1、届高三下学期第六次诊断考试英语试题附答案武威六中2017-2018学年度高三第六次诊断考试英 语 试 卷本试卷共120分，考试时间100分钟。本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。共120分，考试时间100分钟。注意事项：1.答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写在答题卡上。2.选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题用0.5毫米黑色签字笔书写，字体工整，笔迹清楚。3.请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在试题卷上答题无效。4.保持卡面清洁，不要折叠、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。第I卷第一部分: 阅读理解（共两节，满分40 分
2、）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。 AExploit your parking space An unused parking space or garage can make money. If you live near a city center or an airport, you could make anything up to 200 or 300 a week. Put an advertisement for free on Letpark or Atmyhousepark. Rent a
3、 room Spare room? Not only will a lodger（房客）earn you an income, but also, thanks to the government-backed “rent a room” program, you wont have to pay any tax on the first 4500 you make per year. Try advertising your room on Roomspare or Roommateeasy. Make money during special eventsDont want a full-
4、time lodger? Then rent on a short-term basis. If you live in the capital, renting a room out during the Olympics or other big events could bring in money. Grashpadder can advertise your space. Live on set Renting your home out as a “film set” could earn you hundreds of pounds a day, depending on the
5、 film production company and how long your home is needed. A quick search on the Internet will bring up dozens of online companies that allow you to register your home for freebut you will be charged if your home gets picked. Use your roof You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies p
6、ay the cost of fixing solar equipment (around 14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof. 1.If yo
7、u earn 5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on _.A.500 B.800 C.4500 D.5000 2.Where can you put an advertisement to rent out a room during a big event? A.On Letpark. B.On Roomspare. C.On Grashpadder. D.On Roommateeasy. 3 For whom the text most probably written?A
8、.Lodgers. B.House owners. C.Advertisers. D.Online companiesBYears ago, I volunteered at a homeless shelter in Los Angeles, handing out food. Once I got talking with Albert, a tall and skinny young guy in line. He said he liked my socks. “Want to see mine?” he joked, lifting his leg. He was barefoot.
9、 I felt a sinking feeling in my stomach. The next day, after work, I stopped at Ross and filled up my truck with socks. The following early morning, I drove over to Santa Monicas Palisades Park, which is a common destination for homeless people. I took one of the bags from my trunk. It was still dar
10、k out. I headed for a group of three men, standing around a tree, probably using it as a windbreaker. Two were asleep under heavy blankets, and the third was digging through his collection. As I walked toward him, he watched me, perhaps questioning my motives. “I thought you guys might need some fre
11、sh new socks,” I said, handing him a pair. He looked confused at first but took them and said, “Thank you.” I gave him two more pairs for his friends. I moved on. An hour later, I had given out all the socks. Most people were sleeping, and I felt like Santa. I knew that when they wake up they would
12、find a very meaningful present. That was nine years ago. Every week Ill hand out as many socks as I can. If Im on vacation or on a business trip for more than a week, I bring a bag of socks with me and hand them out to the homeless on the streets in other states and countries. Its extremely satisfyi
13、ng to operate “under the radar（雷达）” to help make some peoples lives a little bit easier. Part of me hopes to see Albert out there one of these days, but even if I dont, I like to think one of the pairs will find him.4.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 most probably mean?A.Sorry. B.Homesic
14、k. C.Regretful. D.Embarrassed.5.What is Ross most probably?A.A garage. B.A store. C.A public park. D.A homeless shelter.6.What made the author feel especially satisfied with giving out socks? A.Playing Santa in public. B.Helping others silently.C.Spending early morning at a park. D.Making weekends a
15、s holidays.7.Which of the following could be the best title?A.Satisfactory Return from Kindness. B.The Easy Way Out of Helping the Poor.C.A Unique Experience at a Homeless Shelter.D.Helping the Homeless in an Unexpected Way.CPeople may seek true happiness for their whole lives, and believe it is imp
16、ossible to achieve. However, there are some scientifically proven ways to become happy.Exercise is one of the easiest ways to become happier. In fact, you may only need seven minutes a day to be happier. Not only is exercise a natural protection against depression (沮丧),it aids you in your intellectu
17、al powers, in relaxing, and in improving your body image.Staying home too often can be a downer for your mood, as you might have noticed. Getting out more, doing activities with others, and seeing nature in its splendor will aid you in becoming happy. Spending 20 minutes outside in nature not only b
18、oosts ones mood, but also ones working memory and thinking capabilities.Surprisingly, helping others increases our happiness as well. In fact, 100 hours of giving help per year (or two hours a week) can be the magic number to feeling better. In many studies, helping others has been found to boost ha
19、ppiness for reasons such as feeling more accomplished and feeling more self-worth.This might sound strange, but smiling can help improve our mood. However, false smiles, if not accompanied by positive thoughts, can make you more unhappy. Facial feedback(反馈)is important, as when you truly smile, you
20、are telling your brain you are not in distress.Planning a trip away from your current vicinity can help in becoming happier, even if you do not go on the trip. That sense of hope bleeds positive emotions into your consciousness. In fact, planning a trip can boost your happiness for eight solid weeks
21、.There are many ways to become happy. However, it may be surprising that the quickest ways to feel happier are also the most natural. This is because money, drugs, and other outside items cannot reproduce what happens within us in the most innate(与生俱来的) of ways.8.What can people do to make themselve
22、s in better shape?A.Positive thoughts. B.Doing exercise.C.Going out in nature. D.Seeking happiness.9.Which is the best way to realize the value of life according to the text?A.Being reasonable. B.Planning a trip.C.Giving a hand to others. D.Doing activities outside.10.What is the main idea of Paragr
23、aph 5?A.Strange smiles, bad mood. B.False smiles resulted from sorrow.C.Sincere smiles, true happiness. D. Happiness caused by positive thoughts.11.What does the author mainly intend to tell people in the text?A.How to be happy. B.The most natural ways.C.When to be happy. D.The happiest to seek for.
24、DAccording to a new US study，couples who expect their children to look after them in old age should hope they have daughters because daughters are twice as attentive as sons overall.The research by Angelina Grigoryeva，from Princeton University， found that， while women provide as much care for their
25、elderly parents as they can manage，men do as little as they can get away with and often leave it to female family members.Her analysis of the family networks of 26,000 old Americans concluded that gender(性别) is one of the most important things that decide whether or not people will actively care for
26、 their elderly parents. In a paper presented at the annual conference of the American Sociological Association in San Francisco，she concludes that simply having a sister makes men likely provide less care.Using data from the University of Michigan Health and Retirement Study，a study which has been t
27、racking a crosssection of over50s for the last decade，she calculated that women provide an average of 12.3 hours a month of care for elderly parents while men offer only 5.6 hours.“Sons reduce their relative caregiving efforts when they have a sister，while daughters increase theirs when they have a
28、brother.”“This suggests that sons pass on parent caregiving responsibilities to their sisters.” In the UK，the 2011 Census showed that there are now around 6.5 million people with caring responsibilities，a figure which has risen by a tenth in a decade. But many are doing so at the risk of their healt
29、h. The census showed that those who provide 50 hours or more of care a week while trying to hold down a fulltime job are three times more likely to be struggling with ill health than their working counterparts who are not carers.12. According to the passage，whats the most important factor to predict
30、 if people will actively care for the elderly?AEducation BGender. CCareer. DIncome.13The US study finds that _.Ahaving a sister makes men less likely to look after their parentsBsons are twice as likely as daughters to care for parents in old ageCsons are unwilling to leave caregiving responsibiliti
31、es to their sisters Dsons and daughters seem to give equal care to their parents14What does the author stress in the last paragraph?APeople should give up their job to care for the elderly.BMany care providers work longer hours than others.CMany care providers have potential health problems.DPeople
32、shouldnt pass on caring responsibilities to others.15The author develops the text by _.A.explaining social networks of careers B.describing peoples experiencesC.analyzing various researches and data D.comparing different gender behavior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。Reasons to Take Part in Student Clubs and OrganizationsMany college students don t know what theyre missing by not taking part i
