1、2018 届湖北省沙市中学高三 1 月月考英语试题第一部分 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 does the woman ask John to do?A. Leave the room for a moment. B. Have a discussion with Pete. C.Get something to eat.
2、2.How much will the speakers pay for the match?A.24. B.42. C.48.3.Why cant the woman pick up the man now? .A.Her car is under repair. B.She cant open the car door.C.She locked her car keys in her house.4.Where are the speakers?A.In a restaurant. B.In the mans office. C.In a theater.5.How does the ma
3、n feel?A.Relieved. B.Worried. C.Angry.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 are the speakers talking about?A.A notebook computer. B.A mobile phone. C.A new
4、 T-shirt.7.What can the tiny computers do?A.Receive messages. B.Switch lights on and off. C.Operate the air conditioner.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.What is the woman doing?A.Deciding on the time for a holiday trip.B.Learning about some festival customs.C.Looking through her schedule.9.When is Easter this y
5、ear?A.April 6th. B.April 8th. C.April 9th.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.How will the man go to the Art Museum?A.By motorbike. B.By bus. C.By car.11.What should the man do when he comes to the third turning?A.Turn right. B.Turn left. C.Go straight.12.Where is the Art Museum?A.Opposite a bus station. B.Be
6、side a hotel. C.Behind a bank.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.How often will the man be available to work?A.No more than two evenings a week.B.Up to three evenings a week.C.At least three evenings a week.14.Why does the man apply for a part-time job?A.To gain work experience. B.To improve his social skill
7、s. C.To earn money.15.What is the man good at?A.Solving problems. B.Communicating with people. C.Working in a group.16.What will the man do on September 10th?A.Have a lesson. B.Work for the community. C.Meet the woman.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.From whom did the speaker get the information of the pr
8、oject?A.Her neighbors. B.Her cousins. C.Her friends.18.Where did the speaker come from?A.China. B.Thailand. C.Australia.19.What does the speaker ask her family to do?A. Learn about sea animals. B. Recycle as much as possible. C.Take part in the cleaning project.20.What will One-Day Clean-up focus on
9、 January 11th next year?A. The woodlands. B. The seaside. C. he rivers.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。ACome See Harvard for YourselfSummer 2015 schedule From August 10, 2015 to August 21, 2015, all admissions information sessions and tours wi
10、ll originate at Agassiz House, 5 James Street, Cambridge, MA. The schedule will feature information sessions each weekday at 10 am and 2pm, followed by tours of the campus at 11am. and 3pm. During this particular period, we expect a high volume of visitors, potentially resulting in large information
11、 sessions and tour groups. Instead, you may prefer to choose a different point in the calendar, or opt to use one of our self-guided tour maps during your visit. Traditional points of interest such as Harvard Yard, Memorial Hall, the Fogg and Peabody Museums can be found easily on any of our campus
12、maps.Information sessions and toursAdmissions officers, often with undergraduates, present information and answer questions about admission to the college, financial aid, academics, extracurricular activities and residential life at Harvard. Tours are led by current undergraduates and provide a pers
13、pective on daily life on campus. Admissions tours last approximately 75 minutes and focus on undergraduate life at Harvard. They are intended for students considering entrance to the College. For historical tours, visit the Harvard Information Center.Virtual tour of Harvard CollegeWe know that many
14、students will not be able to visit colleges before applying. As an alternative, we strongly recommend our virtual tour. Student guides lead you through the places in which they live and learn, including dorm rooms, classrooms, Widener Library, the freshman dining hall and more.21. Which of the follo
15、wing is the best time for you to attend an admissions information session?A. 10 am, a Sunday in August. B. 11 am, a Saturday in AugustC. 2 pm, a Wednesday in August. D. 3 pm, a Friday in August.22. Who are least likely to participate in the information sessions and tours?A. admissions officers . B.
16、undergraduates. C. potential applicants. D. professors in Harvard.23. What is an alternative for the students who can not visit Harvard before applying?A. information from a guidebook. B. an online tour of the campus.C. a letter from admissions office. D. communication with undergraduates.BGrown-ups
17、 are often surprised by how well they remember something they learned as children but have never practiced still swim as well as ever since. A man when he gets back who has not had a chance to go swimming for years can in the water. He can get on a bicycle after many years and still ride away. He ca
18、n play catch and hit a ball as well as his son. A mother who has not thought about the words for years can teach her daughter the poem that begins “Twinkle, twinkle, little star“, remember the story of Cinderella or Goldilocks and the Three Bears.One explanation is the law of overlearning, which can
19、 be stated as follows: Once we have learned something, additional learning trials increase the length of time we will remember it.In childhood we usually continue to practice such skills as swimming, bicycle riding, and playing baseball long after we have learned them. We continue to listen to and r
20、emind ourselves of words such as “Twinkle, twinkle, little star“ and childhood tales such as Cinderella and Goldilocks. We not only learn but overlearn.The multiplication tables（乘法口诀表）are an exception to the general rule that we forget rather quickly the things that we learn in school, because they
21、are another of the things we overlearn in childhood.The law of over learning explains why cramming（突击学习） for an examination, though it may result in a passing grade, is not a satisfactory way to learn a college course. By cramming, a student may learn the subject well enough to get by on the examina
22、tion, but he is likely soon to forget almost everything he learned. A little overlearning, on the other hand, is really necessary for ones future development.24. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?A. Stories for children are easy to remember.B. Poem reading is a good way to learn words.C. Children
23、 have a better memory than grown-ups.D. People remember well what they learned in childhood.25. The author explains the law of overlearning by_.A. presenting research findings B. setting down general rulesC. making a comparison D. using examples26. According to the author, being able to use multipli
24、cation tables is_.A. a skill to deal with math problems B. a special case of crammingC. a result of overlearning D. a basic step towards advanced studies27. What is the authors opinion on cramming?A. Its helpful only in a limited way. B. It leads to failure in college exams.C. Its possible to result
25、 in poor memory. D. It increases students learning interest.CWhile taking my boat down the inland waterway to Florida a few weeks ago, I decided to tie up at Georgetown, South Carolina, for the night and visit with an old friend. As we approached the Esso dock, I saw him through my telescope standin
26、g there awaiting us. Tall and straight as an arrow he stood, facing a cold, biting windtruly a picture of a strongman, even though his next birthday will make him eighty-two. Yes, the man was our elder statesman (政治家), Bernard Baruch.We drove off to his famous Hobcaw Barony for dinner. We sat and ta
27、lked in the great living room where many famous people and statesmen, including Roosevelt and Churchill, have sat. In his eighty-second year, still a human dynamic person, Mr. Baruch talks not of the past but of present problems and the future, disapproving of and criticizing our ignorance of histor
28、y, economics, and psychology. What is the secret of this great mans value to the world at eighty-one? The answer is his unsatisfied desire to keep being productive.Two of the hardest things to accomplish in this world are to acquire wealth by honest effort and to learn how to use it properly. Recent
29、ly I walked into the locker room(更衣室) of a rather well-known golf club after finishing a round. It was in the late afternoon and most of the members had left for their homes. But a half-dozen or so men past middle age were still seated at tables talking aimlessly and drinking more than was good for
30、them. These same men can be found there day after day and, strangely enough, each one of these men had been a man of affairs and wealth, successful in business and respected in the community. If abundant material were the chief necessity for happiness, then each one should have been happy. Yet, it s
31、eemed to me, something very important was missing. They knew, each one of them, that their productivity had ceased. When a fruit tree ceases to bear its fruit, it is dying. And it is even so with man.What is the answer to a long and happy existence in this world of ours? I think I found it long ago
32、in a passage from the book of Genesis which caught my eye. The words were few, but they became memorably impressed on my mind: “In the sweat of the face shall you eat the bread.”To me, that has been a challenge from my earliest memories. In fact, the battle of life, of existence, is a challenge to e
33、veryone. The great words of St. Paul, too, have been and always will be a great inspiration to me. At the end of the road I want to be able to feel that I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. 28. The passage above is most probably taken from _.A. a photography
34、 book B. an autobiography C. a science fiction D. a USA travel brochure29. We learn from the passage that Bernard Baruch _.A. was a statesman who was out of conditionB. was fond of associating with famous people C. held a positive attitude towards an active life D. kept a secret of the reason why he
35、 was so strong30. Which of the following is indicated in the 3rd and 4th paragraph?A. Its hard to judge a persons success. B. Keeping being productive keeps a man alive. C. No way can be found to escape the realities of life.D. Wealth alone will bring people life-long happiness.31. What is implied i
36、n the passage by the writer?A. If you cease to struggle, you cease to live.B. Where there is a will, there is a way.C. To use wealth properly, eat, drink and be merry.D. As life is but like a dream, a man is like a tree.DOn the occasional clear-frost autumn night, I was hiking through the dark fores
37、t with my GMO wolf. Yes, my best friend is a genetically modified organism（转基因生物）; deliberate selection has produced the blunt-toothed, small-pawed wonder that walks by my side.Our world is changing rapidly. In the last five decades, global population has fully doubled, with 3.7 billion hungry mouth
38、s added to our planet. During this same time span, the amount of land suitable for agriculture has increased by only 5%. However, this did not result in the great global famine(饥荒) one might have predicted.How do scientists alter（改变） a plant so that it makes more food than its parents did? We could
39、treat each harvest like a litter of wolf pups and select only plants bearing the fattest, richest seeds for the next season. This was the method our ancestors used to engineer rice, corn and wheat from the wild grasses they encountered.During my childhood, advances in genetic technologies allowed sc
40、ientists to identify and clone the genes responsible for shorter, stronger plants that could bear more seedsthe high-production crops that feed us today. The 21st century has brought with it a marvelous new set of high-tech tools with which to further quicken the process of artificial selection. Pla
41、nt geneticists can now directly edit out or edit in sections of DNA using molecular(分子的 ) scissors. We can minimize a plants weaknesses while adding to its strengths, and we dont have to wait for seasons to pass to test the result.It is the transformative potential of these techniques to quickly sup
42、ply the next-generation crops required for upcoming climate change that has led me to believe in the safety and function of GMO plants in agricultural products. We need more GMO research to feed the world that we are creating.I love the quiet forest that stands between my lab and my home. But I know
43、 that as a scientist, I am responsible first to humanity. We must feed, shelter and nurture（培养）one another as our first priority, and to do so, we must take advantage of our best technologies, which have always included some type of genetic alteration. We must continue as before, developing the futu
44、re as we feed ourselves, and each year plant only the very best of what we have collectively engineered. I keep the faith of my ancestors each night when I walk through the forest to my lab, and my GMO wolf does the same when she guards my way home.32. Why does the author mention the wolf in the 1st
45、 paragraph?A. To introduce a technology used to humans advantageB. To persuade readers to welcome the new technologyC. To change peoples attitude towards wolvesD. To advise people to keep wolves as pets33. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A. GMO technology will
46、help weatherproof(防风雨的) future crops.B. With GMO technology, famine has been wiped out.C. Artificial selections make high-yield plants possible.D. The author believes technology should contribute to future generations.34. What can be learned about modifying a plant?A. It takes scientists seasons to
47、know whether their selection is correct.B. One way for ancestors to change a plant was to clone some genes.C. Modern techniques help speed up the artificial selection by altering DNA.D. The general public show strong faith in GMO plants.35. Which of the following might be the best title of the passa
48、ge?A. GMO TechnologyTurning Wolves into the Best PetsB. Engineered FoodFeeding Future GenerationsC. Engineered FoodTo Be or Not To BeD. GMO TechnologyA Driving Force in World Peace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。Kids health: Four steps for fighting stress36 Diff
49、erent people feel stress in different ways.Some ways of dealing with stress like screaming or hitting someone - dont solve much. But other ways, like talking to someone you trust, can lead you to solving your problem or at least feeling better.Try taking these four steps the next time you are stressed:（1）Get support. When you need
