1、湖北省襄阳四中届高三下学期第三次模拟考试英语试第卷第一部分 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。1.What does the man imply?A.He doesnt care. B.He is very satisfied. C.He is a little disappointed.2.How did the woman feel just now?A.Exci
2、ted. B.Bored. C.Scared.3.Where does the woman want to go tonight?A.To the supermarket. B.To the theater. C.To a restaurant.4.What is the woman worried about?A.Missing her flight. B.Having a traffic accident. C.Being late for the football game.5.Why does the man want another credit card?A.To pay for
3、a car. B.To buy more things he needs. C.To get a higher credit score.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或对白，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至7题。6.Who is Guy?A.The man. B.A horse. C.The womans brother.7.Which part of t
4、he girls body is hurt?A.Her leg. B.Her head. C.Her neck听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8.What does the man think about the sweater?A.Its ugly. B.Its classic. C.Its beautiful.9.Who picked the color? A.The public. B.Clothing manufacturers. C.Fashion designers.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.When did the doctors think the uncle wo
5、uld die?A.Within a few years. B.Within several months. C.Within a few days.11.What did the woman do with her uncle?A.They played video games. B.She took him to his appointments. C.She brought him to the park.12.According to the woman,what has helped Uncle Jim get better?A.The medicine. B.Being out o
6、f the hospital. C.Laughter.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What probably happened to the man?A.He got an offer for a new job. B.He got fired from his job. C.He quit his job.14.Why is the woman worried?A.The man doesnt like to work. B.Her business isnt doing well. C.The man wont be able to pay the rent.15.Where
7、did Daniel use to work?A.At a theater. B.At a sandwich shop. C.At a coffee house.16.How will the woman help the man?A.By finding a good lawyer for him.B.By helping him start a new business.C.By hiring him to work at her business.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.How will the students feel about this news?A.Bored
8、. B.Amazed. C.Challenged.18.When will the class go on the trip?A.In winter. B.In spring. C.In summer.19.What is one thing the class will be doing in Paris?A.Visiting the Eiffel Tower. B.Going to famous museums. C.Studying at a Paris high school.20.What competition will the class have?A.A language co
9、ntest. B.A boat race against another class. C.A human chess game.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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AGet involved!Make a donation!So what is rewilding?Imagine our natural habitats growing instead of shrinking.Imagine species thriving,instead of
10、declining.Thats rewilding.Rewilding is ecological restoration and a little bit more.Rewilding offers hope for wildlife,humans and the planet.Why is rewilding essential for Britain?Our ecosystems are broken.The places where you would expect wildlife to thrive have been reduced to wet deserts.The seab
11、ed has been damaged and stripped of its living creatures.Our wildlife is disappearing.Many wonderful British species have declined catastrophically over the past century.Weve lost more of our large mammals than any European country except Ireland.We need keystone species.These vital species,includin
12、g top predator（食肉动物）,drive ecological processes. Their loss in Britain and around the world has worsened our living systems.Nature looks after us.Good ecosystems can provide us with clean air and water,prevent flooding,store carbon, and attract visitors.Rewilding can leave the world in a better stat
13、e than it is today.What are challenges?Our rewilding britain is a long-term project.Of course it has its challenges.Many of us feel indifferent,because we have got used to the lack of native forests.Many farmers oppose the idea.They thought it a crazy idea to bring back predators to the country beca
14、use they would start killing farm animals.It takes time to educate them.Above all, we need money!So we need your help!Make a donationHelp us bring back Jiving systems and restore wild nature in Britain!With your help we can.Open up new opportunities for rewilding and push for change.Develop tools to
15、 educate,influence and spread the word.Thanks for your support.21.What can we know from the result of rewilding?A.A lot of species decline. B.Species become various.C.Ecosystems are greatly destroyed. D.The seabed has been damaged.22.Whats the greatest challenge at present?A.Peoples indifference B.F
16、armers opposition C.Shortage of time D.A lack of fund23.What is the purpose of the passage?A.To persuade people to change their mind. B.To call on people to make a donation.C.To convince people to care for predators. D.To warn people of the bad ecosystem.BA cultures values can be mirrored by its hum
17、or.Humor has been evaluated by many great minds such as Thomas Hobbes,who,inOn Nature,disliked humor,Laughter is nothing else but sudden glory arising from sudden thought of feeling far better than others.He thought humor to be a negative quality of human narrow-mindedness.However,Mordechai Gordon,P
18、hD of Education,insists,Humor allows us to view the world from an angle that is amusing rather than serious.I agree with Gordon.Learning to look at the world through humor is important.In the United States,every four years an election occurs.Without humor as a way to express their feelings,how would
19、 Americans be willing to support the election?Television shows like The Daily Show have become important parts of American culture.They are mothering the masses by unconsciously inputting politics into our mouths.They make politics fun.Of course, politics is only one type of humor.Social humor helps
20、 people through the twists and turns of the human condition.American pop culture promotes an unhealthy self image.On the topic of self-image,Hari Kondabolu stands out.He has a joke about the popular musical group The Pussycat Dolls,describing their hit song Dont Cha as a negative representation of w
21、omen.He points out an obvious offence in American culture.A study from Loyola University of Maryland has shown that humor is one determining factor for selecting a mating partner.Amongst other things,mates look for an outstanding funny bone in a potential partner.Of course,humor is not always used f
22、or good purposes.Humor can be linked to vulgarity（粗俗）and racism,but, like everything else,it has potential to unite human beings by allowing us to laugh at ourselves,our failures and our connection with one another.Though life may seem tough and depressing at times,all I have to do is look in the mi
23、rror at my increased wrinkles（皱纹）to know that there is a comedy out there that even Chaplin wasnt aware of.With that in mind,remember to laugh with humanity and sometimes at humanity.24.Hobbes believes that humor_.A.resulted in narrow-mindedness of human beingsB.was only a way to laugh at others to
24、make oneself feel betterC.had the power to mirror personal glory and national values D.was for people to view the world from another angle25.What is the authors attitude towards political humor?A.Worried B.Disappointed C.Curious D.Appreciative26.The fourth paragraph is developed mainly_.A.by process
25、 B.by example C.by comparison D.by classification27.What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?A.Chaplin wasnt aware of being laughed at B.The author feels helpless and sad about getting olderC.Never be the one who laughs at other people D.The author is determined to face life with a sense of hu
26、mor.COn the day the tornado hit,there was no indication that severe weather was on its waythe sky was blue and the sun bad been out.The first alert my husband,Jimmy,67,and I,65,got came around 9 p.m.,from some scrolling text on the TV Jimmy was watching.He ran upstairs to find me in our third-floor
27、bedroom,and we changed the channel from the presidential primary debate I had been watching to our local Pensacola,Florida,station.No sooner had we found coverage of the tornado than it was on top of us.It was the loudest thing I have ever heard.The bones of the house shook,and the power went out.Th
28、e wind began to roar through the house,most likely through blown-out windows and the door to our garage.We had three flights of steps to navigate to get to the relative safety of the first floor,because the cupboard down there is underneath a brick staircase.I didnt know how or if we would make it d
29、own the steps.It felt as if there were no floor underneath me as the wind lifted me off my feet.I tried to move forward,but this intense pressure held me in place.As we reached the last flight of steps,our front door blew out.Pieces of glass that looked like crushed ice flew everywhere.Suddenly,a th
30、ree-foot-long tree branch crashed into the door frame.It flew over our heads,missing us by inches.Had we been one step up,it would have hit us.By the time I reached the cupboard,the tornado had been over us for about a minute.Jimmy pushed me down to the cupboard floor,but he couldnt get inside himse
31、lf because of the wind.I held Jimmys arm and tried to bring Jimmy with it.My knees were full of glass,but at that moment,I felt no pain.If I had let go,Jimmy would have flown right out the back of the house and into the bay.All of a sudden,Jimmy lifted off his feet like people in tornadoes do in the movies.I thought he was gone.And then everything stopped.He landed on his feet.In those first quiet moments,I couldnt believe it was over,Jimmy said hed go outside to check.No,I said.Dont leave me.Dont leave me.Our neighbor says the storm lasted four mi
