1、- 1 -湖南省株洲市 2019 届高三英语教学质量统一检测试题（一）（本试卷共 8 页，全卷满分：150 分）注意事项：1答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证 号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。2选择题的作答：每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上相应题目的答 案标号涂黑。写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。3非选择题的作答：用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内，写在试 题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。4考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卷一并上交。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
2、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。例如：How much is the shirt?A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.- 2 -答案是 C。1. What is the woman talking about?A. A travel plan. B. A TV programme. C. Their sch
3、ool life.2. Whats the possible relationship between the speakers?A. Teacher and student. B. Customer and assistant. C. Mother and son.3. How much does the man pay for the 3 shirts?A. $ 15. B. $ 30. C. $ 45.4. Why does the electricity go off?A.Its a short cut.B.They havent paid the power bill.C.They
4、take part in Earth Hour activity.5. What do we know about the woman?A.She is busy with her report.B.She is reading a report.C.She is preparing for the dinner.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，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- 3 -个小题， 每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给
5、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。英语试题卷 第 1 页（共 8 页）6. Where does the man get the news?A. On TV. B. On the radio.7. What does the woman want to do?A. Go to Florida. B. Join a medical group.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What are the speakers doing?A. Rowing a boat. B. Playing games.9. What will they
6、probably do next?A. Pick up more rubbish. B. Put up a sign.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Who is the man?A. A journalist. B. An International student.- 4 -11.When did the woman come to the UK?A. In 2014. B. In 2016.12. What sometimes makes the woman puzzled?A. The culture. B. The idiom.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至
7、 16 题。13. Why does the man ask for help?A.He witnesses an accident.B.He meets a seriously injured lady.C.His car is broken on the highway.14. What do we know about the lady passenger?A.She is having a baby.B.She is hurt in an accident.C.She is having a heart attack.15. Whats the nearest landmark to
8、their location?A. The Washington Tunnel. B. The Lincoln Highway.- 5 -16. What can the man do for the lady?A.Help her breathe easily.B.Keep her calm and warm.C.Put something soft under her head.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Whats the name of the womans club?A. Green Planet. B. Under the Dome.18. What d
9、o the club members usually do?A.Broadcast news reports.B.Print beautiful pictures of the school.C.Share advice to live a low-carbon life.19. Who were the strong supporters of the woman at the beginning?A. Headmaster and teachers. B. Headmaster and friends.20. Why does the woman make the speech?A. To
10、 enter a new school. B. To attract more members.- 6 -英语试题卷 第 2 页（共 8 页）- 7 -C. On the Internet.C. Join in a charity party.C. Having a debate. C. Set up a website.C. A teacher.C. In 2019.C. The schedule.C. McDonalds.- 8 -C. Love the Earth.C. Teachers and friends.C. To found a new club.第二部分 阅读理解 (共两节，
11、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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。APeople Youve Never Heard of Who Changed the World- 9 -It is a fact that most people live their lives unremarked by history. Whether by design or by accident, there are some pioneers whose achievements changed the course of hi
12、story but whose names are unknown to us.James HarrisonJames Harrison has saved the lives of over two million people by donating his blood 1,173 times, a Guinness world record. His blood produces a rare antibody (抗体) which cures the otherwise deadly Rhesus disease in unborn children. It has also been
13、 used in the development of a medicine anti-D, which will cure the Rhesus disease in children forever.Lewis LatimerAfter helping Alexander Graham Bell obtain his patent for the telephone, Lewis Latimer patented a carbon filament (碳灯丝 ), which allowed light bulbs to burn for hours before burning out,
14、 much more useful than that invented by Thomas Edison. Latimer went on to invent many other useful devices, including a device which cooled and cleaned patients rooms in hospitals.Maurice HillemanNot all achievements require bravery and self-sacrifice. Take Maurice Hilleman for example. He found ano
15、ther way to change the world. He developed the mumps vaccine (疫苗) after his daughter got the illness. And he didnt stop there. In total, he has single-handedly developed over 40 vaccines, including eight commonly given to children. His work has saved millions of lives and prevented serious consequen
16、ces due to the diseases.Nils Bohlin- 10 -In 1959 Nils Bohlin patented a revolutionary design that has saved millions of lives the three-point safety belt. After the initial resistance from drivers who hated being told what to do, and even for their own good, the three-point belt has become a standar
17、d feature in new cars around the world.21. Whose patent allowed light bulbs to burn for hours before burning out?A. Alexander Graham Bell. B. Lewis Latimer.C. Thomas Edison. D. Nils Bohlin.22. Whats the similarity between James Harrison and Maurice Hilleman?A.They both had spirits of bravery and sel
18、f-sacrifice.B.Their contributions saved the lives of many children.C.They devoted themselves to work because of family members.D.They both set a Guinness world record.23. What was drivers initial attitude to the three-point seat belt?A. They refused to use it. B. They were satisfied with it.C. They
19、were surprised at it. D. They got excited about it.B- 11 -A while back I caught a news report on something called couch surfing and the network of trusting souls who make this phenomenon possible. They offer to put up travelers free of charge and help them on their ways. At first, it sounded unbelie
20、vable. I mean, inviting strangers into ones home英语试题卷 第 3 页（共 8 页）for one or two nights? Give me a break.However, I was intrigued. I decided to investigate. The only way to truly learn about this phenomenon was to dive in. So I planned a trip to Finland, a country Ive always wanted to explore. I wou
21、ld couch surf at every stop there.If ever any anxiety existed when stepping into the unknown, it disappeared when my first host met me at the train station. Ari looked like my idea of a typical Finn: tall and blue-eyed. Finns were also supposed to be famously reserved (寡言少语的). Ari was anything but.
22、He was a live wire, giving me an enthusiastic welcome and hiking with me to his apartment, where he showed me the sleeper sofa, served me tea, and engaged me in warm conversations. He also handed me a key to come and go as I pleased.If this was what couch surfing was all about trust and friendship t
23、hen I had gotten off to a good start. As I boarded my next train to continue my journey, I began to think about this couch-surfing idea. What urged these people to open their homes to strangers? I concluded that there was a desire to lend a hand to like-minded folks who might enrich their own lives.
24、Seven cities in 14 days. Seven hosts. Seven new friends. If couch surfing taught me anything, its this: Most people are good and generous. Where will couch surfing take me next? Who knows?- 12 -But I cant wait to find out.24. Which of the following best explains intrigued underlined in the second pa
25、ragraph?A. Relaxed. B. Disgusted. C. Interested. D. Embarrassed.25. What can we know about Ari?A. He was reserved like most Finns.B. He talked less but he was friendly.C. He treated the author as a friend.D. He saw off the author at the train station.26. Why did people offer couch surfing to strange
26、rs?A.To take an adventure with strangers.B.To exchange houses for a short time.C.To learn more about others family lives.D.To enrich their own lives by helping others.27. What can be the suitable title for the text?A. Travel on Trust and Couches B. A Free Travel in FinlandC. Experiences in Strangers
27、 Houses D. A Plan for Couch SurfingC- 13 -Think plants are just boring green things that you use for food and decoration? Think again! Plants are able to do some pretty awesome things that youre probably totally unaware of.Researchers have discovered that plants have the ability to communicate with
28、an underground network made up of fungus (真菌) , which serves the plants in many ways. Tomato plants use the fungus web to warn each other of their own unhealthy conditions. Trees connected through the fungus network could move nutrients (养分) to and from each other. It is believed that larger trees m
29、ove nutrients to smaller ones to help them to survive.Not only that, but they can also damage unwelcome plants by spreading poisonous chemicals through the fungus. It sounds like the plant world had the Internet before we did.Some plants have a rather impressive line of defense against being eaten.
30、When sensing they are being swallowed, they give off a chemical into the air that attracts the insects natural enemy. The enemy attacks the bug, thus saving the plants. This is basically the plant kingdom version of getting英语试题卷 第 4 页（共 8 页）your older brother to beat up that kid who steals your lunc
31、h money.You might be aware that humans and animals have an internal clock. But did you know that plants also have this clock? This means they can prepare for certain times of day just like we do. Is it because they can react to light at sunrise? In a study, scientists found that plants use the sugar
32、s they produce to keep time, which help to regulate the genes responsible for the plants own internal clock. So, in a sense, wake up with petunias (矮牵牛) is just as valid as wake up with the chickens.- 14 -Nature is full of surprises. So for those of you who didnt know the wonders of plants, now youd
33、o.28. How many ways does the network of fungus serve the plants?A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.29.What does the underlined words your older brother in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. The chemical given off by plants. B. The insects natural enemy.C. The bug attacked by the enemy.D. The plant to be eaten
34、by the insect.30. What helps the plant keep time?A. The sugars produced by itself. B. Its own genes.C. The time of sunrise. D. Its response to light.31. What is the authors purpose in writing the text?A.To show his love of different plants.B.To share his study on some awesome plants.C.To introduce t
35、he unknown abilities of plants.D.To make people aware of plant protection.- 15 -DAfter decades of playing catch-up with the U.S. and Russian space programs, China did something neither nation nor any other had done this December: land a spaceship on the dark side of the moon.Strictly speaking, of co
36、urse, the moon has no dark side. But because of the way it orbits Earth, our natural satellite shows us only one side the other is hidden from our view. No one even saw the far side until 1959, when the Soviet Luna 3 spaceship flew around for a look and sent back photos. No astronaut or spaceship we
37、nt there until this December, when the China National Space Agency (CNSA) launched a 2,500-pound lander called Change-4 to the southern end of the lunar far side.Change-4 operated a small rover (探测车) to survey the geography there for the first time ever. By examining the geography of its landing are
38、a, Change-4 could solve longstanding puzzles about the moon, including how it formed 4.5 billion years ago. Change-4 also carried a very small lunar biosphere (生态圈) containing silkworm eggs and a tiny greenhouse designed to grow potatoes in order to study the growth of the seeds on the moon.Besides
39、Change-4, China plans to launch Change-5 in 2019. Its mission will be to gather moon rocks using an orbiter, a lander or collector, an ascent stage (上升器) and a capsule that will separate from the orbiter and return the rocks to the earth. With these missions, the Chinese will have shown complete mas
40、tery of flight in the space between the earth and the moon, said Paul Spudis, an experienced lunar researcher based in Houston.CNSA has already outlined ideas for Chinese astronauts to follow the robots to the moon. Pei- 16 -Zhaoyu, deputy director of CNSAs Lunar Exploration and Space Program Center
41、, told that China英语试题卷 第 5 页（共 8 页）plans a permanent robotic lunar station in about 10 years and suggested a human presence on the moon another decade or so after that. Spudis said Chinas ambitious Change-4 and Change-5 missions should send humans plans for lunar return into rapid development.32. Wh
42、at do we know about the dark side of the moon from the first two paragraphs?A.Two western countries have taken its photos.B.It is hidden from peoples view due to the earths orbit.C.China is the first country to land a spaceship there.D.It exists because the sun never shines there.33. Why did Change-
43、4 operate a small rover?A.To study the geography of the lunar dark side.B.To grow potatoes on the moon.C.To examine the growth of eggs and seeds.D.To survey the lunar biosphere.- 17 -34. Which of the following can move apart from the orbiter of Change-5?A. The lander B. The collector. C. The ascent
44、stage. D. The capsule.35. What is Spudiss attitude to Chinas Change-4 and Change-5 missions?A. Cautious. B. Disapproving. C. Ambiguous. D. Favorable.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。How the Elderly Are Treated Around the WorldHow cultures view and treat their elde
45、rly is closely linked to their most prized values and qualities. 36. _In the US and UK, Protestantism (新教) is at play. Western cultures tend to be youth-centric, stressing qualities like independence. 37._ It ties a persons value to his or her ability to work something that becomes weaker in old age
46、. As their health becomes worse, the elderly in these cultures often move to old peoples homes and nursing homes.In France, parents are protected by law. It is difficult to imagine an Elderly Rights Law being a focus in the laws of many Western cultures. France did, however, pass a similar law in 20
47、04. 38._ One was a group of official statistics showing France had the highest rate of pensioner suicides in Europe, and the other was the aftermath of a heat wave that killed 15,000 people, most of whom were elderly and had been dead for weeks before they were found.- 18 -39._ Native American cultu
48、res traditionally accept death as a fact of life. In many Native American areas, elders are respected for their wisdom and life experiences. Within Native American families, its common for the elders to be expected to pass down their learning to younger members of the family.The way to care for Chin
49、ese elders is changing. Chinese families traditionally view respect for ones elders as the highest virtue, according to the Confucian tradition. Adult children are generally expected to care for their parents in their old age. 40._ Nursing homes are beginning to become a more socially acceptable option for elderly care.A. However, this tradition is beginning to break down due to rising lifetime and an aging populatio
