高三英语上学期期中试题14.doc

吉安县第三中学2017届高三上学期期中考试英语 试题考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分第一部分 听力(共两节，20个小题，每小题1.5分，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 kind of films does Tina like?A.Thrillers. B.Comedies. C.Cartoons.2.What happened to the boy yesterday?A.He lost his keys. B.He broke his cellphone. C.He forgot to take his bag.3.How much is the green dress?A.$200. B.$400. C.$800.4.Why is the woman late?A.Her flight was delayed. B.She was caught in a traffic jam.C.The road was under construction.5.What did Jason do?A.He went to a concert.B.He played with Lily. C.He did his homework.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.What will Alice do during her holiday?A.Walk on the beach. B.Do some reading. C.Go swimming.7.When will Jim leave for Florida?A.Next Tuesday. B.Next Monday. C.This Saturday.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8.At what time does the truck come?A.8:00 pm. B.5:00 am. C.8:00 am.9.What does the woman mean in the end?A.Tony is often late for school. B.Tony should take the rubbish out now.C.Tony is a naughty boy.听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10.How does the man feel about saying “no”?A.Easy. B.Difficult. C.Hurtful.11.What can make a relationship longer in the womans opinion?A.Having common hobbies. B.Saying “yes” at any time.C.Rejecting a request sometimes.12.What will the woman do tonight?A.Eat out with the man. B.Invite the man to dinner.C.Visit her friends with the man.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。13.Where does the man want to go?A.A supermarket. B.A department store. C.A discount shop.14.What is the womans most expensive thing?A.A pair of boots. B.A pair of jeans. C.A suit.15.What does the woman like?A.Window shopping. B.Famous brands. C.Expensive clothes.16.What will the woman do for the man?A.Send an e-mail. B.Design a pattern. C.Make a sweater.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.Where are the listeners probably?A.On a bus. B.At the airport. C.At a tourist spot.18.What is the speaker?A.A ticket seller .B.A bus conductor. C.A tour guide.19.How much does a ticket cost a child above 14?A.$14. B.$15. C.$25.20.Where will the listeners have lunch?A.At the Nicolet Shopping Center. B.At the St. Anthonys Falls.C.At the Waller Art Center.第二部分 阅读理解第一节(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(A,B,C,D)四个选项中选出最佳选项AMiscioscio, 60, a marketing consultant in Pearl River, N.Y., says shes addicted to her Sony e-reader. She buys or borrows a print book only when its not available digitally. Miscioscio says most of her friends and relatives have also switched to e-books for the convenience and lower prices. Last winter, she notes, she vacationed in Costa Rica and says :“A least 75% of those reading were reading electronically. I was shocked to see people taking their e-readers onto the loungers (躺椅) in the pool.”Meier, 43, a marketing director in Beaver Falls, prefers her books on paper, not screens. After working on a computer all day, she says, “I want a book in my hand. Turning over its pages is my way of knowing its time to relax and slow down.” Meier, whos sticking with physical books, doesnt consider herself any kind of digital “resister.” “Im comfortable with all forms of technology,” she says. “However, when it comes to books, I suppose Im a traditionalist. My preference will always be the real thing.” To her, part of the joy of reading is the book itself: “pulling it from the shelf, inspecting the cover, letting it fall open to a random page.”Both have lots of supporters. Statistics show that e-book sales grew 43%last year, but thats a slowdown compared with the triple-digit increases in recent years. E-books remain the fastest-growing part of the book market but account for only about 20% of all sales, reported by publishers.Miscioscio and Meier are at opposite ends of a book business in transition. Even though e-book sales have grown more than 4,000% since 2008, its unlikely that physical books will disappear the way records did in the music industry.21Miscioscio will _ when a book is not available digitally.A.switch to the book of lower price B.buy the book on paperC.give up reading such kind of books D.swim in the pool22According to Meier, her “preference” refers to _.A.part of joy B.paper book C.a random page D.an e-reader23What can we learn from the last paragraph?A.Records are unlikely to disappear in the music industry.B.Miscioscio and Meier are two opponents in book business.C.Physical books will remain to be accepted to some people.D.The market share of e-books is bigger than that of paper books.24What is the passage mainly concerned with?A.E-books will dominate the book industry eventually.B.Physical books will disappear gradually in the future.C.New technology brings more benefits for readers.D.Readers go their own way in choosing books.BAs a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal（肠的）disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But the disease was actually acute appendicitis (阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night. Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Als emotional health declined under the enormous burden of his guilt. To make matters worse his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle, and he became an alcoholic. As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he possessed his home, his land, his art objects, everything. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.When I heard of Als death, I thought, “What a complete failure!” “What a totally wasted life”. As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier harsh judgment. You see, I knew Als now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere. I hadnt heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my courage to ask him. Im really puzzled by something, I said. I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do so that you became such a special person? Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, From my earliest memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, I love you, son. Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind, but he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving man I have ever known.25.What can we infer from Als younger son Ernie?A.The love from his father made him what he was.B.His fathers life was indeed wasted.C. great fortune must have been left to him.D.He was not very kind but very loving.26.Als elder son probably died of acute appendicitis due to _according to the article.A.too much alcohol B.serious stomachacheC.the couplescarelessness D.lack of care and nutrition27.What might be the best title of the article?A.Parents love B.A failure father C.Love you,son D.A skilled artistCWindows8, apart from Windows95, is the biggest surprise and the only version of Microsofts operating system that has been changed from the core（核心）when compared to its former one. However, a recent study has shown that under 20% of business owners would be willing to upgrade to the new version of Windows. The reason for this remains to be discussed and debated, and we will try to throw light on this research by providing you with some of the most common advantages and disadvantages of Windows8. Generally speaking, there are a great number ofplus sidesrelated to upgrading from Windows7 to Windows8. SpeedThis is the biggest advantage to mention. Boot time has been reported to be up to nine times shorter than that with Windows7. New passwordsInstead of typing your passwords, Windows8 will let you use gestures on your favorite photos to enter your password. This is not only practical but also extremely cool! Windows8 experienceapart from computers, Windows8 will be used on all devices, including smart phones, tablet PCs and so on. Also, owing to the fact that it has been specifically designed with touch screen users in mind, Windows8, besides using keyboard and mouse, will offer a whole new user experience. However, there are still some disadvantages. The first one that has to be mentioned is that there is no Start Menu from Windows. Yes, there is no Start button in the lower left corner, and this might be a real puzzle of many Windows users. Also, many users have had a problem to get used to the new interface introduced by Windows8. The biggest problem that is worth noticing is that Windows8 was originally designed for touch screen users, and this may have a bad effect on desktop users who have gotten used to doing everything with the help of their keyboard and mouse.28. What does “plus sides” in Paragraph 3 probably refer to A. Strengths B. Math symbols. C. New rules. D. Messages.29. According to the text the greatest advantage of Windows8 is its _. A. complex passwords B. unique experience C. high speed D. new interface30. From the text we can learn that Windows8 _. A. no longer requires a password B. was upgraded from windows95 C. will be popular with desktop users D. can be used on more than computers31. Many Windows8 users face the problem that _. A. Start Menu is hidden in the lower left corner B. they have to use fingerprints instead of button C. keyboard and mouse cant be used any longer D. they dont get accustomed to the new interfaceDAs the saying goes, man struggles upwards; water flows downwards. Water runs downhill from mountaintops to streams to rivers to oceans. But downhill isnt the only way that water moves .A new study measures how water travels from country to country for human consumption. This flow isnt the type we usually think about .These scientists looked at the water used to grow and make the products which get shipped from nation to nation as imports or exports. They call this a flow of “virtual water（虚拟水）”.We typically think about water as the liquid that flows from a tap. However,92of the water used by people goes into growing crops，according to water researcher Arjen Hoekstra. He recently studied the hidden travels of virtual water used in products made from things like crops and meats .These products are shipped around the world.For example, consider a sugary soft drink. Hoekstra estimated that to produce one half-liter of the drink requires between 170 and 310 liters of the waterabout 95is used to grow and process the ingredients(原料).Another 4goes into the packaging and labeling. In Hoekstras calculation, when one country produces a half-liter of soda and sells it abroad，it exports as much virtual water as would fill a large refrigeratorAccording to Hoekstras new report，dry countries like Israel and Kuwait，both in the Middle East, get the majority of their virtual water from other countries，through imported products. More surprisingly, some wetter countries，like the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, also get the majority of their virtual water from other places. That means that most of the water used to grow or p roduce the products and food consumed in those countries came from other countries.In the United States most of the virtual water used comes from American sources .In China even less of the water associated with its products.32. The example of a sugary soft drink in Paragraph 3 is given to show .A. how virtual water is used B. how drinks are shippedC.how virtual water flows D. how drinks are made33. In which countries does most part of virtual water come from outside? .A. America and the Netherlands B. China and the United KingdomC. Kuwait and the Netherlands D. Israel and America34. What is the best title for the passage?A. Crops and Virtual Water B. Waters worldwide travelsC. Benefits of Virtual Water D. Import and Export of Water35. The passage is most probably a_.A. book review B. science fiction storyC. newspaper advertisement D.science news report第二节 七选五(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项是多余选项。There may be times in your life when you find yourself entirely without friends.It is rare not to have at least one person you call friend,but it can happen. 1Reasons for no friendsYou had no friends perhaps because you pulled away from people when you were going through a rough time.Or maybe you felt that a friend betrayed you ,and it prompted you to get some distance with all you friends.Another reason could be that you have chosen friends that are not right for you ._2_Before you make friends_3_Like anything else,the more you do it the easier it will be.Before you even begin to make friends,however,be sure that you are mentally ready for it.If there are issues you are struggling with that you need professional help to conquer,work on that first.If there are other issues,like business,that have prevented you from having friends,you will need to change that in order to connect with people._4_Regardless of the reason,know that you do have the power to make friends.Friendship are available if you use the right approach when it comes to developing new relationships.There are several ways to have more friends,but remember that it does take time._5_Soon your life will be filled with them.A.It is your friends that help you a lot.B.Reaching out to make friends.C.As we all know,making friends takes efforts.D.But how can you deal with the difficult situation?E.Make an effort each day toward building friendships.F.Maybe they are never around when you want to connect.G.You had better stay with your best friends in your spare time.第三部分 英语知识运用( 共两节，满分45分 )完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分 )阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A,B,C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Lunch hour is crazy at SAME Cafe, the 40-seat restaurant my husband and I run in Denver A woman in a（n） 41 suit stepped in. Hi, Libby. she said. Wow, what a 42 ! The first time she came to the cafe two years ago, she had no money to pay 43 many customers, she volunteered to wash dishes and 44 . Look at her now: confident and hopeful. Wasnt this what wed hoped for In 2003, this crazy dream 45 us: start a restaurant with a donation box instead of a cash register. Right away we hit hurdles（阻碍）. There is no such thing as a 46 lunch, one potential landlord sniffed. I met brokers, bankers and suppliers, only to watch them 47 ， shaking their heads. No bank would lend us the money to open a restaurant with no 48 . The only fund we could get was our individual retirement account. 49 we rented space from a landlord on Colfax Street. We put flyers（传单）around the neighborhood, asked friends to 50 the word, and held our breath. Word traveled fast, 51 stories in the papers and on TV. Soon we had more than 50 customers a day. A few ate without paying or 52 an hour of work. But most gave what they could, 53 it was just a dollar. Those with money gave, and then more. One of our customers left a 54 for 500 dollars. Another bought 1000 dollars in gift certificates. 55 another donated a truck so we could transport 56 from suppliers People came here partly for what our cafe 57 SAME: So All May Eat. We treat everyone with 58 . We hoped to develop a sense of community so that we might 59 one another. The woman in business suit was one of them. Our 60 to open the cafe was worth it.41. A. business B. evening C. dinner D. summer42. A. beauty B. change C. fool D. coincidence43. A. With B. Towards C. Besides D. Like44. A. wait B. sing C. perform D. sweep45. A. occurred to B. struck to C. hit to D. came 46. A. packed B. free C.delicious D. delivered47. A. crowd together B. flood in C. walk away D. turn up48. A. staff support B. regular customers C. lunch boxes D. cash register49. A. Unfortunately B. Illegally C. Interestingly D. Finally 50. A. analyze B. read C. spread D. approve51. A. apart from B. thanks to C. ahead of D. according to52. A. regretting B. gaining C. donating D. balancing53. A. only when B. and forever C. even if D.so that54. A. reward B. bill C. check D. list55. A. Thus B. Instead C. Otherwise D. Still56. A. lunch B. customers C. dishes D. produce57. A. benefited from B. applied for C. stood for D. depended on58. A. patience B. generosity C. confidence D. dignity59. A. help B. trust C. protect D. treasure60. A. struggle B.decoration C. management D. style第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上I seldom thought I had a passion. I would sit before the TV all day, thinking 61 nothing but the next shadow. It was not long ago that I first learned 62 important having a passion is to life. One day I went with Mum to drop my siste