河北省衡水中学
2015届高三上学期四调考试
英 语 试 题
本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。
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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，
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每段对话仅读一遍。
1．When is Michael's birthday?
A．January 13th．
A．The shorts．
3．What does the man offer to droll
A．Wash the clothes．
4．Why does the woman coil the manful
A．To invite him to dinner together．
B．To inform him of the late meeting．
C．To ask him to meet her．
5．What is wrong with the woman?
A．She works too hard to have a rest．
B．She can't sleep well at night．
C．She is too worried about Carmen．
6．What is the woman going to do after graduation?
A．Continue to study．
C．Take a trip．
7．Why is the man going to Inlaid to work?
A．To work as a environmentalist．To enrich his experience．
C．To earn high pay．
8．What relation is the man to the womanly
A．Her husband．
B．Her boss．
C．Her doctor．
9．What is the matter with the woman?
A．She has an earache．
B．She has a headache
She has a toothache．
10．What does the man suggest the woman
A．Have a rest．
B．Finish her work．
11．What are the speaker’s mainly discussing?
A．A holiday experience．
Weather in France
C．Travel plans．
12．How did the woman go to the mountains last year?
A．By car．
B．By ship．
C．By bike．
13．What does the woman say about Linda’s
A．She is afraid of heights．
She shoals do her own thing．
C．She is too young to travel alone．
14．When did Helen start playing basketball?
A．Four years ago．
B．Six years ago．
C．Ten years ago．
15．What did Helen have to pay for at college in England?
A．Training．
B．Lectures．
C．The living place．
16．What does Helen spend her free time doing in America?
A．Studying．
B．S popping．
C．Watching TV．
17．What is the speaker trying to do?
A．Persuade people to work in Antarctica．
B．Describe his own experiences in Antarctica．
C．Suggest ways of improving life in Antarctica．
18．What difficulty does the speaker have at the moment?
A．There is too much work to do．
B．The ship won't rectum for months．
C．He is working with a small number of people．
19．What has improved since ten veers ago in Antarctica?
A．Food．
B．Communication．
C．Living conditions．
20．Why does the speaker say exploring Antarctica was dangerous?
A．The holes in the ice were deep．
B．The weather was very cold．
C．The food was limited．
A
Here are a few of our favorite entries so far in our "Your Life: The Reader's Digest Version" contest*
After reading these, head over to Face book and sublimit your own story a-bout a special moment or lesson that shaped your life．
"There's Always a John"
By Darla Boyd
My first flare of' teaching, there was a kick named John in my class． John was cliff cult to contra and he nearly drove me crazy．While talking about him one day, an old teacher put his handle obi only shoulder and said, "There will always be a John． Your job is to loam Lo discover what makes him different act help him galaxy better．" The next year, there was in-deco antler John．In the．last 20 years, I've learnedly to enjoy all the kids like John．That advice taught me that there is something to appreciate in everyone．
"An Farley Key Lesson"
By Elaine West
Before I began my first t．reaching job, ray mother, a teacher of 30 years, gave me a．vie）' special gift, five simple words that．have had an effect on my entire life: /make friends with the janitor （门卫）．,,
Her w-wisdom taught me the respect for all types of characters and continue to enrich my life to this day．Just five little words but what an impact they can have when you take them to heart．
" Raising
Mommy "
By Jan Davis
Being a moldier can always present challenges ankle rewards．Someone told me earl} in my parenting career that "Children will teach you every．hang．you need to know"．Being a mother is being raised．Our children become our advisers．Their dreams become our profess- sores,
as we are taking notes carefully． The councils of' their laughter acne smiles on their faces are a great．rework to us or bring us great joy． rehear tears romance us that．it is okay t．of’ ail, wipe the tears away and try' again．
21．What dill t．he old teacher mean by saying "There will lava’s be a John" 9
A．There are always difficult students like John．
B．John will always be an ordinary student．
C．It is important to change John．
D．John is a very common name．
22．What did Elaine West's mother advise her to do’s
A．Don't treat succulents chi．fervently．
B．Take care of janitors．
C．Respect people from different backgrounds．
D．Don't judge people by appearance．
23．Which of the following would Jan Davis roust probably agree withal
A．A mother should be given more care．
B．A mother improves herself greatly in parenting．
C．Being a mother has more challenges than rewards．
D．Children should realize the dreams of their parents．
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24．The text is most probably a（n）
A．notice inviting contributions
B．introduction to a contest
C．ad for three new books
D．poster about a lecture
B
My first day of high school was like any other first day: registering? finding new classmates, meeting new teachers, and seeking new friends．
first snag （因难） of the day． At the coining loll, as the checkout （付款处） lady asked for ray money, I realized that I had forge）tiff?
me foolery．When I told her about it, I heard a voice behind me．I turned trounce and there stood a teacher telling her he wild pay for my lunch．He told me his name-3 Mr．Pete Walker, and said, "．If you get a chance, you should take my history class．" I recognize~ his name, and told him I was in his class later that day．Mr.．Walker befriend me on the．very first clay of school at a very crucial time of the day-lunch !
He always told us we should do more than we ever thought．e pushes us to clod all things better．He coached many sports, and sponsored many after-c-lass a（trinities．If we were interested in something, he would find a Nay’s）T to expose us to it h．y inviting speakers, taking us on field trips, or obtaining information for us．
Two years later, my junior year in school was clicking along nicely when one day I way．S riding my motorcycle and I was hit by a car． I spent six days in hospital ankle was at home in bed for two weeks before returning to school．Mr．Walker stopped by the hospital each clay with my work from me teachers． Once．I was at home, he would bring my work too．
After high school, I attended the United States Army Airborne School in Fort I3enning, Georgia．I knew my parents woolly be there the day I graduates, but they brought an unsex- pecked guest．'rhea came across Mr．Walker at lunch several days before and told him I was about to graduate．His visit, however, was not a surprise to me．
25．At the dining hall,
A．the lady didn't want to charge the author for his lunch
B．the author knew Mr． Walker was right behind him
CMr． Walker didn't know the author was his student
D．the author decided to invite Mr．Walker to lunch
26．The story in Paragraph 4 showed that Mr．Walker was
caring
B．strict
C．skilled
D．learned
27．What happened on the author's graduation day?
A．His parents met Mr．Walker by chance．
B．His family invited Mr．Walker to lunch．
C．Mr．Walker brought an unexpected guest．
D．His parents came together with Mr．Walker．
28．What can we infer from the last sentence?
A．The author had invited Mr．Walker to his graduation ceremony．
B．The author's parents had informed him of Mr．Walker's visit．
C．Mr．Walker had a very close relationship with his students．
D．Mr．Walker went to visit the author frequently．
C
Four schoolchildren from Belgrade, England were out on their bikes on WednesdayThey tried to call the police and ambulance service, but their phones were not working, due to network problems．
Before the Polish man became unconscious, the children kept him calm while theyaged down （摺停）a passing driver． The children used words they had picked up from their Polish classmates to translate the injured man's answers to the driver's questions．Gary,
10, and his six - year - old sister, Lily, stayed with the man while Thymus and Own-en, both 11, led the ambulance to the spot where he lay． Soon the man was taken to hospital．
The fantastic four children who came to the aid of the elderly man deserve the highest respect for their quick - thinking and courage in an emergency situation． They are a credit not only to themselves, but to their families and their school．And it is great to be able to hear such a positive story about young people．
What is not so positive about this story is the fact that several adults apparently walked by without stopping to help．This see ruing indifference to an emergency situation is a well noted phenomenon which psychologists sometimes refer to as "the bystander effect"．Re- search suggests that when a group of people witness an emergency, people are likely to as- some that somebody else ~will intervene and they feel that the burden of responsibility is life- ted from their shoulders．
Perhaps the answer to this sort．of tiling’s is to introduce a " Good Samaritan"
law． This already exists in France and places a legal responsibility on people who witness an emergent- cy situation to help out as long as they can do so．This certainly seems to remove any doubt about who bears the burden of responsibility for of．faring assistance-everyone 29．What can we learn about the elderly man?
A．He spoke Polish with the children．
B．He fell from his bike and got injured．
C．He was taken to hospital by the driver．
D．He recovered consciousness in the street．
30．In Paragraph 3, the author mainly
A．shows his great sympathy for the man
B．gives high praise to the four children
C．offers his special thanks to the driver
D．expresses his anger at several adults
31．The underlined word "intervene" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to
A．be curious
B．go on
C．give up
D．get involved
32．In France,
if an emergency happens to someone,
A．offering help to him is required by law
B．people have the right to leave the scene
C．others must get permission before helping him
D．the witnesses will be punished if the rescue fails
D
A three-mile-long fishhook-shaped piece of land in the middle of Chesapeake Bay, Tangier Island has always been a community set apart from the mainland．
These days, the island's 500-plus residents, who mossy use golf cars as transportation on the village's narrow roads and who don't allow the public consumption of alcohol, have managed to preserve their traditional culture．
Probably the most striking example of their heritage is the islanders' unique way of speaking．
boom on rangier Island,
has found out the, reason why the speech of Tangier Island strikes outsider’s as strange．
According to S．horse, the dismantlers pronounce their vowels louder and longer, which causes common words to sound different when s．poke by Tangier natives．
Some, scholars have said the natives of Tangier speak an old form of English that goes back to the time of Queen F．Elizabeth I．Shores doesn't buy into that thirdly． "It's not Eliza- be than English by any means," he says．" I doubt if anyone could trace it to that, because the variety．is of English at that time were great．"
Bruce Gordy, a Tangier native and a former teacher at the island's only school, has made a list of 350 strange expressions and words that he says are used and undertook only by the islanders．But Gordy clones’ think it's the strange vocabulary that puzzles outsiders most when hearing Tangier residents speak．
"I think what confuses t．hem is the fact that we are ' talking backwards a lot．,"
he say's．
He offers an example．"If somebody's stupid, you know what I say?" Gordy says．" I'm saying he's smart, but the way I say it makes everyone know Iran emphasizing he's stud-Both Gordy and Shores believe Tangier's isolation （弧立）has led to the islanders' un- usual way of speaking．
Now, the economy of Tangier Island is moving away from its tradition of crabbing anal fishing as the number of crabs and oysters in the bay declines．More residents are finding" Of course the sons and daughters went with their dad out crabbing． You don't go with your dad on the tugboat．That's not going to preserve Tangier culture, "Gordy says．
33．According to the text, Tangier Island
A．has been discovered recently
B．is a fast developing x-pillage
C．is a land of golf lovers
D．has a small population
34．In Shores' opinion,
the language the islanders speak
A．can't be called English in fact
B．is unique in its pronunciation system
C．can never be understood by outsiders
D．shares some similarities with Elizabethan English
35．What's Gordy's attitude towards the preservation of Tangier culture'?
A．Confident．
Satisfied C．Concerned． Angry．
ongo American artists, or artists of the 20th century, Grandma Moses surely ranks among the most famous and recognized．
Grandma Moses probably owes most of her legendary status to the fact that her art
was exactly the opposite of what most critics considered fine art．She as cliff refit-she just didn't fit in with everyone else, But, that's also what makes her art so unique and appealing．
Born in Greenwich, New York, in 1860, Anna Mary Robertson and her husband, Thomas Salmon Moses, raised their family on a dairy farm in Virginia．The eventually set- tiled in Eagle Bridge, New York, at the dawn of the 20th century．
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Due to arthritiscomplete, so she switched to the medium of paint． She continued in this method for the rest of her 101 years．
Local exhibits of her work soon gained popular appeal．
38ankle comfortable, homey themes attracted the public, from art detailers who had never before purchased a painting from an exhibition．39
In McDonnell Farm Her self - taught style to the average citizen（1943）, for example, a group of children are dancing at the right, while all the other figures are busy with farm tasks．Despite the fact that Anna Moses was painting throughout the Great Depression and the period of World War II,
her art remained full of life and hopefulness．
40_ A．In 1930, just three years after the death of' her husband, Anna Moses began creating me-broidered pictures．
B．To what does she owe this great fame?
C．Her favorite sulk objects were drawn from the world around her-prosperous farms and villages．
D．She never sold a painting till she was 80．
E．There is no unhappiness or aging :in her paintings．
F．By 1940 she was exhibiting her art in New York City．
G．They celebrated her loath birthday in 1960．
All of us live in an increasingly connected world． I believe East and West will coexist
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when each admits it needs to learn from the other．
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side is better．We're all each other's
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and e．ach other's students．Music is just one example of this．
Sales of pianos are falling in the United States for the time being, but they are _ 44there is one person left on the earth, there will be
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Over the years I have
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a person should have There is no
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that I am extremely proud of all I have
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through my hard work．The only thing that always
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me to overcome the difficulties was my
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for music and my love for playing the piano．
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music is like breathing for me．I cannot
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the meaning of my life without music．
As I look heal I know that ray goals
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he of music-the joy of making or listening to it． I have foundation will ping
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_ education for musical training people from all over the world．My provide s．scholarships for _ 59 over the key 'board, I hope that the music I play As my own fingers
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doors and minds．This is as important to me as being number one．
41A．fast B．well C．badly D．briefly
42A．Any of B．N．o one C．Every D．Each
43A．friends B．brothers C．teachers D．relatives
44A．rising B．reducing C．opening D．keeping
45A．try B．order C．habit D．desire
46A．As long as B．As soon as C．As for D．As though
47A．love B．hopeC．music D．dream
48A．doubted B．learned C．imagined D．informed
49A．lest. B．hobby C．decision D．goal
50A．denying B．telling C．saying D．talking
51A．saved B．achieved C．devoted D．expected
52A．forbade B．forgave C．helped D．asked
53A．celebration B．choice C．pity D．passion
54A．Selecting B．Reading C．Making D．Changing
55A．understandB．predict C．concludeD．create
56A．annoy．imagine C．pretence D．include
57A．set off B．set down C．set out D．set up
58A．support B．identify C．demand D．stress
59A．curious B．young C．disabled D．poor
60A．swimB．holdC．flyD．stop
61．If at first you don't __62．He apologizes for the（convenience） he hack caused．63．The could）le __earth．quake．
64．It's
（legal）to drive a car wig out a driver's license．
65．If he had followed my advice, he wouldn't have_（lose） his job．
APEC
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（establish）in 1989, is short _ 67
Asia-Pacific Economic Coopera-1989, Australian Prime Minister raised the proposal during his visit to Se-countries, the first（部长级的）meeting
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（hold）in Canberra．Australia APFC,
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goal is to advance Asia-Pacific economic growth, is working from 6 t 7 meet the demands of growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific countries．Zaire（important 71harcl to 70e）, the purpose of APEC meetings is to promote free trade and cooperation anAPEC cover the promotion of regional trade, investment, finance, tile
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human resources and technology transfer．APEC has 21 member countries so（develop）of' far．
Cooperation among APEC's members is governed by the principle of equal respect foryear marks
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25th anniversary of APEC , arid with China
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（host） the APF,C meetings for the second time in 13 years, the organization continues helping peace and prosperity take root in Asia-Pacific: countries．Can you imagine wear a pretty sweater made of garbage? It could not happen! A few companies across the country are making clothes from things those are thrown away by people．For example, the company makes sweaters from old plastic bottles．First, the bottles are cut into small pieces．The pieces is melted．Then the melting plastic is made into long an thin threads．The t．heads are uses to making sweaters which are very soft and light．Believe it not, these sweaters sell well in spite of the fact that they are not expensive at all．Many people think that these recycled clothes can help us cut up on garbage．