2018届贵州省贵阳市高三上学期期末考试英语试题(word)

2018届高三英语iread试卷08II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Surviving in the WildernessMany people enjoy traveling through wild and deserted landscapes, but few expected to end up in a genuine survival situation. The unexpected occasionally(21) ______(happen), however, so you should be prepared. Imagine finding______(22) in the middle of a wilderness with a broken-down jeep and hardly any food and water. What should your priorities be? Should you stay with your vehicle and hope(23) _______(rescue)? Or should you search for civilization and risk getting even more lost? Should you spend time searching for water or food first? Or should you postpone worrying about food and water (24)_______ you have managed to find or build a shelter?If you are not sure, keep reading------this article could save your life!Priority 1 ShelterDo you put off(25)_______(make) a shelter------it should be your first priority.Try enlarging an existing, natural shelter, such as a hole in the ground below a(an)(26) ________(fall) tree. If you happen to be near a rocky coast, build a shelter and cover it with wood from the beach. If you are on the move, stop to build your shelter while it is still light.Priority 2 WaterIf you fail to find water, you will only survive for about three days( whereas you can survive for weeks without food). If there is no rain, try walking through vegetation early in the morning to collect moisture in clothing. Avoid drinking water (27)________ looks or smells bad.Priority 3 FireFire has many uses. It makes food more appetizing. If you can’t face eating raw worms, boil them in water to make a nourishing soup! Fire protects(28)______ dangerous animals, since many will not dare to approach it. And you can also use it for signaling to rescuers------(29)________they give up looking for you.Priority 4 FoodIt is quite easy to get food in the wild, if you know where to look. Many survival books suggest eating a small amount of unknown plants to test (30)_______ they are poisonous. However, we do not recommend to do this, since some plants are so poisonous that even a very small amount can cause serious health problems.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Reading as part of writingOne of the techniques of writing successfully in an academic environment is to be able to combine the important points of what you have read with your own writing. To do this, you must have a clear picture of what you have read, and this in itself will ___31___ active and focused reading. With academic reading, it is necessary to focus constantly on what the author is saying. Yet many academic texts are__32__ written in unfamiliar ways, which make them much more difficult to manage than, for example, a novel or a magazine article.Although sometimes there may be reasons why you need to skim-read an article or book, this is likely to be only to get the general idea of what is being said, as a way of deciding whether it is __33__ reading material or not. In general, skim-reading is not a particularly useful strategy for a student, but you may well be used to doing this in other contexts, for example, skimming through a newspaper article or surfing the web. Instead of skim-reading, you will be developing ways of concentrating on quite dense texts and making __34__ of them.Even though you may only be reading for short__35__ of time, it is likely that you will have to concentrate far more intensely on academic reading material than, for example, when reading for pleasure. You don’t necessarily have to work in the library, but you will need to decide what type of location and atmosphere suits you best, and establish conditions that are __36__ to effective study.The __37__ difficulty that most students face is choosing their reading. The first thing to do is to __38__ the reading list you have been given for books and articles that seem relevant to your particular assignment. Doing a library search, by key words or subject, is also useful if the __39__ on your reading list are already on loan from the library. Your tutor should also be able to advise you as to which are the most relevant__40__ or websites.III. ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections:ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA, B, C and D. Fill ineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.Even before the dust had settled on the wreckage of our financial institutions, the accusations were flying. Who was really to __41__? Was it the greedy investment bankers who were only too happy to take huge risks with loans and credit as long as they were gaining enormous profits? Was it the lenders, who were __42__ to lend money to people far beyond their creditworthiness? Were the politicians and regulators at fault for allowing debt to build up unchecked? Or were the homebuyers responsible for taking out loans they could never expect to __43__? And let’s not forget the __44__, who were happy to take the returns on offer without asking why the interest rates were so high.Of course, the truth is that all of the above __45__ the collapse and, unless we stop pointingthe finger at each other and focus on the serious business of recognizing our __46__ responsibility for our difficulty, we will find ourselves repeating the same mistakes.Let’s face it, we are not good at learning lessons from pa st __47__. The Great Depression of the 1930s was, like the current crisis, preceded by a housing boom, a long period of cheap credit and a stock market crash. There are also disturbing __48__ between recent developments and the events in Japan in the 1990s.But already there are worrying signs of our being __49__. Investment banks are falling back into old habits, hiring high-fliers on unbelievably high salaries and bonus in the name of ‘We need good people’. Meanwhile, governments are hesitating in their c ommitment to __50__ the tough financial regulations that they were banging their fists about only months ago. It is as though we can only __51__ for so long. Then we shrug our shoulders and head unwittingly in the direction of the next __52__.The __53__ is not to express our anger to each other. __54__, we all need to pause—bankers, borrowers, lenders, savers, legislators and regulators—and acknowledge our failure. Then we must have the courage to take the necessary steps, whether political, corporate or __55__, to prevent yet another cycle of boom and bust.41. A. blame B. expect C. remain D. represent42. A. gifted B. reluctant C. prepared D. humble43. A. repay B. obtain C. arrange D. secure44. A. regulators B. borrowers C. savers D. lawyers45. A. depended on B. contributed to C. resulted from D. set up46. A. temporary B. lifelong C. individual D. collective47. A. discoveries B. errors C. reforms D. markets48. A. barriers B. differences C. balances D. parallels49. A. powerless B. forgetful C. regretful D. careless50. A. impose B. cancel C. neglect D. explain51. A. go ahead B. put off C. look backwards D. make up52. A. crisis B. boom C. century D. promise53. A. process B. reason C. solution D. apology54. A. Besides B. Meanwhile C. Otherwise D. Instead55. A. professional B. personal C. formal D. educational Section BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read.(A)Over six decades the pianist Alfred Brendel gradually built up and maintained a dominant position in the world of classical music. He was an intellectual figure who explored and recorded the main stream European works for the piano. He wrote and played a great deal, but taught very little.And then, four or five years ago, a young boy Kit Armstrong, appeared backstage at one of Brendel’s concerts and asked for lessons. Initially,Brendel didn’t take the suggestionvery seriously. He had had very few pupils and he saw no reason to start now. He quotes from another famous pianist: ‘You don’t employ a mountain guide to teach a child how to walk.’B ut there was something that struck him about the young boy—then about 14. He listened to him play. Brendel explained, ‘He played remarkably well and by heart. Then he brought me a CD of a little recital he had given where he played so beautifully that I thought to myself, “I have to make time for him.”I t was a performance that really led you from the first to last note.’As Brendel is bowing of the public eye, Kit is making his way into it—restrained by Brendel, ever nervous about the young man burning out early. Kit, now 19, is a restless, impatient presence away from the lessons—always learning new languages; taking himself off to study maths, writing computer code or playing tennis. On top of all this he composes. ‘This was very important,’Brendel says, ‘If you want to learn to read music properly it is helped by the fact that you try to write something yourself. Then I noticed that Kit had a phenomenal memory and that was a phenomenal sight reader. But more than this is his ability to listen to his own playing, his sensitivity to sound and his ability to listen to me when I try to explain something. He not only usually understands what I mean, but he can do it. And when I tell him one thing in a piece, he will do it everywhere in the piece where it comes in later.’Brendel catches himself and looks at me severely. ‘Now Idon’t want to raise any expectations. I’m very angry if some newspapers try to do this. There was one article which named him as the future great pianist of the 21st century. I mean, really, it’s the worst thing. One doesn’t say that in a newspaper. And it has done a great harm. As usual, with gifted young players, he can play certain things amazingly well,while others need more time and experience. It would be harmful if a critic was there expecting the greatest perfection.56. What can be leaned about Brendel from the first paragraph?A. He seldom took on pupils.B. He owed his success to his intelligence.C. He preferred playing the piano to composing.D. He became dominant in classical music sixty years ago.57. Brendel uses the quotation about the mountain guide to illustrate that ____.A. it is not always easy to teach people the basicsB. it is unnecessary for an expert to teach people the basicsC. it is not wise to try to teach people new skills before they are readyD. it is impossible for people to learn something new without others’ help58. Which of Kit’s musical abilities does Brendel admire the most?A. Kit is able to write music himself.B. Kit is able to understand and respond to advice well.C. Kit is able to remember all the music he has ever played.D. Kit is able to play a piece of music the first time he sees it.59. Brendel catches himself (in Paragraph 4 )because _____.A. he realizes he has said too much to a journalistB. he does n’t enjoy giving interviews to journalistsC. he hates the way that he has often been misquotedD. he wants to be careful he doesn’t upset any music critics(B)Three strikes and you’re out!FAQ●Where does the term ‘three strikes law’ come from?They named the law after the three strikes rule in baseball where the person batting is allowed two strikes (he can miss two balls), but on the third strike he is out. The three strikes law is based on the same principle—three convictions and you’re taken out of society.●______?Twenty-six states in the USA have the three strikes law, but each state has its own interpretation of what it means. Some states say the three convictions must all involve violent crimes for the three strikes to apply. However, California is different from most other states—they insist on giving life sentences for any third conviction.●Does the three strikes law work as deterrent?Some studies found that nationally there has been very little difference in the number of re-offenders since the laws were first used in the early 90s. Other studies suggest that it does stop criminals from re-offending. The number of murders in Los Angeles, California, fell from 1,000 in 1992 to297 in 2010. But these figures do not convince everyone of the law’s effectiveness.60. Which of the following is most likely to be sentenced to life according to the three strikes law?A. One who robbed a pizza shop for the first time.B. One who stole three video tapes from a supermarket.C. One who committed robbery after a theft and a robbery charge.D.One who took the written test of a driving test for his cousin again.61. Which of the following questions best fits the blank in the passage?A. Why is this law enforced in the USA?B. Is this law interrupted in the same way?C. What kind of crimes are involved in the law?D. In which state has this law been the least effective?62. T he word “” most probably means something ___.A. to prevent people from doing something wrongB. to convince people of the law’s effectivenessC. to encourage people to stop violent crimesD. to make people afraid of being punished(C)New technologies are rattling the economy on all fronts. While thepredictions are specific and dire, bigger changes are surely coming. Clearly, we need to adjust for the change ahead. But we may be preparing in the wrong way.Both history and psychology tell us that our capacity to predict the future is limited, while our capacity to believe in such predictions is unlimited. We have always been surprised.Rather than planning for the specific changes we imagine, it is better to prepare for the unimagined—for change itself.Take education. Were we to plan for specific changes, we would start to teach skills we thought would be rewarded in the future. For example, computer programming might become even more important in high schools than it already is. Maybe that will prove to be wise and we will have a more productive work force.But perhaps technology evolves quickly enough that in a few decades we talk to rather than program, computers. In that case, millions of people would have invested in a skill as old-fashioned as penmanship.Instead, rather than changing what we teach, we could change when we teach.Currently, all the formal education most people will receive comes early in life. Specific skills may be learned on the job, but the fundamentals are acquired in school when we are young. This order—learn early, benefit for a lifetime—makes sense only in a world where the useful skills stay constant.But in a rapidly changing world, the fundamentals that were useful decades ago may be useless now; more important, new essential skills may have arisen. Anyone helping a grandparent learnhow to use a computer has experiences this problem.Once we recognize that human capital, like technology, needs refreshing, we have to restructure our institutions so people acquire education later in life. We don’t merely need trainingprograms for particular populations or circumstances, expensive and short executive-education and training people receive routinely at age 13.The safest prediction is that reality will outstrip our imaginations. So let us craft our education not just for what we expect but for what will surely surprise us.63. By “our capacity to predict the future is limited, while our capacity to believe in such predictions is unlimited”(in paragraph 2), the writer implies that _____.A. predictions are coming true thanks to technologyB. we need to develop our ability to predict to the fullC. it is unwise to put so much of our trust in predictionsD. predicting in unlimited ways helps us get used to changes64.The example of programming is used in the passage to ____.A. show how fast computer science is advancingB. illustrate what is taught now may soon be out of dateC. emphasize the importance of productive work forceD. argue for the necessity to teach students new technology65. What suggestion does the writer make about education?A. Fundamentals should be taught as early as possible.B. Students should be taught those constantly useful skills.C. Trainings should be classified according to circumstances.D. Schools should make it possible for us to get educated later.66. It can be concluded from the passage that ___.A. the miraculous reality is what we need to draw inspiration fromB. technological advances have expanded our scope of imaginationC. the best way to prepare for the future may be to prepare for changeD. education is inevitably surprising us for what it does to human capitalSection CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.My Brand Is MeAraronBondaroff is 29. A-Ron, as he is also known, has a very high opinion of his own importance in the youth culture of Lower Manhattan in New York. As far as he is concerned, you can presume that every cool person south of Delancey Street will like what he likes. No need to ask them what they want. Ask him. A-Ron has been asking himself a question lately:”_____67_______”Bondaroff dropped out of high school at age 15. He got a job in Lower Manhattan at a store selling items with the “Supreme” name on them. Theoretically a skateboard, Supreme was really a brand about attitude. In his store, clerks would insult you to your face if you weren’t cool e nough. A-Ron was not only cool enough, he was photographed for Supreme ads and became its “unofficial face.”______68_______ A group in Australia paid for him to come there to discuss new trends. His elaborate birthday party was sponsored by Nike. He was figuring out that he had the option of becoming a “culture expert.” He concluded that there was no reason to rent his coolness to other companies. If they could earn money from his great taste, he figured, he could earn even more.Young people have always found fresh ways to rebel, express individuality, or form subculture communities: new art, new music, new literature, new films, new forms of leisure, or even whole new media forms. ______69______ He calls it “aNYthing”, making it sound like some very hip independent film company or a punk band. In fact, a NYthing is just a brand. A-Ron puts the label on T-shirts, hats, and other items, which he sells in his own store, among other places.A-Ron has branded himself, but it is not a brand with a large range. How does your brand get bigger when it is, essentially, just you? _____70______ His blog announces the latest parties and offers pictures of the cool people dropping by his store. He has been thinking about whether he can open a store in Japan. He seems to think he can be to the world what he believes he is to Lower Manhattan.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it it illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.Public opinion counts…Modbury is a typical small town of the south of England with a population of about 1,600. Typical, that is , apart from the fact that there are no plastic carrier bags in the town. None, Plastic bags have been well and truly dumped!The removal of the plastic bags was the brainchild of Rebecca Hosking, Modbury resident and documentary-maker. Filming a documentary in the Pacific Ocean, Rebecca was horrified at the effects of plastic bags on the wildlife off Hawaii. Among other things, she saw seabirds fatally trapped in plastic bags that don’t biodegrade. When Rebecca returned to her home town, she discussed this problem with people, including the shopkeepers, and everyone supported her suggestion to make the town plastic bag free.But for Rebecca’s concept, Modbury would still be an unremarkable little place. Now, however, shoppers take re-useable cotton bags shopping with them, or they buy biodegradable cornstarch ones in the shops. The shopkeepers now wrap their goods in paper. To prove that he townsfolk are not only committed to reducing plastic waste, they organized a mass beach clean-up last year. Dozens of volunteers came to the beach on the appointed day to clean it up, taking the rubbish that visitors throw away and recycling it. And the greatest part of that rubbish was… no, not plastic bags, but plastic bottles.Becoming the first town in Europe to ban plastic bags, Modbury is now harvesting the rewards of fame—reporters and camera crews from newspapers and TV channels across the world are coming to the mild town to find out its secret. And, country to some of the initial reports, it is a normal town, trying to live life in a slightly different way. As one resident put it:” We’re ordinary people, but we want to make just a little difference.”V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 72．会有人反对吃水果蔬菜吗？（argue）73. 说谢谢时，请务必真心诚意。

2017—2018学年上期期末考试九年级英语试题卷注意：本试卷分试题卷和答题卡两部分．考试试卷100分钟，满分120分。

考生应首先阅读试题卷及答题卡上的相关信息，然后在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上作答无效。

交卷时只交答题卡。

一、听力理解（20小题，每小题1分，共20分）第一节听下面五段对话。

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，井在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

每段对话读两遍。

1. What is the man?A. A servant.B. A waiter.C. A director.2. What happened to Mary?A. She missed the train.B. She took the wrong seat.C. She lost her wallet.3. How is the school now?A. It’s not as good as it was.B. It’s better than it used to be.C. It’s wo rse than people say.4. When will the movie start?A. At 10 o’clock.B. At 10:30.C. At 10:50.5. What did the woman advise the man to do?A. Go to see a doctor at once.B. Give up solving the problem.C. Be patient with the problem.第二节听下面几段对话或独白。

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答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。

6. Who sent the scarf to Tina?A. Her mother.B. Her boyfriend.C. Her brother.7. Where does Tina come from?A. Sydney.B. London.C. New York.8. Who are the two speakers?A. Relatives.B. Neighbors.C. Classmates.听下面一段独白，回答第9至第10两个小题。

2018年贵州省贵阳市中考英语试卷一、单项选择（本大题共15分，每小题1分）根据语境或句意，选择可填入句子的最佳选项，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑．1. Karl Marx， a great thinker and politician， was born in Germany ________ ago．（）A the two hundredth yearB two hundred﹣yearC two hundred years2. The doctor advised Paul strongly that he should stop smoking， but ________ didn't help．（）A itB heC one3. ______ story of Chang'e is regarded as a touching traditional folk story about the Mid-Autumn Festival.A AB AnC The4. " ________ fast Guizhou Province is developing!""Yes． It hosts the Big Data Expo every year．"（）A WhatB HowC What a5. "Meatout Day" is ________ March 20th． Many people in the world don't eat any meat that day．（）A atB inC on6. "Excuse me， could you tell me where I can buy a guidebook？""Sorry， I'm new here． You ________ ask the policeman over there．"（）A shallB canC must7. I'm going to choose some online courses with a friend of ________ to improve our English．（）A meB myC mine8. The doctor looks tired and sleepy ________ he stayed up late to look after his patients yesterday．（）A becauseB ifC unless9. "Do you know ________ the school library closes， Susan？""Ten o'clock at night．"（）A whenB whyC who10. "Tom， would you please take out the rubbish？""Just a minute， mom， I ________ a phone call．"（）A makeB makesC am making11. Chinese parents always try their best ________ a good education environment for their kids．（）A provideB to provideC providing12. Reading books ________ a bridge between our lives and the unknown world．（）A builtB buildC builds13. Amy is a creative lady ________ set up a website to sell handbags made of old jeans．（）A whoB whichC where14. China has a history of over 5，000 years． It is one of the ________ countries in the world．（）A biggestB richestC oldest15. You'd better ___ more time talking with your parents so that they can understand youbetter ．（ ）A spendB takeC cost二、情景交际（本大题共10分，每小题5分）A. 从II选项中找出I 各句的最佳应答，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑．16.B. 补全对话 根据对话内容，选择方框内最佳选项完成对话，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑．17. A ： Hi ， Jane ． Could I ask you a few questions ？B ： Certainly ．A ： We all know that you're working for an organization that protects the environment ．（1）_______B ： Well ， my main job is to help spread the message about protecting theenvironment ． For example ， the three R's﹣reduce ， reuse and recycle ．（2）_______ A ： So what can we do at home to protect the environment ？B ： （3）_______For example ， we should use both sides of paper and reuse plastic bags ． A ： What can students do at school ？B ： （4）_______So we encourage students to collect waste paper and soft drink cans ． Then we sort them so that they can be recycled ．A ： （5）_______Thank you!B ： It's a pleasure ．三、完形填空（本大题共15分，每小题8分）通读全文，理解大意，从各题所给选项中选择可填入短文的最佳选项，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑．18. When people say "culture", we think of art and history ． But one very famous symbol in （1）_______culture is a cartoon ． We all know and love the black mouse with two large round ears ﹣Mickey Mouse ． Over 80 years ago, he first （2）_______in the cartoonSteamboat Willie ． When this cartoon came out in New York in November, 1928, it was thefirst cartoon with sound and music． The（3）_______ behind Mickey was Walt Disney． He became very rich and successful． In the 1930s, he（4）_______87 cartoons with Mickey．Some people might ask how this cartoon animal became so（5）_______． One of the main reasons is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger． In his early films, Mickey was （6）_______and had many problems such as losing his house or girlfriend, Minnie． However, he was always ready to try his best． People went to the （7）_______to see the "little man" win． Most of them wanted to be like Mickey．In November, 1978, Mickey became the first cartoon character to have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame． Today's cartoons are usually not so simple as little Mickey Mouse, （8）_______ everyone still knows and loves him． Who has a pair of ears more famous than Mickey's?（1）A CanadianB AmericanC Japanese（2）A marriedB smiledC appeared（3）A manB actorC animal（4）A madeB watchedC invented（5）A smartB kindC popular（6）A unluckyB dishonestC impolite（7）A cinemaB libraryC museum（8）A andB butC or19. That was many years ago, yet it is still fresh in my childhood memory． At a very young age, they taught me the power of words．When I was in the second grade, my teacher had a（n）（1）_______with my mom． I wasn't allowed to be with my mom that moment so I waited outside． As my teacherleft, my mother （2）_______ me and I felt immediately that everything was not okay． "You're failing． She said that you're the only one failing in her （3）_______． And she's pretty sure that you're not going to make it to the top section, I'm sorry．" Mom saidas she held back her tears． Those （4）_______ ruined（毁灭） every piece of my childhood． When I reached the sixth grade, failing grades and reports from teachers made me feel likeI was（5）_______． No one believed in me． Not even myself．I moved to another school by the seventh grade where I met my new teacher, Miss Diana． We had a talk on the first day we met．"I was planning a group activity and I'm wondering if you could be a group（6）_______．" she said, cheerfully．I hesitated at first． But then, she did everything just to convince（说服） me and it worked． I（7）_______ led the group． From that moment, I learned to smile again． I believe in myself again． And that is when I understood the power of words．（1）A interviewB journeyC conversation（2）A looked atB cared aboutC believed in（3）A clubB classC family（4）A wordsB teachersC exams（5）A everythingB somethingC nothing（6）A memberB partnerC leader（7）A secretlyB successfullyC carelessly四、阅读理解（本大题共30分，每小题10分）A. 阅读下列材料，根据其内容选择最佳答案，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑．20. There are about 10 million different kinds of animal on earth and they come in all shapes and sizes． The book named Variety in the Animal Kingdom simply introduces the huge variety of the animal kingdom． It features some of the most unusual animals in the world and includes key data on each species（物种） and their habits in the wild．Some of the strangest animals in the world live in Australia and New Zealand． There is the kakapo parrot． It is a bird but it cannot fly． It is a ________animal． It sleeps in the day and eats at night． There are only 131 kakapo parrots in the world．The kiwi is another bird that cannot fly． Some birds are very beautiful, but the kiwi is not． It is one of the ugliest birds in the world． But the kiwi is the most romantic bird in the world． Male and female kiwis live together for 30 years．Australia has many strange animals． The most surprising Australian animal is theplatypus． It has the face and feet of a bird, the body of a rat and the tail of a beaver（河狸）． It is a mammal（哺乳动物） but it lays eggs．The smallest mammal in the world lives in Asia． It is the bumblebee bat． It lives in Thailand． It is only 2.5 cm long and it weighs 3 g． There are only 2, 000 bumblebee batsleft in Thailand because people burn the forest where they live．（1）The book named Variety in the Animal Kingdom mainly talks about________．A special animals in the worldB birds in New ZealandC animals in Australia．（2）The underlined word "nocturnal" in Paragraph 2 means "________" in Chinese．A 嗜睡的B 夜行的C 贪吃的．（3）________ kinds of birds that cannot fly are mentioned in the passage．A TwoB ThreeC Four．（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？________A A platypus has the body of a beaver．B A kiwi is romantic though it isugly． C The number of kakapo parrot is larger than that of bumblebee bat．．（5）We can most probably read the passage from________．A a history bookB a medical reportC a science magazine．21. One day a teacher entered the classroom and gave the students a surprise test． He gave out the paper and asked his students to turn the page and begin． To everyone's surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page．The teacher saw the expression on everyone's face and said, "I want you to write what you see there．" The confused students got started on the hard task． At the end of theclass, the teacher took all the answer papers and started reading each one of ________． All of them described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper．After all had been read, the classroom was quiet． The teacher began to explain, "I am not going to grade you according to this． I just wanted to give you something to think about． No one wrote about the white part of the paper． Everyone focused on the black dot． The same happens in our lives． We have a white paper to enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots． Our life is a gift filled with love and care． We always have reasons to celebrate﹣friends that help us or jobs that support our lives．""However, we keep focusing only on the dark spots, the health problems, the lack of money or the bad relationship with a family member． The dark spots are really annoying, but they are very small． Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life． Enjoy each moment that life gives you． Be happy and live a positive life!"（1）This test was surprising because________ on the test paper．A there were too many questionsB there was nothingC there was just a black dot．（2）What can we infer from the passage？________A None of the students passed the surprise test．B None of the students understoodthe purpose of the test completely． C The teacher gave some students very high marks in the surprise test．．（3）The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refers to________．A StudentsB students' answer papersC students' hard tasks．（4）According to the passage， we know the teacher is a________ person．A wiseB humorousC strict．（5）What is the best title of the passage？________A Life Is a GiftB Dark Spots in LifeC Focus on the Positives．B. 阅读短文，根据短文内容，从方框中选择五个选项分别填入空白处，使其文理通顺，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑．22. The Internet is shaping our lives． We already have online shopping services and mobile payment． However， this is just a start． The world's leading tech companies are planning to build smarter online communities．（1）_______ It was held in Wuzhen， Zhejiang last year． The development of artificial intelligence（AI，人工智能） was a hot topic at the conference． If a machine can learn and solve problems as humans do， it can be called AI．The company Alibaba uses AI technology in its unmanned supermarket in Wuzhen． Thereis no salesperson in the supermarket， just a tablet on a desk that says "please smile"．（2）_______The bigger you smile， the more discounts（折扣） you get． Payment is done automatically through your Alipay account． When you first enter the supermarket， the supermarket's AI recognizes your face and your account．There is also AI that can read lips．（3）_______ It recognizes your mouth's movements and turns them into voice or text messages． This could be very useful when you are trying totalk to someone on your phone in a noisy place． Police could also use the technology tohelp them find criminal suspects by lip﹣reading recordings from video cameras．（4）_______Microsoft's chatbot XiaoIce can not only provide useful information， but also chat with people like a real friend． XiaoIce has a WeChat account． After following the account， users can start talking with her．（5）_______ She keeps improving herself by talking with users．These technologies are being put into wider use． We may see a smarter world and better lives in the near future．A． She knows when to comfort you or tell jokes．B． They discussed this at the World Internet Conference．C． AI technology will take jobs away from humans one day．D． Sougou brought its lip﹣reading system to the conference．E． If you smile， it will give you a special discount for your goods．F． Another type of AI focuses on understanding human emotions．六、基础知识与运用（本大题共10分，每小题1分）A.根据语境或句意，用所给词的适当形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上指定的位置．23. To achieve our dreams， we must take every life choice________ （serious）．24. If more people give up________ （drive） cars， the air will get much cleaner．25. Nostalgia was________ （write） by the famous Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong．26. Mark is very________ （help）． He often fixes up people's broken bikes for free．27. The true________ （mean） of Christmas is sharing and giving love to people around us．28. 根据语境或句意，从方框中选择恰当的短语完成下列各句．（1）We shouldn't________ what we have to do today till tomorrow．（2）Tea， the most popular drink in the world， was invented________．（3）Nowadays， plenty of women around the world are doing great things and________．（4）The earthquake happened________， but luckily no one was injured in the village．（5）________ the government， many poor families in the countryside are leading a better life．七、任务型阅读（本大题共20分，每小题10分）A.阅读短文，捕捉信息，根据短文内容完成文后的句子，并将答案填写在答题卡上指定的位置．29. Drug（毒品） use in Britain has increased by 30% in the last five years． Use of hard drugs， for example， cocaine（可卡因） and crack cocaine， is increasing as a result of these drugs becoming cheaper and easier to buy．Young people in Britain are more likely than other Europeans to take illegal（非法的）drugs． UK teenagers are taking up to five times more illegal drugs， for example， ecstasy tablets（摇头丸） and cannabis（大麻制品）， than in other European countries． The most common drug for UK teenagers is cannabis． Over 35% of 15 to 16﹣year﹣olds say they have tried it． Harder drugs such as crack cocaine are less common． As many as one in twelve 12﹣year﹣olds have taken drugs．British law puts drugs into three groups， from the most dangerous Class A drugs to the least addictive（使人上瘾的） Class C drugs：● Class A： hard drugs， for example， crack cocaine；● Class B： for example， ecstasy tablets；● Class C： "soft" drugs， for example， cannabis， which are also addictive and dangerous．In the UK there are possibly 500，000 Class A drug users． As a result， the UK spends ￡390 million a year on treatment centers to fight drug use． Treatment centers spend more than ￡3，000 to help every drug user． But only 3，800 drug users a year successfully go through the drug treatment．Teenagers gave the following reasons in order of importance：● to copy their friends and to look cool；● so as to have a good time and to feel good；● in order to see what it is like and to experience something new；● so as to be like adults， but to be different from their parents；● because the drugs are cheap and easy to buy；● because they have nothing better to do with their time．（1）One reason for people taking more hard drugs in the UK is that________ are becoming lower．（2）The UK teenagers take much more drugs than teenagers in any other________．（3）Under British law， from Class A drugs to Class C drugs， all of them are________．（4）The UK government works hard on the drug treatment． But only a small numberof________ in the UK can get out of the drug addiction every year．（5）As for how to stop themselves from taking drugs， the UK teenagers should________．B. 阅读短文，捕捉信息，根据短文内容完成表格，并将答案填写在答题卡上指定的位置．30. English is always changing． The English that people used 500 years ago is very different from the English we use now． Even in the last fifty years， English has changed． New words are entering our language all the time． The words internet， email and mobile phone are only twenty years old． The word website is even younger． We only started using it fifteen years ago． But what causes languages to change？ And is language change a positive or a negative thing？There are many reasons that languages change． One reason is that technology changes． We use new words for new types of technology． Thirty years ago， we only used the word mouse in English to describe an animal． Today， the word mouse also means the object you use to control a computer． Another important reason for language change is communication between different countries and cultures． For instance， English uses words like sugar from Arabic， shampoo from Hindi and yoghurt fromTurkish． Languages also change because young people create their own way of talking that is different from their parents． Teenagers often use new slang﹣informal words and phrases﹣to talk to their friends． Some slang gets forgotten， but other slang words become part of normal， everyday language． Words like bus and rock music started as slang， but now they are in the dictionary and everyone uses them．But is language change a good thing or a bad thing？ Some people think that we should stop languages from changing． They think that they need to protect their language or it will die or become worse． In France， there is an organization called L'Académie Francaise that decides what is correct and what is incorrect in French． They look at the new words that people are using and decide whether they are good French or not． There are also organizations like this in other countries， such as Indonesia and Spain． However， other people believe that language change is a natural thing and shouldn't be stopped． They think that it is normal that languages change over time． They think that languages need to change to stay modern and interesting．八、书面表达（本大题共20分，A、B部分各10分）31. "青少年志愿者"意味着光荣的责任与使命．为发扬志愿者精神，贵州各地区有关部门正招募青少年参加主题为"帮助别人，成长自己"的志愿者活动．请根据下列写作要求，完成任务．请分别用一个完整的句子回答下列五个问题：（1）Which volunteer job would you like to do？________（2）What is your interest or hobby？________（3）How can it help you to do the job？________（4）Who will you do the volunteer job with？________（5）What do you want to get from the volunteer job？________32. 假如你是刘华，请根据自身特长写一封不少于80词的英文自荐信，并通过电子邮件发送给活动负责人张勇，要点如下："青少年志愿者"意味着光荣的责任与使命．为发扬志愿者精神，贵州各地区有关部门正招募青少年参加主题为"帮助别人，成长自己"的志愿者活动．请根据下列写作要求，完成写作任务．1．包含A部分所有信息；2．你认为志愿者工作有什么意义；3．信中不得出现考生的真实个人信息．2018年贵州省贵阳市中考英语试卷答案1. C2. A3. C4. B5. C6. B7. C8. A9. A10. C11. B12. C13. A14. C15. A16. D,A,E,C,F17. D,B,C,F,A18. BCAACAAB19. CABACCB20. ABABC21. CBBAC22. B,E,D,F,A23. seriously24. driving25. written26. helpful27. meaning28. put off,by accident,making a difference,all of a sudden,Thanks to29. the prices of hard drugs,Europeancoutry,addictive and dangerous,drug users,spend more time on their study30. has changed a lot,communicate with each other,get forgotten,Two different opinions,would be stopped31. I would like to look after the old people in the community．,I like singing and I'm good at telling stories．,I can tell stories to the old people．,I'm going to volunteer with myclassmates．,I want to be more independent through volunteer work．32. Last Sunday， in order to look after the old people in the community， my classmates and I took part in a volunteer job near our neighborhood．（和同学一起去照顾社区的老人）I like singing and I'm good at telling stories．【高分句型一】（兴趣爱好）In the morning ，we cleaned the streets and also helped the old to do their housework． In the afternoon ，we told stories to the old people．（为老人做什么）All in all， although we were busy and tired after the whole day， we were very happy to help others． I think helping others isvery meaningful and wonderful．【高分句型二】（感受） I want to be more independent through volunteer work．（想从志愿者工作中得到什么）。

贵州省贵阳市第一中学2023-2024学年高三上学期高考适应性月考卷（二）英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解Appealing WordlesThe website game Wordle was a huge hit earlier this year, with more than two million players across many countries trying to guess its daily word. If it has sparked your interest in word puzzles, there are plenty of brilliant mobile games to test your letter skills on the Android and Apple app stores.Alphabear: Words Across Time: It is a great example. Each level starts with a grid of letters , from which you make words...and bears! The animals pop up if you use letters that are next to one another, and the bears get bigger as you spell more words. You can also unlock special powers to boost your points and time.Wordfeud: If you’re a fan of board games you might enjoy! It lets you play Scrabble-style matches against friends. If you’re really keen you can be involved in up to 30 games at once. The game also lets you mix up the board so that its bonus-score tiles appear in different places, to keep you all on your toes.Letterpress-Word Game: It is also a multi-player game, where you can play against friends or bots (game-controlled players). You have to spell out words to capture sections of the on-screen grid of letters for your colour (red or blue) before your opponent does, so it’s not just about finding one word at a time but also carefully planning your next moves.SpellTower: It is about strategy, too. It’s a wordsearch game where the letter tiles rise up from the bottom of the screen. You have to reduce the tile as quickly as you can by finding words and beating your own high scores.Some of these games use in-app purchases to unlock all their puzzles or remove adverts. They are optional — and remember, if you want to spend money, check with an adult first. 1．Which game can enable players to be rewarded with more time?A．Alphabear: Word Across Time.B．Wordfeud.C．Letterpress-Word Game.D．SpellTower.2．What do we know about Wordfeud?A．The more words you spell, the bigger the animal is.B．If you mix up the board, you have the bonus scores.C．You will be really confident about your next moves.D．You can beat your own high scores by using strategy.3．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A．All of the games are free of charge.B．Only children can play these games.C．Young players can remove advertisements without any purchase.D．Young players should ask adults for permission if spending money.It was a sunny afternoon in June of 2023 when Anthony Perry stepped off the train at Chicago’s 69th Street station. The 20-year-old, who worked nights in a grocery store, was on his way to see his grandfather so they could go and look at a car Perry was thinking about buying.On the platform, two men were fighting fiercely. The pair fell over the edge and onto the tracks. One man ended up on his back, starting trembling. The aggressor leaped backward, ran back up onto the platform and disappeared. The man had fallen atop the third rail, the conduit (导电管) for the 600 volts of electricity that powered Chicago’s L trains and trembled terribly as the current went through his body. Without hesitation, Perry ran quickly to the victim. The guy looked dead, his body still shaking, his head hitting against a steel rail.Perry wondered how he was going to escape the situation he’d just put himself into. Putting his trust in God, Perry reached down and grasped the victim’s wrist. Instantly, he felt a blast of electric shock shoot through his body. Perry jumped back, reached down a second time, and was shocked again.Perry was no expert, but for a few moments he worked on the man’s heart until the victim became conscious. Doctors and firefighters arrived. So Perry let the professionals take over. His heart still racing from the adrenaline (肾上腺素) and the electric shocks, he climbed back up onto the platform, grabbed his things and continued on to his grandfather’s. As planned, they went to look at the car he wanted to buy, but it had been sold.The evening news reported the incident, crediting an anonymous hero with saving the victim’s life. After a friend posted his story on the media, Perry became the toast of Chicago. Just days after the incident, a local philanthropist (慈善家) rewarded him with a car. Perry was then recruited by the Chicago Fire Department and is now training.4．What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us about?A．How scared the victim was.B．How strong-willed Perry was.C．How cruel the aggressor was.D．How serious the situation was. 5．Which of the following best describes Perry?A．Brave and warm-hearted.B．Adventurous and easy-going.C．Determined and energetic.D．Generous and cooperative.6．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?A．To make us advocate heroic deeds.B．To tell a story about a hero saving a life.C．To appeal to readers to learn from Perry.D．To teach people the way to become famous.7．What do we know about Perry from the passage?A．He was badly injured in the accident.B．He cared little about his heroic behavior.C．His grandfather had passed away before he arrived.D．He had worked for the Chicago Fire Department before.It’s natural that people want to use the latest innovations to better themselves. Smart devices can truly do incredible things and help to simplify our day. They can also enhance our perceptions, arm us with knowledge, and open up a world of new possibilities. A few people have even decided to make the leap and transform themselves to become cyborgs.Cyborg is a term used to describe a being that is half human and half machine. This may sound like something out of science-fiction films, but some people have already adopted this lifestyle. One is artist Neil Harbisson. He was born completely color-blind, and could only see black and white images. It seemed that he would never experience colors. After attending a cybemetics (神经机械学) talk in college, he met an inventor who agreed to make a special device for him. They designed an eyeborg, a mechanical eye that converted colors into sound frequencies. This enabled Harbisson to hear colors and perceive the world in a different way. He started going to museums to “hear”classic paintings. In fact, a simple walk down a grocery store filled with colorful products produces some catchy tunes (动听的曲调), Harbisson loves his eyeborg so much that he rarely takes it off. He now gives talks urging others to consider adding their own mechanical improvements.British scientist Kevin Warwick conducted his own experiment in 1998. He implanted a chip inside of his arm, which he used to control lights and other appliances at home. He later expanded the project by placing electrodes inside his nervous system and linking it to the Internet. This allowed him to control external objects including robotic arms and loudspeakers. His work remains influential as this example of extended sensory input was the first of its kind.If you’re interested in becoming a cyborg and you’re willing a good place to start, it might be with a pair of Google Glass. Users wear it like ordinary eyeglasses. Using voice commands you can have it take pictures of what you see, see directions right in front of you, or translate your voice into other languages. Hopefully this experience will help you decide whether becoming a cyborg is right for you, or if you’re content to remain a human like the rest of us.8．What can we know about the eyeborg from Paragraph 2?A．It is a machine which is half human eye and half machine.B．It is a device that converts hearings into colors for color-blind.C．It makes the color-blind perceive colors by hearing sound frequencies.D．It enables the color-blind to identify colors by creating classic paintings.9．How is the passage developed?A．By comparison.B．By classification.C．By giving examples.D．By listing data.10．What is probably the author’s attitude to the experience of being a cyborg?A．Positive.B．Skeptical.C．Indifferent.D．Ambiguous.11．What is the passage mainly about?A．Why do cyborgs make our world colorful?B．Why do many people want to have eyeborgs?C．How does innovative technology improve people’s lives?D．How does technology promote the development of cyborgs?The University of Washington and University of California San Diego researchers have found that smartphones are capable of detecting blood oxygen saturation (饱和) levels down to 70 percent — the lowest value pulse oximeters (脉搏血氧仪) should be able to measure.The proof-of-principle research involved participants placing their fingers over the camera and flash of a smartphone, which uses a deep-learning algorithm (算法) to interpret blood oxygen levels.“When we delivered a controlled mixture of nitrogen (氮气) and oxygen to six subjects to artificially bring their blood oxygen levels down, the smartphone correctly predicted whether the subjects had low blood oxygen levels 80 percent of the time,” said co-lead author Jason Hoffman of the study published in npj Digital Medicine. “Other smartphone apps that do this were developed by asking people to hold their breath.But people get very uncomfortable and have to breathe after a minute. With our test, we’re able to gather 15 minutes of data from each subject. Our data shows that smartphones could work well.”Another benefit of measuring blood oxygen levels on smartphones,which almost everyone has, is their ubiquity. “It is common for you to have multiple measurements with your own device at either no cost or low cost,” added co-author Dr. Matthew Thompson.To gather data to train and test the algorithm, the researchers had each participant wear a standard pulse oximeter on one finger and then place another finger on the same hand over the camera and flash of a smartphone. The researchers used data from the participants to train a deep-learning algorithm to pull out the blood oxygen levels. The remainder of the data was used to confirm the method and then test it to see how well it performed on new subjects. The team hopes to continue this research by testing the algorithm on more people.12．What did the researchers do concerning the six subjects according to Hoffman?A．They asked them to hold their breath.B．They lowered their blood oxygen levels.C．They allowed them to breathe every minute.D．They collected 15-minute data from them in total.13．What does the underlined word “ubiquity” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A．Being unique in shape.B．Being changeable frequently.C．Being stable in quality.D．Being present in many places. 14．What was each participant required to do during the study?A．Train and test a deep-learning algorithm.B．Keep an eye on their blood oxygen levels.C．Wear a regular pulse oximeter on every finger.D．Put a finger over a smartphone’s camera and flash.15．What would be the best title for the text?A．Smartphones Can Measure Blood Oxygen LevelsB．Smartphones Can Control Blood Oxygen LevelsC．A Deep-learning Algorithm Can Learn from Pulse OximetersD．A Deep-learning Algorithm Can Be Added to Pulse Oximeters二、七选五5 REASONS WHY LISTS ARE GREAT!10 Ways to Lose Weight. 8 Habits of Highly Successful People. 6 Ways to Get Rich Fast.16 .In fact, most online articles seem to be made up of lists. So, why are they so popular?·They’re easy to readLists are often written in simple, basic language as there’s no need for linking words or complex connecting phrases. 17 .· They’re finite18 . For example, with an article on 10 ways to make a million , you know there are only 10 points to read, not 10,000.· They’re helpfulThe person who wrote the list has already organized the information for you, and has spent some time thinking about the most important points related to the topic. 19 .· They’re funThe Top 10 Funniest Jokes. 20 Songs People Love to Sing in the Shower. 8 Things You Should Never Say to Your Mother-in-law...Lists are often about fun things, so you’ll enjoy reading them.·20Having ideas in a list is a quick and easy way to get the information you want. Imagine you’re interested in visiting Los Angeles and you just want the basic facts. What would you rather read; a one-page article with the title The Top 10 Things to Do in Los Angeles, or a 200-page book titled Everything You Need to Know About Los Angeles?In an ever more complex world, it’s nice to have something that’s easy!A．They’re shortB．They’re effectiveC．With a list, there’s a clear end in sightD．So, you only get the most relevant informationE．Everywhere you look these days, there are listsF．Plus, you can compare the list to your own list, and think about what you’d change or addG．Plus, it’s so much easier to identify important points from a list compared to a big chunk of text三、完形填空A typical lion tamer (驯兽师) in people’s mind is an entertainer holding a whip (鞭子)wait, when faced with so many options, 26 attacking the man holding the chair.How often do you 27 yourself in the same position as the lion? How often do you have something you want to28 — only to end up confused by all of the options in front of you and never make progress?This 29 me to no end because while all the experts are busy debating about which 30 is best, the people who want to improve their lives are left confused by all of the conflicting information. The end result is that we’re focused on the31 things or that we feel like we can’t focus, 32 we take less action，make less progress, and stay the same when we could be 33 .It doesn’t have to be that way. Anytime you find the world waving a chair in your face, 34 this: All you need to do is focus on one thing. You just need to get started. Starting before you feel 35 is one of the habits of successful people.21．A．chair B．whip C．lion D．tamer 22．A．throws B．lifts C．holds D．seizes 23．A．isolated B．maintained C．strengthened D．divided 24．A．determined B．unsure C．unpleasant D．embarrassed 25．A．flee B．freeze C．fight D．face26．A．instead of B．except for C．other than D．out of 27．A．shut B．abandon C．miss D．find 28．A．achieve B．destroy C．ignore D．hesitate 29．A．pleases B．scares C．upsets D．shocks 30．A．option B．suggestion C．position D．explanation 31．A．dramatic B．fantastic C．wrong D．abnormal 32．A．because B．so C．when D．if 33．A．losing B．complaining C．connecting D．improving 34．A．remember B．imagine C．emphasize D．analyse 35．A．adventurous B．cautious C．ready D．lonely四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

2018年贵州省贵阳市中考英语试题及参考答案与解析（满分150分，答题时间120分钟）第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共100分）一、听力测试（本大题共30分，每小题1 分）A．听对话，选择与对话内容相符的图。

（读一遍）1．A．B．C．2．A．B．C．3．A．B．C．4．A．B．C．5．A．B．C．6．A．B．C．B．听句子，根据所听句子，选择最佳应答。

（读一遍）7．A．It’s five pounds．B．It’s two kilometers．C．It’s six meters deep．8．A．Thanks．B．Goodbye．C．Never mind．9．A．Sorry,I’m late．B．Sorry,Mr.Clark．C．No,I’m not．10．A．I have a toothache．B．I have a pet dog．C．I have a sister．11．A．Good luck! B．What a pity! C．Congratulations! 12．A．Here you are．B．That’s right．C．Listening can help．C．听对话，根据对话内容，选择最佳选项完成句子。

（读两遍）13．Claire cisits her grandparents a week．A．once B．twice C．three times14．Laura has gone to the ．A．zoo B．bookstore C．supermarket15．Mike’s sister has ．A．long curly hair B．long straight hair C．short straight hair16．Scott usually goes to bed at ．A．nine o’clock B．nine thirteen C．half past nine17．It’s sbout from Lily’s home to school．A．ten minutes’ride B．ten minutes’drive C．ten minutes’walk18．The relationship between the two speakers is “”．A．doctor and patient B．parent and child C．teacher and studentD．听对话及问题，根据对话内容，选择最佳答案。

2018届高三第一学期十一月调研诊断测试英语试题第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节：（共20题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ALook around you. Is there Coke in your refrigerator? Is your computer a Dell or Lenovo? From toothpaste to electronics, brands and brand-name products are all around us.It hasn’t always been this way. Before the Industrial Revolution and the age of mass media, brands were far less popular. But since then, brands have become increasingly prominent in our daily lives.In 2006, a container ship, the Cougar Ace, struggled in the Pacific Ocean for several weeks. Its goods included 4,703 brand-new Mazda cars. None of the cars were damaged, but there was still a problem.The ship had floated at a 60-degree angle, which would possibly affec t the cars’ engines, so Mazda decided to destroy all of the cars—including the individual parts. “We couldn’t run the risk of damaging the brand name that Mazda worked so hard over the years to develop.” explained company spokesperson Jeremy Barnes.Brands offer benefits to both the consumers that buy them and the companies that make them. They tie the manufacturer’s reputation to the product and, as a result, brand-name products are often considered as being of superior quality. Brand-name products also tend to have a special look or form. This makes it easier for customer to identify things they are looking for when shopping. It also gives companies a convenient way to get repeat customers and to protect their products through copyright (版权) laws.Thanks to advertising, many brands are associated with certain values, traits and lifestyles. In consequence, the brands we use communicate a message about who we are to others.The business of brands is huge. Together, the world’s 10 biggest brands are valued at more than US $420 billion—the value of the brand names alone.That means that for the companies that own them, brands are more than just product names. They are valuable assets (资产) needed to be protected even if doing so sometimes means losing millions of dollars.1. The first paragraph is written with the purpose of .A. reminding the readers to pay more attention to the brand-productsB. informing the readers of the latest brand-productsC. telling the readers about the brand-productsD. introducing the topic of the passage2. What does the underlined word “prominent” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. ImportantB. DifferentC. FamousD. Complex3. The example of Mazda is used to show that .A. it is a famous brandB. Shipping is very importantC. The company doesn’t care about the lossD. A brand should be protected at any cost4. What is Paragraph 5 mainly about?A. Brand valuesB. Brand benefitsC. Brand-name productsD. Customer management5. What would be the best title for the text?A. Famous brandsB. Brand disastersC. The business of brandsD. The history of brandsBI live in Japan, where electronic items are a way of life, so it is no surprise that many students carry these little electronic dictionaries. Think of it. That huge, heavy paper dictionary that you used to see in your library looked like a building block in size and weight, yet someone has found a way to change all of that into a plastic box smaller than video cassette tape.E-dictionaries may be lighter and compacter (简洁的), more so than any paper dictionary. They may even contain more words and expressions. It depends on which one you buy. To me, these are pretty much the limits to their advantages.I think e-dictionaries should be limited in their use in classrooms. Let’s take a look at some reasons.E-dictionaries are much more expensive. In Japan, they cost as little as 10,000 yen (US$100) much as 40,000 yen, depending on how many functions you want (or think you want) and depending on how fashionable you are. My trusty Random House paper dictionary is copyrighted at 1995, cost me a mere US$12.95 plus tax.E-dictionaries are more fragile (易碎的). Drop your paper dictionary. Go ahead. Hold it above your head and drop it. Now, trying this with any lightweight plastic e-dictionary, and you’ll be picking the pieces.E-dictionaries need batteries. Batteries are temperature sensitive. Batteries cost money, too.E-dictionaries have keypads. Typing in the spelling of a word is harder and more time consuming than looking through pages and using the index at the top of each page.Let me add a statement about one that really troubles me. Sound. Little devices beep (嘟嘟声) when you press the buttons, but it is very disturbing to some people in a classroom situation or library.Finally, let’s consider making corrections or additions. No dictionary is perfect, paper version or electronic. However, when you find so mething you’d like to change in thee-dictionary, you can’t do anything about it. You can pencil in some notes with the paper type. Similarly, if you learn a word that isn’t in the dictionary, a few notes of a pencil make it easy to increase its memory capacity. But not possible with a keypad model. And, for those students whose habit is to mark certain words with a highlight pen for ease of future reference, again, the paper dictionary wins out.6. What does the author hate most of all the disadvantages?A. Not possible to make additions.B. Wasting more time looking up words.C. Too expensive to buy e-dictionaries and batteries.D. Making sound when pressing the buttons.7. How many disadvantages of e-dictionaries does the author address in the text?A. 4B. 6C. 8D. 108. What is the greatest advantage of the paper dictionary compared with the e-dictionary according to the passage?A. Containing more words and expressions.B. More light and compact to carry.C. Costing less money.D. Making corrections or additions for future reference.9. It can be inferred about e-dictionaries that .A. batteries in e-dictionaries are expensiveB. e-dictionaries can make noises at timesC. e-dictionaries are more easily brokenD. all e-dictionaries are equally expensive10. What’s the main idea of the text?A. The advantages and disadvantages of e-dictionaries from the author’s point of view.B. Electronic items are a way of lie in Japan.C. It’s fashionable to carry little e-dictionaries.D. The bad effect of using e-dictionaries on students and teachers.CCrime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns show a surprising link between changes in the seasons and crime patterns. The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. Murder, moreover, is more than seasonal; it is a weekend crime. It is also a night-time crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a. m.Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, robbing has a different cycle. You are most likely to be robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. The month with least crimes of all is in May except for one strange fact. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year.Apparently our seasonal cycles of knowledge are completely different from our tendencies for crimes. Professor Huntington made extensive studies to discover the seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific meeting and get highest results on examinations. In all cases, he found a spring high and autumn high separated by a summer low.Possibly, high temperature and high humidity cause our strange and violent summer actions, but police officials are not sure. “There is, of course, no proof of a connection between humidity and murder,” they say, “why murder’s high time should come in the summer time we really don’t know.”A. Crime CyclesB. Summer CrimesC. A Time for MurderD. The Most Peaceful Month12. According to the passage, .A. there is a link between changes in the seasons and crime patternsB. crime is not linked to the cycle of the weekdaysC. there is sure connection between robbing and murderD. there is a connection between murder and cold weather13. It is reported that more dog bites occur in .A. FebruaryB. DecemberC. MayD. January14. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?A. The police records were collected from a large number of cities and towns.B. The pattern of crime varies from year to year.C. Our cycles of learning are different from those of wrong action.D. The police are not sure that humidity and murder are related.15. A murder would most likely occur .A. on a weekend night in summerB. on a weekend afternoon in summerC. on a weekend night in winterD. on a weekday afternoon in springDWelcome to Windsor Castle, the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world. Windsor is one of the official residences (住所) of Her Majesty the Queen. As the Castle is a working Royal Palace, official engagement may occasionally limit access to those areas usually open to visitors.Guidebooks and Audio toursThe official guidebook and audio tour of the Castle provide information on St George’s Chapel, the State Apartments and magnificent works of art on display. Both are available at the start of your visit in the shop opposite the exit.Tours of the CastleThe tours introduce Windsor’s history and the Castle’s use today. Accompanied by CastleWardens(守卫), the tours are free of charge and take approximately 30 minutes.St George’s Ch apelEvensong (晚祷) is held daily at 17:15 and visitors are welcome to attend. The Chapel is open only to worshipers on Sunday.Changing of the GuardThe Changing of the Guards tales place at 11:0.0, weather permitting, from Monday to Saturday between April and the end of June, and on every second day for the rest of the year, with the exception of Sundays. Please ask a Castle Warden to direct you to where the ceremony takes place.RefreshmentsRefreshments facilities are not available within the Castle, but there are many shops and restaurants nearby in the town. Visitors may obtain reentry permits from the Lower and Middle Ward Shops. Bottled water is available from the Middle Ward Shop.Chapel first, to ensure a complete visit.16. Windsor Castle is not open to the public from time to time because . .A. the government officials are busy making engagements visitorsB. the Queen is not allowed to be disturbed when she is working thereC. There are some official activities held there once in a whileD. it needs repairing and decorating before some important occasions17.Which of the following information is not available in the official guidebook and audiotours?A. about the State ApartmentsB. about St George’s ChapelC. about the Castle WardenD. about great works of art on show18. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. The official guidebook provides information on the refreshment facilities.B. During their tour, visitors can eat and shop within the Castle at any time.C. Every visitor who is interested in religion can attend the Evensong on SundayD. Visitors cannot watch the Changing Guard ceremony on Sunday in October19. If Tommy wants to go to St. George’s Chapel in July, he can go there. .A. at 16:15B. at 15:00C. at 17:15D. At 16:3020. The passage is likely to be written for .A. the tourists from all over the worldB. the working staff in Windsor CastleC. the visitors to Windsor CastleD. the guards in the Royal Palace第二节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出最佳选项。

贵州省贵阳市英语试卷一、单选题（共15小题）1．_______ a zoo near my neigh borhood, so I like to spend time there．A．There isB．There wasC．There’ll be2．Bob hurt _______ in the basketball match at school yesterday afternoon．A．myselfB．himselfC．herself3．“I’m sorry, Mr．Smith．I got up late．” “_______ next time．”A．Don’t be lateB．Keep quietC．No eating4．New Year is coming, we should make resolutions _______ the beginning of the year．A．inB．onC．at5．The Monkey King can make the stick so _______ that he can put it into his car．A．shortB．smallC．long6．“Alex, I think two hour of TV is enough for you．” “Could I at least finish _______ this show?”A．watchingB．to watchC．watch7．Hou Yi Shoots the Suns _______ one of the most traditional stories in China．A．wasB．isC．are8．The book Harry Potter _______ Mary because J．K．Rowling is her favorite writer．A．must belong toB．can’t belong toC．may be9．The telephone _______ by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876．A．is inventedB．was inventedC．were invented10．Tina doesn’t lik e the restaurant because the music there makes her _______．A．sleepingB．sleptC．sleepy11．When Bob is upset or tired, he prefers comedies that can _______．A．look it upB．clean them upC．cheer him up12．The kids may not go to school in the future．They _______ at home on computers．A．have studiedB．will studyC．studied13．“Excuse me, could you tell me _______?” “Ok．It’s on Main Street．”A．where was the supermarketB．where is the supermarketC．where the supermarket is14．“Look! _______ sunny day it is! How about going hi ?” “That’s a good idea．”A．What aB．How aC．What15．In order to protect the environment, we shouldn’t _______ any trees．A．turn downB．put downC．cut down二、信息匹配（共3小题）16.从右栏选项中找出左栏各句的恰当回答。

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She’s continued to hold out hope that maybe, someday, he’ll love her back. But now Beth is thirty-five years old, and on the day of Mark’s wedding to another woman, she finally accepts the wake-up call she needs to move on.1．How much will you pay for USMLE Step1LectureNotes2022 if you apply $32.20 coupon? A．$32.20.B．$128.79.C．$160.99.D．$193.19. 2．Which book is for those who are fond of novels?A．USMLE Step 1 Lecture Notes 2022:7-Book SetB．Eager 2 Cook, Healthy Recipes for Healthy Living: Beef & PoultryC．The Art of Public SpeakingD．Five Winters3．What do we know about The Art of Public Speaking?A．It is an award-winning book.B．It can apply $32.20 coupon.C．It has an audio CD．D．It is for medical students.Photography has been my passion ever since I was old enough to pick up a camera, but today I want to share with you the 15 most treasured photos of mine, and I didn’t take any of them. There were no art directors, no stylists, no chance for re shoots, not even any regard for lighting. In fact, most of them were taken by random tourists.My story begins when I was in New York City for a speaking engagement, and my wife took this picture of me holding my daughter on her first birthday. We’re on the corner of 57th and 5th. We happened to be back in New York exactly a year later, so we decided to take the same picture.Approaching my daughter’s third birthday, my wife said, “Hey, why don’t you take Sabina back to New York and make it a father-daughter trip?” This is when we started asking passing tourists to take the picture.You know, it’s remarkable how universal the gesture is of handing your camera to a total stranger. No one’s ever refused, and luckily no one’s ever runoff with our camera.Back then, we had no idea how much this trip would change our lives. It’s really become sacred to us. This one was taken just weeks after 911, and I found myself trying to explain what had happened that day in ways a five-year-old could understand.So, these photos are far more than a specific trip.They’re also ways for us to freeze time and reflect on our times and how we change from year to year, and not just physically, but inevery way. Because while we take the same photo, our views change, and she reaches new milestones, and I get to see life through her eyes, and how she interacts with and sees everything. This very focused time we get to spend together is something we treasure and expect the entire year. One of the most important things we all make is memories.So, I want to share the idea of taking an active role in consciously creating memories. I want to encourage everyone today to get in the shot, and don’t hesitate to go up to someone and ask, “Will you take our picture? Thank you.”4．What is the purpose of the first paragraph?A．To encourage us to take photos.B．To inform us of the author’s life.C．To introduce the topic of the passage.D．To tell us the skills of photography.5．Why did the author’s wife suggest a father-daughter trip?A．Their daughter’s coming third birthday.B．Their attending a speaking engagement.C．Their asking passers-by to take photos.D．Their appreciation for strangers’ help.6．What does the underlined part probably mean?A．These photos were taken by strangers.B．These photos carry valuable memories.C．These photos show just a usual trip.D．These photos were expensively taken.7．What is the author’s attitude in the passage?A．Disapproving.B．Positive.C．Uncertain.D．Fearful.There is a dangerous view in today’s society, and it is a restriction to happiness, success, and growth. The view states that human beings are inner fragile (内在脆弱) and that the only way to be happy and successful in life is to protect oneself by avoiding misfortune.Not only are those statements false, but the actions we take believing them-to be “protective” also usually limit happiness and even stop personal and professional growth. Take sports as an example, seldom do those who play the game of life not to lose ever really win.Rather than fear and try to avoid all misfortune, perhaps we should accept the misfortune and the occasional crises in life and prepare for them. As a muscle grows stronger with stress, so can people, teams, organizations, even communities. Crisis reveals true strength.Sports psychologists Fletcher and Sarkar have studied Olympic gold medal winners. They conclude, “Indeed, most of the participants argued that if they had not experienced certain types of stressors at specific times, including highly demanding misfortunes, they would not have won their gold medals.”Psychologists Richard Tedeschi and Lawrence Calhoun created the term “posttraumatic growth.” They describe it as the experience of positive change that occurs as a result of highly challenging life crises. It is shown in a variety of ways, including an increased appreciation for life in general, more meaningful interpersonal relationships, an increased sense of personal strength, changed priorities, and a richer existential and spiritual life.The remarkable success stories that can arise after moments of great challenge and failure are countless. Thomas Edison failed thousands of times trying to create a light bulb filament (灯丝) that would light and burn in a consistent manner, but finally created the world’s first practical light bulb. Harland Sanders developed the brand Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in his 60s while recovering from a failed career as a lawyer. There are thousands of other lesser-known people, whose lives are characterized by key moments of great recovery from difficulty. Let us understand that growth arises from challenge and even failure. The myth of fragility and overprotection keeps us all from realizing our full potential. 8．What does the “dangerous view” say about people?A．People are born shy.B．People are afraid of misfortune. C．People want wealth.D．People are often in need of help. 9．What is the author’s opinion about misfortune?A．It’s a must in life and the more, the better.B．It mostly comes from our fragile inner heart.C．It’s often met by world famous sports stars.D．It should be treated with the right attitude.10．What does the two psychologists’ term imply?A．A failed life is not worth living at all.B．People need always lead a worriless life.C．Positive changes will occur after crises.D．Try not to express our opinions in public.11．Why are the stories of Thomas Edison and Harland Sanders inspiring?A．They made great inventions.B．They got remarkable support. C．They didn’t easily give up.D．They restricted their potential.A spoonful of pickles (榨菜) can sometimes make a meal taste way better. Recently, a new type of pickle is being discussed: “digital pickled vegetables”. It refers to the videos which people watch while eating. And these videos will make their food more delicious.The topic received more than 16 million clicks on Sina Weibo and about 100,000 people participated in the discussion. Instead of being accompanied by friends and family during a meal, many young people in China are kept company by TV shows or short videos. Many believe that their food is tastier with the “digital pickles”.Can this habit affect your diet? According to a research paper published in 2019, you may eat more unconsciously. The international research team asked 62 volunteers to follow different eating patterns on four different days. The patterns included eating while looking at the mobile phone, reading magazines and without distraction. After analyzing their diets, the team discovered that eating with a distraction increased caloric ingestion (卡路里摄入) by about 15 percent.To explore the reason, the team also invited two groups of people：one group ate while listening to an audio clip about another person eating and the other listened to a clip that helped them imagine themselves eating. The results showed that the second group ate less since they were more focused on their meals. When eating with the “digital pickles”, our attention can be –distracted, which leads to eating more than expected.This works not only for eating meals but other demanding tasks as well. A research project led by the University of Sussex, UK, pointed out that activities which require lots of attention tick many participants into overeating. The team invited 120 participants to do various tasks while providing them with drinks and snacks. “Our study suggests that if you’re eating or drinking while your attention is distracted by a highly engaging task, you’re less likely to be able to tell how full you feel,” one of the authors Martin Yeomans explained. 12．What are digital pickles according to the first paragraph?A．Vegetables which are made at home.B．Videos that make people eat more.C．Nice pickles young people prefer.D．Audio clips that teach people to cook.13．What does the second paragraph tell us about digital pickles?A．They are not accepted.B．They are being tested.C．They are very popular.D．They are very delicious.14．In which column of a magazine may we read this passage?A．Events.B．Technology.C．Food.D．Research. 15．What would be the best title for this passage?A．Learn to Cook Digital Pickles B．Pickles Ready to SellC．Digital Pickled “Vegetables”D．Pickles Nice to Eat二、七选五If you’re not sure which relationships to prioritize (优先考虑), here are some types of people to keep close.____16____.It’s essential that we can trust the people around us. Honesty is not just about someone refraining from lying or coming forward when they screw up. It’s also about finding a way to tell us truths that we don’t want to hear. It’s important to be around individuals who will call us out when we are wrong or heading down a path that they know is not leading to a destination we want.____17____. Choose to be around those who will not feel threatened by your happiness or success.____18____. Surround yourself with those who believe in your skills, potential and vision as much as you do, and want to help you be the best version of yourself.People who make space for your emotions. Many people are good at having stimulating conversations but lack the emotional availability needed to make space for how we feel. We all need individuals who respect our feelings understand that sometimes all we need is to be heard.____19____. Such individuals serve as a source of support and can help us grow in our emotional maturity.People who model qualities you admire, understand and accept you, and show up authentically are also valuable.Let’s remember to apply these criteria to every type of relationship in ourlife.____20____.A．People who tell us liesB．People who tell us the truthC．People who encourage and support youD．Find people who are not satisfied with everything you doE．They will sit with us through the hard or painful momentsF．Our time is valuable, so spend it with people who deserve itG．Find people who areas happy about your wins as they would be about their own三、完形填空This holiday, I decided to go to Paris. My flight was at 6 in the morning, and23．A．left B．brought C．bought D．shown 24．A．on my own B．in a mess C．at a loss D．in the way 25．A．built up B．passed by C．walked into D．looked at 26．A．searched for B．threw away C．pointed to D．got through 27．A．smelled B．drank C．transported D．noticed 28．A．recognized B．fastened C．polished D．repaired 29．A．cooking B．sleeping C．traveling D．praying 30．A．possess B．predict C．spend D．view 31．A．cheap B．empty C．use less D．new 32．A．nervous B．eager C．negative D．comfortable 33．A．on average B．above all C．in total D．in return 34．A．imagined B．recalled C．invented D．discovered 35．A．hesitated B．laughed C．changed D．regretted 36．A．bought B．stole C．fixed D．collected 37．A．modest B．random C．firm D．wise 38．A．lessons B．gifts C．messages D．reports 39．A．computer B．phone C．bed D．chair 40．A．missed B．survived C．saved D．wasted四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

2021-2022学年贵州省贵阳市第三十八中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、选择题1. In this chapter, some cases will be introduced to readers __________ people with strong determination achieve their goals by working extremely hard.A.whenB. whoC. whichD. where参考答案：D2. To deal with the global financial crisis, China has a string of forceful measures over the past months.A. worked outB. found outC. made outD. turned out参考答案：A3. Last night, Nancy was ill and it was Tom that _____ her to the hospital.A. permittedB. accompaniedC.hopedD. invited参考答案：B略4. The shy boy felt embarrassed when it comes___ going on his first date a few weeks ago.A. toB. aboutC. inD. with参考答案：A此题考查介词用法。

when it comes to…译为“当谈到….时”。

5. Through years of hard work, Mrs. Smith, who ____ as a secretary for five years, is general manager of the company now.A. servesB. servedC. has servedD. had served参考答案：B6. ----When can we go to visit you?---- Anytime you feel like ______.A. oneB. itC. thatD. so参考答案：B7. — am so tired , working all morning on the farm.— Why not take a rest, then ?— ______.A. Because I can’t afford it.B. Maybe I should.C.I do n’t know.D. Sorry, I can’t tell you.参考答案：B8.参考答案：C略9. "__________, we believe the overall policy stand is to support a two-way opening of the Chinese capital market and it will continue this year," he added.A. As some bottlenecks are difficult to be brokenB. As some bottlenecks are difficult to breakC. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to be brokenD. Difficult as some bottlenecks are to break 参考答案：D考查as引导的让步状语从句。

2018 年贵州省贵阳市中考英语试卷（word 版含答案）听力略Ⅱ.单项选择（本大题共 15 分，每小题 1 分）根据语境或句意，选择可填入句子的最佳选项，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑。

31.Karl Marx, a great thinker and politician, was born in Germany ________ ago.A. the two hundredth yearB. two hundred-yearC. two hundred years32.The doctor advised Paul strongly that he should stop smoking, but ________ didn't help.A. ItB. heC. one33.________ story of Chang'e is regarded as a touching traditional folk story about the Mid-Autumn Festival.A. AB. AnC. The34.“ ________ fast Guizhou Province is developing!”“ Yes. It hosts the Big Data Expo every year.”A. WhatB. HowC. What a35.“ Meatout Day ” is ________ March 20th. Many people in the world don't eat any meat that day.A. atB. inC. on36.“ Excuse me, could you tell me where I can buy a guidebook?”“ Sorry, I'm new here. You ________ ask the policeman over there.”A. shallB. canC. must37.I'm going to choose some online courses with a friend of ________ to improve our English.A. meB. myC. mine38.The doctor looks tired and sleepy ________ he stayed up late to look after his patients yesterday.A. becauseB. ifC. unless39.“ Do you know ________ the school library closes, Susan?”“ Ten o'clock at night.”A. whenB. whyC. who40.“ Tom, would you please take out the rubbish?”“ Just a minute, mom, I ________ a phone call.”A. makeB. makesC. am making41.Chinese parents always try their best ________ a good education environment for their kids.A. provideB. to provideC. providing42.Reading books ________ a bridge between our lives and the unknown world.A. builtB. buildC. builds43.Amy is a creative lady ________ set up a website to sell handbags made of old jeans.A. whoB. whichC. where44.China has a history of over 5,000 years. It is one of the ________ countries in the world.A. biggestB. richestC. oldest45.We should ________ more time talking with our teachers so that they can understand us better.A. payB. spendC. takeⅢ. 情景交际（本大题共10 分，每小题 1 分）A.从右栏选项中找出左栏各句的最佳应答，并将答题卡上该选项涂黑。