1、绵阳市度高三第一次诊断考试英语度绵阳一诊英语卷四川省绵阳市高2015级高三第一次诊断性考试 英语第卷（选择题，共100分）第一部分 听力（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。例：How much is the shirt?A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是C。1.Who wants to borrow a camera?A.Mary. B.Jane. C.
2、Alice.2.What is the man doing?A.Attending an appointment. B.Discussing an agreement. C.Applying for a position.3.Where are the two speakers talking?A.In a shop. B.In a bank. C.In a cinema.4.How long did Eric stay abroad in all?A.9 days. B.11 days. C.16 days.5.Why will Mr.Rogers be off work next week
3、?A.To make his holiday. B.To attend a wedding. C.To travel on business.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 is Jane unhappy?A.David fell in love with her. B.She met problem
4、s with math. C.Kevin made up stories about her.7.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Teacher and student. B.Father and daughter. C.Boss and employee.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8.When does the conversation most probably take place?A.On Monday. B.On Wednesday. C.On Saturday.9.What makes the
5、newly-opened restaurant popular?A.Good position. B.Special foods. C.Music show.10.When will the music be over?A.At 8. B.At 9. C.At 10.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?A.From young smokers. B.From a newspaper article. C.From some smoking parents.12.Why does the
6、 man say that he should keep away from babies?A.Hes just become a father. B.He wears dirty clothes. C.He is a smoker.13.Whats the womans suggestion for smoking parents?A.Quit smoking. B.Stay outdoors. C.Clean clothes. 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14.What does the woman say about the science book?A.Its of little
7、 value. B.Its in bad condition. C.Its an old edition.15.How much will the woman pay the man?A.$30. B.$23. C.$21.16.Why is the woman unwilling to buy more textbooks?A.Textbooks are changeable. B.Shes in financial trouble. C.She prefers new books.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What does the speaker mainly talk
8、about?A.His success in acting. B.His work experience. C.His regret for ignorance.18.How did the speaker feel on his arrival at Los Angeles?A.Discouraged. B.Worried. C.Confident.19.What did he think of his career as an actor?A.Disappointing. B.Tiring. C.Interesting.20.What did he decide to do in the
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16、rom work. B.To introduce new destinations for nature lovers.C.To show the advantages of online service. D.To help people have fun at less expense.BOne time a young man,who hoped to study law,wrote to Lincoln for advice,and Lincoln replied,If you are determined to make a lawyer of yourself,the thing
17、is more than half done already.Always bear in mind that your own determination to succeed is more important than any other one thing.Lincoln knew.He had gone through it all.He had never,in his entire life,had more than a total of one years schooling.And books?Lincoln once said he had walked to borro
18、w every book within fifty miles of his home.A fire was usually kept going all night in the small house and he read by the light of it.He walked twenty or thirty miles to hear a speaker and,returning home,he practiced his talks everywherein the fields,in the woods,before the crowds.He joined several
19、societies and practiced speaking on the topics of the day.A lack of confidence always troubled him.In the presence of women he was shy and dumb.Even when he was in love with Mary Todd,he used to sit there,nervous and silent,unable to find words,listening while she did the talking.Yet that was the ma
20、n who,by practice and home study,made himself into the speaker who debated with the famous speaker Douglas!That was the man who,in Gettysburg address,rose to the heights of eloquence（雄辩）that have seldom been achieved in all the human history.Small wonder that,speaking of his own great barriers and p
21、ainful struggle,he wrote,If you are determined to make a lawyer of yourself,the thing is more than half done already.25.What does the underlined word it (in Paragraph 2) refer to?A.Earning a fortune. B.Making a living. C.Asking for advice. D.Becoming a lawyer.26.What is the key point of the fourth p
22、aragraph?A.Lincolns courage. B.Lincolns position. C.Lincolns progress. D.Lincolns eloquence.27.What is the most vital spirit reflected in Lincolns story above?A.Believing in oneself. B.Keeping on practicing hard.C.Overcoming difficulties. D.Sticking to ones determination.CDavid Rees runs a truly dis
23、tinctive business.He charges customers $15 to sharpen their pencils to perfections, using a variety of tools.I know what youre thinkingis this a joke?The 39-year-old gets asked that question a lot.To clarify everything, he even created a special section on his website telling everyone hes actually p
24、roviding a real service。You can supply your own pencil or you can have Rees sharpen one of his own favorite 2B pencils.After that,he mails it to you in a display tube with the shavings in a separate bag,and an authentic certificate which just happens to mention the pencil is so sharp as to be a dang
25、erous object.To achieve the desired result,the master sharpener uses all kinds of tools,including general sandpapers,pocket knives and even a special $450 sharpening machine.It depends on what the customer wants to use his/her pencil for,he says.That determines the most appropriate pencil-sharpening
26、 technique.Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols while others buy them because of their special memories of classic 2B pencils.$15 to have a pencil sharpened is a bit expensive though,right?Youre not the only one who feels that way,.and Davids unique business has really angered lots of
27、 people,who talk of inequality in America,saying it is so insane for the wealthy to pay $15 to sharpen a pencil.But others will say,This is just our urge to put an end to the welfare state because new ideas arise along with the business.David admits his trade is sort of unusual.But there are those w
28、ho actually value his service,as proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.28.How could David make money by sharpening pencils?A.He invented new tools for the job. B.He promoted his skill on his website.C.He saved lots of time for other people. D.He provided quality service to his customers.29.Fro
29、m his words,we can infer that David Bees .A.knows all kinds of pencil users B.provides personalized servicesC.values ideas behind the pencils D.always write with pencils30.What does the underlined word insane (in Paragraph 5) mean?A.Deliberate. B.Rewarding. C.Unreasonable. D.Irresponsible.31.What se
30、ems to be the authors attitude to David Bees trade?A.Its a fancy service. B.It has a good reputation.C.Its awfully expensive. D.It wastes time and money.DGerman artist HA Schult is an unusual artist who uses trash（废旧物）to make sculptures.We are living in the time of garbage,says Schult.I created a th
31、ousand sculptures of garbage.They are a mirror of ourselves.Here,Schult was talking about his 1,000 trash sculptures in the form of humans.He first exhibited them in 1996 in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia.They are social sculptures,he explains.They are not only sculptures for the eyes.They are sculptures to spread the idea that we live in a time of garbage.So far,Schults
