湖北省重点高中联考协作体届高三上学期期中考试英语.docx

1、湖北省重点高中联考协作体届高三上学期期中考试英语2016年秋季湖北省重点高中联考协作体期中考试高三英语试卷命题学校：天门中学 命题教师：王丽梅审题学校：汉川一中 审题教师：杨三冬考试时间：2016年10月28日下午14：30-16：30 试卷满分：150分第I卷第一部分：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，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

2、下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How does the man often communicate with his friends? A. By telephone. B.By e-mail. C.By letter.2. What are the speakers talking about? A.A sofa. B.A magazine. C.A survey.3. What does the woman care about most ? A. Getting promotion. B.Finding some experts. C.Pushing sales.4. What do

3、es the woman mean? A. The man was mistaken. BThe man was careful. C. The man has hearing problems.5. What do we learn from the conversation? A. The man often lends books to the woman. B. The woman is rather forgetful. C. The man appreciates the womans help.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

4、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至8题。6. What degree is the woman studying for? A.A bachelors degree. B.A masters degree. C. A doctors degree.7. Whats the woman like? A. Careless. B.Patient. C.Hard-working.8. Who will ta

5、ke care of the womans kids today? A. The womans sister. B.The womans husband. C.The womans mother.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. Why does the woman congratulate the man? A. His son will be in charge of the company. B. He has opened a new branch of his company. C. The branch has earned him a lot of money.10. How

6、 many branches does the company have? A.4。 B5 C10.11. What do we know about the speakers? A. They are colleagues. B. They knew each other many years ago. CThey are a couple.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Why does the woman only have a few minutes to talk? A. She will have classes. B.She will attend a meeting.

7、 C.She will have a test.13. What are the speakers talking about? A. Taking an exam. B. Some famous paintings. C. Attending the drawing course.14. What is the woman? A.A boss. B.A teacher. C.A president.听第9段材料，回答第1 5至17题。15. Why was the man surprised at being fired? A. He is a good salesman. B. He ju

8、st got promotion. C. He was getting on well with his colleagues.16. What mistake did the woman make? A. She raised the mans pay by mistake. B. She mistook the man for Chris Jennings. C. She almost fired the wrong person.17. How does the man feel in the end? A. Disappointed. B.Satisfied. C.Angry.听第10

9、段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Where does the name Starbucks come from? A. From its founder. B. From a place name. C. From a book.19. What did Schultz want his employees to be like? A. Happy. B.Rich. C.Casual.20. How does the new service affect Starbucks? A. Its more popular. B.Its more expensive. C.The coffee i

10、s more delicious.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 These are words that attempt to express the unique trip of a lifetime. Experience theGrand Canyon as eagles do soaring, turning, rising, descending. Dont miss this experience.The following h

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15、erful Las Vegas Adventure Tour.Aerial sightseeing tours originating in Las Vegas, Nevada include breathtaking views of LakeMead, the Mohave Desert, and the west rim of the Grand Canyon. Aerial tours including roundtrip as well as combination tours attract many visitors. Visitors arriving at the Hual

16、apai Nations Grand Canyon West Airport may select one fromactivities above.21. How much should be paid if a couple wants to take a 13-minute helicopter tour? A. 132 dollars. B.264 dollars. C.300 dollars. D.120 dollars.22. If the helicopter lands on the banks of the Colorado River you will . A. visit

17、 the Hoover Dam B. have a romantic picnic lunch C. catch sight of Lake Mead D. enjoy a pontoon boat ride23. Which tour may be the most comfortable? A. Helicopter Aerial Tour. B. Las Vegas Adventure Tour. C. Champagne Helicopter Tour. D. Helicopter -Pontoon Tour. B “Now stretch(伸展) over your right le

18、g! my dance teacher yells over the music. “If itdoesnt hurt, youre not trying hard enough. Hold that stretch for 30 seconds! My danceteacher works hard to form us into the dancers we desire to be. In order for this to occur, westretch hard a lot! Dancing is a real passion of many people, including m

19、e. I work hard to make myselfbetter, and prove that I am good enough. Performing a dance routine is more than just aperformance. Dancers tell stories when they dance. It is a way for us to express our personalfeelings. Just letting go and letting your body move with the music can create your emotion

20、s.Dance tells us things that our mind secretly hides. “Get up and do it again! You need to keep your spirits up ! Even though I am completelyworn out after my dances, I love to hear those words. It gives me a sense of relief knowing thatI can again express my feelings out on the floor. “Practice mak

21、es perfect! Come on. we have a competition this weekend, and we need towork harder! Competitions are the best possible example of fun. For a dancer, life cannot getbetter than competitions. The thrill of losing yourself onstage is a rush of energy rushingthrough your body! The feeling is unexplainab

22、le. As you sit there putting on your makeup,fixing your hair, and putting on your costume, the rush just gradually grows until it is ready tobe released onstage. Finally the time comes to tell your story. Standing backstage waiting for your name to becalled is one of the scariest moments. You are re

23、ady to show the world what you are capable ofand what you have been perfecting for a while. Once your number is called, you walk outonstage. The applause at the end tells each dancer that their story has been received, and thatthe dance has been brought to life.24. What does the authors dance teache

24、r require her to do during the dance class? A. Build up her confidence. B. Keep encouraged and cheerful. C. Train her body to the fullest. D. Understand the music.25. How does the author understand dancing according to the text? A. It is a good way to release stress. B. It takes talent, confidence a

25、nd patience to dance well. C. It is no more than a performance with our bodies. D. It is a way to show our personal emotions.26. As far as the author is concerned, a dance competition means . A. an improvement in her life B. an opportunity to have fun C. a reflection of her perfect thoughts D. a way

26、 to experience the scariest moment27. What would be the best title for the text? A. Bringing dance to life B. Training for competitions C. Dancers special feelings D. Encouragement from my teacher C We live in a culture that sends out very mixed messages about mistakes: Were told welearn by making t

27、hem, but we work hard to avoid them. So the result is that most of us knowthat we are going to make mistakes, but deep down, we feel we shouldnt. Experiments with schoolchildren who did well on a given test show that those who werepraised for being smart and then offered a more challenging or less c

28、hallenging task afterwardusually chose the easier one. On the other hand, children praised for trying hard-rather thanbeing smart-far more often selected the more difficult task. If we try hard to avoid mistakes, we arent open to getting the information we need inorder to do better. In a writing stu

29、dy, experiments showed that those who are so scared tomake mistakes perform worse in writing tasks than those who arent as worried about beingperfect. They fear receiving any kind of negative feedback, so they dont learn where they wentwrong and how to get better. We dont just learn more when were o

30、pen to mistakes, we learn deeper. Research tells usthat if were only concerned about getting the right answer, we dont always learn theunderlying concepts that help us truly understand whatever were trying to figure out. Mistakesneed to be seen not as a failure to learn, but as a guide to what still

31、 needs to be learned. AsThomas Edison said, “I am not discouraged, because every abandoned wrong attempt isanother step forward. Furthermore, we often make mistakes because we try new things-we wander away fromaccepted paths. Teflon, penicillin-these are examples of great discoveries made by mistake.Take a page from Albert Einstein, who said, Anyone who has never made a mistake has nevertried anything new. 28. What will happen to students praised for being smart in face of choosing tasks compared to students praised for working hard? A. He will ask his teachers for advice. B. He will hide hi