湖南省2018届高三三十四校联考第二次考试英语试题(解析版附后)

湖南省2018届高三三十四校联考第二次考试英语试题

第一部分 听力（百强校英语解析团队专供）（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。

例：How much is the shirt?

A. ￡ 19.15. B. ￡9.18. C. ￡ 9.15. 答案是C。

1. What does the woman mean? A. She can get the ticket. B. The man lost the ticket. C. She conflicted with her sister.

2 What does the woman think of Gina’s behavior?

A. Acceptable. B. Annoying. C. Amazing. 3 How will the woman go to Chinatown?

A. By taxi. B. On foot. C. By bus. 4. Where is the boy’s hat?

A. In the schoolbag. B. On the bus. C. In the hall. 5 What did the woman enjoy most?

A. The film. B. The book. C. The musical.

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6、7题。

6. What’s the purpose of the long-distance run?

A. To keep fit.

B. To get free membership. C. To advertise the club.

7. How many kinds of sports have been mentioned in the conversation?

A. One. B. Two. C. Three.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Why did the woman make the telephone call? A. To get a license. B. To ask about a job. C. To buy some medicine.

9. What makes up the majority of the company’s business? A. Medical equipment. B. Orders for medicine. C. Instructions for customers.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. Who is the woman buying a gift for?

A. Her mother. B. Her father. 11. What will the woman probably buy in the end?

A. A fry pan. B. Wine glasses. 12. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a kitchen. B. In a department store. C. At a bakery.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What does the woman want to be?

A. A manager. B. A doctor. 14. What s the man s attitude to the coming exams?

A. Positive. B. Negative. 15. What helps one to be successful according to the man?

A. Great ambitions. B. True interest. C. Her sister. C. A Chinese teapot. C. A lawyer C. Ambiguous. C. Parents’ assistance.

16. What are the speakers talking about?

A. University life. B. The future plan. C. A law firm.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. When will the bus leave for the electronics company next week? A. At 10:30 a. m. on Tuesday. B. At 9:30 a.m. on Monday. C. At 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

18. What must the students remember to bring?

A. An ID card. B. A photograph. C. A mobile phone. 19. What will the students design during the visit? A. A website.

B. A software company. C. A school car park.

20. What is the prize for the winner of the competition?

A. A T-shirt. B. A camera. C. Learning software.

第二部分 阅读理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）(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

In my very first job with some archaeologists, I wasn’t digging objects out of the ground, instead I was employed as an artist, drawing what they found. However, I was soon more interested in the stories behind the objects than in drawing them and that’s how my career in archaeology started. I still draw what I find in my work as a specialist on the Silk Road, the old trade route running from Egypt to Mongolia, and I also work on some underwater projects too.

In archaeology, my all-time hero is an American called Raphael Pumpelly. I first heard about him when I was a student on a trip to Turkmenistan, a country right in the heart of Asia. To get around the country, I had to learn Russian so that I could speak to the local people. When I got there I thought, “Wow! I’m one of the first Americans here!” Then an old man told me about an American archaeologist, Raphael Pumpelly, who was there doing the same thing over 100 years ago.

Archaeology’s in my family. My wife’s in the same profession, and, although our two boys aren’t interested in

the future in archaeology themselves, we’ve been on some great digs together and they love what we do because they get to travel with us. Last summer, we took them to Lake Titicaca in South America, in the high areas of the Andes mountain range. My best experience was when I was digging on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. There’s very little rain and it’s so dry that everything is kept as it was. In an old house, where the owner used to store goods from the ships that came in, I picked up a 700-year-old mat in front of the house and there, under it, after all that time, was the house key with the owner’s name carved on it. It felt like he could be on his way home any minute! And I thought, “Hey, I do just that. This man’s not much different to me!”

1. While working in Egypt, what did the writer find so interesting? A. That people from different centuries can be so similar. B. The fact that the doormat was in such good condition. C. The way the people managed to live in such a dry place. D. That there had been so much trade in that area. 2. Which entry will the writer probably make in his diary?

A. Turkmenistan is interesting. I’m the first American to come here but I’m glad this is my last trip away.

B. I have been diving today and found some objects for an exhibition. I’ve just finished drawing them for my records. C. I wish my children weren’t more interested in archaeology and would not work hard in the open like their parents. D. It’s nearly dark but Raphael’s still busy digging in that old house. He can be very annoying. He thinks he’s the most important person here.

3. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text? A. To describe the life of an archaeologist he admires. B. To persuade people to take up archaeology as a career. C. To explain what he enjoys about being an archaeologist. D. To show how archaeologists work.

B

Dodder is an unusual and unwanted plant that attacks other plants. Except for its flowers, the plant looks like spaghetti, a kind of noodles in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked. Its almost leafless, thread-like stems (茎) hang down on top of other plants that dodder needs to stay alive. Dodder does not produce its own food. Instead, it steals food from other plants. It feeds by sucking juices from the plant which is wrapped around, often making its host very weak or even killing it.

Dodder can find other plants by their smell. When a young dodder plant starts growing, it follows the smell of

plants it prefers, like tomato plants, potato plants, or other farm crops. Unlike most plants that usually grow in the direction of light or warmth, a dodder plant will grow in the direction of, for example, tomato smell—if a tomato happens to be growing nearby.

However, a young dodder plant must find a host plant quickly. It no longer needs its root once it is attached to the host and wrapped around it. If it cannot catch a smell of a potential host within a few days, it will dry up and disappear-even if there is plenty of water around. Once it finds a host, the young dodder plant will attach itself to it and start growing faster. At that point the dodder plant will drop its root.

Dodder is thus a difficult weed to manage and a real headache for farmers. When it does get out of hand, dodder can greatly reduce a farmer’s harvest or even destroy crops completely. Before sowing their produce, especially farmers in warm parts of the world often check to make sure no unwanted dodder seeds have mixed with their crop seeds. This is a good way to stop dodder plants from making their way to a crop field secretly. 4. Why does the author mention spaghetti in the first paragraph? A. To analyze the content of some food. B. To describe the shape of dodder plants. C. To explain where the dodder plants come from. D. To argue that dodder plants can be used.

5. What will happen if a dodder plant starts growing where there are no other plants around? A. It will die sooner or later. B. It will grow deep roots. C. It will attract other plants. D. It will cover the entire area of soil. 6. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Dodder does not produce its own food. B. Dodder can affect farmers’ income. C. Dodder can only survive in the shade. D. Dodder only grows in the warm areas. 7. What is the main topic of the passage? A. A new variety of farm crops. B. Plants that are harmful to humans. C. The special abilities of a dangerous plant.

D. Recent improvements in farming methods.

C

Here is a record of the discussion about AI (artificial intelligence) conducted by several scientists:

Scientist A: I would say that we are quite a long way off developing the AI, though I do think it will happen within the next thirty or forty years. We will probably remain in control of technology and it will help us solve many of the world’s problems. However, no one really knows what will happen if machines become more intelligent than humans. They may help us, ignore us or destroy us. I tend to believe AI will have a positive influence on our future lives, but whether that is true will be partly up to us.

Scientist B: I have to admit that the potential consequences of creating something that can match or go beyond human intelligence frighten me. Even now, scientists are teaching computers how to learn on their own. At some point in the near future, their intelligence may well take off and develop at an ever-increasing speed. Human beings evolve biologically very slowly and we would be quickly substituted. In the short term, there is the danger that robots will take over millions of human jobs, creating a large underclass of unemployed people. This could mean large-scale poverty and social unrest. In the lone term machines might decide the world would be better without humans.

Scientist C: I’m a member of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Forget the movie image of a terrifying Terminator stamping on human skulls (头骨) and think of what s happening right now: military machines like drones, gun turrets and sentry robots are already being used to kill with very little human input. The next step will be autonomous “murderbots” following orders but finally deciding who to kill on their own. It seems clear to me that this would be completely unethical and dangerous for humans. We need to be very cautious indeed about what we ask machines to do.

8. What is Scientist B worried about? A. AI technology will destroy the earth. B. Computers can’t think by themselves. C. Robots will take the place of humans. D. Humans will be unhappy without machines.

9. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to? A. The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. B. The movie image of a terrifying Terminator. C. “Murderbots” can’t decide by themselves. D. “Murderbots” will be against humans’ orders.

10. Which statement is CORRECT according to the record? A. Scientist A thinks AI technology will never develop.

B. The employment will be affected by AI technology in the future. C. “Murderbots” will follow the orders of their manufacturers in the wars. D. All the three scientists agree that AI technology will benefit human beings. 11. Who agree(s) AI has more negative aspects than positive aspects? A. Scientist A. B. Scientist B.

C. Scientists B & C. D. Scientists B & A.

D

The first drawings on walls appeared in caves thousands of years ago. Later the Ancient Romans and Greeks wrote their names and protest poems on buildings. Modern graffiti seems to have appeared in Philadelphia in the early 1960s, and by the late sixties it had reached New York. The new art form really took off in the 1970s, when people began writing their names, or “tags”, on buildings all over the city. In the mid-seventies it was sometimes hard to see out of a subway car window, because the trains were completely covered in spray paintings known as masterpieces.

In the early days, the “taggers” were part of street crowds who were concerned with marking their territory (领地）. They worked in groups called “crews” and called what they did “writing”-the term “graffiti” was first used by The New York Times and the novelist Norman Mailer. Art galleries in New York began buying graffiti in the early seventies. But at the same time that it began to be regarded as an art form, John Lindsay, the then mayor of New York, declared the first war on graffiti. By the 1980s it became much harder to write on subway trains without being caught, and instead many of the more established graffiti artists began using roofs of buildings.

The debate over whether graffiti is art or deliberate damage is still going on. Peter Vallone, a New York city councilor, thinks that graffiti done with permission can be art, but if it is on someone else’s property it becomes a crime. “I have a message for the graffiti destroyers out there,” he said recently, “and your freedom of expression ends where my property begins.” On the other hand, Felix, a member of the Berlin-based group Reclaim Your City, says that artists are reclaiming cities for the public from advertisers, and that graffiti represents freedom and makes cities livelier.

For decades graffiti has been a springboard to international fame for a few. Jean-Michel Basquiat began spraying on the street in the 1970s before becoming a respected artist in the 80s. The Frenchman Blek le Rat and the British artist Banksy have achieved international fame by producing complex works with stencils (模板), often

making political or humorous points. Works by Banksy have been sold for over ￡ 100,000. Graffiti is now sometimes big business.

12. Why was the seventies an important decade in the history of graffiti? A. That was when modern graffiti first appeared.

B. That was when modern graffiti first became really popular. C. That was when graffiti first reached New York.

D. That was when graffiti first appeared on subway car windows

13. What does the underlined word “taggers” in the second paragraph mean? A. Names of people who graffitied. B. Building where paints were sprayed. C. People who marked surface with graffiti. D. People who were interested in graffiti. 14. What can we know from the third paragraph? A. New Yorkers think graffiti is art.

B. Graffiti was accepted by officials completely. C. Buildings can be covered with graffiti freely. D. There were once advertisements on city surface. 15. What is the author’s final opinion about graffiti?

A. Graffiti has now become mainstream and can benefit artists. B. Graffiti is not a good way to become a respected artist.

C. Some popular graffiti artists end up being ignored by the art world. D. Some graffiti caused inconvenience to the local environment.

第二节（共5小题，每小题分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Language is part of our daily lives, no matter where we live in the world. It is the same with music, whether you listen to it on the radio on your drive to work or sit before an orchestra. Both language and music play a huge role in our culture. ___16___ Both language and music have a writing system. In English we record language using the alphabet, which is a collection of letters. In the same way, we use notes to keep a record of music. Just as you are reading this collection of letters on the screen and find meaning in it, musicians read notes and create meaning in the form of music which we

can hear.___17___ By writing pieces of text or music, we are able to share experiences through time. I can read the ideas or hear the composition of someone who lived hundreds of year ago, which is really quite exciting.

___18___ You can make a good guess at where someone is from by listening to the language they use. In the same way, we know that styles of music are different around the world, giving us the opportunity to explore many different cultures through their music and providing us with music for every situation.___19___ Even if you don’t like Britpop melodies, you may love the energy of Latin American salsa music.

Both share emotion. How do you know that I am angry? Of course you may be able to see it in my face, but you will know for sure through my words.___20___ Music can show you exactly how the composer was or is feeling, and allows us to share in that emotion. When you feel happy, you might want to sing and dance to a happy song to celebrate your happiness. In contrast, you have probably also listened to sad music when you were feeling down. I think we have all used music to express or process our emotions, often combining it with language in the form of song lyrics.

A. Both vary with culture.

B. Here are some of their similarities.

C. They have some distinguishing characteristics. D. So just as you read English, you can read music. E. Similarly, music can sound angry, sad or happy. F. This also means that there is something for everyone! G. This also means everyone can learn language and music well!

第三部分 语言知识运用（百强校英语解析团队专供）（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。

The following is a beautiful speech by Sundar Pichai, a senior executive at a big IT company.

At a ___21___, a cockroach (蟑螂) suddenly flew from somewhere and sat on a lady. She started ___22___ out of fear. With a panic-stricken face and trembling voice, she started jumping, with both her hands ___23___ trying to get rid of the cockroach. Her ___24___ was contagious (传染的), as everyone in her group also got ___25___. The lady finally managed to push the cockroach away but it ___26___ on another lady in the group. Now, it was the ___27___ of the other lady in the group to ___28___ the drama. The waiter rushed forward to their ___29___. In the relay of throwing, the cockroach next fell upon the waiter. The waiter stood ___30___, calmed himself and observed the behavior of the cockroach on his shirt. When he was ___31___ enough, he grabbed it with his fingers and ___32___ it out of the restaurant. Sipping my coffee and watching the amusement, I picked up a few thoughts and started wondering ___33___ the cockroach was responsible for their behavior. If so, then why was the waiter not ___34___? He handled it near to perfection, without any ___35___. It was not the cockroach, but the ___36___ of the ladies to handle the disturbances caused by the cockroach that disturb the ladies. I ___37___ that, it is not the shouting of my father or my boss or my wife that disturbs me, but my inability to handle the disturbances ___38___ by their shouting that disturbs me. It’s not the traffic jam on the road that disturbs me,___39___ my inability to handle the disturbances caused by the traffic jam that disturbs me.___40___ than the problem, it’s my reaction to the problem that creates chaos in my life. 21. A. hotel B. zoo C. school D. restaurant

22. A. pointing B. jumping C. checking D. screaming 23. A. separately B. elegantly C. desperately D. carefully 24. A. reaction B. surprise C. settlement D. excitement 25. A. angry B. anxious C. ready D. steady 26. A. stepped B. died C. landed D. took 27. A. turn B. right C. power D. interest 28. A. finish B. continue C. improve D. increase 29. A. side B. scene C. rescue D. relative 30. A. back B. alone C. firm D. aside 31. A. confident B. certain C. brave D. strong 32. A. pushed B. threw C. brought D. helped 33. A. how B. that C. whether D. why

34. A. defeated B. overcome C. welcomed D. disturbed 35. A. panic B. hesitation C. pause D. delay 36. A. inability B. fear C. trouble D. doubt 37. A. expected B. realized C. included D. argued 38. A. ignored B. concerned C. caused D. dealt 39. A. and B. but C. or D. just

40. A. Better B. More C. Worse D. Truer

mountain range. My best experience was when I was digging on the Egyptian Red Sea coast. There’s very little rain and it’s so dry that everything is kept as it was. In an old house, where the owner used to store goods from the ships that came in, I picked up a 700-year-old mat in front of the house and there, under it, after all that time, was the house key with the owner’s name carved on it. It felt like he could be on his way home any minute! And I thought, “Hey, I do just that. This man’s not much different to me!”

1. While working in Egypt, what did the writer find so interesting? A. That people from different centuries can be so similar. B. The fact that the doormat was in such good condition. C. The way the people managed to live in such a dry place. D. That there had been so much trade in that area. 2. Which entry will the writer probably make in his diary?

A. Turkmenistan is interesting. I’m the first American to come here but I’m glad this is my last trip away.

B. I have been diving today and found some objects for an exhibition. I’ve just finished drawing them for my records. C. I wish my children weren’t more interested in archaeology and would not work hard in the open like their parents. D. It’s nearly dark but Raphael’s still busy digging in that old house. He can be very annoying. He thinks he’s the most important person here.

3. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing the text? A. To describe the life of an archaeologist he admires. B. To persuade people to take up archaeology as a career. C. To explain what he enjoys about being an archaeologist. D. To show how archaeologists work. 【答案】1. A 2. B 3. C

【解析】作者讲述了自己在各地考古的经历和感受，介绍了作为考古学家喜欢做的事。 1. A

推理判断题。根据第三段My best experience was when I was digging on the Egyptian Red Sea coast.和It felt like he could be on his way home any minute! And I thought, “Hey, I do just that. This man’s not much different to me!”可知作者看见地垫下的钥匙，感觉700年前的那个人就在回家的路上，感觉彼此没有什么不同。故选A. 2. B

推理判断题。根据第一段I still draw what I find in my work as a specialist on the Silk Road, the old trade route running from Egypt to Mongolia, and I also work on some underwater projects too.可知作者从事丝绸之路路线的

画图,还从事水下工作。B项I have been diving today and found some objects for an exhibition. I’ve just finished drawing them for my records.与画展品和水下工作有关，故选B. 3. C

推理判断题。根据第一段I was soon more interested in the stories behind the objects than in drawing them.和第三段My best experience was when I was digging on the Egyptian Red Sea coast.可知作者在文中介绍了自己作为考古学家喜欢做什么，故选C.

B

Dodder is an unusual and unwanted plant that attacks other plants. Except for its flowers, the plant looks like spaghetti, a kind of noodles in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked. Its almost leafless, thread-like stems (茎) hang down on top of other plants that dodder needs to stay alive. Dodder does not produce its own food. Instead, it steals food from other plants. It feeds by sucking juices from the plant which is wrapped around, often making its host very weak or even killing it.

Dodder can find other plants by their smell. When a young dodder plant starts growing, it follows the smell of plants it prefers, like tomato plants, potato plants, or other farm crops. Unlike most plants that usually grow in the direction of light or warmth, a dodder plant will grow in the direction of, for example, tomato smell—if a tomato happens to be growing nearby.

However, a young dodder plant must find a host plant quickly. It no longer needs its root once it is attached to the host and wrapped around it. If it cannot catch a smell of a potential host within a few days, it will dry up and disappear-even if there is plenty of water around. Once it finds a host, the young dodder plant will attach itself to it and start growing faster. At that point the dodder plant will drop its root.

Dodder is thus a difficult weed to manage and a real headache for farmers. When it does get out of hand, dodder can greatly reduce a farmer’s harvest or even destroy crops completely. Before sowing their produce, especially farmers in warm parts of the world often check to make sure no unwanted dodder seeds have mixed with their crop seeds. This is a good way to stop dodder plants from making their way to a crop field secretly. 4. Why does the author mention spaghetti in the first paragraph? A. To analyze the content of some food. B. To describe the shape of dodder plants. C. To explain where the dodder plants come from. D. To argue that dodder plants can be used.

5. What will happen if a dodder plant starts growing where there are no other plants around?

A. It will die sooner or later. B. It will grow deep roots. C. It will attract other plants. D. It will cover the entire area of soil. 6. What can be inferred from the passage? A. Dodder does not produce its own food. B. Dodder can affect farmers’ income. C. Dodder can only survive in the shade. D. Dodder only grows in the warm areas. 7. What is the main topic of the passage? A. A new variety of farm crops. B. Plants that are harmful to humans. C. The special abilities of a dangerous plant. D. Recent improvements in farming methods. 【答案】4. B 5. A 6. B 7. C

【解析】文章介绍了一种有特殊生长习性，危害农作物生长的攀附植物菟丝子。 4. B

推理判断题。根据第一段the plant looks like spaghetti, a kind of noodles in the shape of long thin pieces that look like string when they are cooked.作者把dodder和意大利面条相比是用人们熟悉的事物来说明dodder的形状，故选B. 5. A

细节推理题。根据第三段If it cannot catch a smell of a potential host within a few days, it will dry up and disappear-even if there is plenty of water around.可知dodder如果找不到可以攀附的植物，它就会变干死亡。故选A. 6. B

推理判断题。根据最后一段When it does get out of hand, dodder can greatly reduce a farmer’s harvest or even destroy crops completely.可知当它失控时，菟丝子可以大大减少农民的收成，甚至完全毁坏庄稼。由此可见dodder会影响农民们的收入。C、D两项说法错误，A项正确，但文中有原句，不是推断出来的。故选B. 7. C

主旨大意题。根据首句Dodder is an unusual and unwanted plant that attacks other plants.和下文对dodder特殊

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