1、1山东省滨州市 2018 届高三英语上学期期中试题第卷第一部分 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.When is the man checking in?A.On Tuesday. B.On Wednesday. C.On Friday.2.Where is the womans mobile phone?A.In the bedroo
2、m. B.In the sitting room. C.In the kitchen.3.Why do the speakers get sleepy in the first class?A.They dont like the class. B.They get up too early.C.They have milk for their breakfast.4.What does the woman probably want to be in the future?A.A doctor. B.A reporter. C.A teacher.5.How does the woman l
3、ose weight?A.By starving herself. B.By exercising. C.By eating a balanced meal.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.When is the man planning to book his flight
4、?A.In three weeks. B.In two weeks. C.In one week.27.Why does the woman advise the man to book his flight soon?A.The price will be higher. B.There may be no tickets left then.C.There are only a few days left.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.What drink does the man order?A.Orange juice. B.Grape juice. C.Coke.9.Ho
5、w much should the man pay in total?A.$10.50. B.$11.50. C.$12.50.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Who is the man?A.Stranger. B.The womans friend. C.A taxi driver.11.What time is it now?A.3:00. B.3:10. C.3:30.12.How much tip does the man get?A.2 dollars. B.8 dollars. C.10 dollars.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.Wh
6、ere is the woman?A.At a hotel. B.At an airport. C.At a store.14.What color are the womans suitcases?A.Yellow. B.Red. C.Blue.15.What terrible thing happened to the woman at last?A.She took the wrong suitcase. B.She forgot her room number. C.She left her room card in the hall.16.What can be known from
7、 the conversation?A.The woman gave wrong direction to the man.B.The womans suitcases were on the left.C.The womans two suitcases were the same in size.3听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What do people call our society?A.A throwaway society. B.A crowded society. C.An unfair society.18.What is mentioned when
8、 talking about electronic toys?A.Buying them.n the supermarket. B.Buying cheaper ones. C.Using rechargeable batteries.19.What is not mentioned as a thing for people to exchange?A.Clothes. B.Books. C.Cameras.20.What does the speaker recommend to do?A.Drink bottled water. B.Take shopping bags. C.Use d
9、isposable cups.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。AChristmas events in Los AngelesYou wont find snow-covered trees and below-zero temperatures in LA,but there are still plenty of Christmas events and holiday activities to get you involved.Beverly H
10、ills Holiday Lighting CeremonyRodeo Drive,Beverly Hills Sunday December 17,2017During Christmas,you can see the twinkling lights anywhere along Rodeo Drive between Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards.On weekends throughout the holiday season,you can swing by the Paley Center to meet Santa or board
11、a trolleybus with Mrs.Claus.Hollywood Christmas ParadeVarious locations in LA Sunday December 17,2017Now in its 84th year,the annual Hollywood Christmas Parade will feature floats,balloons,bands and Hollywood stars as they ride in a U-shaped route that 4begins at Hollywood and Orange and ends up at
12、Sunset and Orange. Reserved seats can be purchased,but free side seating is also available.Culver City Downtown Holiday Tree Lighting CelebrationMusic Center,Downtown Monday December 18,2017Downtown Culver City lights up the holiday season at Town Square.The city opens the switch on its respectable
13、green tree: a 22-foot Rocky Mountain pine with over 7,500 LED lights.Stick around for hot cocoa and cookies,along with a special visit from Santa.Park free for two hours in the nearby parking spaces.Angel City Band Holiday Concert and Sing-AlongPomona Friday December 22,2017Sunday December 24,2017He
14、ad over to the Methodist Church to listen and sing along to Christmas classics.The 160-member Angel City Band,famous for its classical,pop,world and contemporary,is putting on “Bring on the Joy” its annual holiday concert.So join in on the holiday tradition.21.Where should you go to have a bus ride
15、with Mrs.Claus?A.Methodist Church,Pomona. B.Town Square,Culver City.C.Rodeo Drive,Beverly Hills. D.Hollywood and Orange.22.What do you know about the Christmas tree at Town Square?A.Its the tallest Christmas tree in the US. B.Its collected from Rocky Mountain.C.It offers free drinks and food to visi
16、tors. D.It has the most Christmas lights in the city.23.If you are a traveler in Los Angeles,you can .A.meet Santa and Mrs.Claus throughout the week B.reserve seats to view the Hollywood Christmas paradeC.switch on the green tree by yourself D.sing and dance along with the bandBNeil Jordan,a conserv
17、ation biologist,has come up with a novel method for protecting cattle from African lions: paint eyes on their behinds.The lions 5will think their intended prey（猎物）has seen them and will give up,since theyve lost the element of surprise.This psychological trickery has been called “iCow“,which is actu
18、ally not as strange as it sounds.The eye-like patterns on butterfly wings are known to prevent preying birds and woodcutters in Indian forests wear masks on the backs of their heads when working to discourage hungry tigers.The inspiration for the iCow strategy came while Jordan was based in a villag
19、e in Botswana,when two lionesses were killed by local farmers to revenge their cattles death.The African lion is a vulnerable species,with numbers dropping from over 100,000 in the 1990s to about 30,000 today.Much of that decline is due to these kinds of revengeful killings because farmers have no e
20、ffective strategies for protecting their herds.“Lions are hunters that like to attack by surprise.They move slowly,quietly,and carefully to their prey,get close,and jump on them unseen,“he said.When Jordan was watching a lion follow an antelope one day,he noticed the lion gave up the hunt once the a
21、ntelope spotted it.So he joined one of the local farmers on a 10-week trial study,painting eyes on one-third of a herd of 62 cattle. When the cattle returned each night,they took a head count to see how many had survived.Only three cows were killed by lions during this period-all without the painted
22、 eyes on their behinds.And all the painted cows survived. However,Jordan warned that so far this is just a promising idea.He is now back in Botswana for a more ambitious study,equipped with GPS devices to better monitor the movement of predators（捕食者）and prey.24.The iCow strategy is designed to .A.ki
23、ll the lions B.scare off Predators C.identify cattle D.have fun25.When hunting,lions like to .A.give up halfway B.hesitate to take actionC.chase their prey steadily D.launch surprising attacks626.What does the underlined word “vulnerable“ mean in the third paragraph?A.badly behaved B.likely to attac
24、k C.easily cheated D.easily damaged27.What can be inferred from the passage?A.Neil Jordan got the inspiration from the patterns on butterfly wings.B.In the 10-week trial study,more cattle were killed.C.The iCow strategy is likely to bring great benefit.D.The farmers will continue to take their reven
25、ge on the lions.CThe shower,I find,is the best place to cry.The water covers the sound of my sadness,while washing away any evidence of my pain.I shower after the kids have gone to bed;its the only time I can be alone.I always did my best to protect my two children from my tears.If I needed to cry,I
26、 cried by myself.Yet,I encourage my two boys to cry.My 7-year-old prides himself on never crying at school.“Oh,but you must cry,“I insist. “Crying is good.It gets the sadness out.Never hold back your tears.“But then I did just that.What might it do to them to see their mother upset? Then my father d
27、ied,and there was no way I could schedule my grief and keep my feelings inside.I tried to get on with things,but the sadness still came. The realization that my dad was actually gone hit me with an intensity（紧张）that was impossible to cover up.To my surprise,my boys didnt seem too alarmed.Later,they
28、found me hiding in the bedroom one afternoon,weeping.“Its OK,mommies get sad too,“I told them,smiling through my tears.“Dont be sad,Mommy.Granddad is coming back as a baby,”my 7-year-old said,his tiny arm stretched across my shoulders.“Think about love,“he went on.“Think about all the people who lov
29、e you.“I realized that in hiding my pain,I was only denying what it means to be human,I felt as if I had led my sons to believe that “negative“ emotions are only a concept,and not something they should possess.Its one thing to tell my children its OK to cry.Its another to show them how its done.We o
30、we that to 7our children,according to social researcher and author Brene Brown.During her TED talk,Brown said,“Its necessary we be seendeeply seen“.“Our job is not to protect our children,to keep them perfect,“said Brown.“Our job is to look and say,youre imperfect,and youre made for struggles,but yo
31、u are worthy of love and belonging.“28.According to the passage,the author .A.seldom schedules her grief B.believes boys should be toughC.finds inspiration when she showers D.often gets her sadness out29.Where was the author when she was found crying by her son?A.In the bathroom. B.In the authors be
32、droom.C.In her fathers house. D.In the kitchen. 30.What did the author realize after she failed to hide her pain?A.His sons words were moving and comforting. B.Her son completely understood her sadness.C.The way she handled sadness had misled her children. D.Her children didnt worry about her sadnes
33、s at all. 31.The article is meant to tell parents that they should .A.tell kids its not all right to cry B.get any of their emotions out C.push children to work toward perfection D.teach their children how to deal with griefDVinegar makes salad,fries and dumplings taste better,and you can even use i
34、t to clean your windows.And now, according to scientists,it may even the planets population survive climate change. Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan found that growing plants in vinegar makes them more resistant to droughts.This could mean that in th
35、e future,worries about climate change 8affecting the worlds supply of food will be much lower.The discovery was made after the researchers studied the Arabidopsis,a plant known for its ability to survive in dry weather.It was found that when the plant was placed in drought-like conditions,it produce
36、d a chemical called acetate（醋酸盐）the main component of vinegar.After discovering this,the scientists experimented further by adding acetate to the soil of other plants,before they stopped giving them water completely.After leaving the plants for 14 days,they found that the ones treated with acetate h
37、ad survived,while the untreated plants had dried up and died.Its hoped that this simple method of survival could soon be used to help farmers in dry countries keep their crops alive.“In the experiment,we targeted the staple foods of the worldrice,wheat and maizeand the basic plant of breeding specie
38、s,rapeseed（油菜籽）,“ Jong Myong Kim,co-author of the study,told Popular Science magazine.Kim also told the magazine hes already been in touch with people all over the world who are interested in trying this simple and cost-effective method out for themselves from flower growing companies to amateur gar
39、deners.Although at this point keeping thirsty plants alive isnt as easy as just pouring vinegar over them,Kim said he and his team are working on making the process as simple as possible.“Now we are trying to cooperate with some farmers,and also some companies,to make a method to apply this system,“
40、he said.And for those of us who always forget to ask our neighbors to water our plants when we go away,hopefully this means the end of returning home from a trip to find our favorite flowers have died.32.What is the article mainly about? .A.The worlds food supply will be increased. B.Plants better s
41、urvive droughts.C.The Arabidopsis is resistant to droughts. D.Vinegar could be used to fight droughts.933.It was discovered that acetate can .A.be used by farmers to replace soil B.only be produced by the ArabidopsisC.help plants survive dry conditions D.be used to improve poor soil34.What are the t
42、arget plants of the experiment?A.all breeding species. B.wheat and Arabidopisis.C.rice and maize. D.rapeseed and Arabidopisis.35.Jong Myong Kims experiment of trying out the method .A.can make peoples trips pleasant B.turned out a worldwide successC.is as simple as pouring vinegar over the plants D.
43、appeals to many flower growing companies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。Have you ever heard of a bug（虫子）called the cicada（蝉）?Well,a special kind of these bugs live underground in the US for most of their lives.They have an interesting bio-clock._36_Every 17 years,
44、billions of the noisy Brood V cicadas will swarm（涌现）to northeastern parts of the US, including New York,Ohio and Pennsylvania._37_But there are usually a lot less of them compared to the Brood V cicadas._38_According to Discovery News,these bugs started their lives in 1999.And as their 17-year life
45、cycle comes to an end,they go above ground when their underground homes get warmer64 degrees Fahrenheit (about 18) to be exact.Then the females will lay hundreds of eggs in trees._39_The baby cicadas will go underground,and the 17-year cycle will start over again.While they can be kind of annoying,t
46、hese bugs dont harm humans._40_That sound is the male cicadas attracting the female cicadas.Besides,a large amount of laid eggs can sometimes harm small trees and bushes because there are so 10many of the 17-year cicadas.However,after this summer,these bugs will mostly mind their own business until
47、2033.A.They feed on leaves and roots.B.It tells them when to go above ground.C.What makes Brood V cicadas so special?D.But they do make a lot of noise during their time above ground.E.After about four to six weeks,the mother and father cicadas will die.F.For a different brood of cicadas,mating seaso
48、n is just around the corner.G.There are other kinds of cicadas that come around once a year or every 13 years.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）阅读下列短文，从每越所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。During the month I spent studying in England last summer,one day stood out.I was only 16 and I
49、 was loose on the streets of London.The freedom was wonderful,_41_for someone who had lived in a small town all her life,the city represented a world of_42_.This was not my first_43_to London.A year earlier,I had been there with my mother,trying to_44_all the major sightseeing attractions in merely three days.That trip was_45_but wonderful,but this time I was grateful to be able to sim
