湖南省2018届高三下学期十四校联考第二次考试英语试题(含答案)

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联合命题 湖南省2018届高三 ? 十四校联考 第二次考试

英语试卷

炎德文化审校、制作

总分：150分 时量：120分钟 考试时间：2018年4月8日15:00?17:00

注意事项：

1. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

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 does the woman mean? A. The man lost the ticket. B. She can get the ticket.

C. She conflicted with her sister.

2 What does the woman think of Gina’s behavior? A. Acceptable. B. Amazing. C. Annoying.

3 How will the woman go to Chinatown? A. By taxi. B. By bus. C. On foot. 4. Where is the boy’s hat? A. In the hall. B. On the bus. C. In the schoolbag. 5 What did the woman enjoy most? A. The film. B. The musical. C. The book. 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. What’s the purpose of the long -distance run? A. To advertise the club. B. To get free membership. C. To keep fit.

7. How many kinds of sports have been mentioned in the conversation?

A. Three.

B. Two.

C. One.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why did the woman make the telephone call?

A. To get a license.

B. To buy some medicine.

C. To ask about a job.

9. What makes up the majority of the company’s business?

A. Orders for medicine.

B. Medical equipment.

C. Instructions for customers.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who is the woman buying a gift for?

A. Her father.

B. Her mother.

C. Her sister.

11. What will the woman probably buy in the end?

A. A Chinese teapot.

B. Wine glasses.

C. A fry pan.

12. Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a kitchen.

B. At a bakery.

C. In a department store.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the woman want to be?

A. A doctor.

B. A manager.

C. A lawyer

14. What’s the man’s attitude to the coming exams?

A. Negative.

B. Positive.

C. Ambiguous.

15. What helps one to be successful according to the man?

A. Great ambitions.

B. Parents’ assistance.

C. True interest.

16. What are the speakers talking about?

A. University life.

B. A law firm.

C. The future plan. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When will the bus leave for the electronics company next week?

A. At 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

B. At 9:30 a.m. on Monday.

C. At 10:30 a. m. on Tuesday.

18. What must the students remember to bring?

A. An ID card.

B. A mobile phone.

C. A photograph.

19. What will the students design during the visit?

A. A software company.

B. A website.

C. A school car park.

20. What is the prize for the winner of the competition?

A. Learning software.

B. A camera.

C. A T-shirt.

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。

A

In my very first job with some archaeologists, I wasn’t digging objects out of the ground, instead I was employed as an artist, drawing what they found. However, I was soon more interested in the stories behind the objects than in drawing them and that’s how my career in archaeology started. I still draw what I find in my work as a specialist on the Silk Road, the old trade route running from Egypt to Mongolia, and I also work on some underwater projects too.

In archaeology, my all-time hero is an American called Raphael Pumpelly. I first heard about him when I was a student on a trip to Turkmenistan, a country right in the heart of Asia. To get around the country, I had to learn Russian so that I could speak to the local people. When I got there I thought, “Wow! I’m one of the first Americans here!” Then an old man told me about an American archaeologist, Raphael Pumpelly, who was there doing the same thing over 100 years ago.

Archaeology’s in my family. My wife’s in the same profession, and, although our two boys aren’t interested in the future in archaeology themselves, we’ve been on some great digs together and they love what we do because they get to travel with us. Last summer, we took them to Lake Titicaca in South America, in the high areas of the Andes mountain range. My best experience was when I was digging on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. There’s very little rain and it’s so dry tha t everything is kept as it was. In an old house, where the owner used to store goods from the ships that came in, I picked up a 700-year-old mat in front of the house and there, under it, after all that time, was the house key with the owner’s name carved on it. It felt like he could be on his way home any minute! And I thought, “Hey, I do just that. This man’s not much different to me!”

21. While working in Egypt, what did the writer find so interesting?

A. The fact that the doormat was in such good condition.

B. That people from different centuries can be so similar.

C. The way the people managed to live in such a dry place.

D. That there had been so much trade in that area.

22. Which entry will the writer probably make in his diary?

B. I have been diving today and found some objects for an exhibition. I’ve just finished drawing them for my

records.

A. Turkmenistan is interesting. I’m the first American to come here but I’m glad this is my last trip away.

C. I wish my children weren’t more interested in arc haeology and would not work hard in the open like their

parents.

D. It’s nearly dark but Raphael’s still busy digging in that old house. He can be very annoying. He thinks he’s

the most important person here.

23. What is the writer’s main purpose in writin g the text?

A. To describe the life of an archaeologist he admires.

B. To persuade people to take up archaeology as a career.

C. To show how archaeologists work.

D. To explain what he enjoys about being an archaeologist.

B

Dodder is an unusual and unwanted plant that attacks other plants. Except for its flowers, the plant looks like spaghetti, a kind of noodles in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked. Its almost leafless, thread-like stems (茎) hang down on top of other plants that dodder needs to stay alive. Dodder does not produce its own food. Instead, it steals food from other plants. It feeds by sucking juices from the plant which is wrapped around, often making its host very weak or even killing it.

Dodder can find other plants by their smell. When a young dodder plant starts growing, it follows the smell of plants it prefers, like tomato plants, potato plants, or other farm crops. Unlike most plants that usually grow in the direction of light or warmth, a dodder plant will grow in the direction of, for example, tomato smell — if a tomato happens to be growing nearby.

However, a young dodder plant must find a host plant quickly. It no longer needs its root once it is attached to the host and wrapped around it. If it cannot catch a smell of a potential host within a few days, it will dry up and disappear-even if there is plenty of water around. Once it finds a host, the young dodder plant will attach itself to it and start growing faster. At that point the dodder plant will drop its root.

Dodder is thus a difficult weed to manage and a real headache for farmers. When it does get out of hand, dodder can greatly reduce a farmer’s harvest or even destroy crops completely. Before sowing their pro duce, especially farmers in warm parts of the world often check to make sure no unwanted dodder seeds have mixed with their crop seeds. This is a good way to stop dodder plants from making their way to a crop field secretly.

24. Why does the author mention spaghetti in the first paragraph?

A. To describe the shape of dodder plants.

B. To analyze the content of some food.

C. To explain where the dodder plants come from.

D. To argue that dodder plants can be used.

25. What will happen if a dodder plant starts growing where there are no other plants around?

A. It will grow deep roots.

B. It will die sooner or later.

C. It will attract other plants.

D. It will cover the entire area of soil.

26. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Dodder can a ffect farmers’ income.

B. Dodder does not produce its own food.

C. Dodder can only survive in the shade.

D. Dodder only grows in the warm areas.

27. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. A new variety of farm crops.

B. Plants that are harmful to humans.

C. Recent improvements in farming methods.

D. The special abilities of a dangerous plant.

C

Here is a record of the discussion about AI (artificial intelligence) conducted by several scientists:

Scientist A: I would say that we are quite a long way off developing the AI, though I do think it will happen within the next thirty or forty years. We will probably remain in control of technology and it will help us solve many of the world’s problems. However, no one really knows what will happen if machines be come more intelligent than humans. They may help us, ignore us or destroy us. I tend to believe AI will have a positive influence on our future lives, but whether that is true will be partly up to us.

Scientist B:I have to admit that the potential consequences of creating something that can match or go beyond human intelligence frighten me. Even now, scientists are teaching computers how to learn on their own. At some point in the near future, their intelligence may well take off and develop at an ever-increasing speed. Human beings evolve biologically very slowly and we would be quickly substituted. In the short term, there is the danger that robots will take over millions of human jobs, creating a large underclass of unemployed people. This could mean large-scale poverty and social unrest. In the lone term machines might decide the world would be better without humans.

Scientist C:I’m a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Forget the movie image of a terrifying