镇海中学2018学年第一学期校模拟考试高三年级英语试卷第I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。
1.What will the man have?A. Coffee with milk.B.Tea with sweet cream.C. Tea with sugar.2.What does the man think of going to Aspen?A. It costs too much.B. It sounds very interesting.C. He needs to think about it.3. Why didn’t the woman answer her phone?A. She lost her phone.B. She didn’t want to talk to the man.C. She was not allowed to use the phone then.4.What did the woman try to do?A. Create a new password.B. Get some information for the man.C. Go online using the man’s new password.5.When is the assignment due?A. Later today.B. Tomorrow.C. The day after tomorrow. 第二节（共15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。
每段对话读或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6.How does the girl feel in the beginning?A. Tired.B. Angry.C. Stressed.7. When will the man help the woman?A. Tomorrow after school.B.All night tonight.C.On Friday.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Mother and son.C. Husband and wife.9. When does this conversation probably take place?A. At night just before bedtime.B. In the early morning.C. In the afternoon.10. How will the man learn about the exciting part?A. By asking the woman to skip over the boring parts.B. By reading the book himself.C. By listening to the woman read the whole story.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What is the woman’s complaint?A. It’s too hot in the room. .B. The speeches are very boring.C. She only has crossword puzzles to keep her busy.12. What does the man probably do?A. A TV show host.B. A newspaper reporter.C. A worker at a charity.13. Why shouldn’t the woman listen to her iPod?A. It would seem impolite.B. It would be too loud.C. It would make her fall asleep.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. What will happen if the man eats the bread right now?A. He’ll find that the bread is quite cold.B. The bread will taste disgusting.C. The bread will be too soft inside.15. Who will be coming to visit?A. The woman’s sister.B. The man’s manager.C. The speakers’ friend.16. How does the man seem to feel about Kay?A. He thinks she’s a great cook.B. He isn’t really looking forward to seeing her.C. He’s very excited about her coming.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How old was the person in the first case?A.15.B. 20.C. 40.18. Where was the Diablo 3 player from?A. Taiwan.B. New York.C. The UK.19. What did the man from the UK die from?A. Thirst.B. Heart attack.C. Blood clot.20. What does the speaker want to tell the audience?A.Children should never play video games.B. Limit the time spent in front of the TV or computer.C. Go to the hospital after sitting for too long.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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。
AHundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspapers.Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?Firstly, it is important to report new stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be "bad" news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely; instead they print stories about plane accidents.Another factor is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.21.According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?A. They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.B. They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.C. They watch TV or read newspapers.D. They listen to the radio every day.22.The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that _______.A. people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaperB. people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaperC. people can read news stories in other countriesD. people can read news stories about their own country23.According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?A. You often play football with your friends after school.B. Your teacher has got a cold.C. A tige r in the city zoo has run out and hasn’t been caught.D. The bike in front of your house is lost.BHumans have been keeping animals as pets for tens of thousands of years, but Dr. Jean-Loup Rault, an animal scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, believes new companions are coming: robot pets.“Technology is moving very fast,” Rault told ABC News, “The Tamagotchi in the early 1990s was really the first robotic pet, and now Sony and other big companies have improved them a lot.”This may not sit well with pet lovers. After all, who would choose a plastic toy over a lovely puppy? But Rault argues that the robotic kind has a lot going for it: “You don’t have to feed it, you don’t have to walk it, it won’t make a mess in your house, and you can go on a holiday without feeling guilty.” The technology also benefits those who are allergic to pets, short on space, or fearful of real animals.It’s not clear whether robot pets can replace real ones. But studies do suggest that we can bond with thes e smart machines. People give their cars names and kids give their toy animals life stories. It’s the same with robots. When Sony stopped its repair service for its robot dog Aibo in March 2014, owners in Japan held funerals.As an animal welfare researcher, Rault is concerned about how robotic pets could affect our attitudes towards live animals. “If we become used to a robotic companion that doesn’t need food, water or exercises, perhaps it will change how humans care about other living beings,” he said.So are dogs and cats a thing of the past, as Rault predicts? For those who grew up with living and breathing pets, the mechanical kind might not do. But for our next generation who are in constant touch with smart technology, a future in which lovely pet s needn’t have a heartbeat might not be a far-fetched dream.24. What does the underlined phrase “sit well with” means?A. be refused byB. be beneficial toC. make a difference toD. receive support from25. What are the advantages of robot pets?a. They are plastic and feel smooth.b. Owners needn’t worry about them when going out.c. They can help cure allergies.d. They save space and costs.A. abB. bcC. bdD. cd26. The passage mainly tells us ______.A. the advantages of robot toysB. the popularity of robot petsC. living pets are dying outD. robot pets are comingCCan you be too beautiful? It is hardly a problem that most of us have to bother — as much as we might like to dream that it were the case.Yet the blessings and curses of beauty have been a long-standing interest in psychology. Do those blessed with shiny faces and an attractive body live in a cloud of appreciation — or does it sometimes pay to be ordinary?At the most basic level, beauty might be thought to carry a kind of halo (光环) around it; we see thatsomeone has one good quality, and by association, our deep mind may assume that they have other good ones too.Even in the courts, a pleasing appearance can work its magic. Attractive criminals are likely to get less strict sentences, or to escape punishment entirely; attractive plaintiffs (原告), meanwhile, are more likely to win their case and get bigger financial settlements. “It’s an effect seen everywhere,” says Walker.But if beauty pays in most circumstances, there are still situations where it can have opposite results. While attractive men may be considered better leaders, for instance, hidden sexist prejudices (偏见) can work against attractive women, making them less likely to be hired for high-level jobs that require power. And as you might expect, good-looking people of both sexes run into envy — one study found that if you are interviewed by someone of the same sex, they may be less likely to employ you if they judge that you are more attractive than they are.More worryingly, being beautiful or handsome could harm your medical care. We tend to link good looks to health, meaning that illnesses are often taken less seriously when they affect the good-looking. When treating people for pain, for instance, doctors tend to take less care over the more attractive people.Ultimately, scientists point out that focusing too much on your appearance can itself be harmful if it creates stress and anxiety —even for those already blessed with good looks. “If you are crazy about attractiveness, it may affect your experience and interactions,” she says. It’s an outdat ed saying, but no amount of beauty can make up for a bad personality. As the writer Dorothy Parker put it so elegantly: “Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”24.From paragraph 1, we can learn that _______.A. some may be bothered by their unattractive appearanceB. most people are not afraid of being too beautifulC. we might always dream about being bothered by othersD. being too beautiful can be a problem bothering everyone25.Which is the benefit for beautiful people?A. All attractive plaintiffs have more chances to get away with punishment.B. Women with pleasing appearance will always be considered as better leaders.C. Good-looking people are often regarded as having many good qualities.D. Beautiful criminals are more likely to persuade the judge and win the case.26.The writer mentioned the underlined sentence in the last paragraph to _______.A. persuade us to pay more attention to our looks from now onB. suggest that beauty can help make a better personalityC. encourage us to focus more on improving our personalityD. ask ugly people to have more confidence in their personality27.What might be the best title for the passage?A. Beauty, a blessing?B. Sexist PrejudiceC. Real beautyD. Benefits Beauty holds第二节（共5个小题；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。