江西省2018届高三下学期赣州市十四县（市）期中联考英语第一部分听力(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。

例：How much is the shirt? A. £ 19.15 B .£ 9.18 C. £ 9.15 答案是C。

1.What does the man dislike about the work?A.The size.B. The color.C. The style2.Why does the man want a ride to work ?A. His car is being repaired.B. He lent his car to someone else.C.He doesn’t want to take the subway.3.What happened to the spaghetti?A. The man had it for lunch.B.It was eaten by the woman.C. It has gone bad in the refrigerator4.Why is the woman returning the skirt?A. It’s too short.B.It’s too long.C. It’s too dar k5.Where does the man work now?A.At a furniture storeB. At the post office.C.At a party supply store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、7题。

6.Why did the woman go to England?A.On businessB. To visit friendsC. For further studies.7.What was the weather like in England?A.Rainy.B. WindyC. Sunny.听第7段材料，回答第8-9题。

8.What does the woman notice first about the owner of the restaurant?A. Her clothesB. Her hairstyleC.Her smile.9.Why does the owner go to Italy every year?A. To visit her family.B. To get some informationC.To study the design of clothes.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题10.Why did the man call the woman?A.To pay a bill.B. To deposit some money.C. To check his account balance.11.Where does the man live now?A.On Alston Way.B.On Berkshire Road.C.On Parkview Drive.12.What is the last piece of information the man gives?A. His date of birth.B. His account number.C.His social Security Number.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What is the woman’s job?A. An editor.B. A journalist.C.An athletic director.14.What does the man want to write about?wB.Girls in sportsC. The economy15.What’s the man’s mother’s career?A.She is a professional writer.B.She is a criminal lawyer.C.She is a family lawyer.16.Why does the woman apologize to the man？A.She asked too many personal questions.B.She was not supportive of his career choice.C.She was asking questions instead of him.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题17.What’s the theme for today?A. Introducing dome famous writers.B. Discussing the issue for environment protection.C. Discussing the growth of world’s economy.18.What is Jessica Fleming’ s ne w book about?A. The economic effects of natural disastersB. How people are affecting the oceans.C. Why trees are important to the planet.19.What does the speaker like most about Prof. Thomas’s book?A.It is easy to understandB. It includes many interesting interviewsC.It has even more details than his last book.20.What suggestions will Prof. Thomas give next?A. How to talk with whales.B. How to protect the underwater environment.C. What the government should do about oil spills.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)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。

AChanukah FestivalActivities for kids of all agesSunday, December 17 9:00 am—4:00 pmJoin us on December 17th, 2017 (2nd day of Hanukkah) for our annual Hanukkah Family Fun Fest for an exciting day of fun activities for the whole family. The Hazimir Choir will provide holiday musical entertainment. Drum Tales will present “The Hearty Story of Hanukkah” show. There will be ceramic (陶瓷) painting of dreidels , menorahs (烛台) , and other Hanukkah items for the kids. And fun foods, crafts and activities will be happening throughout the day. Bring the whole family and enjoy a fun—filled day!11:30— Jolly Follies puppet show Ages 2-12A fun Muppet (提线木偶) style musical holiday story followed by a Hanukkah sing a song featuring the “Chipmunks” and other favorite characters. Adult: $7 Child $ 5 1:30—Hazamir Teen ChoirSponsored by the Berman and Lerner families in memory of Cantor Moses L. Snyder3:15—Drum Tales presents The Hearty Story of HanukkahDrum Tales is fun, interactive percussive (打击乐) and musical. It is much like the traditional drum circle concept. It combines story telling, musical instrumentation and song. Each participant is given a percussive instrument which becomes their media of transportation to far away lands and exotic (异国情调的) places, to ride the waves of mystery of an unfolding plot, and into the deep realm of imagination and the colorful beyond. Drumming, rhyming, rapping, clinking, shaking and clapping, this performance will leave you feeling refreshed after having returned from a journey through these stories! Adults $ 7 Child $ 5Plus food and fun for the entire familyCrafts with BBYO and Young JudeaCeramic painting with Jack and JillT-Shirt fun with Computer AdventuresFun with Cyber - ConnectionVendorsSpecial visit by “Chanukah Bubby ” (Words:328)21. How much does a family of three (a kid and parents) have to pay if they attend Jolly Follies puppet show?A. $ 21.B.$ 19.C.$ 17D.$ 15.22. What feeling will you not experience if you attend the Drum Tales?A. Mystery.B. Imagination.C. HorrorD. Exoticism.23. What is NOT included in the Chanukah Festival?A. Fashion show.B. Fun foods.C. Computer adventures.D.Ceramicpainting.BCan exercise during childhood protect you against memory loss many decades later? Exercise early in life seems to have lifelong benefits for the brain, in rats at least.“This is an animal study,but it shows that physical activity at a young age is very important--not just for physical development,but for the whole lifelong track of cognitive (认知的) development during ageing,” says Martin Wojtowicz of the University of Toronto, Canada. “In humans, it may delay the appearance of Alzheimer’s symptoms (阿兹海默氏症),possibly to the point of preventing them.”Wojtowicz’s team divided 80 young male rats into two equal groups, and placed running wheels in the cages of one group for a period of six weeks. Around four months later - when the rats had reached middle age--the team taught all the rats to connect an electric shock with being in a specific box. When placed in the box, they froze with fear.Two weeks later, the team tested the rats in three situations: exactly the same box in the same room, the same box with the room arranged differently, and a completely different box in a different room.The rats without access to a running wheel when they were young now froze the same percentage of times in each of these situations, suggesting they couldn’t remember which one was dangerous. But those that had been able to run in their youth froze 40 to 50 percent less in both changed box settings.“The results suggest the amount of physical activity when we' re you ng, at least for rats, has influence on brain and cognitive health—in the form of better memories when we're older,"says Arthur Kramer of Northeastern University in Boston, who has found that, in humans, exercise promotes the growth of new brain cells.(Words:316)24.What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Study.B. Development.C. Ageing.D. Exercise25.How are Paragraph 3 and 4 mainly developed?A.By analyzing causes.B.By showing differencesC. By describing the process.D. .By giving an example.26.The study shows that _______A.the more exercise a rat has when young, the better memory it will possess when older.B. using the running wheels is of benefit to the rats’ growthC. physical activity can prevent human’s Alzheimer’s symptomsD. physical activity is important for physical health27. What is the author’s attitude towards the animal study?A. Doubtful.B. Objective.C. Critical.D. Negative.CTeaching PoetryNo poem should ever be discussed or “analyzed”, until it has been read aloud by someone, teacher or student. Better still, perhaps, is the practice of reading it twice, once at the beginning of the discussion and once at the end, so the sound of the poem is the last thing one hears of it.All discussions of poetry are, in fact, preparations for reading it aloud, and the reading of the poem is, finally, the most telling “interpretation” of it, suggesting tone, rhythm, and meaning all at once. Hearing a poet read the work in his or her own voice, on records or on film, is obviously a special reward. But even those aids to teaching can not replace the student and teacher reading it or, best of all, reciting it.I have come to think, in fact, that time spent reading a poem aloud is much more important than “analysing” it, if there isn’t time for both. I think one of our goals as teachers of English is to have students love poetry. Poetry is “a criticism of life”, and “a heightening of life”. It is “an approach to the truth of feeling”, and it “can save your life”.It also deserves a place in the teaching of language and literature more central than it presently occupies.I am not saying that every English teacher must teach poe try. Those who don’t like it should not be forced to communicate this to anyone else. But those who do teach poetry must keep in mind a few things about its essential nature, about its sound as well as its sense, and they must make room in the classroom for hearing poetry as well as thinking about it.(Words:312)28. To have a better understanding of a poem, one should______.A. analyze it by oneselfB. discuss it with othersC. practise reading it aloudD. copy it down in a notebook29. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a function of poetry?A.Extending your lifeB. Saving your lifeC. Criticizing lifeD. Heightening life30. The last sentence in the third paragraph imply_______.A. The teaching of poetry is more important than any other subject.B. More importance should be given to the teaching of poetry.C. Poetry is the foundation of all language and literature courses.D. One cannot enjoy life fully without an understanding of poetry.31. The underlined ph rase “make room” in the l ast paragraph could be best replaced by ______ .A. provide equipmentB. build a schoolC. set up a houseD. leave a certain amount of timeDNASA, the U. S. space agency, believes there’s a good chance that we’re not alone in the universe. Last fall, NASA began a new project called the High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS). Its aim is to find evidence of life in one of the billions of galaxies in the universe.The search for intelligent life on other planets isn’t new. It began almost 100 years ago. That’s when scientists built a huge transmitter to send radio waves into space. Scientists thought smart intelligent beings on other planets might pick up the signals.Scientists have also sent a message about humans and our solar system to a nearby constellation (星座). But because the constellation is 25,000 light years away, a return message wouldn’t reach the earth for 50,000 years! So don’t wait up for an answer.So far, no extraterrestrial (境外的) beings that we know of have returned our “calls”. But according to Dr Jill Tarter, an HRMS scientist, we haven’t exactly had our ears wide open. “Now, however,” says Dr Tarter, “we’ve built the tools we need to listen well.”Last October, Dr Tarter switched on the largest radio receiver in the world. It’s an enormous metal bowl stretching 1,000 feet across a valley in Puerto Rico. Meanwhile, another NASA scientist turned on a huge radio receiver in California’s Mojave Desert. NASA hopes these big dishes and others around the world will pick up radio signals from a new world.Dr Frank Drake has been searching for life in outer space for years. He explains the HRMS project this way: To listen to your radio, you move the tuner on the dial until the channels come in loud and clear. Now imagine radio receivers that scan our gala xy “listening” to 14 million channels every second. That’s what NASA’s radio receivers in Puerto Rico and California are doing.But that’s not all. Powerful computers hooked to the receivers examine every signal carefully. The computers try to match the signals to ones that scientists already recognize, such as human-made signals. If they can’t, Drake and Tarter check on them. “It could prove there is radio technology elsewhere in the universe,” says Dr Tarter. “And that would mean we’re not alone.” （Words:418）32. NASA scientists started a new project so as to_______.A. discover life in other galaxiesB. confirm the number of galaxiesC. send human beings into spaceD. find evidence of a new galaxy33. Dr Jill Tarter compare the new large receiver to_______.A. the universeB. the human earC.a huge dishD. a metal bowl34. According to Dr Frank Drake, NASA’s radio receivers in Puerto Rico and California are ____.A. moving the tuner on the dial for clear channelsB. picking up radio signals from new worldC. trying to check on every channel carefullyD. scanning the universe for possible signals35. The best title for this passage is_______.A. The Invention of New Radio ReceiversB. Signals from SpaceC. NASA listens for Neighbors in SpaceD. Intelligent Life in Outer Space.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。