届高三上学期期中考试英语试题附答案2.docx

1、届高三上学期期中考试英语试题附答案2郑州市智林学校2017-2018学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）APart-time jobs for 15and 16years olds Waiter/Waitress A job as a waiter or waitress is a good choice for 16-year-oldsNot only can one earn 9-12an hour，but they can also get the tips （小费）Most people that visit a restaurant dont

2、just have good foodThey come here to relax and have a good timeBesides serving food quickly，a young waiter who talks to them politely with a smile on his face will make the diners enjoy their time at the restaurantWork in a library If one is fond of books，working in a library is another suitable cho

3、iceBesides the pay is good，it offers a lot of free time when students can actually sit down and finish their homeworkSo on returning home，they would have time to hang around with friends or just relaxSo working in a library is an excellent part-time job for teens，especially for school studentsIntern

4、et jobs There are many ways of making money through online jobs like clicking on advertisements，visiting sites and signing up with themHowever，such online jobs dont pay wellA better Internet job for teens is to complete online surveysThese are quite simple surveys that usually ask one about his/her

5、opinions and ideasMany companies use these ideas to make products designed for teenagers1. What does the writer think of the job as a waiter/waitress？ _ A. It needs a period of trainingB. It pays much more than other jobsC. It can improve ones leadership skillsD. Making diners comfortable is part of

6、 the job2. A student who is busy with his research paper will probably choose to work _ A. in a restaurantB. in a libraryC. on the InternetD. in an IT company3. The writer wrote this text to _ A. tell us the importance of doing part-time jobsB. advise teenagers how to choose a part-time jobC. teach

7、young people how to make lots of moneyD. introduce his/her experience of doing part-time jobs4. Why do some companies ask the teens to do surveys？ _ A. The teens have more free timeB. They can pay less to the teensC. They need advice to make products for teensD. The teens usually express their true

8、opinionsBJust what is a tiger mother？Amy Chua is a law professor at Americas Yale University and her recent book on the subject is making wavesShes been calleddangerous，outrageous，even amonsterfor her descriptions of how she brought up her two daughtersHer book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother descri

9、bes fighting with a daughter for hours at the piano to ensure the child gets a piece of music rightShe rejected birthday cards made for her by her girls because she didnt think they had made enough effortsShe compared one child negatively with the other，threatening to burn their toysHer rules includ

10、e：schoolwork always comes first； an A-minus is a bad grade； children must be two years ahead of their classmates in math，and playing the violin or the piano is a mustMsChua considers the Chinese hard work ethic as a way of creating happy，successful children-at least in her caseAlthough shes had a la

11、rge amount of flak for her theories，one thing cant be ignored-the success of Chinese children in the education systemIn Britain，shocking research shows that Chinese girls，for example，are outperforming all other foreign groups at GCSE-79 percent getting 5AC Grades，compared with 58 percent of white Br

12、itish girlsSo what is it about Chinese parenting thats leading to high achievers？And how do Amy Chuas theories play into that success？She told me that if her daughter came back from school with 96/100 in a test，Chua would ask her what happened to the other4pointsIts about always knowingyou can do be

13、tter，she told meInterestingly，in China，the birthplace of the tiger mother，people are moving away from traditional Chinese parentingThey are following more western parenting styles5. After reading Amy Chuas recent book，the public _ A. feel very sorry for their own childrenB. consider her a very succe

14、ssful motherC. realize their methods of bringing up children are wrongD. dont think highly of her methods of bringing up her children6. What can we learn about Amy Chua according to Paragraph 2？ _ A. She is very strict with her childrenB. She doesnt think her children are cleverC. She is very intere

15、sted in playing the pianoD. She knows playing is important to children7. Paragraph 4shows that _ A. Chinese parents dont think grades are very importantB. Chinese children are cleverer than British childrenC. Chinese parents are proud of their childrenD. Chinese children do well in their study8. The underlined wordflakin the third paragraph probably means _ A. attentionB. criticismC. curiosityD. contributionCNearing the age of 101has not slowed down one Japanese womanIn fact，in the swimming pool-she is only getting fasterRecentl