1、高三英语上学期限时训练 第二周高三英语限时训练听力测试第一节1. When can the man see the headmaster?A. At 9:30. B. At 11:45. C. At 12:40.2. Why does the man want to keep the window shut?A. He is ill. B. He wants to open it himself. C. The air inside is fresh enough.3. What is Mike?A. A teacher. B. A student. C. A writer.4. What h
2、as made working at home possible?A. Personal computers. B. Communication industry. C. Living far from companies.5. Where is the woman?A. In a soap factory. B. In her house. C. At an information desk.】第二节听第六段材料，回答6-7题6. Where, does the conversation most probably take place? A. At home. B. On a bus. C
3、. In the bank.7. Why do the two speakers want to buy a car? A. They have a lot of money. B. The man lives too far away from his office.C. The womans office is too far away from her home.听第七段材料，回答8-10题8. Why wont Mr. Stone come to the clinic tomorrow?A. He cant spare the time. B. The clinic will be c
4、losed. D. Dr.! Milton wont come to work.9. When is the clinic open in a week?A. From Monday to Friday. B. On weekdays except Thursday. C. During the whole week.10. What time has finally been fixed for Mr. Stone to come?A. 5:30 p. m., Wednesday. B. 6:15 p. m., Wednesday. C. 6:15 p. m., Thursday.听第八段材
5、料，回答11-13题11. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Neighbors. B. Doctor and patient. C. Friends.12. When did the woman cough most seriously?A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon. C. At night.13. What did the man do for the woman? A. He examined the woman carefully. B. He gave her some
6、 medicine and some advice as well. C. He just told her not to worry too much. 听第九段材料，回答14-16题14. Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Strangers.15. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. In a restaurant. B. At the woman s home
7、. C. At the mans home.16. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Have some soup. B. Have more rice. C. Bring his wife next time.听第十段材料，回答17-20题17. What did Nicholas do at eighteen months？A. He began to learn French. B. He read the newspaper. C. He took telephone messages.18. Why was Nicholas bored
8、 and unhappy at the two schools?A. He had too much homework. B. He almost couldnt learn anything special. C. His teachers often corrected his spelling.19. Who offered to help Nicholas finally?A. His classmates. B. His parents. C. A college.20. What is Nicholas life like now? A. Busy without any soci
9、al life. B. Full but boring. C. Busy at college and free at home.第二部分阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分) AGeorge Ballas of Houston, Texas, lived a long life. He was a businessman, university lecturer, author, dancer and dance studio owner whose son, Corky, and grandson, Mark, followed his footsteps into the dance worl
10、d. Also, Mr. Ballas was the inventor of the Weed Eater. Mr. Ballas died in Houston on June 25th, 2011 at the age of 85.George Ballas was born in Louisiana. He joined the military at 17. He served in World War II and the Korean War. After the military, he became a dance teacher and an executive in th
11、e dance school industry.In the 1950s, he built a dance studio of his own in Houston. People called it the biggest one in the world. The dance studio had 120 teachers. Mr. Ballas sold the studio in 1964. By the early 70s, he set about the next big thing. The idea had come to him at a car wash. He wat
12、ched the needle-like bristles（刷子毛） of the brushes as they went round and round against his car. Could a similar idea be used to cut the grass in places out of reach?To find an easier way for people to cut the grass and weeds, he placed lengths of a fishing line through holes in a tin can. He attache
13、d the can to the spinning part of a mower. A revolution for millions of people who cut the grass for a living or just to keep their neighbors happy appeared. His invention grew into a company which he later sold.George Ballas became known as the “Weed King”. As he once said, “A Weed Eater comes alon
14、g once in a lifetime.” Today the idea lives on in a new generation. The noise may not be the nicest, but neither is a louder mower. The Weed Eaters work well in corners and along walls and fences. As weed expert Bill Curran at Penn State University points out, they avoid the use of chemicals or the
15、labor of pulling weeds by hand. Of course, a Weed Eater can do damage like any other power tools. The high-speed cutting line can inevitably damage pieces of trees, wood fences, stone surfaces or birdbaths.In 1952, George Ballas married Maria Louisa Marulanda, a Spanish dancer and film actress. They
16、 were together for 59 years until his death.21. Which of the following is the correct order according to the passage? a . Mr. Ballas set up a dance studio. b. Mr. Ballas taught dance in a school. c. Mr. Ballas invented the Weed Eater. d. Mr. Ballas became a soldier in World War II. A. abcd B. dbac C
17、. dcba D. cbad22. The passage is most probably taken from a _. A. celebrity biography B. music magazine C. news report D. science report23. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of the Weed Eater? A. It makes less noise. B. It works well in corners. C. It can cut the grass in places out of reac
18、h. D. It doesnt damage nearby plants and things. B Lake OrtaThis wonderful new tour is our first tour by train of Italy, and is based on pretty Lake Orta. Tour attractions include four of Italys most beautiful lakes Orta, Como, Maggiore and Lugano as well as historic Varallo, Monte Rosa, and Lake Ma
19、ggiores Borromean Islands. One of the most attractive features is our base, the charming family-run 3-star Giardinetto Hotel, located in lovely gardens right on Lake Orta, and with wonderful lake views. Dinner is included here every night in its lakeside restaurant.Travel by Eurostar Train: St Pancr
20、as (England) / Paris (France): 12:29 / 15:50 Paris (France) / Turin (Italy): 07:42 / 13:17 Novara (Italy) / Paris (France): 08:44 / 15:15 Paris (France) / St Pancras (England): 17:13 / 18:29 .Available DeparturePrice from05-Sept-2014Sold Out12-Sept-2014Sold Out19-Sept-2014995Giardinetto Hotel The ch
21、arming 3-star Giardinetto Hotel is located in lovely gardens right on the lake, and has wonderful views. Facilities at this friendly, family-run hotel include a heated pool, a lakeside restaurant serving excellent local cuisine, a bar, and , comfortable bedrooms with a private bath/shower, a TV, a t
22、elephone and a minibar, many with lake views. Included in Tour 1 nights accommodation at the 3-star Hotel of Lyon on a bed-and-breakfast basis 7 nights accommodation on a dinner, bed-and-breakfast basis at the 3-star Giardinetto Hotel, Lake Orta Transfers in Paris and Italy Tour manager available th
23、roughout Not Included in Tour Single-room supplement ( 200) Room upgrades only twins / doubles available Standard lake view 63 per person Superior non-lake view- 49 per person Superior lake view77 per person Holiday insurance (30 per person)24. Where will the tourists spend most of their time during
24、 the tour? A. On Lake Orta. B. On Lake Maggiore. C. On Monte Rosa. D. On Lake Como.25. How much will a couple pay for the tour with holiday insurance and a standard lake view?A. 2088. B. 2176. C. 2204. D. 2148.26. What do we learn about the Giardinetto Hotel? A. It is located on Barrowman Islands. C
25、. It is owned by a travel agency. B. It has good lake views. D. It doesnt provide private showers.27. If you take this trip you wont need to pay _ . A. for a standard lake view C. holiday insurance B. for a superior non-lake view D. transfer fees .CThere could be an oceans worth of water more than 3
26、00 miles under the Earths surface that equals the known water content across the entire planet. Findings published in the latest issue of the journal, Nature show that water was found in a sample of ringwoodite, a stone formed under extreme pressure inside the Earths mantle (地幔).The ringwoodite disc
27、overy was made by Professor Graham Pearson of the University of Alberta. When Pearson”s team examined a seemingly worthless brown diamond they had uncovered, they found the ringwoodite sample within , which contained about 1.5 percent water.However, Pearson and his team acknowledge that the finding,
28、 the first of its kind, does not completely settle the water theory. In an accompanying Nature article, University of Bayreuth geochemist, Hans Keppler, cautions that no firm conclusions can be made based on the single ringwoodite sample.But Pearson himself is now convinced，telling the Edmonton Jour
29、nal, “What you can definitely say from our finding is that there are oases of water -wet spots in the deep Earth. Now if you extrapolate (推断）it to the whole of this area we call the transition zone, it means there might be the same mass of water as what is held in all of the world s oceans.”If Pears
30、on is correct, the presence of water deep beneath the Earths surface could help scientists better understand the shifting of tectonic(地壳构造上的) plates，which may be thinned and corroded (侵蚀）by the existence of water. As to the existence of the ringwoodite sample itself, Pearson and his team say it was
31、probably pushed to the Earth s surface by a volcanic eruption.So, where did all this water, if it actually exists, come from? Pearson says it may have been sucked down beneath the Earth s surface as tectonic plates shifted.28. According to the text, the water in the ringwoodite sample proves that _
32、in the deep Earth. A. there are oceans of water C. there are wet spots B. there are a lot of oases D. there are many diamonds29. What can we learn from the text? A. Ringwoodite samples can usually be found in brown diamonds. B. The ringwoodite sample could help scientists better understand the shifting of tectonic plates. C. The ring
