英语---四川省成都市第七中学2018届高三上学期半期考试

成都七中2017—2018学年度上期高2018届半期考试英语试卷第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 care about most?A. The car‟s function.B. The car‟s color.C. The car‟s style.2. What‟s the man‟s profession?A. Lawyer.B. Teacher.C. Doctor.3. What‟s the relationship between the speakers?A. Co-workers.B. Former classmates.C. Strangers.4. What happened to the woman?A. Someone knocked her down.B. Her friend just had an operation.C. Something was stolen from her.5. Why is the woman unsure about going to lunch?A. She doesn‟t know Tom very well.B. She thinks the restaurant will be expensive.C. She thinks she‟ll have to treat Tom.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至7题。

6. Why is the woman making the purchase?A. For an interview.B. For a meeting.C. For a wedding.7. What does the woman think of the suit?A. It‟s a real bargain.B. The price is still high.C. It makes her look young. 听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。

8. What does Mary want to do?A. Be out in nature more often.B. Overcome her fear of heights.C. Have something in common with the man.9. What is the weather like?A. Clear and cool.B. Sunny and warm.C. Cloudy and comfortable.10. What will the speakers do next?A. Go back home.B. Continue climbing.C. Stop to have a meal.听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。

11. What language does Maria speak?A. French & Italian.B. English & French.C. Italian & English.12. What is true about Frank?A. His French is poor.B. He started to learn French in college.C. He learned Italian from his mother.13. What does Maria want her future children to do?A. Learn French.B. Speak two languages.C. Live in Italy.听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。

14. What does the man want to do?A. Borrow a book.B. Buy a book.C. Lend a book.15. What does the woman think of the book?A. It is as good as others say.B. Its plot is splendid.C. It is disappointing.16. How are the reviews about the book?A. Mixed.B. Good.C. Terrible.听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。

17. Who is the speaker talking to most probably?A. IntervieweesB. New employees.C. Students.18. What products does the company produce?A. Medical health care products.B. Traditional Chinese Medicine.C. Medical technology.19. When did the company establish a branch in Hong Kong?A. In 2001.B. In 2008.C. In 2010.20. What is the mission of the company?A. To offer more convenient services to overseas customers.B. To become a reliable and trustworthy business partner.C. To improve customers‟ health and quality of life.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，从每题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答读卡上将该项涂黑。

APacific Science Center Guide◆Visit Pacific Science Center …s StoreDon‟t forget to stop by Pacific Science Center‟s Store while you are here to pick up a wonderful science activity or souvenir to remember your visit. The store is located upstairs in Building 3 right next to the Laser Dome.◆Hungry?Our exhibits will feed your mind, but what about your body? Our caféoffers a complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonal specials. The caféis located upstairs in Building1 and is open daily until one hour before Pacific Science Center closes.◆Rental InformationLockers are available to store any belongings during your visit. T he lockers are located in Building 1 near the Information Desk and in Building 3. P ushchairs and wheelchairs are available to rent at the Information Desk and Denny Way entrance. ID required.◆Support Pacific Science CenterSince 1962, Pacific Science Center has been inspiring a passion for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today, Pacific Science Center serves more than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry-based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State. It‟s an amazing accomplishment and one we cannot achieve without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. Visit www. to find various ways you can support Pacific Science Center.21. Where can you buy a souvenir at Pacific Science Center?A. In Building 1.B. In Building 3.C. At the Laser Dome.D. At the Denny Way entrance.22. What does Pacific Science Center do for schools?A. Train Science teachers.B. Distribute science books.C. Inspire scientific research.D. Take science to the classroom.23. What is the purpose of the last part of the text?A. To encourage donations.B. To advertise coming events.C. To introduce special exhibits.D. To tell about the Center‟s history.BI have a younger brother. To me, he is a fourteen-year-old kid named Joe, with blond hair and blue eyes. To others, he is different. Where I see a kid who just needs a lot more attention, others see a mentally disabled boy, a kid who cannot walk or talk or think for himself. I see someone who just makes daily routine a bit less routine. Others see an annoyance, a bother.This is not to say that I have never felt resentful(怨恨的) toward Joe. He is my brother, and with that comes responsibility. “Gina, could you stay in tonight and watch your brother? ” “Gina, do me a favor and feed him dinner and change his diaper(尿布) later, p lease?” “Could you co me home right after school today and get Joe off the bus?”These are phrases that I have heard since I was twelve. And sure, they have made me resent my brother to a certain extent. I would think: that‟s not fair! Everyone else can stay after and be a member of this club, or get extra help from that teacher. Or, all my friends are going out tonight, why can‟t I? And, How come I have to feed him? He is not my son!However, the small amount of resentment I feel toward my brother is erased a thousand times over by what I have learned from him. Besides making me responsible from a young age, and helping me be more accepting of all kinds of people, he has taught me to be thankful for what I have.I know that there are moments in my life that I should cherish and that Joe will never experience. He will never laugh so hard that he cries. He will never feel the glory of a straight -A report card. He will never comfort a best friend crying on his shoulder. And he will never know how much his family love him.Because he will never know, it is up to me to know, every second, how lucky I am. It is up to me to realize that life should be lived to its fullest, and that you should always, always be grateful that God, or whoever are the powers that be, gave you the ability to live your life the way you were meant to live it.24. We know from the first paragraph that Gina‟s brother .A. causes trouble to neighborsB. pays more attention to othersC. lives with mental disabilityD. considers daily routine a bother25. Which word below can replace the underlined words in paragraph 3?A. whyB. howC. whatD. when26. If mother asks Gina to look after her brother now, what will she probably answer?A. I‟m afraid not.B. No problem!C. It depends.D. It‟s not fair!27. The passage intends to tell us that we should .A. value the glory of successB. appreciate what life gives usC. comfort unfortunate peopleD. treasure meaningful momentsCFear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting(收缩)and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and S ussex Medical School said: “Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.”The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr Garfinkel said, “The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don‟t see—and guide whether we see fear.”To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person‟s feeling of fear.“We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain …speak‟ to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear,” Dr Garfinke l said.“We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress di sorder.”28. What is the finding of the study?A. One‟s fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear.B. Fear is a result of one‟s relaxed heartbeat.C. Fear has something to do with one‟s health.D. One‟s heart affects how he feels fear.29. The study was carried out by analyzing .A. volunteers‟ reactions to horrible pictures and data from their brain scansB. the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditionsC. volunteers‟ heartbeats when they saw terrible picturesD. different pictures shown to volunteers and their heart-brain communication30. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word “mechanism” in Paragraph 6?A. order.B. machine.C. system.D. treatment.31. This study may contribute to .A. explaining the cycle of fear and anxietyB. treating anxiety and stress betterC. finding the key to the heart-brain communicationD. understanding different fears in our hearts and headsDPrices determine hot resources which are to be used. They are also the means by which products and services that are in limited supply are rationed (定量分配) among buyers. The price system of the United States is very complex network made up of the prices of all the products bought and sold in the economy as well as those of a variety of services, including labor, professional transportation, and public facilities. The interrelationships of all these prices make up the system of prices. The price of any particular product or service is linked to a broad, complicated system of prices in which everything seems to depend more or less upon everything else.If one wants to ask a group of randomly selected individuals to define “price”, many would reply that price is an amount of money paid by buyer to the seller of a product or service, in other words, that price is the money value of a product or service as agreed upon in a market transaction. This definition is, of course, reasonable as far as it goes. For a complete understanding of a price in any particular transaction, much more than the amount of money involved must be known. Both the buyer and the seller should be familiar with not only the money amount, but with the amount and quality of the product or service to be exchanged, the time and place at which the exchange will take place and payment will be made, the form of money to be used, the credit terms and discounts that supply to the transaction, guarantees on the product or service, delivery terms, return privileges, and other factors. In other words, both buyer and seller should be fully aware of all the factors that make up the total “package” being exchanged for the asked-for amount of money in order that they may evaluate a given price.32. What is the best title for the passage?A. The Potential Weaknesses of the Price SystemB. The Complexities of the Price SystemC. Credit Terms in TransactionD. Resource Allocation (分配) and the Public Facilities33. According to the passage, the price system is related primarily to .A. labor and educationB. transportation and insuranceC. facilities and repairsD. products and services34. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT a factor in the complete understanding of price?A. Instructions that come with a productB. The quantity of a productC. The quality of productD. Guarantees over a product35. The paragraph following the passage most likely discusses .A. unusual ways to advertise productsB. types of payment plans for serviceC. theories about how products affect different levels of societyD. how certain factors of price “package” influenc e market.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。