1、 20202021 学年度第一学期期中学情检测高三英语试卷 第 1 页，共 16 页 20202021 学年度第一学期学年度第一学期期中期中学情检测学情检测 高高 三三 英英 语语 选择题部分选择题部分 （共（共 8 85 5 分）分） 第一部分第一部分 听力（共两节，满分听力（共两节，满分 30 分）分） 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，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. What is
2、the man most probably doing? A. Having a job interview. B. Applying for a college. C. Visiting sick kids. 2. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A musical instrument. B. A volleyball player. C. A familiar person. 3. How much is the mountain bike now? A. $200. B. $40. C. $160. 4. What does
3、 the man probably do? A. A visitor. B. A singer. C. A writer. 5. What does the woman mean? A. Jason is likely to be the winner. B. She doesnt agree with the man. C. Jason will fall on the ball. 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
4、，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。 注 意 事 项 考生在答题前请认真阅读本注意事项及各题答题要求： 1. 本试卷包括 选择题选择题 和 非选择题非选择题 两部分。选择题从第 1 页至第 8 页，非选择题从第 9 页 至第 12 页。 考生答题全部答在答题纸上， 答在本试卷上无效。 本次考试时间为 120 分钟，满分 150 分。考试结束后，请将答题纸交监考老师。 2. 答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、学校、班级、座位号、考试证号用书写黑色字迹的 0.5 毫 米签字笔填写在答题纸的相应位置，并用 2B 铅笔将答题纸上考试证
5、号相应的数字涂黑。 3. 答选择题必须用 2B 铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，请用橡皮擦干 净后，再选涂其他答案。答非选择题必须用书写黑色字迹的 0.5 毫米签字笔写在答题纸上的指定 位置，在其它位置答题一律无效。 20202021 学年度第一学期期中学情检测高三英语试卷 第 2 页，共 16 页 听第 6 段材料，回答第 6 至 7 题。 6. How is the woman feeling? A. Good. B. Angry. C. Sad. 7. What is the “something terrible”? A. Her ball got lost. B. H
6、er car was damaged. C. Her dog got killed. 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. Why does the woman want to change the meeting time? A. She has a problem with her report. B. She has another meeting too close to it. C. She has to move to a new house. 9. What is the new meeting time? A. 11:00 am. B. 9:00 am. C. 1
7、:00 pm. 10. What is the woman going to do at the meeting? A. Give a report. B. Chair the meeting. C. Share an agenda. 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11. How did the boy do in his economics exam? A. He failed it. B. He passed it. C. He missed it. 12. What does the woman think of the boy? A. He should have r
8、elaxed more. B. He didnt work hard enough. C. He already tried his best. 13. What do we know about the family? A. Not rich. B. Unkind. C. Unhealthy. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题 14. What is the mans plan for the weekend? A. To go dirtboarding. B. To go snowboarding. C. To climb mountains. 15. What is the
9、woman going to Paris for? A. Learning art. B. Taking photos. C. Sightseeing. 16. How long will the woman stay in Paris? A. Four days. B. One weekend. C. One week. 17. What is the womans big interest? A. Photography. B. Sports. C. Art. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。 18. Who will hold a birthday party? A. J
10、ack. B. Betty. C. Lucy. 19. Where is the party held? A. In a country hotel. B. At a swimming club. C. At Lucys home. 20. What is the relationship between Betty and Lucy? A. Workmates. B. Cousins. C. Friends. 20202021 学年度第一学期期中学情检测高三英语试卷 第 3 页，共 16 页 第二部分第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分阅读（共两节，满分 40 分）分） 第一节（共 15 小题；每小
11、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, 并在答题纸上将该项 涂黑。 A The Moth Poetry Prize ABOUT THE PRIZE The Moth Poetry Prize is an annual contest from Irish magazine. It is one of the biggest prizes in the world for a single unpublished poem of any length with the theme of peace. The prize is op
12、en to anyone over 16 as long as the poem is previously unpublished, and each year it attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries worldwide. The shortlist will be announced in June 2019 and the four shortlisted poems will feature in the summer issue of The Moth
13、. The winners will be invited to a special prize-giving event at Poetry Ireland in Dublin in the summer of 2019. THE JUDGE The poet and novelist Jacob Polley will judge this years Moth Poetry Prize. Jacob is the author of four poetry collections published by Picador, the latest of which, Jackself, w
14、on the T. S. Eliot Prize. He is also the winner of a Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and his novel Talk of the Tovun won a Somerset Maugham Award. He teaches at the University of Newcastle. HOW TO ENTER The entry fee is 15 euros per poem, and you can enter as many poems as you like. You can enter onl
15、ine or send your poem(s) along with a cheque or postal order made payable to “The Moth Magazine Ltd.” with an entry form or a cover letter with your name and contact details and the title of poem(s) attached to: The Moth, Ardan Grange, Milltown, Belturbet, Co. Cavan, Ireland. Please remember to read
16、 the rules of the competition before you enter. Call 00 353 (0)87 2657251 or email for more details. 21. What information about the contest can we learn? A. Its closing date. B. Its organizer. C. The award to winners. D. Its evaluation criteria. 22. What is the requirement of the contest? A. One per
17、son can only submit one entry. B. The participants must be Irish citizens. C. Only teenagers of 16 are allowed to take part. D. The entries should be focused on peace. 23. What will the winners get? A. An award of 15 euros. B. A poetry collection by Picador. C. An invitation to Dublin. D. A chance t
18、o interview Jacob Polley. 20202021 学年度第一学期期中学情检测高三英语试卷 第 4 页，共 16 页 B Officer Michael Rivers, a policeman who was snapped (抓拍) and the image shared on Facebook, as he sat sharing his lunch with a homeless woman at the side of the road in North Carolina, in the USA, is praised. According to Chris Bar
19、nes, his wife Cassie took the photo while she was on her lunch break. She saw the pair sharing a pizza and soft drink while they were having a friendly chat. Mr. Barnes uploaded the image with the notes: “Cassie was out on her lunch break and observed the officer enjoying lunch with a homeless perso
20、n.” Officer Rivers recalled seeing the woman earlier that day. He told Yahoo news: “I was leaving the parking lot of Walmart and she was standing by the stop sign. Her shirt read, Homeless the fastest way of becoming a nobody. I hated that she felt that way.” He added: “I always try to talk to the h
21、omeless just to see how they got into their situation. You know, because it can happen to any one of us, at any given moment.” After he drove away, he circled back to ask if the woman was hungry and if she wanted food. The officer said she was honored by his offer. He bought them both pizza and Moun
22、tain Dew and when the pair sat down to eat, he learned of her family struggles and told her: “Hey, you still got stuff to live for, you still got your life ahead of you. Its never too late.” Officer Rivers, who does recruiting (征兵) for the Goldsboro PD, hopes to send a message of sympathy for others
23、. He added: “When the younger or newer guys come in, I let them know, Hey, treating the community like human beings is the most important thing in the world.” “So, if we as police officers show that love and sympathy to everybody, no matter their age, financial background or race, the world would be
24、 a better place.” 24. Why did Chris Barnes share the photo on Facebook? A. Because it was taken by his wife. B. Because the officer was his friend. C. Because the officer was handsome. D. Because he was impressed by the officers action. 25. Why did the officer come back for the homeless woman? A. Be
25、cause she asked him for food. B. Because her situation was serious. C. Because he wanted to become an internet celebrity. D. Because he wanted to make a difference to her. 26. What does the officer want to pass on to his new colleagues? A. Policemen should be sympathetic and caring. B. Anyone can be
26、come homeless at any given moment. C. Policemen should become heroes. D. People should learn to draw others attention. 27. What does the text mainly talk about? A. How to become a good model for policemen. B. How the policemen help the homeless. C. A lucky homeless woman who caught public attention.
27、 D. A policeman seen sharing lunch with a homeless woman. 20202021 学年度第一学期期中学情检测高三英语试卷 第 5 页，共 16 页 C When you really love a book, or have just scored a new one that youre dying to read, it can be exciting to pick up a smooth, shiny hardcover copy that creaks (发出吱嘎声) a little bit when you open it. B
28、ut those hardcover books can be heavy, and new ones arent cheap, either. Sometimes, youd just rather have a portable paperback but if its a new book youre after, you might have to wait a full year or so to get it in paperback form. Why are books released as hardcovers first? Not so long ago, hardcov
29、er books were the only type of books. Before the appearance of mass production, print runs were limited, and books were hard-bound and expensive. Around the 1930s, that changed with the production of mass-produced paperback books, which consisted with a huge surge in reading as a leisure activity ar
30、ound World War II. Paperback books were more affordable and cheaper to produce, which still holds true today. Despite the seeming advantages of paperbacks, there are several reasons why the hardcover has persisted. Because of its history, it conveys a bit more legitimacy (正统性) in the book world than
31、 the paperback does. “The hardback is a mark of quality.it shows booksellers and reviewers that this is a book worth paying attention to,” Philip Jones, editor at the Bookseller, explains to The Guardian. But the major reason why books come out as hardcovers is that people buy them, despite their hi
32、gher cost. The New York Times compares it to movies being released in theaters several months before they arrive on DVD. “Just as film fans like to see films on the big screen, collectors enjoy the hardbacks superior quality,” according to The Times. And because theyre profitable, publishers can gai
33、n more from hardcovers, which “will often sell at twice the price of their paperback edition but do not cost twice as much to produce,” Jones explains. 28. What can we learn about hardcover books from the first paragraph? A. They are heavy but not expensive. B. They appeal to real book-lovers. C. Th
34、ey take a long time to come out. D. They are not preferred by book-lovers. 29. What does the underlined word “surge” in paragraph 2 mean? A. Increase. B. Success. C. Difference. D. Drop. 30. Why are hardback books still printed today? A. They are brilliantly edited. B. They convey correct informatio
35、n. C. They are worth collecting. D. They sell better than paperbacks. 31. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To introduce hardcover books. B. To present a new social finding. C. To encourage people to read books. D. To explain a confusing problem. 20202021 学年度第一学期期中学情检测高三英语试卷 第 6 页，共 16 页 D
36、 In 1926, US automaker Henry Ford shortened its employees workweek from six eight-hour days to five, with no pay cuts. Its something workers and labor unions had been calling for. Ford wasnt responding to worker demands; he was being a businessman. He expected increased productivity and knew workers
37、 with more time and money would buy and use the products they were making. It was a way of encouraging consumerism and productivity to increase profits, and it succeeded. Since standardization of the 40-hour workweek in the mid-20th century, everything has changed but the hours. If anything, many pe
38、ople are working even longer hours, especially in North America. This has a severe influence on human health and well-being, as well as the environment. Until the Second World War, it was common for one person in a family, usually the oldest male, to work full-time. Now, women make up 42 percent of
39、the worlds full-time workforce. Technology has made a lot of work unnecessary, with computers and robots doing many tasks previously performed by humans. Well into the 21st century, we continue to work the same long hours as 20th century laborers, using up ever more of Earths supply to produce more
40、goods that we must keep working to buy, use and replace in a seemingly endless cycle of hard work and consumption. Its time to pause and consider better ways to live like shifting from fossil-fueled lifestyles with which our consumer-based workweeks are connected. The UK think tank, New Economics Fo
41、undation, argues that a standard 21-hour workweek would address a number of interconnected problems: “overwork, unemployment, over-consumption, high carbon emissions, low well-being, and the lack of time to live sustainably, to care for each other, and simply to enjoy life”. Economic systems that re
42、quire constant growth on a finite (有限的) planet dont make sense. Its time for a change in our economic thinking. 32. Why did Ford decide to shorten the workweek? A. To make more profits. B. To cut workers pay. C. To respond to worker demands. D. To meet labor unions requirements. 33. What change in t
43、he workforce happened after World War ? A. The number of laborers decreased. B. More women worked full-time. C. Technology enabled people to work shorter hours. D. It was unnecessary for a familys oldest male to work. 34. What can we infer from the third paragraph? A. Longer working hours means bett
44、er consumption ability. B. The 21st century sees the longest working hours in history. C. Pausing our way of living can change the present workweek. D. The cycle of hard work and consumption should be changed. 35. New Economics Foundation thinks a 21-hour workweek will _. A. increase unemployment B.
45、 encourage people to enjoy life C. cause various problems D. challenge the economic growth 20202021 学年度第一学期期中学情检测高三英语试卷 第 7 页，共 16 页 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, 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。选 项中有两项为多余选项。 How to Make a Good Impression on Your Teacher Making a good first impression on you
46、r teacher is an important part of having a good school year. You dont have to be smart to get a teacher to appreciate you. Introduce yourself at the first opportunity. Talk to them for a minute or so if you want to. This shows that you arent afraid to socialize and that you have confidence. Most tea
47、chers like students who have confidence and share the same hobbies with them. 36 Do what you are expected to, especially for the first few weeks of school. Always raise your hand before speaking. Dont hesitate to ask questions if you dont understand anything. 37 This implies that you want to learn a
48、nd that you strive to do well in school. Just make sure you dont ask questions too often. 38 Teachers love cheerful students. So keep a positive attitude. Besides, participating shows that you understand what your teacher is talking about. It will seem like that you are prepared and listening in class. Listen carefully and study hard. Know when to pay attention. Having to ask the teacher to repeat themselves can be embarrassing. 39 If you do, youll score highly in your first test. Maintaining your grades throughout the wh
