河北省衡水中学2018届高三下学期期初考试英语试题

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。

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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。

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。

例：How much is the shirt?
A. £ 19.15.
B. £ 9.18.
C. £ 9.15.
答案是C。

1. When did the taxi arrive?
A. At 7:10.
B. At 7:25.
C. At 7:45.
2. How is Frank getting on with his project?
A. Very poorly.
B. Quite smoothly.
C. Just so-so.
3. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a bank.
B. In a shop.
C. In a restaurant.
4. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A website.
B. A PPT.
C. Some
5. What will the man do?
A. Go to the party.
B. Watch a DVD.
C. Attend his brother.
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。

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. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Boss and employee.
B. Husband and wife.
C. Colleagues.
7. Why does Dave go to Seattle?
A. To get a new job.
B. To look after his daughter.
C. To attend a party.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Taking a test.
B. Learning a language.
C. Having a holiday.
9. What does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Ask for help.
B. Practice listening.
C. Manage it
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What did the man dislike about the restaurant?
A. The food.
B. The service.
C. The price.
11. Why didn’t the man buy anything?
A. He was short of money.
B. He was too tired.
C. He was not free.
12. What will the woman probably do this weekend?
A. Go shopping.
B. Visit a museum.
C. Finish her design.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What do the speakers have in common?
A. Both like boats.
B. Both study abroad.
C. Both like particular food.
14. Why did the woman choose this university?
A. To major in law.
B. To study art.
C. To become an engineer.
15. When did the man come to the university?
A. In 2015.
B. In 2014.
C. In 2013.
16. What do they do with homesickness?
A. Make an adventure.
B. Go to the beach.
C. Explore the local culture.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. How many children does the speaker’s family have?
A. 4.
B. 5.
C. 6.
18. How did the speaker study at home?
A. By reading books.
B. By watching videos.
C. By surfing the Internet.
19. What does the speaker think of her home-schooling?
A. Strange.
B. Challenging.
C. Enjoyable.
20. What is the speaker doing?
A. Introducing her father.
B. Sharing her education.
C. Recalling her childhood.
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分利分）
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
What Is Rising New York Road Runners?
Rising New York Road Runners, the NYRR’s ne w youth program and events platform« is built to develop movement skills in kids through a mix of running and fitness activities. The program is designed to help kids build their confidence, their motivation, and their desire to be physically active for life.
Rising New York Road Runners serves kids in NYC and nationwide, from pre-K to the 12th grade.
How Does It Work?
Rising New York Road Runners’ curriculum is based on the latest athletic research, on the concepts of physical literacy (体能知识) and long-term athlete development. Any person can achieve physical literacy; it just takes the right environment to develop the confidence and motivation needed for long-term success.
Programs in Schools
• Resear ch-based curriculum
• Admission to world-class events
• Rew ards for kids as they reach milestones
• Rewards, support, and training for Program Leads
In the 2016-2017 school year, New York Road Runners youth programs served 267,000 youths in more than 1,500 sites across the United States. Our goal is to serve even more kids in the 2017—2018 school year.
Interested in Applying?
Visit our application page and sign up to bring Rising New York Road Runners to your school, community center, or after-school program.
Youth Events
Rising New York Road Runners youth events are 100% free and are organized into three stages based on the level of physical activity,
competitiveness, and the age of the participants. This means youths participate in the events most appropriate for their skill level.
To learn more about what stage is appropriate for your child and to see a list of upcoming events, please visit this page.
21. What is the purpose of the youth events?
A. To serve kids across the world.
B. To help children live an active life.
C. To train professional young athletes.
D. To provide a platform for young players.
22. What opportunity might a participant get?
A. To participate in an athletic research.
B. To volunteer in American schools.
C. To present prizes to excellent kids.
D. To compete in international events.
23. What is a standard of choosing the stages of the youth events?
A. Children’s height.
B. Participants’ grade.
C. Partic ipants’ age.
D. The youth’s reaction ability.
B
On Saturday morning I along with 15 or so others, boarded a fishing boat. But we wer en’t out for the fish. We were looking for seabirds.
“We’ll see a Cook’s petrel (黑脚圆尾鹱) tod ay,” I predicted, fee ling confident. Not that I had a good reason to be: only one C ook’s petrel has eve r
been officially recorded in these waters.
Twenty minute s later, a Cook’s petrel came just as I expected. Thrilled at its sudden appearance, we hurried to take photos and lowered our voice for fear that the bird should be frightened away. Within a minute, the bird was gone. It turned out to be one of the few highlights of an otherwise surprisingly quiet day, but I live for moments like this. For a few hours, I was in my happy place.
Along with music, birds have been what I am crazy about. It started when I was eight. Memories get vague here, and possibly unreliable, hut the first flash was a chance sighting of a kingfisher (翠鸟) on the Ovens river, a few meters from where my father actually was fishing. My interest in birds was aroused.
For me, watching birds-or birding, to use the more active verb—was and still is an escape and a harbor. Earlier this year, a study by University of Exeter found that it was associated with lower levels of anxiety and depression, conditions with which I am unfortunately all too familiar.
And yes, I’m a bird lover. I once f lew to Perth to see Aus tralia’s second red-legged water bird, only to find it had been eaten by a cat. That’s birding-things don’t a lways happen on cue like th at Cook’s petrel. But it’s not about the numbers. Whethe r it’s on my block or out to sea, I pre fer to think that
I don’t find the birds; they find me: in that happy place.[来源:学|科|网Z|X|X|K]
24. How did the author feel about the appearance of the Cook s petrel?
A. Surprised.
B. Excited.
C. Common.
D. Frightened.
25. What made the author interested in birds?
A. His experience on the sea.
B. His father’s influe nce.
C. A bird-watching tour.
D. An accidental sight of a bird.
26. How does the author benefit from birdwatching?
A. He can get peace from it.
B. H e’s been on several free tours.
C. He’s become famo us for bird study.
D. He was admitted to University of Exeter.
27. What does the underlined part “on cue” in the last paragraph mean?
A. Under no circumstance.
B. As usual.
C. As expected.
D. Now and then.
C
Watching the beautiful fireworks is a joyful experience. However, over ten million blind Americans and more around the globe have never been able to experience this joy. Fortunately, Feeling Fireworks or tactile (触觉的) fireworks invented by the scientists in Switzerland may change that soon.
To experience the show, users stand in front of a large, 2.9 by 2.9 feet, flexible screen, which is made of a special material. They then place their hands at the base of the screen and move them around to feel the fireworks. Alternatively, their hands can be situated in the center of the screen, where the initial explosions happen, and then moved across to explore other fireworks.
As the fireworks begin to explode, one of five nozzles (喷嘴) at the back of the screen starts to spray water, creating “a beautiful fireworks show”. One sp ecializes in the “blooming flower effect”, while another reproduces t he “crackle” effect. The rest take care of rockets and explosions. A computer controls the timing, while a camera tracks the person’s movement. According to the inventors, Feeling Fireworks allows users t o experience “tactile fireworks that are similar to physical fi reworks happening in the sky”.
A screen displaying the vivid images created by the water jets makes the tactile experience fun for everyone. Paul Beardsley, who led the research team, says, “We want all blind, visually damaged, and sighted people to try Feeling Fireworks, and to depart with a shared and enjoyable memory of a fireworks even ing.”
First shown at the User Interface Software and Technology conference held in Canada, the low-cost technology is still in its early stage, with only a 66 percent success rate. However, the team plans to continue improving the experience and believes the day when everyone will be able to enjoy the thrill of fireworks shows is not far.
28. What does the unde rlined word “that” in Parag raph 1 refer to?
A. The blind can’t watch the beaut iful fireworks.
B. The blind can’t feel the explosion of fireworks.
C. The blind can’t get as much joy as normal people.
D. The blind can’t experience the joy of watching fireworks.
29. Where can people first feel the explosions of fireworks on the screen?
A. At the top.
B. On the side.
C. In the middle.
D. At the bottom.
30. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us about Feeling Fireworks?
A. Its principles.
B. Its invention progress.
C. Its instructions.
D. Its explosion effects.
31. What is the advantage of Feeling Fireworks?
A. It is cheap to produce.
B. Its success rate is very high.
C. Sighted people can also enjoy it.
D. People can experience the effects at home.
D
To save as much language diversity as possible in the face of its rapidly dying out, researchers sugge st using “evolutionary trees”, a tool from conservation biology.
One of the world’s 7,000 languages disappears every other week, and half might not survive the 21st century, experts say.
When setting conservation goals, ecologists use evolutionary trees—diagrams that show how biological species (物种) are related to one another—to identify species that have few close relatives. Such species are said to be evolutionarily distinct. Similarly, recent advances in the construction of language trees make it possible to measure how unique a language is.
“Evolutionary trees have transformed our understanding of how life has evolved and helped us to decide which species most need conserving,” says Jonathan Davies, senior author of the new study.
“The rapid rate of lang ua ge loss, as well as limited resources for preservation, means that we must choose carefully where to focus our efforts,” adds Max Farrell, a PhD student in Davies’ lab. “The more isolated (孤立的) a language in its family tree, the more unique information it contains and eventually contributes to language diversity.”
As a case study, they used this approach to rank 350 Austronesian languages, spoken in islands spread across Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean.
For each of these languages, the researchers combined measures of evolutionary distinctiveness (ED) and global endangerment (GE) to produce an “EDGE” score. The language with t he highest score, which means it is extremely distinct yet nearly dying out, was Kavalan, a language native to Tai Wan. The next-highest scores went to Tanibili, an endangered language in the Solomon Islands.
By building trees for other language groups, language specialists could target preservation efforts and help reduce the loss of language diversity in the future, the researchers say.
32. What can an evolutionary tree show in biology?
A. The relation among species.
B. The concept of each species.
C. The conservation measures of each species.
D. The different uses of different species.
33. Why do researchers build language trees?[来源:学,科,网Z,X,X,K]
A. To increase the variety of languages.
B. To make languages easier for new learners.
C. To aim their effort at endangered languages.
D. To choose the best way to study languages.
34. What does it mean if a language gets the highest EDGE score?
A. It is unique to a special area.
B. It is widely used in the world.
C. It is similar to other languages.
D. It is in danger of dying out.
35. What can be the best title for the text?
A. Evolutionary Trees, Symbols of Languages
B. Evolutionary Trees, Tools to Record Species[来源:学科网]
C To Save Dying Languages, Use Evolutionary Trees
D. To Show Language Diversity, Choose Evolutionary Trees
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。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Communication skills are essential for the successful future career of a student. In today’s competit ive world, communication skills in business are the
most sought-after quality of an educated person. 36 These skills like most of the communication skills sound too familiar as a result of which we take them for granted. If you also want to develop these skills, the below mentioned communication skills tips can help you a lot.
As regards reading and writing, the only thing that you need to tackle is to adapt with your growing age and concentration. 37
Apart from reading and writing presentations, reports and speeches are a part of school curriculum. This makes expressive skills and managing skills important for you. 38
39 You should not only be limited to the classroom but also in a normal conversation. You should give undivided attention to a person with whom a conversation is taking place.
Expressive skills are those which are used to express our feelings, thoughts and expressions and thus get across our points successfully to the listener. To develop expressive skills, what you need to learn is how to communicate effectively and get the full attention of the listeners. These are often the most difficult to do. 40
The various ways to help you know about how to improve communication skills are very helpful indeed. And if followed properly they can cause positive attitude, confidence and morale (士气) in a person and guide you on the way to success.
A. Listening skills are also an important skill.
B. To learn these skills, one needs to be ready and self-motivated.
C. It is also important to develop communication skills in relationships.
D. With these tips, go ahead with confidence and put them into practice.
E. Only when you have perfect expressive skills, can you communicate effectively.
F. Reading, writing and listening are the three most important communication skills for students.
G. With these two qualities, it is possible to develop reading, oral communication and writing skills.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There was a debate competition in my neighboring school. My friend and I 41 to participate. I chose to 42 on AIDS, which was almost taboo (忌讳的) as people were 43 to talk about it.
Even though I had no idea what the 44 would be like, I decided to go ahead and 45 it. I used an article from a magazine as 46 . Although I practiced my 47 many times, I was nervous, and the stage fear was 48 me already.
The competition began, and I was getting 49 hands. My preparations went 50 when the speaker before my turn coincidentally had chosen the
same topic as mine, also referred to the same magazine and 51 it line by line. I was at a loss as I just had a few minutes left. Soon I was on the 52 and spoke for only two minutes. I could not 53 myself as I let my school down. Then I decided to 54 my stage fear and prepare well for the next debate.
55 , I did not have to wait long as the next 56 was organized by my school. This time I wrote the script with my own efforts and 57 for hours in front of the mirror even if I had to learn it by heart.
The day came and I was 58 about myself and just went about doing my job. I conquered my 59 and came second in the event. I was so happy that all my efforts 60 . If a person tries with perseverance, he can achieve his goals.
41. A. expected B. volunteered C. afforded D. failed
42. A. research B. comment C. discuss D. speak
43. A. shy B. ready C. afraid D. unable
44. A. result B. debate C. judge D. topic
45. A. pass on B. look into C. prepare for D. think of
46. A. information B. knowledge C. reference D. advice
47. A. lines B. assessments C. roles D. stories
48. A. disappointing B. preventing C. defeating D. seizing
49. A. smooth B. dirty C. gentle D. sweaty
50. A. in progress B. in vain C. in trouble D. in ruins
51. A. removed B. reproduced C. reviewed D. recovered
52. A. stage B. scene C. corner D. way
53. A. express B. help C. forgive D. enjoy
54. A. change B. stop C. remember D. overcome
55. A. Fortunately B. Surprisingly C. Obviously D. Hopefully
56. A. conference B. competition C. opportunity D. performance
57. A. watched B. played C. practiced D. created
58. A. anxious B. cautious C. particular D. confident
59. A. mistakes B. illnesses C. weaknesses D. prejudices
60. A. paid off B. gave out C. took off D. gave in
第二节（.共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

What’s the first high sch ool sport 61 comes to mind when you hear the word “concussion (脑震荡)”？According to a new research, soccer players suffer more head injuries than 62 (athlete) of any other high school sport, and female soccer players get concussions more often than their male peers.
“To our knowl edge, this is the first study to report for a 63 (high) proportion (比例) of injuries in girls, soccer than boys, football,” t he authors 64 (write). “The concussion rat e for girls, soccer is also increasing 65 (rapid), and is now three-fold higher than boys’ soccer.”
Girls face 66 greater risk of concussions in soccer due to a lack of protective 67 (equip) or clothing, an emphasis on in-game contact and the practice of hitting the ball with their heads.
“By m aking out differences 68 the proportion and rate of concussions in high school sports, this study may help to inform future work aimed at examining specific risk factors and 69 (develop) measures to reduce concussion incidences.”
Meanwhile, if your daughter plays high school soccer, you might want to talk to the coach to protect her head. And make sure to educate 70 (you) on the symptoms and treatment of concussions.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分，满分10分）
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。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

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修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

There is no doubt that the teenagers need to take plenty of physical exercise to keep fit. Therefore, it is a fact that many students don’t have enoug h time work out after school. Instead, they are required to spend most of their time in their lessons. Actually if students are too tiring, they have difficulty concentrating on their lessons. How can they master that the teachers teach in
class? Worse still, they were likely to be in poor health in the long run.
In my opinion, it is important for teenagers to take enough exercise so that you can learn more efficiently. So teachers and parents should care less about the students, physical and mental healthy and growth.
第二节书面表达(满分25分）
假定你是李华，你校举办了“中国诗歌文化研讨会”。

请给你的英国笔友Lisa写一封邮件介绍有关情况，内容包括：
1. 时间和地点；
2. 活动的内容；
3. 活动的效果。

注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：中国诗歌文化研讨会the Forum on Chinese Poetic Culture。