赣州市高三英语市期中考试.docx

1、赣州市高三英语市期中考试2015-2016学年第一学期赣州市十三县（市）期中联考高三英语试卷命题人： 安远一中 罗润月 蔡新发 审题人: 信丰中学 夏焕君第卷（三部分，共100分）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. Whats the time now? A. 4:00. B. 3:40. C. 4:20.2. What does the man w

2、ant to take? A. Taxi. B. A bus. C. A plane. 3. Whats the man going to do? A. See a movie. B. Eat out. C. Prepare a speech. 4. What does the man prefer to do at the library? A. Study. B. Read magazines. C. Borrow books.5. What does the man think of Lindas brother? A. He is very quiet. B. He is very f

3、riendly. C. He talks too much.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，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7题。6. How many cities did the woman visit? A. Four. B. Five. C. Six.7. Where is the woman now? A. England. B. Ame

4、rica. C. Canada.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. When will the party be held? A. On May 2nd. B. On May 3rd. C. On May 4th.9. What will be the content of the party? A. Some speeches. B. A dance. C. A contest.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. How soon will the taxi get to the museum? A. Within ten minutes. B. Within twelve minut

5、es. C. Within twenty minutes.11. How much will it cost the woman if she doesnt tip the man? A. Only 8 dollars. B. Less than 18 dollars. C. More than 20 dollars.12. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The traffic is too heavy now. B. The museum will close at about 6:00. C. The woman wont tip t

6、he man.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What can we learn about the mother? A. She is busy at work. B. She doesnt do housework. C. She is resting in bed.14. What is the main problem about the mans cooking? A. He didnt follow the recipe. B. He missed the right pan to cook the pizza. C. He used the directions for

7、 a different food.15. How did the girl learn her father didnt like the pizza he prepared? A. He told her honestly what he thought about it. B. She could tell by his expressions. C. He threw it away after tasting it.16. What problem did the girl NOT mention about the pizza? A. It was too salty. B. It

8、 was burned. C. It was too sweet.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Who is the speaker? A. A student. B. An editor. C. A journalist.18. What skills should the volunteers have? A. Writing and typing skills. B. Speaking skills. C. Listening skills.19. How many days a week does Campus Daily come out? A. Four . B. F

9、ive. C. Seven.20. What is most likely to be the best reason for joining the staff?A. To make a great deal of money. B. To become an excellent student. C. To get some interesting experiences.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。AWith online courses

10、, anyone can gain knowledge in any field of interest for free. All you need is a computer, laptop or Smartphone, internet connection and a self-made schedule. You can even get a certificate on completing the course. UdemyIts goal is to promote the world of education by enabling anyone to learn onlin

11、e. It seeks to dramatically change education by inviting millions of experts worldwide to teach and share what they know. Whether you want to learn excel, business, academics, the arts, health, music or technology, there is a comprehensive course for you. See more at iTunes U If youre a student who

12、uses Apple devices, you will be happy to know that you have access to iTunes U, which gives you access to different educational courses from all leading universities for free! Did you dream of studying at MIT, Oxford, Yale, or Cambridge? This is your chance to learn various subjects from the best co

13、lleges and universities in the world. Learn more at https:/iTunesU.com Skillfeed If you are looking to learning a new skill, or improving on your skills in Photoshop, or HTML, it offers unlimited access to high-quality video courses from a worldwide community of instructors. You have a months free t

14、rial, after which you will pay a monthly fee to gain unlimited access to all courses. See more at Academic EarthIt has linked to over 750 online courses and 8,500 individual online lectures, giving students of all ages access to college courses they may otherwise never experience. Whether learning e

15、xisting coursework, or learning for the sake of learning, anyone has the freedom to learn at their own pace from world-famous experts, without being charged more. Learn more at UC BerkeleyIt offers courses in bioengineering, Japanese, legal studies and public health. Since they are recordings of act

16、ual lectures, they lack lecture notes and extra materials. However, each course has audio recordings of lectures via iTunes or video recordings of lectures via YouTube. Learn more at 21. Learners who choose Skillfeed need to _. A. equip themselves with the ability to use the computer B. pay some fee

17、 if they want to continue after a month C. have some knowledge of the design of website D. learn to upload their own high-quality video22. We can learn from the passage that Academic Earth _. A. charges learners nothing for any course B. has many lectures given by 8,500 lecturers C. provides college

18、 courses mainly to young men D. offers college courses at the learners convenience23. If you want to improve your skill of Japanese language, you can visit _. A. B. C. D. https:/iTunesU.comBThanks to a young waiter, I recently found a friend of 20 years was once a yo-yo virtuoso（大师）.“Oh, stop it!” J

19、ackie said when I started laughing during our dinner. “I was, too. And I knew how to Walk the Dog.”“Wow, really?” said our waiter, Jumario Simmons, flashing a big smile at us.“Dont encourage her,” I said.“What else could you do?” he asked.“I did Round the World,” Jackie said, now ignoring me complet

20、ely. “That was cradle（婴儿时期的）thing, too.”Id asked Jumario what he did when he wasnt waiting on tables. The 24-year-old waiter was so smart that I knew there had to be more to his story. It turns out that he won a regional yo-yo competition last year. He also gives free lessons to kids. “It gives them

21、 something to do,” Jumario said. “Keeps them off the streets.”One of the great things about eating out is the table talk with strangers, which reminds us that everyone has a life and a name. But the other day I heard that some restaurants are ending this talk between diners and servers. I listened t

22、o the reporter describe how their improvements are allowing customers to text orders from their tables to speed up service.The reporter got my attention with this sentence “Five minutes after typing Im at table 3, a meal arrives at the table.” But there wasnt a “please” with this order, which should

23、 have been a request. If youve ever waited on tables, you know that the last thing you need is yet another way for a customer to be unpleasant.Most servers are often mediating（调解）between customers requests for substitutions and overworked cooks accusations of treason（背叛）. Except at high-end restaura

24、nts, servers also have to walk back and forth like mothers of preschoolers so that we might consider them worthy of a large enough tip to lift their pay to minimum wage.Texting a server from a table a few feet away is equal to moving our fingers and shouting, “Hey, you!” It was rude in 1957, and its

25、 rude now. You wont ever find me texting a waiter or waitress.24. What do we know from the text? A. The waiter knows Jackie well. B. The waiter is good at playing yo-yo. C. Jackie plays yo-yo in her spare time. D. The author has a great interest in playing yo-yo.25. Some restaurants allow diners to

26、text a server from a table to _. A. improve their service B. reduce the cost of service C. show respect for diners D. stop talks between diners and servers26. Whats the last but one paragraph mainly about? A. The pay of servers. B. The work of servers. C. The customers request. D. The work of mother

27、s of preschoolers.27. From the passage, the authors attitude towards texting a server from a table is _. A. indifferent B. positive C. curious D. negativeCSome people collect stamps. Other people collect works of art or musical instruments. But a man in the American state of Maryland collects secret

28、s.For the past 10 years, people have been sending Frank Warren postcards and other objects with secrets written on them. He now has a million secrets. “Its a drawing of a lift. And the secret says: I feel guilty when I take lifts for one floor, so I limp when I get out.” Frank said. Ten years ago, M

29、r. Warren created an art project called PostSecret. People then began to send him postcards, other objects and emails telling their secrets. Every Sunday, he chooses 10 secrets and puts them on the website. Mr. Warren says he created PostSecret so people could share their secrets in a safe place. “I

30、 was struggling with secrets in my own life. And it was by creating this safe place where others could share their secrets with me, I think that space was something I needed just as much as they did.”He has published six books full of the secrets people have shared with him. One secret in each book

31、is his. Eric Perry delivers mail for the U.S. Postal Service. He has brought thousands of secrets to Franks home over the past three years. “I have a couple of the books that Franks given me and Ive read them all and my family has read them all and its wild!” The project itself was once one of Franks secrets. His wife Jan didnt know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published. The publisher told him that the address was going to be on the book, and he refused. However, the address was there ju