河北省定州中学2018届高三上学期期末考试英语试题及答案.docx

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1、河北定州中学20172018学年度第一学期期末考试高三年级 英语试卷 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。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）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. What does the man imply?A. He doesnt care.B. He is very satis

2、fied.C. He is a little disappointed.2. How did the woman feel just now?A. Excited.B. Bored.C. Scared. 3. Where does the woman want to go tonight?A. To the supermarket.B. To the theater.C. To a restaurant.4. What is the woman worried about?A. Missing her flight.B. Having a traffic accident.C. Being l

3、ate for the football game.5. Why does the man want another credit card?A. To pay for a car.B. To buy more things he needs.C. To get a higher credit score.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或对白，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6

4、段材料，回答第6至7题。6. What are the speakers probably?A. Journalists.B. Doctors.C. Teachers.7. What are the speakers probably going to do there?A. Have a news making event.B. Buy some equipment.C. Go sightseeing.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. When is the mans flight leaving?A. Next Friday.B. Next Saturday.C. Next Sunday

5、.9. How much will the man have to pay for all tickets?A. $580.B. $1,160.C. $1,740.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. When should students meet for the field trip?A. At 7:00 am.B. At 7:15 am.C. At 8:00 am.11. How will the boy probably get to school today?A. Take the bus.B. Take his moms car.C. Take Mrs. Andersons

6、car.12. What is the relationship between the woman and Mrs. Anderson?A. Colleagues.B. Neighbors.C. Best friends.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How does the woman usually go to work?A. By bike.B. By subway.C. By car.14. What will happen if the man is late for work?A. His boss will yell at him.B. He will work o

7、vertime.C. He will be fined.15. Why does the woman like living in the city?A. It makes it easier to work from homeB. There are many interesting things to do.C. Her kids will get into good schools.16. What do the speakers have in common?A. They both have children.B. They both like driving.C. They are

8、 both married.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where does the talk take place?A. In England.B. In Australia.C. In the United States.18. When was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published?A. In 2014.B. In 2012.C. In 2007.19. What award has Rachel Joyce won?A. The Commonwealth Book Prize.B. The Man Booker

9、Prize.C. The Tinniswood Award.20. What did Rachel Joyce use to work as?A. An actress.B. A TV host.C. A writer.二、阅读理解Watching the Northern Lights（北极光）shining on the skys natural canvas may be on your list already, but be prepared to up the money.A developer is creating a floating, snowflaked - shaped

10、（雪花形状的）glass hotel from which guests can stare in fear at the Northern Lights from their beds. The project is called Krystall. Eighty six luxury rooms will be covered within a glass structure alongside conference rooms and a spa, all of which is only accessible by boat.The stationery hotel will be b

11、uilt near in northern Norway reportedly between bays. It will be constructed, in pieces, in dry docks（码头）, before being fit together on location.Explaining the physics and design of the hotel, Koen Olthuis, Dutch architect and founder of Waterstudio, a specialist in floating structures, said: “The f

12、loating base is very big and because of that also very stable. You will not notice any movement. Different to any vessel this hotel is a floating building and will not move. The shape provides most of the stability but cables（缆绳）are used to take away any speed.”“Same look and feel as a land based ho

13、tel but then on the most beautiful spot on the water. The hotel is not connected to land so all the things will be provided by boats.”According to Mr Olthuis, who wouldnt tell the actual cost of the project, the budget is 15 percent more than it would have been if it were built on land. He said that

14、 an important ting to the hotels construction was for its creation to be “scarless” on the perfect environment surrounding it.“We call it a scarless development. If you take it away after a hundred years or so it will not leave any physical footprint. That is the only way to bring developments to su

15、ch a valuable and beautiful marine environment in Norway.”It is hoped that the hotel will be “self-supporting and sustainable” using top of the range technology, hekping to support the “growing eco-tourism market.”“Dutch Docklands has learned to live with the water instead of fighting it,” the firm

16、states. “Floating houses are common in the Netherlands but we took that technology abroad and scale it up in size.”21According to the text, Krystall is stable because _.A. it is linked to the land with cables. B. it is fixed together on location.C. it is built in the form of snow flakes. D. it has t

17、he same look as any vessel.22While building Krystall, waterstudio concerns most about _.A. how to keep it existing for a hundred years.B. how to cause no damage to each piece.C. how to build it with a lot less money.D. how to make it environmentally friendly.23What Mr Olthuis said in the last paragr

18、aph implies that _.A. The Dutch developed a sense of adapting to nature.B. eco-tourism is a growing market in the Netherlands.C. it needs technology to build floating houses.D. it is common to see house floating on water.24What is the main idea of the passage?A. Build a floating house to live in.B.

19、View the Northern Lights in a floating hotel.C. Live with water in a glass hotel in Norway.D. Use the Northern Lights in a glass hotel.Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questi

20、ons is yes. To some degree our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundi

21、ngs. Thus the limits of persons intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This vies, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.It is easy to show that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with. The clo

22、ser the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very

23、 likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth. Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one,

24、 for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with ea

25、ch other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.25The writer is in favor of the view that mans intelligence is given to him .A. at birth B. through educationC. both at birth and through education D. through environment of ones family26If a child is born wit

26、h high intelligence, he can .A. surely become a geniusB. still become a fool if he isnt given good educationC. reach his intelligence limits through his own effortsD. probably reach his intelligence limits in rich surroundings27The example of the twins going to a university and to a factory separate

27、ly shows .A. the importance of their intelligence B. the role of environment on intelligenceC. the importance of their positions D. the part that birth plays28The best title of the passage can be .A. On Intelligence B. On GeniusC. Dependence on Environment D. Effect of Education on IntelligenceWe al

28、l know what a brain is. A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of the body in the head. It controls our bodys functions, movements, emotions and thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more.A brain can also simply be a smart person. If a person is called brainy, he is smart and intelligen

29、t. If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say, “Hes the brains in the family.” And if you are the brains behind something, you are responsible for developing or organizing something. For example, Bill Gates is the brains behind Microsoft.Brain trust is a group of exp

30、erts who give advice. Word experts say the phrase “brain trust” became popular when Franklin D. Roosevelt first ran for president in 1932. Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues（问题）facing the U.S. These professors were called his “brain trust”.These ways we use the word “b

31、rain” all make sense. But other ways we use the word are not so easy to understand. For example, to understand the next brain expression, you first need to know the word “drain”. As a verb, to drain means to remove something by letting it flew away. So a brain drain may sound like a disease where th

32、e brain flows out the ears. But, brain drain is when a countrys most educated people leave their countries to live in another. The brains are, sort of, draining out of the country.However, if people are responsible for a great idea, you could say they brainstormed it. Here, brainstorm is not an act

33、of weather. It is a process of thinking creatively about a complex topic. For example, business leaders may use brainstorming to create new products, and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems.If people are brainwashed, it does not mean their brains are nice and clean. To brainwash mean

34、s to make some accept new beliefs by using repeated pressure in a forceful or tricky way. Keep in mind that brainwash is never used in a positive way.29According to the text, if youre the CEO of Bai Du you can be called .A. the organ of Bai Du B. the brain drain of Bai DuC. the brains behind Bai Du

35、D. Bai Dus brain trust30Roosevelt successfully won the election probably because .A. he got his brain trust B. he got the help of word expertsC. he was smart at giving advice D. he was the brains behind America31From the passage, we can infer that .A. to drain a lake means to fill it with a lot of w

36、aterB. brainy and brainwash are never used in a negative wayC. brainstorming is not a good choice for a political leader for lack of creativityD. a country suffers a “brain drain” when educated people move to other countries32The author explains the “brain” expressions by .A. making comments B. maki

37、ng comparisonsC. using examples D. analyzing originsTwo-thirds of the worlds major rivers have now been disrupted(中断) with more than 50,000 dams in an attempt to store water and provide power. In the US, there are more than 85,000 dams, disrupting large and small rivers and in most cases transformin

38、g natural flow. The most famous of these, the Hoover Dam constructed in the 1930s, is mainly responsible for the fact that the Colorado River no longer reaches the ocean.Dams, besides all their attractive benefits, also have negative impacts. Creating a reservoir(水库) means a large area must be flood

39、ed. Communities may lose their land houses and cultural relies(遗址). Down stream of a dam, the flow may be reduced so that farmers cannot irrigate their fields.Environmentally, the new reservoir can be a paradise for wildlife especially birds. However, it can cause greenhouse gas emissions(排放) and po

40、ison the water for fish. Also, the dramatic rise and fall of water levels during dam releases is too extreme for plants and animals to cope with, resulting in dead zones around the shores of reservoirs. Fish that lay their eggs in the shallows, for example, may find a few hours later that those site

41、s are high and dry.Dams dont just block water flow. The flow may be reduced so that farmers will have great trouble getting water for their fields. They also prevent fish migrations and are a barrier to sediment(沉淀物) flows. Instead of rushing downriver, sediments get backed up against the dam wall,

42、which causes the reservoir level to increase over time. However, sediments which are rich in nutrients have become a problem. The fertility of the entire system can be influenced be influenced by soils lost during seasonal rains, not being replaced.Perhaps the biggest problem can be seen in deltas(三

43、角洲), often host to large cities, which are sinking into the oceans. Groundwater is being extracted to feed the city, causing the urban weight to sink and sediments washed away by the ocean are no longer being replaced. The result is that sea level rises in cities from Shanghai to Alexandria.33What e

44、ffects does creating a reservoir have on peoples life?a. People will see fewer birds near the rivers.b. Farmers below the dam may have less water to irrigate their fields.c. Visitors cant see some cultural relics anymore.d. More conflicts and wars over water will break out.e. All kinds of fish will

45、become extinct in the future.A. b c B. c eC. b e D. a d34With many dams built across rivers, fish will .A. find more places to lay their eggsB. face a more dangerous living habitatC. feed on more sediments rich in nutrientsD. find it easier to deal with the rise of water35How can dams influence the

46、cities like Shanghai?A. The rainy season will last longerB. Rich soils will be washed awayC. Their entire system will be influencedD. They will lie below sea level in the future36What does the text mainly talk about?A. Economic gain of dams B. Cultural loss of damsC. Environmental benefits of dams D

47、. Environmental loss of dams三、完形填空I sat nervously and waited for Kathleen to speak. Being called to the human resources department is a little like being called to the principals office. “Annie,” she said, “A food bank in our town that serves the elderly is asking for_. Id like you to organize the e

48、vent and see it through.” “Well, um, errrsure. I guess so.” As I stuttered(结结巴巴地说) through my_, all I could think was, “What? Why me?” I walked back to my office without any idea as to where to_. This was a time when the economy was_. The rise in unemployment forced the families of many my coworkers to_t