1、四川省德阳市高中2018届“一诊”考试英语试题注意事项：1.本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，全卷150分，考试时间120分钟。2.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上指定的位置。3.全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第卷（选择题 共100分）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
2、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 did the man want at first?A. Egg salad.B. An egg salad sandwich.C. An egg-and-cheese sandwich.2. What did the man do over the weekend?A. He went to a party.B. He went to the beach.C. He looked after his sister.3. What does the woman need?A. A pen.B. A pe
3、ncil.C. A pencil sharpener.4. Where are the speakers?A. At a party.B. At the laundry.C. At a restaurant.5. Who are the speakers talking about?A. The mans sister.B. The mans children.C. The womans husband.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，从题中做给的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，
4、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 many hours will the speakers spend at the airport?A. Half an hour.B. One and a half hours.C. Two hours.7. What does the man suggest?A. They shouldnt check any bags.B. They should get to the airport early.C. They should eat before
5、 heading to the airport.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why is the woman selling the bike?A. She got a brand new one.B. It is in poor condition.C. She has no room for it.9. How much does the man want to pay?A. $80.B. $90.C. $100.听第8段材料，回答第10至12小题。10. Where are the speakers talking?A. On the radio.B. On the phone.
6、C. In a shopping mall.11. What color swimming suit does the woman order?A. Blue.B. Black.C. White.12. How much will the woman pay for the pool shoes?A. $22.B. $16.C. $9.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What kind of job did the man have before?A. He built websites.B. He trained elephants.C. He sold bicycles.14.
7、Where does the man live now?A. In Bombay.B. In San Diego.C. In New York City.15. Why did the man move?A. He lost his job.B. He tried to find a better hospital.C. He wanted to be closer to his mother.16. What will the woman do later today?A. Interview someone else.B. Wait for a phone call.C. Hire the
8、 man.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What did the mouse tell the lion?A. He would never bother the lion again.B. He would give the lion something to eat.C. He would always remember the lions kindness.18. After tying up the lion, what did the hunter do?A. He went to the zoo.B. He went to look for a truck.C. He
9、 caught another animal.19. How did the mouse help the lion?A. He untied the lion.B. He ate through the lions rope.C. He cut through the ropes with a knife.20. What is the main lesson of this story?A. People should protect animals.B. Helping others makes us feel good.C. Help can come from unexpected
10、places.第2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、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AWhen it comes to bucket-list（遗愿清单） adventures, swimming with sharks is near the top for a lot of adrenaline junkies. Many of the adventures on the list require scuba diving, but at some locations, even
11、non-divers with a desire to get up close and personal with the top of the food chain can jump in and face their fears.BahamasI dont want to scare the non-shark lovers away from the beauty of the Bahamas, but there are sharks out there. From least scary to the most, heres where to get your Bahamian s
12、hark fix.Compass Cay Marina is home to a large number of well-fed, friendly nurse sharks. In case you dont know it, a nurse shark is more like a giant catfish than a great white. You can walk right into the shallow water near the fish-cleaning station and pet these gentle guys.Stuart Coves in Nassau
13、 has been doing shark dives safely for decades. Caribbean reef sharks feed on fish-on-a-stick as divers kneel in the sand in awe. Reef sharks are some of the least aggressive species of shark.As your fear subsides and you crave more sharks and more excitement, check out the folks at Jim Abernethys S
14、cuba Adventures in Fort Lauderdale. They operate live-aboard dive boats with regularly scheduled shark trips in the Bahamas. Expect to see tigers and hammerheads, as well as the Caribbean reef sharks.HawaiiThere are several shark species in the Pacific waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands. Sighti
15、ngs of tigers, hammerheads, blues, and even great whites are not all that uncommon.And While divers can expect to see these guys almost anywhere while diving in Hawaii, the Oahus North Shore is the place to be for cage diving. Hawaii Shark Encounters takes shark education seriously and strives to ed
16、ucate customers about the need for shark conservation while providing a thrilling swim with sharks inside the safety of a cage. No diving skills are requiredjust bring your courage.FijiScuba diving in Fiji is a definite bucket-list adventure for many diversand the fish many hope to see most is shark
17、. Beqa Adventure Divers can make that happen for you. Sharks are protected in the Shark Reef Marine Reserve, so no worries about questionable practices. This is an uncaged dive, but per the companys website, it is a carefully managed feed, where participants observe, but do not interact（互动） with the
18、 sharks.Guadalupe IslandHome to a large population of great whites, the waters off the Mexicos Baja coast, attract divers willing to brave cold Pacific waters for some time in a cage watching the top fish of the ocean.Nautilus Live Aboards operates six-day adventures from July to November using subm
19、ersible（能在水下操作的） cages that descend to about 9 meters for a better opportunity to observe the sharks. You meet the expedition in San Diego, motor to Ensenada, cruise to Guadalupe, then spend three full days in the cages watching the predators. Non-divers are allowed, as air is supplied by hoses atta
20、ched to the boat, but a minimum of a Discover Scuba course is recommended.21. How many kinds of sharks are mentioned in this passage?A. Three.B. Four.C. Five.D. Six.22. According to the passage, where can you interact with sharks?A. In Bahamas.B. In Hawaii.C. In Fiji.D. In Guadalupe Island.23. We ca
21、n learn from the text that .A. great whites can be seen mostly in BahamasB. caged diving is safer than uncaged divingC. tigers are more dangerous than reef sharksD. skills as well as courage are needed for cage diving in HawaiiBEvery summer the heat was miserable. This summer was no exception.Jamal
22、lay on the porch(门廊), holding a glass of sweet tea to his forehead, trying to absorb some of the cool. It was early afternoon, and his grandmother had lain down for her daily nap.“Jamal! Jamal!” said Lisa, trying to get his attention.“What?” he asked.“Im going to sort out the attic(阁楼). Want to come
23、?” she asked calmly. Lisa was two years younger than Jamal and was used to being blown off.“Youre crazy,” Jamal said. “Its got to be 100 degrees up there, not to mention that its dusty and full of spiders and who knows what else.”“Grandma said that if we see anything we want up there, we can keep it
24、,” said Lisa.“What makes you think I want any of that old junk?” asked Jamal.“Suit yourself,” said Lisa. She went to the bedroom to change into old clothes that could get covered in sweat, dust, and possibly dead spiders.Up in the attic, Lisa began to see Jamals point. The heat in the house rose upw
25、ards, only to be trapped in the small attic. Everything was covered in a fine layer of dustAs Lisa began going through the boxes, she realized that no one had touched them for years. After a couple of hours, Lisas back ached, and her shirt was wet through.“Lisa, honey!” she heard her grandmother cal
26、l. “Come take a break and have some tea.”Lisa went downstairs and took a picture with her. “Grandma, is this really you?”Her grandmother laughed. “What, you cant believe it? Yes, thats me; that was taken at my home coming almost sixty years ago.”“You were beautiful, Grandma,” said Lisa admiringly.“Y
27、oud be surprised, Lisa,” her grandmother responded. “Adults, all of us, were once young and irresponsible like you.”“I dont think Mom was ever like that ” said Lisa.“Your mother” her grandmothers voice became low as she carefully chose her words. “When your father died in the service, your mother wa
28、s still just a girl herself. You were a baby, and Jamal was only two. She had to grow up real fast.”Lisa nodded. She finished her tea, thanked her grandmother, and turned to go back upstairs.24. What was Jamals attitude towards Lisas suggestion of exploring the attic?A. Enthusiastic.B. Interested.C.
29、 Negative.D. Indifferent.25. The underlined expression “Suit yourself” means “ ”.A. Enjoy yourselfB. Please yourselfC. Take care of yourselfD. Help yourself26. What does Lisas grandmother probably mean when she says that Lisas mother “had to grow up real fast”?A. Lisas mother had to drop out of coll
30、ege and start working.B. Lisas mother had to become carefree and irresponsible very quickly.C. Lisas mother had to become responsible and mature very quickly.D. Lisas mother had to take on more responsibility than she was able to handle.27. Which of the following is the probable ending of the story?
31、A. Lisa found her mothers love letters.B. Lisa found nothing important but junk.C. Lisa found a box of spiders and was scared to death.D. Lisa found something about her mothers miserable childhood.DIt sounds like something straight out of a science fiction movie or a silly cartoon: a futuristic trav
32、eling tube that can quickly shoot people wherever they want to go, inside a tiny pod(吊舱). But this may be just around the corner for people looking for a faster, easier, and cheaper- than- ever way to travel.South African-American inventor and billionaire Elon Musk, who, in the past, has worked on b
33、oth private space flight and electric cars, recently announced he has been working on the design of this traveling tube, which could forever change the way we travel the world.In a interview, Musk described the new tube as a fifth kind of transportation.“We have planes, trains, automobiles, and boat
34、s,” he explained. “What if there was a fifth mode? I have a name for it, called the Hyperloop.”The Hyperloop would have the power to cut back on travel time between major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco, which is what inspired Musk to design the Hyperloop in the first place.Musk started in
35、 an interview that he actually came up with the idea for the Hyperloop while thinking about the train that takes people between Los Angeles and San Francisco-it is known for being one of the slowest in the country.“This system I have in mindcan never crash, is immune (免疫的)to weather, it goes three o
36、r four times faster than the bullet trainit goes an average speed of twice what an aircraft would do,” explained Musk.“You would go from downtown Los Angeles to downtown San Francisco in under 30 minutes,” he added. “It would cost you much less than an air ticket and less than any other mode of tran
37、sport.”People using the Hyperloop would shoot around in pods, which are each just over six-and-a-half feet across, and the pods would travel through tubes located either above ground or under water, though Musk has not yet released his final design drawings.Additionally, Musk believes the Hyperloop
38、could be completely powered by the sun-making it more environmentally friendly than cars, airplanes, or train systems. Someday it could possibly move people between the East and West Coasts of the United States in less than an hour, which is faster than any other mode of transportation that exists.
39、Eventually, the Hyperloop would be able to move people around the world.The Hyperloop could even run 24/7, be cheap, and allow people to travel on their own schedule. People could show up at the Hyperloop station whenever they want and be quickly sent on their way.Musk is not the first person outsid
40、e of science fiction novelists to dream up vacuum tube technology for moving people. The idea has been around for some time, and inventors in other countries, including China, are reportedly working on similar technology.32. The Hyperloop is that Elon Musk is designing.A. an electric carB. a private
41、 spaceshipC. a traveling tubeD. a bullet train33. What do we know about the Hyperloop?A. The Hyperloop could only run on weekdays.B. The Hyperloop is being designed to travel at twice the speed of an airplane.C. Inventors in other countries are working on the same technology as the Hyperloop.D. Peop
42、le using the Hyperloop would travel in pods that are about six-and-a-half feet long.34. According to the passage, people might prefer the Hyperloop because .A. people would not have to pay as much to use the HyperloopB. people with motion sickness might not be able to handle the HyperloopC. people a
43、re tired of using the same four kinds of transportation over and overD. the Hyperloop could take people to places where planes and trains do not go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。选项中有两项为多余选项。There is a collection of positive habits that make a person so successful in class. 36 .Her
44、e are some habits of top students that you can use as tips to do better at school:First, 37 . In college, homework assignments generally make up 5-20% of your grade, but can be the biggest time- suck for most students. Working problems is one of the best ways to turn new concepts into working knowle
45、dge, but youll never see on an exam a large majority of those problems that take you hours and hours to work through.Second, they never “read through” the textbook. Per time spent, reading the textbook is one of the least effective methods for learning new materials. 38 , but otherwise use Google, l
46、ecture notes, and old exams for study materials.Third, they test themselves frequently. Testing yourself strengthens your brains connections to new materials. 39 . Bottom line, repeated self-testing significantly improve long-term memory of new materials.Last, they study in short bursts, not long ma
47、rathons. Studying in short burst tends to help you focus strongly because you know there is at least a short break coming. 40 , which makes studying continuously for multiple hours on end.A. It helps relax our mind.B. they always focus on their homeworkC. they dont always do all of their homeworkD. Top students use examples and practice problemsE. This also fits in nicely with our natural activity or rest cycle of our bodiesF. It gives you immediate and clear feedback on whether you know something or notG
