1、资阳市高中级第一次诊断性考试试题和答案英语资阳市高中2013级第一次诊断性考试英 语本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。第卷1至8页。第卷9至10页。共150分。考试时间120分钟。考试结束时，将本试卷和答题卡一并收回。第 卷（选择题 共100分）注意事项：1. 答第卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2. 每小题选出答案后，用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，不能答在试题卷上。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
2、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. Where does the dialogue probably take place?A. At a school. B. At a restaurant. C. At a supermarket.2. How does the man advise the woman to get to the hotel?A. By bus. B. By taxi. C. By subway.3. When did the film begin?A. At
3、7:30. B. At 8:00. C. At 8:30.4. Where did the woman spend her holiday last year?A. Guangzhou. B. Shanghai. C. Beijing.5. What is Tom?A. A writer. B. A lecturer. C. A researcher.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
4、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. How long has the woman had the temperature?A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Four days.7. Who goes to the hospital with the woman?A. Her sister. B. Her husband. C. Her brother.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. Why is the woman unhappy with the dog?A. It belongs to the boy.B. It
5、looks seriously sick.C. It will make a mess in the house.9. Where did the boy find the dog?A. On the street. B. By the garbage can. C. In front of the house.10. What are they going to do with the dog?A. Keep it. B. Send it back. C. Give it away.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What kind of ticket does the woman
6、 want?A. A free ticket. B. A round ticket. C. A one-way ticket.12. Whats happened to the ticket fare this month?A. It has gone up. B. It has dropped. C. It hasnt changed.13. How many suitcases does the woman have altogether?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Why does the woman like San F
7、rancisco?A. It has less traffic.B. People there are friendlier. C. It has the best food and music.15. Which place is the womans hometown?A. Washington. B. San Francisco. C. A town in Pennsylvania.16. What does the woman think of the mans English?A. Excellent. B. Strange. C. Acceptable. 听第10段材料，回答第17
8、至20题。17. Why is the school called a “free school”?A. The students can arrive at any time.B. The students neednt pay for tuition.C. The students can choose courses freely.18. Where are most people from 9:00 to 10:00?A. On the playground. B. In the living room. C. In the painting room.19. What does Mi
9、ss Green probably teach?A. Math. B. Reading. C. Drawing.20. What do the students think of the washing-up?A. They dont like it.B. They think its interesting.C. They think its Miss Cabells job.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。ASummer RainThe wor
10、st days of any summer are the rainy ones. We spend all year looking forward to nice weather and long, hot days. All of winter, with its cloudy days and bitter cold, we dream of those endless days at the beach, lying on the sand and enjoying the bright and burning sun. And then, summer comes, and it
11、rains. As a child, I would wake up to rainy summer days and come close to crying. It wasnt fair. We suffered through months of school and experienced bad weather for those short ten weeks of freedom and pleasant weather. On those rainy summer days, I had nothing fun to do and could only sit inside,
12、staring out at the rain like a bird in a cage. I was an only child, so there was no one else to play with. My father worked from home, so I was not truly alone, but he could not actively play with me since he was at work. It was those days that I would watch whatever was on television or read any bo
13、oks that I could find lying around. Id drag through the day and pray each night that the rain would not be there the next day.As an adult, though, my opinion of summer rain has changed. When you have to work every day, summer is not as exciting. Everything seems dull. Such a mindset makes you cheer
14、for anything new or different. I spend the winter dreaming of summer and the summer dreaming of winter. When summer comes, I hate how hot it is. And then I look forward to the rain, because the rain brings with it a cold front, which makes me comfortable. Rainy days are still the worst days of the s
15、ummer, but summer rain today means positively beautiful and considerably cooler weather tomorrow.21. When the author was a child, he _.A. hated rainy days B. liked staying indoors C. preferred cooler weather D. dreamed on summer days22. We can learn from the passage that the author _.A. was often le
16、ft alone at home B. had no brothers or sistersC. preferred reading to playing outside D. could enjoy the brilliant sun in winter23. As an adult, the author views summer rain differently because _.A. he knows it wont last long B. his summer holiday is very shortC. rain makes the weather cooler D. he
17、can better deal with his holidayBWhen my daughter Sally was five, I bought Grimms Fairy Tales and read Snow White to her one night. At the end of the original Grimm tale, Snow Whites stepmother is made to put on red-hot iron shoes and dance until she falls down dead.This came as something of a shock
18、. I always thought fairytales had happy endings. And I didnt want my five-year-old daughter going to sleep thinking: “Thank goodness they tortured (折磨) that old woman to death.” Thats when I decided to write fairy tales.In the years that followed, I wrote tales non-stop and read them to Sally at bed
19、time. The Corn Dolly was based on a child who was always complaining; The Silly King was just a silly story Sally loved; I wrote The Witch and the Rainbow Cat for Sally because of her enormous appetite for stories about witches while Dr Bonocoluss Devil is a new version of the Faust legendNifobobinu
20、s, however, was different. I wrote this book when Sally was older and took up all things girls have to do whos friends with who, who stuck a sticker on the back of whose boyfriend, or whatever thing she felt funny.Nicobobinus, the boy who could do anything, came out of my desire for a more innocent
21、world. He lived a 1ong time ago, in a city called Venice. Only his best friend, Rosie, knew he could, and nobody took any notice of anything Rosie said, because she was always having wild ideas anyway.Nicobobinus was so different that it turned out to be an instant hit. The Times called me “an autho
22、r setting out to rival the classic fairytales”. I asked Sally what she thought of Nicobobinus. She said it was her favourite.24. What led the writer to start writing fairy tales for her daughter?A. The frightening ends of past fairy tales. B. His daughters strong interest in fairy tales. C. His desi
23、re to let his daughter know more stories. D. His attempt to fill his daughters bedtime with something. 25. We can infer from the third paragraph that the writer _.A. was a very productive fairy tale writerB. based all his stories on some old legendsC. never described witches in his fairy talesD. cre
24、ated his stories out of his own interest26. When creating Nicobobinus, the first thing the writer considered was _.A. the changes of his daughters interestsB. what story the publisher wanted to getC. ways to keep his daughter Sally innocentD. the difference of the story from other stories27. The und
25、erlined word “rival” in the last paragraph can be replaced by _.A. follow B. explore C. challenge D. recommendCYour car is a necessary part of your life. You use it every day. Of course, you want to hold on to it so you make sure it has the latest alarm and immobilizer. But despite all these, cars l
26、ike yours are still stolen every day. In fact, in this country, one car is stolen almost every minute! And if your car is stolen, you only have a 50:50 chance of seeing it again.Each year, car crime costs nearly 3 billion. Of course, if youre insured, you wont lose out, or will you? Firstly, you wil
27、l have to pay extra insurance later on, and then you may not be offered the full amount by the agent. You will probably have to hire a car and you will also lose the value of the contents and accessories (配件) in the car.Now comes the solution. An RAC Trackstar system, hidden in one of 47 possible se
28、cret locations in your car, is the key of our system. If your car is stolen, radio signals are sent at twenty-second intervals from the car to the RAC Trackstar National Control Center via a satellite network. Then a computer gives the vehicles exact location, speed and direction.The RAC Trackstar N
29、ational Control Center, which operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, will immediately inform the police in the area where the car is located. Because the police receive information every twenty seconds, they will always know the vehicles location. Once the thief has been arrested, your car will b
30、e returned to you.RAC Trackstar is unique in being able to provide the National Control Center with details of the exact location of your car, its speed and direction. And speed is the key to successful recovery of a stolen vehicle. RAC Trackstar Control will immediately tell the police if you repor
31、t your car stolen and under the 24-hour Guardian Option. It will also tell you if your car has been stolen. RAC Trackstars constant updates mean the police are kept informed of the cars location. All these greatly improve your chances of seeing your car again. 28. If your car is stolen, you will hav
32、e to _. A. hire a new car B. pay more insuranceC. buy a RAC Trackstar system D. inform the National Control Center 29. The Trackstar system can tell the police _.A. how the car is stolen B. who the thief isC. what brand the car is D. where the car is30. The underlined word “It” in the last paragraph ref
