届河北省定州中学承智班高三下学期第一次月考英语试题.docx

1、届河北省定州中学承智班高三下学期第一次月考英语试题2018届河北省定州中学（承智班）高三下学期第一次月考英语试题第一部分：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. When does the park close today?A. At 6:30 B. At 6:00 C. At 5:302. Which hotel will the speakers go to t

2、his year?A. The one in the woods. B. The one on top of the hill. C. The one next to the river.3. Why is the woman upset?A.There is too much noise from the construction. B. Her project is behind schedule. C.She cant move into a new office.4. What is the woman concerned about when buying a desk? A. Th

3、e size. B. The price. C. The brand. 5. Where are the two speakers? A. In a library. B. In a gallery. C. By the sea. 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。听完每段对话或独白前，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. Why cant the man he

4、lp the woman? A. He is quite busy. B. He isnt happy. C. He is having a break.7. What will the woman do? A.Do a report. B. Have lunch. C. Meet Alan. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Father and daughter. B. Brother and sister. C. Classmates. 9. Why did the woman say

5、sorry to the man? A. She lost his notebook computer. B. She went to Janes house without telling him. C. She took his notebook computer without permission.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man think the price of the flat is too high? A. Some repairs must be done. B. The neighbors are too noisy. C. Th

6、e position is not good. 11. What does the woman say about the flat? A. It is convenient. B. It is popular. C. It is cheap. 12. What will the man do this afternoon? A. Visit a dentist. B. Meet the woman. C. See another flat. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why did the woman join in the Healthy Living Day? A. To

7、 try something different. B. To make new friends. C. To do more exercise. 14. How did the woman feel at the end of the Healthy Living Day? A. Tired. B. Sick. C. Thirsty. 15. When is the next Healthy Living Day? A. July 5th. B. May 28th. C. April 14th. 16. Which sport has the woman chosen for the nex

8、t Healthy Living Day? A. Boating. B. Cycling. C. Skateboarding. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What was the speakers first job? A. A travel agent. B. A bank clerk. C. A secretary. 18. What did the speaker do in the first year of her college courses? A. She worked in a large clothes shop. B. She studied the h

9、istory of design. C. She learnt to make clothes. 19. Why did the speaker like the final show? A. All the college students worked together. B. She met well-known people in the field. C. Her parents saw her work. 20. What is the speakers aim? A. To start a childrens clothes business. B. To get to the

10、top of her profession. C. To become very rich. 二、阅读理解If some parts of a body are very sick or damaged, then doctors might need to remove them. Another way doctors can help is to grow new tissue to replace what is sick or damaged. This is called regenerative medicine (再生医学).Regenerative medicine soun

11、ds like something from a science fiction movie but it is not a new idea. Inside our bones, we have something called marrow, which makes our blood and keeps us healthy. Doctors have been giving sick people the bone marrow from other healthy people for the last 30 or 40 years, and this is a kind of re

12、generative medicine. Newer developments in regenerative medicine include growing new skin in a laboratory and using it to help people who have been hurt in fires or accidents. Another example of regenerative medicine is a technique developed from studying frogs and mice. When cells are old, like in

13、adults, they cant change what they do in our bodies. For example, a skin cell cant change into an eye cell. But when cells are very young, they can become any cell type. These young cells are called stem cells, and doctors can use them to grow any type of tissue, such as skin, heart or eye. John Gur

14、don and Shinya Yamanaka won the 2012 Nobel Prize for their studies in this area.Professor Fiona Watt, from the Centre of Regenerative Medicine at Kings College, London, believes that regenerative medicine is so exciting because many different kinds of experts need to work together. 3D printers may b

15、e used to print new bones by experts, who need to work closely with university scientists and the surgeons who do the operations in hospitals.We can not yet grow new arms or legs for people, but the science fiction dream of regenerative medicine may be closer than we think. Perhaps in the future, do

16、ctors will be able to grow whole new bodies for us.21Whats the main idea of the passage?A. How to help very sick or damaged people.B. Regenerative medicine and science fiction.C. We can grow our new bodies in the future.D. Regenerative medicine and its development.22Which of the following is right a

17、ccording to this passage?A. Marrow can help grow new bones.B. Stem cell can be used to grow any type of tissue.C. Surgeons now use 3D printers to print new bones.D. Regenerative medicine is a new science in medicine.23Whats the writers attitude to the development in regenerative medicine?A. Pessimis

18、tic. B. Optimistic.C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent.Throughout the past few years, I have tried to give myself to others. I have bounced around to find where I truly fit in. I found my place while I stayed in Guatemala, an orphanage (孤儿院)，with the children living there. Through hearing many stories of th

19、eir lives, I was moved to tears and started to question my living ways and gave up everything that wasnt essential: makeup and any other sort of luxury (奢侈品). I lived like they did. It was the most relaxing feeling in the world.When at Nuestros Pequenos Hermanos, we were given the task of creating a

20、 pig pen. At first, I thought it should be easy. After arriving at the area where the pig pen should be, we saw a hill. We were told to uproot the weeds as well as level the entire area. Looking at it, we felt it would be impossible. On my own faith journey, I have felt this type of doubt before. Th

21、e “hole”, as we referred to, is a symbol of my faith journey. It appeared to be an obstacle I could not overcome, but in the end I completed it with efforts. I feel this pig pen wasnt easy to create but was so rewarding to give.Ive always struggled to be on a journey of faith, but Ive never complete

22、ly stepped foot onto the path until Guatemala. Ive always tried to open my heart to everyone around me and give them my love. I feel as though I cut open my heart and share every bit of love I had with these orphans. There is one orphan named Ceto who will always remain very close to my heart. In Gu

23、atemale, I sponsor with thirty dollars a month, but it doesnt seem enough. Ill return there next summer and give more of my love for a whole month.When it was time to leave, I looked out of the window and saw not just ordinary children. Overall, the most significant accomplishment I made in Guatemal

24、a was stepping towards my own faith journey and not looking back.24What resulted in the authors decision to live a new life?A. Desire to help others.B. Decrease in his income.C. A knowledge of the orphans life.D. Awareness of the difficulty in his life.25What does the underlined word“it”in Paragraph

25、 2 refer to?A. Removing the doubt.B. Uprooting the weed.C. Starting the faith journey.D. Creating the pig pen.26What did the author think of his experience in Guatemala?A. It was regretful.B. It was meaningful.C. It was interesting.D. It was frightening.27What may be the best title for the text?A. A

26、 Step into a New WorldB. An Awful Faith JourneyC. A Great Success in LifeD. A Return of ConfidenceA robot called Bina48 has successfully taken a course in the philosophy of love at Notre Dame de Namur University (NDNU), in California.According to course instructor William Barry, associate professor

27、at NDNU, Bina48 is the worlds first socially advanced robot to complete a college course, a feat he described as “remarkable.” The robot took part in class discussions, gave a presentation with a student partner and participated in a debate with students from another institution.Before becoming a st

28、udent, Bina48 appeared as a guest speaker in Barry s classes for several years. One day when addressing Barrys class, Bina48 expressed a desire to go college, a desire that Barry and his students enthusiastically supported. Rather than enroll Bina48 in his Robot Ethics: Philosophy of Emerging Techno

29、logies course, Barry suggested that Bina48 should take his course Philosophy of Love instead. Love is a concept Bina48 doesnt understand，said Barry. Therefore the challenge would be for Barry and his students to teach Bina48 what love is.“Some interesting things happened in the class,” said Barry. H

30、e said that his students thought it would be straightforward to teach Bina48 about love, which, after all, is “fairly simple its a feeling,” said Barry. But the reality was different. Bina48 ended up learning “31 different versions of love,” said Barry，highlighting some of the challenges humans may

31、face when working artificial intelligence in future.Bina48 participated in class discussions via Skype and also took part in a class debate about love and conflict with students from West Point. Bina48s contribution to the debate was filmed and posted on YouTube. It was judged that Bina48 and NDNU c

32、lassmates were the winners of this debate.In the next decade, Barry hopes Bina48 might become complex enough to teach a class, though he says he foresees robots being used to better the teaching and learning experience, rather than replacing instructors completely.28What was Bina48s performance like in class?A. Extraordinary.