1、广西钦州市钦州港经济技术开发区中学 2016-2017 学年高三英语上学期期中考试试题（缺答案）本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分，共 150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。第卷第一部分：听力(共两节，满分 30 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 time is it now? A. 6: 40. B. 6: 30. C.
2、6: 20. 2. What does the man mean? A. They have left for the airport. B. They are on the way to the airport. C. They may be late for the plane. 3. What kind of music does the woman like? A. Popular music. B. Jazz music. C. Classical music. 4. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Take some medic
3、ine. B. Drink more water. C. Go on a diet.5. What does the man tell the woman? A. There is another cat like his. B. He never loses his dog at all. C. She has mistaken it for his dog.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题，每
4、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 至 7 题。6. How soon will the man finish his book? A. In several months. B. In a few days. C. In two months. 7. What is the man going to do? A. He will market his book himself. B. He will ask his friends to advertise the book. C. He hasnt made a de
5、cision.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 9 题。8. When is Alices birthday? A. The next day. B. The day after tomorrow. C. The day they had the talk. 9. What will the man and the woman buy for Alice? A. A record. B. Some flowers. C. A box of chocolates.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What does the woman say about the restau
6、rant? A. It is very old. B. The fish there is fresh. C. The beef there is delicious. 11. What do we know about the restaurant? A. It serves roast dinners on Sundays. B. It doesnt serve vegetarian dishes. C. It opens from 7: 00 p. m. to 11: 00 p. m. on Sundays. 12. What will the man do next? A. Book
7、a table. B. Check the menu. C. Call the womans sister.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What are the speakers talking about? A. Their own parents. B. Their own changes. C. Their long-lost relatives. 14. What does the man say about Aunt Gertrude? A. She is looking so old. B. She is so thin now. C. She has l
8、ong hair. 15. What does Cousin Emily wear? A. An orange dress. B. A yellow dress. C. A white dress. 16. Where does Aunt Jane live now? A. In Boston. B. In Chicago. C. In Atlantic City.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How will the adventurers cross the Amazon River? A. By train. B. By boat. C. By bike. 18
9、. What will the adventurers do in the rain forests of Brazil? A. See the sunrise. B. Look at a variety of animals. C. Take a boat to the base of the falls. 19. Where will the adventurers go in the second week? A. To the Mount Fuji. B. To the Niagara Falls. C. To the Amazon River. 20. What does the s
10、peaker say about the temples in Thailand? A. They are incredible. B. They are unforgettable. C. They are indescribable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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡是将该项涂黑。AWilla Sibert Cather, Nebraskas most noted novelist, was born in 1873 in Virginia.
11、 At the age of ten, she moved with her family to Webster County, Nebraska, and lived on a farm there for two years before moving into the town of Red Cloud. Many of Cathers acquaintances and Red Cloud area scenes can be recognized in her writings. Cather graduated from the University of Nebraska in
12、1895. While attending the university, she was a drama critic for the Lincoln Journal. She worked for Home Monthly and the Daily Leader in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and later taught English and Latin at Allegheny, Pennsylvania. She moved to New York and served as managing editor of McClures Magazine
13、from 1906 to 1912. Cather continued her education and received a doctorate(博士学位) of letters at the University of Nebraska in 1917. She also received honorary degrees from the University of Michigan, the University of California, and from Columbia, Yale, and Princeton.Cather wrote poetry, short stori
14、es, essays, and novels, winning many awards including the Gold Medal of the National Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1922 she won the Pulitzer Prize for her novel, One of Ours, about a Nebraska farm boy who went off to World War I. Her novel, A Lost Lady, was made into a silent movie in 1925. Othe
15、r well-known Cather novels include My Antonia, O Pioneers, Death Comes for the Archbishop, and The Professors House. Cather died April 24, 1947 in New York. The Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial and Educational Foundation at Red Cloud preserved her childhood home and other buildings connected with her w
16、ritings. In 1961 Cather was the first woman voted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1974 and into the National Womens Hall of Fame at Seneca, New York in 1988. 21. Cather experienced the life on the farm _.A. in Virginia
17、B. in Nebraska C. in Red Cloud D. in the university 22. If you want to learn about Red Cloud youd better_ .A. get to know Cather B. go through the Lincoln Journal C. read Cathers works D. pay a visit to the town 23. Cather received her Pulitzer Prize when she was_.A. 49 B. 44 C. 35 D. 52 24. One of
18、Ours is most likely to be a novel which is mainly about_.A. an excellent student B. a naughty boy C. a fierce battle D. a brave soldier BThere are many superstitions(迷信) in Britain, but one of the most widely-held is that it is unlucky to walk under a ladder - even if it means stepping off the pavem
19、ent into a busy street!Walking under a ladder If you must walk under a ladder you can avoid bad luck by crossing your fingers and keeping them crossed until youve seen a dog. Alternatively, you must lick your finger and make a cross on the toe of your shoe, and not look again at the shoe until the m
20、ark has dried. Umbrella Another common superstition is that it is unlucky to open an umbrella in the house it will either bring misfortune to the person that opened it or to the household. The superstition could date from the old time when its purpose was to act as a sunshade. If opened indoors, it
21、might be considered to be an attack on the sun. Anyone opening an umbrella indoors in fine weather is unpopular, as it inevitably brings rain! Number 13The number 13 is said to be unlucky for some, and when the 13th day of the month falls on a Friday, anyone wishing to avoid an inauspicious event ha
22、d better stay indoors. Seven years bad luckThe worst misfortune that can befall you is caused by breaking a mirror, as it brings seven years of bad luck! The superstition is supposed to have originated in ancient times, when mirrors were considered to be tools of the gods. Black catIn the UK, Black
23、cats are generally considered lucky in the UK, even though they are connected with witchcraft(巫术). You are said to be lucky if a black cat crosses your path.25. Which experience is considered to be lucky according to the passage?A. Walking under a ladder. B. opening an umbrella in the house.C. break
24、ing a mirror. D. a black cat crossing your path.26. Which of the followings is RIGHT in U.K according to the passage?A. Opening an umbrella in the rain is not acceptable or unpopular.B. Bad luck brought by walking under a ladder cannot be avoided using certain ways.C. If you are to open a clothes st
25、ore on May 13 in Britain, you had better change the date.D. Black cats are generally considered unlucky because they have something to do with witchcraft.27. Which two superstitions are related to history?A. B. C. D. CHave you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were
26、 busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name phubbers（低头族）.Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this
27、group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie（自拍照） in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without kn
28、owing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction of the world.Although the ending sounds overstated the damage phubbing can bring is real. Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Constantly bending your head to check yo
29、ur cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “the neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report. But thats not all. Being a phubber co
30、uld also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At reunions with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported. It can also cost
31、 you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.28. For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Para. 2?A. To inform people of the bad effects of phubbing.B. To adver
32、tise the cartoon made by students.C. To indicate the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.D. To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.29. Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?A. His social skills could be affected.B. His neck and eyesight will be gr
33、adually harmed.C. He will cause the destruction of the world.D. He might get separated from his friends and family. 30. Which of the following may be the authors attitude towards phubbing?A. Supportive. B. Opposed. C. Optimistic. D. Objective.31. What may the passage talk about next?A. Measures to r
34、educe the risks of phubbing. B. People addicted to phubbing.C. Advice on how to use a cell phone. D. Consequences of phubbing.DThe illegal ivory trade has been a major problem in Africa for decades. Poachers(偷猎者) and hunters have killed off hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain this precious
35、material. Now, affected areas are taking action. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Wednesday that key states where poaching takes place have promised to stop the ivory trade and protect Africas elephants.In the 1980s, as many as one million elephants across Afric
36、a were killed for their ivory tusks. This continued until 1989, when the Convention on International Trade in Species (CITES) voted to ban all trade in ivory. With trade choked off, demand for ivory fell. Elephant populations slowly began to increase. However, this progress was short-lived.According
37、 to the IUCN, 2011 saw the highest levels of poaching and illegal ivory trading in at least 16 years. Around 25,000 elephants were killed in Africa that year. Preliminary data from the IUCN shows even higher levels of illegal trade may have been reached in 2013. “With about 22,000 elephants illegall
38、y killed in 2012, we continue to face a critical situation,” said John E. Scanlon, CITES Secretary-General. “Current elephant poaching in Africa remains far too high, and could soon lead to local extinctions if the present killing rate continues.”At the African Elephant Summit, key African states wh
39、ere elephants make their home agreed to develop a “zero-tolerance attitude” towards poaching. The deal calls for maximum sentences for poachers and hunters, and increased cooperation between affected states. Officials are determined to classify wildlife trading as a serious crime and to make sure th
40、at the people who commit it are punished. All participants at the conference agreed to sign the deal. With these states coming together, there may yet be hope for elephants.32. Whats the best title for this passage? A. New Hope for Elephants. B. Elephants are dying.C. Elephants are valuable. D. How
41、to protect elephants33. The underlined phrase “choked off” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “_”.A. appreciated B. prevented C. admitted D. explored34. All of the following measures will be taken to protect elephants EXCEPT _.A. to identify wildlife trading a serious crimeB. to punish those who buy
42、or sell wildlife belongingsC. to sentence all wildlife poachers and hunters to deathD. to work together to fight against wildlife hunting35. Whats the main idea of this passage? A. The illegal ivory trade has been a major problem in Africa.B. Elephants in Africa may die out because of the illegal po
43、aching.C. Hunting elephants will be recognized as a very serious crime.D. A new agreement aims to develop a zero-tolerance attitude towards poaching.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。选项中有多余选项。Students dont always get along well with their teachers. 36 .Here is some advice to s
44、olve this problem.Ask yourself, “What can I learn from this teacher?” Even if you dont worship (崇拜) his or her personality or lectures, dig deep until you find a subject in which he or she is very knowledgeable. Focus on that part of the teachers personality, and use him or her as a tool for learnin
45、g. Not only will you gain more knowledge in that subject, but a closer relationship with your teacher may help you understand one another better. 37 Talk to students who are doing well in the class and ask them for tips, tools, and a plan of action to get along with the teacher better. 38 If you sti
46、ll cant get along, make an appointment with the school guidance counselor (辅导员). He or she will offer many tips and suggestions for you to get out of difficult teacher relationships. 39 That means they can help you and your teachers get rid of the bad impression on each other.40 Your parents can mee
47、t with your teacher and try to work it out. Teachers are there for more than just homework, and they know about more than just their subject matter. They can help you learn how to function as an adult and a lifelong learner.Undoubtedly, these will be a few teachers along the way who you will always
48、remember and who might change your life forever.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；每小题 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。It was no wonder I was not looking forward to entering ninth grade. High school is well-known for being a battleground, where everyone seems to be 41 through physical changes, emotional mood swings, and low self-respect. For me, 42 was my punishment.A. Guidance counselors have the right to blame teachers.B. If youre too shy to talk to another student, study his or her actions and behavior in the classroom and try to follow that lead.C. Th
