湖北省重点中学2018届高三第二次联考英语

湖北省重点中学2018届高三第二次联考英语湖北省部分重点中学2018届高三第二次联考高三英语试卷命题学校:武汉六中命题教师:刘姣审题教师:余希华考试时间，2018年元月26 日下午15:00-17:00 试卷满分:150分★祝考试顺利★考生注意：全卷满分150分；答题时间120分钟。

答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、学校、考号填写在答题纸密封线内相应位置。

选择题每小题选出答案后，请将答案填涂在答题卡中相应位置，非选择题答案写在答题纸指定位置，不能答在试题卷上。

考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并上交。

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. What will the man do?A. Repair the doors.B. Paint the ceiling.C. Leave home now.2. What is the man?A. A chef.B. A shop owner.C. A waiter.3. When is the train leaving?A. At 10:55.B. At 10:40.C. At 10:25.4. Why does the man get up early?A. To do the washing up.B. To take morning exercise.C. To prepare breakfast.5. What does the man want to do next?A. Go for a bike ride.B. Play basketball.C. Relax at home.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. How long haven’t the speakers meet each other?A. About half a year.B. About a year.C. About two years.7. What department does the woman work now?A. German.B. English.C. Spanish.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What does the man say about the flat?A. It is well-furnished.B. It is near the subway.C. It is cheap.9. What does Alice do?A. A n artist.B. A teacher.C. A student.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Where is the man going?A. A police station.B.A repair shop.C. A bookstore.11. What is “Town Guide”？A. A book.B. A personC. A shop.12. Whom is the man speaking to?A. A policewoman.B. A passer-by.C. A shopkeeper.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Where will the woman go next week?A. England.B. America.C. Australia.14. What does the woman like most about her job?A. Meeting different people.B. Traveling around the world.C. Witnessing the big news event.15. What do we know about the woman’s boyfriend?A. He likes cooking.B. He works as a lawyer.C. He lives in Hong Kong now.16. What will the woman do to relax?A. Cook for herself.B. Go for a sail.C. Go fishing.听第10段材料，回答第17至第20小题。

17. How many people are there in the speaker's family?A. 4.B. 5C. 618. How does the speaker's father go to work?A. By car.B. By bus.C. By subway.19.What is the speaker’s mother probably?A. A teacher.B. A doctor.C. A housewife.20.Where does the speaker’s brother usually go on Saturday?A. The dance club.B. The basketball club.C. The football club.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，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A 、B 、C 和D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A University degrees represent a significant financial investment. So, from the very beginning we encourage you to take a long-term view and to think about what you want to do after you graduate. That way, you can construct the most appropriate combination of courses in order to acquire the required knowledge and skills.Over 70% of our undergraduate students attain a graduate level position 6 months after graduating.What guidance will I receive?Together with the Careers Service we help you:• find out about the career opportunities available• choose the most suitable options for you• make effective job applications• plan and manage your future careerWhat skills will I learn?Employers will be looking for highly skilled recruits. A language study course does not just teach you facts, but also a range of skills, for example：• the practical skills of careful listening to and transcribing language•the analytical skills of describing and comparing languages or styles of language• the intellectual skills of examining and evaluating theories• various changing skillsOur graduates are well prepared for careers which use these skills and others based on them, such as problem-solving, critical evaluation of evidence, attention to detail.Lancaster AwardAchieve the Lancaster Award, a certificate developed in partnership with employers to help you make the most of your time at Lancaster and to demonstrate the skills you have developed along the way. The Lancaster Award will help you stand out from thecrowd and improve your future employment prospects.What do students go on to do with a degree from our department?Here are some typical areas that will be of interest to you once you’ve taken a degree from our department：•Education：t eaching in schools, colleges and universities in Britain, and teaching English as a Foreign Language abroad• Journalism and the media, public relations• Publishing• Management• Higher degrees and research21. What’s the purpose of the Career Service?A. To introduce their career courses and level positions.B. To present a significant financial investment.C. To help graduates plan and manage future career.D. To make readers interested in their career service.22. What’s the advantage of the Lancaster Award?A. It will make the graduate earn much money later.B. It will help the graduate have a brighter future in career.C. It will show the graduate's communicative skills.D. It will keep your work going more easily.23. What will interest you if you have a degree from the department?A. High income and management.B. Education and employment prospects.C. Future employment prospects.D. Higher degrees and research.BLife is hard—even harder than anyone thought it would be. When you were younger, you dreamed of the world being your playground, and you were told that you could do anything and be anyone you wanted. Somehow, though, things haven’t been that smooth sailing you wanted them to be. The world seems to go against you, and the last thing you want to hear is "Cheer up!"Still, there’re a couple of things you might not notice about your situation. Next time you’re down, maybe the following will provide motivation：First, not everything is bad. It's a well-accepted fact that bad news makes for sensational (极好的) television ratings. The fact that something is negative catches a lotmore attention than something positive, and that’s because it's easy to see things in a negative light. However, that shouldn't distract you from the bigger picture.Resist the tunnel vision that results from constant negativity. Remember that even though there's lots of really nasty stuff going on, you're surrounded by some pretty awesome stuff, as well.You should al so remember other people aren’t you. No one likes being compared to another person. What makes it even worse, if that's even possible, is when you do it to yourself.Stop comparing yourself to another person and you'll realize that you’re very more awesome than you give yourself credit for.Last, failure isn't where the game stops. So you tried something new, but you didn't follow through. Frustrated at yourself, you stop trying. As a result, your quality of life goes down terribly. You've given up on it, t hough, because you don’t see the point (since you failed the first time).Now, you’re an adult. The things you are trying are much more complicated than five-year-old you.However, your behavior shouldn’t change in the slightest-when you fail in something, that’s just more information in your data bank. You know that method doesn't work, so try another one! And another one after that! Do this until you figure it out. Giving up is for lesser beings, and you sure aren't one of those.24. The author mentions bad news in order to show that ___.A. bad news makes people see things in a negative lightB. bad news is more likely to catch people's eyesC. bad news attracts people to see positive thingsD. bad news has a negative effect on television rates25. What does the underlined part "nasty stuff" in Para. 4 probably mean?A. Unstable emotions. C. Amazing incidents.B. Important events. D. Something unpleasant.26. How should we view failure according to the passage?A. We should change our behavior.B. We should keep trying the old method.C. We should learn from failure.D. We should think in a more complicated way.27. What is the passage mainly about?A. It inspires us to learn from negative experiences.B. It compares negative and positive experiences.C. It criticizes those who are affected by bad experiences.D. It discusses how negative experiences affect others.C Millions could be saved by the recently developed “universal vaccine(疫苗）,” scientists claim. According to Science Daily, there were two universal vaccines developed by an international team of scientists: aUSA-specific vaccine with coverage of 95 percent of known U. S. influenza(流感）strains and a universal vaccine with coverage of 88 percent of known flu strains globally.“Every year we have a round of flu vaccination, where we choose a recent strain of flu as the vaccine, hoping that it will protect against next year’s strains. We know this method is safe, and that it works reasonably well most of the time,” Dr Derek Gath erer of Lancaster University said in a statement.“However, sometimes it doesn’t work一as in the H3N2 vaccine failure in winter 2014 一2015 一and even when it does it is extremely expensive and labour -intensive. Also, these annual vaccines give us noprotec tion at all against potential future flu. ”State News Flu explains vaccines work by exposing the immune system “to proteins on the exterior of influenza viruses that have been caused to be harmless”.The vaccines prepare the immune system to be ready once it has come across the particular virus included in the vaccine by developing antibodies(抗体）to fight them off.Recalling the 1918 Influenza, also called as the Mother of All Pandemics(大流行）,the scientists note that it is important to develop vaccines to avoid massive deaths.The 1918 Influenza, as stated by Stanford killed somewhere between 20 and 40 million people, more than the number of deaths during the World War I.Dr Gatherer said:“It doesn’t have to be this way. Based on our knowledge of the flu virus and the human immune system, we can use computers to design the elements of a vaccine that gives much broader andlonger -lasting protection.”Meanwhile, the scientists are still looking for partners for a laboratory proof — of — principle test.28. Where is the result of the research from?A. Science Daily.B. China Daily.C. Stanford.D. Dr Lancaster.29. What does the underlined word “strain” probably mean?A. vaccineB. virusC. kindD. system30. What can we know about the yearly vaccines?A. They always work reasonably well to protect against next year’s strains.B. They don't have effect on protecting against next year’s strains.C. They can protect against potential future flu.D. They have no effect on protecting against underlying future flu.31. Why did the author mention the 1918 influenza in the passage?A. To show the importance of developing vaccines.B. To remind people of the terrible event.C. To explain the reasons for massive deaths.D. To be in memory of the dead in the influenza.D It was a discovery that could change science. “We hit the jackpot (头条）here,” said British scientist Guillem Anglada-Escude about the discovery of a planet “more or less” like Earth that is orbiting Proxima Centauri, the star nearest to our solar system.What do we know about this exciting new Earth? Well, Proxima b, or" Earth II" as you could call it, is a little bigger than our Earth, and its years only take 11 days. Also, since it is so much closer to its red dwarf(矮小的)star than we are to the sun, the sky on its world is orange without any blue at all, creating a forever sunset effect.There are a lot of questions for life forms that could live on this new planet. As the Chicago Tribune wrote in an article: “First, as reporter Lois Lane asked Superman in the first movie, do you eat? Do you have poetry? Do you have any interest in visiting other worlds? If so, put Earth on your Must See list. ”The discovery of the planet made the Chicago Tribune newspaper wonder if anyone had seen or heard of the US’ space postcards from its Pioneer 10 andPioneer 11 space probes(探测器),sent up into space in 1972 and the next year.Included with the probes were pictures of a man and a woman, along with diagrams of the solar system. Gold records were also sent up into space on Voyager probes in 1977. If aliens on Proxima b had played the record, they would have found sounds and images that showed the incredible diversity of Earth.Aliens might also have heard the message from former US President Jimmy Carter：“This is a present from a small distant world...our sounds, our science, our images, our music, our thoughts and our feelings. We are trying to survive our time so we may live into yours. We hope someday, having solved the problems we face, to join a community of galactic (星际）civilizations. This record represents our hope and our determination, and our good will in an...awesome universe. ”It might not be time to plan a visit to Proxima b just yet-even if it has an atmosphere — as first, we would need to invent a way to get there in less than the 78,000 years it would take at 36,000mph (about57,900km/h)."Proxima b looks to us like a promising Plan(et) B,just in case things go really south on this blue planet, “the Chi cago Tribune wrote.32. Which of the following is TRUE about Proxima b?A. Proxima b is bigger and closer to the sun than Earth.B. It is a newly discovered star in the solar systemC. Proxima b has an atmosphere like the Earth's.D. The sky of Proxima b turns orange at sunset.33. The postcards and records were sent up into space on probes to _________•A. show off the incredible diversity of Earth to aliens.B. describe Earth and express friendly feelings to aliens.C. test if there were aliens in space.D. invite aliens to visit Earth.34. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?A. Earth will get worse and worse in the near future.B. Proxima b seems to be an alternative living place.C. We will be able to settle on Proxima b soon.D. Proxima b is more suitable to live on than Earth.35. What is the main purpose of the text?A. To give advice on how to visit a new planet.B. To illustrate the thrills of moving to a new home in space.C. To prove that aliens really exist on other planets.D. To report on the discovery of an interesting new planet.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。