山西省忻州一中2015年高三上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

1、英语试题 第 1 页 共 12 页忻州一中高三年级（ 2014-2015）第一学期期中考试英 语 试 题(考试时间 120 分钟 试卷满分 150 分)本试卷分第卷（选择题，含听力测试）与第卷（非选择题）两部分，共150 分。考试时间 120 分钟。第卷的答案涂在机读卡上，第卷的答案写在答题纸上。听 力不计分。第卷（共 100 分）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

2、题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Whats the weather like now?A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Fine.2. What do we know about the man?A. He has poor eyesight.B. He didnt see the notice.C. He is stepping on the grass on purpose.3. How does the woman feel about the TV programs?A. She doesnt like watching TV at all.B. She thi

3、nks they are too bad.C. She thinks they are good on the whole.4. How long does it take the woman to drive home when it isnt rush hour?A. Twenty minutes. B. Twenty-five minutes. C. Fifty minutes.5. Where is the womans MP5 player?A. In the bedroom. B. In the kitchen. C. In the sitting room.第二节（共 15 小题

4、;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。英语试题 第 2 页 共 12 页6. What time is it now?A. 7 oclock am. B. About 10: 30 pm. C. Nearly 12 oclock at night7. What is the man probably d

5、oing?A. Doing his homework. B. Having a sleep. C.Chatting online.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。8. How long has the mans wife worked in the bank?A. 3 years. B. 5 years. C. 8 years.9. How does the man like the womans suggestion?A. Wonderful B. Terrible. C. Unacceptable.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. Why was the man

6、late?A. Because he came across a traffic jam.B. Because he rode a bike to the school.C. Because he missed the earliest bus.11. When was the man able to see the headmaster?来源:Z 。xx。k.ComA. Before 10:00 am. B. At 10:00 am. C. After 10:00 am.12. What is the man going to do?A. To buy a new bike.B. To ge

7、t up early every day.C. To go to bed earlier every day.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What is the man going to do in the evening?A. Take an exam. B. Study. C. Look for a job.14. What exam will the man take?A. The final exam. B. The entrance exam. C. The mid-term exam.15. What does the man think of the c

8、oming exam?A. Easy. B. Harder than the last one. C. Too difficult to pass.16. What does the man think of his present job?A. He is not satisfied with it.B. Its the best one in the worldC. Its the worst one in t he world听第 10 段材料,回答第 17 至 20 题。17. What will most Americans do when they need advice?A. T

9、urn to their parents.B. Ask people they know.C. Write to newspapers and magazines.18. How do most newspapers help people with problems?A. They pass their letters to “Dear Apple” and “Dear Flowers”.B. They publish their letters and ask for answers.英语试题 第 3 页 共 12 页C. They publish their letters and so

10、lutions to their problems.19. What is this article mainly about?A. Most American parents arent concerned about their childrens problems.B. Most Americans dont like their family members.C. Most Americans get advice from newspapers and magazines.20. What can we learn about “Dear Apple” and “Dear Flowe

11、rs”？A. They have much experience.B. They have had special training.C. They found their work boring.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分 60 分）第一节 (共 15 小题;每小题 3 分，满分 45 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AShe may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors.A 17-year-old student who spent much of

12、 high school living around homeless shelters and sometimes sleeping in her car today graduated and spoke on behalf of her class at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga., just outside of Atlanta.Chelsea Fearce held a 4.466 GPA and scored 1900 on her SATs despite having to use her cellphone

13、to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night.“I know I have been made stronger. I was homeless. My family slept on cushions on the floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day. Getting a shower, food and clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speec

14、h she gave at her graduation ceremony. Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day. “I just told myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore,” she told WSBTV.Fearce, one of five children, grow up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to liv

15、e in, but at other times had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one. “Youre worried about your home life and then worried at school. Worry about being a little hungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes. You just have to deal with it. You eat what you can, when you can.

16、”To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be admitted into college half way through her high school career. She starts college next year at Spelman College as a junior where she is planning to study 英语试题 第 4 页 共 12 页biology, pre-med (医学预科). “Dont give up. Do w

17、hat you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you want,” Fearce said.21. How did Fearce go on with her study without access to lights?A. By the car light. B. By her cellphone.C. By lights out of shelters. D. By moonlight.22. When Fearce starts college at Spelman College, she will

18、 _A. have graduated earlier from high school than normal B. be a 17-year-old student from a poor familyC. have a home without sleeping in her car or sheltersD. have raised enough money to go to college23. What lesson can we learn from Fearces experience?A. Knowledge can change your fate.B. Dont give

19、 up, and tomorrow will be better.C. Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well.D. He that will not work shall not eat.BCan people change their skin colour without suffering like pop king Michael Jackson? Perhaps yes. Scientists have found the gene that determines skin colour.The gene comes in two v

20、ersions, one of which is found in 99 per cent of Europeans. The other is found in 93 to 100 per cent of Africans, researchers at Pennsylvania State University report in the latest issue of Science.Scientists have changed the colour of a dark-striped zebrafish to uniform gold by inserting a version o

21、f the pigment(色素) gene into a young fish. As with humans, zebrafish skin colour is determined by pigment cells, which contain melanosomes(黑色素). The number, size and darkness of melanosomes per pigment cell determines skin colour.It appears that, like the golden zebrafish, light-skinned Europeans als

22、o have a mutation(变异) in the gene for melanosome production. This results in less pigmented skin.However, Keith Cheng, leader of the research team, points out that the mutation is different in human and zebrafish genes.Humans acquired dark skin in Africa about 1.5 million years ago to protect bodies

23、 from ultra-violet rays(紫外线 ) of the sun, which can cause skin cancer.But when modern humans leave Africa to live in northern latitudes, they need more sunlight on their skin to produce vitamin D. So the related gene changes, 英语试题 第 5 页 共 12 页according to Cheng.Asians have the same version of the ge

24、ne as Africans, so they probably acquired their light skin through the action of some other gene that affects skin colour, said Cheng.The new discovery could lead to medical treatments for skin cancer. It also could lead to research into ways to change skin colour without damaging it like chemical t

25、reatment did on Michael Jackson.24. What is the main idea of the passage?A. People cant change their skin colour without any pain.B. The new discovery helped find ways to change skin colour safely.C. Pop king Michael Jackson often changed his skin colour as he liked.D. Scientists have found out that

26、 peoples skin colour is determined by the gene.25. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. nowadays changing the skin colour with the chemical treatment has bad effectB. Europeans and Africans have the same genesC. the new discovery could help to find medical treatments for skin cancerD. there

27、 are two kinds of skin genes26. Scientists have done an experiment on a dark-striped zebra fish in order to _.A. find the different genes of humansB. prove the humans skin colour is determined by the pigment geneC. find out the reason why the Africans skin colour is darkD. find out the ways of chang

28、ing peoples skin colour27. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Michael Jackson died of skin damage caused by chemical treatment.B. American blacks produce more vitamin D with their skin than others.C. The gene determining skin colour exists widely in whites, blacks and Asians.D. The melanos

29、omes in the skin of blacks usually cause skin cancer more often.CDrinking alcohol is a socially acceptable behavior in many parts of the world. Some medical experts say light drinking may even be good for your health, especially for the heart. But they say such health benefits should be compared to

30、the many health risks connected with alcohol use. Some research suggests that having one to two drinks of alcohol a day may offer some health benefits. Several large studies have shown that this type of 英语试题 第 6 页 共 12 页moderate(适量的) drinking may lower the risk of heart disease and other diseases. A

31、 study last year suggested that drinking small amounts of red wine may help lower the risk of breast cancer in women. Researchers at Medical Center in California studied 36 women. Each woman drank a glass of red or white wine every day for almost a month. Researchers collected blood samples from the

32、 women two times a month to measure their hormone(激素) levels. The next month the women who drank red wine were told to drink white wine instead. The white wine drinkers were told to drink red wine. The researchers found that the women who drank red wine had lower levels of the female hormone than th

33、e white wine drinkers. They said red grapes have chemicals that may help to lower the risk of breast cancer.However, recent studies suggested that even small amounts of alcohol may generally increase the risk of breast cancer in women. They found that women who drink four small glasses of wine a wee

34、k increase their risk of breast cancer by 15 percent.Many studies have examined the harmful effects of alcohol use on the body. Alicia Ann Kowalchuk serves as medical director, saying “Healthy use for adults - thats men under age 65 - is no more than 4 drinks in a day and no more than 14 drinks in a

35、 week. And for women of all ages, its no more than 7 drinks in a week and no more than 2 drinks in a day.” She says too much alcohol use has been linked to liver diseases, and many other cancers.28. How did the researchers carry out their study?A. By following an example. B. By listing facts.C. By c

36、ollecting information worldwide. D. By comparing tested objects.29. Which of the following is the most beneficial to women with breast cancer?A. A glass of white wine per day. B. A glass of red wine per day.C. Small amounts of alcohol per day. D. Four small glasses of wine per day.30. Which of the f

37、ollowing shows the structure of the passage?31. What is the best title of this passage?A. Drinking alcohol is popular in many parts of the world英语试题 第 7 页 共 12 页B. Alcohol drinking can be both good and bad for youC. Drinking alcohol a day may give your health some benefits.D. Alcohol drinking may do

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