盐城市2018届高三年级第三次模拟考试(Word版含答案及详解)

盐城市2018届高三年级第三次模拟考试
英语试题
第一部分: 听力(共两节，满分20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各案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节(共5小题，每小题1分，满分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 is the woman probably doing?
A.W atching a movie
B. Reading a newspaper.
C. Making an advertisement.
2.What are the speakers talking about in general?
A.Their best memories of a relaxing holiday.
B.Their travelling plans for the summer holiday.
C.Their favorite ways of travelling around the world.
3.When will the meeting begin?
A.At 3:20.
B. At 3:40.
C. At 4:00
4.Where are the speakers?
A.In a shop.
B. In a restaurant.
C. In the man’s house.
5.What does the woman mean?
A.She doesn’t need the man’s help.
B.She expects the man to move the desk.
C.She wants to remove the books from the desk.
第二节(共15 小题; 每小题1分，满分15 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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What does the man say about his job?
A.The boss is really nice.
B. Workmates look friendly.
C. Workplace is small and noisy.
7.What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The boss told the man all the rules.
B. Mark will become the boss this year.
C. The man will cooperate with Mark.
听第7段材料，回答第8 至9题。

8.Why does the woman talk to the man?
A.He lost his student visa.
B. He often makes trouble.
C. He is often absent from class.
9.What is the worst result of the man’s behavior?
A.He’ll be sent back home.
B.He’ll have to restart his course.
C.He’ll stay in the police station.
听第8段材料，回答第10 至12题。

10.What does the man mainly mention about Helen?
A.Changes in her character.
B. Problems with teachers.
C. Relationships with parents.
11.What does the man decide to do in the end?
A.Have a talk with Helen.
B. Talk with Helen’s father.
C. Spend more time with Helen.
12.What can we learn about Helen?
A.Her parents are very busy.
B. Classmates dislike her.
C. Teachers worry about her.
听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。

13.What did Nick and Mel do when they were young?
A.They learned to act at school.
B.They went to live concerts with their father.
C.They were encouraged to play music by their mother
14.When was the band Krispy started?
A.After Nick and Mel played together.
B.After Nick began studying at a music school.
C.After two musicians saw Nick and Mel playing.
15.What do we know about the band in the first year?
A.They recorded two albums.
B.They joined a music company.
C.They were welcome in the concert
16.What has disappointed the man?
A.Parents forbade them to join a company.
B.His illness delayed a new album recording.
C.The first album has sold under a million copies.
听第10段材料，回答第17 至20题。

17.What can be clearly affected if teenagers lack sleep?
A.Their spirits.
B. Their long-term health.
C. Their academic performance.
18.What is to blame for teenagers not getting enough sleep according to the speaker?
A.Poor diet.
B. Lack of exercise
C. Too much entertainment
19.What advice does the speaker give to teenagers who have trouble getting to sleep?
A.Listen to music.
B. Read a book.
C. Drink hot chocolate.
20.What does the speaker suggest schools should do?
A.Start lessons later.
B. Shorten the school day.
C. Offer classes in the evenings.
第二部分: 英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节: 单项填空(共15 小题: 每小题1分，满分15 分)
请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. Thomas made _____ his concerns about the changes that had been introduced at work.
A. plain
B. perfect
C. easy
D. ambiguous
22. Over the last four decades, the Chinese people have _______ enhanced productivity through hard work with a firm spirit.
A. roughly
B. merely C significantly D. equally
23. ----Can you give me some advice on how to deal with that tough customer?
---- I ______ to her instead of trying to explain over the phone if in your shoes.
A. will write
B. would write
C. were to write
D. would have written
24. My printer is five years old, so I’d like to ________ it and purchase a new one online.
A. delete
B. retire
C. refresh
D. declare
25. ----You should have heard Tom yesterday?
---- Sure. He’s charged with taking the car without the owner’s _______.
A. enquiry
B. privilege
C. command
D. consent
26. In terms of the urban effects of the technology, our cities are _______ for self-driving cars.
A. nowhere near ready
B. near nowhere ready
C. anywhere near ready
D. near anywhere ready
27. I sent in my application three weeks ago and they’re probably not going to call me back. I’m still ______ hope, though.
A. holding out
B. working out
C. figuring out
D. setting out
28. Many graduates aren’t prepared for what the future has _______ when they come out of school.
A. in demand
B. at ease
C. at length
D. in store
29. _______ to finding ways to make music accessible to all children is Ms. Thompson with a touring company of professional musicians.
A. Devoting
B. Devoted
C. Being devoted
D. Having been devoted
30. By December 2017, the number of Chinese netizens reached 772 million, ______ 753 million surf the Internet via mobile phones.
A. which
B. whose
C. of which
D. for whom
31. Many of life’s failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success _______ they gave up.
A. once
B. while
C. when
D. unless
32. Never throughout history has a man who _______ a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
A. lives
B. lived
C. would live
D. had lived
33. If we worked on the assumption _______ what is accepted as true really is true, then there would be little hope for advance.
A. where
B. if
C. whether
D. that
34. It had been many years since my last visit, but I found the house by _____.
A. losing my head
B. catching my eye
C. biting my tongue
D. following my nose
35. –Wall Street English just launched a new WeChat learning platform and we can take free classes!
---______! Let me have a look!
A. You don’t say
B. You have got it
C. You have me there
D. You can say that again.
第二节：完形填空(共20个小题，每小题1分，满分20分)
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A.、B、C 和D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Stephen Hawking dies at 76 today, the day coinciding with the birthday of another legend of
science, Albert Einstein.
His 36 are in a state of deep shock and have tweeted that the death of the greatest scientist is 37 for they believed the man to be immortal. There’s one thing that’s certain and it’s death, 38 how and when it comes is something that can’t be in one’s hands. Or can it be? Looking at how Hawking survived over half a century of being 39 the death sentence, the scales are tipping toward a yes.
And he indeed just didn’t 40 it; he succeeded. “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and 41 at”, he said. During the course of his rare disease, his 42 to the field of physics stands out miraculously.
Now, what made the man a genius of mind? Was it his willpower or his 43 misfortune that strengthened his mind? He was 44 with a crippling disease at the age of 21, which progressively disables the individual In the 45 of his genius, however, fortune 46 him since then. His scientific work got 47 and better. The man, whose body was so fragile and seemed to 48 his genius, never gave up.
Some experts say perhaps Hawking was 49 diagnosed and this is the reason of his surviving over half a century. Also, doctors say the disease spread 50 than it does in most of the patients, giving him more time. Hawking himself said, “I have been lucky that my condition has 51 more slowly. But it shows that one need not lose 52 .”
Hawking seemed unaffected by the drawbacks life 53 at him. He calls all his accomplishments that followed his disease a 54 . He indeed is a unique example of two mind powers 55 ----an astonishing willpower and a strong sense of determination. These two helped him fight against all odds.
36. A. ancestors B. doctors C. opponents D. followers
37.A. unavoidable B. unreasonable C. unbelievable D. unpredictable
38.A. or B. but C. so D. for
39. A. handed over B. turned over C. taken over D. run over
40. A. share B. control C. change D. survive
41. A. succeed B. wonder C. point D. laugh
42. A. explanation B. distribution C. contribution D. attention
43. A. mental B. emotional C. financial D. physical
44. A. infected B. occupied C. diagnosed D. concerned
45. A. respect B. event C. face D. name
46. A. tricked B. favored C. rejected D. abandoned
47.A. thicker B. tougher C. simpler D. lighter
48. A. corrupt B. fail C. spot D. strike
49.A. precisely B. entirely C. luckily D. wrongly
50. A. easier B. harder C. slower D. quicker
51.A. evolved B. progressed C. recovered D. improved
52. A. fate B. hope C. health D. fortune
53.A. screamed B. barked C. threw D. shot
54.A. bonus B. deposit C. reward D. gain
55.A. multiplied B. combined C. exploited D. separated
第三部分: 阅读理解(共15个小题; 每小题2分，满分30分)
请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后所给的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。

A篇：
A Yale education emphasizes the importance of learning for public service. Founded in 1886, Dwight Hall at Yale is a student-run, staff-supported public service and social action organization. Below is a list of some active programs, which can be searched by name, cause, or type of service.
Logo Overview Mission
AIDS Walk New Haven Cause(s):
Health & Medicine
Types of service: Fundraising and Financial Support
Application:
Join anytime!
A 5K off-campus walk to raise money to provide support services to individuals and families infected and affected by HIV/AIDS in the greater New Haven community.
Our goals are to raise money, increase public awareness, promote prevention through advocacy.
American Red Cross at Yale Cause(s):
Health & Medicine Types of service:
Direct Service Advocacy and Education Application:
Join anytime!
We are an undergraduate organization working to bring national American Red Cross projects to the Yale campus. Working with our local New Haven chapter to organize projects such as first aid and CPR training.
We use Yale University’s significant people resources to provide essential blood supplies to hospitals and patients.
Best Buddies International Cause(s):
Children &Youth People with Disabilities Types of service:
Direct Service
Advocacy and Education Application:
Join anytime!
The mission of Best Buddies International is to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for ne-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Bridges ESL
Cause(s):
Education & Literacy Types of service:
Direct Service Application:
Join anytime!
Bridges ESL provides free English language lessons to individuals in the Yale and New Haven community who want or need to improve their communication skills and bridge their language gap. These individuals will acquire the English skills needed to be effective in the family, the university, the workplace, and the community.
V olunteer tutors are at the heart of
56. Which of the following is TRUE in terms of health and medicine causes?
A. V olunteers will provide direct support services to AIDS victims.
B. AIDS Walk New Haven is targeted at Yale HIV-infected students.
C. American Red Cross at Yale encourages Yale students to donate blood.
D. Those joining American Red Cross at Yale should be medical experts.
57. As a new foreign university freshman, he/she is likely to benefit from ______.
A. AIDS Walk New Haven
B. American Red Cross at Yale
C. Best Buddies
D. Bridges ESL
B篇
Personally, I love writing reviews of any kind mostly because that way I can put all my thoughts about the subject on the paper. Before we go on, I have to mention it is different when you write a review for yourself i.e. your blog or website and for your professor in college.
To an untrained eye, reviews may seem pointless. What’s the point of writing about something when other people and your professor have already read the book? Isn’t it enough to talk about it in the class?
Just as movie reviews develop your critical thinking, book reviews do the same. It is not enough to read a book and call it a day; you have to establish your opinion, your likes, and dislikes. When a professor gives you this assignment, he/she wants to see your abilities to analyze the book and use vocabulary skills to discuss different parts of the plot.
Since we are accustomed to writing book reports at a very young age, it comes as no surprise we don’t’ think book reviews are different than a book report. Contrary to the popular belief, book reviews and book reports are two different types of writing. Knowing how they differ is essential for writing a high-quality paper that will guarantee a good grade.
Book reports usually centre around topical details about the author and the plot of the story. On the other hand, a book review is a more complicated approach to understanding and discussing a book. It doesn’t centre around a summary of each section, but you have to carry out a thorough analysis. As you grow and develop as a student, so does your ability to think critically. You don’t just sum up what you’ve just read but analyze every piece of the puzzle in order to show the ability not only to pay attention to detail but also engage thinking critically. Here, you have to be careful that you aren’t, actually, just retelling the story.
While book reviews may contain some elements of book reports e.g. author, characters, plot, the emphasis is to provide a more detailed insight, go deeper and elaborate strengths and weaknesses of the book, and discuss the elements of the story.
You know the difference between book reports and book reviews, now what? Now you’re ready to begin the assignment. In order to write a thorough book review, you have to pay attention to everything about the book, which is why writing down the information about the author, genre, etc. is strongly advised. That’s why you’ll need a pen and notebook where you can write everything.
58. According to the passage, what should be done before starting to write a review?
A. Identifying the target reader
B. Consulting with your professor
C. Developing an interest in reviews.
D. Listing all your thoughts on the paper.
59. The author shows the importance of a book review mainly by ______.
A. giving a solid example
B. making a reasonable assumption
C. drawing a valid comparison
D. providing a detailed description
60. Where does the fundamental difference between a report and a review lie?
A. Objective summary
B. Critical comments
C. Thorough comprehension
D. Personal abilities
C篇
The world’s most complex biological computer, made from a group of engineered cells, could one day be implanted into the body to detect diseases and deliver treatments.
In an early research in 2012, Martin Fussenegger at ETH Zurish in Switzerland and his colleagues engineered two kidney cells to become a biological circuit capable of simple mathematics. One of the cells was able to calculate addition: the presence or absence of each of two chemicals would switch on a reaction inside the cell that would make it shine different colors. The other cell worked in the same way but could substract amounts. This kind of biological circuit resembles a simple logic circuit in a computer. In theory, it could be used to indicate the presence of an infectious substance while in fact it failed.
Most biological reactions in the body aren’t that simple, though. They rarely rely on “one input and one output”----instead, multiple inputs lead to different outputs. For instance, a high level of calcium in the body in the presence of a specific hormone may suggest one disease, but a high level of calcium along with another hormone might indicate a completely different condition.
To be more practical, biological computers need to be able to perform more complex mathematics. However, it is hard to pack multiple calculations into a single cell. To get around this, Fussenegger and his team have engineered a multi-cellular system, in which different cells each perform a separate calculation and pass on the results to each other.
The system has nine cells, each containing a biochemical reaction that responds to three chemical inputs----similar to an AND, NOT and OR system in a traditional electronic circuit. These cells coordinate their activities by releasing chemicals that pass from one cell to the other. Together, they form a fully biological circuit that can respond to multiple inputs.
“Although it is not at a stage yet where we can test on animals, we believe it is the most complex biological computer ever assembled,” says Fussenegger. “This work addresses one of the major limitations in synthetic biology (合成生物学)---a lack of programmable devices,”says Angel Goni-Moreno, a synthetic biologist at Newcastle University, UK. He says that Fussenegger’s multicellular approach enables you to programme the circuit and achieve different calculations just by connecting the nine cells in different configurations(设置).
In the future, a biological computer like this could be used to monitor more complex medical conditions. For example, it could respond to a rise in calcium, a drop in a hormone and an increase in a biomarker, which together would signal the presence of a specific type of cancer, help diagnose it and alert the user to seek appropriate treatment.
61. The underlined word “substract” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. add up
B. take away
C. split up
D. give away
62. What was the progress made in Fusseneger’s early research?
A. A biological circuit was implanted in one of kidney cells.
B. The indication of infectious substances became a reality.
C. Engineered kidney cells could switch on biological reactions.
D. Certain cells were made capable of performing mathematics
63. What has made Fussenegger’s current multi-cellular system so special?
A. It has all the functions of a traditional electronic circuit
B. It is programmable and able to perform different mathematics.
C. It has successfully packed multiple calculations into a single cell.
D. It has been tested through a series of experiments on animals.
64. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Smart cells indicating various cancers
B. Electronic circuit made from multi-cells
C. Programmable cells implanted in human bodies
D. Biological computer made from human cells
D篇：
According to Guglielmo Cavallo and Roger Chartier, reading aloud was a common practice in the ancient world, the Middle Ages, and as late as the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Readers were “listeners attentive to a reading voice,” and “the text addressed to the ear as much as to the eye.” The significance of reading aloud continued well into the nineteenth century.
Using Charles Dickens’s nineteenth century as a point of departure, it would be useful to look at the familial and social uses of reading aloud and reflect on the functional change of the practice. Dickens habitually read his work to a domestic audience or friends. In his later years he also read to a broader public crowd. Chapters of reading aloud also abound in Dickens’ own literary works. More importantly, he took into consideration the Victorian practice when composing his prose, so much so that his writing is meant to be heard, not only read on the page.
Performing a literary text orally in a Victorian family is well documented. Apart from promoting a pleasant family relationship, reading aloud was also a means of protecting young people from the danger of solitary（孤独的）reading. Reading aloud was a tool for parental guidance. By means of reading aloud, parents could also introduced literature to their children, and as such the practice combined leisure and more serious purposes such as religious cultivation in the youths. Within the family, it was commonplace for the father to read aloud. Dickens read to his children: one of his surviving and often-reprinted photographs features him posing on a chair, reading to his two daughters.
Reading aloud in the nineteenth century was as much a class phenomenon as a family affair, which points to a widespread belief that Victorian readership primarily meant a middle-class readership. Those who fell outside this group tended to be overlooked by Victorian publishers. Despite this, Dickens, with his publishers Chapman and Hall, managed to distribute literary reading materials to people from different social classes by reducing the price of novels. This was also made possible with the technological and mechanical advances in printing and the spread of railway networks at the time.
Since the literacy level of this section of the population was still low before school attendance was made compulsory in 1870 by the Education Act, a considerable number of people from lower classes would listen to recitals of texts. Dickens’s readers, who were from such social backgrounds,
might have heard Dickens in this manner. Several biographers of Dickens also draw attention to the fact that it was typical for his texts to be read aloud in Victorian England, and thus illiteracy was not an obstacle for reading Dickens. Reading was no longer a chiefly closeted form of entertainment practiced by the middle class at home.
A working-class home was in many ways not convenient for reading: there were too many distractions, the lighting was bad, and the home was also often half a workhouse. As a result, the Victorians from the non-middle classes tended to find relaxation outside the home such as in parks and squares, which were ideal places for the public to go while away their limited leisure time. Reading aloud, in particular public reading, to some extent blurred the distinctions between classes. The Victorian middle class defined its identity through differences with other classes. Dickens’s popularity among readers from the non-middle classes contributed to the creation of a new class of readers who read through listening.
Different readers of Dickens were not reading solitarily and “jealously”, to use Walter Benjamin’s term. Instead, they often enjoyed a more communal experience, an experience that is generally lacking in today’s world. Modern audiobooks can be considered a contemporary version of the practice. However, while the twentieth-and twentieth-first-century trend for individuals to listen to audiobooks keeps some characteristics of traditional reading aloud---such as “listeners attentive to a reading voice” and the ear being the focus---it is a far more solitary activity.
65. What does the author want to convey in Paragraph 1?
A. The history of reading aloud.
B. The significance of reading aloud.
C. The development of reading practice.
D. The roles of readers in reading practice.
66. How did the practice of reading aloud influence Dickens’s works?
A. He started to write for a broader public crowd.
B. He included more readable contents in his novels.
C. Scenes of reading aloud became common in his works
D. His works were intended to be both heard and read.
67. How many benefits did reading aloud bring to a Victorian family?
A.2
B. 3
C. 4
D.5
68.Where could a London steel worker possibly have gone to for reading?
A. Working place.
B. His/Her own house
C.Nearby bookstores
D. Trafalgar Square
69. What change did reading aloud bring to Victorian society?
A. Different classes started to appreciate and read literary works together.
B. People from lower social classes became accepted as middle-class.
C. The differences between classes grew less significant than before.
D. A non-class society in which everyone could read started to form.
70. What is likely to be discussed after the last paragraph?
A. New reading trends for individuals.
B. The harm of modern audiobooks.
C. The material for modern reading
D. Reading aloud in contemporary societies.
第四部分任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

每个空格只填1个单词。

任务型阅读：
Artificial intelligence (AI) is rushing into business. Firms of all types are using AI to forecast demand, hire workers and deal with customers. The McKinsey Global Institute, a think-tank within a consultancy, forecasts that just applying AI to marketing, sales and supply chains could create economic value of $2.7 trn over the next 20 years.
Such grand forecasts fuel anxiety as well as hope. Less familiar, but just as important, is how AI will transform the workplace.
Start with the benefits. AI ought to improve productivity. Humanyze, a people analytics software provider, combines data from its badges(工牌) with employees’ calendars and e-mails to work out say, whether office layouts favour teamwork. Slack, a workplace messaging app, helps managers assess how quickly employees accomplish tasks. Companies will see when workers are not just dozing off but also misbehaving.
Employees will gain, too. Thanks to advance in computer vision, AI can check that workers are wearing safety equipment and that no one has been harmed on the factory floor. Some will appreciate more feedback on their work and welcome a sense of how to do better.
Machines can help ensure that pay rises and promotions go to those who deserve them. That starts with hiring. People often have biases but algorithms(算法), if designed correctly, can be more unprejudiced. Software can flag patterns that people might miss.
Yet AI’s benefits will come with many potential drawbacks. Algorithms may not be free of the biases of their programmers, which can have unintended consequences. The length of a travel may predict whether an employee will quit a job, but this focus may harm poorer applicants. Older staff might work more slowly than younger ones and could risk losing their positions if all AI looks for is productivity. And surveillance(监控) may feel Orwellian----a sensitive matter now that people have begun to question how much Facebook and other tech giants know about their private lives. As regulators and employers weigh the pros and cons of AI in the workplace, three principles ought to guide its spread. First, data should be anonymised where possible. Microsoft, for example, has a product that shows individuals how they manage their time in the office, but gives managers information only in aggregated(整合) form. Second, the use of AI ought to be transparent. Employees should be told what technologies are being used in their workplaces and which data are being gathered. As a matter of routine, algorithms used by firms to hire, fire and promote should be tested for bias and unintended consequences. Last, countries should let individuals request their own data, whether they are ex-workers wishing to contest a dismissal or jobseekers hoping to demonstrate their ability to prospective employers.
The march of AI into the workplace calls for trade-offs between privacy and performance. A fairer, more productive workforce is a prize worth having, but not if it chains employees. Striking a balance will require thought, a willingness for both employers and employees to adapt, and a strong dose of humanity.
第五部分：书面表达（满分25分）
81.请阅读下面短文，并按要求写一篇150词左右的文章。

Culture is the crystal of a national character and soul. It is widely acknowledged that the Chinese culture is an important aspect of the country’s opening up and maintaining a close relationship with the rest of the world.
Over the past five years, many international cultural events were held, such as the China Shanghai International Arts Festival, the Beijing Music Festival, the International Festival of Intangible Cultural Heritage Chengdu, the China Xinjiang International Dance Festival, and the Silk Road International Arts Festival. These activities have not only enhanced the relations between Chinese and international artists, but also provided them with good opportunities to learn from each other. Through international platforms like UNESCO, China has also strengthened its participation in multilateral cultural communication and cooperation.
A series of policies for promoting Chinese culture overseas have reflected culture’s increasing importance, which also make clear our mission to improve the nation’s oft power by delivering a favorable impression of China to the world and promoting communication between people.
[写作内容]
1．用约30个单词概述上面信息的主要内容；
2．用约12个单词就Delivering Chinese culture to the world这一话题发表你的看法。

（1）分析推广中国文化的意义；
（2）提出推广中国文化的建议（至少两点）。

[写作要求]
1．写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句。

2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

3．不必写标题。