1、 - 1 - 石嘴山市第三中学石嘴山市第三中学 2019-2020(一一)期中高三期中高三 英语试卷英语试卷 命题人： 第第一一部分：听力（共两节，满分部分：听力（共两节，满分 20 分）分） 第一节（共 5 小题，满分 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，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. How many chairs are needed? A. 13 B. 14. C. 15. 2. What is the woman going to
2、 do this evening? A. Go to the dinner party. B. Go to the park. C. Visit her sister. 3. What did the man do? A. Had some drinks. B. Made a phone call. C. Looked after the woman. 4. How does the man probably feel toward the woman? A. Sorry. B. Disappointed. C. Grateful. 5. Why was the man angry? A. T
3、he woman hurt him. B. He didnt relax. C. The woman left the room. 第二节（共 15 小题，满分 15 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。 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。 6. Whats special about the people riding bikes? A. They are all m
4、en. B. They have no clothes on. C. They wear the same clothes. 7. Why does the woman want to go somewhere else? - 2 - A. Shes too cold. B. She hates what she saw. C. She wants to get something to eat. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。 8. Why does the man like his present job? A. The pay and position are good. B.
5、The position is good and the air is fresh. C. The pay is good and the air is fresh. 9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Father and daughter. B. Friends. C. Boss and clerk. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 1012 题。 10. Who is Dan the Bear? A. A fisherman. B. A singer. C. A dolphin trainer. 11. H
6、ow will the woman inform the security officers? A. By putting up a notice. B. By telephone. C. By radio. 12. What will the woman do before going to the bar? A. Go to the barbers. B. Buy some clothes. C. Perform on stage. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 1316 题。 13. What is the man reading? A. A textbook. B. A magazine.
7、 C. A novel. 14. Why are some people against kungfu novels? A. They think kungfu novels are bad for teenagers. B. They think kungfu novels are not useful today. C. They dont think highly of kungfu writers. 15. What are kungfu novels considered as by some people? A. Old Chinese literature. B. Modern
8、Chinese literature. C. Future Chinese literature 16. What does the woman think of the new textbooks? A. She is indifferent to them. B. She is in favor of them. C. She is against them. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 1720 题。 17. Why did the man decide to leave the college in his second term? - 3 - A. He didnt like the
9、 big lecture classes. B. He couldnt afford further education. C. He was not interested in education. 18. What does the man think of his work experiences? A. They were personally rewarding. B. They should be part of school life. C. They gave him a chance to learn German. 19. Where is the university h
10、e decides to go to in the end? A. In South Carolina. B. In Florida. C. In Ohio. 20. What does the man want to be in the end? A. A teacher. B. A boss. C. A scientist. 第二部分：单第二部分：单选题（共选题（共 15 小题，小题，满分满分 15 分）分） 21. These reference books donated by a non-profitable organization are available for _ want
11、s to have it. A. anyone B. whomever C. who D. whoever 22. The reporter says that the CCTV _ English programs ever since 1977. A. broadcasts B. had broadcast C. has been broadcasting D. had been broadcast 23. The news I looked forward to _ at last, but it was quite disappointing. A. come B. coming C.
12、 came D. comes 24. It is not _ you have said but what you have done _made us very disappointed. A. that; what B. what; what C. what; that D. that; that 25. Two thirds of the work _done by Jimmy, and _was done by Nancy. A. was; the rest B. was; the others C. were; the others D. were; the rest 26. Pet
13、er has _in love with Jane for three years. And they are planning to_. A. fallen; get married B. fallen; marry C. been; get married D. been; marrying 27. The Chinese film，_Tang Dynasty，is well received by many foreign viewers. A. is set in B. setting in C. set in D. be set in 28. _ I came, the city w
14、asnt so beautiful. A. For the first time B. At the first time C. The first time when D. The first time 29. It is clear that in modern society high _ and demands are placed on teachers. - 4 - A. motivations B. expectations C. standards D. opportunities 30. Its already 9:00 and Lucy is _ to be waiting
15、 for us there. A. perhaps B. likely C. possible D. probable 31. Jenny took the 8:00 bus to Guangzhou this morning. Really? She _ the 9:00 train. Its much more comfortable and safer to travel by train. A. could have taken B. should take C. must have taken D. can take 32. He, together with his friends
16、，_ coming to visit us this weekend. A. is B. are C. will D. should 33. Much _ his surprise, the moment he went into the classroom, every one stood up clapping to congratulate him _ winning the first prize. A. in; for B. to; on C. to; for D. with; over 34. How was your recent trip to Jiuzhaigou? Ive
17、never had _ one before. A. a tired B. a more tiring C. a most tiring D. the most tired 35. Recently many students in China focus too much on their academic learning rather than play and communicate, which _ influences their character development. A. occasionally B. finally C. dramatically D. consequ
18、ently 第第三三部分部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分阅读理解（共两节，满分 40 分）分） 第一节（共 15 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题给出的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在 答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A When it comes to choosing application software, you have to pick the best option. Instead of looking for one app that will do everything, you can use different apps to stre
19、ngthen different skills. Here is a list of language learning apps. Duolingo Free at iTunes Store It is the best free online language program. The content is so good that ranks among the best software for learning a language overall. Much of Duolingos course development is well-sourced. - 5 - However
20、, languages sometimes can have errors. All in all, its unique features and clear structure make it a compelling platform for learning or strengthening skills in several languages. Memrise Free at Amazon It won t make you fluent in a foreign language, but its an excellent study aid. This web and mobi
21、le app goes along way towards helping you memorize characters, words and phrases. Its not just for learning languages Its also excellent for studying math, science, economics and so forth. As with most study apps, you can create your own course material, or use the content created and shared by othe
22、r users of the app. Quizlet Free at Ubuntu App Store When it comes to education, Quizlet takes a different path from other online learning platforms and learning management systems. With access to literally millions of sets, students can be involved with any topic, from Spanish to early American his
23、tory. Its especially popular among language learners. Hello Talk Free at Google Play It is an app that helps you practice languages you want to learn. It connects people who speak a language fluently with those who are trying to learn the same language. For example, if you are a native English speak
24、er studying Italian, you can find Italians who are learning English. 36. What is the shortcoming of Duolingo? A. Its content is not good. B. There arent enough sources on it. C. There are still some errors on the platform. D. It cant help improve learners skills in languages. 37. Which of the follow
25、ing does best in connecting users? A. Hello Talk. B. Duolingo. C. Memrise. D. Quizlet. 38. Who may be most interested in the article? - 6 - A. Exchange students. B. Language learners. C. Online storekeepers. D. Software developers. B When I got home after dropping out of college in my junior year be
26、cause of depression, I didnt want to get out of bed. But my parents wanted me to, so I just transferred myself to the couch in the living room. Sometimes I would turn on the TV and watch marathons of Chopped, but mostly I just sat there, lost in thought. One day when I was lying on the couch not kno
27、wing what to do, I wondered since I had been out of school for a long time, I might as well do something productive with my life. I looked at my options. I could attend some kind of online college class, go to in-person events just to get out of the house, or take up a hobby. But none of these thing
28、s made me happy, and my depression seemed to keep me drowning under the waves. There was something that was my thing-entrepreneurship. No matter what kind of day Im having now, the mere mention of start-ups still perks me up. I have been starting business in some kinds of forms ever since I was a ki
29、d, and despite everything, this passion has never changed. So I started thinking of ideas, seeing which one could become practical business. I spent my days glued to a wide purple notebook, a pen in hand, sometimes moving from the couch to the table on our back porch in the mornings. If I got up ear
30、ly enough, Id watch the sun come up. It was there, in the still mornings, that I learned about life and started to look back on mine. With time going on, the depression started to lift. I was making more progress in my recovery, and the good days were more frequent than the bad. I started a couple o
31、f different businesses, eventually settling on a web design business, and did a lot of experiments and changed my ideas, and after a while, things started to work. 39. Why did the author return home from college? A. She disliked her campus life B. She was in poor health. C. She had mental problems.
32、D. She wanted to prepare for marathons. 40. What is the author especially interested in? A. Watching TV at home. B. Going to in-person events. C. Taking online college classes. D. Managing a business of her own. - 7 - 41. Whats the meaning of the underlined part in Paragraph 4? A. joined to B. absor
33、bed in C. caught in D. interested in 42. What can be the most probable title of the text? A. How I Succeeded in Life B. How I Found Peace Inside C. Why I Dropped out of College D. How I Overcame My Depression C The Haidilao Hot Pot restaurant is mirrored these days in the makings of founder Zhang Yo
34、ngs company. As the dining chain had a Hong Kong IPO(首次公开募股) in September, it continued opening spots in Asia and beyond at the rate of one every three days. Two decades after Zhang first greeted diners in his native Sichuan Province, he has controlled not only Haidilao but also the supplier of its
35、hot soup, condiment(调味料)maker Yihai International. Together those holdings gave him at age 47 a late September valuation of $7.5 billion. Hospitality, which is still in short supply in many mass-scale restaurants on the mainland, is what makes Haidilao Hot Pot rise above the common herd and vanquish
36、 many other mass-scale restaurants. Hospitality is its secret to attracting millions of guests from those restaurants. Haidilao Hot Pot only promotes from within. Such running approach is a unique feature of it. The company rewards store managers, called shifus, with roughly 3% of the restaurants pr
37、ofits. When a shifu takes on a new location, he brings a third of his restaurants staff with him, leaving his apprentice(徒弟) behind as the new shifu there. Alternatively, an apprentice can apply to run a new location with the backing of his shifu, in which case, the shifu will get a cut of the profi
38、t from the new location. Haidilao Hot Pot has rapid rollouts down to a science. New locations break even within one to three months. How so reliably? The company has developed an artificial intelligence platform with Alibaba Cloud to improve site selection. The advanced technology helps analyse comm
39、ercial opportunities nearby restaurants and nightlife spots such as karaoke bars. Many Haidilao Hot Pot locations are open 24/7. Other considerations include the accessibility to public transportation. Lee Theatre Plaza, in the busy Causeway Bay area that attracts many mainland tourists, has come up
40、 as the top choice for Hong Kong island. This is - 8 - the just-opened site but it has enjoyed a great reputation. 43. What can we know about Zhang Yong? A. He is well-known for his cooking skills. B. He is the founder of Yihai Internationals. C. He mainly aims to develop his business in Asia. D. He
41、 has expanded his business abroad quickly. 44. What does the underlined word “ vanquish“ in Paragraph 3 mean? A. copy B. defeat C. support D. satisfy 45. Why has the author mentioned the site in Lee Theatre Plaza? A. To show the popularity of Haidilao Hot Pot. B. To make advertisements for the just-
42、opened site. C. To show an example of a proper site selection. D. To make an advertisement for Lee Theatre Plaza. 46. What can be the best title for the passage? A. What leads to Haidilao Hot Pots great success? B. How does Haidilao Hot Pot satisfy customers tastes? C. What are the secrets of Haidil
43、ao Hot Pots founder? D. Why does Haidilao Hot Pot have a Hong Kong IPO? D Civita is an ancient Italian village in the north of Rome. It was situated in a flat area of volcanic rock, high above the Tiber River Valley. Civita is known as a “dying city“, with a year-round population of just seven. For
44、many years, people there had long believed that the world economy had passed them by. They had become used to seeing their young people leave for jobs in other places. But a wave of tourists mostly from China is helping the towns economy. This year, Civita expects 800,000 visitors. From small villag
45、es to famous capital cities, Europe has seen a sharp increase in Chinese tourists. More than 9 million Chinese citizens visited European countries in 2017. European officials estimate the number to be close to 10 million. Eurostat, the European Unions statistics agency, says Chinese tourism in Europ
46、e has increased by 200 percent in the past 10 years. That number is expected to increase this year, which has been named China-EU Tourism Year. - 9 - For the European societies, the increase has put pressure on some airports and is adding to developmental issues in some areas. On the other hand, the
47、 European Union sees the rise in Chinese visitors as important to the economy. The European Commission said, “Tourism has the potential to contribute to employment and economic growth, as well as to development in rural areas .“ Forty-five-year-old Roberta Mencarelli runs a bed-and-breakfast hotel i
48、n Bagnoregio, a few kilometers west of Civita. She said that most of the visitors to the area are Chinese. “They have brought money into the town and the tourism has increased the energy here, “ she said. It has also increased the number of businesses. “There used to be only two restaurants in town,
49、“ she said. “Now there are ten.“ Mencarelli said she even began to learn some Mandarin Chinese to help her communicate with visitors and enlarge her hotel to receive more tourists. 47. What did Civita use to be like? A. It was a poorly-populated village. B. It had to receive too many visitors. C. It suffered volcano eruptions frequently. D. It was ge