江西2018-2019年高三4月月考 英语

高三年级英语考试卷（全卷共计150分，考试时间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）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标出试卷的相应位置。

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 man do first?A. Send the woman to the airport.B. Pick up his daughter.C. Buy a birthday gift.2. Where are the speakers probably?A. At home.B. In a supermarket.C. In a restaurant.3. What did the advisor think of Mary’s report?A. It was acceptable.B. It should be improved.C. It went beyond his expectations.4. What does the man mean?A. He doesn’t know Dr. Jeffery very well.B. He thought Dr. Jeffery would get the position.C. He’s not sure Dr. Jeffery will be a good chairperson.5. How does the woman want to deal with the jeans?A. Change them for a smaller size.B. Have them shortened.C. Return them.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。

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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。

6. How does the woman feel?A. Tired.B. Excited.C. Angry.7. What did the woman just do?A. She went shopping.B. She came across a fight.C. She watched news about a tornado.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。

8. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A restaurant.B. A job offer.C. An interview.9. What’s the man’s nationality?A. English.B. Italian.C. American.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。

10. What does the man say about “The Sambodromo Parade”?A. Everyone can join in it anytime.B. The ticket prices are rather high.C. Samba lovers are crazy about it.11. Which activity attracts many famous people?A. The Sambodromo Parade.B. The normal street parades.C. Masquerade Balls.12. How long does the carnival last?A. One week.B. Five days.C. Three days.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。

13. Why does the man get up so early?A. To finish a paper.B. To attend a class.C. To do some exercise.14. Where does the man probably stay?A. In a dormitory.B. In a host family.C. In his own home.15. What does the man major in?A. Sociology.B. Computer.C. English.16. Where will the woman go this afternoon?A. The hospital.B. The mountains.C. The office.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。

17. What percentage of students are absent each day in some large American city schools?A. 10%~20%.B. 20%~40%.C. 40%~60%.18. Which reason for students’ absences is discussed in great detail?A. Punishment by teachers.B. Their skipping classes.C. Illness.19. Who will benefit from the scheme being tried in Florida?A. The board of education.B. Principals of city schools.C. Students with good attendance records.20. What meausre has been taken in San Francisco to protect school property?A. Punishing students who damage school property.B. Rewarding schools that have decreased the destruction.C. Cutting down the budget for repairs and replacements.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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Afor you to enjoy the next one?A. 13:10B. 14:06C. 15:06D. 13:1622. Which one of the following statement about Old Faithful is true?A. The geyser’s name gives people an indication that it always erupts regularly, about 20 times each day,once every 74 minutes.B. When it is erupting, people should keep a safe distance from that due to the huge amount of water itexpels as well as its freezing coldness.C. If visitors want to check the eruption time, they may refer to the posted timetables, on which thepredictions are calculated by the naturalists.D. Old Faithful is a well-known geyser which can expel at least 3700 gallons water each time and it’slocated in the world’s largest national park.23. Where does the article most probably appear?A. Local travel pamphlets introducing Yellowstone.B. The Yellowstone official website.C. A recently-issued guide book on Yellowstone.D. A travel magazine column about Yellowstone.BIf your in-box is currently reporting unread messages in the hundreds or thousands, you might have a hard time believing the news: e-mail is on the decline.At first thought, that might seem to be the case. The incoming generation, after all, doesn’t do e-mail. Oh, they might have an account. They use it only as we would use a fax machine: as a means to communicate with old-school folks like their parents or to fulfill the sign-up requirements of Web sites. They rarely check it, though.Today’s instant electronic memos —such as texting and Facebook and Twitter messages—are more direct, more concentrated, more efficient. They go without the salutation (称呼语) and the signoff (签收); we already know the “to” and “from”. Many corporations are moving to messaging networks for exactly that reason: more signal, less noise and less time. This trend is further evidence that store-and-forward systems such as e-mail and voicemail are outdated. Instead of my leaving you a lengthy message that you pick up later, I can now send you an easily-read message that you can read —and respond to —on the go.The coming of the mobile era is responsible for the decline of e-mail. Instant written messages bring great convenience to people. They can deal with them at about any time: before a movie, in a taxi, waiting for lunch. And because these messages are very brief, they’re suitable for smart phone typing.Does this mean e-mail is on its way to the dustbin of digital history? Not necessarily. E-mail still has certain advantages. On the other hand, tweets and texts feel ephemeral—you read them, then they’re gone, into an endless string, e-mail still feels like something you have and that you can file, search and return to later. It’s easy to imagine that it will continue to feel more appropriate for formal communications: agreements, important new and longer explanations.So, e-mail won’t go away completely. Remember, we’ve been through a transition (过度) like this not so long ago: when e-mail was on the rise, people said that postal mail was dead. That’s not how it works. Postal mail found its smaller market, and so will e-mail. New technology rarely replaces old one completely; it just adds new alternatives.24. What would the incoming generation like to do with their e-mail accounts?A. Fill in some forms.B. Send long messages.C. Contact close friends.D. Communicate with their colleagues.25. Which of the following is mainly discussed in paragraphs 3 and 4?A. The rapid development of e-communication channels.B. The likes and dislikes of the young generation.C. The possible reasons behind the decline of e-mail.D. Evidence about the uncertain future of easily-consumed messages.26. What does the underlined word “ephemeral” in paragraph 5 mean?A. Automatically-sending.B. Shortly-appearing.C. Hardly- recognized.D. Randomly-written.27. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. It’s too early to determine the decline of e-mail.B. We should feel sorry for the decline of e-mail.C. E-mail, just like postal mail has come to its end.D. E-mail has reasons to exist on its own advantages.CBigger isn’t always better. People who are skeptical about this argument just need to look at personal computers. It is the continual shrinkage of components that have brought about the explosion of computing power and enabled these computers to be accessible to people across the world.Inspired by this, researchers have been working on areas where making things small may mean big results. And this year, the Nobel Prize has challenged the convention of celebrating big by presenting the biggest prizes to discoveries on the smallest scales.The committee presented the Nobel Prize for medicine to Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, for his research on “autophagy” , which is a “self-eating process seen in cells”.What’s more, in recognition of their working on the unique nature of matter in extreme states and taking their research all the way down to an atomic scale, the Nobel Prize for physics was awarded to three British-born scientists who presently work in the US.Another exceptional new field is that of nanotechnology (纳米技术). The Nobel prize for chemistry was awarded to a scientist who managed to build the world’s tiniest machines out of molecules (分子), including a nano-sized car, which are so small that they are not seen by the human eye.Small as the subjects are, the benefits of the scientists’ research are set to be huge. More importantly, their inventions may even eventually be turned into products that benefit mankind.Ohsumi’s research on “autophagy” shines a light on common diseases such a Parkinson’s and diabetes. As for the molecular motors, they’re preparing to bring huge potential to the fields of medicine and energy. “The ground-breaking discoveries in physics have lighted a firestorm of research, and it’s only a matter oftime before their research leads to advances as unimaginable to us now as computer chips were a hundred years ago,” Laura H. Greene, president-elect of the American physical society told The New York Times.28. The underlined word “shrinkage” in paragraph 1 probably means ____.A. cutting down the costB. strengthening the functionC. improving the qualityD. reducing the size29. What can be inferred from the passage?A.Nano-sized cars are now popular all over the world.B.The Nobel Prize used to have a preference for findings on big scales.C.Three scientists have made a great breakthrough in atomic energy.D.Ohsumi’s research has helped cure some common diseases.30. What is Laura H. Greene’s attitude to the new discoveries in physics?A. Doubtful.B. Positive.C. Reserved.D. Concerned.31. What is the message the passage conveys?A. Small things make a big difference.B. Great minds think alike.C. Many small streams make a great river.D. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.DAn artificial intelligence chatbot (聊天机器人) called TacoBot from fast food chain Taco Bell now lets you order a meal in a smartphone text exchange that might look something like this:TacoBot: Hello there. I’m your TacBot. I can help you order a meal for you or your team.You: Can I order one soft taco (墨西哥煎玉米卷) with beef?TacoBot: Sounds good. Do you want to keep adding stuff? Maybe some bacon?Brands like Taco Bell and some tech companies are betting that more and more people will start using this conversational way of interacting online instead of clicking through on-screen menus.If the trend catches on —as firms like Facebook and Microsoft expect —it could transform the digital landscape by allowing smartphone users to find information or make purchases with simple text messages, ignoring apps and search engines. Among the companies already developing or launching chatbots are the Wall Street Journal, CNN and retail giants Sephora and H&M.“I believe we are headed to a shift where this will become one of the primary ways we interact with the digital world,” says Mark Beccue of Mark Beccue Consulting, who follows trends in the messaging market. “The chat user interface(界面) is what makes sense for a mobile-first world. You can be more specific and be quicker.”Messaging services have become a natural place for chatbots to reside(居住), since their usage is growing: at least 1.4 billion people used a messaging app last year. According to Business InsiderIntelligence, messaging apps have overtaken the largest social networks in the world.The messaging service Kik meanwhile launched its own “bot shop”, with partners including retailers and game developers. Kik said the move was a response to the trend people using fewer apps and spending more time on chat platforms. “There’s nothing to download, no new registration required, and you can use an interface you’re already familiar with: chat,” Kik said in a statement.However, some analysts remain skeptical on chatbots as the wave of the future. Jan Dawson of Jackdaw Research said the movement is largely driven by Microsoft and Facebook, two firms which would like a greater presence in mobile even though they don’t control the biggest smartphone operating systems. “There’s a lot of hype (炒作) around chatbots,” Dawson said.Artificial intelligence has come a long way with systems like Apple’s Siri, Amazon’s Alexa and Microsoft’s Cortana, but still cannot deal with all possible situations, says Roger Kay of Endpoint Technologies Associates. “There’s a kind of hubris (自大) that someone could expand the one-to-many communication method to every human interaction,” Kay said.32. Why does the author mention the smartphone text exchange at the beginning?A. To indicate that more and more people begin to hate ordering food by clicking online.B. To reflect that Taco Bell is turning to a new sales method to compete in the market.C. To show that chatbot will become more and more popular among people.D. To inform the readers of a convenient way to purchase what they want online.33. We can learn from the passage that ____.A. using chatbots has been a main way we interact with the digital worldB. messaging apps still haven’t taken the place of social networks at presentC. Microsoft thinks that tech companies should no longer develop search engines.D. people could use chatbots by downloading messaging apps on the Internet.34. The messaging service Kik launched its own “bot shop” for the following reasons EXCEPTthat ____.A. more and more people tend to use fewer appsB. some tech companies have developed their own chatbotsC. chatbots are more convenient to use than some appsD. people are accustomed to chatting in an interactive way35. Jan Dawson thinks that regarding chatbots as the wave of the future is ____.A. ambitiousB. ridiculousC. commercialD. theoretical第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。