题 答 要 ： 号不位座 内 线 封 密 ：名姓
绝密★启用前
【考试时间：2018 年 4 月 9 日：15:00—17:00】
四川省2017-2018 年度高三“联测促改”活动
英 语
注意事项：
1．答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2．回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；回答非选择
题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。
3．考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
线第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分）。
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，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。听完
每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟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．￡9.18. C．￡9.15.
答案是 C。
封
1. How many students are accepted into the school choir?
A.10. B. 20.
C. 30. 2. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. At a travel agency. B. At an airport.
C. At a bank.
3. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Husband and wife. C. Waiter and customer.
4. What does the woman mean? A. She’s not quite into the film. B. She finds the film entertaining. C. She lost her watch in the cinema.
5. Why does the woman cancel the meeting? 密A. She has to put on a performance. B. She has to accompany her daughter. C. She has to go to the gym after work.
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. Why does the man want to see the professor? A. He is interested in his lecture. B. He needs guidance from him.
C. He wants to know about his schedule. 7. When will the man meet Professor Smith? A. At 10:20 a.m. B. At 1:45 p.m.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. What is wrong with the computer? A. It keeps shutting off. B. The screen often goes black. 9. How did the woman get the computer?
A. She got it as a birthday gift. B. She saved money to buy it. 10. What will the man do for his daughter? A. Buy her a new computer. B. Get her computer repaired.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. What is the weather like? A. Hot and cloudy. B. Warm and rainy. 12. What happened to the man last month? A. He lost his umbrella. B. He caught a bad cold. 13. How long did the man stay in bed? A. For four days. B. For five days.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。
14. Why won’t the man join the theatre club this term? A. He didn’t have fun in it. B. He can’t manage the time. 15. Which club was the woman in last term? A. The running club. B. The school magazine. 16. Why does the woman decide to join the running club? A. She wants to keep fit. B. She’s crazy about running. C. It is required by the school.
17. What is the conversation mainly about? A. The key to handling stress. B. The choice of school clubs. C. The importance of school clubs.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。
C. At 3:15 p.m.
C. The charger has broken down. C. She won it in a competition. C. Help her with her graduation paper.
C. Cold and snowy. C. He met the weatherman. C. For seven days.
C. He has grown tired of it. C. The photography club.
18. Where is the festival held? A. In Australia. B. In Mexico. C. In America. 19. How long will the festival last? A. Two days.
B. Three days.
D. Four days.
20. What do we know about the festival this year? A. It will serve hot chocolate and apples. B. It will be the right festival for everyone. C. It will attract the largest number of people.
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
The Most Popular London Theatre Tickets
The King and I
This classic musical tale of East meets West brings us to Anna, a Welsh widow, and the King of Siam. What could ever develop between two people so firmly rooted in their personal, and often deeply opposed, traditions and values?
One of the hottest on Broadway, the West End revival of The King and I will be the most sought-after tickets of 2018.
Palladium Theatre
21 June 2018 – 8 August 2018 From: ￡34.75
The Best Man
The Best Man mirrors the often surprising results of campaigning and the all-too-often immoral world of politics.
Produced on Broadway 60 years ago, The Best Man never achieved a West End transfer at the time because it was thought that American politics were of no real interest to London audiences. Playhouse Theatre
24 February 2018 – 26 May 2018 From: ￡18
Young Frankenstein
Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Dr Frederick Frankenstein inherits a castle in Transylvania leading him to fulfil his grandfather’s legacy by bringing a dead body back to life. His experiment yields monstrous consequences.
Legendary filmmaker and comedian Mel Brooks brings this classic science fiction to life on stage in an all-singing, all-dancing musical. Garrick Theatre
1 September 2018 – 29 November 2018
英语试题 第 3页（共 9 页） From: ￡24.99
Girl from the North Country
A family in the Great Depression, their future on a knife’s edge. But Nick Laine thinks he’s seen a way out… Girl from the North Country features well-known playwright Conor McPherson and classic songs from Bob Dylan.
Noel Coward Theatre
29 May 2018 – 24 June 2018 From: ￡22
21. Where should you go if you want to enjoy something political? A. Palladium Theatre. B. Playhouse Theatre. C. Garrick Theatre. D. Noel Coward Theatre. 22. Which show would you find it the most difficult to get tickets for? A. The King and I. B. The Best Man. C. Young Frankenstein. D. Girl from the North Country. 23. When can you go to a science fiction show? A. On 24 February 2018. B. On 26 May 2018. C. On 30 June 2018. D. On 5 October 2018. 24. How is Girl from the North Country different from the other shows? A. It has been running in the theatre for over 60 years. B. It is adapted from one of the hottest Broadway shows. C. It is characterized by famous playwright and musician. D. It presents different values between the east and the west.
B
On a recent trip to Quebec, I slept over at the only ice hotel in North America.
Upon check-in, I was directed to a sweet woman nestling warmly next to the fireplace, who kindly reminded us that there would be no lockers or Internet access and that we’d better eat a heavy meal.
Following her advice, we ate everything on our plates at dinner even if we were full. But we couldn’t free us from our anxiety at that point. When dessert came, we started calling other hotels to see if they had any openings. When the eighth hotel we called wanted to charge us about $80 more than the online price, we just decided to go back to sleep on a bed of ice.
Once in the room, we began trying to figure out how to get comfortable in a room full of ice. Have you tried taking off your shoes in a room in which the floor is ice and not get your socks wet? It took me three yoga ( 瑜伽) positions to get this accomplished. Rolling around to get all the way into the bag, I zipped myself up and said my good nights. And then I felt this sharp pain in my head. My hat had metal bands on it. The metal was getting cold in the… well… cold. I took my hat off and my head started to get cold. I sunk down further into my sleeping bag and thought to myself, “Well, at least if I die in here, it will be in my sleep.”
英语试题 第 4页（共 9 页）
The next thing I knew, the hotel staff was giving us a real wake-up call (they stand outside your room and tell you to get up!).
The reward of having slept in a hotel made of ice? Now, no matter who is complaining and what the problem is, C. To disapprove of the way dollars are used.
D. To identify the most valuable animal pelts.
30. Which of the following most probably equals one buck? my response can be, “Did you sleep in an ice hotel? On a genuine bed of ice? No? I did!”
25. Why did the author start calling other hotels when dessert arrived? A. He was not satisfied with the dessert. B. He wanted to compare the prices. C. He was worried about sleeping on ice. D. He meant to figure out his lucky number. 26. The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refers to . A. taking off the shoes B. practicing yoga C. rolling around the room D. keeping socks dry 27. Why did the author take off his hat before sleep? A. It made him suffer when worn. B. It was likely to cause death. C. It didn’t fit in the sleeping bag. D. It was too cold for him to wear. 28. What can we infer about the author from the last paragraph? A. He regretted sleeping over at the ice hotel. B. He showed genuine preference for ice beds. C. He would never reply to others’ complaints. D. He took pride in this unique experience.
C
Let’s say that your friend, who’s having a particularly great day, tells you, “I feel like a million dollars.” A little bit confused, you reply, “Wait, don’t you mean ‘a million bucks’?” Your friend shrugs and says, “Bucks, dollars. Same thing.”
But why is that? How did the seemingly random word “bucks” become interchangeable for dollars?
Well, here’s a hint: The proper definition of the word “buck” is a male deer. Deer were being called “bucks” long before dollars were—long before American dollars even existed, as a matter of fact.
In the early days of North American colonization, settlers were trading goods with the Native Americans. In the 1700s, animal pelts (皮) were forms of currency, much in the same way dollar bills are today. And one of the most valuable animal pelts was—you guessed it—a deer pelt, otherwise known as a “buck.” A document from the year 1748 reveals that a barrel of whiskey held the same value as “five bucks.” Another document from the same year expresses great sadness about a robbery that occurred around what was the present-day Ohio. The unfortunate traveler was “robbed of the value of 300 bucks.”
Interestingly enough, even back then, one “buck” didn’t necessarily mean precisely one deer pelt. A buck had to be a particularly good deer pelt. Since deer pelts are thickest in the winter, the pelts of deer killed in the summertime were less valuable, and therefore it might take several of those to equal one “buck.” Likewise, multiple pelts of smaller animals, like beavers or rabbits, could also be combined to equal the value of one “buck”.
This connection of the word “bucks” with currency stuck around after coinage of U.S. dollars began, around 1792. And we’ve been nicknaming dollars “bucks” ever since.
29. Why are the two documents mentioned in Paragraph 4? A. To demonstrate the value of deer pelts. B. To prove “buck” was a form of currency.
A. A pelt of a deer killed in summer. B. A pelt of a deer killed in winter. C. A pelt of a beaver killed in summer. D. A pelt of a beaver killed in winter. 31. What is the text mainly about? A. Cultural hints in English idioms. B. The definition and origin of dollar. C. The connection between two words. D. The introduction of dollars to the U.S.
D
Google’s new camera, called Clips, is a small, smart device. It comes with a case that has a clip (夹子), but it’s not designed to be worn on your clothing. Most interestingly, it uses artificial intelligence to take photography out of your hands so it can capture moments on its own.
This roughly 2-inch by 2-inch camera, with a three-hour battery life and Gorilla Glass for toughness, is intended for candid moments, like when a child does something cute that may happen too quickly for you to pull out your smartphone. Onboard the Clips device, it uses machine learning algorithms ( 计 算 程 序 ) to help capture scenes. Those algorithms include face recognition. “Once it learns that there’s a face you see frequently, it’ll try to get nice photos of those faces,” said Juston Payne, the device’s product manager. And they also want it to recognize facial expressions, which involved “training it to know what happiness looks like”. The Google team also trained it to recognize what not to shoot—like when a child’s hand is over the lens, or if it is tossed in a dark purse.
The only way to see the images is by connecting the camera with your phone, as it has no screen for viewing or editing.
Were people concerned it could seem strange? Yes, Payne admitted. But they said they addressed that by making it obvious what it is. A green light on the front signals that it is on. Besides, unlike a camera meant to monitor your home, it is not connected to the Internet.
“This product is only possible because of the way that silicon has advanced,” Payne said, noting that it was only in the past year or so that they could squeeze the technology down into a device this size. Going forward, we’re likely to get more assistance from the artificial intelligence packed into our apps and gadgets. 32. What is the most outstanding feature of Clips? A. It is equipped with tough glass. B. It enables easy Internet access. C. It allows of hands-free photography. D. It can be worn on your clothing. 33. What does the underlined word “candid” in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Brief. B. Touching. C. Unforgettable. D. Embarrassing. 34. What makes Clips a reality according to Juston Payne? A. The popularity of the Internet. B. The advance in technology. C. The rise of the smartphone industry. D. The reduction in the price of lens. 35. What is the best title for the text?
A. A New Digital Camera from Google. B. New Gadgets in the Age of Apps. C. Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Life. D. An Alternative Way to Photograph.
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。
Everyday Habits of People with Impressive Memory
People blessed with an impressive memory generally admit that they use various strategies to improve their ability. But even if you’re not a memory genius, there are things you can try. 36 Establish routines.
37 For example, always hang your car keys on a hook or put them in the same place by the front door. By following established routines, you are decreasing the chance of having to struggle in the morning rush, which is believed to contribute to forgetfulness. Use Post-It notes.
Keep some in every room and stick a reminder where you are most likely to see it. If you need to remember to phone a friend later in the day, put a note on the phone so that you will notice it during the day. 38 Embrace technology.
Your cell phone comes with a built-in calendar you can set to remind you of what you need to do during the day. Use it! 39 Having access to them wherever you go with a smartphone only makes them even more effective. There’s a saying that what gets scheduled gets done. 40
Research indicates that most people need six to eight hours of sleep (that’s at least two cycles of deep sleep) per night, for their brain to go through the chemical changes needed for long-term memory. A good sleep can make all the difference in your brain power and therefore gives you a sharpened mind.
A. Sleep on it.
B. Sharpen the mind.
C. To-do lists are also key to living an organized life. D. This simple activity can boost memory by 20 percent.
E. These commonsense strategies can help you forget less often.
F. It really is easier to find things if you always put them in the same place.
G. If not, write it down and put it where you can see it, so you don’t forget about it.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分） 第一节 （共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Last year, I realized I hadn’t spoken to anyone but my family in days. When I left my job in my late twenties to write a 41 , I thought I’d 42 the jackpot (头奖). No more 43 myself awake at the early hours of the morning and worrying what to wear; no more braving the subway during 44 hours. I could stay in my pajamas ( 睡衣) until late afternoon; I could 45 when I felt like it and enjoy my coffee as I worked on my book. 46 , it was like being in heaven. But 20 novels later, I began to feel lonely. It was just me, my work, and the 47 . I spent hours looking
英语试题 第 7页（共 9 页） through social media, 48 time instead of writing. I thought I was still 49 to everyone around me, but, in 50 , I was more isolated (孤立的) than ever. As a result, I became more 51 of being out in the 52 . I wanted to 53 the lonely life I had created for myself and have a routine again. So I phoned a friend who 54 at home too and asked if she would be interested in getting a(n) 55 together. She’d been feeling just as 56 as I had, so she jumped at the 57 . I asked another friend to join us, and together we found a beautiful office in my 58 part of town. Each of us has found that we now 59 the routine of “going to work” again, and we are happier than before. The loneliness has 60 – I finally feel like I belong again.
41. A. play B. novel C. movie D. report 42. A. lost B. hit C. taken D. made 43. A. keeping B. leaving C. forcing D. letting 44. A. rush
B. office C. working D. waking 45. A. walk away B. get out C. set off D. wake up 46. A. At first B. After all C. In the end D. In the future 47. A. pen B. TV
C. family D. Internet 48. A. sharing B. spending C. wasting D. wandering 49. A. addicted B. devoted C. connected D. exposed 50. A. detail B. fact
C. general D. turn 51. A. sure B. skeptical C. fearful D. hopeful 52. A. world B. dark C. company D. way
53. A. figure out B. stick to C. bring out of D. step away from 54. A. worked B. studied C. vacationed D. entertained 55. A. job B. office C. post D. chance 56. A. lonely B. excited C. guilty
D. innocent 57. A. invention B. routine C. opportunity D. plan 58. A. disgusting B. awful C. instant D. favorite 59. A. love
B. dislike C. condemn D. continue 60. A. strengthened
B. returned C. stayed D. gone
第二节 （共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分） 阅读下面短文，在空白处
填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Special signs are in use in a city in Japan where officials hope they will make visitors 61 don’t speak Japanese feel at home. One shows 62 cheerful little pig inside a bowl to inform diners that the dish contains pork. Takefumi Shimomukai, who heads the Morioka Regional Development Bureau, says they wanted to do something simple 63 fun to attract people’s interest. The area is 64 (little) of an attraction for foreigners than tourist centres like Tokyo and Kyoto, and people have shown great 65 (unwilling) to reach out to visitors. Some shop owners believed their profits from serving only locals were adequate, and due to the language barrier, they may have left foreign visitors with a feeling 66 they were not welcome.
英语试题 第 8页（共 9 页）
Hi-tech approaches 67 dealing with communication problems 68 (work) out elsewhere in Japan already. Last year, a new application 69 (design) to translate rail announcements into the visitor’s language was met with praise 70 (immediate) it was made available. 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分 35 分） 第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 l 分，满分 10 分） 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，
请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错 误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。
I really miss my friend, David, who is a high school student from Canada. We meet each other last summer vacation when he came to China to take part the Chinese Proficiency Competition. And I worked as the volunteer at that time, thought that it was a good chance for me to improve my skills of communication and organization. David could not speak Chinese very well, that amazed me. Soon we became good friend. He told me he was deeply in love with China or Chinese culture. In addition, he taught me to sing English songs. In return, I taught him how to practiced traditional Chinese paintings. What a wonderfully time!
第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）
假定你是李华，你所在的学校“爱心社”（Loving Heart Society）正在招收（recruit）新的志愿者。请 给你的留学生朋友 John 写封信邀请他加入，内容包括：
1. “爱心社”活动介绍； 2. 报名方式及截止日期。 注意：
1. 词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3. 格式已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear John,
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours, Li Hua
四川省2017-2018年度高三第二次“联测促改”活动 英语--含答案
