湖南省株洲市两校高三英语上学期期中联考试题.doc

湖南省株洲市两校2018届高三英语上学期期中联考试题（考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分）注意事项：1.本试卷由四个部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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.where does this conversation probably take place?a. in a bookstore. b. in a classroom. c. in a library.2.at what time will the film begin?a. 7:20. b. 7:15. c. 7:00.3.what are the two speakers mainly talking about?a. their friend jane. b. a weekend trip. c. a radio programme.4.what will the woman probably do?a. catch a train. b. see the man off. c. go shopping.5.why did the woman apologize?a. she made a late delivery. b. she went to the wrong place. c. she couldnt take the cake back.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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、7题。6.whose cd is broken?a. kathys. b. mums. c. jacks.7.what does the boy promise to do for the girl?a. buy her a new cd. b. do some cleaning. c. give her 10 dollars.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.what did the man think of the meal?a. just so-so. b. quite satisfactory. c. a bit disappointing.9.what was the 15% on the bill paid for?a. the food. b. the drinks. c. the service.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.why is the man at the shop?a. to order a camera for his wife. b. to have a camera repaired.c. to get a camera changed.11.what colour does the man want? a. pink. b. black. c. orange.12.what will the man do afterwards?a. make a phone call. b. wait until further notice. c. come again the next day.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.what would joe probably do during the thanksgiving holiday?a. go to a play. b. stay at home. c. visit kingston.14.what is ariel going to do in toronto?a. attend a party. b. meet her aunt. c. see a car show.15.why is ariel in a hurry to leave?a. to call up betty. b. to buy some dvds. c. to pick up daniel.16.what might be the relationship between the speakers?a. classmates. b. fellow workers. c. guide and tourist.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.why do some people say they never have dreams according to dr garfield?a. they forget about their dreams. b. they dont want to tell the truth.c. they have no bad experiences.18.why did davis stop having dreams?a. he got a serious heart attack.b. he was too sad about his brothers death.c. he was frightened by a terrible dream.19.what is dr garfields opinion about dreaming?a. it is very useful. b. it makes things worse. c. it prevents the mind from working.20.why do some people turn off their dreams completely?a. to sleep better. b. to recover from illnesses. c. to stay away from their problems.第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40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a、b、c和d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。afood festivals around the worldstilton cheese rollingmay day is a traditional day for celebrations, but the 2,000 english villagers of stilton must be the only people in the world who include these rolling in their annual plans. teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes, roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course. on the way, they must not kick or throw their cheese, or go into their competitors lane（赛道）. competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones). all the competitors are served with beer or port wine, the traditional accompaniment for stilton cheese.fiery foods festival the hottest festival on earthevery year more than 10,000 people head for the city of albuquerque, new mexico. they come from as far away as australia, the caribbean and china, but they all share a common addiction food that is not just spicy, but hot enough to make your mouth burn, your head spin and your eyes water. their destination is the fiery food and bbq festival which is held over a period of three days every march. you might like to try a chocolate covered habanero pepper officially the hottest pepper in the world or any one of the thousands of products that are on show. but one things for sure if you dont like the feeling of a burning tongue, this festival isnt for you!la tomatina the worlds biggest food fight on the last wednesday of every august, the spanish town of bunol hosts la tomatina the worlds largest food fight. a week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the weeks events. the early morning sees the arrival of large trucks with tomatoes official fight-starters get things going by casting tomatoes at the crowd. the battle lasts little more than half an hour, in which time around 50,000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves, runs, or fights back. then everyone heads down to the river to make friends again and for a much-needed wash!melbourne food and wine festivalaustralias cultural capital has hosted this20-day festival for 20 years, a showcase of the continents culinary (烹调用的) mastery through cooking demonstrations, special tours and food tastings throughout the city. meet celebrity chefs and artisan food crafters, go to gals dinners and discover down unders most fantastic flavors.21. in the stilton cheese rolling competition, competitors on each team must_.a.wear various formal clothes b.roll a wooden cheese in their own lanec.kick or throw their cheese d. use a real cheese weighing about four kilos22. where is the fiery food and bbq festival held according to the passage?a. in australia. b. in the caribbean. c.in the usa d. in mexico23. the celebration of la tomatina lasts_.a. three days b. seven days c. less than three days d. more than seven days24. in which food festival you may meet cooks?a. melbourne food and wine festival b. la tomatinac. stilton cheese rolling d. fiery foods festival.btwo weeks before my 12th birthday, my teacher asked me to conduct an experiment. when i mixed some powder together, they exploded. molten liquid hit me in the face, but i felt no pain.i vividly remember standing there in a state of calm. i thought i was in a dream, but however hard i struggled to swim to the surface of consciousness, i couldnt wake up. i didnt understand how terrifying it was until i heard people saying,whos that?thats when i knew i was unrecognizable.i was taken to hospital, but the doctors didnt know what to do with me. later i was flown to houston for surgery. between the ages of 13 and 16, i had 40 operations. as each operation came and went, my vision would come back, then fade again. eventually, it faded completely and i had what was left of my eyes removed for cosmetic reasons.since then, i have lived in total darkness. most blind people, even if they dont have any sight theyre aware of, are still able to sense light. that gives them a sense of day and night. but not me. i absolutely lost that sense of time passing. for many years, i felt my sight loss darkening my life like the loss of my parents from which i would never recover. but when i was in my 40s, i realized i had to find a way to live. i trained to become a counselor, and that has helped me see my experiences in a different way. i cant fix peoples broken lives just like i cant fix my sight but i can help them find a way to manage.sometimes it feels as if all the struggles and negative experiences ive lived through were in fact a kind of preparation for helping others to make their own way towards the light.25. how did the writer feel when the mixed powder exploded?a. painful. b. frightened. c. desperate. d. calm. 26. what can we know about the writer?a. she recovered her sight at last. b. she just has slight sense of sight.c. she is now living a meaningful life. d. she received 40 operations in 28 years.27. what is the passage mainly about?a. telling her own experience.b. encouraging the blind to cheer up.c. calling on people to care for the blind.d. warning students doing experiments is dangerous.cweve reached a strange some would say unusual point. while fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the world health organization (who), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. its the good life thats more likely to kill us these days.worse still, nearly 18 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. whats going on?we really dont have many excuses for our weight problems. the dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by publichealth campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through up to a point. in the 1970s, finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. not any more. a publichealth campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 percent over the past three decades.maybe that explains why the percentage of people in finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. that has become a sort of fashion. no wonder it ranks as the worlds most bodyconscious country.we know what we should be doing to lose weight but actually doing it is another matter. by far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. more than half of us admit we lack willpower. others blame good food. they say: its just too inviting and it makes them overeat. still others lay the blame on the americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much americanstyle fast food. some also blame their parents their genes. but unfortunately, the parents are wronged because theyre normal in shape, or rather slim. its a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. parents are eager to see their kids shape up. do as i say not as i do.28. whats the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?a. overweight issue remains unresolved despite whos efforts.b. starvation is taking more peoples lives in the world.c. who report shows peoples unawareness of food safety.d. the good life is a greater risk than the bad life.29. why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?a. a lot of effective diet pills are available.b. body image has nothing to do with good food.c. they have been made fully aware of its dangers.d. there are too many overweight people in the world.30. the example of finland is used to illustrate (阐明) _.a. the cause of heart disease b. the effectiveness of a campaign c. there are too many overweight people in the worldd. the fashion of body shaping31. which would be the best title for the passage?a. actions or excuses b. overweight or underweightc. who in a dilemma d. no longer dying of hungerdsome houses are designed to be smart. others have smart designs. an example of the second type of house won an award of excellence from the american institute of architects. located on the shore of sullivans island off the coast of south carolina, the award-winning cube-shaped beach house was built to replace one smashed to pieces by hurricane hugo 10 years ago. in september 1989, hugo struck south carolina, killing 18 people and damaging or destroying 36,000 homes in the state. before hugo, many new houses built along south carolinas shoreline were poorly constructed, and enforcement (执行) of building codes (建筑法规) wasnt strict, according to architect ray huff, who created the cleverly-designed beach house. in hugos wake, all new shoreline houses are required to meet stricter, better-enforced codes. the new beach house on sullivans island should be able to resist a category 3 hurricane with peak winds of 179 to 209 kilometers per hour. at first sight, the house on sullivans island looks anything but hurricane-proof. its redwood shell makes it resemble “a large party lantern” at night, according to one observer. but looks can be deceiving. the houses wooden frame is reinforced with long steel rods to give it extra strength. to further protect the house from hurricane damage, huff raised it 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings (桩) long, slender columns of wood anchored deep in the sand. pilings might appear insecure, but they are strong enough to support the weight of the house. they also elevate (提升) the house above storm waves. the pilings allow the waves to run under the house instead of running into it. “these swells of water come ashore at tremendous speeds and cause most of the damage done to beach-front buildings,” said huff. huff designed the timber pilings to be partially concealed by the houses ground-to-roof shell. “the shell masks the pilings so that the house doesnt look like its standing with its pant legs pulled up,” said huff. in the event of a storm surge, the shell should break apart and let the waves rush under the house, the architect explained. 32. after the tragedy caused by hurricane hugo, new houses built along south carolinas shore line should _. a. be easily reinforced b. look smarter in design c. be designed in the shape of cubes d. satisfy higher building standards 33. huff raised the house 2.7 meters off the ground on timber pilings in order to _. a. prevent water from rushing into the house b. make stronger pilings deep in the sand c. break huge sea waves into smaller ones d. withstand peak winds of about 200 km/h34. the main function of the shell is _. a. to strengthen the pilings of the house b. to protect the wooden frame of the housec. to give the house a better appearanced. to slow down the speed of the swelling water 35. it can be inferred from the passage that the shell should be _. a. fancy-looking b. water-proof c. extremely strongd. easily breakable 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。 what is your favorite color? do you like yellow, orange or red?36. do you prefer grays or blues? then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. you tend to be a pessimist. at least this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings.37. if you happen to love brown, you did so as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly. 38. a yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day.39. a black bridge over the thames river, near london, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area until it was repainted green. the number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in pink or baby blue. 40. it is an established fact that factory workers work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black or gray.a. on the other hand, black is depressing.b.they tell us, among other facts, that we do not choose our favorite color as we grow up-we are born with our preference.c.the rooms are painted in different colors as you like.d.if you do, you must be an optimist, a leader, an active person who enjoys life, people and excitement.e.light and bright colors make people not only happier but more active.f.life is like a picture or a poem, full of different colors.g. colors do influence our moodsthere is no doubt about it.第三部分语言知识运用(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)阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c和d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。the host picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his 41, who were a father and a 42 , and put the lid on the cup with a clink. obviously 43 of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving thethermos on the table. his two guests 44 several drawers opening and a rustling （飒飒响声）.they45 sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window. the father was just about to take his cup when the46 came, right there in the living-room. something was hopelessly broken.it was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor. the girl looked 47 her shoulder at once, startled （吓一跳）, 48 . it was 49 . neither of th