2016-2017学年黑龙江省哈尔滨六中高二（上）开学英语试卷
发布：2024/4/20 14:35:0
一、阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）
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1．A widow's wish to hear her late husband's voice again has pushed London's Subway system to restore a 40-year-old recording of the subway's famous " Mind the gap" announcement．
The underground，or the tube，first opened in 1863，tracked down the voice recording by Oswald Lawrence after his widow，Margaret McCollum，told them what it meant to her．
McCollum，65，said she used to frequently visit Embankment tube station or plan her journeys around the stop to listen to Lawrence's voice，even before his death．She was taken aback in November when she noticed it had been replaced by a different voice．
"Lawrence was a drama school graduate when he auditioned （试音） for a tour company．For six years after his death，I'd stay on the platform-just sit and listen to it again，" she added．
When Margaret approached the tube，she was told it had a new broadcast system and it couldn't use the old recording anymore．
Nigel Holness，director of London Underground，said its staff has been so moved by McCollum's story that they dug up the recording and gave the widow a copy of the announcement on a CD for her to keep． "Tube staff is also working to restore Lawrence's announcement at the station，" he added． "It is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year．The tube's 'Mind the gap' messages，voiced by various actors，have accompanied countless London commuter journeys since the 1960s．Train drivers and staff made the warnings themselves before that．"
"I'm very pleased that people are interested in Oswald's old recording，" Margaret said． "He was a great London transport user all his life．He would be amused，touched，and delighted to know he's back where he belonged．"
（1）The best title for the passage is．
A．A Replaced Recording
B．Mind the Gap
C．A Widow's Wish
D．The Tube's Struggle
（2）The underlined phrase " taken aback" means．
A．disappointed
B．annoyed
C．excited
D．shocked
（3）What can we infer from the passage？
A．The tube always uses recordings to remind passengers．
B．Oswald's voice is great comfort to Margaret．
C．No recording can be equal to Oswald's voice．
D．Oswald was an outstanding actor in London．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.6 -
2．The tough economy is bringing new shoppers to the secondhand market．Plato's Closet in Chaelotte，NC is a private company，which mainly buys and sells used clothes．While Charlotte has outstanding secondhand stores offering high-end and graceful brands for women，most of their stock applies to adults．Plato's closet targets teens and those in their 20s．Plato's Closet ，with stores in Matthews and the university area，sells clothes and accessories（装饰品） that are currently popular at about one third the retail prices（零售价）．
The two hottest brands，for buying and selling，are Hollister and Abercrombie &Fitch．Even though the offerings tend to be suitable for young people，there are a variety of shoppers at Plato's Closet of varying ages．Women in their 30s，40s，and older could easily find a purse，jacket or piece of jewelry they like．
If you are selling
Unlike higher-end resale stores which usually work on consignment（寄售），Plato's Closet buys on the spot．
Items can be gently used，but must be in very good condition．
Clothes should be less than two years old and styles should be the same as those still being sold at the shopping center．
There is no negotiation；prices are set company-wide．If what you sell amounts to ﹩30 or less，they'll give you cash．More than that，you'll get a Visa cash card．
Secondhand success
Don't get discouraged if you can't find something on your first trip．Resale shops are always getting new lists of goods and change their styles with each season．
Be sure to check each piece carefully before buying．
Price comparison
Jackets：New York & Company black blazer， ﹩12；retail：37 Pants：ExpressEditor-stylepants，﹩12；retail：﹩69.90．Shoes：NineWestblackpeep-toepumps，﹩12；retail：89．
Jewelry：Necklaces， ﹩3-﹩5；retail： ﹩18-﹩30．
（1）What is the difference between Plato's Closet and other resale shops？
A．They offer service for people of different ages．
B．The offerings in Plato's Closet are more expensive．
C．Plato's Closet only offers high-end brands for women．
D．Plato's Closet also sells books to customers．
（2）Which of the following about Plato's Closet is NOT true？
A．Hollister and Abercrombie &Fitch are the two hottest brands in Plato's Closet．
B．Women in their fifties can't find proper clothes and accessories in Plato's Closet．
C．Goods in Plato's Closet are sold at 67 percent off retail prices or so．
D．Plato's Closet targets teens and those in their 20s．
（3）In Plato's Closet，which of the following is not accepted？
A．Items you sell must be in very good condition．
B．You can negotiate with buyers about prices of goods．
C．The clothes you sell should be less than two years old．
D．You can sell your goods on the spot instead of on consignment．
（4）If you buy a pair of Express Editor-style pants in Plato's Closet，you can save．
A．57.9 dollars
B．15 dollars
C．77 dollars
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3．The U．S．government is facing an increasing bother．Wild pigs，at their worst，can damage crops，spread diseases，attack humans and kill farm animals．And things are getting worse：a study shows that they are likely to double in number over the next 3 years．Why is it so hard to control wild pigs？
Introduced to America in the 16th century，and related to the wild pigs found in Europe，wild pigs can be found in 75% of all states．No single law exists to control them and regulations differ between states：while in Missouri they can only be shot if met by chance，in Texas hunting is actively encouraged；a "pork chopper" law allows Texan hunters to shoot wild pigs from helicopters，and some people in Louisiana have even built their own pig-hunting drone（无人机）．As well as being popular with hunters，wild pigs are cheaper for game raisers to breed（饲养）than deer．In Michigan and Pennsylvania suggested bans on the private breeding of pigs for hunting have caused quarrels between game raisers and wildlife officials．
Wild pigs' double nature-considered pests by farmers，but valued by hunters-makes it hard to pass laws to control them．Two other factors also contribute．Nearly 70% of land in America is privately owned．And it is difficult for lawmakers to force breeding and hunting laws on private landowners．Secondly，it is hard to define a wild pig．
In some states，laws are being introduced to redefine the term "wild animal" to keep out wild pigs．This is good news for those raising pigs for hunting，but less are to those who consider them pests whose number should be limited．Meanwhile，discussions continue over how to deal with this problem．
（1）People are not permitted to hunt wild pigs freely in．
A．Texas
B．Michigan
C．Missouri
D．Louisiana
（2）Why do the game raisers prefer raising wild pigs to deer？
A．It's difficult to raise deer．
B．Wild pigs are in large numbers．
C．Deer are not popular with hunters．
D．They can benefit more from wild pigs．
（3）Which is NOT the reason for the difficulty in controlling wild pigs？
A．The difficulty of passing effective laws．
B．The high percentage of land owned privately．
C．The farmers' unwillingness to shoot wild pigs．
D．The popularity of raising wild pigs in many states．
（4）What is the best title of the text？
A．Why are wild pigs so hard to control？
B．Are wild pigs pests or wild animals？
C．Wild pigs-an increasing danger in the US．
D．How to deal with the problem of wild pigs？组卷：10引用：1难度：0.5
语法填空（共10题；满分10分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或括号内单词的正确形式．
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8．By "luxury（奢侈品）"，we mean "a pleasant and often expensive thing that is not necessary"．From a historical point of view，things which were a luxury when they first came into being all became necessities later．
Anything，no matter （1）luxurious it is，will become a necessity，when it is widely used．This is true of many of the present luxuries，among which mobile phones，cars，computers and many other things（2）（include）．It is known to all that the purpose of the development of science is （3）（make） things easy for the mankind，not for only（4）small number of people．（5），the first thing to do after a new invention occurs is to spread it so as to benefit （6）many people as possible．In the course of the spread，the luxury becomes decreasingly luxurious until （7）the end it becomes a necessity．This is an objective law，and （8）can be an exception．
With the quick （9）（develop） of science and technology，the process for many things to become a necessity from a luxury will be greatly shortened．Anything that can be imagined will be invented and in no time becomes a necessity （10）（access） to ordinary people．组卷：0引用：1难度：0.5
短文改错（共10 小题；满分10分）
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9．Ms Karen，38 years old，has been helped the old over the past 12 years．She often encourages her daughter-Celest，10 years old-help the old people as well as．Visiting the seniors who have limited or no family support are what all of them do every weekend．When Celest was the baby，Ms Karen Kong brought her to visit the old so no one looked after her．Whatever，as time went by，it became a meaningful weekly affair and a time to get along for her daughter．She thinks it's importance to teach children to love the old and hopes the virtue can be passed on．
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