2016-2017學(xué)年江蘇省揚州中學(xué)高三（上）開學(xué)英語試卷
發(fā)布：2024/12/26 20:0:3
第一部分聽力測試（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)（共5小題：每小題1分，滿分5分）
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1．What does the man want to do？
A．Take photos．
B．Buy a camera．
C．Help the woman．組卷：20引用：54難度：0.9 -
2．What are the speakers talking about？
A．A noisy night．
B．Their life in town．
C．A place of living．組卷：16引用：62難度：0.9 -
3．Where is the man now？
A．On his way．
B．In a restaurant．
C．At home．組卷：16引用：54難度：0.9 -
4．What will Celia do？
A．Find a player．
B．Watch a game．
C．Play basketball．組卷：18引用：85難度：0.5 -
5．What day is it when the conversation takes place？
A．Saturday
B．Sunday
C．Monday組卷：4引用：89難度：0.7
第二節(jié)（滿分15分）
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6．（1）What is Sara going to do？
A．Buy John a gift．
B．Give John a surprise．
C．Invite John to France．
（2）What does the man think of Sara's plan？
A．Funny．
B．Exciting．
C．Strange．組卷：10引用：39難度：0.5 -
7．（1）Why does Diana say sorry to Peter？
A．She has to give up her travel plan．
B．She wants to visit another city．
C．She needs to put off her test．
（2）What does Diana want Peter to do？
A．Help her with her study．
B．Take a book to her friend．
C．Teach a geography lesson．組卷：14引用：58難度：0.5 -
8．（1）Why does the man call the woman？
A．To tell her about her new job．
B．To ask about her job program．
C．To plan a meeting with her．
（2）Who needs a new flat？
A．Alex．
B．Andrea．
C．Miranda．
（3）Where is the woman now？
A．In Baltimore．
B．In New York．
C．In Avon．組卷：13引用：57難度：0.5 -
9．（1）What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant？
A．Where the restaurant is
B．Whether the prices are low．
C．How well the food is prepared．
（2）When did Jan begin to write for a magazine？
A．After he came back to Sweden．
B．Before he went to the United States．
C．As soon as he got his first job in 1982．
（3）What may Jan do to find a good restaurant？
A．Talk to people in the street．
B．Speak to taxi drivers．
C．Ask hotel clerks．
（4）What do we know about Jan？
A．He cooks for a restaurant．
B．He travels a lot of his work．
C．He prefers American food．組卷：8引用：21難度：0.5 -
10．（1）What do we know about the Plaza Leon？
A．It's new building．
B．It's a small town．
C．It's public place．
（2）When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon？
A．Saturday nights．
B．Sunday afternoons．
C．Fridays and Saturdays．
（3）Which street is known for its food shops and markets？
A．Via del Mar Street．
B．Fernando Street．
C．Hernandes Street．
（4）Why does the speaker like Horatio Street best？
A．It has an old stone surface．
B．It is named after a writer．
C．It is a famous university．組卷：19引用：49難度：0.7
第四部分：任務(wù)型閱讀（共10題：滿分10分）
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31．Age has its privileges in America， and one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount． Anyone who has reached a certain age - in some cases as low as 55 - is automatically entitled to dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life． Eligibility is determined not by one's need but by the date on one's birth certificate． Practically unheard of a generation ago， the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses - as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners．
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them； yet， millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent（有支付能力的）． Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans． The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that "elderly" and "needy" are synonymous （同義的）． Perhaps that once was true， but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population． To be sure， there is economic diversity within the elderly， and many older Americans are poor． But most of them aren't．
It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies． For many firms， they are a stimulus to revenue． But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense， directly or indirectly， of younger Americans． Moreover， they are a direct irritant in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations．
Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits， which mostly involve a transfer of resources from the young to the old． Employment is another sore point． Buoyed （支持）by laws and court decisions， more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job - thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers．
Far from a kind of charity they once were， senior citizen discounts have become a formidable economic privilege to a group with millions of members who don't need them．
It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others． Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can't take care of themselves and need special treatment； and they threaten the creation of a new myth， that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups． Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against - discrimination by age．Outline Details Introduction Age determines whether an American can be given a discount， which is a common （1） in American business life today．Origin of senior citizen discount ●Since the senior citizens are often treated as people who are in（2） ， they are given such priority．
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situation●The situation has changed a lot where the majority of the elderly are not poor at all．
●Younger Americans were at a/an （4）directly or indirectly due to the discounts given to the elderly， thus leading to conflicts between generations．
●The number of older Americans （5）to work rather than retire is on the increase， which means （6）opportunities for young workers．
●It is no longer a kind of charity because millions of senior citizens don't need the priority （7）．Conclusion It's unwise to offer discount priority to the elderly．
●It will mislead people to think they are unable to （8）to themselves．
●People may think that they are ungrateful and they're hurting the （9）of other age groups．
●Actually senior citizen discounts， to some extent， （10）against their age．組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5
第五部分書面表達（滿分25分）
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32．請閱讀下面文字及圖表，并按要求用英語寫一篇150個詞左右的英語短文．
You really should finish compiling that boring spreadsheet，but you just can't bring yourself to do it．Maybe it can wait a little longer？Or it might just disappear if you ignore it long enough？You know the feeling．
According to Professor Piers Steel，of the Haskayne School of Business at the University of Calgary，95% of people postpone important tasks at some point．But for some，procrastination （拖延癥） isn't occasional，but constant．Professor Joseph Ferrari，of DePaul University Chicago，found that 20% of the population of the world are habitual procrastinators．Sadly，delaying our duties isn't very good for us．As the poet Edward Young wrote： "Procrastination is the thief of time"．
【寫作內(nèi)容】
1．用約 30個單詞概述上述信息的主要內(nèi)容；
2．結(jié)合上述信息，簡要分析"拖延癥"產(chǎn)生的原因及危害；
3．根據(jù)你的分析，就如何克服"拖延癥"談?wù)勀愕目捶ǎú簧儆趦牲c）．
【寫作要求】
1．寫作過程中不能直接引用原文語句；
2．作文中不能出現(xiàn)真實姓名和學(xué)校名稱；
3．不必寫標(biāo)題．組卷：2引用：1難度：0.4