安徽省池州市2020届高三上学期期末考试 英语 Word版含答案.doc

1、 第 - 1 - 页 共 19 页 - 1 - 20192020 学年第一学期期末考试卷 高三英语 满分：150 分 考试时间：120 分钟 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生先将自己的姓名、准考证号码填写清楚，将条形码准确粘贴在条形码区域内。 2.选择题必须使用 2B 铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用 0.5 毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工 整、笔迹清晰。 3.请按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试 题卷上的答题无效 。 4.保持答题卡卡面清洁，不要折叠、不要弄破、弄皱，不准使用涂改液、修正带、刮纸刀。 5.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。 第一部分听力

2、(共两节，满分 30 分) 回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将您 的答案转涂到客观答题卡上， 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。 1.What does the woman mean? A. She will see the professor. B. She cant help the man. C. She will r

3、eturn some books. 2. What will the man do first? A. Fix the computer. B. Clean the windows. C. Have some tea. 3. Why doesnt the woman like the Star Club? A. Its too far away. B. Its too expensive. C. Its too noisy. 4. What time is it now? A.8:00 am. B. 8:30 am. C. 5: 30 pm. 5. What is the woman prob

4、ably doing? A. Having a wedding ceremony. B. Taking on her honeymoon. 第 - 2 - 页 共 19 页 - 2 - C. Getting ready to go to Canada. 第二节(共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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

5、答第 67 题。 6. How does Alison like her present job? A. It is very satisfactory. B. It is rather rewarding. C. It isnt completely pleasing. 7. Why doe、the man suggest Alison go to college? A. Itll increase her career choices. B. Itll get her promoted soon. C. Itll help her earn more money. 听第 7 段材料，回答第

6、 89 题。 8. What is the man suffering from? A. Heavy traffic. B. Noise pollution. C. Illness. 9. What is the womans advice to the man? A. Taking it easy. B. Turning to the police. C. Finding another neighbourhood. 听第 8 段材料.回答第 1012 题。 10. What are the speakers talking about? A. What to do for a projec

7、t. B. When to draw a picture. C. How to be a good artist. 11. How does the man feel about the womans first suggestion? A. Surprised. B. Hesitant. C. Uninterested. 12. What would the man do according to the womans second suggestion? A. Do much preparation beforehand. B. Work with talented students. C

8、. Draw in front of the class. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 1316 题。 13. Why does the man want to rent a car? A. To go to a concert. B. To attend a party. C. To see his girlfriend. 第 - 3 - 页 共 19 页 - 3 - 14. What does the word “Porsche“ probably refer to? A. A rental agency. B. A car brand. C. The name of a factory.

9、15. Where did the man once go for renting a car? A. The Benz company. B. The bus station. C. The airport. 16. In which aspect is the man satisfied with the car? A. Its condition. B. Its colour. C. Its speed. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 720 题。 17. Who will conduct the activity “Dogs might fly“? A. Professor Black.

10、 B. Patrick Bell. C. Dr. Smith. 18. What is the video show about? A. How plants and animals live together. B. How plants communicate with each other. C. How plants get used to their natural environment. 19. Where is the speaker now? A. In Room 27. B. In the lecture room. C. In the main hall. 20. Wha

11、t will the listeners do in the final activity? A. Join in the group discussion. B. Explore the school garden. C. Take a walk in the local park. 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 Good education is expensive. Some countries today have proven th

12、at belief to be wrong, though. If youre dreaming of having your university education in a country outside your motherland, do not he afraid to apply to study in the below-listed countries as everything about your education can be achieved with little or nothing. Germany Kenznow. com 第 - 4 - 页 共 19 页

13、 - 4 - All the public universities in Germany do not ask for any education fees except administration fees which are quite affordable, no matter what your status. The English language is common in Germany and moat of these universities teach with English so it will be easier to get along as an inter

14、national student. Norway Wikipedia. org Want to achieve your post-graduate degrees? Even if you aim to achieve an undergraduate, Norway is a good option because you will not have to send a penny to anyone. This is possible because of the governments financing of the education from tax income. The on

15、ly problem is that most of the top universities in the country teach with their mother tongue and as a foreigner, you have to familiarize with the language enough to pass a required test. Turkey Turkeydiscoverthepotential. com Public universities, called Devlet Universiteleri in Turkish, are totally

16、 free of tuition costs. After payment of an affordable basic fee, the rest is free absolutely. Some of these institutions teach in English while some in French and German. Italy Gooverseas. com Italy offers almost free education to international students. When you have to pay as little as 850 per ye

17、ar for quality education, then it is quite cheap. Besides, Italy has so much cultural heritage, and history that students can learn about. 21.Which website can you visit if you tend to apply for a country free of charge? A.Kenznow. com B. Wikipedia. org C.Gooverseas. com D. Tit 22. Which country cou

18、ld be suitable for a Chinese student skilled in French? A. Germany. B. Norway. C. Turkey. D. Italy. 23. Whom is the passage intended for? A. International students on tight budget. B. Teachers encouraged to study abroad. C. Parents with adequate education funds. D. Native students with good performa

19、nces. 第 - 5 - 页 共 19 页 - 5 - B As a volunteer teacher, I moved into an apartment with eagerness. Sorting all the necessary paperwork out, I got ready to start my work. Great, or so I thought. At 4 a. m. and at several intervals after that, I was rudely awoken by the cork that lives opposite me. Fant

20、astic! I now have 5 extra alarms every morning. In the following weeks, I also started to notice a trend. Things in my flat started to break at the rate of one object per day, like the hot water line, bowls, cups, shower, doors or glass shelves. Yes, I am clumsy but things just fell apart. If it was

21、nt broken, it would either be dirty or missing. Using my washing basket for the first time was pretty disgusting. When I took out my clothes, they were swiftly followed by a hundred or so bugs that were living in the bottom. As for the general lack of equipment in the house, there was no oven, tin o

22、pener, or sharp knives. It turns out making a vegetarian burger from scratch wasnt the best idea. I had a small microwave and a grill. I thought the general understanding was never to put metal in a microwave but I went on. Smoke soon started to appear. Im not quite sure if it was the burger or the

23、grill but as soon as I opened the door, the electricity cut nut. I spent the following 10 minutes in a dark, smoky room hunting for the power switch using the light from my mobile phone, which broke the week after and left me without a connection to the outer world. Luckily, Im now borrowing a phone

24、 and my luck has returned. No more things have broken (probably because there is nothing left to break). I am learning how to adapt to life with limited, broken utensils(用具). 24. How did the author feel about her new life upon her arrival? A. She was nervous to kick off the new job. B. She was annoy

25、ed with the vide students. C. She was full of enthusiasm about her new life. D. She was satisfied with five alarm clocks in her room. 25. What was the trend in the following weeks? A. Her flat became dirtier. B. She developed disability. C. Things began to go wrong. D. More clothes needed mending. 2

26、6. What happened when the author was making a burger? 第 - 6 - 页 共 19 页 - 6 - A. She suffered a big fire. B. She made a terrible mistake. C. She was seriously injured. D. She broke her phone accidentally. 27. What can be inferred about the author from the end of the passage? A. She will go on living

27、here. B. She will resign from her job. C. She will move into a new flat. D. She will buy new daily necessities. C The Wall Street Journal recently published an excellent article penned by Wendy Bounds on a hot topic here at MNN: the air-purifying qualities of the common houseplant. Given that the ai

28、r inside your home can be 2 to 5 times more polluted than the air outside of it, making it clean with plants like peace lily(百合花)and asparagus fern(芦笋蕨)is an economical, artistically pleasing alternative to air purifiers. So its been acknowledged that a bunch of pretty putted houseplants can help yo

29、u maintain a healthier home, but a smarter home? Thats the question in light of a recent study published by the journal of Environmental Psychology showing that the presence of plants in a room, particularly in an office environment, can shrink attention span(范围). Struggling directive attention(the

30、kind of attention that takes effort)can be refreshed through exposure to naturalistic environments. Basically, taking a walk through the park can clear ones head. But can a head be refreshed simply by being surrounded by houseplants? To test their theory, the studys authors rounded up a hunch of par

31、ticipants, put Rome of them in a room with no plants and put others in a room with four plants placed around a desk, and put them all to the same series of tests. First war a Reading Span Test, which involves reading a series of sentences aloud and remembering the last word in each sentence. This ta

32、sk requires that you fluently switch between attention demanding tasks: from reading and memorizing at one moment, to writing and recalling at the next. Next came a proofreading task followed by another Reading Span Test. The results? Participants working in the room with the plants improved their p

33、erformance from the first Reading Span Test to the second while those working in the room lacking in greenery did not. Consequently, the benefits of working among plants is indeed evident. 28. What do we know from the first paragraph? A. Staying indoors can help avoid the poorer air outdoors. B. Hou

34、seplants can function as beautiful cheap air purifiers. 第 - 7 - 页 共 19 页 - 7 - C. Planting potted flowers as decorations is very interesting. D. Air purifiers are the most effective to create a healthy home. 29. What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 probably refer to? A. Focus ones attention.

35、 B. Disturb ones attention. C. Weaken ones attention. D. Turn ones attention away. 30. What does the test prove? A. Working in nature helps increase productivity. B. Houseplants will be in great demand in our life. C. Greenery creates healthier naturalistic atmosphere indoors. D. Working among house

36、plants improves mental functioning. 31. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Flowers: Grand Feast to Eyes B. Greenery: Effective Air-purifier C. Houseplants: Visual Brain Food D. Potted Plants: Great House-beautifier D Have you ever experienced such an annoying thing as it took so long to o

37、pen a web page? Youre watching stops every few minutes, which ruined your internet experience. But it could be a thing of the past. On June 3, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced that China would issue licenses for the commercialization of 5G. It means major telecom carrier

38、s will start to provide 5G services. The “G“ in “5G“ refers to the generations of mobile network technologies. 1G let us talk to each other, 2G let us send messages, 3G gave us mobile data and the internet, and 4G made all of these things faster. Now 5G promises much faster data download and upload

39、speeds，and more stable connections. This means that you will be able to download an entire HD movie in seconds and only experience a short delay between sending and receiving data. For example， when you have a video chat with your friend，there. is generally a 100 to 200 milliseconds(毫秒)delay with 4G

40、, but 5G will reduce the delay to 1 millisecond or less, which is almost real time. With a 5G network，the short delay in information exchange will allow driverless cars to run more safely, as they will be able to communicate in real time and avoid potential dangers. 第 - 8 - 页 共 19 页 - 8 - Meanwhile,

41、 5G-enabled wearable devices will keep doctors constantly updated on the health status of their patients and warn them immediately if theres something wrong. Besides, VR games will become more popular with 5G. The short delay of 5G will make the games feel even more real. Though 5G will make our liv

42、es more convenient，it will not be perfect. For one thing, 5G will not “travel“ far. On 4G networks, you can he 10 kilometers away from the nearest transmission(传 输)base and barely lose signal. But 5G will only cover about 300 meters, meaning we will need more transmitters so that we can get signals.

43、 And in order to use 5G, we will have to buy new products specially designed for 5G that are currently expensive. 32. What is the function of the first paragraph? A. To provide a background of the topic. B. offer basic knowledge of the topic. C. To use an example to support the topic. D. To draw rea

44、ders attention to the topic. 33. According to the passage，what is likely to happen to our life with 5G? A. Doctors can treat more patients. B. No drivers are needed in the near future. C. Many advanced technologies will be further improved. D. Children will hate playing VR games in the real world 34

45、. What can he found when 5G is compared with 4G? A. 4G covers smaller areas. B. 4G needs more transmitters. C. 5G signals can travel farther. D. 5G coats higher in early stage. 35. What is the text mainly about? A. The development of 5G. B. Challenges that 5G will face. C. Benefits that people will

46、get from 5G. D. The difference that 5G will make to our lives. 第二节(共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余 选项。 Money can buy happiness. 36 What would bring you greater, longer-lasting happiness: purchasing an expensive item youve been eyeing or hooking the vacation youve been

47、dreaming about? 37 New things are exciting to us at first, but then we adapt to them. Over time, the 第 - 9 - 页 共 19 页 - 9 - satisfaction with material objects decreased. Even though new cars may make us happy in the short-term, the freshness quickly wears off. Spending money on experiences-travel, o

48、utdoor activities, concerts, classes, movies-brings us more joy than buying material things. One reason is that our experiences are a bigger part of our identity than our possessions. You can really like your material stuff. You can even think that part of your identity is connected to those things.

49、 38 In contrast, your experiences really are part of you. We are the sum total of our experiences. Another reason we value experiences even after theyre over is that even negative experiences can become positive over time. 39 Why? Because even unpleasant experiences can later become funny stories or be looked at as character-building opportunities. Shared experiences are also looked upon more favorabl