1、黄冈中学 2018 届高 5 月适应性考试英语试题第 I 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. 音频 How does the man get to work every day?A. By car. B. By bus . C. On foot.【答案】B【解析】W: Do you walk to work every day
2、?2. 音频 What does the man think Mark should do now?A. Study for exams. B. Enjoy a movie. C. Watch a TV.【答案】A【解析】W: Mark is watching a movie on TV.M: Should he be doing that now, with exams coming up next week?3. 音频 What does the man dislike about the place?A. The weather. B. The large crowd. C. The c
3、ompetitions.【答案】B【解析】W: I never imagined the weather would be so warm.M: Well, thats what makes the place so crowded. But thats one aspect of it I cant stand.W: At least that means there are many water sports competitions.4. 音频 Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a supermarket
4、. B. At a school. C. At a computer centre.【答案】A【解析】M: Id like to take this one, but the price isnt marked on it.W: Let me put the name of the thing here, and the computer will tell us what the price is.5. 音频 What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their parents. B. Some famous places. C. Their
5、 vacation plans.【答案】C【解析】W: What are you going to do during the holidays?M: Im not sure. Ill probably visit my parents in Florida. How about you?W: Im going to spend two weeks in China. I want to visit some places of interest there.M: Oh. That sounds interesting!第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 22. 5 分)听下面
6、 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。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频6. Where is the man?A. At an airport. B. At a company. C. At a hotel.7. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Collect his luggage right away.B. Hold a sig
7、n with his name on it.C. Wait for someone else to pick him up.【答案】6. A 7. C【解析】M: Hello, Mary, this is Ted. My flight just landed. I thought you had arranged for someone to meet m here and take me to the hotel.W: I did! Wasnt there someone holding a sign with your name on it?M: No, there wasnt. Ive
8、collected my luggage, and now Im not sure what to do.W: OK, wait for a moment and Ill get someone there as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience.6. 此题为听力题，解析略。7. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频8. What are the speakers discussing?A. A school activity. B. An art teacher. C. A. painting.9. How
9、does the woman feel about her work?A. Dissatisfied. B. Pleased. C. Bored.【答案】8. C 9. A【解析】M: Hi, Maggie, I saw your painting in the end-of -year school art exhibition that all the parents went to. It was great.W: Well, our art teacher seemed really pleased with it, but Im not sure what the parents t
10、hought about.M: I dont worry. I only heard them saying good things about it.W: Hm, they probably didnt notice that I hadnt used the right colors.M: I dont think anyone noticedW: No, but I did. But it was too late to do anything about it. Well, next time Ill do something better, hopefully.8. 此题为听力题，解
11、析略。9. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频10. Why doesnt the man want to go downtown at first?A. He has nothing to do downtown.B. He has a math class to take.C. He plans to study.11. Whats Gilsons?A. A supermarket. B. A watch repair shop. C. A parking lot.12. What do we know about the woman?A. She will b
12、e busy with her work.B. She is leaving in several hours.C. She will pick up the mans watch.【答案】10. C 11. B 12. A【解析】W: Julia and I are driving downtown this afternoon. Want to come, Tom?M: Thanks, Cathy. But Ive got to study. Im way behind in maths.W: Well, in that case, is there anything we can get
13、 for you?M: Gee, I left my watch at Gilsons the other day. It should be ready by now.W: Id be glad to pick it up.M: Well, Cathy, now that I think about it, Ive got something else to do downtown. I have to buy something at the supermarket. Maybe Id better go with you.W: Well be leaving from the parki
14、ng lot. Im behind with my work so well only be there a couple of hours.M: Oh, If its only a couple of hours, I can certainly go.W: Great! See you in a few minutes.10. 此题为听力题，解析略。11. 此题为听力题，解析略。12. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。 音频13. Why did Mel Flynn become interested in diving?A. To learn more about
15、 sea animals.B. To join a group of teenagers.C. To help with her parents research.14. How old was Mel Flynn when she started diving?A. 7. B. 10. C. 12.15. What did Mel Flynn do to stay safe underwater?A. She always kept close to other divers.B. She didnt go deeper than seven meters.C. She stayed awa
16、y from dangerous fish.16. Why does Mel Flynn like working with the scientists?A. She can earn money from it.B. She can gain valuable experience.C. She can get a good job through it.【答案】13. A 14. B 15. C 16. B【解析】M: Im on the beach to talk to Mel Flynn, an Australian teenager who spends most of her f
17、ree time underwater. Hello, Mel.W: Hi.M: How did you become interested in diving?W: I grew up near the beach, and I liked watching little fish. My parents say they knew Id work with fish when I got older. Theyre both biologists, but more interested in land animals. When I was old enough, I asked if
18、I could go diving, so I could take a closer look at all the amazing things living underwater.M: When did you start to dive?W: I learned to swim when I was three. But I had to wait to seven years to dive. But even then we couldnt go deeper that twelve meters.M: Did you feel scared?W: Not really. The
19、teacher told us which dangerous fish to avoid and as long as we left them alone, we wouldnt be in danger. And we were never too far from our dive boat.M: And what do you do now?W: I joined a group of teenagers who help scientists with their research. I like working with them. We are volunteers, but
20、many of us are planning on becoming biologists on sea animals in the future. Ive learned so much already by watching the scientists at work.13. 此题为听力题，解析略。14. 此题为听力题，解析略。15. 此题为听力题，解析略。16. 此题为听力题，解析略。听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。 音频17. When will the race be held this year?A. On May 11th. B. On May 23rd. C. On May
21、 24th.18. Where does the race start?A. At the football ground.B. On the north side of the park.C. At the main entrance of the park.19. What can every runner get?A. A T-shirt. B. A water bottle. C. A pair of running shoes.20. Who can run in the race free of charge?A. Children under 8 years of age.B.
22、Children between 8 and 15 years of age.C. Adults registering in advance.【答案】17. C 18. A 19. B 20. B【解析】M: Im Carol Johnson, the organizer of this years Abington Fun Run. Im delighted to be able to tell you that this year it will be held at 11am, on Sunday May 24th instead of Saturday, so make a note
23、 in your diary. Its open to runners of any age and ability-children, their parents, grandparents,friends.The course of the fun run will be through the beautiful environment of Abington Park and total distance will be three kilometers, starting and finishing at the football ground. Thats on the south
24、 side of the park, very close to the main entrance. Abington Fun Run is a race in which there are no winners or losers. Everyone who takes part will be given something to remember the day. Last year it was a T-shirt. This year it will be a water bottle so its certain to be very useful.The cost for a
25、dults is $8 if you register in advance or $10 on the day. Any child under the age of 15 can take part for free but theres a lower age limit of eight.If you would like to join in the fun run, entry forms and a information pack with lots of useful tips for improving your fitness and preparing for the
26、run are available from any newsagent. See you there.17. 此题为听力题，解析略。18. 此题为听力题，解析略。19. 此题为听力题，解析略。20. 此题为听力题，解析略。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。AGoogle announced new features to make devices smarter and more useful to open its yearly developers c
27、onference. The announcements came at Googles I/O 2018 conference in Mountain View, California.Google Duplex“So what youre going to hear is the Google Assistant actually calling a real barbers to schedule the appointment for you.Hello, how can I help you?Hi, Im calling to book a womans haircut for a
28、client. Im looking for something on May 3rd.Sure, give me one second.Mm-hmmm.That was a real call you just heard.“Google Chief Pichai said the demonstration was the result of the companys research and development over many years in the areas of natural language, deep learning and text-to-speech. Goo
29、gle calls the technology Duplex. The idea is to create machines that sound and act more human-like in interactions with people.Continued ConversationAnother new feature related to Assistant is called Continued Conversation. Until now, users have had to say “Hey Google“ each time they asked a questio
30、n or wanted help. But now, a user can issue more than one command such as a follow-up question for up to eight seconds, and Assistant will answer.Gmail Smart ComposeThe latest new tool for Gmail is an auto-complete feature called Smart Compose. It uses AI to suggest ways to finish sentences as they
31、are written. For example, “I havent seen you“ might be auto-completed to “I havent seen you in a while and I hope youre doing well.“Digital WellbeingGoogle says it recognizes many users are trying to find the right balance in life with technology. Sometimes they would like to break away from their d
32、evices to be able to spend time “on better things.“ New features with this in mind can help users prevent overuse of technology.A Dashboard will provide users detailed information about how much time they are spending on which parts of their device. When the device is placed face down, a new feature
33、 will put the device on hold and silence it so the user can center on other things. A Wind Down Mode feature can let users enter the time they want to go to bed. At that time, the device will again go silent and the front of the device will dim to help users disconnect before bed.21. What does the s
34、mall dialogue mean in Google Duplex?A. Google Chief Pichai calls his assistant to arrange an appointment for him.B. Googles digital assistant sets a haircut appointment for someone all by itself.C. An assistant in Google sets a haircut appointment for a woman.D. That wasnt a real call the receiver h
35、ad heard.22. What can we learn about Digital Wellbeing?A. It can find the right balance in work.B. It may automatically go silent while the screen is still bright.C. It can tell how much time is being spent on parts of the device.D. When one feature is operating long enough, a new one will disappear
36、.23. If you are poor in writing compositions, you probably like_.A. Continued Conversation B. Google Maps - Augmented RealityC. Google Duplex D. Gmail Smart Compose【答案】21. B 22. C 23. D【解析】本文是一篇布告类阅读。本文主要介绍了 2018 年谷歌 I/O 大会发布四大新功能。21. 细节理解题。由 Google Duplex 中的 So what youre going to hear is the Googl
37、e Assistant actually calling a real barbers to schedule the appointment for you.以及 Google Duplex 中的 The idea is to create machines that sound and act more human-like in interactions with people.可知 Google Duplex 中的小的对话指的是Google 的电子助手独自为别人预约理发，故选 B。22. 细节理解题。由 Digital Wellbeing 中的 A Dashboard will pro
38、vide users detailed information about how much time they are spending on which parts of their device.可知 Digital Wellbeing 可告知用户在这个装置上花费的时间，选 C。23. 推理判断题。由 Gmail Smart Compose 中的 For example, “I havent seen you“ might be auto-completed to “I havent seen you in a while and I hope youre doing well.“可知
39、Gmail Smart Compose 可以在您撰写电子邮件时帮助您完成您的句子，所以如果你在写句子方面很差，你可能会喜欢 Gmail Smart Compose，选 D。【点睛】细心审题，直接就题找答案。解答此类试题时，不必通篇细看原文，而应采取“带着问题找答案”的方法，先从问题中抓住关键性词语（题眼） ，然后以此为线索，运用略读及查读的技巧快速在文章中寻找与此问题相关的：段落、语句，仔细品味，对照比较，确定答案。第二小题中，考生可以根据题干中的 Digital Wellbeing 直接去文中寻找信息，确定信息。BDonald Trump was born in Queens, a boro
40、ugh of New York City. He was the fourth child. He had two brothers and two sisters. By his own telling, young Donald often created trouble in school. So when he was 13 years old, his parents sent him to a military-style school.Trump went on to college first at Fordham University in New York, and the
41、n at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a degree in economics. He was also already investing in real estate. After he graduated, Trump quickly returned to New York City and his career.In time, he became the head of the family business. He re-named it the Trump Organization. As its president,
42、Trump developed and put his name on luxury buildings, casinos, hotels, and golf courses around the world. Later, he became linked to the entertainment industry, too. He became a part owner of beauty pageants, hosted a television show, and wrote a book about how to succeed in business.During these ye
43、ars, Trump also married three times and divorced twice. The media wrote especially about his first and second marriages because he openly had a relationship with his second wife while he was married to his first. In 2005, he married Melania Knauss, a former model from Slovenia. She is only the secon
44、d first lady who was not born in the United States. The first was Louisa Adams, who came from Britain in 1801.But, until he officially entered the 2016 campaign as a Republican candidate, few linked him to politics.Trump is unusual among past presidents because he had never worked in the government
45、before. Nor has Trump served in the military. Only Presidents Taylor, Grant, and Eisenhower had no previous government experience; however, they had all been generals.Trump is the oldest person ever to take office. He was 70 years old when he was sworn in.He is also one of the richest.And Trump is u
46、nusual in how he communicates with the public. As president, he continues to use Twitter to communicate his thoughts directly to anyone who wants to follow him.While the long-term effects of Trumps presidency are not yet known, he will likely be remembered in part for his direct and unscripted style
47、 of communication.24. Donald Trump is quite a different American president ever because _.A. only he has never entered politics beforeB. he is the first to use the modern social media Twitter to speakC. he is the richest president everD. only his wife wasnt born in the US25. Trump is a successful bu
48、sinessman and his business involves in the following except_.A. television B. beautyC. real estate D. publishing26. Which of the following cant suit Donald Trump?A. He is the oldest president when taking office.B. He has once served in the army.C. He wrote a book about how to do business.D. His fath
49、er had five children.27. What does the underlined word unscripted in the last sentences mean?A. Unfinished. B. Undertaken. C. Unprepared. D. Unspoken.【答案】24. B 25. D 26. B 27. C【解析】本文是一篇人物传记。本文介绍了现任美国总统唐纳德特朗普的早期生活。24. 细节理解题。由倒数第二段可知 And Trump is unusual in how he communicates with the public. As president, he continues to use Twitter to communicate his thoughts directly to anyone who wants to follow him. 特朗普在同公众沟通方面也是不寻常的。作为总统，他继续使用推特直接向任何关注他的人传达他的想法
