湖北省沙市中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第三次双周考试题

湖北省沙市中学2017-2018学年高二英语下学期第三次双周考试题第Ⅰ卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。

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。

1. What does the man mean?A. He doesn’t care.B. He is very satisfied.C. He is a little disappointed.2. How did the woman feel just now?A. Scared.B. Bored.C. Excited.3. Where does the woman want to go tonight?A. To the supermarket.B. To the theater.C. To a restaurant.4. What is the woman worried about?A. Being late for the football game.B. Having a traffic accident.C. Missing her flight.5. Why does the man want another credit card?A. To pay for a car.B. To get a higher credit score.C. To buy more things he needs.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或对白，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 are the speakers probably?A. Journalists.B. Doctors.C. Teachers.7. What are the speakers probably going to do there?A. Go sightseeing.B. Buy some equipment.C. Have a news making event.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. When is the man’s flight leaving?A. Next Sunday.B. Next Saturday.C. Next Friday.9. How much will the man have to pay for all tickets?A. $1,740.B. $1,160.C. $580.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. When should students meet for the field trip?A. At 7:15 am.B. At 7:00 am.C. At 8:00 am.11. How will the boy probably get to school today?A. Take the bus.B. Take his mom’s car.C. Take Mrs. Anderson’s car.12. What is the relationship between the woman and Mrs. Anderson?A. Colleagues.B. Neighbors.C. Best friends.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. How does the woman usually go to work?A. By bike.B. By subway.C. By car.14. What will happen if the man is late for work?A. His boss will yell at him.B. He will work overtime.C. He will be fined.15. Why does the woman like living in the city?A. It makes it easier to work from homeB. Her kids will get into good schools.C. There are many interesting things to do.16. What do the speakers have in common?A. They both have children.B. They are both married.C. They both like driving.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where does the talk take place?A. In England.B. In Australia.C. In the United States.18. When was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published?A. In 2014.B. In 2007.C. In 2012.19. What award has Rachel Joyce won?A. The Commonwealth Book Prize.B. The Tinniswood Award.C.The Man Booker Prize.20. What did Rachel Joyce use to work as?A. An actress.B. A TV host.C. A writer.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。

AVenus, the Wildest Adventure in 2016!A trip to the moon, to Mars? You are out Venus(金星) is your choice! Our spaceship carries you there at the speed of light!Amazing Venus FactsTemperature range: ALWAYS about 450 degrees Celsius Great for barbecues!Seasons: No seasons Always visit during best season!Gravity strength : 0. 91 0f Earth's gravity. Makes you lighter and more alive than ever!Water: NONE. All boiled awayDay length: 1 day=243 Earth days Longest days in solar system, so fun never ends!Rate of turning 0.002 km/second Tums in opposite direction of the Earth, so able to see sun rise in the west and set in the east.Year length: l year=224.7 Earth days or 0.62 0f an Earth yearRate of revolution : 35.03 km/secondAtmosphere:△Very thick△96% carbon dioxide, 3% nitrogen, and 0.l% water vapor△Can't support life: suffocating carbon dioxide, thick clouds of sulfuric acid, and gases create greenhouse effect so very hot and no water*Your Accommodations *◎You will travel on a high-tech rocket ship that will transport you from Earth to Venus in a mere 2.4 minutes by traveling at the speed of light. This trip will cost only $750. 000.◎Our two hotels are very luxurious and are super strong, allowing you to lie on the ground without being crushed by the pressure of the atmosphere. They are called Venus Heaven and Rocket Palace, and the cost to stay is only $200 per night. You'll get your money's worth at these two hotels, receiving free meals every dayTo book a trip, call l-80021．What would you see if you face east on Venus? 'A．The rising sun B．The circling Earth.C．The setting sun D．The full moon22．During the trip to Venus, you would pay nothing forA．service B．food C．the spaceship D．the hotel23．Which section of a magazine is the text from?A．Fashion circle B．News report C．Modern art. D．Future worldBFor the last couple of weeks I had been stuck in front of my computer working on a project that was very important to me. My every waking hour was consumed by the project and although I imagined that I would feel happy after completing parts of the project, I was confused to find that instead, I was feeling rather depressed.I tried a range of methods to help cheer myself up. I had a relaxing bath, cookeda delicious meal to enjoy with my family and even watched a light-hearted movie, but to no avail. It was only when I turned to deep thinking for a solution that the answer came to me: turn to nature!The very next day, I grabbed my camera and a bottle of water and set off to spend a few hours walking in a nature reserve, even though it was pouring with rain. Within a couple of minutes, I felt alive again. To be honest. I felt like a young school girl again and had to stop myself from hopping along the path singing I'm Singing in the Rain, a song I used to sing when I was a child. I think as adults we often try too hard to control our inner children and as a result, we restrain our own spirits, which only leads to depression and stress.Interestingly, it has been shown that people who spend 40 minutes walking in a nature reserve have a drop in their blood pressure levels, but this does not happen when they spend a similar amount of time walking in a busy city centre.If you feel a little low in spirit and know that you have spent too much time indoors, relax completely, remove your shoes and let your inner child come out and play.24．Why did the author feel depressed according to the passage?A．She couldn't consume her waking hour.B．She had not seen a film for a long time.C．She had not finished her work on time.D．She had worked on a hard job for too long25．The author walked in a nature reserve in the rain in order to .A．take photosB．find a solution to the projectC．hop along the pathD．cheer herself up26．Which of the following can be equal to the underlined part "to no avail" in Paragraph 1?A．unsuccessful. B．unrelated. C．uninteresting.D．unexpected.27．In the author's opinion, .A．playing with a child can make people relaxedB．depression is usually caused by hard workC．walking in a busy city centre harms people's healthD．adults should express their inner feelings occasionallyCAs your teacher passes out the math test, your palms(手掌) turn sweaty. You notice that your heart has begun to race. Glancing down at the page, you suddenly forget those operations on which you had drilled only a few days earlier. Do you perform all additions first in a complex calculation? Oh, you know it—well you're pretty sure, right? Suddenly, you start to doubt a lot of things that you know.If that sounds familiar, you might suffer from math anxiety. Or maybe not. Even researchers who study this condition note that it can be surprisingly hard to define math anxiety. It's also hard to identify precisely how many people suffer from it. After all, it's I not an officially recognized mental disorder in the way that depression is.To diagnose math anxiety, researchers conduct a questionnaire. It asks things like "how anxious would you feel about being given a set of division problems to solve on paper". Those who score high on these surveys about stress over making numerical calculations will be labeled math anxiousIn general, people who panic over their math skills tend to do worse in math classes than people who don't mind numbers. But that's not always true. "Just because you're math anxious, that doesn't always mean you're bad at math," notes Rose Vukovic She's an educational psychologist at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.Math anxiety affects people of all ages. It can lead to poor performance in math classes. And its impacts don't end at graduation. Throughout life, this type of stress can stand in the way of mastering skills or projects in a host of areas that rely on calculations.But the good news is that the problem is manageable. Researchers are finding wayspeople can cope with this stress.28．What's the symptom of math anxiety?A．You sweat all over. B．Your heart beats wildly.C．You are thrown into mental disorder. D．You don't mind numbers at all. 29．How do researchers diagnose math anxiety?A．By carrying out a questionnaire. B．By being tested by psychologists.C．By seeing the performances in class D．By checking the students' math scores.30．What can we learn from Rose Vukovic's words?A．Math anxiety influences math results. B．Math anxiety is hard to be overcome.C．Math anxiety needn't be worried about. D．Math anxiety is a kind of mental illness.31．What does the author think of math anxiety?A．It's hard to solve n completely. B．It's has an unimaginable impactC．It's best to ignore it. D．It can be managed.DHave you ever thought why there are very few great people? I think there is probably only one great person out of 10,000 at most, and most probably much less than that. But why? Most people want to be great, right? Why are there only very few of them? Here is the reason: most people do not pay the price of greatness. I think this one is quite obvious.Now, the next question is: why not? If there are so many people who want to be great, why only very few of them actually pay the price? The answer to this question explains the difference between the almost 100% people who want to be great and the much less than 0.01% who actually become great.The reason why very few people actually pay the price is this: the road to greatness is continuously painful for a long time.Greatness requires sacrifices and there is no sacrifice without pain. The kind of sacrifices required for greatness is the ones with a long painful process. If you just want to be better than average, it will be painful only every now and then, and many people can still handle it. But being great is a totally different level. The pain is much deeper and it is continuous. Very few people can have tolerance to this kind of pain and that's why there are very few great people. Most people naturally choose things that bring pleasure to them. It's difficult to choose pain over pleasure, let alone doing it continuously for a long time.But that's what I believe is the secret to greatness: choosing pain over pleasure continuously for a long time.32．Why are there very few great people?A．Only less than 0.01% actually want to be great.B．Most people don't have the potential to be greatC．Most people can't bear the hardship to be great.D．Only less than 0.01% have the potential to be great.33．Which of the following sayings would the author agree to according to the passage?A．No pain, no gainB．Do one thing at a time, and do well.C．Whatever is worth doing is worth doing wellD．Never put off what you can do today until tomorrow.34．According to the writer, to be great, what do you need to do?A．To suffer only every now and thenB．To be very clever, rich and beautiful.C．To get along well with othersD．To choose pain instead of pleasure for long.35．The underlined phrase "have tolerance to" in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to " ".A．remain alive or continue to exist for a long timeB．be in a difficult or painful situation for a long time without complaints C．get over something unpleasant quickly and become happy againD．deal with something pleasant and share it with others第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分1 0分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。