2019届高三英语上学期半期考试试题.doc

2019届高三英语上学期半期考试试题考试时间：120分钟满分：150分注意事项：答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。作答时，务必将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷及草稿纸上无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第卷做题时，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卡上。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。How was the weather this afternoon?A. Clear.B. Cloudy.C. Windy.Why cant the man hear the announcers?The sound is turned off.They are speaking softly.The woman is talking on the phone.How much is the shirt?A. $1.B. $3.C. $4.What was the womans opinion of Thailand?The food was great.The weather was bad.The people were friendly.What is the man doing?Getting dressed.Supporting the woman.Preparing the woman for an interview.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。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。Where might the family be right now?A. At a hotel.B. At the border.C. At a music festival.What will the kids most likely be returning with?A. Toys.B. Food.C. Drinks.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。What are the speakers mainly talking about?The cost of a package.The sender of a package.The contents of a package.Where was the package damaged?A. In Philadelphia.B. In Paris.C. In Washington D.C.How will the man get the information the woman wants?A. From a sticker.B. From a puter.C. From a phone call.听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。Who did Brent talk to earlier?A. Charlene.B. Mrs. Lang.C. Mr. Hooper.What does the woman plan to join?A. The book club.B. The video club.C. The basketball team.Where is Brents classroom?A. Across from the gym.B. On the 2nd floor.C. Not far from the puter lab.听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。Where did the womans story take place?A. In the cafeteria.B. In a science lab.C. On the sidewalk.What happened in the mans story?He went to a science lab.He walked into something.He fell down in front of his friends.Who is the woman talking to?A. Her dad.B. A teacher.C. A headmaster.What do the speakers stories have in mon?They were embarrassing.They are both cool stories.They happened a long time ago.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。Who was the first person to see Antarctica in 1820?A. A Russian.B. An Englishman.C. An American.How is Antarcticas surface most often described?A. An island of ice.B. A desert of ice.C. A mountain of ice.What is forbidden in Antarctica?A. Research.B. Exercise.C. Mining.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）阅读下列短文，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。AInspiring young minds!TOKNOW Magazine is a big hit in the world of childrens publishing, bringing a unique bination of challenging ideas and good fun to young fans every month.What is so special about TOKNOW magazine?Well, TOKNOW has no ads or promotions inside. Instead, it is jam-packed with serious ideas.TOKNOW makes plex ideas attractive and accessible to children, who can bee involved in advanced concepts and even philosophy and they will soon discover that TOKNOW feels more like a club than just a magazine.Whats inside?Every month the magazine introduces a fresh new topic with articles, experiments and creative things to make the magazine also explores philosophy and wellbeing to make sure young readers have a balanced take on life.Sounds too good to be true?Take a look online evidence shows that thousands of teachers and parents know a good thing when they see it and remend TOKNOW to their friends.Happy Birthday All Year!What could be more fun than a gift that keeps ing through the letterbox every month?The first magazine with your gift message will arrive in time for the special day.SUBSCRIBE NOWAnnual SubscriptionEurope 55Rest of World 65Annual Subscription with Gift PackIncludes a Mammoth Map, a passport Puzzle Booklet, and Subscription Europe 60Rest of World 70Refund Policy the subscription can be cancelled within 28 days and you can get your money back.Why is TOKNOW a special magazine?It entertains young parents.It provides serious advertisements.It publishes popular science fictions.It bines fun with plex concepts.How much should you pay if you make a 12-month subscription to TOKNOW with gift pack from China?A. 70.B. 65.C. 60.D. 55 .Subscribers of TOKNOW would get .free birthday presentsfull refund within 28 daysmembership of the TOKNOW clubchances to meet the experts in personBOne hot August afternoon, Richard Allen dropped off his last passenger, Mrs. Carey. Lifting two grocery bags, he followed her across the yard and stood on the step of her house. Glancing up, he saw a large wasp (黄蜂) nest under the roof. Allen had heard that wasps can bee more likely to sting in summer. He mentioned this to Mrs. Carey, who had opened the door.“Oh, they dont bother me,” she said lightly. “I go in and out all the time.”Anxiously, Allen looked at the nest againto see the wasps flying straight at him. “Hurry!” he shouted to Mrs. Carey. “Get in!”She stepped quickly inside. Allen ran for his mini-bus. Too late; they were upon him. Just as he jumped aboard, half a dozen red spots showed on his arm, and he felt more on his back and shoulders.As he was driving down the road, Allen felt as if something was burning at the back of his neck, and the “fire” was spreading forward toward his face. An immediate anxiety took hold of him. Allen knew that stings could cause some persons to die. But he had been stung the previous summer and the after-effects soon passed. However, what he didnt know was that the first sting had turned his body into a time bomb waiting for the next to set off a deadly explosion.Miles from the nearest medical assistance, Allen began to feel his tongue thick and heavy and his heartbeat louder. Most frightening, he felt his breathing more and more difficult. He reached for the radio microphone, trying to call the mini-bus center, but his words were hardly understandable. Signals were also poor that far out. He knew a rescue team was on 24-hour duty at the Amherst Fire Departments north station. So his best chance was to make a run for it.Rushing down the mountain, Allen tried not to panic, focusing his mind on each sharp turn. He was almost through the last of them when he felt sure he was going into shock (休克). Just then he reached for the radio microphone again.“Call fire station,” he shouted, concentrating to form the words. “Emergency. Bee sting.Emergency. There in ten minutes.” “Five-ten,” the center replied.Hold on, Allen thought. Keep your eyes open. Breathe. Keep awake.At last he reached the station. Two firemen ran out. Allen felt their hands grasp him before he hit the ground. You made it, he thought.According to the passage, wasps are more likely to attack when .there are huge noisesstrangers are approachingthe hottest season es aroundthe air is filled with food smellAllen didnt know that if stung by wasps again, he would .have no after-effectsbe likely to lose his lifebee more sensitivesuffer from sharper painAllens first attempt to contact the mini-bus center failed because .no one was on dutyhe was in a state of shockhis radio equipment was brokenhe was unable to speak clearlyWhich would be the best title for the passage？A. Wasps, Bloody KillersB. War Against WaspsC. Allen, A Helpless DriverD. A Race Against DeathCAlthough biological mechanisms ( 机 制 ) do not work with the accuracy or stability of modern clocks, a sense of time and its rhythm is built into the functioning of the human body. Our heart, with its beating pulse, is the clock-like internal rhythm of which we are most aware.There are, however, other biological timekeepers that play important roles in our lives. These inner clocks are generally very regular, but they can also be “reset” and will fall in step with a different rhythm. Even after we take a long flight across the Atlantic or Pacific, our lack of synchronization (同步) with the local time slowly disappears.Though known to biologists for over 200 years, biological clocks are the subject of a lot ofresearch nowadays. The question is to what extent this human body rhythm is an autonomous mechanism rather than a simple response to external signals, such as changes in the level of light, the times of meals, or social interactions with our surroundings. It has not been easy to find the answer, but careful laboratory experiments have led to the conclusion that our body contains an autonomous timekeeper. Individuals who volunteered to be kept in artificial isolation with no time clues also helped to find the answer. In xx, a French researcher spent two months in a cold cave, 375 feet underground in the Alps. The Frenchman called his above-ground supporters by telephone whenever he ate, went to sleep, and woke, and he recorded in detail his thoughts and impressions of the passage of time. He found himself affected by definite internal time signals. His subjective impression of the time of the day and his periods of sleep and waking, was slightly longer than 25 hours. When he came out of the cave, his internal timer was many hours out of phase with the external 24-hour clock.The example of a long flight in Paragraph 2 supports the idea that .airplane flights make most people tiredhumans should avoid long-distance travelhumans adjust to the natural rhythms around themtrans-Pacific flights take longer than trans-Atlantic flightsThe French researcher in Paragraph 3 did the experiment to .prove the existence of human body rhythmsexplain how human body rhythms workexplore how independent human body rhythms areshow how to conduct a research on human body rhythmsThe French researcher probably chose the location primarily to .avoid any effects of the outsiderestrict his access to food and waterimprove his ability to sleep soundlylimit his munication with other humansThe tone of the passage is best described as .A. playfulB. objectiveC. concernedD. argumentativeDYou feel happiest when you create a healthy balance between giving and receiving. If you give and give without making time to fill your own needs, then its likely you will burn out, or feel upset. When you take and take without giving anything back, you never feel fulfilled, so you are always searching for ways to fill the void in your life.The way to create a healthy balance between giving and receiving is to know and then live by your values. I break values up into two groups which I call being and having values. Your being values are the character traits of the ideal person you would like to be. I suggest to my clients that they choose three being values that they are willing to make a mitment to live by. An example of some being values are: kind, loving, generous, inspirational, peaceful, wise and even powerful. By acting on these values, you give to others through your actions and you inspire others by being a positive role model. Mastering being these character traits bees your life purpose.Your having values are the feelings you need to create in order to be happy. These could be panionship, achievement, and support, being valued or financial security. This is what you receive. You take responsibility for filling your own needs by taking steps to create these feelingsand conditions in your life.When you make a mitment to live by your being values, it bees easier to make conscious choices rather than reactionary ones. If your usual pattern is to talk about your problems, you could choose to think and act like a calm person. A calm person might go for a walk, meditate ( 沉 思 ), or set a time limit before responding. If your usual pattern is to worry, you could choose to act like a responsible or wise person. In other words, you would act like the person you choose to bethis is the key to personal power.When you choose to act on your values, you not only feel good about yourself, you reinforce(加强) your chosen beliefs. Over time acting in this way changes how you see the world, and in turn the way other people think of you.The main purpose of this passage is to .inform the readers how to be truly happypersuade the readers to make a mitmentexplain to the readers what personal values areinstruct the readers how to make wise choicesThe underlined word “void” in Paragraph 1 means .A. a state of confusionB. a break of continuityC. a feeling of emptinessD. an absence of ones mindAccording to the text, living by your being values, you would .A. gain a lot of powerB. fill your own needsC. seek all human virtuesD. form positive personalityWhat can be inferred from the text?Having values are better than being values.A calm person does not choose to plain.The way other people think of you decides who you are.A responsible person does not care about financial security.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。Many visitors to the UK go straight to London and never venture outside the capital. What a pity! 36 , in any one of Britains largest areas of protected countryside, or its national parks.The CairngormsThe Cairngorms is a national park located in northern Scotland. With some of the countrys highest mountains, it is known as the best place for skiing. Fishing is also popular, along with Scotlands national game, golf. 37 This is the home of the red deer, red squirrel and golden eagle.The Lake DistrictOver the border in England is the Lake District, originally made famous by Romantic poet William Wordsworth who was born here and got many ideas for his poems from this beautiful place. 38 . If you are not interested in literature, you may also feast your eyes on the breathtaking views here.The Giants CausewayCross the Irish Sea lies the Giants Causeway, a set of stone columns formed by volcanic activities sixty million years ago. As legend has it, it was built by warrior giant Finn McCool who walked from Northern Ireland to fight his enemy in Scotland. 39 . They are not plete because the giant fell asleep on the way.The English CoastThe coastline of England is just as amazing as the Gold Coast in Australia. Thousands of visitors e here to explore the beauty along the coastline. The white cliffs of Dover, the busy Brighton pier ( 码 头 ), the gorgeous Cornish Beach, to name just a few. Most interestingly, on some beaches, you can still find fossils dating back to the Jurassic era. 40 , which gives a mysterious touch to the English Coast.Wildlife enthusiasts are well rewarded hereThis leaves a deep impression on visitors to the UKThere is a huge variety of landscape only a few hours awayChildrens writers have found inspiration here, tooThe columns are monly pared to the steps of the giantBritain is covered by thick forests and is home to many animalsThe first marine dinosaur remains were found in the cliffs here第三部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分 45 分）第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分；满分30分）阅读下面短文，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上相应番号处将该项涂黑。I cannot remember a point in my life when I desired anything other than being a teacher. As a child, I played 41 with my little cousins and friends just so I could practice for my future career. But what I didnt realize as a child was how 42 my dream was. I camefrom a middleclass family who always 43 to make ends meet. My dream of attending the University of Connecticut seemed so out of 44 , but I wasnt willing to 45 for anything less.In the beginning of my senior year in high school, I began applying to colleges, but in my heart I had already made my 46 . The University of Connecticut was the one. But a huge hurdle stood between me and my dream 47 of financial resources. Although I applied for every scholarship I could get my hands on, I didnt know if I would 48 for any.After the holidays, my friends started receiving their 49 letters from colleges, and I 50 expected mine. Finally, a letter arrived from the University of Connecticut. I opened the envelope with trembling hands as tears 51 my eyes. I had been accepted! I cried for a while, feeling both excited and 52 . What if I was denied admission because of my financial status? My parents couldnt 53 that kind of money. However, they taught me never to 54 on my dreams, regardless of the obstacles.Months went by. At last, a letter arrived. But it was a false alarm. The letter only 55 more information to process my application. This happened over and over. I was about to lose hope 56 a big envelope arrived. I took it to my teacher. After reading the document, he looked up at me with a huge smile on his face and told me that I 57 two of the scholarships! I was in a 58 at first, then cried. I actually made my dream e true.Im now a junior, 59 in English. Next year, my dream will bee a reality. I will be a 60 . I live by this quote: “Reach for the sky because if you should happen to miss, youll still be among the stars.”41. A. toysB. jokesC. schoolD. games42. A. specialB. realisticC. possibleD. expensive43. A. workedB. attemptedC. laboredD. struggled44. A. luckB. planC. reachD. control45. A. settleB. meanC. agreeD. stay46. A. mindB. decisionC. wayD. solution47. A. lotsB. lackC. littleD. plenty48. A. fitB. suitC. qualifyD. answer49. A. admissionB. entranceC. receptionD. permission50. A. carefullyB. eagerlyC. cheerfullyD. impatiently51. A. filledB. flo