1、2018 学年高三年级六校交流试题英 语 本试卷分第 I卷（选择题）和第 II卷（非选择题） 。第 I卷 1至 8页，第 II卷 9至 10页。满分 150分，考试时间 120分钟。第 I 卷注意事项：1. 答第 I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。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）
2、 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。1. Where does the man want to go?A. A railway station. B. A post office. C. The seaside.2. What happened to the woman?A. She woke up late. B. She got to work late. C. She went to sleep late.3. What i
3、s the woman doing now?A. Baking cookies. B. Making a list. C. Shopping for groceries.4. How does the woman feel about the zoo?A. Sad. B. Impressed. C. Disappointed.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Young people lose their jobs easily.B. Young people are too quick in making decisions.C
4、. Young people seldom stay long in the same job.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. When will the man start his new job?A. Tomorrow B. Next week. C. Next mo
5、nth7. Why is the man paying for the womans lunch?A. She helped him a lot.B. It is his turn to pay.C. He wants to congratulate her.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What is Annas chemistry grade now?A. B B. B+ C. D9. When does Annas study group meet?A. After school. B. On the weekends. C During lunch hour.10.
6、 Who is Anna speaking to?A. A study group member. B. Her teacher. C. Her father.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。II. How old was Jonathans mother when she started doing laundry? A8 years old B10 years old C16 years old12Which temperature will Jonathan use for now？A. Hot. B. Cold. C Warm.13. What is the “light
7、”spin cycle used for? A. Jeans and towels.B. Most of Jonathans clothes.C. Sheets and pillow cases.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14 Which decorations are on the sofa?A. The Christmas ones.B. The Halloween ones.C. The Thanksgiving ones.15. What did the man use to get the box out? A. A pole B. A chair. C. A l
8、adder.16. Where might the conversation take place?A. In the basement. B. In the bedroom. C. In the living room.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题17. What does the Golden Rule ask people to do?A Develop personal rules.B. Respect their families and ancestors.C. Treat others as they wish to be treated.18. Which i
9、s a teaching of Confucius?A. Governments should be moral.B. Husbands should respect wives.C. People should memorize rules of behavior.19. How did Confucius teach lessons?A. Through arguments.B. Through reasoning.C. Through personal examples.20. What does the speaker say about Confucius influence?A.
10、He used to be even more important. B. He has influenced many cultures.C. He has little effect on people today.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMeg finished the accounts and took Lottie out into the narrow street. They got to the ma
11、rket just before the stall(摊位) keepers packed up. There wasnt much left-just apples and some nuts. But Lottie liked apples and they could get bread from tomorrow mornings bake.After they ate, the two girls curled up on the makeshift (凑合的) bed. Lottie went to sleep right away, but Meg lay with her ey
12、es open. Thoughts whirled(旋转)through her heart. “If it wasnt the plague, Dad wouldnt have been infected with it and Mom would have come for us by now. But she hasnt. Does that mean well never see her or Dad again? Will Samuel fetch us in the morning? Will his father let him? How long can we stay her
13、e if he doesnt? How will we find our way to Uncle Roberts?” She wanted to run home to find Mom and Dad and sit with them by the fire. But she knew she could never do that again. At least, she thought, “the guard hasnt come, and well be gone by the morning. ” Then she slept. Med didnt feel the draugh
14、t (气流)of night air that blew in through the open window above her. She didnt see the hot ashes swirl out of the fire beneath the oven. At first she didnt smell the hay, burning in the corner of the next room. A ribbon of smoke floated across her face and made her cough. It woke her. She rubbed her s
15、tinging eyes. Through the office door, she saw flames climbing up the wall, She heard them crackling in the wooden ceiling.Well have to get out, Meg thought, but well never get past that fire! She shook her sister. “Wake up, Lottie!” Lottie stirred and opened her eyes. She clung(抓住) to Meg, terrifie
16、d by the leaping flames. Meg lifted her up to the window and pushed her out feet first. The bag of clothes went next. 21. What can we learn from the first 3 paragraphs?A. Meg and Lottie had to face the problem of no food or shelter.B. Meg and Lottie were not concerned about their situation.C. Meg an
17、d Lottie were separated from their parents due to the plague.D. Meg and Lottie got lost on the way to Uncle Roberts.22. How did Meg find the house on fire？A. The clerk in the hotel knocked at the door and told her.B. She was woken up by the strong smell and saw the flames.C. She saw the hot ashes co
18、ming out of the fire.D.She smelt the hay burning in the corner of the next room. 23. What can be the best title of the passage?A. An exciting adventure B. An outbreak of the plagueC.An unexpected fire D.An escape from a fireBThanks to the school cut-off date, eight days would have made the differenc
19、e between my daughter being among the youngest in her year group at school, or being among the older kids. If she had come eight days later, I wouldnt have had to think about sending her to school early or waiting a year. No such luck, however-my daughter arrived on schedule. Consequently, I spent m
20、any hours having conversations about school starting dates. I approached these conversations with an open mind, listening attentively to parents who sent their child to school as soon as he or she was able. Some parents said that sending their children to school early was the right decision, because
21、 delaying another year would have meant a bored child. Other parents said that their child had struggled being the youngest in the class. But then there were friends at university who were younger than the rest of us, but always seemed to do well in class. With a spinning head, I turned to the exper
22、ts. At kindergarten, my daughter was given a school readiness test by a child health nurse. She was asked to complete a series of tasks to determine her cognitive performance, language development, and physical development. My daughter aced(考得很好) the test. The results were clear-cut, and for a momen
23、t I thought Id found my answer to whether my daughter should go to school next year or not.And then came the follow-up call from the child health nurse. Even though the test found my daughter to be school-ready, the nurse suggested that I consider keeping my daughter at home another year. The nurse,
24、 who observed my daughter performing the test, noted that my daughter made it quite clear that shed rather be playing outside instead of sitting down doing a test. Being academically reading is not the same as being emotionally ready.After all that, I decided that my daughter would be starting schoo
25、l next year. The reasons for delaying turned out to have nothing to do with school readiness, but rather about life in general. We spend a long time being adults. So, giving my daughter one more year of childhood was a precious gifts. 24. What does the author mean by “ with a spinning head” in Parag
26、raph 3? A. She was confused. B. She was worried. C. She was determined D. She was curious.25. What happened when the authors daughter took the school readiness test?A. She refused to take the test. B. She failed to pass the test.C. She didnt enjoy doing the test. D. She outperformed all the other ki
27、ds. 26. Why did the author choose to keep her daughter waiting for another year?A. She wanted to follow her friends advice. B. Her daughter was not academically ready for school.C. She wanted to give her daughter a longer childhood. D. She was worried that her daughter would struggle in class. 27. W
28、hat is the main purpose of the article?A. To introduce school readiness tests to readers.B.To give advice on how to choose schools for kids.C.To explain why parents should send kids to school early.D.To share how she handled her daughters school age situationCRobots are already a common sight in war
29、ehouses (Amazon alone use more than 45,000) but now theyre moving into stores too. Walmart has announced its deploying(部署) shelf-scanning robots in 50 locations around the US, using the machines to check things like inventory, prices, and misplaced items. The retailing giant says the robots introduc
30、tion wont lead to job losses, and that the company wants to save employees from carrying out tasks that are “repeatable, predictable, and manual.”The robots themselves are produced by California-based Bossa Nova Robotics, and are about two-feet tall with an extendable tower containing lights and sen
31、sors for scanning shelves. They sit in recharging stations in the store until a human employee gives them a “mission” e.g. checking a particular aisle(通道) to see what needs re-stocking. The robots are supposed to save workers time, but Walmart says it will also use the data they collect to improve e
32、fficiency nationwide.“If you think about trying to go through a facility with all these different items and figure out if your prices are accurate, it can be very time-consuming,” John Crecelius, Walmarts vice president of central operations, told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “From our perspective
33、, when youre doing things like this youre trying to improve your service to your customers and trying to make things simpler and easier for your co-workers at the same time.”Demonstrating the robots usefulness is simple enough, but Walmarts claim(声称) that their deployment wont lead to job losses is
34、harder to prove. Just because you dont fire a human the moment you buy a robot, doesnt mean you wont hire fewer humans further down the line. And although economists and other forecasters disagree about whether the current wave of automation is going to lead to widespread job losses, at least some s
35、tudies show that when you get more (industrial) robots in any geographic area, you get fewer jobs and lower wages. Whether or not the same holds true of shelf-scanning robots will no doubt be the subject of future studies.28. What is NOT the purpose of using shelf-scanning robots in Walmart?A. To re
36、duce the burden of some employeesB. To provide better service for their customersC. To improve efficiency in the chain stores nationwideD. To cut down the budget by replacing some workers 29. What can we learn from John Crecelius?A. He is concerned that robots may affect his colleagues income.B. He
37、is satisfied with the introduction of robots to Walmart.C.He thinks that robots may not accurately complete the tasks . D. He argues against the wide use of robots in Walmart.30.What the authors attitude towards Walmarts claim that the use of robots wont lead to job losses?A.Doubtful B.Favorable C.A
38、mbiguous D. Tolerant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。If something that youre doing doesnt challenge you, then it doesnt change you. We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all. _31_ So challenge the following limits: Figure out what youre scared of and d
39、o it continuously.If youre a salesman, and youre scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking youll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call. _32_But dont stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fea
40、r in the eyes and say, “Go on, Im not scared !” _33_Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing , painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobb
41、y may also give you extra income. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise._34_ A simple 9-minute run around your neighbourhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself. Travel and allow
42、yourself to be interested in new people.Dont just limit yourself to your fellow travelers try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people theyre going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. _35_A.You should do it continuously B.Someone may h
43、ang up on you.C.You dont need to go to the gym.D.Running in the gym may be a better choice.E.Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.F.Take a class for a hobby youve been wanting to develop.G.You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone. 第三部分 语言运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完
44、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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，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。I was in my early 20s when I discovered the truth about the perfect Christmas trees my sister and I found each year in the forest behind my grandparents farmhouse.When we were _36_ , Colleen and I rode the trai
45、n 300 miles from Seattle to Spokane every summer and Christmas _37_ . Then we took a taxi and a bus to Loon Lake. We would hop out at the Loon Lake post office, where Granddad and Grannie _38_ us with smiling faces.Christmases were always _39_ at Loon Lake, with snow piled deep for building forts an
46、d _40 _ with our grandparents pet dog. Little balls of snow hung from her long fur like Christmas ornaments.But the fondest _41 _of all was when Granddad would ride the horse Jenny and wed walk up the hill into the _42_ behind their house. Wed search the pine trees looking for that _43_ one to honor
47、 as our Christmas tree. The _44_always involved excited chatter, for all three of us had to _45_that wed found the perfect tree _46_ Granddad would swing his ax. Granddad would _47_ the cut tree to Jenny and drag it back to the house.Granddad passed away when my sister and I were grown. Only then di
48、d Grannie _48_ his secret: Hed _49_a tree early each spring, then shape it through the summer and fall so it would be _50_ for our big day in December. As Colleen and I raced through the trees searching for the _51_ tree, he would cleverly _52_ us toward its location, without actually pointing it ou
49、t.As Grannie told us this story, we _53_that was why she always had that extra happiness in her eyes when we came rushing in the door, bursting with _54_ about how this year wed found the best Christmas tree ever.Of all the Christmas presents we ever received, none has been more special than the memory of Granddads_55_ gift. It remains as bright and beautiful as the snow on a clear De
