江西省赣中南五校2017届高三英语上学期期末考试试题

2017届江西赣中南五校高三期末联考英语试题注意事项：1．本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

2．答题前，考生务必将姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应位置。

3．全部答案在和答题卡完成，答在本试卷上无效。

4．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

本试卷满分150分，测试时间120分钟。

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）1. When should the woman phone Mr. Brown?A. At 11:00a.m.B. At 2:00 p.m.C. At 3:00 p.m.2. What does the man think of his cat?A. Too old.B. Quite lovely.C. Very active.3. Which room of the apartment does the man dislike?A. The living room.B. The kitchen.C. The bedroom.4Where does the conversation take place?A. In a cinema.B. In a library.C. In a classroom.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Their trips.B. Their dreams.C. Their foods.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What trouble does the man have now?A. He has to work abroad.B. His computer has broken down.C. He can’t get promoted.7. What are the speakers talking about?A. The woman’s boss.B. The woman’s computer.C. The woman’s job.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What does the man like to do in his free time?A. See films.B. Read books.C. Attend concerts.9. What new hobby will the woman start?A. Skiing.B. Reading.C. Listening to music. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How many showers has the man taken today?A. One.B. Two.C. Three11. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Clean up the bathroom.B. Learn more about cities.C. Take a quick shower.12. What did Michael tell the woman?A. Water supply in cities is endless.B. Water shortage happens everywhere.C. It’s no good taking more than one shower a day.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What kind of bike does the woman want to hire?A. A mountain bike.B. An electric bike.C. A touring bike.14. How much should the woman pay each day if she rents by the day?A. £5.B. £14.C. £50.15. What needs extra charge?A. A bag.B. A lock.C. A pump.16. How will the woman pay?A. In cash.B. By cheque.C. By credit card.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does Chris hope to do?A.Encourage people to join a tennis club.B.Find more people to teach players.C.Discover new talented players.18. What does Chris say about club nights?A.They are held only in summer.B.There is an extra charge in winter.C.Food and drinks are provided each night.19. What can we learn about the teaching programmes?A.They must be paid in advance.B.They are offered to club members only.C.They are available to people wanting to attend one-to-one course.20. What is the tennis club going to do from next spring?A.Introduce junior club nights.B.Provide food on junior club nights.C.Encourage parents to help with teaching.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

ANowadays, cosmetics(化妆品) are an important part of the life and culture of today.sure the color blends with your skin. Some women also use a concealer or primer to hide spots and flaws or blemishes of the skin.Not only as an act of courtesy(礼貌),but also to lookgood,women spend time and energy--polishing theirappearances.At the very least,lipsticks andfoundations can be found in any woman's pursethese days.It is not enough;women always want tob e prettier,younger,and more attractive.That is whycosmetic products are so po pular among femaleshoppers.In recent years,a new trend has panies began producing product s such ascologne,shaving cream,and shower gel for our male counterparts.The demand increased asmen paid more attention to their skins and images.Several manufacturers have devoted part oftheir product lines for the needs of th is new group of customers.Untouched markets are still enormous.With affordable price tags,skin care, makeup,and fragrance(香味) will continue to expand their user base to preteens and senior citizen s inboth genders.21. Why cosmetic products are so popular among female shoppers?A. To in search of popularity and extravaganceB. Cosmetics play a role in keeping the skin soft and suppleC. meets the needs of the cosmetic marketD. The need for social etiquette mainly for man22. The predicate of the underline sentence is“_________”.A. useB. regular useC. will keepD. keep23. The main idea in the last second paragraphs is_______.A.The love for beauty is common to all men.B. With the development of society, men also pay attention to use cosmetics.C. It is controversial for men to use cosmetics.D. A gentleman makes money in right way.24. Which statement about the article is incorrect?A. Untouched markets in women using cosmetics are still enormous.B. Men also want tobe prettier,younger, and more attractive.C. citizens will shopping skin care with affordable price.D. Skin care regardless of men and women.BUnrequited love, uninterested inI couldn’t forget him since I meet him through the QQ. It is an autumn night; I talk with some senior sophomore that will take part in the entrance exams for postgraduate schools at QQ Group.In order to gain experience in postgraduate(研究生) entrance examination and know which books should I read, I Put forward some questions in QQ Group. Soon, a senior reply to my harshly and strictly, he’s screen name is Xi Liu, saying: “you shouldn’t disturb and trouble us. Don't you know we're all busy? If you do not know how to solve this question, please ask Internet for help, such as baidu,360,sogou.Ok?!”His words really hurt me at that time as well as change my view of “Xue jie ,Xue zhang”, I feel very helpless, “If you do not wa nt to help me, you can choose to stay silence instead saying this bad words. I’m sorry I trouble you, and I think I might join this QQ Group wrongly. Good luck to you, bye!”, said angrily and thoughtful.But, when I left the group, other students give some advice to me but unfortunately I hadn’t see it. He also be left by harem master(群主),besides, he added my QQ and apologized to me. I accepted it. We became friends gradually, I accompany him during his preparingthe examination, remind him to eat, give him moral support. It is beyond my expectation that he abandoned me after the exam. I know he passed the exam and got a good grade. While the dropping flowers pine for love the heartless brook babbles on unrequited love. Unrequited love, uninterested in .In that day, I cried and lost sleep, it is not sad not to tell him when you love one, it is sad for him not to know one who you love.Self do, self have. However, it is an indelible memory for me. His appearance engraved on my bones and heart. Why? Because I love him simply!25. I meet “Xi Liu” in________.A.QQ GroupB. Baidu,360C. postgraduate entrance examinationD. university community26. When did the author and “Xi Liu” have friendship?A. a quarrel in QQ GroupB. having been together for a long timeC. after he is a graduate studentD. couldn’t breathe easily27. What do we know about the author?A. she trends to disturb others.B. she is dirty and dangerous.C. she is infatuated with Xi Liu.D. she goes to extremes in everything.28. The sentence “Self do, self have” in the passage probably means________.A. the author feels no regret to meet Xi Liu.B. she was very sad and lost heart since then.C. she was much more excited just then than any time before.D. she was very happy because she had helped Xi Liu climb to the top.CCalifornia condors are North America’s largest birds, with wind-length of up to 3 meters. In the 1980s, electrical lines and lead poisoning(铅中毒) nearly drove them to dying out. Now, electric shock training and medical treatment are helping to rescue these big birds.In the late 1980s, the last few condors were taken from the wild, and there are now more than 150 flying over California and nearby Arizona, Utah and Baja in Mexico.Electrical lines have been killing them off. “As they go in to rest for the night, theyjust don’t see the power lines,” says Bruce Rideout of San Diego Zoo. Their wings can bridge the gap between lines, resulting in electrocution(电死) if they touch two lines at once.So scientists have come up with a shocking idea. Tall poles, placed in large training areas teach the birds to stay clear of electrical lines by giving them a painful but undeadly electric shock. Before the training was introduced, 66% of set-freed condors died of electrocution. This has now dropped to 18%.Lead poisonous has proved more difficult to deal with. When condors eat dead bodies of other animals containing lead, they absorb large quantities of lead. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney(肾) failures and death. So condors with high levels of lead are sent to Los Angeles Zoo, where they are treated with calcium EDTA, a chemical that removes lead from the blood over several days. This work is starting to pay off. The annual death rate for adult condors has dropped from 38% in 2000 to 5. 4% in 2011.Rideout’s team thinks that the California condors’ average survival time in the wild is n ow just under eight years. “Although these measures are not effective forever, they are vital for now,” he says. “They are truly good birds that are worth every effort we put into recovering them. ”28.California condors attract researchers’ interest becau se they_________.A. are active at nightB. had to be bred in the wildC. are found on in CaliforniaD. Almost died out in the 1980s29. Researchers have found electrical lines are_________ .A. blocking condors’journey homeB. big killers of California condorsC. rest places for condors at nightD. used to keep condors away30. According to Paragraph 5, lead poisoning_________ .A. makes condors too nervous to flyB. has little effect on condors’kidneysC. can hardly be gotten rid of form condors’ bloodD. makes it difficult for condors to produce baby birds31. The passage shows that_________ .A. the average survival time of condors is satisfactoryB. Rideout’s research interest lies in electric engineeringC. the efforts to protect condors have brought good resultsD. researchers have found the final answers to the problemDScientists said on Thursday they have for the first time detected gravitational (引力的) waves, ripples (涟波) in space and time hypothesized (假设) by physicist Albert Einstein a century ago, in a landmark discovery that opens a new window for studying the cosmos.Discovering gravitational waves would be a huge deal for physics, cosmology, and our understanding of the universe at large. But if you’re not a scientist studying one of the mentioned fields, it’s possible you’ve never heard of these mysterious ripples. So what are gravitational waves and why is the discovery so significant?Gravitational waves are disturbances in space-time, the very fabric of the universe, that travel at the speed of light. The waves are sent out by any mass that is changing speed or direction. The simplest example is a binary (二元的) system, where a pair of stars or compact objects (like black holes) orbit their common center of mass.We can think of gravitational effects as curvatures (曲率) in space-time. Earth’s gravity is constant and produces a static curve in space-time. A gravitational wave is a curvature that moves through space-time much like a water wave moves across the surface of a lake. It is generated only when masses are speeding up, slowing down or changing direction.The new discovery was made by a group of more than 1,000 scientists from universities around the United States as well as in 14 other countries. Director David Reitze announced on Thursday at a press conference that they detected gravitational waves.While opening a door to new ways to observe the universe, scientists said gravitational waves should help them gain knowledge about mysterious objects like black holes and neutron stars. The waves also may provide insight into the mysterious nature of the very early universe.The scientists said that because gravitational waves are so radically (彻底地) different from electromagnetic waves they expect them to reveal big surprises about theuniverse.33. The author explains the term of gravitational waves _______.A. by classifyingB. by giving cause and effectC. by making a comparisonD. by presenting a definition34. The number of the countries that have scientists in the new discovery of gravitational waves is _______.A. 12.B. 13.C. 14.D. 15.35. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Scientists can get further information about the universe by studying gravitational waves.B. Scientists expect gravitational waves to reveal big surprises about the universe.C. Gravitational waves are so radically different from electromagnetic waves.D. Scientists from all the world work together to study the mystery of the solar system.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。