湖北省孝感市八校2018届高三上学期期末

湖北省孝感市八校2018届高三上学期期末-英语考试

湖北省孝感市八校2018届高三上学期期末考试

英语试题

第一卷（共100分）

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秒钟的吋间来回答有关小题和阅读下小题。每段对话仅

读一遍。

1. What will the weather be like late this afternoon?

A. Sunny.

B. Rainy.

C. Snowy.

2. What will the girl probably do tonight?

A. Prepare for the exam.

B. Watch a movie.

C. Play with her friends.

3. Why did Henry go to Oxford?

A. For travel.

B. For study.

C. For work.

4. What contributes most to the garden according to the man?

A. His hard work.

B. The good weather.

C. The woman?s efforts.

5. What did the man order?

A. Water.

B. Coffee.

C. Juice.

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段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A special event.

B. The man?s friends.

C. A big box.

7. How does the boy sound?

A. Surprid.

B. Excited.

C. Calm.

听第7段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What is the date today?

A. January 1st.

B. December 24th.

C. December 25th.

9. What does the man say about the girl?s mother?

A. She is hard to plea.

B. She wants to buy a new hat.

C. She doesn?t like chocolates.

听第8段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. What was Bonzo doing when hit by a car?

A. Playing in a garden.

B. Running after a ball.

C. Walking on the road.

11. What do we know about Bonzo?

A. He is a pet.

B. He is Megan?s brother.

C. He is having an operation.

12. What will the speakers do later?

A. Do some shopping.

B. Go to the hospital.

C. Have some coffee.

听第9段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. How can people know the age of a star?

A. From its size.

B. From its color.

C. From its light.

B. 14 years.

C. 12 years.

18. How many top ten singles did Westlife achieve?

A. 14.

B. 26.

C. 50.

19. Which is Westlife?s first single?

A. Flying Without Wings.

B. If 1 Let You Go.

C. Swear It Again.

20. Which country did Westlife fail to break into?

A. The US.

B. Ireland.

C. The UK.

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。

A

Outdoor activities are more than adventure kicks and fun

sports. They are simple ways for us to go out and connect with

nature. Here are some popular outdoor activities that help you

enjoy the outdoors.

Hiking

Hiking is one of the most popular outdoor activities, which

involves waking. The primary aim of hiking is exploring and

enjoying the beauty of nature. Usually hiking is carried out in the

wilderness and green areas.

Climbing

Climbing is also an adventurous outdoor activity. However, in

order to indulge in this outdoor activity, you need to be really fit.

Physical endurance and strength are necessary for climbing.

Outdoor activities involving climbing can include mountain

climbing, rock climbing, ice climbing, or even tree climbing.

Caving

If deep and dark caves have always fascinated you, then this

is the outdoor activity for you. Caving involves exploring caves

for recreational purpos. This is also an activity that needs

proper safety measures and preferably supervision or help of a

professional. The challenges involved in this activity depend on

the nature of the cave. Certain caves, which contain water, are

also ud for cave diving.

Cycling

If you love your childhood years when you rode your favorite

bicycles on the streets of your hometown, then cycling can be a

fun activity that you will enjoy for sure. In ca you think cycling

or biking is boring then remember that the trick lies in picking

out the appropriate location. You can pick beautiful and fresh

places with tunnels, bridges or even snow.

So the next time you are looking for some fun and adventure

in your life, all you need to do is pick a location of your choice

and indulge in some exciting outdoor activities.

21. The article is probably taken from a .

A. novel

phy

C. magazine

D. story

22. If you want to choo climbing as your outdoor activity,

you .

A. may find a place full of green

B. should be healthy and full of strength

C. should practice a lot during your childhood

D. may feel more interested in climbing mountains than

climbing trees

23. Which piece of information can we get from the text?

A. Hiking can be carried out anywhere at anytime.

B. Locations should be changed when cycling is considered

boring.

C. Caves for caving should be without water.

D. Caving is often chon for some scientific purpo.

B

The role of newspaper has en many changes over the years.

The small town newspaper carried not only local news like before

but state and national news, and even news from wars and

overas countries. It was the link to national events.

The type of coverage in newspapers has changed through

the years. Today we are often asked if newspapers could someday

be replaced by a paperless, computerized information device. In

my mind I do not fed that a website will ever replace the actual

paper edition we hold in our hands.

It is true that we often u the Internet to gather information.

We may visit news websites and read about events, check the

weather conditions or even get different views on sports articles.

However, there are certain aspects about newspapers that still

appeal to people. They enjoy the unique feature stories, local

photographs, and items of historical record. Newspapers are

portable, and easy to read, when you want to read them.

If we look back on history, we find that when the radio was

invented, it joined newspapers as a new source of information,

but did not rep lace them. Television didn?t eliminate the radio

or newspapers. Websites will be a place for a quick look at news

but not a way of sitting in your chair and holding the news in

your hands.

As we take each new step into the world of technology, we

need to remember that our local newspaper is the easiest and

best source for getting the news, placing an ad and informing

the public. It is the best way to find out about church suppers,

newborn babies, school concerts, the unique hobby of your

neighbor and the specials at local business.

I am convinced that newspapers rve an important role in

our community and that they will continue to coexist with all

forms of information technology.

24. The town newspaper ud to deal with .

A. news about the local people

B. news about the whole world

C. news about all the country

D. news about the famous people

25. According to the passage, which is NOT the advantage of

newspaper?

A. They provide us with news, picture and many other things.

B. They are portable and easy to read

C. They can place ads and inform the public.

B. The Future of the Newspaper

C. The TV and the Newspaper

D. The Benefits of the Newspaper

C

September is National Childhood Obesity Month, a major

topic for the US Department of Agricultural (USDA). The agency?s

program Healthier US Sc hool Challenge: Smarter Lunchrooms

(HUSSC: SL) fights against childhood obesity by helping more

students across the country get healthy food.

“Unfortunately, many students don?t get enough healthy

food, especially tho from low-income families. Without enough

healthy food, kids will develop health problems, such as diabetes

(糖尿病) or heart-related dias,” the Secretary of Agricultural

Tom Vilsack says. “The conditions can make kids less

productive at school and increa health care costs for their pa

rents.”

Millions of children in the US depend on meals provided by

their schools. In 2012, more than 31 million children ate school

lunches, and 12.5 million ate school breakfasts. HUSSC: SL

decides to make the most of school mea: It recognizes schools

that have joined Team Nutrition, a USDA program that helps

schools provide healthy meals and health education.

There are four levels of Team Nutrition recognition: bronze,

silver, gold, and gold distinction award. For each level, schools

must complete the Smarter Lunchrooms Scorecard. The program

provides a checklist, which asks schools to consider

everything from low-fat milk to their lunch menus. To meet the

need of bronze, schools must offer at least 30 items on the

checklist. Silver or gold schools must offer 50 items, while the

highest level, gold distinction award, must offer 70. Schools that

achieve each standard are added to a list of winners on Team

Nutrition?s website.

Vilsack says that in 2009, only 100 schools earned Team

Nutrition recognition. Since then, many schools have made

changes in their menus and education programs. Now more than

6,000 schools nationwide have earned recognition. And the

USDA is not alone in this cau. First Lady Michelle Obama?s

Let?s Move initiative works together with HUS SC: SL to spread

the message.

28. The main purpo of the program HUSSC:SL is to .

A. help low-income families get rich

B. provide people with healthy food

C. solve kid?s health problem of obesity

D. draw the public attention to childhood obesity

29. What won?t be caud by kids? not having enough

healthy food?

A. Becoming poor at school.

B. Developing some dia

C. Spending more on health care

D. Having difficulty in losing weight

can be inferred from the last paragraph that .

A. Team Nutrition is successful in the US

B. Team Nutrition has attracted international attention

C. schools focus more on children?s study in the US

D. the education system has been changed in the US

can be ud as the best title of the passage?

A. Keeping schools healthy

ier school meals

C. Packing a safe lunch

y rates falling

D

It was once the cornerstone of polite communication—but is

ems that among today?s children,letter writing is a dying art.

More than a quarter of 7-to 14-year-olds have not written a

letter in the past year, and one in ten has never written one,

according to a new survey. But the study by World Vision to mark

its National Letter Writing Day found that in the previous week,

half of youngsters had written an e-mail or posted a quick

message on a social networking site.

……Handwritten letters are much more personal than

electronic communication,” said the child education expert Sue

Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood. “If children do not write or

receive letters, they will mi ss out on key developmental benefits.”

“By going to the trouble to commit words to paper, the

writer shows their investment of time and effort in a relationship.

That?s why we tend to hang on to personal letters as

keepsakes(纪念品). The effort of writing is a very real one for a

child. Painstakingly manoeuvring the pencil across the page,

thinking of the best words to convey a message, struggling with

spelling and punctuation, it?s an effort worth making, becau

it?s only through practice that we become truly literate(能读会写

的)—and literacy is the hallmark of human civilization.”

BBC broadcaster and former head teacher, Roy Noble, said

that while he can understand that this generation of children u

texts and e-mails to communicate, he believes you can?t beat an

old-fashioned letter for that personal touch.

“It?s easy to e why children are getting out of the habit of

writing letters, but there is a certain charm that comes with a

letter arriving through the post among the usual brow n

envelops,” he said. “I think it is important for children to know

how to write a letter, with the correct terms for personal and

professional occasions.”

32. What does the study by World Vision show?

A. National Letter Writing Day is coming.

B. More children take up writing letters.

C. Letter writing is popular with youngsters.

D. The art of letter writing is fading away.

33. According to Sue Palmer,.

A. personal letters can be kept as keepsakes

B. letter writing is important for children?s development

C. electronic communication is more personal

D. literacy plays no role in a relationship

34. What does the underlined word ……manoeuvring” in

Paragraph 4 mean?

g

g

C. moving

ng

35. What?s the attitude of Roy Noble towards electron ic

communication?

A. Understanding

cal

ve

istic.

第二(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的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Getting Older

No one really knows how and why people change as they get

older. Also, no theory sufficiently explains all the changes of the

aging process. Aging is a complex process that varies inhow it

affects different people and organs. 36

At a certain point in our lives our body systems will begin to

weaken.37 It maybecome more difficult for us to e and hear.

The slow change of aging caus our bodies to lo some of their

ability to bounce back from dia and injury. In order to live

longer, we have always tried to slow or stop this change that

leads us toward the end of our lives.

38 A good diet plays an important role. The amount and the

type of exerci we get are another two factors.39 But scientists

studying the aging problem want to know: Why do people grow

old? They hope that by studying the aging medical science they

may be able to make the length of life longer.

40 Many consider the later part of life to be the best time for

living. Physical activitymay become less, but often we get better

understanding of the world and ourlves.

What we consider the old age now may only be middle-aged

some day soon. Who knows,with so many advances in medical

science happening so quickly, life length may one day be

measured in centuries,rather than in years!

A. Our living condition is yet another.

B. Many factors decide our health.

C. Our strength may become weaker.

D. As for diet, people are advid to eat less salt and sugar.

E. There is nothing to be afraid of as the old age comes.

第一节完形填空（北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

选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

There once was a beggar who loved to hear himlf

lived 41 a dustbin next to a had the most

amazing one would listen to him, 42 .Cats and dogs

would come to sing animals would come to hear this

43 44 audience were the man

was filled with 45 for he loved his voice.

Then one day,a little girl was on her way to the

man was singing one of his favorite

little girl 46 him and wondered where that noi began

47 around every comer until she found him. The girl?s eyes began

to grow wide as she saw the m an in his 48 asked him

to sing,with no 49 of danger in her shocked the

sang for the girl with joy in his eyes. Although it was nice

to be 50 to sing,it was also nice to have an sang until

he heard the girl?s mother 51 for girl quickly said 52 and

ran off.

The girl returned the next day and asked him to sing. 53 he

sang for the little a few songs,she left 54 the call of her

came the day after,with an older was the

girl?s 55 .She did not em to mind being led behind a 56

girl asked the beggar to man sang his heart

out for 57 of them to mother?s frown began to. 58 and

a smile began to days after were full of cheerful

singing and the audience of two. 59 , they would bring more

people to beggar continued to sing until he could not

sing anymore. 60 he loved his voice anymore.

41. A. over B. under C. behind D. beside

42. B. but gh D. still

43. A. humans B. audience C. animals D. cats

44. A. devoted B. only C. enthusiastic D. excited

45. A. regret B. sorrow C. pain D. joy

46. A. heard B. noticed D. made

47. A. looking B. arching C. rearching D. finding

48. A. tidy B. clean C. dirty D. cheap

49. A. fear B. signal C. expression D. noi

50. A. awake B. aware C. alone D. ashamed

51. A. phoning B. crying C. calling ing

52. A. okay e C. sorry D. hello

53. A. Once B. Again C. More D. Often

54. A. at B. on D. over

55. A. friend B. teacher C. sister

56. A. big B. derted ful D. smelly

57. B. none C. both D. either

58. A. fade B. ruin C. replace D. break

59. i B. Earlier C. Sooner D. Later

60. A. Apart from B. Thanks to C. Not just D. In addition

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单

词的正确形式

In recent years, Internet voting has become 61 (increa)

popular in China. People not only cast on-line votes 62 (them),but

also urge others to vote for 63 (compete) like the “Most

Beautiful Teacher” and the “Cutest Baby”.

Lin Yue, a high school student, is invited to vote in the “Best

Police Officer”competition,64 (organize) by the local

government to let the public have 65 better understanding of

police officers? daily work. Lin Yue visits the website and reads all

the stories. He is deeply moved by their 66 (bravery) deeds. He is

already thinking of becoming a policeman himlf in the future.

Wu Hua is invited by his uncle to vote for his cousin in the

“Future Singer” 67 (receive)three similar

invitations so far. His uncle tells him that 68 his cousin wins it, the

family will win an overas tour 69 free. Wu Hua likes his cousin

very much, but he finds other singers perform even 70 (well).To

vote, or not to vote? This is a question that troubles him very

much.

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌

写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉

及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

John is studying in his room when he heard screaming. He or

his father rushed to e how had happened. They discovered a

woman was lying in her front garden bleeding very heavy. Her

hands had almost cut off. It was John?s quick action and

knowledges of first aid that saved the woman?s life. He asked the

number o f nearby people for bandages and his father got some

tea towels and tape from their hou. John ud the to treat

the much vere injuries. He slowed the bleeding by apply

pressure to the wounds until the police arrived at. “I am proud

of what I did,” John said.

第二节书面表达

你校将要举办—次主题为“How to Communicate with Our

Parents”的英语演讲比赛，请你用英语写一篇演讲稿。要点如下：

1. 尊重并信任父母；

2. 常与大人聊天；

3. 换位思考问题。

注意：1.词数100左右，开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：换位思考put onelf in one?s shoes

How to Communicate with Our Parents

Hello, everyone. I?d like to share my ideas about the topic of

communicating with our parents.

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Thank you for listening.

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短文改错

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wounds until the police arrived at. “I am proud of what I did,”

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书面表达

How to communicate with our parents

Hello, everyone, I?d like to share with you my ideas about the

topic of communicating with our parents.

Parents are the people devoted to us most, and that?s why

it?s necessary to keep a good relationship with them. Here are

my ideas on how to make it easier to communicate with parents.

their shoes and we will soon understand them. Plea do

remember they really hope that we will become the best in the

future.

Thank you for listening.