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湖南省邵东县2018届高三英语上学期第四次月考试题 时间：120分钟 分数：150分第一部分听力(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.what will the speakers do?a. stay away for a couple of weeks. b. look after johnsons house.c. move to another place.2.what do the speakers hurry to do?a. play football.b. go bird-watching.c. buy tickets.3.what is the woman surprised at?a. a news story.b. the mans discovery.c. the mans behavior.4.what are the speakers arguing about?a. the importance of liberation. b. the position of women in society.c. the necessity of career planning.5.why doesnt the woman hire a gardener?a. to enjoy the extra exercise. b. to kill the spare time. c. to cut down the expenses.第二节听下面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。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6.which gate will the man leave from?a. gate 10. b. gate 18. c. gate 20.7.when will the plane take off?a. at 1:00 pm.b. at 1:30 pm.c. at 2:00 pm.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8.how does the girl go to school today?a. by taxi.b. by bus.c. by bike.9.how will the speakers deal with the bike?a. repair it by themselves. b. take it to the repair shop. c. throw it away.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10.what is the man doing?a. renting a car.b. booking a room .c. checking out.11.how much should the man pay for renting the car?a. ￥200.b. ￥400.c. ￥500.12.where did the man go last night?a. a concert.b. the beach.c. a shopping mall.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13.what is jims new apartment like?a. it has no balcony. b. its more expensive. c. its farther from his office.14.what does jim like to do at night?a. chat online.b. do the laundry.c. sleep early.15.what does jim think of his new roommate?a. hard-working.b. friendly.c. noisy.16.what will jim probably do?a. find another apartment. b. complain to the landlord. c. solve the problem in another way.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.why should we outline the speech?a. to relieve the tension. b. to avoid forgetting the main point.c. to be the best speechwriter.18.how should we start the toast speech?a. by introducing ourselves. b. by telling a short story.c. by referring to the purpose of the event.19.what is the key to making a toast speech?a. start the speech with humor. b. make a brief speech. c. outline the speech.20.what is the passage about?a. different ways of making a speech. b. tips on giving a great toast speech.c. the purpose of making a toast speech. 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。astill seeking a destination for your weekend break? there are some places which are probably a mere wall away from your college.kings art centrea day at the centre could mean a visit to an exhibition of the work of one of the most interesting contemporary artists on show anywhere. this weekend sees the opening of an exhibition of four local artists.you could attend a class teaching you how to learn from the masters or get more creative with paint free of charge.the centre also runs two life drawing classes for which there is a small fee.the botanic gardenthe garden has over 8,000 plant species; it holds the research and teaching collection of living plants for cambridge university.the multi-branched torch aloe here is impressive. the african plant produces red flowers above blue-green leaves, and is not one to miss.get to the display house to see dionaea muscipula, a plant more commonly known as the venus flytrap that feeds on insects and other small animals.the garden is also a place for wildlife-enthusiasts. look for grass snakes in the lake. a snake called hissing sid is regularly seen lying in the heat of the warm sun.byrons poolmany stories surround lord byrons time as a student of cambridge university. arriving in 1805, he wrote a letter complaining that it was a place of “mess and drunkenness”. however, it seems as though byron did manage to pass the time pleasantly enough. im not just talking about the pet bear he kept in his rooms. he spent a great deal of time walking in the village.it is also said that on occasion byron swam naked by moonlight in the lake, which is now known as byrons pool. a couple of miles past grantchester in the south cambridgeshire countryside, the pool is surrounded by the fields. the cries of invisible birds make the trip a lovely experience and on the way home you can drop into the village for afternoon tea. if you dont trust me, then perhaps youll take it from virginia woolf ,a famous writer,over a century after byron, she reportedly took a trip to swim in the same pool.21. the main idea of the passage is _.a.some places for weekend breakb. an approach to becoming creative in artc. the colorful life in the countrysided. interesting stories of lord. byron 22. according to the passage, the following statements are wrong except _.a. there is a small charge for attending the masters classb. byron liked swimming naked in the lakec. byron seemed to like keeping pet bearsd. hissing sid and flytrap are impressive animals23. the authors purpose in mentioning virginia woolf is to show_. a. she was a famous writerb. she was keen on swimmingc. she was byrons admirerd. byrons pool is a pleasant placebthe baby is just one day old and has not yet left hospital.she is quiet but alert(警觉).twenty centimeters from her face researchers have placed a white card with two black spots on it.she stares at it carefully.a researcher removes the card and replaces it by another,this time with the spots differently spaced.as the cards change from one to the other,her gaze(凝视)starts to lose its focusuntil a third,with three black spots,is presented.her gaze returns;she looks at it for twice as long as she did at the previous card.can she tell that the number two is different from three,just 24 hours after coming into the world?or do newborns simply prefer more to fewer?the same experiment,but with three spots shown before two,shows the same return of interest when the number of spots changes.perhaps it is just the newness?when slightly older babies were shown cards with pictures of objects(a comb,a key,an orange and so on),changing the number of objects had an effect separate from changing the objects themselves.could it be the pattern that two things make,as opposed to three?no again.babies paid more attention to squares moving randomly on a screen when their number changed from two to three,or three to two.the effect even crosses between senses.babies who were repeatedly shown two spots became more excited when they then heard three drumbeats than when they heard just two;likewise(同样地)when the researchers started with drumbeats and moved to spots.24.the experiment described in paragraph 1 is related to the babys.a.sense of hearing b.sense of sightc.sense of touch d.sense of smell25.babies are sensitive to the change in.a.the number of objects b.the colour of picturesc.the shape of patterns d.the size of cards 26. why did the researchers test the babies with drumbeats?a.to reduce the difficulty of the experiment.b.to see how babies recognize sounds.c.to carry their experiment further.d.to keep the babies interest.27. where does this text probably come from?a. science fiction. b. childrens literature.c. an advertisement. d. a science report.cdoes fame drive you crazy?although being famous might sound like a dream come true,todays stars,feeling like zoo animals,face pressures that few of us can imagine.they are at the center of much of the worlds attention.paparazzi(狗仔队)camp outside their homes,cameras ready.tabloids(小报)publish thrilling stories about their personal lives.just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature!according to psychologist christina villarreal, celebrities- famous people-worry constantly about their public appearance.eventually,they start to lose track of who they really are,seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them,not as the people they were before everyone knew their names.“over time,”villarreal says,“they feel separated and alone.”the phenomenon of tracking celebrities has been around for ages.in the 4thcentury b.c.,painters followed alexander the great into battle,hoping to picture his victories for his admirers.when charles dickens visited america in the 19thcentury,his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans,leading him to complain(抱怨)about his lack of privacy.tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.being a public figure today,however,is a lot more difficult than it used to be.superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras.when they say something silly or do something ridiculous,there is always the internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their“story”alive forever.if fame is so troublesome, why arent all celebrities running away from it? the answer is there are still ways to deal with it.some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities.they focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice.still,even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are.they are tired of being famous already.28.it can be learned from the passage that stars today.a.are often misunderstood by the publicb.can no longer have their privacy protectedc.spend too much on their public appearanced.care little about how they have come into fame29. what is the main idea of paragraph 3?a.great heroes of the past were generally admired.b.the problem faced by celebrities has a long history.c.well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids.d.works of popular writers often have a lot of readers.30. what makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?a. availability of modern media. b. inadequate social recognition.c. lack of favorable chances. d. huge population of fans.31. what is the authors attitude toward modern celebrity?a. sincere.b. sceptical. c. disapproving. d. sympathetic. dcassandra feeley finds it hard to manage on her husbands incomeso this year she did something more than a hobby(业余爱好)：she planted vegetables in her yardfor her first garden，msfeeley has put in 15 tomato plants，and five rows of a variety of vegetablesthe familys old farm house has become a chicken house，its residents arriving next monthlast year，msrita gartin kept a small gardenthis year she has made it much larger because，she said，“the cost of everything is going up and i was looking to lose a few pounds，too；so its a win-win situation all around.” they are among the growing number of americans who，driven by higher living costs and a falling economy(经济)，have taken up vegetable gardening for the first timeothers have increased the size of their existing gardensseed companies and garden shops say that not since the 1970s has there been such an increase in interest in growing food at homenow many gardens across the country have been sold out for several monthsin austin，tex，some of the gardens have a three-year waiting listgeorge cball jr，owner of a company, said sales of vegetable seeds and plants are up by 40 over last year, double the average growth of the last five yearsmrball argues that some of the reasons have been building for the last few yearsthe big one is the striking rise in the cost of food like bread and milk, together with the increases in the price of fruits and vegetablesfood prices have increased because of higher oil pricespeople are now driving less，taking fewer vacations, so there is more time to garden32. what does the word “residents” in paragraph 1 probably refer to?a. chickens b. tomatoes cgardens dpeople33.by saying “a win-win situation all around”，msgartin means that_.ashe is happier and her garden bigger bshe may spend less and lose weightcshe is selling more and buying less dshe has grown more varieties of vegetables34why is vegetable gardening becoming increasingly popular?amore americans are doing it for fun bthe price of oil is lower than beforectheres a growing need for fruits dthe cost of living is on the rise35which of the following might be the best title for the text?afamily food planning b. a belt-tightening movec banking on gardening dgardening as a hobby 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。public speaking and critical thinkingwhat is critical thinking? to a certain degree, its a matter of logic (逻辑) of being able to spot weaknesses in other peoples arguments and to avoid them in your own. it also includes related skills such as distinguishing fact from opinion and assessing the soundness of evidence.in the broad sense, critical thinking is focused, organized thinkingthe ability to see clearly the relationships among ideas. 36 the greatest thinkers, scientists, and inventors have often taken information that was readily available and put it together differently to produce new ideas. that, too, is critical thinking. 37 as the class goes on, for example, you will probably spend a good deal of time organizing your speeches. while this may seem like a purely mechanical (机械的) exercise, it is closely connected with critical thinking. if the structure of your speech is loose and confused, chances are that your thinking is also disordered and confused. if on the other hand, the structure is clear, there is a good chance your thinking is too. organizing a speech is not just a matter of arranging the ideas you already have. 38 what is true of organization is true of many aspects of public speaking. 39 as you work on expressing your ideas in clear, accurate language, you will improve your ability to think clearly and accurately. 40 as you learn to listen critically to speeches in class, you will be better able to assess the ideas of speakers in a variety of situations.if you take full advantage of your speech class, you will be able to develop your skills as a critical thinker in many circumstances. this is one reason public speaking has been regarded as a vital part of education since the days of ancient greece.a. this may seem like a lot of time, but the rewards are well worth it.b. rather, it is an important part of shaping the ideas themselves.c. it may also help you to know that there is no such thing as a perfect speech.d. if you are wondering what this has to do with your public speaking class, the answer is quite a lot.e.it has often been said that there are few new ideas in the world, only reorganized ideas.f. the skills you learn in your speech class can help you become a more effective thinker in a number of ways.g. as you study the role of evidence and reasoning in speechmaking, you will see how they can be used in other forms of communication as well.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。i tend to accept any idea put forward by experts on tv. one day, a sociologist proposed that the 41 society has been consuming modern humans little by little. for fear that i would become a victim of the consumer society, i 42 hurried to a bicycle shop in my neighborhood. 43 the shopkeeper mr. johnson was selling me the bicycle, he said,” this is the best thing you 44 have done. life has become hopelessly 45 . a bicycle is simple, and it brings to you 46 things: fresh air, sunshine and exercise.” i agreed. happy as a child, i got on the bicycle and headed out onto the streets. after some time, i 47 at the other end of the town. i was 48 that this simple vehicle could let me 49 long distances in a fairly short time. but how 50 did i really go?since i hated to be 51 , i went back to mr. johnson and asked him to 52 an odometer(里程表)on my bicycle. he agreed, but 53 ,“an odometer without a speedometer(速度计)is like a 54 without a knife.” i admitted he was right and in a few minutes, the two devices(装置)were 55 to the handlebars of my bicycle.” what about a horn?” he then asked. “look, this horn is no larger than a matchbox and has many 56 .” attracted by these functions, i bought the horn. “you cant leave the back part 57 ,”noted mr. johnson. he fixed a metal box with buttons 58 the seat, and said,” is there anything better than this oven when you feel 59 on your way? i can give you a special discount.” i was not strong enough to 50 the offer. “i congratulate you once more; this is the best thing you could have done,” said mr. johnson in the end. 41. a. adult b. human c. consumer d. bachelor42. a. eventually b. gratefully c. reluctantly d. immediately43. a. although b. as c. because d. unless44. a. would b. should c. must d. could45. a. boring b. complicated c. stressful d. tough46. a. complex b. mysterious c. natural d. unique47. a. gave up b. broke down c. calmed down d. ended up48.