湖南省株洲市2018届高三教学质量统一检测（一）
英语试题
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。
例如：How much is the shirt?
A. ￡ 19.15.
B. ￡9.18.
C. ￡9.15.
答案是C。
1. What’s the possible relationship between the speakers?
A. Mother and son.
B. Teacher and student.
C. Doctor and patient.
2. Why is the woman anxious?
A. She hasn’t finished her essay.
B. She hasn’t met her friends for a long time.
C. She hasn’t received any offers from universities.
3. Where are the speakers?
A. In an airport.
B. In a campus.
C. In a boo tore.
4. How will the woman go home?
A. By bus.
B. By car.
C. On foot.
5. What is the woman doing now?
A. Walking.
B. Having dinner.
C. Writing an article. 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。
请听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Why is the woman worried?
A. Her car doesn’t work.
B. She is late for school.
C. She is in a traffic jam.
7. Who will pick up the woman’s son?
A. Allen.
B. Jack.
C. Tommy.
请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Who is a biologist?
A. Jade.
B. Jenny,
C. Jerry.
9. What does the woman think of the book?
A. Amazing.
B. Confusing.
C. Boring.
请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What is the woman doing?
A. Reserving a room.
B. Booking a taxi.
C. Asking for flight information.
11. When will the woman be at the exit to Terminal 3?
A. At 10:00 pm.
B. At 10:15 pm.
C. At 10:30 pm.
12. What’s the woman’s phone number?
A. 07595 041 371.
B. 07596 081 137.
C. 07956 041 317.
请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where did the man know Tech-Help?
A. On a website.
B. On TV.
C. In a newspaper.
14. What does the man want to donate?
A. An iPad.
B. A TV set.
C. A tape recorder.
15. When do Tech-Help collect the old electronic equipment?
A. Every Wednesday.
B. Every Friday.
C. Every Sunday.
16. How many schools can get the computers from Tech-Help now?
A. 240.
B. 160.
C. 80.
请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What was the speaker during the gap year?
A. A reporter.
B. A photographer.
C. A teacher.
18. Where did the speaker meet Mr. He?
A. In Yunnan.
B. In Guizhou.
C. In Hunan.
19. Who cooks lunch for the kids?
A. Their teacher.
B. Their parents.
C. The kids themselves.
20. What does the speaker hope to do in the future?
A. Work with Mr. He.
B. Donate money to Guizhou.
C. Do follow-up interviews.
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。
A
Shakespeare’s Family Homes
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust has a long and famous tradition of welcoming visiting groups to the Shakespeare Houses, each place with its own fascinating story to tell.
Shakespeare’s Birthplace
Walk in Shakespeare5s footsteps and explore the house where he was born and grew up. Explore his father’s glove-making workshop and catch our local actors bringing Shakespeare’s works to life.
Mary Arden’s Farm
Meet the costumed locals as they go about their daily tasks of cooking, tending crops and feeding the rare animals. Explore the farmyard with its centuries-old barns (谷仓) and outbuildings, or see the house where Shakespeare’s mother grew up and visit Palmer’s Farm House, the home of Robert Palmer, a family friend and neighbour.
Hall’s Croft
Explore the luxurious home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her wealthy physician husband, Dr. John Hall: Flemish paintings and fine furniture. Relax in the beautiful gardens and breathe in the fragrant herbs as used by Dr. Hall in his treatments.
Shakespeare’s New Place
Walk in Shakespeare 9s footsteps and trace the footprint of his family home for 19 years of his life. Journey next into the Golden Garden, where planting and sculpture celebrate Shakespeare’s influence. Lose yourself in the New Place Exhibition and look into Shakespeare’s world. Learn about the past he played in the housed history, and in the town. Upstairs, dressing up, costume and animation make you completely involved in Shakespeare family life.
21. Where can you enjoy the performances of Shakespeare’s plays?
A. In Shakespeare’s Birthplace.
B. On Mary Arden’s Farm.
C. On Hairs Croft.
D. In Shakespeare’s New Place.
22. What is Hall’s Croft famous for?
A. The glove-making workshop.
B. The Golden Garden.
C. The beautiful gardens with herbs.
D. The centuries-old barns.
23. What can visitors do in Shakespeare’s Family Homes?
A. Visit Palmer’s Farm House on Hall’s Croft.
B. Explore the old farmyard in Shakespeare’s Birthplace.
C. Enjoy planting celebrating Shakespeare’s influence in Mary Arden’s Farm.
D. Experience Shakespeare family life in Shakespeare’s New Place.
B
I’m learning to drive in Switzerland. I think it will be a good idea to learn now because I have plenty of
free time and am earning a little money to pay for lessons. I never learnt when I lived in the UK, so luckily driving on the “wrong” side isn’t a problem.
However, there are a lot of rules to remember. When you see a road to your right and there are no white lines on the ground, the cars to your right have the right to go before your car and you have to stop for them. In practice, lots of people forget this and cars either wait for each other while both drivers try to remember what to do, or beep (鸣喇叭) at each other if both try to go at the same time!
When you drive round a roundabout, you should check all your mirrors. To remember how to do this, I often count them aloud—one, two, three—then a second glance at your blind spot when you’re in the roundabout. One friend came driving with me and after about an hour asked why on earth I was counting. He had passed his test so long ago, he couldn’t remember ever having to check three mirrors!
Driving still seems scary to me so I drive quite slowly. I also don’t know the countryside roads very well and don’t know wha t’s coming up round the comer or over the next hill. I drive slowly so I feel safe, but my driving instructor tells me to speed up or cars will bump into me from behind or try to overtake somewhere dangerous. So driving slowly is just as dangerous as driving fast!
I’m not a very practical person so learning to drive has been a challenge. I don5t have a lot of confidence and find it quite demotivating to do something that doesn’t come naturally to me. To make driving more fun and interesting, I learn in Swiss German, so my instructor gives me instructions in Swiss. This way I’ve tricked myself into enjoying driving and hope fully will pass the test!
24. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A. It isn5t a proper time for the author to take driving lessons now.
B. Driving on the “wrong side” doesn’t influence the author..
C. The author was too poor to pay for driving lessons in Switzerland.
D. It is easy for the author to get confused about the driving rules in Switzerland.
25. The author often counts “one, two, three” aloud when driving round a roundabout to ________.
A. remind himself to check the mirrors
B. speed up
C. overtake somewhere dangerous
D. make driving more interesting
26. What does the underlined word “demotivating” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Encouraging.
B. Amazing.
C. Exciting.
D.
Discouraging.
27. What is the text mainly about?
A. Driving speed.
B. Strict driving instructors.
C. Anecdotes of my driving experience.
D. Complicated driving rules in Switzerland.
C
For the kids who have just started to read, choosing the right books is essential and their parents should be there to help them.
A proper book classification system would be of great help in this regard, since most parents do not know which books suit their children’s reading levels the most. An effective classification system for children’s books would help overcome this problem.
Chinese bookstores, online or offline, still prefer to use age rather than reading ability to categorize what they sell. In fact, reading ability and interests vary from child to child even when they are at the same age. This early form of classification is accepted by most bookstores and publishers, yet many young readers get books that are nowhere near their targeted reading levels.
China has at least 200 million children under the age of 14, and their enthusiasm for reading has increased over the years. The publishers of children’s books should try to introduce a juvenile-centered classification system to help their readers choose books that are suitable for their reading abilities.
Some don’t trust the call for more effective book classification, mentioning the need for youngsters to read extensively and avoid restricting themselves to one or two categories. There is a strong case for resisting selective reading, but not book classification, which is designed to help young children develop good reading habits and hold onto them in the long run.
Studies have found that kids are less likely to be into reading if they have not developed such a habit before the age of 10. That said, it is in their best interests to adopt targeted reading during childhood, as this can greatly improve their comprehension abilities. So greater efforts should be put into designing a book classification system that meets the needs of young readers.
28. A proper book classification system should ________.
A. be on an age basis
B. limit readers to one or two categories
C. help readers get books suitable for their reading levels
D. benefit all the bookstores and publishers
29. What does the underlined word “them” in Pa ragraph 5 refer to?
A. Young children.
B. Publishers.
C. Reading levels.
D. Reading habits.
30. What do we know from Paragraph 5?
A. There is a strong case for resisting book classification.
B. Everyone doesn’t support a more effective book classifi cation.
C. Youngsters should be restricted to a few categories of books.
D. Youngsters don’t need to read extensively.
31. What’s the author’s attitude towards the current book classification system?
A. Dissatisfied.
B. Ambiguous.
C. Supportive.
D. Unconcerned.
D
It is a question people have been asking for ages. Is there a way to turn back the aging process?
For centuries, people have been looking for a “fountain of youth.” The idea is that if you find a magical fountain, and drink from its waters, you will not age. Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon searched for waters with magical powers in the early 1500s. But what he found instead is the American state of Florida.
Researchers in New York did not find an actual fountain of youth, but they may have found a way to turn back the aging process. It appears the answer may be hidden right between your eyes, in an area called the hypothalamus.
The hypothalamus is part of your brain. It controls important activities within the body. Cai Dongsheng, a professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, found that hypothalamus stem cells influence how fast aging takes place in the body as well. He also reported that when the hypothalamus starts aging, so does the body.
“So when hypothalamus function is in dec line, particularly the loss of hypothalamus stem cells, and this protection against the aging development is lost, it eventually leads to aging.”
Using this information, the researchers began trying to activate (激活) or energize the hypothalamus in
laboratory mice. They did this by injecting (注射) the animals with stem cells. Later, the researchers examined tissues and tested for changes in behavior. They looked for changes in the strength of the animals5 muscles. They also studied the social behavior and cognitive (认知) ability of the mice.
The researchers say the results show that the treatment slowed aging in the animals. Cai says injecting middle-aged mice with stem cells from younger mice helped the older animals live longer.
These findings could lead to new ways to help doctors identify and treat any number of health issues concerning aging problems. If the mice can live longer, does that mean people could have longer lives? This is the question Cai and his team are thinking about.
32. What did Juan Ponce de Leon find?
A. The American state of Florida.
B. Magical powers.
C. A Fountain of youth.
D. A way to stop the aging process.
33. What do we know about the hypothalamus?
A. It is located in the eyes.
B. It starts aging due to the increase of its stem cells.
C. It plays a key role in controlling the aging process.
D. It functions well when the body starts aging.
34. What did the researchers do during the experiment?
A. They strengthened the muscles of the mice.
B. They examined tissues and tested the behaviour of mice.
C. They injected the stem cells into the younger mice.
D. They changed the social behavior and cognitive ability of the mice.
35. What would the researchers probably do next?
A. Inject stem cells of mice into humans.
B. Research on the cognitive psychology.
C. Help the mice live longer.
D. See if anti-aging effects also work in human beings.
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。
Rise and shine! Morning time just became your new best friend. Love it or hate it, using the morning hours before work may be the key to a successful and healthy lifestyle. _36_In addition, the health benefits for those with a life before work go on and on. Let s explore 4 of the things successful people do before 8 am.
Exercise.
Most people that work out daily, work out in the morning. Exercising before work gives you an increase of energy for the day and a sense of accomplishment Even if you aren’t bright eyed and bushy tailed at the thought of a 5 am jog, try waking up 15 minutes early for a quick bedside set of pushups or stretching. _37_
Map Out Your Day.
Maximize your potential by mapping out your schedule for the day, as well as your goals and to dos. The morning is a good time for this as it is often one of the only quiet times a person gets throughout the day. The early hours foster easier reflection that helps when prioritizing (优先) your activities. _38_
Visualize your day.
_39_ The morning is the perfect time to spend some quiet time inside your mind planning or visualizing. Take a moment to visualize your day ahead of you, focusing on the successes you will have. Even just a minute of visualization and positive thinking can help improve your mood and outlook on your work load for the day.
_40_
We all have that one item on our to do list that we fear. It troubles you all day (or week) until you finally do it after much procrastination (拖延). Instead of anticipating the unpleasantness of it from first coffee through your lunch break, do that least desirable task on your list first. The morning is the time when you are generally more well rested and your energy level is up. Therefore, you are more well equipped to handle more difficult projects. Look at it this way, and your day will get progressively easier, not the other way around. By the time your work day is ending, you’re winding down with easier to dos and heading into your free time more relaxed. Success!
A. Connect socially,
B. Make Your Day Top Heavy.
C. It’ll help wake up your body, and prepare you for your day.
D. While scheduling, don’t forget about your physical health.
E. Morning people have been found to be more active and more productive.
F. They also allow for uninterrupted problem solving when trying to fit everything into your timetable.
G. These days we talk about our physical health endlessly, but sometimes our mental health gets overlooked.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I was traveling by train from Perth to Central one morning. Quietly sitting there reading, I found myself suddenly listening to the train guard’s _41_. As I looked up from my paper, I noticed other passengers, _42_ absorbed in their smart phones, also appeared to be listening. Why did they _43_ this message so much?
As best I can recall, the guard said something along the _44_, “Good Morning, everyone! This is the 7:35 a.m. train from Perth to Central and we are right on time. It is really a _45_ morning in Sydney today! The sun is shining, birds are _46_, and all’s right with the world. I trust you have a great day wherever you’re going. Thanks for _47_ my train and I hope to see you again soon. Have a great day.”
Everyone started smiling, even the _48_ talking to one another, all about the guard’s _49_ and how good it made everyone feel.
I was thinking about this and as I exited the train, I _50_ the Guard’s cabin to thank him, only to be told he had just finished his _51_ and was on his way home.
Then I _52_ down the stairs. At the bottom, I finally _53_ the young guard.
“Are you the guard on the 7:35 train from Perth?”
“Oh, oh, yes, yes.” replied the guard, a bit _54_ at first.
“Well, I just want to thank you for your message. It is so upbeat and pleasant. Thank you for giving us such a good _55_ to the day. Please _56__ doing it.”
When people are happy in their _57_, it shows in what they do and say, which will make a _58_ to
each other. Can you imagine the conversation that guard would have at table when he _59_ home, “Guess what happened to me today—a customer actually _60_ me!”
41. A. announcement B. explanation C. appreciation D. arrangement
42. A. confidently B. deliberately C. anxiously D. previously
43. A. object to B. pay attention to C. get across D. give out
44. A. rows B. texts C. lines D. passages
45. A. busy B. violent C. free D. lovely
46. A. falling B. singing C. trembling D. hiding
47. A. leaving B. decorating C. taking D. cleaning
48. A. friends B. cleaners C. acquaintances D. strangers
49. A. message B. instruction C. requirement D. warning
50. A. watched B. approached C. ignored D. escaped
51. A. shift B. speech C. advertisement D. vocation
52. A. went B. fell C. raced D. broke
53. A. missed B. caught C. mistook D. avoided
54. A. honored B. relaxed C. moved D. shocked
55. A. arrangement B. conclusion C. start D. excuse
56. A. keep B. remember C. imagine D. risk
57. A. lecture B. work C. challenge D. traveling
58. A. conversation B. promise C. difference D. compromise
59. A. got B. left C. missed D. drove
60. A. followed B. frightened C. embarrassed D. thanked
第二节（共10小题；每小题1_5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Located in a natu ral depression in Guizhou, China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope, _61_ (know) as FAST, has identified six pulsars (脉冲星) after one year of trial operation. It is the first time Chinese scientists have discovered pulsars using a radio telescope independently developed by Chinese scientists, thus _62_ (open) a “new era of Chinese original space
discovery.”
It is truly encouraging for China to have achieved such results in just one year. Since the first pulsar _63_ (discover), over 2,700 pulsars have been identified. But almost all of them are _64_ the scope of the Milky Way. Being the world’s largest radio telescope, FAST is expected to capture pulsars outside the galaxy. Apart from the massive size, it also has unmatched accuracy and sensitivity, allowing scientists _65_ (find) previously hidden stars. Moreover, FAST is capable of surveying the night sky for multiple _66_ (science) data at once, _67_ enables astronomers to jump-start many science goals. Its innovative engineering concept and design pave _68_ new road to realize a huge single dish in the most effective way.
China’s FAST science impact on astronomy will be extraordinary, and has the potential to revolutionize other _69_ (area) of the natural sciences. It _70_ (remain) the global leader for the next 10 to 20 years.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Chris,
I learn that some people laugh at me for being overweight. Don’t be so worried about your figure.
I know a group calling HOOP from the Internet, which is established to be the voice of the overweight persons. It made up of a group of friendly and supportive people, all understanding the struggle of being overweight. So you will not feel lonely when you exercise. There are a plenty of activities and trainer who don’t push you to do what you dislike. With th eir support and encourage it’s easy for you to leave your comfort zone and try something new.
I would high recommend HOOP to you. Whether it’s to complete a personal challenge and start a