四川棠湖中学高三上学期开学考试英语试题含答案.docx

1、四川棠湖中学高三上学期开学考试英语试题含答案2019-2020学年秋四川省棠湖中学高三开学考试英语试题本试卷分第卷（选择题，共100分）和第卷(非选择题，共50分)两部分。总分150分，考试时间120分钟。第卷 选择题（100分）注意事项：1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、考号用0.5毫米的黑色墨水签字笔填写在答题卡上。并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。21-60小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5毫米黑色墨水签字笔书写在答题卡对应框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。3考试结束后，将答题卡收回。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）听

2、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。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 the man need?A. Coffee. B. Sprite. C. Orange juice.2.How much will the woman pay?A. $15. B. $20. C. $25.3.Which flight will the man take?A. 10: 45. B. 12: 00. C. 14: 50.4.Where does this conversation proba

3、bly take place?A. At a bus stop. B. On the street. C. At an information desk5.What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. The womans paper. B. The weekend plan. C. Outdoor activities.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。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

4、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.Where does this conversation probably take place?A. In the dormitory. B. At a rental agency. C. At the womans house,7.What do we know about Randall?A. He stays up late. B. He is quite helpfuL C. He is very outgoing.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.What kind of movies does the wom

5、an probably prefer?A. Horror movies. B. Musicals. C. Action films.9.What will the man do right now?A. Rent a movie. B. Report to the class. C. Participate in the party听第8段材料，回答第10-12题。10.Why does the man call the woman?A. To send an invitation B. To ask for help. C. To make suggestions.11.How many p

6、ackages of hot dogs do they decide to buy?A. Three. B. Six. C. Seven12.What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife. B. Brother and sister. C. Fellow workers.听第9段材料，回答第13-16题。13.What does the woman say about the food?A. Its terrible B. Its delicious. C. Its healthy.

7、14.What happened to the potatoes?A. They were too salty.B. They were overcooked.C. They were covered by much butter.15.What does the woman suggest for next time?A. Meeting her father.B. Cooking a meal together.C. Going out for Mexican food.16.How does the woman treat the man in general?A. She is ver

8、y particular. B. She is extremely curious. C. She is quite understanding听第10段材料，回答第17-20题。17.Which country is King from?A. Mexico. B. Australia. C. The United State.18.What influenced Kings writing according to some people?A. His family. B. His friends death. C. The books he read.19.When did King gr

9、aduate from college?A. In1970. B. In1971. C. In 1974.20.What is surprising about the novel Carrie?A. It didnt make much money.B. King almost threw it away.C. King didnt finish it.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ADark Sky Parks around the WorldWarrumbungle N

10、ational ParkSituated in the central west slopes of New South Wales is Australias only dark sky park, Warrumbungle. The park has served as a dark sky park since July 2016. Its crystal-clear night skies and high altitude make it a natural, educational, and astronomical heritage site in the southern ha

11、lf of the earth. Tourists can use Australias largest optical telescope within the park boundaries to view the auroras(极光)，the Milky Way, and faint shooting stars.SarkSark is a Channel Island near the coast of Normandy under the protection of the UK. It was the Worlds First Dark Sky Island set up in

12、January 2011. Its historical and cultural blend attracts over 40,000 tourists annually. With no motor vehicles and public lighting on the island, there is an exceptional view of the dark skies. A rich Milky Way is visible in the dark night skies from the shores of the island.Pic du Midi de BigorrePi

13、c du Midi de Bigorre in France was designated as a dark sky park in December 2013 making it the second largest dark sky park in the world. The park covers 3.112 square kilometers spread across the Pyrenees National Park and UNESCOs World Heritage site, Pyrenees-Mont Perdu. The park attracts over one

14、 hundred star watchers every year. The Observatory Midi-Pyrenees, which was built in 1870, is one of the worlds highest museums at a height of 2,877 meters above sea level.Ramon Crater/Makhtesh RamonRamon Crater is a unique 1,100-square-kilometer nature reserve located in the Negev Desert in Israel.

15、 In 2017, the Ramon Crater became the first designated dark sky park in the Middle East. Its location, rough climate, and forbidding landscape that are characteristic of the Negev have largely defeated historical attempts for human settlement, making it a great place to view the night skies. Stargaz

16、ers usually camp in the desert to have an uninterrupted view of the stars, planets, and the Milky Way.21.Which park serves as a heritage site for astronomy?A. Sark.B. Pic du Midi de Bigorre.C. Warrumbungle National Park.D. Ramon Crater/Makhtesh Ramon.22.What do we know about Sark from the passage?A.

17、 Not a single car runs there.B. It was an island belonging to Normandy.C. The Milky Way can only be seen there.D. Visitors like to stay on the island in groups.23.What makes it difficult for humans to live in Ramon Crater?A. High altitude. B. The large area.C. Geographical conditions. D. Cultural fe

18、atures.B My motivation for starting our family tradition of reading in the car was purely selfish: I could not bear listening to A Sesame Street Christmas for another 10 hours. My three children had been addicted to this cassette on our previous summers road trip.As I began to prepare for our next 5

19、00-mile car trip, I came across a book Jim Treleases The Read Aloud Handbook. This could be the answer to my problem. I thought. So I put Roald dahls James and the Giant Peach into my bag. When I began to read aloud the tale of the boy who escapes the bad guys by hiding inside a giant peach, my thre

20、e kids argued and wrestled in their seats. But after several lines, they were attracted into the rhythm of the words and began to listen.We soon learned that the simple pleasure of listening to a well-written book makes the long miles pass more quickly. Sometimes the books we read became highlights

21、of the trip. I read wilson Rawlss Summer of the Monkeys as we spent two days driving to the beach. We arrived just behind the power crews restoring (恢复) electricity after a tropical storm. The rain continued most of the week, and the beach was covered with oil washed up by the storm. When we returne

22、d home, I asked my son what he liked about the trip. He answered without hesitation, “The book you read in the car.”Road trips still offer challenges, even though my children now are teenagers. But we continue to read as we roll across the country. And I m beginning to see that reading aloud has don

23、e more than help pass the time. For at least a little while, we are not shut in our own electronic worlds. And maybe weve started something that will pass on to the next generation.24.Why did the author start reading in the car?A. She wanted to have a better journey. B. She wanted to keep a family t

24、raditionC. Her children were addicted to music. D. She wanted to kill the time.25.How did the children react after the author read a few lines?A. They kept quarelling. B. They hid themselves.C. They soon settled down. D. They continued to fight in their seats.26.What can we learn about the author an

25、d her familys trip to the beach?A. They were caught in a storm. B. They enjoyed reading on the road.C. They had a good time on the beach. D. They thought it had passed too quickly.27.Which can be the best title for the text?A. Better Reading than Traveling B. Books that Changed My ChildrenC. Road Tr

26、ips Full of Challenges D. Reading Makes Great Road TripsCLucy, whose skeleton(骨骼) was discovered in Ethiopia in 1974, died shortly after she fell out of a tree, according to a new study published Monday in the British journal Nature.For their research, Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketcham used a CT sca

27、nner to create more than 35,000 slices of Lucys skeleton. Scientists named her Lucy from the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, which was played at the camp the night of her discovery.The following analysis of the slices showed sharp, clean breaks seen at the end of Lucys right humerus(肱骨)

28、are similar to bone breaks seen in victims of falls.The researchers concluded that these and other breaks in her skeleton show that Lucy, who is believed to have stood about 3 feet 6 inches and weighed about 60 pounds, fell feet first and used her arms to support herself but that the injury was too

29、severe to have been survivable.The researchers estimate that Lucy was going about 35 miles an hour when she hit the ground after falling from a height of roughly 40 feet, according to the statement.That sounds plausible. But other scientists are doubtful. There are countless explanations for bone br

30、eaks, Dr, Donald C, Johanson, director of the Institute of Human Origins and one of the scientists who discovered Lucy, said, The suggestion that she fell out of a tree is largely a just-so story and therefore unprovable. Johanson said it was more likely that Lucys breaks occurred long after she die

31、d, saying that elephant bones appear to have the same kind of breaks, Its unlikely they fell out of a tree. But the new research focused on a small number of breaks that are consistent with high-energy bone-to-bone influences and which differ from the sorts of breaks commonly seen in other collected

32、 bones. Kappelman responded in an email, These appear to have occurred at or near the time of death.28.What can we know about Lucy from Kappelman and Dr. Richard Ketchams research?A. She got her name from a song.B. She had more than 35,000 slices.C. She couldnt use her arms properly.D. She made an effort to save herself.29.What does the underlined word plausible in Paragraph 6 probably mean?A. Reasona