英语福建省晋江市平山中学届高三上学期期中考试.docx

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英语福建省晋江市平山中学届高三上学期期中考试

平山中学2015年秋季高三年级期中考试

英语科试卷

第一部分听力（共两小节，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。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.Howdidthewomangettoschooltoday?

A.Bybus.B.BycarC.Bybike.

2.Whatdoweknowabouttheman?

A.Hearrivedbefore3:

00p.m.

B.Hedidn’tmakeareservation.

C.Hisreservationwascancelled.

3.Wherearethespeakersprobably?

A.Atazoo.B.OnafarmC.Inthemountains.

4.WhatdoesthemansuggestthewomandoonMother’sDay?

A.Eatoutwithherchildren.

B.Gotothemovies

C.Stayhome

5.Whatarethespeakersmainlytalkingabout?

A.TheweatherB.TheirfriendC.Agift

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。

听每段对话和独白前，你将有5秒钟阅读各个小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或读白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6—7题。

6.Whyisthemanwritingaletter?

A.TohelpafriendB.ToapplyforajobC.TocontactBen

7.WhatdoesthemansayaboutBen?

A.Hegoesouteverynight.

B.Heneverdoesaday’swork.

C.Hegetsonwellwithchildren.

听第7段材料，回答第8—9题

8.Whatdoesthewomanthinkoftheman’spaper?

A.It’sinteresting.B.It’seasytofinishC.It’shardtounderstand.

9.Whydoesn’tthemanwanttowriteaboutclocksorumbrellas?

A.Heknowslittleaboutthem.

B.Heisnotinterestedinthem

C.Hedoesn’twanttodoresearchonthem.

听第8段材料，回答第10—12题

10.HowlongaremostshopsopeninNewYork?

A.9hoursB.10hoursC.12hours

11.Wherearethespeakers?

A.InParisB.InLondonC.InNowYork

12.WhatdoesthewomanthinkofAmericans?

A.RudeB.FrankC.Hospitable

听第9段材料，回答第13—16题

13.Whendoestheconversationtakeplace?

A.InthelatemorningB.AtnoonC.Intheearlyafternoon

14.Whatistheweatherprobablylike?

A.RainyB.SunnyC.Windy

15.Whatdoesthewomansayaboutthenewjob?

A.Thesalaryisnothigh.

B.Theworkingtimeissatisfying.

C.Theworkingconditionsarewonderful.

16.Whatisthewomanmostlikelytodoinfiveyears’time?

A.MovefamilyB.TraveltoAustraliaC.Gotoanothercountry

听第10段村料，回答第17—20题。

17.WhendidBillWalesenteruniversity?

A.Attheageof18.B.Attheageof20C.Attheageof23

18.HowdoesBillWalespayhistuition?

A.Byaskinghisparentsformoney.

B.Byworkinginhissparetime.

C.Byapplyingforscholarships.

19.WhatdidBillWalesdoafterhissecondyearatuniversity?

A.Hemovedtoanotherplace.

B.HeleftLondonandfoundajob.

C.Heleftschoolandworkedforayear.

20.WhydidBillWalesdecidetomovethesecondtime?

A.Hecouldn’taffordhisrent.

B.Hecouldn’tstandhisroommates.

C.Hedidn’tgetalongwellwithhislandlord.

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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

LeonardodaVincibeganpaintingtheMonaLisain1530.Hewasworkingonaspecialpaintingforachurchatthattime，butthechurchpaintingwasnotgoingwell.AnItalianbusinessmanaskedDaVincitopaintapictureofthebusinessman’ssecondwife.ThisisthewomanwhomcanbeseenintheMonaLisa.

Allinall，theMonaLisaisaverygoodexampleofDaVinci’swork.DaVinciuseddarknessandlightinacleverwayinthepainting.

DaVincilovedscienceandmaths.RightawayapersoncanseethatthereisalotofgeometryintheMonaLisa.ThefaceoftheMonaLisaismadeofmanycirclesandroundshapeslikeballs.Evenhersmilecanbeseenasasmallpartofalargecircle.

Thewomaninthepaintingissittingonabalcony，andmountainscanbeseenbehindher.DaVincilovedtostudyrocksandmountains，sothesecanbeseenoverandinhisotherpaintings.

Thewomanissittingwithherkneestotheside.Herheadisturnedtolookoutofthepainting.Herhandsareheldtogetherinfrontofher.Thiswayofsittingisnowusedbymanyartistswhentheyarepaintingapictureofamanorawomantoday.

21.Thewomaninthepaintingis________.

A．anItalianbusinesswomanB．thesecondwifeofabusinessman

C．LeonardodaVinci’swifeD．awomanfromthechurch

22．Whereisthewomaninthepainting?

A．Onabalcony.B．Onaknee.C．Onamountain.D．Onarock.

23．Whatcanapersonseeinthepainting?

A．Alotofgeometry.B．Mountains.

C．Cleveruseoflightanddarkness.D．Alloftheabove.

B

Whatpicturedoyouhaveofthefuture？

Futurologistspredict（预言）thatlifewillprobablybeverydifferentin2050inallthefieldsofactivity，fromentertainmenttotechnology.Firstofall，itseemsthatTVchannelswillhavedisappearedby2050.Instead，peoplewillchooseaprogramfroma“menu”andacomputerwillsendtheprogramdirectlytothetelevision.

Astotheenvironmen

t，waterwillhavebecomeoneofourmostseriousproblems.Inmanyplaces，agricultureischangingandtheyaregrowingfruitandvegetablestoexport.Thisusesalotofwater.Demandforwaterwillincreasetentimesbetweennowand2050andtherecouldbeseriousshortages.Some

futurologistspredictthatwatercouldbethecauseofwarifwedon’tactnow.

Intransport，carswillrunonnewandcleanfuelsandtheywillgoveryfast.Carswillhavecomputerstocontrolthespeedandtherewon’tbeanyaccidents.Today，m

anycarshavecomputersthattelldriversexactlywheretheyare.By2050，thecomputerwillcontrolthecaranddriveittoyourplace.Ontheotherhand，spaceplaneswilltakepeoplehalfwayaroundtheworldintwohours.By2050，spaceplaneswillflyallovertheworldandpeoplewillflyfromLosAngelestoTokyoinjusttwohours.

Robotswillhavereplacedpeopleinfactories.Manyfactoriesalreadyuserobots.Bigcompaniespreferrobots—theydonotaskforpayrisesorgoonstrike，andtheywork24hoursaday.By2050，wewillseerobotseverywhere—infactories，schools，offices，hospitals，shopsandhomes.

24．Howmanyaspects（方面）doesthepassagetellusaboutthedifferencesbetweentodayandtheyear2050?

A．Four.B．Five.C．Three.D．Six.

25．WhichofthefollowingisNOTafactorforcompaniestouserobots?

A．Robotsdonotaskforpayrises.

B．Robotsdonotgoonstrike.

C．Robotscanworkdayandnight.

D．Robotscan’tdoworkaswellashumanbeingsdo.

26．Fromthethirdparagraphwecaninferthat________.

A．carsin2050neednofuels

B．therewillbemoreaccidentsintheyear2050

C．itwilltakepeoplelesstimetotravelin2050

D．spaceplaneswilltaketheplaceofcars

27．Bysaying“Somefuturologistspredictthatwatercouldbethecauseofwarifwedon’tactnow”，thewriterimpliesthat________.

A．warwillhavebecomeoneofourmostseriousproblemsin2050

B．weshouldtakemeasurestoprotectwaterfromnowon

C．watershortagescanbesolvedbywar

D．watershortageswillbethemostseriousproblemexceptwars

C

MarkTwainleftschoolwhenhewastwelve.Hehadlittleschooleducation.Inspiteofthis，hebecamethemostfamouswriterofhistime.Hemademillionsofdollarsbywriting.HisrealnamewasSamuelLanghorneClemens，butheisbetterknownallovertheworldasMarkTwain，hispenname.

MarkTwainwasbornin

1835andhewasnotahealthybaby.Infact，hewasnotexpectedtolivethroughthefirstwinter.Butwithhismother'scare，hemanagedtosurvive.Asaboy，hecausedmuchtroubleforhisparents.Heusedtoplayjokesonallhisfriendsandneighbors.Hedidn'tliketogotoschool，andheoftenranawayfromhome.HealwayswentinthedirectionofthenearbyMississippi（密西西比河）．Hewasnearlydrownedninetimes.

Afterhisfather'sdeath，MarkTwainbegantoworkforaprinter，whoonlyprovidedhimwithfoodandclothing.Then，heworkedasaprinter，ariverboatpilotandlaterjoinedthearmy.Butshortlyafterthathebecameaminer.Duringthisperiod，hestartedtowriteshortstories.Afterwardshebecameafulltimewriter.

In1870，MarkTwaingotmarried.IntheyearsthatfollowedhewrotemanybooksincludingTomSawyerin1876，andHuckleberryFinnin1884，whichmadehi

mfamous，andbroughthimgreatfortune.

Unfortunately，MarkTwaingotintodebtsinbadinvestments

（投资）andhe

hadtowritelargenumbersofstoriestopaythesedebts.In1904，hiswifedied，andthenthreeofhischildrenpassedaway.

Attheageof70，hishairwascompletelywhite.Heboughtmanywhitesuitsandneckties.HeworenothingbutwhitefromheadtofootuntilhisdeathonApril21,1910.

28.．Inhischildhood，MarkTwain________.

A．learnedalotatschool

B．oftenwentswimmingwithotherboys

C．troubledhisparents

D．oftenplayedgameswithotherboys

29.．WhichofthefollowingshowstherightorderaboutMarkTwain?

a．Hebecameaminer.　b．Heworkedasaprinter.　c．Hegotintodebts.　d．Hisfatherdied.　e．Hebecameafulltimewriter.　f．Hejoinedthearmy.

A．a－d－b－c－e－f　　　　B．d－b－f－a－e－c

C．d－a－f－e－b－cD．c－b－d－f－e－a

30．Inordertomakealiving，MarkTwain________.

A．firstworkedasaprinterB．didmanykindsofwork

C．wrotestoriesinthebeginningD．joinedthearmyafterheworkedinamine

31.Beforehisdeath，MarkTwain________.

A．becameawhitemanB．wasinlowspirits

C．likedtobuyallkindsofclothesD．hadnothingon

D

Manystudieshavebeenconductedtodiscoverthebenefitsoflisteningtoandplayingmusic.Thegrowingfieldof“musictreatment”ispresentingincreasingamountsofproofthatpointtothegreatpowersofmusic.

Emotional（情绪）benefits.

Therightsongcanputanybodyinabettermood.Mostpeopleturntocertainsongstoimprovetheirmoods.Themainreasonbehindthisisthatmusiccanexpressourfeelingsbetterthananyothermedium.Inaddition，wehavefavouritesongsforparticularsituationsbecauseweturntothemusicwhichhasthebesteffectonus.

Musicandexercise.

Haveyouevernoticedthathowoutofbreathyougetwhenlisteningtoan