1、荆门市龙泉中学 2018 届高三年级 6 月模拟考试英 语 试 题（试卷页数：共 4 页 考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分）注意事项：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。2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题时，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
2、；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. 19. 15. B. 9. 18. C. 9. 15.答案是 C。1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a restaurant. B. In a clothes stores. C. In a hotel.2. What i
3、s the possible relationship between the speakers?A. Employer and employee. B. Next door neighbors. C. Two good friends.3. What time will the woman leave?A. At 11:00 tonight. B. At 6:10 tomorrow morning. C. At 11:00 tomorrow morning.4. What will the woman do for the man?A. Get him some fruit. B. Wash
4、 his clothes. C. Take him to the supermarket.5. What will the speakers most probably do this weekend?A. See a film. B. Climb a mountain. C. Play table tennis.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，各小题给出 5 秒钟的作
5、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. When did the man reserve the room?A. On October 8th. B. On October 15th. C. On October 22nd.7. How does the man want to pay?A. In cash. B. By travelers check. C. By credit card.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Why does the man take evening classes?A. To kill his free time.B
6、. To prepare for a new job.C. To get qualified for his present job.9. Which of the following is the most important part to the man?A. The classmates. B. The teachers. C. The course itself.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What will the woman do on the afternoon of April 7th?A. See a play B. Watch TV. C. Go
7、 to Childrens Club.11. How many tickets does the woman want?A. 2. B. 3. C. 5.12. What will the woman probably do next?A. Make a call. B. Go to get the tickets. C. Collect information about Cinderella.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the man most probably?A. A shopkeeper. B. A shopping guide. C. A
8、university student.14. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a supermarket. B. At a university. C. At the womans house.15. Why does the woman always shop at the supermarket?A. The price is reasonable. B. There are fewer people. C. It is near her home.16. What do we know about th
9、e woman?A. She works five days a week. B. She always goes shopping alone.C. She thinks shopping online inconvenient.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is Jack Brown?A. An information officer. B. A production manager. C. A marketing manager.18. What will the listeners do with Matthew Durston next?A. Ha
10、ve lunch. B. Watch a video. C. Visit the production area.19. Who is the marketing manager?A. Jack Brown. B. John White. C. Matthew Durston.20. Where will the listeners meet at 7:15 pm?A. In a company. B. In a restaurant. C. In a hotel.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 个小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的
11、A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhen it comes to gifts, its not easy to shop for someone when youre not sure what theyre into. Thankfully, Crate and Barrels sister store the modern, fancy version CB2 has a gift collection that is just as beautiful as it is practical. Theyre known for their modern designs. W
12、eve edited a list of some of our favorite gift ideas from CB2 so youll know just what to get. Galactic Jewelry Box ($21)This jewelry box is not only a place to store your jewels, but it looks like one itself. “Designed by UK-based Seascape Curiosities, the jewelry box brings deep space to your room.
13、 Open storage space lined with light grey cotton velvet holds most-precious possessions,” CB2 states. The best part? Its under $25.Flamingo Catchall ($29.95)Designed by the British fashion designer Matthew Williamson, this flamingo catchall is a pop of color in every room and offers a secure place t
14、o store some of your favorite rings, earrings, or little items. Not only is it an awesome addition to just about any home, its also a great conversation starter at dinner parties.Heritage Navy Leather Activity Ball ($49)Its a great gift for the man in your life who loves sports. Crafted with design
15、and function in mind, handmade activity ball (think of it as a smaller basketball) stands up to years of play and even gets better looking with age. Its a super addition to any bookshelf.Black Nickel Cocktail Shaker ($24.95)This cocktail shaker starts off with a smoky black finish and fades into gre
16、y. Its fashionable, functional, and above all easy to clean.21. Which of the following gifts would you like to choose if your brother loves football? A. Galactic Jewelry Box. B. Flamingo Catchall.C. Heritage Navy Leather Activity Ball. D. Black Nickel Cocktail Shaker.22. What can we learn about the
17、four gifts? A. Galactic Jewelry Box is easy to clean.B. Black Nickel Cocktail Shaker is the cheapest.C. Made by hand, Leather Activity Ball is fragile.D. Flamingo Catchall can inspire people to start a topic.23. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To advertise gifts from CB2. B. To sell products
18、created by CB2.C. To explain the functions of gifts. D. To strike a deal on fashion design.BThey had a dozen children, six boys and six girls, in seventeen years. One reason Dad had so many children was that he was confident anything he and Mother teamed upon was sure to be a success.Our house at Mo
19、ntclair, New Jersey, was a sort of school for scientific management and the removal of wasted motions or “motion study,” as Dad and Mother named it.Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could determine how we could reduce our motions and thus hurry through the task. Each
20、 child who wanted extra pocket money put forward an offer saying what he would do the job for. The lowest bidder got the contract(合约).Dad put process and work charts in the bathrooms. Every child old enough to write and Dad expected his children to start writing at a young age was required to sign t
21、heir names on the charts in the morning after he had brushed his teeth, taken a bath, combed his hair, and made his bed. At night, each child had to weigh himself, mark the figure on a graph, and sign the process charts again after he had done his homework, washed his hands and face, and brushed his
22、 teeth. Mother wanted to have a place on the charts for saying prayers, but Dad said as far as he was concerned prayers were voluntary.It was strict management, all right. Yes, at home or on the job, Dad was always the efficiency expert. He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the t
23、op down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven. He even used two shaving brushes to make his face smooth enough, because he found that by so doing he could cut seventeen seconds off his shaving time. For a while he tried shaving with two ra
24、zors, but he finally gave that up.“I can save forty-four seconds,” he complained, “but I wasted two minutes this morning putting this bandage on my throat.” It wasnt the injured throat that really bothered him. It was the two minutes.24. Why was the authors house considered a sort of school?A. It ha
25、d a team of twelve children there.B. The children were taught how to work well in it.C. The parents could teach their children better at home.D. The parents could have the childrens daily activities recorded.25. What is the purpose of signing the charts?A. To look after the children better.B. To man
26、age the big family effectively.C. To help to do things efficiently. D. To remind the children to obey the rules.26. What did the father complain about one morning?A. He should have given up shaving. B. His bleeding throat bothered him.C. He failed to cut short his shaving time. D. He couldnt shave w
27、ith two razors.27. We can we infer from the text?A. The author took pride in his fathers management.B. The kids had to bid for everything they wanted.C. The couple were always troubled by their children.D. The fathers work was to teach the children at home.CChinas Singles Day, which falls on Nov. 11
28、 every year, has far surpassed its U. S. counterparts(同类) of Black Friday and Cyber Mondaycombined. Last year, Americans spent a record $12.8 billion online between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday. Its impressive until you compare it to the $17.6 billion in sales made by Chinese consumers in a sin
29、gle 24-hour period during 2016s Singles Day.Singles Day is known as “Bare Sticks Day” or “Bare Branches Day” in Chinese because the date “11/11” looks like bare branches and “one” is the loneliest number. Singles Day began in the early 1990s in the dorm rooms of Nanjing University when a group of si
30、ngle friends were sorry about the lack of significant others and decided to mark the day by organizing activities as a group of singles and reducing their loneliness by buying themselves a gift.Then in 2009, sensing a break between the sales period of Chinas National Day on Oct. 1 and Chinese New Ye
31、ar in late January or early February, Alibabas Jack Ma saw an opening: sell to comfort lonely hearts.The first year did only $7.5 million in sales, but just 8 years later, shoppers spent $15.3 billion or 168.2 billion yuan, this year a 40 percent jump from last years $17.6 billion. For comparison, B
32、lack Friday and Cyber Monday in the U. S. only netted $6.79 billion in 2016. Amazon doesnt release sales figures for Julys Prime Day, but its pretty safe to believe the not-quite-national-holiday doesnt come close to $25 billion.“More than $25 billion in one day is not just a sales figure,” Alibaba
33、Group CEO Daniel Zhang said in a statement. “It represents the desire for quality consumption of the Chinese consumer, and it reflects how merchants and consumers alike have now fully accepted the combination of online and offline sales.”28. What does the underlined word “others” refer to in Paragra
34、ph 2?A. Roommates. B. Good friends. C. Boyfriends or girlfriends.D. Relatives.29. What is the original purpose of Chinas Singles Day?A. To promote the online sale of goods.B. To find boyfriends or girlfriends for singles.C. To create a holiday for all Chinese youth.D. To reduce loneliness of singles
35、 in China.30. Chinas Singles Day became consumers day in _.A. the early 1990s B. 2009 C. 2016 D. 201731. Which of the following words can describe Daniel Zhangs attitude to online sales?A. Optimistic B. Critical C. Worried. D. Confused.DThis month, Germanys transport minister, Alexander Dobrindt, pr
36、oposed the first set of rules for autonomous vehicles(自主驾驶车辆). They would define(定义) the drivers role in such cars and govern how such cars perform in crashes where lives might be lost. The proposal attempts to deal with what some call the “death valley” of autonomous vehicles: the grey area between
37、 semi-autonomous and fully driverless cars that could delay the driverless future.Dobrindt wants three things: that a car always chooses property(财产) damage over personal injury; that it never distinguishes between humans based on age or race; and that if a human removes his or her hands from the dr
38、iving wheel to check email, say the cars maker is responsible if there is a crash.“The change to the road traffic law will permit fully automatic driving,” says Dobrindt. It will put fully driverless cars on an equal legal footing to human drivers, he says.Who is responsible for the operation of suc
39、h vehicles is not clear among car makers, consumers and lawyers. “The liability(法律责任) issue is the biggest one of them all,” says Natasha Merat at the University of Leeds, UK.An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars, introduced earlier this year, insists that a human “ be watchful and m
40、onitoring the road” at every moment.But that is not what many people have in mind when thinking of driverless cars. “When you say driverless cars, people expect driverless cars.” Merat says. “You know no driver.” Because of the confusion, Merat thinks some car makers will wait until vehicles can be
41、fully automated without operation.Driverless cars may end up being a form of public transport rather than vehicles you own, says Ryan Calo at Stanford University, California. That is happening in the UK and Singapore, where government-provided driverless vehicles are being launched.That would go dow
42、n poorly in the US, however. “The idea that the government would take over driverless cars and treat them as a public good would get absolutely nowhere here,” says Calo.32. What does the phrase “death valley” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. A situation where drivers role is not clear. B. A case where pas
43、sing a law is impossible.C. An area where no driving is permitted. D. A place where cars often break down.33. The proposal put forward by Dobrindt aims to _.A. stop people from breaking traffic rules B. protect drivers of all ages and racesC. help promote fully automatic driving D. prevent serious p
44、roperty damage34. What do consumers think of the operation of driverless cars?A. It should get the attention of insurance companies.B. It should be the main concern of law makers.C. It should not cause deadly traffic accidents.D. It should involve no human responsibility.35. What could be the best t
45、itle for passage?A. Fully Automatic Cars: A New Breakthrough B. Autonomous Driving: Whose Liability?C. Autonomous Vehicles: Driver Removed D. Driverless Cars: Root of Road Accidents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。Happiness begins from appreciationIf you are feelin
46、g that life just cannot be any worse for you, it can be challenging to think positive. When stressed, depressed, upset or otherwise in a negative state of mind because you are aware that misfortune keeps occurring, it is important to shift those negative thoughts to something positive. 36 It is ofte
47、n very hard to think positive when so many things are negative, but be sure that someone, somewhere is worse off than you. 37 If you start with one small, positive thing and appreciate it during the course of your day, you will begin to move into a more positive situation and people will start showi
48、ng up in your life. With appreciation, you will find that over time, you will change your outlook and choose to be happy, regardless of the events around you. 38 Begin and end each day with a “Thank you for this wonderful, glorious day!” When you see the rise of gas prices, say “I am so glad to have
49、 a vehicle in which to get around.” When your boss is too hard on you, say “I am grateful for my job as I know that many dont have one.” If you are having health problems, be grateful for what does work: “I really do appreciate it that my eyes see, my ears hear, my mouth tastes, my legs walk, my arms lift and my mind thinks and everything else works.” Write down what youre grateful for each day. In moments when youre feeling really down, read loud what you wr
