1、1眉山中学 2018 届高三半期考试英语试题第卷（选择题 共 100 分）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。1.What will the man do next?A. Talk with Mr. Black. B. See an engineer. C. Attend a meeting.2.What will the w
2、oman probably eat?A. Some nuts. B. Some cookies. C. Some fruit.3.What did the man ask Justin to do?A. Bring some magazines. B. Design a magazine cover.C. Read the magazines on his table.4.When did the man get home last night?A. At 11:20. B. At 11:30. C. At 12:00.5.Where is the woman going?A. To a la
3、mp factory. B. To a repair shop C. To a garage.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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。6.What are the speakers talking about?A. An exam. B. A course. C. A lec
4、ture.7.What topic did the essay question cover?A. Walt Whitmans poems. B. Mark Twains novels. C. Arthur Millers plays.听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 两个小题。8.Why does the woman make the call?A. To change her flight B. To book an air ticket. C. To check her flight.9.What is the actual flying time to New York?A. 9
5、hours. B. 14 hours. C. 16 hours.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。10.Where does the conversation probably take place?2A. At a gas station. B. At a garage. C. At a car factory.11.Which part of the car exists potential risk?A. The tire. B. The radiator. C. The windshield.12.How does the woman pay?A. In cash.
6、B. By credit card. C. By check.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。13.What was the womans first job?A. A teacher. B. An actress. C. An artist. 14.How did the children react towards the play about a lion?A. They were frightened. B. They laughed about it.C. They complained to their parents.15.How does the woman
7、s daughter help her?A. Perform in the shows. B. Record the music for the shows.C. Give opinions on the new stories.16.What contributes most to the success of the womans shows?A. Her luck. B. Her passion. C. Her intelligence.听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。17.How long did Dennis Tito stay at the Internatio
8、nal Space Station?A.10 days. B.14 days. C.22 days.18.Where is Kate from?A. Canada. B. The UK. C. Australia.19.What does Ben want to do?A. Travel on earth.B. Take action to protect the earth.C. Explore in space and discover its secrets.20.What does the speaker expect the listeners to do?A. Show respe
9、ct for Dennis and Martin.B. Collect information about astronauts.C. Share opinions about space travel.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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑A3Six-day Beijing &Shanghai TourJoin our group tours at the lowest price and enjoy the quality ser
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15、 free.B. On Day 4,you can visit the Forbidden City.C. You neednt pay extra money for your private English-speaking guide.D. You will stay longer in Shanghai than in Beijing.22.After the trip to Beijing, how can you go to Shanghai?A. By car. B. By high-speed train. C. By plane. D. By slow train.23.If
16、 eight people take part in the tour with standard hotel in January, how much will they pay for it?A.$4,712. B.$5,192. C.$3,112. D.$2,712.BA company has just launched what it calls “the worlds first free standardized English test” recently. Anyone with an Internet connection can take the test for fre
17、e. The new exam is called the EFSET, which is short for Education First Standardized English Test.The company, Education First, is known by the letters EF.It is estimated that there are two billion English language learners worldwide. Many of them are interested in attending an American college or u
18、niversity. To do so, foreign students need to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language-better known as TOEFL. However, many foreigners are not wealthy enough to take the TOEFL. In addition, test-takers often have to travel overnight to reach an official testing site. The World Bank says the av
19、erage Cambodian worker earns only about $1,000 per year. Then the cost of taking the TOEFL is about 17.5 percent of the average workers yearly wage.It is not just individuals who find the test pricey. Some governments also find it prohibitive. Whats more, not everyone needs official results from the
20、 TOEFL, or IELTS-the International English Language Testing System. In the future, its likely that the government may use the EFSET to test millions of employees and students.Experts believe that the EFSET meets the highest value in language testing. It uses special computer software that makes the
21、questions easier or harder, depending on ones performance. The EFSET measures all the English learners 5levels while the IELTS and TOEFL only measure learners levels from moderate(中等的）to advanced. The EFSET is unique in the sense that it gives free online access to anyone interested in measuring the
22、ir English level.There is a 50-minute and a two-hour version of the test, which its developers are calling the EFSET Plus. Both versions test only reading and listening skills. Its hopeful that speaking and writing skills will be tested in the future. The IELTS and TOEFL still use humans to rate the
23、 speaking and writing sections. Its a huge deal for students who are in areas where they cant get to the TOEFL or IELTS. However, it is too early to know whether the EFSET results are acceptable for colleges and universities in America.24.Why do many foreign students take the TOEFL?A. To learn Engli
24、sh well. B. To receive further education in America.C. To be admitted to key universities. D. To find good jobs and earn much money.25.What is the authors attitude toward the EFSET?A. Supportive. B. Doubtful. C. Uninterested. D. Cautious.26.What can we learn about the EFSET?A. Anyone with an Interne
25、t connection who has different English levels can take it for free.B. It is similar to the TOEFL and IELTS.C. It tests the skills of reading, listening, writing and speaking.D. American universities accept the EFSET results for admission.27.Whats the best title for the passage?A. Useful Tips to Get
26、Ready for the EFSETB. Different Ways to Test English Learners in the WorldC. The Free EFSET-an Online Test for English LearnersD. The New Software Developed by Education FirstC It was reported that a London receptionist was sent home from work after refusing to wear high heels. Temporary worker Nico
27、la Thorp,27,from Hackney, arrived at finance company PwC to be told she had to wear shoes with a“2-inch to 4-inch heel”. When she refused and complained male colleagues were not asked to do the same, she was sent home without pay.Ms. Thorp said she could not bear wearing high heels for a whole day a
28、nd would prefer to wear her smart flat shoes. But instead she was told she should go and buy a pair of heels on her first day, back in December.6“I saidif you can give me a reason as to why wearing flats would impair me to do my job today, then fair enough, but they couldnt, ”Ms. Thorp told BBC.“I w
29、as expected to do a nine-hour shift on my feet guiding clients to meeting rooms, I said I just wouldnt be able to do that in heels.“Ms. Thorp said she asked if a man would be expected to do the same shift in heels, and was laughed at. She then spoke to friends about what had happened, and after post
30、ing it on Facebook , she realized that other women had found themselves in the same position.She has since set up a petition(请愿）calling for the law to be changed so women cannot be forced to wear high heels to work. It has had more than 10,000 signatures, so the government will now have to respond.
31、As the law stands, employers can dismiss staff who fail to live up to “reasonable“ dress code demands as long as theyve been given enough time to buy the right shoes and clothes. They can set up different codes for men and women, as long as theres an “equivalent level of smartness“.28.What happened
32、to Nicola Thorp on her first day to work?A. She bought a new pair of high-heel shoes.B. She was fired for refusing to wear shoes required.C. She was finally allowed to wear flat shoes at work.D. She was exhausted after a long days work.29.Which word would Ms. Thorp use to describe the dress code?A.
33、Unavoidable B. Understandable C. Necessary D. Unreasonable30. According to the last paragraph, .A. the government will make some response to the issueB. the petition has not caught much attention so farC. it is illegal to set up the same codes for men and womenD. employers have the right to fire tho
34、se who are not smart31.What can we infer from the text?A. The shoe problem only happens in PwCB .The company will give in to public pressure.C. There is sexual discrimination on the issue.D. Nicola Thorp would go back to work soon.DIf your teacher catches you playing around in class, she might tell
35、you to quit acting like a monkey or tell you to stop horsing around. But it would probably surprise you to hear her say, “Stop acting like a fish.“Yet a new 7study suggests the comparison might be proper.The scientists started videotaping the fish after James Murphy saw a male cichlid(三湖慈鲷）behaving
36、strangely in one of his home aquariums. Murphy had removed a male cichlid from an aquarium in which it had been attacking other cichlids. The male cichlid shared its new home with other fish. But it didnt attack them. This second aquarium contained a thermometer(温度计）.Each time the thermometer was ba
37、ck, again and again, the fish swam by to strike it.Over the next two years, the research team videotaped three male cichlids repeatedly strike the thermometer. One fish sometimes struck the bottom of the thermometer, gradually moving the device around the bottom of the aquarium .The other two attack
38、ed only the top of the thermometer. One of these two fish also swam around the thermometer while striking it.The videos showed no link between thermometer striking and attack toward other fish. Even when they could see other cichlids, the males still played with the thermometer.What the fish were do
39、ing looked a lot like Burghardts explanation for play. He considers that as repeated behavior that has little to do with finding food, finding a mate or fighting enemies. Animals do it when theyre relaxed or bored.“A lot of kids and dogs like a toy that is responsive,“ he explains. Social play seems
40、 to help them react properly to other members of their group. They learn how to control their behavior when things dont go right. It teaches them how to behave so they are not killed by a bigger animal.32.Why may people feel surprised when hearing “Stop acting like a fish“?A. Because teachers like m
41、onkeys and horses rather than fish“B. Because the comparisons made by teachers are not accurate.C. Because people dont think fish are as naughty as monkeys.D. Because people are surprised to catch students playing in class.33.What conclusion can we draw from the experiments mentioned in the passage?
42、A. One of the fish was not brave enough to strike the thermometer directly.B. All fish liked the bottom of the thermometer.C. Three fish hit the thermometer in different ways.D. There was a link between thermometer striking and attack toward other fish.34.What do the underlined words“ do it“ in Para
43、graph 5 refer to?A. Find a mate. B. Find food. C. Fight enemies. D. Play.35.What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Social play helps animals to act to avoid danger.B. Social play helps animals to kill bigger animals.8C. Social play helps animals to help other members in the groupD. Social play
44、 helps animals to do the right things.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）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。Think like this when you feel stressedIts a sweet opportunity. If you look on pressure as a threat, you are sure to be negatively impacted by its occurrence. 36 They loo
45、k on it as a great chance. They will cherish(珍惜）the pressure moment and approach it with confidence and enthusiasm.Ill get another chance. Under pressure, we often lose hope. We tend to distort(扭曲）the reality of the situation. One of the most common phrases is the“Chance of a lifetime”, in which we
46、tell ourselves “I will never get an opportunity like this again, so I cant miss it.” 37 Ill do my best. This is what people who do their best under pressure tell themselves when they are going into a pressure moment. 38 Because it prevents them from wasting valuable energy worrying over things they
47、cant influence and promotes confidence at the same time. Focusing on doing your best keeps you in the moment and guides your behavior toward success.39 People who perform their best in pressure will reduce the significance of the upcoming pressure moment. So they feel less stressed. Whether its a sa
48、les call or an interview for their dream jobs, they are like winning athletes who, when asked how they prepare for the pressure of the big game, respond, “Its just another game.“I can control how I respond. People who do their best in a pressure moment focus on what they can control and thus reduce
49、anxiety. 40 If you have an upcoming interview, dont worry about the other applicants. You cant control them. Practice how you will handle an unexpected problem.A. Its no big deal.B. But people who do their best in a pressure moment are different.C. Instead,take care of your own business.D. It stops you paying attention to anxiety.E. Focusing on doing your best quickly decreases pressure in the moment.F. Remembering past successes increases your confidence.G. In fact,we have many chances to succeed in our lifetime.第四部分 完形填空（共 20
