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1、广西柳州高级中学2018届高三英语5月冲刺模拟试题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共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下题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does Sally mean?A. She is a good dancer. B. Neil is good at dancing. C. She cant dance well.2. Where does the conversation take p
2、lace probably?A. In an office.B. In the womans place.C. In a classroom.3. What will the man do?A. Go on a trip.B. Attend the party.C. Miss the class.4. How many types of food are provided for the astronauts?A. About 11.B. About 30.C. About 100.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. What me
3、n like doing. B. How men become good friends.C. How men work together.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. How old is Peter?A. 11 years old.B. 12 years old.C. 14 years old.7
4、. What does Peter like to do at the weekend?A. Go to the beach.B. Do some jogging. C. Play computer games.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where would the rescue center send the animals?A. To the national park.B. To the zoo. C. To the wild.9.What does the rescue center rely on?A. Government.B. Donations. C. Animal
5、 shows.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why is Andrew so excited?A. His brother is coming. B. He will visit Montreal.C. He hasnt seen Cecilia for a long time.11. What does Cecilia suggest they do?A. Shop in the downtown. B. Go to a famous restaurant.C. Walk in the Old Port.12. What does Andrew promise Cecilia t
6、o do?A. Introduce her to his brother.B. Share their experience with her.C. Check the information with her.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What did the man do last night?A. Put some ice on his ankle. B. Took a painkiller.C. Twisted his waist.14. Whats the man?A. A clerk.B. A teacher. C. A student.15. What does
7、the doctor advise the man to do?A. Try to put the foot up. B. Not to move for a while.C. Not to go to work.16. Whats wrong with the mans knee?A. Its broken. B. Its been cut. C. It cant stop bleeding.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How heavy are the traditional Mobikes?A. 8kg. B. 17kg. C. 25kg.18. What can we
8、know about the new bikes?A. The rent is half the cost. B. Theyre silver and red.C. Theres a basket behind the bike.19. What did Mobike plan to make the city of Shanghai?A. New energy city. B. Riding everyday city.C. The biggest bike sharing city.20.What will Baoshan government allow Mobike bicycles
9、to do?A. Set up new repair stations.B. Be parked free in some subway stations.C. Fine the riders who damaged the bikes.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。AMarch, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are
10、 four wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring. If you want to know more about them, please click here or visit http:/ 13th-15th, AprilIn Thailand, people celebrate a festival called SongKran, when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray everyone who walks past.Nagh
11、ol-VanuatuDates: Every Saturday from April to May Every year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the peoples diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its “land diving ceremony”. During the ceremony men and boys dive to the ground from high wooden t
12、owers with only two thin vines(藤) attached to their ankles.Cherry Blossom Viewing-JapanDates: The cherry blossom season is different from year to year depending on the weather forecast.The festival is well-known. Japanese celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, th
13、e petals(花瓣) fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. That means the traditional festival only lasts for several days. In Japan, almost everyone has picnics in the parks to view the flowers.Sinhalese New Year-Sri LankaDates: 13th or 14th, AprilJust like in many other countries in South or South Eas
14、t Asia, this is the time when the Sinhalese celebrate the traditional New Year, an ancient celebration which marks the end of the harvest season and is one of two times of the year when the sun is straight above Sri Lanka. There are a lot of delicious foods during the celebration.21. What may happen
15、 to a tourist walking in the street during SongKran in Thailand?A. He may get wetB. He may be shot by the localsC. He may enjoy delicious foodsD. He may see some petals falling22. How is Cherry Blossom Viewing different from the other three festivals?A. It is a traditional festivalB. It is a very fa
16、mous festivalC. It varies with weather conditions every yearD. It allows visitors to eat food during the festival23. Where are you most likely to find the text?A. On TV B. In a reportC. On the InternetD. In a newspaperBI was in the middle of a sweet dream when a noise startled me. Bam! Bam! It sound
17、ed like a hammer pounding on a tough nail. Bam! Bam! Who could be hammering at three in the morning? It must be Charlie again, making another invention. Just as I was putting on my slippers and clothes, the noise changed. I sat at the edge of my bed and listened. Tick! Tick! Tick! It reminded me of
18、my first wristwatch. Its regular pace had always helped me fall asleep.I started dozing off, dangerously leaning to the left, when the ticking stopped. It was now replaced by a buzz, similar to the noise coming from a beehive in midsummer, only louder. I shivered. Im allergic to bees! Even just thin
19、king about it or hearing a bee-like sound makes me swell.“Thats it!” I shouted, now wide awake. “I cant take it anymore!” I marched to the next apartment and knocked. My neighbor immediately opened the door. His curly brown hair was sticking out all over. He wore baggy striped pants and a loose rasp
20、berry shirt.“Hi there, Lucy! Whats up?” he asked.I pointed at my noiseless watch. “Do you know what time it is?”He grabbed my arm and glanced at my timepiece. “Oh, my! I didnt realize it was that late. Im busy working on a machine that can cure insomnia(失眠). Its almost finished. You want to see it?”
21、I should have known. His last invention was supposed to annihilate bad smells, but it was powered by rotten eggs.24. What made the author sleepy again?A. His neighbors silenceB. The ticking soundC. The coming of the beesD. The smell of the rotten eggs25. What was Charlie doing?A. He was testing his
22、new inventionB. He was inventing a wristwatchC. He was working with the beesD. He was making a new machine26. How did Charlie feel when he saw the author?A. disappointedB. scaredC. surprisedD. annoyed27. What does the underline word “annihilate” in the last paragraph mean?A. get rid of B. make use o
23、fC. give offD. tell apartCArtificial intelligence offers huge scientific benefits but also brings risks depending on how it is used, Demis Hassabis, the head of leading British AI firm DeepMind, said Friday. Theres a whole bunch of interesting and difficult philosophical questions. that were going t
24、o have to answer about how to control these systems, what values we want in them, how do we want to deploy them, what do we want to use them for, he said. Hassabis was speaking at a screening of a documentary about AlphaGo, the AI system developed by DeepMind that stunned the world in 2016 by beatin
25、g an excellent human player in the complex Chinese strategy game Go. In a question and answer session at University College London, he said AI is an incredible tool to accelerate scientific discovery, adding, We believe that it will be one of the most beneficial technologies of mankind ever. However
26、, like other powerful technologies, there are risks, he said, adding, It depends on how we as a society decide to deploy it that will resolve in good or bad outcomes.He said ethical questions were at the forefront of our mind at DeepMind, which was founded in London in 2010 and backed by some of the
27、 most successful technology entrepreneurs in the world. DeepMind is the world leader in artificial intelligence research and its application for positive impact. Having been acquired by Google in 2014, the company is now part of the Alphabet group. “We continue to be based in our hometown of London,
28、 with additional research centers in Edmonton and Montreal, Canada, and a DeepMind Applied team in Mountain View, California. Were on a scientific mission to push the boundaries of AI, developing programs that can learn to solve any complex problem without needing to be taught how.”28. What does the
29、 underlined word “stunned” in paragraph 3 mean?A. arousedB. changedC. shockedD. won29. Whats the attitude of Demis Hassabis to AI?A. positiveB. cautiousC. pessimisticD. doubtful30. What do we know about DeepMind?A. DeepMind was founded by Demis Hassabis in 2010.B. DeepMind specializes in AI and its
30、application.C. DeepMind belongs to Google and locates in Edmonton.D. DeepMind has developed programs to solve any complex problem.31. Whats the best title of the passage?A. AI beats human beings in “Go”B. DeepMind admits risk of AIC. Deploying AI is riskyD. DeepMind is taking risks to deploy AIDCan
31、you imagine a world without chocolate? Its not something Id like to do, so I was relieved to read that theres a university with a program to safeguard the future of chocolate!The University of Reading, in England, has just opened a new clearing house for all the worlds new cocoa varieties. They must
32、 be quarantined (进行检疫) before they can be grown. Why? Cocoa production hit a record high of 4.4 million tons last year but about 30% of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseases. Now we dont want that, do we?Demand for chocolate has been increasing faster than the world supply of coc
33、oa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problem.The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crop since 1985, after it took over the task from the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London. And it has improved its facilities. The leader of the institu
34、tions cocoa project, Professor Paul Hadley, says, “One of the main issues concerning cocoa improvement is the supply of reliably clean, healthy, interesting cocoa material.”The cocoa centre has a collection of 400 plant varieties and their greenhouse uses a lot of energy to keep them in tropical con
35、ditions. After up to two years in quarantine, clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries, including several in West Africa. Thats where 75% of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes from. The crop is extremely important for the local economy: it employs about two million people.Profess
36、or Paul Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after the collection. And more of us seem to count on them now.The scientist says, “There is some concern within the industry that demand is increasing constantly, particularly in countries like China, where the standard
37、of living is increasing and people are getting a taste for different chocolates.”32. What is the text mainly about?A. Safeguarding cocoa seeds. B. Planting cocoa seeds worldwide.C. Keeping cocoa seeds in the greenhouse. D. Finding the new market for cocoa.33. The institutions cocoa project is to _.A
38、. have cocoa skin removedB. offer more jobs to peopleC. ensure the quality of cocoaD. supply cocoa to two million people34. What does the last paragraph tell us?A. The taste of chocolates is changing.B. Demand for cocoa is increasing continually.C. People are concerned about cocoa varieties.D. Chine
39、se have a long history of eating chocolates.35. Whats the purpose of the text?A. To educate.B. To advertise.C. To warn. D. To inform.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。Since Zhang Qians expedition westwards, the Silk Road connecting China and the outside world has come
40、into being. The path has brought a variety of new foreign products to foodies across the nation. 36 Walnut was brought back by Zhang during the Han Dynasty. Its known as the longevity fruit and very popular in modern China. 37 For one thing，it can provide a lot of main nutrition to our body and help
41、 us to improve our brains memories. For another, it often serves as a key element in Chinese cookies after being brought into China, which makes Chinese cookies tastier than ever before. Grape originated in the Black Sea and the Mediterranean. This fruit entered China from Dayuan, an ancient country
42、 in Ferghana valley, which was famous for grapes. Zhang returned from Europe with Chinas first grape seedling in the 2nd century BC. 38 From then on, grape serves as a kind of fruit and becomes the raw materials to the wine. 39 It is originally from South Asia, on the southern foot of the Qomolangma
43、 Mountain. In Zhangs time, the cucumber was known as the ”Hu melon” in China.Another kind of vegetable is eggplant. It was originally from India and Southeast Asia. 40 In modern China, it still enjoys great popularity.A. It has lots of benefits.B. Walnut is a kind of healthy food.C. Cucumber is popu
44、lar in the world now.D. Eggplant became a common vegetable in the Jin Dynasty.E. That was the first time that grape had been introduced to China.F. Cucumber was known to Chinese due to Zhangs expedition.G. Ever since, new fruits and vegetables have appeared on dinning-tables.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一
45、节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题l .5分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(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。 When twelve-year-old John Wilson walked into his chemistry class on a rainy day in late October 1931, he had no way of knowing that his life was about to change completely. The class 41 that day was to show how 4
46、2 a container of water would bring oxygen bubbles(气泡) to the surface. The container John was about to heat, 43 ，was not like the containers students everywhere had used. Someone had been 44 and put the wrong label(标签) on the bottle. And 45 John heated it with a Bunsen burner, the container 46 , send
47、ing the liquid flying in all directions. John Wilson came away from it, completely 47 .Wilson spent the next two months in hospital. After he returned home, his parents 48 a hard time to find a way to deal with the 49 that had happened to their lives. But Wilson did not 50 the accident as a disaster. He knew he ha