1、届广东省茂名市五大联盟学校高三联考英语试题word版2018届广东省茂名市五大联盟学校高三5月联考英语试题（word版）第一部分 阅读理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AHamlet (Mandarin)“To be or not to be, that is the question.” For more than 400 years, Hamlet, arguably William Shakespeares greatest tragedy, has enthr
2、alled countless dramatists and scholars. The play tells the tale of how Hamlet, prince of Denmark, avenged his dead father, in an allegory for English and European history.Beijing Comedy Theater is putting on a Mandarin version of the play through this weekend.Time: 7:30 p. m., March 2-10 (except Ma
3、rch 5 and 6).Venue: Beijing Comedy Theater, 11 Chaoyangmen North Street, Dongcheng district, Beijing.Tel: 400-610-3721.Ticket: 80-500 yuan ( half price for a second ticket)Classics of Shostakovich and TchaikovskyChinese conductor Zhang Guoyong will join hands with young German cello star Gabriel Sch
4、wabe and China NCPA Orchestra this weekend to perform classic music pieces by Joseph Haydn, Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Dmitri Shostakovich.The repertoire will include Joseph Haydns Cello Concerto No. 1 in C Major and Concerto No. 2 in D Major for cello and orchestra.Time: 7:30 p. m., March 10.Venu
5、e: Concert hall, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Changan Avenue, Xicheng district.Tel: 010-6655-0000.Ticket: 80480 yuan Musical feast for Japanese anime lovers Beijing Concert Hall will put on a special show for Japanese music and movie fans next Friday, with a repertoire covering me
6、lodies in films including Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Spirited Away by director Hayao Miyazaki, and Kikujiro by director Takeshi Kita-no.Time: 7:30 p. m., March 16.Venue: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 North Xinhua Street, Xicheng district.Tel: 010-6605-7006.Ticket: 100-350 yuan The Ballad of
7、 CanalThe Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal with a history of over 2,500 years is an artificial miracle created by ancient Chinese, apart from the Great Wall.The NCPA opera The Ballad of Canal describes the ups and downs of people along the canal, their joys and sorrows, good and evil, life and death. Th
8、e show integrates Chinese opera, folk songs and folk customs, showing the unique artistic texture and charisma of folk operas.Time: 7:30 p. m., March 3-6Venue: Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, 9 Tianqiao South Street, Xicheng district, Beijing.Tel: 400-635-3355.Ticket: 100-880 yuan1. Which of the fo
9、llowing can you appreciate on March 5?A. The Ballad of Canal. B. Hamlet.C. Concerto No. 2 in D Major. D. My Neighbor Totoro.2. According to the text, who directed Kikujiro?A. Joseph Haydn. B. Hayao Miyazaki.C. Takeshi Kitano. D. Dmitri Shostakovich.3. Where can you enjoy one of William Shakespeares
10、works?A. Concert hall, National Center for the Performing Arts.B. Tianqiao Performing Arts Center.C. Beijing Concert Hall.D. Beijing Comedy Theater.BChina is making plans to create a large protected space for one of its most famous creatures: the giant panda. The planned Giant Panda National Park wo
11、uld be two times the size of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.The Bank of China has promised 10 billion yuan, or $ 1.5 billion, to set up the protective area. It will be in the southwestern province of Sichuan, Chinas forest ministry said Thursday. The Sichuan office of the central ban
12、k signed an agreement with the provincial government to pay for the parks construction. The work is to be completed by 2023. The Associated Press reports that the ministry said the park will measure 2 million hectares. The project aims to help the local economy while also providing the endangered an
13、imals with a huge, unbroken area in which they can meet and mate with other pandas. Zhang Weichao is a Sichuan official involved in plans for the park. Zhang told the China Daily newspaper that the agreement will reduce poverty among the 170,000 people living within the parks proposed territory. Chi
14、nas Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council first suggested the idea for the park in January 2017, the newspaper reported.Giant pandas are Chinas unofficial national animal. They live mainly in the mountains of Sichuan, with some also living in nearby Gansu and Shaanxi provinces. An
15、estimated 1,864 giant pandas live in the wild, where they are threatened mostly by the loss of natural habitat. Another 300 live in captivity.4. Which is the main natural habitat of giant pandas?A. The mountains of Shaanxi province.B. The mountains of Gansu province.C. The mountains of Sichuan provi
16、nce.D. Yellowstone National Park.5. What is the primary purpose of building Giant Panda National Park?A. To promote the development of the local economy.B. To develop more and more local tourism resources.C. To take in some other animals besides the pandas.D. To obtain more profits from ticket sales
17、.6. What can we know from the text?A. It will take well over 7 years to complete Giant Panda National Park.B. Yellowstone National Park is larger than the planned Giant Panda National Park.C. The project meets with some objections due to occupying local peoples farmland.D. Some giant pandas living i
18、n the wild are faced with losing their natural habitat now.7. Where is the text most probably taken from?A. A science fiction. B. A travel brochure.C. A newspaper report. D. A fashion magazine.COn March 17, people around the world celebrate the Irish holiday of Saint Patricks Day. It is a major holi
19、day in Ireland, but the rest of the world has influenced its celebration as much as the Irish themselves.Most Americans think of Saint Patricks Day as a big party centered around drinking alcohol. But its beginnings in Ireland were religious, says Mike Cronin, a professor of Irish history.Saint Patr
20、ick lived in Ireland more than 2,000 years ago. He is widely considered to have established Christianity (基督教) in the country. The Church honored him with a holy day in the 17th century. March 17 marks the date of his death. St. Patrick, a Briton reportedly, is believed to have served in Ireland. On
21、e traditional story says that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. The average Irish people honored March 17 quietly. Attending church services was the main activity. In fact, most businesses that served alcohol would close in honor of the day.In the early 1900s, Irelands government made
22、 St. Patricks Day an official holiday. By the 1960s, towns across Ireland started celebrating the holiday with parades and music. In Ireland today, St. Patricks Day is a four-day public celebration that includes parades, music, food, and games. For Irish people living outside Ireland, Saint Patricks
23、 Day becomes a chance to celebrate their Irish identity and culture.Now, countries and cities around the world celebrate March 17 in creative ways. Many countries hold Saint Patricks Day parades. Famous monuments will all be colored by green light for the day. The US is especially famous for its Sai
24、nt Patricks Day celebrations. Many cities with large ethnic Irish communities hold parades and parties. Cities will also color local rivers green for the day. Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle, which is covered in deep green grass.Cronin says that the worldwide popularity of Saint Patricks Day ha
25、s helped the Irish government, which uses the holiday as a form of diplomacy. And for a small island of 4.5 to 5 million people, its quite remarkable that they have that kind of soft power.8. How average Irish people celebrated Saint Patricks Day in the 17th century?A. Attending church services quie
26、tly.B. Coloring well-known monuments green.C. Parading in the streets.D. Drinking alcohol.9. What does Paragraph 3 mainly focus on?A. Christianitys experience of serving in Ireland.B. Some backgrounds of Saint Patrick.C. Saint Patricks contributions to establishing Christianity.D. How people celebra
27、ted Saint Patricks Day in the 17th century.10. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?A. On Saint Patricks Day, parades and parties are held throughout America.B. Saint Patricks Day is celebrated worldwide today the same way as in the 17th century.C. Saint Patricks Day is the most significan
28、t day in the US.D. Saint Patricks Day plays a role in foreign affairs in Ireland today.11. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A. Celebrations of Saint Patricks Day in the USB. Everyone Gets to Be Irish on Saint Patricks DayC. Role of Saint Patricks Day in Irish DiplomacyD.
29、The Origin of Saint Patrick, s DayDArtificial intelligence (AI), has slowly begun to influence higher education around the world. Now, one new AI tool could change the way university students evaluate their professors. The tool is called Hubert. It is a teacher evaluation tool that appears as an AI-
30、powered chatbot (聊天机器人). Instead of filling out a form, students use a chat window to give feedback on their courses and professors. Afterwards, Hubert categorizes the students comments for the professor to review. The beta version of Hubert is free for educators to use.The goal of the new Hubert pr
31、ogram is to improve education by giving teachers detailed, organized feedback from students. Viktor Nordmark started the company in 2015 with several friends. Before creating Hubert, the founders asked teachers what would improve their teaching skills. The answer was qualitative feedback from their
32、students. Qualitative feedback is different from the survey responses students are often asked to provide at the end of a class. “This kind of data takes a lot of time for professors to collect and analyze and for the students, it can also be really boring to fill out.” Nordmark said. So he and his friends de-signed Hubert as a compromise between a traditional survey and a personal interview.Hubert learned different types o
