厦门市2018届高中毕业班第一次质量检查.docx

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厦门市2018届高中毕业班第一次质量检查
英语试题
第一部分  听力（共两节，满分30分）
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. £9.15       B. £9.18.       C. £9.15
答案是C。
1. What is the woman going to do?
A. Buy tickets      B. Attend a festival     C. Play some music.
2. Where probably are the speakers?
A. At home.      B. At the company.     C. A. At the barber’s.
3. What happened to the man?
A. He was punished.    B. He got hungry.     C. He had a stomachache.
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Learning a language.    B. Making up an excuse.    C. Choosing a restaurant.
5. What does the woman mean?
A. They are always late.
B. They don’t need to hurry.
C. They still have 20 minutes.
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. Why does the woman come here?
A. Her relatives live here.
B. Her father has found a new job.
C. Her family come for sightseeing.
7. What do we know about the woman?
A. She has never been to China.
B. She has got used to her new life.
C. She is studying in a boarding school.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Who is in hospital?
A. The woman s grandma.   B. The woman’s brother.    C. The woman’s mother.
9. What keeps the woman busy?
A. Preparing a party.    B. Dealing with a project.   C. Writing a graduation paper.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. When will the speakers leave for the station?
A. At six.       B. At seven.      C. At eight
11. What kind of scats will they take?
A. Sleeping car.     B. Economy class.     C. First class.
12. How long will they stay in Harbin approximately?
A. 2 days.      B. 3 days.      C. 4 days.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Colleagues.      B. Schoolmates.     C. Strangers.
14. What food does the man like most? 
A. Cheeseburgers.     B. Cakes.       C. Sweets.
15. How docs the man find his job?
A. Hard.       B. Meaningless.     C. Worthwhile.
16. What does the woman suggest?
A. Talking more about work.
B. Doing the cooking at home.
C. Having something to drink.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What kind of book is The Snowy Day?
A. A picture book.     B. A cartoon book.     C. An adventurous book.
18. What does Peter dream that night?
A. He makes a snowman.   B. The sun melts the snow.    C. It keeps snowing all day.
19. What do we know about the book?
A. The hero is an adult.    B. The plot is complex.    C. The language is simple.
20. Why docs the speaker give the talk?
A. To describe a snowy day.
B. To introduce his favorite story.
C. To encourage people lo buy a book.
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）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
This modern-art gallery in a Victorian house was founded m the 1950s by Tate curator Jim Ede and reopened in February following a two-year redevelopment by Jamie Fobert Architects, the team behind the 2017 Tate St Ives extension. This means a new cafe, a four-floor education wing and improved gallery space that can accommodate more visitors. The gallery’s permanent collection includes works by Joan Miró. Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.
Being Rrunel Bristol
Celebrating the life and work of famous civil engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunei, Being Brunei will open in March on Bristol’s harbourside. next to SS Great Britain. The museum will include a range of interactive and entertaining exhibits, including talking portraits of his friends and family and personal possessions, including an 1821 school report. It is a good place for families to strengthen connections.
Royal Academy of Arts, London
The KA reopens on 19 May for its 250th anniversary, following a £50m renovation (翻新) with a gallery and expanded exhibition programme. These will include three day-lit galleries, which will host exhibitions with a focus on contemporary art and architecture. The grand frontwall of the Burlington Gardens building has also been restored-possibly the first time it’s had a proper clean in its 150 year history.
VAA Dundee
One of the most significant new openings of the year will be Scotland’s first design museum — and also the first V&A anywhere outside of London-on 15 September. The museum building sits on the river Tay. It will celebrate Scottish design and objects in its collection.
21. What do we know about Being Brunel?
A. It is family-friendly.        B. It includes three day-lit galleries.
C. It has a long school report       D. It possesses permanent collections.
22 Why does the RA reopen?
A .To expand the exhibition.       B. To display contemporary art.
C. To mark its 250th anniversary.      D. To present its 150-year history.
23. Which museum or gallery will open in September?
A. Kettle s Yard.         B. Being Brunel.
C. Royal Academy of Arts.       D. V&A Dundee.
B
The ocean is filled with eight million tonnes of rubbish—enough to fill five carrier bags for every foot of coastline on the planet. But a new invention could deal with this problem, one port at a time.
A pair of surfers from Perth, Australia, has invented a “floating bin” that automatically draws rubbish floating on the water into it like a vacuum (真空) cleaner. While the invention may do little to battle against five giant “garbage islands” that flow around the worlds major ocean gyres (环流), it could stop waste from leaving harbours and marinas, for example. Peter Ceglinski and Andrew Turton said their device could spell the end of polluted seas.
The concept is simple: A bucket connects to a water pump, drawing in any floating trash inside a removable net bag. There is also an optional oil-water separator system inside the pump. It can remove oil from the seawater before spitting it back into the ocean — pollution-free — through the other side of the pump.
The water filtration (过滤) system is much like what you’d find in a fish lank, but it has the potential to clean up an entire ocean. The scabin can run 24/7, according lo its website. And, amazingly, Peter and Andrew say they have never caught a fish or sea animal in their pumps in four years of testing.
The Scabin Project aims lo improve on the traditional and sometimes expensive — harbor cleaning methods of having a person physically remove trash from the water or sending boats equipped with nets to collect it. While it’s not as extensive as 21-year-old Boyan Slat’s plan to clean the entire Pacific Ocean in 10 years, starting in 2020, the scabin’s creators said their device is something that harbors can start using to clean our oceans now.
They’re starting “close to the source of the problem m a controlled environment, “Seabin’s website states. “It’s a big mission, but it can be done. In fact, we’re doing it right now.”
24. What led to the two surfers’ invention?
A. Poor equipment of boats.       B. Great interest in surfing.
C. Disturbing ocean rubbish       D. Lack of harbor cleaning methods.
25. What docs the underlined word “spell” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Indicate    B. Change.    C. Meet.     D. Reach.
26. What is a seabin according to the text?
A. A fish tank.          B. A vacuum cleaner.
C. A water filtration system.       D. A floating rubbish collector.
27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?
A. The seabin is applied worldwide.
B. It is challenging for the seabin to clean polluted seas.
C. The seabin is far from satisfactory.
D. It is possible for the seabin to control the environment.
C
Work started this week on next season’s flu vaccine (疫苗), with experts working off forecasts about which types of the flu virus will be making the rounds. But don’t expect any improvements. Flu experts are already admitting that most vaccines will give at best basic protection, because they re based on old-fashioned technology. It’s not a new problem, but one that the slow-moving world of drug and vaccine production seems helpless to improve upon.
Every flu vaccine is a cocktail, aimed at either three or four of the most common flu types. Flu vaccines must be reformulated every year, because flu viruses develop constantly in a process called antigenic drift. In February, global flu experts gather to trade notes on what viruses are circulating in different countries and to come to an agreement on which types the next vaccines should be formulated to target.
In recent years, flu vaccines have been based on HINI, H3N2 and either one or two types of influenza B virus. Each of these has a “reference” type, which is used to make seed virus. Producers inject the seed types into eggs and incubate (孵) them as the virus grows. Then they purify the virus, and either weaken it or kill it to make a vaccine.
Using eggs is a tricky and unpredictable process. Sometimes the virus doesn’t grow well in eggs, which can mean less vaccine than expected. The result is a flu vaccine that doesn’t offer much protection. “As long as we have eggs we are going to have this problem,” said Scott Hensley, a flu virus expert, “The only solution is not to depend on eggs.”
Flu is a major killer. The 2017-2018 season has been a severe one, hitting the entire U.S. with widespread influenza infection (传染) at once for weeks on end, and killing 97 children so far. Against this threat, even a less satisfying flu vaccine will definitely help. “Even when you have these mismatches it will not prevent infection but likely prevent disease severity,” said Hensley.
28. Why does next season flu vaccine fail to improve?
A. It has offered the best protection.
B. Experts can’t forecast the flu types.
C. It is based on outdated technology.
D. Experts are unwilling to respond to changes.
29. According to Paragraph 2, what do flu experts do in February?
A. Exchange views on the virus types next season.
B. Gel together and make a deal on vaccines.
C. Sign an agreement on vaccine production.
D. Decide on how to circulate the viruses.
30. What might be the risk of using eggs to make vaccines?
A. Seeds are less likely to get protection.
B. Viruses might not be developed as expected
C. There are not enough eggs to be used.
D. Whether vaccines will grow is hard to predict.
31. What message does the underlined sentence convey?
A. The U.S. is faced with serious flu attacks.
B. Egg-based vaccines are better than nothing.
C. There is something wrong with flu vaccines.
D. Flu vaccines can stop the disease spreading.
D
Forests are always losers at the Olympics, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.
For the winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea, virgin forest was destroyed on Mount Gariwang to accommodate ski runs. For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a ski run is set to wipe out part of the Songshan National Nature Reserve And let’s not forget the 240 acres of Atlantic Forest that were leveled for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro to make way for a golf course.
For the upcoming Tokyo games, environmental and human rights advocates have been raising alarms about the use of tropical wood to build the New National Stadium. Activists have fought against such environmental destruction. The damage is often permanent, threatens endangered plants and animals and, in some cases, causes conflicts with native people But frequently the country’s organizing committee, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have found ways to make it reasonable—despite a paragraph in the Olympic Charter that states that the IOC’s role is to “encourage and support a responsible concern for environmental issues.”
As it stands now. the IOC has little authority over a city’s local organizing committee, which finally plans the event, Chappelet, professor of public management at the University of Lausanne, told Earther. “Even if the IOC is dissatisfied with the way host cities have prepared for the games, they have no built-in systems to supervise (监督) them so that they strictly follow the Olympic Charter. The only thing they can do if they’re not happy is to withdraw the right to organize the game. But the IOC could include more enforcement (执行) systems into the contract (合同) they make with the host city, he added. That contract must be signed and obeyed by everyone. Those who break it could be fined.
Boykoff, the author of several books on the Olympics, suggested a similar solution. “The IOC could insist that host cities prioritize their ecological promises, but instead they look the other way, time and time again,” he said.
32. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
A. Popularity of the Olympics.       B. Different needs of the Olympics
C. Importance of protecting forests.      D. Problems caused by the Olympics.
33. What is the IOC expected to do according to the Olympic Charter?
A. Lead the fight against destruction.
B. Withdraw the rights of host cities.
C. Ban the destruction of the environment.
D. Promote a responsible concern for the environment.
34. What docs the underlined word “they” in the text refer to?
A. The IOC.     B. Built-in systems.    C. Host cities.    D. The games.
35 What can be the best title for the text?
A. IOC Stresses Its Active Role       B. Prized Forests Lost Big
C. Perfect Solutions are Found       D. Conflicts Arise at the Olympics
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。
Pretend You’re Good at It
A while back. I met my pal Jenny, who was in town recording her biography. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. _36_ She told me that it had been going horribly-until she reached out to her friend Neil for advice，When she asked Neil how he managed to record so many of his books while still sounding so cool and collected, his response came back almost immediately PRETEND YOU’RE GOOD AT IT. So she wrote his advice on her arm and went back into the recording studio. _37_ And she was. She re-recorded the first chapter with her new words singing through her head.
_38_ Of course I was happy it worked for my friend Jenny, but other than that, I didn’t think much about ii. But slowly, gradually, “Pretend you’re good at if has worked its magic on me. I have long suffered from a serious mental disease. I needed something to help me get past my fears and head out into the world. _39_ And it worked.
Having a hard time getting up in the morning? Tell yourself that you are the best at getting up early. _40_ Pretend you’re good at it, and you’ll surprise yourself with how good you really are. However, “Pretend you’re good at if” is not a substitute for actual training or an excuse to behave in a proud and unpleasant way, either.
A. What would that look like?
B I asked her how it was going.
C I pretended, and my anxiety eased.
D. So I turned to “pretend you’re good at it”.
E. She took a deep breath and pretended she was good at it.
F. “Pretend