1、 河北省 衡水市第二中 学 2016 届高三上学期期 中考试 英语试 题 . 第一卷（共三部分 ， 共计 100 分 ） 1. 0. 5 2. 2B 第一部分 听力（共两 节，满分30 分） ( 5 1.5 7.5 ) 5 A B C 10 1 How did the woman know John failed the exam? A From his expression B From his paper C From the woman 2 Where does the conversation probably take place? A At a shop B At a cinema
2、 C At a restaurant 3 What will the speakers do? A Go to Manila B Invite Mr Quizon C Get familiar with their company 4 Who is the woman? A A new worker B A regular customer C A shop manager 5 What does the man mean? A He will go to town B He misses his parents C He has moved house 节 15 题: 题 1.5 满 22.
3、5 5 A B C 5 5 6 6 7 6 What happened to the boy at the basketball match? A He injured his leg B He quit the match halfway C He failed to score the key ball 7 What was the boy disappointed at? A The result of the match B His performance in the match C the match 7 8 9 8 What are the speakers doing? A P
4、laying chess B Looking at pictures C Making weekend plans 9 What do we know about the woman? A She cooked the man some dishes B She expresses an interest in cooking C She concentrate s when playing chess 8 10 12 10 What are the speakers talking about? A A hobby B A job C A plan 11 What did the man t
5、 hink of learning to make videos? A Diffcult B Enjoyable C Boring 12 What does the man plan to do in the future? :Zxxk.Com A Write stories B Stop making videos C Enter the music industry 9 1 3 l 6 13 Where will the man go first? A To a hall B To a classroom C To a meeting room 14 What will the Direc
6、tor of the Studies talk about? A Student dormitories B Different courses C Social activities 15 How long will the man stay in the hall? A One hour and fifteen minutes B One and a half hours C One hour and forty-five minutes 16 How does the man feel about the test? A Glad B Surprised C Confident 10 1
7、7 20 17 How long is the lecture about ants? A 30 minutes B 45 minutes C 60 minutes 1 8 Where will the film The Great Migration show? A In Theater A B In Theater B C In Theater C 1 9 Who will host the event Encouraging Garden Wildlife? A David Crocker B Monica Chaddha C The speaker 20 What can the li
8、steners do at 2:30 p m ? A Visit the Exhibition Room B Attend a lecture C See a film 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） A B C D A Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice Gifts are easy Choice can be hard I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago I came across the fa
9、ct that the Internet usage was growing at 2300 percent per year and the idea of building all online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old a year I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably nce m
10、ost start- MacKenzie told me I should go for it As a young boy and she wanted me to follow my passion I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling
11、 books on the Internet He took me on a long walk in Central Park listened carefully to me and finally said like a really good idea b ut it would be an even better idea f job and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision Seen in that light,it really was a difficult
12、 choice but finally I decided I had to give it a shot I And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration I took the less safe path to follow my passion choice For all of us in the end we are our choice 21 What inspired the author with the idea of bu
13、ilding an online bookstore? A His dream of being an inventor B The support of his wife C The greatly increasing usage of the Internet D Millions of exciting titles, 22 Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence? A The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and
14、disturb him B He would be very excited if he tried it out C D The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him 23 Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A Cleverness and Kindness B The Starting of Amazon C Following My Passion D We Are What We Choose 24 We can
15、know from the passage that_ A the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author B the author wanted someone else to try the idea C the author might not regret if he failed the idea D the author might go back to his boss if he failed B. Since Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mount Everes
16、t, M a lonely place and is turning into a trash heap. So far, more than 350 climbers have successfully reached the peak. And they have complained about waiting for hours in the bottlenecks ( ) on the way to the peak, and windy up there but downright dangerous. If bad weather strikes, climbers can an
17、d do die. As a matter of fact, the dangerous ngma. All those climbers need to bring a lot of gear and much of them ends up being left on the mountain, sometimes even the peak itself. Mount Qomolangma rk Jenkins writing in National But the good news is that some mountaineers are taking it upon themse
18、lves to clean up Qomolangma. Mountianeer Paul Thelen and his friend Eberhard Schaaf are part of the annual Eco Everest Expedition, which has ed over 13 tons of garbage. Some of that rubbish is even being used for a higher purpose. As part of the Mount Everest 8844 Art Project, a transformed the cans
19、 and oxygen tanks and in one case, part of the remains of a helicopter into 74 pieces of art that have already gone on exhibitio Association, which has helped collect tons of rubbish on the slopes of the mountain. A. Equipment for climbing mountains. B. The food climbers brought onto the mountain. C
20、. Some important machines used for the bottlenecks. D. Some rubbish found on the mountain. 26 The group of 15 Nepali artists_. A. created works of art using rubbish from Qomolangma B. were employed by the Everest Peakeers Association C. climbed Qomolangma and collected 1.5 tons of trash D. painted 7
21、4 : . . 27. What can be the best title for the text? A. Eco Everest Expedition Proves Successful B. Qomolangma Has Become A Huge Mess C. Test Yourself Against Qomolangma D. Recycle Rubbish On Qomolangma C The bed should be reserved as a place for sleep, but people tend to read an iPad a lot in bed b
22、efore they go to sleep. Charles Czeisler, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and his colleagues got a small group of people for an experiment. For five days in a row, the people read either a paper book or an iPad for four hours before sleep. Their sleep patterns were monitored all night. Before
23、 and after each trial period, the people took hourly blood tests to paint a day-long picture of just how much melatonin ( ) was in their blood at any given time. When subjects read on the iPad as compared to the paper books, they reported feeling less sleepy at night and less active the following mo
24、rning. People also took longer to fall asleep on the iPad nights, and the blood tests showed that their melatonin secretion ( ) was delayed by an hour and a half. The researchers conclude in todays journal article that given the rise of e-readers and the increasingly wi despread use of e-things amon
25、g children and adolescents, more research into the long-term consequences of these devices on health and safety is urgently needed. Czeisler and colleagues go on, in the research paper, to note However, software has been developed that can reduce some of the blue light from the screens of phones and
26、 computers according to time of day, and there are also glasses that are made to filter ( ) short wavelengths. While they seem like a logical solution for the nighttime tech users, it needs more research. 28. In Charles Czeislers experiment, all the subjects were asked to_. A. sit in a row and recei
27、ve the strict tests : | | B. have their sleep patterns observed all night C. read a paper book and an iPad at the same time D. have their blood tested per hour during the trial 29 The third paragraph tells us the iPad readers were likely to_. A. feel less sleepy and tired in the day B. fall asleep m
28、ore easily after reading C. become less energetic the next morning D. have a lot more melatonin secretion 30. The special software recently developed can_. A. remove the blue light from your devices completely B. help prevent eyes being harmed by short wavelength C. weaken the harm done by doing nig
29、httime e-reading D. be used in all the e-things widely and safely 31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text? A. No e-reading in bed before sleep B. New software for night e-readers C. Wrong behaviors before bedtime D. No games on iPad in bed D See a cellphone cover that you like
30、on Taobao? Forget about placing an order, paying the bill online and waiting for days for it to be delivered to you. your computer. not that hard to understand how it would work. Just as a traditional printer sprays ink onto paper line by line, modern 3D printers spread material onto a surface layer
31、 by layer, from the bottom to the top, gradually building up a shape. Instead of ink, the materials the 3D printer uses are mainly plastic, resin( ) and certain metals. The thinner each layer is from a millimetre to less than the width of a hair the smoother and finer the object will be. This may so
32、und like a completely new technology, but the truth is that 3D printing has been around since the late 1980s. Back then, it was barely affordable for most people, so few knew about it. Last year, though, saw a big change in the 3D printing industry printers became much cheaper. For example, 10 years
33、 ago a desktop 3D printer might have cost 20 000, while now they cost only about 1 000, according to the BBC. Ta ken out of the factory and introduced to more diverse and common uses, 3D printing can create just about anything you can think of flutes , bikinis, jewelry, aircraft parts and even human organs. In fact, scientists from C
