高三英语上学期期中试题无答案1.docx

1、高三英语上学期期中试题无答案1学校：班级：姓名：学号：2016年下半年期中考试高三年级英语试卷 第I卷 选择题（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）1. How much did the man pay? A20 yuan. B50 yuan. C40 yuan2where does the conversation take place probably? A.In a restaurant. B.In a shop. CIn a gym.3What should Amy do? A.Eat less. B.Take care of

2、 her teeth. C. shop herseIf.4Who is the man? AThe house owner. BA building designer CA building worker5.What does the man have?A.Canadian dollars. B.American dollars.CBritish pounds.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.what did the woman learn at university? ATennis. BSwimming C Golf7.How ofe

3、n does the woman swim? A.0nce a week. B.Five times a week. C.Three times a week. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8Where is Joe from? AFrance. BEngland. CGermany.9. What will the boy do tomorrow? A. Show Joe around the city. B. Introduce Rose to Joe. C. Write an email to Joe. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What has the man bee

4、n doing? A. Doing some reading. BPlaying computer games. C.Writing some articles.11. What do people do while staring at the computer screen? A. Rest less. B.Blink less. CExercise less.12. What is the best way to rest the eyes? A. Take a break. B.Drink some tea. CUse eye-drops. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. W

5、hy did Jack quit hisjob? A. He didnt like it at all. B.He couldnt finish his work. C.He quarreled with his boss.14. What happened to Jack at the meeting?A. He made a mistake. B. He was criticized.C. He didnt make a big deal.15.What does Jack think of his job? A.It has no future. B. It is challenging

6、. C. It is boring.16. What does Mary advise Jack to do? A. Go travelling. B. Find another job. C. Improve himself. 听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. Why will the school open the course about gaming? A. Its popular worldwide B. Its students favorite. C. It is a great career.18. What do we know about the course?

7、A. It offers easy games. B. It lasts for one year.C. It is five hours a week.19. What does the school focus on? A. Students teamwork. B. Students knowledge. C. Students health.20. What will students do in the course? A.Leam to fix the computer. B. Take physical education. C. Play ball games.第二部分 阅读理

8、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A，B，C,，D中，选出最佳答案AIn the middle of the night, an escapee made a brave escape. Aftersqueezing out of a tiny opening, he quietly slipped across the floor. Then heslid down a drainpipe（排水管） to freedom. This wasnt a well-planned prisonbreak. It was Inky, an

9、octopus（章鱼） that escaped from the National Aquariumof New Zealand. He hasnt been seen since. Inky was given to the aquarium in 2014 by the fishermen who had caughthim in the sea by accident. He impressed the staff He figured out how to open the top off a jar, said Rob Yarrall, the aquariums manager.

10、 But one morning, workers arrived at the aquarium to find Inky missingfrom his tank. Only his tank mate, an octopus named Blotchy, remained. Thewatery tracks leading from the tank to the drainpipe showed where he hadgone. Experts figured out that Inky had squeezed through a small gap on topof his ta

11、nk. He then slid more than 8 feet across the floor and slipped intoa drainpipe about 6 inches wide. Finally, Inky slid down the 164-foot-longdrainpipe and, most likely, retumed to his hometown. Octopuses are fantastic escape artists, said Alex Harvey, an.expert at theMarine Biological Association in

12、 England. They have a complex brain andexcellent eyesight, and research suggests they have an ability to learn and formmental maps. They can also squeeze through extremely small spaces evenones as tiny as coins - since they have no bones in their-bodies. Inky is not the first octopus to make headlin

13、es. In 2009, an octopus at theSanta Monica Pier Aquarium in Califomia took apart a valve(阀门) in her tankand aimed a tube out of the tank. It caused a huge flood. And in 2010, Paul, anoctopus in Germany, gained fame after appearing to correctly pick the winningteams in the seven Germanys World Cup so

14、ccer games.21. What can we learn about Inky in the first two paragraphs? A. It is strong. B. It is confident. C. It is patient. D. It is smart.22. Where is Inky most probably now? A. In the ocean. B. In a new tank. C. In the drainpipe.D. In the river. It is smart.23. What can we learn from the fourt

15、h paragraph?A. Octopuses are better at escaping from tanks.B. Inkys escape was actually perfectly normal.COctopuses can learn new things very quickly. D. The workers were surprised at Inkys escape.24. Why are other octopuses mentioned in the last paragraph? A. They are becoming very popular. B. The

16、media has made Inky famous. C.They have more tricks than expected.D. Humans show great interest in them.BWhile the term island is linked to beaches and sunshine, therere someislands youll find covered by clouds mystery. The Isola La Gaiola Off the coast of Naples, Italy, youll find the beautiful Iso

17、la La Gaiola.Yet, if you say hello here, you will hardly get an answer, as this island iscompletely deserted now because of a curse（诅咒） dating back to the 1920s.The people who once owned the island all died mysteriously. Easter Island The name Easter Island was given by the islands first recordedEur

18、opean visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who found it on Easter Sunday in 1722. Land on Easter Island, and you will instantly be impressedby the sight of giant sculptures known as the moai The origins and purpose ofthese sculptures remain a mystery to date.The Island of the Dolls How do yo

19、u feel when you see thousands of dolls hanging on trees? Thisisland once belonged to a farmer named Santana. In 1950, he saw a little girldrown in a local canal. Later, he found a doll which he thought belonged to thegirl. He hung it on a tree. Then he began hanging more dolls. Since his death,his c

20、ousin Anastasio has lived on the island and run it as a tourist attraction.Now, are you brave enough to visit the island?Surtsey Island . In 1963, an undersea volcano erupted, which reached the surface and beganforming this island. The volcanic activity continued till 1967, and a 2.7 km2piece of lan

21、d was formed. However, it reduced to only l.4 km2 in 2002. Insects, birds, plants, and even seals can now be seen on this newly formed island.25. What is special about the Isola La Gaiola? A. It is believed to be cursed. B. You cant say hello on it. C. It is off the coast of Naples. D. You will die

22、after visiting it.26. How do visitors probably feel when theyre on the Island ofthe Dolls?A. Excited. B. Puzzled. C. Frightened. D. Worried.27. Which island is the youngest one? A. The Island of the Dolls. B. Easter Island. C.Surtsey Island.D. The Isola La Gaiola.28. What can we conclude about the i

23、slands mentioned in the text? A.Theyre combinations of nature and humans. B. Theyre famous for wonderful stories. C. They have beautiful beaches and sunshine.D. Theyre mysterious and unusualC On May 22, over 100,000 Peruvians are expected to arrive at a site inthe Andean highlands near the peak of A

24、usungate. They may have traveledhundreds of miles to get there. At an altitude of 16,500 feet, theyll campout, sing, dance and pray（祈祷） at the religious festival. Its called QoyllurRiti, which means snow star in the local language. The festival itself isa combination of Peruvian and Catholic traditi

25、ons. It marks the start of theharvest season. There was a time of conflicts between Peru and Spain, which ruled Perufrom the 16th century until the 1820s. They once had conflicts. But in the caseof the festival, the two cultures, Spanish and Peruvian, became connected. The mountains here are conside

26、red sacred(神圣的）by local people. Formany years, each province represented at the festival carves out heavy blocksof ice from the glacier - a symbolof water and life - to bring back to theircommunities (团体). But things have changed.We cant take ice down from the glacier anymore, says Walter Mamami,a p

27、articipant from the Canchis province. The glacier is getting smaller due toclimate change. We now stop at the foot of the glacier. We prayed that the glacier wouldnt disappear, Jaime Rios Farfan saidafter he returned from the main ceremony at the foot of the glacier held atsunrise. At the celebratio

28、ns in the past years, each community had its own areain the snowfields where it could carry out its ceremonies and prayers. If theglacier continues to decrease, it will threaten the peaceful coexistence betweenthe communities, says Javier Felix, speaking of possible conflicts betweenthose communitie

29、s that might still have a sacred area on the glacier and thosethat dont.29. According to the text, the celebration of Qoyllur Riti is to show . A.The glacier is getting smaller. B. It is time to harvest crops. C. Spain and Peru are friendly to each other now. D. Peruvian and Catholic traditions are

30、combined.30. What is one of the traditions of Qoyllur Riti? A. Admiring the sacred mountains. B. Praying the glacier wont disappear. C. Stopping at the foot of the glacier and camping. D.Cutting ice from the glacier and bringing it back.31. What can we learn from Javier Felixs words? A.The glacier i

31、s important to local people. B.The glacier is really very rare nowadays. C.The communities are unfriendly to each other. D.The communities try to expand their areas. DA company called Mars is trying to help people get rid of unhealthy habits.Mars, which owns food brands like Dolmio and Uncle Bens, announced a planto label certain foods - for now, mostly pasta sauces - that are high in sugar,salt, and fat as occasional foods.As these products are not intended to be eaten daily, Mars will provideguidance for consumers on the foods packages and on its website regardinghow of