1、2018 届广西桂林市第十八中学高三上学期第三次月考英语试题+ 听力(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标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3. 考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第 I 卷（选择题，共 100 分）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。每段对话后有一道小题，从题中所给的
2、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 is the man?A. A taxi driver. B. A police officer. C. A railway worker.2. How will they cross the river?A. By ferry. B. By car. C. By plane. 3. What are they doing now?A. Watching a movie. B. Traveling by car. C. Traveli
3、ng by train.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. On a busy street. B. In a Hong Kong hotel. C. At an airport.5. How much does the man have to pay?A. 18 dollars. B. 24 dollars. C. 30 dollars.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
4、置。听完每段对话或独白前，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 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 8 题。6. Where did the boy go this afternoon?A. To the school. B. To a shop. C. To the cinema.7. Who bought the hat for Jimmy?A. His mother. B. His friend Bill. C. He himself.8. Why does the boy want to keep the hat?A.
5、Because his mother asks him to. BBecause he likes itC. Because his mother doesnt like it.听第 7 段材料， 回答第 9 至 11 题。9. What does the man do after school?A. He surfs the Internet. B. He goes to Wanda Plaza.C. He takes exercise.10. How does the woman usually feel when she stays at home?A. Happy. B. Lonely
6、. C. Comfortable.11. What will the woman choose to do? A. Go to the fitness center. B. Go shopping alone. C. Surf the Internet.听第 8 段材料，回答第 12 至 14 题。12. What kind of person is Gary according to the woman?A. Patient and modest. B. Friendly and quiet. C. Easily get angry.13. What does the woman advis
7、e Gary to do?A. To be more hardworking and careful. B. To get more popular among the friends.C. To be more patient and try not to lose his temper.14. How does the woman feel about Gary?A. She has already forgiven him. B. She is still angry with him.C. They wont be friends any more.听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至
8、17 题。15. How many bedrooms does the apartment have?A. Four. B. Three. C. Two.16. What does the man want to do first?A. To see it and find how it is. B. To find a bigger one.C. To reduce the price of the rent.17. Which one is the smallest?A. The bedrooms. B. The bathroom. C. The kitchen.听第 10 段材料，回答第
9、 18 至 20 题。18. What stopped him from visiting Yunnan in the past?A. His money. B. His illness. C. His job.19. Where is the guy from?A. Sydney. B. New York. C. Beijing.20. How did the man feel in their first tour there?A. Unsatisfied because it was quite noisy. B. Satisfied because of delicious food
10、and live bands.C. Upset because he was hungry.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。AHave you heard of the following people? Maybe yes, maybe no. But they may be an inspiration for you.The Tree LadyKate Sessions was an American botanist and landscape
11、 architect closely associated with San Diego, California. After becoming the first woman to graduate from the University of California, Berkeley, she took a job as a teacher far south in the dry desert town of San Diego. Kate decided that San Diego needed trees more than anything else. Therefore thi
12、s young woman single-handedly started a movement transforming the town into the leafy, garden-filled place as it is today.The Snowflake(雪花) ManWilson Bentley is one of the first known photographers of snowflakes. His enthusiasm for taking photos of snowflakes began from his boyhood and was often mis
13、understood in his time, but his determination revealed two important truths: no two snowflakes are alike; and each one is surprisingly beautiful. In 1931, he worked with William J. Humphreys of the U. S. Weather Bureau to publish Snow Crystals, a book containing 2,500 photographs.The Father of His C
14、ountryBy the late 1760s, George Washington had experienced firsthand the effects of rising taxes imposed(征收) on American colonists by the British, and came to believe that it was in the best interests of the colonists to declare independence from England. During the American War of Independence, he
15、led the colonial forces to victory, in 1787, he was elected president of the Convention that wrote the U.S. Constitution. Two years later, Washington became Americas first president. His retirement from office after two terms established a tradition that lasted until 1940, when Franklin Delano Roose
16、velt won a third term. The 22nd Amendment ( 1951 ) now limits the president to two elected terms.21. Who made a great contribution to beautifying an area?A. George Washington. B. Kate Sessions.C. Wilson Bentley. D. William J. Humphreys.22. What is Wilson Bentley famous for?A. His creative ideas to p
17、ublish books. B. His courage to fight against prejudice. C. His persistence in photographing snowflakes. D. His devotion to teaching kids scientific truths.23. What does the author say about George Washington?A. He was a national hero. B. He was born into a poor family.C. He became Americas presiden
18、t in 1787.D. He served three terms as the President of America.BAn 80-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 45-year-old son. Suddenly a crow (乌 鸦 ) landed on their window. The father asked his son, “What is that?” The son replied, “Thats a crow.”After a few minutes, the fa
19、ther asked his son for the second time, “What is that?”The son said, “Father, I told you just now. It is a crow.” After a little while, the father asked his son the same question for the third time, “What is that?” This time, the son said to his father in a low and cold tone, “Its a crow, a crow.”Af
20、ter a moment, the father yet again asked his son for the fourth time, “What is that?” This time his son shouted at the father, “Why do you keep asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, IT IS A CROW. Are you not able to understand this?”A minute later the father went to h
21、is room and came back with a diary, which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page.“Today my little son aged 3 was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly landed on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 t
22、imes that it was a crow. I hugged him lovingly each time he asked me the same question. I did not at all feel angry, but instead felt affection for my son.”If your parents reach old age, do not look at them as a burden, but speak to them gently, and be kind to them. From today say this aloud, “I wan
23、t to see my parents happy forever. They have cared for me ever since I was a little child. They have always showered me with love. I will take careof my old parents in the best way no matter how they behave.”24. The writer mainly intends to .A. call on us to love our parents B. tell us the function
24、of a diary C. teach us what a crow is D. introduce a pair of son and father25. We can know that the father wrote this diary at the age of .A. eighty B. thirty-eight C. forty-five D. thirty-five26. The underlined word “affection” probably means .A. puzzle B. hatred C. love D. worry27. Why did the fat
25、her ask his son questions about the crow?A. He wanted to test his sons patience. B. He had trouble in hearing.C. He didnt want to be treated as a burden. D. He tried to remind his son of what he did in the past.CIf youre DIY-minded, you can build your own solar power system. In some cases, you can e
26、ven build your own solar panels (太阳能电池板 ), although the amount that you can effectively DIY home solar depends on how much you want to power. Making your own solar panel is a time-consuming process and requires some electrical skills. However, it can also be very rewardinglearning to build your own
27、panel is a great way to understand how solar electricity is generated (产生 ).Before you can build your own solar panels, you first need to understand how solar cells generate electricity. Once youve bought individual solar cells (they can be purchased online), the basic process for building your own
28、solar panel goes like this: Prepare the backing (底板) for your panel. Many DIY solar panel builders prefer to use a wooden board as the base for their solar cell. Youll need to drill holes in the board so that the wires for each cell can pass through. Wire your solar cells together. This requires som
29、e experience with electrical work. Use a soldering iron (烙铁) to attach wire to the solar cells and then link each of the cells together. Attach cells to your backing. If possible, attach each solar cell to the backing individually. This makes it easier to replace a single cell in the event that beco
30、mes damaged or is not operating properly.At this point you have a functional solar panel that can produce electricity when the sun shines. However, a solar panel by itself is not useful. If you are trying to generate electricity to power devices in your home, you need to pair your panel with an inve
31、rter (换流器) that will turn direct current (DC) power from the sun into the alternating current (AC) power used in most modem electronic devices.28. What does the author think of building DIY solar panel in the first paragraph?A. It is easy. B. It is necessary.C. It is common. D. It is worthwhile.29.
32、Whats the first step of building your own solar panels?A. Master the advanced knowledge of management. B. Buy individual solar cells.C. Prepare the backing for your panel. D. Drill holes in the wooden board.30. Why are solar cells connected to the wooden board separately?A. To produce more power. B.
33、 To substitute damaged cells easily.C. To attach cells to the backing tightly. D. To pass through the wooden board easily.31. What can be inferred from the text?A. People with electrical skills have advantages over those without in DIY solar panels.B. A functional solar panel can give power to your
34、home devices directly.C. How to pair an inverter depends on how much you want to power.D. A wooden board is a must for your own solar panels.D If you are like most English learners, you may be familiar with this: You think you understand a topic. Yet when asked to use what you have learned, you are
35、not able to remember the information. Not being able to retrieve (数据检索) new ideas could happen on a test or even in a conversation.Sarah Lynn, an educational consultant and teacher, thinks English learners can improve their ability to remember and use new words by testing themselves. She adds that s
36、elf-testing improves retrieval the ability to use and remember new words.Lynn is not the only expert who recommends self-testing. A paper in Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition says one benefit of testing practice is that it improves retrieval. Retrieving information once makes retri
37、eving that information easier in the future. In addition, the paper says, when students test themselves as part of studying, they learn what they do not know. When students know what they do not understand, they can pay attention to overcoming their weaknesses. Lynn recommends that learners test the
38、mselves by getting away from what they are studying. Then, they should test themselves by thinking about what they have learned. She recommends that learners make themselves write or speak something. Lynn suggests reading something or watching a video on the topic, then getting rid of the reading or
39、 video material and summarizing it. This will allow learners to test what they know.Next time you are studying English, try to test yourself. But do not just assume that you can read something once or twice and fully understand it. Even if you highlight important points or take notes in a class, you
40、 probably do not fully understand what you learned. After all, Olympic athletes cannot learn how to swim or run just from reading a book. They have to practice swimming or running every day for years. They often compete in races to test their skills.32. Whats the common situation faced by English le
41、arners?A. They fail to come up with new ideas. B. They are not familiar with a certain topic.C. They dont learn as well as they think. D. They dont know how to improve their test-taking skills.33. Which is the advice given by Lynn about self-testing?A. Recall whats learned with the book closed. B. R
42、emember whats learned by repetitive reciting.C. Question your teachers on what you doubt bravely. D. Challenge yourself to learn from videos.34. Why are Olympic athletes mentioned?A. To show how to be successful athletes. B. To make people confident of learning.C. To warn English learners not to be
43、proud. D. To stress the significance of practice.35. Whats the best title of the passage?A. Learning actually takes effort most. B. Improve English by self-testing.C. Memorize more new words. D. What is self-testing?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。As a child
44、grows up, you may wonder how you can teach him to become a respectful adult. 36 A child who learns to respect not only learns to receive respect from others in kind, but also learns to respect himself.Show him respect.This is the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your chi
45、ld attentively and he will learn to listen to you, understanding how important this is in communication. 37 The more you say “please“ and “thank you“ to your child, the more likely he will learn to use them. Politeness then becomes a normal part of any conversation.Agree to disagree.38 Explain your
46、decision so that he will understand you and expect respectful responses. Disagreeing with you doesnt necessarily mean disobedience(不顺从) Control your impulse to overreact.When a situation arises, stay calm and keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behavior. 39 Praise, praise, prai
47、se.So much is focused on what a child does wrong and how to correct it that his accomplishments are not celebrated enough. 40 A. Teach manners by using polite requests and responses.B. Try to remember that a child wont always agree with you.C. Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful lif
48、e.D. If he sees you lose your temper, he is more likely to respond that way in future.E.A child may act as hepleases, and he will live a happy life.F. Seeing a child exhibit respectful behavior, make sure he knows how proud you are of him.G. Respectful behavior is always accompanied by bad behavior as
