1、武汉市 2017 届高中毕业生四月调研测试英语试卷武汉市教育科学研究院命制 2017.4.14本试题卷共 12 页，72 题。全卷满分 150 分。考试用时 120 分钟。祝考试顺利注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、考号、班级、姓名等填写在答题卡上。2.选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，答在试题卷、草稿纸上无效。3.填空题和解答题的作答：用 0. 5 毫米黑色签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内，答在试题卷、草稿 纸上无效。4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试题卷和答题卡一并
2、交回。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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15. 答案是 C。1.When will the bus most likely come?A.
3、In five minutes. B. In ten minutes. C In fifteen minutes.2.What does the man hope to do in Las Vegas?A. Buy a shirt. B. Buy a suitcase. C.Win lots of money.3. What does the woman think of her sister?A. Neat. B. Noisy. C. Untidy.4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Making sandwiches.B. Bu
4、ying food for a meeting.C .Earning money for an association.5. Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In a cafe. B. In a library. C. In an Internet bar.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
5、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.What does the woman want to do?A.Use the mans phone.B.Get a ride from the man.C.schedule her appointment.7.Where is the womans car?A.Near the mans company.B.At her hairdressers.C.Outside her office.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. Where does the woman buy most of
6、her music?A. From iTunes. B. From eMusic. C. From Google Play.9. What does the man seem to care about?A. Saving money on music.B. Collecting a certain kind of music.C. Supporting independent musicians.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Who is the man going to the movies with?A. His sister. B. The woman. C.
7、His friend Ray.11 . What does the woman want to see?A. A musical. B. A documentary. C. An action film.12. What does the man dislike about films like Rogue One?A. The acting. B. The music. C. The dialogue.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife. B.
8、 Doctor and patient. C. Boss and employee.14. Where does the woman work?A. In a hospital. B. At a university. C. At a tech company.15. How long has the woman been at her present job?A. About one month. B. About six months. C. About one year.16. What is the mans advice?A. Finding a new job.B. Taking
9、some medicine.C. working out more often.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How much of a discount do Deluxe Pass buyers get?A. 10% off. B. 15% off. C. 50% off.18. What is the cost of the Signature Pass?A. $619 B. $849. C. $1049.19. What will members receive if they pay before November 30?A. One free month.
10、 B.Seasonal discounts. C.Free parking passes.20. Who can pay for the membership on a month to month plan?A. People who live in California.B. People who purchase the Signature Pass.C. People who buy the Signature Plus Pass.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
11、 )中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。AElon Musk was bom in South Africa, in 1971. A crazy fan of computers, by the age of twelve，Musk had written the code (代码)for his own video game, which he sold for a profit.He attended Queens University in Canada, and transferred (转到）to the University of Pennsylvania, where h
12、e earned two bachelors degrees, economics and physics. He was admitted to Stanford University in California, intending to earn a PhD in energy physics.First Company Zip2 CorporationIn 1995, at the age of 24, Musk dropped out of Stanford University after just two days of classes to start his first co
13、mpany Zip2 Corporation. It was an online city guide that provided content for the new online versions of the New York Times and the Chicago Tribune newspapers. In 1999, Musk got $22 million from the sale of Zip2.Online BankingIn 1999, Elon Musk started X. com with $ 10 million dollars from the sale
14、of Zip2. X. com was an online bank, and he is credited with inventing a method of securely transferring money using a receivers e-mail address.PaypalIn 2000, X. com bought a company called Confinity, which had started an Internet money-transfer process called PayPal. Elon Musk dropped the online ban
15、king focus to concentrate on becoming a global payment transfer provider. In 2002, eBay bought Paypal for $ 1 .5 billion.Space Exploration TechnologiesIn 2002，Elon Musk started SpaceX. He is a long-standing member of the Mars Society，a nonprofit organization that supports the exploration of Mars，and
16、 Musk is interested in building a greenhouse on Mars. SpaceX has been developing rocket technology to enable Musks project.Tesla MotorsIn 2004，Elon Musk cofounded Tesla Motors，of which he is the only product architect. Tesla Motors builds electric vehicles. The company has built an electric sports c
17、ar, the Tesla Roadster.SolarCityIn 2006，Elon Musk cofounded SolarCity，a photovoltaics (光伏）products and services company with his cousin Lyndon Rive.21. What was Elon Musk gifted in when he was young?A. Economics. B. Physics. C. Energy. D. Coding.22. Which of the following provides international paym
18、ent transfer service?A. X. com. B. Confinity. C. Paypal. D. eBay.23. What has SpaceX been doing to help achieve Musks project?A. Sponsoring the Mars Society.B. Developing rocket technology.C. Building a greenhouse on Mars.D. Supporting the exploration of Mars.24. What is Tesla Motors noted for?A. It
19、s electric vehicles.B. Its photovoltaic products.C. Its service as a city tourist guide.D. Its business with other companies.BPresident Theodore Roosevelts letter to his sonDear Ted,I was glad to hear that you were to be confirmed.Secretary Root left on Monday and Governor Taft took his place. I hav
20、e missed，and shall miss, Root badly. He has been the ablest, most generous and most disinterested friend and advisor that any President could hope to have; and immediately after leaving, he provided a great service by a speech at the Union League Club， in which he said in most effective fashion the
21、very things I should have liked him to say； and his words, moreover, earned weight when addressing such an audience. Taft is a splendid fellow and will be an aid and comfort in every way. But, as mother says, he is too much like me to be able to give me as good advice as Mr. Root because of the very
22、 differences of character between us.If after fully thinking the matter over，you remain firmly convinced that you want to go into the army, well and good. I shall be rather sorry for your decision, because I have great confidence in you and I believe that in civil life you could probably win in the
23、end a greater prize than if you go into the army though, of course,a man can do well in the army. I know perfectly well that you will have hard times in civil life. Probably most young fellows when they have graduated from college, feel pretty depressed for the first few years. In ordinary cases, it
24、 at first seems as if their efforts were not leading anywhere，as if the pressure around the foot of the ladder was too great to permit getting up to the top. But I have faith in your ability and your power to force yourself to the front when you have once found out and taken your line. However, you
25、and I and mother will talk the whole matter over when you come back here on Easter.25. What mainly contributes to Mr. Roots being a good advisor according to the President?A. His great generosity. B .His effective speech.C. Their differences in character. D. Their similarities in character.26. What
26、did the President wish Ted to do?A. Lead a civil life. B.Do well in the army.C. Force himself to the front. D.Take post-graduate courses.27. What did the President say about most young people starting their life after graduation?A. They would make no efforts. B.They would have a hard life.C. They wo
27、uld look for a ladder. D. They would have no confidence.CTrailers(预告片）shouldnt really be a hard thing to do： show some footage(镜头） ，get people excited, but don，t give too much away. It，s a practice that some movies struggle to do, with many either getting too enthusiastic about showing their big plo
28、t points，and others simply not catching the magic of the movie. Considering that humans struggle with this practice so much，the folks over the 20th Century Fox decided to see what a computer could do，tasking IBMs Watson, the supercomputer, with cutting together footage from upcoming Sci-Fi thriller,
29、 Morgan, to create the final trailer. ( IBM Watson has done many things ； beat human competitors in quiz shows, created reserved recipes and described the contents of photos. Now it has become the first-ever AI to produce a film trailer for the new sci-fi film. ) The result was actually surprisingly
30、 good.Using Watsons experimental learning techniques, IBMs cutting edge AI sorted out hundreds of classic thriller trailers to learn what exactly gets an audience to that special place of being both scared and entertained. With that knowledge firmly in place, Watson processed the entire Morgan movie
31、, selecting the 10 most thrilling and frightening moments to cut together into a trailer.“Watson was able to model the scenes visually in order to determine: was a scene scary? Was it a tender moment? Was there sadness, or happiness?” said IBMs John Smith.Although a human editor was still needed to
32、slice the scenes together to tell a coherent story, the AI shortened the process down to only 24 hours when it typically takes around 10 to 30 days to complete a trailer. Still, it，s a great impressive achievement, which the likes of Terminator：Genisys could perhaps learn from in the future.28. What
33、 does the author think is amazing according to the text?A. Human editors taking 30 days to make a trailer.B. The 20th Century Fox having produced a thriller.C. IBMs Watson having created a trailer for a thriller.D. Humans being able to learn from machines in the future.29. What did IBM researchers d
34、o before Watson cut together footage from the movie, Morgan?A. Teach him to beat chess competitors.B. Feed him over 100 horror trailers.C. Create reserved recipes.D. Talk about photos.30. What does the underlined word “coherent” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. Exciting. B. Reliable. C. Consis
35、tent. D. Exact.31. What can we guess is the most difficult to Watson AI?A. How long the trailer should be. B. How Watson appreciates the story.C. How many scenes a trailer needs. D. How Watson decides the feelings.DCrying is the sign of the rawest of human emotions. We cry when we cant hold inside w
36、hat we feel any more. We cry when were at our best, and when were at our worst. By we, I mean all of us. Men included.But we never see other men cry. In no western culture has it ever been acceptable for men to shed(流泪）more than a single tear, and even then its reserved for grand victories, defeats
37、and deaths. Dutch research suggests that women cry between three and five times more than men. Generally men and women cry over the same things 一 deaths, break-ups and homesickness, primarily, but researchers believe that men cry more often than women when it comes to positive events.I want to admit
38、，Im a bit of a cryer. However ,having never really experienced deaths in my life, a few weeks ago I experienced what it means to really, truly, pour my heart out in tears.See, my dog 一 and 24/7 companion 一 was killed by a car right outside my house. Being a witness to this painful event left me in s
39、hock for a good hour, but then the floodgates opened. Over the next 48 hours, I might have cried 20 times. Once or twice I crouched(蹲) on the floor with my head in my hands and tears were the only outlet.It is suggested in the book Adult Crying : A Biopsychosocial Approach that theres a certain plea
40、sure in crying. It helps ease stress when there is no other way to express ourselves.In those days after my dogs death，I remember thinking， “ Ive got to stop this crying”. It felt unmanly. It felt like a sign of weakness. Ive since realized that tears are for everybody ; theyre not gender-specific.
41、They show we have sympathy, allow us to get rid of stress and just feel.32. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?A. Crying is a raw human emotion.B. Crying is an emotion beyond control.C. Crying is an emotion showing sadness.D. Crying is an emotion showing happiness.33. Whats the differen
42、ce between men and women in crying according to Dutch research?A. They cry over different matters. B.They cry at different times of life.C. Women cry more often over deaths. D. Men are more likely to have tears of joy.34. What did the author think of his crying over his dogs death?A. A sign of stren
43、gth. B.A sign of weakness.C. Behavior of being womanish. D.A way of reducing emotional stress.35. Whats the best title for the text?A. Men, never cry like womenB. Men, its OK to cry sometimesC. Crying solves psychological problemsD. Crying explains differences between men and women 第二节（共 5 小题;每小题 2
44、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 run international meetingsAs more of us do business across cultures, it，s best to prepare ahead of time before heading to the meeting table. Here are four rules for different countries.Stick to the scheduleWhere：Germany, Austria, JapanWeve a
45、ll been to meetings that have a loose agenda, if any at all. They dont start on time and they seem to repeat. _36_ Japanese are more likely to create a detailed agenda and pass out supporting documents several days before a meeting. 37_ Meetings that run long in Germany are often taken to mean that
46、the parties are not communicating efficiently._38_Where： China, Malaysia, SingaporeDebating a topic can go against the traditional Chinese concept of “ saving face ” , which means avoiding any mistakes or actions that could bring embarrassment. Laughing at even an obviously amusing answer or pointin
47、g out a potential mistake can spoil the entire meeting. Enjoy the interruptions Where： Italy, France, SpainWhen Pascal Sobol meets with clients in Italy or Spain, hes no longer offended if they leave early or arrive late. Rather than attend the entire three-hour meeting，he has learned that his colle
48、agues there and in some parts of France 一 attend based on their own timetable.39 Rather than expecting people to sit through his entire presentation, he makes it easier for them to turn up as needed.Please, no small talk.Where ：Finland, SwedenIn places like Finland and Sweden, where non-meeting rela
49、ted discussions like chat about the weather can be regarded as a way to be off a formally-set agenda and as a waste of other peoples time.In some countries, including Finland, there are long pauses in the conversation. 40 These breaks are used as a way to process what the other person is saying without interrupting.A. Not so in these countries.B .Germans and Australians ar
