河北省保定市2019届高三10月摸底考试英语试卷.doc

1、2018 年高三摸底试英语试题命题人：陈文红 王红斌 审定人：刘红彩 黄银蒲本试卷由四部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分第一节为选择题。第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。考试时间 120 分钟，满分 150 分）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

2、对话仅读一遍。1. What is Bruce going to do?A. Help Betty carry the books.B Meet Professor Johnson.C. Hurry to his office.2. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Schoolmates.C. Employer and employee.3. What is the man trying to do?A. Tell Sarah when they go back home.B. Ask Sarah

3、 to drive them to the countryside.C. Persuade Sarah to go together to the countryside.4. What is the woman going to do?A. Leave early.B. Make a speech.C. Join the discussion.5. Why did the man fail to answer the phone?A. He went to sleep early.B. The TV was too noisy.C. His phone powered off.第二节（共 1

4、5 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白，每段对话成独白后有几个小题，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，各个小题将给出 6秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第 6、7 题。6. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. The womans travel plan for the winter vacation.B. The mans suggestions on where

5、 to go in the winter vacation.C. Their preparations for outdoor activities in the winter vacation.7. How will the woman go?A. By train. B. By car. C. On foot.听下面一段对话，回答第 8、9 题。8. What does the woman like about the armchair?A. Its color. B. Its size C. Its design.9. What will the speakers probably do

6、 about the armchair?A. Wait for a sale.B. Buy it right away.C. Ask for a cheaper price.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What do we know about the woman?A. She will attend a class this afternoonB. She teaches in this schoolC. She is a visitor11. Where is the Students Dining Hall?A. Next to the School Clinic

7、 BuildingB. Opposite the Teaching Building.C. Beside the Students Apartment.12. How far is it from the Students Dining Hall to the League Office?A. One minutes walkB. One minutes drive.C. One minutes ride.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the woman?A. A writer B. A teacher. C. A host.14. What does S

8、imon study at Oxford?A. English. B. Physics. C. History.15. What is Simons first novel mainly about?A. His experience in South Africa.B. His fathers work as a reporter.C. His volunteer work in Vietnam.16. What does Simon plan to do after graduation?A. Go to study abroad.B. Find a job in Vietnam.C. W

9、rite his second novel.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至第 20 题。17. What reduced the price of cigarettes?A. The increasing output of tobacco.B. The rapid development of cigarette-making factoriesC. The rapid development of cigarette making machines.18. What is the percentage of American adult women who smoke regular

10、ly?A. Forty-three B. Thirty-one. C. Seventy-five.19. What plays a part in determining a persons smoking habit?A. Family background and work environment.B. Income, schooling and personality.C. Earning, education and job type.20. According to the text, who are less likely to smoke?A. Well-educated men

11、 with high income.B. Well-educated women with high income.C. Men with fewer schooling and lower income.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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AWhat is geocaching?Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor treasure hunting activity using GPS-enabled devices. P

12、articipants make an attempt to find the geocache (container) hidden at that location.How did geocaching start?Its a very cool Story, actually. So cool that it deserves its own page.How is teaching played?At its simplest level, Reaching requires these steps:1. Register for a free Basic Membership.2.

13、Visit the “Hide & Seed a Cache” page.3. Enter your postal code and click “search”.4. Choose any geocache from the list and click on its name.5. Use your GPS device to assist you in finding the hidden geocache.6. Sign the logbook and return the geocache to its original location.7. Share your geocachi

14、ng stories and photos online.There are many other levels to the geocaching. Keep reading the guide to learn more!What are the rules of geocaching?1. If you take something from, the geocache (or “cache”), leave something of equal or greater value.2. Write about your find in the cache logbook.3. Log y

15、our experience at www. geocaching. com.What do I need to go geocaching?The only necessities are a GPS device or a GPS-enabled mobile phone so that you can navigate to the cache, and a Geocaching. com Membership.Where are geocaches located?Geocaches can be found all over the world. It is common for g

16、eocachers to hide caches in locations that are important to them, reflecting a special interest or skill of the cache owner. These locations can be quite diverse. They may be at your local park, at the end of a long hike, underwater or on the side of a city street.1. The authors purpose of writing t

17、he text is to _.A. introduce a gameB. advertise a mobile phoneC. suggest a JourneyD. recommend a website2. If you want to go geocaching, you have to _.A. be good at hungtingB. own a membership cardC. get a GPS enabled mobile phoneD. share your information online3. Under the rules of geocaching, you

18、are required to _.A. return what you take from the cacheB. put in the logbook about your findC. tell about the skill of geocachingD. avoid GPS mistakes in the activity【答案】1. A 2. C 3. B【解析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一种使用 GPS 功能进行的户外寻宝活动 Geocaching。【1 题详解】文章意图题。根据文章内容，特别是第一段中的“Geocaching is a real-world, outdoor tr

19、easure hunting activity using GPS-enabled devices.”可知，这篇文章的目的是介绍一种户外寻宝活动 Geocaching，故 A 项正确。【2 题详解】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“The only necessities are a GPS device or a GPS-enabled mobile phone”可知，在这个活动中，你需要使用有 GPS 功能的手机，故 C 项正确。【3 题详解】细节理解题。根据 What are the rules of geocaching?中的“2. Write about your find in th

20、e cache logbook”可知，你需要把你的发现写在缓存日志中，故 B 项正确。BWhen I was eleven, my parents gave me the first book I ever ownedThe Tales of Edgar Allan Poe. I distinctly remember opening it, reading the first lines of “The Cast of Amontillado,” and remarking to myself. “So this is what reading is!” My delight was unb

21、ounded. Little did I know at the time that I was at the beginning of a lifting journey.So, if I read my first real book at 11, what was I reading before then? In a word, readers: relatively plotless, repetitive if well-intentioned attempts to teach child to recognize letters and their sounds and to

22、build their vocabularies. Being a dutiful boy, I went through the motions and I learned what words were. But I had no idea what writing was until Poe. In Poes stories, the sentences were more complex and stylish than anything I had ever read before.Poe, in short, was a star. My parents gave me that

23、first book, but then I went off on my own. I liked science, which led me to discover Jules Verne, the Father of scene fiction and H G. Wells, well known for his novel The Time Machine. Other writers followed quickly one after another: Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke. But I didnt limit m

24、yself to science fiction. Other titles that deeply impressed me early on, and which I have carried on my lifes journey, include The Yearling, Shane, Ivanhoe, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird and The Good Earth.It went on from there. I became that kid who, long after his parents told him to tur

25、n the lights off, hid under the covers with a flashlight and a book, his greatest fear of being discovered and having his lighting taken away. I realize that my parents must have known I was defying (违背) them. But in their wisdom they pretended to be ignorant of it. And so I owe my star as a reader

26、to my parents.4. What did the author feel about The Tates of Edgar Allan Poe?A. Attractive and interesting.B. Complex and dull.C. Distinct but difficult.D. Plotless but easy.5. From paragraph 3 we Can learn that the author _.A. liked reading tales bestB. enjoyed reading science fiction mostC. took n

27、o interest in realistic novelsD. liked reading freely and widely6. What did the authors parents react to his reading by flashlight?A. Told him to turn off the flashlight.B. Took away his book.C. Made allowance for him.D. Scolded him at once.7. What is the best title for the text?A. My Start as a Rea

28、l ReaderB. The Tales of Edgar Allan PoeC. When I Began to Like Reading FreelyD. Edgar Allan Poe Was My Favorite Star【答案】4. A 5. D 6. C 7. A【解析】【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了 11 岁时，作者的父母送给了他人生中的第一本书，从此以后作者深深地爱上了阅读，阅读了大量的书籍，而且还经常用手电在被窝里看书，作者的父母对此假装不知道，作者感谢父母对他的体谅让他成为一个读者（有机会读那么多书） 。【4 题详解】推理判断题。根据第一段中的“My delight w

29、as unbounded.”可知，The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe 给作者带来了无限的快乐，由此可知，它是吸引人和有趣的，故 A 项正确。【5 题详解】推理判断题。根据第三段中的“But I didnt limit myself to science fiction. Other titles that deeply impressed me early on, and which I have carried on my lifes journey,”可知，作者的阅读范围不止局限于科学话题，他还阅读了很多其他方面的书，由此可知，作者喜欢自由广泛地阅读，故 D 项正确。

30、【6 题详解】细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“I realize that my parents must have known I was defying them. But in their wisdom they pretended to be ignorant of it.”可知，作者的父母知道他熄灯后用手电在被窝里看书，但他们只是装作不知道而没有责备他，这说明作者的父母体谅他用手电在被窝里看书，故 C 项正确。【7 题详解】主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据最后一段中的“And so I owe my star as a reader to my parents.”可知，作者感谢父母对他

31、的体谅让他成为一个读者（有机会读那么多书） ，My Star as a Real Reader 最能反映出文章主题，故 A 项正确。【点睛】文章标题题的难度很大，需要被选选项具有高度的概括性，准确地反映出文章主题。例如本篇第 4 题，通读全文可知，文章讲述了 11 岁时，作者的父母送给了他人生中的第一本书，从此以后作者深深地爱上了阅读，阅读了大量的书籍，而且还经常用手电在被窝里看书，作者的父母对此假装不知道，作者感谢父母对他的体谅让他成为一个读者（有机会读那么多书） ，由此可知，My Star as a Real Reader 最能反映出文章主题。CArtificial Intelligenc

32、e (AI) is making it possible for companies to monitor workers behavior in great detail and in real time. Start to slack off (懈怠), and AI could talk to your boss.One company offering such services is London-based start-up Status Today, Its AI platform relies on a regular supply of employee data, incl

33、uding everything from the files you access to when you use a key card. From this, it builds a picture of how employees normally function and signals any unusual performance. The idea is to spot when someone might become a security risk by doing something different from their usual behavioral pattern

34、s. “All of this gives us fingerprint of a user, so if we think the fingerprint doesnt match, we raise a warning, says Mircea Dumitrescu, the companys chief technology officer.The system also aims to catch employee adios that could accidentally cause a security breach (漏洞), like opening malware (恶意软件

35、).“Were not monitoring if your computer has a virus.” says Dumitrescu. “Were monitoring human behaviors.”But catching the security breach means monitoring everyone, and the AI can also be used to track employee productivity. “It seems like they are just using the reputation of al to give an air of l

36、awfulness to old-fashioned workplace surveillance (监视),” says Javier Ruiz Diaz of digital campaigning organization the open Rights Group. “You have a right to privacy and you shouldnt be expected to give that up at work.”Exactly how companies use the system will be up to them, but its hard to shake

37、the picture of an AI constantly looking over employees shoulders. “It will bother people, and that could be counterproductive if it affects their behavior,” says Paul Bemal at the University of East Anglia.Phil Legg at the University of the West of England says it will never catch every security ris

38、k. “If people know theyre being monitored, they can change their behavior,” he says.8. According to the text, AI monitors employees by _.A. taking pictures of themB. getting access to their dataC. signaling their usual performanceD. catching their actions9. Whats Javier Ruiz Diazs attitude towards t

39、he system?A. Doubtful.B. Supportive.C. Uncaring.D. Negative.10. What does the underlined word “that” in paragraph 4 refer to?A. Security breach.B. Employees productivity.C. The right to privacy.D. Workplace surveillance.11. Phil Leggs concern about the system suggests that _.A. it is too risky to be

40、 used at workB. it will affect employees emotionsC. it may not be so effective as expectedD. it will encourage employee, productivity【答案】8. B 9. D 10. C 11. C【解析】【分析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一家公司提供利用人工智能监控员工的服务，相关人士认为这种做法侵犯了员工的隐私权，也有人认为这种做法可能会适得其反。【8 题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段中的“One company offering such services is London

41、-based start-up Status Today, Its AI platform relies on a regular supply of employee data,”可知，人工智能依赖于定期提供的员工数据来监控他们，故 B 项正确。【9 题详解】观点态度题。根据倒数第二段中的“It seems like they are just using the reputation of AI to give an air of lawfulness to old-fashioned workplace surveillance”可知，Javier Ruiz Diaz 认为他们只是以人工

42、智能之名给老式工作场所监控营造一种合法的氛围，由此可知 Javier Ruiz Diaz 对监控系统的态度是否定的，故 D 项正确。【10 题详解】代词指代题。根据画线词前的“You have a right to privacy and you shouldnt be expected to give”可知，你有隐私权并且你不希望在工作中放弃这种权利，由此可知画线词指代的就是前面提到的“隐私权” ，故 C 项正确。【11 题详解】推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“It will bother people, and that could be counterproductive if it af

43、fects their behavior”可知，Phil Legg 认为监控系统会干扰人们，如果它影响人们的行为，它可能会适得其反，由此可知，Phil Legg 的担忧表明监控系统可能没有预想的那么有效，故 C 项正确。【点睛】说明文的观点态度题一般难度较大，我们需要通过人物所说话语气的褒贬来揣摩其态度，例如本篇第 2 题，根据倒数第二段中的“It seems like they are just using the reputation of AI to give an air of lawfulness to old-fashioned workplace surveillance”可知，

44、Javier Ruiz Diaz 认为他们只是以人工智能之名给老式工作场所监控营造一种合法的氛围，“营造一种合法的氛围”含有明显的贬义，言外之意是这种做法是不合法的，由此可知Javier Ruiz Diaz 对监控系统的态度是否定的 。DRadio newsreaders and television hosts at Irelands national broadcaster RTE are mostly up in arms at being told to pronounce words according to the Queens English.A report in The Ir

45、ish Sun newspaper says that RTEs workers have been given an A-Z style guide of words which instructs them on how to pronounce certain words in an effort to make sure they are clearly understood. The A-Z comes with videos containing lessons of how to “properly” pronounce the “problem” words. An offic

46、ial at RTE told the Irish Sun that producers gave the guide to keep up standards. “The guide is there for anyone who needs it.” he said, “RTE often get letters from the public over how certain words were mispronounced. The word issue is a big one at the moment, people dont like how its pronounced. T

47、here is an expectation that as the national broadcaster we are correct.”However, Irish linguistics expert Professor Raymond Hickey, who took the side of most of the radio newsreaders and TV hosts, called the RTEs actions “internalized colonialism (内化殖民主义)”. He expressed his disbelief that Irish spea

48、kers were being asked to use words with an English accent. He said: “The basic problem is RTE expects its workers to speak as if they were English. Why? We have our own form of English, which is different but fully reasonable and accepted worldwide.” Professor Hickey specially talked of some example

49、s of the words Irish hosts are being asked to pronounce with a British English accent. He said: “The Irish dont pronounce the TH in birthday as a fricative, but as a stop with no breath. The same is true of news the Irish pronunciation is and always has been nooze.”12. When told to speak the Queens English, RTEs workers showed great _.A. angerB. interestC. curiosityD. disappointment13. RTE provides its workers with an AZ style guide in order to _