湖北省部分重点中学2018届高三第一次联考高三英语试卷.doc

湖北省部分重点中学2018届高三第一次联考高三英语试卷
                   考试时间:2017年11月10日下午14:00-16:00  试卷满分：150分
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注意事项：
1. 本试卷分为I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
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。
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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。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 was the woman’s birthday gift?
A. A phone.                  B. A book.                    C. A coat.
2. Where will the woman have the party?  
A. At the man’s house.         B. At a restaurant.              C. At her house.
3. When did the man buy the shoes?
A. Three weeks ago.           B. Two weeks ago.             C. Three days ago.
4. How did the man get injured? 
A. By playing basketball.       B. By playing tennis.            C. By running,
5. What does the woman think of her piano playing? 
A. She is very professional.B. She is still a beginner.  C. She doesn’t know how to play at all.
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至7题。
6. When will the woman go to the library?
A. On Thursday.               B. On Friday.                C. On Saturday.
7. What does the man want to borrow?
A. Books.                    B. Videos.                   C. Magazines.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What does the woman like to do the most?
A. Go to the countryside for walks. B. Read a book in the sunshine. C. Watch TV at home.
9. In which season does the man often play sports outdoors?
A. Spring.                   B. Summer.                   C. Winter.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What did the woman do while in Los Angeles?
A. She went hiking.           B. She went shopping.           C. She went to a zoo.
11. Who did the woman see in San Diego?
A. Her cousin.               B. Her aunt.                    C. Her friend.
12. What did the woman think of San Francisco?
A. It was boring.             B. It had good weather.            C. It was a beautiful city.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What do we know about the boy?
A. He is worried about his new classmates. B. He recently started a new school.
C. He has got used to his teachers.
14. When will the boy’s father return?
A. In two days.               B. In three days.                 C. In four days.
15. Who is Mrs. Jones?
A. The boy’s teacher.          B. The boy’s mother.              C. The boy’s headmaster.
16. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In Toronto.                B. In Montreal.                  C. In London.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 
17. How many adventures are mentioned?
A. Three.                    B. Four.                        C. Five. 
18. Where will people see the sunrise?
A. Beside the Amazon River.  B. On Mount Fuji.  C. Near Niagara Falls.
19. What will people do in Thailand? 
A. See many kinds of animals. B. Take a boat down a river. C. Go to some temples.
20. What is the talk mainly about?
A. Travel plans.               B. Cultural differences.            C. Tips for adventures.
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。                      
A
It’s a clear April morning in Olympia, Washington, when Alan — Erickson, 63, spots an eyesore on the side of the road. These unpleasant marks of black spray paint ruin a sign identifying a local forest, and Erickson wants the graffiti gone. “It disheartened me that you could barely read it,” he says of the sign. Fortunately, Erickson had all the supplies he needed in the bed of his truck to clean the mess: paper towels, steel wool, rubber gloves, spray bottles of water, and graffiti remover. After 15 minutes of spraying, rubbing and cleaning, the sign was fresh and clean, as if new again. “I go by there every now and then and am so proud because it stands out in such a beautiful way,” he says.
As you’ve probably guessed, that purifying pit stop wasn’t a one-off for Erickson, a semiretired real estate business owner. He has made it his mission to wipe out graffiti for the past 30 years. He started in El Paso, Texas, where he would paint over graffiti that would show up on properties he owned through his business, and he continued when he and his wife moved to Olympia in 2011. Erickson deals with roughly two graffiti sites a week on his own in addition to assisting city organizations with their efforts. “Anytime I can stop and spend a few minutes getting rid of something, I do it,” he says.
One project Erickson has planned to deal with is the constant vandalism, the crime of damaging public property deliberately, of a home (which was once a grocery store) on a busy Olympia road. “I told them I’d paint the house all one color for free, and if they get any graffiti, I’ll have it covered by the end of the day,” he says. “Fighting graffiti is a small price to pay to live here. I go home content that I’ve changed the look of a beautiful town.”
21. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. A man single-handedly keeping his town beautiful.
B. A painter fighting against crimes in his town.
C. An artist who paints his town beautiful.
D. A businessman owning a real estate.
22. What can be inferred about the man from the passage?
A. The man is out of work.
B. The man has a bed in his truck.
C. The man has planned to paint a house on a busy Olympia road.
D. The man is well-prepared to wipe out graffiti.
23. What does the underlined word “graffiti” according to the text?
A. Beautiful pictures on the wall.
B. Unpleasant marks like drawings or writing on a wall in a public place.
C. A kind of fierce insects which can ruin buildings.
D. A new form of art to beautify the streets.
B
Womensfest 2017
Womensfest is back and better than ever! Get ready for some fun events celebrating women and highlighting diverse experiences of women on campus.
Monday features the “This is what feminists (女权主义者)look like” photo exhibit, popping up every day in a new location on campus. Later at 7-9pm is the Women’s Choice Election Forum in the Library Basement, Room B28.
Get ready to be active on Tuesday between 11:45 am and 1:30pm when Sport and Rechost lunchtime sports at the recreation center! Register for this on the Womensfest movie night! e along to the Shadows back room to watch 10 Things I Hate About You!
Womensfest continues on Wednesday with a municating with Confidence Workshop from 12-1pm in the Science Building (303-310). For all you Epson students out there, have fun at the Womensfest sausage sizzle (油煎食物的咝咝声)hosted by ESSA from 12:30pm at the Epson campus. 
On Thursday there will be a Women’s Expo in the Campus Hall from 12pm to 3pm! Some pretty cool panions, charities and clubs who are all for women empowerment will be running stands. There will be free food and entertainment from talented students. In the evening, there will be a Women’s Self-defence Class from 6:15pm.
Friday contains an awesome “This is what feminists look like” poetry and tea with Campus Feminist Collective and Thursday’s in Black! This will be taking place from 5-7pm in the Student mon Room above the food court. e along to see the full exhibit and hear awesome poetry. Straight after that is the Campus Feminist Collective Feminist Pub Quiz in Shadows at 7pm.
24. On Thursday, what event is there on campus?
A. the Women’s Choice Election Forum at 7-9pm.
B. a Women’s Expo in the Campus Hall between 11:45 am and 1:30pm
C. a Women’s Self-defence Class from 6:15pm
D. a municating with Confidence Workshop from 12-1pm  
25. Who is the passage intended for?
A. Feminists                          B. Girl Students  C. Boy Students                       D. Office ladies
26. This passage can be classified as _______.
A. An exhibition guide                  B. An advertisement
C. A news report                       D. An activity review
27. What is the purpose of this passage?
A. To promote the awareness of self-defence.
B. To advocate the equality between men and women.
C. To make a fun activity on campus known.
D. To show off women’ talents for food and entertainment.
C
Have you ever been to the tiny Welsh village of Hay-on-Wye, situated on the River Wye on the Welsh-English border. In the distance, it looks like any other small European town. But Hay-on-Wye has a delightful quirk that sets it apart from other small towns. It’s home to 1,400 people and hundreds of thousands of books, making it the largest center for secondhand books in the entire world.
You won’t find a Barnes and Noble in Hay-on-Wye, but what you will find is over 30 charming, cozy secondhand bookshops rich with the smell of old books. (By the way, there’s a scientific reason you love that smell.) There’s a bookstore specializing in out-of-print children’s books. A shop called “Murder and Mayhem” sells mainly crime and detective literature. And one outdoor bookshop, the Hay Castle Bookshop, is built around the walls of — you guessed it — a castle. How could a book lover possibly ask for anything more? (Though this is a Welsh town, it would be very easy to develop this Japanese literary habit here.)
One of the town’s most unique features is its “honesty bookshops.” These are basically just bookshelves fitting out in the Open, without a cashier or employee to speak of. A. sign announces the prices of the books (which are often less than one U. S. dollar), and a collection box for money sits nearby. Customers are trusted to pay, on their honor. There are no security cameras or anything; just good old-fashioned trust.
Apart from being a popular tourist destination for literary fanatics throughout the entire year, Hay-on-Wye also throws a literary festival each year at the end of May. Bookworms from all over the world flock to this tiny village to hear famous writers speak, attend book signings, and, of couurse, stock up on reading material. And there’s plenty for the kids to do (and read) too! Here, your child grows up loving to read.
28. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. A small town with more books than people.
B. Honest people in a British town.
C. The most unique bookshops in the world.
D. Bookshops — a good place for tired travelers.
29. Which of the following can take the place of the underlined word “quirk” in the first paragraph?
A. atmosphere            B. situation           C. view              D. feature
30. The small town has the following features except _______.
A. It’s the largest center for secondhand books.
B. The bookshops there are in the Japanese style, with no security cameras.
C. There is a literary festival each year for book-lovers throughout the world.
D. Customers to the honesty bookshops help themselves buying books.
31. In which column of a magazine can you probably find the passage?
A. Finance               B. Fashion            C. Travel            D. Health
D
According to a latest research, shoppers in the UK are spending less money on toilet paper to save money. Penny pinching UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidi rather than luxury alternatives.
This has wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market in the UK. It has shrunk from £1.19 billion in 2011 to £1.12 billion in 2015, according to a new report from market research pany Mintel. Furthermore, the future of the market looks far from rosy, with sales expected to fall further to £1.11 billion in 2016.
In the last year alone, despite an increase in the UK population and a subsequent rise in the number of households, sales of toilet paper fell by 2%, with the average household reducing their toilet roll spending from £ 43 in 2014 to £41 in 2015.
Overall, almost three in five people say they try to limit their usage of paper, including facial tissue and kitchen roll, to save money. “Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper quality, with just a small part of consumers preferring more luxurious alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume,” said Mintel analyst Jack Duckett. “These extra features are considered unnecessary by the majority of shoppers, which probably reflects how these types of products are typically more expensive than regular toilet paper, even when on special offer.”
While consumers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain particular about this product, in theory at least, when it es to paper quality. Top of Britons’ toilet paper wish list is softness(57%) followed by strength(45%)and thickness(36%).
One in 10 buyers rank toilet rolls made from recycled paper among their top considerations, highlighting how overall the environment is much less of a consideration for shoppers than product quality. In a challenge for. manufactures, 81% of paper product users said they would consider buying
recycled toilet tissue if it were parable in quality to standard paper.
32. The market sales of toilet paper have decreased because _______.
A. Britons have cut their spending on it. B. its prices have gone up over the years.
C. its quality has seen marked improvement. D. Britons have developed the habit of saving.
33. What does the author think of the future of the tissue paper market in the UK?
A. It will expand in time.  B. It will continue the tendency of decrease.
C. It will experience ups and downs.  D. It will recover as population grows.
34. What does Jack Duckett say about toilet paper?
A. Special offers would promote its sales. B. Consumers are loyal to certain brands.
C. Luxurious features add much to the price. D. Consumers have a variety to choose from.
35. What can we infer from the last paragraph? 
A. More and more Britons buy recycled toilet paper to protect the environment.
B. Toilet paper producers are facing a great challenge in promoting its sales.
C. Toilet paper producers pete with one another to improve product quality.
D. Environmental protection is not much of a concern when Britons buy toilet paper.
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。            
How to be a good conversationalist?
According to a Pew Research study of 10,000 American adults, we are more divided and less likely to promise than ever before.    36    In today’s education, conversational petence might be one of the most overlooked skills school fails to teach. Generally speaking, a conversation requires a balance between talking and listening, and somewhere along, the way we lose that balance. Then how to find the balance and have a better conversation, here are some tips for you.
Don’t multitask.    37    Just be present. Be in that moment. Don’t think about the argument you had with your