1、2017-2018 学年度上学期省六校协作体高三期中考试英语试题命题学校: 命题人： 校对人：第一部分 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）ALooking for a great summer read? Kid reporters from Time For Kids have reviewed the seasons hottest new books. They have recommended a list of kid-approved page-turners (令人爱不释手的书) to our readers. Whethe
2、r youre fond of mysterious, fantastic or realistic fictions, theres always one that suits you.Three Bird SummerBy Sara St. AntoineGenre: Realistic FictionNumber of pages: 256Whats the basic story line?For his entire life, 12-year-old Adam has spent summers at his grandmas cabin in Minnesota. But thi
3、s year things are different. His parents have divorced. Apart from that, Adams cousins wont be vacationing at the cabin with him. Also, Grandma seems to be acting differently. At first, shes just a bit more forgetful than usual. But after spending more time with her, Adam realizes Grandma is “slippi
4、ng.”There are new neighbors at the cabin this summer, including a girl at Adams age named Alice. At first, Adam isnt interested in spending time with her. But as time goes by, their friendship flourishes(繁荣). Throughout this unusual summer, Adam searches for hidden treasure with his new friend and b
5、egins to uncover family secrets as well.Are the characters believable?The characters are believable because they dont have cookie-cutter(千篇一律的) personalities. Adam is quiet and shy and finds girls difficult to understand. Alice is adventurous and unlike any girl he has ever met. Readers will likely
6、see aspects of their personalities in the characters and recognize their friendship too.Who would like this book?Anyone who appreciates memories of family vacations or summertime in general will enjoy the vivid imagination that fills Three Bird Summer. Readers will fall into the story, almost as if
7、theyre actually spending the summer exploring Three Bird Lake with Adam and Alice.1. While spending his summer at his grandmas cabin this year, Adam _.A. became friends with his cousinsB. developed a friendship with a little girlC. annoyed his grandma occasionallyD. played with Alice in the fields n
8、earby2. The book is likely to appeal to kids because _.A. it describes country life. B. it talks about school life.C. it related to their experience. D. it is written in simple words.3. The text is written to _.A. praise a writer for his great work.B. discuss how to spend summer holidays.C. encourag
9、e readers to do more readingD. recommend a good book to readers.【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D【解析】本文介绍了一部名为 Three Bird Summer 的儿童读物。包括：作者、图书类别、主要故事情节和受众等情况。1. B细节理解题。根据 Whats the basic story line?中的信息可知，在和奶奶度过暑假的过程中，亚当与邻居家的女孩子爱丽丝在一起玩耍，发展了友谊。2. C推理判断题。根据最后一段可知，孩子们会喜欢这本书，因为书中讲述的主人翁故事与他们的生活经历非常相似。3. B. 推理判断题。根据第一段
10、可知，来自 Time For Kids 的小记者们阅读了今年最流行的一些图书，并为读者列出了一些好书目录。由此可知，本文的写作目的是为读者推荐图书。BIf you find yourself checking your phone first thing in the morning, if you find youre text-messaging while driving, checking your phone instead of working on an important assignmentyou are addicted.Dont worry. The new NoPhon
11、e might be just the thing you need. It looks and feels exactly like a smartphone, but it does nothing. Its just a piece of plastic that you can carry around in your hand to fool yourself.NoPhone is currently a prototype(手机模型) that will cost only $12 once it hits the market. Its makers are trying to
12、raise $30,000 in order to cover the production and marketing costs.Dutch designer Ingmar Larsen, who helped create the NoPhone, said that he had the idea as a joke along with his friends Van Gould and Ben Langveld. To their great surprise, the idea received a lot of attention online and people from
13、all over the world started placing requests for NoPhone of their own, so thats when the three friends decided to raise money for mass production.David H said, “ I used to sleep with my phone in my hand, but my night errors would cause me to throw it across the room in an unconscious panic. With the
14、NoPhone, I can still enjoy the comfort of holding a phone in my sleep, without waking up to a shattered screen, thanks, NoPhone.”If youre interested in NoPhone, but concerned about not being able to take selfies anymore, dont worry. The makers do have an update at no extra chargethe mirror sticker.
15、That way, they say, you can enjoy “real-time” selfies with your friends when theyre standing right behind you.4. From the third paragraph we can infer that_.A. NoPhone is a device made of high technology.B. the makers want to raise money to improve their technology.C. NoPhone has not been on the mar
16、ket at present.D. the users of NoPhone can stay away from the real world.5. What made the designers surprised was that_.A. many people thought of the idea as a joke at firstB. people in Dutch began to make NoPhone of their ownC. people worldwide began to fund mass productionD. people worldwide were
17、interested in NoPhone on the net6. According to David H, he often _at night.A. used his smartphone B. had nightmareC. became unconscious D. looked for his smartphone7. What does the underlined phrases “take selfies” most probably mean?A. take a photo of oneself B. get in touch with someoneC. take th
18、e place of someone D. catch sight of someone【答案】4. C 5. D 6. B 7. A【解析】本文介绍文进入市场的 NoPhone 在网上很受欢迎，得到全世界人在网上的青睐。4. C推理判断题。根据第三段中 NoPhone is currently a prototype(手机模型) that will cost only $12 once it hits the market.可知 NoPhone 目前只是一个模型，还没有运用到市场中。故选 C。5. D细节理解题。根据第四段中 To their great surprise, the idea
19、 received a lot of attention online and people from all over the world started placing requests for NoPhone of their own,可知使设计者吃惊的是全世界的人们在网上对 NoPhone 感兴趣。故选 D。6. B推理判断题。根据第五段中 David H said, “ I used to sleep with my phone in my hand, but my night errors would cause me to throw it across the room in
20、an unconscious panic.按着 David H 所说他晚上经常做噩梦。故选 B。7. A推理判断题。根据最后一段中- dont worry. The makers do have an update at no extra chargethe mirror sticker. That way, they say, you can enjoy “real-time” selfies with your friends when theyre standing right behind you. 不要担心。制造商确实有一个更新，不收取额外费用的镜子贴纸。他们说，用那种方法，你可以享
21、受到与您的朋友“实时”的自拍照，他们站在你的后面。可知最后一段第一句中的 take selfies 指的是“拍照” ，故选 A。CHave you ever found yourself in this situation：You hear a song you used to sing when you were a child-a bit of nostalgia（怀旧）or “blast from the past，“as we sayBut it is not a distant childhood memoryThe words come back to you as clearly
22、 as when you sang them all those years agoResearchers at the University of Edinburgh studied the relationship between music and remembering a foreign languageThey found that remembering words in a song was the best way to remember even one of the most difficult languagesHere is what they did. Resear
23、chers took 60 adults and randomly divided them into three groups of 20Then they gave the groups three different types of “listen-and-repeat“ learning conditionsResearchers had one group simply speak the wordsThey had the second group speak the words to a rhythm，or beatAnd they asked the third group
24、to sing the wordsAll three groups studied words from the Hungarian language for 15minutesThen they took part in a series of language tests to see what they rememberedWhy Hungarian，you ask ? Researchers said they chose Hungarian because not many people know the languageIt does not share any roots wit
25、h Germanic or Romance languages，such as Italian or SpanishAfter the tests were over，the singers came out on topThe people who learned these new Hungarian words by singing them showed a higher overall performanceThey did the best in four out of five of the testsThey also performed two times better th
26、an those who simply learned the words by speaking themDrKatie Overy says singing could lead to new ways to learn a foreign languageThe brain likes to remember things when they are contained in a catchy 3，or memorable 4，tune 5DrLudke said the findings could help those who struggle to learn foreign la
27、nguagesOn the University of Edinburghs website DrLudke writes，“This study provides the first experimental evidence that a listen-and-repeat singing method can support foreign language learning，and opens the door for future research in this area“8. The“song“mentioned in the first paragraph is intende
28、d to_.A. recall the past B. attract the readersC. introduce the topic D. compare the childhood with the present9. According to the passage which language doesnt share the same root with Germanic or Romance languages?A. Hungarian B. SpanishC. Italian D. English10. Based on the last two paragraphs，we
29、can conclude thatA. singing is the best way to learn a languageB. the brain probably works best when the foreign language learners sing the wordsC. a listen-repeat method is very effective for any language learnerD. DrKatie Overy and DrLudke disagree with each other11. In which situation can the fin
30、ding of the research be applied?A. A mother is going to teach her baby how to speakB. A child is going to have his first music lessonC. A student is going to learn a new English songD. An American is going to learn some Chinese【答案】8. C 9. A 10. B 11. D【解析】试题分析：本文讲述的是一项关于音乐和外语习得之间关系的研究。8. C 细节理解题。本文开
31、头通过举例导入话题，人们都清楚地记得儿时唱歌的歌词是因为音乐有助于记忆。故选 C。9. A 细节理解题。根据文章第五段“It does not share any roots with Germanic or Romance languages, such as Italian or Spanish.”可知 A 项正确。故选 A。10. B 细节理解题。根据最后两段对研究的具体描述可知 B 项正确。故选 B。11. B 推断题。从最后一段可知，此项研究对于外语学习者非常有用可知 B 项正确。A 项的描述是指学母语的情况，不适合。故选 B。考点：考查科普类阅读【名师点睛】科普类的阅读理解一般为介
32、绍科学知识、社会知识的文章。阅读这类短文时，要以文章事实为中心进行思考。答题技巧：1. 加强整体意识，把握文章的主要内容。给重要的句子和关键词做上记号，特别是各段中心句，可以更快捷的答题。2. 审清题干，弄清楚问题的要点，从文章对应处寻找答案。比如第 29 题：细节理解题。根据文章第五段“It does not share any roots with Germanic or Romance languages, such as Italian or Spanish.”可知 A 项正确。故选 A。要熟悉科普类文章的结构特点。科普类文章一般由标题(Head line)，导语(Introducti
33、on)，背景(Back ground)，主体(Main body)和结尾(End)五部分构成。标题是文章中心思想高度而又精辟的概括，但根据历年的高考情况来看，这类阅读理解材料一般不给标题，而要同学们选择标题。导语一般位于整篇文章的首段。背景交待一个事实的起因。主体则对导语概括的事实进行详细叙述，这一部分命题往往最多，因此，阅读时，同学们要把这部分作为重点。结尾往往也是中心思想的概括，并与导语相呼应，命题者常在此要设计一道推理判断题。比如第 31 题：推断题。从最后一段可知，此项研究对于外语学习者非常有用可知 B 项正确。A项的描述是指学母语的情况，不适合。故选 B。DFear and its
34、companion pain are two of the most useful things that man and animals possess if they are used. If fire didnt hurt when it burned, children would play with it until their hands were burned away. Similarly, if pain existed but fear didnt, a child could burn itself again and again because fear would n
35、ot warn it to keep away from the fire that had burnt it before. A really fearless soldier-and some do exist-is not a good soldier because he is soon killed; and a dead soldier is of no use to his army. Fear and pain are therefore two guards without which man and animals might soon die out.In our fir
36、st sentence we suggested that fear ought to be properly used. If, for example, you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. The important thing is not to let fear rule you, but instead, to use fe
37、ar as your servant and guide. Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to decide what action to take.In many cases, you can take quick and successful action to avoid the danger. For example, you see a car coming straight towards you; fear warns you, you jump out of the way, and all is well.In so
38、me cases, however, you decide that there is nothing that you can do to avoid the danger. For example, you cannot prevent an airplane crashing into your house, and you may not want to go and live in a desert where there are no airplanes. In this case, fear has given you its warning, you have examined
39、 it and decided on your course of action, so fear of the particular danger is no longer of any use to you, and you have to try to overcome it.12. Children would play with fire until their hands are burnt away if _.A. they were not well educated at schoolB. they had never played with fire beforeC. th
40、ey were fearful of painD. they had no sense of pain13. People sometimes succeed in timely avoiding danger because _.A. they have gained experienceB. they jump out of the way in timeC. they are warned of the danger and take quick actionD. they are calm in face of danger14. What is implied but not sta
41、ted in the passage?A. Fear is always something helpfulB. Too much fear is harmfulC. Fear is something that can be avoidedD. Fear ought to be used as our guide in our life15. The best title for this passage should be _.A. The Value of Fear B. Pain and ActionsC. No Pains, No Gains D. The Reason Why Pe
42、ople Fear【答案】12. D 13. C 14. B 15. A【解析】试题分析:文章主要说明了恐惧的作用，有时候它可以警告你危险，并且让你采取及时的行动。12. D 细节理解题。根据 If fire didnt hurt when it burned, children would play with it until their hands were burned away. 可知如果不受伤害，孩子们就会一直玩火直到被烧到，所以 D 选项符合，故选 D。13. C 细节理解题。根据 Fear will warn you of dangers; then you have to de
43、cide what action to take.可知恐惧会警告你有危险并且让你采取行动，故选 C。14. B 推理判断题。根据 you never go out of your house because of the danger of being knocked down and killed in the street by a car, you are letting fear rule you too much. 可知有时候人们因为太恐惧而不能逃脱危险，因而可以推断出太多的恐惧是不利的，故选 B。15. A 主旨大意题。根据文章开头 Fear and its companion p
44、ain are two of the most useful things that man and animals possess if they are used.以及总结全文可知文章主要说明了恐惧的作用，故选 A。考点：考查生活类短文阅读。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。Every one complains. Even if you argue that you are the happiest person in the world, you still complain some
45、times. Sometimes you complain without even realizing it, but rarely is it ever helpful. _16_ Here are some tips to stop complaining and give up the negative thoughts:_17_When you find yourself thinking or saying a negative comment about something or someone, stop and force yourself to say something
46、positive instead. Seek the help of a cheerful friend to change you when you complain and help you to see the positive in the situationMake a list of things you are grateful for.You often complain about the things you dont have without noticing those things you already have. Be grateful for what you
47、have in your life because you are lucky simply for being yourselves. _18_Learn to adapt to the changes.There are many things you cant change. _19_ Always find the positive side of eachsituation, regardless of however difficult the situation is. With parents and friends support, you can survive any l
48、ife changes.Allow yourself to vent（发泄）your feelings every once in a while.Constantly ignoring negative thoughts could add up. If you are really going through a rough time, dont be afraid to share your feelings with a close friend or family member or see a therapist.Find what makes you happy._20_ May
49、be it is time to make the hard decision to move on to another job or career. Uncover what your biggest complaints are about and see if you can change the situation to make you happy.Choose happiness, focus on the positive, and be kind always!A. Change the way you thinkB Make positive people friendsC The best and only thing you can do is to accept themD Are you constantly complaining about your present
