湖南省邵阳市2018届高三英语上学期期末考试试题第一部分听力(共两节, 满分30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 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。
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. £9.15.C. £9.18.答案是C。
1. What are the speakers mainly discussing?A. Driving.B. The Internet.C. Their jobs.2. Where are the speakers probably now?A. In a restaurant.B. In a clothes shop.C. In an office.3. What is the man’s favorite activity in his spare time?A. Reading a book.B. Watching TV.C.Listening to programs.4. Why does the woman dislike waiting in line?A. Because of the hot weather.B. Because of too many people.C. Because of having no tickets.5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Employer and employee.B. Teacher and student,C. Father and son.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。
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. What kind of music does the man like best?A. Jazz.B. Rock music.C.Classical music.7. Who can play the violin?A. The woman.B. The man’s wife.C. The man. 听第7段材料, 回答第8、9题。
8. What happened when the man was 16?A. He was seriously ill.B. He took a trip to Tibet,C. He got a driving license.9. How many years has the man been driving legally?C. For ten years.A. For three years.B. For seven years.听第8段材料, 回答第10 至12题。
10. Where are the speakers talking?A. In a classroom.B. On the beach.C. In an apartment.11. Why did Mary go to Xiamen?A. To enjoy the beach time.B. To learn some business kills.C. To spend time with her uncle.12. What does Mary probably think about seafood?A. She appreciates it very much.B. She doesn’t like it.C. She thinks it is terrible.听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Schoolmates.B. Mother and son.C. Saleswoman and customer.14. Why doesn’t the man want to buy a notebook computer?A. He has already got one.B. He thinks it’s too expensive.C. He thinks it is unnecessary.15. What does the man decide to buy at last?A. A printer.B. Some software.C.A desktop computer.16. What will the man plan to do next?A. Go to the last store.B. Ring his parents.C. Pay money.听第10段材料, 回答第17 至20题。
17. What is What to Do Today?A. A social organization.B. A radio program.C.A school team.18. What’s the main purpose of the tree-planting activity?A. To help poor blind children.B. To protect the environment.C. To improve family relationships.19. How many tee do students and their parents want to plant today?A. 30.B. 750.C. 1,500.20. What should volunteers bring for the activity?A. Hats.B. Thick gloves.C. Basic tools. 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。
AYou may hope to have healthy diets and a healthy body. You may want to eat tasty food that is easy to prepare. You may be inspired to exercise and stay in shape. Thegood news is that there are apps to help you.PaprikaPaprika is an app to help users plan meals, shop and cook. You can save recipes from websites and from other apps to Paprika. The app can help keep a record of the foods you have in your home, so when you go shopping, you know what you need to buy.MealBoardMealBoard is another app that cam suggest recipes and help you plan meals. This app can suggest recipes based on the food you already have in your home. Mealboard can keep a list of what food you have and what you need to buy. This app can scan bar codes to add items to your list. Using this app, you can also note the expiration dates (失效期), so you know when your food is no longer usable.Mealboard lets users save recipes from websites and then search them by foods used in the recipes. For exa mple, you can search for recipes that have “chocolate”in them.IEatWellThe IEatWell app supports healthy eating by giving users rewards for eating the right foods. If you like earing rewards for meeting your goals, IEatWell may work well for you. Instead of measuring how much you eat, IEatWell measures how well you eat. Tell the app what you are eating for your meal. You can even add a photo. The app will rate how healthy your meal is, and then give you a reward if you are eating well.21. What do the apps Paprika and MealBoard have in common?A. They can scan bar codes.B. They can let you know what you need to buy.C. They can keep a record of the meals you eat outside.D. They can tell if the food has passed the expiration dates.22. If you eat a healthy diet, IEatWell can .A. measure how much you eatB. provide you with recipesC. give you a pictureD. give you a reward26. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the text?A. To introduce several apps to help people keep fit.B. To introduce some ways about how to stay healthy.C. To make some comparisons among game apps.D. To call on people to buy these apps.BI like to be volunteers in various social tasks. In the latter half of the dreadful month of burning heat in May, I was overjoyed to undertake a social task. However, it soon turned into a sudden feeling of being doubtful of the idea of participating in a great cause. The thought of working for a state government’s Ministry of Women and Child Welfare project led me to challenge my own potential of enriching the children’s lives.It struck me that regardless of the contribution to the lives of some 42 orphan girls, who had undergone countless painful experiences in their childhood, it was more important and convincing to at least try and be able to change their lives in some small way.Our guide put huge faith in me and, therefore, assigned me the new task of directing another team of 8 boys. As days passed by, my team of boys told their individual life stories and what followed was not a feeling of sympathy but an admiration and respect for their enduring nature of still loving life as it came and facing it with great courage.Teaching them about various general life skills made up the most part of the social task. I gra dually started realizing people’s power of giving back to the society. There is no doubt that both evil and good exist but it was necessary to tell these boys about how they can not only survive but do well in their lives in this cruelly competitive world. I am glad I could fill this aspect of life in them.It touched me a lot, especially after having seen so many tough times in life. The best part about this whole project, for me, was a two-way learning process and it convinced me of my abilities to add t o other people’s efforts of goodness andkindness. It fills my heart with a lot of joy to exchange some acts of kindness I believe every person has some social responsibility!24. What was the author’s first fe eling of taking up the social task?A. Doubtful.B. Sad.C. Terrified.D. Pleased.25. What did the author do before she took up her new task?A. She helped some orphan girls.B. She worked as the government’s minister.C. She totally changed the orphan girls’ life.D. She experienced many painful experiences.26. What was the author’s main work in her new social task?A. Changing the boys’ wrong attitude to life and study.B. Teaching the boys different general life skills.C. Making the boys form the ability to learn.D. Letting the boys know the hardship of life.27. What benefited the author most according to the last paragraph?A. She saw tough times in life.B. She found her great patience.C. She gained more self-confidence.D. She understood her moral responsibility.CDo you often see many farms and crops in your city? Many people wrongly think that cities don’t have farms and that fruits and vegetables are only grown in the country. Believe it or not, there are more and more urban farms popping up in cities all over the world.Alexandra Sullivan, a food system researcher in New York City, studies urban agriculture. Urban agriculture is another name for farming and gardening in a city environment. Ms. Sullivan studies everything from tiny gardens in empty lots betweenbuildings to bigger fields that have been planted and grown. According to Ms. Sullivan, “Urban agriculture has existed since cities have, across the world. ”The number of humans living in urban areas, or cities, is increasing. The amount of people who want to garden in urban areas is also rising. Ms. Sullivan says, “In small gardens, on rooftops and indoors, they grow fruits, vegetables, grains, and herbs, and raise animals to produce milk, eggs, honey, and meat. They use these foods as supplements to food produced b y rural agriculture. ”Even though some people who live in urban areas grow crops. urban residents still need to rely on food grown in rural areas. This is because a city doesn’t have enough space to grow enough food for everyone living in it.In New York City, urban farmers have come up with many different ways to grow their own produce, even though there isn’t a lot of room. For example, Brooklyn Grange is a farming operation that has two rooftop vegetable farms in New York City. All together, the farms are made up of 2.5 acres of rooftop space. This make Brooklyn Grange one of the largest rooftop farming operations in the world.Brooklyn Grange grows all kinds of things. The farming company sells its vegetables to local residents and restaurants. And because the farms are on rooftops, they are specially adapted to their urban location. They use available space that is not needed for anything else. As more urban farmers find ways to grow food in cities, urban residents will be better able to get fresher materials for their meals.28. Which of the following is Ms. Sullivan’s opinion according to the text?A. Urban residents still rely on food grown in rural areas completely.B. The number of people living in cities is increasing slowly.C. Urban agriculture has a history as long as cities.D. Urban agriculture can provide huge income.49. What does the underlined word “they”in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Farmers.B. City residents.C. Rural residents.D. Companies.30. What can we learn about Brooklyn Grange in New York City from the text?A. It makes use of rooftop space to grow vegetables.B. It produces enough food for citizens.C. It can only grow single products.D. It has large farming areas.31. What may be the best title for the text?A. Farms in CitiesB. Future Food SystemC. Food Grown in CitiesD. Agriculture of New York CityDSpeech is silver, but silence is gold. Sometimes, keeping silent is better than speaking out. At your next meeting, wait for a pause in conversation and try to measure how long it lasts.Among English speakers, chances are that it will be a second or two at most. But while this pattern may be universal, our awareness of silence differs dramatically across cultures.What one culture considers a confusing or awkward pause may be seen by others as a valuable moment of reflection and a sign of respect for what the last speaker has said. Research in Dutch (荷兰语)and also in English found that when a silence in conversation stretches to four seconds, people start to feel uneasy. In contrast, a separate study of business meetings found that Japanese people are happy with silences of 8.2 seconds—nearly t wice as long as in Americans’ meetings.In Japan, it is recognised that the best communication is when you don’t speak at al l. It’s already a failure to understand each other by speaking because you’re repairing that failure by using words.In the US, it may originate from the history of colonial (殖民地的)America as a crossroads of many different race. When you have a complex of difference, it’s hard to establish common understanding unless you talk and there’s understandably a kind of anxiety unless people are verbally engaged to establish a common life. Thisapplies also to some extent to London.In contr ast, when there’s more homogeneity perhaps it’s easier for some kinds of silence to appear. For example, among your closest friends and family it’s easier to sit in silence than with people you’re less well acquainted with.32. Which of the following people might have the longest silence in conversation?A. The Dutch.B. Americans.C. The Japanese.D. The English.33. What might the Japanese agree with in conversation?A. Speaking more gives the upper hand.B. Speak out what you have in your mind.C. The shorter talking silence, the better.D. Great minds think alike without words.34. What can we learn from the text?A. A four-second silence in conversation is universal.B. It’s hard for Americans to reach a common agreement.C. English speakers are more talkative than Japanese speakers.D. The closer we and our family are, the easier the silence appears,35. What does the underlined word “homogeneity” in the last paragraph mean?A. Similarity,B. Contradiction.C. Diversity.D. Misunderstanding.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。