益阳市箴言中学2017届高三第三模拟考试英语题卷
（分值150分， 时量120分钟） 第一节
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。 1. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Having a birthday party. B. Doing some exercise. C. Getting Lydia a gift. 2. What is the woman going to do?
A. Help the man. B. Take a bus. C. Get a camera. 3. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Tell Kate to stop. B. Call Kate’s friends. C. Stay away from Kate. 4. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a wine shop. B. In a supermarket. C. In a restaurant. 5. What does the woman mean?
A. Keep the window closed. B. Go out for fresh air. C. Turn on the fan. 第二节
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，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. What is the man going to do this summer? A. Teach a course.
B. Repair his house.
C. Work at a hotel.
7. How will the man use the money?
A. To hire a gardener. B. To buy books. C. To pay for a boat trip. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Schoolmates.
B. Colleagues.
C. Roommates.
9. What does Frank plan to do right after graduation?
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A. Work as a programmer. B. Travel around the world. C. Start his own business. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Why does the woman make the call? A. To book a hotel room. B. To ask about the room service. C. To make changes to a reservation. 11. When will the woman arrive at the hotel?
A. On September 15. B. On September 16. C. On September 23. 12. How much will the woman pay for her room per night? A. $179.
B. $199.
C. $219.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is the woman’s plan for Saturday? A. Going shopping.
B. Going camping.
C. Going boating.
14. Where will the woman stay in Keswick? A. In a country inn.
B. In a five-star hotel.
C. In her aunt’s home.
15. What will Gordon do over the weekend? A. Visit his friends.
B. Watch DVDs.
C. Join the woman.
16. What does the woman think of Gordon’s coming weekend? A. Relaxed.
B. Boring.
C. Busy.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Who is Wang Ming? A. A student.
B. An employer.
C. An engineer.
18. What does the speaker say about the college job market this year? A. It’s unpredictable.
B. It’s quite stable.
C. It’s not optimistic.
19. What percentage of student job seekers have found a job by now? A. 20%
B. 22%.
C. 50%.
20. Why are engineering graduates more likely to accept a job?
A. They need more work experience. B. The salary is usually good. C. Their choice is limited.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
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第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
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Digital technology—email and smart phones especially—have vastly improved workers’ ability to be productive outside of a traditional office. Even so, most white-collar work still happens in an office. One reason is that, according to findings of a new survey (调查) of office workers conducted by Wakefield Research for the IT company Citrix, most bosses are doubtful about remote working. Half of the workers say their boss doesn’t accept it, and only 35 percent say it’s tolerated.
Skeptical bosses will likely have their doubts reinforced (加深) by the same survey, which shows that 43 percent of workers say they’ve watched TV or a movie while “working” remotely, while 35 percent have done housework, and 28 percent have cooked dinner.
It is true, however, that working at home makes people much more efficient (高效的), because it allows workers to take care of annoying housework while still getting their jobs done. It’s much faster, for example, to shop for groceries at a quarter to three than to stand in line during the after-work rush.
The fact that such practices remain officially unaccepted reflects how far we haven’t come as a society from the days when we expected every full-time worker to be supported by a full-time homemaker.
More broadly the Wakefield survey suggests that employers may be missing a low-cost way to give workers something of value. Sixty-four percent of those survey participants who haven’t worked remotely would rather give up some bonus in order to get even one day a week working from home. Under such circumstances, smart firms need to find ways to let their employees have enough flexibility to manage their time efficiently.
21. Why do some employers hesitate to allow remote working? A. They fear losing control of their workers. B. They want to stick to their routine practice. C. They have little trust in modern technology. D. They are used to face-to-face communication.
22. What seems to be most workers’ attitude toward remote working?
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A. Doubtful. B. Favorable. C. Reserved. D. Disapproving.
23. What does the author suggest smart firms do?
A. Shorten their office hours. B. Give employees a pay raise. C. Adopt flexible work patterns. D. Reduce their staff’s workload.
B
The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Copenhagen is offering a free meal to any guest who is able to produce electricity for the hotel on an exercise bike linked to a generator (发电机). The idea is to get people fit and reduce their carbon footprint. Guests will have to produce at least 10 watt hours of electricity—roughly 15 minutes of cycling for someone of average fitness. Guests staying at Plaza Hotel will be given meal tickets worth $36 once they have produced 10 watt hours of electricity. The bicycles will have smart phones attached to the handlebars measuring how much power is being generated for the hotel.
The plan, a world-first, will start on 19 April and run for a year. Only guests staying at the hotel will be able to take part. Frederikke Toemmergaard, hotel spokeswoman, said, “Many of our visitors are business people who enjoy going to the gym. There might be people who will cycle just to get a free meal, but generally I don’t think people will take advantage of our programme.” Copenhagen has a long-standing cycling tradition and 36% of locals cycle to work each day, one of the highest percentages in the world, according to the website visitcopenhagen.dk. US environmental website treehugger.com recently voted Copenhagen the world’s best city for cyclists. “Because Copenhagen is strongly connected with cycling, we felt the bicycle would work well as a symbol of the hotel’s green profile (形象).\
If successful, the electric bicycle meal programme will be spread to all Crowne Plaza hotels in the UK, the hotel said in a statement.
24. What is the main purpose of the free meal programme?
A. To promote the hotel’s green concept. B. To make the city known to the world. C. To attract people to the hotel restaurant. D. To get guests to stay longer at the hotel. 25. How can a participant get a free meal? A. By becoming a professional cyclist.
B. By cycling to produce some electricity.
C. By linking a smart phone to a bicycle. D. By monitoring his or her carbon footprint. 26. Who are most likely to enter for the programme?
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A. The poor local people. B. The environment activists. C. Health-conscious hotel guests. D. Visitors fond of Copenhagen food. 27. According to paragraph 3, Copenhagen has one of the world’s . A. best chain hotels
B. greenest natural environments D. highest rates of people cycling to work C
Scientists are debating how to limit their newly-discovered power to change genetic structure. Scientists already modify the genes of farm animals and agricultural plants to make them more productive or stronger. But now they can also change genes in wild animals and plants. These genes would continue into later generations. For example, it may be possible for scientists to remove from existence the kind of mosquitoes that carry the Zika virus. They might also be able to permanently remove species of plants and animals that are destructive to other species.
In a report published last week, the U. S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NAS) said it supports continued research on this kind of gene control. But it warned that it is not possible to know what will happen when these changed plants and animals are released into the wild.
Sixteen biologists, ethicists(伦理学家) and policymakers are on an NAS committee that is examining the issue. They say that there is value to the new technology. But, they say, there is not enough evidence to support the release of modified organisms (生物体) from the laboratory into nature.
Many people would support stopping mosquitoes and rats from carrying diseases. But scientists say we must understand the possible scientific, ethical, legal and social results of such action before we decide whether to take it. Gene modification is spread through reproduction(繁殖).
Changed genes will continue to spread as long as an animal or plant continues to reproduce. They cannot be limited to a farm or kept within a country's borders. Scientists are wondering what may happen if a modified organism mates with another species. They are not yet sure how the modified genes would affect the other species. It is possible that those genes could harm those creatures or even lead to their disappearance from our planet.
28. What possible advantage does gene control in wild animals and plants have?
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C. longest bike paths
湖南省益阳市箴言中学2017届高三上学期第三次模拟考试(11月)英语(附答案)$724713
