1、2019 届第一学期岳阳县高三期中考试英 语注意事项：1. 本试卷共 150 分。共 10 页。考试时间 120 分钟。2. 请将各题答案填在答题卡上。第一部分听力（共两节，满分 30 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卡上。第一节听下面 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. Where does the woman want to go?A. To Oxford. B. To
2、Liverpool. C. To London.2. How many people will go to the tennis game?A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.3. What does the woman ask the boy to do after school?A. Put away his school bag. B. Move the kitchen table. C. Hang up his coat.4. What do we know about Linda Rivera?A. She went traveling. B. She started a compan
3、y. C. She was fired.5. What does the man mean?A. He prefers cold weather. B. He has had a difficult week.C. The temperature was good last week.第二节听下面 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. How wil
4、l the man choose the music?A. By letting a person decide on it. B. By asking people for their advice.C. By allowing everyone to bring a piece.7. What is the woman going to do?A. Help prepare for the party. B. Tell the man a phone number.C. Ask Sonia for some information.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. What wi
5、ll the woman do first?A. Wash a car. B. Go shopping. C. Do her homework.9. When does the conversation take place?A. On Friday. B. On Saturday. C. On Sunday.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Colleagues. B. Schoolmates. C. Brother and sister.11. What does the
6、woman think of the show?A. Inspiring. B. Unusual. C. Cool.12. Which part did the woman like best about the show?A. Designer wear. B. Clothes recycling. C. Live models.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. French music. B. French clothes. C. French teens.14. What do
7、es Veronique like to do in her spare time?A. Collect albums. B. Visit music stores. C. Enjoy French songs.15. What does Veronique usually have for lunch?A. Hamburgers. B. Sandwiches. C. Chips.16. Why does Veronique like the silver jacket?A. Its up-to-date. B. Its classic and lovely. C. Its unique听第
8、10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What is being held in the new sports stadium?A. A match. B. A concert. C. A meeting.18. What is the disadvantage of the City Theatre?A. It has limited space. B. Its too old to look good. C. Its air-conditioning doesnt work.19. Which place is normally out of the route of the
9、Cititours bus?A. Victoria Park. B. The City Theatre. C. The Market Place.20. What does the speaker recommend visitors to do in the end?A. See animals in the city centre. B. Go to the High Street. C. Visit some shops.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 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
10、出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhether she loves pets, books, make-up, music, or all of the above, theres a perfect gift for your number one mama.For the bookwormFor the woman who took you to the library to get your very first card, show how much you appreciate her love of language and words with one of these b
11、ook-themed mugs for a Mothers Day gift. You can choose from a good old fashioned library card, a funny banned books motif, or ones featuring your favorite literary characters, including Edgar Allen Poe and Alice in Wonderland. These are some of the most meaningful Mothers Day gifts moms have ever re
12、ceived.Library Card Mug, $18.49, AFor the perfume wearerScent is the strongest sense tied to memory, so you can likely close your eyes and know exactly how your mom smells, no matter how far away you are from her. Consider signing her up for this perfume subscription service as a Mothers Day gift. S
13、hell get a 30-day supply of designer perfume each month, from Dior to Bvlgari and 450 more.Scentbird, $14.95 per month, For the music fanIf your mom has Spotify playlists or a knack for DJing, singing or dancing, gift her this sweet bluetooth speaker inside of a beautiful wooden cabinet. Choose from
14、 hickory, white or black, and fill your dinners together with her top jams, which might just make her cry.Como Audio Solo, $299, For the cat momNow that her litter has found their way to different states, your moms attention has turned toward her fur baby: your family cat. Though you might be a tad
15、jealous of the TLC the kitty receives, theres nothing more your cat-loving mama will enjoy than a gift for her new pal. With places to sleep, play and more, you might wish the Vesper Minou came in human-size, too.Vesper Minou Bench Scratcher, $61.99, A21. Where can you buy a gift if your mom loves p
16、erfume? A. At A. B. At . C. At . D. At A. 22. Vesper Minou may be a good choice for. A. the cat mom B. the music fan C. the perfume wearer D. the bookworm 23. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To celebrate Mothers Day. B. To explain reasons for gifts.C. To advertise gifts for mom. D. To introdu
17、ce ways to send gifts.BTimes are a little tough at our house right now. Neither of us makes a lot of money, but years of experience have taught us how to walk between the raindrops and make it from one month to the next with a fair amount of grace. I cook a lot at home, more when were facing difficu
18、lt times. When I know that I have to keep us fed on not much money, I fall back on my grandmothers recipes. She taught me to cook. When I was a kid, my twin brother and I spent long summer weeks and Christmas vacations with my mothers parents in the mountains of North Carolina. Rather than go huntin
19、g with my grandfather on mornings, I found myself more and more in the kitchen with my grandmother, watching her making a lemon cheese pie with her soft hands. My great-grandmother died when my grandmother was 11 years old. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to take on all of the housework whi
20、le attending school. Throughout the Great Depression, she learned how to make a little food go a long way. Vegetables were cheap, so she cooked a lot of them, mostly only using small amounts of meat for seasoning. Roast beef was a twice-a-month luxury, but there was nothing she couldnt do with a chi
21、cken, every part of it. Nothing went to waste. Now I understand that her food was sacred (神圣的). I feel connected to my grandmother and to hundreds of years of family when Im in my kitchen making country food. In the delicious smells is a long tale of victory over hard times, of conquering starvation
22、 of not just surviving, but finding joy and pleasure in every meal of every day. From grandmother I learned to take real satisfaction in feeding people. My grandmother would beam with pleasure over a heavily laden table and say: “Do you know what this would cost at the restaurant?” I never knew what
23、 restaurant in particular she had in mind, but I knew that the question was totally not fair, because no restaurant anywhere can cook like a grandmother. But now, thanks to her guidance and years of practice, I can. 24. According to the passage, the author cooks a lot at home because _.A. she wants
24、to try out her grandmothers recipes B. she is quite particular about foodC. the food in restaurants is unhealthy D. she and her husband are embarrassed financially 25. According to the passage, the authors grandmother _.A. learnt to cook because of the Great DepressionB. was good at cooking as well
25、as careful in budgetingC. preferred chicken to beefD. had to walk a long way to learn cooking in a restaurant 26. It can be inferred from the passage that the author _.A. liked to compare her grandmothers food with that in restaurantsB. learnt something more precious than cooking from her grandmothe
26、rC. hasnt found the joy in cooking though she can cook like her grandmotherD. feels connected to her grandmother when making country food in the kitchen 27. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? A. Cook like my grandmother B. My grandmothers sacred foodC. My grandmothers recip
27、e D. Joy and pleasure in cookingCIt sounds like something straight out of a horror movie, but a zombie(僵尸)-like disease is taking a loss on deer populations across the country. Chronic wasting disease (CWD), also known as “zombie deer disease”, was first observed in deer populations during the 1960s
28、, and now in some areas, the disease has infected 25 percent of the local deer populationand those figures are as 79 percent in highly-infected areas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It has been reported in 25 states and two Canadian provinces.The disease causes the brai
29、ns of infected animalincluding deer, elk, caribou, and mooseto gradually deteriorate. In the end, the animals can almost seem like zombies, with symptoms like drooling, aggression, extreme weight loss, stumbling, and tremors. The condition is always fatal and there is no treatment.Scientist cant exp
30、lain exactly how CWD spreads, though they believe animals can become infected through polluted liquids and foods, and/or through bodily fluids. Its estimated that North American residents eat around 7,000-15,000 chronic wasting disease-ridden animals every year, according to the Alliance for Public
31、Wildlife. And now some experts are wondering if it could spread to humans.While there are currently no known cases of CWD in humans, a study conducted by the Alberta Prion Research Institute recently discovered that the disease can be spread to monkeys whove eaten infected deer meat. The primates ch
32、osen for the study were selected for their genetic similarity to humans. “The assumption was for the longest time that chronic wasting disease was not a threat to human health,” Stefanie Czub, the lead researcher of the study told The Tyee. “But with the new data, it seems we need to revisit this vi
33、ew to some degree.”28. What do we know about CWD from the first paragraph? A. It comes out of a horror movie. B. It has infected all the local deer. C. It is reducing deer populations. D. It was first observed in Canada. 29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “deteriorate” in par
34、agraph 2? A. Worsen. B. Grow. C. Practise. D. Adapt30. How does CWD possibly spread? A. Through drinking water. B. Through bodily fluids. C. Through other wildlife. D. Through humans foods. 31. What can we infer from the last paragraph? A. Monkeys love eating infected deer meat. B. Primates share th
35、e same gene with humans.C. CWD is not a threat to human health at all. D. Humans may still be in danger of CWD.DIs any economist so dull as to criticize Christmas? At first glance, the holiday season in western economies seems a treat for those concerned with such vagaries (奇想) as GDP growth. After
36、all, everyone is spending; in America, retailers make 25% of their yearly sales and 60% of their profits between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Even so, economists find something to worry about in the nature of the purchases being made.Much of the holiday spending is on gifts for others. At the simples
37、t level, giving gifts involves the giver thinking of something that the recipient(接受者) would like he tries to guess her preferences, as economists say and then buying the gift and delivering it. Yet this guessing of preferences is not easy; indeed, it is often done badly. Every year, ties go unworn
38、and books unread. And even if a gift is enjoyed, it may not be what the recipient would have bought if they had spent the money themselves.Interested in this mismatch between wants and gifts, in 1993 Joel Waldfogel, then an economist at Yale University, sought to estimate the difference in dollar te
39、rms. In a research, he asked students two questions at the end of a holiday season: first, estimate the total amount paid (by the givers) for all the holiday gifts you received; second, apart from the sentimental value of the items, if you did not have them, how much would you be willing to pay to g
40、et them? His results were gloomy: on average, a gift was valued by the recipient well below the price paid by the giver.In addition, recipients may not know their own preferences very well. Some of the best gifts, after all, are unexpected items that you would never have thought of buying, but which
41、 turn out to be especially well picked. And preference can change. So by giving a jazz CD, for example, the giver may be encouraging the recipient to enjoy something that was ignored before. This, a desire to build skills, is possibly the hope held by many parents who ignore their childrens desires
42、for video games and buy them books instead.Finally, there are items that a recipient would like to receive but not purchase. If someone else buys them, however, they can be enjoyed guilt-free. This might explain the high volume of chocolate that changes over the holidays. Thus, the lesson for gift-g
43、ivers is that you should try hard to guess the preference of each person on your list and then choose a gift that will have a high sentimental value.32. The word “sentimental” in Paragraph 3 is close to “.”A. intelligent B. emotional C. social D. practical33. According to the text, which of the foll
44、owing statements is TRUE?A. Price is nothing but the factor when you give gifts.B. Chocolates will be blamed when people receive them as gifts.C. The receivers often overestimate the values of gifts.D. Wants do not always correspond to needs in gift-giving.34. Which of the following statements can b
45、e inferred from the text?A. The gift-giver tries to ignore the actual needs of the receiver.B. The best gifts are well picked by the givers.C. In gift-giving, guessing preference is often a failure, so its the thought that counts.D. You have to take money into consideration when giving a gift.35. Th
46、e text is most likely taken from a _.A. users handbook B. medical journal C. travel magazine D. consumer-related report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。The jobs of the future have not yet been invented. 36 By helping them develop classic skills that will serve them well no mat
47、ter what the future holds.1.CuriosityYour children need to be deeply curious. 37 Ask kids, “What ingredients(配料) can we add to make these pancakes even better next time? “and then try them out. Did those ingredients make the pancakes better? What could we try next time?2.CreativityTrue creativity is
48、 the ability to take something existing and create something new from it. 38 There are a dozen different things you can do with them. Experimenting with materials to create something new can go a long way in helping them develop their creativity.3.Interpersonal SkillsUnderstanding how others feel ca
49、n be a challenge for kids. We know whats going on inside our own head, but what about others? Being able to read people helps kids from misreading a situation and jumping to false conclusions. 39 “Why do you think shes crying?“ “Can you tell how that man is feeling by looking at his face?“ “If someone were to do that to yo