1、2018 届江西省南昌市第二中学高三上学期第三次月考 英语第一部分：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. Where will the woman go first? A. To the beach.B. To the bank.C. To the bathroom.2. What does the woman mean? A. The
2、 man forgot to do his hair.B. The man forgot to put on a tie.C. The man is wearing clothes that dont match.3. How does the woman probably feel? A. Annoyed.B. Hungry.C. Excited.4. Why didnt the man answer the phone? A. He lost it. B. He didnt hear it. C. His phone ran out of power.5. Who did the woma
3、n want to call? A. James.B. Drake.C. Daniel.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 order? A. Hot dogs and fries.B. Burgers and fries.C. Sa
4、ndwiches and sodas.7. How much does the man give the woman as a tip? A. Three dollars.B. Two dollars.C. One dollar.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Where are the speakers? A. In a car.B. On a boat.C. On a motorcycle.9. What is the woman doing? A. Looking at a paper map.B. Trying to find a website.C. Using a ph
5、one to give directions.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What does the man like about YouTube? A. Watching funny home videos.B. Learning about the special TV channels.C. Putting his own videos on the website.11. What kind of meals do the guys make in Epic Meal Time? A. Low fat meals.B. Unhealthy meals.C. V
6、egetarian meals.12. What happens to the meals in the end? A. They are tasted by the audience.B. They are given to the homeless.C. They are eaten by the cooks and their friends.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Their vets.B. Money spent on pets.C. Ways to buy d
7、ogs medicines.14. What is the mans dogs name? A. Brett. B. Fargo. C. Ferguson.15. What is the woman unsatisfied with? A. Her vets limited services.B. The prices her vet charged.C. The difficulty of getting an appointment.16. What might the woman do after the conversation? A. Go to her vet.B. Look on
8、line.C. Go to a special pet store.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. When will the fire arrive close to Lakewood? A. By six oclock in the evening.B. By five oclock in the evening.C. By six oclock in the morning.18. Where shouldnt residents go to escape the fire? A. Springfield.B. Western Hill.C. Point Cabi
9、na Station.19. How long will it take residents to reach the safe zone? A. Less than ten minutes.B. Less than twenty minutes.C. Less than thirty minutes.20. What are residents advised to do before they leave? A. Leave all pets behind.B. Stay calm and do not panic.C. Tell the state police where they a
10、re going.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。AZero Waste AwardsWho should enter?Entries(参赛作品) are welcomed from anyone who processes waste. While we expect most entries to come from the UK, we welcome international entries, too. Entra
11、nts have been split into the following groups: private sector, public sector, community sector and partnerships.What are the categories?Therere five categories which are based on the Waste Hierarchy(层 级 ). We appreciate that companies will have different strengths within those categories as they wor
12、k towards Zero Waste. The broad categories are: waste prevention, re-use, recycle/recover, energy recovery, general.How do I enter?Submitting an entry is really easy! Just follow these few simple steps:1. Carefully read through the category information;2. Write your entry-it should be a maximum of 1
13、,500 words and a word document;3. Arrange your supporting material into a single document-maximum six pages long;4. Complete the simple online entry form.Important datesWhile entries are welcomed all year round, these are key datesthis is to give the judges plenty of time to read through all the ent
14、ries! These are listed in entry deadlines column below. Dont worry if you have just missed one of the entry deadlines, your submission will be automatically entered into the next session.Entry deadlines Judging dates Awards presentation dates1st March 12th March 4th April1st June 12th June 4th July1
15、st Sept. 12th Sept. 4th Oct.1st Dec. 12th Dec. 4th Jan.*You can submit a maximum of two entries per yearsix months apart.Awards We understand that working towards Zero Waste is an ongoing journey and as such the Zero Waste Awards scheme offers organizations a structure to celebrate their progress al
16、ong the way. The four awards are: Gold (76-100), Silver (51-75), Bronze (26-50), Highly Commended (0-25).21. What should you know about your entry when you submit? A. It should be at least 1,500 words.B. It must go with filling in an online entry form.C. It had better not be shorter than six pages.D
17、. It can be handed in shortly after your previous submission.22. If you submit an entry on March 4th, it will be judged on _.A. March 12th B. April 4th C. June 12th D. June 1st 23. What is the authors purpose of writing the text? A. To report the development of Zero Waste.B. To introduce Zero Waste
18、Awards in detail.C. To advocate people to join in the recycling movement.D. To tell people working at Zero Waste is really difficult.BI had been in the city for some time and was coming home. I missed my boat and decided to travel on an old ship. I knew that it would not be a comfortable journey but
19、 I had no time to wait for another boat.Hardly had we left the port when I saw the dog Gulliver, the captains favourite dog, for the first time. What a big dog it was! I had never seen one that could frighten me so much! On the third day the ship caught fire. Nobody tried to put it out. The ship beg
20、an sinking and all the men rushed to the life-boats. I saw no chance of getting away in a boat. Suddenly I remembered there was a life-raft on the ship. I had no time to lose, so I immediately rushed towards the raft and pushed it overboard.In jumping down onto the raft I hurt myself badly and was u
21、nconscious for some time. When I came to, I found there was no sign of a life-boat. Every man who had been on board the ship must have gone down with her. I was the only one who was saved.The I saw Gulliver was coming fast towards the raft. He struggled a long time before he managed to get onto it.
22、I wanted to push him back into the water but did not dare to move. The dog shook himself, went to the other end of the raft and lay down. I didnt dare to sleep that night. I must watch him. In the moonlight I could see his eyes were open. He was watching, too.24. In what situation did the author fir
23、st meet the dog?A. Upon leaving the port B. While travelling in the city.C. While waiting for the boat. D. Upon getting onto the ship.25. What did the author manage to do when the ship was going down?A. Put out the fire B. Board a life boat.B. Jump into the water. D. Get away with a raft.26. What is
24、 implied about the dog in the last Paragraph?A. It was unfriendly B. It had a good sleep.C. It feared the author D. It enjoyed the moon.27. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Rescuing a Dog B. Caught in a FireC. A Sleepless Night D. A Narrow EscapeCA crisis is on the way. Global warming? T
25、he world economy? No, the decline of reading. People are just not doing it anymore, especially the young. Whos responsible? What is responsible? The Internet, of course, and everything that comes with itFacebook, Twitter, etc.Theres been a warning about the coming death of literate civilization for
26、a long time. In the 20th century, first it was the movies, then radio, then television that seemed to end the written world. None did. Reading survived; In fact, it not only survived, but it has developed better. The world is more literate than ever before there are more and more readers and more an
27、d more books.The fact that we often get our reading material online today is not something we should worry over. The electronic and digital revolution of the last two decades has arguably shown the way forward for reading and for writing. Interconnectivity allows for the possibility of a reading exp
28、erience that was barely imaginable before. Where traditional books had to make do with photographs and illustrations(插图), an e-book can provide readers with an unlimited number of links：to texts, pictures, and videos.On the other hand, there is the danger of trivialization(碎 片 化 ).One Twitter group
29、is offering its followers single-sentence-long“digests”of the great novels. War and Peace in a sentence? You must be joking. We should fear the fragmentation(碎 片 )of reading. There is the danger that the high-speed connectivity of the Internet will reduce our attention span(时 间 )that we will be inca
30、pable of reading anything of length or which requires deep concentration.In such a fast-changing world, in which reality seems to be remade each day, we need the ability to focus and understand what is happening to us. This has always been the function of literature and we should be careful not to l
31、et it disappear. Our society needs to be able to imagine the possibility of someone entirely in pace with modern technology but able to make sense of a dynamic, confusing world.28. In Paragraph 2,we can learn .A. the disappearance of traditional booksB. the development of human civilizationC. the hi
32、storical challenges for readingD. the birth of pioneering e-books29. According to the passage, the advantage of e-books is .A.1imited link B. imaginative designC. low cost D. varied contents 30. How does the author feel towards single-sentence-long novels?A. Doubtful B. Worried C. Shocked D. Hopeful
33、31. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Technology is an opportunity and a challenge for traditional reading. B. Technology pushes the way forward for reading and writing.C. Interconnectivity is a feature of new reading experience.D. Technology offers a greater variety of reading practice.DAlask
34、as state fair, which runs until September 5th, began as a celebration among residents of the Mantanuska Colony, a project under which 200 farm families were moved to Alaska to see whether agriculture could be possible in the coldest state. The state fair lives on, but little more than a decade after
35、 the start of the project most of the participants had abandoned their farms. The project was widely seen as a flop.In this state, glaciers cover 300 times more acres than farms. Only 5% of the food consumed is grown locally, compared with 81% nationwide. The growing season is short and summer tempe
36、ratures chilly. Tomato plants wither(凋谢). Fruit trees, in most parts of the state, are just a dream.Enter the high tunnel: a greenhouse consisting of a metal frame with plastic stretched across it. Its few millimeters of plastic separate crops inside from the great outdoors. But this is enough for A
37、laskan growers to produce tomatoes as well as sweetcorn, peaches and kiwi fruit, and to boost production of crops by a quarter or more.In a place where no one blinks(眨眼) if you call yourself a fisherman, boat captain or gold miner, an increasing number of Alaskans are thinking of themselves as peopl
38、e who grow food. Since the start of the programme, the number of farms registered(登记)with the state has nearly doubled. Local restaurants have begun shaping their menus around what neighboring farms can grow.Eight decades ago, the Mantanuska Colony tried to turn farmers into Alaskans. Today, the hig
39、h tunnels are turning Alaskans into farmers.32. Which can replace the underlined word “flop” in Paragraph 1?A. failure B. surprise C. worry D. problem33. How did the Matanuska project try to help Alaskas agriculture?A. By planting trees.B. By moving farmers.C. By building high tunnels.D. By holding
40、nationwide fairs.34. What can we infer about Alaska today?A. Few people are needed for farming.B. Fishing industries are being ignored.C. Locally-grown tomatoes are on menus.D. Most agricultural fields are abandoned.35. What is the text mainly about?A. Alaskas new residential programme. B. Alaska as
41、 a chilly and barren state.C. A dream realized in Alaska. D. Food sources of Alaska.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。 Old-fashioned carpooling (拼 车 ) where a group of people take turns driving each other to work has always faced a resistance. In a study by ABC New
42、s, 84 of those who drive to work say that they still do it alone. 36 For example, sometimes they simply cannot find anyone to share a ride with. 37 NuRide, a company providing online carpooling service, offers daily travelers not just a web-based list of would-be carpoolers but also a way to arrange
43、 a trip online. Heres how it works: rider seekers enter the positions where their trip will begin and end, the time they want to leave and if theyre willing to drive or just ride in someone elses car. The websites search engine then looks for matches and makes lists of the names of traveling compani
44、ons, along with the car model and the exact time and place to meet for each trip. 38 Then they meet their car mates when its time to go.39 They are required to provide the name of their employer and a work e-mail address. Both need to be checked before being listed on the website. So far, NuRide has
45、 arranged more man 50,000 rides on the website. 40 A. NuRide users arent riding with total strangers.B. It has resulted in 1.4 million fewer miles driven.C. They insisted that carpooling is just too inconvenient.D. Now technology makes carpooling easier and more fun.E. It is an environmentally frien
46、dly and economical way to travel.F. Carpooling reduces travel cost, such as fuel cost and stress of driving.G. People who want to share the ride can show their interest in joining in online.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节：完形填空（共 20 小题：每小题 15 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A 、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在
47、答题卡上将该项涂黑。Singing led to a small invention that has been a big help to millions of people.Art Fry sang in a choir(合唱团). He wanted a 41 to mark the songs the choir was going to sing. He 42 a piece of paper that was 43 enough so that it would stick to the page, but he didnt want it to stick so 44 that
48、 he couldnt remove it without 45 the page.Fry worked for a company that made 46 . One of its workers had made a glue that was sticky but not too 47 and could be used 48 . Fry coated the top of small pieces of paper with the glue. He stuck these to 49 of his notebook. The sticky pieces of paper did a good job of marking Frys 50 . People at Art Frys company soon found that these sticky notes were good for 51 little notes; they could be more than just bookmarks. 52 , the sticky notes didnt sell very well. So the company that 53 them started giving some away. People werent 54
