浙江省温州市九校2017高三上学期期末联考英语试卷.docx

1、浙江省温州市九校2017高三上学期期末联考英语试卷第卷第一部分：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，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.19.15. B.9.15. C.9.18.答案是B。1.What musical instrument can the woman play?A.The guitar.B.The piano.C.The violin.

2、2.What will the woman probably do on Thursday?A.Have a dinner with the man.B.Prepare for a job interview.C.Go to a concert.3.Where is the man?A.In his office. B.At school. C.At home.4.How did the man feel about the football game?A.Disappointed. B.Excited.C.Confused.5.What are the speakers probably d

3、oing?A.Unpacking a box. B.Loading a car. C.Buying a suitcase.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67题6.Where does the woman want to go?A.To the public library.B.To the national museum

4、.C.To the department store.7.How much should the woman pay in all?A.Seventy-five cents. B.Fifty cents. C.Twenty-five cents.听第7段材料，回答89题8.Why is the boy back home early today?A.To have a short break.B.To prepare for a lecture.C.To get away from the noise.9.What will the boy do to help his mother?A.Wa

5、sh the potatoes. B.Boil the water. C.Do the dishes.听第8段材料，回答第1012题10.What does the man suggest the woman do?A.Spend the day in a cool place.B.Buy an air conditioner.C.Drink more coffee.11.Why doesnt the woman go to the cafe?A.She cant stand the heat there.B.She cant stay there for long.C.She has to

6、spend much money there.12.What are the speakers talking about?A.Where to enjoy the cool.B.What to do this afternoon.C.When to go to the library.听第9段材料，回答第1316题13.Where does the conversation take place?A.In the womans house.B.In a repair center.C.In a store.14.What is wrong with the womans iPad?A.It

7、was dropped on the ground.B.Its screen is not clear.C.It does not play songs.15.What does the man ask the woman to show him?A.The receipt. B.The package. C.He telephone number.16.How soon can the woman get her iPad back?A.In three weeks. B.In two weeks.C.In one week.听第10段材料，回答1720题17.What is the spe

8、aker?A.A guide. B.A teacher.C.An interpreter.18.What is the main topic of the talk?A.The history of Fairhaven.B.An introduction to Manjiros life.C.The attractions in Fairhaven.19.When did Manjiro leave Japan?A.In 1827. B.In 1841. C.In 1851.20.What does the Festival celebrate?A.The achievements of Ma

9、njiro.B.The official status of sister cities.C.The economic value of Fairhaven.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分35分）第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAs Charlotte arrived at the big living room,her mother Sarah and her new stepfather（继父）Robert Graham turned from the window and fa

10、ced her.We shall never have mom to ourselves again,Charlotte thought.If only she were just a kid,and could cry wildly in anger on the floor!Instead,she forced a smile.She rushed forward and threw her arms round Sarah and kissed her wildly,knocking her hat crooked（歪的）and making her cry out.Darling!Yo

11、ull knock me down!You look great,mom!Charlotte cried and knew she was shouting.She was hot again,red and untidy and looking like the last kind of girl any man would want to have as a stepdaughter.Her brother Nicholas,however,went to the other extreme.He was so calm that he was positively rude,and Ch

12、arlotte knew before he started it that he was going to act like a bad schoolboy.Oh Nicholas,do behave! Sarah cried, Robert,theyre showing off!Although she was laughing,they both heard the little ring of disappointment in her voice,and both knew that they were letting her down.They had surely never h

13、ad such a difficult moment.It was Robert Graham who saved the situation.He came forward holding out both hands.I am deeply grateful to you two young people.Youve had Sarah to yourselves for a long time.Thank you for agreeing to share her with me.I know it cant be easy.And although this was just the

14、sort of words they would call dull,the sincerity（真诚）gave it a guarantee.They knew he meant what he said.He was indeed thanking them.And by doing so he pulled them back to reality and made them themselves again.21.Upon entering the living room, Charlotte experienced .A.a sudden sense of loss B.a curi

15、osity to see her stepfatherC.an urge to be more polite than Nicholas D.a feeling of anger directed at her stepfather22.Sarah found the moment difficult because she was . A.deeply moved by Charlottes greeting B.embarrassed by the childrens behaviorC.afraid Nicholas would leave her D.having doubts abo

16、ut remarrying23.The text suggests that Sarah and Robert .A.made the situation difficult on purpose B.found the childrens responses amusingC.cared about the feelings of the children D.felt upset about the childrens attitudeBDropping your smartphone when taking a selfie（自拍照）could soon be less risky,sa

17、ys specialty glass maker Corning.For more than 160 years,Corning has applied its unique technology in specialty glass to develop products that have created new industries and changed peoples lives.Cornings work in specialty glass dates back to 1879, when the company produced the glass used in the fa

18、mous Thomas Edison lightbulb（灯泡）.The companys next generation of Gorilla Glass has come along-the material used in more than 70% of smartphone screens,including on Samsung and Apple products.Corning said Gorilla Glass 5 could survive more than 80% of drops from as high as 1.6 meters.Broken or cracke

19、d screens are the number one cause of smartphone repairs and customer complaints globally, followed by overheat.The new glass was tested on rough surfaces-phone models were dropped from a height of 1.6 meters onto a sheet of sandpaper.Some of the phones tested survived over 20 hard drops in the lab.

20、Typically,most phone drops are from between waist and shoulder height.As well as drops,the company said it was twice as good at resisting scratch（划痕）and other damage compared to whats currently on the market.Smartphone producers are expected to market products with the new glass within the next few

21、months.Weve been working with our closest customers for quite some time now, Cornings vice president and general manager John Bayne said.And theres huge interest in this product for obvious reasons.24.What is paragraph 3 mainly talking about?A.Tests on the new glass. B.Complaints from customers.C.Ca

22、uses of screen damage. D.Marketing of the new glass.25.What do we know about Gorilla Glass 5?A.Its well received in the market. B.It began to be produced in 1879.C.It has changed peoples lives. D.Its strong and doesnt break easily.26.What is John Baynes attitude towards the future of the new glass?A

23、.Doubtful.B.Optimistic.C.Defensive.D.Uncertain.CIf theres one thing everyone knows about the Dead Sea, it is that you cant sink in it.It is eight or nine times saltier than the oceans of the world-so mineral-rich that it doesnt even feel like normal water,more like olive oil mixed with sand.For deca

24、des,no holiday in the Holy Land or Jordan has been complete without a photograph of the bather sitting on the surface,usually reading a newspaper.But the Dead Sea is also a unique ecosystem and a sensitive barometer（晴雨表）of the state of the environment in a part of the world where a dry climate and t

25、he need to irrigate farms combine to create a permanent shortage of water.You may have read that the Dead Sea,whose surface is the lowest point on the planet,is dying.You can see why the idea appeals to headline writers but it isnt true.The truth is that as the level drops,the saltiness is rising an

26、d will eventually reach a point where the rate of evaporation（蒸发）will reach a kind of equilibrium,-the amount of water vapor that goes into the air equals that of rainfall.The Dead Sea is,however,becoming smaller at an alarming rate-the surface level is dropping more than a meter a year.The surface

27、of the Dead Sea is so deep that journeying along the road which winds down to the shore causes your ears to pop as they do on a landing plane.The other side of the coin,however,is the beautiful landscape and relief in the combination of mineral-rich water,comforting mud and abundant sunlight as your

28、 reward.Tourists can choose to visit resorts in either Jordan or Israel and both countries also export makeup products made in this area.27.What do we know about the Dead Sea from the passage?A.It is disappearing at a fast speed. B.It is of great economic value.C.It results in the shortage of water.

29、 D.It looks a bit like normal water.28.What does the underlined word “equilibrium” in Paragraph 3 most probably mean?A.extremeB.dangerC.balanceD.optimism29.What can be the best title for the text?A.The Truth behind Beauty B.A New Low-Point for EarthC.A Terrible Environmental Problem D.The Consequenc

30、e of Climate Change30.The passage is written mainly to .A.promote the Dead Sea tourism B.present facts about the Dead SeaC.describe the beauty of the Dead Sea D.call for the protection of the Dead Sea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的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Long bus rides are like television shows.They have a beginning,a middle,and an end with commercials thrown in every three or four minutes. 31 They happen whether you want them or not.Every couple of minutes a billboard passes by outside the bus window.Buy Super Clean Toothpaste.Drink Good Wet Root Beer.