1、山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 1 / 13 山西省阳泉市 20192020 学年度第一学期期末考试试题 高三高三英语英语 注意事项：注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题） 。第 I 卷 1 至 13 页，第 II 卷 14 至 16 页，满分 180 分。考试时间 120 分钟。 2. 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置和答题卡上。 3. 回答第 I 卷时， 选出每小题答案后， 用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑， 如。如需改动，须用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无 效。 4. 回答第 II
2、卷时，须用 0.5 毫米黑色字迹的签字笔将答案写在答题卡上相对应的答题区 域内，写在本试卷上无效。 5. 第 I 卷共三部分。听力满分 30 分，不计入总分。 6 6考试结束后，将答题卡交回。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。 第第 I I 卷卷 第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 3030 分）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（共第一节（共 5 5 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，满分 7.57.5 分）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
3、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 the shirt? A 19.15 B. 9.18 C.9.15 答案是C。 1. What time is it now? A. 7:20. B.6:40. C.7：00. 2. How many sisters and brothers does the man have? A. Three. B. Two. C. Four. 3. Whats the relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher
4、 and student. B. Doctor and patient. C. Boss and secretary. 4. How will the man go to work? A. By bus. B. By car. C. By bike. 5. Where does this conversation probably take place? A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a 山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 2 / 13 bookstore. 第二节（共第二节（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 1.51.5 分，满分分，
5、满分 22.522.5 分）分） 请听下面 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，回答第 6、7 题。 6. Whats the weather like? A. Warm and sunny. B. Warm and windy. C. Cold and windy. 7. What will the speakers probably do? A. Refer t
6、o the weather report. B. Go into a house. C. Put on more clothes. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. How does the man probably feel now? A. Nervous. B. Excited. C. Upset. 9. Whats the man probably going to do? A.A. Visit a guest. B. Perform a show. C. Receive an interview. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题 10. What are th
7、e speakers mainly talking about? A. School supplies. B. Financial problems. C. Computer applications. 11. What does the girl want to buy now? A. A car. B. A computer. C. A calculator. 12. What might the speakers do next? A. Go camping. B. Go travelling. C. Go shopping. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题 13. Why
8、 does the woman fail to buy the new phone today? A. The phones have all been reserved. B. She hasnt enough money. C. The phones havent come out. 14. What do people need to do after paying for their phone online? A. Fill in a form. B. Go to the store to line up. C. Wait for the phone to be ready. 15.
9、 Whats the advantage of buying the phone from an online shop? A. It will be cheaper. B. It will take less time. C. The delivery is free of charge. 16. Whats option three according to the man? A.Wait six months. B. Buy another type of phone. C. Buy the phone online. 请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至第 20 题 17. Wher
10、e is the speaker studying? A. In primary school. B. In middle school. C. In high school. 18. What does the speaker think of Leo? A. Quiet. B. Smart. C. 山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 3 / 13 Hard-working. 19. What is Leo probably best at in school? A. Playing basketball. B. Singing songs. C. Playing the piano. 20.
11、 What can we know about Leo? A. He does well in English. B. He is top of the class. C. He is a tidy person. 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解阅读理解 （共两节，满分（共两节，满分 6060 分）分） 第一节第一节 （共（共 1515 小题；每小题小题；每小题 3 3 分，满分分，满分 4545 分）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 A Whether youre looking for antiques, food, collectors i
12、tems or just random junk, our rich heritage has produced some of the finest markets in the world. Here are 3 of them. Edinburgh FarmersEdinburgh Farmers MarketMarket Traders have long sold their goods in the shadow of the citys spectacular castle, which dates back to 1130and its a tradition that sho
13、ws no sign of abating. Edinburgh Farmers Market takes place on Castle Terrace every Saturday and attracts a huge crowd with its locally sourced goods. The market is now in its 15th year and champions the very best in Scottish produce, from knitwear to organic water buffalo and lobster. Ford AirFord
14、Airfield Marketfield Market Looking for an old-style prosthetic leg, a ventriloquists dummy, or even a suit of armour? The chances are you will find what you are afterand plenty of other random stuffat one of the hundreds of stalls here. A market and two huge car-boot sales are held throughout the w
15、eek all year round, come rain or shine.The market has been running for 25 years and is a well-known treasure trove for antiques experts looking for a bargain. St GeorgeSt Georges Markets Market Follow your nose along May Street in Belfast and the smells of delicious home-made food from across the gl
16、obe will land you in St Georges Market. With three different weekly markets accompanied by fresh food and live music, St Georges was once voted the best in the UK. When Belfast became an important port in the 17th century, the range of goods grew and trading thrived. 21. What is special about Edinbu
17、rgh FarmersEdinburgh Farmers Market?Market? A. It lasts a long time. B. It provides local products. C. It offers all kinds of food. D. It attracts antiques experts. 22. When was the trading at St Georges Market booming? A. It the year of 1130. B. Fifteen years ago. C. In the 17th century D. Twenty-f
18、ive years ago. 山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 4 / 13 23. Where is this text most likely from ? A. A diary. B. A novel. C. A website. D. A magazine. B B One special grandmother is lending 100 years of wisdom to strangers on New York Citys upper West side. Her office attracts many New Yorkers, who wait for a chat w
19、ith the woman. Inside the office, you will find a laptop with 100-year-old grandmother Eileen Wilkinson waiting to chat. She may live across the country in Washington State, but thanks to her grandson, Mike Matthews, who is a social professor at New York University, she is now sharing words of wisdo
20、m for a chat. “You can be anything you want, ” Eileen said. “Dont complain about anything. You can do something about it.” Over the past three months, hundreds of people have stopped by, chatting with Eileen as if they were old friends. “She completely gets a kick out of meeting New Yorkers because
21、they are so open about their lives, ” said Matthews. A music student asked for advice on a performance. Others were curious about life in 1917. One boy said he was already planning his next visit. “She is so wise and energetic,” he said. “And she really doesnt look 100 years old. She looks as if she
22、 was in her early late 80s.” Eileen spent most of her life as a homemaker and mother. She sa id truly listening gave her advice-giving ability and she was honest. Eileen hosts online chats and has two accounts of the social media. “It works both ways because I get great joy talking to them, ” she sa
23、id. Eileen isnt slowing down any time soon, bringing new meaning to the saying, “The road to your grandmas house is never long.” She said the secret to her long life was living a good life. 24. How does Eileen help strangers? A. By chatting with them. B. By working for them. C. By lending money to t
24、hem. D. By giving speeches to them. 山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 5 / 13 25. What do strangers think of Eileen? A. She is a responsible mother. B. She is good at performing. C. She is full of energy and wisdom. D. She is a woman of caring for education. 26. What will Eileen do in the future? A. Set up online cha
25、ts. B. Make her life simple. C. Bring new meaning to the saying. D. Continue to share her wisdom. 27. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Ways of Living a Good Life. B. A Special 100-year-old Woman. C. Helping the Strangers Is Interesting. D. The Secret to a 100-year-old Womans Long Life.
26、C C In recent years, stressed-out urbanites have been seeking refuge in green spaces for the proven positive impacts on physical and mental health, but the benefits of “blue space” the sea and coastline, but also rivers, lakes, canals, waterfalls, even fountains are less well publicized, yet the sci
27、ence has been consistent for at least a decade: being by water is good for body and mind. “Many of the processes are exactly the same as with green space with some added benefits, ” says Dr Mathew White, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter. White says there are three established pathways b
28、y which the presence of water is positively related to health and happiness. First, there are the beneficial environmental factors, such as less polluted air and more sunlight. Second, people who live by water tend to be more physically active. Third and this is where blue space seems to have an edg
29、e over other natural environments water has a psychologically restorative effect. When you are sailing, surfing or swimming, says White, “youre really in tune with natural forces there.” By being forced to concentrate on the qualities of the environment, we access a cognitive state honed over millen
30、nia. Water is, quite literally, immersiveimmersive. 山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 6 / 13 Catherine Kelly is a wellness practitioner who teaches classes in “mindfulness by the sea”. She says the sea has a meditative quality. “To go to the sea is synonymous with letting go, ” says Kelly. “It could be lying on a be
31、ach or somebody handing you a cocktail. For somebody else, it could be a wild, empty coast. But there is this really human sense of: Oh, look, theres the sea and the shoulders drop.” 28. Why do people go to the “blue space” for a relaxation ? A. To seek positive effect on body and mind. B. To have a
32、 good swim in the blue sea. C. To consider the beneficial environmental factors. D. To tend to be more careful and active. 29. What is the second paragraph mainly about? A. The characteristics of the beneficial and friendly environmental factors. B. The classification of being by water is good for b
33、ody and mind. C. The importance of the beneficial and friendly environmental factors. D. The causes of being by water are good for body and mind. 30. What does the underlined word “immersive” in paragraph 2 refer to? A. Being interested. B. Being forced. C. Being involved. D. Being moved. 31. What d
34、oes Catherine Kelly find about “going to the sea” according to the text? A. Trick of the lesson B. Secret of the happiness. C. Sense of human beings D. Broadness of the sea D D Languages will continue to diverge. Even if English were to become the universal language, it would still take many differe
35、nt forms. Indeed the same could happen to English as has happened to Chinese: a language of intellectuals which doesnt vary hugely alongside a large number of variations used by local peoples. We will continue to teach other languages in some form, and not just for reasons of practical use. Learning
36、 a language is good for your mental health; it forces you to understand another cultural and intellectual system. So I hope British education will develop a more rational approach to the foreign languages available to students in line with their political importance. Because so many people believe i
37、t is no longer important to know another language, I fear that time devoted to language teaching in schools may well continue to decline. But you can argue that learning another language well is more exhausting than, say, learning to play chess well 山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 7 / 13 it involves sensitivity to
38、 a set of complicated rules, and also to context. Technology will certainly make a difference to the use of foreign languages. Computers may, for instance, relieve the hard work that a vast translation represents. But no one who has seen a computer translation will think it can substitute for live k
39、nowledge of the different languages. A machine will always be behind the times. Still more important is the fact that no computer will ever get at the associations beyond the words associations that may not be expressed but which carry much of the meaning. In languages like Arabic that context is ve
40、ry important. Languages come with heavy cultural baggage tooin French or German if you miss the cultural references behind a word youre very likely to be missing the meaning. It will be very hard to teach all that to computer. All the predictions are that English will be spoken by a declining propor
41、tion of the worlds population in the 21 st century. I dont think foreign languages will really become less important, but they might be perceived to be and that would in the end be a very bad thing. 32. According to the text,we can infer that Chinese _. A. is a language full of cultural background B
42、. is narrowly used by local peoples C. will be regarded as important as English D. will soon become the universal language 33. Which of the following best describes the authors opinion ? A. Foreign languages should be taught for political importance. B. Learning another language is just like learnin
43、g to play chess well. C. British education lacks a rational approach to the teaching of foreign languages. D. Learning a language need to know a countryLearning a language need to know a country cultural and intellectual cultural and intellectual system.system. 34. Why can the computer translation m
44、ake a difference to the use of foreign languages? A. It can replace for live knowledge of the different languages. B. It can always keep the pace with the times in the translation. C. It can reduce the hard work that a vast translation represents. D. It can express the implied meaning beyond word as
45、sociations. 35. What is the text mainly about? A. Learning foreign languages is a challenging job. B. Learning a language is good for your mental health. C. Cultural background blocks the understanding of a language. D. Computers play an important role in learning foreign languages. 第二节第二节 （共（共 5 5
46、小题；每小题小题；每小题 3 3 分，满分分，满分 1515 分）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。 The Segway（平衡车）was invented by Dean Kamen, and was first shown to the public in 2001 by ABCs Good Morning America program. 36 The word Segway is remarkably close to the word ” segue” which means “to move smoothly from o
47、ne 山西阳泉高三英语上册期末考试试卷 8 / 13 thing to another” The Segway looks like a large stick with two wheels. The wheels are connected to a platform. The stick has handles for a person to hold. The person stands on the platform and holds the handles. The transporter moves forward or backward when the person mov
48、es his or her body in that direction. 37 Computers and certain devices on the Segway make the vehicle move and balance. It is powered by batteries that can be recharged. It can travel at a speed of 20 kilometers an hour. 38 Today these vehicles are used to take people on tours in parks .The Angel Is
49、land in San Francisco uses the Segway to take people around. The Segway was also used by the police at the Rio 2016 Olympics. However, the vehicle has not found acceptance from the general public. 39 A review of the history of the Segway will show that some people are still uncomfortable about riding a two wheeled self-balancing vehicle. Another reason is that the US has different regulations on the roa
