四川省射洪中学届高三英语上学期期中试题8.docx

1、四川省射洪中学届高三英语上学期期中试题8四川省射洪中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题本试卷分第卷（选择题，共100分）和第卷(非选择题，共50分)两部分。总分150分，考试时间120分钟。第卷 选择题（100分）注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。21-60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡收回。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）听下面5段对话。每

2、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。1.Where will the train at Platform1 leave for?A. Oxford. B. Reading. C. Southampton Central2.Why did the poor woman hit the pole?A. It was rainy. B. She was careless. C. She tried to avoid a biker3.Where are the two speakers?

3、A. In the street. B. At home. C. In a restaurant4.How did the man feel when knowing The Times is closing down?A. Disappointed. B. Joyful. C. Sad.5.Why did the man fail to wake up the woman?A. He found the woman tired.B. He felt rather terrible.C. He had been enjoying the scenery.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分

4、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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.What are the speakers talking about?A. The exam at school. B. The questions in class. C. The understanding of a text.7.Who will be angry?A. The mans teacher. B. The mans

5、 coach. C. The mans parents听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.Why did Maggie meet the teacher?A. Her son did badly at school.B. They made an appointment.C. She was badly in need of help.9.What happened to Billy fast year?A. He changed a new school.B. He was tired of schooling.C. He flew to Los Angeles.听第8段材料，回答第10-12

6、题。10.What has Peter changed?A. His accent. B. His hairstyle. C. His clothes style.11.Where did Peter work before?A. In a book store. B. In a water company. C. In a software company12.What is Benji?A. A driver. B. A car. C. A director.听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。13.When did the speaker stop painting?A. At the a

7、ge of twelve. B. At the age of thirteen. C. At the age of twenty-two.14.What made the speaker like Kudra?A. Its color use. B. Its size. C. Its theme.15.Why is Charmaine active on Facebook and Twitter?A. To attract more fans. B. To sell her paintings. C. To communicate with her fans.16.What is the sp

8、eaker mainly talking about?A. A favorite painter. B. Some special paintings. C. The reason for painting.听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17.How many girls are there in Jamess class?A. 25. B. 33. C. 38.18.What do we know about Jamess city?A. It lacks schools. B. It lacks good teachers. C. It lacks teaching material

9、s.19.What does Lisa think of her school?A. Too small. B. Very good. C. Just so-so.20.What does Lisa want to do now?A. Do her homework. B. Visit Jamess school. C. Go on talking with James. 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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A Solar energy systems & power plants

10、 do not produce air pollution, water pollution, or greenhouse gases. Using solar energy can have a positive, indirect effect on the environment, when solar energy replaces or reduces the use of other energy sources that have larger effects on the environment.However, some poisonous materials and che

11、micals are used to make the photovoltaic ( 光电池的) cells that convert sunlight into electricity. Some solar thermal (保热的) systems use potentially hazardous liquids to transfer heat. Leaks of these materials could be harmful to the environment. U. S. environmental laws regulate the use and settlement o

12、f these types of materials.As with any type of power plant, large solar power plants can affect the environment near their locations. The placement of the power plant may have long-term effects on the habitats of native plants and animals. Some solar power plants may require water for cleaning solar

13、 collectors and concentrators or for cooling turbine generators. Using large volumes of ground water or surface water in some dry locations may affect the ecosystems that depend on these water resources. In addition, the beam of concentrated sunlight a solar power tower creates can kill birds and in

14、sects that fly into the beam.The amount of solar energy that the earth receives each day is many times greater than the total amount of all energy that people consume each day. However, on the surface of the earth, solar energy is a variable and irregular energy source. The amount of sunlight and th

15、e intensity of sunlight varies by time of day and location. Weather and climate conditions affect the availability of sunlight daily and on a seasonal basis. The type and size of a solar energy collection and conversion system determines how much of the available solar energy we can convert into use

16、ful energy.21.Which of the following best explains hazardous underlined in paragraph 2?A. Inexpensive B. dangerous C. Ineffective D. abnormal22.What influence can large solar power plants have on the locations?A. Polluting the ground water.B. Protecting the habitats of plants and animals.C. Damaging

17、 the local natural balance.D. Attracting birds and insects to the area.23.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?A. Different areas receive different amount of solar energy.B. How to convert solar energy into useful energy.C. The relationship between solar energy collection and the sunlight.D.

18、Some factors that influence the amount of solar energy collection.BIt was rush hour on the morning of June 1 in the West Texas city of San Angelo. Heather Santellano, 36, was driving her white 2012 Mazda on Houston、 Harte Frontage Road with her nine-year-old daughter and ten-year- old son in the bac

19、k. Suddenly, a red pickup truck cut them off. Santellano turned the wheel hard to the right, sending the Mazda skidding off the road and down an embankment(堤)that ended in a drop-off after about 50 feet. If the car didnt stop, it would go airborne and plunge onto the road some 20 feet below.Then a b

20、it of luck: As the car raced toward the edge, its undercarriage got stuck on the cement lip of the embankment ledge, stopping it cold. The occupants, however, were far from safe. The car had come to rest on top of a retaining wall, literally teetering(摇摇欲坠)on the edge of disaster. One sudden move by

21、 anyone inside could send it over.Jacob Rodriguez watched the scene unfold from the Truck Repair Plant where he works. Then he and four other men ran to the car. They leaped onto the trunk to balance the weight as the terrified kids in the back seat watched.Meanwhile, Julio Vasquez and his nephew, M

22、arco Vasquez, were driving to their jabs at nearby Premier Automotive. Julio jumped out of the car to help while Marco went to the shop, grabbed a heavy-duty strap(皮带)，and returned to the swinging car. He fastened the Mazda to an P-350 truck that had been driven over by one of the other rescuers. Wi

23、th the car secured, the group carefully opened the back doors and helped the children out.But their departure shifted the cars weight, causing it to lean forward. The men, still on-the trunk, asked Santellano to jump into the back seat to rebalance the weight. She did and then inched out the back do

24、or. Finally, the men carefully got off the trunk. Everyone was safe.24.What do we know about Heather Santellano?A. She was a careless driver. B. She drove her twins to school.C. She ran into a pickup truck. D. She made a sharp turn to avoid the truck.25.What does the author intend to do in paragraph

25、 2?A. Stress the coming of good fortune. B. Describe the cars dangerous situation.C. Add some background information. D. Explain why people came to the rescue.26.What is the most critical in the rescue process?A. Balance. B. Cooperation.C. Calmness. D. Gravity.27.Which of the following statements is

26、 consistent with the theme of the passage?A. Persistence will pay off. . B. One in trouble, all to help.、C. Many hands make light work. D. Love makes the world go round.C Squirrels arent natural city dwellers(居民). In 1986 the sight of one in a tree near New Yorks city hall so surprised passers-by th

27、at a newspaper published a report about the “unusual visitor”.Around that time, the tree-dwelling animals were being set free in Americas urban areas to “create pockets of peace and calm like the countryside,” says University of Pennsylvania historian Etienne Benson, who studied our relationship to

28、squirrels over the course of five years.First, they were introduced to Philadelphia, then to New Haven, Boston, and New York City. Park visitors were encouraged to feed them, and security guards ensured their safety. In the 1910s a leader of the Boy Scouts of America(an organization teaching boys pr

29、actical skills)said that teaching children to feed squirrels could show the rewards of treating a weaker creature with sympathy, says Benson.By the early 20th century, though, America began to regret the friendliness it had shown squirrels. Cities had once been filled with animalsfrom horses pulling

30、 goods to dairy cows. By the 1950s those working animals had been moved to the countryside. Pets and wild animals such as birds and squirrels were all that remained of the urban animal kingdom.Before long, peoples enthusiasm for squirrels wore off, and they started to see them as annoyances. By the

31、1970s many parks banned feeding the creatures. Today, it is rare to find kids with their parents offering food to squirrels under a tree. And, unfortunately, with more and more buildings being constructed in the city, fewer inhabitable(适宜栖息的)areas are left for the little tree-dwelling animals.What w

32、ould be lost if the last of these city dwellers were forced to leave? “I think theres something constructive to have other living creatures in the city that are not humans and not pets but share the land with us,” says Benson. “Its a good thing to live in a landscape where you see other creatures going around making lunch. Its good for the soul.”28.Whats the purpose of introducing squirrels to Philadelphia?A. To entertain park visitors. B. To keep