辽宁省凌源市第二高级中学2020届高三英语上学期期末考试试题

凌源二高中2020学年度上学期期末考试 高三英语试卷考试时间：120分钟 试卷分数150分第I卷第一部分：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，从题中给出的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秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. At what time is the next train to London?A. 11:35. B. 11:45.C. 12:00.2. Where is the Natural History Museum?A. Next to a park. B. On the 42nd street.C. Beside the Central Bank.3. How does the womans son want his steak served?A. Medium. B. Well done.C. Slightly underdone.4. What will the man do this weekend?A. Help Nick move house. B. Go shopping.C. Hold a house-warming party.5. What does the woman mean?A. She has bought a present for Tommy. B. She wants to buy something on sale.C. She hasnt decided what to buy.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至8题。6. What are the speakers talking about in general?A. How to take a vacation. B. How to cut down expenses. C. How to get to a conference.7. How is the woman going?A. By air. B. By train. C. By taxi.8. Why arent the speakers going together?A. They travel in different ways. B. The man has to work overtime.C. The woman will go on vacation first.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Send the e-mails. B. Mail something for him. C. Pick up some packages.10. Why does the man ask the woman for help?A. He doesnt have any time. B. He doesnt have the address list.C. He doesnt know how to find a messenger.11. What will the woman probably do next?A. Call the messenger service. B. Attend a meeting. C. Have some coffee.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Where has the man been to?A. Switzerland. B. Australia. C. Thailand.13. What impressed the man most?A. Feeding kangaroos. B. Walking through rain-forests. C. Visiting the Great Barrier Reef.14. How did the man get the cheap air ticket?A. From his dad. B. From his dads friend. C. From his cousin.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Interviewer and interviewee. B. Manager and secretary. C. Clerk and guest.16. What strong point does the woman think she has?A. She travels a lot. B. She has good records at school. C. She is good at writing news reports.17. How does the man most probably feel about the womans reply?A. Calm. B. Surprised. C. Dissatisfied.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where is the speaker studying now?A. In Mongolia. B. In Brazil. C. In the United States.19. How did the speaker spend her childhood?A. She moved from one place to another. B. She joined in her favorite school activities.C. She just made friends with people from America.20. What may make the speaker choose the major?A. Her love for sharing her wide interests. B. Her love for being in touch with others.C. Her love for traveling around the world.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。AThe Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.Step: Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?Finding: Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a day-half of the number doctors recommend.Step: We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day-often inviting germs（病菌）to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.3. How often do you think about fighting germs? Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should. Step: Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge（海绵）that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.21. What is found out about American seniors?A. Most of them have good habits.B. Nearly 30% of them bathe three days a week.C. All of them are fighting germs better than expected.D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day22. Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands .A. eight times a day B. three times a day C. four times a day D. twice a day23. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. We should keep from touching our faces.B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.C. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.D. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle.24. The text probably comes from .A. a guide book B. a popular magazine C. a book review D. an official documentBThe wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sport car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of the cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio stations competition. The aim of the competition was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered a special “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England, Greg, and Carla were among eight finalists who were interviewed live on a radio. They took a lie detector（测谎仪） test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges include an astrologer（占星家） who declared that they were suited.The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding breakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaines mother looked anxious throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordells parents are reported to be less than delighted.Organizations, including the marriage guidance Service Relate, have criticized the marriage. As one person put it, “We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this. Marriage should always be about love.”The couple are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a years free use of a wonderful apartment in the center of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last?25. How did the couples parents react to the wedding?A. The brides mother shared their joy.B. The brides father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.C. The bridegrooms parents were not that joyful.D. The bridegrooms parents were quite delighted.26. Some experts believe that _.A. marriage without the couples meeting each other first ends up in divorce（离婚）B. young people nowadays are too careless about marriageC. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problemsD. most young people take marriage seriously except this couple27. One of the prizes for the couple is _.A. to spend their honeymoon wherever they like B. to use an apartment free for some timeC. to have a wedding dress free D. to own an American sports car28. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. A well-matched couple B. A wedding based on loveC. A short-lived marriage D. Two strangers and a weddingCTone of voice is very important in human conversation. A person might use words that communicate one message and a tone that shows something very different. This possibility for confusion is one reason that businessmen encourage discussing things in person, rather than through email, as tone cannot be determined in the written form.The same rule is true with children. Children as young as a few months respond to a change in voice. It has been recorded that babies prefer to hear a story read by their own mother rather than another woman whom they do not know.Have you ever talked to someone who had little or no changes in their voice no matter what you were discussing? Think of the teacher or professor you had in the past that spoke in a monotone manner for the entire lecture. It is very boring and difficult to become interested in the topic.Parents should make an active effort to communicate with your child. If your child figures out how to open a box he or she has been struggling with and says “YES!” with pride in his or her voice, your response should be happy and excited (something encouraging, like “You did it!”). If you plainly said the same thing, you would not be matching the tone of your child.This applies to feelings that the child may express in everyday situations as well. If a child argues with a friend, your response should not be said in a high voice or with a smile. Seriously and sincerely you should say “You look sad” or “That must have been hard for you”.The tone of your voice expresses understanding, acknowledgement, connection and several other healthy things to your child. Although your words are very important, equally important is the tone with which you say those words.29. Whats the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To tell us that our tone of voice is as important as the words we say.B. To tell us that businessmen prefer to talk in person.C. To lead to the topic of the passage.D. To advise us to use different tones of voice correctly.30. The underlined word “monotone” in the 3rd paragraph probably means a(n) _ tone.A. slowB. unchanging C. coldD. high31. When communicating with their children, what are parents advised to do?A. To hide their feelings with different tones of voice.B. To use a tone of voice that can match their childrens feelings.C. Not to speak to their children in a low voice.D. To train their children to express their feelings by tone of voice.DProbably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar. The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument.Music experts do not agree about where the guitar was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12th century. The guitar continued to develop in Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today.Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violins Niccolo Paganinm played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern times Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular.In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powerful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings (弦)as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the fifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called “Meet Mister Callaghan.”32. What can we infer from the first paragraph?A The guitar plays a very important role in music.B The choice of musical instrument is important for a band.C The guitar was the most popular musical instrument in the past.D Every musician likes playing music instrument with the guitar.33. According to most experts, the guitar developed into a modern form like today in _.A. Egypt B. Persia C. Spain D. Italy34. In Paragraph 3, the author introduces _.A. the method of playing the guitar B. the exact time of the guitars originC. the way that the guitar was made D. some musicians who played the guitar35. Where does the passage probably come from?A. A newspaper B. A broadcast C. A magazine D. A history book第2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。How to remember your passwordsRemembering and then forgetting your passwords can be a frustrating business, and one that contributes to more than half of calls made to helplines. _36_ Once you have reset your password, youre going to need to remember that one too. Follow our tips on breaking the password-frustration cycle._37_We often create so many user IDs but there are only a small number of passwords that you really need to remember. Its important for you to remember your banking and email passwords, but do you really need to worry about your occasional eBay visit? If you can commit(交付) just a few to memory, you can hand the rest over to a password keeper to do the remembering for you.Sign up for a password keeping service._38_ You just need to encrypt(加密) your data and keep it in a safe server. Many password keepers require you to remember just one master password, which will give you access to the accounts you have chosen.Write them down“Just keep them in a safe place, such as a locked box,” says Internet security blogger Bruce Schneier. _39_ Thus, it isn t entirely discouraged and can be an efficient back-up plan when all else fails.Work on your memory_40_ Practising memory techniques or making certain lifestyle changes, including reducing stress, might just prevent you from having to make that frustrating password phone call ever again.A. Download a mobile password app.B. Of course, it doesnt just stop there.C. Try to make a note of your passwords.D. Work out which passwords matter most.E. Put your money into different accounts.F. It will remember your passwords for you.G. Many exercises can help improve your memory.第三部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Eleven-year-old Angela had something wrong with her nervous system. She was unable to 41 . In fact, she could hardly make any 42 . Although she believed that she had a 43 chance of recovering, the doctors said that 44 , if any, could come back to normal after getting this disease. Having heard this, the little girl was not 45 . There, lying in her hospital bed, she 46 that no matter what the doctors said, her going back to school was 47 .She was moved to a specialized health center, and whatever method could be tried was used. Still she would not 48 . It seemed that she was 49 . The doctors were all fond of her and taught her about 50 that she could make it. Every day Angela would lie there, 51 doing her mental exercise.One day, 52 she was imagining her legs moving again, it seemed as though a miracle (奇迹) happened: The bed began to 53 ! “Look what Im doing! Look! I can do it! I moved! I moved! ” she 54 .Of course, at this very moment everyone else in the hospital was 55 . More importantly, they were running 56 safety.People were crying, and equipment was 57 . You see, it was an earthquake. But dont 58 that to Angela. She has 59 that she did it, just as she had never doubted that she would recover. And now only a few years later, shes back in school. You see, to such a person who can 60 the earth, such a disease is a small problem, isnt it?41. A. see B. hear C. talk D. walk42. A. progressB. difference C. movement D. achievement43. A. poorB. little C. good D. special44. A. all B. few C. some D. most45. A. satisfied B. discouraged C. surprised D. happy46. A. insisted B. forecast C. feared D. promised47. A. real B. certain C. true D. impossible48. A. get upB. give up C. turn up D. stand up49. A. undefeatable B. proud C. troubled D. upset50. A. expecting B. imagining C. realizing D. thinking51. A. usually B. faithfully C. madly D. sadly52. A. as B. since C. after D. before53. A. moveB. roll C. fly D. speak54. A. jumped B. wondered C. recovered D. screamed55. A. frightenedB. pleased C. touched D. encouraged56. A. inB. by C. for D. with57. A. risingB. missing C. falling D. gathering58. A. tell B. do C. give D. show59. A. noticed B. supposed C. discovered D. believed60. A. shakeB. push C. shock D. save第II 卷第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节 （共10个小题；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（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写在答题卷的相应位置。When Vivienne Harr was 8 years old, she saw a photo she would never forget. It was a photo of two young boys _61_ (carry) large, heavy rocks on their backs. These children were the same age as Vivienne. But they did not h