四川省眉山一中辦學(xué)共同體2019屆高三英語上學(xué)期期中試題

1、.四川省眉山一中辦學(xué)共同體2019屆高三英語上學(xué)期期中試題第I卷第一部分 聽力共兩節(jié)，總分值30分做題時，先將答案標(biāo)在試卷上。錄音內(nèi)容完畢后，你將有兩分鐘的時間將試卷上的答案轉(zhuǎn)涂到答題卡上。第一節(jié)共5小題；每題1.5分，總分值7.5分聽下面5段對話。每段對話后有一個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最正確選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽完每段對話后，你都有10秒鐘的時間來答復(fù)有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對話僅讀一遍。1. When does the conversation take place? A. At the beginning of a term. B. At the end

2、of a term. C. During a vacation.2. Why cant the man drive the woman tomorrow? A. His car is being fixed. B. He has a doctors appointment. C. He will be working in a shop.3. What will the woman do? A. Charge her cell phone. B. Visit her mother. C. Make a call.4. Who will throw a party for the woman n

3、ext Sunday? A. The woman herself. B. The man. C. Nancy.5. What does the woman mean? A. Her mother is a housewife. B. Only 10% of American mothers work. C. Most American mothers work.第二節(jié) 共15小題；每題1.5分，總分值22.5分聽下面5段對話或獨白。每段對話或獨白后有幾個小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個選項中選出最正確選項，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽每段對話或獨白前，你將有時間閱讀各個小題，每題5秒鐘；聽完后，各

4、個小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時間。每段對話或獨白讀兩遍。聽第6段材料，答復(fù)第6、7題。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A festival. B. A birthday party. C. A class reunion.7. What does the woman decide to do? A. Go to a party with the man.B. Go on vacation.C. Stay with her family.聽第7段材料，答復(fù)第8、9題。8. How does the man feel? A. Conf

5、ident. B. Nervous. C. Excited.9. What does the man want to do next? A. Continue talking with the woman.B. Go to the bathroom.C. Drink some water.聽第8段材料，答復(fù)第10至12題。10. Why does the girl want to have a car? A. To travel with her friends. B. To show off. C. To be independent.11. Where does the girl stud

6、y? A. In a middle school. B. In a high school. C. In a university.12. Why doesnt the man buy his daughter a car now? A. He thinks his daughter is too young to drive. B. He cant afford another car. C. He wants his daughter to earn a car.聽第9段材料，答復(fù)第13至16題。13. With whom does the woman travel? A. She is

7、alone. B. Her family. C. Her business partner.14. What do the speakers have in common? A. They both live in New York. B. They are both traveling on business. C. They have both stayed in the hotel before.15. What is the mans favorite part of the hotel? A. The service. B. The breakfast. C. The facilit

8、ies.16. What does the woman imply about the hotel? A. The prices are reasonable. B. It doesnt seem like a nice hotel from the outside. C. The service didnt use to be anything special.聽第10段材料，答復(fù)第17至20題。17. What is The Bookworm? A. A literary festival. B. A caf. C. A bookstore.18. Who is Peter Hessler

9、? A. A photographer. B. A public speaker. C. A writer.19. What was the speaker excited about? A. Seeing someone give a speech. B. Hearing a famous band play music. C. Finding his favorite magazine.20. What was the speakers mistake? A. Mistaking the place.B. Mistaking the year.C. Mistaking the day.第二

10、部分 閱讀理解共兩節(jié)，總分值40分第一節(jié)共15小題；每題2分，總分值30分閱讀以下短文，從每題所給的四個選項A、B、C和D中選出最正確選項并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AThe following list includes some books that come highly recommended by millions of readers and also a short summary of the highlights of each work.The Go-Giver, by Bob Burg and John David MannI didnt even expect that s

11、uch a short book could make a huge difference in my way towards life. It simply explains complex laws that direct mankind, and concludes that there is always truth in the opposite.Dao De Jing, by LaoziDao De Jing is one of the finest books on philosophy written by Laozi, an ancient Chinese philosoph

12、y and poet. It is sincere, exciting and makes you think a lot. Read it and get in touch with the clear educative understandings that give you enough tips to pursue your life goal full of passion.The Science of Getting Rich, by Wallace D. WattlesI had my own misunderstandings of getting rich till I r

13、ead this book. The book made a huge difference to my life after I discovered the secrets mentioned. Read it and it teaches you how to become rich, not immediately, but step by step.The Power of Habit, by Charles DuhiggI never knew habits played such an important role in shaping our future until I re

14、ad this book. It says, you are what your habits are, and also suggests the proven techniques to create new habits that change our lifestyles and eventually our lives. It is a must-read for everyone who wishes to form lifetime habits.The Road Less Travelled, by Scott PeckSimply put, buy this book for

15、 the path towards understanding in a spiritual way that strengthens your personal growth. This book never gives you easy solutions to the challenges of life. It simply is part of life and leaves you with better understanding to lead a fulfilled life.21. Which book can help you chase your dream passi

16、onately? A. Dao De Jing.B. The Go-Giver. C. The Road Less Travelled.D. The Science of Getting Rich.22. Which of the following ideas may Scott Peck agree with? A. Habits can shape our future. B. There is always truth in the opposite. C. Difficulty is often part of personal growth. D. We should find e

17、asy solutions to challenges.23. What can we know about the books mentioned above? A. They are all easily written. B. They are all popular books. C. All their writers are foreigners. D. All the books are about life goals.BMy daughter was singing as she polished the furniture. I hadnt asked her to wip

18、e the furniture. I never do. But while one brother is happiest with the computer, one with a football and one with a model car, her idea of happiness is a can of Spring Fresh and a cloth. Where have I gone wrong?Being a bit of a tomboy 假小子 myself, and not too hot on the household skills, I used to a

19、rgue that the differences between men and women were all about upbringing and expectations. Nobody could have approached motherhood with a courageous determination that all children would be treated the same. Boys would be offered soft toys to hug while girls would play with cars and trains. I would

20、 raise the New Men and female engineers of the future.Ten years ago, as I gazed at my first-born in his cradle, I imagined the gentle soul he would be no guns or nasty aggression. The imagination sustained me until he was about two, when he proudly presented me with his first model a rifle. Later on

21、, in the garden he and his brother began doing such heart-stopping things with sticks that in the end I bought them a couple of plastic swords.We went downhill fast. A decade and three more sons after those early children, we now house an arsenal 軍械庫 of swords, rifles, water pistols, bows and arrows

22、, hatchets, daggers and tanks that would be the envy of the British Army. Not so long ago, we were all nearly arrested when a most life-like gun in our luggage caused a security scare 恐慌 at Heathrow Airport.And what of my daughter? She plays all the boys game because she has to. Youll find her from

23、time to time teetering 行走蹣跚 around the house in plastic high heels, with a handbag pink in one hand and a shotgun in the other and she can manage it when they need someone to make up the numbers for football. But her heart is not really in it. She would rather be drawing or writing or cutting out st

24、ars or polishing shells or dear heavens cleaning the bathroom.I finally faced up to the fact that boys and girls are simply born different. But I wont give up. Ill continue to try and treat them equally and expect the same of them. And by the time theyre all in their teens, I imagine theyll all be e

25、qually impossible to get to do anything. But right now, nature is wearing down nurture訓(xùn)練. Equality is hard work.24. What could “a can of Spring Fresh be? A. some drinksB. some washing-up liquid C. some soft toyD. some shampoo25. How many children does the author have? A. 3B. 4C. 5D. 626. Which of th

26、e following statements is TRUE? A. The author likes doing the housework. B. The author has never allowed her sons to have toy weapons. C. The little girl is very keen to join in with her brothers games. D. The author started out determined to bring up all her children in the same way.27. Whats the b

27、est title for this passage? A. Nature or NurtureB. Boys or Girls C. Games or HouseworkD. How to raise childrenCWhenever something looks interesting or beautiful, there is a natural desire of us to capture and preserve itwhich means, in this day and age. that we are likely to reach for our phones to

28、take a picture.Though this would seem to be an ideal solution, there are two big problems associated with taking pictures. Firstly, we are likely to be so busy taking pictures that we forget to look at the world whose beauty and interest encourage us to take a photograph in the first place. And seco

29、ndly, because we feel the pictures are safely stored on our phones, we never get around to looking at them, so sure are we that well get around to them one day.The first person to notice the problems was an English art critic 評論家, John Ruskin. He was a keen traveller who realized that most tourists

30、make a poor job of noticing or remembering the beautiful things they see. He argued that humans have a natural tendency to respond to beauty and desire to have it, but there are better and worse expressions of this desire. At worst, we get into buying souvenirs or taking photographs. But, in Ruskins

31、 eyes, theres just one thing we should do attempting to draw the interesting things we see, regardless of whether we happen to have any talent for doing so.Ruskin said, “Drawing can teach us to see, to notice properly rather than gaze absent-mindedly. In the process of recreating with our own hand w

32、hat lies before our eyes, we naturally move from a position of observing beauty in a loose way to one where we acquire a deep understanding of its parts.Ruskin deplored the blindness and hurry of modem tourists, especially those who prided themselves on travelling around the whole Europe in a week b

33、y train, “No changing of places at a hundred miles an hour will make us stronger, happier, or wiser. There was always more in the world than men could see, if they ever walked slowly; they will see it no better for going fast. The really precious things are thoughts and sights, not pace.28. Accordin

34、g to Paragraph 2, when taking pictures, people tend to _. A. forget to appreciate something attractive on the spot B. find it hard to learn skills of taking good pictures C. find a good way to keep things in their minds D. have a chance to meet the challenge of new technology29. According to Ruskin,

35、 what should travellers do to best express their appreciation and desire for something beautiful? A. To speak it out openly. B. To photograph it instantly. C. To purchase it directly. D. To paint it immediately.30. From the fourth paragraph, we can infer that Ruskin encourages us to be _. A. conside

36、rate and determined B. active and adventurous C. creative and thoughtful D. sensitive and ambitious3l. The underlined word “deplored in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “_. A. appreciatedB. criticized C. favouredD. ignoredDVitamin B could help reduce the effects of the dangerous type of a

37、ir pollution, according to a new study published on Monday. In the first study of its kind, a team of international researchers looked into the damage caused by one of the pollutants that have the severest impact on health PM2.5.They found that Vitamin B supplement could effectively reduce the impac

38、t of the tiny particles 顆粒 on the human body, although they stressed that the research was in its early stages. According to the WHO, 92% of the worlds people are living in places where the PM2.5 level goes beyond the recommended level. So its urgent to find a solution to the problem.According to th

39、is study, published in the PNAS, 10 volunteers were initially exposed to clean air and given a placebo撫慰劑 to check their baseline responses. The group then kept on taking placebos for four weeks before being exposed to heavily polluted air from downtown Toronto, where an estimated 1,000 cars passed

40、every hour. The bad air was delivered to the volunteers through an oxygen type face mask. The experiment was then repeated, with each volunteer taking a Vitamin B supplement daily, made up of 2.5mg of folic acid, 50mg of Vitamin B6, and 1 mg of Vitamin B12.Vitamin B6 can be found in liver, chicken,

41、nuts and other things, and Vitamin B12 in fish, meat, eggs, milk and some cereals. The researchers found that four weeks of Vitamin B supplements the damage of PM2.5 effects by 28-76%. The results emphasized how prevention at an individual level could be used to fight against the damage of PM2.5, th

42、e researchers said.32. Whats the newly discovered effect of Vitamin B in Paragraph 1? A. It can be used to replace other vitamins in our daily life. B. It can help lower the air pollution level in the open air. C. It can reduce the impact of PM2.5 on human bodies. D. It can get rid of the pollutants

43、 remaining in our body.33. What can be learned from the second paragraph? A. Further study about the effect of Vitamin B needs to be done. B. Vitamin B is the most important to humans health. C. The tiny particles in the air are made up of PM2.5. D. 92% of the worlds people are affected by PM2.5.34.

44、 How did researchers draw the new conclusion about Vitamin B? A. By referring to a journal. B. By performing experiments. C. By interviewing scientists. D. By comparing vitamins.35. You may read the passage on a website about _. A. environmentB. medicine C. educationD. health第二節(jié)共5小題；每題2分，總分值10分根據(jù)短文內(nèi)

45、容，從短文后選項中選出能填入空白處的最正確選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。 The rules about how to talk, eat and sit, which are highly limited, are observed in most Western restaurants and homes. 36 Many Westerners have no idea how to act at the Chinese dinner table. No forks or knives for them to use! The Chinese host makes great, sweep

46、ing arm movements that go over large sections of the table, passing over both food and friends alike. 37 However, it leaves many foreigners at a loss for what to do. In my childhood home, dinner was enjoyed with low voices, and the topics that we could discuss were very limited. 38 If I had to leave

47、 the table to use the toilet, I had to excuse myself without mentioning what it was that I was going to do. “May I be excused, please? I need to wash my hands. I would say. My mother would say, “Sure. My father would often play a joke on me by saying,“ 39 As for eating, we did it quietly. No eating

48、noises were allowed. Everything must be done as quietly as possible. If any sound was created by eating food or drinking, it would be considered as bad manners! 40 He is to sit up straight with the recessive hand usually the left in ones lap holding a napkin while the dominant hand usually the right

49、 holds the fork or spoon. The only time one is allowed to have both hands on the table is when he is using a knife to cut something. A. How one sits at the table is also prescribed規(guī)定.B. We were not allowed to talk about anything that made listeners uncomfortable.C. Cant you think up a better excuse

50、than that?D. Theyre completely different from what we find here in China.E. Your hands dont look dirty!F. The scene is fantastic.G. In general they were all strictly forbidden topics.第三部分 語言知識運用共兩節(jié)，總分值45分第節(jié) 完形填空共20小題；每題1.5分，總分值30分閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C和D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最正確選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。Sleeping in C

51、lassI can still remember it as if it happened yesterday. I was a college freshman and had 41 most of the night before laughing and talking with friends. Now just 42 my first class of the day, my eyelids were feeling 43 and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a 44 . A few minutes

52、 nap time before class wouldnt 45 , I thought. Boom! I lifted my head immediately and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my heart 46 quickly trying to find the cause of the 47 . My young professor was looking back at me with a 48 , boyish smile on his face. He had 49 dropped the

53、 pile of textbooks he was carrying onto Ms desk. “Good morning! he said, still smiling, “Im glad to see everyone is 50 . Now lets get started.For the next hour I wasnt sleepy at all. It wasnt from the shock of my professors textbook alarm 51 either. It was 52 from the attractive discussion he led. W

54、ith knowledge and good humor, he made the material come alive. His insights were full of both wisdom and loving kindness. I 53 the classroom not only wide awake, but a little 54 and a little better as well. I learned something far more important than not 55 in class that day, too. I learned that if

55、you are going to do something in this life, do it well, do it 56 , and make it an 57 of your love. What a glorious place this world would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. What a beautiful world we could 58 if every doctor, teacher, musician, cook, waitress, poet, miner, farmer, and laborer made their work an expression of their love. Dont sleepwalk your way through life then. 59 ! Let your love fill your work and your soul. Life is 60 short not to li