2020重 庆 八 中高三英 语半期考试.

2020重 庆 八 中高三英 语半期考试YCY英语试题卷满分150分。考试时间120分钟.一：听力（共三节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。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。1Where is Fred now?AAt the office.BAt home.CIn class. 2Whose dictionary is this?ABills.BThe man.CThe womans. 3What is the woman doing?AListening to the radio.BReading a newspaper.CWatching television.4What does the woman say about the question?AShe is ready to explain it.BShe doesnt understand it.CShe has no time to answer it.5What is the conversation mainly about?AThe car.BThe bicycle.CThe oil price.第二节 （共12小题；每题1.5分，满分18分）听下面4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，每小题将给出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至8题。6What is the man?AA manager.BA nurse.CA doctor.7Who cooks dinner on weekdays?APaul.BLinda.CRichard. 8What are the two speakers mainly talking about?AInteresting jobs.BBoring housework.CChanging family roles. 请听第7段材料，回答9至11题。9Why is woman so happy?AShe had a pleasant walk.BShe wrote a short play.CShe met a famous poet.10What is the man working on?AA poem.BAn article.CA love story.11What is the conversation mainly about?AHow to find a way out.BHow to make friends.CHow to enjoy life.请听第8段材料，回答12至14题。12How did Tom spend his vacation?AHe went traveling.BHe painted pictures.CHe did some shopping.13Why does the man come to see the woman?ATo give her a gift.BTo ask her for help.CTo tell her about his trip.14What did the woman do for the man?AShe invited him to the caf.BShe bought him a fridge.CShe watered his plants.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15What is the main purpose of the talk?ATo give a prize to a musician.BTo introduce a guest speaker.CTo invite a musician to a concert.16At what age did the pianist begin to play the own music?A5B10C4017What will the pianist mainly talk about?AHis childhood.BHis music school.CHis experiences on his tours.第三节（共3小题，每小题1.5分，满分4.5分）请听下面一段独白，用所听到的独白中的词或数填空，每空限填一个词或一个数。填入的内容要在答题卡相应的位置上。在听本段独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟作答时间。本段独白读两遍。请听第10段材料，回答题1820题。Courses in Harvard UniversityIn the early yearsFew courses were offered in 18 In 19 Courses were offered in medicineIn 1825Modern language courses were offered, such as 20 Later New courses were offered in business.二、英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项选项的标号涂黑。例：A computer can only do you have instructed it to do.AhowBafterCwhatDwhen答案是C。21-How many people are still leading life under poverty line in the world? -Perhaps one fourth.Athe; 不填Ba; the Ca ; aD不填；不填22 two exams to worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.AWithBBesidesCAs forDBecause of 23-Excuse me, wheres the tea-room? -Its right over there. Can I help you with ? -No, thanks.AanythingBsomethingCnothingDeverything24The ground is slippery. Hold on to the rope and dont .Aput offBturn upClet goDtake apart25-Have you telephoned your father? -Yes. He back next year.AexpectsBis expectedCwill expectDwill be expected26-May I speak to your manager Mr. Williams at five oclock tonight?” -“Im sorry, Mr. Williams to a conference before then.”Awill have goneBhad goneCwould have goneDhas gone27We have all learnt that nature is like a balanced net, humans are just a very small part, together with animals, plants, air and more.AwhichBwhoseCthatDwhere28-Lets go to the Smiths this weekend. - . -Ill say goodbye to them before I leave.AThats just my idea.BWhat for?CThanks a lot.DId like to29-I heard you were invited to the presidents party. -Yes. I was surprised at how easy the president was .Afor talkingBtalking toCto talkDto talk to30Youd better voice your opinion publicly you feel it the best time for it at the meeting.AthatBuntilCwhenDwhere31-Can I pay the bill by check? -Sorry, sir. But it is the management rules of our hotel that payment be made in cash.AshallBneedCwillDcan32This problem may lead to more serious ones if unsolved.AmakingBleftCremainedDkeeping33When I came in that evening, the door of the Cockneys sitting room was open and , stamping of fleet, and television music.Athrough it came laughterBlaugher came through itCcame laughter through itDit through came laughter34Antarcticas future is important for us all. Now, however, mans neverending for minerals threatens the ecosystem there.AlikeBideaCdesireDdream35This pair of shoes doesnt look good, but that pair is better, I think.AratherBlessCevenDhardly第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从3655各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。A girl grumbled(发牢骚)to her father about her hard life. She wanted to 36 because she didnt know what she had to do. She felt 37 for fighting and fighting. One 38 had been solved but another came.Her father, a cook, took her into the kitchen. He 39 water into three pans. After boiling, in the first pan 40 some carrots, the second some eggs and the last was put with coffee. He waited without any 41 from his mouth.The girl closed her mouth and waited, 42 by what her father did. After about twenty minutes, her father 43 the stove and took out the carrots and the eggs. After that the coffee was poured into the cup.Turning back to her daughter, he asked, “what do you 44 ?”“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she answered.Her father suggested her 45 the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were 46 . Then he asked her to take the eggs and break them. After 47 them, she got the eggs, cooked and hard. 48 , he asked her to smell the coffee. She asked 49 , “Whats the meaning, father?” He explained that 50 had felt the same unfortunate, the boiling water but 51 action. The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after in the 52 water. The fragile(易碎的)eggs became hard after cooked. Coffee cores(核心)were very unique, 53 they could change water. “ 54 are you? ”asked her father, “When the calamity（苦难）knocks your door, how is your 55 ? Are you carrots, eggs, or coffee?” 36Acatch up Bwear outCgive up Drun out37AtiredBthrilledCconfidentDpromising38AmatterBbusinessCquestionDproblem39AmadeBpouredCchangedDirrigated40Awas addedBwere putCremainedDincreased41AbreathBpraisesCwordsDcomplaints42AjudgedBfrightenedCdisappointedDconfused43Aturned offBturned upCturned downDturned away44AmeanBseeCsuggestDexplain45AtouchingBeatingCobservingDkeeping46AbadBhardCsoftDgentle47AhittingBpeelingCbeatingDdestroying48ABesidesBThusCStillDLastly49AimpatientlyBshylyCregretfullyDbravely50AnothingBanythingCeach thingDsomething51AdifferentBcertainCmoreDunequal52AcoldBboiledCboilingDchangeable53AorBifCthoughDbut54AHowBWhoCWhenDWhere55AinfluenceBreplacementCrefusalDreaction第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40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。A Are British people Europeans? This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, who tend to think of all white people as Europeans. But the British, when they are in Britain, do not regard themselves as Europeans. The Europeans, to them, are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English. Europe is known as “the Continent”, a place full of interest for British tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved. Thus although geographically speaking Britain is a part of Europe, the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel very, very insular（孤立的）. They feel, and in many ways are, different from the rest of Europe, and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them, or even to understand them, in time of need. Where did British people come from? This is an extraordinary interesting question, since they are a mixture of many different races, and all these races invaded（侵略）Britain at different times from Europe. Nobody knows very much about Britain before the Romans came during the first century B. C., but there had been at least three invasions before that. The first of these was by a dark-haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians. The other two were by Celtic tribes: first the Gaels, whose descendants are the modern Scots and Irish, come of whom still speak the Gaelic language; and second the Britons, who gave their name to the whole island of Britain. These were the people whom the Romans conquered. The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilization, but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers, so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the “barbarians”, i. e. the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe.56The purpose of the passage is to _. Atalk about EuropeansBdiscuss the origin of British peopleCargue for the superiority of British peopleDcompare the Europeans with Africans and Asians57It can be known from the passage that _.Amost people think white people are EuropeansBthere are many Africans and Asians living in EuropeCwhite men are Europeans in the eyes of Africans and AsiansDthe British people think of themselves as Europeans58Why do the British people feel very insular?AThey are different from those people in the continent.BThey sometimes fail to support the continental countries in time of need.CThey are separated geographically from the continent.DThey are considered very difficult to understand.59It can be inferred from the passage that _. AEuropeans are those who are unable to speak EnglishBthose who invaded Britain came from the other side of the English ChannelCBritain is a place full of interest for those excitable foreignersDBritain is the source of almost all the wars in EuropeBExplaining Chinas peaceful growth to the American politicians and public will top President Hu Jintaos agenda when he visits the United States from September 5 to 8. “This will be conductive to the development of SinoUS relations and Chinas relationships with the rest of the world.” He Yafei, director of the Department of North American Affairs, said at a news briefing yesterday. It will be Hus first State visit to the US after he became president in 2020. He will meet US President George W. Bush and legislators in Washington DC and business people in Seattle, and deliver a speech at Yale University in New Haven. Also on the list of areas of concern for Hu and Bush may be trade, Taiwan, energy and nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.Chinas favorable balance of trade with the US derives from different economic structures in the two countries. The two economies supplement and benefit each other instead of competing, and the US should loosen its grip over its exports, especially high-tech products, to China, he said.After his US trip, President Hu will travel to Canada and Mexico from September 8 to 13, and back to New York on September 14 to attend the World Summit and other activities in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the United Nations.Hu will wrap up his tour on September 16 at the UN in a show Chinas support for the world body and multilateralism.At yesterdays news briefing, YC he also disclosed that the fourth round of SixParty Talks on Korean Peninsula Nuclear issue will be resumed in the week of September 12.60The underlined word “wrap up ” can be taken place by _.AcompleteBgo on CstartDdo secretly61President Hu Jintao may came home after _.ASeptember 8th BSeptember 14thCSeptember 16th DSeptember 13th62Which of the following is Not true?AThe visit to the US starts on September 5BHu and Bush may talk about Taiwans trade and energy.CThe economy of the two countries should supplement and benefit each other.DKorean peninsula nuclear issue is another important problem the two presidents may talk about63The best title of this passage is _. AItinerary for President Hu Jintaos US visitBMeeting in the USCThe Relationship between China and the USDThe Problem between China and the USCHints on safetyNearly everyone is attracted to water, whether it be the sea, canals, rivers or the village pond. Beautiful as it is, water should be regarded with respect as it can be dangerous. Around 300 children up to the age of ten die each year from drowning. It should be every parents responsibility to ensure that both he and the children swim safely and that as the child gets older, he has some knowledge of life-saving and artificial respiration（人工呼吸）.The basic rules of water safety are:dont leave small children playing alone in waternever swim an hour before or an hour after a main mealif its a danger area, find out before you start swimming where the lifeguard is or where a life-belt is availableas children get older, try to teach them to remain calm in an emergencylook out for warning signs to see whether youre in a danger area (see under this). Be especially careful of inland stretches of water-pools, reservoirs（水库）and dykes（沟）where there are often fewer people about than at the seaside.YOU SHOUID KNOWTHE NATIONAL CODE FOR BATHERSthe code deals with warnings that indicate “Unsafe to Bathe”.1.Colour: red, UNSAFE TO BATHE, do not enter the water.2.Colour: red board, with lettering. UNSAFE TO BATHE AT ALL TIMES. Lifesaving equipment is also painted red for easy identification.3.Colour: red and yellow. PATROLLED（巡逻）BATHING AREAS. Bathing areas with life-saving facilities provided by patrols of lifeguards.4.Colour: black and white check. SURFING（冲浪）AREA. Area set aside for surfing or surfing board riding.5.Colour: white and blue. The divers flag means DIVERS DOWN. Boat users keep well clear of this area.64What does the writer of this article feel about water?AEveryone is attracted to the water in the village pond.BIt is attractive but dangerous.CIt is beautiful and respected by everybody.DThe sea, the canals and the rivers affect the weather.65We can infer from the passage that the word “hints” used in the title means “_”AUseful adviceBExpert experiencesCPublic commentsDFirst aid suggestions66What does the writer think parents should make sure their children know?AHow to be able to save his or her own life.BHow to get knowledge of artificial respiration.CHow to swim and breathe under water.DHow to swim safely and how to save other peoples lives if they get into trouble in the water.67What is the meaning of the sign below mean?ADo not use a surfboard here.BLifeguards patrol this area.CThis area is not for ordinary swimming.DDangerous animals around.DOK, so youve decided on a career in the media, and you are sick to death with people telling you how competitive the industries are. You know you are going to have to get in any which way you can, and that this will probably mean making tea and photocopying, and you are prepared.But that may mean that you will find it a little disappointing when you emerge from an environment where your ideas or you have been publishing your own magazines, and enter a place where perhaps no one will ask you your name, or say hello to you in the morning, and where you are being perhaps not paid to do a job.There are a number of training schemes offered across the media, which are a great route in . Simon Winder was given his start in publishing by the MacMillans training scheme. “I was sent out to Africa and Asia for a couple of years, selling educational books. It was a terrible job in many ways but interesting training,” says Winder. Because he had learnt first-hand about the business of publishing, his training prepared him for a career in the industry. On his return to England, Winder made the move to a senior position at Penguin seven years ago.If you cant get on to a training scheme, or get a paid job straight away, then offering your services for free will open up many opportunities to you. It is all about proving that you can do the job. “Identify companies and people whose programmes you like, and then simply write to them,” Connock advises those wanting to break into television, “Offer to work for free if you possibly can, and the chances are you will impress with your hard work and ideas, and end up staying on in paid employment. Thats how practically every employee of Ten Alps ended up with the company.”Wherever you start out, if you work hard at what you do, your efforts will be rewarded. “Dont focus on where you want to end up,” advises Ross, “Youll know where that is when youre there; just stay focused on the job in hand, and do that as well as you can.”68The main idea of this passage is probably _.Ahow to develop a career in the mediaBthe difficulties you will face in finding a job in the mediaCthe tiring work you have to do at first in the mediaDwhat low pay youll get in the media69What did the writer intend to tell us in the second paragraph?ANo one is willing to speak to you.BYou are the least important person in the unit.CYou will feel be