1、唐 山 一 中 2018 年 高 考 模 拟 强 化 考 试 英 语 试 卷 （ 七 ） 注意事 项： 1. 答题 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 2B 铅笔 把答 题卡 上对 应 题目 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 号框 ，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
2、 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 the woman go first?A. To a bookstore. B. To the library. C. To the school.2. When is the game due to finish?A. At 3:20. B.
3、At 3:40. C. At 4:00.3. What will the boy do next weekend?A. Visit his grandma.B. Stay at home with his friend.C. Have dinner with his aunts family.4. Why hasnt the man got the letter?A. He forgot about it.B. He has been too busy.C. He couldnt find the post office.5. What are the speakers talking abo
4、ut?A. A desk. B. A colleague. C. Piles of paper.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 至 7 题 。6. What relation is
5、the woman to Dr. Smith?A. His wife. B. His neighbor. C. His assistant.7. What will the man do next?A. Meet Dr. Smith. B. Wait in the waiting room. C. Go to a bar.听第 7 段材 料， 回答 第 8 至 9 题。8. How does the woman feel about her presentation?A. Confident. B. Unsure. C. Terrified.9. When will the conferenc
6、e be held?A.This Thursday. B. This Friday. C. Next Monday.听第 8 段材 料， 回答 第 10 至 12 题。10. Where are the speakers?A. At an airport. B. In a hotel. C. In a restaurant.11. Why do the speakers decide to go to the coffee stand?A.To have a rest. B. To get the luggage. C. To avoid the crowd.12. Why does the
7、man want to pay for the coffee?A. To show his generosity.B. To repay the womans treat.C. To thank the woman for her help.听第 9 段材 料， 回答 第 13 至 16 题。13. Who is the man probably?A. A house owner. B. A house buyer. C. A housing agent.14. How much will one room cost in total?A. $700. B. $730. C. $1000.15
8、. What attracts the woman most about the house?A. The price. B. The position. C. The heating system.16. What can people do in the house?A. Do some indoor sports.B. Enjoy an open fire in winter.C. Have a good view of the garden.听第 10 段 材料 ，回 答第 17 至 20 题 。17. What is the speaker trying to do?A. Give
9、advice on the school cafeteria. B. Introduce the school cafeteria.C. Advertise the school cafeteria.18. What does the speaker think of the menu?A. Its healthy. B. Its dull. C. Its special.19. Why dont some students eat in the cafeteria?A. The food is tasteless. B. The kitchen is untidy.C. The prices
10、 are unreasonable.20. What does the speaker say about the cafeteria?A. The staff there are friendly.B. It has made a few changes to the menu. C. Students have to wait there for a seat.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
11、 将 该项 涂黑 。ACleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy theyre given after all. Choice can be hard.I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fa
12、st, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and Id been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont a
13、nd I wasnt sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, Id been a garage inventor. Id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss
14、that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt alread
15、y have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didnt think Id regret trying and failing. And I suspected I
16、 would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all.After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and Im proud ofthat choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choice.21. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?A. His dream of being
17、 an inventor. B. The support of his wife.C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet. D. Millions of exciting titles.22. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb himB. He would be very excited if h
18、e tried it outC. He would be always having a doubt if he didnt tryD. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him23. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. Cleverness and Kindness B. The Starting of AmazonC. Following My Passion D. We Are What We ChooseBR
19、oughly half of college students will have some degree of depression at some point during their time in school. Even more startling, 6.2 percent of college students surveyed in 2016 considered suicide and 1.3 percent attempted it, according to an American College Health Association study released thi
20、s spring. If youre feeling depressed on campus, you may find the following tips helpful.Exercise: Physical activity releases endorphins chemicals that produce an overallpositive feeling within the body, which fight depression naturally. Mental health experts claim that exercise is a solution to thos
21、e feeling mild or moderate depression. However, for those severely depressed, simply doing sports is not enough.Use school consulting services: Campuses dont employ mental health experts simply to throw thousands of dollars down the drain. Their job is to help students, so experts recommend you use
22、them. Most students, however, are hesitant to take a trip to their colleges counseling center, fearing being laughed at by peers. As a result, some schools like Texas Christian University, are testing students for mental health problems when they get sick and visit the campus health clinic.Take adva
23、ntage of technology: Staying in touch with family members and friends from childhood and high school has become easier than ever with the coming of Facebook and video chat services like Skype. While mental health experts insist that its important to make friends in your new environment and be involv
24、ed in the college community, its also significant to keep in touch with the people you knew before college.Go to sleep: Following a fairly regular sleep pattern can defend you against depression. In college, many students sleep patterns are irregular thanks to late-night studying and partying, which
25、 is harmful to their mental health. Research strongly suggests that sleep is the key to learning and memory formation.24. According to the passage, physical activity .A. is regarded as the best way to fight depressionB. contributes to the release of endorphinsC. cant help the seriously depressed stu
26、dentsD. improves peoples ability to learn and memorize25. It can be inferred from the 3rd paragraph that .A. employing mental health experts on campus is a waste of moneyB. students with mental health problems cant get on well with othersC. going to colleges consulting center for help requires a lot
27、 of courageD. sick students in Texas Christian University must take psychological tests26. Taking advantage of technology is encouraged because it .A. enables students to get involved in college lifeB. helps students stay in contact with others C. offers students a way to make new friends D. provide
28、s a way to avoid getting bored27. Which of the following can NOT help one reduce depression?A. Taking exercise regularly every week. B. Chatting with old friends with Skype.C. Turning to mental health experts for advice.D. Holding parties deep into the night to relax.CIt happened to me recently. I w
29、as telling someone how much I had enjoyed reading BarackObamas Dreams From My Father and how it had changed my views of our President. A friend I was talking to agreed with me that it was, in his words, “a brilliantly （精彩地） written book”. However, he then went on to talk about Mr. Obama in a way whi
30、ch suggested he had noidea of his background at all. I sensed that I was talking to a book liar.And it seems that my friend is not the only one. Approximately two thirds of people have lied about reading a book which they havent. In the World Book Days “Report on Guilty Secrets”, Dreams From My Fath
31、er is at number 9. The report lists ten books, and various authors, which people have lied about reading, and as Im not one to lie too often (Id hate to be caught out), Ill admit here and now that I havent read the entire top ten. But I am pleased to say that, unlike 42 percent of people, I have rea
32、d the book at number one, George Orwells1984. I think its really brilliant.The World Book Day report also has some other interesting information in it. It says that many people lie about having read Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky (I havent read him, but havent lied about it either)
33、and Herman Melville.Asked why they lied, the most common reason was to “impress” someone they werespeaking to. This could be tricky if the conversation became more indepth!But when asked which authors they actually enjoy, people named J. K. Rowling, John Grisham, Sophie Kinsella (ah, the big sellers
34、, in other words). Forty-two percent of people asked admitted they turned to the back of the book to read the end before finishing the story (Ill come clean: I do this and am astonished that 58 percent said they had never done so).28. How did the author find his friend a book liar?A. By judging his
35、manner of speaking. B. By looking into his background. C. By mentioning a famous name. D. By discussing the book itself.29. Which of the following is a “guilty secret” according to the World Book Day report?A. Charles Dickens is very low on the top-ten list. B. 42% of people pretended to have read 1
36、984.C. The author admitted having read 9 books. D. Dreams From My Father is hardly read.30. By lying about reading, a person hopes to _.A. control the conversation B. appear knowledgeableC. learn about the book D. make more friends31. What is the authors attitude to 58% of readers?A. Favorable. B. U
37、ncaring. C. Doubtful. D. Friendly.DWhen you go to a public restroom, the clothing choice of the small figure on the sign directs which room you should choose, mens or womens. While the male symbol wears pants, the female figures dress might look a bit outdated and limiting.This week, an Arizona tech
38、 company, Axosoft, displayed its newly designed bathroom symbol at Arizonas Girls in Tech Conference. As it turns out, that triangle (三角 形) on the sign was never a dress in the first place. The new image turns the dress into a cape (披肩) , implyingthat women can be superheroes or whatever else they c
39、hoose.“In science, technology, arts, mathematics, politics, on the streets, and in our homes, insightful women are often uninvited, overlooked, or just dismissed,” Axosoft explains on the campaigns website.Girls and women interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) are in
40、the minority. In the US, women make up less than a quarter of the professionals working in STEM careers.With an ever-growing need for technology experts, the White House started a 2013 initiative to support STEM education for girls specifically. Yet just this week, two femalescientists had their pap
41、er on gender bias (性别 歧视) rejected. The reviewer suggested that theyneed a man to co-author their study, proving that even accomplished women arent taken seriously because of their gender.“Its so hard for women to be in this space. We want to make sure womens voices are heard,” Lawdan Shojaee, Axoso
42、fts CEO, said.The campaigns mission is to encourage conversations about welcoming all women into any career they choose. And its not just about womens equality its about making sureAmerica has a big enough workforce to fill up the estimated nine million STEM jobs that will exist by 2022.32. What doe
43、s the female figures new image on the sign of the public restroom imply?A. Women have more chances in STEM careers in the US. B. Women are equal to men in society.C. Women can be whatever they want to be.D. Women are becoming more fashionable that ever before.33. Why was the paper by two female scie
44、ntists rejected, according to the passage?A. It opposed documents launched by the US government. B. They were not qualified to write the paper.C. Its content was related to gender bias. D. It wasnt supported by a male author.34. Why did Axosoft change the bathroom symbol for women?A. To make women n
45、ot rejected because of their gender.B. To create an equal working atmosphere in the US. C. To only fight for womens equality in their careers. D. The old image is a bit outdated and limiting.35. What does the underlined phrase “fill up” in the last paragraph probably mean?A. To make something comple
46、tely full. B. To make something larger.C. To complete something properly. D. To carry out something efficiently.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。 （ 如果 所用 的答 题卡没 有 E、 F、 G 选 项， 则选 E 涂 A、 B， 选 F 涂 A、 C， 选G 涂 A、 D。 ）Things to Know Before Buying a House
47、Before you make the commitment of buying a house, you should ensure you are making an informed decision, and not one based on how beautiful the home is or your desire to be on your own.Your Financial Situation36 On the other hand, if you dont think you can qualify for a loan, you might be mistaken.
48、When you consider buying a home, sit down with a professionala loan counselor at your bank or a representative from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development, forinstanceand discuss your options.NeighborhoodA wonderful home isnt much good if it is in a terrible neighborhood, so find out as much as you
49、can about the neighborhood before you buy. 37 You probably would not want to move into a home where yours is the only house on the street that is not falling down.38 It is customary for home owners to leave some major appliances, like the refrigerator and dishwasher, when they leave the home, but if you see anything else that you like, check if it is for sale. 39 “Annoying” FactorsEvery home has its annoyances: the third step creaks, or the neighbors cat likes t
