1、 第 1 页 共 23 页 20202021 学年上学期高三期中考试英语试题 时间：120 分钟 主命题学校：襄州一中 分值：150 分 第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 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 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。 例：How much i
2、s the shirt? A. 19.15. B. 9.15. C. 9.18. 答案是 B。 1.Where did the man put the womans bike? A. In a garage. B. In a backyard. C. Under a street lamp. 2. Which floor is the Committee Room on? A. The second floor. B. The third floor. C. The fourth floor. 3. How does the man feel about the article in the
3、end? A. Satisfied. B. Bored. C. Annoyed. 4. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a library. B. In a bookstore. C. In a teaching building. 5. Why does the man call the woman? 宜城一中 枣阳一中 襄州一中 曾都一中 第 2 页 共 23 页 A. To ask for a sick leave. B. To ask about English classes. C. To discuss
4、tomorrows schedule. 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. How will the woman send the package? A. By air. B. By sea. C. By express mail. 7. How much should
5、 the woman pay? A. 20. B. 23. C. 26. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8.What problem does the woman have? A. Shes lost. B. Her shoes are broken. C. Her feet are uncomfortable. 9.Why did the speakers come to the city? A. To make a tour. B. To buy some shoes. C. To attend a meeting. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10.Why
6、does the man want to get a summer job? A.To save for a trip. B.To pay his brother back. C. To save money for a course. 11. How will the woman get money? A. By asking her parents. B. By doing a part-time job. C. By borrowing from her brother. 12.What does the man decide to do in the end? 第 3 页 共 23 页
7、 A. Study in Spain. B. Get a job in Portugal. C. Go to Latin America with the woman. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13.What are the speakers discussing? A. How to form clouds. B. How to present their research. C. How to explain different types of clouds. 14.Why does the man suggest having small cards? A. T
8、o organize all the research. B. To remind him of what to say. C. To make the presentation more interesting. 15.What will the man do? A. Prepare the cards. B. Make the presentation slides. C. Look for pictures of clouds online. 16.What part will the woman do? A. The low-level clouds part. B. The medi
9、um-level clouds part. C. The high-level clouds part. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17.What problem will the motorway bring to the village? A. Fewer villagers will live there. B. The well-known beauty spot will be destroyed. C. Children will find it hard to go to the Streeve Beach. 第 4 页 共 23 页 18.What wi
10、ll be built on farmland? A. Houses. B. A steel factory. C. A swimming pool. 19.Where will the high-tech park be built? A. In the south of the village. B. In the north of the village. C. In the west of the village. 20.What is most villagers attitude towards the government plans? A. Fully satisfied. B
11、. Rather worried. C. Quite unexpected. 第二部分第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分 50 分）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。 A Four things that you cant miss in Macao Macao Tower AJ Hackett Bungee Jump The Macao Tower, 338 meters is the worlds 10th highest tower, with a variety of
12、 activities, such as gambling, eating and entertainment. One of the acclaimed activities is the bungee jump. The AJ Hackett Macao Tower Bungee Jump is 233 meters high, making it the highest commercial bungee jump in the world. Raise your arms and off you go! If you are not daring enough to jump that
13、 height, you can try the skywalk on the 57th floor -its still remarkable. Grabbing a traditional Portuguese dinner Macao was colonized by Portugal before 1999. As a result, Portuguese culture is deeply immersed into many comers of Macao. Many Portuguese settled and opened Portuguese restaurants in t
14、he special administrative region, but the flavor is more adaptable to Chinese people. Marking at the Ruins of St Paul The Ruins of St. Paul is the significant landmark of Macao. The ruins consist of the St. Pauls College and the Church of St Paul, built in 1583. However, after three intense fires in
15、 1595, 1601 and 1835, the church was seriously damaged. It is beyond belief that after the vigorous cycles of rebuilding and fires, the huge surface and the front stairway remain unburned. Visiting a museum 第 5 页 共 23 页 Macao, as a tiny city with only an area of 30.5 square kilometers, has 23 eye-ca
16、tching museums. Due to its unique history, both eastern and western historical sites can be found. Many of them are preserved for cultural heritage, tourist spots or museum, such as the Grand Prix Museum, Maritime Museum and Wine Museum. 21. Which activity probably interests John, an adventure lover
17、, when he visits Macao? A.Visiting a museum. B. Going Bungee Jumping. C. Marking at the Ruins of St Paul. D. Grabbing a traditional Portuguese dinner. 22. What do Grabbing a traditional Portuguese dinner and Visiting a museum have in common? A. Taking a selfie in it. B. Finding historical sites C. E
18、njoying a breathtaking experience. D. Feeling both eastern and western cultures. 23. What can we learn from the text? A. Macao Tower is the worlds highest tower. B. The Portuguese restaurants food in Macao is more suitable for Chinese. C. After three big fires, the Church of St Paul was completely d
19、estroyed. D. Many historical sites in Macao are not well protected. B I just counted how many foreign languages: its been twelve! I always follow my interests and find ways to put my language learning into things Im already interested in. I like to read blogs in other languages. I found them the per
20、fect learning tool because theyre usually written in oral language, so I dont have to worry much about adopting strange terms that are only used in writing. Movies are also a really good tool, especially if you can find subtitles in the language youre learning. Though they dont always exactly match
21、whats being said, they will still keep your brain 第 6 页 共 23 页 listening and reading in the same language. Music is another way to start listening to things in your new language. Personally, this doesnt really work for me, but I have friends who learn a language through lyrics. Games are also an exc
22、ellent way of studying a new language. A lot of language learning computer programs include games. Im super competitive and if I play any of them, I can be hooked for hours. When the initial excitement of learning a new language begins to fade, it can be hard to stick with it. Ideally I will sign up
23、 to take a big language exam because then Ill have to keep studying, and work to master the details that seem unimportant enough in everyday usage that I tend to just ignore them. Each time I start getting complacent, its time to take a new course or sign up for online lessons, or take up some sort
24、of challenge that will require me to level up my skills. I also try to think in the language Im learning. The best language class Ive ever taken was my beginners Russian course at university where my professor never used any English. It got to the point where I would kind of just forget about Englis
25、h while in Russian class, which helped me to really immerse myself in the Russian language and do a lot with the limited Russian I had. 24. Why are blogs perfect learning tool according to the author? A. Because they only use oral language. B. Because they dont use professional terms. C. Because the
26、y often use several languages. D. Because their language is usually informal. 25. What will author do if he loses passion when learning a new language? A. Take an exam. B. Stick with it . C. Sign up for online lessons. D. Choose a new course. 26. Which of the following can replace the underlined wor
27、d complacent in paragraph 4? A. bored B. discouraged C. self-satisfied D. self-disciplined 27. Whats the purpose of the text? A. To call on readers to learn new languages. B. To share personal language learning tips. C. To recommend some blogs and movies to language learners. D. To help deal with co
28、mmon problems in learning new languages. 第 7 页 共 23 页 C It has been four years since the Flashfood App was set to hit Canadian grocery stores and make it easier for shoppers to buy soon-to-expiry (保质期) food at a discount. Much to my delight, I heard it advertised recently on a radio station and figu
29、red its time for an update, especially since people became more aware of food wastes role in the climate crisis. The first thing I did was download the App. I hadnt done it before because it was limited to a few locations, but now its all over Canada. I could see immediately that many brands of yogu
30、rt are all marked down 50 percent. Users pay for the food using the App, and then pick it up at a marked location in the store. There is no need for you to worry about them actually being bad. It makes sense for retailers to get behind this App because it offers a win-win situation for everyone invo
31、lved. Flashfood sells 75% of the products made available through its App while saving consumers an average of 50% on those grocery items, and it has 300 000 active users right now. That number is expected to grow naturally as Flashfood partners with more grocers. As a food retailer, we are in the bu
32、siness of providing food, not wasting it. The Flashfood program allows us to provide our customers with a convenient and environmentally sustainable (可持续的) way to purchase food. Loblaw sells 77% of the items it puts on Flashfood, moving an average of 800 to 1000 worth of goods weekly at each of its
33、largest stores, said Gord Chem, senior VP with Loblaws Real Canadian Superstores. I love looking for discount deals at the grocery store and always keep an eye out for the hot pink clearance stickers. But its always random, and I never know what Im going to get from week to week. The appeal of Flash
34、food is that I can see whats available, pre-purchase it, and leave it off my shopping list. 28. What can we know about the food on the Flashfood? A. Its delivered directly to the customers. B. Users can pay for it in the marked store. C. Much of it is charged at half the price. D. Itll be a month aw
35、ay before it goes bad. 29. According to Gord Chem, the Flashfood is _. A. reliable B. doubtful C. creative D. beneficial 30. How is the advantage of Flashfood introduced in the last paragraph? A. By making a comparison. B. By listing some examples. C. By explaining the cause. D. By introducing the r
36、esult. 第 8 页 共 23 页 31. What is the main idea of the text? A. Customers can buy much cheaper food on a recent app. B. Canadians have a smart approach to reducing food waste. C. A win-win situation has been set for Canadians involved. D. Canadians adopt a new way of protecting the environment. D Infl
37、ammation(炎症) is the bodys defense mechanism. You might have experienced it if you sustained physical injuries or had an infection, like the flu, which causes a sore throat. Inflammation can occur in any organ, but it is most common and easy to see in the skin. You will notice redness, heat and swell
38、ing. Usually this is a good thing, as it shows you have a healthy immune system that can kill pathogens(病原体) and repair damage. However, inflammation can be a double-edged sword as in some people it can target the bodys healthy cells, causing what is called an autoimmune disease. Given this danger,
39、a new study from Cambridge University, UK, has been looking into brain conditions that are not usually linked to autoimmune diseases. The study found that inflammation of the brain-known as neuroinflammation(神经炎症)-has been linked to several forms of dementia(痴呆). In this new study, researchers scann
40、ed the brains of 31 volunteers with three different types of dementia. The first scan was to highlight neuroinflammation, and a second scan illuminated (阐 明) poisonous proteins that are linked with dementia. The team also examined 12 post-mortem (after death) brains. These experiments showed similar
41、 patterns of poisonous protein build-up and neuroinflammation, suggesting a relationship between inflammation and dementia. Even we were surprised by how tightly these two problems mapped on to each other. Now, the big question is what role this neuroinflammation plays in the decline of the mind ass
42、ociated with dementia, said Thomas Cope, one of the authors of the study. Another of the studys researchers, James Rowe, highlighted the importance of further research. He said the frequent presence of inflammation in neurodegenerative(神经退化的) diseases, including Alzheimers and Parkinsons disease, of
43、fers hope that immune-based treatments might help slow or prevent these conditions . 32. Why is inflammation usually a good thing? 第 9 页 共 23 页 A. It can defend our body against infection. B. It allows injuries to heal themselves. C. It gives long-term protection to healthy cells. D. It is a reflect
44、ion of a healthy immune system. 33. What did the study from Cambridge University find? A. Neuroinflammation leads to dementia. B. Increased poisonous proteins in the brain cause dementia. C. There are links between neuroinflammation and dementia. D. Poisonous protein build-up and neuroinflammation h
45、ave different patterns. 34. What is still unknown according to Thomas Cope? A. Why neuroinflammation is connected with dementia. B. How the decline of the mind is associated with dementia. C. How to prevent neuroinflammation from developing into dementia. D. To what extent neuroinflammation and deme
46、ntia are linked with each other. 35. What can be inferred from James Rowes words? A. Inflammation is one of the causes of neuroinflammation. B. Immune-based treatments would be the best cure for dementia. C. Research on neuroinflammation could help treat neurodegenerative diseases. D. Further resear
47、ch will focus on methods of cutting poisonous proteins in the brain. 第二节（共 5小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 12.5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。 An endangered species is a group of animals that could soon become extinct. 36 Many species are nearly extinct and could disappear off the face of the earth
48、very soon if we dont do anything to save them. There are many reasons why species become endangered. Habitat destruction is the main reason why animals become endangered and this happens in two ways. When humans move into a new area, the animals habitat is destroyed and there is 第 10 页 共 23 页 nowhere for them to live and nothing to eat because humans chop down trees and build houses and farms. 37 Chemicals in rivers and poisons on farms cause the destruction o
