河北省衡水中学高三上学期期末考试英语试题及答案

1、20142015学年度上学期高三年级期末考试英语试卷命题人：李如先 本试卷分第1卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）。共150分，考试时间120分钟。 注意事项： 1答第1卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题卡上。 2选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干 净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。第i卷（选择题共100分） 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分） 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

2、，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. how many words do eskimos have for ice ,probably?. a. less than 33. b.exactly 33. c.more than 33.; 2who is the woman? a. the mans customer. b.the mans secretary. c。the mans boss 3.where are the speakers? a.in a lab. b

3、.in- a classroom. c.in an office. 4. when did the man go to yellowstone national park? a. this year. 一 b.last year. c.three years ago. 5. what does the woman mean? a. she is busy at the moment. b. she didnt go out with peter last night.c. she wants the man to hold on for a minute.第二节 （，共15小题每小题1.5分，

4、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. where does the conversation take place? a. at a bus stop. b.ina newspaper office. cin a coffee shop. 7. what are the speakers mainly talking about? a.a le

5、tter. b.public transportation. croad construction.听第7段材料，回答第8.9题。8j why did the police officer stop the woman? a. she broke a traffie rule. . b. her appearance matched that of a criminal. c. he was looking for someone driving珏similar car.9. what do we know about -the thief?1 a. he has dark hair. b.h

6、e has blond hair. c. he is five feet tall. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. who is the woman? a.a saleswoman. b.a shoe repairer. c.a shoe maker.11. when can the man pick up his shoes? a. at 5:00 this aftemoon. b. at 2:.00 tomorrow aftemoon. c. at 4:30 tomorrow aftemoon.12. what is the man satisfied wit.h? . a.

7、the price. b.the quick service. cthe quality.13. how long has michael wilson been cooking? a. for the last twenty years- . b. since he was twenty years old. c. since he was a kid.14. what does michael wilson say about making friends? a. having something in common helps a lot. b. eating together is a

8、 great way to get to know others. c. language is necessary for making friends. .15. according to michael wilson, where would be agood place to eat beef? a. new york city. b. finland. c. shanghai. . 16. what does michael wilsonprobably use in his dishes? a. complicated sauce9. b. expensive spices fro

9、m around the world. c. local fruits and vegetables. 听第10段,回答第 17至 20题 17. how tall is the second tallest building in the world? a. almost 2800 feettall. b. almost 1800 feet tall. . c.almost 1000 feet tall. . 18. what s one of the funny things about -the burjkhalifa? a. its location. . . b. its -shap

10、e. c:lts building materials. . 19. what does the speaker say would -take- all moming? . . a. washing all the windows of the burjkhalifa. . : , . b. climbing the stairs ,to the top of the burjkhalifa. c. taking the elevator to the top of the burjkhalifa. , i . 20. what can we learn about the burjkhal

11、ifa?, a.lt is surrounded by other tall buildings. . . b.it was designed by an american firm. . . c. it was based on a famous picture of ants.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。a one evening last summer, when i asked my 17 - year - old son. ray,

12、 for help with dinner, his response surprised me，。“whats a colander（漏勺）？he asked. i could only blame myself. nobodys hands went in the sauce except my own. but that night, as i explained with a touchof paruc that:a colander is the thing with holes in it, 1 wondered what else i hadnt prepared ray for

13、. as parents, while we focus on our childs confidence. and character, we perhaps dont always consider that we are also raising someones future roommate,. boyfriend, hus- band, or father.1 wanted to know that i had raised a boy who would never ask the woman in hs life, whats for dinner? so i came up

14、with a plan:1 would offer ray a.private home economic course.1 was delighted to find that he didnt say no. for two hours, three days a week, ray was all mine. one day, as his tomato sauce reduced on the stove, he washed and seasoned(给.调味）a chicken for roasting. then he rolled out the piecrust （馅饼皮）a

15、nd filled it with apples, all while listening to my explanation on the importance of preheating an oven. i knew that he.would tather have been shooting hoops in.the driveway than learning to mend socks with his mother - he tried to .beg off sewing lessons, even though i insisted that one day, someon

16、e would find the sight of his fixing his own shirt very attractive - but it couldnt be denied that he was leaming, and more.than just housekeeping. he came to understand why i asked him to do -so。：“iappreciate more what you do asamom,: he told me one day. ray now understands the finer points of cook

17、ing, and more import.antly, he realizes theres nothing masculine（男子气的）about being helpless. not only can he make his own dinner, he can make it for his family, too. that.s what i call a man.21. when hearing the question what s a colander? the author . a. was angry at her.sons ignorance . b.intended

18、to blame the educational system . . : . c. was happy that her son got interested in cooking . d. intended to instruct her son. more in housekeeping22. from the passage, we can leam that ray _ . a. preferred sewing to cooking b. made great progress in coo ing c. resisted taking the course at first d.

19、 thought it attractive to do housework23. the underlined part -more than just housekeeping shows that ray _ . a. fell in love with housework . b. did other work in the house . c. began to be more independent d. acknowledged- the author s efforts24. the reason why the author teaches her son to do som

20、e cooking is that _ . a. she wants lum to be a-good cook. . . . . b. she finds he is interested in cooking c. she cares -about both her son and everyday housewcxtk . d. she-wants him to be independent and. helpful for others . . bexperience.the colorado river the hualapai way ! river runners offers

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27、 tel: 1 - 888 -868 -937825.lt can be leamed from the text that _ . a. the guides can help you leam sailing . . b. the grand canyon is well - known for its lustory c; the helicopter transportation can save you three hours time . d. the cost includes snack, drink and lunch26. what do we know about the

28、 ;trip? a. hualapai river runnets provides dry clothes. b. you will get $20 back ifyou are dissatisfied. . . . c. the trip is free of charge for children under 2. d. online booking has a better. offer all year round.27. what is the purpose of the passage? a. to attract people.to the sights. . b.to e

29、xplore the hualapai culture. . . * . . c.to explain how to make a rafting trip. . . d. to introduce the history of the colorado river. c body awareness helps children figure out how they can move their bodies and under- stand the concept of space and how it relates to their bodies. there are many fu

30、n games andsongs that teach children body awareness and encourage them to move their bodies. simon says is a great example of such games, as long as you allow all children to con-tinue playing instead of removing children who do not follow the directioris correctly. chil-dren who do not follow the d

31、irections correctly are generally the veryones that need to playthe game most. each time you call out an instruction - touch your toes/raise your arms/ tap your head - the children are mentally relating the name of the body part to their ownbodies. . . do you remember the game statue, or maybe you c

32、all;it freeze? the teacher plays mu- sic , and when the music stops, the children ffreeze:. to add an element of leaming about body part.s, add this instruction: when the music stops, you freeze except for the body part that i call out when the music stops; iso if you call hands , everyone should fr

33、eeze except for their hands, which should be moving. children love this variation of the game, and it teaches them to listen and leam body parts. * listening to songs also helps teach childrens body awareness. one of the songs is ifyoure happy an,d you know it. although the standard refrains (.副歌曲调)

34、 tell you to clap your hands and stamp your feet , you can try -lots of fun verses: wiggle your fin-gers, pull your ears, knock your knees and touch-your head, etc. . children enjoy guessing games, too. try giving clues about which body part you aredescribing. for example, i am thinking about a body

35、 ptut that i smell with. it is right un-der my eyes and right over my mouth. what am i thinking about? to help thinking ancllanguage skilj.s, encourage children to make up the clues for a body part. cluldren should enter school with a basic understanding of.their bodies. children pro grams can promo

36、te this understanding by including develop - mentally appropriate and fur activities into curriculum that teach children about their amazing bodies ! 28. the reason why children dont follow the directions correctly is that they _ a. are not clever enough b. can t ipay attention well c.have good body

37、 awareness . . d.lack body awareness 29., wluch of the following games could possible be beneficial to ,tlunking and speaking? . a. listening to songs;j b,guessin,g games. . . c. simon says. - . d. statue or freeze. 30. which of the following statements is. not true according to the passage.? a. sta

38、tue or freeze can add element of leaming about body ptuts. b. simon says helps children relate names to their body parts easily. c. listening to songs can only help children move their hands and feet. . d. guessing games is a good way for children to.make up clues for body parts.31. the authors purp

39、ose in writing the passage is to tell us _ a. why body awarene8sis important for children./. b.which game is best for children s -body awareness c. how we can help children leam before going to school . d. what activities are good for children s body awarenessddreams can be familiar and strange, fan

40、tastical or boring; but some dreams might be connected to the mental processes that help us leam: in a recent study, scientists found a connection between nap - time dreams and better memor)r in people who were leaming a new skill. in the study, 99 college students between the ages of 18 and 30 each

41、 spent an hour on a computer, trying to get through a virtual maze (逃宫). the maze was difficult, and the study part,icipants had to start in different place each time they tried - making it even more difficult. they were also told to find a particularpicture of a tree and remember where it was. for

42、the first 90 minutes of a five - hour break, half of the part.icipants stayed awake and half were told to take a short nap. participants who stayed awake were asked to de- scribe their thoughts. participants who took a nap were asked about their dreams after sleep - and they were awakened within a m

43、inute of sleep to describe their dreams. stickgold, a neuroscientist (神经科学家) , wanted to know what people were drea- nung about when their eyes werent moving during sleep. four of the 50 people who slept said their dreams were connected to the maze. some dreamed about the music that had been playing

44、 when they were working:. others said they dreamed about seeing people in the maze. when these four people tried the computer maze again, they were able to find the tree faster than before their naps. stickgold suggests the dream itself doesn- t help a person learn - it s the other way around. he su

45、spects that the dream was caused by the brain processes associated withleaming. all four of the people who dreamed about the task had done poorly the. first time,which tnakes stickgold wonder if the dreams, show up when d person finds anew task part.ic-ularly difficult. people who had other.dreams,.

46、- or people. who .didn t.,take a nap, didntshow the same improvement. . .32. before having a short nap, participants of.the experiment were asked to_. a. stay in a.different place in the mae. . . b.designa virtual maze which is difficult.to get through一 ， c.experience.the expenment and try to rememb

47、er something d. get through a virtual maze on a computer from the same place33. what can we leam from the text? a. participants who took a nap were required to express their thoughts. b. some dreams may encourage people to invent something new. c. participants who dreamed about films could finish th

48、e task more easily. d. participants whose dreams had something to do with the maze could find the tree faster.34. according to stickgold,. . a. every person may dream about what they leamedb. peoples brain processes may still be connected with their leaming in their dreamsc. once peoples eyes stop m

49、oving, they are sure to dream about something d. no matter how fantastical or boring, dreams are connected with peoples life35. what is the best title for this text? a. dreams are strange b.not all dreams are true c.dreaming makes perfect d. stickgold,a dream expert第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分io分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的

50、七个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 36 in addition, only a small part. of college graduates have a job related totheir majors. so many people are starting to wonder if eaming a degree is necessary. i feelstrongly that education is always worth the cost. here are a few words of wisdom that i hopewill hel

51、p others come to that conclusion as well: think long term. _ 37 sure the present job market is not good, but thats justthe way things are right now. i believe that eventually the economy will cycle back and thejob market will follow. when it does, a degree will give you a leg up in the competition.

52、38 for some degrees, the potential e:arnings from related jobs simply arentenough to justify the lugh cost of tuition. but there s more than just money - for one, what about happiness? if you choose your major based on how much money it might eam you, you will end up miserable. be creative. there are the obvious jobs that relate to your degree. _ 39 a down market forces people to think outside the box when it comes to their job search. if you have a degree in english, you ve likely already