2018—2019学年第一学期高三期初调研试卷
英 语 2018. 9
注意事项：
1.本试卷分为第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择題)，满分120分。考试时间120分钟。
2. 请将第一卷的答案填涂在答趙卡上，第二卷请直接在答題卡上规定的地方作答。 答题前，务必将自己的学校、姓名、考试号等相关信息写在答题卡上规定的地方。
第I卷（选择题，共80分)
第一部分：听力理解 (共两节，满分15分)
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。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分，满分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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。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 is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Salesman and customer. B. Boss and secretary. C. Doctor and patient. 2. How many books did Mr. Robinson recommend? A. 6. B. 8. C. 16.
3. What do we know about Bill from the conversation?
A. He is lazy. B. He is forgetful. C. He is fearless. 4. What is the cause of their complaint?
A. The heat. B. The lecture. C. The air quality. 5. Why did the officer stop the woman? A. She was speeding.
B. He thought she was in danger. C. She played the music so loud.
第二节 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
听下面4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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。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 was the survey about?
A. A television program. B. A new shopping center. C. A newly-built railway station. 7. What is the woman's attitude to the plan? A. She thinks it is stupid.
B. She strongly recommends it.
C. She thinks it deserves careful consideration. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Where does the conversation probably happen?
A. At the airport. B. At the ticket office. C. At the hotel 9. What will the woman do in Berlin?
A. Attend a meeting. B. See her friend. C. Have a medical exam 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What does the woman complain about Steve? A. He is late for work every day.
B. He turns in his reports late every time. C. He does not get along well with others. 11. What does the man think of Steve? A. Lazy. B. Sensitive. C. Smart
12. How will the speakers solve Steve’s problem?
A. By firing him. B. By talking to him. C. By cutting short his holiday 听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。
13. What did the speaker use to do for a living? A. He ran a village shop. B. He worked as a gardener.
C. He worked in an advertising agency.
14. What do we know about the speaker's former job?
A. It was stressful. B. It was boring. C. C. It was low-paid. 15. What made the speaker change his life style? A. The decline of his health. B. The breakup of his family.
C. The desire to start his own business.
第二部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节 单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、 B、 C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
16. For middle-aged people, fat is more likely to _______ around the hips and stomachs. A. acquire B. approach C. achieve D. accumulate
17. Now all of the world's concentration is on _______ it is that the trade war will come to an end. A. which B. where C. how D. what
18. Young people living in big cities prefer to buy new energy cars _____ the increasing oil price. A. in response to B. in line with C. in exchange for D. in favor of
19. We have been trying to train the young people who were hired last month, but they _______ their best to learn.
A. didn’t do B. are not doing C. were not doing D. hadn't done
We attended the meeting in the school lecture hall last night, seats more than 300 students. A. which B. whose C. when D. where
21. —Are you familiar with the new manager of our department?
—Sure. We happened_______ a room when we were on business last year. A. sharing B. to have shared C. having shared D. to share
22.Today your power of leadership depends on the effect on others—that is, the key to successful leadership is ______ , not authority. A. affection B. intelligence C. passion D. influence
23.The research showed that it would be more than ten years _____ levels of dangerous fine particular matter in Beijing would drop to the safe level. A. since B. when C. before D. till
The news would have got around in an instant______ an Internet way back then. A. were there B. had there been C. if there would be D. if there was
25.People working in IT industry have to keep on studying new technology______ they can keep a favorable position in the job market.
A. in that B. in case C. so that D. now that
26. Four boys out of a total of 12 young soccer team members have been rescued after _______ in a cave in northern Thailand for more than two weeks.
A. being trapped B. having trapped C. trapped D. trapping
27.The smell and feel of a new book is attractive, but I ______ in love with audio books over the last few years.
A. fall B. am falling C. fell D. have fallen
28. — Tom can’t spare time to attend our party tonight. — Well, ______, for he is a wet blanket.
A. that’s the problem B. that’s a relief C. what a pity D. take care
29. Sellers on Taobao will accept the return of goods if they do not ______ what the customers have ordered.
A. correspond to B. contribute to C. subscribe to D. stick to
30. Nobody can imagine that Mr. Wang, the richest man in the city, was _____ when he was twenty. A. hot under the collar B. down in the dumps C. as poor as a church mouse D. as cool as a cucumber
第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
My kids sat on Gee's living room floor and respectfully lifted Christmas decorations out of a
cardboard box. They shouted with 31 when they discovered a tiny toy cat. Finally, my son was 32 about a tiny modern helicopter, just on the contrary, my daughter with a(n) 33 Mickey Mouse.
Gee stood beside them, 34 each treasure. She turned to me and continued to say she and Tom built their 35 over time by buying one or two nice ones each year in the after-Christmas sales. Eventually, we 36 ,with boxes in my arms and she was smiling. Her 37 belongings, gathered over a lifetime, found a new home.
We first 38 Tom and Gee in the early days of our marriage. Jim and I worked full-time, and in the morning we 39 our garbage cans on the roadside, which would have to wait the long, lonely 10 hours there until we returned to 40 them. Every day we’d come home to find them neatly 41 in their spot next to our garage. Finally we saw an old couple who 42 with his 10-year-old grandson across from us pick them up.
Tom and Gee 43 picked up garbage cans and taught us what it 44 to be a neighbor. They taught us that 45 doesn’t end at a boundary line. It 46 to all these people. These people, the 47 among them and the love that flows through them all explain what a home is.
This Christmas, we’ll make our tree attractive with Gee's 48 . We’ll bring beautifully
packaged Christmas presents to some 49 like the couple. To others, we'll 50 a wave and a “Merry Christmas.” 31. A. care B. horror C. delight D. caution 32. A. doubtful B. anxious C. pitiful D. crazy 33. A. worn B. traditional Cold D. silly 34. A. designing B. getting C. explaining D. weighing 35. A. collections B. interest C. possessions D. pleasure 36. A. refused B. arrived C. selected D. left 37. A. strange B. precious C. modem D. spare 38. A. met B. invited C. accepted D. thanked 39. A. laid B. emptied C. deserted D. stored 40. A. store up B. deal with C. make out D. care about 41. A. buried B. transformed C. placed D. developed 42. A. lived B. quarreled C. worked D. wandered 43. A. carelessly B. quietly C. casually D. violently 44. A. occurred B. meant C. reflected D. expected 45. A. privacy B. hope C. peace D. home 46. A. turns B. adds C. agrees D. extends 47. A. control B. words C. connections D. comfort 48. A. decorations B. fund C. methods D. donation 49. A. partners B. strangers C. neighbors D. relatives 50. A. stop B. create C. keep D. exchange
第三部分：阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并
在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
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Not only does the use of disposable (—次性的）plastic water bottles hurt your wallet, it also increases pollution, wastes energy, and surprisingly wastes water. Only 23% of all plastic in America ends up in a recycling bin, meaning over $1 billion worth of plastic is wasted a year. Just the
production of water bottles uses enough oil annually to fuel 1.3 million cars for an entire year, and a single bottle requires three times more water to produce than to fill it.
Instead of carrying around a reusable water bottle, which you’ll either lose or leave at home, causing the purchase of yet another disposable bottle, Skipping Rocks Lab has come up with a different solution—an eatable, biodegradable (可由生物降解的）water bottle.
Ooho is a convenient, clear water pod that can either be drunk or eaten. To drink it, you can
either peel off the membrane (薄膜）or tear a hole in the membrane with your teeth to pour the water into your mouth. To eat it, you simply pop the whole pod in your mouth. The casing may appear
fragile (易碎的)，but Ooho creator Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez says the bubble casing is like the skin of a fruit. The membrane packaging biodegrades in four to six weeks, like a piece of fruit.
One problem the scientists and designers at Skipping Rocks Lab have run into is how to ship large amounts of Ooho bubbles without arriving with a very wet truck. Fortunately, they have
successfully packaged units of individual Ooho bubbles together inside a larger and thicker membrane, similar to the ones found around the smaller spheres (球体).
The price for an individual bubble or a unit of bubbles has not been set yet, but it costs about two cents to create a unit, which is significantly cheaper than plastic bottles.
Ooho is initially targeting large outdoor events, such as marathons, music festival, and sporting events, where tons of plastic bottles are used, or only partially used, and frequently left behind as litter. It has already appeared at events in London, San Francisco, Boston, at conferences, festivals, and so on.
Ooho is catching many people’s attention and has raised over $1 million and gained 1,000 investors in only three days. It is quickly making a rise, so keep an eye out this year for these bottles of the future.
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B. present the problems of disposable plastic bottles C. introduce the application of disposable plastic bottles D .appeal to people to save water for our future generation
54. Compared to disposable plastic bottles, the advantage of Ooho lies in that______. A. it can be easily transported B. it is environmentally friendly
C. it has a favorable appearance D. it keeps water fresh for four to six weeks 55. What can we know about Ooho from the passage? A. It has to be shipped in wet trucks.
B. Its membrane is made from the skins of fruits.
C. It would be sold at a lower price than disposable plastic bottles. D. It has taken the place of disposable plastic bottles at conferences.
C
Procrastinators (拖延症患者)，take note: If you’ve tried building self-control and you’re still putting things off, maybe you need to try something different. One new approach: Check your mood.
Often, procrastinators attempt to avoid the anxiety or worry aroused by a tough task with
activities aimed at repairing their mood, such as checking Facebook or taking a nap. But the pattern, which researchers call “giving in to feel good,” makes procrastinators feel worse later, when they face the consequences of missing a deadline or making a last-minute effort, says Timothy Pychyl (rhymes with Mitchell), an associate professor of psychology at Carleton University.
Increasingly, psychologists and time-management consultants are focusing on a new strategy: helping procrastinators see how attempts at mood repair are destroying their efforts and learn to control their emotions in more productive ways.
The new approach is based on several studies in the past two years showing that negative emotions can damage attempts at self-control. It fills a gap among established time-management methods, which stress behavioral changes such as adopting a new organizing system or doing exercises to build willpower.
Researchers have come up with a playbook of strategies to help procrastinators turn mood repair to their advantage. Some are tried-and-true classics: Dr. Pychyl advises procrastinators to just get
started, and make the doorstep for getting started quite low. “Procrastinators are more likely to put the technique to use when they understand how mood repair works,” says Dr. Pychyl, author of a 2013 book，“Solving the Procrastination Puzzle.” He adds，“A real motive power comes from doing what we intend to do—the things that are important to us.”
He also advises procrastinators to practice “time travel”—projecting themselves into the future to imagine the good feelings they will have after finishing a task, or the bad ones they will have if they don’t. This cures procrastinators’ tendency to get so stuck in present anxieties and worries that they fail to think about the future.
Another mood-repair strategy, self-forgiveness, is aimed at dismissing the self-blame. University freshmen who forgave themselves for procrastinating on studying for the first exam in a course procrastinated less on the next exam, according to a recent study led by Michael Wohl, an associate professor of psychology at Carleton.
Thomas Flint learned about the technique by reading research on self-control, including studies by Dr. Sirois and Dr. Pychyl. He put it to use after his family moved recently to a new house. Instead of beating himself up for failing to unpack all the boxes gathered in his garage right away, Mr. Flint decided to forgive himself and start with a single step. Td say, \