1、湖北省稳派教育联盟 2018 届高三 10 月阶段性检测英语试题第卷第一部分 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.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.In the grocery. B.At table. C.In the market.2.Where are the spe
2、akers?A.In the shop. B.In front of a shop window. C.At the door of the shop.3.What is Tommy doing right now?A.He is still working in the office. B.He is playing basketball. C.He is driving to the airport.4.Why did the man go to Croydon?A.He went there for a job interview. B.He went there for shoppin
3、g. C.He went there for news interview.5.What does the man think of the cost?A.Its too much. B.Its acceptable. C.Its low.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.Wh
4、ich of the following makes the woman believe Tim Johnson has a good job?A.That they can retire at a young age.B.That they can travel to many interesting places.C.That he has a lot of responsibility.7.What conclusion can we draw from their conversation?A.Being an airline pilot is very satisfactory.B.
5、Being an airline pilot is very disappointing.C.The mans opinion is quite the opposite of the womans.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8.Who does the man believe is wrong?A.Myra. B.The teacher. C.Both.9.How does the man suggest teachers should deal with a students cheating?A.Teachers should keep silent over it.B.Te
6、achers should quietly talk to the student directly.C.Teachers should scold the student in public.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Why do so many people live in the cities which are hot all years?A.Because there are many beautiful days in the spring and fall.B.Because its almost always warm.C.Because they g
7、et used to the weather there.11.In which season do you prefer to go to Boston for a holiday?A.Fall. B.Winter. C.Summer.12.Which city has a lot of rainfall?A.Portland and Chicago. B.San Diego and Seattle. C.Seattle and Portland.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.Why does Jake look terribly sad?A.His daughter
8、is unkind to him. B.His doctor is cold and unfriendly. C.He lost his job.14.Why do the father and the daughter not get on well with each other?A.The father is not gentle to his daughter.B.The daughter cares only about herself.C.Both the father and the daughter are to blame.15.Why does the man believ
9、e Jake will survive the hard situation?A.His daughter will come back to help. B.His heath is all right. C.He is a tough man.16.How does the man think of Doctor Johnson?A.He is actually friendly. B.He is unfriendly. C.He is not qualified as a doctor.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.At what time can you cal
10、l for information about the museum?A.Between 9 and 5 daily. B.Between 10 a.m and 6 p.m. C.Any time daily.18.Whats the topic for this years exhibition?A.Clothes in the eighteenth century.B.The diet and eating habits of the eighteenth-century society.C.A special focus on the local area.19.Whats the be
11、st way to get to the museum?A.By underground. B.By bus. C.By car.20.What can a tourist do in the museum?A.Sell souvenirs. B.Have some snacks. C.Take photos.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhat can technology do to make your world be
12、tter?Three young people are starting new businesses to answer that question.Mateusz MachEighteen-year-old Mateusz Mach was the youngest person in Poland to receive money from investors to expand his company.He started Five,a mobile messaging application,or app,for deaf people.The app lets deaf peopl
13、e create their own hand signs to communicate with friends.The app now has more than 10,000 deaf users.And Mach thinks there will be about 150,000 more deaf users in the U.S. next year.There are many different sign languages in various parts of the world.Mach will be working with the United Nations i
14、n New York.He says,“I love to create.And I think that the creation of things will be my passion to the end of my life.“William ZhouWilliam Zhou is the co-founder and leader of C.The education software company helps teachers from the kindergarten level t0 12th grade,or the end of secondary school.Zho
15、u was born in Beijing,China,grew up in the Canadian city of Vancouver and founded his first company when he was still in high school.Zhou sold the company when he was studying computer science at Canadas University of Waterloo.But he strongly wanted to make a change in education,From his dorm room,Z
16、hou created Chalk.It is a group of programs that supports individual teaching and learning.Based in Canada,Chalk is now used in 20,000 schools by more than 100,000 users worldwide. Zhou says building startups is a difficult process because it could last years.“Its only worth it if you find something
17、 you truly care aboutsomething youre passionate about.Otherwise,you may just end up crashing.“George MtemaharjiGeorge Mtemahanji was born in the African country of Tanzania and moved with his family to Italy in 2002, where he attended the Technical Institute of Alfredo Ferrari in Maranello.There he
18、learned about renewable energy and began thinking that solar energy would be easier to use in Africa than in Europe.After graduation,he returned to Tanzania in 2014 to start his own solar energy companySun Sweet Solarin partnership with his friend Manuel Rolando.He explains that he could not underst
19、and why,in a place with bright sunshine,“more than 90 percent of people had no access to electricity.So when I returned to Italy I spoke with Manuel on the huge electricity demand in Tanzania and to the possibility to open a business there.“Sun Sweet Solar found early success in rural areas of Tanza
20、nia.Since then,the company has been expanding.He hopes to create jobs and help build his country in the process.He understands the process will take time.“But I think we are on the right path.“1. We can infer from paragraph 2 that .A. Mach believes helping deaf people is where his interest liesB. Ma
21、ch wants to attract more investmentC. Mach will try to make Five available to people from different countriesD. the number of deaf users of the app will surely increase2. What is true about William Zhou?A. William Zhou founded C with his own efforts and passion.B. C is a group of programs that helps
22、 teaching and learning through to university level.C. Zhou believes building a company is hard because you may just end up in failure.D. William Zhou created C.with the purpose of improving education.3. According to paragraph 4,all the following statements are true except .A. George Mtemahanjis scho
23、oling in the institute helped form his idea of starting his businessB. George Mtemahanji co-founded Sun Sweet Solar together with his friend Manuel RolandoC. after its early success in rural areas of Tanzania,Sun Sweet Solar has been going downwardD. George Mtemahanjis efforts will be long-lasting a
24、nd beneficial to his people and country【答案】1. C 2. D 3. C【解析】科技能使你的世界变得更好吗？本文三个年轻人开始创业回答了这个问题。1. C推理判断题。根据 Mateusz Mach 中 He started Five,a mobile messaging application,or app,for deaf people.The app lets deaf people create their own hand signs to communicate with friends.The app now has more than 1
25、0,000 deaf users.And Mach thinks there will be about 150,000 more deaf users in the U.S. next year.There are many different sign languages in various parts of the world.可知马赫将设法使五个来自不同国家的人可以使用。故选 C。2. D细节理解题。根据 William Zhou 中 William Zhou is the co-founder and leader of C.The education software compa
26、ny helps teachers from the kindergarten level t0 12th grade,or the end of secondary school.可知 William Zhou 创造了.以提高教育为目的。故选 D。3. C推理判断题。根据第四段中 Sun Sweet Solar found early success in rural areas of Tanzania.Since then,the company has been expanding.可知自从 Sun Sweet Solar 在 Sun Sweet Solar 农村地区的早期成功，这个公司
27、一直在扩展。由此可知 C 项符合题意。C 项在说这个公司自从那时起，一直在下降。BPhyllis Ramberg,85,lives alone in Hyattsville,Maryland,in the same house for many decades.“Children keep asking me,When are you going to move to one of those retirement villages?I say,No,no.My friends are here, my church is close,”Ramberg said.“Ive got everyt
28、hing I need,right in this neighborhood.“A year ago,Ramberg was able to take care of her backyard.This year,she just cant do it herself.“When illnesses happen,you just dont have the capability that you thought you had before,“she said.Thats where “Aging in Place“,a non-profit organization,comes in.Fo
29、under Lisa Walker says she and her friends are among the seven percent of Hyattsville residents who are 65 or older.“A number of my neighbors are also around my age,“Walker said.“We started talking about some of the concerns we had.Several of us had had issues with parents that were getting older an
30、d they were far away from them and didnt know how to take care of them or get support.“Seniors can call Walkers organization with a request,for example,asking for someone to shop for groceries,do small chores around the house or drive them to the doctor.Then a volunteer is assigned to provide the he
31、lp.Most of the calls are for rides to the doctor.“They take me to all my medical appointments,“said Louise Battiste,who is almost 90.Aging in Place volunteer Sally Middlebrooks says that a review of new volunteers background,such as driving records and any criminal history is just as important as th
32、e training they receive.“We want the seniors,people we call neighbors,to be assured that they are with safe,reliable people who are also caring people,”Middlebrooks said.The volunteers also gain some benefits.“Ive learned how to stay connected to people,your family and friends,“ Walker said.“Do I st
33、ay close to them?Do I try to keep myself devoted to the community,relating to people younger than I am?“Middlebrooks said.“Im learning a lot about this whole process of aging,and Im learning,to my alarm,that its very difficult.But Im also meeting people who amaze me with their flexibility and their
34、sense of humor and their ability to stay very much alive despite aches and pains.“Not all volunteers are retired.Courtney Wattai,24,is a graduate student at American University in Washington who studies care giving and plans to have a career working with seniors.“Thats kind of what I want to do beca
35、use I want to make sure Im able to improve their lives,“Wattai said.“I want to be involved in their lives,not just sitting at a desk doing things.I thought this would be a good way to give tribute to my grandparents and what they had done for me and my brother.“It makes Walker happy to see the young
36、er generation stepping up.She hopes thats how residents in her neighborhood will always care for each other.4. Why do people who want to be volunteers need to be checked?A. Because seniors in the neighborhood just dont have the capability that they had before.B. Because Aging in Place makes voluntee
37、rs get connected to people,their family and their friends.C. Because Aging in Place plans for them to have a career working with seniors.D. Because Aging in Place wants to make sure the volunteers are qualified for their work.5. In paragraph 5,by quoting Walker and Middlebrooks,the writer wants to s
38、how .A. staying connected to people is volunteers responsibilityB. the work of caring for the old also brings good to the volunteersC. the process of aging is very difficult for the volunteers to understandD. the old peoples ability of surviving the hardships is amazing6. Which of the following is t
39、he closest in meaning to the underlined word in paragraph 6?A. Respect. B. Care.C. Award. D. Aid.7. It can be inferred from the passage that Walker is about the future of Aging in Place.A. concerned B. optimisticC. doubtful D. pessimistic【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. B【解析】本文介绍，去 Aging in Place 做志愿者也要经过严格考核，
40、确保志愿者有资格获得他们的工作。同时志愿者也能从中获得利益。4. D.5. B推理判断题。根据第五段中 The volunteers also gain some benefits Middlebrooks said.“Im learning a lot about this whole process of aging,and Im learning,to my alarm,that its very difficult.But Im also meeting people who amaze me with their flexibility and their sense of humo
41、r and their ability to stay very much alive despite aches and pains.“本段引用 Middlebrooks 的话是为了证明志愿者也能获得好处。故选 B。6. A词义猜测题。根据第六段中 I thought this would be a good way to give tribute to my grandparents and what they had done for me and my brother.“年轻的大学生 Wattai,认为他做志愿者工作是对他的祖父母和他们为他和弟弟所付出的一个尊重。由此可知划线词的意思应
42、该是“尊重” ，故选 A。7. B推理判断题。根据最后一段 It makes Walker happy to see the younger generation stepping up.She hopes thats how residents in her neighborhood will always care for each other.可知 Walker Aging in Place 的未来充满乐观。故选 B。.【名师点睛】做词义猜测题时，要充分利用上下文语境、常识和语法关系推断词义，抓住所需推断词汇前后的意思或系动词或破折号等直接定义该词的部分。本题第 3 小题，根据第六段中
43、I thought this would be a good way to give tribute to my grandparents and what they had done for me and my brother.“年轻的大学生 Wattai,认为他做志愿者工作是对他的祖父母和他们为他和弟弟所付出的一个尊重。由此可知划线词的意思应该是“尊重” ，故选 A。CCORAL reefs are,in fact,a necessary part of our ecosystem and provide opportunities for human beings to gain a b
44、etter understanding of the ocean.Unfortunately,theyre also disappearing faster than ever.According to a warning by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration(NOAA) on Oct.8,the world is in its third recorded global coral bleaching（白化）since 1998 and 2010.This means no place with coral has
45、 been spared,as coral reefs are coming into contact with increasingly warm seas,which is leading to them dying off in large numbers.Coral bleaching is like human cancer.It happens when corals are under stress from changes in light,nutrients,or temperature.This causes the coral to drive away the symb
46、iotic algae（共生藻类）,living within their tissues（组织）, which play an important role in providing food for coral while making it colorful.Without the algae,coral reefs become pale and weak.In some cases they are not able to recover and eventually die off.The current coral bleaching event started back in
47、late 2014 and continued into this year with no signs of stopping.The BBC reports that 35% of coral reefs in the world will likely be affected,and an estimated 4,633 square miles (about 120,000 square kilometers) of coral reefs could die.The loss of coral reefs is no small matter.Although they only t
48、ake up 0.1% of the ocean floor,coral is home to about 25% of marine life.This isnt just a problem for divers and fish,as Eakin pointed out.Coral reefs are important globally,he added,as they protect shorelines,produce money in tourism,and help provide food for 500 million people worldwide.So people
49、cannot overlook the environmental,economic and social effects of the loss.The NOAA warning about coral bleaching came just about two months before a global climate summit（峰会）in Paris,where hundreds of world leaders will attempt to work our a plan to fight climate change.Oceans will be a key subject
