2019-2020年高三上学期期中考试英语试题 含答案(I).doc

2019-2020年高三上学期期中考试英语试题 含答案(I)第一卷 (共103分)I. Listening prehension:（30%）Section A Directions: In part A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. The suit does not fit the man.B. The tie is out of fashion.C. The color orange is too bright.D. The tie does not match the suit.2. A. Hair dresser and customerB. Assistant and customerC. Employer and employeeD. Consultant and student3. A. She likes the football match as much as the man does.B. She will watch the fashion channel with the man.C. She will not watch the football match.D. She will prepare her fashion show to be broadcast on CCTV5.4. A. PrettyB. UglyC. CoolD. Embarrassed5. A. Dark blueB. Dark brownC. Light yellowD. Light orange6. A. She never received the invitation.B. She wont graduate from school. C. She will attend the party.D. She will buy herself a dress for the party.7. A. ExcitedB. AnnoyingC. AngryD. plaining8. A. He thinks T-shirts are out of fashion. B. He thinks T-shirts have only one colorwhite. C. He likes wearing T-shirts just because they are cheap. D. He thinks T-shirts have bee fashionable in many aspects.9. A. Mark doesnt look nice in the new shirt. B. Mark looks nice in anything. C. Mark doesnt look nice in the old shirt. D. He wants to wear Marks new shirt.10. A. Her skin is smooth. B. Inner beauty is more important than appearance. C. She looks like a baby. D. Make-up is a kind of natural beauty.Section B Directions: In Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Fashion is an art.B. Fashion is a religion. C. Fashion is a job.D. All the above.12. A. In streetsB. In dressesC. In peoples eyesD. In the sky13. A. His clothing choicesB. His personalitiesC. His viewsD. His petsQuestions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. School uniforms make students look more professional. B. School uniforms promote good school discipline. C. School uniforms deserve the value they cost. D. School uniforms reduce fighting and violence.15. A. Fashionable clothesB. Self-discipline C. Reference booksD. Good panions16. A. By changing the size of their school uniforms B. By escaping schools C. By performing worse at school D. By behaving disruptivelySection CDirections: In Part C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you hear. Write your answers on your answer sheet.Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation:An appointmentToms job title(17)_Time for appointment:(18)_ tomorrow afternoonCallers name:(19)_Mobile phone number:(20)_plete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation:What did the woman put on face last night?She put (21)_ on her face last night.What are they used for?They can soften the skin, make your skin shiny, remove lines and (22)_.What does the man advise the woman to do?He suggests the woman should go to (23)_Why doesnt the woman take the mans advice?Because she thinks plastic surgery will do harm to our (24)_plete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary （26%）Section ADirections: After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.(A) Even today there are a great many wrong ideas about food. Some of them are very widespread. One such idea is that fish is the best brain food. Fish is good brain food (25) _ _ it is good muscle food and skin food and bone food. But no one has been able to prove that fish is any (26)_ (good) for the brain than many other kinds of food. Another such idea is that you (27)_ not drink water with meals. Washing food down with water as a substitute (28)_ chewing is not a good idea, but some water with meals has been found to be helpful. It makes the digestive juices flow more freely and helps to digest the food. Many of the ideas which scientists tell us (29)_ (have) no foundation have to do with mixtures of foods. A few years ago the belief became general that orange juice and milk should never be drunk at the same meal. The reason given was (30)_ the acid in the orange juice would make the milk curdle (凝结) and bee indigestible. As a matter of fact, milk always meets in the stomach a digestive juice which curdles (31)_; the curdling of the milk is the first step in its digestion. A similar wrong idea is that fish and ice cream when (32)_(eat) at the same meal form a poisonous bination.(B)Its one of our mon beliefs that mice are afraid of cats. Scientists have long known that (33) _ _ a mouse has never seen a cat before, it is still able to detect chemical signals released from it and run away in fear. This has always been thought to be something that is hard-wired into a mouses brain. But recently Wendy Ingram, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, (34)_(challenge) this mon sense. She has found a way to “cure” mice of their inborn fear of cats by infecting them with a parasite, reported the science journal Nature.The parasite, called Toxoplasma gondii, might sound unfamiliar to you, but the (35)_(shock) fact is that up to one-third of people around the world are infected by it. This parasite can cause different diseases among humans, (36)_ pregnant women it is linked to blindness and the death of unborn babies.However, the parasites effects on mice are unique. Ingram and her team measured how mice reacted to a cats urine (尿) before and (37)_ it was infected by the parasite. They noted that normal mice stayed far away from the urine (38)_ mice that were infected with the parasite walked freely around the test area.But thats not all. The parasite was found to be more powerful than originally (39)_ (think) even after researchers cured the mice of the infection, they no longer reacted with fear to a cats smell, which could indicate that the infection has caused a permanent change in mices brains.Why does a parasite change a mouses brain instead of making it sick like it does to humans? The answer lies in evolution. Toxoplasma gondii can only reproduce inside a cat. So the parasite had to develop a way of tricking the mice into getting eaten more easily thus (40)_ (help) itself go inside a cat by taking away mices sense of alarm.Section B Directions: plete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. (* 友情提示：本题共十个空，请按题号填涂)A. frowned B. negative C. national D. appreciation E. effectiveF. tendency G. approach H. ranked I. enhanced J. unpopular K(=ABD).namedWhat are the things that first e to your mind when you think of the UK? Are they nonstop rain, polite manners, boring food and tea drinking? Some of the UKs (41)_ stereotypes are true, a new survey has found. For example, British people do have a(an) (42) _ to drink lots of tea. The research polled 1,402 foreigners living in the UK on their opinions about the British way of life. Unsurprisingly, the majority of them, almost 70 percent, said they enjoyed living in the country good manners, especially UK peoples extraordinary ability to queue, are the main reasons for foreigners (43)_. More than one-third said they liked British peoples restrained (44)_ to emotion. However, there are aspects of British culture that are (45)_ upon. The heavy alcohol drinking culture (46)_ as the least favorite trait, followed by the British sense of humor and the countrys bad weather. It may not be too hard to understand why heavy drinking and bad weather are (47)_, but whats wrong with the British sense of humor? British humor is known for being dry and satirical (讽刺的), so it is generally more (48)_. When it es to making the British laugh, there is nothing more (49)_ than a socially inappropriate joke, noted the BBC. “Britons are more fortable with lifes losers,” wrote English actor Ricky Gervais in an article published in Time magazine. “The majority of nationalities have stereotypes fitted around them and Britons dont escape this,” said Liam Clifford, the founder of Global Visas, the website that conducted the research. “People probably e here with a stereotype-based preconception of what to expect. Its good to see from our survey, though, that, in the majority of cases, this reputation is actually (50)_ upon living here.” III. Reading prehension（47%）Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Coffee can be considered one of natures greatest gifts. It gives mental and emotional (51)_ without harmful side effects, (like alcohol or tobacco), and it contains a wealth of nutrients. Yet, when most people drink coffee, they are not thinking that the beverage is (52)_ their health. In fact, some may even feel a little guilty, (53)_ they believe coffee isnt good for you at all.Well, heres the truth of the matter. Coffee, like anything else, can cause problems if too much is (54)_. In the short-term, too much coffee will cause insomnia, nausea and hypertension. In the long-term, too much coffee will cause stomach problems, teeth staining, and high cholesterol.As for the benefits, moderate consumption of coffee, (which means 1 to 4 cups a day), supplies your body with a wealth of antioxidants. These substances are (55)_ for eliminating free radicals(自由基). They are the chemical byproducts produced any time your body does something. A small number of them can help serve as a buffer against negative elements, but if they arent kept in check, they can cause health problems. Antioxidants (56)_ that this doesnt happen.The psychological effects of caffeine cannot be (57)_ either. Not only does caffeine make you more (58)_, but it can actually affect your mood. If you were feeling (59)_ or overwhelmed, a nice cup of coffee could change your perspective. The stack of work that seemed (60)_ before isnt even a problem now.(61)_, caffeine helps stimulate creativity as it speeds up the bodys functioning. Thats why coffee is often (62)_ with writers and other intellectual professions. Other drugs (63)_ to make people dumber. Consider what happens when people get high off of crack or when they get drunk off of alcohol. They wont be functional at all. But with coffee, an individual gets a creative boost while still helping their bodies.In conclusion, dont feel bad when youre brewing your morning cup of coffee. (64)_ a can of soda or a shot of alcohol, coffee will make you feel wonderful while keeping you healthy. Just remember, you do have to consume the beverage (65)_. 51. A. reactionB. clarityC. freedomD. challenge52. A. improvingB. damagingC. adjustingD. stimulating53. A. thoughB. soC. whileD. since54. A. purchasedB. cherishedC. takenD. promoted55. A. suitableB. responsibleC. convenientD. famous56. A. ensureB. assumeC. threatenD. indicate57. A. ignoredB. achievedC. measuredD. abandoned58. A. attractiveB. attentiveC. alertD. approachable59. A. inpetentB. guiltyC. depressedD. embarrassed60. A. doubtfulB. unknownC. impossibleD. improper61. A. By contrastB. In additionC. For exampleD. In brief62. A. popularB. paredC. familiarD. associated63. A. meanB. tendC. supposeD. expect64. A. DespiteB. WithoutC. Apart fromD. Unlike65. A. at willB. at randomC. in particularD. in moderationSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A) Once upon a time it was boarding school adventures and mysteries solved by tweed-wearing detectives that fired young readers imaginations. Now, it seems, it is the promise of tales of blood sucking vampires, unstoppable zombies, howling werewolves and terrifying beasts that inspires young audiences to pick up a book. Teen horror is a genre that seems to be going from strength to strength, with titles like The Demonata and The Saga of Larten Crepsey by Irish born writer, Darren Shan, topping the charts. Indeed Darren Shans success has earned him the title of “Master of Childrens Horror” and his books, which also include The Thin Executioner and the vampire series The Saga of Darren Shan, have sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.But what is it about horror fiction that so appeals to young readers, and just how scary do they like it? “I think horror allows teenagers to focus on real-life issues in a fantastical way, helping them analyse and make sense of the world as they are ing to a greater understanding of it,” says Darren. “In my book, Lord Loss, the main characters parents and sister are slaughtered by demons. While thats obviously not going to happen to anyone in the real world, many children will lose people they love during their formative years, whether its grandparents dying of old age, or friends or relatives in accidents. A book like this can hopefully help them prepare for when death strikes at them in real life. Good horror is always about helping us prepare for the darker aspects of life and since we cant avoid them, we might as well turn them into entertainment!” Darren tours frequently, attending events in schools and libraries, and talking to young readers helps him gauge what they can and cant take in terms of frightening content. He explains: “When Im writing an especially terrible scene, I imagine myself reading it out in a live environment, and ask myself if I would feel fortable doing so. If not, Ill go back and tweak the scene. I have no set formula for deciding what is suitable and what is not. I simply go with my gut instinct.”66. What is the point of the article?A. To remend some popular horror books.B. To analyze why horror fiction fascinates young people.C. To explore how horror fiction benefits young readers.D. To introduce how Darren creates horror books.67. The underlined phrase “going from strength to strength” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _.A. failing to attract attentionB. improving imaginationC. getting darker and scarierD. being increasingly successful68. Darren Shan thinks that his books interest young people because _.A. they are exciting and inspiringB. they are about the darker aspects of lifeC. they deal with real-life issues in a fanciful wayD. they teach people how to deal with real-life problems69. What can we conclude from the last paragraph?A. Teenagers feel fortable with Darrens imagination.B. The more frightening a book is, the better it sells.C. Darren visits schools from time to time to promote his books.D. Darren sometimes changes his stories to make them less scary. (B)Cinema Ticket SolutionsBoost business on the big screenAt EVENT Cinemas we offer a fantastic rate for bulk (大批的) ticket purchases, which are good for businesses, social clubs and large groups. 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