安徽省淮北

2019年淮北·宿州高三第二次模拟考试英语试题（考试时间：120分钟试卷满分：150分）注意事项：1.本试卷由四个部分组成。

其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。

第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。

2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

3.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will students do in class?A. Deal with questions 9 and 11.B. Read pages 24 through 36.C. Check answers on page 37.2. What delays the flight?A. A medical emergency.B. The broken engine.C. The bad weather.3. What do we know about the woman?A. She’s an interpreter.B. She finds the exam difficult.C. She works at a trading company.4. When will the woman’s train take off?A. At 8:15.B. At 10:15.C. At 10:30..5. How does the man find the film?A. Disappointing.B. Confusing.C. Amusing.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。

听下面一段对话, 回答第6和第7两个小题。

6Why did Mr. Parker call the woman?A. To place an order.B. To change his order.C. To request a quick delivery.7. What does the man mean in the end?A. There’s no need to call the driver.B. Brothers is not on the driver’s list.C. The truck will arrive in 5 minutes.听下面一段对话, 回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. With whom will the man go to the concert?A. His girlfriend.B. His classmate.C. His cousin.9. What does the man advise the woman to do?A. Invite someone else.B. Have lunch with Ted.C. Buy an extra ticket.听下面一段对话, 回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. What can we learn about the woman’s notes?A. They focus on one subject.B. They’re not well organized.C. They’re in separate textbooks.11. What subject does the man use the pink paper for?A. History.B. English.C. Math.12. What is the woman probably going to do next?A. Have classes.B. Do her homework.C. Buy a new backpack.听下面一段对话, 回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. What is the relationship between the speakers?.A. Husband and wife.B. Fellow workers.C. Travel companions.14. Why does the woman dislike flying?A. The tickets aren’t cheap.B. The luggage may get lost.C. The long wait is unbearable.15. What means of transport does the woman like best?A. Bike.B. Bus.C. Train.16. What is the disadvantage of cycling according to the man?A It can be very tiring.B. It requires physical fitness.C. It is greatly affected by weather.听下面一段独白, 回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. Where is the speaker talking?A. At a toy factory.B. At a TV programme.C. At a university.18. How many main functions does SoapSox have?A. 1.B. 2.C. 3.19. What problem did the children have at the facility?A. They didn’t like bathing.B. They were short of toys.C. They had no friends.20. What might the children think of SoapSox?A. Interesting.B.Boring.C. Frightening.第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ALabor Day Weekend at Paramount Pictures StudiosThis Labor Day weekend, join the Los Angeles Times for 3 evenings of amazing food, wine and chefexperiences. Dozens of hand-picked local restaurants each evening will showcase our city’s rich and diverse cooking scene by serving you their best. Taste and celebrate Southern California’s most inviting food and drink. Your ticket is all-inclusive and is good for unlimited food, beer, wine & spirits tastings, plus all stage activities.PLEASE NOTE: ALL EVENTS AT THE TASTE ARE 21 YEARS AND OLDER ONL Y AND ALL SALES ARE FINAL.A VIP Access level ticket gets you:• Convenient and free parking inside the Paramount Pictures gates (savings of $15)• Access to furnished lounge during the entire event• Behind the scenes tour of Paramount Pictures Studios• First in the door access to the main eventDue to the nature of this event, we are not able to offer refunds.SCHEDULEFriday, August 31: 7:30 p.m.-10:30p.m.Saturday, September 1: 8:00 p.m.-10:30p.m.Sunday, September 2: 8:00 p.m.-10:30p.m.Make sure to also save the date for our new Costa Mesa weekend of Los Angeles Times The Taste on October 19 to 21. Details here.1. On which day does the Labor Day event last longest?A. August 31.B. September 1.C. September 2.D. October 21.2. What can you do on the Labor Day weekend?A. Experience hands-on cooking.B. Enjoy a family tour with children.C. Watch performances in the daytime.D. Have meals in local restaurants for free.3. What privilege does VIP members have?A. Parking a car at a discount.B. Living in a furnished room.C. Getting their money back as they like.D. Having the chance to learn more about the Studios.BDave Merry and his tools have been through a lot together. The tools helped Dave, now 80, repair his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he and his wife, Annette Merry, lived for 46 years and raised three children. The table saw, the jointer plane, the drill press, and the dozens of other power and hand tools had pride of place in his carefully organized workshop. “I had a whole setup, and it was beautiful,” says Dave, a retired engineer.But then Annette experienced a stroke(中风) that left her relying on a walker to get around, and the Merrys decided to move into assisted living. Dave’s workshop was obviously a minor consideration given Annette’s condition, but the family knew that giving it up, on top of everything else, would hurt.It was the Merrys’ daughter who came up with a possible solution. She’d heard about some people who were setting up a tool library—a nonprofit facility that would lend out tools just as a regular library lends books. Might Dad be interested in donating his?“I said yes,” Dave says.The people creating the St. Paul Tool Library were thrilled. They had expected it would take a year to collect enough tools to make their facility fully functional. Instead it took one day: the day Dave donated his.The library’s founders drove over to the Merrys’ house and picked everything up themselves. The library is housed in the basement of the American Can Factory. Members pay an annual fee (from $20 to $120) for unlimited tool use and a varying number of visits to the workshop. And they get an extra be nefit: Dave Merry. “Almost every time we’re open, Dave’s here,” says one of the founders, Peter Hoh. “It means a lot to me to be able to go and use my tools,” Dave says. “But it means just as much to help DIYers use the tools properly.”As Hoh puts it, “This is his workshop now.”4. What do we know about Dave Merry?A. He had few DIY tools.B. He kept his tools well.C. He owned a tool library..D. He used a walking stick after stroke.5. How did the daughter help her parents?A. She took over Dad’s workshop.B. She offered Dad useful information.C. She moved them into assisted living.D. She sold Dad’s tools to a tool library.6. What is available to the visitors to the St. Paul Tool Library?A Free use of the tools.B. A visit to the Merrys’ house.C. Dave’s instructions for using the tools.D. Hoh’s share of the profit from the library.7. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Art of LivingB. Setting up a LibraryC. A Family-run LibraryD. Recycling Through DonatingCGardeners such as Prince Charles who claim that talking to plants encourages them to grow have long been seen as a little silly. But scientists have discovered evidence which suggests the Royal may actually be right and they could be listening to him. Biologists at Tel Aviv Univer sity in Israel have found that flowers can act as a plant’s “ears” to help them detect the sound of approaching insects.When the researchers played recordings of flying bees to evening primrose flowers, within three minutes the sugar concentrations in the nectar (花蜜) of its flowers increased. The fluid, produced to attract pollinating (授粉) insects, was on average 20 percent higher in flowers exposed to the buzz compared to those left in silence or exposed to higher pitched sounds. Professor Lilach Hadany, who led the study, said: “Our results document for the first time that plants can rapidly respond to pollinator sounds in an ecologically relevant way.”However, Prof Hadany said a plant’s ability to respond to pollinators may be weakened in city environme nts or beside a busy road. While plants require water, sunlight and the right temperature to grow, it is widely believed they do not have senses in the way animals do.But the study, published on the open-science website BioRxiv, suggests the efforts of gardeners who talk to their plants may not be in vain.“Plants’ ability to hear has implications well beyond pollination — plants could potentially.hear and respond to herbivores, other animals, the elements, and possibly other plants,” Prof Hadany added.A month-long experiment conducted by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2009 found female voices appear to speed up the growth of tomatoes. The research offers a possible explanation —women’s voices were at the right frequency for the plants to hear.8. What’s evening primrose flowers’ response to bees’ buzz?A. Longer bloom.B. Sweeter nectar.C Brighter color. D. Less fluid.9. Where can plants grow better according to Hadany?A. On a square.B. Beside a highway.C. In the woods.D. Along the street.10. What can we infer from the research?A. Prince Charles proves kind of stupid.B. Plants can only potentially hear animals.C. Plants respond to sounds slowly and ecologically.D. Plants gardeners talk to frequently develop well.11. What does the text mainly talk about?A. Flowers can hear.B. Bees are best pollinators.C. Plants can’t grow without sound.D. Women’s voices improve plants’ growth.DSupercomputers which can analyse blood samples and predict which patients are likely to become seriously ill could save tens of thousands of lives a year, it was revealed last night, according to The Daily Express.The artificial intelligence (AI) system, developed at University College London and set to be piloted in NHS hospitals later this year, will screen “at risk” patients so doctors can take early action to prevent death or serious illness. Prof Young, a consultant surgeon at Southend University Hospital, said: “I am so excited about this form of technology.”Instead of people getting sick or dying becaus e they are not picked up in time, this will allow us to step in earlier which will save lives and an enormous amount of money. “I think the potential of AI in healthcare like this is as big as the Industrial Revolution was — and signals a completely new ex ample in the way we manage healthcare.”The technology is the brainchild of Dr Vishal Nangalia, a consultant at the Royal Free Hospital in London. He used AI to analyse a billion stored blood samples from 20 different UK hospital trusts dating back up to 12 years. Computers assess blood test results by picking up subtle changes in red and white blood cells, suggesting a patient is going downhill.He found the technique forecast outcomes of patients with kidney problems with up to 95 per cent accuracy. Traditional methods highlighting serious patient concerns picked up as few as 16 percent of patients who went on to die. “This gives us the opportunity not only to save lives but to prevent serious illness, making the health service not only safer but more effi cient.” Prof Young said, “Instead of waiting for people to get worse, we will be able to treat them earlier.”12. What does the underlined phrase “screen” in Paragraph2 mean?A. comfort.B. treat.C. spot.D. nurse.13. How do supercomputers help save lives?A. By storing blood samples.B. By analyzing patients’ cases.C. By observing changes in blood cells.D. By assisting doctors with their operations.14. Why did Professor Young mention the Industrial Revolution?A. To show the influence of AI.B. To stress the importance of health care.C. To introduce the topic of supercomputers.D. To present the achievement he has accomplished.15. What do we know about the new technology?A. It helps patients recover earlier.B. It has helped save thousands of lives.C. It will promote the health service greatly.D. It is intended for patients with kidney diseases.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。