厦门双十中学2019届高三年级期中考试——英语

1、厦门双十中学2019届高三年级期中考试本试卷分为第i卷（选择题）和第n卷（非选择题）两部分。共150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第I卷（选择题，共 115 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 15 分, 满分 75 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。1Why can t t

2、he man park here?This is a park C Its in the street cornerA Taxis stop hereB2Who is the man probably?AA teacherB A bossC A customer 3 What word can be used to describe the man?A PoorB GreedyC Forgetful 4 To whom is the man closer?A His mom B His dadC Both 5 What is Piggy?A An advertisement B A boy C

3、 A dog第二节（共 15 小题, 每小题 15 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。 请听第 6 段材料 , 回答第 6 至 8 题。6 Where does the conversation probably take place?A At the post office B At a baker s shop7 How long ago was

4、 the parcel posted?A Two daysBTwo weeksCTwo months 8 What can we know about the man?A He is carelessB He is very angry about the service C He loves his mother very much 请听第 7 段材料 , 回答第 9 至 11 题。 9 When does theconversation probably take place?A During the break time B After work C At a restaurantC O

5、n their way to the work 10 What can we infer from the conversation?A The man walks to the office B The man doesnt like his job that much C The man thinks the transportation costly 11 H ow many miles is the office away from hishome?A Five or six B Forty-five C Twenty 请听第 8 段材料 , 回答第 12 至 14 题。12 What

6、 sthe woman doing when the man phones her?A Lying in bed B Preparing for an English test C Having an English test 13 Why doesnt she go to see a doctor?A She is too busyB She has taken some aspirinCShe doesnt like seeing a doctor 14 What will the woman do after the conversation?A Go to see a doctorB

7、Have a good restC Take an English test 请听第 9 段材料 , 回答第 15 至 17 题。15 What do we know about Nancy?A She has an unhappy marriageB She has broken up with her husbandC She will take her daughter to her parents 16 What will happen to Bonnie?A She will be with her father B She will be with her mother C She

8、 will be with her grandfather 17 What will Nancy s parents do for Nancy?A Take her home immediately B Talk with her not to break up with her husband C Talk with her not to take the responsibility to be a single parent 请听第 10 段材料 , 回答第 18 至 20 题。18 What subject is this instruction mainly about?A Amer

9、ican history B The cause of the Civil War C Abraham Lincoln 19 Why is December 15th important?A The date when the Civil War ended BThe date when Abraham Lincoln passed away C The date when the papers are expected20 What will the speaker probably discuss next?A The speech by Lincoln B The end of the

10、Civil War CThe beginning of the War Between the States 第二部分 :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 和 D 四个选项中 , 选出可以填入空白出的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21We _ to start our own business, but we never had enough money A have hopedB had hopedC would hopeD have been hoping22 On account of

11、your health, you must do your _ to shift off the care of your children A favourB splendourC responsibilityD endeavour23 The general manager declared that whoever performed well would be _ to a higherposition A evolvedB promotedC dominatedD allocated24 Nancy enjoyed herself so much _ she visited her

12、friends in Sydney last year A thatB whichC whenDwhere 25 Wow! It snowedlast night What a nice world! Youre right But it s more difficult to find my missing keys with snow _ thegroundA coveredB coversC to coverD covering26 We thought shed come for a visit, but it seems she is staying _ A for goodB fo

13、r funC at lengthD for nothing27 Dad, Ive finished my assignment Good, and _ you play or watch TV, you mustn t disturb me A no matterB wheneverC whateverD whether28 Not far from the club there was a garden, _ owner seated in it playing bridge with hischildren 29 The easily _ computer system is unsafe

14、 from hackers A whoseB thatC whichD itsA accessedB crushedCsealedD refreshed30 This special school accepts all disabled students, _ educational level and background A according toB in addition toC regardless ofD in terms of31 The temperature will fall sharply the day after tomorrow, when a snowstorm

15、 _ to strikeour areaA is expectedB expectsC has expectedD will be expected32Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more _ to, and more easily troubled by, emotionaland relationship problems A skepticalB sensitiveC addictedD available33 He was busy writing a story, only _ once in a while to smoke a

16、cigarette A . to stopB . stoppedC. having stoppedD. stopping34. Was it there_you were away to an swer the phone? There is no doubt about it .A . thatB . whichC . whileD . where35 . Miss Li_as a secretary for five years in the compa ny, and now she is gen eral man ager ofit .A . servedB . has servedC

17、 . had served D . serves第二节完形填空（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 和 D）,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。“ This Friday we ll have the yearly Egg Drop Challenge,” said our scienee teacher, Mr . Baker .You can work along with a partner . ”My friend, Cassie, and I smiled at each other . W

18、e always worked on projects 36.The 37 of the Challe nge was simple to build a protective container to keep an egg from breakingwhen38 the stadium wall .I made my san dwich that after noon while wait ing for Cassie .39 the butter-cream gaveme an idea .have a brillia nt desig n for our40c ontainer! I

19、said whe n Cassie arrived . We can41_ the egg with some butter-cream . ”Why not put the egg in a basket with a parachute（降落伞）42? Cassie rolled hereyes. The parachute is better tha n that stupid idea. ”I couldn believe it . Of course wed had our little 43 in the past, but shed never called any of myi

20、deas “ 44 before.Then I llbuild mine and you build yours! ”45 words had been out, our friendship was challenged .When Friday fin ally arrived, I had to 46Cassies Egg Force One looked prettygood.47 , my Egg-cellent Egg Cream didndlook quite scientific.We kids carried our containers up threestadium st

21、eps and dropped them over the side wall.Those whose eggs broke were out; those whoseeggs survived 48 three more steps and dropped them again.This would go on till the last egg broke.After four roun ds, only Cassie and I were 49. I let go of my box . I heard some one sayew after sec on ds . Had my eg

22、g broke n? I raced dow n the 50. The sidewalk was dotted withegg shells from those 51drops . Fi nally I found my little Egg-celle nt Egg Cream .That looks like egg drop soup, Laura, Cassie said . She was holding her Egg Force One . My 52_ raced . Had she won? I looked at her basket .53.My egg bounce

23、d 54, she explained, pointing to a broken shell .A tie（平局），” Mr . Baker said .Cassie looked at me, and her glare55.I laughed . She smiled 36 .A . patientlyB . sile ntlyC . togetherD . alone37 .A . functionB . goalC . reas onD . result38 .A . rolled downB . pushed aga instC . throw n atD . dropped ov

24、er39ASpreadingB BoilingCBakingDHolding40A butterB sandwichCcreamDegg41A protectB replaceCcarryDmix42A followedB coveredCattachedDsupported43A ideasB fightsCworriesDchallenges44A wrongB stupidCbrilliantDscientific45A SinceB WhileCButDAnd46A explainB denyCadmitDprove47A ThereforeB AnywayCOtherwiseDBes

25、ides48A paced downB turned aroundC walked upDwent back49A leftB wantedCchoseDdiscovered50A stepsB wayCwallDsidewalk51A intendedB unexpectedCfailedDdesired52A eyesB handsCfeetDheart53A LostB DirtyCBrokenDEmpty54A aroundB outCinDdown55A returnedB remainedCincreasedDsoftened第三部分: 阅读理解（ 共 20 小题 ; 每小题2 分

26、 , 满分 40 分）第一节阅读下列短文 , 从短文后所给各题的四个选项（ 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。AHow come the boys always get to go somewhere but we have to stay here? Toby, my cousin,complained Soon we had an idea of finding a hidden treasure, but we had to find out how to make thishappen We went upstairs to my

27、parents bedroom which was always tidy and smelled like my mothersperfume Opening the silver lid of the glass jar, we looked nervously inside and removed my motherspretty pearl ring and diamond ring Mom only wore them when she got dressed up to go somewhere, soToby believed she wouldnt miss them We w

28、rapped them up tightly in toilet paper and quickly ran outinto the big field where we often pretended to ride wild horses We brought along a big kitchen spoon to dig a hole and buried the rings Dont tell anyone Tobymade me promise For some unknown reason we forgot to go back later It was almost a we

29、ek before my mother realized her rings were missing and she was driven madThe look on my face must have been a dead give-away and it wasnt long before I told the whole storyabout my adventure with Toby Only then did I realize the seriousness of my crime Show me where, my mother demanded So off we we

30、nt for the rings But I couldnt rememberexactly where! We dug in several places without success Eventually we gave up, and amazingly mymother didnt shout at me One day about six years later, a farmer found a pearl ring in the soil and he kindly handed it over tomy mother, who was overjoyed This disco

31、very started an exciting new search But the other was neverdiscoveredMany years later, I noticed my sister wearing the pearl ring When I asked my mother how, she answered, Well, I always pla nned to give my good rings to my daughters someday and you were supposedto get the diam ond one!56. The autho

32、r and Toby decided to find a hidden treasure, because_.A . they wan ted to do someth ing excit ingB . they were told the author mom had hidden someC. they had found somewhere suitable for hiding treasureD . Toby was wise eno ugh to know where to find a hidde n treasure57. Probably, the authors mothe

33、r_.A . was not strict with her childrenB . had quite a lot of jewelryC . was not very wealthyD . had a pair of valuable jars58 . The best title for the passage could be_ .A . Just PunishmentB . Hidden MemoryC . Happy ChildhoodD . Serious CrimeBWester n New Bridge Library Announ ceme nt2019-3-10Short

34、e ned Library Hours for Spring BreakLibrary Hours have been shortened to 7 hours a day (9:00 a . m. 4:00 p . m. ) for Spring Break fromMarch 24 to March 30 .Comi ng EventsOn Mon day, March 24, at 10:30 a . m . , Scott Sutt on, a childre n writer, will tell stories to kids over seven . Sutt on attrac

35、tive style will surely in spire every one prese nt!At 1:00 p . m . , on March 26, the Geogetow n Musicia ns will prese nt an Irish Folk Con cert, which willbe entertaining for the entire family . Come for the music and stay to check out some releva nt booksfor the rest of the week!On Thursday, March

36、 27, at 2:00 p . m . , the annual Child ren s Gathering will take place in Room 201,the sec on d-floor . Pick up an in vitati on in the Childre n Room and return your RSVP (回复) to reserveyour seat at the table by 3:00 p . m . on Tuesday, March 25 . Only childre n are allowed in theGathering .At 10:3

37、0 a . m . on Friday, March 28, Enzo Monfre of the hit kid s science show, ENZOology, will bringFossils Live ! Surely Enzo will take the audience back in time, deep beneath the surface of the earth,to uncover the mysteries of killer dinosaurs, and more . Enzo recently appeared on the Elle n DeGeneres

38、 Show come and see him at the library!Please note：In case of emergency, please call the Help Desk at 926-3736 and follow the procedures outlined on the voice message . The call-dow n service is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week foremergencies . The Help Desk supplies service to you all the year

39、around! For questions about allthese, please con tact hldw nbl . corg .Come for the great Fun; Stay for the releva nt Books!59 To attend the annual Children s Gathering, one has to _A buy a ticketB apply in advanceC make a reservationD contact the call-down service60 According to the passage, Enzo M

40、onfre will _ A show the children around a zooB tell stories to children over sevenC be present at the science show in personD lead the children to the Ellen DeGenerse Show61 The Help Desk in this library supplies service _ A only during the daytimeB in case of emergencyC till the end of the Spring B

41、reakD after 22:00 p m every day62 We can learn from the passage that children can _ A attend all the activities with their parentsB borrow some relevant books for the activitiesC participate in the activities from 8:00 a m to 4:00 p mD choose only one of the activities according to their interestCMo

42、st young architects particularly those in big cities can only dream about working in a buildingof their own And making that dream come true often means finding a building no one else seems to want,which is exactly what happened to David Yocum and his partner, Brain Bell Their building is a formeraut

43、omobile electrical-parts firm in Atlanta From the outside, it looks too old, even something horrible, butopen the door and you are in a wide, open courtyard, lined on three sides with rusting （生锈的） walls In 2000, Yocum and Bell found this building in the city s West End Built in 1947, the structure

44、hadbeen abandoned years earlier and the roof of the main building had fallen down But the price was right,so Yocum bought it He spent eight months of his off-hours on demolition （排 除） , pulling rubbish outthrough the roof, because it was too dangerous to go inside the building The demolition was har

45、d work,but it gave him time to think about what he wanted to do, and “to treasure what was there the walls,the rust, the light ”Yocum said “Every season, more paint falls off the walls and more rust develops Its like an art installation （装置） in there a slow-motion show ”Since the back building had b

46、een constructed without windows, an all-glass front was added to thebuilding to give it a view of the courtyard, and skylights were installed in the roof The back of the buildingis a working area and a living room for Yocum and his wife A sort of buffer （缓 冲） zone between thefront and the back conta

47、ins a bathroom, a kitchen and a mechanical room, and the walls that separatethese zones have openings that allow views through to the front of the studio and the courtyard beyond Yocum and Bell, who have just completed an art gallery for the city, feel that the experience from thedecoration of their

48、 building, focusing on the inside rather than the outside, has influenced their work Ithas also given these architects a chance to show how they can make more out of less 63 Accordingto the passage, it is _ for most young architects in big cities to work in abuilding of their own A easyB unnecessary

49、C unrealisticD common64 Yocum bought the old building because _ A it was a bargain to himB it was still in good conditionC it was located in the city centerD it looked attractive from the outside65 Working on the old building, Yocum and Bell _ A pulled rubbish out through the roofB removed the skyli

50、ghts from the bathroomC presented a slow-motion show in an art galleryD built a kitchen at the back part of the old building66 It can be inferred from the passage that Yocum and Bell _ A benefited a lot from pulling down the roofB turned more old buildings into art galleriesC got inspiration from de

51、corating their old buildingD paid more attention to the outside of the art gallery 67The main idea of the passage is that_ A people can learn a lot from their failuresB it is worthwhile to spend money on an old buildingC people should not judge things by their appearanceD creative people can make th

52、e best of what they haveDYoure sitting on the train home and the person opposite you yawns （打哈欠） Suddenly, youreyawning with him, though you re not tired This phenomenon confused scientists for years until a recent study found that people tend tosympathize with fellow humans Supporting this claim wa

53、s the discovery that those children who wereunable to form normal emotional ties with others did not experience contagious （有感染力 的） yawning,which showed that humans communicate regularly without words Hugo Critchley, a neuroscientist, has conducted an experiment recently, which will prove thathappin

54、ess and sadness can spread like the common coldAccording to Critchley, our mind and body arein constant exchange about how were feeling “Emotions are closely linked with states of internal （内部的） responses,”he explained “There are also more visible changes in our gestures and facialexpression When we

55、re in a group, these signals can spread to another person For example, theres the obvious tendency to smile when smiled at and there are less obvious changes that reflect emotionsof surprise, anger or sadness such as a change in our heart rate and blood pressure.Hugo Critchley further expla in ed. O

56、ur bodies synchronize and whe n we like the other pers on, weeven copy his behavior. Next time you chat with a friend, take note of how you re sitting it pretty likelythat you will be the same . Scientists believe it our way of telling each other that were partners. Throughbody Ianguage, humans give

57、 each other very subtle （微妙的） but clear signals that show emotions . ”So, what less ons can we lear n from this? Spend time with happy people otherwise your healthcould suffer, ” said Critchley . When we re sad, our body goes into fight or flight mode . But when wereappy, our body works normally and

58、 we feel relaxed and positive . So we look bright, our skin glows, wefeel healthy and it affects every one around us . ”68. According to Hugo Critchley,_ .A . emotions are as visible as facial expressionsB . we yawn more frequently when we have a coldC. emotions are connected with states of internal

59、 responsesD . the change of blood pressure is not linked with the change of emotions69.The underlined word_ “ synchronie in Paragraph4 means “”.A . move slowlyB . change rapidlyC . relax temporarilyD . resp ond accord in gly70 . From the passage we can lear n_A . sad ness is as con tagious as happ i

60、n essB . an ger is less con tagious tha n frien dli nessC . surprise is more con tagious tha n smileD . surprise is the most contagious among emotions71. Which of the followi ng stateme nts is true accord ing to the passage?A . Emoti ons have delicate in flue nee on fellow huma ns .B . Childre n lik