1、2018 届河北省邢台市第二中学高三上学期第一次月考（开学考试）英语试题第一部分：听力（共两节，每题 1.5 分，共 20 题，满分 30 分）第一节：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 is the man looking for? A. A book. B. His iPhone. C. A pay phone.2. Where is the woman going next? A. To a snack b
2、ar. B. To a movie theater. C. To her friend Simons house.3. What will the man do next? A. Fill out another form.B. Correct his mistake on the form.C. Tell the woman his medical history.4. When will the man most likely get home? A. At 7:00. B. At about 7:30. C. After 8:00.5. Where does the conversati
3、on probably take place? A. On a farm. B. At a fruit market. C. At customs.第二节听下面 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 relation is the woman to George? A. His mother. B. His teammate. C.
4、His coach.7. What does the woman think is more important? A. Winning the game. B. Being a team player. C. Impressing the parents.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What does the man want to do at the restaurant at first? A. Hold a party. B. Watch the big game. C. Book a table.9. Why does the woman suggest the ma
5、n try the bar? A. The restaurant is all booked. B. They have a different menu there.C. There is room for five people.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. When does the woman have to hand in her essay? A. This afternoon. B. Tomorrow. C. In a couple days.11. What is the woman having trouble with? A. Ending her
6、paper. B. Starting her essay. C. Giving more thoughts.12. How will the man help the woman? A. By correcting her mistakes.B. By showing her some examples. C. By reading what she has written.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. Who do the womans parents probably cheer for? A. England. B. Portugal. C. Spain.14.
7、According to the woman, what is most likely to happen tonight? A. Spain will lose. B. Portugal will lose. C. Ronaldo will score three goals. 15. Why does the man support for Portugal? A. He likes Ronaldo.B. Spain is way too confident.C. Portugal hasnt lost a single game yet.16. How much money do the
8、 speakers agree to bet? A. $10. B. $20. C. $40. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How many participants are in the festival? A. 200. B. 700. C. 1000.18. What is different about this years festival? A. Its not free. B. There are more prizes. C. Donald Trump will be attending.19. What is the biggest prize?
9、A. “The Grand Pumpkin”. B. “Celebrity Pumpkin”. C. “The Great Pumpkin”.20. Who might the speaker be? A. A news reporter. B. A radio announcer. C. A participant in the festival. 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，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B 、C 、D）中选出最佳选项A The Time TravelerA dreamer crazy ab
10、out traveling through time, builds himself a time machine and, much to his surprise, travels over 800,000 years into the future. He lands in the year 802701: the world has been transformed by a society which appears to be living in harmony and happiness, but as the Traveler stays in the future he di
11、scovers a hidden cruel and evil underground organization. The Three-Body Problem Set in Chinas Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to make contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction receives the signal and plans to attack the Earth. Mea
12、nwhile, on Earth, different camps start to form, planning to either welcome them and help them take over the world, or to fight against them. The Graveyard(墓地) BookBod is an unusual boy who lives in an unusual placehes the only living resident of a graveyard. Raised by the ghosts, werewolves, and ot
13、her graveyard creatures, Bod has learned m any ghostly thingssuch as the ability to fade so ordinary people cannot see him. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead? The Giver It is the future. Its a perfect world, where everything looks r
14、ight. But ugly truths lie below the surface! Jonas, a sensitive twelve-year-old boy, had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community, until one day. From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony, his life is never the same. Jonas discovers that The Communi
15、ty is not as perfect as it seems. 21. What readers will The Three-Body Problem be recommended to?A. Reader interested in Chinese history B. Readers believing in ghostsC. Readers into civilization of outer space D. Readers fond of time travel22. Which books tell of dark secrets under the peacefulness
16、?A. The Three-body Problem and The Time TravelerB. The Time Traveler and The GiverC. The Graveyard Book and The Three-body ProblemD. The Giver and The Graveyard Book 23. What type of literature are these books?A. Fantasy B. Travel log C. Documentary D. HistoryBYo-Yo Ma was born in Paris on October 7
17、, 1955, to Chinese parents and had a musical upbringing. His mother, Marina Lu, was a singer and his father, Hiao-Tsiun Ma, was a violinist and professor of music at Nanjing National Central University. The family moved to New York when Ma was seven years old.At a young age, Ma began studying violin
18、 and piano and finally settling on the cello(大提琴) in 1960 at age four. The genius began performing before audiences at age five and performed for Presidents Dw ight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy when he was seven. At age eight, he appeared on American television with his sister in a concert cond
19、ucted by Leonard Bernstein. He attended Trinity School in New York but transferred to the Professional Childrens School, from which he graduated at age 15. He then appeared as a soloist with the Harvard Radcliffe Orchestra playing Tchaikovskys Variations.Ma studied at the Juilliard School of Music a
20、t age 19 and attended Columbia University but dropped out. He was later admitted to Harvard College. Before entering Harvard, Ma played in the Marlboro Festival Orchestra under the direction of cellist and conductor Pablo Casals. He steadily gained fame and performed with many of the worlds major or
21、chestras. He received his bachelors degree from Harvard in 1976. In 1991, he received an honorary doctorate from Harvard. Ma has a group called Silk Road Ensemble(合奏团), following the famous trade route which several hundred years ago was used for trade, all the way across Europe and Asia to China. H
22、is goal was to bring together musicians from diverse countries all of which are historically linked via the Silk Road. With over 90 albums, 18 of which are Grammy Award winners, Ma has also been praised as a man of unquestionable character. He really stands out for his humble spirit, modest manner,
23、and humanitarianism.24. Whats the right order of these events?Ma made his first show on TV.Ma graduated from the Juilliard School.Mas family settled down in New York.Ma was awarded an honorary degree from Harvard.Ma started playing solo with an orchestra.A. B. C. D. 25. Why does Ma form Silk Road En
24、semble?A. To revive the trade along the Silk Road. B. To unite musicians from various backgrounds.C. To raise money for the Silk Roads repair work. D. To make the Silk Road known to the world.26. What would the author introduce in the paragraph that follows?A. Stories showing Mas good personal quali
25、ties.B. Peoples comments on Mas performances.C. The albums which brought him Grammy Awards.D. Mas next goal in his musical career.27. Whats the main idea of this passage?A. The hard training Ma received. B. Mas contributions to music.C. Mas life in music. D. Mas classical musical work.CSome people g
26、o home for the holid ays hoping just to survive, burying their attention in their phones or football to avoid conflict with relatives. Yet research now suggests that is the wrong idea. Family traditionsof any formcan save a holiday, making it well worth the effort of getting everyone in the same roo
27、m.In a series of studies to be published in the Journal of the Association for Consumer Research, hundreds of online subjects described traditions they performed with their families during Christmas, New Years Day and Easter, from tree decoration to egg hunts. Those who said they performed collectiv
28、e traditions, compared with those who said they did not, felt closer to their families, which made the holidays more interesting, which in turn made them more enjoyable. Most surprising, the types of activities they describedfamily dinners with special foods, religious ceremonies, watching the ball
29、drop in Times Squaredid not have a direct bearing on enjoyment. But the number of them did. Apparently having family traditions makes the holidays better and the more the merrier.The study could measure only correlations(关联) between subjects responses, leaving causality uncertain Do traditions incre
30、ase holiday pleasure, or do people who already enjoy the holidays choose to perform more traditions? Yet enjoyment ratings were higher after people describe traditions, suggesting that simply thinking about them can add a feeling of warmness to ones experience.“Whatever the tradition is, and however
31、 small it may seem, it helps people to really get closer to one another,” says Ovul Sezer, a researcher at Harvard Business School and the papers primary author. “With some traditions we dont even know why we do them, but they still work,” she says.It could be that traditions offer “small, nonobviou
32、s ways” to get people to share an experience without feeling awkward or forced, suggests Kathleen Vohs, a psychologist at the University of Minnesota and one of Sezers co-authors.28. About the family collective activities, what really matters?A. The number of them. B. The form of themC. The place wh
33、ere they take place D. The time that they last29. The underlined word “causality” in paragraph 3 refers to the relationship between _.A. cause and effect B. opinion and factC. whole and part D. example and conclusion30. Why can family traditions bring people closer according to Kathleen Vohs?A. Beca
34、use they offer chances for people to get together.B. Because people know the meaning of each tradition.C. Because they work in small and not obvious ways.D. Because people can do things together feeling relaxed.31. Whats the best title for this passage?A. Family traditions are on the rise . B. Famil
35、y traditions increase happiness.C. Put your smart phone down. D. Family is where happiness lies.DBrain activity may continue for more than 10 minutes after the body appears to have died, according to a new study.Researchers had previously thought that brain activity ends before or shortly after the
36、heart stops beating. But a team of doctors affiliated with the University of Western Ontario in Canada has documented a case in which a patient continued to experience brain wave activity for about 10 minutes after he had been announced clinically dead (or brain dead).The unusual circumstance came a
37、bout as the team in Canada was conducting routine research regarding the process of death in humans. As four ter minal patients were removed from life support, their vital signs(生命体征) were monitored for a length of time. Three of the patients stopped sending brain signals almost immediately after th
38、eir hearts stopped, but the fourth instead began producing signals that are normally seen in a person that is in a very deep sleep delta waves and continued to do so for 10 minutes and 38 seconds. In the case, d octors confirmed their patient was dead through a range of the normal observations, incl
39、uding the absence of a pulse(脉搏) and unreactive pupils(瞳孔). They also conducted a series of tests to make sure all of the equipment was working fine. After finding no problems, they reported that they had no explanation for what the y had observed. Scientists not involved with the research are cauti
40、ous to draw any sort of conclusions since the phenomenon only occurred in one of four test patients. What happens to the body and mind after death remains almost entirely mysterious to scientists. Two other studies last year, for insta nce, showed that genes appeared to continue functioning and even
41、 function more energetically in the days after people die. Whats really going on? Thats the rational question following this latest brain activity study.32. Previously, brain activity was thought to _.A. last much longer than heart beat. B. end as the heart stops.C. stop in a very deep sleep. D. pre
42、vent genes functioning.33. What was special about the fourth patient after death?A. His pupils made no reaction. B. He had no pulse already.C. His brain waves were monitored. D. His life support wasnt removed.34. Whats the scientists attitude towards this observation?A. Careful. B. Positive. C. Nega
43、tive. D. Uninterested.35. Why does the writer mention the other two studies done last year?A. To express dissatisfaction with the scientists work.B. To show brain activity after death remains a mystery.C. To invite the readers to give more such examples.D. To encourage scientists to do more brain st
44、udies.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。Everyone strives to be a great person, kind and caring. But for some, thats not always the case. 36 A few of these harmful characteristics are offered for you below. If you happen to realize that you possess any of them quit!
45、You are self-centered. Many people do this unconsciously. You think you are the only one that matters, and often dont care what others have to say. If this is you, its time to change. 37 You are always in competition. Are you the person who has to be better than everyone else? If so, youre unattract
46、ive. 38 If they overcame their fear of heights and climbed 10 feet in the air, dont say, “Thats all? Ive climbed 30 feet!” Instead say, “Thats awesome. Im really proud of you.”39 You are definitely unattractive when constantly asking why others dont see you as important as you think they should. For
47、 instance, your two friends went somewhere without you. It doesnt matter to them, but to you it does. Get over it. Your friends lives dont stop when youre not around.You are the boss. 40 If youre the one always making decisions, needing to be in charge, or trying to control what others are doing, yo
48、ure acting in an unattractive way.A. You should let your friends have their moment.B. In a group of friends, everyone should be on an equal playing field.C. There are many behaviors making people unattractive or annoying.D. You are unreliable, yet dependent u pon others.E. You question your importan
49、ce to others.F. People seen as unattractive are often in fights with their friends.G. No one wants such a friend as only cares about themselves.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 1.5 分，满分 30 分） Every night, my mother would come to my room, lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead. I
