2018年公安三中高二上学期12月质量检测考试

英 语 试 卷

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罝。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. Where does the woman speaker come from?

A. Colombia. B. France. C. German

2. Who picked up the soda?

A. Yon Mi. B. The man speaker. C. The woman speaker.

3. What are the speakers talking about?

A. A story. B. A toy plane. C. A travel.

4. What language is used in the movies at Regency?

A. Spanish. B. English. C. French.

5. Where is the man from?

A. Dallas. B. Madrid. C. Paris.

第二节 (共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听第6段材料，回答6至7题。

6. What is the man interested in?

A. Visiting cities. B. Traveling nearby. C. Hiking to mountains.

7. How many days ahead does the man need to book?

A. Two days. B. Three days. C. Four days.

听第7段材料，回答8至9题。

8. When will the two speakers meet?

A. At 7:00 a.m. the day after tomorrow. B. At 7:00 p.m. tomorrow.

C. At 7:00 p.m. today.

9. Where are the two speakers going to have dinner?

A. In a restaurant. B. At the woman’s home. C. At the man’s home.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Which city will the woman go to spend her holiday?

A. Beijing. B. Qingdao. C. Shanghai.

11. How much is the discounted（折扣的） price for the ticket?

A. 520 yuan. B. 600 yuan. C. 650 yuan.

12. When can Lucy Ketch get her ticket?

A. On September 27th. B. On October1st. C. On September 16th.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where was the man last summer?

A. In the city. B. In the town. C. In the countryside.

14. When does the man get up while living on the farm?

A. At about five o’clock. B. At about six o’clock. C. At about seven o’clock.

15. What does the man advise the woman to do?

A. To go to a place of interest. B. To go to the countryside.

C. To work hard on a farm.

16. What does the man think of living on the farm?

A. Peaceful and easy. B. Boring but hard-working. C. Peaceful but boring.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is going to travel with the speaker’s family?

A. His cousin. B. His brother. C. His father.

18. How many people are making the trip?

A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.

19. How are they coming back home?

A. By air. B. By boat. C. By car.

20. What is the weight limit of each person’s baggage on the plane?

A. Fourteen pounds. B. Forty pounds. C. Forty-four pounds.

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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Welcome to Washington, D.C.

Every year, Washington, D.C. welcomes sixteen million people as visitors to her city. As the nation’s capital city, there are hundreds of attractions to visit. Here are some of the most famous ones.

Washington Monument

The Washington Monument rises 555 feet, following the design of architect Robert Mills, a famous American designer of the 1840s. Construction of the monument began in 1848, but was not completed until 1884, almost 30 years after Mr. Mills’death. This delay in construction was due to the American Civil War.

Constitution Avenue and 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20560

(202) 426-6841

U.S. Capitol

The cast-iron dome（圆顶屋）of the United States Capitol, constructed between 1855 and 1866, may well be the most famous man-made landmark in America. The United States Capitol is open to visitors from Monday to Saturday through much of the year, including Federal holidays.

First Street NE Washington, DC

(202) 224-3121

The White House

The White House, is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. The West Wing houses the President’s office. The East Wing, which contains additional office space, was added to the White House in 1942.

6th Street and Constitution Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20565

(202) 737-4215

World War II Memorial

The World War II Memorial was opened to the public on April 29, 2004 as a service to the World War II generation. The Memorial is a tribute to the World War II generation to those who served in uniform as well as those who worked in the nation factories and mines manufacturing necessary supplies. The Memorial takes its place between the Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument.

17th Street and Independence Avenue SW Washington, DC 20006

(202) 619-7225

21. When did Robert Mills probably die?

A. In 1800 B. In 1848 C. In 1855 D. In 1884

22. On what day is the United States Capitol not open to visitors?

A. Sunday B. Monday C. Tuesday D. Saturday

23. Which of the following attractions has the shortest history?

A. The Washington Monument B. The United States Capitol

C. The White House D. The World War II Memorial

B

Yoga（瑜伽）is an ancient practice that helps create a sense of union body, mind, and spirit. It brings us balance. After a long time of practicing yoga, you no longer just practice it — you love it.

Yoga becomes part of your physical life. Your body grows stronger, more toned（有弹性的）, and more flexible as you move from one pose to another. I spent a week in Mexico at a yoga retreat, and it was the first vacation on which I lost weight. “Rather than building muscles, yoga builds muscle tone,” says Shakta Kaur Khalsa, author of KISS Guide to Yoga. “Because yoga helps maintain a balanced metabolism（新陈代谢）, and it also helps to control weight. Additionally, yoga stretches muscles lengthwise, causing fat around the cells disappear, thus losing weight.” I do yoga poses throughout the day. After hours at my computer, I stretch my stiff shoulders and arms. When I need an increase in energy, I do energizing poses. When I am feeling exhausted at the end of the day, I do restorative（恢复体力的）poses.

Yoga becomes part of your mental life. Yoga teaches you to focus on breathing while you hold the poses. This attention to breath is calming; it dissolves（使消除）stress and anxiety. I use yogic breathing on the tennis court, in the dentist’s chair, and when I’m stuck in traffic.

You should always leave a yoga practice feeling energized, but not tired. If you feel tired after yoga, it means you spent the time “fighting” yourself, trying to force yourself into poses. In yoga, actually, you should “surrender” to the poses by letting go of the tension.

24. According to the second paragraph, yoga can help people ___.

A. lose weight B. make friends

C. be flexible in thinking D. grow tall

25. Why does a person feel tired after yoga?

A. Because when practicing yoga, people will consume a lot of energy.

B. Because he or she surrenders to the poses by letting go of the tension.

C. Because he or she doesn’t do yoga poses naturally.

D. Because yoga doesn’t benefit all the people.

26. What would be the best title for this passage?

A. What’s yoga? B. The benefits of yoga.

C. How do I do yoga poses? D. The varieties of yoga.

27. What will be talked about if this passage continues?

A. The disadvantages of yoga. B. Yoga is becoming popular all over the world.

C. Encouraging people to do yoga. D. Yoga is becoming part of your spiritual life.

C

The human body is designed to move. But modern lifestyles and office jobs rarely give us the chance to move around. As we know, we’re sitting while we’re eating; we sit in the car and we sit while we watch TV. And many of us sit for many hours at work.

New research shows that sitting less than three hours a day might extend your life by two years. Peter Katzmarzyk, a scientist at the University of Louisiana in the southern United States, says that sitting is ubiquitous in our lives, meaning it is something we do all the time, everywhere. However, Mr. Katzmarzyk says that does not mean you can sit for the rest of your waking hours. He also says you may exercise often. It’s extremely important.

Mr. Katzmarzyk and his colleagues are part of a new generation of researchers studying how sitting all day affects length of life. “Studies that assess(评定) the relationship between sitting and mortality (死亡率) or television viewing and mortality are very rare. There’s only been a few of them, actually five or six now, in the last four or five years.” They found that cutting television time to less than two hours a day could add one point four years to life.

Luckily, change is already coming to some offices, especially in the design of desks. A “standing desk” lets people stand while they work. Another new design is called the “treadmill desk.” A treadmill is an exercise machine that lets you walk in one place. Even some U.S. schools are beginning to experiment with desks that are part bicycle to keep children moving. That’s one of the strategies that many companies are using now.

Mr. Katzmarzyk also says studying this problem has inspired his team to make a few changes in their own lives.

28. The underlined word “ubiquitous” is closest in meaning to ________．

A. dangerous B. awkward C. comfortable D. common

29. Which view agrees with the opinion of Mr. Katzmarzyk?

A. Sitting too long may help increase one’s life.

B. Exercise is important and don’t sit too long.

C. Watching TV is bad, but can broaden one’s horizons.

D. Stopping watching TV is a necessary but hard task.

30. What does Mr. Katzmarzyk think of his study in Paragraph 3 ?

A. It’s a relatively new area of study. B. It’s a hot subject studied by experts.

C. It’s a popular study among the experts. D. It’s not ignored by many experts.

31. Why are the desks of all kinds designed for those who sit more?

A. To give them more comfort. B. To improve their work efficiency.

C. To offer them the chance to exercise. D. To seek pleasure while working.

D

Pigeons may only have a brain the size of a thimble (顶针), but it appears that pigeons can categorize(分类) 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(相应的) 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. Because our pigeons came to the experiment with no background knowledge at all. Thus, the more relevant (相关的)comparison group may be newborn babies, who indeed take 6–9 months to learn their first words.” Would children learn faster than pigeons? Almost certainly.

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 background knowledge to go on. For a long time, people thought that such learning is special to humans. However, what this research shows is that the ways in which children solve this huge problem may be shared with many species.

32. What’s 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 don’t have any background knowledge either.

B. They learn relatively quickly.

C. Pigeons and newborn babies learn at a same speed.

D. Young children are smarter.

34. From the passage, we can learn that .

A. learning without background knowledge is unique to humans

B. many species may be able to learn without background knowledge

C. pigeons are able to solve most huge problems

D. pigeons are known to be the smartest birds

35.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。

If you are already making the time to exercise, it is good indeed! With such busy lives, it can be hard to try and find the time to work out. 36 Working out in the morning provides additional benefits beyond being physically fit.

Your productivity is improved. Exercising makes you more awake and ready to handle whatever is ahead of you for the day. 37

Your metabolism(新陈代谢) gets a head start. 38 If you work out in the mornings, then you will be getting the calorie(卡路里)burning benefits for the whole day, not in your sleep.

39 Studies found that people who woke up early for exercise slept better than those who exercised in the evening. Exercise energizes you, so it is more difficult to relax and have a peaceful sleep when you are very excited.

40 If you work out bright and early in the morning, you will be more likely to stick to healthy food choices throughout the day. Who would want to ruin their good workout by eating junk food? You will want to continue to focus on positive choices.

There are a lot of benefits to working out, especially in the mornings. Set your alarm clock an hour early and push yourself to work out! You will feel energized all day long.

A. You will stick to your diet.

B. Your quality of sleep improves.

C. You prefer healthy food to fast food.

D. There is no reason you should exercise in the morning.

E. You can keep your head clear for 4-10 hours after exercise.

F. After you exercise, you continue to burn calories throughout the day.

G. If you are planning to do exercise regularly, or you’re doing it now, then listen up!

第三部分　语言知识运用(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)

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，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。

To me, school breaks(放假) are opportunities to get away from the dull routine of college. For the Thanksgiving break of 2017, I decided to visit my 41 in Ithaca. It was a(n) 42 journey to Ithaca by bus.

The first leg of the journey lasted about six hours. I had to change 43 in Scranton for the last leg of the journey, which lasted three hours. 44 , my first bus got delayed(延误) by two hours. Therefore, I 45 my second bus and had to wait for a couple of hours 46 I could take the next bus. It was 6 p.m. in Scranton and I was 47 the bus. I called my cousin to tell him about the 48 and mentioned that it might be midnight until I reached home.

While I was 49 , I didn’t realize that there was a lady standing close by, listening to my conversation. I couldn’t have 50 what was about to follow would have an important effect on me.

When I got off the call, the lady 51 me. She particularly asked me about my 52 . When she learned that it had already been a long and 53 day for me, she casually took out a pack of Nutella and bread sticks and offered it to me.

This was a kind act and I felt 54 ; however, that was not all I were to 55 that evening. As I continued my conversation with her, I eventually learned that she was from a 56 background; she was not a well earning lady who could afford giving away Nutella packs, but was a full-time house maid. This made my heart 57 , not out of sadness but out of humbleness (谦卑). Suddenly, her act of kindness had an 58 . I realized how much truer and kinder an act of giving is when one gives away what one 59 . As I stood beside this kind lady, influenced by her act and waiting for my bus, I observed myself feeling a lot, but the strongest feelings were of gratitude, humility and the need to get rid of my own 60 .

41. A. friend B. uncle C. coach D. cousin

42. A. 9-hour B. 11-hour C. surprising D. exciting

43. A. cars B. buses C. trains D. planes

44. A. Unfortunately B. Thankfully C. Unsurprisingly D. Eventually

45. A. lost B. missed C. passed D. mistook

46. A. after B. when C. unless D. before

47. A. looking for B. getting on C. waiting for D. running for

48. A. bus B. delay C. timetable D. event

49. A.opposing B. complaining C. thinking D. chatting

50. A. heard B. seen C. remembered D. predicted

51. A.appointed B. left C. approached D. guaranteed

52. A. school B. journey C. family D. name

53. A. tiring B. challenging C. happy D. meaningful

54. A. satisfied B. grateful C. embarrassed D. surprised

55. A. feel B. learn C. expect D. discover

56. A. poor B. low C. strange D. interesting

57. A. advocate B. cry C. shout D. sink

58. A. idea B. effect C. excuse D. impression

59. A. has B. needs C. minds D. loves

60. A. sadness B. happiness C. selfishness D. disappointment

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。

61 (expose) to smoking for a long time, you may find 62 hard to give it up. And the effects it has 63 you may die hard. But do you know what it is that results in such a situation? First, quantities of nicotine you get into your body 64 (be) the source of your physical addiction. Second, your habit is to blame and you just can’t accustom yourself to the 65 (absent) of nicotine in your body. Third, most 66 (probable), you can be mentally addicted and believe smoking makes you feel good. However, demanding as it is, you do not need to put up with the situation. Every time you feel anxious, just remember under no circumstances should you reach for 67 cigarette. It’s also suggested that help 68 (need) if the situation is desperate. Of course, the most important is to 69 (strong) your determination whenever you want to quit. And you can depend on it 70 you can completely get rid of it as long as you keep trying.

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。

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。

When I was little, Friday’s night was our family game night. After supper, we would play card games of all sort in the sitting room. As the kid, I loved to watch cartoons, but no matter how many times I asked to watching them, my parents would not to let me. They would say to us that playing card games would help my brain. Still I unwilling to play the games for them sometimes. I didn’t realize how right my parents are until I entered high school. The games my parents taught me where I was a child turned out to be very useful later in my life.

第二节 书面表达（共1题，满分25分）

假定你是李华，你校英文报将举行以“What would happen without computers in our life?”为主题的英文征文比赛，请你发挥你的想象写一篇120词左右的英文短文参赛，开头已经给出，不计入总词数。

As we all know, computers are playing a very important role in our life nowadays.______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________