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　　浙江省宁波市2018届高三上学期期末考试英语试题
　　选择题部分
　　第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
　　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秒种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. How will the girl find her science textbook?
　　A. She will find it on her desk.
　　B. She will find it in her dorm.
　　C. She will find it on Mr. Henderson’s desk.
　　2. Where was Peter traveling?
　　A. In England. B. In Holland. C. In France.
　　3. What is the woman celebrating?
　　A. Finding a job at a restaurant.
　　B. Getting a degree from Harvard.
　　C. Finishing her studies at a cooking school.
　　4. What does the woman mean?
　　A. She has to study tonight.
　　B. She doesn’t like parties at all.
　　C. She is tired because of studying too long.
　　5. What does the man probably mean?
　　A. Don’t be overconfident.
　　B. The woman is sure to get the job.
　　C. The interview may be a waste of time.
　　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。
　　听下面一段对话，回答第6和7题。
　　6. What was the boy supposed to do?
　　A. Do his homework. B. Clean the house. C. Pick up his shirt.
　　7. What does the boy suggest at the end of the conversation?
　　Many high school students consider a college education useless. Therefore, they choose not to go to college. If you’re one of them, think again. Here are some reasons why you should go to college and receive a good education there.
　　Schools and universities are the first sources of knowledge. We take that knowledge later on to build our careers after graduation. More knowledge will be gained after you start wort without an education, that job will not be within easy reach. Knowledge leads to knowledge.
　　While limited within the walls of the educational institutions, we openly explore other cultures of the world. We come to know that ours is not the only culture. Other cultures have valuable insights to share, enriching our own. Education also mas want to travel and interact with various cultures, broadening our horizons.
　　When there’s a downturn（衰退）in the economy, those who attended college will be more likely to find a new job than those who only finished grade school and have a limited skills set. The more education you have, the more chances you will get to improve the quality of your life as you have a better job and earn a higher salary.
　　When you’re sl and knowledgeable, you get to “rub knees” with people of similar bacnds and tastes. It means a good education leads to excellent networking. Good networking can benefit you a lot in your later life.
　　A good education ma a more interesting person. You can talt ideas and events instead of just other people and what’s on sale in stores. An educated person doesn’t gossip, having a preference to discuss ideas and listen to what other people have to say.
　　21. What is the text mainly about?
　　A. Sources of knowledge.
　　B. Benefits of attending college.
　　C. The disadvantages of not being educated.
　　D. The reason why some people think college useless.
　　22. How does the writer develop the passage?
　　A. By giving examples. B. By listing reasons.
　　C. By following directions. D. By offering suggestions.
　　23. Which of the following are not mentioned by the writer about going to college?
　　A. Gaining more knowledge.
　　B. Enlarging social networks.
　　C. Becoming a humorous person.
　　D. Experiencing diverse cultures.
　　B
　　From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. Pleased with the Pilgrim’s Progress, my first collection was of John Bunyan’s works, in separate little volumes. I afterwards sold them to enable me to buy R. Burton’s Historical Collections; they were small chapmen’s books and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father’s little library consisted chiefly of books in religion, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge; more proper books had not fallen in my way, since I realized that I should not be a clergyman（牧师）. Plutarch’s Lives there was, in which I read abundantly, and I still think that time spent to great advantage. There was also a book of Defoe’s, called An Essay on Projects, and another of Dr. Mather’s called Essays to Do Good which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
　　This bookish preference at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (James) of that profession. In 1717, m