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1、宁德市2018届高三上学期期末质量检测英语试题第卷（选择题 满分100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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案卡上。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15B. 9.18C. 9.15答案是C。1.Whats the weather like now?

2、A. CloudyB. StormyC. Sunny2.How does the man probably feel?A. HappyB. SurprisedC. Embarrassed3.What are the speakers talking about?A. An online courseB. Job huntingC. Winter vacation plan4.Where are the speakers?A. In a restaurantB. In an officeC. In a bookstore5.What is the woman going to do?A. Att

3、end a partyB. Take an examC. Do her homework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.What is the man doing?A. Watching TVB. Reading a bookC. Playing computer games7.Waht is the wom

4、ans attitude towards the mans idea?A. She is opposed to itB. She doesnt care about itC. She is in favor of it听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What is the mans problem?A. The house price has gone upB. He is short of money at presentC. He has no qualification for government housing9.Whats the womans suggestion?A. To

5、sell his old boatB. To borrow money from the bankC. To turn to the government for help听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.Where will the woman change her flight?A. In ChicagoB. In DublinC. In Philadelphia11.Which flight is the woman going to take to return?A. Flight 1045B. Flight 1069C. Flight 107612.When will the

6、woman arrive in Dublin?A. On 15thB. On 16thC. On 22nd听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.What does the man plan for his holiday?A. To go to EgyptB. To stay at homeC. To travel abroad alone14.What does the woman think about travelling by sea?A. One can have a safe journeyB. One can enjoy the beautiful sceneryC. One

7、can have a better rest during the voyage15.What is Bills wife concerned about?A. How long the trip will takeB. Who will attend everything at homeC. How much a round-trip ticket will cost16. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Fellow-travelersB. CoupleC. Friends听第10段材料，回答第17至20题

8、。17.How long did the study last?A. 8 yearsB. 10 yearsC. 18 years18.What is the study about?A. The cause of dirty airB. Children with lung problemsC. Air pollution and the health of children19.Who will suffer more severe effects from a cold?A. Adults who smokeB. Children who drink a lotC. Children wh

9、o have weak lungs20.What is the first leading cause of early deaths among adults?A. SmokingB. AlcoholicC. The weak lung activity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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASend us your summer snaps-and you could win a fabulous camera!SUMMER IS HERE, whic

10、h means its time for our annual photo competition! Were looking for photos that capture summer-whether thats sandcastles on the beach, barbecues in the garden or something else entirely. Were looking for unusual, interesting approaches, so let your imagination run wild.The photos will be judged by t

11、he Readers Digest editorial team, with the help of professional photographer James Eckersley. The winning entries will be published in our October edition.HOW TO ENTERTake a high-resolution photo with either a phone or digital camera. After saving it as a jpeg no larger than 2MD, go to readersdigest

12、. co.uk/photo-comp and use the form to upload. Entries must be submitted by 5pm on August 1.There are two categories-one for adults and one for under-18s. The adults prize is a Nikon DSLR Camera worth 750; the under-18s prize is a Panasonic Lumix Bridge Camera worth 230.Please mark your entry either

13、 “Adult” or “Under 18”.RULES: Please ensure that pictures are original, not previously published and taken specifically for this completion. If youre under 16, you must ask your parent or guardians permission to enter this competition. We may use entries in all print and electronic media.Contributio

14、ns become world copyright of Vivat Direct Ltd(t/a Readers Digest). Entry is open only to residents(居民) of the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man and Republic of Ireland. It is not open to employees of Vivat Direct Ltd(t/a Readers Digest), its subsidiary companies(子公司) and all other persons associated

15、with this competition, their immediate families and relatives living in an employees household. The judges decision is final.21.Who can enter the photo competition?A. Professional photographersB. Employees of Vivat Direct LtdC. Residents of Republic of IrelandD. Editors of Readers Digest22.What can

16、we know about the competition?A. Pictures can be edited before submissionB. The copyrights belong to Readers DigestC. Winning entries will be decided by James EckersleyD. The under-18s cant enter it without their parents permission23.When was this text probably published in the magazine?A. In July,

17、2017B. In August, 2017C. In October, 2017D. In January, 2018BVolcanoes have been erupting since shortly after the earth was formed. About twenty volcanic eruptions occur each day on earth. Some of these eruptions are quiet. Others are violently explosive. Either way, volcanoes can be very dangerous.

18、Since 1700, more than 250,000 people have been killed by volcanic activities. Entire towns have been wiped out. Many acres of forests and farmlands have been ruined.The most destructive volcano, so far, has been Mount Tambora in Indonesia. The explosive eruption killed over 10,000 people. Huge pyroc

19、lastic(火山碎屑) flows entered the sea and produced tsunamis. 82,000 more people died of starvation after the eruption. Crops and animals used for food died, resulting in a widespread famine.Another damaging eruption also occurred in Indonesia. In 1883, Krakatoa erupted violently. The biggest danger fro

20、m this eruption was the tsunami that followed. Krakatoas crater fell down in the explosion. Part of it sunk below sea level. A wall of water over thirty meters high killed over 35,000 people.Indonesia has also been the scene of other dangerous volcanic eruptions. In 1882, the eruption of Gulunggung

21、killed over four thousand people. In 1919, Kelut erupted, killing more than five thousand people. Most of the deaths in these two eruptions were from dangerous mudflows.Mount Pelee in Mrtinique erupted in 1902. Almost 30,000 people were killed as a result of ash flows. Mudflows during the eruption o

22、f Ruiz in Columbia in 1985 killed over 25,000 people.Can scientists predict eruption and help prevent deaths from volcanoes? There are some ways to sometimes tell that an eruption is going to occur. Many small earthquakes may occur near the volcano. Different gases will come out of it. Sometimes a v

23、olcano might even change shape. A moving bubble appeared in Mount Saint Helens in 1980. This allowed scientists to predict that it was going to erupt. People moved to the safe places. Many lives were saved.When the first volcano erupted, no humans were around. Today, scientists predict five hundred

24、million people are at risk from dangerous volcanoes. Scientists are working hard to provide timely warnings of eruptions. Peoples belongings may still be destroyed, but at least lives can be saved.24.What can we learn from the passage?A. Tsunamis are produced by volcanic eruptionsB. Quiet volcanic e

25、ruptions are not dangerousC. All volcanoes do not erupt quietlyD. Volcanoes erupted as soon as the earth was formed25.How many volcanic eruptions are mentioned in the passage?A. 6B. 7C. 8D. 926.Why has Volcano Tambora been the most destructive since 1700?A. Because its eruption killed the most peopl

26、eB. Because of the deaths and the disasters it causedC. Because it caused 82,000 deaths and tsunamisD. Because of the tsunamis and famine it caused27.Which phenomenon indicates a coming volcanic eruption?A. Many small earthquakes happen below a volcanoB. The shape of the volcano becomes differentC.

27、Bubbles move towards a volcanoD. A tsunami happens in the sea near itCOne day a little boy, disgusted by his fathers decision to become a grocer, decides that he will never grow up. Grocery is a dull job and staying a child is his protest against it. This strange little boy-man, never separated from

28、 a tin drum he is always playing, is our narrator of a tale that covers three crucial decades of the 20th century history. Little Oscar Matzerath will experience love, war and imprisonment as the hero of a story that paints an unforgettable picture of Central Europe between 1923 and 1954.This is an

29、overview of the story of The Tin Drun, the most famous work by the German Nobel-winning author Günter Grass. Just as his most famous fiction is both the story of an individual and the story of an age, so it is that Grass life cannot be understood apart from the history of Germany. In part this

30、is because he was a very political man, always with much to say about Germany and its relationship with the world. He was called “Germanys conscience”, because he reminded Germans of a past-the Third Reich(1933-1945)-that many would have rather forgotten.This sometimes made him unpopular and also, a

31、ccording to some, self-important. Many Germans did not agree in 1989 when he said that East Germany and West Germany should remain separate, as a united country would be too strong and threaten the worlds peace. And Grass was called a hypocrite(伪君子) when he revealed in his memoir(回忆录) Peeling the On

32、ion(2006) that he had been a teenage member of the Waffen-SS, the Nazi partys fighting force. The man who had condemned the actions of others had a less-than-perfect record himself.Grass was a man of the pen and the page and also a man with a gift for speaking to the public. His writing was noisy an

33、d annoying, but one had to listen to it, a little like the sound of the drum played by his most famous literary creation.28.Why does the hero Oscar Matzerath refuse to grow up in The Tin Drum?A. He wishes he could always play at his fathers groceryB. He considers it a way to escape from the warC. He

34、 doesnt want to be a grocer as his father expectsD. He is afraid to be separated from the drum he is always playing29.What does the underlined word “revealed” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. PredictedB. WarnedC. RealizedD. Exposed30.Which of the following can best describe Grass?A. SympatheticB. Con

35、troversialC. Self-importantD. Innocent31.What would be the best title for the text?A. Grass Never ForgottenB. A German Soldiers WorkC. The Hero of The Tin DrumD. The History of GermanyDA team of engineers and architects from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) has won the top prize for ar

36、chitecture in 2017s international Mars City Design competition, which asks participants to design habitats that could one day be built on the Red Planet. This competition aims to solve the problem of building livable and sustainable(可持续) spaces on the Red Planet, from either the limited goods astron

37、auts would be able to bring with them or local Martian resources.MITs winning design, which the team calls Redwood Forest, is a collection of “tree habitats” connected through a system of tunnels called “roots.” The roots would provide safe access to other tree habitats, private spaces and “shirt-sl

38、eeve transportation,” The tunnels would also provide protection from radiation, and extreme changes in temperature.Each dome-shaped(半球形) tree habitat would house up to 50 people. The structures would include private and public spaces as well as plants and water harvested from the northern plains of

39、Mars.“On Mars, our city will physically and functionally resemble a forest, using local Martian resources such as ice and water, soil, and sun to support life,” MIT postdoctoral researcher Valentina Sumini said. Also like a forest, the “trees” would be vital in transporting water throughout the syst

40、em.Each dome would have soft cells that would fill with water to help protect inhabitants from radiation, manage heat loads and supply water to both fish and produce farms. The domes would also have solar panels to provide clean energy for charging hydrogen fuel cells and splitting water to create r

41、ocket fuel.The Red wood Forest design could also have uses here on Earth, team members said. A similar architecture could make severe environments like those at high altitudes and even the seafloor livable, and the habitats recommended gardening system could cut down on land and transportation costs

42、.32.What is the purpose of Mars City Design competition?A. To develop local Martian resourcesB. To solve problems on MarsC. To find ways to live on MarsD. To store goods for astronauts33.Why is MITs design called Redwood Forest?A. Because trees are planted in itB. Because it functions as treesC. Bec

43、ause it has roots of treesD. Because it is a collection of trees34.How is energy produced in the system?A. By absorbing it from the sunB. By charging hydrogen fuel cellsC. By splitting waterD. By using energy on Earth35.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Humans can live in extreme condi

44、tions with this systemB. The Redwood Forest design has been used on EarthC. The application of the system can reduce landD. It is recommended that transportation costs be cut down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。Animal rights activists have been engaged in an increasing

45、bitter war of words with hunters. But foxes and farmers have never got on well. 36 They are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their number down by shooting or poisoning them. 37 People often see a fox hunted across the countryside with a group of specially trained dogs, follow

46、ed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox they kill it or a hunter shoots it. 38 They wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers, and follow strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy.It is

47、estimated that up to 100 000 people watch or take part in fox hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposed to fox hunting has risen sharply. Nowadays conflicts between hunters and fox protectors can happen. 39 But mostly protectors prevent the fox-hunting by misleading r

48、iders and disturbing the trail of the foxs smell, which the dogs follow.Fighting between hunters and protectors has become so common that it is almost as much a part of hunting as the pursuit of foxes itself. 40 A Labor Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to appr

49、ove a new law to forbid the hunting of wild animals with dogs. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected.A. Often these incidents result in violenceB. They are very grateful to their kind protectorC. Those who are in favor of hunting think of it as a sportD. Farmers can also pa

50、y hunters to control the fox populationE. Animal protectors argue that shooting and poisoning fox is illegalF. Supporters of fox hunting this year face a much bigger threat to their sport.G. The seemingly cute animals have long been blamed for killing farm animals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

51、；每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。My parents, during the hard times, were forced to go on home relief(救济金). We 41 on the first floor of a walk-up building in New York.A few days before Christmas, I 42 a kitchen window to see my father sitting on the ground, 43 ,

52、with tears in his eyes. The mailman was 44 our building and asked my father what was wrong.I heard my father say he had 45 his food tickets and that the rent was 46 . He had tried to work as a laborer, 47 he wasnt strong enough, and the work had been too 48 for him. I was scared, having seen newspap

53、er pictures of people being 49 on the street with all their 50 .“Ike, how much do you need?” the mailman asked. My dad said he needed $33 for the 51 , and the mailman took out $50 52 and handed it to my father.My dad said, “I dont know when Ill be able to pay you back.” The mailman 53 an arm around

54、my father and said it would be okay whether my dad paid him back or not.The mailman noticed me and said, “Isaac, 54 wont be this way forever. If you or your son will 55 today, there will be times when 56 needs your help. Help them within your 57 and tell them what happened today. This will be my 58

55、. Merry Christmas.” 59 he lives, my father helped others when he could, and Ive done my best to do my part in paying his 60 back.41.A. sleptB. livedC. workedD. stayed42.A. looked throughB. looked atC. knocked onD. knocked down43.A. upsetB. surprisedC. ashamedD. confused44.A. removingB. cleaningC. ob

56、servingD. approaching45.A. packed upB. saved upC. used upD. given up46.A. goneB. modestC. reasonableD. due47.A. forB. butC. soD. though48.A. simpleB. boringC. toughD. important49.A. set freeB. questionedC. put outD. searched50.A. billsB. clothesC. cardsD. belongings51.A. rentB. holidayC. mailD. tickets