江苏省南京市2018届高三上学期期中考试英语

南京市南京市 2017 2018 学年度第一学期期中考试学年度第一学期期中考试 英英 语语 第 卷 三部分 共 85 分 第一部分 听力 共两节 满分 20 分 第一节 共 5 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 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 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 Who is coming for tea A Mark B John C Tracy 2 What will the man do next A Stay for dinner B Go to the railway station C Prepare for the dinner 3 What does the man come for A A dinner B A meeting C A party 4 What size does the man want A 9 B 35 C 39 5 What are the speakers talking about A Life in Southeast Asia B Weather conditions C A holiday plan 第二节 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 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 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 Why doesn t the man want to book the seats downstairs A They are too expensive B They are uncomfortable C They are too close to the stage 7 When does the man plan to see the performance A On October 1st B On October 21st C On October 25th 听第 7 段材料 回答第 8 9 题 8 What s the complaint of the man s neighbor A Loud noise B Bad sleeping room C An important meeting 9 What were the man and his friends about to do A Change a room B Apologize to their neighbor C End their activity 昕第 8 段材料 回答第 10 至 12 题 10 What is Miss Lan going to work as in Ola city A A doctor B A nurse C A teacher 11 What worries Miss Lan so much A She has no friends in Ola B The work in Ola is hard to do C The people in Ola are not friendly 12 How will Miss Lan keep in touch with Mr Huang after she arrives in Ola A By e mail B By phone C By letter 听第 9 段材料 回答第 13 至 16 题 13 Why did the man miss the woman s phone call yesterday A His phone was turned off B He was taking a shower C He didn t take his phone with him 14 What did the woman do yesterday A She went shopping B She went to a concert C She played computer games 15 Why did the woman call the man A To invite him to her wedding B To ask something about Megan C To invite him to her sister s wedding 16 When will the woman pick up the man next Saturday A At 13 00 B At 13 20 C At 14 00 听第 10 段材料 回答第 17 至 20 题 17 What does Alexandra Grace work for A New Zealand Embassy in Beijing B QS World University Ranking System C The Multi cultural Environment Organization 18 What stops some students choosing New Zealand for study A Its environment B Its size C Its population 19 What s the total yearly cost for a Chinese student to study in a New Zealand university A 20 000 dollars B 25 000 dollars C 45 000 dollars 20 What message about New Zealand does the speaker mainly convey A Its multi cultural environment is good for tourists B Its higher education is suitable for Chinese students C Its breath taking scenery is absolutely worth seeing 第二部分 英语知识运用 共两节 满分 35 分 第一节 单项填空 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 分 请认真阅读下面各题 从题中所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 21 While walking along the icy river banks we could see cracks in the ice in all directions A radiating B dividing C splitting D tearing 22 For the advertised position the company offers a n salary and benefits package A generous B plentiful C abundant D sufficient 23 While the National Congress of Communist Party President Xi instructed the party never to forget we started and then we can accomplish our mission A addressing where B sponsoring when C delivering when D dismissing where 24 If your families each want to see a different movie suggest a compromise they pick a movie everyone can agree on A where B that C which D what 25 When traveling you are advised to take traveler s checks which provide a secure to carrying your money in cash A substitute B replacement C preference D alternative 26 My grandma said not even her i phone she what life would be like to today A looking down upon would never imagined B looking down upon would never have imagined C looking up from would never imagine D looking up from would never have imagined 27 In that country guests tend to feel they are not highly if the invitation to a dinner party is extended only three or four days before the party date A admired B regarded C expected D worshiped 28 He asked his sister to look after his children his death A in the event of B in view of C on account of D on the edge of 29 The 19th congress of the Communist Party at a time when the world is facing growing uncertainties is widely expected to bring positive energy to global well being A held B being held C to be held D having been held 30 The old lady died leaving her son an orphan But the money she left for life A put him up B put him away C set him up D set him aside 31 Our TV sets sell well but ten years ago no one could have imagined such a big share in the market that they A were to have B had had C were having D had 32 I have reached where I am today thanks to my friends consistent support nothing would have been possible A without which B without whom C by which D by whom 33 it is not much the language as the background that makes the book difficult to understand A so B as C that D very 34 Those the original plan were requested to better ones A opposed to put forward B objected to put forward C opposing to come up D objecting to come up 35 Don t like this You know I can t give you confidential information OK That s a pity A go with the flow B put me on the spot C get the ball rolling D be down in the dumps 第二节 完形填空 共 20 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 20 分 请认真阅读下面短文 从短文后各题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 The most significant truth about children is that they disappear Slowly gradually but 36 Children are like clocks marking the passage of time with each new stage of growth To see a child disappear or 37 to become aware of their disappearance is to become aware of losing something you have loved more than anything you have loved in your life before 38 will again As our children grow we are also 39 the passing of a role of ourselves as protectors indispensable loved passionately with the need only children and lovers can 40 us Think of how these processes of mourning are recorded in songs my favourite of which by Nanci Griffith 41 me to tears And yet I go back to it again and again Why What are the tears for They are tears partly for loss 42 they are simply sentimental or at least 43 Because all life is connected with loss 44 is what makes life beautiful and worth living All that comes and goes away is the heart of beauty Children are simply the most vivid examples of such cases So there are many kinds of tears We weep at a sad song about children growing up partly because the process 45 us as tragic But they may also be tears of the recognition of 46 because this profound changing brings us closely into touch with the heart of life itself The idea that we are losing love as our children grow is not true The love I feel for my two eldest daughters in their 20s now has never 47 with the passing of time They are independent now Yet when I look at them sometimes I feel exactly the same emotion I felt when they were 48 walking We do not lose our children not 49 we are very unlucky or very bad parents If our desires to 50 our children really took root and were acted out it would be a disaster Over parented children could not 51 leave home ever We must learn to let go And 52 they too must let go as their parents 53 out of this life at first gradually then entirely I have already lost my children many times as babies as toddlers as infants Each time they are made anew and yet are always 54 the same Parallel changes are happening to me too if I am doing it right 55 I am always losing my children only in the sense that I am always losing myself 36 A permanently B eventually C absolutely D occasionally 37 A instead B otherwise C rather D else 38 A but B so C while D or 39 A mourning B celebrating C stressing D worshipping 40 A deliver B pay C offer D show 41 A inspires B thrills C burdens D reduces 42 A As usual B As such C As expected D As follows 43 A unnecessary B fundamental C unconditional D artificial 44 A Ambiguity B Gravity C Frequency D Inconsistency 45 A challenges B regards C strikes D describes 46 A dilemma B beauty C ambition D virtue 47 A separated B substituted C wrestled D compromised 48 A barely B merely C simply D thoroughly 49 A if B unless C although D until 50 A get through to B catch up on C hold on to D date back to 51 A apparently B intentionally C emotionally D randomly 52 A on and on B time from time C one by one D by and by 53 A pass B wander C migrate D run 54 A in that case B at some level C at no time D by all means 55 A On top of that B No wonder C On the other hand D In other words 第三部分 阅读理解 共 15 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 30 分 请认真阅读下列短文 从短文后各题所给的 A B C D 四个选项中 选出最佳选项 A Public speaking fills most people with dread Humiliation is the greatest fear self exposure and failing to appeal to the audience come a close second Women hate it most since girls are pressurized from an early age to be concerned with appearances of all kinds Most people have plenty of insecurities and this seems like a situation that will bring them out If you were under pressure to be perfect you are terrified of failing in the most public of ways While extroverts will feel less fear before the ordeal it does not mean they will necessarily do it better Some very shy people manage to shine When I met the British comedian Julian Clary he was shy and cautious yet his TV performances are perfect In fact personality is not the best predictor of who does it well Regardless of what you are like in real life the key seems to be to act yourself Actual acting as in performing the scripted lines of a character other than yourself does not do the job While politicians may limit damage by having carefully rehearsed written scripts to speak from there is always a hidden awareness among the audience that the words might not be true Likewise the incredibly perfect speeches of many American academics are far from natural You may end up buying their book on the way out but soon afterwards it is much like fast food and you get a nameless sense that you ve been cheated Although as Earl Spencer proved at his sister Princess Diana s funeral it is possible both to prepare every word and to act naturally A script rarely works and it is used to help most speakers But being yourself doesn t work either If you spoke as if you were in your kitchen it would be too authentic too unaware of the need to communicate with an audience I remember going to see British psychiatrist R D Laing speak in public He behaved like a seriously odd person talking off the top of his head Although he was talking about madness and he wrote on mental illness he seemed to be exhibiting rather than explaining it The best psychological place from which to speak is an unselfconscious self consciousness providing the illusion of being natural Studies suggest that this state of flow as psychologists call it is very satisfying 56 This in paragraph two refers to A insecurity B sense of failure C public speaking D pressure 57 What is the author s view on personality A Personality is the key to success in public speaking B Outgoing persons are better public speakers C Shy persons have to learn harder to be good speakers D Factors other than personality ensure better performance 58 In the last paragraph the author recommends that A you forget about your nervousness B you feel natural and speak naturally C you may feel nervous but appear naturally D you may pretend yourself to be natural B One of the few successes of truth against propaganda 宣传 鼓吹 in recent years has been the rebranding of the sharing economy as the gig economy Marketing geniuses from Silicon Valley want us to believe the ad hoc sale of labour is a form of utopian paradise where capitalistic relations are replaced by egalitarianism 平等主义 and sharing The phrase gig economy has rightly refocused the debate onto the implications for jobs and labour rights But the victory has only been half won Too many people still talk about the casualisation 雇佣临时工制 of work as an innovation as an impersonal technological and irresistible force to which we must adapt if humanity is to continue its march into the future Instead of moving back to more exploitative form of labour relations driven by the wealthy people who own and operate companies we are told the gig economy is merely the inevitable outcome of inventions like the smartphone The two main flag bearers for the gig economy in the UK are Uber a taxi company and Deliveroo a food delivery startup Both use mobile technology to control their workers and careful legal arrangements to avoid giving them the fights and protections due to employees Uber is older It was founded in 2009 and launched in the UK in 2012 Deliveroo a British business has only been around for four years Both were born after the financial crisis and economic decline which put millions of people out of work and depressed real wages for more than a decade These services rely on a number of things the existence of smartphones that enable the requests to be made and responded to digital mapping technology so people know where to go algorithims 算法 that make the most efficient matching and routing choices and buckets of cash to grease the wheels until there is sufficient self sustaining supply and demand Most importantly Uber Deliveroo and other on demand service providers rely on an ample supply of drivers couriers to respond to requests quickly The key question for any discussion about the gig economy therefore is whether the scarcity of well paid stable jobs is a bigger factor in its rise than the emergence of mobile phones with precision mapping technology If we are to have a conversation about how society must adapt to the unavoidable rise of the gig economy we will also have to ask what exactly has been invented and what is simply a conscious choice by investors and entrepreneurs to escape laws that exist to protect workers We also have to question whether something fundamental about the nature of life has changed in the 21st century Set wages and hours along with sick pay and holiday have a simple purpose They provide people with the predictability and stability they need to live and plan their lives Workers with flexible pay are just as exposed to the inflexible costs of food and rent as they were before the gig economy was dreamt up It may be that this new form of work is superior and that the old world of regular pay cheques is a cruel restraint on human ingenuity and creativity But until that can be shown we shouldn t have a conversation about how we can adjust to this change in our economy We should have a conversation about whether we want the change in the first place 59 What is the author s attitude towards the development of gig economy A Supportive B Doubtful C Critical D Uncertain 60 Which factor doesn t contribute to the foundation of these services A Existence of smartphones B Advanced technology C Efficient matching and choosing D Legal regulations 61 Which does the author value most when considering nature of life A Fixed wages and perfect system B Quick responses to requests C Equality in labor relations D Sense of predictability 62 Which statement is incorrect according to the passage A Gig economy may be welcomed by certain entrepreneurs B Gig economy does good to casualisation in terms of labour fights C It s wrong to advocate gig economy in our society D There are a number of risks relating to employment law in gig economy C Can electricity cause cancer In a society that literally runs on electric power the very idea seems absurd But for more than a decade a growing group of scientists and journalists has pointed to studies that seem to link exposure to electromagnetic 电磁的 fields with increased risk of leukemia and other malignancies The implications are unsettling to say the least since everyone comes into contact with such fields which are generated by everything electrical Because evidence on the subject is inconclusive and often contradictory it has been hard to decide whether concern about the health effects of electricity is reasonable Now the alarmists have gained some qualified support from the U S Environmental Protection Agency In the summary of a new scientific review released last week the EPA has raised what amounts to the most serious government warning to date The agency tentatively concludes that scientific evidence suggests a casual link between extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields those having very longwave lengths and leukemia lymphoma and brain cancer while the report falls short of classifying ELF fields as probable carcinogens 致癌物 it does identify the common 60 hertz magnetic field as a possible but not proven cause of cancer in humans The report is no reason to panic or even to lost sleep If there is a cancer risk it is a small one The evidence is still so controversial that the draft caused a great deal of debate within the Bush Administration and the EPA released it over strong objections from the Pentagon and the White House But now no one can deny that the issue must be taken seriously and that much more research is needed At the heart of the debate is a simple and well understood physical phenomenon When an electric current passes through a wire it generates an electromagnetic field that has forces on surrounding objects For many years scientists dismissed any suggestion that such forces might be harmful primarily because they are so extraordinarily weak The ELF magnetic field generated by a video terminal measures only a few milligauss or about one hundredth the strength of the earth s own magnetic field The electric fields surrounding a power line can be as high as 10 kilovolts per meter but the corresponding field induced in human cells will be only about I millivolt per meter This is far less than the electric fields that the cells themselves generate How could such insignificant forces pose a health danger The consensus used to be that they could not and for decades scientists concentrated on more powerful kinds of radiation like X rays that pack sufficient force to knoc