2015年江苏高考英语试题及答案解析
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 C. perform D. develop 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
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 D. had I known 29. The whole team ______ Donald, and he seldom let them down. A. wait on B. focus on C. count on D. call on
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 B. ideas C. notes D. memories
37. A. amazing B. shocking C. amusing D. strange 38. A. strike B. push C. challenge D. impact
39. A. learn from B. go over C. get through D. refer to 40. A. reader B. writer C. editor D. doctor
41. A. positive B. agreeable C. humourous D. honest 42. A. mood B. position C. state D. way
43. A. advice B. reference C. protection D. treatment 44. A. viewed B. knew C. noticed D. wondered 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 B. merely C. hopefully D. actually 48. A. deciding B. investing C. working D. relying 49. A. became B. helped C. missed D. visited 50. A. patient B. operator C. fan D. publisher 51. A. sign B. smile C. mark D. mask
52. A. showed up B. set off C. fell down D. passed away 53. A. since B. but C. so D. for
54. A. guidance B. trust C. opportunity D. inspiration 55. A. promised B. swore C. thought D. replied 四、阅读理解
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 sighposted.
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
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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 doesn’t pollute the sea lakes and rivers. ? Take care with fires
Always observe district fire bans. Be careful if you smoke or have an outdoor fire or barbecue, make sure ashes are cold before leaving. ? Camp or picnic carefully
When camping or picnicking, use facilities provided. ? Keep to the track
Keep to the track, where one exists, so you lessen the chance of damaging fragile plants. ? Be considerate
When driving, minimize noise and observe no smoking signs. 56. According to Visitor Code, visitors could act_______.
A. with care and respect B. with relief and pleasure C. with caution and calmness D. with attention and observation
57. What are you encouraged to do when travelling in New Zealand? A. Take your own camping facilities. B. Bury glass far away from rivers.
C. Follow the track for the sake of plants. D. Observe signs to approach nesting birds.
B
In the United States alone, over 100 million cell-phones are thrown away each year. Cell-phones are part of a growing mountain of electronic waste like computers and personal digital assistants. The electronic waste stream is increasing three times faster than traditional garbage as a general. Electronic devices contain valuable metals such as gold and silver. A Swiss study reported that while the weight of electronic goods represented by precious metals was relatively small in comparison to traditional waste, the concentration(含量) of gold and other precious metal was higher in so-called e-waste than in naturally occurring minerals.
Electronic wastes also contain many poisonous metals. Even when the machine… and the harmful metals removed, the recycled process often is carried out in poor countries, in practically uncontrolled ways which allow many poisonous substances to escape into the environment.
Creating products out of raw materials creates much more waste material, up to 100 times more, than the material contained in the finished products. Consider again the cell-phone, and imagine the mines that produced those metals, the factories needed to make the box and packaging it came in. Many wastes produced in the producing process are harmful as well.
The U.S. Environment Protection Agency notes that most waste is dangerous in that “the production, distribution, and use of products--- as well as management of the resulting waste---all result in greenhouse release. Individuals can make contributions by creating less waste at… buying reusable products and recycling.
In many countries, the concept of extended producer responsibility is being considered or has been put in place as an incentive(动机) for reducing waste. If producers are required to take back
packaging they use to sell their products, would they reduce the packaging in the first place?
Governments’ incentive to require producers to take responsibility for the packaging they process should be based on money. Why, they ask, should cities or towns be responsible to deal with the bubble wrap(气泡垫) that encased your television?
From the governments’ point of view, a primary goal of laws requiring extended producer responsibility is to transfer both the cost and the physical responsibility of waste management from the government and tax-payers back to the producers.
58. By… the Swiss study, the author intended to tell us________. A. the weight of e-goods is rather small B. e-waste deserves to be made good use of
C. natural materials contains more precious metals
D. the percentage of precious metals is heavy in e-waste 59. The responsibility of e-waste…transfer ______.
A. from producers to governments B. from governments to producers C. from individuals to distributors D. from to governments 60. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The increase in e-waste B. The creation of e-waste C. The seriousness of e-waste D. The management of e-waste
C
Suppose you become a leader in an organization. It’s very likely that you’ll want to have volunteers to help with the organization’s activities. To do so, it should help to understand why people undertake volunteer work and what keeps their interests in the work.
Let’s begin with the question of why people volunteer. Researchers have identified several factors that motivate people to get started. For example, people volunteer to express personal values related to unselfishness, to expand their range of experiences and to develop social relationships. If volunteer positions do not meet those needs, people may not wish to participate. To select volunteers, you may need to understand the motivation of the people you wish to attract. People also volunteer because they are required to do so. To increase levels of opportunity given, some schools have launched volunteer programmes. Unlike…. can …people’s wish of participation from an internal factor (e.g. “I volunteer because it’s important to me.”) to an external factor (e.g. “I volunteer because I’m prepared to do so.”) When that happens, people become less likely to volunteer in the future. People must be sensitive to this possibility when they make volunteer activity a must.
Once people begin to volunteer, what leads them to remain in their positions over time? To answer this question, researchers have conducted follow-up studies in which they track volunteers over time. For instance, one study followed volunteers in Florida over a year. One of the most important factors that influenced their satisfactions as volunteers was the amount of suffering they experienced in their volunteer positions. Although this result may not support you, it leads to important practical advice. The researchers note that attention should be given to “training methods that would prepare volunteers… them with strategies for … with the problem they experience.”
Another study of 302 volunteers at hospitals in Chicago focused on individual differences in the degree to which people view “volunteer” as an important social role. It was estimated that those
2015年江苏省考英语试题及答案解析（word精校版）
