湖北省荆州中学2019届高三暑假第二次阶段性测试英语试卷

荆州中学2018-2019学年度高三年级第二次考试英语试题全卷满分150分时间120分钟第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（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。

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 woman think of the car journey?A. It’s too long.B. It’s very exciting.C. It’s rather dangerous.2. Why is John late for school?A. He was stuck in traffic.B. He hurt his head.C. He did a good deed.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A farm.B. Some houses.C. A corn field.4. What does the man say about the movie?A. It’s horrible.B. It’s amusing.C. It’s not good.5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Acquaintances.B. Classmates.C. A couple.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。

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 do we know from the conversation?A. The woman will be free tomorrow.B. The man will help the woman tomorrow.C. The woman will have workers to do the job.7. What does the woman probably think of the man?A. Considerate.B. Annoying.C. Stubborn.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Who plans to get more people for the team?A. Sue.B. Ben.C. Karen.9. What are going to take place in the near future?A. Tennis matches.B. Football matches.C. Softball matches. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What will the woman do?A. Sell new game products.B. Make a presentation.C.Give away luggage carts.11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Strangers.C. Colleagues.12. Where are the speakers?A. In the company.B. In the hotel.C. In the lecture hall.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What is Tina doing?A. Doing some reading.B. Having a holiday.C. Surfing the Internet.14. What does the man ask the woman to do?A. To buy a cake and ice cream.B. To help Sandy.C. To attend the birthday party.15. Who can’t eat chocolate?A. Tina.B. Sandy.C. The man.16. Which place will the woman go to next?A. The store on Abbey Road.B. The store on Olive Avenue.C. The supermarket on Downing Street.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What do we know about the travel destination, Costa Rica?A. It’s suitable for newly-married couples.B. It’s suitable for old people.C. It’s family-friendly.18. What language do Costa Rican people probably speak?A. English.B. Spanish.C. French.19. What can travelers see in Costa Rica?A. Sand beaches.B. Dead volcanoes.C. Fish farms.20. How much will it cost a family to travel in Costa Rica?A. 80 dollars.B. 185 dollars.C. Half the cost of a trip to Disneyland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。

ATeen FitnessOur Teen Fitness program will be available from July 4 to September 3 for youth aged 12 to 17 at all GoodLife Fitness clubs from coast to coast, across Canada.Participating teens will have full club access with the following exceptions: pool, Hot Yoga Studio, Tennis Court and Tanning Salon (日光浴沙龙).We’ve all heard the news: Overweight teenagers are tipping the balance at an alarming rate. According to the Canada Health Measure Survey (2017): ★ Over 26% of children and youth are overweight.★60% of Canadian youth do not get the required daily physical activity for theirgrowth and development.★93% of children and youth are not meeting Canada’s physica l activity guidelines.Instead of a Teen Fitness membership card, this year our teens will have a regular membership card presented to them.“At GoodLife, we are devoted to helping all Canadians become fit and healthy and we know the importance of starting healthy habits at a young age,” said David Patchell-Evans, GoodLife founder and CEO.Pre-registration for 2019 will be available in June.General Teen Information:★ Free teen membership for ages 12 - 17 only.★ Membership term: July 4-September 3; all teen memberships come to an end by September 3, 2018.★ Parents or legal guardians must register for a Teen Member and provide proof of age.★ Membership includes access to most club areas at all locations: 7 days a week from 8 am-4 pm with last check-in at 3:00 pm.★ The teens will receive their membership key tags (标签) upon completion of registration at the club.★ Maximum workout time for Teen Members is 2 hours per day.21. What does the survey in Canada show?A. Teens’ state of health is worrying.B. Most teens can’t balance study and play.C. 50% of teens benefit from GoodLife Fitness.D. Schools pay much attention to teens’ fitness.22. What can Teen Members enjoy in the program?A. Light exercise at night on weekends.B. Three-month free membership.C. Free access to the Tennis Court.D. At most two hours’ daily exercise.23. A participating teen is required to .A. arrive no later than 3:00 pmB. buy a key tag after registrationC. be accompanied by his parentsD. make the registration by himselfBA serious problem for today’s society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage of profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs.Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual. This means each person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to care for the poor.In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions. Furthermore, some institutions should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortable life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows, this is not a truly viable answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young.One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.To sum up, all these options have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these options may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generations.24. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this article?A. To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem.B. To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people.C. To point out the need for government support for old people.D. To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life.25. What does the underlined word “viable” most probably mean?A. Impossible.B. Practical.C. Useful.D. Successful.26. According to the passage, how can the government help to improve the lives of retired people?A. Set aside some profits to help people with problems after they retire.B. Increase savings levels of people during their working years.C. Increase the discounts for food and transport for the old.D. Make available pensions for those who have retired.27. What can be concluded from the passage?A. Taking care of the old is mainly an issue of money.B. Employers should allow their workers to retire at a later age.C. Becoming independent should be the goal of most old people.D. There is no single solution to the problems of the old.CThe sea was quiet and the island did not look too far off, rising from the sea like a rocky loaf. But the grey small boats were low in the water.It was the first time I had seen the sea. The first time for everything — travelling on a plane, in a train, leaving my parents, staying in a hotel and now going in a boat! Back in Aleppo I had hardly ever left our fifth-floor apartment. We had heard from those who had gone before that, on a fine summer day like this with a working motor, a small boat takes just over an hour to cross the strait. It was one of the shortest routes from Turkey to Greece — only eight miles. The problem was that the motors wereoften old and cheap and exhausted for power with loads of 50 or 60 people, so the trips took three or four hours.Here is a fact I don’t think anyone sho uld like. Did you know that 1 in every 113 people in the world today are refugees(难民)? Lots of them are escaping wars like the one that has destroyed our country, Syria. In 2015, more than 1.2 million came to Europe. I was one of them. I hate the word refugee more than any word in the English language. What it really means is a second-class citizen with a number scrawled(潦草地写) on your hand, who everyone wishes would somehow go away. The year 2015 was when I became a fact, a statistic, a number. Much as I like facts, we are not numbers, we are human beings and we all have stories.The day got hotter. Though the smuggler had arrived with boats for us and the other groups, he said we couldn’t go until the coastguard changed shift. As the afternoon came, the waves started to get higher, making a slapping sound on the shore. None of us wanted to go at night, as we’d heard stories of pirates who board boats in the dark to steal motors and the valuables of refugees.For the first time, I felt scared. Some call that crossing the route of death. It would either deliver us to Europe or swallow us up, so I began practising breathing deeply and telling myself over and over that I was strong.28.Where did the writer intend to go by boat?A. AleppoB. SyriaC. TurkeyD. Greece29.Why did the writer make this journey?A. To visit his/ her relativesB. To escape from warsC. To break away from his/ her parentsD. To see the sea30.The writer hates the word “refugee” because _______.A.the writer is looked down upon by the EuropeansB.the writer believes he/ she isn’t a refugeeC.the word “refugee” is hard to pronounceD.the word “refugee” will be scrawled on the hand31.What would be the best title for the story?A. Searching For the New LifeB. Crossing the Route of DeathC. Achieving My DreamD. Failing to Cross the StraitDMany people don’t consider their breakfast without a glass of milk. Right now, cows, buffalos, goats and sheep provide most of the world’s milk. But soon, people could get milk from roaches(蟑螂).That isn’t as crazy as it might sound. New research shows this “milk” is super-nutritious. What’s more, some scientists have already begun referring to a lot of insects as source of milk.In 2004, Subramanian Ramaswamy started studying milk crystals found inside the roach. At the time, he was teaching biochemistry at the University of Iowa City.To learn more about the milk crystal from roaches, the scientists used X-rays to look at the atoms in it. The data basically revealed the chemical recipe of the roach crystal. They showed that roach milk is a “complete food”. It contains sugar with a fatty acid stuck to it. Fatty acids are the building blocks of fats. The protein in the milk is also full of essential amino(氨基的) acids, which are the building blocks of proteins. Since our bodies can’t produce the “essential” ones, we need to get them from our food. And so do baby roaches.Barbara Stay, a biologist at Iowa University, also worked on the new study. She says the new data show that the roach milk is “three times more nutritious than cow’s milk and four times more nutritious than buffalo’s milk”.Ramaswamy would like to see roach milk turned into a protein supplement to feed hungry people. But not everyone is confident that it can be done.Marcel Dicke studies insects as a potential source of human food at WageningenUniversity in the Netherlands. Dicke says this is a “sound study”. However, in his opinion, “Extracting(提取) milk from roaches can only likely be done in a destructive way with only small quantit ies”. That means you’d have to raise and kill many bugs to get even tiny quantities of the milk.28. What is the opinion of the scientists about milk in Paragraph 2?A. Many insects are sources of milk.B. Milk is an important part of breakfast.C. Milk from insects is the most nutritious.D. Milk from insects is well accepted now.29. What can we know about the use of roach milk in life?A. It will replace the milk from animals like cows.B. Scientists think it the key to solving world hunger.C. All pe ople don’t think it can be used in life soon.D. Most people depend on roach milk from protein.30. According to Marcel Dicke, extracting insect milk on a large scale is ________.A. simpleB. challengingC. safeD. necessary31. What should be the best title for the text?A. Roach milk has been found scientificallyB. Roach milk could be produced industriallyC. Roach milk could be a new super foodD. Roach milk will be widely used soon第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。