江西省新余市两重点校2018届高三第一次联考 英语

2018届第一次联考英语试题第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)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 秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What will the woman do today?A. Visit a friend.B. Attend a lecture.C. Do an eperiment.2. What does the man find difficult?A. Understanding the instructions.B. Putting together the folding table.C. Fiing a toy train.3. Where is the woman’s cell phone?A. In the classroom.B. In the dining hall.C. In her bag.4. When does the woman need the boo?A. On April 1st.B. On April 2nd.C. On April 3rd.5. What does the man mean?A. Most readers don’t agree with him.B. The woman can’t convince him.C. Few people read his article.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。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. Where did the woman stay at night during the holiday?A. In a tent.B. In a hotel.C. In a farmhouse.7. What does the woman thin of the people there?A. They were interesting.B. They were friendly.C. They were honest.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What are the speaers mainly taling about?A. Pocet money.B. Part-time jobs.C. The man’s parents.9. How long does the man tae care of his neighbor’s baby every Friday?A. For two hours.B. For three hours.C. For four hours.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What relation is Cindy to Edward?A. His former primary schoolmate.B. His group member.C. His teacher.11. What can Edward do in the theater group?A. Meet famous artists.B. Perform plays and musicals.C. See films.12. Where are the speaers?A. At school.B. In a play theater.C. Outside a cinema.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. When does the woman go to the restaurant?A. In the early morning.B. In the middle of the morning.C. At noon.14. What does the woman lie most about the restaurant?A. The quiet environment.B. The delicious food.C. The ja music.15. What does the man have for lunch?A. Pancaes.B. Fish pie.C. Sausages.16. What does the man say about his favorite restaurant?A. It’s new and clean.B. The food is tasty and cheap.C. A film star often eats there.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is “What to Do Today”?A. A radio program.B. A social organiation.C. A school team.18. What’s the main purpose of the tree-planting activity?A. To help poor blind children.B. To protect the environment.C. To improve family relationships.19. How many trees do students and their parents want to plant today?A. 30.B. 750.C. 1,500.20. What should volunteers bring for the activity?A. Hats.B. Thic gloves.C. Basic tools.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60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，选出最佳选项填在题卡上将该项涂黑。

AMany of the world’s most people were once successful failures. Here are the stories of a few of them.Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865)Abraham Lincoln was one of America’s greatest leaders, taing the country through the Civil War(from 1860 to 1865). However, his life was never easy. He started numerous businesses that failed, he went banrupt twice, and was defeated in 26 campaigns for public office. He later said, “My great concern i s not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure.”Vincent Van Gogh(1853-1890)Van Gogh is one of the most famous and influential painters in the history of Western Art. He’s renowned for paintings such as The Starry Night. The potato Eaters and Sunflowers. However, during his lifetime, Van Gogh sold only one painting for a very small amount of money. Despite this, he carried on painting, something even going without food so he could complete his collection of over 800 nown wors.Albert Einstein(1879-1955)Albert Einstein won the Noble Prie in Physics in 1921. However, he wasn’t always considered a “genius”. He didn’t spea until he was four, and couldn’t read until he was seven. His teachers and parents thought he was slow, so he was epelled from school and couldn’t get into the urich Polytechnic School. He later famously said, “Success is failure in progress.”Stephen ing(born 1947)Stephen ing is one of the best-selling authors of all time, but his first boo, Carrie, was rejected by about 30 publishers. Eventually, Stephen threw it in the bin, but his wife fished it out and encouraged him to resubmit it, which he did…successfully this time!21. Which statement is true about Abraham Lincoln?A. He led the American War of IndependenceB. He never succeeded in his businessC. He was full of courage and perseveranceD. He is the greatest president of the United States22. Who became famous all over the world after his death?A. Albert EinsteinB. Vincent Van GoghC. Albert EinsteinD. Stephen ing23. What was the most liely reason for Albert Einstein’s dropping out of school?A. He didn’t do something as soon as he couldB. He couldn’t spea or readC. His teacher thought he was stupidD. He didn’t obey the school rules24. What do these people have in common?A. They are all AmericansB. They are nown for their writingsC. They were born in the same centuryD. They all suffered failure before they succeededBThe world’s population is projected to reach 11 billion by the end of the century.Feeding that many people will be a challenge, and it is further complicated by the impact of climate change on agriculture. That is why some people advocate an unusual way to boost the food supply and feed people sustainably by eating less meat and more insects.About 2 billion people already eat bugs. Meicans enjoy chilly-toasted grasshoppers. Thais tuc into cricet stir-fries and Ghanaians snac on termites. Insects are slowly creeping on to Western menus as novelty items, but most people remain squcamish(拘谨).Yet there are three reasons why eating insects maes sense.First, they are healthier than meat. There are nearly 2000 inds of edible insects, many of them paced with protein, calcium, fiber, iron and inc. A small serving of grasshoppers(蚱蜢) can contain about the same amount of protein as a similar sied serving of beef, but has far less fat and far fewer calories.Second, raising insects is cheap, or free. Little technology or investment is needed to produce them. Harvesting insects could provide livelihoods to some of the world’s poorest people.Finally, insects are a far more sustainable source of food than livestoc. Livestoc production accounts for nearly a fifth of all greenhouse-gas emissions, that’s more than transport. By contrast, insects produce relatively few greenhouse gases and raising them requires much less land and water. And they eat almost anything.Despite all this, most Westerners find insects hard to swallow.One solution is to use protein obtained from bugs in other products such as ready meals and pasta sauces. Not having to loo at the bugs and emphasiing the environmental benefits might mae the idea of eating insectsa bit more palatable.25. What is the direct reason why some people advocate eating insects?A. Insufficient food supplyB. Climate changeC. The rapid increase of populationD. Insects’ high nutrition26. From the passage, we can infer that .A. eating insects is healthier than eating meatB. eating insects is popular among westernersC. eating insects can help people lose weightD. eating insects causes less damage to the environment27. How can we mae it more acceptable to eat insects?A. By closing your eyes when eating insectsB. By eating insects together with other foodC. By putting insects’ nutrients into other food productsD. By considering the environmental benefits of eating insectsCEvery day we are eposed to images, videos, music and news. In this age of visual and aurditory(听觉的) hyper-stimulation (过渡刺激的), the medium of radio is maing a great comebac.“We’r e at the beginning of a golden age of audio,” said US-based podcaster（播客）Ale Blumberg in an article in The Sydney Morning Herald. In the last month alone, 15 percent of US adults listened to a radio podcast. These statistics, released by Edison Research, show the successful evolution of traditional radio broadcasts to the present day’s digital podcast format. The term “podcast”was invented in 2004, but the trend only started gaining mainstream popularity in recent years. With the sharp increase in consumer demand for smartphones and tablets, podcast sales have jumped.The appeal of the podcast partly lies in its multiplatform delivery and on-demand capabilities ( 功能). You can listen during those etra minutes of the day when you’re waling to the shops, waiting in a queue or riding the subway. Similar to television shows, podcasts are generally free to download and most offer new content every wee.Donna Jacson, 22, Sydney University media graduate, listens to podcasts two or three times a wee, via iTurns. “I listen while I’m wandering around the house doing something else. It maes completing a boring tas much more enjoyable… And it’s an easy way of eeping in touch with what’s going on in the rest of the world,” she said, “I mainly listen to BBC podcasts, but recently I’ve also been listening to This American Life and Serial. They have a special sill to really draw you in.”Unlie television and music, the audio format has the potential to create a deep impression on readers. Blumberg says this owes to the podcast’s ability “to create close relationship and emotional connection.”Sydney University undergraduate Hael Proust, majoring in social wor and arts, agrees. “When you’re listening, it feels as if the voice of the podcast’s storyteller is taling directly to you. It’s comforting,” said Proust.It seems the age-old tradition of verbal storytelling is very much alive and well.28. From the first two paragraphs, we can learn that .A. traditional broadcast has come bacB. Americans love listening to the radioC. podcasts have become very popular todayD. smartphones sell well because of podcasts29. The writer mentions Donna Jacson mainly to_________.A. tell how young people rela themselvesB. eplain why young people lie podcastsC. introduce what programs podcasts are presentingD. show how popular podcasts are presenting30. Paragraph 5 is mainly about .A. the influence of radiosB. the advantage of podcastsC. readers’ impression on radiosD. people’s reaction to the medium31. What is probably the best title of the passage?A.Return of RadioB. Opinions of PodcastC. Features of RadioD. Technology of PodcastDCrown shyness(树冠羞避）is a mysterious natural phenomenon in which the crowns of some tree species do .not touch each other, but get separated by a gap clearly visible from ground level. The effect usually occurs between trees of the same species, but has also been observed between trees of different species.There are many theories going around, most of which mae sense, but no one has been able to prove without the shadow of a doubt why some trees avoid touching each other.In his 1955 boo Growth Habits of the Eucalypts，Australian forester M. R. Jacobs writes that the growing tips of the trees are sensitive to abrasion (擦伤），which results in crown shyness phenomenon. This theory was also supported by Dr Miguel Franco. Some eperiments have shown that if trees displaying crown shyness are artificially prevented from swaying(摇摆）in the wind and touching each other, they gradually fill up the gaps between them.But while the above theory is arguably the most widespread, it’s certainly not the only one. Some scientists have suggested that crown shyness is a mechanism to stop the spreading of leaf-eating insects.These pests have been nown to wor together and create stractures that etend up to 10 cm off of tree branches, in order to reach other plants,so the gaps are the trees natural defense method.One Malaysian scholar studied many trees, but found no traces of abrasions, despite their clear crown shyness. Instead, he suggests that the growing tips of the trees were sensitive to light levels and stopped growing when they got too close to other trees. Plants are able to sense how close they are to other plants and in order to get more light, they give off some chemical to stop other trees from growing too close.Whatever the reason, one thing is for sure, plants are more intelligent than people.32. What can we now about crown shyness?A. It can cause abrasion between trees.B. It only happens between the same species.C. It has been discovered for only half a century.D. No agreement has been reached about its real cause.33. What will happen if trees showing crown shyness are stopped from swaying?A. The gaps between the trees will grow wider.B. The trees will stop growing and even die.C. The gaps between the trees will remain the same.D. The crown shyness phenomenon will disappear.34. What does the underlined word “mechanism” in paragraph 4 probably mean?A. Tip.B. Theory.C. Way.D. Plan，35. Which statement might the Malaysian scholar agree with?A. Some insects stop trees growing too close.B. Trees compete with their neighbors for light.C. Trees won't touch each other to avoid diseases.D. Trees have special ways to attac others.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，选项中存两项为多余选项。