江西省抚州市临川区第一中学高三上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、江西省抚州市临川区第一中学高三上学期期中考试英语试题第一部分：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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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 he shirt?A. $19.15 B. $9.18 C. $9.15答案是C.1. What is Chases hobby?A. Skiing B

2、. Writing. C. Collecting2. How much will the woman pay? A. $39. B. $35. C. $31. 3. How does the man probably feel? A. Hopeful. B. Confused. C. Annoyed. 4. What is the topic of the conversation? A. The lighting of the restaurant. B. The friendly staff. C. A romantic meal. 5. What does the woman mean?

3、 A. She only buys things on sale. B. Even the special price is too high. C. The man should have gotten a better deal.第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中做给的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秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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. Why is the woman talking to the man? A. She wa

4、nts to see the doctor. B. She needs to email her doctor. C. She needs help logging in to the patient website. 7. How often does the woman seem to go to the clinic? A. Every year. B. Every two years. C. Every four years. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. Why does the woman look up the weather report? A. She needs t

5、o pick up her son. B. She doesnt trust the weather news on TV. C. She wants to know if she should get her umbrella. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Husband and wife. B. Classmates. C. Co-workers.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. Where are the speakers talking? A. In a classroom. B.

6、 On the beach. C. In an apartment. 11. Why did Mary go to Xiamen? A. To learn some business skills. B. To escape Wuhans heat. C. To spend time with her uncle. 12. What does Mary probably think about seafood? A. She thinks it was terrible. B. She doesnt like it. C. She thinks it was delicious.听第9段材料，

7、回答第13至16题。 13. How long before the scheduled time did the bus leave? A. Ten minutes. B. Thirty minutes. C. An hour. 14. When did the woman probably get on the next bus? A. At 4:35. B. At 4:45. C. At 5:05. 15. What is the man worried about? A. The daily expense. B. The womans safety. C. The public tr

8、ansportation. 16. What does the woman decide to do at the end? A. Buy a car. B. Work for the newspaper.C. Complain to the local government. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What did customers use to complain about? A. Not getting through to the restaurants. B. Paying a lot for delivery. C. Slow service. 18. W

9、hat is special about DoorDash? A. You can order from many places at once. B. You can check the progress of the delivery. C. The prices are lower than from the restaurants. 19. What do we know about the work of DoorDashers? A. The hours are flexible. B. The pay isnt very good. C. Its a good way to pr

10、omote themselves. 20. Why do many restaurants like DoorDash?A. They dont need to hire their own delivery workers.B. They dont need to find correct change to pay the driver.C. They can pay for things up front like a delivery car and gas.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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、

11、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMobile technology has created new ways for all types of learning styles to help discover new information. If you want to teach yourself things, here are some apps that will help you.CourseraPerhaps one of the biggest advancements in the history of e-learning, Coursera has t

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16、vel adjustments, or the evolution of famous cities.21. Which app makes higher education courses available to its users?A. Coursera.B. Lumosity.C. Duolingo.D. EarthViewer.22. What can be inferred about Lumosity?A. It is the most effective app for language learning.B. It guarantees you an admission to

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18、e effects of climate changes.BAll Alice Waters wanted was bread, jam and lettuce that tasted real, with a cup of good coffee or a glass of wine on the side. The founder of Chez Panisse, the California restaurant famous for launching the farm-to-table movement, certainly didnt plan to start a revolut

19、ion.Returning to the United States in 1965 after studying in France, Waters missed the delicious food and community of the little cafes where she spent most of her time. “The United States was a land of frozen food, so eating even just fresh bread and jam was an extremely pleasant surprise to me,” s

20、ays Waters. “And spending time in restaurants with friends it was very important to me.”One day, an idea struck Waters that maybe her cooking and sense of community could help her make some money. Believing they could do anything, she and a group of friends raised money, found a house in Berkeley an

21、d opened a little restaurant called Chez Panisse in 1971.Most ingredients Waters could find were from industrial farms. They tasted totally different from the ones her parents planted during World War II and the ones she had enjoyed in France. Thus she began a search for suppliers who would grow goo

22、d ingredients.“I was looking for taste. And I couldnt find taste until I met the local organic farmers who were growing vegetables for flavor,” Waters recalls. “I realized that I would be dependent on them for the success of my restaurant.”At first, the finances were a disaster. If any of the ingred

23、ients didnt taste right, chefs threw them out. Staff had to taste the wine to sell it. That meant thousands of dollars of wine disappeared on a regular basis. People who offered ingredients were given meals in trade.But Chez Panisse had lines out of the front door from the very first night. Waters s

24、ense of taste and her dedication to making the best food possible kept people coming back. It didnt take long for Chez Panisse to catch the attention of foodies (“吃货”). Throughout its existence, the restaurant has earned the highest praise of many critics. It has sometimes been called the best resta

25、urant in America.Now 72, Waters is not content with staying at home and cooking in her kitchen. Last September, she flew to Washington D. C., to meet members of Congress to discuss the benefits of free lunch for all schoolchildren.Many people have called Waters unrealistic over the course of her 45-

26、year fight for good food. Nevertheless, her single-mindedness ended up sparking a farm-to-table movement. “She didnt start Chez Panisse to change the world,” said Marion Nestle, a New York University nutrition professor. “But what she did was absolutely revolutionary. Shes a force and deserves every

27、 bit of recognition that comes her way.”24. Alice Waters started Chez Panisse in order to . .A. launch a farm-to-table revolutionB. support the local organic farmersC. allow all schoolchildren in the United States to have free lunchD. bring Frances style of cooking and sense of community to her home

28、 country25. In the early days of Chez Panisse, finances were a big problem because . .A. organic vegetables were very expensiveB. the housing rent in Berkeley was very highC. some customers refused to pay for their meals.D. Waters put huge emphasis on good food and ingredients26. According to the ar

29、ticle，Chez Panisses success can be attributed to . . the great flavor of its dishes the ideal location of the restaurant the huge effort Waters put into her cause support from multiple foodiesA. B. C. D.27. What would be the best title for the passage?A. The Secret of Catering RevolutionB. The Power

30、 of Farm-To-TableC. The Recipe for Successful BusinessD. The Movement of Organic FoodCNeuroscientists have explained the risky, aggressive or just plain baffling behavior of teenagers as the product of a brain that is somehow compromised. Groundbreaking research in the past 10 years, however, shows

31、that this view is wrong. The teen brain is not defective. It is not a half-baked adult brain, either. It has been forged by evolution to function differently from that of a child or an adult.The most important of the teen brains features is its ability to change in response to the environment by mod

32、ifying the communication networks that connect brain regions. It allows teenagers to make enormous progress in thinking and socialization. But the change also makes them sensitive to dangerous behavior and serious mental disorders.The most recent studies indicate that the riskiest behaviors arise from a mismatch bet