1、陕西省西安市第八十三中学届高三上学期第一次阶段测试英语试题西安市第八十三中学2016届高三年级第一次阶段测试英语试题命题人：刘少文 审题人：董轩第I卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节 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。1.How did the woman get there?A.By car. B.By bus. C.By bike.2.How much is the dictionary?A.$24. B.$26. C.$50
2、.3.Why does the man make this call?A.To cancel his travel. B.To book his ticket. C.To change the leaving date.4.What is the man trying to do?A.Make an excuse. B.Make an apology. C.Make a complaint.5.Where can the man find an available restroom?A.In the first and second floor.B.In the first and third
3、 floor.C.In the second and third floor.第二节 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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A.Life styles. B.Happy childhood. C.Activities in spare time.7.What does t
4、he woman think of taking photos?A.Its interesting. B.Its a waste of money. C.Its suitable for children.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8.When did the woman leave school?A.In 1994. B.In 1995. C.In 1996.9.Why did the woman start running?A.To keep fit. B.To become famous. C.To make money.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10.W
5、hy does the woman come to the man?A.To go over lessons with him.B.To have a chat with him.C.To inform him of a test.11.What do we know about the man?A.He was studying just now.B.He was looking for the woman.C.He didnt do well in the last test.12.What will the man do?A.Study with the woman. B.Give El
6、izabeth a call. C.Take a test.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13.What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Classmates. B.Co-workers. C.Waiter and diner.14.What did the woman have for lunch?A. A pizza. B. A hamburger. C. A sandwich.15.What have the speakers decided to order?A.Pasta,coffee,Coke and iced w
7、ater.B.Pizza,chicken salad and iced water.C.Soup,hamburger and cola.16.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.At McDonalds. B.At KFC. C.At an Italian restaurant.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.What is the passage mainly about?A.Sports education. B.Childrens psychology. C.Playground safety.18.Whe
8、re do most of children injuries happen?A.On public playgrounds. B.At the gyms. C.On the hard-surface roads.19.What does the speaker suggest parents do?A.Join in their childrens activities.B.Stay close to their children.C.Repair the equipment of the playground.20.What can we learn from the passage?A.
9、There are 200,000 playgrounds all over the country.B.Childrens sense of safety encourages creativity.C.Many children are afraid of being watched.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35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。AIt is six oclock in the morning. You are asleep in my left arm and I am learn
10、ing the art of one-handed typing. Your mother, more tired yet more happy than Ive ever known her, is sound asleep in the room next door. When youre older well tell you that you were born in HongKong in the lunar year of the pig. “Its a boy, so lucky,” our neighbours told us. They said you were the f
11、irst baby to be born in the block this year. This, they told us, was good Feng Shui, in other words, a positive sign. Naturally your mother and I were only too happy to believe that. Your coming has turned me upside down and inside out. I am pained by the memory of each suffering child I have come a
12、cross on my journeys as a journalist. To tell you the truth, its nearly too much for me to even think of the children being hurt and abused and killed. Last October, in Afghanistan, when you were growing inside your mother, I met Sharja, aged twelve, motherless, fatherless, guiding me through the gr
13、ey ruins of her home. Everything was gone, she told me. There is another memory of Rwanda, and the churchyard where I found a mother and her three young children huddled(蜷缩) together where theyd been beaten to death. The children had died holding on to their mother. Daniel, these memories explain so
14、me of the protectiveness I feel for you, and the occasional moments of blind terror when I imagine anything bad happening to you. 21We can see that this text is written to _.A. the authors wife B. the authors neighbourC. Daniel D. a suffering child22The author mentions some of his painful memories b
15、ecause _.A. he wants his son to care for othersB. he feels more pain thinking about them as a fatherC. he hopes to forget the tragedies he witnessedD. his experience has affected his mental health23The underlined word “blind” in the last paragraph means _.A. unable to see B. meaningfulC. not clear D
16、. not based on reason24Which of the following words best describes the authors feeling when typing this text?A. Critical. B. Regretful. C. Loving. D. Calm.BGoing to university can cause many unfamiliar feelings. Its a stressful period. While it offers greater freedom, many find it difficult to let g
17、o of family ties and old school friends.Adding the pressures of academic performance and the loneliness of being in an alien environment, life can become confusing. For many students, good grades become the first concern and other ones, like that of mental health, become less important.Earlier this
18、year, researchers from the US Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine released a study earlier showing that between one-fifth and one-quarter of university students within the US suffer from some form of depression.Though a majority of people will feel depressed at some point in their li
19、fe, this doesnt mean symptoms can be ignored. How can we define “depression”? Although everyone gets sad at times, depression is an illness that is different from just feeling down.When a “bad day” turns into a “bad week” and goes on into a “bad month”, its probably time to get some help. Depression
20、 can form a cycle it takes away the energy and confidence you need to get out of it, which may severely disturb their normal life. The good news, however, is that depression is treatable and most universities now offer a variety of services to help their students.There is a lot of professional help
21、available today and a number of medical treatments have been shown to be a highly effective. For less severe cases, often just speaking to a tutor or a friend can make a huge difference. Sometimes all you need is a helping hand and thats where friends can be of great help. Many researchers have also
22、 shown that gentle exercise, healthy foods and an optimistic outlook can do wonders for your mood. So stay positive and know that youre not alone.25. Which is not mentioned by the writer in making students feel depressed ?A. Being far away from home B. Feeling homesickC. The pressures from studies D
23、. Local food 26. Which of the following statements is right according to this passage?A. Being depressed can be ignored because it is rare in universities.B. Something has been done to help those suffering from being depressed.C. Once one feels down in campus, they must seek professional advice.D. S
24、o far, no medicine can be effective in treating depression.27. Depression is an illness because _.A. it will occur again and again over a certain period of timeB. those suffering from it can not live a normal lifeC. it will make one sleepy in class D. it is hard to recover from it C Why do men die e
25、arlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that mens hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age. The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that womens longevity may be linked tothe fact that their hearts do not lose their pumpi
26、ng power with age. “We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. “Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. between the age
27、of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “this is part of the ageing process.” What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old womans heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one
28、s. “This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greate
29、r loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink. The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.28. The text mainly talks about _.A. mens he
30、art cells B. womens ageing processC. the gender difference D. hearts and long life29.According to the text, the UK scientists have known that _.A. women have more cells than men when they are bornB. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beatC. the female heart loses few of the cells w
31、ith ageD. women never lose their pumping power with age30. If you want to live longer, you should _.A. enable your heart to beat much fasterB. find out the reason for ageingC. exercise regularlyto keep your heart healthyD. prevent your cells from being lost31. We can know from the passage that _.A.
32、the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found outB. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cellsC. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater lossD. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20 DWhen milk arr
