2017-2018学年高二年级第六学段四校联考英语试卷

2017-2018学年高二年级第六学段四校联考英语试卷

总分：150分考试时间：120分钟

第I卷

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节听下面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. How is Linda different from her husband?

A. She is quiet.

B. She is friendly.

C. She is talkative.

2. What does the man like reading?

A. Newspapers.

B. Fiction stories.

C. News magazines.

3. How many people are there in the woman’s family?

A. Four.

B. Five.

C. Six.

4. Where does this conversation most probably take place?

A. At a coffee shop.

B. At a supermarket.

C. At a restaurant.

5. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. Their friend Jane.

B. A weekend trip.

C. A radio program.

第二节听下面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. What does the man say about the red one?

A. It has a large memory.

B. The display is so clear.

C. It is big and heavy.

7. Which color does the man dislike?

A. Blue.

B. Green.

C. Black.

听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man do?

A. A singer.

B. A TV host.

C. A music teacher.

9. What do the two speakers have in common

A. They both listen to music in their living rooms.

B. They both have a lot of CDS.

C. They both want to buy a new stereo（立体声）system.

听第8段材料,回答第10至12题。

10. Why does the man often go traveling?

A. Mainly for business.

B. Mainly for visiting friends.

C. Mainly for holiday. 11. Why didn’t the woman go to China last year?

A. She didn’t feel well.

B. She couldn’t spare the time.

C. She didn’t want to go alone.

12. What is the woman probably going to do next year?

A. Visit France and England.

B. Go to China on business.

C. Go traveling with the man.

听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。

13. What was the woman doing when the accident happened?

A. Taking a bath.

B. Having dinner.

C. Watching TV.

14. What does the woman say about the man who broke into her house?

A. He has got long black hair.

B. He has got a moustache.

C. He looks young and strong.

15. Where is the man’s mark according to the woman?

A. On his nose.

B. On his jaw.

C. Above his eyebrow.

16. Who could the man speaker most probably be?

A. A police officer.

B. The woman’s neighbor.

C. The woman’ s husband.

听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

17. What is the exhibition of posters about this time?

A. Holidays.

B. Performances.

C. Railways.

18. Where can audiences watch Alan’s first stage play?

A. In Town Hall.

B. At the Arts Center.

C. At the Tourist Center.

19.When will the film Detective in the Shadows be shown?

A. On Sunday.

B. On Monday.

C. On Saturday.

20. When is the Tourist Center open from Tuesday to Saturday?

A. From 9: 30 am to 4:30 pm.

B. From 10: 00 am to 5: 00 pm.

C. From 10:30 am to 5:00 pm. 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。

A

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A. how the Card can be free

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22. Which of the following is advised to use the Card?

A. The one who has a wide insurance coverage.

B. The one who can find pharmacies near him.

C. The one who wants to use the card with his insurance.

D. The one who has no insurance plan.

23. Which is true about the Simple Savings Card?

A. It is a discount program.

B. It can be used with insurance card.

C. It is health insurance.

D. It is accepted in hospitals.

B

For many years, Bruce Bexler dreamed of going where no human had gone before. He wanted to cut a path through unexplored lands and discover rare, unusual species.

That might sound like an impossible dream, but Bexler turned it into a reality.

In December 2015, he and a team of Australian and American scientists risked into a remote tropical rain forest on the island of New Guinea. They were the first people ever to enter the mist-covered region. “As time was limited, we were dropped in by helicopter(直升飞机). Once we were on the ground, there were no tracks anywhere; it was really hard to get around,” Bexler says.

Within minutes of landing, the team spotted a black chicken-like bird with strange orange skin hanging from its neck. The scientists soon determined that the unusual creature was a type of honeyeater — the first new bird species to be sighted on New Guinea in 60 years.

The honeyeater wasn’t the only surprise for the scientists. They discovered more than 40 previously unknown plant and animal species — 13 birds of paradise, 20 frogs, four butterflies, and five palms. “We were like kids in a candy store,” Bexler recalls. “Everywhere we looked, we saw amazing things we had never seen before.”

The newfound species didn’t shy away from the scientists.Two long-nosed echidnas —ancient egg-laying mammals — let the visitors pick them up and take them back to camp to study them.Bexler thinks the animals weren’t scared because they had never seen humans before. “In almost all parts of New Guinea, animals are hunted for food, and because of this, they are very cautious of people,” he explains. “This area gives scientists a place where they can go to study the behaviours of animals that have not yet learned to be afraid of people.”

Scientists believe the area is probably the largest untouched forest in Asia. Local people called Kwerba hunt and collect plants from the outer-edges of the forest but told Bexler that not even their ancestors(祖先）had gone so far into the woods. The wooded area is approximately a 10-day walk from the nearest village.

Bexler and his team did not have enough time during the exploration to study the area completely. They hope to return and expect to record many more undiscovered species. “We just scratched the surface,” Bexler says. “Anyone who goes there will come back with a mystery.”

24. Which word best describes Bruce Bexler?

A. Cautious.

B. Optimistic.

C. Adventurous.

D. Thorough.

25. What does Bruce Bexler mean in Paragraph 5 when he says the scientists “we were like ki ds

in a candy store”?

A. They knew that if they kept searching, they’d find sugar.

B. They were misbehaving like naughty children.

C. They didn’t have enough food and were hungry.

D. They were very excited about what they saw.

26. Why did some of the animals allow the scientists to pick them up?

A. The animals had been well-trained by the local people.

B. The animals had no experience or fear of people.

C. The scientists seemed to be very friendly.

D. The scientists were skilled in handling animals.

27. What can we conclude about the area Bruce Bexler explored?

A. The area still contains many plants and animals unknown to science

B.The best way to explore the area is by helicopter.

C. The area has not been visited by scientists for many years.

D. The locals are unwilling to allow the scientists to enter the deep woods.

C

It is reported that in the near future robots and humans will probably work together to create jazz. A singing robot is being taught to create jazz with human being in a project.

Antonio Chella from Italy is working with a Telenoid robot. To start with, the Telenoid will be trained to imitate(模仿)the movements and simple sounds made by a human singer, and then connect music with different human emotions.

Previous robots had the ability to find common connections between things. But Chella suggests that a conscious robot should be able to go a step further and find new connections. The Telenoid is of this kind. “This work raises interesting questions about the connection between

conscious ness and music creating, ”says Philippe Pasquier. A musician needs a physical body.

Pasquier argues that the robot musician is faced with a big challenge. “Its software has already been developed and it can imitate The Beatles, a famous band. However, what made The Beatles famous were not only their songs but their wonderful performance of the songs, ”he says.

It is not clear how a robot would perform music in a new way. But by imitating humans, the Telenoid robot could provide some useful information. What is important is that human musicians often listen to and compare music made by others for a long time before creating music of their own. So the Telenoid robot had better listen to more jazz music first.

28. What will the Telenoid robot be taught to do first?

A. Imitate the movements and simple sounds of a human singer.

B. Live and work comfortably with human beings.

C. Connect music with human emotions.

D. Communicate with human beings.

29. In Pasquier’s opinion, the Telenoid robot________.

A. will replace human musicians soon

B. will become more popular than The Beatles

C. can find connections between things that humans cannot find

D. may have trouble performing music

30. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

A. Differences between a human singer and a robot musician.

B. How to teach robots to perform music.

C. The right music the robots should listen to.

D. The Telenoid, future robot musician.

31. In which part of a newspaper would we most probably read this passage?

A. Arts.

B. Science.

C. Entertainment.

D. Education.

D

I am reading a novel at the moment, a story set in Britain and India in the 19th century. It was written by an Indian author who now lives in Denmark, but neither in the language of Hindi nor Danish. Although the paperback edition I’m holding was published in New Delhi, India, four years ago, I(an American)purchased it recently from a second-hand bookshop in Tokyo, Japan.

That’s quite a history already. But there’s more.

The novel is a tale of various mysteries, all skillfully put into a well-structured story by a very, skillful author. Yet my particular copy presents even more mysteries than the tale.

One summer morning in the year of my paperback’s publication—on July 15, 2012—someone else was reading it while eating breakfast in a restaurant in Mumbai, India.

I know this because I found a receipt(收据)of coffee and bread inside. I also know that this person was not the owner of the paperback immediately before me.

In fact, the owner before me was not Indian at all, but Japanese.

I know this because in the book there are handwritten notes in Japanese—translations of English words which the reader was unfamiliar. Japanese being a language of characters, not letter, it is not easy to determine if the note writer was a man or a woman. But the care taken to write the translations neatly in the limited spaces available on each page shows a woman’s hand.

So let us agree that it is a woman. What can we say of her? Well educated, obviously, and probably a university student, who would keep a dictionary at hand while reading a novel.

But why did she suddenly stop reading?The last translation in my paperback appears on Page 83, less than a third of the way through the novel. Did she give up because the book was proving too difficult?Or was there some other reason?

Many a novel presents mysteries, all of which are solved by the end of the tale. The mysteries presented by my little paperback, however, remain mysteries, all skillfully put into a well-structured story, not by a skillful writer, but this time by the numberless vagaries(变幻莫测)of life itself.

32. What can we learn about the novel?

A. It was written in an American restaurant.

B. It is well written.

C. It is about a world trip.

D. It was first published in the 19th century.

33. The author assumes the Japanese owner of the book was a woman based on_______.

A. the good condition of the book

B. the pretty handwriting

C. the effort taken in writing the notes

D. the food written on the receipt

34. Which of the following can best describe the author?

A. He is a careful observer with imagination.

B. He is a hard-working university student.

C. He is a great reader of historical fiction.

D. He is an efficient writer with appreciation.

35. What’s the best title of the text?

A. Unsolved Mysteries of Life

B. Different Life Experiences

C. The Tale of a Paperback

D. A Book’s Exciting Adventure

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。

National Symbols

When many people in the west think of China, the animal that they think of is the dragon.

36 Many popular legends tell of how dragons killed brave men and ate beautiful girls.

For Chinese people, however, the dragon is not an evil monster. 37 The dragon’s main task is to create peace and bring rain. Dragons are celebrated in art and architecture, and of course the dragon dance is a very popular activity. Millions of Chinese have the word “long”, meaning dra gon, as part of their name.

38 Wales, one of the four countries in the UK, has a red dragon proudly displayed on its flag.

The only other country in the world with a dragon on its flag is Bhutan, the tiny country, between China and India.

Almost all countries in the world have an animal symbol representing the country, and it is particularly obvious during sports. The English see lions as brave, proud animals and the England football teams have three lions on the front of their football shirts. 39 The national rugby team is more commonly known as the Wallabies, a kind of small kangaroo.

All countries are proud of their symbols, which they feel reflect national characteristics. Recently, a professor claimed that using the dragon as a national symbol could make western countries have a negative view of China. 40 As Chinese culture gains its worldwide popularity, people in the west will surely want China to keep the dragon in time.

A. Australia is famous for kangaroos, of course.

B. There are many other countries to use animal symbols.

C. China isn’t the only country to have the dragon as its symbol.

D. It’s a cultural and spiritual symbol for success and good luck.

E. For them, the dragon is an aggressive monster that breathes fire.

F. The kangaroo is not only loved, but highly respected in Australia.

G. But in an Internet survey, 90% of Chinese people wanted to keep the dragon.

第三部分英语知识运用

第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（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 I entered colleg e, I took Professor Black’s poetry class. Even though I finished every task and 41 no classes, I earned a “C” at the end of the term. Frustrated, I went to his office and asked in a low voice, my knees 42 , “Do I have any talent?” He was a kind pers on. He pushed his hair behind his ears 43 he was thinking. “Probably not,” he said44 . “Thank you,” I said, feeling like a grafted (嫁接的) apple tree: part of me discouraged, another part 45 to accept it.

The latter part led me to another poetry class by Professor White. This time, I earned an “A”. Professor White told me that 46 in his class earned an “A”. I was shocked. His47 approach reminded me of Professor Black, from whom I learned teachers don’t hold the keys to their students’48 .

Every human being is 49 born with talent. Some 50 souls are born with many talents. People are 51 to subjects they have a gift for, 52 nearly everyone in the writing class has writing talent.

But no one can 53 whether or when talent will bloom (绽放) into art that others 54 as good. Some people bloom early, others late, some not at all. Artists must have enough 55 to make art, and trust their own pleasure in making it. It was really the faith in myself as well as the 56 in writing poems that helped me 57 many years of writing poems without being recognized.

I’ve been teaching creative writing for more than 30 years. Students sometimes ask me, “Do I have talent?” I tell them my 58 , and say, “Of course you do. But just 59 writing no matter whether anyone approves -or even 60 .”

41．A. conducted B. prepared C. missed D. attended 42．A. bent B. relaxed C. aching D. shaking

43 A. even though B. as if C. now that D. in case

44．A. softly B. lazily C. firmly D. coldly

45．A. regretting B. struggling C. attempting D. refusing 46．A. anyone B. no one C. someone D. everyone 47．A. traditional B. encouraging C. disturbing D. practical 48．A. talent B. happiness C. growth D. puzzle

49．A. hardly B. possibly C. actually D. obviously 50．A. lucky B. royal C. ordinary D. lonely

51．A. drawn B. linked C. limited D. exposed 52．A. while B. or C. so D. but

53．A. remember B. report C. discover D. predict

54. A. think B. select C. recognize D. take

55．A. humor B. confidence C. wisdom D. honesty

56．A. harvest B. joy C. value D. progress 57．A. get through B. come across C. rush through D. get across 58．A. plan B. poem C. story D. dream

59．A. imagine B. practice C. check D. consider

60. A. explains B. demands C. admires D. notices

第Ⅱ卷

注意事项：

用0.5毫米黑色笔迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。

第三部分英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）

第二节单词拼写，每空一词。请根据英语提示及所给汉语意思，在空格处填入正确的单词，（每空1分，满分6分）

1.Reports of this kind are sure to cause _______________(anxious).

2. A lot of small companies have to struggle for ______________ (survive).

3.I couldn’t sleep because the bed was so ______________ (comfort).

4. It’s ______________ (非法的) to drive a car without a driver’s license.

5. Lastly, you can become ___________ (精神上) addicted to nicotine.

6. The leader _______________ (提倡）that each member has to play their part.

第三节课文句子翻译填空（与原文不符不给分），阅读下面材料，在每个空白处填入适当内容（1个单词），（每空0.5分，满分14分）。

1...but we slowly___________ ___________ ___________ to the edge of the crater and looked down into the red, boiling centre.

......但我们还是缓缓往火山口的边缘走去，并且向下看到了红红的沸腾的中心。

2.In spite of all his efforts he failed. He was also upset about himself that he___________ ___________ ___________ .

尽管他很努力还是失败了，他伤心地想哭。

3.___________a person to become infected, blood or sexual fluid that carries the virus, has to get inside the body___________ broken skin or___________ injection.

携带病毒的血液或体液必须通过皮肤上的创口或通过注射才能进入体内，使人受感染。

4.______________________only when the disease has progressed to AIDS___________a person begins to look sick.

只有当这种病毒发展成艾滋病时，人才会显出病态。

5.Women ___________ slightly more ___________ ___________ become infected than men. 女性感染病毒的可能性比男性稍微大一些。

6.Greenhouse gases continue to___________ ___________ in the atmosphere.

温室气体继续在大气层中聚集。

7.It is OK to___________ an electrical appliance ___________ so long as you are using it -- if not, turn it off!

只要你在用电器设备时你可以让它开着。如果不用就把它关掉！

8.______________________ and ___________ the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast.

收集和评估了这些信息之后，我就帮助其他科学家一起预测下次火山熔岩接着将往何处流，流速是多少。

9.The height of the land ______________________ 700 metres above sea level ___________

over 2,000 metres and is home to a great diversity of rare plants and animals.

这里地面的高度从海拔700米到2，000米不等，是多种多样稀有动植物的生长地。

10.It was not easy to stop smoking, but millions have managed to quit and ___________ ___________ ___________ .

戒烟不容易，但几百万人都成功地戒掉了烟，所以你也能。

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

假定英语课上英语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。作中共有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。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（﹨）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

However, the attitudes of scientists towards this rise are completely different. On the one hand, Dr.Foster thinks that any trend in which the temperature increase by 5 degrees would lead to a catastrophe. She says. “We can’t predict the climate good enough to know what to expect, and it coul d be very serious.” Others who agree with her think there may be a rise of several metre in the sea level, or predict severely storms, floods, droughts, famines, the spread of diseases and the disappearance of species. On other hand, there are those , like George Hambley, who are oppose to this view and believe that we should not worry about high levels of carbon dioxide in the air. They predict that any warming will be mild with few bad environmental consequences. In fact, Hambley states, “More carbon dioxide is actually a positive thing. It will make plants to grow quicker；crops will produce more; it will encourage a great range of animals-all of them will make life for human beings better.”

第二节书面表达（满分20分）

假设你是李明,你校英语协会最近正在举行“最美学生”评选活动。你希望推荐你的同学李华参评“最美学生”。请按要求给组委会写一封推荐信,信中应包含以下内容:

1、你认为“最美学生”应具有的品质（比如：无私、勇敢、诚实等）;

2、叙述发生在李华身上的一件具体事例（比如：救落水女孩等）;

3、你推荐李华的理由。

注意:

1、词数100左右;

2、可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

3、开头已给出,不计入总词数。

参考词汇：virtue 品德；recommend推荐

Dear Sir or Madam,

It is a great idea to hold “the most beautiful student” activity. ________________

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Yours faithfully

Li Ming