高三英语下学期第四次半月考一模试题.docx

1、高三英语下学期第四次半月考一模试题2019-2020年高三英语下学期第四次半月考（一模）试题考试日期：2016年5月5日第I卷第一部分 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. What are the speakers most probably doing?A. Waiting for a bus. B. Talking about their schedule. C

2、. Changing their plans.2. What do we learn from the conversation?A. It will be a big storm tomorrow. B. The weatherman is usually exact in his forecast.C. The weatherman is usually not exact in his forecast.3. Where does the conversation most probably take place?A. In a cotton field. B. At a railway

3、 station. C. On a train.4. What does the woman mean?A. He should have his car repaired in the garage.B. He should lend his car to Bill. C. He could refuse Bill with a white lie.5. What does the woman mean?A. Her camera is better than the mans. B. Her camera is not more modern than the mans.C. The ma

4、n should buy a camera of quality and fashion.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给出的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、7题。6. How old is the woman now?A. Ten years old. B. Nineteen years old. C. Eighteen years old.7. H

5、ow does the woman make some money?A. She gives lessons. B. She plays the piano at the concerts.C. She plays the piano at parties.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. When does the woman plan to leave?A. On Wednesday morning. B. On Friday afternoon. C. On Saturday night.9. What does the woman think about the cost?A. Lo

6、w. B. Reasonable. C. High.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the girls nationality?A. Chinese. B. Japanese. C. Indian.11. What is the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Customer and shop assistant. B. Student and teacher. C. Classmates.12. What does the man mean when he says “Very good

7、”？A. He thinks the girl can easily understand his words.B. He thinks the girl understands how to use “Excuse me”, and has used it correctly.C. He thinks the girl is clever.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does this conversation take place?A. At a travel agency. B. At the railroad station. C. At the bus st

8、ation.14. Why does the traveler want to take a bus?A. The bus tickets are cheaper than the train tickets.B. The traveler wants to experience another way of traveling.C. Bus stops at several cities along the way.15. Why are the bus tickets much cheaper than the train tickets?A. The bus trip takes lon

9、ger time. B. The bus stops at several cities.C. There is no rest room in the bus.16. Why couldnt the passenger use the train ticket to pay for the bus ticket?A. The train ticket costs more than the bus ticket.B. The train station belongs to another pany.C. Her uncle and aunt dont agree with her to d

10、o so.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the speaker doing?A. Giving a lesson. B. Making a speech. C. Introducing a family.18. How long was the pany in business?A. For over a century. B. For about half a century. C. For about a quarter of a century.19. Why did the pany nearly go out of business?A. They pa

11、id for the fire loss. B. They spent too much building the new factory.C. They paid the employees regularly while rebuilding.20. What do we know about Arden Textile?A. They received an award from the public.B. People had different views on what they did. C. They have helped others make great profits.

12、第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；第小题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。ABig messaging apps abroadWhile WeChat is Chinas biggest mobile messaging app (应用软件) there are many equivalent apps in other countries that offer similar features.WhatsApp (US)Users: more than 300 millionPlatforms: Android,

13、 10S, Windows Phone, BlackBerryFeatures: Text chat, push-to-talk, file sharing, location sharingWith more than 300 million active users, WhatsApp is one of WeChats biggest petitors.Developed by two ex-Yahoo, employees in 2009, WhatsApp originally focused on text chat, but on Aug6 italso started push

14、 - to - talk service. Its noted for its accessibility, ease of use and the absence of adverts. The service is free for the first year, after which $ 0.99 (6. 06 yuan) is charged for a one year subscription.Kakao Talk (South Korea)Users: more than 100 millionPlatform: Android, iOS, W.ndo.s Phone. Bla

15、ckBerry and Bada (an operate system developed by Samsung)Features: Text chat, group chat, push - to - talk, group calls, file sharingWith more than 100 million users in more than 230 countries, Kakao Talk is a multi - platform texting application that allows users to send and receive messages for tr

16、ee. With Kakao Talk, users choose from more than 250 animated emoticons and share them with friends.Line (Japan)Users: more than 200 millionPlatforms：Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and PCFeatures：Text chat, group chat, push - to - talk, file sharing, location sharing, gaming, stickers.Line

17、tops the list of the most downloaded free apps in 52 countries. Apart from text and voice messaging , Line provides its users with more than 250 original stickers and emoticons to buy from its own shop. In the first quarterof 2013 alone, itmade $ 7 million just from stickers. The popular app also al

18、lows friends to battle each other in the LINE Game.21. The first paragraph of the passage is used to. A. introduce the most popular mobile messaging apps in ChinaB. talk about new features in the latest mobile messaging apps C. draw readers attention to various popular mobile messaging apps D. expla

19、in how mobile messaging apps have bee so popular22. pared with the other two apps, which of the following features makes Line stand out?A. Group mobile games. B. Free stickers and emoticons. C. Free download of the app. D. Text and group chat.23. One of the popular features of WhatsApp is that users

20、 . A. can send and receive messages for free B. can enjov live video chats within groups C. dont need to worry about unwanted ads D. regularly set free stickers and emoticonsB There was a time when a trip to the supermarket in the United States often ended with a seemingly simple question from the c

21、ashier: “Paper or plastic?” Well, which type of bag would you choose?While all types of bags have some influence on the environment, it has long been supposed that paper bags are kinder. They are made from a renewable source, break down easily, burn without giving off thick smoke and can be recycled

22、. However, the producing process behind paper bags uses more energy than that of plastic ones. How can this be true? Studies show that paper bag production requires four times as much energy as plastic bag production. And the amount of water used to make them is twenty times higher. Besides, the inf

23、luence on forests is very serious. It takes about fourteen million trees to produce ten billion paper bags, which happens to be the number of bags used in the United States yearly. In terms of recycling, the idea that paper bags are more environment-friendly than plastic ones can be quickly discarde

24、d. Research shows it requires about 98% less energy to recycle plastic than it does paper. Even though paper bags might be more harmful than plastic ones, plastic still seems to be considered by governments as the more harmful of the two. In Ireland, for example, a tax has been introduced to discour

25、age the use of plastic bags. People have to pay 22 cents for every plastic bag, and as a result, their use has dropped quickly. Theres no doubt that it makes more sense to reuse these bags. However, we dont seem to be doing that at present. That may be because they fall apart quickly. If so, cloth b

26、ags are a better choice, but still, their production also has a bad influence on the environment. So what to do? How should we answer the question of “Paper or plastic?” It seems that we first need to ask ourselves one more general question: “What can I do to help the environment?”24. The questions

27、in Paragraph 1 are used to . A. express the authors doubts B. tell readers how to save money C. introduce points for discussion D. show the kindness of the cashier25. pared with plastic bags, paper bags . A. need more water to produce B. require less energy to recycle C. take more time to break down

28、 D. have less influence on forests26. The underlined word “discarded” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”. A. shared B. given up C. discussed D. put forward27. Which question does the author probably hope the cashier will ask? A. Paper or cloth? B. Paper or plastic? C. A small bag or big one? D. A new

29、 bag or your own one?CFirst lady Michelle Obama turns 50 on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014.Michelle Obama has spent the first half-century of her life breaking barriers and checking off a series of firsts. Now, as she reaches her milestone birthday Friday, the nation will be watching to see in what other are

30、as she will leave her mark.Five years after moving into the White House, and without a re-election campaign to worry about, she has more room to relax in her role and, political watchers say, possibly bee more vocal (声音的) on political issues in the three years left in office.So far, critics have pla

31、ined about Michelles silence on issues where they expected to hear her voice: Last year, at the start of her husbands second term, she disappointed advocates for tighter gun-control measures after she failed to push harder on the issue in response to the massacre (残杀) at Sandy Hook Elementary School

32、 in Newtown, Conn. She also disappointed some feminists (女权主义者) who wanted her to defend their causes instead of falling back on her self-described role as the nations“mom-in-chief.” Nor did she handle racial issues during her second term, as some had expected.“The most important thing to remember is, w