2018年全国名校联盟普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语押题卷1
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30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1.5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. What does the man think of the suit?
A. Its color is too bright.
B. It doesn’t fit him.
C. It’s expensive.
2. Which month is it now?
A. April.
B. June.
C. August.
3. How will the man probably pay for the iPhone 8?
A. By credit card.
B. By cheque.
C. By Alipay.
4. What will the man do first?
A. See an opera.
B. Go shopping.
C. Eat something.
5. How did the woman get the tickets?
A. By buying them on her own,
B. By ordering them through Wechat.
C. By getting them from her relative.
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. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Husband and wife。
B. Sellers and homebuyers.
C. Salesperson and customer.
7. What time will the man see the dentist?
A. At 10:45.
B. At 11:15.
C. At 12:45.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. What can we know about the answering machine?
A. It is on sale now.
B. It sells well.
C. It sells at a discount.
9. What’s the price of the answering machine?
A. ￥ 1,280.
B. ￥ 1,120.
C. ￥ 1,200.
听第8段对话，回答第10至12题。
10. Which song does the woman like most?
A. Drunk in Love.
B. Take It Off.
C. Little Red Wagon.
11. When does the man usua lly listen to Miranda’s songs?
A. When taking a walk.
B. When dancing in the park.
C. When going downtown.
12. Where does the conversation take place?
A. In the park.
B. In the classroom.
C. At a CD shop.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and worker.
B. Waitress and customer.
C. Interviewer and interviewee.
14. How many years has the man been a waiter?
A. One.
B. Three.
C. Four.
15. Why did the man choose to leave?
A. Because of a low salary.
B. Because of his study plan,
C. Because of poor working conditions.
16. When will the man work there?
A. On Friday and Saturday.
B. On Thursday and Sunday.
C. On Saturday and Sunday.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What is the speaker mainly talking about?
A. Finding George.
B. Shopping information.
C. Going to Wal-Mart.
18. How long has the boy been lost?
A. For about 10 minutes.
B. For about 20 minutes.
C. For about 30 minutes.
19. What can we know about the missing boy?
A. He’s thin with dark hair.
B. He’s wearing a black baseball cap.
C. He’s wearing a white shirt and red shoes.
20. Where should the child go if he hears the broadcast?
A. The frozen food section.
B. The toy section.
C. The security desk.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
As one of the most
important literary honors in the
English-speaking world, The
Man Booker Prize for Fiction is
awarded each year for the best
original novel. On Oct. 25, 54-year-old Beatty, who lives in New York and teaches at Columbia University’s School of Arts, was named as the first American to win the prize, with The Sellout.
①
Music icon Bob Dylan won the
Nobel Prize in Literature this year.
But he will not attend the Nobel
ceremony in December. The Swedish Academy received a personal letter from Bob Dylan yesterday where he explained why he was absent. He said that he felt greatly honored by the Nobel prize. According to academy, he must carry out the only requirement —Bob Dylan’s Nobel lecture within six months starting from December 10, 2016. ③
The accident, took place
at a power plant in Fengcheng
of China’s Jiangxi province
where a cooling tower was
built. During the accident, 74 people were killed and 2 people were hurt when a platform broke down in China’s Jiangxi province. Jiangxi province’s fire services said 32 fire trucks and 212 soldiers had been deployed. The project will cost 7. 67bn yuan($ 1. 11bn;
0. 89 bn pounds）.
②
At 1 a. m. on Nov. 6, lots of
people started to form in front of a
building in Shanghai. Passersby
would think that the crowds were
gathering for the latest iPhone, however, they just wanted to buy a ticket for Ang Lee’s new film, Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. The last time people had shown this much interest in a movie was with Avatar in 2010. But it wasn’t the fact that Lee is an Oscar-winning director that drove people to wait overnight, rather that he’s a game changer. ④
21. Who won the Noble Prize in Literature of 2016?
A. Beatty.
B. Billy Lynn.
C. Bob Dylan.
D. Ang Lee.
22. A number of people waited in front of a building in Shanghai to .
A. buy a copy of The Sellout
B. watch the latest iPhones
C. help the workers m a power plant
D. get a ticket for Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
23. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. Beatty is a teacher from Columbia University’s School of Arts.
B. Lee is an Oscar-winning director who made the film — Avatar.
C. Bob Dylan will give a speech in half a year from December 10, 2016.
D. The workers were killed and hurt because of the collapse（倒塌）of the platform.
B
One of the pleasant aspects of my new life in Beijing has been rediscovering what it’s like to have a lunch break. One and a half hours to do whatever I want. That’s enough time to meet friends and have an actual sit down lunch. At my old job in Australia, the most common sit down lunches I had were at my desk. Here, you can go for a walk or go to the gym, or be productive and get some chores done. Some of my colleagues even take a nap. I’ve never had such a good work life balance.
CCTV reported a recent case of a 24-year-old engineer believed to have died from overwork. While the overtime problem was news to me, it didn’t take much digging to see pressure on workers to remain at their desks way past their 8 hours is up. Even those that clock off on time are only a phone call or an email away thanks to the Internet and mobile phones.
It is estimated that 600,000 C hinese die from working too hard each year. Although it’s hard to pin down exactly what fatal conditions count towards that, it’s an alarming figure. Overtime in short bursts is not a bad thing. It gives companies the flexibility to cope with particularly busy times or short term issues. The problem is when the increased workload becomes the norm.
So what can be done about it? We can convince someone to go home when they are desperate to impress their superiors, or fear being regarded as a slacker if they don’t work round the clock, depend more on their colleagues than the boss. No one wants to be the first out the door, but if everyone in a division or team jointly decides not. to stay back all hours, no one can be singled out. Excessive overtime is broader than just a workplace culture. Adjusting that mindset to allow for a better work life balance will be much harder than changing workers’ diets.
24. How is Paragraph I mainly developed?
A. By analyzing causes.
B. By showing differences.
C. By describing a process.
D. By following time order.
25. Which best describes the writer’s tone as for overwork?
A. Doubtful.
B. Negative.
C. Supportive.
D. Objective.
26. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The writer is satisfied with her life in Beijing.
B. 60,000 Chinese people die from overwork every year.
C. Everyone wants to be the first out the door of the company.
D. It’s unnecessary to have a workplace culture in a way.
27. Which of the following can match with the underlined sentence?
A. Easier said than done.
B. Every coin has two sides.
C. Actions speak louder than words.
D. Easy come, easy go.
C
Most college students in China have to take part in CET-4 and CET-6 tests. But in the near future, the tests will become history since the Ministry of Education is now drafting a unified national English testing and rating system and is preparing the corresponding exams.
The draft of the rating system will be officially released next year, and the national tests will be carried out st ep by step before 2020. The conference also introduced the new system’s grading level, which will range from a low to a high, with nine grades in total. Each grade has its own requirements for language skills, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, translating and interpreting. This new system together with the exam will provide Chinese students with a much more clear vision throughout their process of learning English, as it provides a consistent standard for all English learners from primary school to university.
Currently in China, there are numerous national English tests, including CET, TEM (Test for English Majors), PETS (Public English Test System), and NETEM (National Entrance Test of English for MA/MS Candidates). However, without a consistent and orderly standard, students sometimes have to take several different tests in order to meet various needs, whether for academic performance at school, a higher education application or for job hunting or promotion. The system also means more opportunities for non-English major students.
Su Hengyao, 25, a graduate student majoring in law at Beijing Normal University, has passed the CET-6 and wants to take the TEM-8, but because of her non-English major, she hasn’t had the opportunity. But I think after this national rating system is implemented, I could take the test of a certain level and tell others that my English language ability is at a specific level. According to the conference, for those who already have CET certificates or are now preparing f or next month’s CET-4 and CET-6, there’s no need to worry about the effectiveness of the tests’ results. The certificates gained before the unified rating system will still be acknowledged by the country for a long time.
28. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “numerous” in Paragraph 3?
A. Popular.
B. Strange.
C. Strict.
D. Plentiful.
29. What can we know from the passage?
A. The Chinese college students needn’t take part in English tests in future.
B. Most non-English major students can attend English major tests now.
C. Students have to take various tests because of various needs.
D. Whether the effectiveness of the current tests’ results makes students worried.
30. Why did Su Hengyao not attend the TEM-8?
A. Because she has passed the CET-6.
B. Because she hasn’t graduated from the college.
C. Because she isn’t old enough to attend the TEM-8.
D. Because she isn’t a student of English major.
31. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Most college students are facing kinds of English tests.
B. How many national English tests are there in China?
C. China will carry out a new national English testing and rating system.
D. The history of English tests develops in China.
D
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has developed an unprecedented VR payment technology, which allows users to pay for goods and services with a simple gesture.
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial showed the cutting-edge technology during the 2016 Computing Conference held in Hangzhou on Oct. 13. By using VR equipments, a simple gesture such as a nod or even a stare allows Alipay users to pay for goods and services. The technology will be put into commercial use in the future.
According to the report, users can check the details of online goods by VR glasses, and confirm purchases by nodding or staring at the goods on screen. Traditionally, VR technologies have only been used to show case items, meaning that users have to remove the VR equipments to complete the order manually. With the help of the new technology, however, users can keep their gears in place while shopping online, upgrading the whole shopping experience.
Apart from VR payment technology, facial recognition will also be used on Alipay soon. Alipay has developed the world’s first facial eyeprint recognition technology, with an accuracy of 99.5 percent. By using this technology, users won’t be able to use any mobile applications or codes when finishing a purchase.