1、福清西山学校高中部福清西山学校高中部 20192020 学年第一学期期中考试高三英语试卷学年第一学期期中考试高三英语试卷 【本试卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟】 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） 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 中选择最佳选项，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。 1At what time will the speakers get to the
2、 sports meeting? A8:45. B8:30. C8:15. 2How will the woman get to New York? ABy car. BBy air. CBy train. 3What can we learn from the conversation? AThe man is handsome. BThe man eats a lot every day. CThe man has been exercising recently. 4Why is the woman studying English? AIt will help her with her
3、 job. BShe wants to find a better job. CShe will move to America. 5Who is the woman probably speaking to? AA shop manager. BA policeman. CHer neighbor. 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 三个选项中选择最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将 有时间阅读每个小题，每小题 5 秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的
4、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。 6What does the woman think of the coming examinations? AVery easy. BVery difficult. CNot too difficult. 7What has affected the womans choice of career? AHer family. BHer hometown. CHer teacher. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8Who advised the woman to call the man? AHer son
5、. BHer friend Susan. CHer friends son Bobby. 9Why does the woman contact the man? AShe wants to ask something about her sons studies. BShe wants to give some suggestions to the man. CShe wants to ask for some information on gymnastics. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。 10What is the probable relationship betw
6、een the two speakers? ATeacher and student. BColleagues. CDoctor and patient. 11What happened to Mark? AHe felt sad about Davids leaving. BHe missed Davids farewell party. CHe drank too much and felt unwell. 12What made Bill happy? AHis friends visited him. BHis wife had a baby. CHe attended a party
7、. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。 13What is wrong with the woman? AShe has got flu. BShe has sleeping problems. CShe was sick last night. 14When did Jerry eat at the new restaurant? ALast night. BLast week. CLast month. 15What can we learn about the woman? AShe does not agree with the man. BShe thinks she h
8、as eaten something bad. CShe does not like the food in the restaurant. 16What is the mans opinion of this matter? AThe restaurant has a food safety problem. BIt is only a coincidence. CThe restaurant neednt be investigated. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17What makes fatty meals more popular with children
9、? APromotion. BToys. CDiscounts. 18Which of the following is recommended to overweight children? AApple sticks. BSweets. CFast food. 19What is the most important thing in getting children to exercise? ATeaching them to have a strong will. BForcing them to exercise every day. CMaking exercise fun for
10、 them. 20How many suggestions does the woman offer? A2. B3. C4. 第二部分第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。 A Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old. One day she decided that
11、she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters asking for admission (录取) to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. She was so determined that she taught school and gave music le
12、ssons to get money for the cost of schooling. In 1849, after graduation from medical school. she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon (外科医师) , but a serious eye problem forced her to give up the idea. Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to sta
13、rt her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital, she also set up the first medical sc
14、hool for women. 21.Why couldnt Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon? A. A serious eye problem stopped her B. She couldnt get admitted to medical school C. She decided to further her education in Paris D. It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States 22.What
15、 main obstacle (障碍) almost destroyed Elizabeths chances for becoming for a doctor? A. She was a woman. B. She wrote too many letters. C. She couldnt set up her hospital. D. She couldnt graduate from medical school. 23.How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening o
16、f her hospital? A. Thirty-six years B. Nineteen years C. Ten years D. Eight years 24.According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell except that she _. A. became the first woman physician B. set up the first medical school for women C. was the first wom
17、an doctor D. and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children B Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to
18、other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music. To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a comfortable atmosphere. Recently, however, its becoming a big business-thanks in part to recent research. An Amer
19、ican marketing expert Dr. Ronald Milliman has shown that music can boost (提升) sales or increase factory production by as much as a third. But it has to be the light music. A fast one has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts (收入) by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow d
20、own and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isnt always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play uptempo music to
21、 keep the customers moving-unless of course, the resulting indigestion (消化不良) leads to complaints. 25. The reason why background music is so popular is that A.it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it B.it can help to create a comfortable atmosphere C.it can boost sales or increase factory
22、production everywhere D. it can make customers eat their meals quickly 26.Background music means A. light music that customers enjoy most B. fast music that makes people move fast C. slow music that can make customers enjoy their meals D. the music you are listening to while you are doing something
23、27.Restaurant owners complain about slow music because A. it results in indigestion B. it increases their sales C. it keeps customers moving D. it decreases their sales 28.We can know from the text that A. background music was first used in big department stores B. proper music can increase the sell
24、ing of goods C. light music has a bad effect on production D. restaurant owners had better play slow music to comfort their customers C There are many differences between British English and American English.I used to teach a course about the differences between the two.We speak English on both side
25、s of the Atlantic Ocean but we have many differences in our common language.We have examples of the same words having very different meanings，differing spellings of the same words as well as completely different words for the same things.Here are some examples. A cookie in the US is called a biscuit
26、 in the UK.A biscuit in the US is a small cake in the UK.Crisps in the UK，are known as chips，but we British people eat a plate of chips that you call fries in the US.In the UK，a pie can be made from either meat or fruit，while in the US pies are normally made from fruit；pot pies are made from meat.Mo
27、st things are measured in grams and kilograms in the US，not pounds and ounces. One very obvious difference is the side of the road we each choose to drive on.Petrol in the UK is gas in the US.The place where we fill up our cars， in the UK， is a garage; while in the US， its a gas station.The term gar
28、age is also used as a place to store your car next to or close by your house.In the UK we call a lorry what is known as a truck in the US. An elevator in the US is called a lift here， and the first floor in the US， is called the ground floor here，so many visitors get off on the wrong floor in Britis
29、h hotels. I could continue with this.There are countless examples of differences within our one shared language.With so many differences，no wonder its hard to understand each other well. 29The passage is mainly about the differences between British English and American English in . Avocabulary BGram
30、mar Csound Dspelling 30Its implied in the passage that the author may be . Aa driver from the US Ba cook from the US Ca teacher from the UK Da gas station worker from the UK 31What can we learn from the passage? A“Elevator” is commonly used in the UK. BPies mean the same thing in the UK and the US.
31、CIn the UK，things are measured in pounds and ounces. DBritish and American people drive on the same side of the road. D MOOC, a massive(大规模的) open online course, aims at providing interactive discussion and open access via the web. In addition to traditional course materials such as videos, readings
32、, and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums (论坛) that help build a community for the students, professors, and teaching assistants. MOOCs first made waves in the fall of 2011, when Professor Sebastian Thrun from Stanford University opened his graduate-level artificial intelligence cour
33、se up to any student anywhere, and 160,000 students in more than 190 countries signed up. This new kind of online classes is shaking up the higher education world in many ways. Since the courses can be taken by hundreds of thousands of students at the same time, the number of universities might decr
34、ease greatly. Professor Thrun has even imagined a future in which there will only need to be 10 universities in the world. Perhaps the most impressive thing about MOOCs, many of which are being taught by professors at prestigious (声誉高的) universities, is that theyre free. This is certainly good news
35、for cash-strapped students. There is a lot of excitement and fear about MOOCs. While some say free online courses are a great way to increase the enrollment (注册) of students who are lack of resources, some critics (批评者) have said that MOOCs encourage an unrealistic one-size-fits-all model of higher
36、education and that there is no replacement for true dialogues between professors and their students. After all, a brain is not a computer. We are not blank hard drives waiting to be filled with data. People learn from people they love and remember the things that arouse emotion. Some critics worry t
37、hat online students will miss out on the social aspects of college. 32. What can we learn about MOOCs? A. It is cheap to take the courses. B. Most courses are about artificial intelligence. C. They have decreased the number of universities. D. Many courses are offered by professors from famous unive
38、rsities. 33. The“cash-strapped students”in the second paragraph refers to students who are_. A. fond of money B. short of money C. careful with money D. familiar with money 34. What might be one of the disadvantages of MOOCs? A. The limited courses offered around the world. B. The disappearance of t
39、raditional course materials. C. The over reliance on professors from good universities. D.The lack of social interaction among students and professors. 35. What is the purpose of the text? A. To give an introduction of MOOCs. B. To put an advertisement for MOOCs. C. To describe the influence of arti
40、ficial intelligence. D. To express a critical attitude towards artificial intelligence. 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。 After entering high school, you must wonder how to study well.Here are some good skills for you. Go to class. If you want to do well at scho
41、ol, going to class is the first step in studying well. If you miss classes, you will miss what the teacher thinks is important; as a result, youll miss what is the most likely to end up on the test. 36._ Take good notes. Try not to write down everything. 37 . _Write down unfamiliar terms. After clas
42、s, review your notes as soon as possible. You can fill in details that you missed and review the material while it is still fresh on your mind. 38._If you are struggling in class, talk to your teacher. He or she may be able to give you more help or tutor you before or after class. Most teachers have
43、 little sympathy (同情) for students who just become worried about failing during the last few weeks of the grading period. Take part in class discussions. In order to learn more in class, it is helpful to take part in class discussions. Asking questions and having eye contact with your teachers and c
44、lassmates can increase your participation and your focus during the class discussion. 39 . _This helps you make your point clear in class. Form study groups. 40. _Make sure that everyone is familiar with the material because you do not want to spend time re-teaching material to people who do not und
45、erstand it. Be careful! Sometimes group sessions(会话) can become chatting sessions. A. lf the material is difficult, youd better read it before class B. All you need is to put the main points in your own words C. Get students together who want to do well in class D. So if you want to study well, go t
46、o every class E. You should write down all the new terms F. Talk to your teacher if you need help G. Dont be late for your class 第三部分第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）分） 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项 中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One evening after reading a sto
47、ry entitled (标题为) A Lady, I began to recall an important moment in my life. It was simple but so precious that it has 41 inside my mind for years. It was a very cold winter evening when a friend of mine got seriously 42 and was rushed to Westchester Medical Center, where she stayed unconscious for q
48、uite a while. Finally she was 43 . A friend and I decided to 44 her, so we bought some flowers and were on our way. After quickly parking the car and signing in, we reached her 45 but only a few minutes were 46 with her. Pretty soon after our 47 , we were asked to leave by the nurses. We headed out to the car. 48 did we know that we had to pay for parking. We had no money apart from a spare dollar or two 49 from our lunch money that day. We had no idea w
