湖北省襄阳四中2017届高三八月第一周周考英语试题（8.4）（时间：120分钟 分值150分） 本试卷分第I卷和第II卷两部分，共15页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。2全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。第I卷第一部分 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。例：How much is the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.18. C. 9.15.答案是 C。( )1. What time is it now?A. 9:10B. 9:50C. 10:00( )2. What does the woman think of the weather?A. Its nice.B. Its warm.C. Its cold.( )3.What will the man do?A. Attend a meeting.B. Give a lecture.C. Leave his office.( )4. What is the womans opinion about the course?A. Too hard.B. Worth taking.C. Very easy.( )5. What does the woman want the man to do?A. Speak louder.B. Apologize to her.C. Turn off the radio.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7题。( )6. How long did Michael stay in China?A. Five days.B. One week.C. Two weeks.( )7. Where did Michael go last year?A. Russia.B. Norway.C. India.听第7段材料, 回答第8至9题。( )8. What food does Sally like?A. Cook dinner.B. Fish.C. Eggs.推荐精选( )9. What are the speakers going to do?A. Cook dinner.B. Go shopping.C. Order dishes.听第8段材料, 回答第10至12题。( )10. Where are the speakers?A. In a hospital.B. In the office.C. At home.( )11. When is the report due?A. Thursday.B. Friday.C. Next Monday.( )12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report?A. Improve it.B. Hand it in later.C. Leave it with him.听第9段材料, 回答第13至16题。( )13. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Salesperson and customer.B. Homeowner and cleaner.C. Husband and wife.( )14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer?A. One with two bedrooms.B. One without furniture.C. One near a market.( )15. How much rent should one pay for the one-bedroom apartment?A. $350.B. $400.C. $415.( )16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see?A. On Lake Street.B. On Market.C. On South Street.听第10段材料, 回答第17至20题。( )17. What percentage of the worlds tea exports go to Britain?A. Almost 15%.B. About 30%.C. Over 40%.( )18. Why do tea taster taste tea with milk?A. Most British people drink tea that way.B. Tea tastes much better with milk.C. Tea with milk is healthy.( )19. Who suggests a price for each tea?A. Tea tasters.B. Tea exporters.C. Tea companies.( )20. What is the speaker talking about?A. The life of tea tasters.B. Afternoon tea in Britain.C. The London Tea Trade Centre.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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ATristan da Cunha, a 38 square mile island, is the farthest inhabited island in the world, according to the Guinness Book of Records. It is 1,510 miles southwest of its nearest, St. Helena, and I, 950 miles west of Africa. Discovered by the Portuguese admiral (上将) of the same name in 1506, and settled in 1810, the island belongs to Great Britain and has a population of a few hundred. Coming in a close second and often wrongly mentioned as the most distant land is Easter Island, which lies 1,260 miles east of its nearest neighbor, Pitcairn Island, and 2,300 miles west of South America. 推荐精选The mountainous 64 square mile island was settled around the 5th century，supposedly by people who were lost at sea. They had no connection with the outside world for more than a thousand years, giving them plenty of time to build more than 1,000 huge stone figures, called moai, for which the island is most famous. On Easter Sunday, 1722, however, settlers from Holland moved in and gave the island its name. Today, 2,000 people live on the Chilean territory (智利领土). They share one street, a small airport, and a few hours of television per day. 21It can be learned from the text that the island of Tristan da Cunha _.A. was named after its discoverer B. got its name from Holland settlers C. was named by the British government D. got its name from the Guinness Book of Records 22Which of the following is most famous for moai?A. Tristan da Cuha. B. Pitcairn Island. C. Easter Island. D. St. Helena. 23Which country does Easter Island belong to?A. Britain. B. Holland. C. Portugal. D. Chile. BModern inventions have speeded up peoples loves amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boats (吹嘘) of saving precious seconds in handlin