1、2018 届福建省莆田市第二十五中学高三上学期第二次月考 英语 第 I 卷第一部分 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 are the speakers talking about?A. A man B. A book C. Children2. What is Budweiser in the conversation
2、?A. A kind of beer B. A kind of coffee C.A kind of juice3 .What does the woman advise the man to have?A .An operation B. More salt C. Less sweet food4. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a hospital B. At a restaurant C .At a church5. What has the man been doing on the Interne
3、t?A.Chatting B. Playing games C. Reading a novel第二节听下面 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，每小题将给出 5 秒的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What is the age of the man?A. 35 years old B. 56 years old C. 65 years old7. Why did the man make a f
4、acelift(整容)?A. To look younger B. To marry a woman C. To please his daughter听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8 .What does the man love collecting?A .Coins B. Stamps C. Stones9 .What is the mans father?A. A guide B. A salesman C. A sailorB. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10 .Where does the woman plan to go?A. A cat-themed
5、 cafe B. A cat store C. A restaurant11. Where are the speakers now?A. In Japan B. In America C. In Britain12. What is the woman busy with recently?A. Working plan B. Experiment C. Interview听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13 What is the man worried about the girl?A. Her hobbies B. Her lessons C. Her social te
6、chniques14. What do Lindas parents doA. Actors B. Editors C. Doctors15. What is the girls weak subject ?A .English B .Math C. Chemistry16. who will help the girl with her weak subject?A.Ben B .The man C. Linda听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Who should we pay much mole attention to?A .Children in trouble
7、 of poverty B. Children having learning difficulty C Children who are too fat18.What kill nearly 6 million children a year according to the UN?A. Earthquakes and floods B. Hunger and starvation C. AIDS 19. Who released a report showing the number of hungry kids has increased?A. The United Nations fo
8、od and farming bodyB. The Food Bank for New York CityC .The World Development Bank20. How many primary-age girls in Bangladesh still remain out of school?A. About 4.5 million B. About 3.5 million C .About1.5 million第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）ASafety and Security ProceduresYour safety and the security of yo
9、ur personal property are of the primary concern to those of us who welcome you as our guest. We urge you to take advantage of the following suggestions.YOUR VEHICLELock your vehicle and do not leave money or valuable items inside. We are not responsible for their loss.TRAVELING Be good at noticing t
10、hings around you when sightseeing or traveling. Stay in heavily traveled areas. Dont display large amounts of cash.GUEST ROOM SECURITYFor additional security, use the deadbolt (插锁) provided on your door and make sure the windows are locked. As an additional precautious measure, please secure the sec
11、ondary locks provided. Do not admit anyone to your room without first making identification. A one-way viewer is provided in your door to assist with identification. If there is any doubt about the persons identity, please contact the Front Desk.SAFETY BOXESDo not leave money or valuables in your ro
12、om or vehicle. We provide free safety boxes for you. We are not responsible for items left in room valued over $200. KEYSSafeguard your key. Please do not leave it in the door. Do not give your key to others or leave it unattended. Please leave your key at the Front Desk when you check out.FIREPleas
13、e familiarize yourself with the nearest fire exits. Report fire or smoke to the hotel operator. In the unlikely event of a fire, please move quickly and calmly to the nearest safe exit and leave the building. Avoid the use of the elevator.REPORTINGPlease report any suspicious activity, or safety con
14、cerns to management.21. What should you do when a fire breaks out according to the passage?A. Try your best to put out the fire. B. Report fire to your leader first.C. Leave the building through the safe exit. D. Use the electric lift to leave as fast as possible.22. What should you do with a suspic
15、ious-looking stranger who knocks at your door?A. Pretend you are not in the room. B. Send him to the police station.C. Get in touch with the Front Desk. D. Let him in to make sure of his identity.23. Where might you see these suggestions?A. At a gym. B. At a hotel. C. At a shop. D. At a bank.BFour y
16、ears ago, we asked ourselves: what if we could create a shopping experience with no waiting in lines and no checkout? Or could we create a physical store where customers could simply take what they want and go? Our answer to those questions is Amazon Go, where you could experience the idea of “just
17、walk out shopping”.Amazon Go is a new kind of store with no checkout required. We created the worlds most advanced shopping technology, so you never have to wait in line. With our “just walk out shopping” experience, simply use the Amazon Go app to enter the store, take the products you want, and go
18、! No lines, no checkout.Our checkout-free shopping experience is made possible by the same types of technologies used in self-driving cars: computer vision, sensor fusion, and deep learning. Our “just walk out technology” automatically detects when products are taken from or returned to the shelves
19、and keeps track of them in your virtual cart. When youre done shopping, you can just leave the store. Shortly after, well charge your Amazon account and send you a receipt.We offer delicious ready-to-eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack options made fresh every day by our on-site chefs and favori
20、te local kitchens and bakeries. Our selection of foodstuff ranges from bread and milk to cheeses and locally made chocolates. Youll find well-known brands we love, plus special finds were excited to introduce to customers. For a quick home-cooked dinner, pick up one of our chef-designed Amazon Meal
21、Kits, and you can make a meal for two in about 30 minutes.Our 1,800-square-foot shopping space is conveniently compact(紧凑的), so busy customers can get in and out fast. It is located at 2131, 7th Ave, Seattle, WA, on the corner of 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street. All you need is an Amazon account, a
22、supported smartphone, and the free Amazon Go app.Amazon Go is currently only open to Amazon employees in our testing program, and will be open to the public soon.24 From the passage, we can learn that Amazon Go .A. is a checkout-free store B. sells all kinds of goodsC. is open to the public D. uses
23、unknown technologies25. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?A. When Amazon Go charges. B. How Amazon Go works.C. Where Amazon Go lies. D. What Amazon Go sells.26. Customers pay for the products from Amazon Go by . A. paying cash at the counter B. walking out of the storeC. using their Amazon acc
24、ounts D. scanning smartphones when leaving27.The main purpose of the passage is to .A. encourage people to shop online B. advise people to work for AmazonC. inform people of a new concept store D. tell people of the shopping experienceCI was born and raised in Minnesota,the USA,but us an adult I hav
25、e mostly lived in Europe and Africa.I teach cross-cultural management at the International Business School near Paris.For the last 15 years,Ive studied how people in different parts of the world build trust,communicate,and make decisions especially in the workplace.While traveling in Tokyo recently
26、with Japanese colleague,I gave a short talk to a group of 20 managers.At the end,I asked whether there were any questions or comments.No hands went up,so I went to sit down.My colleague whispered to me,“I think there actually were some comments,Erin.Do you mind if I try?”I agreed,but I guessed it a
27、waste of breath.He asked the group again,“Any comments or questions?”Still,no one raised a hand,but this time he looked very carefully at each person in the silent audience.Gesturing to one of them,he said,“Do you have something to add?”To my amazement,she responded “Yes,thank you.” and asked me a v
28、ery interesting question.My colleague repeated this several times,looking directly at the audience and asking for more questions or comments.After the session,I asked my colleague,“How do you know that those people had questions?”He hesitated,not sure how to explain it,and then said,“It has to do wi
29、th how bright their eyes are.”He continued,“In Japan,we dont make as much direct eye contact as you do in the West.So when you asked if there were any comments,most people were not looking directly at you.But a few people in the group were looking right at you,and their eyes were bright.That indicat
30、es that they would be happy to have you call on them.”I thought to myself I would never have learned from my upbringing in Minnesota.Since then,I try to focus on understanding behavior in other cultures I encounter,and keep finding the bright eyes in the room.28.What can we conclude from the first p
31、aragraph?A.Life in Minnesota has made the author worn out. B.The author enjoys traveling around the world.C.Different cultures are kind of familiar to the author. D.The author may start his own business in the future.29.Hearing the colleague whispering,the author_.A.went back to his seat and got sea
32、ted B.knew his colleague had some questionsC.owed a big debt of gratitude to his colleague D.thought his colleague would get nowhere30.Where does the authors colleague probably come from?A.Japan. B.America. C.Africa. D.France31.Which is the proper title for the passage?A.Focusing on Behavior in Cult
33、ures. B.Looking at Another Culture in the Eye.C.Sharing Different Cultures in Tokyo. D.Admiring the Beauty in the Eye.DMajor airplane manufacturers are now moving to develop the future of flight with electric planes and personal flying vehicles.Boeing is one of those companies. It recently invested
34、in Zunum Aero, a company working to build electric aircraft for commercial flights. Zunum is based in the northwestern U.S. state of Washington. It says it is hoping to revolutionize air travel by cutting flight times and greatly reducing costs.By the early 2020s, the company plans to operate electr
35、ic aircraft to carry 10-15 passengers on trips up to 1,100 kilometers. It says the cost of such flights could be as low as $ 25 each way.Zunum noted on its website that, while America has more than 13,500 airports, 97 percent of all air traffic goes through just 140 larger hubs. By traveling through
36、 smaller airports, passengers can greatly reduce door-to-door travel time and avoid long security lines.JetBlue was another major company to invest in Zunum. The head of JetBlues investment group, Bonnie Simi, said Zunum fits the airlines desire to “seek new technologies to change the game.” She pra
37、ised the company for developing “quiet, environmentally-friendly aircraft” for sustainable travel.Zunums planes will be powered by two large engines at the back. The aircraft will be “hybrid-electric,” meaning they rely mostly on battery power, but also bum fuel when needed.The goal is to eventually
38、 fly fully electric planes, although most experts believe this could take many years. This is because battery technology still has a long way to go to provide long-lasting power, but not be too heavy for the aircraft.Other companies have released plans to release flying cars a lot sooner than that.
39、Slovakia-based engineering company AeroMobil is preparing to show the world its latest model this week.AeroMobii is showing the car at the Top Marques auto show in Monaco. No launch date or prices have been announced, but the company says it will be taking pre-orders this year.32. Electric aircraft
40、may have the following advantages EXCEPT .A. lower costs B. Shorter flight timeC. fewer passengers D. shorter security lines33. What is Bonnie Simis attitude toward Zunums electric aircraft?A. Doubtful B. Positive C. Uncaring D. Disapproving34. Why will Zunums electric planes still need fuel?A. Beca
41、use fuel is easier to get. B. Because battery may not be stable.C. Because planes wont start without fuel. D. Because battery may not last long enough.35. From the last two paragraphs, we can infer that .A. Flying cars must be ordered in advance B. Flying cars will appear on the market this yearC. T
42、he prices of flying cars are still unknown D. Flying cars are more popular than electric planes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A 、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。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。如果选A、B 、 C、D则正常填涂，如果选E请同时涂AB来表示，选F涂BC ，选G 涂CD。Although problems are a part
43、 of our lives, it certainly doesnt mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or another, youll have to stand up and say, “problems, I dont want you in my life.”_36_ Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and childrenthe list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts
44、within ourselves work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems. Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be under
45、stood only by us and that no talking is going to help. _37_ Talking helps you move on and let go. Write your problems. _38_ When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, i
46、magine yourself throwing away the problems from your life.Dont lose faith and hope. No matter what you lose in life, dont lose faith and hope. Even if you lose all your money, family. you should still have faith. _39_Your problems arent the worst. No matter what problem you get in life, therere anot
47、her one million people whose problems are huger than yours. _40_ Your problems might just seem big and worse, but in reality they can be removed.Go about and solve your problems because every problem, however big or small, always has a way out.A. When we have a problem, a pressing, critical, urgent,
48、 lifethreatening problem, how do we try and solve it?B. Of course, weve been fighting troubles ever since we were born.C. Having a personal diary can also be of huge help if you dont want a real person to talk with.D. We can often overcome the problem and achieve the goal by making a direct attack.E
49、. But the truth is that when you talk about it, youre setting free the negative energies that have been gathering within you.F. Tell yourself: when they can deal with them, why cant I?G. With faith and hope, you can rebuild everything that you lose.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
