1、2018 届宁夏银川一中高三上学期第三次月考 英语英 语 试 卷命题人：（总分：150 分； 考试时间：120 分钟）本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上，认真核对条形码上的姓名、准考证号，并将条形码粘贴在答题卡的指定位置上。2选择题答案使用 2B 铅笔填涂,如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案的标号；非选择题答案使用 0.5 毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号 在 各 题 的 答 题 区
2、 域 (黑 色 线 框 )内 作 答 ， 超 出 答 题 区 域 书 写 的 答 案 无 效 。4保持卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。第卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第 1 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. Which team lost the basketball match?A. Class One. B. Class Two. C. Class Thr
3、ee.2. How does the woman keep slim?A. By going on a diet. B. By eating fruit and vegetables.C. By doing physical exercise.3. What does the man think of the lecture?A. It was interesting and easy to follow.B. It was far beyond his understanding.C. It was as difficult as he had expected.4. What is the
4、 probable relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Boss and secretary. C. Husband and wife.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a store. B. In an office. C. In a bank.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
5、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。请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. What do we know about the woman?A. She doesnt like her job.B. She works long hours each day.C. She thinks her job is too difficult.7. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Find another job. B. Spend less t
6、ime on her work.C. Have a talk with her boss.请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What does the restaurant require its guests to wear?A. A coat B. A necklace. C. A jacket and a tie.9. How many persons will be there for the conference?A. 15. B. 20. C. 50.10. What time will the conference begin at last?A. At 9:0
7、0 a. m. B. At 9:30 a. m. C. At 10:00 a. m.请听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. How long is the lease ( 租约) ?A. Six months. B. A year. C. More than a year.12. What can the woman do when she moves out?A. Get the deposit back. B. Return the lease. C. Keep her stuff in.13. When can the woman move in?A. Today. B.
8、 This weekend. C. Tomorrow请听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14. What is the maximum number of people who can join the tour!A. Thirteen. B. Fifteen. C. Sixteen15. Which month is it probably now?A. March B. April. C. June.16. What activity has no extra cost?A. Going to a reptile park. B. Going on a fishing trip
9、. C. Having a bushwalk.17. What does the man prefer to do?A. Play table tennis. B. Go bowling. C. Play badminton.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18. Where will the matches be played this season? A. At Royal Park. B. At Kings Park. C. At Gold Park. 19. When will the seniors play the matches? A. On Saturday
10、afternoons. B. On Saturday mornings. C. On Wednesday afternoons. 20. What is Jason? A. The new president. B. The new accountant. C. The head coach.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、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWe went to the B.T Blackstone Library, not far from Lake Michigan,
11、once a week. During every visit I found my way into a big reading room to touch a great and ancient globe sitting in front of the largest windows. I liked to look at Africa, with the coded colors of the different countries like the Belgian Congo and Rhodesia, and try to remember which countries were
12、 fighting to be free just as we were struggling for civil rights. I had heard Daddy talking about the struggle, arguing with the television as someone discussed it on a news show.On Saturday, as I wandered through the young adult section. I saw a title: Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. I could te
13、ll from looking at the shelf that shed written a lot of books, but I didnt know anything about her. I had learned from experience that titles werent everything. A book that sounded great on the shelf could be dull once you got it home, and every bad book I brought home meant one less book to read un
14、til we went back in a week. So I sat in a chair near the shelves to skim the first paragraphs:“Christmas wont be Christmas without any presents” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug.“Its so dreadful to be poor” sighed Med, looking down at her old dress.“I dont think its fair for some girls to have plenty o
15、f pretty things, and other girls nothing at all” added little Amy, with an injured sniff. “We have got Father and Mother and each other.” said Beth contentedly from her corner.I had decided on some other books to take home, because I didnt look through the rest of the section that day. I read and re
16、ad and read Little Women. I wouldnt put it down until the end. Even the freedom to watch weekend television held no appeal for me in girls who could almost be like me, especially Jo, the heroine. It seemed to me a shame that she wasnt Black: then our similarity would be complete. She loved to read,
17、she loved to make up plays, she hated acting ladylike, she had a dreadful temper. I had found a kindred spirit(志趣相投的人 ).21. What can be learned about the authors father?A. He was uncomfortable discussing politics with his children.B. He had strong feelings about the Civil Rights movement.C. He didnt
18、 approve of most news covered on TV.D. He generally had a pessimistic world view.22. It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that the author is most likely to agree_.A. books seem duller when read in libraries than when read at home.B. interesting books are often very dull in their first few paragraphs.
19、C. novels are usually more interesting than nonfiction works.D. book titles can sometimes be misleading.23. The author quotes(引用) some lines from Little Women as part of a larger attempt to_.A. convey the impact of an unexpected discovery.B. describe a young readers sense of history.C. illustrate th
20、e authors life.D. explain a childs loneliness.24. The author lists several things about Jo primarily to_.A. challenge an interpretation B. highlight some differencesC. stress a comparison D. develop a disapproving opinionBFor the business traveler whos all about efficiency: check out these hotels th
21、at will get you in and out with a minimum trouble.When youre pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can infuriate you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process. Marriott Detroit AirportAnother option for business travele
22、rs in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel. (Ive tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet.) here is the basic idea: you download the iPhone or Android app. The night before, you can “check-in” v
23、irtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis I happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. The kiosk asks you to insert yo
24、ur credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about 3 minutes. When I left, I was equally impressed with the fast check-out: An agent meets you in the lobby with, an iPad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line.Radisson L
25、aCrosseThe Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster. At a few select hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin，you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text. When you get to the kiosk, you can scan the barcode to get your key without any other step
26、s required. Its super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well.25. What does the word infuriate, in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?A. annoy. B. remind. C. amuse. D. impress.26. Which two hotels offer a mobile app for customers
27、 to check in?A. Marriott Detroit Airport and Yotel New York .B. Marriott Detroit Airport and Radisson LaCrosse.C. Marriott Detroit Airport and Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and Radisson LaCrosse.27. Which hotel will send you a receipt by email?A. Yotel New York. B. Marriott
28、Detroit Airport.C. Radisson LaCrosse. D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.28. What is the best title for the passage?A. Checking out the hotels will make you in troubleB. Three hotels that will make your life easierC. Try these hotels that offer you comfortD. Hotels for the travelersCThis year, the Paris m
29、useum turns forty. The museum the Pompidou Center has a secure place in the heart of Paris and in Parisians hearts. But it wasnt always the case.“When it was first built, the reaction was one of disbelief,” said Serge Lasvignes, president of the Pompidou Center. “Le Monde newspaper wrote the museums
30、 construction brought shame on Paris, and city politicians thought their money had been totally wasted,” said Lasvignes. Critics said it looked like an oil refinery.Frances first museum entirely devoted to contemporary art saw the light of day thanks to the determination of one man Georges Pompidou,
31、 an art lover who served as Frances president from 1969 to 1974.In 1971, he started an international competition to build the museum, originally known as the Centre Beaubourg. The winning team, which included three young architects from Britain and Italy, was completely unknown at the time. Renzo Pi
32、ano and Richard Rogers, the two architects who saw the project through, made the plan a reality.“The design took everyone by surprise. Someone said to Piano, Your thing is terrible with the escalator (自 动 扶 梯 ) on the outside, it looks like a supermarket! ” Lasvignes added.Forty years later, the mus
33、eum still tries to make culture available to everyone, Lasvignes said. He calls the Pompidou Center a museum like no other. “We are not only a museum,” he said. “We have concerts, debates, performances, a library and everything flows together.” Pompidou felt putting up walls between different forms
34、of art was harmful. “So we are a house of culture where people return again and again, ” Lasvignes said.The Pompidou Center is Europes biggest modern art museum; New Yorks Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is the biggest in the world. “But the two museums have totally different strategies,” Lasvignes said
35、. “The MoMAs strategy is to collect masterpieces, and we try to represent an entire age”29. What was peoples attitude to the Pompidou Center originally?A. They were ashamed of it. B. They disliked it.C. They were curious about it. D. They paid little attention to it.30. Who completed the constructio
36、n of the Paris Museum?A. President of the Centre Beaubourg.B. Three unknown French architects.C. Georges Pompidou.D. Piano and Rogers.31. What was the Pompidou Center like in Lasvigness eyes?A. Distinctive. B. Quite traditional.C. Very ugly. D. Extremely simple.32. Which is a distinctive feature of
37、the Pompidou Center?A. It collects great masterpieces.B. It holds various cultural events.C. It is the worlds biggest art museum.D. It is particularly attractive to foreigners.DThe Sabi-Sand game reserve in South Africa is one of the richest wildlife regions in the African continent. Over 200 specie
38、s of mammals and 350 different birds can be found in its vast plains, grasslands and forest.The reserve is a wonderful habitat for wildlife. Various measures are being put in place. These include dealing with the problem of erosion (土壤侵蚀). In 1996 the reserve had abnormally high rainfall. This could
39、 have been absolutely disastrous. However, erosion was successfully fought by means of gabion stretchers, which were wire baskets filled with rocks. Workers also used a lot of old aerial(航空的) photographs，which helped return the land to its earlier state. This meant recreating open grassland areas to
40、 attract different types of animals.In addition to these measures, the reserve employs a wide range of local workers. Building staff accommodation of any sort would have made a big impact on the environment and would have gone against the objective of keeping the reserve as natural as possible. Inst
41、ead, transport is provided so employees can live a normal life with their families outside the sea, and human impact is kept to a minimum.Visitors to the reserve spend about six hours a day in open vehicles, observing wildlife on game drives. They are accompanied by a ranger and a local tracker. Ran
42、ger and tracker together make a professional team. They are highly educated and have in-depth knowledge of the bush. Tourists can listen to ranger-speak on the two-way radio and enjoy the moment on a game drive when a cheetah (猎豹) with her five cubs was lying in a sea of long yellow grass, her marki
43、ngs almost invisible. The Sabi-Sand reserve is a place where animals have no fear of humans. It is impossible to estimate the benefits of spending time in such an environment.33. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 2 refer to _.A. dealing with the problem of erosion B. the abnormal hig
44、h rainfall in 1996 C. various measures being put in place D. the Sabi-Sand game reserve34. The staff of the game reserve _.A. live inside the reserve B. live in poor accommodationC. are in touch with their family D. take great photos of the reserve35. Visitors to the reserve _.A. can walk to the ope
45、n fields B. must have very good eyesightC. cannot go around the reserve alone D. have two ways to enter the reserve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。Most drinks stating that they are fruit-flavored contain no fruit at all, while most of the rest contain only a small
46、 quantity of fruit, according to a study carried by the British Food Commission.“Shoppers need to check the labels before buying drinks, though sometimes the actual content can be non-existent,” said Food Commission spokesperson Lan Tokelove. “Food production is highly competitive. _36_ . It will in
47、crease profits, and consumers wont always realize they are being tricked.”Flavorings are focused on the flavors of natural food products such as fruits, meats and vegetables, or creating flavor for food products that do not have the desired flavorsResearchers analyzed the contents of 28 strawberry-f
48、lavored products sold in stores. _37_. Of the 11 products that did contain strawberries, five of them contained less than one percent real fruitIn addition, each juice box contained nearly eight teaspoons of sugar_38_ . Lets take jam as an example. Some strawberry-flavored jam was labeled as contain
49、ing no artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners, but it contained absolutely no strawberries at all._39_. Consumers have the rights to know clearly about what they have boughtUnder current UK law. Food packages do not have to distinguish between natural and artificial flavoring. “Describing a product as strawberry flavor and covering the surface of the packed with pictures of strawberries is misleading. _40_. Unfor
