1、 - 1 - 福建省莆田市第七中学福建省莆田市第七中学 20182018 届高三英语上学期期末考试试题届高三英语上学期期末考试试题 (时间:120 分钟 满分:150 分) 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。 (Text 1) 1.What time is it now?( ) A.7:00. B.6:45. C.6:35
2、. 2.What does the woman mean?( ) A.She cant go for the picnic. B.She has no interest in the picnic. C.She will go for the picnic as soon as she comes back. 3.When will the man move into his new house?( ) A.This month. B.In two months. C.Next month. 4.Who will help the woman with the luggage?( ) A.Su
3、san. B.John. C.Tom. 5.What will they probably do next?( ) A.Go to the market. B.Go back home. C.Go to the bookstore. 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道小题,从每题所给的 A、B、C 三个选项 中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前,你将有 5 秒钟时间阅读每小题。听完后,每小题将给 出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白你将听两遍。 听第 6 段材料,回答第 6 至 7 题。 6.What curren
4、cy would the woman like?( ) A.RMB yuan. B.US dollars. C.Japanese yen. 7.Why did the woman have to fill out another form?( ) - 2 - A.Because she filled in the wrong number. B.Because she filled in the wrong language. C.Because she filled in the wrong currency. 听第 7 段材料,回答第 8 至 10 题。 8.What does the m
5、an do?( ) A.A businessman. B.A reporter. C.A college teacher. 9.Where do the mans coins come from?( ) A.Some collectors. B.His friends. C.His colleagues. 10.What is the main purpose of the man collecting coins?( ) A.For money. B.For interest. C.For fame. 11.What is the probable relationship of the t
6、wo people?( ) A.Husband and wife. B.Employer and employee. C.Interviewer and interviewee. 12.How long had the woman worked in Ford company?( ) A.Five years. B.Several months. C.A couple of weeks. 13.Why did the woman leave the great cafe?( ) A.Because the job was stressful. B.Because she couldnt bea
7、r the boss. C.Because the company wasnt running well. 14.How is the womans father now?( ) A.He will be out of hospital soon. B.He has been out of hospital. C.He is still in danger. 15.What was the accident?( ) A.The womans fathers car and a bus crashed. - 3 - B.The womans father was knocked down by
8、a bus. C.The bus that the womans father took overturned. 16.Who was to blame for the accident?( ) A.The womans father. B.A man on a motorcycle. C.The bus driver. 17.When will Its My Opinion be broadcast?( ) A.At 8:30. B.At 10:30. C.At 11:30. 18.What songs will be broadcast on Radio Three?( ) A.Ameri
9、can. B.Brazilian. C.Italian. 19.What part of the match will be commented on Radio Two?( ) A.The first half. B.The second half. C.The whole match. 20.What programme will be broadcast at 10:00 on Radio Four?( ) A.News. B.A discussion. C.An investigation. 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 3
10、0 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。 A Now,high school seniors who wish to attend U.S.Universities are busy preparing for their college applications and SAT.While the standardized test is an optional - 4 - requirement for some schools,at Californias Stanford University it is compulsory for eve
11、ry applicanteven the worlds youngest Nobel Prize winner,Malala! The 18-year-old that is currently completing high school in Birmingham,England,has always expressed her desire to attend the U.S. school that has the reputation for being one of the worlds best.But though Malala,in terms of her resum(简历
12、),rivals 42,000 kids who apply for the 2,000 spots each year,it is not enough.Stanford University still requires her to take the SAT test just like all the other candidates. Some of her fans are upset because they believe Malalas achievements are enough to prove she is a worthy candidate.Others thin
13、k it just shows how much emphasis U.S.Universities place on standardized tests.But not everyone agrees with the critics.Some feel that Malala,special as she is ,should not be given preferential treatment.Malala has always insisted that her celebrity status should not afford her an automatic entrance
14、 into a university. Malala first caught the worlds eyes in 2008,when the then 11-year-old publicly challenged the Talibans policies against educating girls.Annoyed by her open defiance(反抗),some Taliban members took matters into their hands and shot the young girl in the head.Fortunately,they were un
15、able to kill Malala or her spirit.Following several surgeries and a long recovery,she returned stronger and even more determined to fight for whats right.In addition to her continued support for girls in Pakistan,Malala is also preparing for the SAT of course! 21.To be admitted to Stanford Universit
16、y,Malala has to . A.graduate from a U.S. school B.pass the SAT test C.beat 42,000 kids D.win the Nobel Prize 22.What does the underlined word “afford” mean? A.buy B.offer C.avoid D.exchange 23.How did Malala begin to draw the worlds attention? - 5 - A.By winning the Nobel Prize. B.By getting support
17、 from her fans. C.By surviving several surgeries. D.By questioning Talibans education policies. 24.What does the passage mainly tell us? A.Even the Nobel Prize winner has to take the SAT. B.Malala was the youngest Nobel Prize winner. C.Malala fights for girls education right. D.Opinions on Malalas t
18、aking SAT vary. B Say youre in the supermarket parking lot,holding your baby,bags of goods,and trying to open your car.A stranger walks up and says,“Here,let me hold your baby.” Should you let him? According to a new New York University study,knowing whether or not to trust someone is so important t
19、hat we can tell whether a face is trustworthy before we even consciously know its there.The researchers knew from previous studies that people are fairly similar when it comes to how they judge a faces trustworthiness.They wanted to find out whether that would be true if people only saw a face for a
20、 quick moment an amount of time so short that it would prevent making a conscious judgment. To carry out their study,the researchers monitored the amygdala (扁桃腺结构) of 37 volunteers while showing them 300 faces for 33 milliseconds each.Those faces had already been tested with a different set of 10 su
21、bjects,who saw them for much longer.In those earlier tests,people agreed about whether to trust each face.In this new study,fascinatingly,different parts of the amygdala lit up when a subject saw an untrustworthy face and a trustworthy oneand it lit up more when the face in question was suspicious (
22、可疑的). “Faces that appear likely to cause harm are suddenly tracked by the amygdala,so it could then quickly change other brain processes and make fast responses to people approach or avoid,”says Jon Freeman,the studys senior author.“Our talents for - 6 - making instant judgments could either come fr
23、om birth or be learned from the social environment.” So should you trust the guy in the parking lot? Your brain already knows. 25.What is Paragraph 1 used to? A.To summarize the whole passage. B.To make the passage more interesting. C.To introduce the topic of the passage. D.To warn people to guard
24、against strangers. 26.The amygdala lit up more clearly when people . A.came across a neutral face mask B.saw an untrustworthy face C.met a reliable person D.saw a familiar face 27.What can we infer from Freemans words? A.Brain processes cannot be changed. B.The amygdala tracks only faces of bad men.
25、 C.The amygdala decides the accuracy of judgments. D.The ability of making fast judgments can be acquired. 28.What would be the best title for the passage? A.Is facial trustworthiness reliable? B.You can judge a person even without being aware of it C.Your brain decides whether to trust people in milliseconds D.Can the amygdala reveal how people m
