short绵阳市2018届高三第二次诊断性检测英语试题

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并阅读下一小题。每段对话仅 读一

遍。

例：

How much is the shirt?

A. ? .

答案是

C

。

1. What does the man think of driving?

A. Difficult.

B. Easy.

C. Wonderful.

B. ? .

C. ?

.

2. How would the woman go downtown?

A. By bus.

B. By taxi.

C. By subway.

3. How much time does the man still have to get there?

A. About 15 minutes.

B. About 30 minutes.

C. About 45 minutes.

4. Where are the speakers?

A. In a hospital.

B. In the woman’s house.

C. In a drug store.

5. What is the relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife.

B. Mother and son.

C. Doctor and patient.

第二节（共

15< /p>

小题；每小题分，满分分

)

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. Where does Alex take his piano lesson?

A. Near the post office.

bank.

7. What will the woman have for supper?

B. In front of a theater.

C.

Beside

a

A. Some steak.

B. Some takeout.

C. Nothing.

听第

7

段材料

,

回答第

8

、

9

题。

8. What are they talking about?

A. Carol’s hometown.

B. Art gallery and museum.

C. An amusement park.

9. What is right in the center of the city?

A. A park.

B. A lake.

听第

8

段材 料，回答第

10

至

12

题。

10. What was the woman’s night like?

A. Peaceful.

B. Awful.

11. What was the woman’s friend’s problem?

A. She didn’t want to marry her boy friend.

B. She didn’t know what to do with her boy friend.

C. Her boy friend loves her too much.

12. What will the woman do next?

A. She is going to sleep for a while.

B. She will drive to work.

C. She will buy some breakfast for her friend

听第

9

段材料，回答第

13

至

16< /p>

题。

13. What did the woman have to do on Mondays?

A. Play table tennis.

B. Have grammar class.

14. When did the badminton club run last year?

A. On Mondays.

B. On Tuesdays.

15. Which sports did the man prefer?

A. Badminton.

B. Tennis.

16. What club will the two speakers join?

A. The singing club.

B. The reading club.

听第

10

段材料

,

回答第

17

至

20

题。

17. What can you bring to Golden Sun Park?

A. Juice.

B. Wine.

18. What’s the speed limit for cyclist?

C. A hill.

C. Fun.

C.

Work

at

the

library.

C. On Wednesdays.

C. Table tennis.

C. The dancing club.

C. Cigarettes.

A. 96 mph.

B. 10 mph.

C. 20 mph.

19. Why do you need to tie you dog in the park?

A. Because it may attack people.

B. Because it may hurt itself.

C. Because it may chase the animals.

20. When can you go barbecuing in the park?

A. On Thanksgiving.

B. On Labor Day.

C. On Christmas.

第二部分

阅读理解（共两节，满分

40

分

）

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第一节（共

15

小题；每小题

分，满分

30

分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项

( A

、

B

、

C< /p>

和

D)

中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上 将该选项涂黑。

A

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Which author’s book would make a good Christmas gift?

A. Yuval Harari.

B. Mohsin Hamid.

C. David Grann.

D. Celeste Ng.

22. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Killers of the Flower Moon is a sci-fi for staff in FBL

B. Bear Town tells the story of a hockey team’s growth.

C. Exit West is a love story that will not be out of date.

D. Homo Deus is as famous as Sapiens internationally.

23. Where would you most probably find this text?

A. In a magazine.

C. Ina brochure.

B

When I set down a cup of soup in front of one of “The Party”, she glanced down at it, and

then frowned. “Hannah, I asked for a half cup of soup,” she said, sounding angrily, “You are

always so slow. I don’t know how you always mess up our orders.”

I politely mumbled an apology. It was only a cup of soup, and an honest mistake, but I felt

like such a disaster.

B. On a website.

D. In a book ad.

The residents at the high-end senior living community, where I served as a waitress in the

cafeteria, expected nothing less than a five-star dining experience and my small mistake was not

to be tolerated.

When

I

first

started

working

there,

I

was

already

sh

y

and

couldn’t

stand

the

idea

that

someone

didn’t like me. Early on, when residents would scold or criticize me with or without reasons,

I felt like crawling under a rock.

The most difficult guests by far were a group of six women who the servers nicknamed

“The

Party.

” At first, they seemed friendly. But the truth is that they were rude and demanding. I

would leave the dining room exhausted almost every night after serving them.

Somehow

those

rough

nights

started

to

change

me

to

become

more

outgoing

and

self-assured.

The

residents gradually depend on me and my “convinced” smile. I used to have trouble speaking in

front

of

a

group

and

would

be

shy

when

I

did.

Now,

I

have

no

problem

walking

up

to

a

table

of

fourteen

people and making conversation as if I had known them my whole life.

I

give

credit

to

“The

Party”

for

putting

me

in

a

situation

where

I

had

no

choice

but

to

smile

and carry on. Today, when I see “The Party”, I still flinch a little inside, but then I pull

back

my

shoulders,

lift

my

chin

and

march

up

to

them

ask,

“What’s

it

going

to

be

today,

ladies?”

24. What do we know about the residents?

A. They are very picky about services.

B. They all enjoy having meals in groups.

C They all behave nicely and reasonably.

D. They all find favors in the eyes of the servers.

25. Which is the quality the author possesses now?

A. Shyness.

B. Confidence.

C. Selfishness.

D. Indifference.

26. What does the underline word “flinch” mean?

A. take in.

B. beat up.

C. cheer up.

D. draw back.

27. What moral lesson can we take from this story?

A. Where there is a will, there is a way.

B. Practice makes perfect.

C. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.

D. With great power comes great responsibility.

C

Scientists

first

noticed

something

was

up

in

a

study

that

compared

two

similar

groups:

transit

drivers, who sit most of the day, and conductors or guards, who don’t. Though their diets and

lifestyles were a lot alike, those that sat were about twice as likely to get heart disease as

those that stood.

Sitting too much may increase the risk of dying prematurely. Even if you work out 7 hours a

week

—

far more than the suggested 2-3 hours

—

you can’t reverse

(

逆转

) the effects of sitting

7 hours at a time. Don’t throw away all that hard work at the gym by hitting the co

uch for the

rest of the day. Keep moving!

The seated position puts huge stress on your body, including back muscles, neck, and spine.

Look for an ergonomic chair

—

that means it’ll be the right height and support your back in the

proper spots. But remember: No matter how comfortable you

get, your back still won’t like a long

sitting session. Get up and move around for a minute or two every half hour to keep your spine

in line.

You may be more likely to get cancer. The more you sit, the higher the chances. Older women

have higher chances of getting breast cancer. That doesn’t change if you’re super

-active. What

matters is how much you sit.

Then, to be healthy, you need to know how to take a stand? Work more movement into your day:

Stand up and stretch every half hour or so. Touch your toes. Take a stroll around the room. Stand

at your desk for part of the day. Set your computer on top of a box. All these things can help

stop the negative effects of uninterrupted sitting and keep you on the road to good health.

28. Who may be the fittest person according to the text?

A. Mr. Green, who drives the city bus, works 8 hours a day.

B. Mr. Smith, who exercises 7 hours a week, sits 7 hours to work a day.

C. Ms. William, who sits comfortably in a chair, works long as a typist.

D. Mrs. Glenn, who is a receptionist, takes a walk in the park 2 hours a day.

29. How many paragraphs are devoted to listing the possible damages?

A. 3.

B. 4.

C. 5.

D. 6.

30. What

’s the author’s suggestion for people to be fit?

A. Don

’t sit while you are working.

B. Look for an ergonomic chair to sit in.

C. Get up occasionally and move around.

D. Work out 2-3 hours a week for health.

31. What is the best title for this article?

A. Sitting too much really kills

B. New findings from scientists

C. How to take a stand

D. Stand up and sit down

D

You must have heard of Mr. No Ears. This earless, one-eyed cat from Albufeira, Portugal, is

a Facebook phenomenon and has his own book: Saudades Mr. No Ears. But for those of you who don’t

know him, here is his story.

Often referred to as the “Lion King of Albufeira”, this adorable cat was the head

of a eat

colony

in the region.

Viewed from a distance,

he appeared to

be a king,

sitting on a

wall. On most

days, this was usually where you would find Mr. No Ears, with the members of his colony scattered

around on the walkway. At other

times,

he

was jumping cliffs and running on

the beach. No one knew

on which day he was born, so his caretakers decided to celebrate his birthday on World Animal Day

on October 4th.

Although

there

were

no

ears,

his

hearing

functioned

well.

One

of

his

eyes

was

open

and

purulent

(

有脓的), with no sign of an eyeball…

...Despite all of his problems, he was a strong-minded and

happy cat. Some hotel owners found him annoying, ordering his caretakers to send him away so he

wouldn’t

“upset

tourists

.

”

But

there

were

just

as

many

people

who

loved

him

to

pieces,

and

once

he got his own Facebook page, the entire world was at his paws.

On the evening of 11 September 2015, Mr. No Ears was taken away against his will. Less than

an hour later a request was made via a Facebook page asking for money, making false claims that

he was “in pain” and “had bone cancer

.

” It was said that in an attempt to prove cancer which

he did not have, Mr. No Ears suffered a heart attack. He then suffered organ damage, including

his kidneys and liver. The taking-away of this much-loved cat from his home and family and the

circumstances

of

his

death

were

very

emotive

subjects,

causing

shockwaves

throughout

the

animal-loving world.