山东省烟台市2018届高三上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

说明：本试卷由四部分组成，共12页，满分150分，考试用时120分钟。答案全部涂写在答题纸上，考试结束后，只交答题纸。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.How was the mans vacation?A. Good. B. Boring. C. Terrible.2.What will the temperature probably be tomorrow?A. -5.B.21. C. 3.3.Where does the conversation take place? A. In a cafe. B. On a plane . C. In a office.4.Why does Mary refuse the job? A.Her child is ill. B. She cant travel a lot . C. She is too young.5.What will the girl do after school?A.Attend the party. B. Play chess . C. Learn to paint.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，共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，并标在试卷的相应的位置。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、7题。6.Where is PacificBuilding?A. Its on Xinhua Road. B. Its next to a cinema. C. Its behind a hotel.7. Why does the woman come here?A. To attend a party. B. To see her cousin. C.To look for a job.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What are involved in the accident?A. A taxi and a truck. B. A bus and a car. C. A bus and a taxi.9.When will they probably meet?A. At 11:30. B. At 11:00. C. At 10:30.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is Jenny not allowed to do without permission? A. Make personal calls. B. Leave the office. C. Use the computer.11.On which condition will Jenny be fined?A. If she comes to work late. B. If she forgets to take the card. C. If she forgets to check in and out.12.What will the man do later?A. Show Jenny around. B. Talk to the manager. C. Have lunch with Jenny. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why did Jack quit his job?A. He didnt like it at all. B. He quarreled with his boss. C. He couldnt finish his work.14. What happened to Jack at the meeting?A. He was criticized. B. He made a mistake. C. He didnt make a big deal. 15. What does Jack think of his job?A. It is boring. B. It is challenging. C. It has no future.16. What does Mary advise Jack to do?A. Go traveling.B. Improve himself.C. Find another job.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is Monica mainly talking about?A. Her homeland. B. Her vacation plan.C. Her travel experience.18. How can people visit the ice mountains?A. By bus.B. By air.C. By car.19. What can people do in the South Island?A. Experience the farm life.B. Enjoy the city life.C. See the hot springs.20. Where can people learn about Maori culture?A. In the center of New Zealand.B. In the lower part of the South Island.C. In the center of the NorthIsland.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）阅读下面短文，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。AA second-grade education has not stopped garbage collector Jose form bringing the gift of reading to thousands of Colombian children.Jose started rescuing books from the trash almost 20 years ago. He was driving a garbage truck at night through the country's wealthier neighborhoods. The discarded reading material slowly piled up, and now the ground floor of his small house is a makeshift community library stacked from floor to ceiling with some 20,000 books. They range from chemistry textbooks to children's classics.He says books are luxuries for boys and girls in low-income neighborhoods such as his, with new reading material at bookstores too expensive. There are 19 public libraries in Bogota, a city of 8.5 million people,.But they tend to be located far away from poorer areas."This should be in all neighborhoods, on each corner of every neighborhood, in all the towns, in all departments, and all the rural areas," says Joes. "Books are our salvation and that is what Colombia needs."The 53-year-old Jose has a love of reading he attributes to his mother.She always read to him even though she was too poor to keep him in school."She used to read me stories every night," said Jose.He has traveled to book fairs in Mexico and Chile to share his experience of starting a library with thrown-away reading material. "To me, books are the greatest invention and the best thing that can happen to a human being."While Jose still examine the rubbish for additions to his library, his fame as Colombia's "Lord of the Books" has also brought him thousands of donated books. He has sent many to other libraries around the country. That is because he doesn't have room for them all.He says he doesn't reject technology that allows books to be read digitally. But he prefers to read the printed word on paper."There's nothing more beautiful than having a book in your pocket, in your bag or inside your car," he says.21.What do we know about Joses library?A.It contains 20,000 books or so.B.It is located in the center of Bogota.C.Its books are all collected from the donation.D.It will be rebuilt to hold more books.22.What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?.A.The reason why Jose started a library.B.The poor life that the local children live.C.The location of the public libraries.D.The dream the children in Bogota have.58.From the passage, we can know that _.A.Jose hated books to be read digitally.B.his dream is to become a book collector.C.Jose received a good education at his early age.D.Joses mother developed his love of reading.BSpecial Kids Therapy（治疗）（SKT）, is a charitable organization devoted to improving the quality of the individuals who struggle with physical, mental or emotional disabilities. Examples of what SKT can do:SKT offers the families of children with special needs practical help in buying special medical equipment, such as electrically-powered wheelchairs and other communication equipment that are not covered by insurance. SKT organizes summer camp activities for children with special needs, providing them with a chance to enjoy their summer and experience the traditional summer camp that fits their abilities.How you can help:SKT is an all-volunteer charitable organization, which is staffed by volunteers and depends on donations that make it possible for us to serve and help these special children.SKT relies on people like you to help make good things happen for these special children. Your contribution is sincerely appreciated. Your donations help make children with special needs able to have alternative therapies such as animal-assisted therapy, art music therapy, massage therapy and water therapy. These are just a few of the many proven alternative therapies that bring joy and build self-respect of the children with special health care needs. Although these therapies are not covered by insurance, they enhance the mental, physical and emotional aspects of a childs life.SKT knows that your time is valuable and we appreciate your volunteer interest. There are many chances to volunteer to work with the children and their families at our events or programs.Donations may be mailed to:Bosse FinancialAttn: Special Kids Therapy, IncPO Box 1024Findlay, Ohio45839Please write checks to Special Kids TherapyPhone: 419-422-5607Email: carespecialkidstherapy.org24. From the passage we can know that SKT_.A. Earns very little by its alternative therapiesB. Offers help to the children with disabilitiesC. Is partly supported by the local government D. Pays insurance for children with special needs25. What does the underlined word “enhance” mean in the text? A. AcceptB. DamageC. ReduceD. Improve26. What can we infer from the text?A. SKT is a non-profitable organization.B. The disabled can ask practical help from SKT.C. Donations are used to pay insurance for children.D. Families of children with special needs are all poor.27. The text is written to_.A. encourage families to get donations B. tell us how children can live a normal lifeC. make an introduction of the special children D. Call on people to join SKT to help disabled childrenCMost parents fear getting letters home from their childrens school. They are usually informing them that their child is in big trouble. But ahead of the SATs exams next week, one school decided to send a letter of a different type.Bosses at BucktonValePrimary School in Stalybridge sent letter to all pupils in the sixth grade to tell them how specisl and unique they are. The letter highlights all the natural skills and abilities the pupils have and everything that makes them “smart” individuals.They are told how their laughter can brighten the darkest day and that the examiners do not know the pupils are kind, trustworthy and thoughtful. The letter, signed by the headmaster and two other teachers, has been put on the schools Facebook page and shared more than 9,000 times with more than 7,000 likes.The letter reads, “Next week you will sit your SATs tests for maths, reading, spelling, grammar and punctuation, We know how hard you have worked, but there is something very important you must know. The SATs test does not assess all that makes each of you special and unique. The people who create these tests and score them do not know each of you in the way that we do and certainly not in the way your families do.”The letter goes on to say that the tests are not the most important thing in life, adding, “The scores yu wll get from this test will tell you something, but they will not tell you everything. There are many ways of being smart. You are smart!”The letter has been welcomed by many parents on Facebook. Lynn McPherson wrote, “Thats greatinstilling（逐步灌输）hope, faith and belief.” And Mary Tilling said, “Every child school receive one of these. Brilliant.”28. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 1 refer to? A. Parent. B. Children. C. Teachers. D. Letters. 29. Whats the purpose of the letter sent befor the SATs exams? A. To stress the importance of the exams. B. To help the students pass the exams.C. To help the students to build confidence.D. To inspire the students to achieve success.30. What message does the letter want to convey?A. Everyone can realize his dream.B. Everyone has his unique value.C. Exams are meaningless in our life.D. Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.31. The author gives two examples in the last paragraph to show_.A. the letter was well receivedB. the letter was a total failureC. the parents are easy to pleaseD. the parents support their childrenDA new keyboard can tell whether you are its owner. The keyboard records information about the typing pattern and sends it to a computer program. The program then checks to see if the typing pattern and sends it to a computer program. The program then checks to see if the pattern matches the right user, If not, an alarm sounds, and the computer locks the typist out. It locks out anyone else, even if than person knows password. Whats more, this device needs no batteries. It harvests all the person knows your password. Whats more, this device needs no batteries. It harvests all the energy it needs from the action of your typing. Besides, the keyboard is also self-cleaning and the keys are free of damage from water, oil and dirt.The keys of the new keyboard are made of the same inexpensive plastic that might be found on any other standard keyboard. But instead of being smooth, the keys have millions of tiny plastic nanowires（纳米线）on their surface area to every key, increasing the gffective contact area between the plastics and fingers. This ensures that theres enough power to run the keyboard as someone types.Liming Dai, a scientist, did not work on the new keyboard, but he thinks the design could be important in getting better performance from a variety of devices. “It could also be applied to a touch screen, for instance,” Dai says. “Then smartphones and notepads could harvest energy from the action of someone typing or drawing.”“Future work might make the keyboard even more useful,” Dai adds. “A later design might build tiny capacitors（电容器）onto the nanowires,” he suggests. Capacitors are little devices that temporarily store electric charges. Those might then LEDs to light a Keyboard in the dark.Zhonglin Wang is a co-designer of the new keyboard. His team has build a working model of the keyboard. “If a company decides to fund（投资）its production, this keyboard could be in stores in as little as two years,” says Wang. 32. How does the new keyboard tell whether you are its owner?A. By checking the right users passwords.B. By sending alarms to a computer program.C. By matching the typing pattern to the right user.D. By recording information about the typing pattern.33. Why are there many nanowires on the surface of the keys?A. To make the keys beautiful.B. To help produce power.C. To make the keys smooth.D. To improve the speed of typing.34. Whats Dais attitude to the new keyboard?A. Unconcerned.B. Positive.C. Doubtful.D. Critical.35. What is the best title for the text?A. A New Keyboard Made of Nanowires.B. A New Keyboard Powered by Typing.C. A New Keyboards Future.D. A New Keyboard Entirely Owned by You第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文容，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。Why we still need to read DickensWalk into any bookstore, and you can hardly avoid “bumping into” Charles Dickens. Many of Dickens works still sell well today. 36 As someone who teaches Dickens, the question of why we still read him is often on my mind. 37 One day nearly 10 years ago, however, when I was giving a lecture, I was telling the students that for Victorian readers, Dickenss writing was a “tune-in-next-week” type of thing that generated crazes. 38 “But why should we still read this stuff?” the student asked. The answer I gave was only acceptable, “Because he teacher you how to think,” I said.The question annoyed me for years, for years, and for years I told myself answers, but never with complete satisfaction. We read Dickens because he is not just a man of his own times, but also a man for our times. We read Dickens because we can learn from experiences of his characters almost as easily as we can learn from our own experiences. 39 But these are not exactly the reason why I read Dickens. My search for an answer continued until one day a text message came from a student of mine. “We still read Dickenss novels,” she wrote, “because they tell us why we are what we are.” Simple as it was, thats the explanation I had sought for years.Dickens shines a light on who we are during the best of times and wrote of times. 40 If you have time, go to pick up one of his many novels, read it and enjoy what it has to tell you about yourself.A. Then a hand shot up.B. I know that wasnt really the reason.C. And they are p