永春一中 培元中学 季延中学 石光中学
2018届高三年毕业班第二次联合考试试卷（英语科）
(满分150分，考试时间120分钟)
组卷学校：季延中学
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。
1. Who might Toby be?
A. A pet. B. The speakers’ child. C. The man’s friend. 2. Why is the man upset?
A. His Internet is shut off. B. His phone isn’t working. C. His home is without power.
3. When will the woman go to see the doctor?
A. 12:30. B. 1:00. C. 1:30. 4. Why is the man selling his car? A. He wants a new car.
B. He plans to take the subway.
C. He just bought an expensive house. 5. What is the woman confused about?
A. Her exam. B. The end of the book. C. The feelings of a character in the book.
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。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 would the woman like to be?
A. A journalist. B. A teacher. C. A doctor. 7. What are the speakers talking about? A. Why they should study. B. Where they should work.
C. What subjects they should take.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8. Why does the woman want to go outside? A. She doesn’t feel well. B. She wants to see the view.
C. She wants to take a walk by the ocean. 9. What does the man offer the woman?
A. A jacket. B. A camera. C. Something to drink. 10. When does the conversation probably take place?
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A. In the morning. B. In the early afternoon. C. In the evening.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. What will Twitter users be able to do for the first time?
A. Add multimedia files. B. Write over 140 characters. C. Like their favorite tweets.
12. How many users did Twitter have in 2015?
A. 305 million. B. 310 million. C. 315 million. 13. How does the woman likely feel about Twitter?
A. She doesn’t like it at all. B. She uses it all the time. C. She knows little about it.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14. When does the conversation begin?
A. Around 3:15 p.m. B. A little before 4:00 p.m. C. Right at 4:00 p.m. 15. What does the girl need help with? A. What to write about.
B. How to write part of her essay.
C. How to look up an author’s information. 16. Where does the man need to go?
A. To another office. B. To a lecture hall. C. To a big meeting hall close by.
17. What will the girl do tomorrow?
A. Turn her essay in. B. Rewrite the first page. C. Talk to the man some more.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. How many new online degrees does the university offer this year? A. 4. B. 24. C. 36. 19. What do the new programs offer?
A. A bachelor’s degree. B. A graduate degree. C. Discounts for professionals.
20. What does the speaker suggest about the graduates of these programs? A. They will make at least $100,000 a year.
B. They are expected to pay about $20,000 a year.
C. It will take them around five years to finish their classes.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
You may probably recognize most of the powerful graduation speakers, who are well-known people in their fields, but I think the schools couldn't have picked better speakers than them, because the most important inspiration anyone can ever get is someone who lives his living by example. ◎Steve Jobs, Stanford University:
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“Remembering you're going to die, the best way I know is to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your heart. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice...” ◎Oprah Winfrey, Stanford University:
“I consider the world, this Earth, to be like a school... And the secret I've learned to get ahead is being open to the lessons from the grandest universe of all. Don't react against a bad situation. And the solution will arise from the challenge. Because surrendering yourself doesn't mean giving up, it means acting with responsibility.” ◎Bono, University of Pennsylvania:
“For four years you've been buying, trading, and selling everything you've got in this marketplace of ideas. Your pockets are full, even if your parents' are empty, and—and now you've got to figure out what to spend it on. ...The world is more flexible than you think and it's waiting for you to hammer it into shape...” ◎Michael Dell, University of Texas at Austin:
“Now it's time for you to move on to what's next and obtain your desire. But you must not let anything prevent you from taking those first steps. Don't spend so much time trying to choose the perfect opportunity but you miss the right opportunity. Recognize that there will be failures and obstacles. But you will learn from your mistakes and the mistakes of others.\
21. Who wants to express “Don't live your life in regret.”?
A. Michael Dell. B. Bono. C. Steve Jobs. D. Oprah Winfrey. 22. Which of the following can best describe what Oprah Winfrey says?
A. To break some of the rules. B. To overcome the fear of loss. C. To go all out to achieve our goals. D. To be brave and keep trying to the end.
23. What Michael Dell said is to urge people to ________.
A. listen to our heart B. pursue our dreams C. create our own journey D. learn from our mistakes
24. What can we be likely to gain from these powerful graduation speeches?
A. Some life lessons. B. Some personal experiences. C. Some social skills. D. Some creative ideas.
B
In today's society, almost half of all marriages in America end in divorce, which means many children have divorced parents. I am by no means a rare case. There are plenty of other people understanding the difficulty of separated parents and living in two households. Despite this, people who haven't personally experienced divorce really have no idea what it's like.
Despite many arguments and conflicts, my parents have handled divorce and joint custody(监护) well, at least better than expected. Occasionally my parents put up the curtain to block my brother and me from the reality and I will get a glimpse of the not-so-bright-and-sunny reality, the fact that my parents simply don’t like each other, let
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alone get along. They try to make sure my brother and I don't overhear the argument and do their best to keep my brother and me out of their issues.
Last Mother's Day I woke up at my Dad's house with a text message from my Mom saying, “Call me when u can.” I rolled out of bed and dialed her number. On the other end of the phone I could hear my Mom's trembling voice. “Your dad isn't letting me have you until 7 tonight.” I knew Mother's Day is important to her and me. I began to get angry with my Dad, but I told myself that getting mad and fueling my mom's anger towards my Dad wouldn't help. Later my father told me that he had plans to spend time with my Grandma and step-mom for Mother's Day, which I understood and accepted but I also understood why my Mom wouldn't accept it.
While having divorced parents is difficult, I have learned a lot about how to deal with conflict from an early age and I've been blessed with an extremely large family, which is an amazing network of support.
25. The author uses the first paragraph to show us that_______.
A. living as a child of divorced parents is normal but not easy
B. the number of divorced parents is increasing rapidly at present C. people are not aware of what problems divorced parents are facing
D. the experience of being a child of divorced parents is painful but worth 26. We can know that the author's divorced parents try to________.
A. build up a good relationship with their children B. prevent their children getting involved in their affairs C. inspire their children to be confident about their future D. prove that they are concerned about their children’s safety 27. The passage implies that the author is ________.
A. naughty and stubborn B. reliable and responsible C. energetic and creative D. polite and considerate
C
David Rees runs a truly distinctive business. He charges customers $15 to sharpen their pencils to perfections, using a variety of tools.
I know what you're thinking — is this a joke? The 39-year-old gets asked that question a lot. To clarify everything, he even created a special section on his website telling everyone he's actually providing a real service.
You can supply your own pencil or you can have Rees sharpen one of his own favorite 2B pencils. After that, he mails it to you in a display tube with the shavings in a separate bag, and an authentic certificate which just happens to mention the pencil is so sharp as to be a dangerous object.
To achieve the desired result, the master sharpener uses all kinds of tools, including general sandpapers, pocket knives and even a special $450 sharpening machine. “It depends on what the customer wants to use his/her pencil for,” he says. “That determines the most appropriate pencil-sharpening technique. Some customers buy pencils as inspirational symbols while others buy them because of their special memories of classic 2B pencils.”
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$15 to have a pencil sharpened is a bit expensive though, right? You're not the only one who feels that way, and David's unique business has really angered lots of people, who talk of inequality in America, saying it is so insane for the wealthy to pay $15 to sharpen a pencil. But others will say, “This is just our urge to put an end to the welfare state because new ideas arise along with the business.”
David admits his trade is sort of unusual. But there are those who actually value his service, as proven by the over 500 orders he has gotten.
28. How could David make money by sharpening pencils?
A. He invented new tools for the job. B. He promoted his skill on his website.
C. He saved lots of time for other people.
D. He provided quality service to his customers.
29. From his words, we can infer that David Bees .
A. knows all kinds of pencil users B. provides personalized services C. values ideas behind the pencils D. always writes with pencils 30. What does the underlined word “insane” (in Paragraph 5) mean?
A. Deliberate. B. Rewarding. C. Unreasonable. D. Irresponsible. 31. What seems to be the author's attitude to David Bees' trade?
A. It's a fancy service. B. It has a good reputation. C. It's awfully expensive. D. It wastes time and money.
D
I am convinced that reading the news is worse than not reading anything at all. There is no proof that it makes us wiser, better decision makers, better informed; nothing if anything, entirely the opposite. If you are anything like me, you’ve already stopped consuming news.
I write about this topic because I got discouraged with that guy who thinks he is very cultured just because he reads the newspaper and with that girl who is very surprised to hear I don't know about the leaked photos of Jennifer Lawrence. But mostly, because I’ve benefited from it. Since I freed myself from the news I feel more in control of my attention, I have better reading habits, and I’m more optimistic. So I decided to do some research about it and was astonished to find more than enough reasons to back up my feeling.
Unlike the limited attention we have to spend on long, deep, intelligent, and quiet content (which is actually important and requires thinking), our brains are excited to pay attention to the flashy, loud, and dramatic. This is the reason why we can swallow limitless quantities of news flashes. We see news all the time on Facebook and Twitter, each post screaming to get our attention. Information is no longer rare. But attention is. Why give it away so easily?
It is worrying that we are spending SO much time skimming through headlines. With so much information, our brain has to form shortcuts to deal with the overload and the distractions, because on top of that, we consume news while multitasking.
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