高三英语上学期期末考试试题[共15页]

1、湖南省邵阳市2018届高三英语上学期期末考试试题第一部分 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。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 theshirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18. 答案是C。1. Whatarethespeakersmainlydiscussing?A. Dr

2、iving. B. TheInternet. C. Theirjobs. 2. Wherearethespeakersprobablynow?A. Inarestaurant.B. Inaclothesshop. C. Inanoffice. 3. Whatisthemansfavoriteactivityinhissparetime?A. Readingabook. B. WatchingTV. C. Listeningtoprograms. 4. Whydoesthewomandislikewaitinginline?A. Becauseofthehotweather.B. Because

3、oftoomanypeople. C. Becauseofhavingnotickets. 5. Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthespeakers?A. Employerandemployee. B. Teacherandstudent, C. Fatherandson. 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。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

4、料, 回答第6、7题。6. Whatkindofmusicdoesthemanlikebest?A. Jazz. B. Rockmusic. C. Classicalmusic. 7. Whocanplaytheviolin?A. The woman. B. Themanswife. C. Theman. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。8. Whathappenedwhenthemanwas16?A. Hewasseriouslyill. B. HetookatriptoTibet, C. Hegotadrivinglicense. 9. Howmanyyearshasthemanbeend

5、rivinglegally?C. Fortenyears. A. Forthreeyears. B. Forsevenyears. 听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。10. Wherearethespeakerstalking?A. Inaclassroom. B. Onthebeach. C. Inanapartment. 11. WhydidMarygotoXiamen?A. Toenjoythebeachtime. B. Tolearnsomebusinesskills. C. Tospendtimewithheruncle. 12. WhatdoesMaryprobablythink

6、aboutseafood?A. She appreciates itvery much. B. Shedoesntlikeit. C. Shethinksitisterrible. 听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。13. Whatistheprobablerelationshipbetweenthespeakers?A. Schoolmates. B. Motherandson. C. Saleswomanandcustomer. 14. Whydoesntthemanwanttobuyanotebookcomputer?A. Hehasalreadygotone. B. Hethinks

7、itstooexpensive. C. Hethinksitisunnecessary. 15. Whatdoesthemandecidetobuyatlast?A. Aprinter. B. Somesoftware. C. Adesktopcomputer. 16. Whatwillthemanplantodonext?A. Gotothelaststore. B. Ringhisparents. C. Pay money. 听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。17. WhatisWhattoDoToday?A. Asocialorganization. B. Aradioprogram

8、. C. Aschoolteam. 18. Whatsthemainpurposeofthetree-plantingactivity?A. Tohelppoorblindchildren. B. To protecttheenvironment. C. Toimprovefamilyrelationships. 19. How many tee do students and their parents want to plant today? A. 30. B. 750. C. 1,500. 20. What should volunteers bring for the activity

9、?A. Hats. B. Thick gloves. C. Basic tools. 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。AYou may hope to have healthy diets and a healthy body. You may want to eat tasty food that is easy to prepare. You may be inspired to exercise and stay in shape. The good news i

10、s that there are apps to help you. PaprikaPaprika is an app to help users plan meals, shop and cook. You can save recipes from websites and from other apps to Paprika. The app can help keep a record of the foods you have in your home, so when you go shopping, you know what you need to buy. MealBoard

11、MealBoard is another app that cam suggest recipes and help you plan meals. This app can suggest recipes based on the food you already have in your home. Mealboard can keep a list of what food you have and what you need to buy. This app can scan bar codes to add items to your list. Using this app, yo

12、u can also note the expiration dates (失效期), so you know when your food is no longer usable. Mealboard lets users save recipes from websites and then search them by foods used in the recipes. For example, you can search for recipes that have “chocolate”in them. IEatWellThe IEatWell app supports healt

13、hy eating by giving users rewards for eating the right foods. If you like earing rewards for meeting your goals, IEatWell may work well for you. Instead of measuring how much you eat, IEatWell measures how well you eat. Tell the app what you are eating for your meal. You can even add a photo. The ap

14、p will rate how healthy your meal is, and then give you a reward if you are eating well. 21. What do the apps Paprika and MealBoard have in common?A. They can scan bar codes. B. They can let you know what you need to buy. C. They can keep a record of the meals you eat outside. D. They can tell if th

15、e food has passed the expiration dates. 22. If you eat a healthy diet, IEatWell can .A. measure how much you eatB. provide you with recipesC. give you a pictureD. give you a reward26. What is the authors main purpose in writing the text?A. To introduce several apps to help people keep fit. B. To int

16、roduce some ways about how to stay healthy. C. To make some comparisons among game apps. D. To call on people to buy these apps. BI like to be volunteers in various social tasks. In the latter half of the dreadful month of burning heat in May, I was overjoyed to undertake a social task. However, it

17、soon turned into a sudden feeling of being doubtful of the idea of participating in a great cause. The thought of working for a state governments Ministry of Women and Child Welfare project led me to challenge my own potential of enriching the childrens lives. It struck me that regardless of the con

18、tribution to the lives of some 42 orphan girls, who had undergone countless painful experiences in their childhood, it was more important and convincing to at least try and be able to change their lives in some small way. Our guide put huge faith in me and, therefore, assigned me the new task of dir

19、ecting another team of 8 boys. As days passed by, my team of boys told their individual life stories and what followed was not a feeling of sympathy but an admiration and respect for their enduring nature of still loving life as it came and facing it with great courage.Teaching them about various ge

20、neral life skills made up the most part of the social task. I gradually started realizing peoples power of giving back to the society. There is no doubt that both evil and good exist but it was necessary to tell these boys about how they can not only survive but do well in their lives in this cruell

21、y competitive world. I am glad I could fill this aspect of life in them. It touched me a lot, especially after having seen so many tough times in life. The best part about this whole project, for me, was a two-way learning process and it convinced me of my abilities to add to other peoples efforts o

22、f goodness and kindness. It fills my heart with a lot of joy to exchange some acts of kindness I believe every person has some social responsibility!24. What was the authors first feeling of taking up the social task?A. Doubtful. B. Sad. C. Terrified. D. Pleased. 25. What did the author do before sh

23、e took up her new task?A. She helped some orphan girls. B. She worked as the governments minister. C. She totally changed the orphan girls life. D. She experienced many painful experiences. 26. What was the authors main work in her new social task?A. Changing the boys wrong attitude to life and stud

24、y. B. Teaching the boys different general life skills. C. Making the boys form the ability to learn. D. Letting the boys know the hardship of life. 27. What benefited the author most according to the last paragraph?A. She saw tough times in life. B. She found her great patience. C. She gained more s

25、elf-confidence. D. She understood her moral responsibility. CDo you often see many farms and crops in your city? Many people wrongly think that cities dont have farms and that fruits and vegetables are only grown in the country. Believe it or not, there are more and more urban farms popping up in ci

26、ties all over the world. Alexandra Sullivan, a food system researcher in New York City, studies urban agriculture. Urban agriculture is another name for farming and gardening in a city environment. Ms. Sullivan studies everything from tiny gardens in empty lots between buildings to bigger fields tha

27、t have been planted and grown. According to Ms. Sullivan, “Urban agriculture has existed since cities have, across the world. ”The number of humans living in urban areas, or cities, is increasing. The amount of people who want to garden in urban areas is also rising. Ms. Sullivan says, “In small gar

28、dens, on rooftops and indoors, they grow fruits, vegetables, grains, and herbs, and raise animals to produce milk, eggs, honey, and meat. They use these foods as supplements to food produced by rural agriculture. ”Even though some people who live in urban areas grow crops. urban residents still need

29、 to rely on food grown in rural areas. This is because a city doesnt have enough space to grow enough food for everyone living in it. In New York City, urban farmers have come up with many different ways to grow their own produce, even though there isnt a lot of room. For example, Brooklyn Grange is

30、 a farming operation that has two rooftop vegetable farms in New York City. All together, the farms are made up of 2.5 acres of rooftop space. This make Brooklyn Grange one of the largest rooftop farming operations in the world. Brooklyn Grange grows all kinds of things. The farming company sells it

31、s vegetables to local residents and restaurants. And because the farms are on rooftops, they are specially adapted to their urban location. They use available space that is not needed for anything else. As more urban farmers find ways to grow food in cities, urban residents will be better able to ge

32、t fresher materials for their meals. 28. Which of the following is Ms. Sullivans opinion according to the text?A. Urban residents still rely on food grown in rural areas completely. B. The number of people living in cities is increasing slowly. C. Urban agriculture has a history as long as cities. D

33、. Urban agriculture can provide huge income. 49. What does the underlined word “they”in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Farmers. B. City residents. C. Rural residents. D. Companies. 30. What can we learn about Brooklyn Grange in New York City from the text?A. It makes use of rooftop space to grow vegetables

34、. B. It produces enough food for citizens. C. It can only grow single products. D. It has large farming areas. 31. What may be the best title for the text?A. Farms in CitiesB. Future Food SystemC. Food Grown in CitiesD. Agriculture of New York CityDSpeech is silver, but silence is gold. Sometimes, k

35、eeping silent is better than speaking out. At your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try to measure how long it lasts. Among English speakers, chances are that it will be a second or two at most. But while this pattern may be universal, our awareness of silence differs dramatically

36、across cultures. What one culture considers a confusing or awkward pause may be seen by others as a valuable moment of reflection and a sign of respect for what the last speaker has said. Research in Dutch (荷兰语)and also in English found that when a silence in conversation stretches to four seconds,

37、people start to feel uneasy. In contrast, a separate study of business meetings found that Japanese people are happy with silences of 8.2 secondsnearly twice as long as in Americans meetings. In Japan, it is recognised that the best communication is when you dont speak at all. Its already a failure

38、to understand each other by speaking because youre repairing that failure by using words.In the US, it may originate from the history of colonial (殖民地的)America as a crossroads of many different race. When you have a complex of difference, its hard to establish common understanding unless you talk an

39、d theres understandably a kind of anxiety unless people are verbally engaged to establish a common life. This applies also to some extent to London.In contrast, when theres more homogeneity perhaps its easier for some kinds of silence to appear. For example, among your closest friends and family its

40、 easier to sit in silence than with people youre less well acquainted with. 32. Which of the following people might have the longest silence in conversation?A. The Dutch. B. Americans. C. The Japanese. D. The English. 33. What might the Japanese agree with in conversation?A. Speaking more gives the

41、upper hand. B. Speak out what you have in your mind. C. The shorter talking silence, the better. D. Great minds think alike without words. 34. What can we learn from the text?A. A four-second silence in conversation is universal. B. Its hard for Americans to reach a common agreement. C. English spea

42、kers are more talkative than Japanese speakers. D. The closer we and our family are, the easier the silence appears, 35. What does the underlined word “homogeneity” in the last paragraph mean?A. Similarity, B. Contradiction. C. Diversity. D. Misunderstanding. 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

43、填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Travelling can help expand our scope of knowledge, especially geographical and historical learning. Travelling is a great way to interact with a culture which might be completely different from your own. 36 Before I moved to Sicily I had travelled around the whole of Italy, th

44、e south and the north, and I absolutely fell in love with the culture and the language so I was inspired to learn the language and also to move here. And here I am now, living in Sicily. 37 When you get back home youll have lots of stories to tell your friends and family. Even if something isnt very

45、 fun, it sill be funny to look back and laugh at those awkward or harsh moments. for example, I was travelling with a group of friends in Pisa and we took the wrong bus to the beach area, so we ended up being stuck in the rain and having to walk back.When you travel you expose yourself to different

46、people. 38 Its a great learning experience for both you and the other person because you can share and exchange your own ideas and opinions on a range of topics. For example, I met an Iranian philosopher and we talked about the nature of magic. A lot of his ideas were shaped by his Iranian backgroun

47、d and Iranian philosophy. 39 Travelling is the realisation of home. 40 Since Ive been away from London, Ive come to appreciate the little things that I used to take for granted, like our amazing transporteverything runs on time; everything runs well. So sometimes it takes being away from home to rea

48、lise how much you absolutely love your hometown. A. It was a really interesting discussion. B Travelling will make you a really good storyteller. C. Travelling could enrich your awareness of the world. D. They may have a completely different outlook on life. E. We realize how much we miss our hometo

49、wn when we travel. F. Travelling might just convince you to move to another country. G. Being away from home, we miss our friends and our family very much. 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。Id like to share a story from 25 years ago. I still

50、 havent forgotten the single act of 41 that changed my life. During a trip to California, because my partner had to leave, I 42 a sudden decision to stay with family friends but that 43 I needed to find my way to the station, and being a 44 student, I had little financial means to get there. I tried

51、 to call various taxis but they were all too 45 or too far away to pick me up. Then, I got one person on the phone who managed to 46 that I needed a ride to the Greyhound station but only had limited 47 and he agreed to transport me! Then he came to 48 me up. The driver was older and very 49 . He kn

52、ew I was upset so he made me 50 with stories and good conversation. He said I looked like his 51 .I asked him why he 52 so little compared to the others. He explained that he was actually retired and he was about to 53 his number from the online phone book 54 I called. He felt it his 55 to help. He

53、drove an hour out of his way to 56 a person he didnt know for a fee that hardly covered his gas. Because of his kindness, I know things were going to be okay. This mans kindness 57 my heart every time I think of him. 58 , I didnt get his name and his face has since 59 from my memory but he is on my

54、mind often and I wish I could thank him in 60 . “Thank you Mr Angel! I hope your grandchild knows what a wonderful grandfather she has! ”41. A. honestyB. kindnessC. dignityD. privilege42. A. foundedB. changedC. madeD. improved43. A. meantB. guessedC. guaranteedD. advised44. A. cleverB. poorC. wealth

55、yD. busy45. A. nearB. largeC. manyD. expensive46. A. make outB. turn downC. put forwardD. go through47. A. choicesB. timeC. chancesD. money48. A. giveB. putC. pickD. set49. A upsetB. friendlyC. rudeD. excited50. A. happyB. nervousC. generousD. moved51. A. daughterB. friendC. granddaughterD. passenge

56、r52. A. droveB. paidC. lookedD. charged53. A. removeB. hideC. addD. store54. A. thoughB. ifC. whenD. because55. A. ruleB. dutyC. habitD. challenge56. A. persuadeB. botherC. affectD. assist57. A. coolsB. warmsC. hurtsD. heats58. A. FortunatelyB. ConfusedlyC. RegretfullyD. Surprisingly59. A. fadedB. appearedC. jumpedD. spread60. A. silenceB. vainC. advanceD. person第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。I Put Down My MagazineSitting in the waiting room yesterday at the doctors office, two women were uneasy and impatient. There was a long wait and their unres