1、人教版（2019）高二英语选择性必修第三册期末试卷第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分30分)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. Where does the man plan to go this year?A. Europe. B. Asia. C. South America.2. What does the woman ask the man to do?A. Clean the flo
2、or. B. Sit in Row 5. C. Drop glass bottles.3. What does the woman mean?A. She wants to go swimming.B. She is busy with her project.C. She will have a test tomorrow.4. What will the man probably do next?A. Get a spare key. B. Borrow some books. C. Help his neighbor.5. How many people will visit Londo
3、n for free?A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.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。听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。6. Where are the speakers? A. At the mans house. B. In a shop. C. At an exhibition.7. Which picture was painted b
4、y George Anderson?A. The Swiss Mountains. B. The Lovely Windows. C. The Summer Flowers.听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。8. Why does the man feel sorry?A. He didnt keep an appointment.B. He cant look after his mother.C. He is too busy to go to hospital.9. Whats the womans attitude toward the man?A. Sorry. B. Understan
5、ding. C. Thankful.听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。10. What is the problem with the womans watch?A. It needs a new battery. B. It is ruined by water. C. It needs cleaning.11. What does the store offer if one changes a battery there?A. An extra battery. B. A one-year guarantee. C. Free cleaning service.12. Why cant th
6、e woman get her watch back right away?A. The store will close soon.B. She hasnt got enough money.C. The man is very busy now.听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。13. Who might the speakers be?A. Police officers. B. Observers. C. Passengers.14. What did the old lady say?A. She didnt see anything.B. The traffic lights brok
7、e down.C. The red car was driving very fast.15. What were the kids doing when the accident happened?A. Crossing the street.B. Playing in their front yard.C. Standing on the street corner.16. What caused the accident according to Mr. Bates?A. The red car. B. The dog. C. The blue car.听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。17
8、. When does the volleyball club meet?A. On Thursday evening. B. On Sunday morning. C. On Sunday evening.18. At what time does the meeting finish?A. 7:30. B. 9:30. C. 10:00.19. What is the 30 used for?A. Heating. B. Hall rental. C. Sweaters.20. Why does the speaker leave this message?A. To arrange a
9、weekly meeting.B. To recommend a sports programme.C. To answer Marco Taylors questions.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节(共15小题，每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ATodays modem travelers are journeying further to explore Europe off the beaten track, and bringing home new skills and experience. He
10、re are 4 ideas for an unusual holiday in Europe.Volunteer in TransylvaniaTransylvania is a top choice for an unusual European city break, with wonderfully preserved medieval(中世纪的)towns and castles that inspired the famous novel Dracula. In addition, you can take your unusual holiday experience even
11、further by volunteering in Eastern Europes largest bear reserve and working with bears.Teach skiing in AustriaAustria is one of Europes top skiing destinations. If youre looking for a more unusual way to spend winter holiday, why not consider training to be a ski instructor there? Youll gain a quali
12、fication that is recognized worldwide, and this programme includes a guaranteed paid instructor job at a ski resort(旅游胜地)once you have finished your training.Go diving in SpainFor a European holiday with a difference, take part in a plastic cleanup project based in Barcelona, help to empty plastic w
13、aste in the Mediterranean Sea and make a difference as you travel. This volunteer project combines diving with collecting plastic or other waste from the water, alongside giving you the chance to explore the city.Explore Tuscany on horsebackTuscany, one of the best places in Europe to explore on hor
14、seback, has witnessed a sharp increase in travelers. There are various activities that combine sightseeing with basic horse riding lessons and you can stay in Renaissance villas(文艺复兴风格的别墅)and farmhouses. You dont need to have any experience for horse riding holidays, and they are a brilliant alterna
15、tive to your typical guided tour.21. What does the author suggest doing in Transylvania?A. Helping to care for bears. B. Finding a job in the castle.C. Reading the novel Dracula. D. Visiting its modern buildings.22. Where can you earn money while traveling?A. Transylvania. B. Tuscany. C. Spain. D. A
16、ustria.23. What do we know about horse riding holidays in Tuscany?A. They suit experienced riders. B. They are unique to Tuscany.C. They are growing in popularity D. They feature a typical guided tour:BI walked into my advisers office, filled up with disappointment and confusion. The recent career w
17、orkshop where I was given advice about following my dream didnt work for me again.To become a professor of biology had been my dream for 22 years. However, after about 4 years in a program, I decided I did not want to go after a career in research after all. I began to attend career workshops, hopin
18、g they would have the magical answers I needed, but without success.Finally, I went to my adviser. After listening to my declaim, he calmly told me that instead of focusing on finding a dream job, I should think about what I was good at and what made me happy at least 80% of the time. He assured me
19、there was seldom a perfect job and every job had its ugly bits. He also said it was important to find a job I was good at.I was relieved to finally have helpful and practical advice. But I discovered that finding common ground between what I liked and what I was good at was not easy. I loved diving
20、but the physical demands were challenging. I was good at teaching, as evidenced by my friends before and favorable reviews when I was a teaching assistant, but I didnt like repeating the same content every year. Through my teaching experience, however, I also learned that I loved telling stories abo
21、ut science. Maybe science communication would offer what I was looking for.To test the waters, during my “spare time” I started a blog about the history of scientific discoveries. I found that I loved the freedom to choose what to write about. As for whether I was any good at it, the signs were prom
22、ising. My writing got noticed, eventually by people at my institution, and I was given chances to write press releases and stories for the universitys news office. After 3 years of writing, I was offered a position as a science writer. It was nothing like my childhood dream. But I was happymore than
23、 80% of the time.24. Why was the author disappointed and confused?A. His life-long dream to be a professor didnt come true.B. The advice he received from the workshop had no use.C. He didnt learn the magic from the workshop successfully.D. The program he did wasted him four years of time.25. What di
24、d the author think of the advisers suggestion?A. It was temporarily useful. B. It sounded quite average.C. It seemed challenging. D. It was of use to practice.26. What can we infer about the author from the fourth paragraph?A. He didnt like biology. B. He didnt have a strong body.C. He had no intere
25、st in teaching. D. He had good communication skills.27. What kind of person is the author?A. Active and flexible. B. Focused and humorous.C. Determined and easy-going. D. Hard-working and independent.CAre you patient? Do you have attention to detail, free time and access to a computer? Well, then a
26、scientist might welcome your help. Researchers in the UK say its becoming important to count on common people to help them with their projects. They need people to examine data and submit their observations online.British teenagers Sasha and Matthew are taking part in a study of penguins (企鹅) from t
27、he comfort of their homes. The pair look at pictures and tag (加标签于) photos identifying adults, chicks and eggs. Every click of their mouse is helping to build up a detailed picture of penguin colonies (群). They, and thousands of others, are helping scientists to understand why some colonies are grow
28、ing and others are decreasing. Within the first four hours of Penguin Watch going live, “citizen scientists” marked more images than the research team did in five years.Dr. Tom Hart, Penguin Watch Coordinator at Oxford University, says, “When you go beyond what a scientist can analyse to what a mass
29、 audience can do, then it increases beyond what any other project could do.”The British Science Association says families are helping out with careful research. It made a difference to the Planet Hunters Project, which ran for five years. Volunteers looked at dots which showed how the brightness of
30、a star changed at different points in its solar system.According to Dr. Robert Simpson from Oxford University, who took part in the project, the volunteers discovered planets and these are now in published papers. He says with pride, “We can go and look at these planets with other telescopes and we
31、know they exist because of those helpers.”But how do scientists guard their research against accidental or deliberate mistakes in observation? Dr. Simpson isnt worried. “We get lots of people looking at the same things, ”he says. The researcher warns that people who are mistakenly clicking on the si
32、te are very obvious and can be identified very quickly. So, theres no fooling the scientists.And to make sure things go well, the Penguin Watch paper will go through a peer review before being published. After that, every “citizen scientist” will be credited.28. According to the passage, who will be
33、 suitable to help the scientists?A. An engineer who works in a company.B. A university student who likes science.C. A businessman who invests in a new project.D. A careful teenager who uses the computer smoothly.29. What is a volunteer required to do?A. Publish his observation data by himself.B. Obs
34、erve pictures and record his observation.C. Discuss his observation with other volunteers.D. Take his report to the scientist and correct mistakes.30. How could scientists avoid mistakes in observation?A. By working with volunteers. B. By using their own data.C. By identifying pictures and photos. D
35、. By going through a peer review.31. Whats Dr. Simpsons attitude towards the volunteers observation?A. Objective B. Supportive. C. Negative. D. Doubtful.DTo find out how effective language learning applications allow mobile users to study a new language anywhere and anytime, Shawn Loewen, a professo
36、r at Michigan State University (MSU), recently conducted a study focusing on a popular language learning app and e-learning platform first launched in 2007, to see if it really worked at teaching a new language.“Despite the fact that millions globally are already using language learning apps, there
37、is a lack of published research on their effect on speaking skills, ” Loewen said. “Actually there are no other studies that have researched mobile language learning apps in this way. Therefore, this study makes an important contribution to the field. ”In the study, which is published in Foreign Lan
38、guage Annals, 85 undergraduate students at MSU used the app tor 12 weeks to learn Spanish. At the beginning of the study, the students took a pretest to examine their existing oral proficiency (熟练),vocabulary and grammar in Spanish. After 12 weeks, the 54 students who completed all study requirement
39、s took the same test again to see how much knowledge they had gained.The study showed that nearly all the students improved in their Spanish language knowledge and ability to communicate. “The result proves that using the app can advance the development of oral communication skills and not just gram
40、mar and vocabulary, as a previous study had shown,” Loewen said.As one might expect, learning gains were related to the amount of time students used. The more time the learners used, the more progress they made. Also, no matter how convenient and effective a language learning app may be, what might
41、be the most important is that learners stick with it.32. What can we know about the app mentioned in the text?A. It creates job opportunities for language learners. B. It conducts e-learning research.C. It offers language learning. D. It publishes research results.33. What does Loewens study focus o
42、n?A. Speaking. B. Vocabulary. C. Reading. D. Grammar.34. How is the study carried out?A. By studying previous studies. B. By researching applications.C. By completing interviews. D. By doing experiments.35. What is the best title for the text?A. The great importance of foreign languages B. A study o
43、f a language learning appC. A way to learn a language D. The importance of learning a language第二节(共5小题;每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)阅读下面短文，从短文后选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The comfort zone is a safe space where we dont risk, but neither do we grow. _36_ Change and growth occur. We can not become what we want to
44、 be, remaining in what we are today. There are many good reasons to be encouraged to leave the comfort zone.Prepare yourself for difficult times. Safe as we feel in our comfort zone, that space will not protect us from the problems, which usually appear in life in an unexpected way producing great c
45、hanges. _37_These problems can produce psychological disorders. But learning to live outside the comfort zone, dealing with novelty and uncertainty will make us people emotionally stronger._38_ The comfort zone represents everything we know. Outside is another world to discover. In the comfort zone
46、there are no great ideas or new discoveries. Its necessary to leave the known to find the inspiration to creativity. In fact, a study conducted at the University of Florida found that students who spent just one term outside their country scored better on creativity tests than those who had been stu
47、dying at the same university.Feel more alive. Leaving the comfort zone, we meet new people and live new experiences. Some of these experiences will not be positive but others will become a driving force that gives us new energy. Thus were learning to enjoy more life. _39_Exercises to get out of your comfort zone will allow you to expand your growth zone w
