高三湖北剩州市沙市区届高三《英语》上学期第四次双周考试题含答案.docx

1、高三湖北剩州市沙市区届高三英语上学期第四次双周考试题含答案湖北省荆州市沙市区2018届高三英语上学期第四次双周考试题第一部分听力(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，从每题所给的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. What is the womans nationality? A. Australian. B. American. C. Indian.2. Why was the woman able to get

2、 an A on the test? A. She read the whole textbook. B. She reviewed all the notes. C. She attended every lecture.3. What does the man plan to do on the weekend? A. Host a dance party. B. Visit Bill with the woman. C. Help the woman with a party.4. When will the woman meet the man tomorrow?A. At 10:00

3、 am. B. At 10:30 am. C. At 11:00 am.5. What do we know about the man? A. He worked abroad for a few years. B. He is planning to go to Canada. C. He wants to meet the woman again.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

4、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至7题。6. What did the woman do a quarter of an hour ago? A. She left her purse on the table. B. She went to the restroom.C. She came back from the restroom.7. Where was the purse found? A. On the table. B. In the restroom. C. Under the table.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Who invit

5、ed the speakers for Thanksgiving last year? A. The mans brother. B. The womans sister. C. The mans sister.9. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. Go shopping with her. B. Cook a big turkey for her. C. Help her make some sandwiches.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What are the mans hobbies? A. Fishing and c

6、ollecting stamps. B. Reading and watching TV.C. Watching TV and collecting stamps.11. What does the man say about the woman? A. She is popular. B. She is bad-tempered. C. She lacks patience.12. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a library. B. By a lake. C. At a cinema.请听第9段材料，回答第

7、13至16题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student.B. Interviewer and interviewee. C. Manager and clerk.14. Why did the man leave his previous job in the bank? A. His family moved to another place. B. He had never gotten a raise. C. He just wanted to make a change.15. W

8、hat are the mans best qualities? A. Hard-working and responsible. B. Faithful and energetic. C. Smart and capable.16. What do we know about the man? A. He worked for a private company for three years. B. He took a part-time course in Finance and Trade. C. He doesnt have much experience in sales.请听第1

9、0段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did Don buy in the mens department?A. A gray suit and two pairs of trousers. B. A blue suit and two pairs of trousers. C. A gray suit and one pair of trousers.18. Where is the shoe department located? A. Opposite the mens department. B. Opposite the shirt department. C. Oppos

10、ite the sweater department.19. Why did Bob fail to buy a sweater? A. There were no sweaters in his size. B. There were no sweaters he could afford. C. There were no sweaters that looked good on him.20. How did Bob and Don go home? A. On foot. B. By bike. C. By bus.第二部分 阅读理解 ( 共两节，满分40分 )第一节 ( 共15小题;

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17、k Club? A. By ordering a watch free of charge. B. By sending the advertisement to the club. C. By choosing books with special prices.D. By returning the completed order form.22. What information does the monthly magazine give members?A. The percentage saved on each book.B. The names of all the books

18、 sold by the club.C. The list of the newest books available to buy.D. The books that can be swapped by club members.23. What can we infer from the last part of the passage?A. At least four books should be bought each year. B. Members can look at the books before they buy them. C. Members need to buy

19、 the “Book of the Month”. D. The more books bought, the higher the members grade.B Paloma sat at a computer in the school library. She stared at the blank screen. She searched for a rubber band in her backpack, and then she pulled her hair into a thick ponytail. Paloma looked at the computer screen.

20、 It was still blank. She sighed and looked through her notebook to reread the assignment Mr. Molina had given the class three weeks ago. It was due in just two days, and Paloma knew that she couldnt delay any longer.Write a creative short story using an experience that you have had recently, Paloma

21、read. Your story should include two examples of figurative language. Paloma and her family had recently taken a trip along North Carolinas coast. They had visited four different lighthouses, and Paloma wondered what it would be like to live in a lighthouse. She knew that before lighthouses were auto

22、mated, they were run by a lighthouse keeper who lived on the premises. Paloma thought shed love to be a lighthouse keeper. Without thinking about it any longer, Paloma began to write the story.I sat with my cat Sadie curled on my lap and looked out the window at the crashing waves. The heavy rain be

23、at against my lighthouse like a thousand footsteps racing up and down the walls. I held Sadie closer, and she let out a small meow of displeasure. I knew that the coming storm could not be too dangerous if Sadie was still acting normally. I had read that animals can sense changes in weather and will

24、 seek shelter from a tornado or hurricane. I was relying on Sadies calmness to get me through my first hurricane on the island.I knew that my lighthouse was sturdily built. It had survived more than one hundred years worth of hurricanes and tropical storms. There was no reason to believe that it cou

25、ldnt survive another. I looked up at the staircase that spiraled above me and worried as I felt the tower sway slightly in a gust of wind.Paloma stopped and reread what she had just written. She smiled to herself in delight, saved her story, and then settled into her chair to continue writing. She w

26、asnt sure what was going to happen next, but she knew that if she kept going, the story would continue to tell itself. Paloma couldnt wait to find out where it would take her. 24. Why is Paloma feeling anxious at the beginning of the passage?A. She hasnt much time left to do her writing task. B. She

27、 doesnt know the details of her writing task.C. She has completely forgotten about her writing task.D. She doesnt know what is wrong with her computer. 25. What is the inspiration for Palomas story idea? A. Her cat. B. Her teacher. C. Her trip. D. Her dream. 26. In Palomas story, how does the lighth

28、ouse keeper decide if the storm is dangerous? A. By listening to the weather report. B. By watching the crashing waves. C. By observing the cats behaviour. D. By measuring the movement of the lighthouse.27. As described in the final paragraph, how does Paloma feel after she has written the first par

29、t of her story? A. Confused. B. Excited. C. Relieved. D. Determined.CFor many years, Bruce Bexler dreamed of going where no human had gone before. He wanted to cut a path through unexplored lands and discover rare, exoticspecies.That might sound like an impossible dream, but Bexler turned it into a

30、reality.In December 2015, he and a team of Australian and American scientists ventured into an isolatedtropical rain forest on the island of New Guinea. They were the first people ever to enter the mist-covered region. “As time was limited, we were dropped in by helicopter. Once we were on the groun

31、d, there were no trails anywhere; it was really hard to get around,” Bexler says.Within minutes of landing, the team spotted a black chicken-like bird with strange orange skin hanging from its neck. The scientists soon determined that the unusual creature was a type of honeyeater the first new bird

32、species to be sighted on New Guinea in 60 years.The honeyeater wasnt the only surprise for the scientists. They discovered more than 40 previously unknown plant and animal species 13 birds of paradise, 20 frogs, four butterflies, and five palms. “We were like kids in a candy store,” Bexler recalls. “Everywhere we looked, we saw amazing things