1、机密启用前2018 届宁夏银川市第二中学高三上学期统练（二） 英语 2017.9本试卷分第 I 卷( 选择题) 和第 II 卷(非选择题) 。第 I 卷 1 至 5 页，第 II 卷在第 6 页。第 I 卷注意事项 1.第 I 卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。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
2、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 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 。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C.9.15. 答案是 C。1. How doe
3、s the man get to work every day?A. By car. B. By bus. C. On foot.2. What does the man think Mark should do now? A. Study for exams. B. Enjoy a movie. C. Watch TV.3. What does the man dislike about the place? A. The weather. B. The large crowd. C. The competitions.4. Where does the conversation most
4、probably take place?A. At a supermarket. B. At a school. C. At a computer centre.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their parents. B. Some famous places. C. Their vacation plans. 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
5、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 至 7 题。6. Where is the man?A. At an airport. B. At a company. C. At a hotel.7. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Collect his luggage right away. B. Hold a sign with his name on it. C. Wait for someone else to pick him up.听第 7 段材
6、料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. What are the speakers discussing?A. A school activity. B. An art teacher. C. A painting.9. How does the woman feel about her work?A. Dissatisfied. B. Pleased. C. Bored.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why doesnt the man want to go downtown at first?A. He has nothing to do downtown. B. He
7、has a math class to take. C. He plans to study.11. What is Gilsons?A. A supermarket. B. A watch repair shop. C. A parking lot.12. What do we know about the woman?A. She will be busy with her work. B. She is leaving in several hours.C. She will pick up the mans watch.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Why di
8、d Mel Flynn become interested in diving?A. To learn more about sea animals. B. To join a group of teenagers. C. To help with her parents research.14. How old was Mel Flynn when she started diving?A. 7. B. 10. C. 12.15. What did Mel Flynn do to stay safe underwater?A. She always kept close to other d
9、ivers.B. She didnt go deeper than seven meters.C. She stayed away from dangerous fish.16. Why does Mel Flynn like working with the scientists?A. She can earn money from it. B. She can gain valuable experience. C. She can get a good job through it.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. When will the race be hel
10、d this year?A. On May 11th. B. On May 23rd. C. On May 24th.18. Where does the race start?A. At the football ground. B. On the north side of the park. C. At the main entrance of the park.19. What can every runner get?A. A T-shirt. B. A water bottle. C. A pair of running shoes.20. Who can run in the r
11、ace free of charge?A. Children under 8 years of age. B. Children between 8 and 15 years of age. C. Adults registering in advance.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, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AiD Tech campsCamp Address: 910 E Hamilton Ave, Suite 300 Campbell
12、, California 95008, USAPhone: (888) 709-8324This summer, encourage the excellent in your child! At iD Tech Camps, students ages 7-17 can learn to code, design video games, engineer robots, model 3D characters, build website, and Print 3D Models. Campers meet new friends, learn STEM skills, and gain
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15、. Water Planets dolphin therapy programs use the emotional impact of a dolphin meeting in his own environment combined with expressive art, massage, and music as a beneficial experience.iD Tech MiniCamp Address: a lot of places, California and more, USAPhone: (323) 287-5580This summer, encourage the
16、 awesome in your child! Weve full every half-day camp session with tons of tech awesomeness. Kids ages 6-9 can discover programming, game design, or robotics. And with an emphasis on creativity and exploration, every camper becomes a maker of fun.21. What number had you better dial to make your kid(
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18、children. C. Limiting age. D. Focusing on skill training.BSania Mirza is an Indian tennis star, one of the top doubles tennis players in the world. She is the most successful Indian female tennis player, regarded as one of the finest doubles players in the world.Sania Mirza was born in Mumbai, Mahar
19、ashtra on 15 November, 1986. Her father was engaged in the construction business while her mother was in printing business. She has a younger sister. The family moved from Mumbai to Hyderabad not long after Sania Mirzas birth and it was in Hyderabad that she started learning lawn tennis from her fat
20、her from the time she was only six years old.She graduated from St. Marys College but her real goal was to become a professional tennis player and to that end, she started taking part in tournaments in India. In 2001, she started playing in the ITF tournaments. The following year she won a Bronze Me
21、dal in the Busan Asian Games in the mixed doubles.She started playing in major tournaments. However, 2008 was a year in which Sania Mirza suffered a wrist injury and her game suffered. She did not participate in the Beijing Olympics but the following year she won her first Grand Slam, “Australian Op
22、en Mixed Doubles Title” with Mahesh Bhupathi. Over the next few years, she kept struggling with the wrist injury due to which her game suffered.Following a long string of poor results and first round exits in singles events, Mirza started concentrating more on doubles events. The following year, she
23、 and her partner Elena won the French Open mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi. In 2015 Mirza partnered with Hingis to win at Wimbledon. They also won the 2015 WTA Finals and followed it up with the US Open in the same year. The following year, the Mirza-Hingis duo won the Australian Open Women
24、s doubles championship.24. After Mirza and her family left Mumbai, _.A. they settled down in the city of Hyderabad B. she began to learn lawn tennis from her fatherC. her father found a job in construction businessD. her parents had a good time in the new place25. What can we learn from the third pa
25、ragraph?A. Mirza did poorly in her studies at college.B. Mirza wished to earn more as a tennis player.C. Mirza played best in all tournaments.D. Mirza s dream came true at last.26. What happened to Mirza after the year of 2008?A. She suffered a lot from her wrist injury.B. She failed to take part in
26、 the Beijing OlympicsC. She won Grand Slam in the year of 2009.D. She had to take a rest for a few weeks.27. When did the Mirza-Hingis duo win Australian Open?A. In 2013. B. In 2014.C. In 2015. D. In 2016.CAbout six months ago, I was working in a job where I sat at a computer in an office for 50 or
27、so hours each week. My best friend, Dusty, also sat in an office at a computer all day. We often talked about what a waste it seemed to be, spending our time inside in front of a computer all day long. I ended up leaving my job, and so did Dusty. Neither one of us are sitting in an office all day. L
28、ast week, Dusty came to my home and declared, “Im going to travel.”Of course, traveling is exciting. Its getting to experience new things, getting to be a slightly different version of ourselves, but I think the point is more about the mindset(心态)that it allows for than the actual reality that comes
29、 with it. Waking up every day with a sense of excitement for the unknown. Approaching each interaction during the day with a sense of wonder. Not thinking about yesterday or tomorrow, and just about whatevers right in front you.However, the thing is, we dont need to be in transit to be able to appro
30、ach our days this way. It is possible for me to be living my normal life and be excited for the unknown of the day. I meet new people and do new things very day. Yes, they might be in Santa Monica, a few blocks from my apartment, but whats the difference between a new person here and new person in A
31、ustralia?I read an Alan Watts quote recently, and it goes as follows:“If I ask you what you did, saw, heard, smelled, touched and tasted yesterday, I am likely to get nothing more than the thin, sketchy outline of the few things that you noticed, and of those only what you thought worth remembering
32、But suppose you could answer, It would take me forever to tell you, and I am much too interested in whats happening now. ”One generation seems to be eager to expand our horizons. But I agree with Alan Watts. There is a lot of opportunity for horizon-expansion wherever we happen to be. I think Ill wa
33、ke up tomorrow, walk down the street, and put on my adventurers cap.28. According to the text, the author quit his job mainly because _.A. it didnt pay very well B. he didnt want to stay inside all day long C. he wanted to spend some time traveling D. Dusty advised him to do so29. Whats the second p
34、aragraph mainly about? A. What is most important when traveling. B. What makes traveling so attractive. C. How to find a new version of ourselves. D. How to spend an unforgettable holiday.30. The underlined words “in transit” in the third paragraph probably mean “_”.A. filled with curiosity B. worki
35、ng hardC. moving around D. full of enthusiasm31. Whats the best title for the text?A. An Exciting but Normal Life B. Get Outside and Explore for the UnknownC. Go to Travel and Expand Your Horizon D. Adventures in Our Own Backyard DIt is reported that a record-breaking high-speed rail will connect In
36、ner Mongolia in the north to Hainan in the south. The proposed line will operate at a speed of 350 kilometers per hour (217mph).Beginning in Inner Mongolias Baotou city and running through southern Shanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Guangxi and Guangdong, its final stop would be Haikou city on Hainan Island, Chi
37、nas southern province. Though the exact length of the proposed route has not been released, it will likely become the worlds longest high-speed rail line as the journey by road between Baotou and Haikou approximately 3,000 kilometers long, running from Beijing to Guangzhou.The proposed rail is part
38、of Chinas aim to create another “Silk Road of the 21 Century” and improve the countrys transportation network while driving land development and urbanization (城市化)in some provincial areas. Many of the provinces through which the high-speed trains will travel are near major bodies of water, such as t
39、he Yellow River in Inner Mongolia and Shanxi provinces, the Yangtze River in Hubei and the South China Sea, where the line would end. It will also take passengers to popular tourist destinations including Zhangjiajie, Xian, Guilin and minority areas in western Hunan and Hubei.“The country is now shi
40、fting its focus and investing in the western regions and economically underdeveloped areas, making up for Chinas long debt to those areas,” Tan Yuzhi, a professor of Hubei University for Nationalities, told local media. “The project will significantly narrow regional gaps and solve minority issues”H
41、owever, Deng Hongbing, director of China University of Geosciences，Center, said that if the north-to-south railway is to go ahead, there needs to be a sound ecological program in place to ensure the protection of these underdeveloped and ecologically sensitive areas.32. The passage informs us that t
42、he high-speed rail line_. .A. will benefit the underdeveloped areas a lot in the west B. will do good to the environment alongside the lineC. will transport goods faster from north to southD will be the most convenient high-speed rail line in China33. From Tan Yuzhis words we can infer_. A. the situ
43、ation in western regions is hard to predictB. the high-speed rail line will run across major cities C. the transportation system should be improved in minority groupsD. tourist destinations will be more popular along the rail line34. What is Deng Hongbings attitude towards the proposed project?A. Ca
44、utious. B. Doubtful. C. Puzzled. D. Unconcerned.35. What is the passage mainly talking about?A. China has decided to invest in the western areas.B. Another high-speed train line is being planned.C. The train will speed up to 350 kilometers per hour. D. China has produced the best high-speed train li
45、ne. 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。iPad VS textbooksWhat if you could have your whole backpack at the touch of your fingertips? In the first month of the Apple iPads release, 25 million were sold! People all over the world use iPads for all sorts of different thi
46、ngs, but one of their finest qualities is the ability to be a textbook. 36 To begin with, iPad are less expensive. Textbooks become outdated and schools have to buy new books, but with iPads schools can update them for free. 37 Schools dont have to spend $500 every year for iPads because they last a
47、 while and can be updated.38 Students usually have multiple classes, which results in multiple textbooks. Heavy backpacks filled with books can cause back problem. A solution to that is an iPad, which only weighs 1.33 pounds and can hold all of a students textbooks.Thirdly, schools should get rid of their textbooks
