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1、届广西贺州市桂梧高中高三摸底联考英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15 B. 9.18 C. 9.15答案是C。1. What are the speakers probably?A. At home. B. In a r

2、estaurant. C. In an office.2. How much is a new car according to the man?A. $ 150. B. $ 300. C. $ 600.3. What does the man offer to do?A. Carry the box downstairs.B. Find out what is in the box.C. Go downstairs with the woman.4. What does the woman think of the film?A. Interesting. B. Famous. C. A w

3、aste of time.5. How will the woman go to Beijing?A. By air. B. By train. C. By bus.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对活或独白。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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who are the speakers?A. A passer-by and a driver.B. A p

4、asser-by and a policeman.C. A passenger and a taxi-driver.7. Why cant the man turn left?A. Its in the rush hour. B. Its a one-way street. C. The street is too narrow.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What does the man think of the performance?A. The lending actor is excellent.B. The acting is a bit stiff.C. The ch

5、orus is better.9. Whats the main reason why the man conies to the play?A. His previous classmate is in the play.B. He admires the director of the play.C. He likes Ophelia very much.10. What does the mans friend invite him to do?A. Meet his old classmates.B. Ask the star for signature.C. Attend a big

6、 party for the cast.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is Mary going to do this afternoon?A. Study in the library. B. Go swimming. C. Borrow a few books.12. What did the mans teacher ask him to read in class the next week?A. An 800-word composition.B. A history story.C. A long poem.13. What subject is Mary g

7、ood at?A. English. B. Maths. C. History.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Advanced roads in Britain.B. Transport in Britain.C. Travel in Britain.15. How is British air service?A. Its less important.B. Its the most important.C. Its as important as others.16. What do y

8、ou know about I raveling by sea in Britain?A. No one likes it. B. Some people prefer it. C. All people like it.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Why did the headmaster look for a sport for both boys and girls?A. To keep boys and girls apart.B. To replace the old ones.C. To fit both boys and girls.18. When did t

9、he headmaster come up with the new sport?A. When he visited Sweden.B. When he played a game.C. When he played basketball.19. How ninny girls arc there in each team?A. 12. B. 6. C. 4.20. What do we know about korfball?A. Similar to football. B. Difficult to play. C. Less popular.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

10、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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AThe American travel website company Trip Advisor publishes a list of the worlds best beaches every year. Today, we are going to explore some of this years top 10 beaches in the world.1. Baia do Sancho, BrazilIt is named as this years best beach

11、 in the world. Its water is calm and clear. Its sand is fine and soft. But getting to Baia do Sancho is not so easy. It is on Fernando de Noronha, a volcanic island more than 300 kilometers off Brazils coast. Travelers must take a plane or boat from major cities in northern Brazil to get there. And

12、no more than 420 visitors can be on the island at one time.2. Grace Bay, Turks and CaicosWhile Baia Sancho is difficult to get to. Trip Advisors second-ranked beach could not be much easier for tourists to reach.This beach has impossibly clean and clear waters and pure white sand. Its calm waters ma

13、ke it extremely safe for swimming, snorkeling, or simply floating. Once on land, many visitors enjoy walking-barefoot-for several kilometers on the soft, warm sand.3. Eagle Beach, ArubaTo gel to the third host beach, we head south to the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba. Like Grace Bay, Eagle Beach h

14、as clear, calm waters and soft while sand.It offers visitors a chance to try different water sports, including tubing and jet skiing. Eagle Beach may be best known, however, for its dramatic sunsets. On clear nights, the sky turns red, orange, and purple.4. Playa Paraiso, CubaThe fourth-best beach i

15、s Playa Paraiso, an island off Cubas southern coast. It has a fun, laidback restaurant for those who wish to eat and drink. There is little else on the beach. And that is exactly what visitors like about it. People come here for the sugar-like sand and calm waters filled with colorful wildlife.21. W

16、hich of the following is true about Baia do Sancho?A. It receives thousands of visitors each time. B. It can only be visited by plane.C. It is near the Brazils coast. D. It is hard to reach.22. Where can visitors if they want to enjoy the beauty of the sinking sun? A. Baia do Sancho, Brazil. B. Grac

17、e Bay, Turks and Caicos.C. Eagle Beach, Aruba. D. Playa Paraiso, Cuba.23. What can visitors mainly do on Playa Paraiso, Cuba?A. Go boating. B. Have a relaxing dinner.C. Admire colorful sand. D. Try different water sports.BIt used to be one of the worlds most splendid train stations, sitting on the F

18、rench-Spanish border-but then it fell into disrepair. Now, writes Chris Bockman, the building is showing new signs of life.The train station was built in iron and glass, complete with a hospital, a restaurant and living quarters for customs officers from both France and Spain. Al the time it was nic

19、knamed the “Titanic of the Mountains”.But the day the station was opened in 1928 by the French President and Spanish King, flaws quickly became obvious. The rail gauges (轨距) were different, so passengers still had to change trains. It made transporting goods too slow. In the early 1930s, as few as 5

20、0 passengers a day were using the station. And then things got worse. During the Spanish Civil War, the tunnels on the Spanish side were sealed off to prevent Republican rebels (反叛者) from bringing weapons in. Later, the French lost interest in the line. When a train derailed on the French side in 19

21、70, that signaled that France abandoned the line.The grand building itself went to rot. The tracks rusted, the ceilings fell in with the severe winter weather and vandalism (故意破坏公物的行为) did the rest.Bui n few years ago the local government in Aragon decided to buy the place and restore it, claiming i

22、t was a major part of Spanish history. The French government has agreed to reopen the line on its side too. If all goes to plan, the Titanic of the mountains could be back in business within five years before the end of 2022. It is reported that the massive wooden ticket counters at the station have

23、 already been restored.24. The following factors contributed to the shutdown of the train station EXCEPT .A. its poor appearance B. different gaugesC. the Spanish Civil War D. slow transporting speed25. When I In- train station reopens, it may celebrate its anniversary.A. 52nd B. 72nd C. 94th D. 89t

24、h26. What will probably happen lo the train station?A. It will be repaired. B. It will he turned into a museum.C. It will ho knocked down. D. It will be sold to the French government.27. What is the best title for the text?A. The Design of a Train Station B. The War Between France and SpainC. The Hi

25、story of a Train Station D. Titanic of the Mountains Coming BackCA gunman killed two members of a television news crew in the United States earlier this week. Their TV station broadcast the shooting “live” in real time. The shooting shocked many Americans and people around the world.One US teenager

26、wants to help prevent such attacks. Kai Kloepfer lives in Boulder, Colorado. He has a talent for technology. He has been teaching himself engineering skills since he was a child. Hearing of so many gun attacks, he decided to use his skills to help prevent mass shootings.The young mans goal was to ma

27、ke a gun that would not work in the hands of a killer. But he knew it would be impossible for him to stop dangerous people from buying guns. So he changed direction. He decided to create a gun designed to prevent accidental shootings. The gun Kai Kloepfer designed only works when unlocked by the fin

28、gerprint of the owner, and not by anyone else. The gun only recognizes the touch of its owner.It took the teenager seven months and over 1,500 hours to create a plastic model of his “smart gun”. He entered his fingerprint handgun in a local science fair and won. His award included a financial prize.

29、 He received $ 50,000. The money is to support improvement in gun safety.Kai Kloepfer is now 18 years old. He has been using the grant money to improve the technology. He says the weapon he designed “doesnt change the function of a firearm at all. It just makes it safer.” He is now working to add th

30、e fingerprint lock technology to a real gun. He says he expects to one day see his “smart gun” for sale next to other firearms.The young man plans to spend the next year improving his fingerprint handgun. Then he will start college at one of the worlds top universities-the Massachusetts Institute of

31、 Technology.28. Why does Kai Kloepfer try to invent the gun?A. To prevent people from buying guns. B. To protect peoples lives.C. To limit functions of a gun. D. To reduce power of a gun.29. The gun created by Kai Kloepfer is controlled by the owners fingerprint to .A. keep it convenient to use B. make it safe to carry aroundC. protect its owner from harm D. avoid being used by others30. Mow is the progress of Kai Kloepfers gun invention?A. It is being shown in a fair. B. It