1、2018-2019学年第一学期高三英语期中质量检测总分： 140 分 时间：120 分钟I. Listening ComprehensionSection ADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only
2、once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. The film is terrible. B. She hasnt seen the film.C. She has a different view. D. The film review is good.2. A. He
3、has got employed. B. The interview left him a deep impression.C. He attended a sports meet. D. He was expecting a second interview.3. A. Places of interest. B. Travel plans.C. Air quality. D. Summer heat.4. A. Angry. B. Hungry. C. Surprised. D. Sleepy.5. A. Classmates. B. Teacher and student.C. Brot
4、her and sister. D. Boss and secretary.6. A. Library. B. Dormitory. C. Classroom. D. Cafeteria.7. A. She will sell it to buy a bookstore.B. She will rent it to a bookstore owner.C. She will change it into a bookstore.D. She hasnt made up her mind.8. A. Visit friends. B. Travel to another city.C. Stay
5、 at home. D. Drive on the highway.9. A. She was still a college student. B. She got a job in college.C. She got supported by a scholar. D. She had enough money for college study.10. A. He missed a friends party. B. Mary didnt invite him to the party.C. He couldnt go to the party. D. His parents forg
6、et his birthday.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passage and the conversations will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a questi
7、on, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Buy text books at local schools. B. Improve language skills by different means.C. Read text books online. D
8、. Attend a language school online with partners.12. A. Grammar. B. Reading.C. Vocabulary. D. Listening and speaking.13. A. Studying ESL online. B. Setting study goals.C. Finding the right website. D. Studying abroad.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. They tip according
9、 to the attitude of the waiter or waitress.B. They base the tip on the tax included in the bill.C. They tip the cook as well as the server.D. They tip 15 to 20 percent of the charges.15. A. Foreigners dont know how much to tip.B. Tipping needs complicated counting.C. Some customers are not willing t
10、o tip.D. Diners have to tip unkind servers.16. A. Put an end to tippingB. Give part of the tip to the cooks.C. Add an additional charge to the bill.D. Regard tips as income to the restaurant owner.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. To shop online. B. To collect in
11、formation.C. To check emails. D. To find cheap products.18. A. When having poor net connection. B. When receiving too many emails.C. When spending too much time online. D. When finding false information.19. A. You may find the prices puzzling. B. You may not receive real samples.C. You may get false
12、 information. D. You may not get what you need.20. A. He goes to see the products with his own eyes.B. He demands to get the samples of the products.C. He spends eight hours online comparing the products.D. He requires online shops to make the products genuine.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADire
13、ctions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank. Printing with Human Cells3D p
14、rinters are taking medicine to a whole new level, called “bioprinting.” Since the early 2000s, doctors and researchers (21)_(work) to find a way to print living human organs and other pieces of anatomy(骨骼) using 3D printing technology. Currently, patients in need of a new organ (22)_ _wait for an or
15、gan donor who is a perfect match for them so that their body wont reject the transplanted organ, and its not uncommon for people to die while (23)_(wait). However, with 3D printing, the organ would be made with the patients own cells, so theres no chance that it would be rejected. These organ transp
16、lants are still a decade away, (24)_ _ experts in the field, and simpler pieces of anatomy will be ready first, starting with skin, muscle, and bone.In the most basic form of 3D printing, a digital blueprint is first made and sent to a printer. Then the printer exudes(渗出) plastic drop-by-drop, layer
17、-by-layer to create the (25)_(desire) shape. However, this basic 3D printing is done using high temperatures, (26)_ would kill live cells. Thus the printers used for bioprinting have been reinvented not to require extreme heat. In this special kind of 3D printing, the printer deposits biodegradable,
18、 plastic-like materials to form the structure of an organ and water-based gels that contain cells. Those cells anchor onto the structure, and then the organ (27)_(transplant) into a body. The body provides it with nutrients and oxygen (28)_ the organ tissue generates its own system of blood cells.Al
19、though doctors and researchers already have the ability to engineer living tissue and organs, it has always been done manually, which is a laborious process. The advantage of 3D printing is (29)_ its much faster, more precise, and more easily reproducible. One ear, for example, takes only 4-6 hours
20、to print at present.Still, there is a lot of work (30)_(do) in the area of transplanting the printed cells. Section B Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.A. contribute B. existing C.
21、 tough D. completely E. observingF. evolved G. example H. shape I. hardly J. varieties K. monitorOxford English Dictionary Asks Teenagers to Explain Modern SlangOxford English Dictionary has launched an appeal to teenagers, hoping they can help it get to handle slippery teenage slang such as “hench”
22、 and “dank”.Quoting its aim to “record all distinctive words that _31_ the language, old and new, formal and informal”, the OED said that slang terms were “always challenging” for dictionary editors to track. Young peoples language today is “particularly _32_ to describe”, because terms change rapid
23、ly and communication methods such as WhatsApp and Snapchat have made it more difficult to _33_ the changing vocabulary.In its youth slang appeal, the dictionary is asking children and teenagers to send in examples of current slang words, either on Twitter at #youthslangappeal or via its website. Adu
24、lts are also invited to_34_, if they have examples of young people using “words that are _35_unfamiliar to you or familiar words in very unfamiliar ways”.OED senior editor Fiona McPherson said: “Lexicographers(词典编撰者) are used to _36_ and recording language change. Yet, theres something particularly
25、innovative about the way that young people adapt _37_vocabulary to make new words, and in doing so create what seems like a secret lexicon (词汇) to those not in the know.”The OED has been tracking a new sense of the word “bare” for a number of years, it said, citing a 2009 _38_ from Twitter: “Friday
26、is going to be the BUSIEST day of my life I think :) Bare things poppin off.” It will publish an entry for the slang term at the end of the year, with a draft version identifying it as chiefly British slang, meaning “many or much; a lot of”. The OED says this usage “appears to have originated in Car
27、ibbean English, and _39_ from the sense nothing but, too much of”.Other words it will be considering include “dank”, meaning “cool or great”, and “hench”, meaning “fit and muscular”. Words used by younger people “often have a bigger story to tell about _40_of English used by particular ethnic(种族的) o
28、r cultural groups, and their influence on the language as a whole”, said the dictionary, which will be offering UK state schools free access to the OED online for this academic year in conjunction with its appeal.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage
29、there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. The universal use of technology has resulted in a constant current of information interrupting the “flow” of our life. This _41_ pattern was initially marketed as “call-waitin
30、g” for our phones. But now our eyes, ears, and fingers are glued to our technology 24/7. We are _42_ by emails, texts, or the news feeds on our Facebook pages. My friend Ron refers to this technology as “weapons of mass distraction.”But how is this mass distraction _43_ our degree of presence and ab
31、ility to attend to the everyday demands of life? According to a 2010 Kaiser Family Foundation report, children from eight to eighteen spend an average of seven hours and thirty-eight minutes a day using entertainment media. In addition, a study published in the August 2010 issue of Pediatrics found
32、that exposure to _44_ media was associated with attention problems in a sample of 210 college students. The _45_ is just part of the larger picture. Dealing with a crowd of daily text messages and emails makes it difficult for us to be by ourselves when all that activity stops. Although a sense of _
33、46_ is natural at times, our addiction to the nonstop interaction afforded by technology deepens that feeling when access to the technology is unexpectedly _47_. Just think how you feel when you lack cell phone or web access. Is it possible that our obsession with continually checking our emails and
34、 text messages has contributed to our _48_ to genuinely relate with others and find enjoyment without constant stimulation?Aside from the impact of technology on our _49_ and our ability to be at ease in the absence of our technology, lets examine how interacting with our devices _50_ the developmen
35、t of our fundamental communication and social skills. Many researchers observe that everyday conversation between human beings is becoming increasingly_51_. Many of todays children are growing up with a built-in dependence on devices, making it difficult for them to feel _52_ in everyday social situ
36、ations. Often they find it _53_ to make eye contact or deal with even the simplest face-to-face interactions without the aid of technology as an intermediary(媒介).Over time these children forget how to relate with each other because they have become habituated to using technology to _54_ direct conta
37、ct with others and life itself. _55_, some neuroscientists believe that use of the internet actually rewires our brains. 41. A. innovative B. pleasant C. typical D. disturbing42. A. isolated B. flooded C. informed D. promoted43. A. affecting B. enhancing C. highlighting D. establishing44. A. print B
38、. screen C. news D. online45. A. attention B. association C. demand D. distraction46. A. belonging B. independence C. loneliness D. simplicity47. A. unavailable B. approachable C. visible D. prospective 48. A. inability B. potential C. anxiety D. ambition49. A. communication B. attention C. health D
39、. intelligence50. A. agree with B. adapt to C. contributes to D. interferes with51. A. rare B. common C. weird D. popular52. A. fascinated B. comfortable C. restless D. annoyed53. A. convenient B. feasible C. challenging D. inspiring54. A. maintain B. endure C. avoid D. pursue55. A. On the contrary
40、B. In fact C. In addition D. On the other handSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given
41、 in the passage you have just read.(A)What first attracted Isabella Springmhl to the word of fashion was her struggle to find clothes that fit her as a person with Downs syndrome(唐氏综合症). “It was difficult for me to get clothes,” she says. “We have a different body constitution; we are shorter, wider
42、, or very thin. My mother always had to fix the clothes she bought for me.” For that reason she decided to become a fashion designer and to design clothes that fit people with Downs syndrome.However, when she first applied to fashion school she was rejected by two universities in her home country of
43、 Guatemala. While this might cause some people to give up, for her it was the catalyst(刺激因素) that gave her the energy to follow her dream despite the difficulties. Searching for other possibilities, she decided to attend a sewing academy for women.At the academy she was asked to sew outfits for “wor
44、ry dolls,” which are traditional Guatemalan dolls that are put under childrens pillows to take away their worries while they sleep. She preferred to sew clothes for life-sized dolls, however, and she began designing jackets with traditional Guatemalan textiles for them. Following that she switched t
45、o designing clothes for people, drawing on the rich variety of texture and color present in traditional textiles for inspiration.Isabellas process of making clothes starts with her picking out antique textiles from Antigua, the ancient capital of Guatemala. From there, the material is taken to her p
46、lace where she works with her team to create unique clothes. Her goal is to export her brand, Down 2 Xjabelle, all over the world so people can see that men and women with Downs syndrome can accomplish what they set out to do. Through her work as a designer she also wants to be completely self-suffi
47、cient and live on her own.At 20 years old, she is well on her way to achieving her goals. Last year, she was the first person with Downs syndrome to have his or her clothing line featured in the London Fashion Week. She was also featured on the BBCs list of 100 inspirational women. This year shes be
48、en invited to events in Miami, Chicago, and possibly Paris.56. Isabella decided to become a fashion designer because _.A. she was seriously ill B. her mother was a designerC. her family wasnt rich D. she couldnt find suitable clothes57. According to the passage, “worry dolls” are _.A. dolls that can
49、 make you carefree B. fairies who are in charge of dollsC. human-sized dolls with jackets D. traditional dolls for young girls58. Which of the following best describes Isabella?A. Caring and determined. B. Ambitious and proud.C. Well-educated and energetic. D. Creative and outgoing.59. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. The Other Side of the Fashion Industry B. Worries of
