2018屆湖南省高三十四校聯(lián)考第二次考試 英語試題

C.Three.C.Hersister.C.AChineseteapot.C.AlawyerC.Ambiguous.C.Parents'assistance.C.Alawfirm.C.Three.C.Hersister.C.AChineseteapot.C.AlawyerC.Ambiguous.C.Parents'assistance.C.Alawfirm.Toadvertisetheclub.Howmanykindsofsportshavebeenmentionedintheconversation?One.B.Two.聽第7段材料，回答第8、9題。Whydidthewomanmakethetelephonecall?Togetalicense.Toaskaboutajob.Tobuysomemedicine.Whatmakesupthemajorityofthecompany'sbusiness?Medicalequipment.Ordersformedicine.Instructionsforcustomers.聽第8段材料，回答第10至12題。Whoisthewomanbuyingagiftfor?Hermother.B.Herfather.Whatwillthewomanprobablybuyintheend?Afrypan.B.Wineglasses.Wheredoestheconversationprobablytakeplace?Inakitchen.Inadepartmentstore.Atabakery.聽第9段材料，回答第13至16題。Whatdoesthewomanwanttobe?Amanager.B.Adoctor.Whatsthemansattitudetothecomingexams?Positive.B.Negative.Whathelpsonetobesuccessfulaccordingtotheman?Greatambitions.B.Trueinterest.Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?Universitylife.B.Thefutureplan.聽第10段材料，回答第17至20題。

Whenwillthebusleavefortheelectronicscompanynextweek?At10:30a.m.onTuesday.At9:30a.m.onMonday.At9:30a.m.onTuesday.Whatmustthestudentsremembertobring?A.AnIDcard.B.Aphotograph.C.Amobilephone.Whatwillthestudentsdesignduringthevisit?Awebsite.Asoftwarecompany.Aschoolcarpark.Whatistheprizeforthewinnerofthecompetition?AT-shirt.B.Acamera.C.Learningsoftware.第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。AInmyveryfirstjobwithsomearchaeologists,Iwasn'tdiggingobjectsoutoftheground,insteadIwasemployedasanartist,drawingwhattheyfound.However,Iwassoonmoreinterestedinthestoriesbehindtheobjectsthanindrawingthemandthat'showmycareerinarchaeologystarted.IstilldrawwhatIfindinmyworkasaspecialistontheSilkRoad,theoldtraderouterunningfromEgypttoMongolia,andIalsoworkonsomeunderwaterprojectstoo.Inarchaeology,myall-timeheroisanAmericancalledRaphaelPumpelly.IfirstheardabouthimwhenIwasastudentonatriptoTurkmenistan,acountryrightintheheartofAsia.Togetaroundthecountry,IhadtolearnRussiansothatIcouldspeaktothelocalpeople.WhenIgotthereIthought,“Wow!I'moneofthefirstAmericanshere!”ThenanoldmantoldmeaboutanAmericanarchaeologist,RaphaelPumpelly,whowastheredoingthesamethingover100yearsago.anoldhouse,wheretheownerusedtostoreArchaeology'sinmyfamily.Mywife'sinthesameprofession,and,althoughourtwoboysaren'tinterestedinthefutureinarchaeologythemselves,we'vebeenonsomegreatdigstogetherandtheylovewhatwedobecausetheygettotravelwithus.Lastsummer,wetookthemtoLakeTiticacainSouthAmerica,inthehighareasoftheAndesmountainrange.MybestexperiencewaswhenIwasdiggingontheEgyptianRedSeacoast.There'sverylittlerainandit'ssodrythateverythingiskeptasitwas.Inanoldhouse,wheretheownerusedtostoregoodsfromtheshipsthatcamein,Ipickedupa700-year-oldmatinfrontofthehouseandthere,underit,afterallthattime,wasthehousekeywiththeowner'snamecarvedonit.Itfeltlikehecouldbeonhiswayhomeanyminute!AndIthought,“Hey,Idojustthat.Thisman'snotmuchdifferenttome!”WhileworkinginEgypt,whatdidthewriterfindsointeresting?Thatpeoplefromdifferentcenturiescanbesosimilar.Thefactthatthedoormatwasinsuchgoodcondition.Thewaythepeoplemanagedtoliveinsuchadryplace.Thattherehadbeensomuchtradeinthatarea.Whichentrywillthewriterprobablymakeinhisdiary?A.Turkmenistanisinteresting.I'mthefirstAmericantocomeherebutI'mgladthisismylasttripaway.Ihavebeendivingtodayandfoundsomeobjectsforanexhibition.I'vejustfinisheddrawingthemformyrecords.Iwishmychildrenweren'tmoreinterestedinarchaeologyandwouldnotworkhardintheopenliketheirparents.D.It'snearlydarkbutRaphael'sstillbusydigginginthatoldhouse.Hecanbeveryannoying.Hethinkshe'sthemostimportantpersonhere.Whatisthewriter'smainpurposeinwritingthetext?Todescribethelifeofanarchaeologistheadmires.Topersuadepeopletotakeuparchaeologyasacareer.Toexplainwhatheenjoysaboutbeinganarchaeologist.Toshowhowarchaeologistswork.BDodderisanunusualandunwantedplantthatattacksotherplants.Exceptforitsflowers,theplantlookslikespaghetti,akindofnoodlesintheshapeoflongthinpiecesthatlooklikestringwhentheyarecooked.Itsalmostleafless,thread-likestems（莖）hangdownontopofotherplantsthatdodderneedstostayalive.Dodderdoesnotproduceitsownfood.Instead,itstealsfoodfromotherplants.Itfeedsbysuckingjuicesfromtheplantwhichiswrappedaround,oftenmakingitshostveryweakorevenkillingit.Doddercanfindotherplantsbytheirsmell.Whenayoungdodderplantstartsgrowing,itfollowsthesmellofplantsitprefers,liketomatoplants,potatoplants,orotherfarmcrops.Unlikemostplantsthatusuallygrowinthedirectionoflightorwarmth,adodderplantwillgrowinthedirectionof,forexample,tomatosmell—ifatomatohappenstobegrowingnearby.

However,ayoungdodderplantmustfindahostplantquickly.Itnolongerneedsitsrootonceitisattachedtothehostandwrappedaroundit.Ifitcannotcatchasmellofapotentialhostwithinafewdays,itwilldryupanddisappear-evenifthereisplentyofwateraround.Onceitfindsahost,theyoungdodderplantwillattachitselftoitandstartgrowingfaster.Atthatpointthedodderplantwilldropitsroot.Dodderisthusadifficultweedtomanageandarealheadacheforfarmers.Whenitdoesgetoutofhand,doddercangreatlyreduceafarmer'sharvestorevendestroycropscompletely.Beforesowingtheirproduce,especiallyfarmersinwarmpartsoftheworldoftenchecktomakesurenounwanteddodderseedshavemixedwiththeircropseeds.Thisisagoodwaytostopdodderplantsfrommakingtheirwaytoacropfieldsecretly.Whydoestheauthormentionspaghettiinthefirstparagraph?Toanalyzethecontentofsomefood.Todescribetheshapeofdodderplants.Toexplainwherethedodderplantscomefrom.Toarguethatdodderplantscanbeused.Whatwillhappenifadodderplantstartsgrowingwheretherearenootherplantsaround?B.Itwillgrowdeeproots.D.Itwillcovertheentireareaofsoil.B.Itwillgrowdeeproots.D.Itwillcovertheentireareaofsoil.C.Itwillattractotherplants.Whatcanbeinferredfromthepassage?A.Dodderdoesnotproduceitsownfood.Doddercanaffectfarmers'income.C.Doddercanonlysurviveintheshade.Dodderonlygrowsinthewarmareas.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?A.Anewvarietyoffarmcrops.Plantsthatareharmfultohumans.Thespecialabilitiesofadangerousplant.Recentimprovementsinfarmingmethods.HereisarecordofthediscussionaboutAI(artificialintelligence)conductedbyseveralscientists:ScientistAI:wouldsaythatwearequitealongwayoffdevelopingtheAI,thoughIdothinkitwillhappenwithinthenextthirtyorfortyyears.Wewillprobablyremainincontroloftechnologyanditwillhelpussolvemanyoftheworld'sproblems.However,noonereallyknowswhatwillhappenifmachinesbecomemoreintelligentthanhumans.Theymayhelpus,ignoreusordestroyus.ItendtobelieveAIwillhaveapositiveinfluenceonourfuturelives,butwhetherthatistruewillbepartlyuptous.ScientistB:Ihavetoadmitthatthepotentialconsequencesofcreatingsomethingthatcanmatchorgobeyondhumanintelligencefrightenme.Evennow,scientistsareteachingcomputershowtolearnontheirown.Atsomepointinthenearfuture,theirintelligencemaywelltakeoffanddevelopatanever-increasingspeed.Humanbeingsevolvebiologicallyveryslowlyandwewouldbequicklysubstituted.Intheshortterm,thereisthedangerthatrobotswilltakeovermillionsofhumanjobs,creatingalargeunderclassofunemployedpeople.Thiscouldmeanlarge-scalepovertyandsocialunrest.Inthelonetermmachinesmightdecidetheworldwouldbebetterwithouthumans.ScientistC:I'mamemberoftheCampaigntoStopKillerRobots.ForgetthemovieimageofaterrifyingTerminatorstampingonhumanskulls(頭骨)andthinkofwhatshappeningrightnow:militarymachineslikedrones,gunturretsandsentryrobotsarealreadybeingusedtokillwithverylittlehumaninput.Thenextstepwillbeautonomous“murderbots”followingordersbutfinallydecidingwhotokillontheirown.Itseemscleartomethatthiswouldbecompletelyunethicalanddangerousforhumans.Weneedtobeverycautiousindeedaboutwhatweaskmachinestodo.WhatisScientistBworriedabout?AItechnologywilldestroytheearth.Computerscan'tthinkbythemselves.Robotswilltaketheplaceofhumans.Humanswillbeunhappywithoutmachines.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“this”inthelastparagraphreferto?TheCampaigntoStopKillerRobots.ThemovieimageofaterrifyingTerminator.“Murderbots”can'tdecidebythemselves.“Murderbots”willbeagainsthumans,orders.WhichstatementisCORRECTaccordingtotherecord?ScientistAthinksAItechnologywillneverdevelop.TheemploymentwillbeaffectedbyAItechnologyinthefuture.C“Murderbots”willfollowtheordersoftheirmanufacturersinthewars.DAllthethreescientistsagreethatAItechnologywillbenefithumanbeings.Whoagree(s)AIhasmorenegativeaspectsthanpositiveaspects?B.ScientistB.A.ScientistA.B.ScientistB.ScientistsB&C.D.ScientistsB&A.DThefirstdrawingsonwallsappearedincavesthousandsofyearsago.LatertheAncientRomansandGreekswrotetheirnamesandprotestpoemsonbuildings.ModerngraffitiseemstohaveappearedinPhiladelphiaintheearly1960s,andbythelatesixtiesithadreachedNewYork.Thenewartformreallytookoffinthe1970s,whenpeoplebeganwritingtheirnames,or“tags”,onbuildingsalloverthecity.Inthemid-seventiesitwassometimeshardtoseeoutofasubwaycarwindow,becausethetrainswerecompletelycoveredinspraypaintingsknownasmasterpieces.Intheearlydays,the“taggers"werepartofstreetcrowdswhowereconcernedwithmarkingtheirterritory（領(lǐng)地）.Theyworkedingroupscalled“crews”andcalledwhattheydid“writing”-theterm“graffiti”wasfirstusedbyTheNewYorkTimesandthenovelistNormanMailer.ArtgalleriesinNewYorkbeganbuyinggraffitiintheearlyseventies.Butatthesametimethatitbegantoberegardedasanartform,JohnLindsay,thethenmayorofNewYork,declaredthefirstwarongraffiti.Bythe1980sitbecamemuchhardertowriteonsubwaytrainswithoutbeingcaught,andinsteadmanyofthemoreestablishedgraffitiartistsbeganusingroofsofbuildings.Thedebateoverwhethergraffitiisartordeliberatedamageisstillgoingon.PeterVallone,aNewYorkcitycouncilor,thinksthatgraffitidonewithpermissioncanbeart,butifitisonsomeoneelse'spropertyitbecomesacrime.“Ihaveamessageforthegraffitidestroyersoutthere,”hesaidrecently,“andyourfreedomofexpressionendswheremypropertybegins.”O(jiān)ntheotherhand,Felix,amemberoftheBerlin-basedgroupReclaimYourCity,saysthatartistsarereclaimingcitiesforthepublicfromadvertisers,andthatgraffitirepresentsfreedomandmakescitieslivelier.Fordecadesgraffitihasbeenaspringboardtointernationalfameforafew.Jean-MichelBasquiatbegansprayingonthestreetinthe1970sbeforebecomingarespectedartistinthe80s.TheFrenchmanBlekleRatandtheBritishartistBanksyhaveachievedinternationalfamebyproducingcomplexworkswithstencils（模板）,oftenmakingpoliticalorhumorouspoints.WorksbyBanksyhavebeensoldforover￡100,000.Graffitiisnowsometimesbigbusiness.Whywastheseventiesanimportantdecadeinthehistoryofgraffiti?Thatwaswhenmoderngraffitifirstappeared.Thatwaswhenmoderngraffitifirstbecamereallypopular.ThatwaswhengraffitifirstreachedNewYork.ThatwaswhengraffitifirstappearedonsubwaycarwindowsWhatdoestheunderlinedword“tianggtehres”secondparagraphmean?A.Namesofpeoplewhograffitied.Buildingwherepaintsweresprayed.Peoplewhomarkedsurfacewithgraffiti.Peoplewhowereinterestedingraffiti.Whatcanweknowfromthethirdparagraph?A.NewYorkersthinkgraffitiisart.Graffitiwasacceptedbyofficialscompletely.Buildingscanbecoveredwithgraffitifreely.Therewereonceadvertisementsoncitysurface.Whatistheauthor'sfinalopinionaboutgraffiti?A.Graffitihasnowbecomemainstreamandcanbenefitartists.Graffitiisnotagoodwaytobecomearespectedartist.Somepopulargraffitiartistsendupbeingignoredbytheartworld.Somegraffiticausedinconveniencetothelocalenvironment.第二節(jié)（共5小題，每小題分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填人空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。Languageispartofourdailylives,nomatterwhereweliveintheworld.Itisthesamewithmusyoulistentoitontheradioonyourdrivetoworkorsitbeforeanorchestra.Bothlanguageandmusicroleinourcultur36Bothlanguageandmusichaveawritingsystem.InEnglishwerecordlanguageusingthealphabet,wacollectioonflettersI.nthesameway,weusenotestokeeparecordofmusic.Justasyouarereadingthiscollectionoflettersonthescreenandfindmeaninginit,musiciansreadnotesandcreatemeaninginmusicwhichwecanhear.37Bywritingpiecesoftextormusic,weareabletoshareexperiencesthroutime.Icanreadtheideasorhearthecompositionofsomeonewholivedhundredsofyearago,whichisquiteexciting.38Youcanmakeagoodguessatwheresomeoneisfrombylisteningtothelanguagetheyuse.Isameway,weknowthatstylesofmusicaredifferentaroundtheworld,givingustheopportunitytoexdifferentculturesthroughtheirmusicandprovidinguswithmusicfore39ryEVtuatfoyoudon'tlikeBritpopmelodies,youmaylovetheenergyofLatinAmericansalsamusic.Bothshareemotion.HowdoyouknowthatIamangry?Ofcourseyoumaybeabletoseeitinmyfacyouwillknowforsurethroughmywords.40Musiccanshowyouexactlyhowthecomposerwasorisfeeling,andallowsustoshareinthatemotion.Whenyoufeelhappy,youmightwanttosinganddancetoahappysongtocelebrateyourhappiness.Incontrast,youhaveprobablyalsolistenedtosadmusicwhenyouwerefeelingdown.Ithinkwehaveallusedmusictoexpressorprocessouremotions,oftencombiningitwithlanguageintheformofsonglyrics.Bothvarywithculture.Herearesomeoftheirsimilarities.Theyhavesomedistinguishingcharacteristics.SojustasyoureadEnglish,youcanreadmusic.Similarly,musiccansoundangry,sadorhappy.Thisalsomeansthatthereissomethingforeveryone!Thisalsomeanseveryonecanlearnlanguageandmusicwell!第三部分語言知識運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)（共20小題;每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。ThefollowingisabeautifulspeechbySundarPichai,aseniorexecutiveatabigITcompany.Ata41,acockroach（蟑螂）suddenlyflewfromsomewhereandsatonalady.Shestarted42outoffear.Withapanic-strickenfaceandtremblingvoice,shestartedjumping,withbothherhands43tryingtogetridofthecockroach.Her44wascontagious（傳染的）,aseveryoneinhergroupalsogot45.Theladyfinallymanagedtopushthecockroachawaybutit46onanotherladyinthegroup.Now,itwasthe47oftheotherladyinthegroupto48thedrama.Thewaiterrushedforwardtotheir49.Intherelayofthrowing,thecockroachnextfelluponthewaiter.Thewaiterstood50,calmedhimselfandobservedthebehaviorofthecockroachonhisshirt.Whenhewas51enough,hegrabbeditwithhisfingersand52itoutoftherestaurant.Sippingmycoffeeandwatchingtheamusement,Ipickedupafewthoughtsandstartedwondering53thecockroachwasresponsiblefortheirbehavior.Ifso,thenwhywasthewaiternot54?Hehandleditneartoperfection,withoutany55.Itwasnotthecockroach,butthe56oftheladiestohandlethedisturbancescausedbythecockroachthatdisturbtheladies.I57that,itisnottheshoutingofmyfatherormybossormywifethatdisturbsme,butmyinabilitytohandlethedisturbances58bytheirshoutingthatdisturbsme.It'snotthetrafficjamontheroadthatdisturbsme,59myinabilitytohandlethedisturbancescausedbythetrafficjamthatdisturbsme.60thantheproblem,it'smyreactiontotheproblemthatcreates

chaosinmylife.41.A.hotelB.zooC.schoolD.restaurant42.A.pointingB.jumpingC.checkingD.screaming43.A.separatelyB.elegantlyC.desperatelyD.carefully44.A.reactionB.surpriseC.settlementD.excitement45.a.angryB.anxiousC.readyD.steady46.A.steppedB.diedC.landedD.took47.A.turnB.rightC.powerD.interest48AfinishB.continueC.improveD.increase49A.sideB.sceneC.rescueD.relative50.A.backB.aloneC.firmD.aside51.A.confidentB.certainC.braveD.strong52.A.pushedB.threwC.broughtD.helped53.A.howB.thatC.whetherD.why54.A.defeatedB.overcomeC.welcomedD.disturbed55.A.panicBhesitationC.pauseD.delay56.A.inabilityBfearC.troubleD.doubt57.A.expectedB.realizedC.includedD.argued58.A.ignoredB.concernedC.causedD.dealt59.A.andB.butC.orD.just60.A.BetterB.MoreC.WorseD.Truer第二節(jié)(共10小題；每小題1.5分,滿分15分)閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。Chopsticksareshapedpairsofequal-lengthsticksthathavebeenusedinthekitchenandonthetableinalmostallofEastAsiaforover6,000years.First61(use)bytheChinese,chopstickslaterspreadtootherlocations62(include)Japan,Korea,Malaysia,Singapore,ThailandandVietnam.InancientChina,itwassaid63chopstickssignifiedfarmorethantoolsthattakefoodtothemouth,andtheyalsosignifiedstatusandrules“can"and“can't".DuringtheNorthernSongDynasty,64officialnamedTangSuoncehaddinnerwiththeemperor.Hewasnotwellinformedinnobletablemannersand65(lay)downhischopstickshorizontallyonthetablebeforetheemperordid.Asaresult,hewassenttoafrontierareaasa66(punish).Actually,therewereoveradozentaboosconcerningchopsticks.Forexample,theycouldnotbeplaced6（vertical）intoadish,asthiswasawayofmakingsacrificestothedead.Dinerscouldnottap68pushadishwithchopsticks,noruseachopstickasafork.Whentakingfood,theycouldnotlettheirchopsticksgofromonedishtoanotherorcrossover69ofothers.Whendinerswanted70（put）downtheirchopsticksduringameal,theywouldplacethemlengthwaysonachopstickholderorontheplateontheirright-handside.Manyofthesechopsticktaboosarevalidtothisday.第四部分寫作（百強(qiáng)校英語解析團(tuán)隊(duì)專供）（共兩節(jié)，滿分35分）第一節(jié)短文改錯（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤,每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（A）,并在其下面寫出該加的詞。刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線,并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；只允許修改10處,多者（從第11處起）不計(jì)分。LastweekIvisitedmyfriendLiLei.Hismothersincerelyaskedustostayforlunchwiththem,andIagreed.Therewasonlythreepeopleforlunch