发布时间 : 星期日 文章2018届江苏省扬州市高三英语期中检测试题更新完毕开始阅读
2017.11
本卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题），满分120分。考试时间120分钟。
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。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。
1. Why does the man need a map? A. To tour Manchester.
B. To find a restaurant.
C. To learn about China.
2. What does the woman want to do for vacation? A. Go to the beach.
B. Travel to Colorado.
C. Learn to snowboard.
3. What will the man probably do? A. Take the job.
B. Refuse the offer.
C. Change the working hours.
4. What does the woman say about John? A. He won’t wait for her.
B. He won't come home today.
C. He won’t be on time for dinner.
5. What will the speakers probably do next? A. Order some boxes.
B. Go home and rest
C. Continue working.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或对白，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和第7题。 6. How does the woman usually go to work? A. By car.
B. By bus.
C. By train.
7. What do the speakers agree about taking the train? A. It is safer.
B. It is faster. C. It is cheaper.
听第7段材料，回答第8至第9题。 8. What does the man suggest the woman do?
A. Save up for the car. B. Go to another car dealer. C. Ask someone to check the car. 9. What is the salesman going to do? A. Give a discount.
B. Stick to a high price.
C. Ask for cash payment.
10. How will the man help the woman?
A. Lend money to her. B. Drive her car home. 听第8段材料，回答第11至第13题。
11. What does the woman think of the living expenses in the city? A. Fairly low.
B. Just Okay.
C. Very high.
C. Take care of her car.
12. What does the woman spend most on? A. Meals.
B. Trains.
C. Clothes.
13. What does the woman do in her free time? A. See films.
B. Travel around.
C. Go for a drink.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。 14. What will Rebecca do on June 12? A. Go on a business trip. B. Organize a trade exhibition. C. Meet the people from Head Office. 15. What is John preparing for the meeting? A. A report.
B. A timetable.
C. A speech.
16. When do the speakers decide to have the meeting? A. On June 3.
B. On June 10.
C. On June 17.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. What did the speaker decide to do after lunch that day? A. Stay to help her friend. B. Walk alone to her car. 18. What can we learn about the speaker then? A. She worked at a hotel.
B. She had bought a new car.
C. She was having a baby soon. C. Wait for the train to stop.
19. Where did the speaker meet the taxi passenger? A. At a crossroads.
B. In front of a hotel.
C. Besides a car park.
20. What does the speaker talk about? A. An exciting lunch party.
B. A well-known short story.
C. An unforgettable experience.
第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 21. Sky Hunter successfully captures the bravery of PLA soldiers, failure. A. so
B. which
C. what
D.as
and not do exactly what they want to do. D. construct
does Wolf WarineⅡ,but met with box office
22. Playing with their peers, children learn to A. compromise
B. compete
C. contribute
23. Come off it! Oversleeping is as lame an excuse as other. A. one
B. each
C. some
D. any
24. World Food Day is held each year to underline the progress that against hunger and that still needs to be made. A. is made
B. was made C. has been made D. will be made
25. When the admission letter from Harvard University arrived, Ben's parents were and threw a big party. A. in the red B. tickled pink
C. as white as a sheet D. in a blue mood
26. In order to stand out among all the trainees, you need to sharpen your skills you feel strong and confident. A. that
B. where
C. when
D. what
27. Our football team had a lead in the match, but the last minute goal of the guest team . A. gave it away
B. put it away
C. wiped it away D. carried it away
28. Instead of making choices for their children, liberal parents usually say, “Go where you .” A. will B. should
C. can
D. must
29. Membership of this club is open to those who are its aim. A. in salute to
B. in honour of
C. in line with
D. in sympathy with
30. --- Did you watch the final match of China Open yesterday? ---Sure. I A. watched
it so attentively that I forgot to cook supper. B. had watched
C. was watching
D. was to watch
31. The enquiry A. to develop
new facts, the judge had to postpone the trial again. B. developed
C. having developed
D. being developed
32. If we a table in advance, we wouldn't be standing here in the long queue.
A. reserve B. reserved C. have reserved D. had reserved
we set this goal, stick to it and move forward regardless. 33. Despite difficulties, we must bear in mind A. that
B. why C. when D. where
34. Julia has got a pretty _ deal—she was laid off just for being late once! A. rough
B. tough
C. illegal
D. mean
35. ---Why can't I use the gym in the hotel? --- , but your room price doesn't cover it. A. No offence
B. No worries
C. No doubt D. No need
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，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。
I decided to become a comet searcher on a bright^ clear morning 50 years ago in Montreal. It was a bit of an impromptu (即兴的）36 . I had a French test 37 and knew that the examiner, Mr. Hutchison, would ask me about my career plans. I had to come up with something that was both credible and easily 38 into French. About six years earlier I truly had become 39 about the night sky, but to stand up and say, “Astronomie!” was not enough. Mr. Hutchison would want 40 . I recalled—a comet that had recently been discovered from Japan-one that 41 became the brightest of the 20th century. Without a further thought, I decided that I was going to be a 42 for comets. Not coincidentally, the English and French words for a comet (une comete) sound very 43, so my new occupation was 44 to talk about in French. And 45 to the answer I gave Mr. Hutchison, I began searching for cornels after graduation. Fortunately, working as a science journalist and giving lectures about the night sky have allowed me to 46 my cosmic passion and still pay the bills.
Discovering my first cornet 47 almost 19 years. On that particular night, November 13, 1984. As I 48 the telescope again and again, I slowly 49 that a fuzzy (模糊的）object was not staying in the same place but was creeping northward, as only a cornet 50. I telephoned an astronomer at Lowell Observatory Ariz., who 51 my find. I felt as though I could 52 right up to the sky I loved so much. Michael Rudenko discovered the comet the next evening, and 53 the new object became known as Cornel Levy-Rudenko.
In the following 50 years, I discovered 22 other new cornels. It is the joy of the search, 54 the discoveries, that 55 '