高三英语第一学期期中考试卷2015.11
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5个小题：每小题1. 5分，满分7. 5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的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 times has the woman been to Hawaii?
A. Only once
B. Three times
C. Four times
2. What does the woman do?
A. A travel writer
B. A photographer
C. An environment minister
3. What is the best seller this season according to the man?
A. The black cap
B. The blue cap
C. The blue handbag
4. Why is the man anxious?
A. He doesn’t have a birthday present for his wife.
B. He has lost the wedding present from his wife.
C. He can’t attend his wife’s birthday party tomorrow.
5. What will the man probably do next?
A. Work on his report.
B. Drive the woman to the clinic.
C. Help the woman with her work.
第二节（共15小题：每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分）
听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，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断材料，回答第6、7题。
6. Where should the two speakers make a left turn?
A. At Third Avenue.
B. At Second Avenue
C. At the last traffic lights
7. What’s the probable time now?
A. 8:00 am
B. 12:00 noon
C. 9:00 pm
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题
8. Whose birthday party are the two speakers at?
A. Peter’s
B. Andy’s
C. Ella’s
9. What does the man dislike about the party?
A. The food
B. The drinks
C. The music
10. What can we know from this conversation?
A. The woman doesn’t enjoy the party at all.
B. The man will go to a hospital after the party.
C. The man won’t check the woman’s head.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11. How long has the man waited?
A. For half an hour
B. For one hour
C. For two hours
12. At which gate should the man wait?
A. Gate 2
B. Gate 3
C. Gate 4
13. What does the man want the woman to do?
A. Take him to the right place.
B. Lend her mobile phone to him.
C. Put a message out.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。
14. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At home
B. In an office
C. In a shop
15. What are the two speakers looking for?
A. The man’s mobile phone.
B. The man’s car keys.
C. The man’s jacket.
16. What did the man do first when he got home last night?
A. He watched TV.
B. He had his supper.
C. He took a bath.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Which is the best place to sleep on in Mali?
A. The floor
B. The roof
C. The yard
18. When are a lot of babies born in Yakutia?
A. In spring
B. In autumn
C. In winter
19. How do people feel about the winter life in Yakutia?
A. Exciting
B. Dangerous
C. Boring
20. What is unfit for people to do in La Paz?
A. Play golf
B. Drink much beer
C. Walk the dog
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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．
A
Show Biz Summer 2014
Location: Rosewood Center for Family arts
Important Information:
* Tuition paid on the first day of class. No tuition refunds (退款).
* DCT reserves the right to cancel any class; refunds made for cancelation(取消).
* Please accompany student on the first day of class.
* Registration begins one-half hour before class time.
How To Register:
* Mail : fill out the form in this brochure.
* Be sure to list the class and group that you want & the dates.
Drama Days! —$ 175
Entering Grades : Group A : lst — 2nd Group B : 3rd — 5th .
Time: June 2—June 6
* create the situations and scenes
* SHOWTLME－invite family and friends to your Friday Showcase !
* Bring a sack lunch and drink each day!
Laugh Out Loud —$ 175
Entering Grade : 5th
Time: June 23—June 27
* Tell a joke! Learn why old jokes can be the best!
* Work with your class to put on a Comedy Show for family and friends!
Acting —Just Acting—$225
Entering Grades : Group A: lst —2nd Group B: 3rd — 4th
Time: August 4 — August 8
* Start with the characters: Who are you ? Be the Star of your Dreams.
* Work with your class to create the plot.
Summer Scenes —$ 225
Entering Grades: 5th — 6th
Time: August 11— August 15
* Do you want to be an actor?
* Improve your skills with instruction from professional actors & directors. 21．Which of the following classes suits those who want to be actors ?
A．Summer Scenes B．Acting —Just Acting
C．Laugh Out Loud D．Drama Days
22．If you want to attend Show Biz Summer 2014,you should be aware that .
A．there’ll be no refunds in any case
B．tuition must be paid at least before June 2
C．registration begins half an hour after class time
D．students had better be accompanied on the first day
23．It can be inferred from the text that all the four classes .
A．are intended only for Grades lst —2nd
B．are all held at Rosewood Center for Family Arts
C．will take place in June or July
D．need students to bring a sack lunch and drink each day
B
The predictability(可预见性)of our mortality(死亡) rates is something that has long puzzled social scientists. After all, there is no natural reason why 2,500 people should accidentally shoot themselves each year or why 7,000 should drown or 55,000 die in their cars. No one establishes a fixed number for each type of death. It just happens that they follow a consistent pattern year after year.
A few years ago a Canadian psychologist named Gerald Wilde became interested in this phenomenon. He noticed that mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths throughout the Western world have remained the same throughout the whole of the century, despite all the technological advances and increases in safety standards that have happened in that time. Wilde developed a theory called “risk homeostasis”. According to this theory, people naturally live with a certain level of risk. When
something is made safer, people will get around the measure in some way to go back to the original level of danger. If, for instance, they are required to wear seat belts, they will feel safer and thus will drive faster, thereby canceling out(抵消)the benefits that the seat belt provides. It appears that we have an innate(天生的)need for danger.
In all events, it is becoming clearer that the factors influencing our lifespan(寿命) are far more complex than had been previously thought. It now appears that if you wish to live a long life, it isn’t simply a matter of eating the right foods, not smoking, driving with care etc. You must also have the right attitude. Scientists found that people with a suspicious or mistrustful nature die far more often than people with a sunny character. Looking on the bright side, it seems, can add years to your life span.
24. What social scientists have long felt puzzled about is why_______.
A. the mortality rate can not be predicted
B. the death number remained stable year after year
C. a fixed number for each type of death has not come into being
D. people lost their lives every year for this or that reason
25. In his research, Gerald Wilde finds that technological advances and increases in
safety standards_____.
A. have helped solve the problem of so high death rate
B. have accounted for mortality rates in the past century
C. have reduced mortality rates for violent and accidental deaths
D. have achieved no effect in bringing down the number of deaths
26. According to the theory of “risk homeostasis”, some traffic accidents result
from_____ .
A. our fast driving
B. our innate desire for risk
C. our interest in speeding
D. our ignorance of seat belt benefits
27. Which of the following may contribute to a longer life span?
A. Smoking once in a while
B. Showing little trust in the communication
C. Eating the food low in fat and driving with great care
D. Developing an optimistic personality and never losing heart
C
Night after night, she came to pull the covers up around me and make me feel comfortable in bed, even long after my childhood years. Following her longstanding custom, she would lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.
I don’t remember when it first start ed annoying me — her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt work-worn and rough against my young skin. Finally, one night, I shouted out at her, “Don’t do that anymore — your hands are too rough!”She didn’t say anything in repl y. But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love.
Time after time, with the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. By then I missed my mother’s hands, missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead.
Sometimes the incident seemed very close, sometimes far away. But always it remained in the back of my mind.
Well, the years have passed, and I’m not a little girl anymore. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She’s been our doctor, reaching into a first aid kit for the remedy to calm a young girl’s stomach or soothe the boy’s injured knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world... gets stains out of blue jeans like I never could...
Now, my own children are grown and gone. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her. So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly ran across my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, touched my brow.
In my memory, for the thousandth time, I recalled the night my young voice complained, “Don’t do that anymore —your hands are too rough!” Catching Mom’s hand in hand, I blurted out how sorry I was for that night. I thought she’d remember, as I did. But Mom didn’t know what I was talking about. She had forgotten — and forgiven — long ago.
That night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
28. In the writer’s eyes, the familiar expression of mother’s love could be ______.
A. standing beside her bed
B. sleeping together with her
C. brushing with the rough hands
D. spending the night with her
29. The phrase “blurted out” (Paragraph 6) probably means ______.
A. said suddenly without thinking much
B. screamed at somebody in anger
C. spoke in a loud voice rudely
D. shouted to somebody cheerfully
30. Which words can best describe the writer’s mother?
A. Strict and annoying
B. Kind and sensitive
C. Hardworking and forgetful
D. Gentle and caring
31. The best title for the passage can be ______.
A. Daughter’s Guilt
B. Mother’s Hands
C. Better to Forgive and Forget
D. Never too Late to Say Sorry
D
Most parents of kids under age 8 don't worry about how much time they spend watching TV or using other media, from computers to smart phones to tablets PCs, according to a new survey that found a child's use of media often reflects how much time parents spend in the similar way．
¨We generally found that media use is not a source of conflict in the home" for families with young children, Ellen Wartella, a researcher from Northwestem University, told USA Today．She led a survey of 2,326 parents who have children 8 and younger．It found that in 80 percent of families, children's media use was not a problem, with 55 percent “not too" or“ not at all" concerned about it．It also showed parents have more positive than negative feelings about how media consumption affects a child's learning and the development of creativity．The exception is video
games, which are viewed more negatively than TV, computers or mobile devices．“Parents rated video games as more likely to have a negative effect on children's school performance, attention time, creativity, social skills, behavior and sleep than any other medium," the researchers said in a news conference about the survey．
¨The findings ex poses a generational shift （转移）in parental attitudes about technology's role in young children's lives," said Wartella．“Today's parents grew up with technology as a central pact of their lives, so they think about it differently than earlier generations of parents, instead of a battle with kids on one side and parents on the other, the use of media and technology has become a family affair．"
The researchers identified three media environments created by parents: media-centric （39 percent of families）, media-moderate （45%）and media-light （16%）．Children in media-centric families spend at least three hours more each day watching TV or using computers, video games and tablet PCs don't make parenting easier．And 88 percent of parents say they are most likely to turn to toys or activities to keep their children occupied．Slightly fewer turn to books （79%）and TV（78%）．
The survey didn't look at how media affects children．That's a topic that the American Academy of Pediatrics has handled a number of times．The AAP says studies have found too much media use can lead to attention- problems, school difficulties, sleep and eating disorders and being fat．In addition, the Internet and cell phones can provide platforms for illegal and risky behaviors．¨By limiting screen time and offering educational media and non-electronic formats （格式）such as books, newspapers and board games, and watching television with their children, parents can help guide their children's media experience．Putting questionable content into context and teaching kids a700ut advertising contributes to their media literacy （素养）," it says．
The pediatricians' group says parents should have “screen-free zones" and TV should be turned off during dinner．At most, it recommends children and teens engage with entertainment media for no more than two hours a day and that should be high-quality content．It is important for kids to spend time on outdoor play, reading, hobbies and using their imaginations in free play．“ Kids under 2 should not use television and other entertainment media because their brains are developing quickly and they learn best from direct human interaction," the group says．An article on screen time by t．he Mayo Clinic also notes problems linked t．o over screen time, including being fat, irregular sleep , behavioral problems , weak school performance , violence and less time for active and creative play．32．Parents have more negative than positive feelings about media consumption like ．
A．computers B．smart phones
C．video games D．tablets PCs
33．From the data of the survey, we learn ．
A．children in media-centric families are smarter than others
B．children in media-light families spend one hour watching TV
C．more than half of the parents think children's media use was a problem
D．media-centric children spend more than three hours each day on media use 34．To make parenting easier, most parents probably ．
A．try to persuade their children to read books
B．ask their children questions while watching TV
C．allow their children watching TV or using computers
D．turn to toys or activities to keep their children occupied
35．Which of the following is a suggestion by the researchers?
A．Media use time for babies under 2 should be limited．
B．Entertainment media use should be high-quality content．
C．Schools should provide more time for active and creative play．
D．Home media use should provide platforms for illegal and risky behaviors．
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。
The iPon Generation
Today it is common to see people who walk about with colored wires hanging from their ears wherever they go．They move about in their personal bubbles, sometimes unaware of what's happening around them．36 Outside life is shut out．So are you one of them"?
For me; walking around in my own personal bubble is perfect．37 What's even better, wearing earphones seems to give a signal to people which says; "I'm not available for chatting at the moment "
Suppose, you're at work and about to make an incredible breakthrough? but a colleague suddenly turns up．At this precise moment, the slightest disturbance would break your concentration．38 Once again, those wires hanging from your ears would be sure to give that "Go away!" signal．
39 It's probably part of the growing up stage when they just want to ignore their whole family．While their mothers give them lectures about why they should do their ' Yes．Mum．'' Problem solved．
Pretty soon, not only will we have pretty colored wires hanging from our ears-but also our brains will be directly plugged into some new high-tech instrument．We'll be in a virtual （虚拟的）world, communicating with everyone else, or choosing not to, as we like．In this world, we will all be permanently plugged in．40 And they are changing our social habits along the way．
In the end, there is a thin line between using technology as a tool for making life better and being a slave to it! It's so strange-suddenly, I don't feel like wearing my earphones anymore
A．Our instruments are changing quickly．
B．I also have wires hanging from my ears．
C．In the home situation, teenagers love these wires．
D．I don't have to deal with the noise from the environment．
E．After all, I am listening to my favourite music and would rather not be disturbed．
F．Listening to music through earphones is the perfect way to ignore such interruptions．
G．They walk around in their own spaces, with their personal "digital noise reduction systems ．
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节完形填空（共20小题；每题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
How far would you walk to learn about something that interested you? When he was young, Jacob Lawrence often walked more than sixty 41from his home in the Harlem section of New York City to the Metropolitan Museum of Art．Jacob wanted to be a（n）42，and he believed that studying the famous paintings 43in that museum would help him．
It was 1930,when many people were out of work, money was 44 and people suffered a lot．Still the streets were 45with energy and color．As he walked through Harlem, Jacob looked hard at the people, the churches, and barbershops and so on．He 46those images in his mind, along with the images of paintings he saw in the 47．
Jacob came from a poor family．His mother believed there was little chance 48 her son could grow up to be a successful painter．She wanted him to aim for something more 49 ．But Jacob's teacher, Alston, in an art program saw that he was talented．Alston 50 him how to use paints to make stage sets．
As time passed, Alston let Jacob rent work space in his own studio．That was an exciting place for a young black man 51 to become an artist．Many creative people 52there to talk about art, literature and history．From their 53 ,Jacob learned that history books often 54 the accomplishments of African Americans．He decided to paint a ser1es of pictures describing the story of a black hero．He 55Toussaint, who had helped free his people 56 French ruling．
Many people admired Jacob's pictures, but he needed 57 admiration．To help his family, he often had to work at jobs that 58 him away from painting．Then something encouraging happened．An artist named Augusta got Jacob a job．For eighteen months, Jacob was given a 59 to paint pictures．For the first time, he felt like a 60 artist．
41．A．steps B．blocks C．buildings D．avenues 42．A．artist B．tutor C．scholar D．official 43．A．swinging B．existing C．hanging D．twisting 44．A．blank B．loose C．tough D．tight 45．A．lined B．decorated C．associated D．filled 46．A．stored B．received C．created D．remembered 47．A．museum B．studio C．church D．street 48．A．whether B．which C．that D．when
49．A．precious B．practical C．standard D．flexible 50．A．recommended B．reminded C．provided D．showed 51．A．hesitating B．struggling
C.marching D．participating
52．A．settled B．wandered C．gathered D．rushed 53．A．experiences B．performances
C.accents D．conversations
54．A．acknowledged B．accused C．ignored D．witnessed 55．A．chose B．accepted C．counted D．employed 56．A．against B．from C．for D．with 57．A．more than B．rather than C．other than D．less than 58．A．broke B．gave C．permitted D．took 59．A．award B．title C．salary D．prize 60．A．permanent B．popular C．positive D．professional
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分英语知识运用
第二节（共10分；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Until about 150 years ago, the most important, expensive and renowned kind of painting was large-scale pictures that told a story, regarded as the 61 (hard) challenge for an artist.62 (choose) suitable subjects, artists had to be well-read. Then they had to know63 stories could be told without words, using only gestures and expressions. To create lifelike scenes, they had to understand perspective, lighting and anatomy. So history painting needed a lot of thought and 64 .(imagine). Large-scale pictures used to be reserved for grand religious or patriotic subjects, but that changed in the 19th century, as artists began creating history paintings based65 contemporary news stories. One of the first of these was The Raft of the Medusa, inspired by the wreck of66 French ship in 1816, which showed how art could have a powerful political impact. It presents a scene67 the survivors of the wreck on a raft littered with bodies try to signal to a distant ship. When they68 ( rescue ), they told how they had been abandoned by their captain, while he sailed to safety in a lifeboat. Starving, they had to eat each other to survive—though this picture makes 69 look heroic rather than violent. The picture caused a huge outcry. Some people thought the artist meant to criticize the French king, 70 had been involved in appointing the ship's captain.
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：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。
In modern society, competition is everywhere. No wonder a English philosopher considers competition the source of a series of problem such as frustration and anxiety. Therefore, if we stress cooperation too much, there would be no progress. In my opinion, all are important and necessary. Let’s take the competition at school for example. Even a gifted student won’t make a remarkable progress if he is in a class without competition. That’s because competition, and rather, challenge is a driving force made him go forward. On the other hand, if we don’t cooperate with each other, it’s impossible for us learn from each other. And that’s why most of the great discoveries or inventions in the modern world are the result of cooperation.
To conclude, those who laugh last are the people who can successful cope with the relationship between competition and cooperation.
第二节书面表达(25分)
你校正在进行“英语论坛周”活动，请以“To Be a Popular S tudent”为题，就以下三方面提出要成为一名受欢迎学生应具备的素质，用英语写一篇100~120词的短文参加该主题的讨论。
1. 对待集体；
2. 对待他人；
3. 对待自己。
注意：短文的开头已给出（不计词数）。
To Be a Popular Student
To Be a Popular Student, we should be equipped with the following qualities.
高三期中考试答案（2015-10-29）
听力：1-5 CACAA 6-10 CCABC 11-15 BBCAB 16-20 ABBCB （听力训练33）
阅读理解：21-23 ADB 24-27 BDBD 28-31 CADB 32-35 CDDB 36-40 GDFCA
完形填空： 41-45 BACDD 46-50 AACBD 51-55 BCDCA 56-60 BADCD
语法填空：61.hardest 62. To choose 63. how 64. imagination 65. on
66. a 67. where 68. were rescued 69. them 70. who
短文改错： 1. a—an 2. problem—problems 3. Therefore—However 4. stress—stressed或would—will 5. all—both 6. 去 a 7. and—or 8. made—making 9.加to 10. successfully
书面表达：
One possible version:
To Be a Popular Student
To Be a Popular Student, we should be equipped with the following qualities. To enjoy popularity, we are supposed to regard the class as our family and sacrifice our personal interests whenever necessary. Besides taking an active part in class activities, we should work responsibly to build up a good reputation for the team.
In addition, students with high popularity are those who show respect, concern, and sympathy for others. So undoubtedly, we should never hesitate to give a hand to those in need.
Finally, when it comes to gaining popularity, one thing that can’t be ignored is to be strict with ourselves, making every effort to achieve an all-round development. In time of success, we should remain modest, while in time of difficulty, we should keep strong-minded.
All in all, popularity with classmates and teachers comes naturally to those who keep improving their qualities.