黑龙江省哈尔滨市第六中学届高三上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、黑龙江省哈尔滨市第六中学届高三上学期期中考试英语试题哈尔滨市第六中学2018届高三上学期期中考试英 语 试 题（满分150分，时间120分钟）阅读理解（共两节，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。第一节（共15小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）A.A factory tour this summer! Here are some great ones to consider.The Jelly Belly Bean Company Fairfield, CAAt this working

2、factory, guests can watch the process of making this famous candy. Have lunch at the Visitor Center Caf, where you can order a jelly bean-shaped pizza or hamburger! It is located an hour north of San Francisco. Theres no admission charge for the 40-minute walking tour. Tours are given most days from

3、 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, but come during a weekday to see the candy making in process.Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat MuseumLouisville, KYSee how each bat is carefully carved out at this family-favorite factory tour. Tour visitors leave with a miniature bat souvenir and personalized bats can be ordered

4、when you arrive and picked up before you leave. Adult tickets are $9. Child tickets are $4. Ages five and under are free. It opens at 9:00 am Mondays through Saturdays. Check the website for specific days and times.E-One Fire Truck Factory Ocala, FL Take this walking tour of a plant in Florida and s

5、ee for yourself the technology and skill required to build these emergency vehicles. Tours are offered Monday to Friday, at 9:00 am and 11:00 am. Prices are $8 for adults and $6 for children. Kids under 6 are not permitted on the tour for safety reasons. Reservations are required for all tours. Plea

6、se call 352-861-3524 to schedule a tour. Firefighters can tour for free!Crayola Crayon CompanyEaston, PANo, this isnt the actual place where the waxy rainbows are made. But its an even-better visitor center where families can not only see how crayons are made, but can explore and use the wide variet

7、y of Crayola art tools and products. Kids can use the latest Crayola products to create masterpieces on site. The visitor center is open most days from 9:30 am to 3:00 pm. The online calendar shows special hours, themes, and daily activities. Tickets are $9.50 each.1. Which of the following is TRUE

8、about the Jelly Belly Bean Company?A. Three meals are prepared for you. B. It lies to the north of San Francisco.C. You have to spend some money visiting it. D. It is open every day. 2. If a five-year-old boy and his parents visit Louisville Baseball Bat Museum, they have to pay _.A. $22 B. $13 C. $

9、17 D. $183. The factory tour this summer involves _. A. politics, economics, science and culture B. diet, sports, traffic and artC. history, literature, education and custom D. health, invention, astronomy and carB.The owl countAnnie slept in the front seat while her father drove through the darknes

10、s. “Were almost there!” Dad announced cheerfully. “Soon well be observing and counting owls at the state park.” Yawning, Annie nodded and smiled. The time was 4:30 a.m. Looking out into the darkness, Annie remembered learning in school that most owls are active at night, when they hunt for food. Dur

11、ing the day they sleep in hard-to-find spots. “Dad, why do you need to count owls?” she asked. “Its important for scientists to have current information about bird populations,” he explained. “We want to know which birds have decreased in number and whether any new kinds of birds are coming into a c

12、ertain area. You and I will write down the kinds of birds that we see today and keep a record of how many times we see each kind. Then well send out a report to a scientific organization that is collecting information about birds from people all over the country.” Dad pulled into the parking lot of

13、the state park. Then, with flashlights in hand, they began their hike into the woods. Annie zipped up her coat and tried to keep from trembling. She had not expected the morning to be so frigid. Luckily her gloves were in her pocket. Suddenly Annies father stopped and gestured for her to be still. O

14、beying, Annie did not take another step. She thought she heard a low crying up ahead. “Thats certainly a screech owl,” her father whispered. “Lets get a look at it.” After looking more closely, Annie could see that it was a small owl. Sensing danger, the owl narrowed its eyes and pulled its feathers

15、 tightly against its body. Annie carefully wrote down in her notebook that they had seen a screech owl. Walking a little farther, they came to a tall oak tree. “This looks like a perfect spot to attract owls,” Dad said. “Im going to play a recording of a common call of the barred owl. Maybe we can g

16、et one to answer.” Annie could hardly believe her ears. The recorded call sounded as if the bird were asking ,” Who cooks for you?” Moments later Annie thought she heard a return call in the distance. She held her breath and waited. Suddenly a huge bird landed very quietly on a branch directly above

17、 them. Annie had long forgotten how cold it was. She stood in wonder, shining her flashlight on the bird and studying it carefully. The barred owl was nearly two feet tall. Gray feathers surrounded its dark eyes. The bird did not stay long, but it did not matter. Annie would never forget the image o

18、f the powerful barred owl.4. Why did Annie and her father go to the state park?A. To take a hike in the woods. B. To record the call of barred owls.C. To collect information about birds. D. To protect the environment for wildlife.5. The underlined word “frigid” in Paragraph 3 probably means _.A. dar

19、k B. clear C. cold D. nice6. In Paragraph 4, why did Annie s father stop her suddenly?A. He noticed a screech owl. B. He heard somebody crying. C. He sensed they were in danger. D. He reminded her to take down notes.7. How did Annie feel when she saw the barred owl?A. Bored. B. Relaxed. C. Frightene

20、d. D. Amazed.C.What did you eat for lunch today? Did you choose this dish because it was healthy，cheap or because it was just very tasty? Are you a particular eater or an adventurous diner?I love exploring trends in food. “Fusion cuisine” is not for everybody. My Italian grandmother would turn her n

21、ose up in disgust at the thought of tandoori pizza with mango topping but this marriage of tastes is perfectly fine in the 21st century. Chef and food writer Ching-He Huang，who presented a series of Chinese Food for the BBC，is a fan of the movement. She says：“Fusion has been happening for centuries，

22、for as long as people have travelled，but with the Internet，and global travel，the exchange of ideas makes the process much faster.”Wolfgang Puck is seen by many as one of the chefs who made fusion elegant. He got his experience in this aspect in his native Vienna and made a name for himself when he o

23、pened his own restaurant in Los Angeles in the 1970s.This European dug into Asian cuisine and became one of the first in a long line of distinguished chefs. He said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that initially he got negative responses from traditional AmericanChinese restaurant owner

24、s but he is not bitter. “I believe authenticity is about evolution，not repeating your grandmothers recipe.” he explains. “Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors. there are only so many flavorsits how you combine them that sets you apart.”My grannys

25、 cup of tea would be the “Slow Food Movement”. Founded by her countryman Carlo Petrini in the 1980s and still going strong，it seeks to preserve regional cuisine and the use of ingredients that are grown locally. Petrini wants to see farmers connected more directly with consumers.All these trends giv

26、e us food for thought. We might be wasting an exciting opportunity to wake up our taste buds when we swallow a sandwich at our desks. Tomorrow，why not find an exotic（外来的）restaurant and enjoy a feast? You dress trendy so eat trendy!8.Fusion cuisine is_.A. a BBC cooking program B. a balanced diet rich

27、 in nutritionC. a new trend of global travelling D. a combination of different cooking styles9.What do we learn about Wolfgang Puck?A. He knew little about Asian cuisine. B. He owed his success to his love for painting.C. He was well received by Europeans. D. He was in favor of creation in cooking.1

28、0.The Slow Food Movement_.A. aims to keep alive local cuisine B. is favored by old peopleC. promotes local farming D. is founded by Granny11.What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Hungry for new B. Greedy for tasty C. Love for cooking D. Food for thoughtD.In the past, if a shop assistant wante

29、d to know you better, he had to rely on a good memory for detail. They came out from behind the counter to give you service and made recommendations. Sometimes their recommendations were made with great accuracy, based on hints they picked up about who you were and what you might want. They were old

30、 tricks for winning customers. Now, big amounts of computing power are added to those tricks. That is what is happening these days on the Web. On the Web, businesses are working hard to know you better than you may know yourself. It is called personalization. Many e-commerce companies believe that t

31、heir future depends on it. In this new digital marketplace the “shop manager” may actually be a machine. It searches in its memory of information about you, analyzes it, and creates a clear picture of what you are likely to buy and do in the future. But this new use of computers unsettles some compu

32、ter users. They are afraid that files about them might be put to ill use somehow, or shared with the wrong people. Sometimes they just dont like being watched. Advertisers can track you without your knowledge. They do that in several ways. One way is through IP addresses. While many computers receive a new address every time they log onto the Web, others have a single address. Such an ad