湖北省鄂州市2019届高三英语上学期期中试题

湖北省鄂州市2019届高三英语上学期期中试题英语试题卷共9页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1. 答题前，务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡规定的位置上。2. 答选择题时，必须使用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。3. 答非选择题时，必须使用0.5毫米黑色签字笔，将答案书写在答题卡规定的位置上。4. 所有题目必须在答题卡上作答，在试题卷上答题无效。 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 looking for?A. Her glasses.B. Her keys. C. Her books.2. What kind of weather does the man like?A. Rainy.B. Sunny. C. Cloudy.3. What happened to the woman?A. She was late for work.B. She offered bad service.C. She was asked to leave her job.4. Where are the speakers?A. On a bus.B. On a train.C. On a plane.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A dress.B. A sale.C. Some shoes.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。6. What did the woman do this morning?A. She played tennis.B. She prepared the fish.C. She cooked a meal.7. What will the man put on the table?A. Glasses.B. Knives. C. Forks.听第7段材料，回答8-9题。8. Who does the man think he saw today?A. The girls art teacher.B. The girls history teacher.C. The girls woodwork teacher.9. What does the girls history teacher look like?A. He has a beard. B. He has no hair at all.C. He has some hair around the sides.听第8段材料，回答10-12题。10. When does the boy go to the language club every week?A. On Tuesday.B. On Wednesday.C. On Thursday.11. What language will the boy learn next month?A. French.B. Chinese. C. Japanese.12. Where do the language club members meet?A. In Room 2.B. In Room 3.C. In Room 4.听第9段材料，回答13-16题。13. What is the topic of the picture for this years art competition?A. Family.B. The countryside.C. Friends.14. Why cant the girl take part in the art competition?A. She is not interested in it.B. She isnt good at drawing.C. She is over the age limit.15. What may the boys sister use to draw in the competition?A. Colored pencils.B. Oil paints.C. Water colors.16. What is the prize for the winner this year?A. A computer. B. A camera. C. A television.听第10段材料，回答1720题。17. When did the speaker and his family come back to the United States?A. Three years ago.B. Four years ago.C. Twenty years ago.18. Why dont the speakers family return to Britain now?A. They dont like Britain.B. The daughter has to continue her study.C. Theyre happier living in the United States.19. What is the purpose of the speakers six-week trip in England?A. To see his friends.B. To go sightseeing.C. To advertise his new book.20. What does the speaker think of his six-week trip?A. Expensive.B. Difficult.C. Satisfying.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。AHarlequino: Onto Freedom Date:Nov.19-20 7:30 p.m. Venue:Beijing Comedy Theater Price:80-680 yuan The drama discusses the true essence of the humor of Italian improvisational (即兴的) comedy. The performers discuss the purpose of art, reflect on how history is written and survey what is funny and what needs to be liberated.Plastic Fantastic-Minirichi in Shanghai Date:Nov.17 7:30 p.m. Venue:Shanghai Dancing Theater Price:100-380 yuan Four Ukrainian “kidult” comedians decide to throw a wild party using plastic of all shapes and colors. Plastic Fantastic delivers a series of short comic stories that mix improvisation, mime, clown art and sound to draw you into their crazy world. The Collection of American Modern Dance from Paul Taylor Date:Nov.19 7:30 p.m. Venue:National Center for the Performing Arts Price:100-480 yuan Paul Taylor, one of the most accomplished artists this nation has ever produced, has continued to shape Americas homegrown art of modern dance since he became a professional dancer and pioneering choreographer in 1954. Taylor first presented his choreography with five other dancers in Manhattan on May 30,1954. That modest performance marked the beginning of a half-century of unmatched creativity,and in the decades that followed, Mr.Taylor became a cultural symbol and one of the historys most famous artists .The little Singers of Paris in SuzhouDate:Nov.30 7:30 p.mVenue: Zhangjiagang Poly TheaterPrice: 30-480 yuanThe boyschoir Les Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de Bois was created in 1907 and is now famous worldwide. Each world tour is a huge success. The choristers are between 9 and 15 years old and are proud of their choirs long history of over 100 years and are still fulfilling childhood dreams. They have to leave their families in order to be part of this extraordinary adventure: traveling, sharing their passion for singing and enabling others to discover the joy of music.21. Tourists are likely to appreciate American modern dance in _.A. Beijing Comedy Theater B. Shanghai Dancing TheaterC. Zhangjiagang Poly Theater D. National Center for the Performing Arts22. Which of the following may appeal to those who are crazy about short comic stories?A. Les Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de BoisB. Italian improvisational comedyC. Plastic FantasticD. Harlequino: Onto Freedom23. With the cheapest admission ticket, tourists can have access to the performance_.A. on Nov.30 B. on Nov.20 C. on Nov.19 D. on Nov.17BAs her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree course. Alison Thompson, a full-time mum is busy helping her daughter Emma (two years younger than Cameron) get dressed. While help has always been available for Emma, Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs. “People could see that Emma has special needs but because Cameron was doing so well at school, his teachers never thought there was a problem with him,” says Alison.It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different. Camerons ability didnt become clear until he began primary school. Once he even corrected the teacher when she told the class that zero was the lowest number. Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers. He was four at the time. Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school, studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University, having sailed through his GCSE at 11 and his A-level at 12, achieving top grades.Bethany, another daughter of Alison, is bright too, but not gifted. She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat. She also helps him out in social situations.Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her success too.“The other day she did up the buttons on her coat, which was real progress,” Alison says.Late last year the Thompsons took part in a television documentary to prove that not all gifted children are the result of extremely ambitious parents. Gifted children need support too, but their lives dont have to be that different. Cameron is an example.24. Which can be the best title for the passage?A. Ambitious Parents B. Thompsons Children C. Special Gifts D. Different Lives25. What does paragraph 1 indicate? A. Both Cameron and Emma need parental support.B. Teachers at school ignored Emmas problems.C. Cameron helps Emma with her math tasks.D. The couple often have fights because of Cameron.26. There are at least _ people in Mrs. Thompsons family.A. three B fourC. fiveD. six27. What can be known from the passage?A. Emma has learned to take good care of herself.B. Cameron showed his gift before primary school.C. The children of the family are bright and gifted.D. Gifted kids are not so different as people expect.C Guests arriving at the Aloft Hotel in Manhattan or one in Silicon Valley will soon be able to do something hotels have dreamed about offering for years: walk past the check-in desk and enter their rooms by using a smartphone as a room key. The boutique hotel brand from Starwood toHotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. plans to offer this feature at two hotels, in the Harlem neighborhood and in Cupertino, Calif, before the end of the quarter.Starwood officials are hoping this will be one of the biggest technological changes in the industry since free Wi-Fi. We believe this will become the new standard for how people will want to enter a hotel. says Frits van Passchen, Starwoods CEO. It may be a novelty at first,but we think it will become table stakes for managing a hotel.Not everyone is so sure. Past attempts to use technology to streamline the check-in process have had mixed results. Robert Habeeb, president of the First Hospitality Group, which is the owner of 55 hotels in the U.S, says he pulled out check-in kiosks at two of his Holiday Inn hotels after finding that most guests ignored them. He found that many travelers will sacrifice speed or ease to talk with a staff member and ensure their room has the right view or location, or to try for an upgrade. Other guests may still want to be greeted when they arrive.Hotels have never been known for being in the forefront of technology. The industry is often a delay, in part because many hotels are owned and managed by separate companies, making investments in technology more complicated. Nevertheless, many hotel operators have been searching for ways to remove the bottlenecks that can form at a hotels front desk. The delays are the bane(祸根）of many a road warriors travel experience. “Everybody has to check in, but we are all doing it pretty much the same way we were 100 years ago, ”says Christopher Nassetta, chief executive officer for Hilton Worldwide holdings Inc.“It s something we are seriously addressing. Yet it is still not clear that virtual keys will do better than previous attempts to beat traditional check-ins. An effort several years ago to allow guests to enter rooms with the magnetic strip on their credit cards never became popular . Guests worried about security and were unwilling to give their kids credit cards instead of room keys.28. According to the first two paragraphs, which of the following is NOT true.A. Aloft of Hotel in Manhattan will allow guests to use a smartphone as a room keyB. All Starwood Hotels plan to offer the new room key before the end of the quarter.C. Hotel officials hope the new room key will be a great change in hotel industry.D. The new room key may become a new standard of choosing a hotel29. The word streamline(Para. 3) is closest in meaning to _.A. simplify B. strengthenC. change D. unify30. Christopher Nassetta would most likely agree that _.A. its a good idea to cancel check-inB. the way of check-in needs to be changedC. the management of hotel needs to be improved D. its time to make use of technology in hotel industry 31. From the text we can see that the writer thinks the future of the new room key is _.A. optimistic B. negativeC. bright D. uncertainDEl Nino, a Spanish term forthe Christ child, was named by South American fisherman who noticed that the global weather pattern, which happens every two to seven years, reduced the amount of fishes caught around Christmas. El Nino sees warm water, collected over several years in the western Pacific, flow back eastwards when winds that normally blow westwards weaken, or sometimes the other way round.The weather effects, both good and bad, are felt in many places. Rich countries gain more from powerful Nino, on balance, than they lose. A study found that a strong Nino in 1997-98 helped Americans economy grow by $15 billion, partly because of better agricultural harvests: farmers in the Midwest gained from extra rain. The total rise in agricultural incomes in rich countries is greater than the fall in poor ones.But in Indonesia extremely dry forests are in flames. A multi-year drought(干旱) in south-east Brazil is becoming worse. Though heavy rains brought about by El Nino may relieve the drought in California, they are likely to cause surface flooding and other disasters.The most recent powerful Nino, in 1997-98, killed around 21,000 people and caused damage worth $36 billion around the globe. But such Ninos come with months of warning, and so much is known about how they happen that governments can prepare. According to the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), however, just 12% of disaster-relief funding in the past two decades has gone on reducing risks in advance, rather than recovery and rebuilding afterwards. This is in spite of evidence that a dollar spent on risk-reduction saves at least two on reconstruction.Simple improvements to infrastructure(基础设施) can reduce the spread of disease. Better sewers(下水道) make it less likely that heavy rain is followed by an outbreak of the disease of bad stomach. Stronger bridges mean villages are less likely to be left without food and medicine after floods. According to a paper in 2011 by Mr Hsiang and co-authors, civil conflict is related to El Ninos harmful effectsand the poorer the country, the stronger the link. Though the relationship may not be causal, helping divided communities to prepare for disasters would at least reduce the risk that those disasters are followed by killing and wounding people. Since the poorest are least likely to make up for their losses from disasters linked to El Nino, reducing their losses needs to be the priority.32. What can we learn about El Nino in Paragraph 1?A. It is named after a South American fisherman.B. It sees the changes of water flow direction in the ocean.C. It forces fishermen to stop catching fish around Christmas.D.It takes place almost every year all over the world.33. What may El Ninos bring about to the countries affected?A. Agricultural harvests in rich countries fall.B. Droughts become more harmful than floods.C. Rich countries gains are greater than their losses.D. Poor countries suffer less from droughts economically.34. The data provided by ODI in Paragraph 4 suggest that _.A. more investment should go to risk reductionB. governments of poor countries need more aidC. victims of El Nino deserve more compensationD. recovery and reconstruction should come first35. What is the authors purpose in writing the passage?A. To introduce El Nino and its origin.B. To explain the consequences of El Nino.C. To show ways of fighting against El Nino.D. To urge people to prepare for El Nino.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。Main Types of Water PollutionWhen we think of Earths water resources, we think of huge oceans, lakes, and rivers. 36 The most obvious type of water pollution affects surface water. For example, a spill from an oil tanker creates an oil layer that can affect a vast area of an ocean. 37 A great deal of water is held in underground rock structures known as aquifers(含水层). Water stored underground in aquifers is known as groundwater. Aquifers feed our rivers and supply much of our drinking water. They can also become polluted, for example, when weedkillers used in peoples gardens drain into the ground.Surface water and groundwater are the two types of water resources that pollution affects. 38 If pollution comes from a single location, such as a pipe attached to a factory, it is known as point source pollution. 39 A great deal of water pollution happens not from one single source but from many different sources. This is called nonpoint source pollution.Sometimes pollution that enters the environment in one place has an effect hundreds or even thousands of miles away. 40 One example is the way radioactive waste travels through the oceans from unclear reprocessing plants in England and France to nearby countries such as Ireland and Norway.A. Besides, we think of bottled water.B. This is known as transboundary (跨界的) pollution.C. Not all of Earths water sits on its surface, however.D. Water resources like these are called surface water.E. There are also two different ways in which pollution can occur.F. Pouring oil from your car down a drain can lead to water pollution.G. Another example of point source pollution is an oil spill from a tanker.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Until a few years ago, I had what most people would call a good life. I had a 41 job that paid the bills; I had a good family that I was close to, and I had a place to live and money in the bank for trips and 42 , and there was nothing much wrong in my life. 43 , I was bored.I wanted more. I wanted to live 44 and loudly and make sharp memories instead of the 45 ones of everyday life. But I was 46 . Ive never had any 47 in myself. As a child, even buying something in a shop caused me a great deal of 48 , and even though I did get better as I got older, I never quite 49 that childhood shyness.And I tried everything, like reading books about confidence. I took tiny steps leading to my goals. But none of them really 50 .So I 51 that the small steps werent enough. I signed up for an internship（实习期）teaching English in Vietnam, an 52 huge step, one that 53 me as much as it excited me. And then the day came and I left my home and my loved one. I was alone in a country where the fo