湖南省衡阳市2017届高三下学期第一次联考英语试题 Word版含答案

1、湖南省衡阳市2017届高三下学期第一次联考英语试题注意事项：1.本试卷分第I 卷（选择题）和第II 卷（非选择题）两部分。时量120分钟，满分150分。2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。3.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。4.考试结束后， 将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第I 卷第一部分：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。

2、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 is the weather like now?A. Rainy. B. Cool. C. Hot.2. What does the woman think of her present job?A. It is meaningful. B. It is well-paid. C. It is easy.3. What will the woman do this morning?A. Attend a meeting. B. Go to her office. C. It is easy.4.

3、 Why is David applying for financial aid?A. His parents were badly injured.B. He doesnt earn a lot.C. He has a family to support.5. When does the conversation probably take place?A. On Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Friday.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2至4个小题，从题中做给的A、B、C

4、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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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. What did NOT happen to the car when the girl drove it last time?A. The headlights were broken.B. It fell into a river.C. The gas was almost used up.7. When does the girl promise to be home?A. At 8:30 p.m

5、. B. At 8:00p.m. C. At 7:30 p.m.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the woman satisfied with in her career now?A. The position. B. The salary. C. The environment.9. What will the woman do for her big dream?A. Change a job. B. Stop working to study. C. Go to a night school.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What do the spea

6、kers have in common?A. They both travel a lot. B. They both have big feet. C. They both love shopping.11. What does the man ask the woman to buy?A. A pair of black business shoes.B. Two pairs of casual shoes.C. Two pairs of business shoes.12. What does the man focus on about his shoes?A. The size. B

7、. The price. C. The material.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where will the woman fly to?A. Miami. B. Washington, D.C. C. New York City.14. What will the woman do during her vacation?A. Go to the beach. B. Go shopping. C. Visit her brother.15. What does the man wish?A. He could see the woman off.B. He could go

8、 to the beach.C. He could enjoy the red eye flight.16. Which of the following is right about “the red eye flight”?A. It costs passengers less money.B. It departs late in the morning.C. It usually arrives at noon. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whats the speaker mainly talking about?A. How to make new friends

9、 in the universities.B. How to get admitted into a key university.C. How to start a new life after graduation.18. How many suggestions are mentioned in the monologue?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.19. How can we practice good manners?A. Join associations. B. Share contact information. C. Treat people po

10、litely.20. Which of the following statements will the speaker DISAGREE with?A. People must first be a friend.B. We have to be a language professional.C. You can invite people to drink tea.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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAmazon Hot New Release

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19、But garlic is special. For centuries, people have used garlic not only for cooking, but also for medicine.Researchers at the Cornell University studied the medicinal use of garlic throughout history. They found references to garlic in ancient texts from Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and India. For exam

20、ple, in ancient Greece and Rome, people considered garlic an aid to strength. The original Olympic athletes in Greece ate garlic to improve their performance. Workers who built the pyramids in Egypt ate garlic.But why is garlic such a healthy food? The answer is that garlic creates a gas called hydr

21、ogen sulfide(氢化硫). At first, hydrogen sulfide does not seem very healthy. In fact, it is poisonous. It smells like rotten eggs. But it does an important job in our bodies. Hydrogen sulfide relaxes blood vessels(血管). Relaxing blood vessels, in turn, allows more oxygen to travel to the bodys organs. I

22、t lowers high blood pressure and protects the body against cardiovascular disease. “Cardio” relates to the heart and “vascular” relates to blood vessels. Some researchers in China have gone so far as to call hydrogen sulfide the key to a longer life.In a 2007 study, researchers at the University of

23、Alabama at Birmingham studied how garlic increased hydrogen sulfide and how that, in turn, affected red blood cells. David Kraus led that study. He and his team performed their study on rats. They found that when garlic compounds changed into hydrogen sulfide, the gas caused the muscles to relax.

24、60; In a 2015 experiment at Penn State University, researchers injected a solution(溶液) that would create hydrogen sulfide in the arms of healthy young adults. They wanted to see what hydrogen sulfide would do to a small area of blood vessels.24. Which of the following is the best of the passage

25、?A. Garlic: a Good Cooking Ingredient B. Health Benefits of Garlic on PeopleC. References to Garlic in Ancient Texts D. Health Functions of Hydrogen Sulfide25. According to the people in ancient Greece and Rome, garlic could make people become .A. smarter B. slimmer C. stronger D. crueler26. What ca

26、n we infer about hydrogen sulfide?A. It can cure high blood pressure. B. It can improve a persons emotions.C. It can repair damaged blood vessels. D. It can increase the flow of blood.27. Eating Garlic can help people prevent .A. heart disease B. blood disease C. skin disease D. lung diseaseCPraise,

27、 blame, and red carpet rows: What Hollywoods mothers and daughters say about each other.Debbie Reynolds, who starred Gene Kelly in the 1952 musical Singin' in the Rain, died of a stroke just a day after her losing her daughter, the Star Wars actress Carrie Fisher. She had reportedly told her son

28、: "I miss her so much. I want to be with Carrie." The pair were estranged for a decade, and Fisher admitted: "I didn't want to be Debbie Reynolds' daughter" - a situation her mother called "very painful". However, the pair repaired their bond and became so close

29、 in later life that they moved in next door to each other.Melanie Griffith shot to fame in the film Working Girl, while her daughter Dakota Johnson plays Anastasia Steele in the film Fifty Shades of Grey. The pair made headlines at the 2015 Oscars after an intensely awkward red carpet moment where G

30、riffith admitted she had not seen her daughter's Fifty Shades of Grey, and Johnson responded rudely, "Alright! You don't have to see it. Jesus Christ!" Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson, who starred in First Wives Club and Almost Famous respectively, are never short of a kind word for ea

31、ch other. Hudson, herself a mother of two, has called Hawn "my great confidante(知己)", saying, "I tell my mom everything!" On Hudson's 37th birthday, Hawn shared a photo of her daughter as a baby and called her "a shining light full of joy".US actress Blythe Danner,

32、known for her roles in the sitcom Will & Grace, has an Oscar-winning daughter - Gwyneth Paltrow. Danner, who won praise for her 2015 film, I'll See You in My Dreams, has said she hopes her daughter will return to their craft soon. "She's an extraordinary mother and such a brilliant

33、actress. I'm hoping as the children get older she will come back to acting, because to me there's no-one like her, she can do anything."28. What does the underlined word “estranged” mean?A. Cold and distant. B. Warm and close.C. Alike and alone. D. Devoted and harmonious.29. How did Dak

34、ota Johnson feel when her mother admitted not having seen her film Fifty Shades of Grey?A. Confused. B. Annoyed. C. Delighted. D. Touched.30. Who starred in Almost Famous?A. Blythe Danner. B. Gwyneth Paltrow. C. Goldie Hawn. D. Kate Hudson.31. It can be inferred that Gwyneth Paltrow .A. is a famous

35、comedian from the U.S. B. is busy making a love film at presentC. is now looking after children at home D. directed Ill See You in My DreamsDEducation has long been the fuel that powered the mighty engine of our nations economy. As the number of Americans with college degrees rose rapidly right afte

36、r World War ,our middle class grew dramatically and the United States reached new heights of job creation, productivity and prosperity, becoming the envy of the world.But today American students are falling far behind those in other nations. One discouraging sign came in early December, with the rel

37、ease of 2015 test scores for the Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, an exam given every three years to compare the performance of 15-year-olds around the world in math, science and reading. American students dropped from 28th place in math in 2012 to 35th place in 2015, among the

38、 60 nations where students took the PISA test in both years. In 2015, among 73 nations where the test was administered to 540,000 students, American students dropped to 40th place in math, and placed 25th in science and 24th in reading.One major reason is that government at every level in the United

39、 States have reduced funding on education. Of 50 states, 35 provided less overall state funding per student in public schools from kindergarten through 12th grade in 2014 than they did in 2008. In 27 states, local funding per student fell at the same time. These cuts do great harm to students by for

40、cing schools to increase class sizes, keep teacher pay low, reduce the number of electives(选修课) offered, cut back on purchases of education technology and fail to maintain the school buildings.Allowing this alarming trend to continue by starving public schools, colleges and universities of the money

41、 they need to offer the world class education will have longterm consequences as well. These include a weakened economy, higher unemployment, and, most importantly, a lower American standard of living and reduced national security. This wont come next month or next year, but it awaits us in the year

42、s ahead if our leaders fail act soon to reverse the education funding cuts of recent years.32. The writer implies in the first paragraph that .A. the U.S.A became the center of the world after WW B. many Americans became wealthy because of the fuelC. the U.S.A has reached new heights in terms of edu

43、cation D. a persons education level is closely related to his income33. How does the writer support his view in the second paragraph?A. By assuming results. B. By asking questions.C. By quoting the saying. D. By listing the statistics.34. How many states provided more overall state funding per stude

44、nt in public schools in 2014 than they did in 2008?A. About 15. B. About 20. C. About 25. D. About 35.35. Which of the following is NOT the long-term consequence of funding cuts on education?A. Bigger class sizes. B. A weakened economy.C. Higher unemployment. D. Reduced national security.第二节（共5小题；每小

45、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。How to rebuild trust after its brokenMaybe your partner cheated on you, your best friend stabbed you in the back, or your co-worker took credit for your idea. On the other hand, maybe you lied to your sweetheart, stole the guy or girl your friend ha

46、d an eye on, or failed to help a co-worker or classmate on an important project. Trust between two people means that they can be vulnerable(易受攻击的) with each other. 36 Here are what you need to do from both angles.1. Coming clean does work. If you are the one who betrayed someone else, you need to co

47、me clean. In interpersonal relationships, its especially important to tell the truth when you would benefit a lie. 37 2. Being defensive or casual about the problem never works. There must be a sincere effort to work out the issues, or the wall will never come down. 38 Be patient with the other pers

48、on, but be persistent in your own efforts.3. 39 Trust between two people means that you have to be dependable and consistent over a long period of time. 40 If you cant be honest in the future, or cannot do all that you promise to do, the person you betrayed will be unable to accept that you are wort

49、hy of being trusted again.A. Talking about what made you do it.B. Keep your word going forward.C. You should avoid making the same mistake at all costs.D. Therefore, losing trust is two-way street, and so is rebuilding it.E. Denial will only make the other partys distrust run deeper, especially if t

50、he truth is already clear.F. You should make a promise to do better, but a promise or apology alone will only restore trust short-term.G. The angrier you are, the less you are able to hear what the aggrieved one has to say, and the worse what they feel will get.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每

51、小题1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）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 was always the joker, the one who could make people laugh by some jokes. I was 41 very popular but people liked having me around.However, it all changed when I changed schools. I used to make fun of everybody with my 42 friends

52、. We 43 whispered others names when they walked past us to make it look 44 we were talking about them. 45 , my new “friends” always kept 46 and would never say the things as we did before. So if you 47 any of them to 48 me in one word, it would probably be: MEAN.I was never your normal high school m

53、ean girl. I never understood why what I said could hurt others. I 49 them.It wasnt much better at 50 . Being disrespectful and rude, Id do all sorts of things to hurt my parents. 51 ,I wanted someone to help me but I didnt want to ask for help. So, I became even 52 .One day, while looking for my ear

54、phone in my room, I found a long lost video 53 . After connecting it to the TV, I found there were hundreds of videos of me, as a baby crying, dancing as a toddler, my first day of school etc. I didnt 54 when my mom and Dad came and sat beside me, holding my hand. We enjoyed the 55 together, smiling

55、 and laughing as we 56 the good days.At night in my room I started crying, tears of 57 . So what if school was bad and life seemed tough? Right now, there were people standing beside me who would be there 58 me forever and that was all that 59 . I wiped the 60 and thought silently to myself“Whats a

56、little pain when you have so much to love?”41. A. reallyB. neverC. always D. often42. A. old B. realC. badD. young43. A. loudlyB. purposely C. happilyD. slowly44. A. even if B. as if C. only if D. what if 45. A. OtherwiseB. ThereforeC. HoweverD. Furthermore46. A. quietB. noisyC. sadD. excited47. A.

57、discouragedB. madeC. askedD. gave48. A. pleaseB. attractC. interestD. describe49. A. understoodB. missedC. encouragedD. hated50. A. homeB. schoolC. churchD. farm51. A. InterestedB. SurprisedC. ConfusedD. Frightened52. A. stricterB. meanerC. betterD. happier53. A. boxB. earphoneC. TV D. camera54. A. realizeB. thinkC. doubtD. imagine55. A. videosB.