湖北省宜昌金东方高级中学高三8月起点考试英语试题及答案

1、 高三8月起点考试英语试题 考试时间：120分钟 第i卷（选择题）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。1. where is the exhibition? a. near the mans house.b. in a park.c. in a school.2. what will the woman have to do? a. switch to another flight. b. go to the airport immediately. c. ask the man to have the ticket changed.3. what

2、does the woman want to do? a. buy a new skirt.b. change for another skirt.c. get her money back.4. who is the woman most probably talking to? a. her boss.b. an accountant.c. a policeman.5. what are the speakers talking about? a. a souvenir.b. a place.c. a trip.第二节（共15题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听第6段材料，回答第6、7

3、题。6. where does the conversation probably take place? a. in a shop.b. in a grocers.c. in a restaurant.7. why cant the man get the discount? a. he came late.b. he mistook the date.c. he didnt see the sign.请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. what should the speakers do before thursday? a. agree on a design.b. send the

4、 reports out.c. finish the reports.9. how does the man feel about his teams task? a. surprised.b. worried.c. bored.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. what does the man want to do? a. put off his trip to lisbon.b. change a ticket to amsterdam. c. ask about the price of the ticket to london.11. how long does it ta

5、ke the man to get to amsterdam from liverpool? a. two hours.b. three hours.c. four hours.12. what do we know about the man? a. he will leave on the morning of the 24th. b. he has to transfer to another flight. c. he will arrive in london at 7:25.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what happened to darren in the f

6、ebruary competition? a. he ran in a new event.b. he got injured.c. he came last.14. when did darrens situation begin to improve? a. when he made a deal with a shoe company. b. when he got into the british team. c. when he started a part-time job.15. why has darren got fit again quickly? a. he has st

7、arted to work with a new trainer. b. he has increased the time for training. c. he has changed the way of training.16. why does darren want to win the next competition? a. to pay for his wedding.b. to show he is fit.c. to retire early.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. why doesnt tony think many children will c

8、ome for the whole summer? a. the course is much too expensive. b. they will be bored with the activities. c. their parents will want to stay with them for some time.18. what should one do first to take the course? a. pay for the course.b. visit tonys website.c. send an application form.19. what does

9、 tony remind parents to do? a. inform his of their childrens special needs. b. pay the full amount of money immediately. c. choose the activities their children like.20. what do we know about the course? a. it lasts three months. b. it is aimed at teenagers. c. it consists of different activities.第二

10、部分：词汇知识应用第一节 多项选择题（每小题1分 满分10分）21-mary was being badly treated when john happened to pass by and helped her out. -i think it was not a pure _ but had been well planned. acoincidenceboccurrencecarrangementdincident22.her _ to sales manager took everyone by surprise, because she was just a fresh clerk

11、 in the company, working here only for one month.aadaptationbpromotioncdevotiondobjection23there was such a long queue for coffee at the interval that we _ gave up.aeventuallybunfortunatelycgenerouslydpurposefully24the most perceptive of the three, she was the first to realize the _ danger of theirs

12、ituation.aobviousbeasycpotentialdnecessary25in order not to get disturbed , i spent three hours locked in my study, _ the next days interview.ain search ofbin preparation of cin exchange fordin answer to26 the lead singer was ill and couldnt sing that night, and her _ didnt perform well, which made

13、the audience disappointed.aagentbattitudecsubstitutedinstitute27some minerals are quite common , others are regionally _ , and still others are rare on the earth.aattributedbdistributed ccontributed dscattered28 during the construction of the qinghai-tibet railway ,33 migration overpasses have been

14、made _ for herbs（兽群） of tibetan antelopes to go through their breeding grounds.aadmirable bavailable cabundantdappropriate29 would you please come and help me with this form because i dont know how to _ it.aset aside b. set up cset offdset about30the pattern of sharing in tasks and in decisions _ eq

15、uality , and this in turn leads to further sharing .asearches forbmakes forcstands fordcalls for第2节 ： 完形填空（每小题1分 满分20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。 the new york times published an article recently that shows great regret for the “death of conversation”. it suggests that while techn

16、ology such as cell phones, e-mails, and internet posting makes us feel more 31 than ever, its also driving us 32 from people around us.users get final connectivity 33 the price of 34 face to-face conversation. sherry turkle, author of the article in the new york times says people are 35 to a differe

17、nt way of being “alone together”.actually, 36 text messages or writing microblogs allows us to 37 thoughts. 38 bits and pieces of online cannot 39 a “real conversation”. lao guo,19, a freshman of english major from changsha university, said that she would like to hear peoples tone of voice and see t

18、heir faces in a(n) 40 . “the give and take of ideas in a conversation sharpens our minds.” she said. she also mentions that 41 ourselves in mobile technology reduces our chance of starting conversations with strangers and 42 people.turkle mentioned the popular 43 of “i share, therefore i am” among t

19、his generation. liu xuan, a young writer from taiwan and psychology graduate from harvard university, thinks its a mindset adopted by most young people. they are so busy creating or polishing their online persona（网络人格） that they forger how to live a(n) 44 life. for example, they may 45 more about bl

20、ogging about attending a party rather than enjoying being 46 . 47 , experts remind us that its unfair to blame mobile technology. chen chen, a sociology expert at china youth and children research center, points out that it is still owners of gadgets, such as cell phones and tablets, whore avoiding

21、personal 48 . we take advantage of these devices to hide ourselves 29 others. texting messages or calling may be a(n) 50. to avoid contact with others, such as having eye contact. “only by strengthening conversation can we understand each other. simply throwing away the mobile gadgets is not a solut

22、ion.” she said.31areceivedbsharedcconnecteddrespected32aoffbbackcaway ddown33abeyond bat cfordabove34ahavingbriskingcsacrificing dsharing35arelatedbcommittedcdevoteddaccustomed36asending bgettingcreadingdtaking37achangebexchangecdeliverdraise38aso bandcordbut39aindicatebreplaceccoverdinvolve40aconve

23、rsationbcomputercpartydinternet41a abandoningbjoiningcburyingdattaching42ainterviewingbintroducingcknowing dmeeting43afeelingbconceptcfactdtruth44acolorfulbinterestingcrealdmeaningful45aworrybcarecaskddebate46athereboutcdowndin47athereforebaltogethercinsteaddhowever48ainformationbspaceccontactdmanag

24、ement49afrombofcbehinddunder50aapproachbsourcecresultdexcuse 第三部分： 阅读理解（每小题2分 满分40分） ado you want to live with a strong sense of peacefulness, happiness, goodness, and selfrespect? the collection of happiness actions broadly categorized as “honor” help you create this life of good feelings.here is a

25、n example to show how honorable actions create happiness.say a store clerk fails to charge us for an item. if we keep silent, and profit from the clerks mistake, we would drive home with a sense of mean excitement. later we might tell our family of friends about our good fortune. on the other hand,

26、if we tell the clerk about the uncharged item, the clerk would be grateful and thank us for our honesty. we would leave the store with a quiet sense of honor that we might never share with another soul.then, what is it to do with our sense of happiness?in the first case,where we dont tell the clerk,

27、 a couple of things would happen. deep down inside we would know ourselves as a type of thief. in the process, we would lose some peace of mind and selfrespect. we would also demonstrate that we cannot be trusted, since we advertise our dishonor by telling our family and friends. we damage our own r

28、eputations by telling others.in contrast, bringing the error to the clerks attention causes different things to happen. immediately the clerk knows us honorable. upon leaving the store,we feel honorable and our selfrespect is increased .whenever we take honorable action we gain the deep internal rew

29、ards of goodness and a sense of nobility.there is a beautiful positive cycle that is created by living a life of honorable actions. honorable thoughts lead to honorable actions. honorable actions lead us to a happier existence. and its easy to think and act honorably again when were happy. while the

30、 positive cycle can be difficult to start, once its started, its easy to continue. keeping on doing good deeds brings us peace of mind, which is important for our happiness.51according to the passage, the positive action in the example contributes to our _.aselfrespect bfinancial rewardscadvertising

31、 ability dfriendly relationship52the author thinks that keeping silent about the uncharged item is equal to _.alying bstealingccheating dadvertising53the underlined phrase “bringing the error to the clerks attention” means _.atelling the truth to the clerkboffering advice to the clerkcasking the cle

32、rk to be more attentivedreminding the clerk of the charged item54which of the following can be the best title of this passage?ahow to live truthfullybimportance of peacefulnesscways of gaining self-respectdhappiness through honorable actions bcoffee is one of the worlds most widely-enjoyed drinks. n

33、ow, a new research suggests that if you drink enough coffee, it might help you avoid certain kinds of cancer.dr. mia hashibe of the university of utah school of medicine was interested in the connection between coffee drinking and certain cancers of the head and neck. researchers have looked into th

34、is before, but without reaching any firm conclusions. she said, “so this finding from our new study was quite a surprise. we didnt really have any expectation of which direction it could go into.”to sort out the conclusion, hashibe and her assistants used statistical(统计学的) techniques to, in effect,

35、make one big study out of the earlier smaller studies. she explained, “thanks to the earlier studied, we have a lot of more power than earlier studies that looked at this. and we included 4,000 cancer patients who have cancer of the mouth and throat. and the 9,000 controls, people who dont have canc

36、er.” those students in europe and the united states found that people who drank a lot of coffee were less likely to develop cancers of the mouth and throat. “we saw 4 cups of coffee per day, ” hashibe said, “this was the 40 percent decrease in risk. we didnt see the same effect for drinking three cu

37、ps or less per day.”mia, hashibe said there was a weak connection between cancer risk and drinking coffee without caffeine. and she and her assistants found no proof that drinking tea provided the same protection as drinking coffee. their research is published in the journal cancer epidemiology, bio

38、markers and prevention.hashibe says it is not clear how coffee might protect drinkers from certain cancers. “there are a few chemicals that are known to be antioxidants (抗氧化物)in coffee. so we are thinking perhaps they are playing some sort of protective role against several cancers.”55this passage i

39、s probably taken from _aa literature bookba travel journalcan old directoryda medical magazine56dr hashibe expected nothing of her research because_ ait was impossible to get the desired result.bthe research was much surprising in factcno conclusions had been reached beforedthe research team lacked

40、faith in success57what do we know about dr. mia hashibe and her research?ashe knew for sure how coffee may affect drinkersbshe included 4,000 people without cancer in studycshe found an effect for three cups of coffee a day.dshe based her research on several earlier studies 58what would be the best

41、title for the passage?adrinking coffee may protect some cancersbdrinking coffee may prevent some cancerscdrinking coffee may cure some cancersddrinking coffee may cause some cancers c i had the meanest mother in the world. while other kids ate candy for breakfast, i had to have cereal, eggs and toas

42、t. others had cokes and candy for lunch, while we had to eat a sandwich. as you can guess, my supper was different from other kids. but at least i was not alone in my suffering. my sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as i did. my mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. sh

43、e had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. we had to wear clean clothes every day. other kids always wore their clothes for days. we reach the height of disgrace because she made our clothes herself, just to save money. the worst is yet to come. we had to be in bed by 9:00 each night

44、 and up at 7:45 the next morning. so when my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to break child labor law. she made us work. i believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do with us. through the years, our friends report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for pas

45、sing ,red for falling. my mother, however, would merely be content with black marks. none of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout. she forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. using this as a background, im now trying to bring up my three children. im filled with pride and whe

46、n my children think i am mean because i now thank god everyday for giving me the meanest mother in the world.59from the passage we can learn that the writers mother was _anot generous at all bvery strict with her childrencvery mean with money mattersd very cruel to her children60it can be inferred f

47、rom the passage that _athe writer worked hard and usually got good grades in studies.bmother was punished for breaking the child labor lawcall the other kids studied better than the writerdthe writers family lived a miserable life61which of the following statements is not true according to the passa

48、ge?a mother practiced economy in running her homeb the writer is very thankful for her motherc the writer is severe with her children when bringing them up.d the writer has a deep hatred for her mother.62the passage was written in a way of _ tone.ahumorousbhatefulcridiculousdcritical d surface explo

49、ration. robots make great explorers on planets, moons, and other landing areas .aside from the earth, just about every surface in the solar system is unsafe for humans to explore. the air on most other planets is insufficient for humans to breathe, making it necessary to wear a space suit and oxygen

50、 equipment. the temperatures on these surfaces are much too hot or too cold for any humans to withstand. plus there would be complications with radiation , weather, and a lack of gravity. robots have much less limitation in these areas and can survive much longer under these conditions.data collecti

51、on. robots are designed for collecting scientific data. robots are also able to perform many tasks at a time and can process information much quicker and more efficiently. important scientific projects from detecting minerals, analyzing ground samples, and finding water are all performed more quickl

52、y and accurately(精确地) by robots.cost effective. the use of robots has made the cost of space exploration much less expensive than it would cost for humans to do the work. in order to successfully send humans into space we would need to build a vehicle that can not only carry humans, but also enough

53、food and water to keep them alive for the duration of the trip. moreover, robots have no problems working for hours on end. robots never complain, they dont require food or water, and they never need a bathroom break.space travel. over the past 30 years or so there have been many different types of

54、robots used successfully in the exploration of space. perhaps the most famous and successful robots are the spirit and opportunity who have both been exploring the surface of mars. they have both been very successful with experiments on soil and rocks and have even found evidence of water in mars hi

55、story.63according to the passage ,which of the following is not true?athe use of robots in space exploration cost more than the use of humansbit may be dangerous for humans to explore the solar system except the earth.cboth the spirit and opportunity have found the evidence of water in the mars.dmany different types