保定市2018-2019学年度第一学期高三期末调研考试英语及答案

1、20182019学年度第一学期高三期末调研考试英语试题本试卷由四部分组成。其中，第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。第三部 分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题。考试时间120分钟，满分150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L 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。What will the sp

2、eakers do this weekend?Take pictures of sunrise on Mount Tai.Take a long walk around the city.Take pan in a photo contest.How does the woman probably get to work?On foot.By bus.By bike.What did the woman think of Danas speech?Well-prepared.Too long.Boring.When is Simon most likely to arrive?At 7 ： 0

3、0.By 7 ： 50.、At 8 ： 00.、.，What will the man probably do?Go to a bar.Go to the cinema.See a film online.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，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话 或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。When did the woman start to play

4、 the violin?At the age of 4.At the age of 7.At the age of 12.What instrument does the man think is most difficult to play?A The violiixThe keyboard.The piano.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。What are the speakers mainly talking about?Pocket money.Part-time jobs.Study expenses.What does the man usually do every Friday

5、 evening?Ixok after his granny.Take care of his neighbors baby.Go to the bookstore to study.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。Where are the speakers?In a gym.In a hospital.C. At the mans home.What does the woman advise the man to do?Stay in bed and have a good rest.Lift heavy objects and walk much.C Do light exercis

6、e but avoid tiredness.What is the relationship between the speakers?Doctor and patient.Husband and wife.Trainer and trainee.高三英语试题第2页（共1 2页）听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。What kind of jobs seems to be in short supply?Writers.School teachers.C Newspaper reporters.Where is Sharon most likely to go?BostortNew York.C

7、alifornia.What does James plan to do if he cant find a job?Continue his education.Start a newspaper.Write a book.Who are the speakers?High school teachers.Laid-off workers.Fellow students.听下面一段独白，回答第17至20题。What is the speaker mainly talking about?School activities.Travelling plans.Outdoor courses.Wh

8、at place will the students visit?A lake.A forest.A beach.What will the students learn to do?Make a birdhouse.Feed birds.Design a birdbath.How many hours will the students spend in “Nature?12.15.36.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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。APizza is a pretty universal

9、 treat, but where did it start? Here are three things you probably didnt know about pizza.I： Pizzas Origins Are Half-Baked.The Neapolitans （那不勒斯人）in Italy are proud of saying they invented pizza, but its probably more accurate to say, they perfected it. The idea of putting toppings on a flatbread an

10、d baking it started in the 6th century B. C. But the people of Naples were the first to put tomato on a flatbread in the 16th century. From its start, pizza was a food of the poor, as it was cheap, filling and easy to eat on the run. In Italian, the word “pizza” refers to anything that is made and t

11、hen pressed flat.2： Pizza Margherita Is Not Exactly a Symbol of Italy.It was said some day in 1889, a local baker named Raffaele Esposito created three pizzas for Queen Margherita when she was on a tour of Italy. The queen loved the version that had tomato, basil and mozzarella cheese - and just hap

12、pened to match the colors of the Italian flag. So Esposito named the pizza after her.But Pizza historian Scott Wiener points out that Italy was unified in name only in 1889 so it was unlikely any Neapolitan baker would want to celebrate ,the Northern conquerors. Further, the letter of gratitude for

13、the pizza from the royal household that Pizzeria Brandi displays appears to be a fake （鹰品）and may just have been a marketing plan.3： Hawaiian Pizza Invented by a Canadian.Sam Panopoulos, from Greece originally moved to Canada at the age of 20. In 1962, he decided to put some ham and pineapple on a p

14、izza at one of his restaurants in Ontario.“We just put it on for fun to see how it was going to taste,“ he told the BBC in 2017. Panopoulos named it the Hawaiian pizza after the brand of canned pineapple he used. The mix of sweet and savory toppings caught on with a certain part of the pizzaloving p

15、ublic. The inventor died in 2017.高三英语试题第4页（共12页）Who was pizza first made for?The people of Naples.The poor Neapolitan people.The rich Italian people.Queen Margherita specially.What can we learn about Pizza Margherita?It was intended to match the colors of the Italian flag.It was made to celebrate “t

16、he Northern conquerors. nIt was made to cater for Queen Margherta.It was displayed in the royal house.How did the name of Hawaiian Pizza come?It was named after a brand of canned pineapple.It was named after a restaurant in Ontario.It came from a local Hawaiian cook.It came from the pizza-loving pub

17、lic.BIn 2012 my wife and 1 decided to open our bookstore in spite of unfavorable situations. The challenges facing small bookstores were-and remainsignificant. Apart from the obvious rise in online selling, the increase in the popularity of e-books has negatively affected independent providers.The q

18、uestion is why a new, small-scale （小规模的）provider would voluntarily enter such a challenging market? From a personal view, our reasoning was sound： we wanted to share our love of great books and reading for pleasure with as many likeminded people as possible.Having done our homework, one thing became

19、 clear. In order tor us to succeed, we would have to offer something that none of our larger competitors already provided. And so we started the Willoughby Book Club. We set up our website in the summer of 2012and we havent looked back.The idea of service is simple. We offer a range of book subscrip

20、tion gift packages available in three-month, six month and 12-month options. Our customers choose a package, tell us a little about the person theyre buying it for, and we use this information to send the receiver a hand-picked, gift-wrapped book once a month. We also recently decided to give one ne

21、w book to Book Aid International for every gift高三英语试题第5页（共1 2页）subscription sold. These books are sent out to sub-Saharan Africa, supporting the educational work there. Within four months of starting out, we won the Young Bookseller of the Year Award at the 2013 Bookseller awards.Our brief journey f

22、rom new booksellers to award receivers has been challenging and rewarding. The biggest thing weve learned is that, despite the pressures facing independent providers, there is a place for them in the UK market. Its just a question of finding it.24. What challenges do the couple have to face when ope

23、ning their bookstore?Their bookstore is in an unfavourable place.They are short of money and manpower.Their bookstore has limited great books.Online selling and e-books are gaining popularity.What does the underlined word “sound“ in Paragraph 2 mean?A. accurateB. controversialC. reliableD. safeIn or

24、der to succeed, the couple have taken practical measures except.setting up a book clubbuilding their websitesending the customers gifts every monthaiding some Africans by giving them new booksWhats the authors opinion on being an independent provider?It is anything but challenging.It is difficult bu

25、t worth it.It is too difficult to sueeeed.It is just a question.CHumans invention of zero was vital for modern mathematics and science, but were not the only species to consider “nothing“ a number. Parrots and monkeys understand the concept of zero, and now bees have joined the club, too.Honey bees

26、are known to have some numerical skills such as the ability to count to four, which may come in handy when keeping track of landmarks in their environment. To see whether these abilities extended to understanding zero, researchers trained 10 高三英语试题第6页（共1 2页）bees to identify the smaller of two number

27、s. Across a series of trials, they showed the insects two different pictures displaying a few black shapes on a white background. If the bees flew to the picture with the smaller number of shapes they were given delicious sugar water, but if they flew toward the larger number they were punished with

28、 bitten tasting food.Once the bees had learned to consistently make the correct choice, the researchers gave them a new choice： a white background containing no shapes at all. Even though the bees had never seen an empty picture before 64% of the time they chose it rather than a picture containing t

29、wo or three shapes, the authors report today in Science. This suggests that the insects understood that “zero” is less than two or three. And they werent just going for the empty picture because it was new and interesting. Another group of bees trained to always choose the larger number tended to pi

30、ck the nonzero image in this test.In further experiments, the researchers showed that bees understanding of zero was even more complex： for example they were able to distinguish between one and zero-a challenge even for some other members of the zero club. Advanced numerical abilities like this coul

31、d give animals an evolutionary advantage, helping them keep track of predators（捕食者）and food sources. And if an insect can display such a thorough grasp of the number zero, write the researchers, then this abiliry may be more uornmon in the animal kingdom than we thinkAccording to the trials, the res

32、earchers have found that bees.have the same intelligence as parrots and monkeyscan count many numbers after being trainedcan identify the smaller number quicklyunderstand the concept of zeroThe researchers trained another group of bees toconfirm the bees are able to identify the smaller numberfind t

33、he big difference between the two groups of beesprove the bees are interested in new thingsshow the bees can be distinguished easilyWhat do the researchers suggest in further experiments?Bees should be trained more.Numerical abilities could help predators find bees.Insects are better at understandin

34、g zero than animals.Animals may display a thorough grasp of the number zero.高三英语试题第7页（共1 2页）What is the best title for the text?New Findings About Bees Concept of ZeroExperients On Bees Numerical SkillsC Complex Trials About the Zero ClubA Science Report of the Species of BeesDSome people dream abou

35、t becoming engineers. Luckily, the new IMAX film Dream Big shows how engineering can improve peoples lives. It teaches viewers how engineers use high-tech to help the world. The film hits IMAX theaters nationwide on February 17 to celebrate Engineers WeekThe film, taking place in locations like Chin

36、a, Dubai and Africa tells the stories of engineers who try to come up with creative ideas to save energy and help people.Dream Big was directed by Greg MacGillivray who has 38 films under his belt, including some of the most successful films ever shown in IMAX theaters.How did MacGillivray get into

37、the moviemaking business? ”I grew up at the beach. My first movies were about surfing and the ocean. As time went on, I saw the changes in the ocean including pollution and overfishing. So I started making films about conservation of nature. n He told TFK. Now, his films cover a variety of topics, f

38、rom the natural world to human creation.One of the engineers in Dream Big is Angelica Hernandez. In high school, she was on a team that beat MIT, a university, in an underwater robotics competition. Today, the engineering work she does focuses on helping people use less energy and save money and res

39、ources. I work with companies to promote energy efficiency with their commercial customers, so its really trying to push forward all the measures that customers and high-energy users can apply, she explains.Engineering is such a good job-you make good money, travel around the world, solve amazing pr

40、oblems and help people. ” she says.The mission of Dream Big is to show people the good that engineers can do to the world. That was the impulse of making this movie”, MacGillivray explains, “We want to explain engineering in a way that will get the kids very excited about it.Whoever and wherever you

41、 are, you can become an engineerhe adds, uAll you need is the creative spirit. n高三英语试题第8页（共12页）Who are the main characters in Dream Big?A. Engineers.B. Businessmen.C. Viewers.D. Environmentalists.What do MacGillivray and Angelica Hernandez have in common?hey can make robots.They are good at filming.

42、They have won awards in competitions. They care about environmental protection.What is MacGillivrays purpose of saying the words in the last paragraph?* To advise people to have big dreams.To promote his film Dream Big.To encourage people to be engineers.D To share his success of Dream Big.What can

43、we infer from the text?Angelica Hernandez will act in more Films.Dream Big calls on people to learn from engineers.Dream Big encourages people to make money by being engineers.D Engineers have done a lot to help directors to develop IMAX films.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

44、为 多余选项。Find a quiet location. Keep a routine. Focus on one subject at a rime. It all seems like sound advice for students who need to hit the books, 36 Heres a list of tips from Carey, a scientist, for getting the most out of your study time：.Doing practice quizzes can help you retrieve （检索）informat

45、ion on test day. “Tests have a very bad reputation as a measurement tool,“ Carey says. But psychologists have found self-tests slow down the forgetting of material you ve studied. “If you study something once, and then you test yourself on it,“ Carey says, “you do better than if you study it twice o

46、ver. nMove around “If you move around and study the same material in several places,“ he says, “you may be forming multiple associations for the same material. So its better anchored in your brain, and you can pull it out easier.”高三英语试题第9页（共1 2页）Mix it up1 hink about a football player who does stren

47、gth training, speed training and drills. Carey says alternating between different facets of a subject in a single sitting can Mleave a deeper impression on the brainn . For example, when studying French, do some verbs, some speaking and some reading. 39 .Space it outInformation learned in a hurry is

48、 lost just as fast. So if you really want to learn, space out shorter, hour-long study sessions. Theres no doubt that you can cram for （突击备考）an exam. v Carey says, “ 40 . And once its gone, its gone. Youre not getting it back. ”Test yourselfStudy it and practice moreand it turns out that some of the

49、m are in great helpbut recent studies indicate the conventional wisdom is wrongThe problem is that its so easy to forget what you just crammedChanging up where you study can help you keep more informationSpending your time in deep concentration on just verbs isnt effective第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节（共

50、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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空 白处的最佳选项。If we redouble our effortsour dreams will come true. Chen Zuobin had 41 for 13 years already. Finally, he decided to become a 42 again. Born in a mountain village in Anhui province, Chen Zuobin walked out of the 43 for study when he was

51、 19. Though he had a 44 life as a creative director of an international agency in Shanghai 9 he couldnt45the anxiety reflected in his dreams.“I dreamed about 46 branch roads several times a year. I didnt know which one leads to 47 . It made me feel terrible. One day, Chen Zuobin said to his wife, “I

52、 want to go home. n 48 being surprised, his wife said, 49 your heart. Dont worry about me.”The young couple returned to their hometown and 50 the Real Food Farm just to lead a real and simple life. Chen Zuobin shook off the 51 and tiredness from too much 52 in the city. Only in the mountains can the

53、y enjoy the 53 air. There 高三英语试题第10页（共1 2页）isnt:the smell of tailgasbut the smell of54when it shines over the woods. Theylivea life of eating healthily and 55 well.Ina time wheneating56 becomesa luxury (奢侈)in the 57 life, it strul：y a :right way to return to the 58 . “IJfe is a journey of 59 the pro

54、per way. vsaid Chen Zuobin.Those dreams about branch roads have60because he has found his own path.41.A.dreamedB.livedc.struggledD. hesitated 42.A.villagerB.workerc.managerD. farmer43.A.mountainsB.desertsc.nationD. city44.A.hardB.successfulc.simpleD. cozy45.A.removeB.rememberc.exposeD. imagine46.A.m

55、uddyB.vaguec.countlessD. straight47.A.RomeB.homec.futureD. destination48.A.In terms ofB.In spite ofc.In place ofD. Instead of49.A.ConcernB.Observec.FollowD. Open50.A.leftB.soldc.builtD. ruined51.A.anxietyB.lonelinessc.sadnessD. joy52.A.desireB.workloadc.relationD. money53.A.warmB.thinc.smelly ;D. fr

56、esh54.A.waterB.dustc.sunlightD. smog55.A.playingB.sleepingc.dressingD. studying56.A.carefullyB.perlyD. happily57.A.urbanB.realc.countryD. family58.A.natureB.simplicityc.wildnessD. beginning59.A.changingB.directingc.leadingD. finding60.A.faded awayB.passed awayc.put awayD. run away第三部分：英语

57、知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节(共10小题,每小题L 5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Rivers are one of our most important natural resources. Many of the worlds great cities are located on rivers and almost every country has at least one river 61 (flow) through it, which plays an important part in the lives of 62

58、(it) people.Since the beginning of history, people 63 (use) rivers for transportation.高三英语试题第11页（共1 2页）The Yellow River and Changjiang River play a large role in China. The Mississippi, the 64 （long） one in the United States ever influenced the American people 65 （great） in history. The lifeline of

59、Egypt is the Nile Rivers provide fresh water 66 drink, grow crops, make electricity and chancca to have fun for tlio5e 67 live along their banks.68 the cities grow in size and industries increase in number, the river water is severely being polluted. It urges all countries to make 69 （decide） and ta

60、ke immediate action to stop it from 70 （pollute） any more.第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文 中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（A）,并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Nowadays