1、2018 届启慧全国大联考高三 12 月联考 英语考生注意：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。满分 150 分，答题时间 120 分钟，答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.作答时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。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。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所
2、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 does the woman suggest?A. Going on with the notes B. Typing his speech C. Keeping typing2. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Listen to the musicB. Apply for a job at the pubC. Try to change the environment3.
3、What does the woman mean?A. Her article is overB. She has to review the articleC. She expects to have some free time4. What does the woman say about the man?A. He cant go to the partyB. He can attend the party aloneC. He can allow friends at the party5. What does the man think of the test?A. Difficu
4、lt B. Satisfying C. Easy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 does the man suggest the woman do?A. Be open-minded B. Be patient C. Be generous7. Where w
5、ill the speakers go for their holiday?A. To Australia B. To America C. To Japan听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. How are the speakers talking now?A. On the phone B. Face to face C. By word-typing9. When will the man come?A. In a week B. Tomorrow afternoon C. In a little while10. Who broke the window this tim
6、e?A. The man B. The womans children C. The woman听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a hotel B. At an airport C. At a bus stop12. How much is the taxi fare?A. About $5 B. About $10 C. About $1513. How does the man plan to go at last?A. By taxi B. By bus C. By air听第
7、 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What is the womans problem?A. Her pictures are gone B. She dislikes her lessons C. She has no idea what to write15. What does the man suggest doing?A. Having a camel ride B. Describing her travel C. Taking a voyage16. What do we know about the man?A. Hes traveled a lotB. Hes
8、 feeling much better nowC. Hes going to do his composition听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What are Arabic letters like for the speaker?A. Pictures B. Lines C. Dots18. How can the speaker learn Arabic letters?A. Hearing the words B. Seeing the words C. Writing the words19. Why did the speaker say somethi
9、ng strange?A. To develop a good memoryB. To show off his language abilitiesC. To practice using the words20. What is the speaker still poor at?A. Vocabulary B. Grammar C. Pronunciation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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe following a
10、re the largest Latino companies in terms of revenue across the country, according to HispanicB.Brightstar Corp. (revenue: US $6.3 billion)A leading global company, Bightstar has a business presence in nearly 50 countries in five continents. A native Bolivan, Marcelo Claure, President, Chairman and C
11、EO of Brightstar, started the company in 1997 as a small Miami-based regional device distributor targeting Latin America.MasTec Inc. (estimated revenue rose to US $4.25 billion)After working for church thats over thirty years of weekly plantings without pay. “For Charlie to be that consistent,” says
12、 Doug Wildman, program director of San Franciscos Friends of the Urban Forest (FUF). “Well, he is our rock.”Despite all its charm, San Francisco is not particularly green. Sandy soil, salty air, lots of wind and narrow streets are common explanations for its low tree count. For more than three decad
13、es, Starbuck has been on a mission to change that. He acts as a guide and teacher to home-owners and volunteers and teaches them how to plant trees. He loves to talk about trees. “My current favorite is the strawberry tree,” he says. Tree experts here are constantly on the look out for species that
14、can handle the local climate. The strawberry tree, with its mock red fruit that hangs in clusters, is in high demand.Care is relatively simple. Most of San Francisco has sandy soil, so it is almost impossible to overwater the trees, Starbuck says. Just before a young tree goes in the ground, Starbuc
15、k uses a box cutter to make vertical slices down each side of the root ball so the roots dont continue to grow in a circular way, as they do in their containers.He is also particular about staking(用柱子支撑)the tree. Three poles are driven in, and then soft cloth straps are attached to each pole so that
16、 the tree can wave a bit. The ability to wave actually strengthens the trunk.While the city may still be short on trees, nearly 1,000 new trees took root here last year thanks to FUF. It receives nearly half of its funds from the federal government and most of the rest from state and local governmen
17、ts, individuals, corporations and foundations. On a walk through his own neighborhood, Pacific Heights, Starbuck has a tree story for almost every block. His destination now is a corner of Nob Hill. “All you used to see here were concrete and parked cars,” Starbuck explains. “But now,” he says with
18、pride, “you can see some green.”Starbuck was part of a team that planted magnolias(木兰)recently there. “its the before and after,” Starbuck says. “Thats what its about for me.”24. What does Doug Wildman think of Starbuck?A. He is the founder of FUF B. He is dependable volunteer of FUFC. He is hard to
19、 get along with D. He has set an example to others25. Why is probably Starbuck involved in this voluntary work?A. Because he wants to plant more treesB. Because he hopes to impress the importance of planting trees on peopleC. Because he hopes to change the situation San Francisco facesD. Because he
20、wants to get more support from the government26. What does the last paragraph imply about Starbuck?A. He can predict what the future is likeB. He can sum up what happened in the pastC. He considers it his duty to bring changesD. He understands the past and future27. What is the purpose of this passa
21、ge?A. To explain the roles of trees in big citiesB. To call on people to plant more trees in citiesC. To describe the bad situation of San FranciscoD. To introduce a mans effort to plant treesCA new report comparing Australian high school students with those of 65 other countries show the nation is
22、slipping further behind in maths and reading skills.The 2017 Programme for International Student Assessment(PISA)measures the mathematics, reading and science skills of half a million 15-year-olds from around the world. It found Australian teens placed equal 17th in maths, equal 10th in reading and
23、equal 8th in science. Asian countries like China, Singapore, Korea and Japan are pulling ahead of Australian students in maths and reading. The results show Australian students have slipped in maths performance by about a half a year of schooling compared to 10 years ago. The decline was stronger in
24、 girls than boys, with girls dropping to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) average.The report also found a wide gab between students in different parts of the country. Tasmania and the Northern Territory lagged well behind other states in all three areas. About 14,500
25、Australian students from 775 schools were measured in the assessment, which was conducted by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)for the OECD.ACERs director of educational monitoring and research, Dr. Sue Thomson, says gender, indigenous status and socio-economic status still divid
26、e student outcomes. Australian students from a wealthy background show a difference of about two-and-a-half years of schooling compared to a student from the lowest socio-economic group. Questionnaire responses have also found girls have a much more negative view about maths. Indigenous students are
27、, on average, performing significantly worse than non-indigenous students, a difference of about two-and-a-half years of schooling or more in maths, science and reading.Ms. Thomson also raised concerns that more than two-fifths of students failed to reach base proficiency levels in maths. “These are
28、 the levels which the Ministerial Council set as not really ambitious goals, but achievable goals for a country such as Australia, and a large proportion of students not to be achieving those results are quite a worry,” she said.Twelve other countries also showed declines in maths literacy over 10 y
29、ears, with the largest decline occurring in Sweden, then Finland, New Zealand, Iceland and then Australia.28. According to the passage, the report _.A. compared the mathematics, reading and science skills of studentsB. found Australian teens placed equal 10th in mathsC. involved high school students
30、 in 65 countriesD. showed Asian students performed better than Australian ones in all subjects29. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?A. Girls were performing worse in these skills than boys in AustraliaB. Korean students placed equal 8th in scienceC. 775 schools in Tasmania par
31、ticipated in the assessmentD. Students in Sweden performed worst in maths among all the students30. What makes Dr. Sue Thomson so worried?A. Two-fifths of students show no interest in maths in AustraliaB. Native students performed worse than those from other countriesC. The goals in maths were set h
32、igher in Australia than those in other countriesD. Nearly half of students cannot reach the achievable goals in maths31. Which section of a website does this passage probably appear in?A. Business B. EducationC. Arts and culture D. Technology and scienceDOn 14 September 2015, the universes gravitati
33、onal waves observed for the very first time. The waves, which were predicted by Albert Einstein a hundred years ago, came from a collision between two black holes. It took 1.3 billion years for the waves to arrive at the LIGO detector in the USA.The signal was extremely weak when it reached Earth, b
34、ut is already promising a revolution in astrophysics. Gravitational waves are an entirely new way of observing the most violent events in space and testing the limits of our knowledge.LIGO, the Laster Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory, is a collaborative project with over one thousand re
35、searchers from more than twenty countries. Together, they have realized a vision that is almost fifty years old. The 2017 Nobel winners have, with their enthusiasm and determination, each been invaluable to the success of LIGO. Pioneers Rainer Weiss and Kip S. Thorne, together with Barry C. Barish,
36、the scientist and leader who brought the project to completion, ensured that four decades of effort led to gravitational waves finally being observed.In the mid-1970s, Rainer Weiss had already analysed possible sources of background noise that would disturb measurements, and had also designed a dete
37、ctor, a laser-based interferometer, which would overcome this noise. Early on, both Kip Thorne and Rainer Weiss were firmly convinced that gravitational waves could be detected and bring about a revolution in our knowledge of the universe.Gravitational waves spread at the speed of light, filling the
38、 universe, as Albert Einstein described in his general theory of relativity. They are always created when a mass accelerates, like when a ice-skater pirouettes or a pair of black holes revolve around each other. Einstein was convinced it would never be possible to measure them. The LIGO projects ach
39、ievement was using a pair of gigantic laser interferometers to measure a change thousands of times smaller than an atomic nucleus, as the gravitational wave passed the Earth.So far all sorts of electromagnetic radiation and particles, such as cosmic rays or neutrinos, have been used to explore the u
40、niverse. However, gravitational waves are direct testimony(However, gravitational waves are direct testimony(证词)to disruptions in spacetime itself. This is something completely new and different, opening up unseen worlds. A wealth of discoveries awaits those who succeed in capturing the waves and in
41、terpreting their message.32. What can we learn from the first three paragraphs?A. Albert Einstein observed gravitational waves a hundred years agoB. The capture of gravitational waves will open a new ear in astrophysicsC. There was no way of observing the space events years agoD. More than 20 countr
42、ies have LIGO detectors33. Why could gravitational waves be successfully observed?A. Because the scientists totally trust Einsteins general theory of relativityB. Because they can be easily detected as they fill the universeC. Because scientists like Barry C. Barish worked hard on this for longD. Be
43、cause huge change appeared as the waves passed the earth34. What does the underlined word pirouettes probably mean?A. run at a high speed B. slide fastC. falls violently D. turn in a circular way35. What would the best title of the passage?A. Gravitational waves finally captured B. Three pioneers in
44、 astrophysicsC. Opening up unseen world D. No pain, no gain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。Statuses are marvelous human inventions that enable us to get along with one another and to determine where we “fit” in society. As we go about our everyday lives, 36 . For
45、 example, we must judge whether the person in the library is a reader or a librarian, whether the telephone caller is a friend or a salesman, whether the unfamiliar person on our property is a thief or a meter reader, and so on.The statuses we assume often vary with the people we encounter, and chan
46、ge throughout life. 37 at very high speed. Much of social interaction consists of identifying and selecting among appropriate statuses and allowing other people to assume their statuses in relation to us. This means that we fit our actions to those of other people based on a constant mental process
47、of appraisal and interpretation. 38 , although some of us find the task more difficult than others._39 . Within certain limits, the buyer can choose style and fabric. But an American is not free to choose the costume of a Chinese peasant or that of a Hindu prince. We must choose from among the cloth
48、ing presented by our society. Furthermore, our choice is limited to a size that will fit, as well as by our pocketbook. Having made a choice within these limits we can have certain alterations made, but apart from minor adjustments, 40 . Statues too come ready made, and the range of choice among them is limited.A. Most of us perform it rather effortlessly.B. we tend to be limited to
