1、 1 页 2020 届辽宁师大附中高三上学期期中考试 英语试题 考试时间：120 分钟 满分：150 分 第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 3030 分）分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题纸上。 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。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 will the woman probably do tod
2、ay? A. Go camping. B. Review lessons. C. Take an exam. 2. What is the most expensive item? A. The washing machine. B. The fridge. C. The bed. 3. Where are the speakers? A. In the office. B. At home. C. In the supermarket. 4. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. The mans change. B. The mans
3、 childhood. C. The mans favorite movies. 5. What do we know about Mrs. William? A. She is in her thirties. B. She had her daughter at the age of 25. C. She looks younger than she is. 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， 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
4、题，每小题 5 秒钟；听完后，各小 题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 两个小题。 6. What happened to the speakers? A. They had difficulty getting a map. B. They lost their way. C. They were given the wrong directions. 7. What will the woman do? A. Drive the car. B. Blame the man. C. Call her sister. 听下面一段对话，回答
5、第 8 和第 9 两个小题。 8. What does the man do? A. A sportsman. B. A tour guide. C. A sports writer. 9. What does the woman think of the mans job? 2 页 A. Tiring. B. Great. C. Boring. 听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 三个小题。 10. What is the weather like now? A. Warm and sunny. B. Chilly and snowy. C. Cold and cloudy. 11.
6、How will the man go to work? A. On foot. B. By bus. C. By car. 12. What is the woman trying to persuade the man to do? A. Listen to the forecast. B. Wear warm clothes. C. Go out for lunch. 听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 四个小题。 13. Whats the mans plan for this summer? A. Working at musical festivals. B. Doing a
7、 market survey. C. Staying with his family. 14. Where will the woman probably work this summer? A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. On a farm. 15. How long will the woman work every day? A. 4 hours. B. 5 hours. C. 6 hours. 16. Where did the woman get the job information? A. From her friend. B. Fro
8、m a magazine. C. From her parents. 听下面一段独白，回答第 17 至第 20 四个小题。 17. In which country is the speaker now? A. America. B. England. C. Australia. 18. When was The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry published? A. In 2007. B. In 2012. C. In 2014. 19. What award has the speaker won? A. The Man Booker Prize.
9、B. The Commonwealth Book Prize. C. The Tinniswood Award. 20. What will the speaker do next? A. Introduce her works. B. Answer questions. C. Visit the library. 第第二二部分部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 4040 分）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. A Yellowstone National Park is t
10、he flagship of the National Park Service and a favorite to millions of visitors each year. The park is a major destination for all members of the family. By driving the grand loop road, visitors can view the park from the comfort of their vehicle and also take a rest at one of the many roadside picn
11、ic areas. 3 页 How much is the entrance fee? $25 - Private, noncommercial vehicle; $20 - Motorcycle or snowmobile (winter); $12 - Visitors 16 and older entering by foot, bike, ski, etc. This fee provides the visitor with a 7-day entrance permit for both Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. A $
12、50 park annual pass provides entrance for a single private non-commercial vehicle at Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. The $10 Interagency Senior Pass (62 and older) is a lifetime pass available to U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Where can you stay? Inside Yellowstone, you can choose
13、 to stay in modern or historic hotels and cabins inside the park like the Old Faithful Inn, the worlds largest log structure. For those who want to be a little closer to nature, there are 12 campgrounds with a range of services from primitive pit toilets to shower and laundry facilities. There s als
14、o RV camping with and without dumping stations. Staying outside the park gives you unique Old West experiences but still keeps you close to park attractions. If youre taking a road trip to Yellowstone, youll want to check out our Hotels and Cabins On The Road section. 21. The entrance fees listed on
15、 the web page dont apply to _. Atemporary residents in the USA Bvehicles involving business activities Cvisitors out of a certain age range Dprivate motorcycles and snowmobiles 22. What are you likely to acquire in the Old Faithful Inn? AUnique old west experiences. BPrimitive pit toilets and shower
16、. CKnowledge of origin of the park. DRV camping with dumping sites. 23. Where does the passage probably come from? A. A magazine. B. A textbook. C. A notice. D. A travel guide. B I was in the seventh grade, and we had moved to New Jersey in November. By then, everyone already had had their own frien
17、ds, and no one wanted to talk to a new girl. To make things worse, they put me in “Section L”. I found out later that everyone called Section L “Loserville”. It was sort of an open secret that it was the section for troublemakers and not-so-smart kids. When I found out, I 4 页 wanted to scream. I had
18、 always been a good student and had amazing friends, and now everyone thought I was a loser! I did text my friends in Illinois almost every night, especially my best friend, Ana. At first my friends wanted to hear all about it. But then some stopped texting back once I said something about how miser
19、able I was. One night when I was texting with Ana, I complained about another friend who had just done that. Anas texts came really fast for the next few minutes and they surprised me. She said that she was tired of hearing about how bad everything was in New Jersey, too. She said she did not want t
20、o hurt my feelings but that I needed to stop feeling so sorry for myself all the time, and I had to try to make things better. The next day, I thought a lot about what Ana had said. She was right! I wish I could say that everything changed overnight after that, but it didnt. I was still stuck in “Lo
21、serville”, and some people were still mean to me, even though I tried to just stay out of their way. But what did change was me I stopped feeling so sorry for myself and did something about making friends. I signed up to make sets for the school play. I met a lot of new people there, and suddenly I
22、had friends to say hi to in the halls! I still miss Illinois sometimes, but life in New Jersey isnt so hard anymore. Even though I couldnt change my situation, I could change my attitude and that made all the difference. 24. “Loserville” is a section for _. A. failures B. good students C. class secr
23、ets D. newcomers 25. The writer complained all the time in the new environment because _. A. Ana didnt text back to her B. she was unfairly treated C. her friends hurt her feelings D. she was a good student 26. What made a difference in changing the situation? A. She went back to Illinois. B. She en
24、ded friendship with Ana. C. She fought back with her classmates. D. She began to make friends with others. 27. The best title for the passage can be _. A. Lasting Friendship B. An Incident at School C. Unhappiness in “Loserville” D. Say Goodbye to “Loserville” C Most of us have looked up at the star
25、s that fill the night sky and wondered whether were alone in the universe. Indeed, the question of whether there s life out there has been something humankind s been asking itself for countless years. But thanks to Chinas Five-hundred-meter 5 页 Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the answer to this
26、 question may come a lot sooner than we expected. The telescope has a huge round reflector, which measures 500 meters across and has a perimeter （周长）of 1.6 kilometers. Because of its great size, it would have been both difficult and inefficient to get FAST to move like a regular telescope. Instead,
27、FASTs designers came up with a great solution: its surface is made up of 4450 panels which can be individually adjusted. This clever design feature allows scientists to detect radio signals from any angle with a great degree of accuracy. “Panels can change their positions through connected wires and
28、 parallel （关联的） robots. We can control their position with an accuracy of 1 mm,” Zheng Yuanpeng, chief engineer of the telescopes panel project, told Xinhua News Agency. FASTs engineers also had the task of finding a suitable location. As any interference would affect its ability to detect distant r
29、adio waves, it needed to be built in a remote area. Luckily, the perfect spot was found in the beautiful mountains of Guizhou Province. “There are three hills about 500 meters away from one another, creating a valley that is perfect to support the telescope,“ Sun Caihong, chief engineer of FAST s co
30、nstruction, told Xinhua. And although it wasnt yet fully operated, FAST had already made great discoveries by October 2017. Since 1967, only around 2000 pulsars （脉冲星） have been discovered, yet FAST had detected six more by October 2017. Once FAST is fully up and running, we may finally have the answ
31、er to one of the biggest questions in history. 28. What is the purpose of mentioning the question in Paragraph 1? A. To introduce the new giant telescope. B. To explain why there is life in universe. C. To remind readers to think about the life in space. D. To emphasize the question that should be a
32、nswered. 29. What can we know from Paragraph 2? A. The telescope is made up of many panels. B. The area of FAST is about 800 square kilometers. C. The engineer can handle FASTs position accurately. D. The individual panel helps scientists catch radio signals. 30. Why was FAST built in Guizhou? A. Be
33、cause Guizhou is a remote province. B. Because Guizhou has an ideal valley. C. Because Guizhou has beautiful mountains. D. Because Guizhou has the ability to build it. 31. What does the last paragraph mainly talk about? A. FASTs timeline. B. FASTs future. 6 页 C. FASTs operation. D. FASTs discoveries
34、. D Shark attacks not only disturb beach activities, but can affect associated tourist industries. Shark nets are a common solution to preventing shark attacks on beaches, but they cause dangers to sea ecosystems. Seeking a cost-effective way to monitor beach safety over large areas, we have develop
35、ed a system called Shark Spotter. It combines artificial intelligence (AI), computing power, and drone (无 人机) technology to identify and warn lifesavers of sharks near swimmers. The project is the cooperation between the University of Technology Sydney and The Ripper Group, which is pioneering the u
36、se of drones called “Westpac Little Ripper Lifesavers” in the search and rescue movement in Australia. SharkSpotter can detect sharks and other potential threats using real-time aerial imagery. The system analyses video from a camera attached to a drone to monitor beaches for sharks, send warnings,
37、and conduct rescues. Developed with techniques known as “deep learning”, the Shark Spotter system receives imagery from the drone camera and attempts to identify all objects in the scene. Once certain objects are detected, they are put into one of 16 categories: shark, whale, dolphin, rays, differen
38、t types of boats, surfers, and swimmers. If a shark is detected, Shark Spotter provides both a visual sign on the computer screen and an audible warning to the operator. The operator confirms the warning and sends text messages from the Shark Spotter system to the Surf Life Savers for further action
39、. In an emergency, the drone is equipped with a lifesaving flotation pod (漂浮仓) together with an electronic shark repellent (驱逐装 置) that can be dropped into the water in cases where swimmers are in severe trouble, trapped in a rip, or if there are sharks close by. In January 2018, the Westpac Little
40、Ripper Lifesavers was used to rescue two young swimmers caught in a rip at Lennox Head, NSW. The drone flew down the beach some 800 meters from the lifeguard station, and a lifesaving flotation pod was dropped from the drone. The complete rescue operation took 70 seconds. We believe Shark Spotter is
41、 a win-win for both marine life and beachgoers. This unique technology combines dynamic video image processing AI and advanced drone technology to creatively deal with the global challenge of ensuring safe beaches, protecting environments, and promoting tourism. 32. A Shark Spotter is _. A. a soluti
42、on to monitor sharks B. a technology to prevent shark attacks C. a project to pioneer the use of drones D. a kind of equipment to identify lifesavers 7 页 33. When a shark is spotted near a swimmer, the system will _. A. take timely action B. analyze the visual data C. classify the identified objects
43、 D. turn on “deep learning” mode 34. The example in the 5th paragraph shows us that the system is _. . A. efficient in saving lives B. smart in driving sharks away C. effective in detecting sharks D. practical over the whole sea area 35. What is the authors attitude towards the future of SharkSpotte
44、r? A. Negative. B. Doubtful. C. Optimistic. D. Objective. 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的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。 Try This at Home! Are you looking for a new pastime that will create a balance between physical activity and relaxation? Then yoga may be the perfect choice for you. Yoga c
45、an be practiced by people of all ages and levels of fitness. 36 Its a great way to strengthen your muscles and become more flexible. In the 1930s, Indian Sri Tirumali and K. Pattabhi developed one of the most popular forms of yoga practiced worldwide today. They worked together using an ancient Sans
46、knt text called Yoga Korunta to create a set routine of yoga movements and breathing exercises. 37 Ashtanga is different from other forms of yoga. It is a very powerful form of aerobic (有氧的） exercise which creates deep heat in the body. 38 In other forms of yoga, however, the routine can change each
47、 time and the stretching exercises arent aerobic. 39 As well as making you stronger and more flexible, it can also help you to stay calm. By focusing on your breathing while doing physical exercise, you are able to get a balance between mind and body. In addition, yoga helps to make us healthier so
48、we are less likely to get common illnesses like colds. Furthermore, yoga encourages you to think about what youre doing. Often you will close your eyes while doing certain movements. 40 After a few lessons youll stop looking at what the others around you are doing. You will stop comparing yourself and start focusing on yourself. A. It can also be done anywhere at any time. B. The result of their cooperation was ashtanga yoga. C. Whatever kind of yoga you choose, there are many long-term benefits. D. This allows you to concentrate better and it makes you less competitive. E. Eve