湖北省荆州市高三英语第七次周考试题

湖北省荆州市2018届高三英语第七次周考试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

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. When might Peter arrive?A. At 3:15.B. At 3:30.C. At 3:45.2. How would the woman like the application to be sent?A. By post.B. By fax.C. By e-mail.3. Why is the man unhappy?A. He hasn’t been well prepared for the exam.B. He was scolded by his maths teacher.C. He didn’t get a satisfying grade.4. What does the woman do?A. A police officer.B. A ticket seller.C. A driver.5. What does the man think about Susan?A. She is like many other people.B. She always keeps her word.C. She is tougher than men.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

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

每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答6至7题。

6. Who is Felix?A. The man.B. The woman’s husband.C. A character in the woman’s book.7. What kind of novel is Hot Lips?A. A romantic one.B. A detective one.C. A political one.请听第7段材料，回答8至9题。

8. Where are the speakers?A. At a club.B. At the man’s house.C. At the woman’s house.9. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Music.B. Dance.C. Wine.请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Why is the man unwilling to go to Florida?A. It’s too expensive.B. It’s too boring.C. It’s too crowded.11. What did the speakers do last year?A. They went skiing.B. They attended a New Year’s Eve party.C. They travelled around Sky Valley Resort.12. How does the woman feel in the end?A. Worried.B. Annoyed.C. Excited.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. How to save energy.B. How to look after animals.C. How to protect the environment.14. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student.B. Customer and salesman.C. Interviewer and interviewee.15. How many miles does the man plan to drive this year?A. About 8,000.B. About 9,000.C. About 10,000.16. How many aspects does the man mention?A. One.B. Two.C. Three.请听第10段材料，回答17至20题。

17. What did the speaker and his wife do the other day?A. They went fishing.B. They went rock climbing.C. They went swimming.18. What was the weather like during the trip?A. It became windy halfway.B. It began to rain later.C. It was cloudy at the beginning.19. What happened to the boat right after the speaker got back into it?A. It didn’t work.B. It got stuck in rocks.C. It was crashed into rocks.20. How were the speaker and his wife rescued?A. The local fisherman pulled them out of water.B. The local fisherman searched the island for them.C. Another boat pulled them to the mainland with a line.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，共30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AThe Official SAT Study Guide: Second EditionProduct Details:Paperbacks 997 pagesPublisher: The College BoardPublication date: July 21, 2009Edition description: Second EditionBook DescriptionThe Official SAT Study Guide; Second Edition features 10 official SAT practice tests created by the test maker. 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Among its best-known programs are the SAT, the PSAT/NMSQT, and the Advanced Placement Program. Students, parents, educators, and librarians recognize the College Board as a source of help on SAT preparation, college admissions, and financial aid.21. What’s the main purpose of The Official SAT Study Guide: Second Edition?A. To give an introduction to the SAT.B. To encourage more students to take the SAT.C. To list some education institutes for the SAT.D. To help students to prepare for the SAT.22. If you buy a copy of The Official SAT Study Guide; Second Edition, you can _____.A. learn some test-taking methodsB. get 10 new recent testsC. receive a gift from the College BoardD. enjoy a discount on SAT online course23. Which of the following is TRUE about The Official SAT Study Guide: Second Edition?A. There are no sample essays in the book.B. It has received negative opinions from reviewers.C. It also includes something about the PSAT/NMSQT.D. The first edition was published on July 21, 2009.BThe day when the jobs were handed out was one of the most exciting moments for all the children in the class. It took place during the first week of the term. Every kid was given a job for which they would be responsible for the rest of that school year.Some jobs were more interesting than others, and the children were eager to be given one of the best ones. When giving them out, the teacher took into account which pupils had been most responsible during the previous year. During the previous year Rita had carried out the teacher’s instructions perfectly. All the children knew Rita would be given the best job.was very different. She was given a little box containing some sand and one ant. Though the teacher insisted that this ant was very special, Rita felt disappointed. Most of her classmates felt sorry for her. Even her father became very angry with the teacher and he encouraged Rita to pay no attention to this insignificant pet.However, Rita preferred to show the teacher her error by doing something special with that job of little interest. Rita started investigating all about her little ant and gave the ant the best food, and it grew quite a bit bigger.One day, a man, who looked very important, came into their classroom and declared, “Your class has been chosen to accompany me, this summer, on a journey to the tropical rain forest, where we will investigate all kinds of insects. Among all the schools of this region, your class has best cared for the little ant.”That day the school was filled with joy and celebration. Everyone thanked Rita for having been so patient and responsible. And many children learnt that to be given the most important task you have to know how to be responsible even in what are the smallest tasks.24. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. Each child got an important job.B. Each child got an interesting job.C. The most responsible student got the job of least interest.D. The perfect student got the job of everyone’s preference.25. What is Rita’s attitude to her father’s suggestion?A. Uncertain.B. Negative.C. Totally positive.D. Acceptive.26. We can infer that the man who made the declaration is a _____.A. hunterB. biologistC. directorD. principal27. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Never complain about life.B. Small tasks can lead to fortunes.C. Men are best known by their friends.D. Responsibility and intelligence bring good luck.CWhy do some people live to be older than others? You know the standard explanations: keeping a moderate diet, engaging in regular exercise, etc. But what effect does your personality have on your longevity? Do some kinds of personalities lead to longer lives? A new study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society looked at this question by examining the personality characteristics of 246 children of people whohad lived to be at least 100.The study shows that those living the longest are more outgoing, more active and less neurotic (神经质的) than other people. Long-living women are also more likely to be sympathetic and cooperative than women with a normal life span. These findings are in agreement with what you would expect from the evolutionary theory: those who like to make friends and help others can gather enough resources to make it through tough times.Interestingly, however, other characteristics that you might consider advantageous had no impact on whether study participants were likely to live longer. Those who were more self-disciplined, for instance, were no more likely to live to be very old. Also, being open to new ideas had no relationship to long life, which might explain all those bad-tempered old people who are fixed in their ways.Whether you can successfully change your personality as an adult is the subject of a longstanding psychological debate. But the new paper suggests that if you want long life, you should fight to be as outgoing as possible.Unfortunately, another recent study shows that your mother’s personality may also help determine your longevity. That study looked at nearly 28,000 Norwegian mothers and found that those moms who were more anxious, depressed and angry were more likely to feed their kids unhealthy diets. Patterns of childhood eating can be hard to break when we’re adults, which may mean that kids of depressed moms end up dying younger.Pers onality isn’t destin y, and everyone knows that individuals can learn to change. But both studies show that long life isn’t just a matter of your physical health but of your mental health.28. The aim of the study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society is _____.A. to see whether people’s personality affects their life spanB. to find out if one’s lifestyle has any effect on their healthC. to investigate the role of exercise in living a long lifeD. to examine all the factors contributing to longevity29. What does the author imply about outgoing and sympathetic people?A. They have a good understanding of evolution.B. They are better at negotiating an agreement.C. They are more likely to get over hardship.D. They generally appear more resourceful.30. What does the recent study of Norwegian mothers show?A. People with unhealthy eating habits are likely to die soon.B. Mothers’ influence on children may last longer than fathers’.C. Children’s personality characteristics are invariably det ermined by their mothers.D. Mothers’ negative personality characteristics may affect their children’s life spans.31. What can we learn from the findings of the two new studies?A. Health is in large part related to one’s lifestyle.B. Personality plays a decisive role in how healthy one is.C. Longevity results from a combination of mental and physical health.D. Anxiety and depression more often than not cut short one’s life span.DCulture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception（感知）between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal.In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent individuals. When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on surroundings as well as the object.Using an experiment involving two tasks, Dr Hedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the line’s length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects’ brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult —estimating the line’s size relative to the square. For the Asians, the attention areas lit up more during the harder task also —estimating the line’s length without comparing it to the square. The findings are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research into East-West differences.In one study, for instance, researchers offered people a choice among five pens; four red and one green. Easterners were more likely to choose a red pen while Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.Culture is not affecting how you see the world, but how you choose to understand and internalize（使内化）it.But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us clues on how our brain works and is hopeful for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and enhance and accelerate our learning skills.32. According to the passage, Chinese people are most likely to _____.A. more emphasize independent thinkingB. focus on the context as well as the objectC. always focus more on their surroundingsD. think of Westerners as highly independent units33. We know from the passage that people’s brains will be more active when _____.A. the task is much easierB. the blood flow is trackedC. people begin to choose colorsD. the task is more difficult34. What does Dr Hedden's experiment in Paragraph 4-5 indicate?A. People's perception of the world can be changed.B. Americans are better at calculating than the Asians.C. Easterners and Westerners perceive the world differently.D. Culture has a great impact on the way people talk and behave.35. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.A. Easterners prefer collectivism to individualismB. East Asian cultures lay more emphasis on independenceC. it took over ten years to find out how to improve our brainpowerD. Americans will change their habits of perception when they’re in Britain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。