2015江苏高考英语试卷
一、听力
1. What time is it now? A. 9:10 B. 9:50 C. 10:00
2. What does the woman think of the weather? A. It’s nice. B. It’s warm. C. It’s cold. 3. What will the man do?
A. Attend a meeting. B. Give a lecture. C. Leave his office. 4. What’s the woman’s opinion about the course? A. Too hard. B. Worth taking. C. Very easy. 5. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn on the radio. 6. How long did Michael stay in China? A. Five days. B. One week. Two weeks. 7. Where did Michael stay last year? A. Russia B. Norway. C. India 8. What does Sally like?
A. Chicken B. Fish C. Eggs 9. What are the speakers going to do?
A. Cook dinner B. Go shopping C. Order dishes 10. Where are the speakers?
A. In a hospital B. In the office C. At home 11. When is the report due?
A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Next Monday.
12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report? A. Improve it. B. Hand it in later. Leave it with him. 13. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Salesperson and customer B. Patient and doctor C. Husband and wife
14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?
A. One with two bathrooms. B. One with furniture. C. One near a market. 15. How much should one pay for the two-bedroom apartment? A. $350 B. $400 C. $415
16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see? A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street C. On South Street. 17. What percentage of the world’s tea exports go to Britain? A. Almost 45%. B. About 30% C. About 15% 18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk? A. Most British people drink that way. B. Tea tastes much better with milk. C. Tea with milk is healthy. 19. Who suggests a price for each tea?
A. Tea tasters. B. Tea exporters. C. Tea companies. 20. What is the speaker talking about?
A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Centre. 二、单选
21. The number of smokers, ______ is reported, has dropped by 17 percent in the past one year.
A. it
B. which
C. that
D. as
22. Schools should be lively places where individuals are encouraged to _____ to their greatest potential.
A. accelerate B. improve 23. – Jim, can you work???
--_____? I’ve been working two weeks on end.
A. Why me
B. Why not
C. What if
D. So what
C. perform
D. develop
24. Much time______ sitting at a desk, office workers are generally trapped by health
problems.
A. being spent B. having spent C. spent
D. to spend
25. _____ Li Hua, a great Chinese poet, was born is known to the public, but?.
A. That
B. Why
C. Where
D. How
26. It is so cold that you can’t go outside______ fully covered in thick clothes.
A. if
B. unless
C. once
D. when
27. The university started some new language programmes to _______ the country’s Silk Road Economic Belt.
A. apply to
B. cater for
C. appeal to
D. ?
28. It might have saved me much trouble______ the schedule.
A. did I know B. have I known C. do I know 29. The whole team ______ Donald, and he seldom let them down.
A. wait on
B. focus on
C. count on
D. call on D. had I known
30. The reason why prices ______ and still are too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactory can explain this problem.
A. were
B. will be
C. have been
D. had been
31. The police officers decided to conduct a thorough, and ______ review of the case.
A. comprehensive B. complicated C. suspicious D. ?
32. Some schools will have to make _______ in agreement with the national social reform.
A. judgments
B. adjustments C. comments
D. achievements
33. –Why didn’t you invite John to your birthday party? -- Well, you know he’s______.
A.an early bird B. a wet blanket C. a lucky dog D. a tough nut 34. Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around_______ Thomas Edison.
A. thanks to
B. regardless of C. aside from D. but for
35. –Go and say sorry to your mom, Dave?
-- I’d like to, but I’m afraid Mom would not accept my______.
A. requests
B. excuses
C. apologies
D. regrets
三、完形填空
I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from the moment on. The stories of his unconventional___36___ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so ___37____ to me and had such a big____38_____ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to ___39___ my own cancer experience?
I’m ambitious __40___, and when I started going through chemo(化疗), even though I’m a very __41__ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the ___42__. One day, while wanting to go in for __43__, I had one of Dr. Bernie’s books in my hand. Another patient ___44__ what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me ___45____ he had one of his books ? well. It ____46____ that among other things, he was an eighty-one-year-old writer. He was ___47____ a published author, and he was currently ___48____ on a new book.
We would see each other at various times and ___49_____ friends. Sometimes he wore a duck hat, and I would tell myself, he was definitely a(n) ____50____ of Dr. Bernie. He really put a __51__ on my face. He unfortunately ___52__ last year due to his cancer, ___53___ he left a deep impression on me?. The __54__ to pick up my pen again. I ___ 55___ to myself, “If he can do it, then so can I.” 36. A. tastes 37. A. amazing 38. A. strike
B. ideas
C. notes
D. memories D. strange D. impact
B. shocking B. push
C. amusing C. challenge
39. A. learn from B. go over 40. A. reader
B. writer B. agreeable B. position B. reference B. knew
C. get through D. refer to C. editor C. humourous C. state
D. doctor D. honest D. way D. treatment D. wondered
41. A. positive 42. A. mood 43. A. advice 44. A. viewed
C. protection C. noticed
45. A. while B. because C. although D. providing
46. A. carried out B. worked out C. proved out D. turned out 47. A. naturally 48. A. deciding 49. A. became 50. A. patient 51. A. sign
B. merely B. investing B. helped B. operator B. smile
C. hopefully C. working C. missed C. fan C. mark
D. actually D. relying D. visited D. publisher D. mask
52. A. showed up 53. A. since 54. A. guidance 55. A. promised 四、阅读理解
B. set off B. but
C. fell down D. passed away C. so
D. for
B. trust B. swore
C. opportunity D. inspiration C. thought
D. replied
A Visitor Code
? Arrive with nothing that can harm New Zealand
If you are arriving from overseas, bring no food, animal or plant material into the country. If in doubt declare it to Customs. ? Protect plants and animals
Never allow dogs or other pets to run freely in areas of nesting birds, other wildlife, or where signposted. ? Get rid of rubbish
Always get rid of your rubbish properly and recycle waste(e.g. glass, paper) where possible.
? Be considerate with other waste
If using a portable toilet always throw away your toilet waste at a proper waste station. In the back country, bury your toilet waste in a shallow hole away from waterway. ? Keep New Zealand’s water clean
Because soaps and other wastes can harm waterways, be careful your washing water
