浙江省杭州市高三英语上学期期中试题.docx

1、浙江省杭州市高三英语上学期期中试题浙江省杭州市2020届高三英语上学期期中试题考生须知：1.本卷满分150分，考试时间120分钟；2.答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字；3.所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效；4.考试结束后。只需上交答题卷。选择题部分第一部分：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纸上。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

2、，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. When was the meeting originally supposed to start?A. At 8:l5 B. At 8:25 C. At 8:55.2. Why did Barry move out?A. To be closer to school. B. To live with family members. C. To find a quieter place.3. Who is the man?A. A coach. B. A driver. C. A policeman.4. How is

3、 the woman probably feeling?A. Happy. B. Annoyed. C. Scared.5. What does the woman mean?A. Karen can drive her to the airport.B. Karen has to change her schedule.C. Karen will attend the meeting.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二至四个小题，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5秒钟时

4、间阅读各个小题；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. What do we know about the man?A. He is a middle school student.B. He will have class after 3: 00 p. m.C. He used to love playing tennis.7. What will the speakers play next time?A. Tennis. B. Basketball. C. Football听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What was th

5、e man going to do at first?A. Take a business trip. B. Go to work. C. Meet someone.9. Why did the man put down the briefcase?A. To make a payment. B. To take something out of it. C. To make a call.10. What do we know about the briefcase?A. Its a small leather one. B. Its a large brown one. C. It is

6、printed with the mans full name听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. When do students have the longest school holiday in Australia?A. In winter. B. In summer. C. In autumn.12. What major might Sue choose in university?A. History. B. Science. C. Asian languages.13. Where are the speakers now?A. In Beijing. B. In Wuha

7、n. C. In Shanghai.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。11. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Classmates. C. Neighbors.15. How will they know whether classes will be cancelled?A. By reading the notice. B. By receiving a message. C. By listening to the radio.16. How does the man feel about t

8、he idea of cancelling classes?A. Unconcerned. B. Worried. C. Relieved.17. What do we know about the university?A. Some students live off campus.B. The professors dont like cancelling classes.C. It has a beautiful campus.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What should listeners avoid doing?A. Writing down everythi

9、ng they hear.B. Deciding what is important.C. Using symbols or numbers to keep pace.19. What can you do to be an active listener?A. Read as much as you can about the topic.B. Ask many questions after the lecture.C. Try to predict what the speaker is going to say.20. What is the speaker going to talk

10、 about next?A. How to give a lecture.B. What to do with the notes after a lecture.C. Things about registration.第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节：(共10小题，每小题2.5分，满分25分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AA Facebook user uploaded photos of a dog, Leo, sharing that he had seen the animal sitting in the

11、same spot every day, as if waiting for someone. They originally thought the dog had been abandoned, but then realized that he looked well-fed. It turned out that the dog had indeed been spending most of his time around that intersection, but a woman had been coming around regularly to bring him food

12、 and water.The 45-year-old woman, named Saowalak, said that when she first found him in that very same spot, several years ago, Leo was all skin and bones and plagued by skin disease,:。she took him home and nursed him back to health. However, Leo returned to the same place she first saw him, making

13、her assume that he was waiting there for his owner. She just came and brought him food and water every few days.After learning about the story, the Facebook user decided to share it on social media, documenting it with photos of the dog and the kind-hearted woman who looked after him. The post soon

14、went viral and the photos of Leo got shared hundreds of times online.Nang Noi Sittisarn,，64-year-old woman, almost had a heart-attack when her daughter showed her a photo of a dog that looked a lot like BonBon, the beloved dog she had lost during a car trip. Learning that he had been waiting for her

15、 in the same spot for the last four years, her heart melted.Auntie Noi told her daughter to drive her to where the dog was waiting instantly she saw the photo and heard the story. When she got there and called his name, BonBon, the poor dog started wiggling his tail and came to her, but when she tri

16、ed to take him home with her, he was reluctant to follow. She then understood that her BonBon had become attached to Saowalak, the woman who had nursed him back to health.21. What can we learn about the dog, Leo?A. He was abandoned by his former owner because of his disease.B. He stayed at the same

17、spot hoping to wait for a good owner.C. He was lost but finally reunited with his master.D. He waited at the same place because he didnt like to stay with Saowalak.22. Why did the Facebook user upload the photos of Leo and a woman?A. To make an ad for Faccbook. B. To share a moving story.C. To honor

18、 the woman for her kindness. D. To help Leo find his former owner.23. Which of the following words best describe the dog?A. Stubborn but attached. B. Considerate but discouraged.C. Optimistic and cute. D. Loyal and faithful.BSixteen brave runners recently gathered in the Russian village of Oymyakon,

19、 also known as the worlds pole of cold, to compete in the coldest official race in history.Oymyakon is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth, with temperatures constantly dropping to under -50 degrees Celsius in winter time. This place is so cold that a persons unprotected face can suffer

20、 frostbite(冻伤)in a matter of seconds. Oymyakon can barely be called livable, let alone suitable for a marathon, and yet at the beginning of this year, 16 runners gathered here to take part in a series of extreme races.On January 5, the brave runners-aged 21 to 71 and very well-trained-competed in bo

21、ne-chilling marathons for 5, 10, 20, 30 and 42 kilometers across the frozen taiga(泰加森林)of central Yakutia. At the start of the run, the air temperature was an almost unbearable -52 degrees Celsius, and by the time the first and only runner reached the 39km mark, it had increased to -48 degrees Celsi

22、us.We could see entire amazement in the eyes of tourists who traveled here from Australia, Taiwan, Japan and India to watch the worlds coldest race, runner Sargylana Neustroyeva told The Siberian Times. This was our first try at organizing the extremely cold marathon. Next year we are definitely doi

23、ng another race, and all athletes from around the world are welcome!We wanted to make running in -450C and colder more popular, and to show that athletes can adapt to extremely low temperatures, champion runner Yegor Abramov added.The worlds coldest race was organized by Alexander Krylov, head of Tu

24、ruu Tour agency. He plans to do it again next year, hopefully with more brave runners able to endure the extreme winter temperatures of Oymyakon.24. What can we learn about Oymyakon?A. Its a Russian village with people living there normally.B. Its a Russian village often for runners to try cold mara

25、thon.C. There are no plants growing around the village.D. Many tourists from around the world come here to spend winter.25. Why did the sixteen runners hold the coldest race?A. To make a new record for the running races.B. To challenge their body limit in the cold climate.C. To make running in low t

26、emperature popular.D. To help promote the tourism in Oymykon.26. What would be the best title for the passage?A. The World Pole of Cold B. Sixteen Brave RunnersC. An Icy Journey D. The Worlds Coldest RaceCDescribed as the worlds most environmentally friendly protein, Solein is made by applying elect

27、ricity to water to release bubbles of carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Living microbes(微生物)are then added to the liquid to feed on the carbon dioxide and hydrogen bubbles and produce the Solein, which is then dried to make the powder. Its a natural fermentation(发酵)process similar to beer brewing. The dr

28、ied Solein has a protein content of 50 percent and looks and tastes just like wheat flour.It is a completely new kind of food, a new kind of protein, different to all the food on the market today in how it is produced as it does not need agriculture. Dr Pasi Vainikka, the chief executive of Solar Fo

29、ods told The Guardian. The process used to produce Solein-converting hydrogen and carbon dioxide to calories-is amazing, as the wonder food can be produced anywhere in the world. Its also 10 times more energy-efficient per hectare than photosynthesis(光合作用), and 10 to 100 times more environment and c

30、limate-friendly in water use than animal or plant-based food production.Solein also contains all the essential amino acids(氨基酸), but because it is produced using carbon dioxide and electricity, it does not require large amounts of land to produce, the Solar Foods website explains. Another unique cha

31、racteristic of Solein is that it is able to take carbon directly from carbon dioxide without needing a source of sugar.While Solar Foods does not expect Solein to challenge conventional protein production methods in the next two decades, it does expect it to become a new harvest for humanity, which

32、is significant considering so far we have only relied on plants and animals for sustenance. The Helsinki-based company plans to open its first Solein factory at the end of 2021 and scale up production to two billion meals per year by 2022.27. Which of the following statements best describe the features of Solein?A. It is a new kind of food containing all the nutrition.B. It is made from water and carbo