宁夏银川一中2018届高三上学期第二次月考英语试题

银川一中2018届高三年级第二次月考英语试卷第Ⅰ卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节(共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。

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

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What does the man suggest doing?A. Buying some popcorn.B. Being seated first.C. Turning off the lights.2. When was the service supposed to begin?A. On Monday.B. On Tuesday.C. On Wednesday.3. Where does the conversation take place?A. On the phone.B. At home.C. In a restaurant.4. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workersB. Boss and employee.C. Husband and wife.5. What will the speakers do?A. Look at the map.B. Ask someone for help.C. Keep driving straight.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，从每题所给的A,B,C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. How much will the man pay in total?A. $ 500.B. $ 300.C. $ 100.7. What kind of room does the man take?A. A room with an ocean view.B. A room overlooking the street.C. A room facing the park.请听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Why does the woman want to keep the curtains open?A. She enjoys the view outside.B. She likes feeling the wind.C. She wants to turn the lights off.9. What is the woman doing?A. Cleaning the house.B. Walking on the beach.C. Cooking the dinner.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man want to do?A. Go to Beijing.B. Cook Chinese food.C. Taste Italian food.11. Where is the woman’s husband from?A. China.B. Italy.C. America.12. What do the speakers have in common?A. They speak Chinese.B. They like Chinese food.C. They come from China. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. When do the meetings start?A. At 6:30.B. At 7:00.C. At 9:00.14. What do the members do on the first and third weekends of each month?A. Show one another the photographs they’ve taken.B. Discuss the technique of photography.C. Take photos of different places.15. Where did the members go last week?A. The forest.B. The ocean.C. The mountains.16. What does the man think of the woman’s camera?A. It’s hi-tech.B. It’s expensive.C. It’s quite OK.请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How does a talented person feel when doing his work?A. Cautious.B. Confident.C. Curious.18. What does a badly talented person owe his failure to?A. Lack of experience.B. Not being gifted.C. Bad tools.19. What is special about the talented people?A. Devoting efforts to show they are the best.B. Making good use of the opportunities.C. Being aware of their limited abilities.20. What can we infer from the passage?A. It is impossible to succeed without good preparations.B. It is no use complaining without taking action.C. It is unnecessary to lose heart when facing failure.二、阅读理解：（每小题2分，共计40分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AJewel’s Online Footwear StoreLeather Dress ShoesPrice: $ 120.00Color: Black Leather Brown Leather Red Leather Natural LeatherAverage Rating: 3 out of 5 starsShipping Info: Standard: 7—10 business days Express: 3—5 daysCustomer Reviews1.★★★★★My favorite shoes! I’ve been to many conferences where my business fellows have told me how much they like my shoes. Just wearing them makes me feel more calm and content in the office. I recommend them to all of my co-workers, and I own a pair of each color.2.★These are the worst shoes I have ever worn! The leather came off after only one week, and everybody thought they were ugly. The bottom of the shoes made everything slippery. My employer fired me because he hated them! From then on, I will only wear Brand X shoes!3.★★★These shoes do exactly what shoes are supposed to do. There isn’t anything too special about them. In the morning, I put them on and go about my day. They look delightful enough, and they are quite durable. I will probably buy another pair.4.★★★★These shoes are my most cherished possession. I met my bride while buying a pair of these shoes. She was the saleswoman at the store I bought them at, and after she sold me three pairs, I asked her for her phone number and we started dating. Soon after that, we were engaged. We are getting married this afternoon, and I couldn’t be happier.21. How many pairs of leather dress shoes does the first customer own?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.D. Four.22. Which customer do you feel gives us the most balanced and objective view?A. Customer 1.B. Customer 3.C. Customer 2.D. Customer 4.23. Why does the fourth customer like the shoes?A. They are made to last.B. They make him attractive.C. He met his wife while buying them.D. They make him feel more comfortable.BJohn Logie Baird will always be remembered as the man who invented television.Baird was born on August 14, 1888. During the early 1920s, John Logie Baird had a small laboratory in the seaside town of Hastings. It was in that laboratory that he first succeeded in projecting a moving figure across the walls.Unfortunately, during a later experiment he got a shock. Not only did this leave him shaken, but it also blew out the fuse(保险丝) box in the entire building. The owner of the house had been suspicious of the strange goings on in the curious Scottish man’s apartment and he was politely asked to leave. After that he moved to a department in Soho, London and continued his experiments.Success finally smiled on him and on October 25, 1925 he was able to transmit his first moving image. This was the first time that any such success had been achieved. Unfortunately, his eyes were the only ones to witness it at the time. He called his new invention “the televisor”. On June 16, 1926 he showed his first work toan audience of interested witnesses. But none of them imagined just what an impact his invention would have on the modern world.Over the following years, Baird worked hard for further improvement. He managed to transmit images over longer distances, achieving the first transatlantic broadcast in 1928. He became the pioneer of color television, too. He showed the first experimental color television images as early as 1928. By 1930 he had managed to develop a system for broadcasting simultaneous (同时发生的) sound along with the images. Television had truly been born. Baird continued to make many important contributions to the development of television. In 1944 he presented the first color television set to the world.He died on June 14, 1946. His invention completely transformed how we communicate, how we see each other and the world and how we spend our time.24. What happened after Braird got a shock during an experiment?A. He was too frightened to carry on with his experiments.B. The owner of the house began to suspect him..C. He politely asked for his neighbors’ forgiveness.D. He was driven out of the apartment in which he lived.25. What does the underlined sentence in the fourth paragraph imply?A. Baird had sharp eyes for detail.B. He couldn’t believe what he saw.C. Baird was the only one witnessing the great success.D. Baird was too surprised to say a word.26. What marked the true birth of television?A. The invention of the first color television set.B. The simultaneous broadcast of sound and images.C. The first transatlantic broadcast.D. The invention of “the televisor”.27. Which of the following shows the right order of the events related to Baird?a. He moved to Soho, London.b. He transmitted his first moving imagec. He showed his work to people for the first time.d. A shock happened to him during an experiment.e. He showed the first experimental color television images.A. d→a→b→c→eB. d→e→b→c→aC. a→b→c →d→eD. c→d→e→b→aCThere is one all-important law of human conduct. If we obey that law, we shall almost never get into trouble. In fact, that law, if obeyed, will bring us countless friends and constant happiness. But the very instant we break the law; we shall get into endless trouble. The law is this: Always make the other person feelimportant. John Dewey, as we have already noted, said that the desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature; and William James said: “The deepest principle in human nature is the wish to be appreciated.”As I have already pointed out, it is this urge that distinguishes us from the animals. It is this urge that has been responsible for civilization itself.Philosophers have been speculating on the rules of human relationships for thousands of years, and out of all that speculation, there has evolved only one important precept(准则). It is not new. It is as old as history. Zoroaster taught it to his followers in Persia twenty-five hundred years ago. Confucius preached (宣扬) it in China twenty-four centuries ago. Lao-tse, the founder of Taoism, taught it to his disciples in the Valley of the Han. Jesus summed it up in one thought---probably the most important rule in the world: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”You want the approval of those with whom you come in contact. You want recognition of your true worth. You want a feeling that you are important in your little world. You don’t want to listen to cheap, insincere flattery, but you do crave sincere appreciation. You want your friends and associates to be, as Charles Schwab put it, “hearty in their appreciation and generous in their praise.” All of us want that.So let’s obey the Golden Rule, and give unto others what we would have others give unto us, how? When? Where? The answer is: All the time, everywhere.28. What makes us different from the animals according to the author?A. The urge to appreciate others.B. The desire to be important.C. The ability to use languages.D. The wish to achieve success.29. The author develops the second paragraph mainly by __________.A. listing some research resultsB. analyzing some theoriesC. providing some examplesD. using some famous sayings30. What’s the aim of the last paragraph?A. To look for solution.B. To draw a conclusion.C. To give some questions.D. To appeal to action.31. Which of the following proverbs can best summarize the main idea of the passage?A. Love will find a wayB. Do as you would be done byC. Live and let liveD. Nothing can challenge a kind man.DMost people feel terrible when they hear the sound of fingernails scratching a blackboard, or a knife scratching a plate. While there isn’t an English word to describe this feeling, Spanish speakers have a specific word for the feeling: grima. Grima can provoke physiological responses such as an increase in the heart rate, and it is so unique that psychologists now say it is an emotional experience rather than a reflex --- and as such, it could be treatable.Dr Inge Schweiger Gallo is a researcher at Complutense University of Madrid and lead author of the study. Dr Gallo and her team of researchers began their study by asking Spanish speakers what the word grima means to them. Most people described it as an ‘unpleasant feeling’ and also used words such as ‘shivering,’‘sounds’and ‘repulsion’. Grima feelings can be caused by squeaking sounds,, scratching things with fingernails andscratching surfaces.The Spanish participants were then asked to try to suppress(抑制) their responses to grima sounds. These participants then rated grima sounds as less unpleasant than before, but their ratings for ‘disgusting’ sounds didn’t change. The researchers said that this suggests reactions to grima sounds aren’t a reflex like they are for ‘disgusting’ sounds, but are instead an emotional experience that can be influenced by thought.So, while grima has similarities to disgust, its triggers(诱因) and effect on the body are different, and grima also has an effect on people who don’t have a word for it in their own language. And although grima is mostly associated with certain sounds, it can also be triggered by the feel of certain materials such as rubber, velvet(红丝绒) or sponges.A 2012 study found that sounds in this range activate a part of the brain called the amygdala, which is involved in fearful responses and increases activity in the auditory cortex(听觉皮层)。