湖北省“荆、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”2019届高三英语2月月考试题.doc

1、- 1 -“荆 、荆、襄、宜四地七校考试联盟”2019 届高三 2 月联考英语试题 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）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。例：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.15.C. 9.18.答案是B。1. What are they talking about?A. Boats. B. Paintings. C. Mounta

2、ins.2. Who did the man see yesterday?A. Jane and Tony. B. Tonys mum. C. The womans boyfriend.3. What does the man do now?A. An officer. B. A shop assistant. C. A teacher.4. What are the speakers discussing?A. What gift to buy. B. Where to buy a gift. C. Whether to buy a gift.5. What does the man mea

3、n?A. He will go into town. B. He misses his parents. C. He has moved house.第二节（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 ）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 time are the speakers meeting?A. At 6:00. B. At 7:15

4、. C. At 7:30.7. What does the woman suggest doing after 9:30?- 2 -A. Eating out. B. Seeing a film. C. Writing a report.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Mother and son. B. Salesperson and customer. C. Sister and brother.9. What would the boy like to buy?

5、A. A blanket. B. A lamp. C. A desk.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What made Mary decide to start her business?A. A talk with a friend. B. Unemployment. C. An article.11. What caused Marys problems at the beginning?A. The weather. B. Customers comments. C. Finding customers.12. How does Mary get most of

6、her customers?A. She advertises a lot.B. She looks for jobs door to door.C. Old customers recommend her to others.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What kind of bike does the woman want to hire?A. A mountain bike. B. An electric bike. C. A touring bike.14. How much should the woman pay each day if she rent

7、s by the day?A. 5. B. 14. C. 50.15. What needs extra charge?A. A bag. B. A lock. C. A pump.16. How will the woman pay?A. In cash. B. By cheque. C. By credit card.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What benefit can students get for publishing materials on the school newspaper?A. Money from the school newspa

8、per.B. Extra credit from the English department.C. Recommendation from the school newspaper director.18. What skills can students develop for being a volunteer at the hospitals?- 3 -A. Teaching skills. B. Communication skills. C. Nursing skills.19. What might students get from the senior citizens?A.

9、 Letters. B. Free meals. C. Material for writing.20. How can students join the Green Club?A. By telephoning Mr. Hill.B. By growing plants around the library.C. By signing a paper and leaving their phone numbers.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

10、答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhether its music, art, stage, screen, restaurant and bar deals, or the great outdoors theres always something interesting going on in Hong KongTim Yip: Blue Art, Costumes and MemoryWhat: A well-known visual artist, costume designer, and art director for stage and film (particularly on hi

11、s work for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, for which he won an Oscar), Tim Yip has been a proud promoter of Eastern aestheticism(唯美主义)for 30 years. For his first large-scale solo exhibition in Hong Kong, Yip explores the nature of human imagination and the depths of the subconscious mind. Organized

12、by Mark Holborn, the exhibition is expected to be praised due to Yips vision of “New Orientalism”.Where: HKDI Gallery, Hong Kong Design Institute, 3 King Ling Road, Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan OWhen: Until March 31, 2019Alices Adventure at Starlight GardenWhat: Introduced last year, this exhibition b

13、ecame a huge hit, with more than 6,000 photos and videos posted online every day. Created by 27 multimedia digital artists from Korea, the exhibition features a 30-foot rabbit hole for visitors to explore the fantasy world made famous in the book Alices Adventures in Wonderland. This Christmas, New

14、Town Plaza delivers a brand-new interactive digital version of the literary work. In particular, check out the - 4 -seventh floor, with its bright lighting, glittering mirrors and rose-shaped decorations.Where: New Town Plaza, 18 Sha Tin Centre Street, Sha TinWhen: Until January 13, 2019We Travel in

15、 Our MindsWhat: This exhibition of sculpture aims to present ideas of theatricality, the fantastical, travel and exchange, with figures that take the forms of humans and animals. Made by artist Ethan Murrow, a professor at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Boston, these dr

16、eam-like objects are inspired by puppetry (木偶戏 ), music, trade, navigation and beyond, with mixed effects of materiality, sound and imagination.Where: Duddells, Level 3, Shanghai Tang Mansion, 1 Duddell Street, CentralWhen: Until March 10, 201921. Which person mentioned in the passage has ever won a

17、 famous film award?A. Ethan Murrow. B. Tim Yip. C. Mark Holborn. D. Alice Green.22. What can be learned from the passage?A. Tim Yip, a well-known visual artist, is devoted to promoting western arts.B. Alices Adventure at Starlight Garden was not greeted with viewers approval.C. Humans and animals sc

18、ulptures are displayed in We Travel in Our Minds.D. The exhibition in New Town Plaza explores the depths of the subconscious mind.23. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To introduce interesting exhibitions in Hong Kong.B. To encourage people to go outdoors.C. To advertise some nice bars in Hong K

19、ong.D. To attract visitors to go shopping.BBritish chemist David Evans has become an overnight celebrity on Chinese social media. His chemistry experiments have attracted over 2 million followers in just a few months. Evans is a chemistry professor at the Beijing University - 5 -of Chemical Technolo

20、gy. The 60-year-old always wears a white lab coat, a pair of safety goggles (护目镜), and smiles often. Some web users say he looks just like the “grandpa of KFC”.Evans has posted videos of various experiments. His most popular experiments have attracted millions of hits on video-sharing apps. Excited

21、childrens cheers and shouts can be heard in his videos. “I hope my experiments can arouse peoples interest in science,” he says.Evans has been interested in China since childhood. In the early 1970s, before the reform and opening-up, he viewed it as a “country full of mysteries”. He first visited th

22、e Chinese mainland in 1987 to attend a chemistry conference in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. He quit his job in the United Kingdom and moved to Beijing in 1996. Many of his friends thought he was crazy. But Evans says they just saw Chinas challenges but not its potential.Since 2011, Evans has turned to

23、 the Internet to popularize science. He learned short-video apps are also popular in small cities and rural areas. And he realized this enables him to reach more students, who lack opportunities to perform fun experiments. But even a one-minute video requires a considerable amount of work. Still, he

24、 thinks its worth it to fulfill his responsibility to popularize science.His experiments always fill schools lecture halls with laughter. Some viewers call him “a Harry Potter-like magician”, but he disagrees. “A magician never tells the secrets behind his tricks, but a scientist always gives an exp

25、lanation.” He sees himself as a teacher. He performs experiments to spread knowledge, inspire thinking, remove misunderstandings and show that science can create change. Evans says he looks forward to more “chemical reactions” with China.24. Who is David Evans according to the passage?A. A manager o

26、f KFC. B. A film celebrity.C. A chemistry teacher. D. A British magician.25. What can we learn from the third paragraph?A. Evans considered UK to be a country full of mysteries.B. Evans first visited Chinese mainland in the 1970s.C. Evans was in no mood to move to Beijing.D. Evans attended a chemist

27、ry conference in China in 1987.- 6 -26. Why did Evans begin to post videos of experiments on the Internet?A. To popularize science.B. To rise to fame.C. To apply short-video apps.D. To make a fortune.27. What can we infer from the passage?A. Evans knows exactly how a magic works.B. Evans will contin

28、ue to post videos of experiments in China.C. Evans students like to interrupt his experiments with laughter.D. Evans friends admired his decision to move to China. CHot spots of drones (无人机) in Australia are getting sensors to automatically identify the aircraft and their pilots. Australias Civil Av

29、iation Safety Authority (CASA) said it would fix the equipment at the nations airports starting next month. The monitors have been planned for some time, but come in the wake of 72 hours of drone-related disorder at the UKs Gatwick airport last week.In 2019, Australia will also start a scheme to reg

30、ister drone owners. The UK is also due to introduce a scheme in November that will require recreational drones weighing 250g (0.55lb) or more to be registered. Almost 140,000 air travellers were delayed last week after reports of drone sightings caused huge delays at Gatwick Airport. UK police are s

31、till searching for the criminals, although they have also raised the possibility that witness reports of the aircraft were mistaken. The incident “highlights” the need for a drone-spotting capability (能力), CASA spokesman Peter Gibson told the news agency Agence France-Presse. The supervision system

32、would be able to spot the types of drone being flown, read their serial numbers and work out where the pilot was located, he said. Efforts to identify pilots would be aided by the introduction of the registration scheme for commercial and casual drone owners, he added. “2019 will witness severe acti

33、on towards drone safety,” said Mr. Gibson. As well as airports and other sensitive locations, the drone-spotting systems will be fixed in other places known to be popular with drone owners such as the Sydney Harbour Bridge. - 7 -Authorities in Australia have expressed worries about the number of dro

34、nes being flown in controlled areas in recent months. Anyone breaking rules could face fines of up to 10,000 Australian dollars ($7,058; 5,600) as well as checks on the safety of their craft. “In 2019 it could be very expensive doing the wrong thing with your drone,” said Mr. Gibson. Events at Gatwi

35、ck were discussed by ministers in a Christmas Eve phone conference. It is understood that the Cabinet Office “pushed” the Ministry of Defence and the Home Office to update their relevant regulations. They also discussed defence systems across the UKs airports. 28. What does the underlined phrase “in

36、 the wake of” probably mean?A. indicating. B. causing.C. preventing. D. following.29. What helps the system work out the identity of the pilot?A. Registration scheme. B. The airport.C. Witness report. D. The government. 30. What do we know from the passage?A. The recreational drones will be required

37、 to register next year. B. The system will be fixed in all the hot tourist spots. C. Anyone flying the drones will be fined up to $7,058.D. There was no solid evidence of drone sights at Gatwick Airport. 31. Whats the best title of the passage?A. Heavy fines to be given to the pilotsB. Functions of

38、the drone-identifying systemC. Australia to set up drone-spotting systemD. Problems facing drone ownersDIt is estimated that more than half the worlds population is bilingual (双语的), and in an increasingly globalised world, there are obvious benefits of speaking more than one language. However, for m

39、any years, parents were advised not to teach their children to speak more than one language from birth. Learning two or more languages simultaneously (同时) was believed to cause confusion and slow down academic development. While it is certainly true that children who are learning to speak more than

40、one language as their mother tongue will often mix - 8 -the languages up or speak a little later, these are temporary problems, and there is no reason to avoid teaching a child more than one language. In fact, there are plenty of reasons to encourage your child to become bilingual from birth. As wel

41、l as the obvious benefits of being able to communicate with more people, and the possibility of earning more money, children who speak more than one language have been shown to score more highly in achievement tests at school. This is true for mathematics as well as tests of verbal (言语的) skills.And

42、in later life it has been found that bilinguals, on average, will tend to develop Alzheimers disease five years later than monolingual speakers. Speaking three or more languages offers even more protection. It seems that the increased number of connections within the brain allows bilinguals to cope

43、better with brain damage. But is it too late if you havent already learned a second language in childhood? It used to be thought that the adult brain was very fixed, but recent research has shown that we continue to develop new connections in the brain throughout our lives, meaning that its perfectl

44、y possible to learn another language to a high standard. Older learners are less likely to have native-like pronunciation, but they are better at learning vocabulary as they are able to use far more skills and strategies than children. And learning a language is like using a muscle the more you use

45、it, the stronger it gets, meaning that you will find your third language easier than your second, and so on.32. Why shouldnt parents be discouraged from teaching their children to be a bilingual?A. Childrens confusion over two languages will not last long.B. Children will not mistake one language fo

46、r the other. C. Parents should begin to teach a second language early.D. Parents guidance will help children tell two languages apart.33. Which of the following is NOT a possible benefit of being a bilingual?A. A bilingual is less likely to develop Alzheimers disease.B. A bilingual child may do well

47、 in mathematics at school.C. A bilingual will probably make more money.D. A bilingual child owns relatively good language ability.34. Compared with children, adult language learners _.- 9 -A. are slower at learning a second language.B. are more skilled at building vocabulary.C. are more likely to ac

48、quire a native accent.D. are slower at making logic connections.35. What can be learned from the passage?A. A bilingual child will speak both the languages badly later in his life.B. Learning a second language certainly contributes to your body fitness.C. Connections within adults brain will permane

49、ntly stop developing.D. With each language learned, the learning process will become easier.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。Lemon water is pretty popular. Its offered as a free upgrade to regular water at pretty many restaurants.36 , others are devotees of the possible health benefits. Heres what may happen if you take up the lemon water habit.Easier weight lossStudies in mice indicate that the antioxidants(抗氧化剂) in lemons can reduce weight gain despite a high-fat diet. More studies are needed to de