江西省南昌市第二中学2018届高三上学期期末检测
英 语
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。 1. What are the speakers doing? A. Preparing for camping. B. Buying sleeping bags. C. Cleaning up the car.
2. What does the man advise the girl to do now? A. Have lunch. B. Go to the park. C. Watch cartoons.
3. What can we infer about the man? A. He was in poor health. B. He didn’t give up drinking. C. He used to be a beer drinker. 4. What does the man ask the woman to do? A. Turn off the phone. B. Talk outside the cinema. C. Make an apology to him. 5. What is probably the man? A. A reporter.
B. A postman.
C. A teacher.
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。
听下面一段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Where did Andrew probably go? A. To a golf course. B. To a grocery store. C. To a mall downtown.
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7. Why will the man go shopping with his sister? A. He needs some groceries.
B. His wife wants him to leave the house. C. He needs a new window.
听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. Why is the man moving to New York? A. To enjoy the city life. B. To visit his friends. C. To find a better job. 9. How old is the man? A. 39 years old.
B. 29 years old.
C. 19 years old.
10. What does the man plan to do after he retires? A. Travel around the world. B. Go back to his hometown. C. Work on environmental protection. 听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. What does the boy like doing? A. Walking around. B. Making up stories. C. Playing ball games.
12. What does the boy think of the woman’s advice? A. Interesting.
B. Reasonable.
C. Unattractive.
13. Why will the woman go into the other room? A. To give the boy some space. B. To find a perfect seat. C. To clean the window.
听下面一段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. How does the man feel about his grade? A. It was satisfying. B. It was disappointing. C. It was an improvement. 15. What will the man do tonight? A. Watch a movie. B. Have a good rest. C. Go to the woman’s house.
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16. What’s the relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student.
B. Mother and son.
C. Friends.
听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Which competition is suitable for the listeners? A. The high level.
B. The middle level.
C. The low level.
18. What is the topic for this year? A. Weather.
B. Change.
C. Travel.
19. What are the listeners advised to do to get ideas? A. Ask Maria for help. B. Read the poem called Rain. C. Borrow books from the library.
20. What will the school spend the prize money on this year? A. The library.
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。
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The City Bike program rolled into New York last spring and proved a hit, with nearly 12, 000 New Yorkers signing up for annual memberships. Since 2010, over a dozen US cities have introduced bike-share programs.
There are plenty of bike stations near parks and other car-free areas. The programs we looked at in major cities work the same way. You buy a 24-hour pass. During the time, you get an unlimited number of 30-minute rides. If you go over your given half-hour ride time, you start paying fees for each following 30-minute period. Here are some of the biggest bike-share program in America.
Minneapolis: Nice Ride Minnesota Station: Minnehaha Ave & Minnehaha Pkwy How much: $ 6 for a 24-hour pass.
How it works: The first 30 minutes are included in the pass; $1. 50 for the second 30 minutes; $4. 50 for the third 30 minutes; later $6 for every half an hour.
Chicago: Divvy Bikes
Station: Lakeshore Drive and Monroe St; also Museum Campus
How much: $ 7 for a 24-hour pass, with unlimited 30-minute trips.
How it works: The first 30 minutes are included in the pass; $ 2 for the second 30 minutes;
B. The computers.
C. The lab.
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$ 6 for the third 30 minutes; later $ 8 for every half an hour.
New York City: Citi Bike
Station: Central Park So. &6th Ave; also Broadway &W.57th St. How much: $ 9. 95 for a 24-hour pass.
How it works: The first 30 minutes are included in the pass; $ 4 for the second 30 minutes; $ 9 for the third 30 minutes; later $12 for every half an hour.
Boston: Hubway
Station: Tremont St.& West St. How much: $ 6 for a 24-hour pass.
How it works: The first 30 minutes are included in the pass; $ 2 for the second 30 minutes; $ 4 for the third 30 minutes; later $ 8 for every half an hour.
We are volunteers. If you want to know more information, please contact us. 21. According to the text, the City Bike program____________. A. was first set up in New York B. has a long history in America C. is very popular in American cities D. develops very fast all over the world
22. Which of the following bike-share programs costs the riders most? A. Hubway.
B. Citi Bike.
C. Nice Ride Minnesota.
D. Divvy Bikes.
23. If you visit Boston by riding Hubway bike for 3 hours, you have to pay to_______. A.$ 6
B.$ 20
C.$ 30
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Natalie Trayling is a famous street artist in Melbourne. At first, those who happened to pass by her and spare some change didn’t even realize what a musical genius was playing. The emotional tune was not only masterfully played but also composed by Natalie herself when she was only 14. Gradually, as long as she appears, people will stop, absorbed in her music. Her music makes you think about calmness, the good things in life, and never giving up.
But what people do not know is that behind the beautiful music of the old woman, it is full of bitterness. At the age of 12, she won a music scholarship at Santa Maria College. At 15 she knocked back a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London because her parents couldn’t pay non-tuition costs. When she left school, she taught piano at Santa Maria. Later she met her husband, Denis. They had four children, but the two of them died. In 1984, Denis asked for a divorce. Natalie’s son, Nathan, was given medication for depression. Natalie lived either outdoors in Royal Park or in boarding houses for nine years. In late 2003 Natalie collapsed with
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anaemia(贫血) and was hospitalized for six months.
For half a century, Natalie has been teased by fate. But even so, she never gave up her love for music. When asked why the music was so important to her, she said: “Music is everything. I do feel part of it. The whole world is music.”
When Natalie went on the Internet, she became a sign of Melbourne. People are impressed by her persistence in dreams and the optimism of life. Now she is no longer wandering around. She can play the piano at any time, but as long as the weather is good, she will walk to the streets of Melbourne, and play a touching melody for the rush of the city. 24. Why is Natalie’s music so touching to the passers-by? A. It is full of bitterness. B. She composed it herself. C. It’s a reflection of her own life. D. It reminds of the beauty of life.
25. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “knocked back” in Paragraph 2? A. gave up B. obtained C. accepted D. was awarded
26. What does music mean to Natalie? A. It’s her talent.
B. It’s the source of her misfortune. C. It is part of her life. D. It’s a way to earn a living. 27. What does the author try to tell us? A. Natalie is a musical genius. B. Life is not easy for everyone. C. Never give up halfway.
D. Natalie has a strong and brave heart.
C
A young woman sits alone in a café sipping tea and reading a book. She pauses briefly to write in a nearby notepad before showing her words to a passing café waiter: “Where are the toilets please?” This is a familiar scene in Tokyo’s so-called “silent cafés”, where customers are not allowed to speak, and only communicate by writing in notepads.
The concept rises by a desire to be alone among young Japanese, a situation brought by economic uncertainty, a shift in traditional family support structures and the growing social
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