1、1河南省南阳市 2018 届高三英语上学期期末考试试题第卷（选择题，共 100 分）第一部分 听力(共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 个小题，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. Whats the weather like now?A. Sunny B. Windy C. Warm2. How much would the man pay if he buys four ties t
2、oday?A. $30 B. $108 C.$ 1203. Where are the speakers?A. In a hotel B. At a dinner table C. In the mans house4. What is the woman?A. A reporter B. A teacher C. A student5. What movie did the man probably watch last night?A. Airheads B. Pearl Harbor C. Titanic第二节（每小题 15 分，满分 22.5 分）听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独
3、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。听每段对白或独白前，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. How much did the man listen to the news from China?A. Once a week. B.Almost every day. C. Every three days.7. What is the mans difficulty in learning Chinese?A. Reading Ch
4、inese books. B. Speaking Chinese.C. Understanding Chinese radio.2听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和题。8. What did Linda do after the party?A. She typed a paper. B. She visited her uncle. C. She studied history.9. Why was Linda so nervous?A. She didnt have much sleep. B. She was worried about her motherC. She thought he
5、r paper might be late.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Where was the man born?A. In Philadelphia B. In Springfield.C. In Kansas.11. What did the man like doing when he was a child?A. Drawing. B. Traveling. C. Reading.12. What inspires the man most?A. Education. B. Family love. C. Nature.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至 16
6、 题。13. When does the woman go to the restaurant?A. In the early morning. B. In the middle of the morning. C. At noon.14. What does the woman like meet about the restaurant?A. The quiet environment. B. The cheap food. C. The good service.15. What does the man always have for lunch?A. Pancakes. B. Fis
7、h pie. C. Sausages.16. What does the man say about his favorite restaurant?A. Ifs new and clean. B. Its food is tasty and cheap. C. It often attracts film stars.听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What arc people like nowadays according to the speaker?A. They are too lazy to cook. B. They prefer fast food.3C.
8、 They are always in a hurry.18. What do most people want to do?A. Enjoy home-made dishes with families. B. Eat out more with friends.C. Start food business on the Internet.19. What does the speaker advise people to do?A. Buy a computer in their neighborhood. B. Cook healthy meals at home.C. Order fo
9、od on line.20. What kind of talk is the speaker giving?A. A lecture on food and health. B. An advertisement for a food website.C. A speech on the development of cooking.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 4 篇短文，从每题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ADo you have cold feet in winte
10、r? But now if you wear a pair of Ugg boots, you wont be troubled by that.UGG means Australian Sheepskin Boots. UGG boots became popular among shearers(剪羊毛的人）in the 1920s. The shearers sheared the sheep and grabbed a bit of dead sheep, wrapped it around their feet and called them “Ugly Boots”. Good o
11、ld Australian slang shortened Shearers Ugly Boots to UGG boots. Thus UGG Boots date back as far as the 1920s in Australia.Ugg boots became so popular because of the amazing amount of comfort they bring to the feel. The sheepskin is made incredibly soft so the boots are warm and comfortable. Ugg boot
12、s fed more like socks than shoes, yet they are tough enough for outdoor wear. The unique, wool fool-beds lake the shape of the natural edge of each wearers feet, creating personalized arch (弓形) supports.Our ugg boots are handmade with Australian sheepskin of the highest quality by our factory of Ugg
13、 Original Pty Ltd.4We can also wear ugg boots in cold weather or summer. In cold weather, the thick wool of ugg boots provides a preventing layer of warmth by trapping your body heat. In the heat of summer, the natural fibres of the wool will actually cool your feet by absorbing sweat. Ugg boots are
14、 made to be worn barefoot to maximize the cushioning and warmth provided by the sheepskin.Why not pick up your phone and contact us right now at .au.?21. Who made the first pair of Ugg boots according to the passage?A. Shearers. B. Travelers. C. Workers. D. Campers.22. Which of the following words c
15、an be used to describe the Ugg boots?A. Ugly and hard B. Comfortable and warn.C. Strong and warm D. Light and tough23. The purpose of writing the passage is to _.A. persuade B. advertise C. inform D. instructBI serve as an educator and health care provider as well, therefore, I have worked with nume
16、rous children infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The relationships that I have had with these special kids have been gifts in my life. They have taught me so many things, but I have especially learned that great courage can be found in the smallest of packages. Let me tell you about Tyler.Tyl
17、er was born infected with HIV: his mother was also infected.From the very beginning of his life, he was dependent on medications to enable him to survive.When he was five, he had a tube surgically inserted in a vein in his chest.This tube was connected to a pump, which he carried in a small backpack
18、 on his back. Medications were hooked up to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream.At times, he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing.Tyler wasnt willing to give up one single moment of his childhood to this 5deadly disease.It was not unusual
19、 to find him playing and racing around his backyard, wearing his medicine-laden backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon.All of us who knew Tyler marveled at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him.Tylers mom often teased him by telling him that he moved
20、 so fast that she needed to dress him in red.That way, when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard, she could quickly spot him.This dreaded disease eventually wore down even the likes of a little dynamo (精力充沛的人) like Tyler. He grew quite ill and, unfortunately, so did his
21、HIV-infected mother.When it became apparent that he wasnt going to survive, Tylers mom talked to him about death.She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too, and that she would be with him soon in heaven.A few days before his death, Tyler beckoned me over to his hospital bed and whispe
22、red, “I might die soon.Im not scared.When I die, please dress me in red.Mom promised shes coming to heaven, too.Ill be playing when she gets there, and I want to make sure she can find me.”24. What is the boys trouble after his birth according to the passage? A. Being deaf B. Being blind.C. Being in
23、fected with HIV D. Being disabled.25. Why does the author think the relationships with the children are gifts? Because he _.A. made friends with the children B. was deeply movedC. leaned a great deal from them D. hod a lot of sympathy for them26. What do we know from the passage?A. The boy could not
24、 breathe. B. The boy had trouble with breath.C. The boy stopped breathing at times. D. The boy breathed smoothly.27. Which of the follow might serve as a possible title for this passage?A. Mother and son B. A caring mother6C. Dying in red D. My unusual professionC“Sugar, alcohol and tobacco,” econom
25、ist Adam Smith once wrote, “are commodities which are nowhere necessaries of life, which have become objects of almost universal consumption, and which are, therefore, extremely popular subjects of taxation.”Two and a half centuries on, most countries impose (征税) sort of tax on alcohol and tobacco.
26、With obesity levels putting increasing pressure on public health systems, governments around the world have begun to toy with the idea of taxing sugar as well.Whether such taxes work is a matter of debate. A preliminary review of Mexicos taxation found a fall in purchases of taxed drinks as well as
27、a rise in sales of untaxed and healthier drinks. By contrast, a Danish tax on foods high in fats was abandoned a year after its introduction, during claims that consumers were avoiding it by crossing the border to Germany to satisfy their desire for cheaper, fattier foods.The food industry has, in g
28、eneral, been firmly opposed to such direct government action. Nonetheless, the renewed focus on waistlines means that industry groups are under pressure to demonstrate their products are healthy as well as tasty.Over the past three decades, the industry has made some efforts to improve the quality o
29、f its offerings. For example, some drink manufactures have cut the amount of sugar in their beverages (饮料).Many of the reductions over the past 30 years have been achieved either by reducing the amount of sugar, salt or fat in a product, or by finding an alternative ingredient. More recently, howeve
30、r, some companies have been investing money in a more ambitious undertaking: learning how to adjust the fundamental make-up of the food they sell. For example, having salt on the outside, but none on the inside, reduces the salt content without changing the taste.7While reformulating (再制定) recipes i
31、s one way to improve public health, it should be part of a multisided (多边的) approach. The key is to remember that there is not just one solution. To deal with obesity, a mixture of approaches, which include reformulation, taxation and adjusting portion sizes, will be needed. There is no silver bulle
32、t.28. What do we learn about Danish taxation on fat-rich foods?A. It met with firm opposition from the food industry.B. It brought a lot of problems on the border.C. It could not succeed without German cooperation.D. It did not work out as well as was expected.29. What does the underlined part “silv
33、er bullet” in the last paragraph mean?A. A long way.B. A single easy quick way.C. A effective and hopeful solution.D. A successful but complex solution.30. Whats the authors attitude to a multisided approach to the problem?A. Indifferent B. DisapprovingC. Neutral D. PositiveDGlobal warming threatens
34、 to hold back human progress, and make unachievable all UN targets to reduce poverty, according to some of the worlds leading international and development groups. In a report published today, Oxfam, Greenpeace and other groups say rich governments must immediately address climate change to avoid ev
35、en “unbearable levels” of worldwide poverty. “Food production, water supplies, public health and peoples livelihoods are already being damaged and weakened,” the report says. “There is no approach possible. The world must meet its commitments to achieve poverty reduction and also deal with climate c
36、hange, which are closely linked.”The report, which draws on UN predictions of the effects of climate change 8in poor countries over the next 50 years, says poor countries will experience more flooding, declining food production, more disease and the extinction of entire eco-systems on which many of
37、the worlds poorest people depend. “Climate change needs to be addressed now. The poor will bear the great consequence of it. The frontline experience of many of us working in international development indicates that communities are having to fight more extreme weather conditions.”Climate change will
38、 cause great damage to agriculture and water supplies and will increase diseases. “By 2025 the number of the worlds population living in countries of significant water stress will almost double, to 6 billion people. Tropical (热带的) and sub-tropical areas will be hardest hit those countries already su
39、ffering from food shortage”. Poor countries mostly do not need hi-tech solutions, but would most benefit from education, research and being shown how to farm better. The report says unchecked global warming, more than wars or political upheaval (政变), will displace millions of people and unsettle man
40、y countries.32. Which of the following is NOT related to global warming according to the passage?A. Fitness B. Food production C. Water supplies D. Farming33.What does the underlined word “address” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. settle B. speak C. occupy D. write an address34.Where may the passage be taken
41、from?A. A diary B. A novel C. A magazine D. A news report35. Which of the following is the main topic discussed in the passage?A. Global warming: causing damage to agricultureB. Global warming: causing damage to water suppliesC. Global warming: a bigger threat to humansD. Global warming: a bigger th
42、reat to the poor9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。Have you experienced times when you feel like youre under too much pressure? I think most of you will say yes. Actually, many things can strike us beyond our control. With an annoying mix of late trains, missed appo
43、intments and work deadlines, many of us are living in a constant state of stress. Experts war n, our modern lifestyles means that stress is almost continuous, and comes without the natural release t hat either fighting or fleeing might provide. _36_ Conditions vary from mood swings (情绪波动) to anxiety
44、, irritability, nervousness and tiredness. In extreme cases, it can even cause headaches, muscle cramps, and digestive problems. But there are a number of things we can do to manage the symptoms. _37_Balancing blood sugar is essential in lowering stress. To maintain its level, you can try to have on
45、e small meal every two-to-three hours that contains protein, for example, breakfast lunch and dinner plus a mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack. In this case, your blood sugar will be steady._38_ Laugh as you like._39_ Many studies show that laughter boosts our energy, decreases stress hormones, imp
46、roves immunity and lessens pains. Try to find humor in life and engage in activities that make you laugh. Dont f eel guilty about doing what you love. It will work its magic in your body. Schedule your workout timing.It could be the time, rather than the way that determines how effective your workou
47、ts would be. _40_ Do energy-forming exercises like running or aerobics in the morning, and milder activities in t he evening. Try a walk at the end of the day to calm your mind and stretch your muscles.A. Eat little and often.10B. So will your mood swings.C. Laughter is the best medicine.D. These th
48、ings are activated by laughingE. The aim of exercise is to boost your energy.F. Adapt your exercise routine to the biological clock.G. Living with it can lead to a whole range of health problems.第三部分 完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。第三部分 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小
49、题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。A professor in a university made his sociology students go into the poor areas of Baltimore to get case histories of 200 young boys. They were_41_to write an evaluation of each boys future. In every _42_ the students wrote, “He hasnt got a chance.” Twenty-five years later another sociology professor _43_ the earlier study. He had his students _44_on the project to see what had happened _45_ these boys. With the _46_of 20 boys who had moved away or died, the stude
