河北省衡水中学2016届高三2015—2016学年度上学期六调考试
英语试卷
本试卷分第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。
第I卷（选择题   共90分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分；满分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，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 might prevent the woman buying the table?
  A. Its quality.                B. The price            C. Its design.
2. Who planted the trees?
  A. The woman.               B. Henry.              C. Someone else.
3. What happened to the woman?
  A. She got fired today.     B. She got promoted last week.    C. She was fooled by the man.
4. What did the man do?
  A. He gave the woman the wrong information.    B. He put the sugar in the black container.
  C. He added salt to his coffee.
5. How long is a day on Mars?
  A. Less than 24 hours.     B. 24 hours and 37 minutes.       C. 37 hours.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
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至8题。
6. What do we know about the womans document?
  A. Its about 30,000 words long.      B. Its written in English.       C. Its a textbook.
7. Which language is the most difficult according to the man?
  A. Arabic.                 B. Spanish.             C. English.
8. What does the woman decide to do?
  A. Translate the document herself.    B. Hire the man to do the translation.     C. Look for another translator.
听第7段材料，回答第9、10题。
9. Why does the woman call the man?
  A. To place an ad in the newspaper.           B. To ask about something for sale.
C. To find out about a TV program.
10. When will the speakers meet this afternoon?
   A. At 2:00.         B. At 3:00.        C. At 4:00.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. Why was the man disappointed?
   A. China lost the match.     B. China did not play well.      C. The other team made too many mistakes.
12. What did the woman enjoy most about the match?
   A. The passion of the sport.     B. The skill of the players.      C. The close score of the game.
13. What did the man say about Chinas womens team in the next Olympics?
   A. China will surely win a gold medal.         B. China will definitely lose to good teams.
   C. China should hope for a bronze medal.
听第9材料，回答第14至17题。
14. Where does the conversation take place?
   A. In the woman’s          B. In the hospital.          C. In an office.
15. What was the purpose of the meeting?
   A. To find out why the woman’s recent work was poor.     B. To ask about the womans family.
   C. To fire the woman.
16. What happened to the womans mother?
   A. She was seriously sick.      B. She had a car accident.       C. She died of stomach cancer.
17. What was Mr. Travers attitude to the woman in the end?
   A. He was angry.           B. He was critical.         C. He was kind.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. Where was Brandon last seen?
   A. In the frozen foods section.      B .In the sporting goods section.       C. In the toys section.
19. What is Brandon wearing?
   A. A white shirt and a red baseball cap.        B. Blue jeans and a black baseball cap.
   C. A dark shirt and blue jeans.
20. What should guests do if they see the boy?
   A. Call the security department.     B. Take him to the Pizza Hut.      C. Take him to the security desk.
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
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。
A
I must have been about fourteen then, and I put away the incident from my mind with the easy carelessness of youth. But the words, Carl Walter spoke that day, came back to me years later, and ever since have been of great value to me.
Carl Walter was my piano teacher. During one of my lessons he asked how much practicing I was doing. I said three or four hours a day.
Do you practice in long stretches, an hour at a time?
I try to.
Well, don't, he said loudly. When you grow up, time won't come in long stretches.  Practice in minutes, whenever you can find them five or ten before school, after lunch, between household tasks. Spread the practice through the day, and piano-playing will become a part of your life.
When I was teaching at Columbia, I wanted to write, but class periods, theme-reading, and committee meetings filled my days and evenings. For two years I got practically nothing down on paper, and my excuse was that I had no time. Then I remembered what Carl Walter had said. During the next week I conducted an experiment. Whenever I had five minutes unoccupied, I sat down and wrote a hundred words or so. To my astonishment, at the end of the week I had a rather large manuscript ready for revision. Later on I wrote novels by the same piecemeal (零碎的)method. Though my teaching schedule had become heavier than ever, in every day there were moments which could be caught and put to use.
There is an important trick in this time--using principle: you must get into your work quickly. If you have but five minutes for writing, you can't afford to waste four chewing your pencil. You must make your mental preparations beforehand, and concentrate on your task almost instantly when the time comes. Fortunately, rapid concentration is easier than most of us realize.
I admit I have never learnt how to let go easily at the end of the five or ten minutes. But life can be counted on to supply interruptions. Carl Walter has had a significant influence on my life. To him I owe the discovery that even very short periods of time add up to all useful hours I need, if I throw myself into it without delay.
21. The meaning of stretch in the underlined part is the same as that in sentence           .
A. The dog woke up, had a good stretch and wandered off.
B. Bob worked as a government official for a stretch of over twenty years.
C. My family wasnt wealthy by any stretch of the imagination.
D. This material has a lot of stretch in it.
22. We can infer that the author             . 
A. has new books published each year however busy his teaching is
B. is tired of interruptions in life because he always has much work
C. has formed a bad habit of chewing a pencil while writing his novels
D. makes mental preparations beforehand so as to focus on work quickly
23. What is probably the best title for this text?
A. Concentrate on Your Work           B. A Little at a Time
C. How I Became a Writer             D. Good Advice
B
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24. According to the passage, Moisture Surge is the name of _______.
A. a product of eyes
B. an oil-free formula
C. a sun-blocking cream
D. a series of skin care products
25. What do we know about Moisture Surge Extra Refreshing Eye Gel and Moisture Surge Refreshing Eye Mask?
A. They can be used at any time.
B. They may be good for eyes.
C. They are a kind of gel.
D. They have been tested on doctors.
26. Which of the following products can NOT be used over makeup?
A. Moisture Surge Face Water Thirsty Skin Relief.
B. Moisture Surge Extra Refreshing Eye Gel.
C. Moisture Surge Extended Thirty Relief.
D. Moisture Sheer Tint 15.
27. How many products mentioned in the passage can be bought all over the world?
A. Two.               B. Four.                 C. Six.                 D. Eight.
C
Everyone could make impulse and buy something unnecessary. Then how to avoid it'? The best way is to just keep your hands away from tempting products. According to new research, individuals who touch possible items in stores are more likely to have an increased desire to purchase them than those who keep their hands off the products.
Suzanne Shu and Joann Peck, marketing professors at the University of Wisconsin's business school conducted studies on the connection between touch and feelings of ownership and the effect of perceived（感觉）ownership on the value placed on an object. For one of the experiments, the experts placed two products, a Slinky toy and a coffee mug（杯子）, in front of the volunteers who were undergraduate students．About half of the participants were allowed to touch the products, while the other half were asked not to touch them, The volunteers then were asked to express their sense of ownership of the products and to report, how much money they were willing to pay for each. The results showed that those students who were allowed to touch the objects reported significant increased levels of perceived ownership. They also expressed a desire to pay more money to obtain the products.
The investigators also discovered that a sense of very pleasant feelings when touching products, determined how much money consumers were willing to pay. However, if the object did riot feel pleasant to the touch, it significantly decreased the amount the buyers were willing to pay.
Researchers said that many stores have already followed the right path．But what can be done while shopping online, when touching of an item is not possible? In this case, the experts say, just picturing in mind that they are touching it and then owning it, will cause greater feelings of ownership, and thus the consumers will be more likely to make a purchase.
When you touch an object, you immediately feel some kind of a connection to it, according to the researchers. That connection stirs up（唤起）an emotional reaction. And that emotion can make people buy something they would never even consider buying if they had not touched it.
28. How does the author develop the text ?
A. By drawing a conclusion through research.
B. By providing typical examples.
C. By comparing opinions from different fields.
D. By presenting n cause and analyzing its effects.
29. Which of the following was found in the research?
A. Shoppers cannot resist the temptation when they meet things they like.
B. If you are not to spend money, it's less possible for you to touch the product.
C. Touching a product affects the customer' s feelings of desire for it.
D. The longer you touch the goods, the more desire you have to own them.
30. It can be inferred from the text that        .
A. many stores have used, the method of allowing customers to touch products
B. a Slinky toy and a coffee mug were used to attract the participants' attention
C. people won't buy the items if they don't like them even if they've touched them
D. the people who touch the product will certainly buy it
31. What led the researchers to conduct this study?
A. To satisfy customers' social needs when shopping.
B. To illustrate the connection between touch and feelings of ownership.
C. To share their good ideas about avoiding impulsive consumption.
D. To develop marketing strategies for trade companies.
D
Museums in Germany
Germany is one of the most important countries in Europe. You can visit many museums in Germany and learn about the country, its culture and people.
If you are interested in learning about the history of the country, then you can have a look at the displays in the wonderful museum in the Roman Open Air Museum in Hechingen Stein. This museum, with its large numbers of artifacts (手工艺品) like paintings, pieces of pottery, tools, jewelry and other items, provides a complete picture of Roman history in Germany. The museum is built inside an ancient Roman house called “Villa Rustica”.
Apart from this, another German museum that is worth visiting is the DB Museum, or the German Railway Museum. It is the oldest railway museum in the country, and it offers a comprehensive insight into the history of the railways in Germany. Here, you can see models of trains and engines from an ancient era. If this interests you, you can also visit the Museum of Communication, where you can learn a lot about the transport in Germany. It is a great place to visit with your family.
Another famous museum in Germany, where you can learn a lot about the culture, is the Gutenberg Museum. This museum is filled with ancient memorabilia and artifacts that deal with the history of printing, not only of Germany, but of the whole world. This, in fact, is the oldest printing museum in the world. Amongst the many displays of interesting objects, the most famous is the second Gutenberg Bible. Apart from the museums mentioned above, other museums that are worth visiting include the German Leather Museum, Kingspor Museum, Optical Museum Jena, Deutsches Museums and others. Each of the museums in Germany deals with a different theme.
You can visit the museums in Germany with your family and have a good time looking at the displays.
32. Which of the following is not displayed in the Roman Open Air Museum?
A. Pieces of pottery        B. Jewelry        C. Paintings       D. Models of trains
33. What can we learn about the German Railway Museum?
A. It is the oldest railway museum in Europe
B. It covers the history of the railways in Germany
C. It offers information about the transport in Germany
D. It is built inside an ancient Roman house
34. If you want to learn about the history of Germany, you can go to the _______
A. Roman Open Air Museum        B. Kingspor Museum
C. Optical Museum Jena            D. Deutsches Museums
35. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?
A. To attract more visitors to the museums
B. To act as an introduction to the history of Germany
C. To make Germany more popular
D. To call on people to do something for the museums
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Forget everything you remember about kindergarten----it’s a whole new world today. Find out why kindergarten has changed so much over the years and why it will continue to change.
  36 
When your child starts kindergarten, youll probably notice that its much different from it was when you were a child .    37  While you may recall the highlights of your day, todays kids experience a more intellectually challenging classroom.
Due to changes in society, most children entering kindergarten today are more experienced than kids were a few years ago. As a result, kindergarten programs are changing to meet the needs of kids today.
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●School hours are longer, due to an increase in working parents and recent research shows that longer programs benefit kids. Instead of half—day programs, kindergarten now lasts all day.
●  39   Kids today are learning math, reading, and science skills. There are tests. This helps prepare kids for district testing that now beings in third grade and earlier.
●Children are expected to read by the time they enter first grade. Experts believe this will help them succeed throughout school and life.
How You Can Help
You may be concerned that your child isnt ready for such a challenging environment. Relax kids usually adapt to new surrounding quickly.
  40   Join a playgroup or invite other kids to your home for movie nights or games.
Develop your childs fine motor skills. This will help prepare him to use a pencil for writing.
Take your child to visit the school a few times before he starts. Let him see other kids getting off the school bus, playing at recess(Join a playgroup or invite other kids to your home for movie nights or games.
Develop your child’s fine motor skills. This will help prepare him to use a pencil for writing.
Take your child to visit the school a few times before he starts. Let him see other kids getting off the school bus, playing at recess(课间休息), and learning in the classroom.
Ask him what he thinks of the school on your drive home and encourage him to talk out any fears he might have.
A. It’s not all play.
B. What You Need to Know.
C. Here are a few changes you’ll likely notice.
D. Encourage him to talk to and play with others.
E. Don’t panic if you think your child isn’t ready for school.
F. What You Should Do.
G. You may even find it different when your older kids were starting school.
第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Today we spent the morning going through our personal belongings .We were looking for items to _ 41    for free at a local park. Not just any items but things people really    42   . Our aim was not to find things we no longer    43   but things we use every day that would be    44    to others.
We packed these things    45    boxes and added some small toys. We added a list of local addresses and phone numbers of local    46    agencies. Inside the boxes a simple letter was placed. It    47   : Please take these items and know that your life is important.   48    are difficult but these days will pass. We share what we have believing that it will   49  . Use the food to nurture your      50   ; use the blankets to stay warm. Be safe and know that the human    51    can overcome anything. Do not hold your head    52    for having a need to stay warm. Someday please do the same when you can.
This kind    53    was not because the phone rang or for any reason. It was     54    because it was the right to do. We have often seen     55    people at the park where we left the belongings. I    56    that my wife had put her favorite green coat into one of the boxes. I asked if she was     57    about it and she just replied that it had a hood (兜帽) . Her answer told me why it is I who love her. She liked the coat but knew the hood could     58     someone from the rain.
Who knows where these gifts of   59   will go ? How many uses can a blanket serve    60    what it was designed to do? We never go back and see what happens. It is unimportant. The right things will find the right people and that is all that counts.
41. A. put off                          B. put up                     C. give away         D. give up
42. A. needed                           B. collected                 C. produced           D. searched
43. A. accepted                        B. wanted                    C. carried                  D. bought
44. A. wonderful                B. beautiful                 C. hopeful                        D. useful
45. A. around                     B. upon                       C. into                              D. above
46. A working                    B. parking                 C. delivering                    D. helping
47. A. spoke                       B. read                     C. marked                        D. indicated
48. A. Ways                       B. Problems                C. Times                          D. Situations
49. A. matter             B. continue           C. change               D. depend
50. A. body                        B. mind                         C. brain                           D. figure
51. A. liberty                 B. spirit                         C. health                         D. wisdom
52. A. forward                    B. aside                        C. around                        D. down
53. A. attempt                    B. manner                     C. act                              D. habit
54. A. suddenly                 B. simply                       C. strangely                    D. usually
55. A. aimless                 B. homeless                     C. childless                     D. friendless
56. A. believed               B. dreamed                      C. approved                    D. noticed
57. A. sure                     B. regretful                          C. worried                      D. anxious
58. A. separate              B. prevent                      C. shelter                       D. hold
59. A. affection               B. sympathy                        C. generosity                       D. honesty
60. A. other than            B. rather than                  C. more than                  D. better than
第II卷 （非选择题  共60分）
阅读下面材料，在空格处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或使用括号中单词的正确形式。
Were you the first or the last child in your family? Or were you a middle or an only child? Some people think     61      matters where you were born in your family. But there are different ideas about  what birth order means. Some people say that oldest children,    62      are smart and strong-willed, are very likely      63     (succeed). The reason      64      this is simple. Parents have a lot of time for their first child and give him or her a lot of attention. An only child will succeed for      65      same reason.
What happens to the      66      children in the family? Middle children dont get so much attention, so they dont feel that important. If a family has many children, the middle one sometimes gets lost in the crowd. The youngest
child,     67     , often gets special treatment. Often this child grows up to be funny. But a recent study saw things quite      68      (difference). The study found that first children believed in family rules. They didnt take many chances in      69      lives. They usually      70      (follow) orders. Rules didnt mean as much to later children in the family. They took chances and they often did better in life.
第四部分 写作（共三节，满分45分）
第一节  基础知识测试（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句子所给汉语意思，写出空缺处单词或短语的正确形式（每空一词）。
1. We had a big snow here a ______    _（两星期）ago.
2. I was feeling____    __（不舒服）hot.
3. Nowadays we still can see rivers____    __（污染）with chemical waste from factories.
4. Some people say that Man is______    __（天生）a hunter.
5. In fact, music education is____    ____（有益的）and important for all students.
6. I_______ ________ _________ _________（欠他个人情）, so I couldn’t say no.
7. If no one else wants it, we______ ________ __________（最好，不妨）give it to him.
8. She couldn’t attend the meeting, so her assistant______ ______ _______（代替了她）.
9. It’s because of your effort that I have_______ _______ ________ ________（取得如此快的进步）in my spoken English.
10. So if_______ ________ ________ __________ __________（如果你方便的话）, please bring a map of America and some photos of your family, friends, and some famous buildings with you.
第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加，删减或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
Several American students visited our school. Upon our arrival, we gave a warm welcome to them, among them a boy named Tim was to stay with my family for the weekend. I recognized Tim compared him with photo he had sent to me. Tim greeted me and expressed that how excited he felt. When school was over, we took the subway home. My parents prepared a rich family dinner that night and we had enjoyed ourselves so much, eating and chatting. The next day, I act as a guide, showing Tim along the most famous scenic spots in Beijing. Wherever he went, he had some photos take to help him memorize this unforgettable trip to China. The time to say goodbye came when we realized it. I gave Tim a kite as a souvenir.

说面表达（满分25分）
假设你班最近举行了一次班会，讨论怎样使英语学习变成一件快乐的事。情你根据下表所提示的信息，为某英语网站写一篇短文，谈谈你们的讨论情况并提出你的建议。
讨论情况
1．课内互动（师生或生生互动）

2．课外活动（演讲或晚会等）

3．运用英语（口头或书面交流）

……

你的建议

注意：
1．对所给要点逐条陈述，不要简单翻译；
2．词数110左右。开头已经写好，不计入总词数；
3．参考词汇：interactive互动的。
Recently, we had a discussion on how to make learning English relaxing and fun. __________________     
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  
                                                                                                  

河北省衡水中学2016届高三2015—2016学年度上学期六调考试
英语试卷（参考答案）
1-5BABCB     6-10BACBC   11-15CACCA    16-20 ACABC
阅读理解
21-23BDB    24-27DBDA   28-31ACAB    32-35DBAA     36-40BGCAD
完形填空
41-45CABDC    46-50DBCAA   51-55BDCBB   56-60DBCBA
语法填空
61. it      62. who     63. to succeed     64. for     65. the      66. other
67. however/though     68. differently    69. their    70. followed
基础知识测试
1．fortnight     2.uncomfortably    3.polluted    4.naturally    5.beneficial    6.owed him a favo(u)r
7.may/might as well    8.took her place     9.made such rapid progress    10.it is convenient to you
短文改错
1. our—their     2. them—whom    3. compared—comparing    4. with后加the    5. that去掉
6. had去掉    7. act—acted    8. along—around    9. take—taken    10. when—before
书面表达
Recently, we had a discussion on how to make learning English relaxing and fun. Most students believe that there are many ways to do so.
Firstly, we can have more interactive activities in class, such as discussions, story-telling and role-play. In this way, we can have more fun learning English. Secondly, taking part in speech contests or English parties is also a good choice. Thirdly, we need to find more opportunities to communicate in English with people, whether they are foreigners or Chinese.
These ideas sound reasonable and practical. From my experience, there are many other interesting and relaxing ways. For example, we can watch English programs, join English clubs or make English pen friends. In this way, learning English will be great fun.