1、2018 届贵州省铜仁市第一中学高三上学期第二次月考英语+听力本套试卷共有四个部分，建议用时 120 分钟，总分为 150 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. Where does the woman think her father is now?A. At his office. B. At home. C. At
2、the club.2. What is the woman probably going to do this weekend?A. Go boating with her classmates. B. Prepare for a competition.C. Go camping with the man.3. How long does the woman usually sleep every night?A. About six hours. B. About seven hours. C. About eight hours.4. What do we know about Tim?
3、A. He may have a car accident. B. He became severely ill. C. He didnt take driving lessons.5. What does the man suggest?A. Calling the service centre. B. Doing nothing for a short while. C. Pressing the emergency button.第二节（共 15 小题； 每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分） 请听下面 5 段对话或独白,选出最佳选项。听第 6 段材料，回答 6、7 题。6. How
4、old is the magazine that the man is looking for?A. Two and a half years old. B. Two years old. C. One year old.7. Where will the two speakers probably go next?A. The left side of the first floor. B. The right side of the first floor. C. The second floor.听第 7 段材料，回答 8、9 题。8. When will the two speaker
5、s probably go to Epcot?A. Right now. B. At night. C. After lunch.9. What are the two speakers going to do first?A. Ride the roller coaster. B. Find a parking lot. C. Get checked in.听第 8 段材料，回答 10 至 12 题。10. Where was the man last week?来源: Z,X,X,KA. In Ferrara. B. In Milan. C. In Rome.11. What did th
6、e man probably visit first?A. The Renaissance buildings. B. The cathedral. C. The castle.12. How many times has the man traveled abroad this year?A. Twice. B. Four times. C. Three times.听第 9 段材料，回答 13 至 16 题。13. What festival are the two speakers talking about?A. Easter. B. Mothers Day. C. Halloween
7、.来14. When does the woman usually visit her grandparents?A. On Friday morning. B. On Saturday afternoon. C. On Saturday morning.15. What is the favorite part of the festival to the woman?A. Receiving presents. B. Hunting for eggs. C. Going to church.16. What will the man probably do during the holid
8、ay?A. Join the womans family for the festival. B. Hang out with other international students.C. Stay in the dorm reading a huge book.听第 10 段材料，回答 17 至 20 题。17. When did the speaker arrive in Antarctica?A. In March. B. In September. C. In December.18. What difficulty does the speaker have at the mome
9、nt?A. There is a lot of hard work to do. B. He is working with a small number of people.C. The ship wont return for months.19. What has improved in Antarctica in the last ten years?A. Communication. B. Food. C. Living conditions.20. What is the speaker trying to do?A. Describe his own experiences in
10、 Antarctica. B. Remind scientists of danger in Antarctica. C. Suggest ways of improving life in Antarctica.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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。AThere was a farmer in Africa who was happy and content. He was happy because he was content. He was conte
11、nt because he was happy.One day a wise man came to him and told him about the glory of diamonds and the power that goes along them. The wise man says, “If you had a diamond the size of your thumb, you could have your own city. If you had a diamond the size of your fist you could probably own your ow
12、n country.” And then he went away.That night the farmer couldnt sleep. He was unhappy and he was discontent. He was unhappy because he was discontent, and he was discontent because he was unhappy.The next morning he made arrangements to sell off his farm, took care of his family and went in search o
13、f diamonds. He looked all over Africa and couldnt find any. He looked all through Europe and couldnt find any. When he got to Spain, he was emotionally, physically and financially broken. He got so disheartened that he threw himself into the Barcelona River and committed suicide.Back home, the perso
14、n who had bought his farm was watering the camels at a stream that ran through the farm. Across the stream, the rays of the morning sun hit a stone and made it sparkle like a rainbow. He thought it would look good on the mantelpiece. He picked up the stone and put it in the living room. That afterno
15、on the wise man came and saw the stone sparkling. He asked, “Is Hafiz back?“ The new owner said, “No, why do you ask?“ The wise man said, “Because that is a diamond. I recognize one when I see one.“ The man said, “No, thats just a stone I picked up from the stream. Come, Ill show you. There are many
16、 more. They went and picked some samples and sent them for analysis. Sure enough, the stones were diamonds. They found that the farm was indeed covered with acres and acres of diamonds.21. According to the wise man mentioned in the passage, a diamond as big as your thumb is worth.A. a city B. a farm
17、 C. a country D. the whole Europe.22. Why did the farmer killed himself?A. Because he had sold off his farm. B. Because he had lost heart C. Because he hadnt found any diamond. D. Because he was too sad23. What kind of character reduced the farmer to a failure life?A. selfishness B. short sight C. g
18、reed D. lack of confidence 24. Whats the best title of the passage?A. A farmer in search of diamonds B. The negative effect of diamondsC. A farmer dying for not finding diamonds. D. Acres of diamonds BWhite-collar workers increasingly unhealthyAn increasing number of white-collar workers in Shanghai
19、 are getting failing grades on their physical examinations, according to a white paper on the health of white-collar workers in Shanghai.Carried out by Shanghai Foreign Service Group, a human resources company, the report indicated that more than 53 percent of males are overweight, 46 percent suffer
20、 from a fatty liver and about 26 percent have elevated blood lipids (血脂). However, females are more often diagnosed as having breast lesions (乳房病变 ) that could lead to cancer (85 percent), thyroid (甲状腺) disorder (34 percent) and hemorrhoids (痔疮 ) (23 percent).Though the report also found that white-
21、collar workers were paying increasing attention to their healthwith about 84 percent saying they followed their condition closely or very closelythose with healthy lifestyles dropped to 64 percent last year from 77 percent in 2015.The report came from about 500,000 physical exams taken by white-coll
22、ar workers in Shanghai over the past five years. “I always eat and drink too much and never exercise,” said Wei Ruoxi, a 26-year-old working in finance who is struggling with being overweight. “I know what a healthy lifestyle looks like, but the job just brings too much pressure and squeezes out exe
23、rcise time,” she added. Hu Xiaolong, 30, an accountant in Shanghai, said he was determined to live healthily from now on. “My recent physical examination shows a little shadow in the lung, which startled me when I heard it. I really need to quit bad habits like smoking and staying up late.”The white
24、 paper also showed that more people are turning to commercial health insurance to cope with financial risks caused by health problems. The popularity of insurance purchases among the participants reached 15.3 percent last year, a rise of 4 percentage points in just one year. Most participants also e
25、xpected their companies to help them with effective health management, such as offering membership cards for gyms, flexible working schedules and regular physical examinations.25. The female white-collar workers with breast lesions suffer from most.A. breast lesions B. fatty liver C. hemorrhoids D.
26、cancer 26. What does the underlined word “startled” in the 4th paragraph probably mean?A. confused B. curious C. shocked D. encouraged27. The main idea of the last paragraph is that A. companies have taken measures to improve white-collar workers healthB. people are trying to handle the white-collar
27、 workers health problems C. the health insurance firm has profited from white-collar workersD. more and more white-collar workers have realized their health problems28. In which column of a newspaper do we probably find the passage?A. Health. B. Business. C. People. D. Technology.CDear Mr. Jones,I e
28、xpect you may be slightly surprised to receive a letter from someone living as near as your next-door neighbor; but I have to raise a subject that it will be easier for me to discuss in writing.You may have noticed that I have a line of apple trees running alongside the fence that separates our two
29、gardens. You may also have taken pleasure in the frequent sight of your two children sitting on your lawn directly by the fence. And you may also have noticed that my apple trees, so to speak, bend over the fence and seem to look down at your children with interest.It is only natural that your child
30、ren should sometimes seem to return that interest. And it is not only natural, but, I acknowledge, quite legal, for them occasionally to show that interest by picking all the apples that hang over on your side of the fence.But to be plain with you, Mr. Jones, I am tired of seeing your children, day
31、after day, tear the branches off the side of every one of my apple trees, and leave my trees looking as though a battle had been fought on one side of them. I am, if anything, even more tired of waking up these fine autumn mornings, to find even the apples on my side of the fence much less in number
32、. I know this is the work of your children, since last night I was woken at midnight by the noise they were making climbing one of my trees, and (as they may have told you) chased them home.While I am on the subject, I am at least grateful to you for keeping your bonfires on the far side of your gar
33、den this year. Last year neither I nor your children had any apples, because the smoke from your bonfire destroyed all the flowers before the apples had time to form. I hope that next yearfor the first time since I came to this villageI shall have my apples, and your children will have theirs and th
34、at the sight of the line of apple trees will be a pride to us both.Otherwise, I shall not express my displeasure simply in writing to you, but shall have to refer the matter to those capable of taking stronger action.Yours sincerely,J. Smith.29. What does the writer mainly complain about in his lett
35、er?A. Mr. Jones children picking too many of his apples.B. Mr. Jones children climbing the apple trees.C. Mr. Jones children tearing off the branches of the trees.D. Mr. Jones children bending over the fence.30. Mr. Jones is likely to feel after reading the letter.A. grateful B. ashamed C. contented
36、 D. frightened31. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. Mr. Jones children must be rather ill-mannered.B. Mr. Smith is likely to have come to this town for no more than two years.C. Mr. Jones must be terribly strict with his children as well as with neighbours.D. The writer conside
37、rs writing a letter is a better way to talk about the matter with Mr. Jones.32. What is the tone of the writer at the end of the letter?A. Determined. B. Sympathetic. C. Aggressive. D. Humorous.DTechnology offers conveniences such as opening the garage door from your car or changing the television s
38、tation without touching the TV.Now one American company is offering its employees a new convenience: a microchip implanted in their hands. Employees who have these chips can do all kinds of things just by waving their hands. Three Square Market is offering to implant microchips in all of their emplo
39、yees for free. Each chip costs $ 300 and Three Square Market will pay for the chip. Employees can volunteer to have the chips implanted in their hands. About 50 out of 80 employees have chosen to do so. The president of the company, his wife and their children are also getting chips implanted in the
40、ir hands.The chip is about the size of a grain of rice. Implanting the chip only takes about a second and is said to hurt only very briefly. The chips go under the skin between the thumb and forefinger. With a chip in the hand, a person can enter the office building, buy food, sign into computers an
41、d more, simply by waving that hand near a scanner. The chips will be also used to identify employees. Employees who want convenience, but do not want to have a microchip implanted under their skin, can wear a wristband (腕带 ) or a ring with a chip instead. They can perform the same tasks with a wave
42、of their hands as if they had an implanted chip.Three Square Market is the first company in the United States to offer to implant chips in its employees. Epicenter, a company in Sweden, has been implanting chips in its employees for a while.Three Square Market says the chip cannot track the employee
43、s. The company says scanners can read the chips only when they are within a few inches of them. “The chips protect against identity theft, similar to credit cards.” The U. S. Food and Drug Administration approved the chips back in 2004, so they should be safe for humans, according to the company.In
44、the future, people with the chips may be able to do more with them, even outside the office. Todd Westby is Chief Executive Officer of Three Square Market. He says, “Eventually, this technology will become standardized allowing you to use this as your passport, public transit, all purchasing opportu
45、nities, etc.33. What is the third paragraph mainly about?A. The substitutes of the chips. B. The advantages of the chips.C. The places to implant the chips. D. The potential risks of implanting the chips.34. We can infer that . A. the chips are very popular among the employees B. the price of the ch
46、ips is reasonableC. the chips have magic powersD. most people suspect the application of the chips35. Which of the following best describes Todd Westbys attitude towards the chips?A. Optimistic. B. Disappointing. C. Defensive. D. Casual.第二节 （共 5 小题，每题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从段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
47、项为多余选项。We all know the importance of curiosity, and here are some tips on how to develop it. Keep an open mind. This is essential if you are to have a curious mind. Be open to learning, unlearning, and relearning things. 36 Therefore, you should be prepared to accept this possibility and change your
48、 mind. 37 Most people just accept the world as it is. This way, they will certainly lose the “holy curiosity“. Try to dig deeper beneath the surface of what is around you. A sure way to dig deeper beneath the surface is asking questions. What, why, when, who, where, and how are the questions curious
49、 people always ask.Dont label（标注）anything as boring. Whenever you label something as boring, you close one more door of possibilities. Curious people are unlikely to consider things boring. 38 Even if they dont yet have time to explore them, they will leave the door open to be visited another time. Take lea
