1、2018 届 四 川 省 仁 寿 县 高 三 上 学 期 零 诊 模 拟 测 试 英 语 试 题本试卷分为试题卷和答题卡两部分，其中试题卷由第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）组成，共10 页；答题卡共 4 页。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必在答题卡将自己的姓名、座位号和准考证号用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔填写清楚。2选择题使用 2B 铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后再选涂其它答案；非选择题用 0.5 毫米黑色签字笔书写在答题卡的对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第卷第一
2、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。每段对话后有一道小题，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. What was the mans father?AA doctor. BA teacher. CA volunteer.2. What are the speakers mainly talking
3、about?AThe coming rain. BThe weather. CWeekend plans.3. What can we learn about the towels?AThey are on sale.BThey are offered for free.CThey are of high quality.4. Where does the conversation probably take place?AIn the classroom. BAt a bus station. CIn a shop.5. Why is the back door left open?ATim
4、 and the dog are outside.BThe two speakers are going to bed.CThe woman tells the man to leave it open.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 完 每 段 对 话 或 独 白 前 ， 你 将 有 时 间 阅 读 各 个 小 题 ， 每 小 题
5、 5 秒 钟 ； 听 完 后 ， 各小 题 将 给 出 5 秒 钟 的 做 答 时 间 。 每 段 对 话 或 独 白 读 两 遍 。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6. Whats the problem with the man?AHe cant sleep well.BHe didnt pass the exam.CHe cant take the course.7. What did the woman suggest to him?AGoing to bed earlier.BTaking a course about str
6、ess.CCalling the health service.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8. What are the speakers probably doing?ADiscussing a plan.BHaving an interview.CHaving a meeting.9. How many sisters does the man have?AOnly one. BTwo. CThree.10. What can you infer from the womans last words?AThe man is allowed to have the job.
7、BThe man is asked to go to college.CThe man is refused to work in the college.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. Why doesnt the man book the seats downstairs?AToo expensive. BToo close to the stage. CUncomfortable.12. When will the performance end?AAt 8:30 p.m. BAt 9:00 p.m. CAt 9:30 p.m.13. How much will t
8、he man pay in total?A25. B100. C150.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14. Whats the relationship between the speakers?ALandlord and tenant(房客).BAgent and tenant.CAgent and landlord.15. What does the woman want the man to do?ATo do some repair work.BTo discuss with the landlord.CTo cut down the rent.16. What is
9、 the mans reply for the request?AHe needs time to consider it.BHe thinks it is impossible.CHe cant decide it.17. What can we learn from the conversation?AThe woman hasnt made the decision yet.BThe man doesnt know how much the rent is.CThe woman doesnt think the house is good.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
10、18. What did the speaker think had happened when she woke up?AHer house was on fire.BSome guests had arrived.CHer house was broken into.19. Why was the speaker afraid to get into the living room?AIt was too dark there.BThere might be burglars(窃贼).CThe policemen were there.20. What did the police fin
11、d out?AThe woman forgot to turn off the TV set.BTwo men were trying to steal the TV set.CSomeone had opened the door with a special key.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, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AImproving Your BlogA practical, hands-on course for those who a
12、lready have a blog and want to move onto the next stage to improve its design and other features, and get it seen and read by a wider audience.Accommodation is often available in Rewley House for those who wish to stay on the night before a course. Charged lunches are also available.Tuition fee: $87
13、.00What is Local History?Do you wonder what sort of people lived in your local community in the past? Or how the community might have been affected by major historical events? This introduction to local history may be just what you are seeking.Recommended readingDavid Hey, The Oxford Companion to Fa
14、mily and Local Family HistoryW.G Hoskins, The Making of the English LandscapeCourse fee: $ 125.00Advanced Creative WritingThis is an advanced course designed for students who have completed one of the introductory courses such as Getting Started in Creative Writing, or one or more of the specialist
15、courses such as Writing Fiction, Writing Poetry. To participate in the course you will need to have regular access to the Internet and be familiar with using a computer.Recommended readingLodge, D., The Art of FictionMullan, J., How Novels WorkTuition fee: $375.00Bioethics for BeginnersThis ten-week
16、 course will introduce you to the ethical and social effects of advances in medicine, biology, and technologywithout previous knowledge of the science.Recommended readingFukuyama, F., Our Posthuman FutureRidley, M., Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 ChaptersTuition Fee: $260.0021. What is
17、 special about Improving Your Blog?A. It doesnt require related reading materials.B. Applicants must book a place to live.C. Applicants dont need to own a blog previously.D. It offers free lunches and accommodation22. We can learn that Advanced Creative Writing_.A. costs the least B. takes place onl
18、ineC. is available for beginners D. teaches how to write poetry23. Which requires us to read Our Posthuman Future?A. Bioethics for Beginners B. Improving your BlogC. Advanced Creative Writing D. What is Local History24. What is the text main about?A. Recommending some books B. Introductions of some
19、activitiesC. Suggesting some learning methods D. Some information of coursesBIts rare a Chinese movie wins the audiences hearts with an emotionally national pride, rather than by showing off his or her good looks, which made it a great success. But Wolf Warrior II, is putting China in the global spo
20、tlight. Its also the first film to taste success both in terms of box office earnings and promoting Chinese values.The film broke the box office records, including the biggest single-day gross for a Chinese film as well as the fastest film to cross RMB 2 billion, 3 billion, 4 billion and 5 billion b
21、ox office marks. It also became the second (and fastest) film to surpass US$500 million and the first film to gross more than US$600 million at the Chinese box office. At a total domestic gross of CN5.67 billion (USD$880.1 million), it is the 2nd highest-grossing film of all-time in a single market
22、behind only Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7 million in North America), and having exceeded North Americas totals from Avatar ($760 million), Titanic ($659 million) and Jurassic World ($652 million). Wolf Warrior II links art to reality, and reminds people of the massive evacuation of Chinese pe
23、ople from Libya when civil war broke out there in 2011, and from Yemen in 2015, as well as the challenges the Ebola virus created in West Africa from 2013 to 2016.The film describes how the Chinese government aims to protect overseas Chinese citizens. Just as the message at the end of the film reads
24、: “Citizens of the Peoples Republic of China. When you encounter danger in a foreign land, do not give up! Please remember, at your back stands a strong motherland.”Thanks to Chinas increasing participation in global affairs, now could be considered the right moment to introduce a modern Chinese her
25、o.“Holding up a banner of peace, friendship and responsibility, Wolf Warrior II should be seen as a brave effort to promote Chinese values around the world,” columnist Zhu Ping wrote in China Daily. “Its time Chinese filmmakers produced films that tell good stories and carry the right spirit. Let us
26、 assume Wolf Warrior II has started that trend.”25. What reason makes Wolf Warrior II a great success?A. Its heros good appearance.B. Its characters performing skillC. It aroused peoples national pride D. The inspiring story plot 26. In the second paragraph, the writers opinion is made believable ma
27、inly by _.A. telling stories B. making comparisons C. asking questions D. using figures 27 . We know from the text that _.A. Wolf Warrior II start the trend of carrying good story and spiritB. China seldom participated in the global affairs nowC. the plot of Wolf Warrior II is based on a fictionD. C
28、hinese values have been widely accepted around the world28. Where is the passage most probably taken from a news paper?A. economy B. entertainment C. sports D. scienceCWhen I was a young girl living in Ireland, I was always pleased when it rained, because that meant I could go treasure hunting. As a
29、ll of Ireland knows, treasure is hidden at the end of the rainbow. If you can discover the end of the rainbow, gold will be brought to you. So whenever it rained, I would look up in the sky and follow the curve of the rainbow to see where it ended. I never did unearth any treasure.As I got older, an
30、d started working, rainy days came to be just another hateful thing and my childhood dreams of finding treasure faded. But for a fortunate few, the dream even comes true! Such is the case of Mel Fisher. His dream of finding treasure also began in childhood, while reading the great literature classic
31、s “Treasure Island” and “Moby Dick”. However, unlike me, he chased his dream and eventually managed to become one of the most famous professional treasure hunters of all time, and for good reason. In 1985, he fished up the priceless goods of the sunken Spanish ship Atocha, which brought him an unbel
32、ievable $400 million dollars!After the ship sank in 1622 off the coast of Florida, Fisher, who ran a commercial rescue operation, was trying to locate the underwater treasure for over 16 years when he finally hit the jackpot! But finding and keeping the treasure wasnt all plain sailing. After battli
33、ng with terrible conditions at sea, Fisher then had to battle in the courts. In fact, the State of Florida took Fisher to court over ownership of the find. After more than 200 hearings, Fisher agreed to donate 20% of his yearly findings for public display, and so now there is a museum in Florida whi
34、ch displays hundreds of the objects which were saved from the Atocha.Archaeologists(考古学家) object to the fact that with commercial rescue operations like Fishers, the objects are sold and dispersed and UNESCO are worried about protecting our underwater treasure from what it describes as “robbery”. Th
35、e counter-argument is that in professional, well-run operations such as Fishers, each piece is accurately and minutely recorded and that it is this information which is more important than the actual object, and that such operations help increase our wealth of archaeological knowledge. Indeed, as in
36、 Fishers case, they make history more accessible to people through museum donations and information on websites.29. In Paragraph. 3, the underlined phrase “hit the jackpot” means _.A. discovered the jackpot B. ran a rescue operationC. found the treasure D. broke one of the objects30. It can be concl
37、uded from paragraph 4 and 5 that .A. UNESCOs view is different from archaeologists B. people hold different views on the issue C. all rescue operations should be forbiddenD. attention should be paid to the finds educational value31. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Fisher a
38、chieved his dream effortlessly.B. Fisher was willing to donate his findings to the museum.C. Fisher was accused of ownership of the treasure.D. Fisher found the underwater treasure shortly after the ship sank. 32. The authors purpose of writing the text is most likely to .A. inform B. entertain C. p
39、ersuade D. describeDMicrosofts AI has published the first-ever poetry collection written by an AI. The poems were published on May 19 by Beijing-based Cheers Publishing, which claimed that the book is the first one written by an AI in human history.The AI, named Xiaoice (literally: “Microsoft Little
40、 Ice”), wrote more than 10,000 poems in 2,760 hours. Of those, 139 were selected for the collection, titled “Sunshine Misses Windows.” The book has 10 chapters, each highlighting a human emotion such as loneliness, anticipation or joy. The AI previously studied all the modern poems of some 519 poets
41、 dating as far back as the 1920s. For a human writer to go through such intensive preparation and study, it would take about 100 years.Since February, the AI has been publishing its poems on several online forums under 27 aliases(化名). Few people have guessed that the words were written by a robot.“E
42、very time it sees a picture, it gets inspired and creates modern poems. The process is basically the same as for a real poet,” said Dong Huan, chief producer of the book. Dong added that the collection kept all the original wording, including small errors produced by Xiaoice, Yangtze Evening News re
43、ported.“It may lag behind in some ways, the same as any inexperienced poet. Some poems may even sound repetitive. We want to present our readers with the 100 percent authentic AI output,” said Dong.33.What is “Sunshine Misses Windows” mainly about?A. Human feelings. B. Ancient poetry C. Modern poets
44、. D. The future of AI34. Xiaoice gets its inspiration from_.A. human writer B. the poems it reads C. daily news D. the pictures it sees35.What might Dong Huan agree with?A. 27 poems were selected in the poetry collection.B. Xiaoice is not so experience in writing poems.C. Xiaoice spent 10,000 hours
45、writing 2760 poems.D. Readers all appreciate Xiaoices poetry collection.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑, 选项中有两项为多余选项。As you grow older, youll be faced with some challenging decisionslike whether to cut class or try cigarettes. Making decisions on your own is hard
46、enough, but when other people get involved and try to pressure you one way or another it can be even harder. People who are your age, like your classmates, are called peers. 36 Peers can have a positive influence on each other. Maybe another student in your science class taught you an easy way to re
47、member the planets in the solar system. 37 These are examples of how peers positively influence each other.38 For example, a few kids in school might try to get you to cut class with them; your soccer friend might try to convince you to be mean to another player and never pass him the ball.It is tou
48、gh to be the only one who says “no” to peer pressure, but you can do it. 39 Youve probably had a parent or teacher advising you to “choose your friends wisely.” Peer pressure is a big reason why they say this. If you choose friends who dont cut class, smoke cigarettes, or lie to their parents, then
49、you probably wont do these things either, even if other kids do.If you continue to face peer pressure and youre finding it difficult to handle, talk to someone you trust. 40 Learning from the mistakes is more important.A. Maybe you got others excited about your new favorite book, and now everyones reading it. B. Most of us have experienced such kind of period.C. Do
