英语卷·2017届湖北省沙市中学高三上学期第七次双周练（2017-01）

英语卷·2017届湖北省沙市中学高三上学期第七次双周练（2017-01）

‎2016—2017学年上学期2014级 第七次双周练·英语试卷 命题人： 审题人：‎ 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，每段对话后面有一个小题，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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一个小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ What’s the weather like at the moment?‎ A. Rainy B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.‎ What’s the woman’s roommate like?‎ A. She’s patient. B. She’s nice. C. She’s tidy.‎ Why has John moved out?‎ ‎ A. To be near the school. B. To live in a quiet place. C. To avoid the trouble.‎ What’s the man’s trouble?‎ ‎ A. He can’t see the sign clearly. ‎ ‎ B. He has no ticket for the movie.‎ ‎ C. He’s parked in the wrong place.‎ Which musical instrument does Bob have?‎ ‎ A. Drums. B. A guitar. C. A Violin.‎ 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）‎ 听下面五段对话或独白。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段材料，回答第6至7题。‎ What we can learn from the conversation?‎ A. The woman has missed her flight. ‎ B. The plane will take off tonight.‎ C. The airport is closed.‎ What does the woman want?‎ A. A room for her alone. ‎ B. A hotel close to the airport. ‎ C. A room with bright light.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。‎ What can we learn about the woman?‎ ‎ A. She isn’t familiar with the Internet. ‎ ‎ B. She can’t afford a camera.‎ ‎ C. She doesn’t like MA-205.‎ What is the man probably going to do next?‎ ‎ A. Reduce the budget. B. Change the model. C. Order a camera.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。‎ What does the man show the woman?‎ ‎ A. A magazine. B. Hair care products. C. A bottle of red wine.‎ How will the woman’s hair look?‎ ‎ A. Long. B. Short. C. Shoulder-length.‎ Why doesn’t the woman want to change the colour of her hair?‎ ‎ A. She thinks it’s too expensive. ‎ ‎ B. She’s afraid it might damage her hair.‎ ‎ C. She doesn’t like the suggested colour.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。‎ How much pocket money does Lily get a month?‎ ‎ A. About 20 pounds. B. About 15 pounds. C. About 5 pounds.‎ Why does Lily want more pocket money?‎ ‎ A. To get as much as her friends. ‎ ‎ B. To pay for her music lessons. ‎ ‎ C. To buy some clothes.‎ When can Lily have more pocket money?‎ ‎ A. When she proves good at her school work. ‎ ‎ B. When she no longer argues with her mum.‎ ‎ C. When she is mature in her mum’s eyes.‎ What does David suggest Lily do?‎ ‎ A. Have a discussion with her mum. ‎ ‎ B. Help her mum with her housework.‎ ‎ C. Sit down and wait calmly.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ Where is the speaker？‎ ‎ A. On a plane. B. In a bus. C. At a tourist site.‎ Why is food or drink not allowed on the journey?‎ ‎ A. To avoid annoying others. ‎ ‎ B. To show respect for the guide.‎ ‎ C. To guarantee the passenger’s safety.‎ How long can the tourists stay at the first destination?‎ ‎ A. 15 to 30 minutes. B. About an hour. C. About two hours.‎ What’s the second destination famous for?‎ ‎ A. Stonehenge. B. The River Avon. C. The Roman Bath.‎ ‎ ‎ 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 On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.‎ Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once ‎ they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.‎ Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.‎ ‎“Everything went quiet in my head, ” Tim recalls. “I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”‎ Time took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised this head to judge his process. “At one point, I considered turning back,” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!”‎ Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.‎ ‎“Let’s aim for the pier(码头),” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you guys swim?” he cried. “A little bit,” the boys said.‎ Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.‎ ‎“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time.‎ After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.‎ ‎21. Why did the two boys go to the sea?‎ ‎ A. To go boat rowing. B. To get back their football.‎ ‎ C. To swim in the open water. D. To test the umbrella as a sail.‎ ‎22. What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?‎ ‎ A. The beach. B. The water. C. The boat. D. The wind.‎ ‎23. Why did Tim raise his head regularly?‎ ‎ A. To take in enough fresh air. B. To consider turning back or not.‎ ‎ C. To check his distance from the boys. D. To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.‎ ‎24.How did the two boys finally reach the pier?‎ ‎ A. They were dragged to the pier by Tim.‎ ‎ B. They swam to the pier all by themselves.‎ ‎ C. They were washed to the pier by the waves.‎ ‎ D. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.‎ B Once upon a time it was boarding school adventure and mysteries solved by tweed-wearing detectives that fired young readers’ imagination. Now, it seems, it is the promise of tales of blood sucking vampires, unstoppable zombies, howling werewolves and terrifying beasts that inspires young audiences to pick up a book.‎ Teen horror is a genre(体裁) that seems to be going from strength to strength, with titles like The Demonata and The Saga of Larten Crepsey by Irish born writer, Darren Shan, topping the charts. Indeed Darren Shan’ s success has earned him the title of “Master of Children’ s Horror” and his books, which also include The Thin Executioner and the vampire series The Saga of Darren Shan, have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.‎ But what is it about horror fiction that so appeals to young readers, and just how scary do ‎ they like it?‎ ‎“I think horror allows teenagers to focus on real-life issues in a fantastical way, helping them analyse and make sense of the world as they are coming to a greater understanding of it,” says Darren. “In my book, Lord Loss, the man character’ s parents and sister are slaughtered by demons. While that’s obviously not going to happen to anyone in the real world, many children will lose people they love during their formative years, whether it’s grandparents dying of old age, or friends or relatives in accidents. A book like this can hopefully help them prepare for when death strikes at them in real life. Good horror is always about helping us prepare for the darker aspects of life and since we can’t avoid them, we might as well turn them into entertainment!”‎ Darren tours frequently, attending events in schools and libraries, and talking to young readers helps him gauge(判断) what they can and can’t take in terms of frightening content. He explains: “When I’m writing an especially terrible scene, I imagine myself reading it out in a live environment, and ask myself if I would feel comfortable doing so. If not, I’ll go back and tweak the scene. I have no set formula for deciding what is suitable and what is not. I simply go with my gut instinct(直觉).”‎ ‎25. What is the article mainly talking about?‎ A. Recommending some popular horror books.‎ B. Analysing why horror fiction fascinates young people.‎ C. Exploring how horror fiction benefits young readers.‎ D. Introducing how Darren creates horror books.‎ ‎26. The underlined phrase in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_________.‎ A. failing to attract attention B. improving imagination C. getting darker and scarier D. becoming increasingly successful ‎27. Darren Shan thinks that his books interest young people because_________.‎ ‎ A. they are exciting and inspiring ‎ ‎ B. they are about the dark aspects of life ‎ C. they deal with real-life issues in a fanciful way ‎ ‎ D. they teach people how to deal with real-life problems 28. What can we conclude from the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A. Teenagers feel comfortable with Darren’s imagination.‎ ‎ B. The more frightening a book is, the better it sells.‎ ‎ C. Darren visits schools from time to time to promote his books.‎ ‎ D. Darren sometimes changes his stories to make them less scary.‎ ‎ ‎ C When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously(同时的) about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen—they can’t do both—and they don’t understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships—not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen.‎ During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to ‎ communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts.‎ Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.‎ There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls’ mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author of Social Behavior and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents respond to the brain bias of the children. Since a girl’s brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short grunts in reply.‎ 29. While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they_______.‎ ‎ A. are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends ‎ B. can both talk and watch the screen at the same time ‎ C. think they can have a good time and develop relationships ‎ D. have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands 30. After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to__________.‎ ‎ A. experience the happy time again B. keep a close tie with her ‎ C. recommend her a new scenic spot D. remind her of something forgotten 31. What does the author want to tell us most?‎ ‎ A. Women’s brains are better organized for language and communication.‎ ‎ B. Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.‎ ‎ C. Men don’t like talking because they rely more on facts.‎ ‎ D. Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.‎ 32. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?‎ ‎ A. Women are Socially Trained to Talk B. Talking Maintains Relationships ‎ C. Women Love to Talk D. Men Talk Differently from Women D When families gather for Christmas dinner, some will stick to formal traditions dating back to Grandma’s generation. Their tables will be set with the good dishes and silver, and the dress code will be Sunday-best.‎ But in many other homes, this china-and-silver elegance has given away to a stoneware(粗陶)-and-stainless informality, with dresses assuming an equally casual-Friday look. For hosts and guests, the change means greater simplicity and comfort. For makers of fine china in Britain, it spells economic hard times.‎ Last week Royal Doulton, the largest employer in Stoke-on-Trent, announced that it is eliminating 1,000 jobs—one-fifth of its total workforce. That brings to more than 4,000 the number of positions lost in 18 months in the pottery region. Wedgwood and other pottery factories ‎ made cuts earlier.‎ Although a strong pound and weak markets in Asia play a role in the downsizing, the layoffs in Stoke have their roots in earthshaking social shifts. A spokesman for Royal Doulton admitted that the company “has been somewhat slow in catching up with the trend” toward causal dining. Families eat together less often, he explained, and more people eat alone, either because they are single or they eat in front of television.‎ Even dinner parties, if they happen at all, have gone casual. In a time of long work hours and demanding family schedules, busy hosts insist, rightly, that it’s better to share a takeout pizza on paper plates in the family room than to wait for the perfect moment or a “real” dinner party. Too often, the perfect moment never comes. Iron a fine-patterned tablecloth? Forget it. Polish the silver? Who has time?‎ Yet the loss of formality has its down side. The fine points of etiquette(礼节) that children might once have learned at the table by observation or instruction from parents and grandparents(“Chew with your mouth closed.” “Keep your elbows off the table.”) must be picked up elsewhere. Some companies now offer etiquette seminars for employees who may be competent professionally but clueless socially.‎ 29. The trend toward casual dining has resulted in________.‎ ‎ A. bankruptcy(破产) of fine china manufacturers ‎ B. shrinking of the pottery industry ‎ C. restructuring of large enterprises ‎ D. economic recession in Great Britain 30. The main cause of layoffs in the pottery industry is__________.‎ ‎ A. the increased value of the pound B. the economic recession in Asia ‎ C. the change of people’s way of life D. the fierce competition at home and abroad 31. Refined(有教养的) table manners, though less popular than before in current social life,____.‎ ‎ A. are still a must on certain occasions B. are bound to return sooner or later ‎ C. are still being taught by parents at home D. can help improve personal relationships 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ A simple life means getting rid of many of the things you do so that you can spend more time with people you love and do the things you love. 36 It’s often a journey of two steps forward and one backward.‎ Evaluate your time. 37 What things do you do from the time you wake up to the time you go to sleep? Make a list, and evaluate whether they’re in line with your priorities. If not, remove them and focus on what’s important. Redesign your day.‎ Limit your communications. Our lives these days are filled with a vast flow of communications: email, cell phones, paper mail, Twitter, forums, and more. 38 Instead, set a limit on your communications: only deal with emails at certain times of the day. Limit phone calls ‎ to certain times too. It is the same with other communications. Set a schedule and stick to it.‎ Try living without a car. OK, this isn’t something I’ve done, but many others have. 39 Walk, bike, or take public transportation. It reduces expenses and gives you time to think. A car is also very complicated, needing not only car payments, but insurance, maintenance, repairs, gas and more. ‎ ‎ 40 If you rid your home of stuff, you might find you don’t need so much space. I’m not saying you should live on a boat (although I know some people who happily do so), but if you can be comfortable in a smaller home, it will not only be less expensive, but easier to maintain, and greatly simplify your life.‎ A. Consider a smaller home.‎ B. Have a place for everything. ‎ C. How do you spend your day?‎ D. It’s something I would do if I didn’t have kids.‎ E. They can take up your whole day if you let them be.‎ F. However, getting to simplicity isn’t always a simple process.‎ G. Most people don’t know what “enough” is, and thus they keep buying more.‎ 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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（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。‎ I used to believe in the American Dream, which meant a job, a mortgage(按揭), credit cards, success. I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else, all of us 41 chasing the same thing.‎ One year, through a series of unhappy events, it all fell 42 . I found myself homeless and alone. I had my truck and $56. I 43 the countryside for some place I could rent for the 44 possible amount. I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road 45 the Potomac River in West Virginia. It was 46 , full of broken glass and rubbish. I found the owner, rented it, and 47 a corner to camp in.‎ The locals knew nothing about me, 48 slowly, they started teaching me the 49 of being a neighbor. They dropped off blankets, candles, and tools, and began 50 around to chat. They started to teach me a belief in a 51 American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of 52 .‎ What I had believed in, all those things I thought were 53 for a civilized life, were nonexistent in this place. 54 on the mountain, my most valuable possessions were my 55 with my neighbors.‎ Four years later, I moved back into 56 . I saw many people were having a really hard time, 57 their jobs and homes. I managed to rent a big enough house to 58 a handful of people.‎ There are four of us now in the house, but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places. We’d all be in 59 if we hadn’t banded together.‎ The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one. It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about 60 we can all get by together. ‎ ‎41. A. separately B. equally C. violently D. naturally ‎42. A. off B. apart C. over D. out ‎43. A. crossed B. left C. toured D. searched ‎44. A. fullest B. largest C. fairest D. cheapest ‎45. A. at B. through C. over D. round ‎46. A. occupied B. abandoned C. emptied D. robbed ‎47. A. turned B. approached C. cleared D. cut ‎48. A. but B. although C. otherwise D. for ‎ ‎49. A. benefit B. lesson C. nature D. art ‎50. A. sticking B. looking C. swinging D. turning ‎ ‎51. A. wild B. real C. different D. remote ‎52. A. neighborliness B. happiness C. friendliness D. kindness ‎53. A. unique B. expensive C. rare D. necessary ‎54. A. Up B. Down C. Deep D. Along ‎55. A. cooperation B. relationships C. satisfaction D. appointment ‎56. A. reality B. society C. town D. life ‎57. A. creating B. losing C. quitting D. offering ‎58. A. put in B. turn in C. take in D. get in ‎59. A. yards B. shelters C. camps D. cottages ‎60. A. when B. what C. whether D. how 第 II 卷 注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。‎ 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节 满分45分）‎ 第二节 (共10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。‎ Climate change has caused a rise in sea levels. This has increased the amount of salt in fresh water 61 (use) on coastal farms. As a result, farmers are 62 (gradual) unable to use fields close to the sea.‎ However, Marc Van Rijsselberg, a farmer in the Netherlands is now using a 63 (mix) of sea and fresh water 64 (grow ) healthy and tasty vegetables.‎ He teamed up with scientists from the Free University and divided a farm 65 eight irrigated areas. Separate pipes pumped fresh and sea water, and a computer program created water with eight levels of salinity(含盐度).‎ The water levels and the levels of salinity was 66 (control ) by computerized measuring devices called “sensors”. Mr. Van Rijsselberg said he was able to harvest vegetables from most of the eight testing areas. He said the vegetables were smaller than 67 grown in fresh water. But he said they also had more sugar and salt, so they tasted much 68 ( good).‎ He found that potatoes grew better than the other vegetables in the combination of sea and fresh water. Mr. Van Rijsselberg said four kinds of these potatoes would be sent to Pakistan, 69 thousands of hectares of land 70 (damage) by salinization last year.‎ 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。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：在错的词下面画一横线，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 Brad,‎ I am an 11-year-old girl. Last month my whole family moved and I had to switch schools. I love this new school, where has a large playground and a library with lots of books. Also it has well equipping classrooms and several modern labs. However, not only I really miss my former school but I want to meet my older friends very much. I have known some new classmates in this school, so I do not connect with him. Two girls in my new class might be like me, but I am not sure. I once think about moving back to my old school. On that case, I will miss my family. How should I do?‎ ‎ Amy 第二节 书面表达（满分25分）‎ ‎ 面对高考，作为高三学生难免有考试焦虑，承受着较大的压力。压力可以增强动力，但也可能影响身心健康。如何正确面对压力，如何有效调节压力，请对高三压力情况给予说明并提出合理的建议。‎ 注意：1. 词数100左右；[来源]‎ ‎ 2. 文中不能出现与本人相关的信息；‎ ‎ 3. 至少提出两点建议并给出理由。‎ We Should Lessen the Test Anxiety ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎2016—2017学年上学期2014级 第七次双周练·英语试卷答案 听力 ‎1—10. ABBCB CAACA 11—20. BBACC ABABC 阅读 ‎21-24 BDCA 25-28 BDCD 29-32 CBAC 33-35 BCA ‎ ‎36-40 FCEDA 完形 ‎41-50 ABDDC BCADA 51-60 CADAB CBCBD 语法填空 61. used 62. gradually 63. mixture 64.to grow ‎ 65. into 66.controlled 67.those 68.better ‎ 69. where 70. were damaged 改错 71. 第一句a改成an 72. 第三句where改成which 73. 第四句equipping改成equipped 74. 第五句only 与I之间加do 75. 第五句older改成old 76. 第六句so改成but 77. 第六句him改成them 78. 第七句删掉be ‎ ‎79. 第八句think改成thought 80. 第九句on改成in ‎ 书面表达 We Should Lessen the Test Anxiety With the College Entrance Examination approaching, quite a few of my classmates suffer much pressure. Some of them bury themselves in endless homework day and night against the clock, which robs them of happiness and does them harm both physically and mentally. ‎ Although pressure, to some extent, can provide motivation, too much pressure has a serious negative effect. Pressure can destroy a student’s confidence. More severely, it might make some students lose control of their emotions and behaviors. ‎ ‎ Considering the great damage of excessive pressure, we should learn how to relieve pressure. Firstly, we should have a right evaluation of ourselves so as to make use of advantages and avoid disadvantages. Secondly, we might as well squeeze out some time for fun such as listening to light music. Sometimes even crying is an efficient way to release stress. Finally, if you find pressure is nearly beyond your control, you’d better turn to professional psychological guidance.‎