1、1 高三英语期中试卷高三英语期中试卷 （考试时间（考试时间 1 12 20 0 分钟，满分分钟，满分 1 14 40 0 分）分）I.Listening Comprehension(25)Section A Directions:In Section A,you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers.At the end of each conversation,a question will be asked about what was said.The conversations and the questions
2、will be spoken only once.After you hear a conversation and the question about it,read the four possible answers in your paper,and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1.A.In a hair salon.B.At a dentists.C.On a construction site.D.In a fitness club.2.A.3.B.5.C.6.5.D.9.5
3、3.A.Pointless.B.Necessary.C.Unimaginable D.Motivating 4.A.Ben was an unlucky workman.B.Ben could have succeeded.C.Ben was using bad luck as an excuse.D.Ben might have better luck next time.5.A.Hot water isnt available in the hotel until after 10 oclock.B.Hotel guests can use hot water for longer hou
4、rs in winter.C.The man needs a hot bath after being caught in a rain shower.D.The hotel doesnt supply hot water all day along.6.A.The woman should smile to others and be polite.B.The woman looks beautiful with her new hairstyle.C.The woman would look prettier if smiled all the time.D.The womans new
5、hairstyle doesnt look wonderful.7.A.The model car deserves a title.B.The man should make the purchase.C.The man will get a refund soon.D.The model car will be sold in a week.8.A.Their daughter should never get too close to her friends.B.Their daughter is really good at maintaining friendships.C.Thei
6、r daughter should not keep a distance from friends.D.Their daughter should learn to keep good company.9.A.He is much annoyed with the girl.B.He has left some food for the girl.C.He should have waited for the girl.D.He has set aside some butter for the girl.10.A.The woman should do as the boss requir
7、es.B.The woman should alter what the boss requires.C.The woman should not invite everyone to the feast.D.The woman should talk to the boss immediately.Section B 2 Directions:In Section B,you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation,and you will be asked several questions on each of t
8、he passages and the conversation.The passages and the conversation will be read twice,but the questions will be spoken only once.When you hear a question,read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are ba
9、sed on the following passage.11.A.She has composed a new song.B.She has made a stir on social media.C.She has starred in a new movie.D.She has become the oldest in the world.12.A.To show why the family enjoys the longevity gene.B.To share the familys daily routines with their friends.C.To comfort th
10、ose whose grandparents have passed away.D.To make the family become a celebrity on TikTok.13.A.Strong-willed.B.Optimistic C.Knowledgeable.D.Generous.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14.A.Big cities have lost their appeal to seniors.B.Many city residents flock to the country
11、side.C.The lockdown has contributed to the relocation of some young people.D.Young people join the race to leave big cities.15.A.Affordable housing rents.B.Easy access to nature.C.The busy city nightlife.D.A spacious apartment.16.A.To settle down in the countryside.B.To adopt the remote working patt
12、ern.C.To return to London in the future.D.To advise friends to abandon city life.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17.A.The invention of chocolate chip cookies.B.Various food innovations in mans history.C.Accidental discoveries in our everyday life.D.The unique manufact
13、uring process of potato chips.18.A.Because she would melt and mix them into the batter.B.Because she was short of regular ingredients.C.Because she wanted to save materials and money.D.Because shed like to make the chocolate chip cookies.19.A.Because he wanted to salt them heavily to make them delic
14、ious.B.Because his customers were crazy about potatoes cooked that way.C.Because they were a regular item on the restaurants menu.D.Because he became sick of customers criticism and decided to fight back.20.A.She thought them too good to be true.B.She considered them very innovative.C.She found them
15、 quite ridiculous.D.She felt that they were quite convincing.II.Grammar and Vocabulary(20)3 Section A Directions:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the g
16、iven word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.It is tempting,when your shiny New Years resolutions start to crumble(崩塌),to tell(21)_ that self-control simply isnt your strong point.“Oh,well,you might say,surrendering to the desire for a large glass of bear,“no willpower,thats
17、 my problem.”But,according to a body of scientific research,willpower is not a talent that a lucky few(22)_(bear)with.It is a skill to be practised.“Willpower is a fluctuating(波动的)resource,”explains Frank Ryan,consultant clinical psychologist and author of Willpower for Dummies.“Our level of willpow
18、er fluctuates according to our motivation in any(23)_(give)situation.Everybody can learn to use their willpower more effectively.(24)_ _ you are not trying to turn over a new leaf for the new year,cultivating willpower is a good idea,as the psychologist Walter Mischel demonstrated in the 1960s and 7
19、0s.In his famous study,a group of four-year-olds(25)_(offer)the choice of one sweet treat now,or two if they could wait 15 minutes.Their performance was then monitored into adulthood.The“high delayers”went on to achieve greater academic success,better health and lower divorce rates.(26)_(maximize)ou
20、r chances of sticking to resolutions,Ryan says,we should identify our“willpower profile.For example:some people are more impulsive than others.That does come down to personality.”Introverts tend to get energized by thoughts and ideas,so if thats you,you should find it easier to get motivated by inne
21、r vision than extroverts,who get fired up by people and social approval.For introverts,(27)_(schedule)time to reflect on your progress,such as keeping a diary,can be helpful.For extroverts,sighing up for a group such as Parkrun or Weight Watchers where everyone has(28)_ common goal can help you to s
22、trengthen your resolve,as can sharing even small progress with others.“You need to learn the core skills to cope with triggers and cues(29)_ activate your reward-seeking response,”Ryan adds.“Its about coping with temptation,which often comes from the environment:the people,places or things that act(
23、30)_ motivational magnets to challenge your willpower.”In other words:if you are trying to avoid cake,it is probably best to find a route home that swerves the artisanal doughnuts.Section B Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box.Each word can only be used once.Note t
24、hat there is one more word than you need.4 A.affordable B.consumption C.displaying D.driver E.physically F.fail G.legally H.acknowledged I.replacing J.superior K.skip If you were to buy the Complete Works of Primo Levi on Amazon,the price is$58.40.If,however,you preferred to download it to your e-re
25、ader,you would need to pay$59.49.It would cost you one dollar more not to(31)_ own the books.This brings the question into the spotlight:Why are we increasingly paying more money to not have the thing we buy?Amazon(32)_ receipt of but didnt respond to such a request for moment.But we can discuss why
26、.For one thing,weve reached a point at which its the digital version that wont(33)_ us.The hard copy used to be reliable,but that isnt true anymore.In fact,the digital copy is more durable than the hard one,as anyone who has scratched a CD would likely agree.For another,weve come to see the digital
27、version as(34)_ in some ways.Its noted that well pay for things so that well be able to quickly consume a product,or(35)_ to the place in a book where a character first appears.Its true that the digital is becoming an accepted part of the way we live now.But not everyone can jump on the bandwagon(跟风
28、),since not everyone can access that version in the first place.This suggests a third(36)_ behind the trend:some people are paying more because performance and participation matter more in the new economy.That is,people are always paying more to be part of the new cool club,and today the cool club i
29、s digital.Whether or not it is indeed fashionable to own the digital version,the reality remains that if the most accessible version of culture is the least(37)_,then not everyone gets to download culture.Besides,customers get fewer rights in a digital copy as the law wont let them loan or resell th
30、eir digital book or CD.That means were paying more to be(38)_ able to do less.Or,we buy it,but we dont hold it.This is the way we pay to own now and may be for the foreseeable future.That doesnt mean weve become any less fascinated by(39)_.As Wilks said,possession is fundamentally human,and while we
31、 may change the concept of what and how we possess,well still be possessed by possessions.In other words,we still own things.We may no longer show how well-read we are by(40)_ hardcover Primo Levi on our bookshelves,but we can bring his work with us everywhere,without lugging around those heavy book
32、s.III.Reading Comprehension(45)Section A Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.5 No business would welcome being compared to Big Tobacco or gambling.Yet that is what
33、is happening to makers of video games.For years parents have _41_ that their children are“addicted”to their PlayStations and smartphones.Today,however,ever more doctors are using the term literally.On January 1st“gaming disorder”in which games are played _42_,despite causing harm gains recognition f
34、rom the World Health Organization(WHO),as the newest edition of its diagnostic manual comes into force.A few months ago,China,the worlds biggest gaming market,announced new rules _43_ children to just a single hour of play a day on Friday,Saturday and Sunday,and none the rest of the week.Western pol
35、iticians worry publicly about some games similarity to gambling.Clinics are _44_ around the world,promising to cure patients of their habit in the same way they might cure them of an addiction to alcohol or cocaine.Are games really addictive?Psychologists are _45_.The case for the defense is that th
36、is is just another moral panic.In the old days,some killjoys issued _46_ warnings about television,rock n roll,jazz,comic books,novels and even crossword puzzles.As the newest form of mass media,gaming is merely enduring its own time in the stocks before it eventually _47_ to be controversial(有争议的).
37、_48_,defenders argue,the criteria used to diagnose gaming addiction are too loose.Obsessive gaming,they suggest,is as likely to be a _49_(of depression,say)as a disorder in its own right.The prosecution(指控)retorts that,unlike rock bands or novelists,games developers have both the motive and the mean
38、s to engineer their products to make them irresistible.The motive _50_ a business-model shift.In the old days games were bought for a single-use cost.These days,many use a“freemium”model,in which the game is free and money is made from _51_ of in-game goods.That ties playtime directly to revenue.Sma
39、rtphones and modern platforms use their permanent internet connections to send gameplay data back to developers.That allows products to be _52_ and modified to boost spending.While psychologists argue the finer points of what exactly counts as addiction,and whether gamings design tricks cross the li
40、ne,the industry should recognize that,in the real world,it has a problem,and that problem is growing.Now that gaming addiction comes with an official WHO _53_,diagnoses will become more common.Clinics are already reporting _54_ business,as lockdowns have given gamers more time to spend with their ho
41、bby.The regulatory climate for tech is getting _55_.And being associated in the public mind,fairly or not,with gambling and tobacco will not do the industry any favors.6 41.A.acknowledged B.confirmed C.complained D.sensed 42.A.willingly B.casually C.randomly D.compulsively 43.A.limiting B.exposing C
42、.reducing D.subjecting 44.A.taking off B.springing up C.fading away D.turning around 45.A.hesitant B.authoritative C.split D.cautious 46.A.serious B.relevant C.bold D.similar 47.A.ceases B.continues C.attempts D.tends 48.A.Nevertheless B.Furthermore C.Vice versa D.Instead 49.A.diagnose B.treatment C
43、.symptom D.definition 50.A.stems from B.results in C.evolves into D.amounts to 51.A.advertisements B.promotions C.deliveries D.purchases 52.A.widely-used B.repeatedly-recalled C.massively-funded D.fine-tuned 53.A.code B.qualification C.analysis D.shelter 54.A.frustrating B.flexible C.competitive D.b
44、ooming 55.A.chillier B.more agreeable C.stricter D.more scientific Section B Directions:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the i
45、nformation given in the passage you have just read.A Once,Mama had read about geraniums(天竺葵）in a magazine-versatile,pretty,easy to grow-and,she became possessed with a vision of a house flooded with flowers.The notion inspired her into motion.She spent a small fortune on elegant plant stands,importe
46、d flowerpots and armies of fully grown geraniums.She could be like that:my mother always had sudden sprints of creativity.She also asked for my help,and we squatted in the backyard together,arranging roots in their elegant containers.Mama wore long gardening gloves over her hands,and her finger pres
47、sed soil into place with passion.She had bought me gloves too,but I refused to wear them.“Youll get so dirty,Perla.”“I want to get dirty.”“Ay,Perla,”she said,shaking her head.She said no more but beamed with irritation.My refusal disturbed the plan for how the geranium days should go,mother and daug
48、hter tending flowers and dont they look picture perfect in their matching gloves?For half an hour she would not talk to me,but then she thawed,so absorbed in her project that she forgot my fault,or perhaps for fear that I might abandon the project altogether.7 She neednt have worried.I didnt want to
49、 leave.It was a rare chance to spend time with my mother.I could scent her perfume and feel her breaths without having to find anything to say.We often struggle to communicate with each other,beyond the essential good morning and good night,as though we were strangers or beginners of a language.I wa
50、nted to learn my mothers language,if only to better understand her and to increase the chances of her understanding me.There is so much I longed to tell her as I squatted beside her,but I also feared that,if I started,other matters might leap out that were not meant to be spoken.Better not to risk t
