江西省赣州市五校协作体届高三上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、江西省赣州市五校协作体届高三上学期期中考试英语试题赣州市2018-2019学年第一学期五校期中联考高三英语试卷第1部分 听力做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，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。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。例: How much is the shirt?A. 19.15.B. 9.18.C. 9.15.答案是C。1. What is the mans favorite

2、music?A. Country B. Rap. C. Jazz.2. What does the man suggest doing?A. Going to a cinema. B. Renting a movie video. C. Going to the womans house.3. Why does the woman stay outside?A. She doesnt like dancing.B. She wants some fresh air.C. She thinks its noisy inside.4. How much change will the man ge

3、t?A. $24 B. $60 C. $64.5. What does the woman imply?A. She wants to learn to play football.B. She isnt familiar with football.C. Its fun to watch football games on TV.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

4、。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题6. Where does the mans grandmother live?A. In Mexico. B. In Canada. C. In the United States.7. What relation is Angela to the man ?A. His wife. B. His sister. C. His niece听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Why does the man make the phone call?A. To make a reservation. B. To make a complaint. C. To mak

5、e an apology.9. What does the man promise to do in the end?A. Keep his band quiet. B. Pay the account at once. C. Stop speaking bad language.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. When to see an exhibition.B. How to spend the weekend. C. How to relax from busy work.11. Wh

6、at will the woman probably do the day after tomorrow?A. See an exhibition. B. Work overtime. C. Go out of town.12. Why does the woman go to Moscow?A. To have a rest. B. To meet her boss C. To go on business.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. How long has the woman moved into her new house?A. For one week. B. For

7、two weeks. C. For three weeks.14. Why does the woman move out of the town?A. She cant afford the high rent. B. She wants to live close to her office. C. She cant bear the traffic and the noise.15. How does the woman get to work?A. By train. B. By car. C. On foot.16. What do we know about the womans

8、new house?A. It has a small garden.B. It has less rooms than the old one.C. There are no cinemas or theaters around it.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Where did the earliest newspaper appear?A. In Boston. B. In London. C. In Rome.18. When did the weekly newspaper come out?A. In 1609. B. In 1621. C. In 1702.19

9、. Who printed the first daily newspaper in the American colonies?A. John Campbell. B. Benjamin Harris. C. Cindy Smith.20. Which newspaper has the widest published quantity?A. Daily Current. B. Asahi Shimbun. C. Boston Newsletter.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第1节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）APhysical exercise is very

10、important for a healthy lifestyle. If you are traveling often, it would be good to have in mind the gyms with most locations nationwide in 2018. Here you will find the answers.Blink Fitness This company was founded in 2016, so no wonder they have not yet reached 100 gyms. But with the figure of 70+,

11、 they are actually among those gyms with most locations nationwide in 2018. They are spreading still, with new venues(场地) opened in Los Angeles recently. They are becoming more popular with the attitude Mood Above Muscle which attracts and encourages more people to join their programs.Equinox Equino

12、x is a luxury(奢华的) fitness company founded in 1991 in NYC. It has also announced expansion by the opening of hotels in New York and Los Angeles by 2019. Of course with the character “luxurious” goes the high price as well. If you are ready to give a nice sum for your training, that would be money we

13、ll spent.Lifetime Fitness Lifetime Fitness is one of the most popular gyms in the world. Apart from usual training facilities, machines, swimming pools, rock climbing walls (not that usual) in the gyms, there are also child centers for children to play and be watched, which give people the most comf

14、ort.Anytime Fitness Nowadays there are Anytime Fitness gyms in countries all over the globe including Australia, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Chile, Philippines, etc. The first good side of Anytime Fitness is that they are open for 24 hours/ 7 days, so whenever you are in a mood for exercising, just go t

15、o the nearest Anytime Fitness.21. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that Blink Fitness .A. is a young companyB. focuses on building musclesC. is the most popular among teenagersD. has the most locations in the world22. Lifetime Fitness may be suitable for people who .A. prefer outdoor activitiesB. enjoy

16、 shopping after exercisingC. dont want to take group classes in gymsD. cant take care of kids while exercising 23. Which word can best describe Anytime Fitness?A. Historic B. Costly C. Convenient D. FashionableBThe Gilroy Garlic(大蒜) Festival started with a “crazy idea” by Dr. Rudy Melone.In 1978, Me

17、lone, the President of Gavilan College in Gilroy, read an article in a newspaper which was about a small town in France. The town hosted a garlic festival every year and regarded itself as the “Garlic Capital of the World”. He doubted that Gilroys garlic production and processing were far greater. I

18、n fact, Christopher Ranch was then the largest shipper of garlic in the world.So Melone set about trying to convince Christopher Ranchs owner Don Christopher, to host a garlic festival of their own. At first, the idea seemed crazy. Outside of Italian families, garlic at the time was considered an es

19、oteric material. It wasnt something thought to be normal and it wasnt something you generally shared in polite company.But Melone had passion for Gilroy and garlic. He decided to stick to his idea. He and Christopher hired a local cook,Val Filice, to prepare a meal with a few garlicky dishes. The in

20、vited local media and food writers as well. The meal was a success, and the city leaders agreed to support them.The first Gilroy Garlic Festival was held at Bloomfield Ranch in 1979. Rudy Melone served as the president; Don Christopher supplied all the garlic from his; and Val Filice was the head ch

21、ef. They got about 50 community volunteers to help them and decided to give all the profits back to the community. Festival organizers werent sure at first if anyone would come, but were quickly shocked by the number of visitors. Despite all the chaos, the first Gilroy Garlic Festival served over 15

22、,000 guests and produced $19,000 for the local community.To date, the Gilroy Garlic Festival has given the city of Gilroy a sense of true community pride as well as worldwide recognition. Not bad for one mans crazy idea! 24. What is Christopher Ranch?A. A ship B. A farm C. A shop D. A businessman 25

23、. What does the underlined word “esoteric” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Very expensive B. Very strange C. Very ordinary D. Very popular26. What can we infer about the first Gilroy Garlic Festival?A. Its purpose was to attract city leaders.B. Its organizers were certain that no one would come.C. It benefit

24、ed the local community a lot.D. It made Gilroy become the garlic capital of the world.27. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Spreading the food culture.B. Praising a mans crazy idea.C. Showing the benefits of eating garlic.D. Introducing the history of Gilroy Garlic Festival.CBridge of Hope Sch

25、ool is a private school. It was set up in Kalangala about two years ago. Unlike government schools, which have very large classes of 90 children, many of whom do not want to learn, Bridge has small classes, so pupils get a great deal of attention. Small classes are good for teaching, but the school

26、is always having difficulty with money since private schools are dependent on parents paying on time.The school has five primary classes and three nursery classes. As the children progress through the school they will add another class next year. The total number of children in the primary classes i

27、s about 50. The parents of Bridge children are often higher earners than those that attend government schools. They want their children to have the best education available.The school is not yet finished. The classrooms have no windows or doors. But it is very formal and insists on children wearing

28、uniforms (制服). Discipline is strict and the children are wellbehaved. Only English can be spoken and not the local language. Although English is the national language and the language of education, government schools teach in their own language for the first three years.School starts at 7 a.m. and t

29、he children have to be on time. Classes are formal, but children have to copy lots of things from the blackboard, because there are few textbooks, sometimes only one for the teacher to use. Class work is heavy and the children have tests every week. They also study during the holiday.28. What can we

30、 learn about government schools?A. The classes consist of a large number of students.B. Teachers dont speak English in class.C. Children always work very hard.D. It is free for children to attend them.29. Parents send their children to Bridge of Hope School because they _.A. think the school environ

31、ment is better thereB. hope their children can get the best educationC. want their children to be differentD. have no time to take care of their children30. Which of the following is TRUE about Bridge of Hope School according to the text?A. Children can wear what they like there.B. Life there is easy for children C. Lessons are given in the local language there.D. There are few textbooks there.31. The purpose of the writer in writing this passage is to _.A. list differences between a private and a government scho