湖北省八校2017届高三上学期第一次联考（12月） 英语试卷

　    2017届高三第一次联考

　　英 语 试 题

　　时间：120分钟

　　满分：150分

　　第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）

　　做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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. £19.15B. £9.18

　　C. £9.15

　　答案是C

　　1. What does the man mean?

　　A. There is something wrong with the printer.

　　B. The woman is unable to work the printer.

　　C. There is probably a power failure.

　　2. How are the prices in the restaurant?

　　A. Reasonable.

　　B. High.

　　C. Low.

　　3. What is the man’s problem?

　　A. He has no patience to wait for his wife.

　　B. He can’t see the sign clearly.

　　C. He’s parked in the wrong place.

　　4. What day is it when the conversation takes place?

　　A. Saturday.

　　B. Sunday.

　　C. Monday.

　　5. What will Nancy do?

　　A. Play volleyball.

　　B. Watch a game.

　　C. Find a player.

　　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 probably is the woman?

　　A. A bank clerk.

　　B. A post office clerk.

　　C. A hotel clerk.

　　7. How much does the man plan to put in the account today?

　　A. $100.

　　B. $200.

　　C.$500.

　　听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

　　8. Where did the woman stay during her holiday?

　　A. In a hotel.

　　B. At a farmhouse.

　　C. At their camp.

　　9 .What kind of weather did the woman have during her holiday?

　　A. Sunny.

　　B. Rainy.

　　C. Terrible.

　　听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

　　10. Why is the man at the shop?

　　A. To order a mobile phone for his wife.

　　B. To have a mobile phone repaired.

　　C. To get a mobile phone changed.

　　11. What colour does the man want?

　　A. Pink.

　　B. Black.

　　C. Orange.

　　12. What will the man do afterwards?

　　A. Make a phone call.

　　B. Wait until further notice.

　　C. Come again the next day.

　　听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

　　13. What’s the woman’s major now?

　　A. Hotel management.

　　B. French.

　　C. Computer science.

　　14. Why did the woman change her major?

　　A. Because she received a four-year academic scholarship.

　　B. Because she wanted to find a job more easily later.

　　C. Because she wanted to major in French at first.

　　15. How does the woman pay for college?

　　A. With the money from her parents.

　　B. With an academic scholarship.

　　C. By doing a part-time job.

　　16. What can be learnt about the man’s part-time job?

　　A. His fellow workers are friendly, but the pay is bad.

　　B. He works three times a week at a campus.

　　C. He works at a restaurant and is paid well.

　　听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

　　17. What’s the purpose of the talk?

　　A. Offering some advice on sleeping problems.

　　B. Telling people how to exercise.

　　C. Stressing physical exercise.

　　18. Why is it useless to keep turning around when you can’t sleep?

　　A. It increases heart rate.

　　B. It makes you worry.

　　C. It’s tiring.

　　19. Which of the following can cause sleeplessness?

　　A. Eating cheese before you go to bed.

　　B. Lack of sleep on weekends.

　　C. Too much exercise in the evening.

　　20. What can we learn about sleeping pills?

　　A. They work well.

　　B. They worsen sleeping.

　　C. They help relax.

　　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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　The Nobel Prize Winners in Literature

　　Rabindranath Tagore( 1913)

　　Prize motivation: "because of his deep sensitive, fresh and beautiful poetry, with perfect skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West"

　　William Faulkner (1949)

　　Prize motivation: "for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel"

　　Ernest Miller Hemingway(1954)

　　Prize motivation: "for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea"

　　John Steinbeck (1962)

　　Prize motivation: "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception"

　　Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill(1953)

　　Prize motivation: "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant speech skills in defending noble human values"

　　Claude Simon (1985)

　　Prize motivation: "who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the description of the human condition"

　　Mo Yan (2012)

　　Prize motivation: “he, with dreamlike realism, combines folk tales, history and the contemporary".

　　Bob Dylan (2016)

　　Prize motivation: "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition"

　　21. Which writer won Nobel Prize for his poetry?

　　A. William Faulkner.

　　B. Bob Dylan.

　　C. Rabindranath Tagore.

　　D. Claude Simon.

　　22. Which writer won Noble Prize for his specific work instead of his lifelong achievements?

　　A. Ernest Hemingway.

　　B. John Steinbeck.

　　C. William Faulkner.

　　D. Winston Churchill.

　　23. Whose works will you turn to if you are interested in a song writing Nobel Prize winner?

　　A. Mo Yan’s.

　　B. Bob Dylun’s.

　　C. Claude Simon’s.

　　D. Rabindranath Tagore’s.

　　24. Who described real life experience in his historic works?

　　A. John Steinbeck.

　　B. Mo Yan.

　　C. Ernest Hemingway.

　　D. Winston Churchill.

　　B

　　To my Charlie on his wedding day—

　　I know you think these notes are silly. I have watched you wear a long face over the years when I give them to you. But understand that sometimes I want to tell you something and I want to get it just right. Putting it down on paper helps me do that. I wish I had been a better writer. I wish I had gone to college. If I had, I think I would have studied English and maybe my vocabulary would have improved. So many times I feel I am using the same words over and over. Like a woman wearing the same dress every day. So boring!

　　What I want to say to you, Charley, is you are marrying a wonderful girl. I think of Catherine in many ways like I think of Roberta. Like a daughter. She is sweet and patient. You should be the same with her, Charley.

　　Here is what you are going to find out about marriage: you have to work at it together. And you have to love three things. You have to love

　　1) Each other.

　　2) Your children (when you have some).

　　3) Your marriage.

　　What I mean by that last one is, there may be times that you fight, and sometimes you and Catherine won’t even like each other. But those are the times you have to love your marriage. It’s like a third party. Look at your wedding photos. Look at any memories you’ve made. And if you believe in those memories, they will pull you back together.

　　I’m very proud of you today, Charley. I am putting this in your tuxedo pocket because I know how you lose things.

　　I love you every day!

　　Mom

　　25. Why did the mother write the letter to Charlie?

　　A. To congratulate her son.

　　B. To give him some advice.

　　C. To show her pity.

　　D. To talk things through.

　　26. What kind of feeling is mainly revealed in the letter?

　　A. Regret.

　　B. Pride.

　　C. Care.

　　D. Complaint. 27. What is implied about Charley in the letter?

　　A. He is forgetful.

　　B. He is patient.

　　C. He is boring.

　　D. He is worried.

　　C

　　My daughter went to see The Wild One recently and she commented that Marlon Brando was wearing jeans so long ago. Of course he helped set the trend, so that got me thinking about the link between films and trends in fashion. Fashion and films have gone hand in hand for long. The Wild One is a good example: it appeared in 1954, starring Brando. Dressed in a black leather motorcycle jacket, leather cap and jeans, he created a look which is still considered “cool” today. Everyone from Madonna to middle-aged men is seen wearing the classic leather motorcycle jacket.

　　Another strong influence on fashion trends was Breakfast at Tiffany’s, starring Audrey Hepburn. She made famous the simple black dress that looks perfect at either a cocktail party or just standing around an expensive department store like Tiffany’s with a pastry and coffee in your hand, as Audrey Hepburn does in the film. She looks so elegant, wearing simple but beautiful dresses, big dark glasses and a string of pearls around her neck. Audrey Hepburn still influences women’s fashion with her “Tiffany’s look”.

　　In more modern times, the film star Uma Thurman created a major fashion trend when she appeared in the film Pulp Fiction, made in 1994. Her style was very simple. Her black trousers, crisp white shirt and hair style was copied by women in the world.

　　Influencing fashion trends can often be about timing. The movie Memoirs of a Geisha came just in time to start a trend in Japanese fashion. It started the Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi, who wore beautiful silk kimonos(和服), and it won an Oscar for Costume Design. Many travel companies picked up on the trend and ran “geisha trips” to Japan. The film has also led to a regained interest in kimonos. It is now quite common to see young Japanese women wearing kimonos not just on traditional occasions, but at various social events. The fashion is also beginning to spread to western countries.

　　28. What is the best title of the passage?

　　A. Films and fashion.

　　B. Stars’ fashion.

　　C. Influential films.

　　D. Film cultures.

　　29. Who will people associate Madonna wearing the leather motorcycle jacket with?

　　A. Zhang Ziyi.

　　B. Audrey Hepburn.

　　C. Uma Thurman.

　　D. Marlon Brando.

　　30. What is implied in the film Breakfast in Tiffany’s according to the passage?

　　A. One can be active by wearing black.

　　B. One can be elegant by wearing simply.

　　C. One can be famous by looking perfect.

　　D. One can be stylish by eating at Tiffany’s.

　　31. What does the film Memoirs of a Geisha lead to?

　　A. The popularity of the Chinese actress.

　　B. The worldwide reading of Geisha stories.

　　C. The recovery of interest in kimonos.

　　D. The “geisha trips” to social events.

　　D

　　I was born on the 17th of November 1828, in the village of Nam Ping, which is about four miles southwest of the Portuguese Colony (殖民地) of Macao, and is located on Pedro Island lying west of Macao, from which it is separated by a channel of half a mile wide.

　　As early as 1834, an English lady, Mrs. Gutzlaff, wife of a missionary to China, came to Macao. Supported by the Ladies’ Association in London for the promotion of female education in India and the East, she immediately took up the work of starting a girls’ school for Chinese girls, which was soon followed by the opening of a boys’ school.

　　Mrs. Gutzlaff’s comprador(买办) happened to come from my village and was actually my father’s friend and neighbor. It was through him that my parents heard about Mrs. Gutzlaff’s school and it was doubtlessly through his influence and means that my father got me admitted into the school. It has always been a mystery to me why my parents should put me into a foreign school, instead of a traditional Confucian school, where my big brother was placed. Most certainly such a step would have been more suitable for Chinese public opinion, taste, and the wants of the country, than to allow me to attend an English school. Moreover, a Chinese belief is the only avenue in China that leads to political promotion, influence, power and wealth. I can only guess that as foreign communication with China was just beginning to grow, my parents hoped that it might be worthwhile to put one of their sons to learning English. In this way he might become an interpreter and have a more advantageous position to enter the business and diplomatic world. I am wondering if that influenced my parents to put me into Mrs. Gutzlaff’s School. As to what other sequences it has eventually brought about in my later life, they were entirely left in the hands of God.

　　32. How was the author admitted to Mrs. Gutzlaff’s school?

　　A. Through his father’s request.

　　B. Through his father’s friend’s help.

　　C. Through his own efforts to exams.

　　D. Through Mrs. Gutzlaff’s influence.

　　33. Why did the author’s parents put him into an English school？

　　A. It met with Chinese public opinion.

　　B. An English school was more influential.

　　C. He could become a successful interpreter.

　　D. Foreign trade with China was developing fast.

　　34. What did the author think of his parents’ decision to put him into an English school?

　　A. It was skeptical.

　　B. It was wonderful. C. It was thoughtful. D. It was mysterious.

　　35. What does the underlined word “sequences” in the last sentence probably mean ?

　　A. Results.

　　B. Order.

　　C. Series.

　　D. Progress.

　　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。

　　Chopsticks

　　1. When chopsticks were invented?

　　In fact, before the invention of chopsticks, Chinese ancestors actually used hands to eat, but how did they eat soup and porridge?

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　　Chinese started to use chopsticks about 3,000 years ago in Shang Dynasty.

　　2. Who invented chopsticks?

　　The records of using chopsticks have been found in many written books but lack physical evidence. However many stories are about the invention of chopsticks. One says that Jiang Ziya, an ancient wise man, created chopsticks.

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　　But there is no exact history record about the invention. We can only say that smart ancient Chinese invented chopsticks.

　　3. How to use Chinese chopsticks.

　　Using two slim sticks to pick up food is actually not difficult. You can do it if you practice it for some time, even if you are a foreigner. The key to managing chopsticks is keeping one chopstick in position while moving the other to pick up food.

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　　4. Chopsticks Manners

　　Chopsticks are usually held in the right hand, and left-handed chopstick use is considered as improper in China. Playing with chopsticks is thought to be impolite.

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　　5. The philosophy of Chinese chopsticks

　　Chinese philosopher Confucius advised people to use chopsticks instead of knives because the metal knives remind people of cold weapons, which mean killing and violence.

　　6. A chopsticks-themed museum can be found in Shanghai

　　If you are truly interested in chopsticks, you can pay a visit to the Shanghai Chopsticks Museum. The museum gathered more than 1,200 pairs of chopsticks from China, Korea, Japan and Thailand.

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　　A. Chopsticks were introduced to many other neighbor countries due to its lightness and convenience.

　　B .It is considered to be polite and thoughtful to pick up food for the elderly and children.

　　C. Bamboo chopsticks are most frequently used in Chinese daily life.

　　D. The oldest one was from the Tang Dynasty.

　　E. There also go around some other stories.

　　F. Remember to practice with patience.

　　G. They had to use sticks to eat them.