精品届高三英语上学期期中试题5.docx

1、精品届高三英语上学期期中试题52019届高三英语上学期期中试题第一部分 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. Why wont the woman hike with the man? A. It will be cold. B. She dislikes hiking. C. The views are boring.2. What does the woman

2、 want to know? A. When the bus will arrive. B. Where the bus stop is. C. Where she can charge her phone.3. What are the speakers talking about? A. Something to eat. B. Something to sleep on. C. Something to ride.4. What will the woman ask the mans brother to do? A. Repair her windows. B. Clean her f

3、ront yard. C. Tell her what type of trees to plant.5. What does the man think smells bad? A. The garbage. B. A dead animal. C. Some poison.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。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. How many

4、 times has the woman been late so far? A. One. B. Two. C. Three.7. What does the man want to do first? A. Fix the alarm clock. B. Buy an alarm clock. C. Order some food to go.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why is the woman writing the report? A. For her social studies class. B. For the school newspaper. C. For a

5、 history project.9. What surprises the man? A. Many immigrants have children.B. Many immigrants own homes in America.C. Many immigrants dont want to stay.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How old is the womans daughter? A. Thirteen years old. B. Fourteen years old. C. Fifteen years old.11. Why is the woman upset

6、? A. The movie was expensive. B. The movie was boring. C. The movie was violent.12. How much did each ticket cost? A. Eight dollars. B. Nine dollars. C. Eighteen dollars.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How did the mans parents feel about his career? A. They fully supported him. B. They didnt agree with him at

7、all.C. They respected his choice. 14. What did the man major in? A. Math. B. Computer science. C. Ad design.15. What was the mans first paid job after college? A. Working in a restaurant.B. Working for Nintendo.C. Working for a Silicon Valley company.16. How does the man feel about designing video g

8、ames? A. He is grateful.B. He is bored with it.C. He is very pleased with himself.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Which country is King from? A. Mexico. B. Australia. C. The United States.18. According to some people, what influenced Kings writing? A. His family.B. His friends death.C. The books he read.19. W

9、hen did King graduate from college? A. In 1970. B. In 1972. C. In 1974.20. What is surprising about the novel Carrie? A. It didnt make much money.B. King almost threw it away.C. King didnt finish it.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。AAn Oceans V

10、acuumTheres a collection of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Its bigger than Texas and growing. The way to clean it up now is to catch it with nets. That is both costly and slow. Instead, the Ocean Cleanup Project proposes 62-mile-long floating barriers that would use natural curren

11、ts to trap trash. If next years trials succeed, a full cleanup operation would aim to start in 2020. It could reduce the trash by 42% over 10 years.Easy-On ShoesIn 2012, Mathew Walzer, a high school student with a disability, sent a note to Nike. “My dream is to go to college,” he wrote, “without ha

12、ving to worry about someone coming to tie my shoes every day.” Nike assigned a design team to the challenge. This year, they came out with their solution: the FlyEase. The basketball shoe can be fastened with one hand. A pair of Nike FlyEase shoes sells for $130.An Airport for Drones（无人机）As Amazon,

13、Google, and others get ready for drone delivery service, there is one big question: what kinds of home bases will their drones have? Rwanda, in Africa, may have the answer. There, workers will soon start work on three “drone ports”. The goal is to make it easier to transport food, medical supplies,

14、electronics, and other goods through the hilly countryside. Construction is set to be completed in 2020.21. Whats the advantage of the Oceans Vacuum?A. It can be put into wide use soon. B. It can grow year by year.C. It can tear plastic into pieces. D. It can be a money-saver.22. What do we know abo

15、ut Nike?A. It provides customer-friendly services. B. It is designing new shoes frequently.C. It offers free shoes to the disabled. D. It responded to Matthews request passively.23. Why is Rwanda setting up “drone ports”?A. Because there are too many drones.B. Because road travel there is rough.C. B

16、ecause theyre easier to construct than roads.D. Because they are open to new technology.BHow are you accessible to Carnegie Hall? “Practice, practice, practice” is the well-known answer. But for some inspiring young musicians from the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul, the road to the

17、 famous concert hall was more difficult.The Afghan Youth Orchestra (AYO) consists of young people who study at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music. It was the first orchestra created in Afghanistan in 30 years.Gulalai Norestani, 14, plays a traditional string instrument. Like many students,

18、Gulalai became an orphan when her parents were killed during the ongoing war. Music is a means of preserving her from harm or unpleasantness. “Music for me is a language of peace,” Gulalai said. “It connects people.”Milad Yousufi, 18, is a piano student. “Music is my life,” he said. Milad also lost

19、many of his family members during the war. When music was banned, he couldnt even touch a piano. So as a 12-year-old boy, he started painting and drawing. “I used to draw a piano,” he said. Finally, Milad was free to play a real piano. “Our dream came true,” he said, “It is everyones dream to play i

20、n Carnegie Hall.”And he has more dreams. “I have a dream to continue my education in America,” he explained. “I am working hard to make that happen. Then I have a dream to come back to Afghanistan and teach and serve people.”Before Milad went onstage that night with the band of Afghan kids who had s

21、urvived a war, I asked him if he had ever experienced true peace. “No, not yet,” he answered, adding, “I hope I will be able to.”Later during the performance, as he played one of Carnegie Halls famous grand pianos, the look of pure joy on his face convinced me that he found peace in music.24. In the

22、 opinion of Gulalai, music .A. makes people understand each other B. calms her down in the warC. is a kind of violent language D. saves her from the killing at war25. What is Milads final goal?A. To play a real piano. B. To be a teacher.C. To play in Carnegie Hall. D. To be educated in America.26. W

23、hat may be the best title for the text?A. Traditional Afghan Music B. Young MusiciansC. A Better Performance D. A Peace in MusicCEnglish is full of colorful phrases to describe shyness. Someone shy might be called shrinking violet or a wallflower, while for especially nervous types we have the curio

24、us expression: they wouldnt say boo to a goose.None of these are traditionally seen as positive descriptions, even if you like geese. In a culture of go-getting high achievers, shy people dont come first. Or thats what the self-help industry would have you believe. Bookshops are filled with great wo

25、rks that promise to help beat social fears and find success in life, love and business. That is why one book, Shrinking Violets: A Field Guide to Shyness, bucks the trend. It became a sudden success across English-language media recently for its new take-on shyness.Author Joe Moran says that despite

26、 struggling with shyness and longing for loneliness all his life, being shy can also be “a gift”. Freed from the constant urge to participate and compete in social situations, people are liberated to look at the world in new ways, and gain fresh insights（洞察力）. Indeed, many of the worlds great thinke

27、rs and artists are introverts (内向的人). Scientists Charles Darwin and Albert Einstein preferred their own company; actress Keira Knightley often finds herself tongue-tied at parties; and Harry Potter author JK Rowling claims she used to be too nervous to even borrow a pen.Moran told BBC Future: “I thi

28、nk shyness probably does turn you into an amateur anthropologist(人类学家), really you are more likely to be an observer.”So, while extroverts make all the noise, they dont necessarily have the best ideas.If youre shy, youve probably known this for a long time. You just dont shout about it.27. When some

29、one is being called a wallflower, he is being _.A. told off for his nervousness B. laughed at for his shynessC. admired for his character D. praised for his grace28. What does the underlined phrase “bucks the trend” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Becomes unpopular and unaccepted. B. Changes the pub

30、lic idea completely.C. Goes against the trend and succeeds. D. Becomes the major concern of people.29. Why did the author mention many famous shy people?A. Show the reasons for shyness.B. Prove shyness contributes to science.C. Point out the harm shyness brings.D. Disconnect shyness and success.30.

31、What is the authors attitude towards shyness?A. Supportive. B. Sympathetic. C. Opposed. D. Critical.DFrigatebirds seagoing fliers with a 6-foot wingspan（翼展）, can stay aloft (up in the air) for weeks at a time, a new study has found.Since the frigatebird spends most of its life at sea, its habits out

32、side of when it reproduces on land arent well-known until researchers started tracking them around the Indian Ocean. What the researchers discovered is that the birds flying ability is unbelievable.Ornithologist（鸟类学家）Henri Weimerskirch put satellite tag（标签）on a couple of dozen frigatebirds. When the data started to come in, he cou