1、2017 届湖北省浠水县实验高级中学高三 8 月检测英语第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分 30 分)做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。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，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. 15. C. 9. 18.答案是 B。1. What happened to the man
2、?A. He was pushed down. B. He knocked into a door. C. He ran into someone.2. What do we know about the woman?A. Shes excited about the trip. B. Shes uninterested in the trip.C. Shes regretful about the trip.3. What has the man been doing?A. Greeting his guests. B. Cleaning the house. C. Arguing with
3、 Maggie.4. What does the woman mean?A. She enjoyed the music at the party. B. She didnt like the food at the party.C. She didnt have a good time at the party.5. Why cant the woman play her records?A. Because shes broken them. B. Because shes left them in the cafe.C. Because shes forgotten where she
4、put them.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道小题，从每题所给的 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 5 秒钟时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出 55 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What is the woman ？A. A thief is in her house.B. There is a fight downstairs.C. Someone is breaking her window
5、.7. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. To hide in a car. B. To go downstairs. C. To stay in her bedroom.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Whats the plan for the activity on Friday?A. A meeting followed by a lunch.B. A lunch followed by a lecture.C. A lecture followed by a meeting.9. What time will Profess
6、or Smith finish his talk?A. At about 1:45. B. At about 2:15. C. At about 2:45.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Whom is the woman disappointed in?A. The judges. B. The listeners. C. The speakers.11. According to the woman, how did most of the listeners feel about the result of the competition?A. They were
7、satisfied. B. They were astonished. C. They were worried.12. What do the man and woman disagree on?A. Whose speech was better.B. Whose pronunciation was better.C. Whose speech was meaningful.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Who is the woman talking to?A. A stranger. B. A friend. C. Her partner.14. Where a
8、re the two speakers?A. At an airport B. At a bus stop. C. At a department store.15. Why does the man say they lost half the fun of traveling?A. Because his wife lost a $ 100 bill on their trip.B. Because his wife left her purse at a department store.C. Because his wifes handbag was taken away at the
9、 airport.16. What does the woman thank the man for at the end of the conversation?A. For telling her that the bus was coming.B. For telling her the way to Sunday Square.C. For telling her to be careful during the trip.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is a blood transfusion?A. Losing a lot of blood i
10、n a serious accident or a difficult operation.B. Finding out the amount of blood a patient needs for an operation.C. Taking blood from someone else and putting it into a patients body.18. What finally made almost every blood transfusion successful?A. The discovery of blood types.B. The founding of a
11、 blood bank.C. The experiment with sheep blood.19. According to the speaker, if you give 10% of your blood, how long does it take your body to replace it?A. One week. B. Five days. C. One day.20. What is the main purpose of the speech?A. To call on people to give blood.B. To explain what a blood tra
12、nsfusion is.C. To review the history of the research on blood.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，选出最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhich comes first, happiness or money? Are richer people happier? And if so, how do people get much richer? A recent study could tell you the ans
13、wer.The study looked into thousands of teenagers and found that those who felt better about life as young adults tended to have higher incomes by the time they turned 29. Those who were happiest earned an average of $8,000 more than those who were the most depressed.The researchers, from University
14、College London and the University of Warwick, say that very gloomy teens, no matter how tall or smart they were, earned 10% less than their peers(同龄人), while the happier ones earned up to 30% more.Happier teenagers have an easier time getting through school, college and a job interview, chiefly beca
15、use they always feel better about life. It may also be true that happier people find it easier to make friends, who are often the key to homework help or networking.A report in June suggested that professional respect was more important than dollars in terms of workplace happiness. In August scienti
16、sts announced that they had found the gene for happiness in women, Alas （the same gene doesnt appear to have the same effect on men）. And in October researchers in the UK and in the US announced that people who eat seven portions of fruit and vegetables a day report being the happiest.The big questi
17、on is: if it really is true that happier kids end up being wealthier kids, is it necessary for parents to get their kids to do the homework? The fact is that no homework will make kids happy but surely hurt their grades. Studies do show, after all, that more education leads to better-paid jobs, whic
18、h may give us a deep thought.“These findings show that the teenagers happiness is important to their future success,” one of the reports authors writes. “But what is the most important is that we should find a way to help children gain more satisfaction from doing schoolwork.”21. The underlined word
19、 “gloomy” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_”Aupset Bexcited Chappy Dwealthy22. The main reason why happier people have more chances to succeed is that _.Athey are easy to communicate with othersBthey are good at doing their schoolworkCthey are hopeful and optimistic about their lifeDthey eat much mor
20、e fruit and vegetables a day23. What conclusion can the researchers draw from the recent study?A. Happy teenagers grow up to be wealthier.B. Money can make people become happier.CWealth has nothing to do with happiness at all.DSchoolwork can help teens achieve success.24. What can be the best title
21、for the text?AThe way to educate kids. BThe source of happiness.CHow to achieve your goal. DThe secret of being wealthierBIf you have a bad habit of losing things, a new device that can be connected to any item that you might lose may be the way to solve your problem. The Tile, a small square linked
22、 up to your iPhone or iPad via Bluetooth, lets you see how close you are to the missing item, within a 50-to- 150-foot range. If the item goes out of your phones 150-foot range, it can still be detected (发现) on other smartphones with the same app.When you log into the app on your phone, it shows you
23、, with green bars that increase or decrease, how far away you are from the Tile. You can also program it to make a sound when you get close to the Tile. And you can link up your phone with up to ten Tiles. And if your lost item a dog, for example, or a stolen bike goes out of your own phones 150-foo
24、t Bluetooth range, you can set it as a “lost item”. If any of the phones with the Tile app comes within the range of your lost item, a message will be sent to your own phone, reminding you of its position. The Tile app also has the function to remember where it last saw your Tile, so that you can ea
25、sily find where you left it.Since the Tiles use Bluetooth rather than GPS, they never run out of battery or need to be charged, and they last for one year before needing to be replaced. The app, which will come into the market this winter, works with iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPad Mini, iPad 3rd and 4th
26、generation, and iPod 5th generation. For more information, focus on our further report. 25. The Tile app can help you_.A. find your missing items B. use your phone more wiselyC. save your phones battery power D. connect something to your phone26. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passa
27、ge?A. The Tile needs to be charged after a year of use. B. One smartphone can only be linked up to one Tile.C. The Tile cannot work when linked up to a phone without Bluetooth. D. A missing item cant be found if you go out of the needed range.27. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?A. What
28、 the Tile app is. B. How the Tile app works.C. The advantages of the Tile app. D. Why the Tile app was invented.28. Where does this passage probably come from?A. A science fiction novel. B. An advertisement. C. A personal diary. D. A news report. CMost of my friends are moving outside the city to av
29、oid the noise, smog, traffic, and crime of the city.One friend says, “The air is heavily polluted in the city, so I prefer to live outside, where the air is clean.“Another friend is unpleased with the traffic, “Downtown is crowded with cars! You cant find a parking place, and the traffic jams are te
30、rrible.“ Everyone is worried about crime, “The city is full of criminals-its too dangerous.“For them, the rural(乡村的) life is a cure for all problems, green grass, flowers, swimming pools, barbecues, and so on. Yet after they have lived there for a year or so, they realize that rural life is not so p
31、leasant as they were expecting. Why? Their gardens！ They soon learn that the main part of rural life is yard work . After they work all weekend in their gardens, theyre too tired to swim in their pools or cook some meat on their barbecues. And they cant live in the countryside without a car. Most of
32、 them moved to the countryside to avoid traffic, but now theyre blocked on a busy freeway two hours every day to drive to work downtown.My opinions about urban life are different-I love to live downtown! Why? First, in the city, I can enjoy nature. I can walk through the park. smell. the flowers, si
33、t on the grass and visit the animals in the zoo. Yet I dont have to do yard work or feed the animals. Also, I can get everywhere by bus; if there is a traffic jam, I can walk home. I think the criminal life will reflect changes in society too; if people are buying homes outside the city, the crimina
34、ls will soon follow. Criminals want to avoid noise, smog, and pollution, too. Then, overcrowding and crime will be problems of the suburbs instead of the city!29The first paragraph is used to _ .A. list some figures B. make comparisonC. lead to the topic D. give suggestions30What did those moving ou
35、tside think of their life in the city?A. Cosy. B. Convenient. C. Colorful. D. Crowded.31What is the major problem for those who live in the countryside?A. Being far from downtown.B. Having gardens to take care of.C. Failing to find parking lots.D. Suffering heavy traffic on the road.32What is the au
36、thors attitude to his city life?A. Approving. B. Neutral. C. Grateful. D. Doubtful.DThe dirty, homeless man sat on the pavement, staring at the stones. He thought back more than twenty years to when he was a boy living in a small red brick house on this very street. He recalled the flower garden, th
37、e swing his dad made, and the bike he had saved up for months to buy.The man shrugged impatiently, for the brightness of those pictures hurt him, and his memory traveled on another ten years. He had a job by then, plenty of friends and started to come home less. He did not really want to remember th
38、ose years, nor the day when, because of debts, he had gone home planning to ask for money. He felt embarrassed, but he knew exactly where his dad kept the money. When his parents stepped out of the room, he took what he wanted and left.That was the last time he had seen them. Ashamed, he went abroad
39、, and his parents knew nothing about the years of wandering or time in prison. But locked in his cell he often thought of home. Once free, he would love to see his parents again, if they were still alive, and still wanted to ee him.When his prison time was up, he found a job, but couldnt settle. Som
40、ething was drawing him home. He did not want to arrive penniless, so he hitchhiked most of the long journey back. But less than a mile from his destination he started to feel sick with doubt. Could they ever accept this man who had so bitterly disappointed them?He spent most of that day sitting unde
41、r a tree. That evening he posted a letter which, although short, had taken him hours to write. It ended with:I know it is unreasonable of me to suppose you want to see me . so its up to you. Ill come early Thursday morning. If you want me home, hang a white handkerchief in the window of my old bedro
42、om. If its there, Ill come in; if not, Ill wave good-bye and go.And now it was Thursday morning and he was sitting on the pavement at the end of the street. Finally he got up and walked slowly toward the old house. He drew a long breath and looked.His parents were taking no risks. _The man threw his
43、 head back, gave a cry of relief and ran straight through the open front door.33Why did the man shrug impatiently (paragraph 2) while he was thinking of his childhood?A. The thoughts made him angry. B. He felt he had wasted time.C. He was anxious to go home. D. The sweet memory caused him much pain.
44、34Why did it take him hours to write the letter?A. He doubted if his parents still lived in that house.B. He had much news to tell his parents.C. He felt ashamed to ask for forgiveness.D. He was longing to return home and felt excited.35Which of the following best fits into paragraph 8?A. Every inch
45、 of the house was covered in white. Sheets, pillowcases and table clothes had been placed on every window and door, making it look like a snow house.B. The house before him was just as he remembered: the red bricks, the brown door and nothing else.C. A colorful blanket was over the front door. On it
46、, in large letters, was written, “Welcome home, son”.D. A police car was parked in the drive way, and two officers stood at the front door.第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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 kitchen is one of the most important parts of the house. You may think that, since its
47、 only used for cooking, theres no need to pay much attention to its color. 36 Color influences peoples mood and creates an atmosphere, and surely you want to be in a good mood when youre cooking. To decorate a kitchen, first look for a theme which will then influence the color scheme (方案). The most
48、common colors in kitchens are white, yellow and other light colors. Kitchens are usually painted in one color to create a clean and neat look. 37 Also, since kitchens tend to have smaller windows, the light colors help make it brighter. Neutral colors such as gray and cream can also be used to create some contrast. 38 Start with your favorite color, or two light colors that balance each other. Make sure that you test them thoroughly
