1、2016 届福建省南安市第三中学高三上学期期中考试英语试题（试卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟，）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。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给出的 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。请听下面 5 段对话，选出最佳选项。 1. Why is the mans friends English hard to understand?A. She didnt receive
2、much education.B. She comes from India.C. She hasnt learned English long enough.2. Why doesnt the woman want to go to work?A. She doesnt like the job. B. She is ill. C. Its too cold.3. What are the two speakers talking about?A. A dictionary. B. A bookshop. C. Their hobbies.4. What will the man do?A.
3、 Turn down the radio. B. Turn off the radio.C. Turn on the radio.5. Whats the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates. B. Mother and son. C. Husband and wife.第二节（共 15 小题; 每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）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。每段对话后有几个小题，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
4、置。听每段对话前，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 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍请听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. Why is the man still in the office?A. He wants to type a letter. B. He has to clean the floor.C. He is waiting for the woman.7. What will the man do this evening?A. See a film with Mary. B. Go shopping with Mary.C. See a
5、 play with the woman.请听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. What do the two speakers want to do?A. See a film. B. Have supper. C. Go dancing.9. Why wont the two speakers go there on foot?A. The man is too tired and hungry.B. The woman is too tired and hungry.C. It is too far.10. How will the two speakers go the
6、re in the end?A. By bike. B. By taxi. C. By bus.请听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11. Where does the conversation take place?A. In a shop. B. In a bank. C. In an office.12. What is the matter with the computer?A. It is broken. B. It shuts down by itself.C. It is stolen.13. What does the woman decide to do?A.
7、 Repair the computer for the man.B. Give the money back to the man.C. Change the computer for another one.请听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。 14. What will Charlie do on his way to school?A. Post a letter. B. Pick up his father. C. Buy an umbrella.15. What can we learn from the conversation?A. It is going to r
8、ain. B. It is raining. C. It is too hot.16. How will Charlie go back home?A. By taxi. B. By car. C. By bus.请听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。 17. What is the news about?A. A traffic accident. B. The weather. C. A school bus.18. What happened to the school bus?A. It was burnt. B. It was hit by a truck. C. It
9、didnt work.19. How many people got hurt?A. Ten. B. Fifteen. C. Sixteen.20. What did the police tell drivers to do?A. To be more careful in driving.B. To drive slowly on the bad roads.C. To be careful about students.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
10、选项。AWoody Guthrie left California for New York in 1940. There he met Alan Lomax, an expert on Americas traditional music. He collected and recorded traditional American folk （民间的）music, which had few fans at that time. When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk
11、music. Lomax recorded many of Woodys songs for the Library of Congress. Three years later, Woody published a book called Bound for Glory. It was about his early life and travels. From this book people came to learn how Woody had spent his unhappy youth. His mother, Nora Guthrie, died of Huntingtons
12、Disease (亨廷顿氏病) in 1929 when he was 17 years old. There was no treatment for the disease. About twenty years later, the disease also began to attack the son. Woodys health got worse and worse, and finally he entered a hospital. While Woody seemed to be forgotten, his music was not. By the late 1950s
13、, folk music became popular in America. More Americans began listening and playing the songs of Woody Guthrie. Young folk singers came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital. Among them was Bob Dylan, one of Americas greatest popular songwriters. He called Woody his hero. Dylan and others copied
14、 the way Woody sang and played the guitar. And like Woody, they wrote songs that called for social and political justice . Woody stayed in the hospital until he died in 1967. In the last years of his life, Woody could hardly speak. But his family and friends knew he still believed in the causes he h
15、ad sung and written about all his life. They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woodys eyes would become brighter and his defiant (叛逆的) spirit would shine through. 21. According to the passage, Woody died at the age of _. A. 38 B. 44 C. 55 D. 63 22. From the passage we can learn that Woody
16、_.A. set an example to American folk singers B. became popular when he was very young C. learned a lot from young folk singers D. sang and wrote for all kinds of people 23. Which of the following is NOT true about Huntingtons Disease?A. It killed Woodys mother. B. It was the cause of Woodys death.C.
17、 Woody suffered from it all his life. D. It was a deadly disease. 24. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage? A. Americas own music B. A fighter for social justiceC. Folk Music D. A folk music heroBI lost my biological mother when I was 9 and when she was alive she was not mu
18、ch of a mother to me.I met my step-mom for the first time when I moved to America to be reunited with my father. From the beginning she made sure to let me know that I was safe and welcome. I remember when I first saw her at the airport it was different but not uncomfortable. After I was picked up f
19、rom the airport we went home and she unpacked my luggage. Then she took me shopping for new clothes since the ones I had brought with me from Africa were a bit worn.That night before I went to bed she came to my room, which was the first room I had ever had for my own, with the first bed I didnt hav
20、e to share. She told me she was glad to have me and that she would take good care of me.Before she walked out of my new room, she asked me for a hug. I had no idea what she was talking about. I did not know what the word hug meant, not because I didnt speak English, but I had just never heard the wo
21、rd before, let alone knew what it meant. So, I just looked at her with a questioning expression on my face.But she didnt give up. She called my father into the room and asked him to explain to me what she meant. When my father was explaining I looked at her and wondered why she wanted to hug me. She
22、 then told me it was because she loved me and opened her arms wide. Shyly I opened mine and we hugged.That was my very first hug and I was 11 at that time. Im 23 now and, thankfully, I have received many hugs since them.I consider her my birth mother because life began when I came to stay with her.
23、For the first time there were no kids for me to take care of and I became a child for the first time. There was no work waiting for me every day other than the occasional chores that she gave me to teach me responsibility. Today I say thank-you to my mother; thank you for giving me my childhood back
24、 after it had been taken away from me. I am who I am today because of your love!25. What was the authors life in Africa? A. Difficult. B. Amusing. C, Challenging. D. Satisfactory. 26. The author was puzzled at her new moms request for a hug because _. A. her new mom didnt open her arms wide in timeB
25、. the word” hug” made no sense to her at that timeC. her English wasnt good enough to understand itD. she didnt hear what her new mom was talking about27. We may lean from the passage that the author _.A. didnt need to do any work in her second homeB. met her new mom when she was nine years oldC. fe
26、lt safe and loved by what her new mom did D. had a very big family to support in Africa28. What can be the best title for the passage? A. My New Home B. My First HugC. My American Dream D. My African MemoryCCoffee is a powerful drinkOn a personal level，it helps keep US awake and activeOn a much broa
27、der level，it has helped shape our history and continues to shape our cultureCoffee didnt take off until the l400s when people figured out they could roast its seedsBy the l500s，the drink had spread to coffeehouses across the Arab worldWithin another l50 years，it took Europe by storm“It actually had
28、a major effect on the rise of business，” historian Mark Pendergrast saysCoffeehouses became a spot not just to enjoy a cup but to exchange ideasThe insurer Lloyds of London was founded hundreds of years ago in one of Londons 2,000 coffeehousesLiterature，newspapers and even the works of great compose
29、rs like Bach and Beethoven were also spawned(涌现)in coffeehousesIt is often said that after the Boston Tea Party of l773，when American colonists attacked British tea ships and threw boxes of tea into the harbor，Americans universally switched over to drinking coffeeIn a letter John Adams wrote to his
30、wife，Abigail，the Founding Father claims his love of tea but says he will have to learn to embrace coffee instead，because drinking tea had become a symbol of not loving the countryFor all the upsides coffee has brought the modern world，it also led to its fair share of downsides，tooEuropeans carried c
31、offee with them as they colonized various parts of the world，and this frequently meant they enslaved people in order to grow itIn Brazil where slavery was legal until l888 coffee plantations would use slash-and-burn agriculture，tearing down rain forests and planting coffee treesOnce the soil had bee
32、n exhausted，growers would move on to another placeAnd yet，coffee，as Pendergrast says，”had a very good impact in many ways on our civilization，even though it was，for a long time，grown by slaves”29.Why did people enjoy going to coffeehouses?ABecause it was a fashion to drink coffeeBBecause coffeehouse
33、s provided a better tasteCBecause they could stay awake and active thereDBecause they could exchange ideas there30.What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?AAmerican colonists made great profits by trading in coffeeBTea was regarded as a symbol of loving ones countryCCoffee became very popular af
34、ter the incident in BostonDJohn Adams was the Founding Father of the Tea Party31.What is mainly talked about in this passage?ASome interesting stories about coffee cultureBImportant Roles that coffee played in historyCHow coffee became the most popular drinkDHow coffee affected Americas independence
35、 DIm a Chinese student studying in Canada. I have been a boarder(寄宿生) with the Carsons for more than a year and a half.The Carsons live in their own house, which has four bedrooms including the one in the basement which I live in. Judy does all the work in the house and Andrew is responsible for the
36、 work in the garden. When they go out in they evening, they often ask me to look after their children.Judys parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris, lived in another city. Judy was their only child and naturally they doted on Judys children. They often sent the children presents.Last April Mr. Morris died. Now
37、 that Mrs. Morris was quite alone, I expected that Judy would want her to come and live with them. One day, Margaret told me grandma was coming to live with them and her daddy and mummy would want my room back. The news didnt surprise me and the next day I went to Judy and asked her about it. I said
38、 I couldnt think of living in their basement room any longer if it was needed for Mrs. Morris. Judy seemed surprised at first. Then she told me there was no deed for me to move, for they hadnt yet come to any decision about her mother coming to live with them. “Naturally Im worried about my mother.
39、She has been in poor health.” She smiled sadly and added. “To be honest, Andrew and my mother have never got on well. Well wait a bit and see what happens. Perhaps Mother will be all right living herself, of perhaps they will both change their minds.”That was six months ago. During this time Ive hea
40、rd that Mrs. Morris has had two illnesses and that her health has got worse. A nursing home was mentioned once but Mrs. Morris refused to go there. So up to now shes still living alone and Im still living in the basement room.32. What is the relationship between the speaker and the Carsons?A. He is
41、a brother of Andrew Carson.B. He is a close friend of the Carsons.C. He is a student of Judy Carson.D. He is a student who pays to live and have meals at the Carsons house.33. The underlined phrase “doted on” in Para. 3 most probably means_ .A. held B. opened C. destroyed D. spoiled 34. Which of the
42、 following statements is NOT true according to the passage?A. Mrs. Morris was coming to live with the Carsons, so they asked the speaker to move.B. Judy had no brothers or sisters to look after her mother.C. Mrs. Morris loved her grandchildren very much.D. The Carsons once suggested that Mrs. Morris
43、 go to live in a nursing home. 35. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A. The Boarder in Canada. B. Family relationship in Canada.C. Nursing Homes in Canada. D. The children in Canada.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。选项中有两项为多余选项。(注：若答案为 E 涂 AB; 若答案为
44、F 涂 BC; 若答案为 G 涂 CD )Do you know how to pick a good book youll really like? Here are some tips.Start with your interest. 36 . You can pick something that you love to read, not for school. They can be ancient martial (武术) arts, computers, or fashion design. You name it, there are books about it.37 .
45、Do you prefer fiction（小说）or non-fiction (or both)? Fiction books, like novels, can transport you to another world or help you imagine something beyond your own experience. Nonfiction books give you the who, what, when, and why of something. They tell stories using facts but that doesnt mean theyre b
46、oring. Many of them read like novels from start to finish.Read the description. The reviews and quotes(引言) on the back and inside covers of many books give you an idea of what the book is about. They can also help you pick future books, too. If you find a book you really like, take a minute to read
47、the quotes and see which authors praised the book. 38 . Find a family favorite. Which book did your mother love best when she was at your age? 39 . Find out and give them a read then you can share your thoughts about the book.Finally, youll probably enjoy what youre reading a lot more if you find a
48、quiet place and make time for the book. 40 . You can put on some good music, get yourself some tea and let yourself be carried away by the book. Youll see that time does fly when youre reading something you love!A. How about your brothers and sisters?B. Whats your type?C. Reading is a good way to improve your English.D. Most reading is best enjoyed when you can concentrate (专心) on it.E. Often, theyll have similar styles and you might find books you like
