11、ln. B. The end of the Civil War. C. The beginning of the war between the states.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 There was once a lonely girl who longed so much for love. One day while she was walking in the woods she found two starving so
12、ngbirds. She took them home and put them in a small cage, caring them with love. Luckily, the birds grew strong little by little. Every morning they greeted her with a wonderful song. The girl felt great love for the birds.One day the girl left the door to the cage open accidentally. The larger and
13、stronger of the two birds flew from the cage. The girl was so frightened that he would fly away. So as he flew close, she grasped him wildly. Her heart felt glad at her success in capturing him. Suddenly, she felt the bird go weak, so she opened her hand and stared in horror at the dead bird. It was
14、 her desperate love that had killed him.She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his strong desireneeding to fly into the clear, blue sky. Unwillingly, she lifted him from the cage and threw him softly into the air. The lucky bird circled once, twice,
15、three times.The girl watched delightedly at the bird. Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss. What she wanted to see was that the bird could fly happily. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the sweetest tune that she had ever heard.Remember, the fastest
16、way to lose love is to hold on it too tight; the best way to keep love is to give it wings!21. After the girl found the two birds, she _. A. became frightened at once B. began to treat them badly C. greeted them happily D. fed them and raised them22. Why did the girl grasp the stronger bird wildly?
17、A. Because the girl disliked the bird any longer B. Because the bird wanted to fly alone. C. Because the girl loved the bird deeply. D. Because the bird intended to find some food.23. What can we learn from the passage? A. Catch what you can catch on your way to success. B. Going too far is as bad a
18、s not going far enough. C. East or west, home is best. D. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. B Considering Australia s size and the fact that early settlements were far apart, Australian society is remarkably homogeneous ( 同种的). Its citizens are fundamentally prosperous and the way of life
19、 in the major cities and towns is much the same however many miles divide them. It takes a sharp ear to identify regional accents. However, there is some difference in lifestyle between city settlers and the country people. Almost 90 percent of the population lives in the fast-paced cities along the
20、 coast and has little more than a passing familiarity with the desert. The major cities preserve images of colonial heritage, but the overall impression is modem, with new buildings reflecting the country s youth. In contrast, the rural communities tend to be slow-moving and conservative. For many y
21、ears, Australia was said to have ridden on the sheep s back , a reference to wool being the country s main money earner. However, it is no longer dominant ( 主宰的) . Much of Australia s relatively sound economy is now achieved from natural coal and wheat, and by being the largest diamond producer in t
22、he world. Newer industries such as tourism and wine making are also increasingly important. Australians are generally friendly and relaxed, with a modest sense of humor. Yet, contrary to widespread belief, very few Australians have true prisoner origins. Within only one generation of the arrival of
23、the First Fleet in 1788, Australia had become a nation of immigrants. Originally coming almost entirely from the British Isles, today one in three Australians comes from elsewhere. Australia s liberal postwar immigration policies led to a flowing of survivors from war-torn Europe, most notably Greek
24、s, Italians, Poles and Germans. The emphasis has shifted in recent years and today the majority of new immigrants are from Southeast Asia. Today Australia is a mixture of nations and although some racism exists, it has generally been a successful experiment and the country is reasonably proud to hav
25、e one of the most harmonious multicultural communities in the world.24. What does the writer mean by saying has little more than a passing familiarity with the desert in the second paragraph? A. The major population has a close relationship with the desert. B. The fast-paced cities are just located
26、by the desert. C. The major population knows little about the desert. D. The major population is familiar with the people living in the desert.25. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. The pace of life in the city is different from that in the country. B. One third o
27、f people living in Australia come from Europe. C. The Australian economy is dependent on sheep exports. D. Most Australians have ancestors who were prisoners.26. What used to be Australia s main money earner? A. Wheat. B. Wool. C. Tourism. D. Diamond.27. We can infer from the passage that _. A. noth
28、ing about Australia s colonial part in modem cities can be seen by visitors B. tourism and wine making resulted in fast development in rural communities only C. immigrants from Europe have brought racial problems D. Australia s recent immigration policy encourages immigrants from Southeast Asia CBri
29、tish singer Sarah Brightman began training for a 2015 flight to the International Space Station where she hopes to become the first professional musician to sing from space, the company arranging the trip said on Tuesday.Brightman, a famed soprano (女高音) who starred in Andrew Lloyd Webber s Phantom o
30、f the Opera , will pay about $ 52 million for a 10-day stay aboard the orbital outpost, Tom Shelley, president of privately owned Space Adventures, said.Brightman, who will become the eighth privately funded space tourist, is scheduled to fly in September 2015. Her training to fly on a Russian Soyuz
31、 capsule began last fall.Brightman has planned to be the first professional musician to sing from space. But she faces competition from Lady Gaga, who, according to media reports late last year, intends to be the first when she performs one song in space in early 2015 on a Virgin Galactic flight. Vi
32、rgin Galactic, part of Richard Bransons Virgin Group, plans to offer suborbital(亚轨道的) space flights.Brightman said in 2012 that she would travel to the space station, but her plans havent been confirmed until now. So far. Space Adventures has arranged for nine private missions to the space station, a $ 100 billion research laboratory that flies about
