湖北省荆州市高三英语第八次周考试题

2018届高三年级第八次周考英语卷

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称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.Where does the woman haveto get off?

A. At the museum stop.

B. At National City Library.

C. At National City Bank.

2. Why does the man turn down the woman?

A. He has no MP4 player at all.

B. He has lent his MP4 player to someone.

C. He broke his MP4 player last weekend.

3.What does the woman want to do?

A. Lend her car to the man.

B. Wait for the bus with the man.

C. Send the man back to his apartment.

4. How is the man ?

A. Serious.

B. Mean.

C. Forgetful.

5. What will the weather be like in West London this week?

A. Sunny.

B. Cold.

C. Foggy.

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。

请听第6段材料，回答6、7题。

6. What does the man think of the woman’s cooking?

A. It’s very good indeed.

B. It’s not to his taste.

C. It’s better

than what he does.

7. What does the woman ask the man to do?

A. Have some soup.

B. Have more rice.

C. Bring his wife next time . 请听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8.Why does the woman suggest buying a new car?

A. The old car is out of date.

B. There’s something wrong with the old car.

C. Some new cars are on sale at present.

9.What do we know about the speakers?

A. They don’t have enough money at present.

B. They can’t borrow money from the bank any more.

C. They don’t have time to go to the bank.

请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Why does the woman blame the man?

A. He works a little slow.

B. He can’t operate the machine.

C. He designs machines for right handers.

11. Who was left –handed in the woman’s family besides her?

A. Her father.

B. Her mother.

C. Her brother.

12.What happened to the man’s right hand?

A. It was cut off.

B. It was broken.

C. It was burnt. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where does the woman want to go for her trip?

A. To Jordan.

B. To Japan.

C. To Angola.

14. How many planes does the woman think will fly across oceans every day?

A. Dozens.

B. Hundreds.

C. Thousands.

15.What does the woman think of Queen Elizabeth II?

A. Splendid.

B. Fast.

C. Safe.

16.Why did the woman go to the Mississippi?

A．For a study. B. For a business trip. C. For a

sightseeing tour.

请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does the speaker do most probably?

A. A coach.

B. A reporter.

C. A tourist.

18. Where is the speaker right now?

A. At the top of Mount Raven.

B. On a ski slope.

C. In the newsroom.

19. What is the lowest temperature tomorrow?

A. Zero degree.

B. Minus 12 degrees.

C. Minus 20degrees.

20. What does the speaker suggest that skiers should do ?

A. Stay indoors.

B. Dress warmly.

C. Watch skiing. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

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You may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their unforgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration(启迪).

●Michael Dell, University of Texa s at Austin

And now you've accomplished something great and important here, and it's time for you to move on to what's next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. ... You must also commit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge you've been blessed (赐予)with and go.

●J.K. Rowling, Harvard University

Half my lifetime ago ,I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not rich...But what I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty(贫穷), but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by

a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success.

●Steve Jobs, Stanford Univ ersity

Sometimes life's going to hit you in the head with a brick. Don't lose