1、姓 名 _准考证号 _绝密启用前长 沙 市 一 中 2018 届 高 三 月 考 试 卷 (八 )英 语注意事项：!答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2.回答选择题时，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。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡 上，写在本试卷上无效。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！ 5 分，满分 7.5 分）听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，
2、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 . How long will the speakers stay in Birmingham?A . Three hours .B . Four and a half hours .C . Three and a half hours .2 . What does themanwant the woman t
3、o do?A . Send some files .B . Talkwith a professor .C . Cancel classes .3. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a hotel. B. At home. C. On a ship.4. What was the woman doing?A. Looking for something.B. Admiring the clothes.C. Eating her ice-cream.5. What does the girl think of the n
4、ew teachers lessons?A. Difficult. B. Popular. C. Boring.第二节（共 15 小题;每小题！ 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*段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Employ
5、er and employee.B. Husband and wife.C!Workmates!7 . What will theman do next?A . Clear dirty dishes .B . Change tablecloths .C . Fold the paper .听第段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8 . How does theman overcome his fear?A Bywalking B Byshouting C Bysinging9. What did the woman do on the stormy night?A. She lay in bed.B.
6、 She hid under the bed.C. She stayed with her dad.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why does the girl care about the show time?A. She needs time to do her homework.B. She and Shannon have fixed the time.C. She doesnt want to come home early.11. Which showhas the girl finally decided to see?A. The nine oclo
7、ck show.B. The seven fifteen show.C. The five oclock show.12. How will the girl go to the cinema?A. By underground. B. By taxi. C. By bike.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 1*题。13. Why does theman make the phone call?A. To ask for a colored picture.B. To order somemachines.C. To inform the delivery time.14. What wi
8、ll the woman do this afternoon?A. Fax theman a brochure.B. Work out the agreement.C. Attend a meeting.15. Why cant themachines be delivered by the end of this month?A. There arent enough machines.B. The distance is too long.C. There are no enough staff.16. Whenwill theman sign the agreement?A. This
9、evening.B. Tomorrow morning.C . Tomorrownoon .听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17 . Whenwill the lunch break start?A. 11(0. B. 11(0. C. 12(0.18 . What?s the speaker mainly talking about?A . A new product .B . Office hours .C . A recycling program .19. Whenwill the changes take place?A . Next Wednesday .B . N
10、ext Thursday .C . Next Friday .20. What are the listeners asked to do?A. Visit the speakers office.B. Take a paper of information.C. Select food to order.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 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。Happy Chinese New Year short filmand
11、 photo contest The Sharing China 一 Happy Chinese New Year Contest 2018 is calling for works from all over the world * In addition to photographs，the organizers have included short films in the 2018 competition.Awards and Prizes ：The contest will select 9 short films. First prize： One video，RMB 20 ?0
12、00 prize Second prize: Three videos，RMB 10,000 prize for each Third prize： Five videos，RMB 5?000 prize for each The contest will also select 100 photos (single or group). First prize： 10 photos (single or group)，RMB 3 ?000 prize for each Second prize： 30 photos (single or group)，RMB 2 ?000 prize for
13、 each Third prize： 60 photos (single or group)，RMB 1 ?000 prize for eachThe organizers will charge a 3% t ax on t he award money and award t he winners digital certificates of honor.When to submitStarting time： Jan. 1，2018Submission deadline： Mar. 15，2018Rules and StandardsShort films1. Theme ： All
14、videos should have the theme of ChineseNew Year celebrations， reflecting the images and impressions of Chinese New Year and capturing the charm of traditional Chinese festivals and culture.2. Film length ： Three to five minutes is recommended, no more than 30 minutes. The workscan be in any form，suc
15、h as short DV videos，and micro films. Postprocessing is encouraged.Photos1. All photos about Chinese New Year celebrations are welcome. The imagesshould show the programs and activities of Happy Chinese New Year or capture scenes of people enjoying the Spring Festival overseas.2. Entries can be sing
16、le photos or a seriesa group counts as a single photo. Each group should onlyhave four to eight photos. All the images must be real, notover decora ted or photoshopped. The tone and color of the image could be slightly adapted, and the color can be changed into black and white or monochromatic. Wher
17、e to submitPlease download an application form and submit it with your works to contest chinadaily. com. cn.21. If your 1 video wins the first prize and your 2 group photos get the second prize,actually you will get _at last.A. RMB 24,000 B. RMB 23,280C. RMB 22,000 D. RMB21，34022. According to the p
18、assage, what canwe know?A. Duration of short films is casual.B. Any adjustment is encouraged in photos.C. Post-processing of the videos is preferable.D. Works must be submitted before the Spring Festival.23. Submitted photos and short films have the following aspects in common EXCEPTA. the number of
19、 selected works B. the theme and topicC. the starting and ending time D. the e-mail receiving address6As I thought about who had had the greatest influence on my life，I began tothink of everyone who had been involved in my academic and athletic careers. These people have passed through my life，yet t
20、he person who had the most influence was one who affected me everyday. My mother ? by far ? has had the greatest influence on my life. Her heart and determinationare somethingthat I can only hope to havemyself one day. I have watched her struggle with running a household while trying to balance retu
21、rning to college full-time and working a part-time job. I did not realize as a young girl what courage ittook to takeon this workload. Now，as I enter thecollege scene directly from high school presently，I cannot imagine how hard it must have been tojuggle the everyday work of being a full-time mothe
22、r as well as theworkload of college. She never hesitated to drop everything to rush my brother andme to dance，soccer，riding，or karate. I could always look up from the sidelines of a game to see her cheering me on while she held an armful of books and tried to occupy my brother.My mother has shown me
23、 that with determination and perseverance one can accomplish anything. As the years passed ? she could be found studying for a test while sewing the sequins on my dance recital costume. She finally graduated four years later.Now she was faced with the task of finding a job，which proved to be even mo
24、re difficult than receiving her degree. When she finally landed a job about half an hour away ? never did she complainaboutthe rideor the terrors sheencounteredin theclassroom. She worked hard every day to provide her classroom of children with the best education possible.I have never seen my mother
25、 give up as she struggled to further her education，raise a family，and find a job. She has tried her best to make my brother and mestrong people with independent minds. I look to her in hopes that someday I will be as happy，asstrong，and as well-spoken as her. She has taughtme the mostimportantthing i
26、n lifenever give up on your dreams. I would have never made it as far as I have without her help.24. What was themother doing when the author was in a game?A. She was reading books in college.B. She was rushing her brother to dance.C. She was encouraging her on the spot.D. She was looking after her
27、brother at home.25. Which of the following can best describe themother according to the passage?A. Talented, patient and friendly.B. Caring ? tolerant and considerate.C. Selfless, children-centered and strict.D. Determined ? persistent and optimistic.26. What did themother do after graduating from c
28、ollege?A. She taught at a school. B. She acted as a housewife.C. She furthered her study. D. She worked a part-time job.27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Hermothers help made the author lose independence.B. The author really sensed hermothers influence in her childhood.C. It is a l
29、ong way to go for the author to become a college student.D. The author feels she cant appreciate her mothers help too much.cWhen you?re out with a friend and take a photo of yourselves, do you know that you are also creating a work of art? Or that you are competing with Vincent van Gogh himself? Pro
30、bably not. Your idea might be to show off your selfie on WeChat or QQ , but you probably don?t think of the Internet as a gallery or of yourself as an artist.But the chief executive of Londons Saatchi Gallery，Nigel Hurst，thinks that thecasual pictures we take of ourselves have something in common wi
31、th self-portraits bythe great masters. In support of the idea，the Saatchi Gallery has a new exhibitioncalled From Selfie to Self-Expression， which is running now until May 30.It features well-known self-portraits from artists including Dutch painters Van Gogh (1853 一 1890)and Rembrandt (1606 一 1669)
32、. It also has selfies on show thathave quickly become icons of the digital era”. These include one taken by UScelebrity Kim Kardashian and another of former US President Barack Obama with former UK Prime Minister David Cameron ? according to the BBC. The gallery is even encouraging visitors to add t
33、heir own selfies to the show.Hurst is perhaps not being 100 percent serious. He isnt claiming that a snap youtake of yourself in your favorite restaurant can be compared with a self-image painted by Van Gogh. But he does make a serious point. Once upon a time ? it was only artists who could make ima
34、ges of themselves. They were the only ones，as Hurst told The Guardian ， who had the skills，materials andtools to create self-portraits”. Today，however，we all have that ability through our smartphones”.The popularity of the selfie rocketed after smartphones started to become widely used. In 2013 ? Ox
35、ford Dictionaries named selfie” as its word of the year. As Pamela Rutledge，a professor at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology，told Vogue magazine： the cult of (XM 的狂热）the selfie celebrates regular people”.And Hurst described the smartphone selfie as an example of “a shift in society
36、using technology as a means of self-expression”. He told TheGuardian： The selfie generation is becomingthe self-expression generation as each of us seeks to exploreand share our inner creativity through the oneartistic tool to which weall haveaccess 一“he smartphone”.28. Why does the Saatchi Gallery
37、launch a new exhibition called From Selfie to SelfExpression ?A. To prove that self-taken pictures resemble the great masters5 self-portraits.B. To support that self-taken pictures differ from the great masters5 selfportraits.C. To show that self-taken pictures outweigh the great masters5 self-portr
38、aits instyle.D. To suggestthat seU-taken pictures have something to do with the greatmasters self-portraits.29. What does the author mean by the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?A. Smartphone users aremore competent than artists before.B. The smartphone has gained a powerful self-photographing abi
39、lity.C. Smartphone users use the smartphone functions to create self-images.D. The smartphone has the skills, materials and tools to make self-images.30. How does Hurst feel about the smartphone selfie?A. Supportive. B. Neutral.C. Critical. D. Concerned.31. Which of the following can be the best tit
40、le for the text?A. The virtues of the smartphone selfieB. Age of selfie artists round the cornerC. Selfies in comparisonwith self-portraitsD. The appearance of the smartphone selfie8Think for a moment about the Agricultural Revolution from the viewpoint of wheat. Ten thousand years ago wheat was jus
41、t a wild grass ? one of many ? restricted to a small range in theMiddle East. Suddenly, within Rust several thousand years, t was growing all over the world. According tothe basic evolutionary criteria of survivaland reproduction , wheat has become one of the most successful plants in the history of
42、 the earth.Worldwide , wheat covers about 2.25 million square kilometres of theglobes surface, almost ten times the size of Britain. How did this grass turn frominsignificant to widespread?Wheat did t by controllingHomo sapiens(智人）to its advantage. They had been living a fairly comfortable life hunt
43、ing and gathering until about ten thousand years ago ? but then began to put more and more effort into growing wheat. Humans in many parts of the world were doing little from dawn to dusk other than taking care of wheat plants. It wasnt easy. Wheat demanded a lot of them. Wheat didnt like rocks and
44、pebbles, soHomo sapiens broke their backs of clearing fields. Wheat didnt like sharing its space , water and nutrients with other plants ? so men and women laboured long days weeding under the hot sun. Wheat was thirsty , so humans carried water from springs and streams to water it. Its hunger even
45、forced Homo sapiens to collect animal feces(粪便）to nourish the ground inwhichwheat grew.The body of Homo sapiens had not evolved for such tasks. It was adapted to climbing apple trees and running after deer ? not to clearing rocks and carrying water buckets. Human spines , knees , necks and arches pa
46、id the price. Studies of ancient skeletons indicate that the transition to agriculture brought about a large number of illnesses，such as slipped discs(椎间盘突出 “arthritis and hernias. Moreover，the new agricul.ural.asks demanded so much .ime .ha. people were forced .o se.lepermanently next to their whea
47、t fields. This completely changed their previous way of life. Humans didnot domesticate wheat. It domesticated humans. The worddomesticate comes from the Latindomes，which means house. Whos theone living in a house? Not the wheat. Its usw.w.w.k.s.5.u.c.o.m theHomo sapiens.32. Why is wheat considered
48、one of the most successful plants in the history of the earth?A. Because it has led the Agricultural Revolution.B. Because it has lived as long as Homo sapiens.C. Because it has grown globally.D. Because it was a wild grass.33. What can be learned about wheat in Paragraph 2?A. It had a strong desire
49、 to control Homo sapiens.B. It could not have lived without Homo sapiens.C. It worked hard with Homo sapiens to survive.D. It relied on Homo sapiens to look after it.34. What did Homo sapiens do to feed themselves ten thousand years ago?A. They grew wheat. B. They hunted animals.C. They planted apple trees. D. They developed agriculture.35. What is themain idea of the passage?A. Home sapiens lost to wheat in the Agricultural Revolution.B. Homo sapiens were provided with a house by wheat.C. Wheat has shaped the life of
