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届高三上学期期中考试英语试题无答案

2016学年度第一学期高三期中测试卷

英语试卷

（考试时间：

120分钟满分：

150分）

第I卷（共103分）

I.ListeningComprehension

SectionA

Directions:

InSectionA,youwillheartenshortconversationsbetweentwospeakers.Attheendofeachconversation,aquestionwillbeaskedaboutwhatwassaid.Theconversationsandthequestionswillbespokenonlyonce.Afteryouhearaconversationandthequestionaboutit,readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaper,anddecidewhichoneisthebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.

1.A.6:

00p.m.B.8:

00p.m.C.2:

00p.m.D.5:

00p.m.

2.A.Inapark.B.Inalibrary.C.Inaclassroom.D.Inatheatre.

3.A.Motherandson.B.Colleagues.C.Bossandemployee.D.Classmates.

4.A.Anactivity.B.Theweather.C.Amountain.D.Thefood.

5.A.Heisoldenoughtostayup.

B.Hewillgotobedinfiveminutes.

C.HewouldratherwatchTVthangotobed.

D.ItistooearlytowatchtheVoiceofChina.

6.A.WashhandsbeforeusinghisiPad.B.Reviewhislessons.

C.MakeajourneywithhisiPad.D.Talkwithhisclassmates.

7.A.Thenewfurnitureheboughtwasonsale.

B.Theroomwasrentedatareasonableprice.

C.Thefurniturethatheboughtwasverycheap.

D.Theroomwasequippedwithsomenewfurniture.

8.A.Inadifferentway.B.Inalocalautostore.

C.Fromthewoman.D.Fromanadvertisement.

9.A.Thewomandoesn’tlooklikeawriter.B.Fewpeoplesharetheman’sopinion.

C.Thewomandoesn’twanttobeawriter.D.Mostofthewoman’sfriendsarewriters.

10.A.Cooperative.B.Favorable.C.Sympathetic.D.Disapproving.

SectionB

Directions:

InSectionB,youwillheartwoshortpassages,andyouwillbeaskedthreequestionsoneachofthepassages.Whenyouhearaquestion,readthefourpossibleanswersonyourpaper,anddecidewhichonewillbethebestanswertothequestionyouhaveheard.

Questions11through13arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

11.A.Sellitatalocalshop.B.Askforanothermarriagegift.

C.Justkeepitforlateruse.D.Exchangeitforsomethinguseful.

12.A.Becausehehopestohaveasmanyasthreechildren.

B.Becausehe

hastomakeafortuneforhiswife’sfamily.

C.Becausehehasnoothergiftstoexchangeatmarriage.

D.Becauseitisanecessarypartatamarriageceremony

13.A.Whattheimportanceofbrideserviceis.

B.Howcustomsvaryindifferentcountries.

C.WhataweddingceremonyislikeinUSA.

D.Howweexpressgoodwishestonewcouples.

Questions14through16arebasedonthefollowingpassage.

14.A.Itpresentedgoodmeanings.

B.Itpresentedalotofdifficultwords.

C.Itdefinedeasywordsaswellashardones.

D.Itwasoneofthemostvaluabledictionaries.

15.A.Containingwordhistories.B.PublishedbyOxfordUniversity.

C.Acompletelistofdifficultwords.D.Sentencesshowingmeaningsofwords.

16.A.ThefeaturesofEnglishdictionaries.B.DifferenttypesofEnglishdictionaries.

C.TheearlyhistoryofEnglishdictionaries.D.ThestoryaboutDr.SamuelJohnson.

SectionCLongerConversations

Directions:

InSectionC,youwillheartwolongerconversations.Theconversationswillbereadtwice.Afteryouheareachconversation,youwillberequiredtofulfillthetaskbyfillinginthenumberedblankswithinformationyouhaveheard.

Blanks17through20arebasedonthefollowingconversation.

Anewapartment

Problemstoworkout

Solutions

Theweatheris17andthemanhasnoideahowtoturntheheatingon.

Theswitchoftheheatingisinthebathroomcupboard18.

There’ssomechickeninthe19.

Therearelotsofcookingbooksonthe

20shelf.

Completetheform.WriteONEWORDforeachanswer.

Blanks21through24arebasedonthefollowingconversation.

Reasonsforbuyingacar

●Morepeoplecan21acar.It’smorecomfortable.

●22isexpensive.

●23ofthecarwouldbeusefulforb

othtravellingandeverydaylife.

Reasonsfornotbuyingacar

●Carsareexpensive.Afterbuyingthecar,youhaveto

24,gas,maintenanceandotherexpenses.

●Youwillbetheonlypersonusingthecarmostofthetime.

Completetheform.WriteNOMORETHANTHREEWORDSforeachanswer.

II.GrammarandVocabulary

SectionA

Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

（A）

ItissaidthatintheUnitedStatesmanyhavebeentoldthatanyonecanbecomerichandsuccessfulif（25）______workshardandhassomegoodluck.

Yes,whenonebecomesrichhewantspeopletoknowit.And（26）____________hedoesnotbecomeveryrich,hewantspeopletothinkthatheis.That’swhat“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”isabout.

Theexpressionwasfirstusedin1913byayoungAmerican（27）______（name）Arth

urMomand.Momandlookedaroundhimandnoticedthatmanypeopledidthingstokeepupwiththeirneighbours:

theytriedtolookasrichandassuccessfulastheirneighbours.Hesawthefunnysideofitandstartedtowriteaseriesofshortstories.Hecalledit“KeepingUpwiththeJoneses”,（28）______“Jones”isaverycommonnameintheUnitedStates.“KeepingupwiththeJoneses”cametomean（29）______（keep）upwiththepeoplearoundyou.Afterthat,Momand’sstories（30）______（carry）indifferentnewspapersacrossthecountry.

PeopleneverseemtogettiredofkeepingupwiththeJoneses.Thatisonereasonwhytheyreadthe“right”books,gotothe“right”universitiesandeatinthe“right”restaurants.

Everycityhasanareawherepeoplewanttolivebecauseotherswillthink（31）______（well）ofthemiftheydo.Andthereare“Joneses”ineverycityoftheworld.Butone（32）______gettiredoftryingtokeepupwiththeJoneses,becausenomatterwhatonedoes,MrJonesalwaysseemstobeahead.

（B）

Iwasworkingasaconsultantinabeercompany,（33）______（help）thepresidentandsenio

rvice-presidentsformandcarryouttheirnewplanningprojects.Itwasreally（34）______greatchallenge.Atthesametime,mymotherwasinthefinalstagesofcancer.

Iworkedduringthedayanddrove40mileshometobewithhereverynight.Itwastiringandstressful,butitwaswhatIwantedtodo.Mycommitmentwas（35）______（continue）todoexcellentconsultingduringt

heday,eventhoughmyeveningswereveryhard.Ididn’twanttobotherthepresidentwithmysituation,yetIfeltsomeoneatthecompanyneededtoknow（36）______wasgoingon.SoItoldthevice-presidentofHumanResources,askinghimtokeepthesecret（37）______thetwoofus.

Afewdayslater,thepresidentcalledmeintohisoffice.Ifiguredhewantedtotalktomeaboutoneofthemanyissueswe（38）______（work）on.WhenIentered,heaskedmetositdown.Hefacedmefromacrosshislargedesk,lookedmeintheeyeandsaid,“Ihearyourmotherisveryill”.

Iwastotallycaughtbysurpriseandburstintotears.Hejustlookedatme,letmycryingsubside（平息）,andthengentlysaidasentence（39）______Iwillneverforget:

Whateveryouneed.

Thatwasit.Itwashisunderstandingandhiswillingnesstooffermeeverything（40）______werequalitiesofsympathyIcarrywithmetothisday.

SectionB

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.

A.initiallyB.approachC.primarilyD.employedE.curiosityF.observingG.profitableH.analyzingI.thirstJ.beliefK.varied

Scientificresearchcanbedividedintobasicscience,alsoknownaspurescience,andappliedscience.Inbasicscience,scientistsworking（41）______atacademicinstitutionspursueresearchsimplytosatisfythe（42）______forknowledge.Inappliedscience,scientistsatindustrialcorporationsconductresearchtoachievesomekindofpracticalor（43）______gain.

Inpractice,thedivisionbetweenbasicandappliedscienceisnotalwaysclear-cut.Thisisbecausediscoveriesthat（44）______seemtohavenopracticaluseoftendevelopintoausefuloneastimegoesby.Forexample,superconductivity,theabilitytoconductelectricitywithnoresistance,wasonlyalaboratory（45）______whenaDutchphysicistdiscovereditin1911.Todaysuperconductivityisusedinanever-increasingnumberofimportantapplications.

Scientistsstudytheoriginofthesolarsystemby（46）______meteorites（陨星）andcollectingdatafromsatellitesandspacestations.Theysearchforthesecretsoflifeprocessesby（47）______thedatacollectedfromtheactivityofindividualmolecules（分子）inlivingcells.Theyobservethepatternsofhumanrelationshipsinthecustomsofsocialgroups.Ineachofthese（48）______investigationsthequestionsaskedandthemeans（49）______tofindanswersaredifferent.Alltheinquiries,however,shareacommon（50）______toproblemsolvingknownasthescientificmethod.Scientistsmayworkaloneortheymayworkwithotherscientists.Inallcases,ascientist’sworkmustmeasureuptothestandardsofthescientificcommunity.Scientistspresenttheirfindingstoscienceconferencestobeexaminedbytheirpeers.

III.ReadingComprehension

SectionA

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD.Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext.

Peoplevolunteerforawidevarietyofreasons,especiallywantingtohelpothers.Butit’salsoOKtowantsome51foryourselffromvolunteering.

Somepeopleare52withtheconceptthatavolunteer“benefits”fromdoingvolunteerwork.Thereisalongtraditionofs