新题速递精校打印word版福建省莆田市届高三下学期第二次质量测试A卷英语.docx

1、新题速递精校打印word版福建省莆田市届高三下学期第二次质量测试A卷英语2018年莆田市高中毕业班第二次质量检查测试(A卷)英语注意事项：1.本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。3.全部答案在答题卡上完成，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。第卷第一部分听力（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

2、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。例：How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是C。1. What will the woman probably do tonight?A. See a film. B. Have dinner with the man. C. Prepare for her final exam.2. Where are the speakers?A. At home. B. At a bank. C. At a post offic

3、e.3. What does the woman think of circus work?A. Interesting. B. Dangerous. C. Difficult.4. How will the woman get to Chinatown?A. On foot. B. By underground. C. By taxi.5. Who will take pens and paper tomorrow?A. Harry. B. Max. C. The teacher.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

4、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 was the womans opinion about the end of the film?A. Boring. B. Surprising. C. Exciting.7. What was the woman uncertain about?A. The background. B. The style. C. The theme.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.

5、 What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. Expenses of a concert tour. B. A coming concert. C. A travel experience.9. What will Mary probably do?A. Act as a director. B. Leave for a vacation. C. Take charge of money raising.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What advice does the man give the woman about the p

6、ainting course?A. Sign up as soon as possible.B. Do a lot of preparations at first.C. Ask a teacher for personal help.11. What attracts the man most to study computing?A. The advanced contents. B. The bright future. C. The good teacher.12. Why does the man suggest the woman study Spanish?A. The cour

7、se doesnt last very long.B. It wont cost too much and its useful.C. There will be a limit on the number of people next year.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Interviewer and interviewee.B. Club owner and customer.C. Driver and passenger.14. What can the guests do

8、on the bus?A. Have cold drinks. B. Drive the bus. C. Cook food.15. What are guests expected to do for parties? A. Bring their VIP cards. B. Get dressed smartly. C. Book clubs in advance.16. What does the man suggest guests do before a fancy-dress party?A. Control the number of people.B. Avoid wearin

9、g jeans and sports shoes.C. Inform him of the booking time.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker mainly introducing?A. A friend. B. A book. C. A programme.18. Why did Susan think that money was important?A. Her father couldnt buy her clothes.B. Her father was always worried about money.C. Her fa

10、ther went into his burning house to save his money.19. What did Susan do when she grew up?A. An advisor. B. A businesswoman. C. A professional writer.20. What does Susan try to tell people in her book?A. How to achieve happiness.B. How to run a firm.C. How to get freedom.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题

11、；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（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMetropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District2018 High School Video ContestHeres the Scoop on Pet Waste!Submission Deadline July 27, 2018.EligibilityNinth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade students that attend schools located in Bar

12、tow, Cherokee, Clayton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale counties are invited to participate in the video contest. Entries can be a team or individual effort.Guidelines Each video must be uploaded to YouTube. The videos YouTube link must be included in the entry/release form. Team member

13、s must be from the same school. The video must be between 30-60 seconds in length. No professional assistance or use of copyright material is allowed, including background music. Each student participating in the contest or appearing in the video must fill out a form. For teams, submit an entry/rele

14、ase form for each team member. One video per team or individual. All entry/release forms must be postmarked or received by Friday, July 27.Email: kvaIlianosORMail: 2017 Water Video ContestMetro Water District40 Courtland Street, NEAtlanta, GA 30303JudgingSubmissions will be judged based on the follo

15、wing criteria: Incorporation of the “Heres the Scoop on Pet Waste message. Use the Heres the Scoop on Pet Waste messaging fact sheet for background information on the issue. Composition （length, technical construction, audio quality）. Entertainment value. Accuracy of information. Creativity.Prizes 1

16、st Place $1500 2nd Place $1000 3rd Place $50050% of the prize money will go to the individual or team who submits the video and 50% to the high school they attend. Winners will be notified directly.Page 1 of 3www.northgeorgiawater.org21. What does the underlined word “Eligibility” probably mean?A. A

17、ge. B. Qualification. C. Location. D. Grade.22. Where should the participants submit their videos?A. Participants school websites. B. www.northgeorgiawater.org. C. YouTube. D. kvaIlianos.23. To win the video contest, participants had better _.A. make a 2-minute videoB. use copyright background music

18、C. include fact message in the videoD. add some humor and fun to the videoBWhen Dee Dee Bridgewater learned that she would become a 2017 NEA Jazz Master, a series of thoughts and feelings flooded her mind. “It was so far out of my orbit and just my whole sphere of thinking,” she said in a conversati

19、on at NPR this spring, hours before she formally received her award.Shes 66far from retirement age in jazz, and on the extreme forward edge of the NEA Jazz Masters people. So she was aware of her relative youth in the field. She also recognized that there havent been many women in the ranks of NEA J

20、azz Masters: fewer than 20, out of 145. That idea led her to reflect on her predecessors(前任): legendary singers like Betty Carter, who was seated back in 1992, and Abbey Lincoln, who received the nod in 2003.Bridgewater sought inspiration and advice from both Carter and Lincoln, as she recalls in th

21、is period of Jazz Night, which features music recorded during the season opener for Jazz at Lincoln Center. On the program called Songs of Freedom, organized by drummer Ulysses Owens, Jr., Bridgewater sang material associated with Lincoln as well as Nina Simone: an extremely angry song of the civil

22、rights movement, like “Mississippi Goddam”.A separate concert, “Songs We Love”, found Bridgewater singing less politically charged (but still exciting) material like “St James Infirmary”, which appears on her most recent album. In words as well as music, this period reveals how seriously Bridgewater

23、 takes that responsibility, seeing as how it connects to her own experience in jazz. But maybe “seriously” isnt the right word when it comes to Dee Dee, whose effervescence(欢腾) shines through even in a reflective mood.24. What did Bridgewater think of her winning the award? A. It confused her. B. It

24、 won great support for her. C. It gave her much confidence. D. It was beyond her expectation.25. What can we learn about the musicians winning NEA Jazz Masters? A. Women ranked higher than men. B. Men accounted for a bigger part of them. C. Most of them were unwilling to retire at first. D. Many of

25、them received the award at an early age.26. Who are more likely to have a great influence on Bridgewater? A. Carter and Lincoln. B. Ulysses and Lincoln. C. Nina Simone and Lincoln. D. Nina Simone and Ulysses.27. What is the last paragraph mainly about? A. Bridgewaters music style. B. Bridgewaters mu

26、sic experience. C. Bridgewaters personal characters. D. Bridgewaters great achievements.CHeres an idea whose time has come: A flu shot that doesnt require an actual shot.For the first time, researchers have tested a flu vaccine patch(疫苗贴) in a human clinical trial and found that it delivered as much

27、 protection as a traditional injection(注射) with a needle. Doctors and public health experts have high hopes that it will increase the number of people who get immunized(免疫的)against the flu.Seasonal flu is responsible for up to half a million deaths around the world each year according to the World H

28、ealth Organization. A team led by Georgia Tech engineer Mark Prausnitz has come up with an alternative method that uses “microneedles”. These tiny needles are so small that 100 of them, arranged in order on a patch, can fit under your finger. Yet theyre big enough to hold vaccine for three types of

29、flu.None of the study volunteers had serious side effects. The groups that got patches had mild skin reactions that were not seen in the regular needle group, while the volunteers in the regular needle group were more likely to experience pain. Overall, 70 percent of the volunteers who got vaccine p

30、atches said theyd rather use them again than get a traditional flu shot. The study authors declared it a success on all fronts.The biggest beneficiaries could be people in low and middle-income countries, where flu vaccines are hard to come by. Reducing pain is nice, but other benefitsthe patch cost

31、s less, is easier to transport, doesnt require refrigeration, can be self-administered and doesnt cause waste of needlesare even better.“Microneedle Patches have the potential to become ideal candidates for vaccination programs,” wrote Katja Hoschler and Maria Zambon of Public Health England.28. What is the passage mainly about?A. A vaccine patch that cures people of their flu.B. A patch that makes flu shots a thing of the past.C. A clinical study that protects people from disease.D. A method that makes traditional flu shots