1、高三英语考试第一部分 听力第一节听下面 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。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。例：How much is the shirt?A19.15. B9.18. C9.15.答案是 C。1Why is the man leaving early?AHe wants to avoid a traffic jam.BHe isnt interested in the movie.CHe doesnt know the way to the theater.2How did
2、 the woman feel just now?AScared. BBored. CExcited.3Where does the conversation most probably take place?AIn a shop. BIn a classroom. CIn a kitchen.4When will the speakers meet?AAt 6:30. BAt 6:45. CAt 7:00.5Who might Freddy be?AThe speakers son.BThe speakers landlady.CThe speakers pet.第二节听下面 5 段对话或独
3、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。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。6How does the woman usually go to work?ABy car. BBy bus. CBy train.7What do the speakers agree about taking the train?AIt is safer. BIt is faster. CIt is cheaper.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、
4、9 题。8Why is the woman upset with the man?AHe hasnt been attending class.BHe didnt turn in his essay.CHis essay is too short.9How many essays has the man rewritten this year altogether?AThree essays. BTwo essays. COne essay.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10What does the man suggest the woman do?ASave up for
5、the car.BGo to another car dealer.CAsk someone to check the car.11How will the woman pay for the car?AIn cash. BBy bank card. CBy cheque.12How will the man help the woman?ALend money to her. BDrive her car home. CTake care of her car.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13When did the woman last lend the man her
6、car?AA year ago. BFive months ago. CA couple of days ago.14What will the woman do tonight?ASee a movie. BSee a play. CGo to the gym.15What is the relationship between the speakers?ARoommates. BGood friends. CBrother and sister.16What does the man promise the woman?AHe will borrow another car next ti
7、me.BHe will return before six oclock.CHe will fill up her car with gas.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17What kind of restaurants are the most in the speakers hometown?AKFCs. BChinese restaurants. CJapanese restaurants.18Why does the speaker dislike “all you can eat” restaurants?AThey are unhealthy.BThey ar
8、e too expensive.CThere isnt enough food in them.19What do most customers of “All you can eat” restaurants look like?AVery fat. BVery tall. CVery thin.20What is the speech mainly about?AThe speakers favourite diet.BRestaurants in the speakers hometown.CFast food restaurants in America.第二部分 阅读理解第一节阅读下
9、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。AWith the Blinkist app, you can get the key learning from the best nonfiction books in minutes. Start with the 4 most-read books.Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Dont Do by Amy MorinYou cant escape misfortune in life. But you can change how you respond to it.
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12、m high school at 18, enter university, become a professional person, get married and have children. This lifestyle may be limiting and keep us away from opportunities in which we might get better. Everyone has potential. If you dont know what yours is, it just means you havent discovered it yet. Or
13、perhaps you have it, but it was dismissed early in life. Find out how you can break free of societys strict rules and find your calling in life.Emotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanDo your emotions hold you back? Would you do better if your emotions were removed and you became unfeeling, logical
14、creatures? Did you know if your pulse rate rises above 100 bpm, youre believed too emotional to think rationally? You probably let feelings cloud your judgment more often than you know. Goleman explains how you can avoid letting your emotions rule you and make better decisions in life.21Which book c
15、an help you discover your own potential?AEmotional Intelligence.BFinding Your Element.CHow to Stop Worrying and Start Living.DThirteen Things Mentally Strong People Dont Do.22Who is a writer and doctor?AAmy Morin. BDale Carnegie.CDaniel Goleman. DKen Robinson.23What theme are the four books about?AL
16、ife plans. BLearning methods.CSelf-improvement. DRelational processing.BFor many people, the “golden years” are a time to slow down and recall past achievements. Nola Ochsa Guinness record holder as the worlds oldest college graduate at the age of 95saw age as an opportunity to take on new challenge
17、s and satisfy unfulfilled goals.Born in 1911 in Illinois, Nola always loved learning. She was a good student who graduated from high school in 1929 and began college via correspondence course（函授课程）from Fort Hays State University in Kansas. After getting the degree of the college, she taught in count
18、y schools for four years before marrying her husband, Vernon Ochs.Soon, the realities of farming stopped any thoughts of furthering her education, though Nola lived a good, full life on the farm, raising four sons. She always yearned to learn more about the world she lived in, but not until after Ve
19、rnon died in 1972, did Nola consider resuming her formal education.“I just thought something off the farm would be fun,” Nola explained. “Really, I had no thought of ever graduating. For 10 years, I just took classes that were of interest to me, mostly history and composition. And then one of the pr
20、ofessors came to me and told me if I would take college algebra, I would have enough credit hours to graduate. And I finally made it.”For most people, graduating at the age of 95 with a 3.7 GPA might be enough of an accomplishment, but not for Nola. In May 2010, at the age of 98, Nola Ochs received
21、her masters degree, making her the oldest person to receive that distinction.By the time Nola passed away in 2016, at the incredible age of 105, she had achieved her goal of writing a book about her life experiences. At one point in the process, when asked for her life advice, she said, “Buy the pla
22、ne ticket!” She meant that people should take advantage of lifes opportunities and not wait until tomorrow.24What did Nola do before getting married?AA farmer. BA writer. CA scientist. DA teacher.25Which of the following can replace the underlined word “resuming” in paragraph 3?Abeginning Bchanging
23、Crestarting Dstopping26How many degrees did Nola get according to the text?ATwo. BThree. CFour. DFive.27What can we learn from Nola?ARespecting old people is a virtue everyone should have.BKnowledge is important for everyone including old people.CPeople should get their college degrees as young as p
24、ossible.DPeople should grasp every chance to pursue goals in life.CThe audiences of the UK will have an opportunity to enjoy a feast of Chinese culture when the China National Peking Opera Company returns to the country for the fourth time for a series of workshops and performances. Events will be h
25、eld at the British Library, Oxfords Ashmolean Museum and the world-famous dance theater of Sadlers Wells, featuring artists including Lisa Lu, Yu Kuizhi and Li Shengsu.On Thursday at the British Library, Lisa Lu, who also played a role in recent cinema hit Crazy Rich Asians, will lead a group of art
26、ists from China, the US and the UK to discuss their experiences of working across a variety of artistic fields in different cultures over many decades.The series of activities also include interactive workshops, which explain the intricacies（错综复杂）of the attractive art of Peking Opera. The secrets be
27、hind a great opera, from music to instruments, from make-up to martial arts, will be revealed at the British Library workshops on Saturday and Sunday.Events end on Oct 19 and 20 at Sadlers Wells in North London, with two performances of The Emperor and the Concubine, one of the most celebrated opera
28、s, as well as The Crossroads Inn and The Monkey King and The Leopard.Li Shengsu, who led the cast of The Emperor and the Concubine, explained that the show is the beautiful love story championed by Peking Opera Master Mei Lanfang, and it is one of the very few works from the Master Meis that had bee
29、n handed down since 1920s.The productions are being presented in partnership with London-based Sinolink Productions, a company that promotes Chinese art, culture and performance to British audiences.Zhang Kewei, producer and director of Sinolink, said, “It is delightful to see that the China Nationa
30、l Peking Opera Company returns to London for the fourth time with another two masterpieces this year. The performances so far have received very positive comments from audiences and the United Kingdoms media and we are looking forward to further expanding our program.”28Why are Chinese Peking Opera
31、artists going to the UK?ATo perform Peking Opera with British artists.BTo present traditional Peking Opera to British people.CTo share their working experience with American media.DTo teach foreign artists how to perform Peking Opera.29Which place will hold seminars to talk about Peking Opera?AThe B
32、ritish Library.BOxfords Ashmolean Museum.CSadlers Wells.DSinolink Productions.30What can be inferred from the text?APeking Opera has attracted British great attention since 1920s.BThe British are accepting Chinese Peking Opera little by little.CIts the fourth time for Sinolink Productions to promote
33、 Peking Opera.DThe events will end up with performing The Emperor and the Concubine.31What may be the best title for the text?AChinese Traditional Art and British ArtistsBPeking Opera is Popular with the BritishCPeking Opera will Return to the UKDChinese Traditional TreasurePeking OperaDThroughout t
34、he world, parents talk differently to babies than they do to adults. With their young kids, parents use baby talks, featuring long pauses and a roller coaster of pitch（音高）changes.While parents may feel a bit silly using baby talks, they shouldnt in fact. Babies not only prefer listening to them, but
35、 they also learn new words more easily from them. By highlighting the structure of speech, such as the differences between the vowels（元音）“a” and “o”, baby talks help babies translate sounds into meaningful units of language.Actually, the timbre（音色）plays a role. The timbre of an instrument clearly af
36、fects how we experience music, but its role in language is less obvious. Looking into the timbre of baby talks, researchers made some surprising discoveries. In a new study published in Current Biology, researchers reported for the first time that mothers shifted their overall vocal timbre when spea
37、king to their babies, as if they were changing their voice into a different instrument to address these unique little listeners.In the Princeton Baby Lab, where researchers study how children learn, they recorded English-speaking mothers while they talked with their 7-to-12-month-old babies and whil
38、e they spoke to an adult experimenter, and found that adult-directed and baby-directed speech had consistently different timbres.Most surprising, in a second sample of non-English-speaking mothers, researchers found that this timbre shift was also highly consistent across nine diverse languages. Thi
39、s suggests these timbre shifts may represent a universal form of communication with babies.Being able to identify baby talks across multiple languages could give us rich information about the amount and type of language children hear at preschool across different cultural environments. This could he
40、lp researchers and educators predict and improve outcomes such as vocabulary and success at school.Parents should feel self-conscious about their own baby talks: with them theyre helping their baby learn.32What is the advantage of parents using baby talks?AIt is good for babies to change pitch.BIt h
41、elps translate sounds into different languages.CIt makes babies learn more language.DIt helps babies improve their language ability.33What did the study find?AMothers usually changed their timbre when talking with their babies.BMothers avoided using the sound like instruments to talk with babies.CNo
42、n-English-speaking mothers spoke to babies with consistent timbre.DEnglish-speaking mothers were good at changing timbre to speak with adults.34What is paragraph 6 mainly about?AThe aim of the research.BThe process of the research.CThe effect of parents timbre shifts.DThe meaning of studying baby ta
43、lks.35What may be the authors suggestion to parents with babies?ATeaching babies to talk early.BPracticing mothers timbre often.CUsing baby talks to communicate with babies.DBeing conscious of babies emotional need.第二节根据短文内容，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。The USA is a society formed by many diffe
44、rent immigrant cultures that produced a new and mixed culture. Most Americans celebrate different customs which started in other countries and start several new traditions and cultures. 36 37 They tend to live independently, and communicate directly, honestly and informally with their families, frie
45、nds and colleagues.Americans always keep advancing with the times. 38 In America, it is relatively common for both parents to work, and American women are equal partners in marriage.In the USA, the most common family unit consists of the parents and children living under one roof. Most American chil
46、dren are taught to compete, through organized sports and education, as well as speak out their minds and have confidence to stand up for what they believe in. 39 Many immigrant families also feature several generations living under one roof, with younger family members respecting the elders needs an
47、d valuing their opinions.When people from different cultures get married and have children, they may have issues when it comes to maintaining their unique traditions and mixing shared customs at the same time. 40 However, with a little effort, children in these families can benefit from having both
48、outlooks and traditions. Children who are raised bilingually can also benefit in future careers and learn to make decisions better than monolingual kids.AMany Americans find happy life is important.BThey are also taught to respect their parents at all costs.CIt can be a challenge to find the perfect
49、 balance between cultures.DAccording to socialists, the American family culture has many unique aspects.EAmerican children refuse to follow their parents advice and always argue with them.FChanging rather than sticking to tradition is considered by many Americans as improvement.GThe difference is easy to deal with if parents can meet halfway and stand in the others shoes
