福建省长泰县第一中学高三英语上学期期中试题.doc

长泰一中2016/2017学年上学期期中考试高三年英语试卷（满分：150分;考试时间:120分钟）2016年 11 月 第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 第一节 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 is the woman?a. a worker. b. a student. c. a tutor.2. where is leonard probably?a. in the teachers office. b. on the playground. c. in the classroom.3. what is the womans problem?a. her study isnt good.b. she has no chance to attend the project.c. she is not good at working with other students.4. why was the woman absent from jims wedding?a. her daughter was ill.b. she was busy with her job.c. she didnt receive the invitation.5. what did the man do after hearing the shout “earthquake”?a. he hid under the table.b. he rushed into the bathroom.c. he jumped out of the window.第二节 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和第7两个小题。6. how long has john been driving?a. 8 years. b. 9 years. c. 10 years.7. what can we infer from the conversation?a. john might be fined by the policeman.b. john escaped because no one saw him.c. john stopped at the traffic lights.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. where did the woman return from?a. london. b. paris. c. washington.9. what does the woman say about the city?a. its quite dirty and noisy.b. she dislikes the weather.c. it looks like a country town.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. what does the woman ask the man to show her?a. his id card. b. his name. c. the receipt.11. when does the man plan to pay the water and gas bills?a. at the end of this month. b. early next month. c. this week.12. what should the man do to get back his security deposit?a. sign his name on the contract.b. pay off all the bills.c. make the house clean and tidy.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13. what is the relationship between the speakers?a. colleagues. b. friends. c. interviewer and interviewee.14. why did the man give up his study after finishing school?a. he didnt like studying.b. one of his fathers friends offered him a job.c. his father asked him to work in the family business.15. how long did the man work for the accounting firm?a. 5 months. b. 6 months. c. a year.16. which is the mans hobby?a. traveling. b. hunting. c. playing basketball.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17. what can people visit in dubai according to the passage?a. temples. b. museums. c. beaches.18. why do people in dubai prefer to travel by car?a. it is very hot there.b. the petrol is very cheap.c. the public transport is poor.19. what can be found in dubai?a. trains. b. motorbikes. c. bicycles.20. what does the speaker talk about at last?a. a traditional way of traveling.b. the position of dubai in arabia.c. the weather in dubai.第二部分：阅读理解（共2节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，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。 ausually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. but there is one question that has millions of current answers. that question is “whats your name?” everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct.have you ever wondered about peoples names? where do they come from? what do they mean?peoples first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. some parents choose the name of a well-known person. a boy could be named george washington smith; a girl could be named helen keller jones.some people give their children names that mean good things. clara means “bright”; beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; donald means “world ruler”; leonard means “as brave as a lion”.the earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. a family with the name brook or brooks probably lived near brook(小溪)；someone who was called longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. the greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.other early surnames came from peoples occupations. the most common occupational name is smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. in the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. some other occupational names are: carter a person who owned or drove a cart; potter a person who made pots and pans.the ancestors of the baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. the carpenters great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. when there were two men who were named john in the same village, the john with the gray hair probably became john gray. or the john was very tall could call himself john tallman. john fish was probably an excellent swimmer and john lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.some family names were made by adding something to the fathers name. english-speaking people added s or son. the johnsons are descendants of john; the roberts familys ancestor was robert. irish and scottish people added mac or mc or o. perhaps all of the macdonnells and the mcdonnells and the odonnells are descendants of the same donnell.21. which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage not cover?a. places where people lived. b. peoples occupations.c. talents that people possessed. d. peoples characters.22. suppose and english couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named _.a. beatrice smith b. leonard carterc. donald greenwood d. george longstreet 23. according to the passage, the ancestors of the potter family most probably _.a. owned or drove a cart b. made kitchen tools or contains c. made things with metals d. built houses and furniture24. the underlined word “descendants” in the last paragraph means a persons _. a. friends and relatives b. later generations c. colleagues and partners d. later sponsorsb below is a housing guide for students going to london. university accommodation (住所)officesmany university accommodation offices have their own list of registered landlords (房东). others also provide information on accommodation agencies and other housing organizations. the advantage of using your university accommodation office is that you can get some support if you have a problem. the disadvantage is that they are unlikely to have enough registered landlords to houses all their students. property papers: loot and rentingloot is an important source (来源) of information about private housing for co-renters. the offers are from private landlords, agencies and individuals looking for other co-renters. they also have a website: . the advantage of using loot is that there are some excellent bargains. the disadvantage is that there is no quality control over the offers. renting is another useful paper. the offers in this paper are mainly from accommodation agencies. their website is at www.renting.co.uk.accommodation agenciesthe majority of rented accommodation in london is probably advertised through accommodation agencies. the advantage of using accommodation agencies is that: you will have access to a large number of accommodations. a good agent will listen to your requirements and can save you time in looking for the right accommodation. the disadvantage is that they will make a range of charges to potential renters. noticeboardsaround the universities you will find a number of noticeboards where offers of accommodation will be posted. these will either be from landlords or from students. some universities will also have online noticeboards where students can advertise to other students. advertisements from students can be an excellent way to find accommodation. however, advertisements from landlords can be problematic. word of mouthsome of the best housing in london is never advertised but is passed on from one group of students to another by word of mouth. it might be that you can find out about good offers from final year students. however, dont suppose that just because you have found out about housing from a friend it is necessarily going to be better than that found through any other source. family faced with the very high rents charged in london, some students and their parents will consider buying as an alternative. in some cases this might be a good choice. 25. what is the advantage of using loot? a. there are some good bargains. b. it gives you personal information about other co-renters. c. their website is designed mainly for students. d. it has more offers from accommodation agencies than renting.26. a good agent can help you _.a. know more people b. get the right accommodation quickly c. find cheap accommodationd. get free information about most accommodations 27. the information passed on by word of mouth is important because_. a. it is better than that found through any other source b. the final year students always offer better information c. it helps you find some of the best housing never advertised. d. the landlords have little valuable information 28. for students going to london for the first time, which of the following provides the most reliable information?a. family b. loot and rentingc. noticeboards. d. university accommodation offices. c s. h.e. is going to sing at the cctv annual spring festival evening party, is that true? cried out peng weiye, a senior 2 girl in shanghai and die-hard s. h.e. fan. after checking it on the internet, peng quickly phoned friends to spread the news. for fans like her, s. h. e. s performance is perhaps the only part of the old fashioned evening to get excited about. the taiwanese band is made up of selina, hebe and ella. their name comes from the first letter of each of the singers english names. last week s. h. e. announced they would perform in las vegas, us, over christmas and then in guangzhou on january 15. at their shanghai show on october 30, hundreds of parents waited outside the hongkou stadium. inside, thousands of teenagers sang, cried and shouted as the band performed. i love their music, healthy image and everything related to them. thank god that, although my parents dont understand why i love them so much, they still bought me a ticket for that show, said peng about the shanghai performance. it is not just on the mainland that the three girls have made audiences much excited. in the past year the band has passed through taiwan, hong kong and even singapore and malaysia. when the three high school girls entered a singing contest in taiwan in 2000, none of them ever dreamed of being a superstar. we had never met before, and we didnt talk at all at the beginning, recalled ella. when asked about the secret of their success, she said, our average looks and not-so-expensive clothes keep us close to our fans. we are happy to be the girls next door, your singing sisters. its really a magical journey, from day-dreaming high school girls to singers performing on the same stage as our idols(偶像). nothing but magical, she said.29. how did the taiwanese band get the name? a. their fans gave the name to them. b. their idols had a deep influence on them. c. the first letters of selina, hebe and ella form the band name. d. a singing contest gave their idea of the band name.30. what do you know about peng weiye? a. she pays close attention to everything about s. h. e. b. she will watch the performance in guangzhou on january 15. c. she stayed outside the hongkou stadium to listen to s. h. e. s performance. d. she was grateful that her parents understood and supported her.31. which is true about s. h. e. ? a. the secret to their success is their pretty faces and lovely clothes. b. they were close friends when they entered a singing contest. c. they have well prepared to perform with their idols. d. they caused a storm of excitement in southeast asia.32. which do you think is not the reason for s. h. es popularity among their fans? a. their music and their healthy image. b. they can make audience much excited. c. their average looks and not-so-expensive clothes keep them close to their fans. d. their success meets their fans day dream of becoming others idols.da rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below l6rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climatewithout the forest cover，these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere，warming the rest of the world. losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns，potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the worldin the past hundred years，humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources(资源)：land for crops，wood for paper and other products，land for raising farm animalsthis action affects the environment as a wholefor example，a lot of carbon dioxide (二氧化碳)in the air comes from burning the rainforestspeople obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.there are two main reasons for thisfirstly，when people cut down trees，generally they can only use the land for a year or twosecondly，cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now，but in the long run it actually reduces the worlds wood supplyrainforests are often called the worlds drug storemore than 25 of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforestshowever，fewer than lof rainforest plants have been examined for their medical valueit is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the worlds shrinking rainforests33. rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they a. reflect more heat into the atmosphereb. reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth c. rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than l6d. bring about high rainfall throughout the world34. what does the word “this” underlined in the third paragraph refer to?a. people have a strong desire for resourcesb. humans have begun destroying rainforestsc. we will lose much more than we can gaind. much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests35. it can be inferred from the text that . a. there is great medicine potential in rainforests b. we can get enough resources without rainforestsc. we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained landd. the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。（选项e卡上涂ab，选项f卡上涂ac，选项g卡上涂ad）team building means more than throwing a few people together “teamworking” is found everywhere within just about every organization. you cant get away from “teams” that are supposed to be able to create something that is greater than the sum of its parts. or so the theory goes.there are five measures that need to be taken before you can get the most out of a team: 36._ . there must be a clear reason for the team to exist. and all the members should realize the value and significance of what they are going to do. what they are hoping to achieve should be something achievable but at the same time tough and inspiring enough to attract the members and keep their motivation alive. what is more, they should also be well prepared for the possible difficulties they may come across in the process. 37. _. team members must be able to express their opinions freely without fear of being criticized, and they must have the feeling that their suggestions will be taken seriously. this is an important point because the team may need to resolve some complex or thorny issues. for example, it may discuss a sensitive topic. should they keep their conclusion within the team or share it with other employees? this is an issue in itself that all the members should agree on and frank discussion is required. 38. _. it is easy to think that a junior team member may have less to contribute than more experienced ones. this is not only demoralizing or discouraging, it also makes no sense - people that have nothing to contribute should not have been selected for the team in the first place. since they have become members of your team, you need to make sure that each of them has an opportunity to add his or her thoughts to discussions. 39. _. disagreements are natural and, in fact, debate and discussion should be encouraged. a team made up only of “yes men” can make disastrous decisions that few people honestly agreed with in the first place. consequently, there should be rules on how lengthy disagreements should be handled. for example, team meetings may not be the most appropriate place for a discussion that involves only two people, so “under-the-table” method may be effective. 40. _. most high-performing teams are well organized, a good organizer should be able to play to individuals strengths an