福建省三明第一中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题（PDF）.pdf

1、 三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考1 高三英语试卷三明一中 2019-2020 学年第一学期期中考试 高 三 英 语（考试时间 120 分钟，满分 150 分）注意事项：1、本试卷由四个部分组成，一、二部分和第三部分第一节为选择题，第三部分第二节和第四部分为非选择题。2、答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上。3、选择题的作答时，每小题选出答案后，用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；非选择题的作答时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在试卷和答题卡上非答题区域的答案无效。第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5

2、 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.When will the meeting be held?A.On 21st.B.On 22nd.C.On 23rd.2.What game is the woman watching?A.A swimming raceB.A running game.C.A softball game.3.How does the woman feel about her speech?A.Con

3、fident.B.Nervous.C.Excited.4.What does Susan suggest the man do?A.Turn off the machine.B.Buy a new machine.C.Ask Jim for help.5.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.At home.B.In a restaurant.C.In a supermarket.第二节（共 15 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

4、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。每段对话读或独白读两遍。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。6.Why does the woman call the man?A.To give him a discount on his order.B.To apologize to him.C.To thank him.7.What do we know about the man?A.He will be charged less.B.He is grateful to the woman.C

5、.He is going to cancel his order.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8.How did the woman know about the new hotel?A.From the radio.B.From her friend.C.From the newspaper.三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考2 高三英语试卷9.What does the woman think of the new hotel?A.It will bring more job chances.B.It may spoil the beautiful place.C

6、.It helps develop the local tourism.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Why did the woman go to Brazil?A.To work.B.To have a rest.C.To visit her aunt.11.How long did the woman stay in Brazil?A.A week.B.A month.C.Two months.12.What can we learn about Celia?A.She met the woman a month ago.B.She will go to Engla

7、nd next year.C.She has already left Brazil.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13.What did the woman want to be at first?A.A professional pilot.B.An officer in training school.C.An employee in air traffic control.14.Why did the woman work as a salesgirl?A.To get money for travelling.B.To enrich her after-school

8、life.C.To earn money for her training.15.Who has the right to arrange for staff to fly which sections?A.A captain.B.A first officer.C.A senior first officer.16.What is the advantage of being the senior first officer?A.He can fly to more airports.B.He can train other people to fly planes.C.He can fly

9、 to destinations in better weather conditions.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.What led Jassica Waston to sail non-stop around the world alone?A.Her parents.B.A book.C.A painting.18.What can we learn about Jesse Martin from the talk?A.She was born in 1993.B.She broke a record in 2010.C.She has written her

10、 own book.19.When did Jordan climb Mount Qomolangma?A.In 1993.B.In 1996.C.In 2010.20.What can we know about Janet Gordon?A.She beat Jessicas record.B.She lost five fingers from frostbite.C.She was taken away from her parents.三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考3 高三英语试卷第二部分：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

11、 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。ANorman Merriam Webster BES1850 DictionaryThis handy translator provides you with 5,000,000 total translation to and from Spanish and English!This dictionary is specially designed for all levels of language ability from beginners to advanced lea

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16、Seiko WP1500 Rogets III Thesaurus DictionaryD.Norman Merriam Webster BES1850 Dictionary 23.What sets the Lingo Traveler 18 apart from other dictionaries?A.It provides readers with 96,000 phrases and 8,000 words.B.It shows the time,day and date of local time zone over 100 cities.C.It offers advanced

17、features for you to stay in touch with the world D.It can store your appointments,telephone numbers and addresses.三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考4 高三英语试卷BI have three kids and a great husband and Im enjoying a career that I find challenging and fun.This feels like“Success”to the outside world.But there is s

18、till a voice in my heart asking if this is who I truly am.Only in silence do I hear the self and wonder who that person might beSo I booked a trip to find out.I travelled,for the first time,without my husband or kidsI went to Iceland with a friend,who shares an appreciation for wilderness and silenc

19、eFor six days,we were immersed in wild,raw scenery and real weatherall kinds of weather.Climbing a mountain against rain and returning to a tent for a simple meal reminds you how little you actually need.And how strong it feels to be uncomfortable sometimesI found silence in Iceland，and time to cons

20、ider the me outside of career and the me outside of kids as I shared stories with strangersWhen I stopped talking and just listened，I became more generousI 1earned that choosing to be generous can create more space,more food and more warmthBut I didnt really gain any better appreciation of what I wa

21、nt from life or my jobI suspect the anxiety that drove me to seek silence in Iceland was losing sight of my ability to choose gratitude and joy，and to be present in the challenges I set in my career and my familyI came home to noise，rush and love；with no less confusion on who I want to beI know the

22、answer isnt waiting out there on the top of a mountain in Iceland.The answer is in front of me with every step on my own 1ifes path,and in every choice I make24.Why did the author take a trip to Iceland?A.To gain a new experienceB.To enjoy family happinessC.To better understand herselfD.To appreciat

23、e natural beauty25.Which word can best describe the authors trip?A.PuzzlingB.ThrillingC.Relaxing D.Demanding26.What change happened to the author after the trip?A.She became more positiveB.She became more energeticC.She became even lonelierD.She became more anxious27.What will the author do in the f

24、uture?A.Withdraw back to natureB.Embrace reality bravelyC.Travel to Iceland more oftenD.Pay less attention to her feelings 三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考5 高三英语试卷CIts no surprise to hear the honking of horns in New York.Whoever tries every day to get more than a few minutes of sleep in the morning in the ci

25、ty will tell you that he could do nothing about it!No one can deny honking of horns is just one of his most widely enjoyed pastimes.But Andy,a Japanese website developer has had enough of it.Once,the 27-year-old man approached the open window to wait for the driver to finish honking,delivered a poli

26、te excuse me and then yelled Ho-o-o-o-onk!,which means fierce anger in Japan.Then he threw three eggs from the window of his apartment on to a passing car honking loudly below when his patience was worn out.Instead of apologizing to him,the driver threatened to kill him angrily.So,nobly,Andy turned

27、to non-violence.He started writing anti-honking haiku verses,a form of Japanese poetry,and submitted them to local newspapers:Oh.forget Enron;The problem around here is;All the damn honking(Enron:a major American company that recently caused a scandal because of corrupt(腐败)mismanagement)Then this ki

28、nd of chain reaction started happening,Andy says.All these other haiku started appearing unexpectedly Andy s community is now covered in anti-honking poetry,written by all walks of life.Patience slowly fades;Residents store up their eggs;That day is coming soon.Its understandable that Andy has set u

29、p a website www.honku.org and now people from across the country send him news of their own anti-honking activities.It seems that poetry can change the world after all.Then,just recently,anti-anti-honking haiku started to appear,launched by locals who thought Andy should stop worrying about honking

30、and start worrying about starving children,or war in the Middle East instead.Andy has an answer for that.Stop me if this is too ridiculous,he says,but they talk about the violence in the Middle East like it s a force of nature,like it s beyond our control.But actually its kind of like the honking-th

31、e violence is man-made.If we can figure out how to stop honking on the streets,I think we could learn some things that we could use on a large scale.28.What does the first paragraph intend to tell us about New Yorkers?A.They enjoy listening to the honking of hornsB.Their life has been affected by th

32、e honking noiseC.They get accustomed to sleeping late in the morning D.They have formed a habit of honking while driving 29.What is Andys final reaction to the frequent honking of horns?A.Pretended to ignore it.B.Screamed at the driver.C.Acted in a peaceful way.D.Complained to the government.30.Acco

33、rding to the passage,most New Yorkers think Andys response is _.A.acceptableB.pointless C.sensitive D.abnormal 三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考6 高三英语试卷31.Facing the criticism of his anti-honking campaign,Andy notes that_.A.if not handled well,honking will cause serious problems like starvationB.fierce violen

34、ce in the Middle East is more of an issue worthy of concernC.violence in the world as well as honking on the street is under our control D.finding the solution to anti-honking is as meaningful as that to starvation DScience Advances published a new research report,saying bees are capable of addition

35、 and subtraction(减法)in Arithmetic(算术)learningusing colors in the place of plus and minus symbols.It isnt unusual to see the ability to countor at least distinguish between differing quantitiesin the animal kingdomSuch ability has been seen in frogs,spiders,and even fish.But solving equations(方程式)usi

36、ng symbols is rare,so far only achieved by famously brainy animals such as chimpanzees.The previous research says the social insects,ants,can count to four and understand the concept of zero and researchers wanted to test the limits of what their tiny brains can do.The experiment goes like this.Scie

37、ntists trained 14 bees to link the colors blue and yellow to addition and subtraction,respectively.They put the bees at the entrance of a Y-shaped maze(迷宫),where they were shown several shapes in either yellow or blue.If the shapes were blue,bees got a reward if they went to the end of the maze with

38、 one more blue shape(the other end had one less blue shape);if the shapes were yellow,they got a reward if they went to the end of the maze with one less yellow shape.The testing worked the same way:Bees that“subtracted”one shape when they saw yellow,or“added”one shape when they saw blue were consid

39、ered to have aced the test.The bees got the right answer 63%to 72%of the time,depending on the type of equation and the direction of the right answermuch better than random guesses would allow.While the results came from just 14 bees,researchers say the advance is exciting.If a brain about 20,000 ti

40、mes smaller than ours can perform maths using symbols,it could pave the way to novel methods in artificial intelligence(AI)and machine learning.Just dont ask the bees to do your homework anytime soon.32.From the first two paragraphs,we know that the scientists conduct the research _.A.to get access

41、to machine learningB.to explain the meaning of colors C.to test the power of tiny brainsD.to teach bees to learn maths 33.What does the underlined word“aced”in Paragraph 4 probably mean?A.given upB.got throughC.entered forD.checked over34.What might the research make contributions to according to th

42、e text?A.Development of AI.B.Arithmetic learning.C.Protection of animals.D.Language acquisition.三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考7 高三英语试卷35.What can be the best title for the text?A.Bees“Like”Counting B.Bees“Tell”Colors Apart C.Bees“Perform”Maths Using ShapesD.Bees“Get”Addition and Subtraction第二节 七选五（共 5 小题；每

43、小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Its reported that half of around 7,000 languages on the earth are in danger of disappearing by 2100.There are many reasons for such disappearance.Sometimes younger generations stop learning a language because parents want children to fit in modern

44、society.36 For instance,native American children of the late-19th century were required to attend boarding schools where educators forbade them from speaking their native languages.Endangered languages are ranked according to their risk level by the United Nations.Acritically endangered language is

45、one that even grandparents dont speak often.New Yorks Onondaga language is an example with only 50 speakers left.An extinct language has no speakers,which means it is gone forever.37 The last person who spoke it died in 2008.So this language doesnt exist any longer.Various animals and plants benefit

46、 our environment.38 Saving these languages benefits our understanding of other cultures.Languages can show how a society looks at the world and what it values.The Endangered Language Alliance,a non-profit group,wants to save languages from disappearing.39 However,its efforts are limited.If an endang

47、ered language is going to make a real comeback,itll probably get its start in schools.Now students in Hawaii can keep learning Hawaiian from elementary schools to college and beyond.40 At least one did.In 1881,a Jewish linguist named Eliezer Ben-Yehuda brought the 3,000-year-old language Hebrew back

48、 to life.Today it is one of the official languages of the country of Israel,with more than 4 million speakers.A.Alaskas Eyak language is one example.B.Why should we save endangered languages?C.With just five speakers left,it is absolutely endangered.D.Can a language with zero native speakers come ba

49、ck to life?E.Similarly,different languages contribute to cultural diversity.F.Sometimes societies force minorities to give up their language.G.The organization finds native speakers and records their stories.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节,满分 40 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和

50、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Its easy for children to be influenced by fellow students.Peer pressure can be a powerful force,and sometimes a positive one.For example,hanging out with active peers may lead kids to41more,making a childs social network a vehicle for promoting healthy habits and 42obesity unconsc

51、iously.三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考8 高三英语试卷The scientists studied networks of a group of students aged 5 to 12 and 43how the youngsters made and dropped friends,and 44effect these changing relationships had on their physical activity level.In fact,children 45their exercise level little by little to bette

52、r 46those in their circle;children who 47with more active students were more 48to increase their physical activity levels,49those who befriended more sedentary(久坐不动的)children became 50active.The children were mirroring,following or adjusting to be 51to their friends before they knew it.The inspiring

53、 52suggest a potentially effective way to change childrens behavior.53relying only on organized exercise programs to get moving,perhaps introducing sedentary kids to more active ones might help more kids 54the couch.Its believed that this is a possible novel approach to obesity 55.The social environ

54、ment does carry more power than we have given it 56for,so we should make use of that intentionally to influence kids.57that children are increasingly connected to one another,58through face-to-face interactions or virtual ones,their 59networks can clearly have a deep effect 60many aspects of their b

55、ehavior-help kids in the long run by turning them into healthier adults.41.A.sleepB.travelC.eatD.exercise 42.A.developingB.increasingC.reducingD.introducing43.A.informedB.trackedC.respondedD.concluded44.A.whoseB.whatC.thatD.which45.A.appealedB.insistedC.adjustedD.devoted46.A.matchB.competeC.supportD

56、.compare47.A.left outB.figured outC.made outD.hung out48.A.likelyB.possibleC.boundD.due49.A.sinceB.thoughC.whileD.because50.A.moreB.lessC.permanentD.temporary51.A.familiarB.popularC.similarD.regular52.A.results B.causesC.reasonsD.proceses53.A More thanB.Rather thanC.Other thanD.Less than54.A.get dow

57、nB.get offC.get overD.get on55.A.informationB.introductionC.discussionD.prevention56.A.favorB.approvalC.agreementD.credit57.A.ConsideredB.GivenC.RealizedD.Imagined58.A.whetherB.ifC.howeverD.whatever59.A.physicalB.naturalC.mentalD.social60.A.onB.forC.atD.with 三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考9 高三英语试卷第二节（10 小题，

58、每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空During the past ten years,traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)has been gaining 61_(popular)across the world.This style of health care has spread to 183 countries.Up to now,approximately 100 international agreements 62_(sign)with Chinese government o

59、n TCM cooperation.One of the reasons for such a growing trend is probably due to the increase of 63 _(science)research into TCM.Since Tu Youyou,a Chinese scientist was awardedNobel Prize for her discovery of the drug qinghaosu,TCM has become even more 64_(globe)famous.While quite a few 65_(explain)h

60、ave been given to support TCM theories,it is still faced with the challenge in 66 _(prove)to the public that it has certain effects when used in medical treatment.Thats to say,it is significant in 67_long run for TCM to team up with Western medicine.Scientists hold the belief 68_ using the collectiv

61、e knowledge,rather than regarding the two approaches 69_ being in competition is where the potential for its enormous effects 70_(lie)in.第四部分写作（共两节，满分 35 分）第一节 短文改错（共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：

62、把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2.只允许修改 10 处，多者（从第 11 处起）不计分。China is a country that playing table tennis is quite popular.Wang Wei is fond about this sport.Malong is one of the great players in the world so that she admires him a lot.Those inspiring story of his success h

63、ave encouraged children to practice table tennis at early age.Competitions are being organized for schools to compete against each other every year.Last year,Wang Wei was lucky admitted as a school team member.She worked hard and won the first place with her amazed performance.When she received the

64、gold medal,a sense of pride arise in her heart.Since then,she has been dreaming of win more medals in the future.三明一中 2019-2010 学年上学期半期考10 高三英语试卷第二节 书面表达（满分 25 分）假定你是李华，为迎接新年到来，你校将举办艺术节活动，请写信邀外国朋友 Brown参加，主要内容：1目的和时间；2活动安排；3请他表演节目。注意：1.词数 100 左右；2.可适当增加细节，使内容充实、行文连贯。Dear Brown,Im Li Hua in your class.Look forward to your early reply.Yours,Li Hua.