1、- 1 -2018 年高三年级第二次月考英语试卷第 I 卷 选择题第一部分：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小题，每段对话仅读一遍。1. How did Lawrence go to the meeting this morning?A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot.2. What does the woman mean?A. T
2、he mans always busy. B. The mans inventing an excuse. C. She forgot the man has a meeting.3. When is the last train?A. 9:48 p.m. B. 10:18 p.m. C. 10:50 p.m.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Choosing courses. B. Shopping. C. History.5. What will the man probably do?A. Go back to Colora
3、do. B. Go to visit his relatives. C. Climb the mountains.第二节 （共 15 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 至 7 题。6. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a clinic. B. At
4、a restaurant. C. On the beach.7. Which restaurant did the woman go to first last night?A. Chinese one. B. Italian one. C. American one.- 2 -听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Doctor and patient. C. Customer and waiter.9.What must h
5、ave caused the speakers stomach aches?A. The fish. B. The soup. C. The apples.10. Where will the speakers go?A. To the market. B. To the hospital. C. To the restaurant.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What day is it today?A. Monday. B. Wednesday. C. Thursday.12. Why does the man have to see Dr. Smith?A. H
6、e was hit by a ladder. B. He broke his leg. C. He hurt his foot.13. What does the woman tell the man in the end?A. To wait at home. B. To take off the paint can himself.C. To come to the office right away.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. Why can the woman speak English well?A. She has learned English for
7、4 years.B. She lived in Boston for three years.C. She worked in the United States for some time.15. Whats the mans book about?A. Strangers. B. The United States. C. His family members.16. How many family members does the man mention?A. 4. B. 5. C. 6.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is the purpose of
8、 the speech?A. Selling some medicine.- 3 -B. Offering some advice on sleeping problems.C. Telling people how to exercise.18. Why is it useless to keep turning around when you cant sleep?A. Its tossing. B. It makes you worry. C. It increases heart rate.19. Which of the following can cause sleeplessne
9、ss?A. Too much exercise in the evening.B. Lack of sleep on weekends.C. Eating cheese before going to bed.20. What can we learn about sleeping pills?A. Itll help relax. B. It prevents sleeping. C. Its useless for sleeplessness.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
10、 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。AThe Coolest InventionsAn Oceans VacuumTheres a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes a 62-mile-lo
11、ng floating barrier that would use natural currents to trap trash. If next years trials succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42 % over 10 years.Easy-On ShoesIn 2012, Matthew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “M
12、y dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without having to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned a design - 4 -team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase sh
13、oes sells for $ 130.An Airport for Drones (无人机）As Amazon, Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: What kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goals
14、 is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies, electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.21. Whats the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?A. It can tear plastic into pieces. B. It can grow year by year.C. It can be put into wide u
15、se soon. D. It can be a money-saver.22. What do we know about Nike?A. It offers free shoes to the disabled. B. It is designing new shoes frequently.C. It provides customer friendly services. D. It responded to Matthews request passively.23. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”?A. Because there are
16、 too many drones.B. Because road travel there is rough.C. Because they are receptive to new technology.D. Because theyre easier to construct than roads. BThroughout history scientists have risked their health and their lives in their search for the truth.Sir Issac Newton, the seventeenth century sci
17、entist was very smart, but that didnt stop him from doing some pretty stupid things. In his laboratory in Cambridge, he often did the strangest experiments. Once, while testing how light - 5 -passes through lenses (晶状体), he put a long needle into his eye, pushed it to the back, and then moved it aro
18、und just to see what would happen. Luckily, there was no lasting bad effect. On another occasion, he stared at the sun, for as long as he could bear, to discover what effect this would have on his sight. To escape suffering permanent damage, he had to spend some days in a dark room before his eyes r
19、ecovered.In the 1750s, the Swedish chemist Karl Scheele, was the first person to find a way to produce phosphorus (磷) He, in fact, discovered eight more chemical elements, including Chlorine (氯), though he didnt get any place for them. He was a very clever scientist, but he had a strange habit of ta
20、sting a little of every substance he studied. This risky practice finally caught up with him. In 1786, he was found dead in his laboratory, surrounded by a large number of dangerous chemicals, any of which might have been responsible for his death.Eugene Shoemaker was a respected geologist, he spent
21、 a large part of his life studying craters (陨石坑), and how they were formed, and later the research into the comments of the plane Jupiter. In 1997, he and his wife were in the Australian desert, where they went every year search for places where comets (彗星) might have hit the earth. While driving in
22、 the Tanam desert, one of the most open places in the world, another vehicle rushed into them, and Shoe maker died on the spot. Some of his ashes (骨灰) were sent to the moon by the Lunar Prospect or, a spacecraft, and he is the only person who has this honor.24. What does the underlined word “permane
23、nt“ in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Lasting. B. Slight. C. Brief. D. Ordinary.25. What did Karl Scheele like doing when performing experiments? A. Tasting chemicals.B. Staying in the empty labs.C. Experimenting in darkness. D. Working together with others.26. What special honor was Shoemaker given after his
24、death?A. He was buried in the Tanami desert.- 6 -B. One comet of Jupiter was named after him.C. Some of his ashes were placed on the moon.D. A spacecraft carrying him travelled around Jupiter.27. The text is mainly about three great scientists _.A. special honors B. great achievementsC. suffering in
25、 their research D. famous experimentsC“We all think plants were expected to get larger with increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, but changes in temperature, humidity(湿度）and nutrient availability seem to have trumped the benefits of increased carbon dioxide“ said researchers from the National
26、University of Singapore.45 percent of the species studied now reach smaller adult sizes than they did in the past. The researchers pointed out that warmer temperatures and changing habitats, caused by climate change, are possible reasons for shrinking creatures.“ We do not yet know the mechanisms(机制
27、）involved, or why some organism are getting smaller while others are unaffected,” the researchers said. “Until we understand more, we could be risking negative consequences that we cant yet quantify. The change is big in cold-blooded animals. Only two decades of warmer temperatures are enough to mak
28、e retiles (爬行动物） smaller. An increase of only 1 degree centigrade caused nearly a 10 percent increase in metabolism(新陈代谢). Greater use of energy resulted in tiny tortoises and little lizards. Fish are smaller now too. Though overfishing has played a part in reducing numbers, experiments show that wa
29、rmer temperatures also stop fish growing.Warm-blooded animals arent immune(免除）from the size change caused by climate change. Many birds are now smaller. Soay sheep are thinner. Red deer are weaken And polar bears are smaller, compared with historical records.This is not the first time this has happe
30、ned in Earths history. 55 million years ago, a warming event similar to the current climate change caused bees, - 7 -spiders and ants to shrink by 50 to 75 percent over several thousand years. That event happened over a longer time than the current climate change.The speed of modern climate change c
31、ould mean organisms may not respond or adapt quickly enough, especially those with long generation times climate change will be shown in the future.28. What does the text mainly talk about_?A. Why some species become smaller.B. How climate changes in Earths history?C. Climate change has many negativ
32、e effects.D. Species are becoming smaller as climate gets warmer.29. The underlined word “trumped” m the first paragraph probably mean_. A. strengthened B. gained C. equaled D. beaten30. Researchers from the National University of Singapore believe that_. A. they have found the exact causes for crea
33、tures getting smaller.B. all the animals on the earth have become smaller.C. climate change has more negative effects on warm-blooded animals.D. increase in energy use can lead to creatures getting smaller.31. What does the author feel about the climate change?A. Worried B. Optimistic C. Disappointe
34、d D. ShamefulDIf youre DIY-minded, you can build your own solar power system. In some cases, you can even build your own solar panels (太阳能电池板), although the amount that you can effectively DIY home solar depends on how much you want to power. Making your own solar panel is a time-consuming process a
35、nd requires some electrical skills. However, it can also be very rewardinglearning to build your own panel is a great way to understand how solar electricity is generated (产生).- 8 -Before you can build your own solar panels, you first need to understand how solar cells generate electricity. Once you
36、ve bought individual solar cells (they can be purchased online), the basic process for building your own solar panel goes like this: Prepare the backing (底板) for your panel. Many DIY solar panel builders prefer to use a wooden board as the base for their solar cell. Youll need to drill holes in the
37、board so that the wires for each cell can pass through. Wire your solar cells together. This requires some experience with electrical work. Use a soldering iron (烙铁) to attach wire to the solar cells and then link each of the cells together. Attach cells to your backing. If possible, attach each sol
38、ar cell to the backing individually. This makes it easier to replace a single cell in the event that becomes damaged or is not operating properly.At this point you have a functional solar panel that can produce electricity when the sun shines. However, a solar panel by itself is not useful. If you a
39、re trying to generate electricity to power devices in your home, you need to pair your panel with an inverter (换流器) that will turn direct current (DC) power from the sun into the alternating current (AC) power used in most modem electronic devices.32. What does the author think of building DIY solar
40、 panel in the first paragraph?A. It is easy. B. It is common. C. It is worthwhile. D. It is necessary.33. Whats the first step of building your own solar panels?A. Buy individual solar cells.B. Drill holes in the wooden board.C. Prepare the backing for your panel.D. Master the advanced knowledge of
41、management.34. Why are solar cells connected to the wooden board separately?A. To produce more power.B. To substitute damaged cells easily.- 9 -C. To attach cells to the backing tightly.D. To pass through the wooden board easily.35. What can be inferred from the text?A. People with electrical skills
42、 have advantages over those without in DIY solar panels.B. A functional solar panel can give power to your home devices directly.C. How to pair an inverter depends on how much you want to power.D. A wooden board is a must for your own solar panels.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
43、最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Changing your life can come in small, easy steps. You can transform yourself and live a better life by making positive changes along the way. Here are some choices that will lead to your transformation.Choose to change bad habitsSome bad habits seem to stick around without us even r
44、ealizing it. 36You can overcome them, find better alternatives, and get through your struggle to become a better you! Do it for yourself more than anything.Choose to growIts easy to get stuck in a fixed way of life. 37 In choosing to grow, you build character, develop your strengths, become aware of
45、 what needs improvement, and turn into the well-rounded person you need to be to succeed.Choose to seek a balanced lifeWhere do you need balance? Are you all work, no play? Or the opposite? 38 If youre spending too much time working or locked away alone, find the time for social interaction and havi
46、ng fun. If you havent committed to a schedule in a while, make the decision to start following one.39- 10 -This is vital to human existence. We need the loving bonds created by family members and friends. Personal relationships are key to emotional growth and social stability.Choose to live your pas
47、sionWhatever your dream is, you can have it. The person you wish to be and the things you wish to achieve are within you. Make the choice to pursue those passions at whatever cost. It may mean clearing out your schedule or doing something youve never done. 40A Choose to spend time with those you lov
48、eB Choose to organize your schedule flexiblyC Make the choice today that you wont be ruled by them.D Neither extreme will lead you to a pleasant life for very long.E. However, with re-evaluation and growth comes a beautiful freedom.F. Its good to change, and youve only got so many years to refresh y
49、ourself.G. However, the reward from success and personal accomplishment will be worth it.第三部分 英语知识应用 （共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。My class and I visited LaoSiJi Care Center in Shizuishan to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season. The first two 41 there wer
