1、2019 届高三英语单元测试英语试卷本试卷满分 150 分,考试时间 120 分钟。第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 20 分)第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 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 秒钟的时间来阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman ask John to do?A. Leave the room for a moment.B. Have a discussion with Pete.C. Get something t
2、o eat.2. How are the prices in the restaurant?A. Reasonable. B. High. C. Low.3. What docs the man really want to say?A. The lady shouldnt care too much about it.B. He gave the kid fewer candies on purpose.C. The kid has secretly had some of the candies.4. What day is it when the conversation takes p
3、lace?A. Saturday. B. Monday. C. Sunday.5. How does the man feel?A. Worried. B. Relieved. C. Confused.第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 15 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、7 题。6. Where is the man going?A
4、 To the travel agency. B. To the shop. C. To the bank.7. How will the man go there?A. In his own car. B. In the womans car C. In a taxi.听第 7 段材料,回答第 8、9 题。8. How will the speakers decorate their house again?A. By repainting the living room.B. By painting the wall in blue.C. By drawing a picture on t
5、he curtain.9. What will the two speakers do first?A. Make a plan. B. Buy some paint. C. Visit a country-style house.听第 8 段材料,回答第 10 至 12 题。10. What does the man want the girl to do?A. Find ft village. B. Draw a picture. C. Provide information.11. Which of the following can describe the girl?A. She w
6、 unfriendly. B. She lacks imagination C. She lacks confidence.12. What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student B. Father and daughter. C. Boss and secretary.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the relationship likely to be between the two speakers?A. Waiter and cu
7、stomer. B. Friends. C. Wife and husband.14. Where are the two speakers?A. In a laundry B. In a coffee shop. C. In a university.15. What will people do to make the French toast before baking it?A. Mix the bread with eggs.B. Put some fresh fruit on the top.C. Spread some powdered sugar.16. Who will pr
8、obably pay the bill next time?A. Betty. B. The man. C. Both of them.听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. How long did Bart work as an engineer m the steelworks factory?A. For four years. B. For fifteen years. C. For forty years.18. What did Bart do after his 55th birthday.A. A manager. B. An advisor. C. A vo
9、lunteer.19. What does Bart like best now?A. playing golf. B. Painting pictures. C. Making articles.20. How us Barfs life in the retirement community?A. Dull. B. Busy. C. Colorful.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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中,选出最佳选项。AAdding math talk to story time at
10、 home is a winning factor for childrens math achievement, according to a new research from a university. The study from psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine shows a marked increase in math achievement among children whose families used Bedtime Math, an iPad app that delivers engaging math sto
11、ry problems for parents and children to solve together.Even children who used the app with their parents as little as once a week saw gains in math achievement by the end of the school year. The apps effect was especially strong for children whose parents tend to be anxious or uncomfortable with mat
12、h.Previous research from this group has demonstrated the importance of adults attitudes about math for childrens math success. For example, a recent study found that math-anxious parents who help their children with math homework actually weaken their childrens math achievement.The new findings demo
13、nstrate that structured, positive interactions around math at home can cut the link between parents uneasiness about math and childrens low math achievement.“Many Americans experience high levels of anxiety when they have to solve a math problem, with a majority of adults feeling at least some worri
14、es about math,” said Beilock, professor in Psychology and author of Choke, a book about stress and performance. “These math-anxious parents are probably less likely to talk about math at home, which affects how competent their children are in math. Bedtime Math encourages a dialogue between parents
15、and kids about math, and offers a way to engage in high-quality math interactions in a low-effort, high-impact way.”Study participants included 587 first-grade students and their parents. Families were given an iPad installed with a version of the Bedtime Math app, with which parents and their child
16、ren read stories and answer questions involving math, including topics like counting, shapes and problem-solving. A control group received a reading app that had similar stories without the math content and questions related to reading comprehension instead. Childrens math achievement was assessed a
17、t the beginning and end of the school year. Parents completed a questionnaire about their nervousness with math.The more times parents and children in the math group used the app, the higher childrens achievement on a math assessment at the end of the school year. Indeed, children who frequently use
18、d the math app with their parents outperformed similar students in the reading group by almost three months in math achievement at years end.1. Bedtime Math is an iPad app that _.A. requires parents and children to answer reading comprehension questionsB. encourages children together with their pare
19、nts to solve math story problemsC. teaches children how to count, recognize shapes and solve practical problemsD. assesses childrens math achievement and parents nervousness with math2. The previous study found that _.A. childrens math achievement are related to parents attitude about mathB. help fr
20、om math-anxious parents improves childrens math achievementsC. interactions around math at home will cut off the family relationshipD. children can achieve more success if they see the importance of math3. We can infer from the passage that _.A. children using the app can see gains in math achieveme
21、ntB. children whose parents are uneasy about math outperform other studentsC. it is the math problems related to the stories that make the great differenceD. the frequency of using the app has nothing to do with childrens achievement【答案】1. B 2. A 3. C【解析】这是一篇说明文。本文主要介绍了一个能够让孩子与父母亲通过交流而提高孩子数学水平的 App
22、软件,这个软件通过与数学有关的故事促进父母与孩子有关数学的交流。【1 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在第一段 The study from psychologists Sian Beilock and Susan Levine shows a marked increase in math achievement among children whose families used Bedtime Math, an iPad app that delivers engaging math story problems for parents and children to solve toget
23、her.可知 Bedtime Math 是一个 App 应用软件,它能够给出与数学有关的故事,然后让孩子与父母一起解决。通过这种方法锻炼孩子的数学思维,故选 B。【2 题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在第三段 Previous research from this group has demonstrated the importance of adults attitudes about math for childrens math success.可知先前的研究说明父母对数学的态度对孩子数学的成绩有很大的影响,故选 A。【3 题详解】推理判断题。答案定位在第一段 an iPad app th
24、at delivers engaging math story problems for parents and children to solve together.可知这个 iPad 里给出的与数学有关的故事才是起作用的关键,通过与父母讨论解决这些故事里的数学问题,孩子们的数学水平才会有提高,故选C。BThe clearing of my parents home has made me think about the importance, even centrality of books to the houses life and soul. The house, and our l
25、ives in it, would not have been the same without books. The force of the statement comes home to me as I see what happens when shelves are emptied. The rooms suddenly look uncomfortably bare.I always rather took it for granted that books furnished a room. The only rooms in our house without books we
26、re the dining-room and the bathrooms. Otherwise there were books everywhere: in all the bedrooms, in the drawing-room and in the piano room which became my parents comfortable winter study.I couldnt help feeling that books were rather like people: some more formal and boring, others more entertainin
27、g; some simply for show, others with unpromising outsides but rich interiors. They did more, in fact, than furnish a room; they were companions who could offer insights, good advice.Now the books are being contributed (not all, to be sure, but very many), and I fear for their future, almost as if th
28、ey were refugees (难民). “Habent sua fata libelli”, goes as the old Latin saying, originally written by Terentianus; it meant that the fate and future of books were determined by the capability of the reader. But the meaning of the phrase has been misunderstood by time and is now associated with the p
29、hysical fate of particular books, how they have passed from owner to owner. This is how Walter Benjamin read the saying when he wrote his essay “Unpacking My Library”, which analyses the extraordinarily close relationship between a collector and his or her books.When I deal with the books that many
30、are going to charity shops, I hope they will find good homes, I cant help wondering if my generation is the last that will oversee such a process. Books are disappearing, as more and more are bought in electronic form and exist only as bytes of information on e-books or other devices. Does this matt
31、er? Could books become more spiritual, as they lose their physicality?4. When clearing the room, the author _.A. realized the influence of books on his past lifeB. thought of the statement his parents once madeC. felt upset to leave his parents books behindD. found some empty shelves left by his par
32、ents5. The underlined word “interiors” in Paragraph 3 refers to _.A. pages B. notesC. covers D. contents6. According to Walter Benjamin, _.A. its important to pass books from one owner to anotherB. the meaning of books is misunderstood by timeC. the fate of books is related to their collectorsD. the
33、 future of books depends on readers capability7. From the passage we know that _.A. the author is attached to physical form of booksB. the authors books are bound to find good homesC. E-books have taken the place of traditional onesD. the authors parents used every room of theirs as a study【答案】4. A
34、5. D 6. C 7. A【解析】清理父母房子时作者发现了书对这所房子和对作者生活的重要性。曾经作者认为书只是用来装饰房间的,但是现在作者认为书籍是可以提供见解和建议的伙伴。 如果没有书,这个房子和作者的生活将是不一样的。【4 题详解】A 细节理解题 根据第一段 The clearing of my parents home has made me think about the importance, even centrality of books to the houses life and soul.可知清理房间时,作者意识到了书对自己过去生活的影响。故选 A。【5 题详解】D 词义
35、猜测题 分析句子 others with unpromising outsides but rich interiors,此处 but 是表示转折的连词,前边讲的是平凡的外表,推断出后边是内在丰富。故 interior 的意思有“内在”之意,书的内在是内容,故选 D。【6 题详解】D 细节理解题 第四段 This is how Walter Benjamin read the saying when he wrote his essay Unpacking My Library, which analyses the extraordinarily close relationship bet
36、ween a collector and his or her books. Walter Benjamin 分析了收藏家和书之间异乎寻常的紧密关系,可知Walter Benjamin 认为书的命运和收藏者有关系。故选 D。【7 题详解】A 推理判断题 文章最后一句话 Does this matter? Could books become more spiritual, as they lose their physicality? 随着电子书的出现,书籍正在消失, 但是作者认为这并不重要,因为书的内容不会因为形式的改变而更有灵性。可以推断出作者更喜欢印刷版的书籍。故选 A。CFor tho
37、se concerned about wrinkly old skin, it might be a creative solution: an elastic(有弹性的) “second skin” that can be smoothed on to make aged tissue look more youthful.The wearable film, developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has shown promise in a series of small experiments wher
38、e it was applied to wrinkles, under-eye bags and areas of dry skin. When applied to the face or body, the thin, transparent layer sticks to the skin and supports the tissue, making it look and behave like younger skin, its producers claim.“What weve been able to do is create a cream that you can put
39、 on the skin, and then when its on the skin it can actually form, essentially, an elastic second skin,” said Bob Langer, who led the research. Tests in the lab found that the polymer film (高分子膜), which is only 70 thousandths of a millimeter thick, reduced the appearance of wrinkles and under-eye bag
40、s, and helped keep moisture (水分) in areas of dry skin.The layer is designed to be applied in the morning, then peeled off at night, In previous studies, the second skin withstood normal daily wear, and the stresses and strains of exercise and swimming, without falling off or causing irritation. It a
41、lso survived exposure to rain.“Its something you can wear for a whole day or longer, depending on the physical forces that get applied to the area where it is worn, “said Daniel Anderson, who helped develop the product at MIT. “You cant tell youre wearing it.”While normal cosmetics can mask imperfec
42、tions on the skin, the new coating changes the way skin behaves by giving it the elasticity of young skin. It was developed with help from two companies.8. According to the text, the “second skin” _.A. was developed by two companiesB. has not been tested by scientistsC. is developed to remove under-
43、eye bagsD. is a transparent covering for the skin9. Compared with normal cosmetics, the new product _.A. can make the skin appear youngerB. can fully mask imperfections on the skinC. doesnt cause any problems in the skinD. must be used in a more complicated way10. What can we learn from the Daniels
44、words?A. You can recognize if people wear the “second skin.”B. The “second skin” should be peeled off at night.C. How long people can wear the layer varies.D. The product can provide skin with a lot of water.11. What is the main idea of the text?A. MIT has made a breakthrough in cosmetics.B. The “se
45、cond skin” helps renew ones youth.C. Masks will soon become a thing of the past.D. How the “second skin” is used to improve skin.【答案】8. D 9. A 10. C 11. B【解析】本文是一篇科普类短文阅读。想让肌肤焕发第二次生命吗?在麻省理工研究人员的努力下,这已经不再是梦想!【8 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章第二段 When applied to the face or body, the thin, transparent layer sticks to
46、the skin and supports the tissue, making it look and behave like younger skin, its producers claim.可知,当被使用到脸部或者皮肤上时,这种薄而透明的层面会附着在皮肤上。故选 D。【9 题详解】细节理解题。根据文章最后一段 While normal cosmetics can mask imperfections on the skin, the new coating changes the way skin behaves by giving it the elasticity of young
47、 skin.可知,正常化妆品可以掩盖皮肤的瑕疵,但是新的涂层可以改变皮肤的状态。故选 A。【10 题详解】推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段 Its something you can wear for a whole day or longer, depending on the physical forces that get applied to the area where it is worn 可知,这种东西可以戴一天甚至更久。故选 C。【11 题详解】主旨大意题。根据文章大意可知,文章主要讲述研究人员发明的可戴薄膜可以让你焕发青春。故选 B。DChinese audiences see
48、med not to have been satisfiedChinese audiences seemed not to have been satisfied with the third season of the highly anticipated food documentary A Bite of China.Even though the series has maintained high viewership ratings since its comeback last week, much higher than other programs aired at the
49、same time, the ranking on Douban, a social networking website featuring films, literature and events, slipped to 4.2 out of 10, as of Tuesday, compared with 9.3 and 8.4, respectively, for the first two seasons.Picky viewers complain that some of the narration is not accurate, while others pinpoint misleading content. At the same time, food blogger questioned whether it is appropriate to give a close-up shot of the poisonous plant Na