届广西桂林市高三模拟考试英语试题.docx

1、届广西桂林市高三模拟考试英语试题2018届广西桂林市高三模拟考试英语试题（本试卷考试时间120分钟，满分150分）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. Where did the woman probably leave her hat?A. In a restaurant. B. In a car. C. In a shop.2. What is the

2、 time right now?A. 7:15. B. 9:15. C. 11:15.3. What are the speakers discussing?A. Whether to go to France. B. What to do in France. C. How to go to France.4. Why is the girl upset?A. Her family is about to move. B. Her mother is out of work. C. She has no friends now.5. What was the weather like in

3、the Lake District on their holiday?A. Snowy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.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. How long has the man played the guitar?A. 8 years. B. 9 years. C. 17 years

4、.7. What instrument does the man think is the most difficult to play?A. The piano. B. The guitar. C. The drum.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What did the woman do last winter?A. She taught a class. B. She changed a job. C. She took a lecture.9. Why is the man happy?A. He can give lectures after retirement.B. He

5、 has retired and begins to learn computer.C. He can communicate with his grandchildren online.10. What is the womans regular job?A. A librarian. B. A salesperson. C. A lecturer.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Roommates. C. Schoolmates.12. What doe

6、s the man advise the woman to do?A. Move her house. B. Go to work together. C. Confirm the appointment.13. How does the woman like Ms. Gomez?A. Friendly. B. Punctual. C. Popular.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. When is the woman supposed to finish her essay?A. By this Saturday. B. By next Monday. C. By next Fri

7、day.15. Why is the woman behind with her writing class?A. She was ill.B. The course is too difficult.C. She is busy with her reading task.16. What does the man think of his college life?A. Busy. B. Boring. C. Colorful.17. What is the woman probably going to do on the 28th?A. Visit an exhibition. B.

8、Attend a party. C. Watch a play.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What can be seen in Woodhill Shelter?A. Wild animals. B. Sea creatures. C. Farm animals.19. What do we know about the shelter?A. It offers free plant-based diet.B. It has won wide recognition.C. Its workers are poorly paid.20. What is advised to

9、do to be a volunteer of the shelter?A. Make a call. B. Sign up online. C. Post a form.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AYou may be familiar with the following famous people, but have you heard of their graduation speeches, in which they either share their un

10、forgotten experiences or give you some great inspiration. Michael Dell, University of Texas at AustinAnd now youve accomplished something great and important here, and its time for you to move on to whats next. And you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. You must also co

11、mmit to the adventure. Just have faith in the skills and the knowledge youve been blessed（赐予）with and go. J.K. Rowling, Harvard UniversityHalf my lifetime ago, I was striking an uneasy balance between my ambition and the expectation from my parents who were not richBut what I feared most of myself a

12、t your age was not poverty, but failure. The fact that you are graduating from Harvard suggests that you know little about failure, you might be driven by a fear of failure quite as much as a desire for success. Steve Jobs, Stanford UniversitySometimes lifes going to hit you in the head with a brick

13、. Dont lose faithYour work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work, and the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you havent found it yet, keep looking and dont settle. Bill Gates, Harvard UniversityWe

14、need as many people as possible to have access to the advanced technology to lead to a revolution in what human beings can do for one another. They are making it possible not just for national governments, but for universities, smaller organizations, and even individuals to see problems, see approac

15、hes and deal with the worlds inequities（不公平）like hunger, poverty, and so on.21. What Michael Dell said is to urge us to _.A. listen to our heart B. learn from our mistakesC. follow others example D. pursue our dreams22. What did J.K. Rowling fear most when she was studying in university?A. Failure.

16、B. Hunger. C. Poverty. D. Appearance.23. What does Bill Gates suggest people do?A. Master as much advanced technology as possible.B. Work together to rid some global problems.C. Make contributions to the environment.D. Take responsibility for their own behavior.BThe next generation of artificial int

17、elligence (AI) may be sitting right beneath you, at least if furniture maker Ikea has any say in the matter. The Swedish furniture companys “future-living” research lab in Copenhagen is conducting a survey to understand what people want when it comes to smart furniture.AI is now walking into more as

18、pects of peoples daily lives. Self-driving cars are just around the corner, and AI robots can play and beat the best players of strategy games. As smart home technologies have become more ubiquitous, products ranging from smart electrical outlets（插座）to smart smoke alarms are flooding the market. The

19、refore, its not surprising that Ikea would be moving in the same direction.Exactly why people would want their sofa or bed frame to speak to then, track their daily movements or offer help is not yet clear. Though Ikeas the new survey doesnt directly answer that question, it does provide a hint of w

20、hat people would feel comfortable with. Most participants wanted a more human0like form of virtual（虚拟的）assistants, as opposed to one that is more robotic. In terms of the ideal gender（性别）of the assistants, the most popular choice was neither male nor female. Few wanted a religious form of AI.Just as

21、 with human friends, most wanted AI friends that were like them, affirming their own worldview. They wanted an AI assistant that was reasonably intelligent-that could collect data to predict what a person wanted before he or she asked, and that could prevent someone from making mistakes.This is not

22、the first time that Ikea has set foot in the field or futuristic technologies. In addition to wireless charging tables and chainless bikes that never rust（生锈）, the furniture giant has also pictured smart kitchens that can cook the best meal. To decide on how intelligent you want your next sofa or bo

23、okshelf to be, you can take Ikeas survey online.24. What does the underlined word “ubiquitous” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Beautiful. B. Common. C. Normal. D. Environment.25. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A. The differences between robot-like and human-like assistants.B. What form of AI assista

24、nts people want.C. What kind of friends people want.D. The popular robots on the market.26. Most people who received the survey wanted an AI assistant that could _.A. help them became smarterB. communicate with them without troublesC. have its own worldviewD. deal with their problems in advance27. W

25、hich of the following products are from Ikea?A. Smart sofas that can speak to you.B. Smart beds than can track your daily movements.C. Wireless charging cars.D. Rustless bikes without chains.CIt is that time of year when people need to lock their cars. Its not because there are a lot of criminals ru

26、nning around stealing cars. Rather, its because of the good-hearted neighbors who want to share their harvest. Especially with this years large crop, leaving a car unlocked in my neighborhood is an invitation for someone to stuff it full of zucchini（西葫芦）.My sister-in-law, Sharon, recently had a good

27、 year for tomatoes. She and her family had eaten and canned so many that they began to feel their skin turn slightly red. Thats when she decided it was time to share her blessings. She started calling everyone she knew. When that failed, she began to ask everyone in the neighborhood like a politicia

28、n, eventually finding a neighbor delighted to have the tomatoes. “Feel free to take whatever you want,” Sharon told her. She felt happy that she could help someone and that the food didnt go to waste.A few days later, Sharon answered the door. There was the neighbor, holding some bread. The neighbor

29、 smiled pleasantly, “I want to thank you for all of the tomatoes, and I have to admit that I took a few other things and hope you wouldnt mind.”Sharon couldnt think of anything else in her garden that had been worth harvesting and said no. “Oh, but you did,” the neighbor said. “You had some of the p

30、rettiest zucchini Ive ever seen.”Sharon was confused. Zucchini in her garden? They hadnt even plated any zucchini. But her neighbor insisted that there really were bright-green zucchini in her garden. The two of them walked together into the backyard. When the neighbor pointed at the long green vege

31、tables, Sharon smiled, “Well, actually, those are cucumbers that we never harvested, because they got too big, soft and bitter for eating or canning.”The neighbor looked at Sharon, shock written all over her face. Then she smiled, and held out the bread that she had shared all over the neighborhood,

32、 “I brought you a loaf of cucumber bread. I hope you like it.”28. Why does the author suggest that people in the neighborhood should lock their cars?A. They might be stolen by thieves.B. They night be moved away by the police.C. Their neighbors might fill them with their harvest.D. Their neighbors might throw rub