1、厦门市 2018 届高三年级第一学期期末质检1. What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Learn slowly. B. Practise more. C. Take lessons.2. Whose birthday party will the speakers attend?A. Amys. B. Dereks. C. Karls.3. Why is the woman in a hurry?A. She is heading for school.B. She wants to fetch a book.C. She has to pick
2、 up the man.4. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. Lower her voice. B. Do the laundry. C. Paint the wall.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the hotel. B. At the customs. C. At the station.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。
3、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、7 题。6. What do we know about the woman?A. She enjoys the parties.B. She has put on weight.C. She does exercise regularly.7. What does the man advise the woman to eat?A. Cookies. B. Hot dogs, C. Natural foods.听第 7 段材料，回答第
4、8 至 10 题。8. What kind of coffee does the man prefer?A. Black. B. Strong. C. Sweet.9. Which drink does the man like most?A. Tea. B. Coffee. C. Juice.10. What is the man going to do?A. Get ajar. B. Leave a tip. C. Meet a friend.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11. What did Jay do on New Years Day?A. He went bac
5、k home.B. He joined in a parade.C. He stayed with the host family.12. When is the Rose Parade usually held?A. On January 1st. B. On New Years Eve. C. Every Sunday.13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Pop bands. B. Sports events. C. New Year celebrations.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。14. What i
6、s the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates.B. Colleagues. C. Teacher and student.15. When will the woman get the result of the in-person interview?A. A few months later. B. After graduation. C. In less than a month.16. What does the man plan to do?A. Focus on his studies. B. Atte
7、nd job interviews. C. Look for solutions.17. Who founded the British Museum?A. Sir Hans Sloane.B. King George II. C. The UK government.18. What can we learn about the museum?A. It is round.B. It is totally free.C. It has global collections.19. Where is the Easter Island Statue exhibited?A. In Room 4
8、. B. In Room 24. C. In Room 40.20. Who is Neil?A. A program host. B. A tourist. C. A travel guide.AAs the sixth What Kids Are Reading report bemoans （哀叹） about a tendency among secondary school students to read books that are too easysuggesting that teachers and librarians arent pushing challenging
9、titles strongly enough to older kidsthe organizers of World Book Day have announced a list that might serve as a corrective, or at least a useful source of ideas.Satellite by Nick LakeLeo was bom in space, living all his life on space station Moon 2 with fellow space-children Libra and Orion. Now, a
10、t 15, he is almost due to go to Earth for the first time, but more awaits him there. An extraordinary science fiction, as diverse as Iain M Banks at his best. The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasA standout debut（首次创作） ，this US novel is the Black Lives Matter（BLM）-inspired story of Starr Carter, whose fri
11、end Khalil is shot dead by a police officer as she watches and whose divided life awakes in the fallout. Full of vivid detail and dry humour, with a charming narrator, it reads like a typical text.Things a Bright Girl Can Do by Sally NichollsNicholls exciting narrative follows May, the free-thinking
12、 daughter of a Quaker, and Nell, the tough, capable mainstay of her poor family. As the ghost of war appears ever closer, what will they sacrifice and what will be taken from them? An unforgettable historical novel.The Book of Dust Vol 1: La Belle Sauvage by Philip PullmanPullmans long-awaited retur
13、n to the world of His Dark Materials is, at times, dark indeed. As Malcolm and Alice convey the baby Lyra down a flooded river in Malcolms boat, the coming threats are fierce and frightening. To the reader absorbed in it, whatever their age, it affords the enjoyment of watching a master storyteller
14、at work.21. Why do the organizers announce the book list?A. To attract students attention to World Book Day.B. To promote the sales of the books recommended.C. To meet the requirements of teachers and librarians.D. To encourage secondary students to read challenging books.22. Which book might attrac
15、t a history lover?A. Satellite. B. The Hate U Give.C. Things a Bright Girl Can Do. D. The Book of Dust Vol I: La Belle Sauvage.23. What can be learned from the text?A. Nick Lake is an expert in space exploration.B. Angie Thomas stands out in writing textbooks.C. May has an influence on Sally Nicholl
16、s writing.D. It took a long time for Pullman to publish his new book.BHave you read this before? 10% of life is made up of what happens to you. 90% of life is decided by how you react. That is the 90/10 Principle. You really have no control over 10% of what happens to us, but you determine the other
17、 90%.Lets use an example. You are eating breakfast with your family. Your daughter knocks over a cup of coffee onto your business shirt. You severely scold your daughter and she breaks down in tears. After scolding her, you blame your wife for placing the cup too close to the edge of the table. A sh
18、ort verbal battle follows. You storm upstairs and change your shirt.Back downstairs, you find your daughter has been too busy crying to finish breakfast and she misses the bus. You rush to the car and drive your daughter to school. After a 15-minute delay and throwing $60 traffic fine away, you arri
19、ve at the school and your daughter runs into the building without saying goodbye.After arriving at the office 20 minutes late, you find you forgot your briefcase. Your day has started terrible. As it continues, it seems to get worse and worse. You look forward to coming home, yet when you arrive hom
20、e, you find a small wedge in your relationship with your wife and daughter.Why did you have a bad day? Did the coffee cause it? Did your daughter cause it?Here is what could have and should have happened.Coffee splashes over you. Your daughter is about to cry. You gently say, “Its ok honey, you just
21、 need, to be more careful next time”. Grabbing a towel you rush upstairs. After grabbing a new shirt and your briefcase, you come down in time to look through the window and see your child getting on the bus. She turns and waves. You arrive 5 minutes early and cheerfully greet the staff. Your boss c
22、omments on how good the day you are having.Notice the difference? Two different scenarios. Both started the same. Both ended different.24. According to the text, what happens after the coffee incident?A. The mother gets to work late.C. The father has a traffic accident.25. Why does the author use th
23、e example? A. To prove the 90/10 principle.C. To give advice on self-control.26. What does the underlined word “wedge” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Improvement. B. Wound. C. Disadvantage. D. Change.27. According to the text, what leads to the different endings?A. Your coffee. B. Your family. C. Y
24、our experience. D. Your reaction.CBritish parents encourage their children to play musical instruments as part of a family tradition and not to raise their social status as Americans do, research says. Dr. Aaron Reeves of the University of Oxford found that UK parents did not see musical achievement
25、 by their children as character building or useful in getting university places or jobs. Instead, it was usually only those parents who played instruments that encouraged their children to follow suit.This contrasted with research carried out by other academics in America, he said. “Middle-class par
26、ents in the US appear to associate cultural practice with other benefits, such as developing specific characteristics and paving the way for educational success. Middle-class families are often marked by a pattern of concerted cultivation，where parents organize music-centred activities for their chi
27、ldren, often in addition to school-based musical practice.”Researchers had owed this to “parental anxiety over the declining fortunes of educated Americans. These parents have become increasingly worried about providing their children with skills and abilities enabling them to stand out from their c
28、ompetitors in the job market.”By contrast, for British respondents, no such connection was made between what is considered as an overbearing parenting style and future educational or career possibilities. The parents interviewed here did not connect music with usefulness but rather they focused on t
29、he value of music as a family tradition and, to a lesser extent, as something valuable in its own right.One Scottish parent, a chemist by profession, said during the interviews, “Weve got two learning musical instruments. If we think its maybe worthwhile we try and encourage them, but we wouldnt for
30、ce them.” A housewife said, “My sons just turned five and 1 want him to do the guitar because his uncle does it, but its up to him.”In some UK families, said Dr. Reeves, music was even “believed to be an obstacle to educational success, or at least secondary to it.”28. What do British parents think
31、of music learning?A. Useful for job application. B. Helpful for character building.C. Beneficial to further education. D. Worthwhile as a family tradition.29. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. Cultural practice. B. Educational success.C. Concerted cultivation. D. School
32、-based musical practice.30. What can be inferred from the text?A. The future of American kids is not promising.B. American parents hardly link music with success.C. Music learning is a personal choice for British kids.D. British parents show little concern about education.31. What is the text mainly
33、 about?A. Reasons for British music preference.B. British parenting style in music education.C. Americans attitude towards music learning.D. Differences between British and American parents.DThere is an unforgettable beauty to the Karoo, a vast semi-desert, that seems empty save for the stars overhe
34、ad and sheep eating grass below. Economic opportunities here are few.But the Karoos clear skies also draw some of the worlds best scientists. A radio telescope project called the Square Kilometre Array （SKA ） is under construction, with the latest group of 64 giant antennae （天线） due to be completed
35、late next year. When finished, it will be the biggest radio telescope in the world and should allow scientists to peer into the origins of the universe.Still, some sheep farmers are complaining. Because of the sensitivity of the telescope, the surrounding area must be kept free from radio interferen
36、ce （干扰）caused by everything from mobile phones to microwave ovens and some car engines. The SKA is buying up more farms than originally expected to ensure radio silence over an area of some 130,000 hectares. There will be no mobile phone signals allowed, except in the few towns in the area. Save the
37、 Karoo, an advocacy group, isnt convinced by the bright future of groundbreaking astronomical discoveries. Its members fear the restrictions will make the Kamo “a cut-off and backward region”，and warn that people serving farms near the SKA site could face financial ruin. “I dont care about a black h
38、ole sitting somewhere out in space,” says Eric Torr, an organiser with the group. “It does not put food on the table.”Sky-high expectations in this down-at-heel area are also a problem. An SKA official complains that the locals expect the telescope to solve all their problems. Some jobs have been cr
39、eated, but few locals have the skills to find out the secrets of distant galaxies. Until recently the high school in Carnarvon, a nearby town, didnt even have a maths and science teacher. The SKA organisation hired one, and is also offering scholarship to college students. Perhaps if the next genera
40、tions horizons are raised, they will be able to take advantage of the radio telescopes in their own backyard.32. The project SKA is aimed at_.A. exploring the universe C. protecting the sheep B. creating jobs for locals D. saving the Karoo33. What most disturbs the locals life?A. The shrinking of th
41、eir farmlands. B. Restrictions of radio signals.C. The construction of the project. D. Noises of car engines.34. What can be inferred from Erics words?A. The project makes no sense to Eric. B. Eric faces financial difficulty.C. The black hole is nowhere to be found. D. Food should be put on the tabl
42、e.35. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Telescope in the Backyard B. Expectations of the Locals C. Biggest Radio Telescope D. Great Astronomical Discovery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。Each one of us has different natural and acquired abilities. Some l
43、earn new languages quickly, and some are more social than others. 36 Obviously, people interpret what youre saying in different ways, based on the way they think.37 While looking to convince others, we rely on our own thinking tools and strengths. It doesnt matter if youre trying to persuade your bo
44、ss to adopt a new idea. But when you need to persuade your colleague, switch chairs with your listener and ask yourself what his or her strength is. Sure, you take into account whats important to them.38 Try to fit someone you work with into the different thinking categories 一 Individual thinking or
45、 Group thinking. To quickly identify if someone thinks better individually or in a group, I ask one simple question: Did you prefer studying by yourself or in a group in high school? Youll find out most people will answer within a blink of an eye.Then how to communicate better after identifying indi
46、vidual or group thinking? 39 Individual thinkers need some time by themselves to digest a new idea. Therefore, try sending them suggestions by e-mail or introduce a new idea and then giving them some time to think about it. Group thinkers will react much better when talking about a new idea. 40 When
47、 group thinkers ask to talk about something, theyre actually asking you to brainstorm with them to help find a solution using conversation.A. Choose your presentation strategy.B. You can find out which category you belong to.C. It is a challenge to convince people around you.D. So give them opportun
48、ities to voice their thoughts.E. But how about understanding how they actually think?F. Most people are more productive when working alone.G. These strengths determine how we think and make decisions.第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节（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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白 处的最佳选
49、项。I had a quick thirty-minute stopover in Detroit before heading home to Toronto. After 41 up the passage, I realized that my gate was on the opposite end of the airport. Luckily, I got there with five minutes to 42 and stood waiting to be called.I was tired and had an emergency 43 scheduled after I was home. But then came the 44, “It seems we have overbooked the flight. Would anyone volunteer to stay for the 45 departure?” There were 100-plus people and not a 46 person responded.The next flight was in four hours. I 47 and saw businessmen needing t
