1、 - 1 - 湖南省怀化市湖南省怀化市 20182018 届高三英语上学期期末教育质量监测试题届高三英语上学期期末教育质量监测试题 第一部分第一部分: : 听力听力( (共两节，满分共两节，满分 3030 分分) ) 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 个小题: 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。 例：How
2、 much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18. 答案是 C。 1. Whom will Lily borrow a digital camera from? A. Alice. B. Jane. C. Tom. 2. What will the man do next? A. He will eat a lot of chocolate. B. He will try some chocolate. C. He wont touch any chocolate. 3. Where does the conversation probably ta
3、ke place? A. In a bank. B. In a mall. C. In a school. 4. What are the speakers talking about? A. Preparing for the party. B. Buying a dress. C. The date of getting the dress. 5. Why will Mr. White be off work next week? A. To visit his relatives. B. To take a holiday. C. To go on business. 第二节(共 15
4、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。 - 2 - 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. Why is Mary upset? A. Mike made up stories about her friend. B. She met problems with math. C. Monica fell in love wi
5、th William. 7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Father and daughter. C. Boss and employee. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. How many tickets does the man need? A. Two. B. Four. C. Six. 9. How long will the man spend on the high-speed rail? A. About 2 hours. B.
6、 About 9.5 hours. C. About 7.5 hours. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke? A. From her parents. B. From researchers. C. From a newspaper article. 11. Why does the man say that he should keep away from babies? A. Because he doesnt like babies. B. Because h
7、e is a smoker. C. Because he wears dirty clothes. 12. What is the womans advice to smoking parents? A. Smoke only outside their houses. B. Stop smoking altogether. C. Reduce dangerous materials in cigarettes. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13. What is the woman? A. A designer. B. A director. C. A hostess.
8、- 3 - 14. What did July James do as a child? A. He made clothes for spoons and forks. B. He made dresses for his sister. C. He cut up new clothes. 15. What did James family react to his interest in fashion? A. They didnt like his style at first. B. They encouraged him. C. They thought he was differe
9、nt. 16. What did James think of his own design? A. Fashionable and different. B. Cool and common. C. Strange and old-fashioned. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. Why does the speaker make this speech? A. To thank his teachers. B. To collect money. C. To bid for votes. 18. Where may the speaker go next ye
10、ar? A. Changsha. B. Beijing. C. Wuhan. 19. What does the speaker want to do? A. Build a new baseball field. B. Set up a technology lab. C. Put new soda machines in the cafeteria. 20. What can we learn from the passage? A. Students can research topics for papers in the lab. B. Our school has high-tec
11、h computers. C. Technology skills are not necessary for students in the future. 第二部分第二部分: : 阅读理解阅读理解( (共两节，满分共两节，满分 4040 分分) ) 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 - 4 - 将该项涂黑。 A A Growing up, we all played house. Whether you played the dog or the dad, the most
12、 essential part of the game was the home itself. Back then we built our homes out of pillows and old bed sheets, but life isnt as simple anymore. Buying a home is life goal for many of us. With tougher economies and continuously growing house prices, buying a home is a major difficulty. With proper
13、research and a sense of adventure, we rounded up our top picks on countries that will give you a free home. Read on to see where you can score a FREE house! ItalyItaly Ever heard of the Sicilian town of Gangi? Me neither. This city in Italy has a declining population of about 7, 000 and extra homes
14、which havent seen a human face in decades. Italy will give you the home if you promise to stay and restore. Sounds like a deal to me! South AfricaSouth Africa Unlike Italy or America, South Africa gives away homes to its poorer citizens. South Africa has led the way in this effort, and will gives ho
15、mes and proper housing to those common citizens. PitcairnPitcairn You know that island life you dream of at your desk? Well, theres hope in living a coconut rum filled life indeed. The population is decreasing, with only 50 residents left. The British island colony is giving away land now, all you h
16、ave to do is ask. ColombiaColombia Beautiful South America, Colombia, much like South Africa, gives housing to the lower part of the population. The country is still relatively poor, but in recent years has gained improvement as a tourist destination and growing economic force. 21. Why is buying a h
17、ome difficult for many of us? A. Because it is our life goal. B. Because we have grown up. C. Because the economy develops so fast. - 5 - D. Because the house prices are rising sharply. 22. How can you get a house? A. By becoming rich in South Africa. B. By settling and providing restoration in Ital
18、y. C. By travelling to Colombia. D. By giving away land and asking permission in Pitcairn. 23. What is the main purpose of this passage? A. To attract tourists to visit these places. B. To compare these four places. C. To tell readers how to play house. D. To recommend places for people without a ho
19、use. B B One evening, the Woodlands High School Highlander team was threatening to win its first game of the season. Instead, they gave the game away. On the previous play, after the Highlanders had driven the ball deep into the Falcons territory, quarterback (橄榄球的四分卫 ) Gentry had connected with the
20、n-15-year-old receiver Brauweiler at the three-yard line. As Brauweiler turned upfield, a Falcon defender delivered a violent hit, knocking them both to the ground at the one-yard line. “There was a huge force, as if a truck had hit me, ”said Brauweiler, who suffered from the collision. But it was t
21、he Falcons player who got the worst of it. He lay still on the ground. Five minutes later, he was still down. Game officials told Highlanders coach that the teen had lost all feeling on his left side and an ambulance had been called. The doctors arrived, and soon after, a call to a medical transport
22、 helicopter was made. Thats when the Falcons coach walked across the field and told Colschen that his players were too upset to finish the game and they would quit. Colschen wouldnt have it. His team would. “It was the right thing to do, ”said Colschen. “In life, the well-being of others is whats im
23、portant, not the scoreboard.” He gathered his Highlanders and told them it was time to support their sorrowful - 6 - opponents. After the injured player was airlifted to a hospital, the two teams took the field again. With the end zone and the Highlanders first victory close, the teams center caught
24、 the ball, the quarterback and his teammates took a knee, and the game clock hit zero. Game over. A tie. The injured player is out of the hospital and recovering, which is a relief to the Highlanders, who have never regretted their decision. “It was amazing, ”said Colschen. “I was surprised and encouraged that they were thinking not about themselves but about others.” 24. Who is Colschen? A. A member of Highlanders. B. A member of Falcons. C. Highlanders co
