湖北省八市2018届高三3月联考英语试题.doc

湖北省八市2018届高三3月联考英语试题
湖北省八市2018届高三3月联考英语试题
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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） 
听下面五段对话。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。
1. What’s the season now?
A. Summer.      B. Fall.       C. Winter.
2. Which dress will the woman wear?
A. The red one.     B. The blue one.     C. The green one.
3. What can we learn about the old oven?
A. It s not in style.     B. It’s broken.      C. It isn’t multi-functional.
4. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a studio.      B. In a CD store.     C. In a car.
5. What does the woman think of the painting?
A. Worthless.      B. Just so-so.      C. Wonderful.
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 does the man feel about the weal her forecasts?
A. Inaccurate.      B. Reliable.      C. Changeable.
7. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Neighbors.      B. Colleagues.      C. Classmates.
听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
8. Why does the man stop relying on music as a full - time job?
A. He doesn’t like a band member. B. He isn’t into music that much. C. The earnings aren’t stable.
9. On what occasion would the man he invited to play most probably?
A. A local festival.     B. A funeral.      C. A birthday party.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman complain about the office?
A. It’s unclean.     B. It’s too small.     C. It’s noisy.
11. What are the speakers supposed to do in the office?
A. Give students their assignments. B. Prepare for the lessons. C. Let students help with the reports.
12. What is the room downstairs used for now?
A. Storage.      B. Meetings.      C. Reading.
听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。
13. What’s wrong with the camera?
A. It can’t be charged.    B. It can’t be turned on.    C. It ruins memory cards.
14. Why can’t the man get the camera fixed for free?
A. He broke it by himself.   B. It’s out of the free service time.  C. He lost his receipt.
15. How much will the man pay for the repair?
A. $20.       B. $30.       C. $50.
16. What day is it today?
A. Saturday.      B. Sunday.      C. Tuesday.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. How long does the training period last?
A. 1 to 2 years.     B. 2 to 4 years.     C. 3 to 5 years.
18. Who will test the learner taxi drivers?
A. Driving school trainers.   B. Special passengers.    C. Government officers.
19. What do we know about the test?
A. Learners might not get the result at once. B. 2 to 3 questions will he asked.
C. Several routes should be given to the destination.
20. What do learner drivers have to pay for?
A. A taxi.       B. The driving license.    C. A physical exam.
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。
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It looks like 2017 is shaping up to be a record-breaking year in movie History. Here is a list of some of the year’s biggest blockbusters so far.
Kong: Skull Island
A reboot (重启) of King Kong would normally get laughed at in this day and age, but it looks like this modem version of the story will be worth watching. With US actress Brie Larson and UK actor Tom Hiddleston in the mix, this film is set to be this year’s biggest monster tale.
Release Date: 3/10/17
Beauty and the Beast
Director Bill Condon is bringing back a part of our childhood in live action, complete with the songs we all remember and love. With British stars Emma Watson and Dan Stevens leading the cast, the classic Walt Disney story already sounds like it’ll be a delight for both children and adults.
Release Date: 3/17/17
The Fate of the Furious
There was doubt that we’d even get a Fast 8, especially after the fitting ending US actor Paul Walker’s character was given at the end of Furious 7. Fans thought they’d never see Dom and the rest of the crew back in action, but thankfully, US star Vin Diesel himself confirmed that The Fate of the Furious is fueling up for another go. The actor’s character, Dom, turns to the dark side, funded by new enemy Cipher, played by South African actress Charlize Theron. Can the rest of Dom’s family join together to bring their old leader down? Find out in April.
Release Date: 4/14/17
Spider-Man: Homecoming
Spider Man is heading home to Marvel Studios for the first time. The movie will show us Peter Parker’s high school days, and will continue the threads we saw formed during his initial appearance in Captain America: Civil War. We know that Michael Keaton is playing The Vulture in this story, and that both Happy Hogan and Tony Stark, played by US actors Jon Favreau and Robert Downey Jr., are along for the ride. But it’s Tom Holland’s show as Spider-Man, so let’s see what he has in store.
Release Date: 7/7/17 
21. Which of the following movies can’t you see on May Day?
A. Kong: Skull Island.         B. Beauty and the Beast.
C. The Fate of the Furious.        D. Spider-Man: Homecoming.
22. What can we know about Beauty and the Beast?
A. It is fueling up for another go.       B. It is produced by Marvel Studios.
C. It’ll show us Peter Parker’s school days.     D. It’ll be enjoyable for both children and adults.
23. What does the underlined word “cast” probably mean?
A. Characters.     B. Actors.     C. Directors.      D. Teachers.
B
Coke was introduced by the Coca Cola company in 1886, making it a rather true and tested favorite of generations of people in over 200 countries. This list should give you some ideas on how to get more from your coke than usual.
1. Coca Cola is an excellent rust buster (除锈剂). If you have a bunch of small rusty objects, put them in coke overnight and give them a good scrub in the morning. Coke helps to break down the rust, making cleaning much easier. Be sure to throw out the used coke when you are done with it or you might be taking a trip to the doctor.
2. Like the previous item, the citric acid (柠檬酸) in coke makes for an excellent window cleaner. This is especially useful for car windows. Pour a can of coke over the window and rub the window, then wipe it off with a wet cloth to remove any sugary matter from the sugar in the drink. As coke is full of sugar, you should clean the sticky matter off the window glasses, or it will be not a cleaner but a dirt.
3. For those of you who live in areas where skunk (臭鼬) smells can be an issue from time to time, one can of coke added to water with detergent (清洁剂) really helps to break the smell down. If you have been sprayed, stand in the shower and cover yourself from head to toe with coke — wait for a few minutes, then wash yourself with a shower. Coke is an excellent hair treatment so you get two tips for the price of one with this item!
4. Pots can sometimes get black on the bottom. The black is almost impossible to remove; this is caused by over-cooking. To remove the black and renew your pot, pour in a can of coke (or as much as you need to cover the blackened area by an inch) and put it on the stove on a low heat. After an hour or so, wash the pot as normal.
24. What does the underlined word ‘‘scrub” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Start.      B. Cleaning.     C. Shake.      D. Example.
25. What is important while using coke to clean car windows?
A. Use a dry cloth.          B. Rub the window lightly.
C. Don’t pour too much coke.        D. Clean the sugary matter thoroughly.
26. For which purpose does coke have to be mixed with other material?
A. To get rid of the black on the pot.      B. To break down the rust,
C. To remove smells.         D. To clean windows.
27. What type of writing is this text? 
A. An advertisement.         B. A review.
C. A news report.          D. A practical guide.
C
Bethany Burke was packing for a family vacation when she glanced in the mirror and froze. She saw a small ugly red bump in the middle of her forehead. “That’s the worst,” she remembers thinking. She had no idea, however, how much worse it would get.
Bethany, then a 15-year-old high school student tried to forget about the bump as she boarded a flight from her hometown of Austin, Texas, to Portland, Oregon. But during the flight the bump grew. And grew. And grew.
After the plane landed, more bumps appeared, including one close to her eye. Her parents took her to the nearest emergency room. As it turns out, Bethany had been attacked by a superbug (超级病菌).
Superbugs were once a problem only in hospitals and nursing homes. In the past decade, though, they have been affecting healthy children and adults as well. In a few hours, they can cause life-threatening infections.
“Teens, especially student athletes, can be easily hurt because superbugs stay in warm, damp places where people come into close contact with each other, such as school locker rooms and gyms,” says Dr. Aaron Glatt, an infectious disease specialist. “If you get cut playing sports, and you come into contact with a superbug on a mat, you give it a way to get in,” he explains.
As for Bethany, she says the doctor didn’t seem too concerned. “He just handed me this pill, an antibiotic (抗生素),” Bethany says. “He gave us the impression that it was going to clear up very fast.”
It didn’t take long for Bethany to realize the antibiotics the doctor had given her weren’t working. One of the bumps grew so large that she could no longer open her eye, and her pain increased. Her parents rushed her to another hospital. The new medicines seemed to start working. Her fever dropped, and the bumps stopped growing.
Luckily for Bethany, there were still three powerful antibiotics that together were able to fight off her infection. But what happens when superbugs become resistant even to those drugs? For doctors, that’s the biggest worry.
28. Bethany discovered a bump on her forehead       .
A. after the plane for Portland landed      B. when she came back from a vacation
C. after she boarded a flight from Austin     D. when she was preparing for a vacation
29. Student athletes are likely to be attacked by superbugs partly because       .
A. they sweat a lot          B. they are often tired
C. they are healthy and strong        D. they often wear dirty clothes
30. How did Bethany feel after taking the pills given by the doctor in the nearest emergency room?
A. Even worse.          B. Much belter.
C. A little better.          D. As terrible as before.
31. Doctors are most worried that       .
A. antibiotics are being overused
B. teens are being attacked by superbugs
C. superbugs may become resistant to all drugs
D. more people will get infected with superbugs
D
There’s an old joke about how you can never buy beer-just rent it. Who would think that the same joke applies to book buying in the digital age? But that’s the case. Many people who will be loading their iPads or Amazon Kindles with bestsellers or classics won’t have any idea how limited their rights are as their books, “owners”. Unlike the owners of a physical book, they won’t have the unlimited right to lend an e-book, give it away, or resell it.
All these restrictions “raise obvious questions about what ‘ownership’ is,” observes Dan Gillmor, an expert on digital media. “The companies that license stuff digitally have made it clear that you own nothing.” The rules are based on the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), with which Congress hoped to balance the rights of copyright holders and content users. “In the digital environment, that’s always been the trickiest balance to achieve,” Annemarie Bridy, a specialist said.
Both camps have important fights to protect. In the digital world, technology allows infinite (无限的) copies to be made. One could give away an e-book and still have it to read. This becomes a great threat to the livelihood of authors, artists, filmmakers and musicians. So some limitation is sensible. That’s usually done through digital rights management, or DRM, which encodes (编码) copy limitations into the digital file. The DMCA protected DRM. The question is whether the balance has given an unfair advantage to the booksellers, at the consumers expense. The answer is yes.
For one thing, DRM has put far too much power in the hands of digital booksellers. In 2009, Amazon simply deleted some e-books from buyers, Kindles secretly. An uproar (鼓噪) followed. Amazon then promised never to steal a book back from a Kindle without the device owner’s permission. But in early 2012, the company shut down the access of Linn Jordet Nygaard, a Norwegian Kindle owner, to her library of 43 e-books. Another uproar followed, and Amazon backed down again, restoring Nygaard’s account.
Another problem of e-book DRM is that most e-books are tied to the seller’s reading device. Buy a book from Amazon, and you can read it only on a Kindle or Amazon app. This lock-in gives the booksellers power over not only consumers but publishers.
Moreover, nowhere does Amazon, Apple or any other distributor promise to support its digital formats forever. There are ways to protect your e-books by changing the format. But is it legal? No one is quite sure.
The guiding principle must he that an e-book owner’s rights and responsibilities parallel those of a printed book owner, and the same must apply to authors, publishers and booksellers. Clarify these rules, and the book market will reap the benefit.
Leave the rules as vague (模糊的；含糊的) as they are, and the victims will be authors, consumers and publishers.
32. The author mentions the old joke to say that       .
A. book buying is easier in the digital age B. buyers do not really own their e-books
C. it is a good choice just to borrow e-books D. e-books are convenient compared with physical ones
33. Which of the following is TRUE about the DMCA?
A. It turned out to benefit digital booksellers.
B. It seems a little unfair to digital booksellers.
C. It has become a threat to the livelihood of authors.
D. It actually played a trick on copyright holders and content users.
34. The underlined part “backed down” in Para. 4 probably means       .
A. felt guilty           B. gave in
C. broke a promise          D. made an apology
35. What is the author’s suggestion?
A. Booksellers should be punished by law for their marketing strategy.
B. Booksellers should make a formal public apology to the victims.
C. E-book readers should buy e-books directly from publishers.
D. E-books should be treated the same as physical books.
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人空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项多余选项。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。
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