1、绝密启封前正阳高中 20182019 学年上期三年级第四次素质检测英 语 试 题命题人：周奎 2018 年 12 月 17 日第一部分 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. Where will they meet?A. At the underground. B. At the cinema. C. At the museum.2.
2、 Which bus will the woman take?A. Bus number 4. B. Bus number 6. C. Bus number 2.3. What is the man doing?A. Saying good-bye to a friend. B. Arranging a plane trip. C. Paying a bill at the bank.4. How will the woman pay for the meal?A. With Master Card. B. With Visa Card. C. With cash.5. When will t
3、he woman get the TV?A. In about an hour. B. A long time. C. Several days.第二节(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 8 题。6. Where does the conversation probably take pla
4、ce?A. At school. B. At home. C. In the office.7. How many hours will the girl work a day?A. 2. B.4. C.6. 8. How much could she get in a week?A. 24 dollars. B. 80 dollars. C. 120 dollars.听第 7 段材料,回答第 9 至 11 题。 9. What does the man do?A. A doctor. B. A psychologist. C. A news reporter.10. Which of the
5、 following room did the man book before he came?A. A warm room with a shower. B. A single room with a shower. C. Room 523.11. When is the man checking in?A. Saturday. B. Thursday. C. Tuesday.听第 8 段材料,回答第 12 至 14 题。12. What are the speakers talking about?A. Adventure. B.Vacation. C. Weather.13. Which
6、 is the best part of the womans tour?A. Hiking. B. Skydiving. C. Visiting relatives.14. Why did the man stay at home and watch TV?A. It was raining. B. He was too tired. C. He was with his relatives.听第 9 段材料,回答第 15 至 17 题。15. What do we learn about Ms Rowlings first book?A. It was written for adults
7、. B. It made her famous soon. C. It was about a kind of animal.16. Why does Ms Rowling consider herself so lucky?A. She can make a living by writing. B. She is loved by many people. C. She likes writing so much.17. Where did Ms Rowling get the ideas for the Harry Potter books?A. She read many books
8、written by others. B. She collected them from daily life. C. She didnt know it herself.听第 10 段材料,回答第 18 至 20 题。18. How long should the participants(参与者) in Big Brother stay inside?A. 24 days. B. 100 days. C. 124 days.19. Who will be the winner of Survivor?A. The one who is left at last. B. The one w
9、ho can find their own food. C. The one who wins one million dollars.20. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To introduce Survivor. B. To introduce Big Brother. C. To introduce reality shows.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 和 D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWelcome
10、to Amazon. Here are some top films to recommend this week.Magellan Scores 5.5101 min 2017When NASA picks up three extraterrestrial signals coming from within our own solar system, the space agency speeds a mission to investigate the sources. As Earths lone messenger, they send Commander Roger Nelson
11、, the test pilot for an experimental spacecraft called the Magellan, assisted by an on board A.I. named Ferdinand.Rent Movie HD $3.99Buy Movie HD $9.99The Lost City of Z Scores 6.6141 min 2016The Lost City of Z tells the incredible true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who journeys into the
12、Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers evidence of a previously unknown, advanced civilization that may have once occupied the region.Rent Movie HD $6.99Buy Movie HD $19.99The Post Scores 7.2115 min 2017Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep team for the first time in this exciti
13、ng true story about how the Washington Post exposed a massive cover-up of government secrets that lasted three decades. Rent Movie HD $5.99Buy Movie HD $19.99Room Scores 8.2117 min 2015 Both highly suspenseful and deeply emotional, Room is an unique and unexpectedly gentle exploration of the endless
14、 love between a mother and her child. After 5-year-old Jack and his Ma escape from the closed surroundings that Jack has known his entire life, the boy makes a thrilling discovery: the outside world.Rent Movie HD $3.99Buy Movie HD $12.9921. The Lost City of Z would most probably attract audiences wh
15、o love _.A. adventuring outdoors B. discovering secretsC. exploring outside space D. studying relationship between mother and children 22. What discount can you get if you rent Room on the website?A. About 60% B. About 65% C. About 70% D. About 69%23. Which film will suit a fan who love Tom Hanks?A.
16、 Magellan. B. The Lost City of Z . C. The Post. D. Room. BJames Turner often performs to large crowds in Old Town Alexandria,Virginia.You can find Turner playing an unusual musical instrument-the glass harp. A glass harp is made up of different sized drinking glasses, each filled with water.Turner m
17、akes music by running his fingers over the tops of the glasses.By doing so, each glass makes a different musical sound.Visitors to Alexandria like what they see and hear.They thank Turner by leaving a dollar or more in his box for donations.Nicole Schwa is a visitor from Germany. “I think its fantas
18、tic. Ive never heard something like this before”she said.James Turner is 78 years old.He says he has been playing the glass harp for 50 years.He became interested at the age of six when he heard his father playing with a glass of water at the dinner table.Today Turner puts together his instrument by
19、 placing 60 different glasses on a wooden soundboard.He holds the glasses in place with rubber bands, which keeps them from breaking.He then adds different amounts of water to each one to create different musical notes.Turner says adding or taking away just a little water will change the sound.Addin
20、g water to a glass will make a lower sound.The smaller bowls of water produce a higher sound, while the larger ones produce a lower, deeper sound.Turner says he uses low-priced glass because it sounds better than costly crystal.And he has more control over the sound.Before buying new glasses, he wil
21、l test them in stores.He decides if they produce the right sound by running his finger over the top of them.Turner says he has performed all over the United States and in Japan.Few people play the glass harp these days, but Turner says he sees videos of people experimenting with the instrument on Yo
22、uTube.He hopes the next generation will continue making its music.24.What do we know about James Turner? A.He plays the glass harp at the age of six.B.He often plays the glass harp to the crowds.C.He makes his living by playing the glass harp.D.He has years of experience in playing the glass harp.25
23、.How does James Turner play the glass harp?A.He changes the sizes of the glasses.B.He puts glasses on a wooden soundboard.C.He moves his fingers on the glasses filled with water.D.He adds different amounts of water into the glasses.26.The main reason why James Turner use the cheap glass is that .A.I
24、t can make sweet voiceB.It can be bought here and thereC.It is easy to produce a higher soundD.It is convenient for him to control the sound27.According to the James Turner, the future of the glass harp is .A. hopeful B. unknown C. exciting D. alarmingCHumans have produced 8.3bn tonnes of plastic si
25、nce the 1950s with the majority ending up in landfill or polluting the worlds continents and oceans, according to a new report.The study by US academics found that the total amount of plastic produced equivalent in weight to one billion elephants will last for hundreds, perhaps thousands of years. A
26、nd with production expected to accelerate over the coming decades, campaigners warn it is creating an environmental crisis comparable to climate change.“We are increasingly ruining ecosystems in plastic and I am very worried that there may be all kinds of unintended, adverse consequences,” said Rola
27、nd Geyer, from the University of California and Santa Barbara, who led the project. In 1950, when plastic was first mass produced, the report found 2m tonnes was manufactured. That figure has risen to 8.3bn in 2017 and is projected to reach 34bn by 2050.“We are on this enormous growth path there is
28、no end in sight of the rate of this growth,” said Geyer. He added that even academics who worked in the same field were unaware of the “sheer dimensions” of the crisis.“Combined with this huge growth rate it makes me very concerned. We should look at the numbers and ask as a society, is this what we
29、 want, can we not do better?”To visualize the scale of the problem ,Geyer said he had carried out a “thought experiment”.“If you take the 8.3bn tonnes of plastic and spread it out as ankle deep waste about 10 inches high I calculated I could cover an area the size of Argentina with it. That is the w
30、orlds eighth largest country.”Geyer said: “What we are trying to do is to create the foundation for sustainable materials management. Put it simply, you cant manage what you dont measure, and so we think policy discussions will be more informed and fact based now that we have these numbers.”28.What
31、do we know about the plastic produced from the paragraph 2?A. Its creating crisis.B. Its changing climate.C. Its ruining ecosystems.D. Its being produced massively. 29.Why does the author say “there is no end in sight of the rate of this growth.”?A. Plenty of plastics have been made.B. Some experts
32、arent aware of its seriousness.C. The plastic is still being produced massively.D. The producers are going to expand their quantity.30.According to Geyer, what should we pay close attention to?A. The great growth rate.B. The amount of the plastic.C. The number and the need of society.D. The peoples
33、environmental awareness. 31.To solve the problem caused by plastic, we first need to .A. draw up a policyB. carry out an experimentC. analyze some important dataD. look for the sustainable materialsDRobert Taylor, who was helpful in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died. H
34、e was 85.“Any way you look at it, from kick-starting the internet to launching the personal computer revolution, Bob Taylor was a key architect of our modern world,” Leslie Berlin, a historian at the Stanford University Silicon Valley Archives project, told the New York Times.In 1961,Taylor was a pr
35、oject manager for Nasa when he directed funding to Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute, who helped develop the modern computer mouse.Taylor was working for the Pentagons Advanced Research Projects Agency (Arpa) in 1966 when he instructed the creation of a single computer network to
36、link Arpa-sponsored researchers at companies and institutions around the country.Taylor was frustrated that he had to use three separate terminals to communicate with the researchers through their computer systems.A few years later, Taylor went on to work at Xeroxs famous Palo Alto Research Center(
37、Parc), where he shepherded a team that helped create the Alto, a pioneering personal computer.which supplied each researcher with an individual workstation instead of sharing time on a room-sized mainframe(主机). It was designed to use a graphical interface, which enabled the user to command the devic
38、e through icons, windows and menus instead of typing text commands in computer language.The technology inspired Microsofts Windows software and the Apple computers.In the 1990s, Taylor ran the Systems Research Center in Palo Alto for Digital Equipment Corporation. The lab helped create Alta Vista, o
39、ne of the first internet search engines. Taylor retired in 1996.In 1999, Taylor was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. In 2004, he and other Parc researchers were awarded the Draper prize from the National Academy of Engineering for development of “the first practical networked
40、 personal computers”.32.When was the creation of a single computer network produced?A.In 1961. B.In 1966. C.In 2004. D.In 1996.33.What can we learn about Alto from paragraph 4?A.It is a leading personal computer.B.It is designed to use a special menu.C.It has many disadvantages in personal computer.
41、D.It provides each researcher with an individual workstation.34.Which of the following can replace the underlined word “shepherded” in Paragraph 4?A. Supervised. B. Undertook. C. Developed. D. Motivated.35.What may be the best title for the text? A.The Life of Robert Taylor.B.The Achievements of Rob
42、ert Taylor. C.Robert Taylor: An Internet and Computer Pioneer. D.Robert Taylors Contributions to Personal Computer.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 Hang Out with Rich FriendsBeing friends with someone whos richer, more successful than you is a hard choice
43、. Indeed, its a choice whether you are ready to get along with the person or not. During the college years you were nearly equal financially with your friends and classmates. But when meeting them some years later you can discover that their financial situation is far much better than yours. 36 .Her
44、e are a few things to remember when you hang out with rich friends.37 .When people make plenty of money they can hardly take control over their spending.If your wealthy friends have no idea how much you can afford, they can easily show off.Feel okay to set certain financial boundaries and stick to t
45、hem.If your financial situation is clear to your friends, they will stop pressing you to waste.Dont pretend and dont compareIts just a lose-lose game to compare your income with other people. 38 . Comparison always arouses the feeling of diffidence and embarrassment. Dont concentrate your attention
46、on the gap between you, it will only cause more separation.39 .Accept their generosity40 . Try to put yourself in your friends shoes and youll understand being rich feels uncomfortable as well.When they offer to pay for dinner, take it easy, your friend just wants to show that your relationship is m
47、ore important than dollars.A.Be honest and keep a distanceB.Face more stresses and challengesC.A big gap in income can create a big gap in your relationshipD.Dont think that your friends are so generous out of pity for you. E.Instead, focus on your own achievements and strive for the betterF.Its an
48、undeniable fact that poor and rich people have completely different habitsG.Try to realize that you will meet someone wealthier, but you shouldnt pretend to be the same第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45） 第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Johnnie was
49、the son of a carpenter, and his mother worked as a housekeeper.They lived simple lives, 41 their money for the day when they could send their son to college. But when Johnnie had reached the second year in high school,a psychologist42 to the school called the young man into his office and said.Johnnie, Ive been studying your marks and Ive 43 your various tests.You have worked very
