福建省师范大学附属中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题.docx

福建省师范大学附属中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题时间:120分钟 满分: 150分 第卷 (共90分)第一部分：听力（共20题；每小题1分, 满分20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。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.How long will the man stay in Shanghai?A. One week B. Ten days.C. Two weeks.2. What will the woman do on Monday morning?A. Make a call.B. Attend a meeting.C. Meet the man.3. What does the man think of the beach clean-up group activity?A. Its interesting.B. Its boring.C. Its relaxing.4. Where does the woman usually get the book ?A. In the shop.B. In the supermarket. C. On the Internet.5. Where is the woman going on vacation?A. To Central America.B. To Asia.C. To Europe.第二节听下面5段对话或独白。 每段时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。听每段时话或独白前，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段材科，回答第6、7题。6. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and Wife.B. Colleagues.C. Mother and son.7. What will the man do to pay the rent?A. Give up his English course. B. Find a part-time job. C. Ask his boss for a raise.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. When will the woman give the presentation?A. At 8 a.m. B. At 9 a.m. C. At 10 a.m.9. What does the woman plan to do tonight?A. Cook at home. B. Meet Rachel and Sam.C. Do some reports.听第8段材料，回第10至12题。10. What will the woman do first when the term finishes?A. Go traveling. B. Work as a volunteer. C. Attend a summer course.11. What would the mans parents like him to do during the summer？A. Organize something himself. B. Take a course.C. Work part-time.12. What does the man plan to do this weekend?A. Apply for more jobs.B. Attend an interview.C. Work in a restaurant.听第9段材料、回答第13至16题13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A party.B. School life.C. Photos.14. What is the woman talented at?A. Sports. B. Science.C. Languages.15. What did Mrs. Taylor do well in?A. Doing speaking practice.B. Teaching students grammar.C. Making students try out new things.16. What do we know about Sarah?A. She wasnt easy-going.B. She was a science teacher.C. She loved s sports.听第10段材料，回第17至20题。17. Why does the speaker give the talk?A. To encourage students to learn.B. To introduce a museum.C. To arrange a tour.18. What should the students do when visiting the museum?A. Write down what they see.B. Collect some materials.C. Take part in some activities.19. When will the students watch a short film?A. At 9:30. B. At 9:45. C. At 10:15.20. How will the poster help the students to prepare?A. By offering more information.B. By presenting a travel plan.C. By telling about some activities. 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）A Top Music FestivalsSummer festival season is just kicking off, and there is a lot to look forward to in the upcoming months.Pitchfork Music FestivalAnyone who likes indie (独立的) music and up-and-coming artists will have an amazing time at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicagos Union Park. This is an indie rock heaven that explores more underground and lesser-known bands than the other big Chicago summer festival, Lollapalooza. Date: July 14-16, 2018Location: Chicago, Illinois, USAMusic Type:Indie rockPrice: $126- $2, 700Essence Music FestivalNo matter what time of the year it is, New Orleans is an incredible place if you love live music. The Essence Music Festival is a celebration of legendary(大名鼎鼎的) artists like Diana Ross, Chaka Khan and Mary J. Blige.Date: June 29-July 2, 2018Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USAMusic Type: R&B, soul, rockPrice: $75- $365Sziget FestivalBudapest knows how to hold a party, and Sziget is one of the biggest celebrations of music and culture in all of Europe. You can expect to find favorite artists like Bad Religion and Mac DeMarco taking the stages here during this three-day festival.Date: August 9-11, 2018Location:Budapest, HungaryMusic Type: Indie rockPrice: $70- $296Flow FestivalThe Flow Festival is a great excuse to explore the city of Helsinki. Artists including Lana Del Rey and The XX will be playing, among many others. Come to this festival to enjoy a relaxing atmosphere with an earth-friendly belief.Date: August 11-13, 2018Location: I Helsinki, FinlandMusic Type: Rock, soul, jazzPrice: $106- $1991. What do the music festivals have in common?A. They include rock music. B. They are held in the USA.C. They are given in the open air.D. They take place from July to August.2. Compared with Essence Music Festival, the Pitchfork Music Festival introduces more .A. types of musicB. less famous bandsC. music knowledgeD. top artists3. What does the author think of Flow Festival ?A. Its style is wild and unlimited.B. Every music lover can afford it.C. Participants in it are all friendly.D. It will attract many visitors to Helsinki.BThe Alexander TechniqueUntil earlier this year, I didnt know anything about the Alexander techniqueand saw no reason to think I should. One day, the backache I regularly suffered was more painful. I was brought up to think that the preferred way of dealing with aches is to do nothing and hope theyll go away, but I eventually went to the doctor. After examining me, he said, “You actually have bad posture (姿势). Go off and learn the Alexander technique.” Three months later I could walk straighter and sit better.The Alexander technique is a way of learning how you can get rid of harmful tension in your body. The teaching focuses on the neck, head and back. It trains you to use your body less severely and carry out the movements that we do all the time with less effort. There is little effort in the lessons themselves, which sets apart the Alexander technique from Yoga or Pilates, which are exercise-based. A typical lesson involves standing in front of a chair and learning to sit and stand with minimum effort. You spend some time lying on a bench with your knees bent to straighten the spine (脊椎) and relax your body while the teacher moves your arms and legs to train you to move them correctly.The technique helps to break the bad habits accumulated over years. Try folding your arms the opposite way to normal. This is an example of a habit the body has formed which can be hard to break. Many of us carry our heads too far back. The head weighs four to six kilos, so any inappropriate posture can cause problems for the body. The technique teaches you to let go of the muscles holding the head back, allowing itto go back to its natural place on the top of our spines.So who was Alexander and how did he come up with the technique? Frederick Alexander, an Australian actor born in 1869, found in his youth that he had vocal (声音的) problems during performances. He analyzed himself and realized his posture was bad. He worked on improving it, with excellent results. He brought his technique to London and opened a teacher-training school, which is still successful today.So if youre walking along the road one day with shoulders bent forward, feeling weighed down by your troubles, give a thought to the Alexander technique. It will help you walk tall again.4. What does the author suggest in Paragraph 1? A. She felt no better after the treatment.B. She got bored with the Alexander technique.C. She was skeptical about the doctors method.D. She was unwilling to seek treatment for her backache.5. What is the principle of the Alexander technique? A. Physical tension shouldnt be completely relieved.B. The technique shouldnt be combined with other exercises.C. The practice of the technique shouldnt be attempted alone.D. Familiar physical actions shouldnt be done with much effort.6. What can we learn about Frederick Alexander? A. He managed to recover his vocal powers. B. He was eager to make a name for himself.C. He developed a form of exercise for actors. D. He had to leave home to develop his technique.7. What is the main idea of the passage?A. The occurrence of back pain is widespread.B. Alexander improved the technique to treat body pain.C. The Alexander technique helps overcome posture problems.D. People with back pain are victims of inappropriate postures. COn a recent spring morning. Susan Alexander, a retired government intelligence analyst, left her Maryland home, climbed into her Volkswagen Passat and drove about three miles to pick up two strangers. She battled rush-hour traffic on the Capital Beltway and George Washington Memorial Parkway before dropping them off at Reagan National Airport. She didnt earn a cent for her trouble, and that was the point.Alexander is a member of the Silver Spring Time Bank one of more than 100 such exchanges around the world trying to build community by exchanging time credits for services instead of dollars and cents. “ I have time,” she said. “ I like giving the gift of time to other people.”In Alexanders case, passengers Mary and Al Liepold were grateful for the ride, but it wasnt charity. Mary, a retired writer and editor for nonprofit organizations, used time credits she banked by editing work and baking. The Liepolds, senior citizens who dont drive, cashed in their credits to catch a flight to Montreal for a five-day vacation.Without money changing hands or shifting between virtual accounts, the airport drop-off was more like a coffee party than a taxi ride. Driver and passengers chatted about projects theyve completed for the time bank, and no one raised an eyebrow when Mary said she likes “ to avoid the conventional economy. ” “ The beauty of this is that you make friends,” Mary Liepold said. “ You dont just get services.”The Silver Spring Time Bank formed in 2015 and has about 300 members, said co-founder Mary Murphy. Last year, she said, l,000 hours were exchanged for basic home repairs, dog walking, cooking and tailoring, among other services, without the exchange of money. “You get to save that money that you would have spent,” she said. “ You get to meet somebody else in your community and get to know that person. Thats a bonus whichs part of an exchange.”A deal performed partly to make friends would seem to go against classical economics and one of Benjamin Franklins most memorable sayings: “Time is money.” But to those at the forefront of modern time-banking, that is the real appeal of the deal.8. Whats the main purpose of the Silver Spring Time Bank?A. To better serve the local economy.B. To help people get to know more friends.C. To provide the elderly with timely financial help.D. To build community by exchanging time credits for services.9. How did the Liepolds pay for their ride?A. In cash. B. By credit card. C. By cheque. D. With time credits.10. What does the underlined word “ that ” in the last paragraph refer to?A. Making friends. B. Classical economics.C. Modern time-banking. D. Franklins famous saying.11. What is the suitable title for the text?A. Time is money B. The more friends, the better.C. Giving the gift of time D. Swapping time credits for servicesDEvery year, thousands of new high school graduates pack their bags, move to new cities, and sign papers accepting loans, the money borrowed from a bank or lenders etc., which they might not be able to pay back. Without proper education on personal finance, especially as it relates to paying for college, young adults are guided into improper loan plans that result in years of debt after graduation. In order to set students up to succeed financially, it is important to educate students and parents on their financial options before school in the fall. The best way to support families heading for college is to require that every high school student take a personal finance class before graduation. This will help smooth the transition into adulthood.The average student takes out at least one loan to cover the costs of their education each year. In 2014 the average student graduating from college carried a negative balance of about $20,000 in debt, which often spread over multiple lenders. Upon graduation, students rarely know exactly how much money they owe, and even though they are in the state of being unable to pay their debts, they cannot wipe out student loans. These students spend much of their adult lives paying off the gradual increasing debts. A personal finance course would teach students how to manage their income and expenses, while helping to significantly reduce the amount of debt students carry into adulthood. By teaching students how to save money and live within their means, this course will provide the next generation with a foundation to progress financially. Students choosing to get a job straight out of high school would also benefit from finance education for these very reasons. With education on how to manage their finances, all young people will have the knowledge to make healthy decisions, leading them to improve good credit and purchase needed items like cars and homes with skill and confidence. While not every young person makes financial mistakes, those who do can face years of difficulty trying to get their finances back under control. Rather than help them through these hard times when they happen, we should try to prevent them from happening at all. Making the completion of personal finance coursework a requirement for graduation would ensure that young people are at least aware of the basics of preserving a financial stability. 12. After graduation from college, many young people _.A. struggle to support their families B. spend years paying off their debts C. get through the hard times smoothlyD. are able to manage their own finances well13. What is the third paragraph mainly about?A. Advantages of taking a finance course. B. Ways to improve financial credits. C. Skills of balancing income and expenses.D. Introduction to the education on personal finance. 14. Having financial knowledge, high school students are probably able to _. A. smooth their way for college B. get out of their financial trapC. free from the cost of their college education D. avoid the risk of the future financial trouble15. The main purpose of the passage is to_.A. inform and explain B. argue and persuade C. analyze and evaluate D. discuss and examine 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。At the end of a long day, its all too easy to take a hot shower, brush your teeth, and then jump into bed. _16_ As it turns out, going to bed with wet hair isnt as harmless as you probably thought.The first negative result of sleeping with wet hair is purely cosmetic (美容). _17_ If you try to style your hair in the morning after sleeping on it wet, youre probably going to have trouble styling the resulting curliness (卷曲), funny waves, and flat sides.When you wake up, youre probably going to have to re-wet it again to properly dry it and regain control. _18_.Sleeping with wet hair does not immediately damage your hair, but it can certainly lead to hair breakage, because hair is weakest when wet._19_ First, you can swap your cotton pillowcases for silk ones. Silk has a much smoother surface, so you wont experience as much unfortunate breakage.Next, you can make sure to sleep with your hair down, instead of up in a tight ponytail. In addition, you should replace your tight bands with a soft one that isnt going to roughly pull at night._20_ Dry oils and texturizing mousses (摩丝) are some of the best ways to ensure you dont wake up looking like a lion while protecting your precious hair from damage.Now that you know how bad sleeping with wet hair is, make sure youre not making these hairstyle mistakes.A. Finally, never skip out on applying product.B. Here are some tips that can help dry any hair faster.C. This unnecessarily adds time to your morning routine.D. If you havent noticed, the ends of your hair tend to dry first.E. You cant predict how your wet hair is going to look in the morning.F. But have you ever thought about the risks of sleeping with wet hair?G. If you must sleep with wet hair, there are a few ways to minimize the damage.第三部分 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分, 满分 30 分）Do you ever feel like you are studying a mad rush of one subject after another? When things happen at such a 1 pace, it is easy to lose sight of what you are learning. It is important to 2 every now and then to think about what youve been learning. Self reflection means stopping the mad rush and 3 yourself so your brain can evaluate what it has already 4 . Some people prefer to do their self reflections 5, while others keep a journal. Either method can work, depending on what your own personal 6 is. School textbooks are often divided into units. This can make it 7 for someone to begin the process of self reflection. Watch for the times when you complete a unit of study. Sometimes you are reminded that the unit is 8 because there is s