1、襄阳四中 2018 届高三年级下学期英语测试(四)考试时间： 2018 年 5 月 21 日 时间：120 分钟 分值：150 分本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分，考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。注意事项：1答第 I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在答题卡上。2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。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第 I 卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 (共 5 小题；
2、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 is coming to Louise? A. Her big party. B. Her birthday. C. The first day of work.2. What is the man doing?A. Watching a game.B. Preparing the dinner.C. Introducing his wif
3、e to the woman.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Selling cars B. Going home early. C. Celebrating Thanksgiving4. What is Annas uncle doing now for a living? A. Reporting weather. B. Raising sheep. C. Running a hotel.5. Where might the speakers be right now?A. In an elevator. B. In an
4、eye doctors office. C. On the fourteenth floor.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 want to do?A. Buy some books.B. Start a small compan
5、y.C. Do some research for a paper.7. What is the man like? A. Careless. B. Impatient. C. Cautious.听第 7 段材料, 回答第 8 至 9 题8. Whats the relationship between the speakers?A. Boss and employee. B. Co-workers. C. Reporter and passerby. 9. When should the report be finished? A. By Thursday morning. B. By Fr
6、iday morning. C. By Friday afternoon.听第 8 段材料, 回答第 10 至 12 题。10. When does the man want to go for a trip?A. In June. B. In July. C. In August.11. How many tourist attractions are mentioned by the woman?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.12. How will the man buy his ticket?A. On the phone. B. On the bus. C. O
7、nline.听第 9 段材料, 回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What did the man think of Americans?A. Health-conscious. B. Ignorant. C. Lazy.14. Why does the man mention organic foods?A. To show how influential American food culture is.B. To show how peoples attitudes have changed.C. To show that Americans are spending more on
8、food.15. According to the woman, why are things different now?A. People have access to more information.B. People are more active in general.C. People are more positive.16. What does the woman try to avoid?A. Watching too much TV. B. Eating fast food. C. Driving her car.听第 10 段材料, 回答第 17 至 20 题。17.
9、Where did the shark attacks occur recentlyA. In North Carolina. B. In California. C. In Florida. 18. Who is Graham Schwartz?A. A writer for a magazine. B. A researcher from a museum. C. A shark expert from a university. 19. What can people do to avoid being attacked?A. Only swim where the water is w
10、arm.B. Make their presence known in the water.C. Avoid wearing certain types of bathing suits. 20. What did the Department of Parks and Recreation do?A. They closed down the beaches.B. They conducted a study on shark attacks.C. They forced boats and fishermen to stop all activities.第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分
11、 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。AWhen it comes to gifts, its not easy to shop for someone when youre not sure what theyre into. Thankfully, Crate and Barrels sister store the modern, fancy version CB2 has a gift collection that is just as beautifu
12、l as it is practical. Theyre known for their modern designs. Weve edited a list of some of our favorite gift ideas from CB2 so youll know just what to get. Galactic Jewelry Box ($21)This jewelry box is not only a place to store your jewels, but it looks like one itself. “Designed by UK-based Seascap
13、e Curiosities, the jewelry box brings deep space to your room. Open storage space lined with light grey cotton velvet holds most-precious possessions,” CB2 states. The best part? Its under $25.Flamingo Catchall ($29.95)Designed by the British fashion designer Matthew Williamson, this flamingo catcha
14、ll is a pop of color in every room and offers a secure place to store some of your favorite rings, earrings, or little items. Not only is it an awesome addition to just about any home, its also a great conversation starter at dinner parties.Heritage Navy Leather Activity Ball ($49)Its a great gift f
15、or the man in your life who loves sports. Crafted with design and function in mind, handmade activity ball (think of it as a smaller basketball) stands up to years of play and even gets better looking with age. Its a super addition to any bookshelf.Black Nickel Cocktail Shaker ($24.95)This cocktail
16、shaker starts off with a smoky black finish and fades into grey. Its fashionable, functional, and above all easy to clean.21. Which of the following gifts would you like to choose if your brother loves football? A. Galactic Jewelry Box. B. Flamingo Catchall.C. Heritage Navy Leather Activity Ball. D.
17、 Black Nickel Cocktail Shaker.22. What can we learn about the four gifts? A. Galactic Jewelry Box is easy to clean.B. Flamingo Catchall can inspire people to start a topic.C. Made by hand, Leather Activity Ball is fragile.D. Black Nickel Cocktail Shaker is the cheapest.23. What is the purpose of the
18、 passage? A. To advertise gifts from CB2. B. To explain the functions of gifts.C. To sell products created by CB2. D. To strike a deal on fashion design.BThey had a dozen children, six boys and six girls, in seventeen years. One reason Dad had so many children was that he was confident anything he a
19、nd Mother teamed upon was sure to be a success.Our house at Montclair, New Jersey, was a sort of school for scientific management and the removal of wasted motions or “motion study,” as Dad and Mother named it.Dad took moving pictures of us children washing dishes, so that he could determine how we
20、could reduce our motions and thus hurry through the task. Each child who wanted extra pocket money put forward an offer saying what he would do the job for. The lowest bidder got the contract(合约).Dad put process and work charts in the bathrooms. Every child old enough to write and Dad expected his c
21、hildren to start writing at a young age was required to sign their names on the charts in the morning after he had brushed his teeth, taken a bath, combed his hair, and made his bed. At night, each child had to weigh himself, mark the figure on a graph, and sign the process charts again after he had
22、 done his homework, washed his hands and face, and brushed his teeth. Mother wanted to have a place on the charts for saying prayers, but Dad said as far as he was concerned prayers were voluntary.It was strict management, all right. Yes, at home or on the job, Dad was always the efficiency expert.
23、He buttoned his vest from the bottom up, instead of from the top down, because the bottom-to-top process took him only three seconds, while the top-to-bottom took seven. He even used two shaving brushes to make his face smooth enough, because he found that by so doing he could cut seventeen seconds
24、off his shaving time. For a while he tried shaving with two razors, but he finally gave that up.“I can save forty-four seconds,” he complained, “but I wasted two minutes this morning putting this bandage on my throat.” It wasnt the injured throat that really bothered him. It was the two minutes.24.
25、Why was the authors house considered a sort of school?A. It had a team of twelve children there.B. The children were taught how to work well in it.C. The parents could teach their children better at home.D. The parents could have the childrens daily activities recorded.25. What is the purpose of sig
26、ning the charts?A. To help to do things efficiently. B. To manage the big family effectively.C. To look after the children better. D. To remind the children to obey the rules.26. What did the father complain about one morning?A. He should have given up shaving. B. His bleeding throat bothered him.C.
27、 He couldnt shave with two razors. D. He failed to cut short his shaving time.27. We can we infer from the text?A. The kids had to bid for everything they wanted.B. The author took pride in his fathers management.C. The couple were always troubled by their children.D. The fathers work was to teach t
28、he children at home.CAmerican college students are becoming more adventuresome as they study abroad, showing less interests in English-speaking destinations such as Great Britain and Australia and more in such countries as China, India, Argentina and Brazil.Britain remained the most popular study de
29、stination in 2005, according to annual figures from the Institute of International Education, followed by Italy, Spain and France. But the number of American students studying in Britain and Australia descended a little, even as the number of American students abroad rose by 8%. The growth came in n
30、on-English speaking European countries and in Asia. China is now the eighth most popular destination for American students, attracting nearly 6,400 in 2005, up 35% from the number of the year before. Argentina and India saw increases of more than 50%.Allan Goodman, president of the Institute of Inte
31、rnational Education, said that a range of factors contributed to the trend, from growing awareness of globalization after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, to programs such as former President Bushs National Security Language Initiative, which trains soldiers, intelligence officers and di
32、plomats in foreign languages. “What Americans are doing is waking up and discovering theres a world out there,” he said.Other figures showed the flow of students in the opposite direction, from foreign countries into American universities. The institute found that international enrollment (入学) in Am
33、erican higher education remained steady at about 565,000. The figures are of keen interest to universities, which depend on foreign students for teaching and research help, and to policy-makers, who consider it important, as future foreign leaders may be familiar with the United States. The year of
34、2005 saw big increases in students from South Korea, Mexico and Taiwan of China. India sends the most students and China is No.2. Other countries that show large percentage increases in the number of students sent to the US include Nepal and Vietnam, while Japan, Turkey and Malaysia saw declines. Ab
35、out 58% of international students in the US come from Asia.28. What does the underlined word “descended” in Paragraph 2 means?A. Changed. B. Declined. C. Multiplied. D. Increased.29. Why do more American students study in Asia?A. They expect to get more teaching and research help.B. They lose confid
36、ence in English-speaking countries.C. They are afraid that terrorist attacks will happen again.D. They prefer to explore a different world from their own.30. Where were most foreign students in America from in 2005?A. China. B. India. C. Argentina. D. Britain.31. What can we infer from the passage?
37、A. There were 6,400 American students studying in China in 2005.B. Chinese students to America will overpass Indians in the future.C. International enrollment in American higher education changed a lot.D. Asian students account for a large part of foreign students in America.DResearch finds out why
38、some people are constantly under attack from the bloodsucking insects while others walk free.For those unfortunate enough to feature highly on the mosquito hit list, summer nights can be synonymous with mosquito bites. Yet others hardly ever get bitten. So how do the bloodthirsty insects select thei
39、r victims?The insects tastes may seem arbitrary. However, research shows that when mosquitoes make their choices between potential victims, it all comes down to scent (气味).“Mosquitoes are attracted by carbon dioxide and heat, which everyone gives off. But mosquitoes are also attracted by certain sce
40、nts,” says Karl-Martin Vagn Jensen, the head of research at the Department of Agricultural Science at Arhus University.According to Jensen, it has not yet been confirmed exactly what the scents in question are. But research does indicate that some scents are more attractive to mosquitoes than others
41、.“All the lab employees rubbed petri dishes (培养皿) against their stomachs. In that way, their scents were put on the dishes, which were then put in a container full of mosquitoes,” he says. “The mosquitoes repeatedly landed on some of the petri dishes, but didnt go anywhere near the others.”Perhaps t
42、aking inspiration from popular fiction, there are also those who consider garlic as an excellent repellent (驱虫剂 ) against the winged bloodsuckers. According to the researcher, this strategy may not be entirely fruitless. “As far as I know, there is no scientific proof that eating garlic works. But t
43、here may be something to the theory that its possible to mask scent with garlic,” he says. The only reliable method of protection against mosquitoes is to use repellents that are sold over the counter. It contains some smells that can confuse the mosquitoes. When the mosquito comes closer, it uses s
44、mell, heat and carbon dioxide to decide whether to bite. But if it is confused by a repellent, it will never get that far.32. Which of the following can best replace the phrase underlined in Paragraph 2? A. Be equal to. B. Be accessible to. C. Be harmful to. D. Be beneficial to.33. What can we infer
45、 about the scents attracting mosquitoes? A. Mosquitoes can be attracted by various scents.B. Some kinds of scents appeal to mosquitoes in particular.C. The lab employees use petri dishes to deposit their scents.D. Mosquitoes are arbitrary when it comes to different scents.34. What is the main idea o
46、f the last Paragraph?A. A new strategy is used in researching repellents.B. Garlic is considered to be an excellent repellent.C. Using repellents is an effective way against mosquitoes.D. The inspiration against mosquitoes is from popular fiction.35. Where is the text most probably taken from?A. Sci
47、ence fiction. B. A biography. C. A medical report. D. A research 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。Happiness begins from appreciationIf you are feeling that life just cannot be any worse for you, it can be challenging to think positive. When stressed, depres
48、sed, upset or otherwise in a negative state of mind because you are aware that misfortune keeps occurring, it is important to shift those negative thoughts to something positive. 36 It is often very hard to think positive when so many things are negative, but be sure that someone, somewhere is worse
49、 off than you. 37 If you start with one small, positive thing and appreciate it during the course of your day, you will begin to move into a more positive situation and people will start showing up in your life. With appreciation, you will find that over time, you will change your outlook and choose to be happy, regardless of the events around you. 38 Begin and end each day with a “
