河北省定州中学2018届高三(承智班)上学期期末考试英语试题

河北定州中学2017—2018学年度第一学期期末考试高三年级英语试卷第一部分听力（共两节，满分30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答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5个小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一道小题，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 will the man probably do?A.Help the woman paint her car.B.Buy the woman's car.C.Get a new car.2.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.In a bookstore.B.In a classroom.C.In a library.3.Why is the man leaving early?A.He isn't interested in the movie.B.He wants to avoid a traffic jam.C.He doesn't know the way to the theater.4.What is the man dissatisfied with about his job?A.The salary.B.The hours.C.The location.5.What does the woman imply?A.The sweater looks terrible.B.It's cool in the lecture hall.C.The weather is heavily polluted today.第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，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和第7两个小题。

6.Where is the paper for the printer?A.On the bottom shelf.B.On the top shelf.C.On the floor.7.What is the relationship between the speakers?A.Salesman and customer.B.Boss and assistant.C.Colleagues.听下面一段对话，回答第8至第10三个小题。

8.Where does the northwest route end up?A.A lake.B.A waterfall.C.A mountain.9.Which is the shortest route?A.The northwest route.B.The north route.C.The northeast route.10.What will the man do after the trip?A.Meet a friend in the parking lot.B.Have a meal with his friend.C.Drive to town with the woman.听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。

11.What does the woman ask the man to do?A.Fix the washing machine.B.Read the newspaper.C.Turn off the light.12.Why did the woman go to Mr.Smith's?A.To ask for help.B.To visit his house.C.To take care of his kid.13.What did the man plan to do?A.Buy some electric wires.B.Look for a good job.C.Repair the car.听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。

14.Why didn't many students enjoy living in the dorms?A.They couldn't get a sense of privacy at all.B.The dorms were far from the campus.C.They missed their families.15.How long was the dining hall open every day?A.3 hours.B.5 hours.C.6 hours.16.What does the woman forget details about?undry.B.Food.C.Social activities.17.What are freshmen's lives like in Berkeley?A.Boring.B.Confusing.C.Colorful.听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18.What is the survey about?A.Hobbies.B.Ideal jobs.C.After-school activities.19.Whom did the speaker ask questions?A.Seniors.B.Teachers.C.Graduates.20.How many answers are discussed in the passage?A.3.B.4.C.5.二、阅读理解A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology finds that older and younger people have varying preferences about what they would want a personal robot to look like. And they change their minds based on what the robot is supposed to do.Participants were shown a series of photos portraying either robotic, human or mixed human-robot faces and were asked to select the one that they would prefer for their robot’s appearance. Most college-aged adults in the study preferred a robotic appearance. However nearly 60 percent of older adults said they would want a robot with a human face, and only 6 percent of them chose one with a mixed human-robot appearance. But the preferences in both are groups were different when participants were told the robot was assisting with personal care, chores, social interaction or for helping to make decisions.Preferences were less strong for helping with chores, although the majority of older and younger participants chose a robot with a robotic face. But for decision-making tasks, such as getting advice for where to invest money, younger participants tended to select a mixed human-robot appearance.A robotic face was their least favored choice for this task. Older adults generally preferred a human face.Personal care tasks such as bathing provoked the most divisive preferences within both age groups. Those who chose a human face did so because they associated the robot with human-like care capabilities—such as nursing and trustworthy traits（特点）. Many others didn’t want anythinglooking like a human to bathe them due to the private nature of the task.In the final category, assistance with social tasks, both age groups preferred a human face.Based on this early research, Prakash, a researcher who led the study says that if a robot is designed to help only with a specific task, its appearance should be decided by the features of the task. For instance, if the robot is designed to specifically assist the user with critical decisions, the robot should be given an intelligent look instead of a funny one. Prakash plans to expand the study to other age groups and more diverse educational backgrounds.21．The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.A. participantsB. college-aged adults.C. older adults.D. robots.22．While getting advice about the money from robots, the older may choose ________.A. a robotic appearanceB. a human faceC. a mixed human-robot look.D. a funny appearance.23．What can we learn from the passage?A. The younger didn’t like a robot with a human face to bathe them.B. The older preferred to hire a nurse to bathe them instead of a robot.C. The choice of the robots’ look is mainly related to the age.D. Th ere will be a further study on the choice of the robot’s look.24．What does the passage mainly talk about?A. A new study from the Georgia Institute of Technology.B. The preferences while choosing a face of a robot.C. How to select the appearance of a robot.D. The development of the robot.The Cardboard Box Office is a project created by Lilly and Leon Mackie, who recently moved from New Zealand to Sydney, Australia. The transfer left them with a mountain of cardboard boxes, and the arrival of their bab y son Orson 10 months ago meant their social lives were “completely altered (改变.” So the couple decided to try to make some fun of the situation.“We started after creating a one-off photo where we wanted to portray the general mess and sleep-deprivation (睡眠) that comes with being new parents,” Lilly Mackie said in an email.“People seemed to really love it and asked for more. We had a lot of weekends at home and a stockpile of cardboard so we thought ‘Why not?’ It went from there. ”The Mackies took the first photos in September and have portrayed 14 movies so far,including their versions of “Cast Away”(or “Castababy”) and “Jurassic Park”(or “Goo-goo Gaa-gaa-rassic Park”). Even “Star Wars” gets the Mackie treatment, with Orson holding a cardboard tube in pl ace of a saber (军刀) and mom sporting impressive Princess Leia-like hair buns ( HI made out of brown paper in the photo titled “Wah Wars.”The family usually creates the sets on 'Saturdays and posts the whimsical pictures on their blog and Facebook page, which have almost 3,000 fans. Besides cardboard boxes, the photos feature costumes, props (道具) , and sets created out of everyday household items, toys, “and three individuals slowly losing their sense,” they joked on their blog.Leon, a children’s book d esigner at a large publishing company, and Lilly, a stay-at-home mom, are both film buffs and photography fans. The baby is also becoming a connoisseur (鉴赏家) of movies and cardboard boxes.“Orson seems to find the photo shoots quite fascinating and enjo ys exploring the sets-and tearing things apart. There’s never a dull moment for him on Saturday nights,” Lilly said. “When he gets a little older, we’11 bring in a lot more of his input, asking for his ideas on films and sets. Make it a real family thing. I think he may come up with some quite funny things.”25．The original reason why the Mackies create family movies is that______.A. they want to earn a great deal of moneyB. both of them are children’s book designersC. they have no friends in their new communityD. they want to make their family life interesting26．What do we know about the Mackies’ family movies?A. They are usually made on Sundays.B. They are not popular on the Internet.C. Some of them are made based on famous films.D. They are mainly about early childhood education.27．Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word “whimsical” in Paragraph 4?A. Unusual.B. V aluable.C. Famous.D. Disgusting.28．What's the final purpose of the Mackies' making family movies?A. To teach audiences how to make films.B. To prove their baby is very bright.C. To develop Orson's skills in art.D. To make themselves .famous.CyclingYou need only look at a professional cyclist to appreciate the potential effects of cycling on the body. But what about the mind? It’s a question that has long challenged anyone who has wondered how riding a bike can offer what feels close to a state of emptying your mind.Dr. John Ratey thinks cycling increases “the chemistry in your brain that makes you feel calm,” but also that carrying out multiple operations while cycling can be an effective treatment, as shown in a German study involving 115 children, half of whom did activities such as cycling that involved complex movements, while the rest performed more straightforward exercises with the same aerobic (有氧的) demands. Both groups did better than they previously had in concentration tests, but the “complex” group did a lot better.There have been other interesting findings too. In 2003, Dr. Jay Alberts rode a tandem bicycle, a bicycle built for two riders sitting one behind the other, across the American state of Ohio with a friend who has Parkinson’s (帕金森) disease, a condition affecting the nervous system. The idea was to raise awareness of the disease, but to the surprise of both riders, the patient showed significant improvements. Dr. Jay Alberts then scanned the brains of 26 Parkinson’s patients during and after an eight-week exercise programme using bikes. Half the patients were allowed to ride at their own paces, while the others were pushed harder. All patients improved, and the group which was pushed harder showed particularly significant increases in connectivity between areas of intelligence responsible for functions such as walking and picking things up.We don’t know how this happens, but there is more evidence of the link between Parkinson’s and cycling. A video on the Internet shows a 58-year-old man with severe Parkinson’s. At first, we watch the patient trying to walk. He can barely stand and his hands shake uncontrollably. Then we see the man on a bicycle being supported by others. With a push, he’s off, cycling past cars with perfect balance. Doctors don’t fully understand this discrepancy either, but say that cycling may act as some sort of action that helped the patient’s brain.The science of cycling is incomplete, but perhaps the most remarkable thing for the everyday rideris that it can require no conscious focus at all. The mindlessness of cycling can not only make us happier, but al so leave room for other thoughts. On the seat of my bike, I’ve solved problems at work and made life decisions, as, I’m sure, have countless others.29．What does the study described in Paragraph 2 suggest?A. Cycling has a good effect on physical fitness.B. The tasks involved in cycling can be hard for children.C. Lack of exercise like cycling causes lack of concentration.D. Cycling can improve the ability to focus attention on a task.30．Studies of people with Parkinson’s show that ______.A. cycling does more good if sufferers put more effort into itB. cycling on tandem bikes has a better effect on the diseaseC. not every person with Parkinson’s will benefit from cyclingD. social awareness is more important for Parkinson’s sufferers31．What does the underlined part “this discrepancy” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. Why Parkinson’s affects some people and not others.B. Why someone with Parkinson’s can cycle but not walk.C. How cycling could be included in treatment for Parkinson’s.D. How a link between cycling and Parkinson’s was discovered.32．What’s the main idea of the passage?A. The effect of cycling is not yet fully understood.B. Cycling is believed to be both complex and mindless.C. Cycling has a significant influence on people’s mind.D. People may be more intelligent with the help of cycling,What if the car waiting patiently behind a parked bus is a driverless or autonomous vehicle(A V)? Will this robot car be able to understand what you mean when you flash your lights or madly wave your hands? Its sensors could decides that it’s only safe to overtake when there’ no oncoming traffic at all. On a busy road at school home time, this may be never leading to increasingly angry passengers and increasingly angry driers queuing behind.And how will a robot car driving out from a T-junction into oncoming traffic be able to make thenecessary eye contact with a human driver? These safety-first robot cars could become victims of their own politeness and end up being bullied and ignored by aggressive, impatient humans. This, at any rate, is one of the conclusions to be drawn from research carried out by Dr Chris Tennant of the psychological and behavioral science department at the London School of Economics. His Europe-wide survey finds that nearly two-thir ds of drivers think machines won’t have enough common sense to interact with human drivers. And more than two-fifths think a robot car would remain stuck behind our parked lorry for a long time.“If you view the road as a social space, you will consciously negotiate your journey with other drivers. People who like that negotiation process appear to feel less comfortable engaging with A Vs than with human drivers,” says Mr. Tennant in his report. Of course, humans are always skeptical about new technologies of which they have little experience. That skepticism usually decreases with usage, however. And even many skeptics accept that emotionless A Vs could cause fewer accidents than we humans, with our tendency to road anger, tiredness and lack of concentration. A statistic often repeated is that human error is responsible for more than 90% of accidents. But 70% of the 12,000 people Mr. Tennant and his team interviewed agreed that: “ As a point of principle, humans should be in control of their vehicles.” An even greater proportion-80%-thought an autonomous vehicle should always have a steering wheel.33．According to the text, an autonomous vehicle______.A. is controlled by a robotB. waits shorter than other carsC. judges traffic by drivers onlineD. recognizes angry human drivers34．Dr. Chris Tennant found in his study that autonomous vehicles_______.A. won’t interact with human driversB. avoid passing T-junctions ahead of timeC. drive in the same ways as a human driverD. may suffer from impatient human drivers35．What can we infer from the text?A. Autonomous vehicles will be less socialB. Autonomous vehicles are safer than generally expectedC. Human drivers have been replaced by autonomous vehiclesD. Human drivers are willing to interact with autonomous vehicles36．What is the best title for the text?A. An autonomous car takes a test runB. What is driverless technology like?C. Say no to the coming driverless trendD. Would you bully a driverless car or show it respect?三、完形填空What do photography and foster care（收养）have in common? Apparently a lot, Jennifer Loomis, an experienced local photographer, and her husband were a childless couple, so they were considering ________ a kid. As part of their ________, they went online and visited sites containing ________ of children up for adoption. ________, the photos didn’t really express the children. To Loomis’ artful eye, they ________ to let people know who the children truly were. Loomis then contacted（联系）Northwest Adoption Exchange and ________a free photo shoot to help the ________children show better pictures of them to present to adopting parents. The ________ readily agreed.One child who ________ the photo shoot was Deon, a lonely child who had bounced（被退回）around the foster system. With Loomi s’ great ________, a new and more personable Deon was photographed. And this had a(n) ________ effect! Soon prospective（有意收养的）parents Joanna Church and Sean Vaillancourt saw Deon’s new photo on the website and were ________ by the boy with bright, happy eyes. (They had previously seen his ________ photo, but got no clear impression about him). Contact was made, he was brought into their ________.Now Church and Vaillancourt have become Deon’s parents. The ________ was a godsend to Deon. He had been in and out various foster homes since the age of 5, and was losing ________. At age 18, children no longer qualify for foster care and must begin to ________ themselves. This is a bitter reality for a child at age 16, particularly one who has never really found ________ from a home. Deon is now paired with a loving family ________ Jennifer Loomis simply took a better photo of him. She has completely changed Deon’s ________ and those of his adoptive parents.“When you give someone a chance,” Deon said, “You are basically saving a life.”37．A. photographing B. interviewing C. adopting D. honoring38．A. study B. treatment C. search D. design39．A. images B. plans C. stories D. ideas40．A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Instead41．A. continued B. failed C. happened D. tried42．A. required B. accepted C. offered D. allowed43．A. curious B. careful C. proud D. willing44．A. team B. couple C. government D. organization45．A. attended B. helped C. refused D. respected46．A. concerns B. skills C. interest D. courage47．A. possible B. immediate C. serious D. small48．A. understood B. recognized C. invited D. attracted49．A. unique B. nice C. old D. large50．A. office B. school C. home D. shop51．A. match B. performance C. practice D. description52．A. hope B. money C. energy D. interest53．A. teach B. support C. control D. trust54．A. freedom B. happiness C. answers D. chances55．A. though B. unless C. but D. because56．A. attitude B. manner C. behavior D. life四、七选五57．Learn how to show them why it’s important to save, how to avoid overspending, and what they can do to successfully manage their money.1. Have deliberate conversations about money.Talk openly with your kids about the money you make and what it pays for, such as home, food, clothing and transportation. A conversation like this will give them context and wilt help them grasp early on that it costs money to have the essentials and that everything else is extra.58．2. Give them a modest allowance.A child who is old enough to count is old enough to get allowance. The amount should be anage-appropriate amount where stuff they’ll want w ill inquire at least a few weeks of saving to buy.59．Normal chores (家务) are pan of being in a family, not about getting paid.3.60．Your kids have “regular” chores, already. By all means feel free to offer up those bigger, unpleasant tasks as optional paid jobs —weeding, shoveling snow, whatever they’ll really have to work at to earn those extra bucks — and kick back while they learn the value of a dollar.4. Be a good financial role model.61．So remember that you.re constantly sending financial cues to the children in your life in ways big and small. Be a good financial role model by using examples from your own life to teach them things they should and should not do with their money. Handle your money the way you’d want them to handle their own.A. Children are always curious.B. Money matters a lot in our daily life.C. Don’t tie this money to chores, either.D. Create opportunities for extra earnings.E. Children learn by observing adult behavior.F. Avoiding the subject actually creates unnecessary negative feelings.G. It’s never too early or too late to teach the children the value of a dollar.五、短文改错62．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。