1、2018 届山东省泰安市高三上学期期末考试英语试题英语试题2018.1本试卷由四个部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题，共 12 页。试卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。2答选择题时，每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。3答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第一部分 听力(共两节，满分 30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷
2、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 15 分，满分 75 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 does the woman plan to major in?AArt BScience CEconomics2 How does the woman suggest the man get to the hotel?AOn foot BBy taxi CB
3、y bus3 What do we know about John?AHe retired a year agoBHe hasnt decided whether to retire C He worked in the marketing department4 What is the relationship between the speakers?AFellow students BParent and kid CTeacher and student5 What does the man offer to do or the woman?AHand in her reportBGiv
4、e her some materialC Proof the report for her第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 15 分，满分 225 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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6 Why does the woman come to the store?ATo buy a book BTo borrow textbooks C
5、To return some books7 What should the woman do first?ABring her book card BMake a late payment CCheck her mail听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。 8 Why doesnt the woman want to go to Chicago?AFor the high cost BFor the limited time CFor the long distance9 Which city will the speakers visit?AWashington BBoston
6、CNew York听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。10 What does the woman say about the conference this year?AThere were more peopleBIt was a success on the wholeC The organization could have been better11 How many delegates(代表)were there in the conference last year?A18 B30 C4212 What disappointed the delegates?ATh
7、e conference rooms BThe restaurant CThe hotel rooms听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。13 For whom does the woman book rooms?ATourists BHer co-workers CHer classmates14 How many rooms does the woman want?A7 B9 C1215 When does the conversation take place?AOn January 8th BOn January 5th COn January 3rd16 Why wi
8、ll the woman get a discount?AShe is a regular guestBShe makes reservations for a groupC She has a membership card of the hotel听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17 Where does the speaker give this talk? AAt New Yorks Central ParkBAt Ocean Beach Park C At Golden Gate Park18 When are cars forbidden in the park
9、 on Sundays?AIn winter BIn summer CIn autumn19 What is located on the eastern side of the park?AAn indoor garden BA tea house CA theater20 How does the speaker describe the Japanese Tea Garden?AIt is good for a picnicBIt is peaceful and relaxingC It is a great place for exhibits第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 40 分
10、)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。AThe British summer is extremely beautifulTrees，flowers，birds and butterflies make the whole country like a big gardenHowever，many British people have noticed that butterflies have been gradually disappearing from this pic
11、turesque scenery during the past several yearsWhat has happened to them?Butterfly Conservation，a charity in the UK，is running a survey to help answer this questionThe result is more serious than people expectedAccording to the survey，among 59 butterfly species found in the British Isles，more than th
12、ree-quarters of them are suffering a declining population，including the most popular Meadow BrownMoreover，half of all butterfly species are on the verge of extinctionSome common species such as the small Tortoiseshell butterfly and the Wall butterfly are dropping dramaticallyThe latter cannot even b
13、e seen in many parts of central and southern EnglandThe Blue butterfly，which was commonly seen in the south，has started colonizing Edinburgh in the past few yearsThe numbers of butterflies have dropped to a record low in the past three years largely because the summer in the UK is getting cooler and
14、 their habitat is also degradingFortunately Britain is experiencing a long hot summer this year compared to the last few summersConservationists believe the warm weather will bring some benefit to the butterfliesSir David Attenborough，president of Butterfly Conservation，said：“Butterflies in quantity
15、 tell us that all is well with natureWhen they decline its a warning that other wildlife will be soon heading the same way ”The survey is still going onThe public is also encouraged to keep track of the UKs butterfly populationThe organisers hope the survey will help raise public awareness of the va
16、lue of butterflies in the UK Butterflies give an indication of the well-being of nature and the environment21 Why was the survey carried out?ATo find out the reason for the butterflies declineBTo raise the public awareness of wildlife protectionC To make sure the number of the existing butterfliesDT
17、o improve the living condition of the butterflies22 What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?AButterflies in the UK will die out soonBOther wildlife has faced the same trouble as butterfliesC Butterflies can indicate the harmony of natureDThe environment in the UK is heavily polluted 23 What c
18、an be the best title of the text? AThe survey of butterfly speciesBUK butterflies declineC Butterflies and natureDThe influence of butterflies declineBWhen 6-year-old Jack Foley crossed the finish line last month at the Long Beach Kids Triathlon，it was more than an athletic achievementHis completion
19、 marked a remarkable recovery from a rare heart conditionThe journey began before Jack was bornAt a routine 20-week examination，doctors told parents-to-be Rob Foley and Lauren Kiefer-Foley of Long Island， New York，that the fetus(胎儿的)heart wasnt properly developing “The doctor told us， we cant see th
20、e left side of the babys heart， ”Kiefer-Foley recalled “He told us， you need to get to a cardiologist(心脏病专家)first thing in the morning ”Further tests would confirm a diagnosis of hypoplastic left heart syndrome，a rare birth fault affecting the hearts ability to pump blood through the bodyDoctors inf
21、ormed the couple about the risks and challenges their child could face “We were advised by many doctors to terminate our pregnancy because the condition is so severeThey told us that most babies dont even survive birth，let alone the first surgery， ”Kiefer-Foley saidNonetheless，the couple decided to
22、give their baby a chanceAfter Jack was born at full-term via a scheduled Csection(剖腹产) ，doctors took him straight to a care unit to administer the level of care he would need before his first openheart surgery days later “When the doctor saidits a boy!I didnt get to see him for hours after that ”Kie
23、ferFoley saidThey would also have to wait until after Jacks first surgery to hold him for the first timeWith a successful delivery behind them，it was now up to DrEmile Bacha，chief of Morgan Stanley Childrens Hospital to guide Jack through a series of surgeries to repair the newborns heart24 Why did
24、the author say“it was more than an athletic achievement”in Paragraph 1?AJack was only six years oldBThe event was too difficultC Jack once suffered from severe heart diseaseDJack didnt recover from severe heart disease25 What was the bad effect of Jacks disease?AIt led to inadequate blood supplyBThe
25、 beat of heart was not heard C The right side of the babys heart cant be seenDHis intelligence will not develop properly26 What does the underlined word“terminate”in Paragraph 4 refer to?Acontinue Bstop Cchange Dadjust27 What will most probably be talked about in the next part of the text?AJacks jou
26、rney a11 over the worldBThe sorrow and despair of Jacks parentsC Jacks major academic achievementDJacks remarkable recovery from heart diseaseCSome experts believe that our attention spans are actually shrinkingWe often joke that goldfish have the shortest level of concentration，so much so that they
27、 forget what they saw nine seconds earlierWell now a study says that humans have an even shorter spanjust eight secondsThis I can believetheres always so much to do and so much to remember that my brain gets overloaded and I find it hard to zero in on one thingOf course，smartphones，the internet and
28、social media all take up a lot of our attentionChicago-based research firm Dscout found that we look at our mobile phones for，on average，2 42 hours every dayIt is tempting to keep glancing at our phones when we should be focusing on other things and its something we didnt and couldnt do before the b
29、oom in digital media and smartphones，so maybe thats why the amount of time we can concentrate has been droppingA report carried out for Microsoft said the average human attention span in 2000 was 1 2 seconds but has now fallen to just eight secondsHowever，a BBC radio programme called More or Less，co
30、uldnt find evidence to back up Microsofts report It spoke to Dr Gemma Briggs，a psychologist at the Open University，who says there are problems with the idea of measuring attention spans and its all down to the individual person， “so attention-switching ability may well have developed in recent years
31、，in the age of the smartphone and the internetBut because someones distracted(分心)by their smartphoneit doesnt mean that they then dont have the ability to control and maintain their attention when they carry out another task ”This suggests were getting better at switching our attention quickly betwe
32、en different tasks；we can multiskill better than before so we can achieve more thingsThis is useful in the modern workplace where we need to turn our hand to many different jobs28 What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?AIts necessary to stay focused on one thingBHumans have shorter attention spans
33、than goldfishC Humans attention spans are shrinkingDWhy goldfish have the shortest level of concentration29 What led to the shrinking attention span?APressure of life BBusy lifestylesC Different kinds of noise DThe boom in modern media and products30 What does the underlined word“It”in Paragraph 3 r
34、efer to?AThe medium BMicrosofts reportC Evidence DA radio programme31 According to Dr Gemma Briggs，_ Apeople can measure attention spans accuratelyBpeople have the attentionswitching abilityC People cant control their attention to another taskDattention switching ability is useless in the modern wor
35、kplaceDSchool playground crazes(热潮)come and go but the latest collectable toy is proving popular with children and adults alikeMy kids have gone mad for the plastic spinning disc called a fidget spinner(指尖陀螺 )and I have to admit，I ve become a little addicted toobut why?Fidget spinners have been popu
36、larThey were originally designed to help kids with conditions like autism(孤独症)deal with stress but they have become a popular toy and theyre helping reduce my stress levels toowhen theres something on my mind I just spin!So whats the big deal about these three-pronged pieces of rotating plastic? Wel
37、l，there are many different designs and colours to collect and then theres the challenge of spinning them，getting the speed up， balancing it on the end of your fingerOn video-sharing websites，vloggers(博主)have showed millions of views from performing tricks with their fidget spinnersFor most school ch
38、ildren，theyve become the latest must-have，although some schools have banned them，saying some are poorly made and can be a distraction for pupilsHowever, one teacher，Ms Timmons，says that they can aid learning among some childrenShe says“It is a much less disturbing way to channel their energies into
39、something else while the teaching is going on.Fidget spinners join a long list of other childhood favourites now living in the teachers top drawerIt wasnt long ago when our homes and school playgrounds were littered with loom bands(彩虹橡皮筋)as they suddenly became musthave accessoriesBillions of them w
40、ere sold and then made into various forms of rubbery jewelleryOne teacher，Guy Tarrant，has confiscated(没收)numerous items from children over the yearsIts probably fair to say fidget spinners wont always be flavour of the monthEventually they11 be replaced by a new equally addictive and annoying craze3
41、2 For what purpose were fidget spinners originally made?ATo reduce kidsstress levelsBTo get children to amuse themselvesC To arouse studentsinterest in studyDTo make kids addicted to play33 What has made many kids go mad for fidget spinners?AThe raw materials BTheir shapes and colorsC Their spinning
42、 speed DThe challenge of playing them34 Why have some schools banned fidget spinners?ASome spinners are badly designedBThey are concerned about studentshealthC Some are of poor quality and bad effectDSome kids are always showing off tricks35 What can we infer from the text?AFidget spinners are kidsf
43、avourite foreverBSchool crazes change with timeC Adults never play with fidget spinnersDNo new school crazes will appear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。The Rise Of The Emoji(表情符号)Happy， angry，amazedthese are some of the emotions we like to express these days when
44、we re sending a message on our smartphones! Thats why many of us now add little pictures to our texts to brighten up someones mobile screen But were also using them as a quick way of telling someone how were feeling 36 The emoji was first invented in Japan in the late 1990s and the wordemojicomes fr
45、om the Japanese words forpictureandcharacter. 37 Now we have a picture for every mood or situationSo now we have the option to give this new creation the visualthumbs-upbut have you thought why weve become so addicted to using emojis? Professor Vyv Evans，has written a book calledThe Emoji Codehe say
46、s“increasingly，what were finding is that digital communication is taking over from certain aspects of face-to-face interaction 38 ”So emojis are a sort of substitute for the visual or non-verbal signals we normally give when we speak to someone face-to-face39 They dont use words but tell a message i
47、n pictorial formSo they can be easily interpreted whatever your native language 40 If a friend sends you an emoji of a hammer，you may think he is angry when really he is saying he has hurt himself or he is clumsy!AEmojis have become the most important to everyones lifeBYes，emojis have become a vital tool for communicationC The number of different images has dramatically increased since thenDEmojis will replace traditional writing completely in the near futureEAnother advantage of emojis is that they are an international languageF However，the emojis you send need some thought as they
