2017届河南省许昌、平顶山、新乡三市联考高三上学期第三次调研考试英语试题及答案

新乡平顶山许昌三市2015届高三第三次调研考试英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

满分150分，时间120分钟。

考试结束只交答题卡。

第Ⅰ卷注意事项：1．答题前，考生在答题卷和答题卡上务必用直径0．5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。

在答题卡上用2B铅笔将考号涂完整。

2．每小题选出答案后，用2B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，再选涂其他答案标号，在试卷上作答无效。

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）请听下面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秒的时间来回答有关小题和阅读小一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. Whom did the man get a present from?A. John.B. Jack.C. The woman.2. What does the woman want to buy?A. Sweets and apples.B. Oranges and apples.C. Vegetables and apples.3. What time is it now?A. 8:05.B. 8:15.C. 8:35.4. What is the woman going to do?A. Go to the bookstore.B. See her doctor.C. Visit her uncle.5. Which is the quickest way to the airport?A. By taxi.B. By underground.C. By bus.第二节（共15小题；每小题1．5分，满分22．5分）请听下面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；听完后每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6—8题。

6. Where did the boy’s parents meet for the first time?A. At a dance party.B. At a friend’s home.C. At a meeting.7. What did the boy’s father do after their firstmeeting at the party?A. He sent her a bunch of flowers every day for twoweeks.B. He came to visit her every day for two weeks.C. He called her every day for two weeks.8. Why did the boy’s mother’s neighbors all come outto see what was happening?A. Because the boy’s parents were quarrelling.B. Because the boy’s father was singing under herwindow.C. Because the boy’s parents’ wedd ing was goingon outside.请听第7段材料，回答第9—11题。

9. What is the man looking for?A. A roommate.B. A friend.C. An apartment.10. Why can’t he stand the man living upstairs?A. Because he often comes back late.B. Because he plays music all night.C. Because he always wakes him up early in the morning.11. Whom will the man probably live with?A. Francis’s brother.B. A stranger.C. Francis.请听第8段材料，回答第12—14题。

12. What does the man want?A. A holiday.B. More fun.C. Less work.13. How does the man feel?A. Tired.B. Unwell.C. Dissatisfied.14. What does the man show towards his older generations?A. Love.B. Envy.C. Hate.请听第9段材料，回答第15—17题。

15. What is the woman going to visit tomorrow?A. The Summer Palace.B. The Science Museum.C. The National Art Gallery.16. Where can you get the Beijing Duck?A. Xidan Department Square.B. Qianmen Street.C.Local restaurants.17. According to the passage, which of the following isWRONG?A. The Summer Palace is the most beautiful park thatshe has been to.B. The National Art Gallery has a famous collectionof Chinese paintings.C. The woman is going to stay in Beijing for somedays.请听第10段材料，回答第18—20题。

18. What’s the speaker talking about?A. He is selling the vegetables growing in hisgarden.B. He is attending a competition about cooking.C. He is introducing a special recipe of his own onTV.19. Which is not from Stanl ey’s garden?A. Carrots.B. Mushrooms.C. Tomatoes.20. How long does it take to cook the “Stanley’s Vegetable Stew”?A. One hourB. Two hoursC.Three hours第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每题2分，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，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWhen I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn’t look like ally doctor I’d ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.When Doctor Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle. “No pains, no gains”. He hardly Watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water. So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he’d beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said itwas to get the tree’s attention.Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb’s trees in ways that comfort and ease never could. Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There’s always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won’t be torn apart.21. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often _______.A. heat them to attract neighbours’ attentionB. kept watering them every morningC. talked to them to get their attentionD. paid little attention to them22. What does the underlined word “Adversity” mean in the fifth paragraph?A. Bad weatherB. Enough care or attention.C. Difficult living conditions.D. Lack of damp.23. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about.B. Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life.D. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.BSearching for airfares often seems like a game that passengers are bound to lose. Prices change from day to day, even minute to minute. Looking through multiple websites for the best deal can be a big challenge. Even when you do book, there’s no guarantee that you are going to get the best price.“You just don’t know when to make a deal. It’s not like buying anything else I can think of,” saidGeorge Hobica, founder of Airfarewatchdog. com.Harriet Levy paid $179 for a recent round—trip flight on American Airlines between New York and Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Sitting just one row behind her, Shirley Harrison paid $ 215. A few rows back, Ellis and Dianne Traub paid $ 317 each. There were at least 12 fares on the flight, ran ging from $169 to $360. There’s no reason for it, Harrison said.Fares can change significantly in just a few hours. One Delta flight from New York to Los Angeles jumped from $ 755 to $1,143 from a Friday to Saturday in late April, then fell to $ 718 on Sunday. The flight was one of a dozen the Associated Press followed over three months for a vacation between July 16 and 22. The number one finding: avoid booking tickets on weekends. It’s the most expensive time to buy.There’s no way to guarantee t he best fare. But before booking, travelers should pay attention to this additional advice:Book on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. That’s when airlines most often offer special sales.Buy in advance, but not too early. The best timeis four to six weeks before traveling. In general, prices for any given flight are highest eight to ten weeks and two to three weeks in advance.Make use of social media. Airlines are giving more benefits to travelers who interact with them on Twitter and Facebook. But those specials are often gone within hours.Choose the stable or the lowest? The fares of some so-called discount airlines, such as JetBlue, Air-Tran, Southwest and Frontier, are less changeable than other airlines, so you can feel more confident that the price will stay the same. But the fares aren’t always the lowest.In all, there’s no way to guarantee the best fare, but researching different airlines’ fares can be the only way to get a good deal.24. What can we infer from the first sentence of the text?A. Airlines often play games with passengers.B. Passengers are unable to search for airfares.C. It’s difficult for passengers to get the best price.D. Airfares are set in different situations.25. By using a lot of figures, the author intends to ________.A. discover the rules behind airfaresB. prove airfares can vary widelyC. guarantee passengers a low priceD. show there is standard price for every single airline26. If you want to take a flight on Christmas, which time can be the best to book a ticket?A. September 15thB. October 15thC. November 15thD. December 15th27. Passengers are advised to book flights _________.A. at the lowest price by comparing as many airlinesB. with airlines which are famous for offering discount pricesC. through two apps on smart phonesD. on some special websitesCSharing cars to work is not unusual. But what about sharing time to raise children together? In Ningbo city of Zhejiang province in East China, young mothers in the same neighborhood pool their children together, andshare the responsibility of being parents.Spending every day together, but not families —in this coastal city of East China, three mothers are trying a new way of raising their kids, by pooling them together. Among the mothers are both office workers and housewives. They say they do so not just because of the tight schedule. Jiujiu’s mother said, “By kids pooling, we mean to create an opportunity for the kids to spend time together so that we can observe our kids, learn more about them. And then we can discuss how to better bring them up.” The three families have been doing so for two years, in school days and holidays. Their children have grown used to each other’s company. Chichi’s mother said, “My son was a bit shy. We’ve been talking him to be more active, but he hardly changed. After joining the kids pool, suddenly we found him willing to communicate with others now. When we are not there, he has to rely on himse lf to get along with his pals.”Generally, mothers speak highly about the pooling. The mothers describe the pooling as bringing the running water into a closed pond. It opens a window to a different world for both kids and parents. But there are momentswhen opinions differ. Xiaoxiao’s mother said, “Sex education for example. Kids will be curious about it when they reach a certain age. Personally I want to talk with my child about it, frankly and sincerely. But the other two moms think it better not to bring it up.” Xiaoxiao’s mother says her solution is to share some parenting guidebooks with other mothers and let them make the decision.The headmaster of the kindergarten believes such pooling activities test not only children, but also the parents. Jin Hongqing, kindergarten headmaster said, “Parents need to be tolerant and patient. They shouldn’t play the blame game when kids fight with each other. It’s better to let the kids solve the issue by themselves. What they can do as parents is to communic ate.”28. All the following aspects are the benefits of kids pooling EXCEPT ________.A. It saves time and helps relieve mother’s burden.B. It offers better education than the kindergartens.C. It allows parents to learn more about kids.D. It allows kids to learn to share and be independent.29. Why is sex education mentioned in the passage?A. To suggest children are sometimes curious aboutit.B. To explain sex education is not suitable for children.C. To indicate mothers think highly of kids pooling.D. To show sometimes mothers have different opinions.30. What’s the writer’s attitude towards kids pooling?A. Unclear.B. Favorable.C. Negative.D. Doubtful.31. Which of the following can best serve as the titleof the passage?A. Chinese parenting.B. Sharingcars.C. Sharing children.D. Kids pooling.DAlibaba started taking the lead in China by connectingbig Chinese manufacturers with big buyers across theworld. Its business-to-business site, Alibaba. comallowed business to buy almost everything. Alibaba’s advantage wasn’t hard to judge: size. Alibaba is just big, even by Chinese standards. Its market attracts 231 million active buyers, 8 million sellers, 11.3 billion orders a year—and Alibaba is iust the middleman. It encourages people to use its markets—not charging small sellers a percentage of the sale.If you want a quick look into the influence of Alibaba on daily Chinese life, take my experience. I moved to Beijing a year ago and quickly got tired of visiting small stores across the crowded, polluted city of 20 million people in search of new electronics, bathroom furnishings, and anything else my wife wanted. “You’re looking for what exactly? Why not try it? ”my Chinese teacher asked me one day. With that, my wonderful new relationship with Alibaba began.Alibaba’s original business-to-business model now is second to consumer buying. Chinese retail buying makes up 80% of Alibaba’s profit, and leading that group is Taobao, with 800 million items for sale and the most unbelievable selection of things you’ll ever find. TMall. com is Alibaba’s other big site, where you canfind brand name goods from Nike and Unilever near the lowest prices.What I have a hard time explaining to friends and family back in the U. S. is how China has gone beyond traditional shopping—big—box retailers especially—in favor of online purchases on Taobao and a few other sites. In smaller towns than Beijing, where big retailers have not yet traveled, shopping online is shopping, and shopping is Taobao.I have a list of some of my recent purchases on Taobao for a sense of how wide the marketplace is. Almost everything arrived a day or two after ordering with free ship ping. I’m not even a big buyer, because I need friends to help me search the Chinese—language site. When I was searching my purchase history on my Chinese teacher’s iPad, which helps me buy goods, I looked through with great difficulty about 10 of her purchases for every one of mine.32. Alibaba’s advantage mainly lies in ________.A. its low priceB. its not charging small sellersC. its business-to-business serviceD. itsbig size33. In paragraph 1, by referring to “Alibaba” as “the middleman”, the author means _______.A. Alibaba stands out as the best online site.B. Alibaba is of middle size among all the online sites.C. Alibaba acts as a bridge between the buyers and sellers.D. Alibaba will continue to develop.34. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Taobao has no obvious advantage over other similar online sites.B. Alibaba’s business-to-business service earns more money than retail.C. The author’s Chinese teacher is also an online purchase lover.D. TMall. com provides more profit than Taobao.35. What is the passage mainly about?A. How the author purchases online in China.B. Alibaba influences people’s daily purchase i China.C. Shopping online in China is TaoBao.D. Shopping online goes beyond traditional shopping.第二节：（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。