1、舒城中学 20172018 学年度第一学期第二次统考高三英语命题： 审题： 时间：120 分钟 分值：150 分第错误！未找到引用源。卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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。 1. What will the boy probably eat next? A. Vegetables. B. An apple. C. Chocol
2、ate cake. 2. When did Tom finish work? A. At 8:00 B. At 4:30 C. At 6:30 3. What is the doctors advice? A. Take some medicine B. Come back in two days C. Stay home from school 4. How does the woman feel?A. Surprised B. Relaxed C. Tired 5. Who has been to Yellowstone National Park? A. The mans sister.
3、 B. The mans uncle. C The woman.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 do we know about the mans wife? A. Shes counting the daysB. She likes reading ve
4、ry much. C. She will visit some old friends. 7. Where did the woman probably go last summer? A. Hawaii. B. Europe. C. Egypt. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. What kinds of pictures does the man want to take?A. Insects. B. Birds. C. People. 9. What will the man probably do next? A. Buy his own equipment. B. Gi
5、ve the woman $500. C. Borrow a camera.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why are the speakers walking to school ? A. Its close to home. B. They want to get in shape. C. They can stop at McDonalds on the way.11. How many calories does the breakfast sandwich have?A. 25 calories. B. 320 calories C. 100 calorie
6、s. 12. What does the woman want to avoid? A. Meat. B. Salads. C. Seeds and berries.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. Where did the first Hard Rock Caf open? A. In San Francisco. B. In London. C. In Istanbul. 14. What happened in 1982?A. The caf was founded. B. The headquarters moved to Florida.C. The chai
7、n began to expand worldwide. 15. How many locations does the caf have around the world?A. 59. B. 171. C. 191.16. When will the speakers probably visit the caf?A. This weekend. B. Sometime next week C. Tomorrow.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What day is this announcement given?A. On Wednesday. B. On Mon
8、day. C. On Friday.18. Why do the volunteers need to make a plan? 舒中高三统考英语 第 1 页 (共 10 页)A. There are too many students.B. They are new volunteers.C. The students will be here for only three hours. 19. What will Mindy do? A. Help students put beans into boxes.B. Give a history lesson. C. Write down w
9、hat has been organized 20. How can small students help?A. By driving the truck. B. By taking down some information. C. By organizing the boxes 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。AIn court at 9 oclock. Apart from me there are a few old ladies who ha
10、ve come to the court and a class of 14-15 year-olds with their teacher.9:05 Court starts. First case: Henry P., 47, divorced, charged with being drunk. He refused to leave a pub at closing time and caused a bit of damage when the police tried to arrest him. P. said he had had an argument with his bo
11、ss and could not face going home to an empty flat.9:50 Mrs F., 72, shoplifting (店内偷窃). Apparently Mrs F. had stolen a frozen chicken, which she had hidden under her hat (At this the school children burst out laughing and even the judges have difficulty keeping a straight face). The chicken was so co
12、ld that she fell unconscious, otherwise she would probably not have been caught. Mrs F, in tears, says she had not eaten meat for three weeks. It turns out that, although she has the old - age pension, she does not know about other forms of support.10:30 Peter D., 19. D. stole, or rather “borrowed”
13、a motorcycle, intending, he said, to give it back to the owner after trying it out. D.s father is at sea and the mother is left to bring up four children, of whom Peter is the eldest, by herself.11:00 Mrs A., 45, a doctors wife, president of a local ladies club, was caught leaving a fashion shop wea
14、ring two dresses, only one of which belonged to her. Admitting that she had wanted to steal the dress, she could not explain why.舒中高三统考英语 第 2 页 (共 10 页)21. What did Henry P. do when he was caught?A. He bothered other customers. B. He attacked the police.C. He damaged the pub. D. He quarreled with hi
15、s boss.来源:22. How would the author feel about Mrs F.s life?A. Active. B. Amusing. C. Ridiculous. D. Pitiful.23. Who had the unclear motivation for his/her crime?A. Mrs A. B. Mrs F. C. Peter D. D. Henry P.BIf you believe in thermometers（温度计）,you should believe in global warming. And if you believe in
16、 eating fries with your hamburger, you should worry more about carbon emissions.It wont happen overnight, but as the planets climate changes, the growth cycles of main crops will all be heavily affected. Here are three of the crops that might not beat the heat.The potato actually needs a great deal
17、of beauty rest to develop properly. “They need a cool nighttime temperature in order to start growing the tuber, the part that we eat,” Nelson says.Temperature and altitude are two primary concerns in coffee growth, and farmers are stuck between a rock and a hard place.“We know that coffee grows in
18、a certain temperature range, ”Nelson says.“Theyve been moving up the mountains, but at some point you run out of mountains to move up.”Higher-grade strains of Arabica coffee in Central American regions are at particular risk due to the need for lower growing temperature, especially since diseases an
19、d pests are also becoming more of a factor as temperatures rise.Even if youre looking at the direct effects of temperature alone, rice is in trouble.“As nighttime temperatures go up, the rice is going to have a problem flowering and wont make as many seeds, ”Nelson says. In addition to this direct h
20、eat consequence, rising sea levels will flood many rice fields and destroy water salinity levels, while droughts will lower production, raise prices, and further shame westerners who are too clumsy with chopsticks to be able to clear their plates once a new grain is adopted.24.What is the closest me
21、aning to the underlined word “emissions” in Paragraph 1?A. Mixture. B. Pollution. C. Letting off. D. Going down. 25.What does the potatoes development need according to Nelson? A .Enough water and salt. B Sudden rise of the temperature. C. Much sunshine and fresh air. D. Cool temperature at night.26
22、.The rice is difficult to flower, probably because_.A. sea levels go up suddenly B. the temperature rises at night舒中高三统考英语 第 4 页 (共 10 页)C .many seeds cant be produced D .both temperature and altitude rise27.What is the best title for the text?A. How Does Global Warming Affect WesternersB. How Does
23、The Cool Temperature Affect RiceC. Three Crops That Wont Survive Minor Climate ChangesD. What Is The Real Reason For Crops Growth CSome people are so rude!Who sends an e-mail or a text message that just says “Thank you”? Who leaves a voice mail message rather than texts you? Who asks for a fact easi
24、ly found on Google? Dont these people realize that theyre wasting your time?Maybe Im the rude one for not appreciating lifes little politeness. But many social agreed standards just dont make sense to people drowning in digital communication.In texts, you dont have to declare who you are or even say
25、 hello; E-mail, too, is slower than a text; Voice mail is a now impolite way of trying to connect.My father learned this lesson after leaving me a dozen voice mail messages, none of which I listened to. Exasperated, he called my sister to express his dissatisfaction that I never returned his phone c
26、alls. “Why are you leaving him voice mails?” my sister asked. “Just text him.”In the age of the smart phone, there is no reason to ask once-acceptable questions about: the weather forecast, a businesss phone number, or directions to a house, a restaurant, which can be easily found on Google Maps. Bu
27、t people still ask these things. And when you answer, they respond with a thank-you e-mail.How to handle these different standards? Easy: Consider your audience. Some people, especially older ones, appreciate a thank-you message. Others, like me, want no reply.The anthropologist (人类学家) Margaret Mead
28、 once said that in traditional societies, the young learn from the old. But in modem societies, the old can also learn from the young. Heres hoping that politeness never goes out of fashion but that time-wasting forms of communication do.28. What does the underlined word “exasperated” mean in the fi
29、fth paragraph?A. Worried. B. Surprised. C. Annoyed. D. Tired.29. Why didnt the writer reply to his father?A. He didnt want to talk with his father.B. He liked text messages better.C. He didnt receive any voice mail messages.D. He enjoyed checking his voice mails.30. Which of the following does the w
30、riter agree to?A. Dealing with voice mail should vary with each individual.B. Declaring who they are or saying hello in texts is necessaryC. People neednt learn from one another in traditional societies.D. People neednt turn to Google for help when in trouble.31. Whats the best title of this passage
31、?A. Nowadays: do you need a thank-you message.B. Nowadays: do you like leaving others a voice message.C. Nowadays: what should we do with text messagesD. Nowadays: what means should we use in communication. DShoppers in the UK are spending less money on toilet paper to save money, research has shown
32、.Penny saving UK consumers choose cheaper products from discounters such as Aldi and Lidi rather than expensive alternatives.This has wiped 6% off the value of the soft tissue paper market in the UK. It has shrunk from 1.19 billion in 2011 to 1. 12billion in 2015, according to a new report from mark
33、et research company Mintel. Furthermore, the future of the market looks far from positive, with sales expected to fall further to 1.11billion in 2016.In the last year alone, despite an increase in the UK population and a rise in the number of households, sales of toilet paper fell by 2%, with the av
34、erage household reducing their toilet roll spending from 43 in 2014 to 41 in 2015.Overall, almost three in five people say they try to limit their usage of paper-including facial tissue and kitchen roll to save money. “Strength, softness and thickness remain the leading indicators of toilet paper qu
35、ality, with just a small part of consumers preferring more expensive alternatives, such as those with flower patterns or perfume(香味),“ said analyst Jack Duckett. “These extra features are considered unnecessary by the majority of shoppers, which probably reflects how these types of products are typi
36、cally more expensive than regular toilet paper, even when on special offer.“舒中高三统考英语 第 6 页 (共 10 页)While consumers are spending less on toilet paper, they remain particular about it when it comes to paper quality. One in 10 buyers rank toilet rolls made from recycled paper among their top considerat
37、ions, highlighting how overall the environment is much less of a consideration for shoppers than product quality. In a challenge for manufacturers(制造商 ), 81% of paper product users said they would consider buying recycled toilet tissue if it were comparable in quality to standard paper.32. The marke
38、t sales of toilet paper have decreased because_.A . its prices have gone up over the yearB . Britons have cut their spending on itC. its quality has seen marked improvementD .Britons have developed the habit of saving33.What does the author think of the future of the tissue paper market in the UK?A.
39、 It will remain disappointing.B. It will expand in time.C. It will experience ups and downs.D .It will recover as population grows.34.What does Jack Duckett say about toilet paper?A. Special offers would promote its sales.B. Consumers are loyal to certain brands.C. Extra features add much to the pri
40、ce.D. Consumers have a variety to choose from.35. What can we infer from the last paragraph?A. More and more Britons buy recycled toilet paper to protect the environment.B. Toilet paper manufacturers are facing a great challenge in promoting its sales.C. Toilet paper manufacturers compete with one a
41、nother to improve.D. Environmental protection is not much of a concern when Britons buy toilet paper.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。Have you ever seen the pictures of those suffering people who struggle every day for just a few drops of water? Water is not a neve
42、r-ending resource, but a resource more valuable and limited than anything else on the earth. _36_But drinking water is becoming less and less. It is important that people understand this._37_According to a senior official, China is facing a water crisis more serious than any other countries in the w
43、orld._38_Measures must be taken to save water._39_.By following these simple suggestions, you will save money on your water bill. Vegetables and fruit should be washed in a bowl rather than under a running tap. Never put the water down the drain（下水道）when there may be another use for it such as water
44、ing a plant or cleaning. Avoid washing the toilet unnecessarily._40_Take shorter showers. Do not let water run while shaving, brushing your teeth or washing your hair or face. Recently, Singaporeans were urged to shower a minute less as part of a national water protection effort.By thinking carefull
45、y about your water use in the home and changing some water wasting habits, it is easy to save water.A .Saving water is the proper thing to do now.B. Some other countries are facing water problems.C. The crisis is caused by widespread drought ,pollution, rapid economic growth and waste.D. Water is th
46、e most important thing for life.E. People can overcome drought by saving water.F. It is important to use water wisely.G. Do not use your toilet as a wastebasket.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Albert Einstein is said to have
47、been asked by a student, “ what finding helped you most when you were _41_ the theory of relativity?“ Einstein replied without _42_ moments hesitation. “ Finding how to _43_ about the problem. “The same _44_ is told about Sir Isaac Newton and _45_ other scientists. We have no proof _46_ any of these
48、 well-known conversations _47_ took place, but we are prepared to _48_ that they did, and, if so, that the _49_ was the same one Einstein gave, _50_ this is the “ way scientists work _51_ science progresses.“Scientists usually work toward models of the process of structure they are studying. _52_ we
49、 have models of the structure _53_ the universe and of the atom, models of the process _54_ which the genetic (遗传的) pattern is passed from one building block of life to _55_ model of the economic system and _56_ on. Some 舒中高三统考英语 第 8 页 (共 10 页)models are mathematical, but a _57_ does not have to have equations (方程) or even diagrams; the _58_ requirement is no doubt that it _59_ an insight (洞察) into the relationships that de
