高三英语下学期第二次联考试题

湖北省八校2017届高三英语下学期第二次联考试题第卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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 is the man wearing now?A. A blue sport shirt.B. A green sport shirt.C. A green T-shirt.2. How many languages can Helen speak fluently?A. Three.B. Four.C. Two.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Psychological problems.B. Spending habits.C. High rents.4. Where will the woman go first?A. To the post office.B. To the bakery.C. To the bank.5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At home.B. At a restaurant.C. At school.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。每段对话后有几个小题，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. Who showed the man some pictures of South Africa?A. Jennifer.B. Lisa.C. Laura.7. What does the man have to do now?A. Wait for his partners reply.B. Book a flight immediately.C. Ask his boss for the time off.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why did the woman go to that location?A. She saw a brochure.B. It has the lowest price.C. Its near her workplace.9. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Buy a golden card.B. Go online before Johanna shows her around.C. Give him a picture for a new membership card.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who might Ms. Winkler be?A. Ellas mom.B. Ellas teacher.C. Ellas advisor.11. What does Ella need to do to be a top ten student?A. Pass the final exam.B. Do well for the next few months.C. Get a 90% on the final exam.12. What is the man worried about?A. Ella getting into college.B. Ellas social life.C. Ellas mental health.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What did Eva do last night?A. She went to a concert.B. She saw a Christmas play. C. She watched a basketball game.14. How is Rebecca related to Eva?A. Evas classmate.B. Evas teacher.C. Evas sister.15. What does Evas mother probably do for a living?A. Shes a violinist.B. Shes a nurse.C. Shes a babysitter.16. Why is Derek having trouble with his studies?A. He is busy with his music.B. He has to work in the orchestra.C. He has a lot of responsibilities at home.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who is making the announcement?A. The city.B. Campus Security.C. The marathon organizer.18. When does the race start?A. At 8:00 a.m.B. At 9:00 a.m.C. At 9:30 a.m.19. What does the speaker ask the listeners to do?A. Get excited about the marathon.B. Call the marathon organizers website to complain.C. Finish their business before the race starts.20. Why should people get a map?A. To find the closest parking lots.B. To figure out where there might be traffic problems.C. To find out which shops and banks are open.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。AHere is a list of some of the best museums for children in America.Please Touch Childrens MuseumThis museum lies in Philadelphia. It offers Alice in Wonderland exhibits where young children can play with giant flowers and have tea parties. Kids can also play on musical instruments and babies can crawl on lily pads, which make musical sounds.The Childrens Museum of IndianapolisThis museum lies in Indiana. It holds a fair share of dinosaur fossils (化石). There are many fossils like the T. Rex, Bucky and many others in an 8,000-square-foot area. Around 10,000 man-made objects, including a 55-ton steam engine and a 33-foot tall water clock, are there in the 365,000-square-foot area. It also offers activities like dinosaur building, camps and classes featuring space themes and other educational programs.Boston Childrens MuseumThis museum lies in Massachusetts. The exhibits here are of health, art, science, culture and environment. In this museum, children also learn about Japanese culture. Activities like Play Lab, New Balance Climb and The Recycle Shop bring out the creativity in children.National Museum of PlayThis museum, which lies in Rochester area of New York, has a wide collection of dolls, games, toys and other home crafts dating back to the 19th century. Here, educational tours include stories of machines and other toys. Kids can walk in Sesame Street exhibit and cook food at play or TV studios.Childrens Museum of HoustonThis museum lies in Texas. Termed as the best playground for mind, this museum offers scores of activities for kids of every age. It even offers free family adventure events where families with their kids are encouraged to work on math activities and games. Children also learn about broadcasting activities and preserving ecosystems.21. One who has interest in environmental protection can choose to visit .A. National Museum of Play or Childrens Museum of HoustonB. Boston Childrens Museum or Childrens Museum of HoustonC. Please Touch Childrens Museum or Boston Childrens MuseumD. The Childrens Museum of Indianapolis or National Museum of Play22. While visiting National Museum of Play, you can take part in .A. dinosaur buildingB. New Balance ClimbC. playing with giant flowersD. cooking food at play or TV studios23. If a couple with kids of different ages want to do activities together, they should go to .A. Texas B. Indiana C. New York D. Massachusetts24. Who might be most interested in this passage?A. Parents. B. Students. C. Teachers. D. Researchers.B I think it was October, 1982. A friend had business dealings in the city of Reno, Nevada, and I was asked to accompany her on an overnight trip. While she conducted her business, I was aimlessly wandering down Virginia Street，heading into a most gloriously beautiful sunset. I had an urge to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, but I couldnt make eye contact with anyone. Quickly I ducked into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could come outside for just a minute. She 1ooked at me as though I were from some other planet and said, “Well Surprisingly, she followed me out. When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just had to share it with someone.” For a few seconds we just 1ooked. Then I said, “Gods in his heaven and alls right with the world.” I thanked her for coming out to see it and sharing the beauty. Four years later my situation had changed considerably. I had come to the end of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life. One day, while my clothes were going around, I picked up a Unity Magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in similar circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a strange community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: cosmetic sales in a department store. We had a lot in common. Then something happened to her that changed everything. She said a woman came into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a sunset. The stranger had said, “Gods in his heaven and alls right with the world.”, and she had realized the truth in that statement and that she simply had not been seeing it. From that moment on, she turned her life around.25. Why did the writer duck into a department store?A. She found it was boring with nobody talking to her.B. She wanted to buy something for her friend.C. She wanted to find somebody sharing the beautiful sunset.D. She thought it was his responsibility to share the natural beauty with others.26. What does the sentence “Gods in his heaven and alls right with the world” mean?A. We should be optimistic in the face of uncertainty.B. We should believe in God who can help us when we are in trouble.C. We should never hold the belief that God can change our life.D. We should be independent and enjoy ourselves in spite of difficulties.27. What do you think finally changed the writers attitude towards life?A. The old magazine she came across.B. The encouragement from the woman.C. The sunset they enjoyed four years ago.D. The womans story.28. What may be the best title for the text?A. Depending on yourself B. Sharing beauty C. Struggling every day D. Never giving up halfwayCImagine youve finally landed a job of your dreams in another city. Its everything youd hoped for, but theres only one problem housing costs in the area are so high that youre forced to live in a parking lot. While this sounds like an impossible situation, this predicament is a reality for one man. Brandon, 25, is a software engineer for Google at its San Francisco, California campus.“I realized I was paying too large an amount of money for the apartment I was staying in, and I was almost never home,” he told Business Insider. “Its really hard to justify throwing that money away. Youre not putting money into anything and you are not building it up for a future.”Since scoring his job in May 2015 following a successful internship, hes been living in a truck on a parking lot a short distance from his workplace.The tech worker makes up for the lack of facilities by eating, using the bathroom and showering at work, also charging his phone and computer there. San Francisco is home to the most expensive rental market in the US, with the average rental for a one-bedroom apartment coming to 3,590 (24,900 yuan) a month, according to property site Zumper.And while some may not be able to handle giving up lifes luxuries just to put aside some cash, Brandon estimates that hes saved almost 28,000 since he moved in just over 18 months ago. “Not only do I get to invest all of that redirected rent money, but I get to invest all the money Im not spending on furniture, facilities and buying food,” Brandon wrote on his blog.29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “predicament” in Paragraph2? A. possibility B. disappointment C. dilemma D. mess30. Why does Brandon prefer to live in a truck on a parking lot? A. Because he has no time to go back to an apartment. B. Because the rent is too high and he thinks it isnt worthwhile. C. Because his workplace provides him with what he needs D. Because he wants to save money for an apartment of his own.31. What does Brandon think of his choice? A. Difficult B. Embarrassing C. Painful D. WiseDPigeons may only have a brain the size of a thimble (顶针), but it appears that pigeons can categorize and name objects in the same way human children learn new words.A new study from the University of Iowa has shown that the birds are capable of learning to categorize 128 different photographs into 16 basic categories.Scientists taught three pigeons to sort out different kinds of dogs or types of shoes, for example by using a particular symbol in exchange for a reward. When they were shown black and white pictures of previously unseen dogs or shoes, the birds were able to correctly match these with the corresponding symbols.The scientists behind the project say this is a similar approach taken by young children when they are first learning words for objects. However, the researchers said it took their birds around 40 days to perfect the task of learning just 16 categories.Professor Edward Wasserman, who led the work, said: “Our birds rate of learning appears to have been quite slow. Would children learn faster than pigeons? Almost certainly. However, our pigeons came to the experiment with no background knowledge at all. Thus, the more relevant comparison group may be newborn babies, who indeed take 69 months to learn their first words.”Writing in the journal Cognition, the researchers said their experiment was a very simple mirror of the way children are taught words by their parents pointing to pictures and asking them to name the object.Pigeons are known to be smarter than many birds. Professor Bob McMurray, who also took part in the study, said the results showed that human learning is not as unique as was previously believed.He said: “Children are facing a huge task of learning thousands of words without a lot of background knowledge to go on. For a long time, people thought that such learning is special to humans. What this research shows is that the ways in which children solve this huge problem may be shared with many species.32. Whats the main idea of this passage?A. Pigeons and young children take a similar approach to learn words.B. Pigeons are known to be smarter than newborn babies.C. Pigeons recognize objects in the same way children learn words.D. Pigeons are unique as they can learn like humans.33. Why does the writer think newborn babies are the more relevant comparison group?A. They dont have any background knowledge.B. They learn relatively slow.C. Pigeons and newborn babies learn at a similar speed.D. Young children are smarter.34. From the passage, we can learn that .A. learning without background knowledge is unique to humansB. many species may be able to learn without background knowledgeC. pigeons are able to solve many huge problemsD. pigeons are known to be the smartest birds35. The passage is intended to .A. introduce pigeons B. prove a fact C. support an opinion D. report a study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。When it comes to rumors and gossip, everyone can be fair game. 36 And then suddenly, it can possibly be your turn to be the target. So, how can you deal with it in a way that wont make the situation worse?Try to understand where its coming from, and whyIf you can, figure out who started the rumor. Is the rumor meant to hurt you, or is it just a case of misinformation? Is someone trying to get back at you for something? 37 Therefore, you can have a better understanding of how to deal with it. 38 Identify someone who didnt start the rumor and get him or her on your side. Ask this person to stick up for you, and tell others in the group that the rumor is not true, and most importantly, very hurtful.Lower the chances that it will happen again First, be careful with your secrets. Second, use the buddy system. It helps to have a best friend who you can trust to be on your side and watch your back when you need. 39 Lastly, do onto others as you would have them do onto you. 40 When you keep your gossip to yourself, it is not easy for you to be a prime target for somebody seeking to get even.A. Dont spread rumors about other people, but explodes with anger when they are about you.B. Do the same for him or her to make sure your friend stays loyal.C. Keep calm when you are gossiped about.D. At one moment, the big rumor can seem to be about someone else.E. Get someone in the middle to make a stand.F. If you have been the victim of gossip and rumors, you might want to go “an eye for an eye”.G. It is important to get this information before you react to the rumor.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）第一节：完形填空（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四个选项（A, B, C, 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。The Two-Dollar BillReturning from a trip to Washington D. C., I arrived in Anchorage at about 2: 00 A. M. At 9：00 A.M., I was 41 to talk at local high school to students in a 42 designed to educate the troubled kids in school.The school is well 43 because most of the kids are troublemakers who become involved with the law. I found it very 44 to deliver a speech to the multi-cultural 45 and talk about things that could stimulate them for their 46 . I wasnt making any headway 47 I started talking about what I do so well, helping people with money.I 48 a stack (堆) of $2 bills and started giving them out. The kids started to 49 because it was free money. The 50 thing I asked them was to spend it on 51 people. Some of them asked me for my signature. I think I 52 some of them with my honesty. I started 53 a copy of the book I had written for the dollar bills. Then I told them that my grandfathers care had always 54 me to go forward. 55 I closed with telling them no matter what happens, someone out there 56 cares about them and is pulling for their 57 .This is not the 58 of the story. When I left the classroom, I told them to call me 59 they ever had problems.Three days later, I received a thank-you letter with a new $2 bill in it 60 by a girl who heard my talk.41. A. permittedB. recommendedC. scheduledD. persuaded42. A. programB. reportC. performance D. situation43. A. praisedB. knownC. trainedD. secured44. A. comfortableB. challengingC. unforgettableD. impressive45. A. racesB. groupC. girlsD. players46. A. futureB. lessonsC. familiesD. cities47. A. beforeB. unlessC. untilD. because48. A. took outB. picked upC. put awayD. found out49. A. stand upB. rush outC. line upD. wake up50. A. happyB. onlyC. sadD. exciting51. A. all B. otherC. anyD. some52. A. recognizedB. shookC. excitedD. touched53. A. payingB. changingC. exchangingD. taking54. A. beggedB. motivatedC. allowed D. forbade55. A. FinallyB. ThereforeC. SuddenlyD.Surprisingly56. A. normallyB. immediatelyC. reallyD. quickly57. A. jobsB. successC. comfort D. desire58. A. symbolB. valueC. theme D. end59. A. ifB. whereverC. though D. since60. A. struckB. guaranteedC. addressedD. promised第卷第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）第二节：语法填空（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。For you, the “Clear and Bright” day that falls in every April might be no more than just another holiday the fact that it comes with three days off school matters to most students 61 (much) than the fact that it is part of the 24 solar terms (二十四节气).But this ancient system that Chinese people have used 62 (keep) track of the time of year was added to the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity （人类非物质文化遗产）on Nov. 30. To be fair, the terms do sound old; they 63 (invent) thousands of years ago to offer weather information for agricultural 64 (activity). But the truth is 65 they still have an influence on our lives today, even if we dont realize it most of the time. For example, people from 66 (north) China are in the habit of eating dumplings 67 the day of Winter Solstice (冬至). And on Start of Autumn, some treat 68 (they) to a big feast, especially of meat, something they call “putting on autumn weight”, or tieqiubiao.According to Chinese writer and academic Yu Shicun, the system is a philosophy of time, 69 applies to everything. And this means they are 70 (likely) to die out.第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分35）第1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，请你修改你同桌的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅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。Dear Sir or Madam, Im Li Hua, the middle school student from China. I read the announcement of the summer camp that you have posted on the Internet and that I am interested in it. I know that you welcoming students from different countries but Id like to take part in it. Ive been learning English for 10 years, and I speak fluently English. What is more, Ill be able to tell students from another countries about China and learn about their countries as well. I hope I will be accepted a member of your summer camp. Here are your email address and phone numbers: lihua123.com; 12345678. Looking forward to hear from you soon.