河北省衡水市冀州中学届高三复习班上学期期中考试英语试题B卷.docx

1、河北省衡水市冀州中学届高三复习班上学期期中考试英语试题B卷试卷类型：B卷 河北冀州中学 20152016学年度上学期期中考试高三高三英语试题考试时间120分钟 试题分数150分 第 I 卷（共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30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。1. What does t

2、he woman like to do now?A. To play the piano. B. To play tennis. C. To play table tennis.2. What do we know about Anna?A. She didnt go to see a doctor. B. She got her back injured in a fall. C. She has stayed in bed for a month.3. How soon will the match begin?A. In 20 minutes. B. In 10 minutes. C.

3、In 30 minutes.4. What is the man complaining?A. The meat tastes like leather.B. The meat is too hard to eat. C. The bone breaks his tooth.5. What does the girl mean?A. She likes Mr. Smith. B. Mr. Smith is very kind. C. The boy doesnt need to worry.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

4、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. What does the man want to do?A. Go back hometown. B. Thank the woman for being nice. C. Buy a birthday gift for the womans mother.7. What can we learn about the woman from the conversatio

5、n?A. She is not a native. B. She had a birthday feast for her mother.C. She plans to change the mans mind. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What is the woman doing on the computer?A. Reading a novel. B. Chatting with a friend. C. Playing computer games.9. What is Daisy now?A. A reporter. B. A civil servant. C. A m

6、agazine editor.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What do we know about the mother?A. She likes riding a horse. B. She is busy at work. C. She is ill.11. Why does the pizza cooked by the father turn out to be bad?A. One page of the cook book is missing.B. He is using the wrong directions for pizza.C. He has follo

7、wed the cook book strictly. 12. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The girl is too particular about food.B. The speakers decide not to eat that evening.C. The father seldom cooks. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. When did the test end?A. Fifty minutes ago. B. Fifteen minutes ago. C. An hour ago.14. What

8、 was the real reason why the man didnt make it to take the test?A. He was asleep at home. B. The bus didnt come on time. C. His alarm didnt go off this morning.15. What is the programs policy for missing a test?A. Students arent allowed to take a make-up test. B. Students can take a make-up test unl

9、ess they lie to their teachers.C. Students can not take a make-up test for unapproved reasons.16. What can be learned about the man?A. He never tells a lie.B. He is often late for class.C. Eating fruits immediately after a meal.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. According to the speech, what can make one gain we

10、ight?A. Drinking while eating.B. Eating fruits immediately after a meal.C. Sleeping right after eating. 18. How can we protect our digestive system from being damaged?A. By eating fruits before of after 12 hours of a meal.B. By drinking tea during a meal. C. By taking a nap right after eating a meal

11、. 19. What is the right way to work out?A. Exercise at least one hour after eating.B. Exercise at least 23 hours after eating. C. Exercise at least half an hour after eating.20. What can be harmful for our digestive system?A. Drinking 8 glasses of water in a day. B. Drinking water half an hour after

12、 a meal. C. Sleeping at least an hour or two after a meal.第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAnnie Wang was 5 when she first saw the 32 classic chess fixtures: knights, bishops, rooks, pawns and the king and queen. “I thought they look

13、ed interesting,” said the six grader. “They looked like toys.”In March, 11-year-old Annie became the youngest American girl to ever become a chess master in the 12-and-under category in National Junior Chess Congress competition held in Irvine. Annie said her parents signed her up for introductory c

14、hess lessons when she expressed an interest in the game. “It only took me a month to learn all the rules. My dad now plays chess, but of course Im the better player,” said Annie, who celebrated her 12th birthday on May 18, 2014.She explained that matches can run from 10 minutes to more than six hour

15、s. If she gets up to stretch during a longer game, she knows how to recognize if her opponent tries to cheat by moving a bishop or a pawn. “Id notice because we record any moves in a book,” she said.When she grows up, Annie is considering becoming a rocket scientist. And in chess she hopes to become

16、 a grand master. “I dont know whether older players are frustrated or angry when I beat them,” she acknowledged. But she plays to win. “Id like to be the world champion in chess. When I beat adults, it makes me feel good,” she said.Annies chess master title was awarded on the basis of her age and fo

17、r reaching a threshold of official tournament points determined by her skill and that of her opponents. “Almost all the players who become grand masters start young,” said Jack Peters, an International Master who formerly wrote a chess column for The Times. Peters said he had competed in matches whi

18、le sitting next to Annie. He said youngsters under 16 often compete against men old enough to be their grandfathers. “It can get a little embarrassing,” Peters said. “I lost to a 14-year-old child a few months back.”21. Annies parents signed her up for introductory chess lessons because_.A. her dad

19、liked playing chess B. she was interested in the gameC. chess fixtures were her favorite toys D. chess rules were easy for her to learn22. According to the passage, it can be inferred that Annie Wang_.A. is a highly talented chess playerB. didnt like chess at an early age.C. doesnt show respect for

20、adultsD. once competed against Jack Peters23. What is the best title of this text?A. Annie Wangs dream when she was young B. Annie Wangs determination in practicing chessC. The method Annie Wang used to play chess wellD. The youngest American chess master Annie WangBThink about how many ways there a

21、re for you to communicate today. You can send a letter or pick up the phone and make a call. But today, one of the most popular ways to communicate is called instant messaging (IM). In any instant messaging system, you type a little text message on your computer, press the “Send” button, and your me

22、ssage instantly shows up on your friends screen. But how does it work?Actually, the whole process is very cool. In the 1980s, you could sit down at a computer at any big university. Up to 100 people would be logged in and sharing the computer because these computers were very expensive. You could ty

23、pe a command to send an instant message to anyone logged into the same computer. It felt like everyone was connected together no matter where they were sitting.Today, you can do the same thing but with lots more possibilities. And you can communicate with just about anyone in the world. All you need

24、 is an instant messaging program installed on your computer. There are many programs to choose from. AOLs instant messenger is probably the most popular right now. MSN has one. Google has Google Talk. When youre ready, you create an account. Next, you need to figure out the IM names your friends use

25、. Add their IM names to your IM program. Click on the friend you want to talk to and then type away. When you click “Send”, your friend gets the message instantly.But behind the scenes, amazing things are happening. Your IM program is communicating with a computer, called a server which could be jus

26、t down the road or even in some other city. All your friends computers are communicating with a server, too. Your computer is constantly chatting with it to make everything happen. The network called the Internet makes it all possible.24. Why did so many people share a computer in the 1980s? A. Beca

27、use few people could afford to buy computers.B. Because they wanted to be connected to each other.C. Because few people knew how to use computers. D. Because computers at that time were too large.25. From the passage we can see that “Google Talk”_.A. is a kind of search engineB. refers to a computer

28、 companyC. is an IM programD. is a famous website26. What underlined word “it” in the last paragraph most probably refers to_.A. a server B. an IM program C. a computer D. the Internet 27. What plays the most important role in sending instant message? A. Your computer. B. Your friends computer.C. Th

29、e Internet. D. Your server. CIts been a bad year for the African rhino, particularly for those that call South Africa home. In 2013, over 1,000 rhinos were hunted in South Africa alone. Its a dangerously high number, when you consider only 5,000 black rhinos are left on the continent.The white rhino

30、 story is a happier tale. Rescued from the edge of extinction, the species now number 20,000-though conservationists worry they are in danger too, as rhino horn continues to sell for a large sum on the black market.“A rhino is killed every seven hours, and when you mention rhinos to everyone, they t

31、end to shake their heads in desperation,” says Dereck Joubert, who, along with his wife Beverly set up Rhino Without Borders, a charity that has recently come up with a novel approach to saving this special creature.In 2015, the charity will move 100 rhinos from South Africa which holds 80 of Africa

32、s rhino population-to Botswana, which has the lowest hunting rate in the continent. The rhinos are mainly donated from private sellers and the South African government.“Its a bad idea to keep all your high-value assets in one place. Ecologically and genetically, it makes a lot of sense to spread them around, so if theres a natural calamity in one place,