1、2018 年下半年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试英语本试题卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。全卷共 12 页，选择题部分 1至 9 页，非选择题部分 10 至 12 页。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。考生注意：1.答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔分别填写在试题卷和答题纸规定的位置上。2.答题时，请按照答题纸上“注意事项”的要求，在答题纸相应的位置上规范作答，在本试题卷上的作答一律无效。选择题部分第一部分听力（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纸上。第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分
2、，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.What does the woman want to do?A.Watch TV. B.Go for a walk. C.Access the Internet.2.Why would the woman like to have a Chinese name?A.She is taking a Chinese class.B.She will be working in
3、 China.C.She has made some Chinese friends.3.What are the speakers talking about?A.A travel plan. B.An exam result. C.A sports game.4.What has the man been doing?A.Writing something. B.Repairing his pen. C.Shopping.5.What does John suggest the woman do?A.Meet his friend.B.Ask Harry for help.C.Go to
4、the airport with him.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。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.Where are the speakers?A.In a bank B.In a hotel. C.In a restaurant.7.How much does the man need to pay
5、?A.$68 B.$136 C.$204听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。8.Whose birthday is it?A.Sarahs. B.Michaels. C.Rebeccas.9.When will the birthday party begin?A.At6:15. B.At6:30. C.At7:00.10.What does the man want to know?A.What to buy. B.Who to call. C.Where to park.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。11.Why was Julia absent from the
6、class?A.She was ill. B.She got up late. C.She wen to a party.12.What has Robert got for Julia?A.Textbooks. B.oi paintings. C.Lecture notes.13.Where will the speakers meet on Saturday?A.At Roberts home. B.At a bar C.At a shop.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。14.What is the woman doing?A.Attending a seminar. B.
7、Giving some advice.C.Doing an interview.15.How often does the man travel by bus?A.Twice a day. B.Every other day. C.Once a week.16.How does the man feel about the bus service?A.Its good. B.Its fair. C.Its poor.17.What improvement should the bus company make?A.Buses should be more punctual.B.Drivers
8、should be more polite.C.Seats should be more comfortable.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。18.Who is Pierre?A.A doctor from Senegal.B.A university researcher.C.A United Nations official.19.What does Pierre mainly talk about?A.Food supplies in the world.B.The role that the UN plays.C.The purpose of his study.2
9、0.What is the expected outcome of Pierres work?A.A new medicine. B.A new type of rice. C.A new farming method.第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节（共 10 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。AThe most welcome sight on a cold,wet winter night in London is the familiar shape of a L
10、ondon taxi cab approaching with its yellow “for hire“ sign shining brightly. That shows it is ready to pick you up. Travelling by taxi in London is not just a way of going from one placeto another. It is an experience to be enjoyed and remembered.The main reason for this is the drivers, who are call
11、ed “cabbies.“Many of them are true Cockneys. This means they were born in the heart of London and speak their own special dialect(方言）of English. All of them know every street and famous building in the city, and all of them love to talk. A simple twenty-minute journey across town can become very int
12、eresting. You may have a discussion about the government and its leaders or a friendly talk about the drivers Aunty Nellie! One thing is for sure, it will never be boring. Cabbies know all the latest news about film stars, the Royal Family, government leaders, and popular singers or actors and actre
13、sses.They also know the best places to eat, shop and relax. And they can take you straight to any large hotel, department store, theatre or museum. They know the shortest way possible without even looking at a map, because everyone who wants to become a taxi driver must pass a very difficult examina
14、tion in order to get a license to drive a taxi. The exam is called “The Knowledge.“ It is a written test, and in it drivers are asked the shortest way from one place to another. They must take into account the time of day -in rush hour, a longer route（路线）may be quicker - and describe the best way. M
15、oreover they must never forget the one-way streets!21.From what can we tell that someone is a Cockney?A.Their interest. B.Their manners.C.Their speech. D.Their appearance.22.What does the author suggest by mentioning “Aunty Nellie”in paragraph 2?A. Passengers are full of curiosity.B. Cabbies topics
16、are wide-ranging.C. Aunty Nellie is popular in London.D .Londoners are friendly to each other.23.What is the purpose of “The Knowledge“?A.To qualify one to drive a taxi. B.To assess ones driving skills.C.To test drivers ability to write. D.To check taxi drivers memory.BThis month millions of America
17、n kids can forget about classroom bells and set off for grandparents homes, sleep-away camps and lifeguard stands. But summer vacation hasnt always been a birthright of U.S. schoolchildren. Before the Civil War, schools operated on one of two calendars(日历）, neither of which included a summer vacatio
18、n. Rural(农村的）schooling was divided into summer and winter terms, leaving kids free to help with the farm work in the spring planting and fall harvest seasons. Urban students, meanwhile, regularly had as many as 48 weeks of study a year, with one break per quarter.In the 1840s, however, educational r
19、eformers like Horace Mann moved to combine the two calendars out of concern that rural schooling was not enough and that overusing of young minds could lead to nervous disorders. Summer appeared as the obvious time for a break: it offered a rest for teachers, fit in the farming calendar and reduced
20、doctors concern that packing students into hot classrooms would promote the spread of disease.But peoples opinion about the modern U.S.school year, which averages 180 days,is still divided. Some experts say its pleasant but lazy summer break, which took hold in the early 20th century, is one of the
21、reasons math skills and graduation rates of U.S. high schoolers ranked well below average in two international education reports published in 2007. Others insist that with children under increasing pressure to devote their downtime to internships（实习）or study, theres still room for an institution tha
22、t protects the lazy days of childhood.24.What did the rural school calendar before the Civil War allow children to do?A.Enjoy a summer vacation.B.Take a break each quarter.C.Have 48 weeks of study a year.D.Assist their parents with farm work.25.What did the educational reformers do in the 1840s?A.Th
23、ey introduced summer vacation.B.They shortened rural school terms.C.They promoted the study of farming.D.They advocated higher pay for teachers.26.Why are some people unhappy about the modem U.S.school year?A.It pushes the teachers too hard. B.It reduces the quality of education.C.It ignores science
24、 instruction. D.It includes no time for internships.CI start every summer with the best of intentions: to attack one big book from the past, a classic that I was supposed to have read when young and ambitious. Often the pairings of books and settings have been purely accidental: “Moby Dick“ on a thr
25、ee-day cross-country train trip；“The Magic Mountain“in a New England beachside cottage with no locks on the doors, no telephones or televisions in the rooms, and little to do beyond row on the salt pond. Attempting “The Man Without Qualities“ on a return to Hawaii, my native state, however, was less
26、 fruitful: I made it through one and a quarter volumes(册），then decided that Id got the point and went swimming instead.But this summer I find myself at a loss. Im not quite interested in Balzac, say, or“Tristram Shandy.“ Theres always “War and Peace,“ which Ive covered some distance several times, o
27、nly to get bogged down in the “War“part, set it aside for a while, and realize that I have to start over from the beginning again, having forgotten everyones name and social rank. How appealing to simply fall back on a favorite -once more into “The Waves”or “Justine,” which feels almost like cheating, too exciting and too much fun to properly belong in serious literature.And then theres Stendhals “The Red and the Black,“ which
