1、四川省广安、眉山 2018 届毕业班第一次诊断性考试英语试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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 is Michael now?A. In Manchester. B. In New York. C. In London.2.
2、 What is the woman doing?A. Watching TV. B. Working in a bank. C. Making a TV program.3. What do you know about the man?A. He loves city life.B. He gives up his job.C. He isnt used to his present life.4. How much will the man pay for two shirts?A. $50. B. $80. C. $100.5. What is the woman doing?A. A
3、pologizing to the man.B. Telling the man the schedule.C. Arranging a company meeting.第一节(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、7 题。6. Why does the woman sound surprised
4、?A. Mike started a business.B. Mike refused a job offer.C. Mike turned down a scholarship.7. What has Mike decided to do?A. Leave his school. B. Travel to Shanghai. C. Stay with his mother.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What does the man want to do next weekend?A. Go to the cinema. B. Hold a party. C. Mee
5、t his friend.9. Who will the barbecue for?A. Mike. B. The mans father. C. Connie.10. When will the mans family members gather?A. This Friday. B. This Saturday. C. This Sunday.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Fellow clerks.B. Manager and worker.C. Employer a
6、nd employee.12. What does the woman like about her job?A. Living close to the office.B. Nice people to work with.C. Opportunities to go abroad.13. What do we know about the man?A. He likes traveling.B. He is new to the company.C. He works in the H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
7、。AThe teen book for this quarter is The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen. After a teenage track star loses the lower part of one of her legs in an accident, she struggles with how to continue on with her life. Through the support of her friends, family and a new friend who enters her life that
8、she may never have met before, Jessica learns that her life isnt as over as she thought and that there are many paths that she has yet to explore.This quarter we will be reading Rules by Cynthia Lord. Catherine has a brother with autism (孤独症). She spent years trying to teach him the rules of life. C
9、atherine is so focused on what normal is and how people should act, which leads to her own behavior harming the friendships she has made.We have two selections for our youngest readers this quarter. The first is Fluffy and Baron by Laura Rankin. A sweet story detailing the friendship between a yello
10、w duckling and a dog as they both grow and explore their own lives. Wonderfully illustrated (插图) this book whose language is easy to understand will be enjoyed by the youngest of readers.The second book we are recommending for our youngest readers touches on water. Water Can Be, by Laura Purdie Sala
11、s, draws younger readers in as it is written in rhyme. While attracting kids with rhyme, the book with blue cover looks at all the many forms and roles water can take across the beautifully illustrated pages.21. Which book describes its leading characters fighting for a new life?A. Rules. B. Water C
12、an Be.C. Fluffy and Baron. D. The Running Dream.22. What can we learn about Catherine?A. She is a teacher of disabled students. B. She helps write Fluffy and Baron.C. She is the youngest writer for kids. D. She gradually loses her friends.23. What make (s) kids like Water Can Be according to the tex
13、ts author?A. Its special writing style. B. Its easy words.C. Its attractive cover design. D. Its beautiful illustrations.BAkinwumi Adesina, president of the African Development Bank, has won the 2017 World Food Prize for his work to increase production and farm incomes. Dr Adesina said providing mil
14、lions of farmers with seeds and fertilizers (肥料) was vital to promote development. He added that 98% of the worlds 800 million skinny people live in Africa. Since 1986, the World Food Prize aims to recognize efforts to increase the quality and quantity of available food.Dr Adesina said that he was “
15、very happy” to win the award. “For me, the award is not just about recognition for me, it is also about putting the wind behind the sails of what still needs to be done in African agriculture,” he said. He added that the problem that needed to be solved was that the level of productivity of the Afri
16、can agriculture was “so, so low”. “One of the things that I have worked on was how to accelerate our efforts,” he said. “You know, you can find Coca-Cola anywhere in rural Africa, so why cant you find seeds or why cant you find fertilizers? It is because the model that was used to hand out was based
17、 on government systems, which are very, very ineffective. So I thought the best way to do that is to support rural companies to have their own small shops to sell seeds and fertilizers to farmers.”The World Food Prize was founded in 1986 by Dr. Norman E Borlaug, who won the 1970 Nobel Peace Prize. D
18、r Adesina will receive the US $250,000 prize at the Borlaug Dialogue international symposium, which is held in the US to “help further the discussion on global food security issues and inspire the next generation to end hunger”.President of the World Food Prize Foundation, former US ambassador Kenne
19、th Quinn, said the judging panel hoped awarding Dr Adesina this years prize would “inspire the next generation of Africans as they meet the challenges of the 21st century”.24. Why was Dr Adesina awarded?A. Because he became president of African Development Bank.B. Because he realized his dream of he
20、lping the farmers in Africa.C. Because he found some ways to make land produce more crops.D. Because he intended to increase the quality and quantity of available food.25. What did Dr Adesina mean when he said “putting the wind behind the sail”？A. Much work had to be completed. B. He was recognized
21、by the world.C. He wanted to show his happiness. D. The African agriculture was better.26. What did Dr Adesina do to help the farmers?A. He handed out the seeds on government systems.B. He gave Coca-Cola to them anywhere he met them.C. He changed ways of providing seeds and fertilizers.D. He ran sho
22、ps to sell seeds and fertilizers to farmers.27. Who would end the problem of food shortage in Africa?A. All the people in Africa. B. The next generation of Africans.C. Food and Agriculture Organization. D. The scientists in the United States.CCivil society in Morocco is working hard to fight tobacco
23、 and drug addiction among young people. With the help of non-governmental organizations, many teenagers have managed to give up smoking.Salim, eighteen years old, is one of them. “A friend offered me my first cigarette. Soon, I started buying my own cigarette and got in the habit of smoking. As my p
24、arents didnt realize that I was smoking, I carried on until one day a teacher, who was a member of an organisation, saved me. He gave me advice and support for several weeks till I finally quitted this bad habit. ” Salim said.Samira is a secondary school student. “My mother neglected (忽视) me. She ga
25、ve me money just to get rid of me. As for my dad, he only came home in the evening and always started shouting at my mother. I easily found refuge to drugs. ” She explains.Amina Baaji is a teacher and member of the Moroccan Associations for Listening and Dialogue. She stressed the importance of the
26、role of parents in dealing with cigarette smoking, before it leads to drug addiction. “Families must look after their children and try to understand them so that they will not become addicted to tobacco or drugs. ”She says. “Parents failure to listen to their children and understand their problems i
27、s the main reason why young people start smoking or taking drugs.” She adds.Jamal Bahaoui, another teacher, agrees with Baaji. “If young people are to be protected from tobacco and drugs, families and schools must keep an eye on them and try to understand their needs and fears.” He explains. “Teache
28、rs must spend more time listening to their students so that they can give them guidance and help them deal with their psychological problems.” He adds.28. Whats the main idea of the text?A. Non-governmental organizations in Morocco.B. Anti-smoking and drug campaigns in Morocco.C. Students, psycholog
29、ical problems in Morocco.D. Teenagers giving up smoking or drugs in Morocco.29. How did Salimas teacher help him?A. By keeping encouraging him to keep away from tobacco.B. By continuing to tell him to talk with his mother.C. By giving him money to support his studies.D. By communicating with his mot
30、her.30. What led to Samiras drug addiction?A. Her own bad habit. B. Her family problem.C. Her teachers ignorance. D. Her failure to listen to her parents.31. What does Baaji advise parents to do to protect their children from addiction?A. Give advice to their children.B. Give up smoking or taking dr
31、ugs.C. Communicate with their children.D. Put their family problems behind their children.DQueuing, unpacking and repacking our suitcases is the price of airport security. Suitcases go through an X-ray and any suspicious (可疑的) image means the luggage is sent on to a second machine, but a new 3D scan
32、ner may speed things up. It was the result of a collaboration (合作) between a global company, Rapiscan, and a team led by professor Bill Lionheart.The idea is that the bags could have a three-dimensional scan and be viewed from any angle, allowing the security people to get a much better idea of the
33、contents of a piece of luggage much faster. “They had invented it to make it very fast,” says Lionheart, “but they hadnt thought about how to make the three-dimensional picture.” Despite the difficulties, Lionheart and his team who designed the machine finally managed to make one based on complex ma
34、thematical calculations, which the operator can look at in any direction.The resulting machine, the RTT80 3D scanner won a famous Engineer magazine prize and has been inexperimental use in the US and in Germany with a view to being put into production if it meets the necessary standards. The mathema
35、tics theyve used for the scanner is also a starting point for other applications. Rapiscan also makes metal detectors which made Professor Lionheart think that there are perhaps new ways of thinking about landmines (地雷).Lionheart says, “Generally, it will take hundreds of years to clear the mines. W
36、ere hoping that this metal detector project will lead to clean up landmines quicker.” Lionheart believes that mathematics is particularly good at working across different engineering problems. “You start looking at X-rays in airport security; then apply the same things to material science, inventing
37、 detectors, and you realize the same mathematics could be applied to landmine detection. We tend to make bridges across different areas of knowledge because the mathematics is shared.”32. What may security measures at airports result in?A. Passengers having to wait in lines.B. Checking suitcases bei
38、ng very expensive.C. Airplanes sometimes having to be put off.D. All luggage passing through at least two machines.33. Which is right about the new three-dimensional picture of luggage?A. It was invented by accident.B. It has already been put on the market.C. It depended on mathematical calculations
39、.D. It can be mistaken for the image of other luggage.34. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in Paragraph 3?A. The prize. B. The production.C. The experimental use. D. The 3D scanner.35. What can we know about mathematics from Lionhearts words?A. It inspires Lionheart to design the 3D scann
40、er.B. It has wide application in the engineering field.C. It accelerates the solving of the landmine problem.D. It can reduce the differences between scientific fields.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。How to improve social skills? Different people have different op
41、inions. Social skills are an essential part of life but are not always easy to perfect. Improving takes time and some trial and error.Select specific skills to improveDont try to improve all of your social skills at once. 36 After you feel comfortable in your understanding of body language, you migh
42、t read a guide on small talk and practice that next.37 Talk with people while carrying out daily activities at school, work or at any other place. Communication is powerful and as you enter into more conversations, you will become more experienced in chatting.Be relaxed and confident around people38
43、 You can help grow this feeling by building your sense of self-worth and finding your inner-strength. Remind yourself that you are a very special and worthwhile person. Choose specific goals and work towards them Trying to improve your social skills is such a broad goal that it is hard to see progre
44、ss towards it and it is easy to get discouraged. 39 For instance, you might decide “I want to successfully join a conversation at a party.” Find people who share the same interests with youWhy do you think you see a lot of friends are people who share something in common? For example, the basketball
45、 group, the football group, the video games group. 40 So if you love football then talk about football. This is how most friendships start off.A. Join in conversations.B. Refer to social skills books and guides.C. People love to be around with humorous people.D. People like it when you are comfortab
46、le with yourself.E. You might buy a book on body language and work on that first.F. Instead, pick a goal that is challenging but able to do and specific.G. Generally, those who share the same interests are more likely to become friends.第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（共 20 小题;每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文
47、后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Alice Green tries to follow the fashion at 11. But her mom, Helen, 41 part-time and her husband was recently 42 off, leaving little room in the family budget for designer-brand clothes. So Alice didnt ask her mom to 43 her wallet this fall to buy clothes. Instea
48、d, she 44 a mass of her own old jeans and shirts at a 45 and bought what she wanted for school. Alice is learning she has to make 46 with her money.The cost of bringing up kids is continuing to 47 . Now, because there is a growing 48 that todays youth will face a lasting drop in their standard of li
49、ving, many parents are working to reshape childrens 49 . The result is a strong, painful change in 50 , as kids learn to save 51 work to pay for consumer goods they want.Ms. Green is teaching Alice and her brother Noah, 13, to 52 consumer pressures. Both children have learned to enjoy 53 family camping vacations, and they sell items on eBay to raise cash for purchases. The joke around their house is that if the things are not nailed 54 , they will be sold.In the past, money talk was unacceptable in many 55 , and many parents 56 children fro
