精品届高三英语上学期期中试题 新版 人教版1文档格式.docx

1、 A. In a restaurant B. On his way C. At home4. What will Celia do ? A. Find a player B. Watch a game C. Play basketball5. What day is it when the conversation takes place ? A. Saturday B. Sunday C. Monday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。每段对话有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出的最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对 话前，你将有时间阅读各个

2、小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What is Sara going to do ? A. Buy John a gift. B. Give John a surprise C. Invite John to France7. What does the man think of Saras plan ? A. Funny B. Strange. C. Exciting 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does Diana say sorry to Peter ? A. She has to give up

3、 her travel plan. B. She wants to visit another city. C. She needs to put off her test.9. What does Diana want Peter to do ?A. Help her with her study B. Take a book to her friend C. Teach a geography lesson.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man call the woman ? A. To tell her about her new job B. T

4、o ask about her job program C. To plan a meeting with her.11. Who needs a new flat ? A. Andrea. B. Alex C. Miranda.12. Where is the woman now ? A. In Baltimore. B. In New York. C. In Avon听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What does Jan consider most important when he judges a restaurant ? A. Where the restaurant

5、is. B. Whether the prices are low C. How well the food is prepared.14. When did Jan begin to write for a magazine ? A. After he came back to Sweden B. Before he went to the United States. C. As soon as he got his first job in 1982.15. What Jan do to find a good restaurant ? A. Talk to people in the

6、street. B. Speak to taxi drivers C. Ask hotel clerks.16. What do we know about Jan ? A. He cooks for a restaurant. B. He travels a lot for his work. C. He prefers American food.听第10段材料，回答每17至20题。17. What do we know about the Plaza Leon? A. Its a new building B. Its a small town. C. Its a public plac

7、e.18. When do parents and children like going to the Plaza Leon? A. Saturday nights. B. Sunday afternoons. C. Fridays and Saturdays.19. Which street is known for its food shops and markets ? A. Via del Mar Street. B. Fernando Street C. Hernandes Street.20. Why does the speaker like Horatio Street be

8、st ? A. It has an old stone surface. B. It is named after a writer. C. It has a famous university.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，并在答题卡上将选项涂黑。AI once knew an old man whose bad memory made him famous. John Smith was so forgetful that he sometimes forgot wh

9、at he was talking about in the middle of a sentence. His wife had to constantly remind him about his meetings, his classes even his meals. Once he forgot he ate breakfast twice, at home and at school. His wife liked to remind her neighbors, “If John didnt have his head tied on, he would forget that

10、too!” Since Smith was a professor at a well-known university, his forgetfulness was often an embarrassment. It wasnt that he was not clever, as some critical people tended to say, just very, very absent minded. One hot summer day, Professor Smith decided to take his children to a seaside town about

11、a three-hour train ride away. To make the trip more interesting for his young children, he kept the name of the town a secret. However, by the time they arrived at the station, Smith forgot the name of the town he was planning to visit. Luckily, a friend of his happened to be in the station. He offe

12、red to take care of the children while Smith hurried back home to find out where he was going.The professors wife was surprised to see him again so soon. “Oh, my dear, I forgot the name of the town.” “What? You forgot the name? May be one day you will forget my name! Now Ill write the name of that t

13、own on a piece of paper, and you put it in your pocket and please, please dont forget where you put it.”Satisfied that she had solved the problem, she sent her husband off again. Ten minutes later she was astonished to see him outside the house for the third time.“What is the matter now?”“As you tol

14、d me, I didnt forget where I put the name of that town, but I forgot where I left our children!21. In the opinion of the writer of this passage, the professor is _.A.critical B. forgetfulC. foolish D. careless22. The underlined word “embarrassment” in the first paragraph may mean _.A. amusementB. sa

15、tisfaction C. fun D. discomfort23. From the end of the story, we know Mrs Smith would probably be very_.A. angry B.satisfiedC.sorry D. funny BCompassion is a desire within us to help others. With effort, we can translate compassion into actions. An experience last weekend showed me this is true. I w

16、ork part-time in a supermarket across from a building for the elderly. These old people are our main customers, and its not hard to lose patience over their slowness. But last Sunday, one aged gentleman appeared to teach me a valuable lesson. This untidy man walked up to my register（收款机）with a box o

17、f biscuits. He said he was out of cash （现金）, had just moved into his room, and had nothing in his cupboards. He asked if we could let him have the food on trust. He promised to repay me the next day. I couldnt help staring at him. I wondered what kind of person he had been ten or twenty years before

18、, and what he would be like if luck had gone his way. I had a hurt in my heart for this kind of human soul, all alone in the world. I told him that I was sorry, but store rules didnt allow me to do so. I felt stupid and unkind saying this, but I valued my job. Just then, another man, standing behind

19、 the first, spoke up. If anything, he looked more pitiable. “Change it to me,” was all he said. What I had been feeling was pity. Pity is soft and safe and easy. Compassion, on the other hand, is caring in action. I thanked the second man but told him that was not allowed either. Then I reached into

20、 my pocket and paid for the biscuits myself. I reached into my pocket because these two men had reached into my heart and taught me compassion.24. The aged gentleman who wanted to buy the biscuits_.Apromised to obey the store rulesBforgot to take any money with himChoped to have the food first and p

21、ay laterDcould not afford anything more expensive25. Which of the following best describes the old gentleman?Apoor and lonely Bkind and luckyCfriendly and helpful Dhurt and disappointed26. The writer acted upon the store rules because_.Ahe felt no pity for the old gentlemanBhe wanted to keep his pre

22、sent jobChe considered the old man dishonestDhe expected someone else to pay for the old man27. What does the writer learn from his experience?AWealth is more important than anything elseBHelping others is easier said than doneCExperience is better gained through practice DObeying the rules means mo

23、re than compassion. CShe took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the worlds recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the h

24、uman life span（寿命）? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150or beyond? Researchers dont entirely agree on the answers. “Calment lived to 122, so it wouldnt surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, ”says Jerry Shay at t

25、he University of Texas.Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. “People can live much longer than we think, ”he says. “Experts used to say that humans couldnt live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why cant we go higher? ”The trouble with guessing ho

26、w old people can live to be is that its all just guessing. “Anyone can make up a number, ”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. “Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. ” Wont new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says M

27、iller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, “adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. ”So what can w

28、e conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible（有弹性的）, but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. “We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, ”he says. “But a flys never going to live 150 years. ”Of course, if you became a ne

29、w species （物种）, one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve （进化）their way to longer life? “Its pretty cool to think about, ”he says with a smile.28. What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?A. People can live

30、to 122. B. Old people are creative. C. Women are sporty at 85.D. Women live longer than men. 29. According to Steve Austad at the University of Texas, _. A. the average human life span could be 110 B. scientists cannot find ways to slow aging C. few people can expect to live to over 150 D. researchers are not sure how long