1、 太原五中 20172018 学年度第二学期阶段性检测高 三 英 语校对：高三英语组 2018.3(考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分)注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选其他答案标号。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；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话
2、。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。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. Who is in charge of the party? A. Mark. B. Lisa. C. Mary.2. What must the students do first? A. Read Page 32. B. Draw a map. C. Write something.3. When did
3、the woman wake up? A. At 7:30. B. At 8:05. C. At 8:45.4. What are the speakers probably talking about? A. A job interview. B. A football player. C. Mar5. Where will the school quiz be given? A. In Classroom 4. B. In Classroom 9. C. In Classroom 12.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
4、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。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。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. What will the woman do on Thursday? A. Go boating on the canal. B. Walk on the hills. C. Visit some ruins.7. When will the woman return? A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.
5、听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. Which month is it now probably? A. December. B. May. C. February.9. How did the woman learn English? A. Learning at a language school. B. Studying by herself after school.C. Talking with English speakers. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. How many times has the man eaten at this res
6、taurant before? A. Once. B. Twice. C. Three times.11. What prevents the woman from ordering the beef steak? A. Its too expensive. B. It doesnt taste good.C. She has eaten some recently. 12. What will the woman eat this time? A. Fried fish. B. Roast duck. C. Roast chicken.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13.
7、Why is the man reading the book? A. To prepare for school work. B. To enjoy some reading.C. To learn its language.14. Whats the book mainly about? A. Physics. B. Tennis. C. Language.15. What is David Foster Wallace? A. An author. B. An athlete. C. A teacher.16. When will the woman start to read the
8、book? A. Right now. B. This afternoon. C. This evening.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Who are welcome to volunteer through Projects Abroad? A. New couples. B. Families with children. C. Unmarried young people. 18. What activity does the third kind of project include? A. Teaching English at a school. B
9、. Doing sports with children. C. Caring for the elderly. 19. How old should a child be to take part in the project? A. At least four. B. At least six. C. At least eight.20. Where can Project Abroad arrange projects for families? A. In China. B. In Costa Rica. C. In Jamaica.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 60 分）第一节（
10、共 15 小题；每小题 3 分，满分 45 分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AMany people arent aware of the famous vegan(素食者) celebrities in 2017 but more people are exposed to the information surrounding veganism. Here are 4 of them.Singer Ellie Goulding discussed her love of green smoothies and identified hersel
11、f as a true vegan in Shape magazine.“I call myself a true vegan. Its challenging, but not impossible. I make green juice for myself almost every day. I put in things like bananas, broccoliwhatevers in my fridge, really. Sweet-potato fries and salad is my absolute favorite. Its the perfect meal. I ea
12、t a lot of nuts too, but I also love eating chips. Its actually easy to be a vegan because a lot of junk foods are vegetarian!”Liam Hemsworth made headlines when he sang the praises of his new vegan diet. In an interview for mens Fitness magazine he declared. “I feel nothing but positive, mentally a
13、nd physically. I love it.”“My own health, and after all the information I gathered about the mistreatment of animals, I couldnt continue to eat meat. The more I was aware of, the harder and harder it was to do,” the 27-year-old Hunger Games star replied when asked what made him decide to change his
14、eating habit.Miley is for animal rights, but with over 40 million Instagram followers, shes getting the message out there loud and clear! Inspired by the loss of her blowfish, pop star Miley Cyrus went vegan and talked about it on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.“The reason that I started this was that
15、 I had a fish that was highly intelligent. He really knew who I was; he really got excited when I was home. One day I went to a sushi(寿司) restaurant with my friends and they were serving blowfish. And I thought, this is an intelligent animal.” Looks like more and more young superstars like Ariana Gr
16、ande are spreading the message of conscious eating far and wide to their legions of fans. Ariana was shocked to go vegan after seeing the influential documentary Forks over Knives. “I love animals more than I love most people, not kidding. But I am a firm believer in eating a full plant-based, whole
17、 food diet that can expand your life length and make you an all-around happier person. It is tricky dining out, but I just stick to what I knowveggies, fruit and saladthen when I get home Ill have something else.”21. Who thinks junk food can contribute to a vegetarian?A. Ellie Goulding. B. Liam Hems
18、worth.C. Miley. D. Ariana Grande.22. Which of the following statements about these vegetarians is true?A. Liam Hemsworth used to keep a very clever pet.B. Ellie Goulding is devoted to the fight for animals.C. Ariana Grande thinks veganism can make life long.D. Miley was influenced greatly by Forks o
19、ver Knives.23. Which section of the magazine can you find the passage?A. Education. B. Fashion. C. Environment. D. Lifestyle.BTwo monks of a great master were walking in the garden of the masters house. They were asked to walk every day, from dawn to dusk. The walking was a kind of meditation(冥想). T
20、hey cannot sit in the daythe legs need a little movement and the blood needs a little circulation.They both wanted to ask for the permission of the master to sit down, so they both decided, “Tomorrow. At the most, he will say no, but we are going to ask. And it doesnt seem such an impolite act to si
21、t in the garden.”The next day they met in the garden. One was furiousbecause the other was sittingand he said, “What happened? I also asked, but he simply flatly refused and said no. And you are sitting! Are you not going against his orders?”The other one said, “But he has said yes to me.”“This look
22、ed very unjust,” the first said, “I will go and immediately inquire why he said no to me and yes to you.”The other one said, “Wait a minute. Please tell me what you had asked.” The first said, “What I had asked? I had asked a simple thing. Can I sit while meditating? He said, No! and he looked very
23、angry.”The other started laughing and said, “Now I know what is the matter. I asked, Can I meditate while sitting? He said, Yes.”It all depends. Just a little difference and life is totally something else. Asking “Can I sit while meditating?” is just ugly. But asking “Can I meditate while sitting?”
24、is perfectly okay. Good! At least you will be meditating.Life is an empty canvas(油画布), and one has to be very artistic about it.24. Why did the master ask the two monks to walk every day?A. Because sitting doesnt seem a polite deed.B. Because walking can do good to their health.C. Because he wanted
25、to give them punishment.D. Because walking is the only way to meditate.25. What kind of person is the second monk?A. Wise-minded. B. Easy-going. C. Hot-headed. D. Warm-hearted.26. How did the master probably react when the second monk asked him the question?A. He was disappointed with it. B. He sang
26、 high praise for it.C. He nodded to him peacefully. D. He drove him away furiously.27. What can we learn from the story?A. Two heads are better than one.B. It is easy to be wise after the event.C. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.D. Its not what you say but how you say it that matters.C
27、British childrens writer Roald Dahl ate chocolates and sweets “pretty much every mealtime”, remembers daughter Ophelia Dahl.After dinner, whether dining alone or entertaining guests, Dahl would pass around a little red plastic box full of Mars Bars, Milky Ways, Maltesers, Kit Kats and much more.He k
28、new the history of all the sweets and could tell you exactly when they were invented. 1937 was a big year when Kit Kats (his favorite), Rolos, and Smarties (his dog, choppers favorite) were invented. He wrote a history of chocolate, lecturing schoolchildren to commit such dates to memory, such as 19
29、28 when “Cadburys Fruit and Nut Bar popped up on the scene”, saying. “Dont bother with the Kings and Queens of England. All of you should learn these dates instead. Perhaps the Headmistress will see from now on that it becomes part of the major teaching in this school.”According to Dahl, the Golden
30、Years of Chocolate were 1930-1937. In 1930, Roald Dahl was 14 years old. He was a student at Repton, a famous boys boarding school in England. It was a tough environment: Those in authority were more interested in controlling than educating the students.Ironically, it was at this difficult period th
31、at chocolate became Dahls passion. Near Repton was a Cadbury chocolate factory. Every so often, Cadbury would send each schoolboy a sampler box of new chocolates to taste and grade. They were using the students“the greatest chocolate bar experts in the world” to test out their new inventions.This wa
32、s when Dahls imagination took flight. He pictured factories with inventing rooms with pots of chocolate and fudge(软糖) and “all sorts of other delicious fillings bubbling away on the stoves”.“It was lovely dreaming those dreams when I was looking for a plot for my second book for children, I remember
33、ed those little cardboard boxes and the newly-invented chocolates inside them, and I began to write a book called CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.”For the record, Roald Dahl did not like chocolate cake or chocolate ice cream. He said, “I prefer my chocolate straight.”28. What is the purpose of the
34、 first paragraph?A. To introduce the main topicRoald Dahl.B. To introduce Dahls love for chocolates.C. To introduce main characters daily life.D. To introduce some important characters.29. What can we infer from the passage about Roald Dahl?A. He treated himself with various chocolates after dinner
35、secretly.B. He has a good knowledge of chocolate, especially its history.C. He used to lecture schoolchildren of a boys boarding school.D. He only wrote some books related to the history of chocolate.30. What happened during the Golden Years of Chocolate?A. It was a great time for children to get ed
36、ucated.B. Those years stopped Dahls interest in chocolate.C. Students could become chocolate experts then.D. Roald Dahls passion for chocolate was lit up then.31. _ gave Roald Dahl inspiration to write Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.A. The dreams about chocolates B. Factories with chocolate and f
37、udgeC. Those boxes with chocolates D. Chocolate cakes and ice creamDCongratulations, March, April and May babies, you score high on the hyperthymia scalewhich is actually good. Hyperthymia is general optimismthe ability to see every down as a beginning to an up, every market crash as a run-up to a b
38、oom. But that comes at a price: spring babies are also easier to be affected by the opposite of hyperthymia: clinical depression. Ground zero for the conditionaccording to a massive study of 58,000 subjects in the U.K. in 2012is among people born in May. November babies have the lowest depression ra
39、tes.Its mostly glad news for June, July and August babies. No SAD(Abbreviation for seasonal affective disorder: a medical condition in which a person does not have much energy and enthusiasm during the winter because of the reduced period of natural light. ) for youat least nothing caused by the lig
40、ht levels after your birth, though there may be some impact from mom having carried you in December, January and February. Summer babies have some of the same hyperthymic characteristics as spring babies, but that can be offset by cyclothymia(躁郁情绪) rapid cycling between high and low moods. Still, th
41、ats probably not a warning sign of bipolar disorder; bipolar diagnoses are lowest among babies born in August. For people who believe in astrology(占星术), the general calmness of fall babies seems to provide evidence that at least the sign of Librathe well-balanced scaleshas connection with it. It doe
42、snt of course, but whether the cause is the abundant nutrients available at harvest time, or the fact that the long nights and seasonal illness of winter have not yet appeared, people born in fall not only enjoy low levels of depression, but are similarly less likely to develop bipolar disorder. The
43、 one glitch in the autumn-born: they do have a tendency to irritability. Buckle up, winter babies, things could get rough. Among the challenges facing people with winter birthdates are higher levels of schizophrenia(精神分裂症), bipolar disorder, SAD and depression. Thats terrible, but there is something
44、 to make up for that: winter babies are less irritable than those born in fall. Whats more, according to a small 2015 study of 300 celebrities, January and February are the right months to be born if you want to be famous since those months correlate with creativity and imaginative problem-solving.3
45、2. Which statement is true according to the article?A. Spring babies are always very happy. B. Fewer August babies get bipolar disorder. C. Fall babies have the highest depression rates. D. Winter babies are the most fortunate. 33. The phrase “Buckle up” in the last paragraph can be replaced by _. A
46、. Attention B. Dont worryC. Congratulations D. Dont give up34. In which month you should give birth to your baby if you hope he or she is creative?A. January. B. May.C. August. D. November.35. Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?A. Which is the best birth month? B.
47、 Diseases you should pay attention to C. Give birth to your baby in a proper monthD. Different birth months, different characters第二节（共 5 小题，每小题 3 分，满分 15 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。Six Things You Should Never Do Before the Queen* Dont show up empty handedWhat do you get the woman who
48、 already has everything? Sure, the Queen has several homes full of priceless trinkets, but bringing a gift is necessary. 36 . So if shes paying a visit to your hometown or country, something which reflects local culture might go down better than W.H. smiths vouchers(优惠券).* 37 You may be dead on your painful feetbut you should always stand when the Queen enters the room. You may only sit once she has taken the seat, so keep a close eye on when the Queen sits down he
