1、湖北省宜昌市届高三英语联考试题宜昌市东湖高中、宜都二中2018年秋12月联考高三英语试题（全卷满分：150分 考试用时：120分钟）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，满分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小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where is the man going next time?A. To a hill. B. To a park. C. To a beach. 2. What does the w
2、oman want the man to do?A. Go to sleep.B. Take care of the cat.C. Stop his dog barking. 3. What will the man probably do?A. Take the job. B. Refuse the offer. C. Change the working time. 4. What does the woman say about John?A. He wont wait for herB. He wont come home today. C. He wont be on time fo
3、r dinner. 5. What will the speakers probably do next?A. Order some boxes. B. Go home and rest. C. Continue packing. 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。每段对话和独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在相应位置。听完每段对话和独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题。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和第7两个小题。6. What is the woman looki
4、ng for?A. A dress for work. B. A dress for party. C. A dress for wedding. 7. What is the woman unsatisfied with about the blue dress?A. The size. B. The price. C. The colour. 听第7段材料，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. What do the speakers think about their life?A. Funny. B. Quiet. C. Boring9. What should they do first?A
5、. Find someone to support them. B. Start a club. C. Invite some students to join. 听第8段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. What does the weatherman say about tomorrow?A. It will snow and be cold. B. It will be warm and sunny. C. It will be cloudy with showers at times. 11. What season is it now?A. Spring. B. Autumn
6、. C. Winter12. What do we know about the weather of the picnic day last year?A. It was sunny when they started.B. It was warm enough for a picnic. C. It snowed at the beginning. 听第9段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Doing research. B. Looking for a job. C. Choosing a
7、 college major.14. Where will the man probably find information on incomes?A. From the woman. B. On the Internet.C. At the library.15. Why does the man want to get a well-paid job?:A. To learn dancing. B. To travel around. C. To help the poor.16. What is the womans attitude toward the man?A. Support
8、ive. B. Impatient. C. Critical. 听第10段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. What does “attractive” mean for a teacher?A. Being charming in real lifeB. Being imitated easily by the students. C. Being popular with the students in the class. 18. Why should a teacher be a bit of an actor?A. To make the lessons various, B
9、. To make the lessons interesting. C. To make the lessons easily understood. 19. Why should a teacher always learn?A. Teaching is a job a teacher will never be perfect in. B. A teacher should set an example to the studentsC. Teaching needs higher and higher degrees. 20. How many teaching qualities a
10、re mentioned in the speech?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. 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。AThe earth is a mysterious place that never stops to amaze. There are many places completely unimaginable. The incapability to understand the real story behi
11、nd some of these phenomena draws many people. Blood Falls, AntarcticaHow is it that the coldest and driest place on the planet has a blood-red waterfall pouring down slowly into the McMurdo Dry Valleys, some of the most extreme desert lands on Earth? What causes the mysterious flow was only recently
12、 discovered in a study. Scientists believed for many years red algae(红藻)gave it the unusual color. But now research has shown that iron oxide(氧化物)is responsible for it. The waterfall even contains strange bacterial life forms. Magnetic Hill, Moneton, New BrunswickBe very careful if you choose to dri
13、ve to the bottom of this hill. Stories about what happens there have been around since early 1900s. As impossible as it sounds, your car will start to roll uphill. “And it doesnt just work on cars-vans, trucks and even tour buses roll upward. ” according to Tourism New Brunswick. Racetrack Playa, De
14、ath Valley, CaliforniaLocated in a remote valley between the Cottonwood and Last Chance Ranges, Racetrack Playa is a place of real beauty and mystery. The Racetrack is a dry lakebed, best known for its strange moving rocks. It looks like they “sailed” through the valley. Although no one has actually
15、 seen the rocks move, the long moving tracks left behind in the mud surface of the Playa prove their activity. The most logical explanation so far is that ice forms covering the stones, causing them to move. 21. Whats special about Racetrack Playa?A. The lakebed there is red. B. The rocks there can
16、move. C. There is no living creature. D. The rocks there can make sound. 22. Which of the following is true?A. It is red algae that gives Blood Falls the unusual colorB. These mysterious phenomena have been given exact explanationsC. People have witnessed the rocks movingD. When you drive at the bot
17、tom of Magnetic Hill, your car will go up the hill. 23. Whats the purpose of the text?A. To tell amazing stories.B. To advertise new places. C. To introduce distinguished places D. To uncover mysterious phenomena. BMy brother-in-law opened the bottom drawer of my sisters bureau(衣橱)and picked out a w
18、onderful skirt. “Jan bought this the first time we went to New York, at least eight or nine years ago. She never wore it. She was saving it for a special occasion. ” Well, I guess this is the occasion. He took the skirt from me and put it on the bed. His hands touched the soft material for a moment,
19、 and then he shut the drawer and turned to me, “Dont ever save anything for a special occasion. Every day youre alive is a special occasion.”Im still thinking about his words, and theyve changed my attitude to life. Im spending more time with my family and friends and less time on committee meetings
20、. Whenever possible, life should be a pattern of experience to enjoy, not suffer. Im trying to recognize these moments now and treasure them. “Some day” and “one of these days” are being lost from my vocabulary. If its worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now. Im not su
21、re what my sister would have done if she had known she wouldnt have tomorrow. I think she would have called family members and a few close friends. She might have called a few former friends to apologize and mend her fences for past things. I think she would have gone out for a Chinese dinner, her f
22、avorite food. If I knew that my hours were limited, those little things left undone would make me angry. Angry because I put off seeing good friends whom I was going to get in touch with some day. Angry and sorry because I didnt tell my husband and daughter often enough how much I truly love them. I
23、m trying very hard not to put off, hold back, or save anything that would add laughter to our lives. And every morning when I open my eyes, I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath truly, is. . . a gift worth cherishing. 24. What kind of person do you think Jan is?A. mean and conserv
24、ative B. active and confidentC. economical and introvert D. indifferent and distant25. Which of the following is not the writers attitude to life?A. Spending more time staying with the family. B. Enjoying life and valuing every day. C. Attending social activities as often as possible. D. Trying to g
25、et along well with friends. 26. Which of the following can best explain the underlined expression “mend her fences for past”?A. Break her word. B. Try to be friendly again with someone. C. Give up her point of view. D. Keep her promise. 27. What can be inferred from the passage?A. People are advised
26、 to treasure every day and the meaning of life. B. People are encouraged to be hard on themselves for a bright life. C. People are told to get rid of being angry and sorry in life. D. People are persuaded to care for themselves more than others. CEven as we humans keep polluting the world. Nature so
27、mehow keeps finding a way to help correct our mistakes. First, there is a molecule(分子)that helps reduce global warming. Now, a team of Yale students may have discovered something equally amazing plastic eating fungi(真菌).Pestalotiopsis microspora(微孢子)is the only known fungus to be able to survive onl
28、y on plastic. The plastic is so hard that it takes thousands of years to break down on its own. The best part is that these fungi can do the job even in an oxygenless environment, which means that it could work perfectly even at the bottom of a landfill.The discovery was the result of an effort betw
29、een three Yale students who were part of the Rainforest Expedition and Laboratory Program, allowing a selected group of students to visit Ecuadors rainforest and seek out fungi and bacteria that live inside plants without harming them, which could hold medical or scientific promise. The samples are
30、then brought back to the Universitys lab where they do wide testing to see if they are of any practical or scientific use. In 2008, a student named Pria Anand gathered specimens for one purpose to find a microbe that could cat plastic. Thats when she came across the Pestalotiopsis microspora. Though
31、 she did show the unbelievable characteristics of the fungi, she was unable to get the desired results by the time she graduated, in 2010. Luckily for he Jonathan Russell, a 2011 graduating student, picked up right where she had left off. By combining her work with research performed by another of P
32、rias classmates, Jeffery Huang, he was able to separate the enzyme(酶)in the fungus that is the most effective in breaking down plastic. Hopefully, experts will take it up from here and make the project a reality and help reduce plastic!28. What is the main character of Pestaltiopsis microspora?A. It helps reduce global warming. B. It needs less oxygen to produce
