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衡水市第二中学2015-2016学年上学期考试 高三年级英语试题 本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分. 第一卷（共三部分， 共计 100分 1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用直径0. 5毫米黑色墨水签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚。 2.. 每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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．How did the woman know John failed the exam? A．From his expression．B．From his paper． C．From the woman． 2．Where does the conversation probably take place? A．At a shop． B．At a cinema． C．At a restaurant． 3．What will the speakers do? A．Go to Manila． B．Invite Mr Quizon． C．Get familiar with their company． 4．Who is the woman? A．A new worker． B．A regular customer． C．A shop manager． 5．What does the man mean? A．He will go to town． B．He misses his parents． C．He has moved house． 第二节（共15小题:每小题1.5分，满分22.5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Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice．Gifts are easy—they’re given after a．Choice can be hard． I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago．I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year．I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast，and the idea of building all online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old，and I’d been married for a year．I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t and I wasn’t sure what to expect．MacKenzie told me I should go for it．As a young boy，I’d been a garage inventor．I’d always wanted to be all inventor，and she wanted me to follow my passion． I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired．I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet．He took me on a long walk in Central Park，listened carefully to me，and finally said，“That sounds lik