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1、江苏省无锡市2018届高三上学期期末考试英语试题第一卷（选择题，共85分）第一部分 听力测试（共两节，满分20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分，满分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I可答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读 一遍。I. What is the man probably doing?A. Enjoying a fountain.B. Taking a picture.C
2、. Having cheese.2. In what language does the woman write to her pen friend?A. English.B. French.3. What does the man think of his work?A. Tiring.B.Rewarding.4. When will the man leave for Tianjin?A. At 5:（X1B.At 5:30.5. What do both speakers dislike?A. The music.B.The dancing.第二节（共15小题；每小题I分，满分15分）C
3、. Turkish.C. Demanding.C. At 6:00.C. The costumes.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至第7题。6. What was the man doing earlier?A. Swimming in a pool.B. Taking a shower.61. The monkey selfie, taken in 2011, r
4、eturned to the spotlight because .A. Slater allowed people to download the photo for freeSlater allowed Wikimedia Commons to download the photo free of chargeB. Wikimedia Commons refused to pay Slater any money for the photo on the websiteWikimedia Coinmons rcfiiscd to take the photo down from the w
5、ebsite despite Slaters request62. According to US copyright law, who might Wikimedia think owned the copyright of monkey photo?A. Slater.B. Wikimedia.C. The monkey.D. No one.63. The author mentioned Justin Bieber and some special cases (o show (hat .A. whoever pressed the button would have the photo
6、s copyright in any casesonly the famous singer would have the copyright to have the image producedB. only the owner of the camera would have the copyright of the photo even if he didnt take itwhoever pushed the button would have the copyright but in some special cases things were different64. From t
7、he last paragraph we know that the author .A. supports WikimediaB. doesnt show his attitude at allC. shows great sympathy to SlaterD. agrees with neither Wikimedia nor SlaterDHow well prepared would the person be if he were to call on a prospective customer for us? As I see it, there arc four keys t
8、o getting hired.Prepare to win. If you miss one day of practice, you notice the difference,“ ihe saying goes among musicians. uIf you miss two days of practice, the critics notice the difference. If you miss three days of practice, the audience notice the diflfcrcncc.”The Michael Jordans of the worl
9、d have talent, yes, but iheyre also the first ones on and the last ones off the basketball court. The same preparation applies in every form of human endeavor.You wont get every job you go after. The best salespeople dont close every sale. Michael 1 Jordan makes barely half of his field-goal atlempc
10、s. But it takes no longer to prepare well for one interview than to wander in half-prepared for five. And your, prospects for success will be many times better.Never stop learning. Recently I played a doubles tennis match paired with a 90-year-old. I wondered how things would work out; I shouldnt ha
11、ve. We hammered our opponents 6-1,6-1! As we were switching sides to play a third set, he said to me, “Do you mind if I play the backhand court? I always like to work on my weaknesses.” What a fantastic example of a person who has never stopped learning. Incidentally, we won the third set 6-1. As we
12、 walked off the court, my 90-year-old partner laughed and said, UI thought youd like to know about my number-one ranking in doubles in the United States in my age bracket (年龄段)，85 and up!” He wasn9t thinking 90; he wasnt even thinking 85. He was thinking number one.Believe in yourself, even when no
13、one else does. Do you remember the four-minute mile? (1) Athletes had been crying io do it fbr hundreds of years and finally decided it was physically impossible for humans. (2) Our bone stmeture was all wrong, our lung power inadequate. (3) Then one human proved the experts wrong. (4) Dont ever let
14、 anyone tell you that you cant accomplish your goals. Who says youre not tougher, harder working and more able than your competitors? You see, a goal is a dream with a deadline: in writing, measurable, identifiable, and attainable.Find a way to make a difference. In my opinion, the majority of New Y
15、ork cab drivers are unfriendly, if not downright rude. Most of the cabs are dirty, and almost all of them have an unacceptable, bulletproof partition (分隔). But recently I jumped into a cab at LaGuardia Airport and guess what? It was clean. There was beautiful music playing arid no partition.Holding
16、up a choice of newspapers, the cab driver even (old me to help myself to the fruit in the basket on the back seat. I was shocked. He doesnt know it, but hes my hero. Hes living proof that you can always shift the odds in your favor.My mentor (良师)，Curl Carlson, is the wealthiest man in Minnesota, own
17、er of a hotel and travel company with sales in the neighborhood of $9 billion. I had to get to a meeting in New York one day, and Curt generously offered me a ride in his jet It happened to be a day when Minnesota was hit with one of the worst snowstorms in years. Minneapolis-St. Paul International
18、Airport was closed for the first time in decades. Then, though the storm continued to pound (重击)us, the airport opened a runway for small craft only. As we were taxiing down it to take off, Curt turned to me and said cheerfully, 4tLook, Harvey, no tracks in the snow!”From my standpoint, thats what i
19、ts all about. Then go out and make your own tracks in the snow.65. Why docs the author quote in the second paragraph?A. To appeal to us to practice.B. To support the theme “prepare to win”.C. lb indicate the importance of practice.D. To inform us of the saying among musicians.66. According to paragr
20、aph 4. the writer probably wants to show us .A. we should expect to get every job as we likeanyone who wants to get hired should get concentratedB. even the best salespeople doivt try to succeed in every saleMichael Jordon is a top athlete because he makes barely half of his field-goal attempts67. W
21、hen the writer mentions his experience of playing tennis with the old man, he probably means .A. one may develop his strength if he keeps on learningthe old man is good at playing tennis and proud of itB. the writer himself is a great talent in playing tennisif one keeps working on his weakness, he
22、is sure to succeed68. From the passage we can infer .A. the goal is not a daydream, because people have no trouble realizing itit takes as much time to prepare well for one interview as to half prepare for fiveB. people shouldnt regard their goal as a kind of dream, because it can be achieved and re
23、alized easilywhen vc admire other peoples success, wc always forget that they have worked on this for a long time69. Why was Curt so happy when he said that there were no tracks in the snow?A. Because he made his jet take off in the bad weather.B. Because Curt thought they were the first to take off
24、.C. Because the airport opened a runway for small craft only.D. Because he is the owner of a hotel and travel company with sales in the neighborhood of $9 billions.70. Where could the following sentences be best added in paragraph 6?And, miracle of miracles, six weeks after Roger Bannister broke the
25、 four-minute mile, John Landy beat Bannisters time by nearly two full seconds. Since then, close to eight hundred runners have broken the four-minute mile!A. (1)B. (2)C. (3)D. (4)第二卷(非选择题，共35分)第四部分 任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。People t
26、end to blame the external (夕卜部的)force when bad things happen and give themselves credit when good things occur. For example, if you passed an exam, the self-serving would lead you to believe that it was because you studied hard. If you failed, on the other hand, you might believe it was because the
27、teacher did not explain the subject correctly, the classroom was too warm or your roommate kept you up all night before the exam. Social psychologists describe this phenomenon as self-serving bias (自利性偏差).A number of factors have been shown io influence the self-serving bias. Generally, older adults
28、 make (he internal attribution, that is, credit themselves with their success. Men are more likely to make the external attribution, meaning they tend to blame the outside force for their failure. Often when a person is sad, this kind of bias may be opposite: they will altribule positive results (o
29、the outside help or even luck, and blame themselves when bad things happen.Experts suggest that while this bias is quite widespread in the western culture including the U.S. and Canada, it lends to be much less frequent in (he eastern culture including China and Japan. Why? Individualist cultures su
30、ch as the U.S. place greater stress on the personal achievement and self-respect, so protecting the self from feelings of failure is more important. Collectivist cultures, on the other hand, arc more likely to attribute the personal success to luck and failure to the lack of talent.However, there ar
31、e some situations where the self-serving bias happens less often. Some research has found that people in close relationships, whether the romantic relationship or friendship, tend to be more modest. Your friends or your partner, in other words, would remind you when a bad situation might be partly b
32、ecause of your own doing.Although the bias can mean avoid the personal responsibility for ones action, in many cases, it is a defense mechanism that protects a persons self-respect. By attributing positive events to personal characteristics, people get an increase in confidence. By blaming the outsi
33、de force for failure, people make themselves believe they dont need to be responsible fbr the failure and thus protect their self-respecc.Another advantage of this bias is that it leads people to persevere even in the face of difficult situations. An unemployed worker may feel more motivated to keep
34、 looking fbr work if he attributes his unemployment to a weak economy, fbr example, rather than some personal failure. An athlete might feel more motivated to pertbrm well if he believes that his failure during a previous event is the result of bad weather rather than a lack of skill.Self-serving bi
35、asThe concept of the self-serving bias The self-serving bias mirrors a common phenomenon that people always attribute their success to the (71) A reasons while failure to (he objective ones.Factors (72)theself-serving bias The self-serving bias is linked to (73) and sender (性别)., The sel&serving bia
36、s is also connected with ones (74) A . For example, an第五部分 书面表达（满分25分）unhappy person lends to blame himself when bad things happen., Different (75) backgrounds, whether individualist or collectivist, also have much to do with the self-serving bias. For example, when faced with failure, the former ne
37、eds more (76) A while the latter needs to bear appropriate (77) . The bias happens less (78) when people are in close relationships.Advantagesoftheself-serving bias The bias helps in protecting a persons self-respect by increasing his confidence and (79) him from the personal responsibility for the
38、future. The bias provides people with essential (80) A which helps them keep struggling.请阅读下面短文，并按要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。In life, we will succeed and fail often for reasons that are entirely out of our control. For instance, we can be incredibly nice and Jove someone deeply, and they may not love us back
39、. We can work harder than anyone else at our lessons and still not be as excellent as our peers. Wc can cat healthy food, exercise and stay away from alcohol and cigarettes, and still get sick.My first marriage ended in divorce. To me, it felt very unfair. I had worked hard to be a good wife and mot
40、her. However, no matter what I did, I could not make the relationship work.I could have been shut down by that experience. I could have decided that if one person didnt appreciate me as a wife, then no one would. I could have given up. But I knew that I wanted to be married. I knew that I wanted to
41、experience traditional family life. So I didnt let one seemingly unfair experience stop me from believing that 1 could one day be happily married. And (hen one day, I met (his kind, ihoughtful, generous man with whom I now have a wonderful friendship and marriage. But that wouldnt have happened if I
42、 had decided to give up after one failed marriage.What Ive learned over the years is that we can do all the things that deserve a good outcome, but get bad things in return instead.The bottom line is that life is not fair. That is a tough pill to swallow for many of us. As a result, some people shut
43、 down after being hit by even one unfair blow from life. They cant handle the fact that our eftbrts dont always get the results that-we expect. But if we let lifes unfairness defeat us, we will never receive the beautiful blessings that life has in store for us.【写作内容】.以约30个词概括短文内容；2.用约120个词就“生活中处处存在
44、看似不公平的事”这一主题发表你的看法，内容包括以下要点:(1)你对这一现象的看法(至少两点)；(2)假如你遇到这一现象，你会如何处理。【写作要求】1 .可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2 .作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。江苏省无锡市2018届高三上学期期末考试英语试题答案一、听力（20分）1 5 BABCA 610 CAABC 11 - 15 AABCA 16-20 ACABC二、单项填空（15分）21 25 BACAA 26-30 CBDDA 31 -35 CBDAB完形填空（20分）3640 CADDA 41 45
45、 BCCBD 4650 AACBD 51 55 BCABD三、阅读理解（30分）5657 DB 5840 BAC 61 64 DCDA 6570 CBADBD四、任务型阅读（10分）71. subjective 72. influencing / affecting / impacting 73. age 74, mood /emotion（s） / feelings75. cultural 76. protection / encouragement（s） / conifort（s） 77. responsibility 78. often / frequently79. freeing 8
46、0. motivation五、书面表达（25分）One possible version:Life is full of varieties of seemingly unfair experiences, which may defeat those who have lost courage and even confidence, but bless those who remain (rue (o their original aspiration. (30 words)For many reasons, we often have to encounter unfairness in
47、 a complex society. No one can avoid or escape unexpected changes in our daily lives; however, unfairness, if it sets us reflecting upon our mistakes and failure, may be a route toward success.When were faced with lifes seeming unfairness, our faith needs to jump in. When life doesnt go according to
48、 plan, wc have to let go of the outcome that wc arc looking forward to and keep trying, working hard and doing the right thing. Please dont be discouraged. Accept that life is neither fair nor straightforward. And by knowing that if we remain confident, we can drive our unfair experiences away and use them for our benefit. (120 words)C. Running outside.7. What will the woman probably do next?A. Wash clothes.B. Get something to drink.C. Look for her brown shorts.听第7段材料，回答第8至第9题。8. What day is it today?A. Monday.B. Sunday.9. What does the man think of the woman?A. Sh