江西省高安中学2018届高三上学期第二次段考英语试卷含答案.doc

高安中学2018届高三上学期第二次段考英语试题（满分：150分时间：120分钟）第一部分：听力（共两节，共20小题；每小题1.5分，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.What will the woman do next?A. Turn down the radio B. Close the window C. Go to bed2. Who will probably get the stamps?A. The woman B. The mans classmate C. The womans sister3. Why cant the woman go with the man ?A. Shes a little tired B. Shes going to listen to music C. Shes going to the library.4. When will the man arrive home?A. At 10:00 B. At 11:00 C. At 12:005. Where does the conversation take place?A. At home B. In a travel agency C. In a hotel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，各个小题将给出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. What does the woman ask the man to send?A. A report. B. An e-mail. C. A letter.7. For whom will the man reserve the room in the Garden Hotel?A. For the woman.B. For Mr. Benson.C. For Mr. Black.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. Where is the hotel located?A. Out of the city. B. Near the harbor. C. In the center of the city.9. When will the speakers meet?A. On Friday. B. On Sunday. C. On Saturday.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. Whats the conversation about?A. Buying a flat. B. Renting a flat. C. Visiting a flat.11. How many bedrooms are there in this flat?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.12. When can the woman move in?A. Right now. B. In two weeks. C. In October.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16 四个小题。13. Whats the man looking for？A. A monument. B. A pub.C. A hall.14. Whats the Mond?A. A road.B. A hill.C. A monument.15. How will the man get there probably?A. By bus.B. By taxi.C. On foot.16. What do you think of the woman?A. She is helpful.B. She is impatient.C. She is rude.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.Why is Lily sitting in the trolley(手推车)?A. She is too heavy for her mother to carry.B. Her mother wants to talk to Mrs. Bell.C. Her mother has bought too many things.18. Whats Lily doing when Mrs. Bell and Mrs. Young are talking?A. She hides a bottle of wine in Mrs. Youngs handbag.B. She is playing with a bottle of whisky.C. She is playing with the things her mother has bought.19. What can we learn from the speech?A. Mrs. Bell steals a bottle of whisky.B. The detective finds the whisky in Mrs. Bells handbag.C. Mrs. Young asks her daughter to steal a bottle of whisky.20. What does the speech tell us?A. Lily is a shy girl.B. Mrs. Bell is a forgetful person.C. People sometimes can hardly explain themselves.第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A In the coming months, we are bringing together artists form all over the globe, to enjoy speaking Shakespeares plays in their own language, in our Globe, within the architecture Shakespeare wrote for. Please come and join us.National Theatre of China Beijing |ChineseThis great occasion(盛会) will be the National Theatre of Chinas first visit to the UK. The companys productions show the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre. This production of Shakespeares Richard III will be directed by the Nationals Associate Director，Wang Xiaoying.Date &Time : Saturday 28 April,2.30pm & Sunday 29 April,1.30pm & 6.30pmMarjanishvili Theatre Tbilisi | Georgian One of the most famous theatres in Georgia, the Marjanishvili, founded in 1928,appears regularly at theatre festivals all over the world. This new production of It is helmed（指导）by the companys Artistic Director LevanTsuladze.Date &Time :Friday 18May,2.30pm & Saturday 19May,7.30pmDefinitely Theatre London | British Sign Language （BSL）By translating the rich and humorous text of Loves Labors Lost into the physical language of BSL, Definitely Theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeares comedy and aims to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds by performing to both groups as one audience.Date &Time : Tuesday 22 May,2.30pm & Wednesday 23 May,7.30pmHabima National Theatre Tel Aviv | HebrewThe Habima is the centre of Hebrew-language theatre worldwide ,Founded in Moscow after the 1905 revolution, the company eventually settled in Tel Aviv in the late 1920s,Since 1958, they have been recognized as the national theatre of Israel .This production of Shakespeares The Merchant of Venice marks their first visit to the UK.Date &Time :Monday 28May,7.30 & Tuesday 29 May,7.30pm21.which play will be performed by the National Theatre of China?A. Richard . B. Lovers Labors LostC. As You Like It D. The Merchant of Venice22.What is special about Definitely Theatre?A .It has two groups of actors B. It is the leading theatre in LondonC. It performs plays in BSL D. It is good at producing comedies23.When can you see a play in Hebrew?A. On Saturday 28 April. B. On Sunday 29 AprilC. On Tuesday 22 May. D. On Tuesday 29 MayBBenjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed one. In those days , a brush was made from camels hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat to make a brush.The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged （蓬乱）. His father said that the cat must be sick. Benjamin was forced to admit what he had been doing.The cats lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamins cousins, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamins drawings. When he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings （版画）by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen. In 1747，when Benjamin was nine years old，Mr. Pennington returned for another visit .He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamins parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit. In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape (风景) painting. William Williams ,a well-known painter, came to see him work . Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home .The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little, having been a poor student. But he later said,” Those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night.”While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.24.Whatisthetextmainlyabout?A.BenjaminsvisittoPhiladelphia.B.WilliamsinfluenceonBenjamin.C.ThebeginningofBenjaminslifeasanartist.D.ThefriendshipbetweenBenjaminandPennington.25. What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?A. The cat would be closely watched. B. The cat would get some medical care.C. Benjamin would leave his home shortly. D. Benjamin would have real brushes soon.26. What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?A. He took him to see painting exhibitions. B. He provided him with painting materials.C. He sent him to a school in Philadelphia. D. He taught him how to make engravings.27. Williams two books helped Benjamin to _.A. master the use of paints B. appreciate landscape paintingsC. get to know other painters D. make up his mind to be a painterCAfter years of heated debate, gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park. Fourteen wolves were caught in Canada and transported to the park. By last year, the Yellowstone wolf population had grown to more than 170 wolves.Gray wolves once were seen here and there in the Yellowstone area and much of the continental United States, but they were gradually displaced by human development. By the 1920s, wolves had practically disappeared from the Yellowstone area. They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada, where there were fewer humans around.The disappearance of the wolves had many unexpected results. Deer and elk populations major food sources (来源) for the wolf grew rapidly. These animals consumed large amounts of vegetation (植被), which reduced plant diversity in the park. In the absence of wolves, coyote populations also grew quickly. The coyotes killed a large percentage of the park s red foxes, and completely drove away the park s beavers.As early as 1966,biologists asked the government to consider reintroducing wolves to Yellowstone Park. They hoped that wolves would be able to control the elk and coyote problems. Many farmers opposed the plan because they feared that wolves would kill their farm animals or pets. The government spent nearly 30 years coming up with a plan to reintroduce the wolves. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service carefully monitors and manages the wolf packs in Yellowstone. Today, the debate continues over how well the gray wolf is fitting in at Yellowstone. Elk, deer, and coyote populations are down, while beavers and red foxes have made a comeback. The Yellowstone wolf project has been a valuable experiment to help biologists decide whether to reintroduce wolves to other parts of the country as well.28.What is the text mainly about?A. Wildlife research in the United States.B. Plant diversity in the Yellowstone area.C. The conflict between farmers and gray wolves.D. The reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone Park.29.What does the underlined word “displaced” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Tested.B. Separated.C. Forced out.D. Tracked down.30.What did the disappearance of gray wolves bring about？A. Damage to local ecology. B.A decline in the parks income.C. Preservation of vegetation. D. An increase in the variety of animals.31.What is the authors attitude towards the Yellowstone wolf project？A. Doubtful. B. Positive. C. Disapproving. D. Uncaring.DThis month, Germanys transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, proposed the first set of rules for autonomous vehicles(自主驾驶车辆). They would define the drivers role in such cars and govern how such cars perform in crashes where lives might be lost. The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the “death valley” of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property(财产) damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes between humans based on age or race; and that if a human removes his or her hands from the driving wheel to check email, say the cars maker is responsible if there is a crash.“The change to the road traffic law will permit fully automatic driving,” says Dobrindt. It will put fully driverless cars on an equal legal footing to human drivers, he says.Who is responsible for the operation of such vehicles is not clear among car makers, consumers and lawyers. “The liability(法律责任) issue is the biggest one of them all,” says Natasha Merat at the University of Leeds, UK.An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars, introduced earlier this year, insists that a human “ be watchful and monitoring the road” at every moment.But that is not what many people have in mind when thinking of driverless cars. “When you say driverless cars, people expect driverless cars.”Merat says. “You know no driver.”Because of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be fully automated without operation.Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says Ryan Calo at Stanford University, California. That is happening in the UK and Singapore, where government-provided driverless vehicles are being launched.That would go down poorly in the US, however. “The idea that the government would take over driverless cars and treat them as a public good would get absolutely nowhere here,” says Calo.32. What does the phrase “death valley” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. A place where cars often break down.B. A case where passing a law is impossible.C. An area where no driving is permitted. D. A situation where drivers role is not clear.33. The proposal put forward by Dobrindt aims to _.A. stop people from breaking traffic rulesB. help promote fully automatic drivingC. protect drivers of all ages and racesD. prevent serious property damage34. What do consumers think of the operation of driverless cars?A. It should get the attention of insurance companies.B. It should be the main concern of law makers.C. It should not cause deadly traffic accidents.D. It should involve no human responsibility.35. What could be the best title for passage?A. Autonomous Driving: Whose Liability?B. Fully Automatic Cars: A New BreakthroughC. Autonomous Vehicles: Driver Removed!D. Driverless Cars: Root of Road Accidents第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，共 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。 Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy. When lab rats are not allowed to sleep, they die within a month. 36_ One idea is that sleep helps us strengthen new memories. 37 We know that, while awake, fresh memories are recorded by reinforcing (加强) connections between brain cells, but the memory processes that take place while we sleep have been unclear. Support is growing for a theory that sleep evolved so that connections between neurons(神经元) in the brain can be weakened overnight, making room for fresh memories to form the next day. 38_ Now we have the most direct evidence yet that he is right. 39_ The synapses in the mice taken at the end of a period of sleep were 18 per cent smaller than those taken before sleep, showing that the connections between neurons weaken while sleeping.If Tononis theory is right, it would explain why, when we miss a nights sleep, we find it harder the next day to concentrate and learn new information our brains may have smaller room for new experiences.Their research also suggests how we may build lasting memories over time even though the synapses become thinner. The team discovered that some synapses seem to be protected and stayed the same size. _ 40_ “You keep what matters,” Tononi says.A. We should also try to sleep well the night before.B. Its as if the brain is preserving its most important memories.C. Similarly, when people go for a few days without sleeping, they get sick.D. The processes take place to stop our brains becoming loaded with memories.E. Thats why students do better in tests if they get a chance to sleep after learning.F. “Sleep is the price we pay for learning,” says Giulio Tononi, who developed the idea.G. Tononis team measured the size of these connections, or synapses, in the brains of 12 mice.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，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。In 1973, I was teaching elementary school. Each day, 27 kids 41“The Thinking Laboratory.”That was the 42 students voted for after deciding that “Room 104” was too 43 .Freddy was an average 44 ,but not an average person. He had the rare balance of fun and compassion（同情）.He would 45 the loudest over fun and be the saddest over anyones 46 .Before the school year 47 ,I gave the kids a special 48 , T-shirts with the words “Verbs Are Your 49 ” on them. I had advised the kids that while verbs（动词）may seem dull ,most of the 50 things they do throughout their lives will be verbs.Through the years, Id run into former students who would provide 51 on old classmates. I learned that Freddy did several jobs after his 52 from high school and remained the same 53 person I met forty years before .Once, while working overnight at a store, he let a homeless man 54 in his truck . Another time , he 55 a friend money to buy a house .Just last year, I was 56 a workshop when someone knocked at the classroom door. A woman 57 the interruption and handed me an envelope. I stopped teaching and 58 it up. Inside were the “Verbs” shirt and a 59 from Freddys mother. “Freddy passed away on Thanksgiving. He wanted you to have this.”I told the story to the class. As sad as it was, I couldnt help smiling . Although Freddy was taken from us, we all 60 something from Freddy.41. A. built B. entered C. decorated D. ran42. A. name B. rule C. brand D. plan43. A. small B. dark C. strange D. dull44. A. scholar B. student C. citizen D. worker45. A. speak B. sing C. question D. laugh46. A. misfortune B. disbelief C. dishonesty D. mistake47. A. changed B. approached C. returned D. ended48.A.lessonB. gift C. report D. message49. A. friends B. Awards C. Masters D. Tasks50. A. simple B. unique C. fun D. clever51. A. assessments B. comments C. inst