湖南省益阳市2018届高三4月调研考试英语.pdf

2018 届湖南省益阳市高三4 月调研考试英语试题第一部分听力(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,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.Who is a famous singer?A.Mitchell.B.Mike.C.Mary.2.Where is the man going to spend the winter holiday?A.In America.B.In Canada.C.In China.3.What does the man think of time travel in the future?A.Crazy.B.Impossible.C.Practical.4.What does the woman complain about?A.Her work.B.Her house.C.The environment.5.What are the speakers talking about?A.A traffic jam.B.A traffic accident.C.Some traffic rules.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.Where are the dictionaries?A.On the top shelf.B.At the bottom of the shelf.C.On the second shelf from the top.7.What does the man need?A.Books on grammar.B.Books for reading practice.C.Books for conversation practice.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8.9 题。8.Whowasthe sweaterfor?A.The man.B.The mans wife.C.The man?s daughter.9.How much did the man save?A.20 dollars.B.25 dollars.C.45 dollars.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10.What is the man confused about?A.How to open a business.B.How to speak English well.C.How to get a better salary.11.What does the woman advise the man to do?A.To work overseas.B.To run a business.C.To travel abroad.12.What are the advantages of the man in the woman?s eyes?A.He can speak French very well.B.He has got some experience.C.He has ever been abroad.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What?s the probable relationship between the speakers?A.Friends.B.Couples.C.Colleagues.14.Where is the man going first?A.Brighton.B.Boston.C.London.15.Why will the woman go to Beijing?A.To find a job there.B.To visit her parents.C.To see her friend Mary.16.When will the woman visit London?A.Next Monday.B.Next month.C.Next year.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17.Why did Peter go to America?A.To improve his spoken English.B.To improve his written English.C.To communicate with a local family.18.Who is Johnny Denver?A.Peters friend.B.Peter?s teacher.C.The daughter of a local family.19.How did Peter feel about his study in the second week in the US?A.Disappointed.B.Excited.C.Happy.20.How old is Peter?A.About 6 years old.B.About 16 years old.C.About 22 years old.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 Sometimes our own motivation isn?t enough to turn our yearly fitness goals into reality.Somewhere in between doing it all yourself and hiring a professional is the world of fitnessapps.Below are four fitness apps actually worth buying,depending on your needs.Aaptiv Aaptiv allows you unlimited access to over 25,000 audio-based,music-driven fitnessclasses led by certified personal trainers.Choose everything from seven-minute workouts tocomplete training,programs in running,cycling and stretching,yoga,strength training,andmore.If you won?t have Wi-Fi,you can download classes to listen to offline.Aaptiv,iTunes,$14.99/month Couch to 5K The app is designed for complete beginners and you only have to spend between 20-30minutes three times per week to get ready.You can choose different motivating virtual coaches and hear human audio cues to guide you through each workout,and you can log yourworkouts and share your progress on Facebook if you wish.Couch to 5K,iTunes,$4.49/month Yoga Studio Thanks to its versatility(多用途)，Yoga Studio has something for everybody.You canparticipate in classes for every level:beginner,intermediate,and advanced,in lengths of 10-60 minutes.The app allows you to schedule classes,which automatically keeps track of yourclass history,so you can find your most recently played as well as your most frequently.Yoga Studio:Mind&body,iTunes,$1.99/month Vida Health Coach Vida is a more involved health and fitness app than you?re probably used to seeing.Itmatches your personal fitness/health goals such as losing weight，managing stress,or overcoming a chronic condition with a certified professional to offer one-on-one health coaching.Vida Health Coach,Tunes,$69/month 21.Which is the best choice if you haven?t access to the Internet for some time?A.Aaptiv.B.Couch to 5K.C.Yoga Studio.D.Vida Health Coach.22.How is Couch to 5K different from the other three?A.It is the best but cheapest.B.It is designed for beginners.C.You can get a qualified professional.D.Your progress can be shared on Facebook.23.What?s the main purpose of the text?A.To help you keep motivated to exercise.B.To instruct people who need to buy apps.C.To persuade people to purchase fitness apps.D.To introduce four ways of downloading apps.B Two women landed in Japan Monday after their rescue from a damaged sailboat floatingaimlessly in the Pacific Ocean.Jenifer Appel and Tasha Fuiava and their twodogs had been lost at sea for almost sixmonths.The Navy ship USS Ashland rescued them aboutl,450 kilometers southeast of Ja-pan.Appel and Fuiava left Honolulu on May 3 sailing Appel?s 15-meter boat,the SeaNymph.They had planned for an 18-day trip to Tahiti.However,storms flooded the engine,destroyed the boat?s starter and severely damaged the mast(桅杆).The women could notuse the sails effectively,as a result.They tried to return to Hawaii.In June,they got within1,345 kilometers of Oahu.,We knew we weren?t going to make it,Apple said.“So that?swhen we started making distress calls(求救呼叫).We were hoping that one of our friendswho like to go deep sea fishing and taking people out might have gone past the 400-mile markand might have cruised(巡航)near where we would be.”Jenifer Appel,right,and Tasha Fuiava sat with their dogs on the deck of the USS Ash-land Monday,Oct.30,2017.They were thousands of miles in the wrong direction when aTaiwanese fishing boat found them.Appel said she paddled on a surfboard to the Taiwaneseboat and made an emergency call.The USS Ashland happened to be in the area at the time to avoid a storm.The ship?:commanding officer Steven Wasson said the Ashland traveled 160 kilometers and found thewomen the next day.Appel told reporters on Friday that they were beginning to feel hopelesswhen they saw the US Navy ship coming toward them.“WhenI saw the gray ship on the horizon,I was just shaking,she said.“Iwas ready to cry，I was so happy.I knew we weregoing to live.”The US Navy decided the Sea Nymphneeded too many repairs to make it sea-worthy.So,the sailboat was left at sea.24.What is the main cause of the two women?s being lost?A.The boat?s starter happened to fail.B.The boat conveyed too heavy a load.C.There were strong winds for a long time.D.Storms brought too much water into the boat.25.Which of the following best describes the two women?A.Brave and clever.B.Cautious and fearful.C.Adventurous and lucky.D.Common and hardworking.26.Why was the final sailboat considered useless?A.It demanded quite a lot of repairs.B.The two dogs destroyed its mast totally.C.It had been in water long and broke up.D.The Taiwanese boat approached and crashed it.27.What is the main idea of the text?A.Two women and two dogswere at sea.B.Storms often destroy boats in the Pacific Ocean.C.ATaiwanese boat rescued a boat with two dogs.D.Two women and two pets were rescued by a ship.C If there is one thing in this world everyone wants to have more of,it?s confidence.Menand women everywhere wish they could be more positive,self-assured and secure.Confidentpeople make it all look so easy.There is something magnetic(磁性的)and enviable abouttheir unshakable sense of self.Many mistakenly believe that these confident peopleare somehow special and unique;that they have abilities that the rest of the world don?t.The truth about confidence is that it?san acquired skill.Very few people are born with it,and even fewer remain confident throughthe painful process of adolescence and entering adulthood.And I?m here to tell you,confident people don?t have a special gene that makes them confident.They?re not the X-men ofthe self-respect world.Many people try tofake confidence,and to those who are truly confident,theyare easyto spot.This is not true confidence.Dependence on outside approval is not confidence.Here is what true confidence looks like:Independent from outside approval.Confidentpeople are not afraid of criticism.They know that they can?t please everyone,and they don?twaste their time trying.Confident people never seek outside approval.They have respect forothers and are always willing to listen and learn;however,the main guiding force in theirlives will always be their own internal compass.True confidence isn?teasy.It has to be learned,and earned,of ten through years ofdoubt,questioning,and mistakes.But the best things in life are rarely easy to obtainandfew are worth the effort as much as confidence.Today,I?m inviting you to open yourself upto true confidence,and to the amazing gifts it brings with it.The choice to become a trulyconfident person may just be the most important one you?ve ever made.28.What is unique for confident people?A.They are born confident.B.They have special abilities.C.They challenge difficulties toughly.D.They go through adolescence comfortably.29.What does the underlined word“fake”in Paragraph 3 mean?A.Gain.B.Pretend.C.Ignore.D.Seek.30.What can we know about truly confident people?A.They refuse criticism.B.They try to please all.C.They always respect others.D.They stress outside approval.31.Why is true confidence hard to earn?A.It is hardly recognized.B.It is the best thing in life.C.It requires many struggles.D.It seldom occurs to common people.D The number of young people who play American football has decreased in the past fewyears according to the Aspen Institute,a research center.There are many reasons for this decrease.But some parents,such as businessman MarkCuban,will not let their children play the sport because of concern about brain injuries.A recent study seems to support some of these concerns.It gives more evidence that toomuch American football is seriously damaging the brains of players.The Brain Bank studysuggests link between sport and brain injury.Scientists at the Brain Bank are studying a kindof brain injury known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(or CTE),which is causedbycollisions that push the brain around inside the skull.In a recent study,the scientists at the Brain Bank found high levels of CTE in dead foot-ball players.The scientists studied the brains of 202 former players.These athletes,who haddonated their brains for research,played at high school,college or professional levels.Thescientists found CTE in 177 of the 202 brains.Many of those found to have CTE suffered frombehavioral or mood problems during their lifetimes.Amy McKee is one of the lead researchers at the Brain Bank.She said CTE can affecteventhe brains of young people.McKee says helmets can give some protection from CTE.But,she explains that the risks are still great.“Helmets will never be the solution for CTE.They may make it less likely,but it is always going to be a risk once you have head contact,she said.McKee and her team are now looking for ways to diagnose CTE before a player dies.They are also looking for drugs that might treat it.32.Some parents won?t let their children play American football because.A.their pay is small B.they receive hard training C.they are often injured in the leg D.it is likely to injure them in the brain 33.What can lead to CTE?A.The brain?s being crashed.B.The brain?s getting ill suddenly.C.The virsus?attacking the brain.D.Another person?s hitting the brain.34.What can we learn about former players donating their brains?A.Their brains were out of shape.B.They all played in professional teams.C.Many lived unhappily in their lifetime.D.They were advised to support the research.35.What does McKee think of helmets?function?A.It is useless.B.It is limited.C.It is negative.D.It is effective.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。Bike share systems have been growing in popularity across the limited States.The concept is simple.36It?s not hard to come up with the obvious benefits of a bike sharingsystem.37Bikes obviously produce no emissions(气体排放),and we can only assumethat the people riding them would have taken a cab or a bus instead.Bike shares give thesepeople the option to experience the city by bike,which is both less expensive and more convenient.Bike share systems are most definitely convenient.If you commute(通勤)to work in acity,you know that there are sometimes public transportation dead zones.38One of themajor benefits of bike shares is that they settle the problem by giving people an option for thatlast leg of the commute.In Boston,a lot of people commute by bike every day.Even with the hundreds of cyclists on the road every day,automobiles are still considered the dominant users of the road一 and let?s face it they are.However,as more and more people start cycling,bicyclistsget a bigger voice in traffic laws.39 When peopleare given the option to hop on a bike,they might get the most exercisethey?ve gotten in months.People who are sedentary(不爱活动的)in their everyday lifeprobably won?t go out and buy a bike.40 A.Laws will begin to protect all of the cyclists.B.Bike share systems are great for the environment.C.Obviously,there are many benefits to bike shares.D.However,that?s not to say they don?t come with its disadvantages.E.This dead zone is called the“last mile”problem in urban development.F.You can pay by the hour,and you can drop your bike off at any other location.G.However,bike shares provide an easy option,and they might actually enjoy the workout.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;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。One day,I saw a sign on a building that changed my life.It was41and there wasan end-of-the-world kind of darkness,42it was the middle of the day.Things had beenon the43side all day and there seemed to be no end in44for the bad news.Suddenly,I.45the sign on the building.Itwas the46of a neighborhoodLaundromat(自助洗衣店),and the sign said“Sunshine Center”.All at once,I started tosmile as aflood of thoughts47my head.Iremembered so many good thingsI?ve48over the years,like the words in that good old song,“Don?t Worry,Be Happy!”Seeing those two49sunshine center”，was like a wake-up call to50to what Ihave believed in all along.I?ve long held the51that we can?t always control what goeson around us,but we do have control over52we react to the events.What made the day seem much53was seeing the word“sunshine”.The word“center”54me that we should have our own sunshine55 us at all times.By that,I mean a good56a smile,and the determination to make lemonadewhenever life gives us lemonsA feeling of57came over me whenI saw that sign.Injust a matter of minutesI was able to think about a way to effectively58the situation thatseemed so59 Irealized thatwasn?t so sad after all.I just needed some sunshine andif it wasn?t there,I would 60my own.41.A.storming B.shining C.lighting D.snowin