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河北省定兴县北河中学
2014届高三上学期期中考试
英语试题
考试时间：120分钟
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本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共8页，共150分，考试时间120分钟。
第一卷（选择题共115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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读一遍。
1．When does the play start?
A．At 6．30．B．At 8:00．C．At 6．00．
2．What have they decided to do?
A．Visit．B．Play．C．Fly．
3．Who didn't finish the work?
A．Lily．B．Tom．C．Jack．
4．What is Betty's opinion?
A．Women are better cooks than men．
B．Women are better teachers than men．
C．Women are better workers than men．
5．Why aren't the watches like these made now?
A．Because they are so cheap．
B．Because they are too expensive．
C．Because people don't like them．
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。听完每段对话或独白前，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6 段材料，回答第6-7 题。
6．What kink of movie is going to be on?
A．The love movie．B．The kungfu movie．C．The detective movie．7．How does Grace like the kungfu movie?
A．She thinks it's great．
B．She doesn't like it at all．
C．She enjoys it very much and plans to see it again．
听第7 段材料，回答第8-10 题。
8．What's the relationship between the speakers?
A．Brother and sister．B．Mother and son．C．Classmates．9．What are they going to do?
A．They are going to have an exam．
B．They are going to travel．
C．They are going to buy a watch．
10．What does the woman think of the man?
A．He is very serious．B．He is too careless．C．He is very lazy．听第8 段材料，回答第11-13 题。
11．Why does the man buy a farm?
A．He is tired of living in the factory．
B．He wants to live with a farmer．
C．He wants to earn much money．
12．Why does the woman sell her farm?
A．Because the ground is unfit to grow wheat．
B．Because she has no modern farm equipment．
C．Because farming is very hard work．
13．Which of the following statements is not true?
A．The woman has her own farm．
B．The woman sold her farm at a high price．
C．The man paid $200 for the woman's farm．
听第9 段材料，回答第14-17 题。
14．Where was the doctor going in his car?
A．The doctor was going to a garage．
B．The doctor was going to a patient's home．
C．The doctor was going to his own home．
15．Which of the following was the cause of the accident?
A．The doctor was careless．
B．A big tree had fallen across the road．
C．The road was covered with ice．
16．Why did the doctor go to the nearest house?
A．Because he knew one of his patients lived there．
B．He had received a call to go there．
C．He wanted to use the telephone．
17．Why did the woman patient telephone the doctor?
A．She needed medical treatment．
B．To ask how soon the doctor could come．
C．She believed somebody else needed a doctor．
听第10 段材料，回答第18-20 题。
18．What's in the young man's hands?
A．There are two bags in his hands．
B．There are two boys in his hands．
C．There are two boxes in his hands．
19．How does the driver feel when he hears the passenger is going to the hotel?
A．Disappointed．B．Glad．C．Regretful．
20．How much will the young man give the driver?
A．30 dollars．B．15 dollars．C．13 dollars．
第二部分：英语知识运用（共二节，满分45分）
第一节: 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21．If parents have children help with housework, the children will feel needed．___,they will learn to take care of themselves．
A．On the contrary B．In a word
C．That is to say D．What’s more
22．---- Do you know _______ they got to know each other?
---- It was last year_______ they both taught Chinese in Scotland．
A．When it was that, when B．when it was that, while
C．When it was that, that D．When it was that, as
23．---May I look at the menu for a little while?
--- Of course, _______, sir．
A．don’t worry B．it doesn’t matter
C．enjoy yourself D．take your time
24．As I know, there is ____ car in this neighborhood．
A．no a B．no such C．not such D．no such a 25．____ they decide which college to go to, students should research the admission procedures．A．Once B．While C．Until D．As
26．______ from the 19th century novel by Henry James, this film tells of a young woman’s conflicting feelings．
A．Adapted B．Adjusted C．Adopted D．Admitted 27．Many buildings in the city need repairing, but the one ______ first is the library．A．repaired B．being repaired
C．repairing D．to be repaired
28．As senior three students, it is important to ______ a good state of mind．
A．keep up B．carry out C．get in D．take off 29．--- An explosion at a coal mine killed at least 62 workers and left another 13 missing．--- Yes, ________news came as ________shock to us all．
A． the; the B． /; / C． /; a D． the; a 30．The young member made several proposals, and none of________were considered to be practical or acceptable
A．them B．which C．theirs D．what
31．In order to continue to learn by ourselves after leaving school, we must________learn how to study in the school now．
A．after all B．in all C．above all D．first of all 32．Some modern teaching equipment as well as hundreds of computers ________to ten Hope Schools in South China
A．were sent B．was sent C．have sent D．had been
sent
33．---I stayed at a hotel while in New York．
---Oh, did you? You ________ with Barbara．
A．could have stayed B．could stay
C．would stay D．must have stayed
34．The computers made by our company sell best, but several years ago no one could have imagined the role in the markets that they ________．
A．were playing B．were to play C．had played D．played 35．After suffering a heart attack, Michael Jackson was pronounced dead, ________a tragic end to the world’s most popular entertainer．
A．marked B．to mark C．marking D．having marked
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Years ago I had the opportunity to meet a girl who strengthened my understanding of the power of belief．She was __36___ the most powerful individual I had ever met．I met Chris for the first time while taking the Dale Carnegie __37___ in California．
Our class had already been going for quite some time when ___38___, supported by metal crutches（拐杖）, ___39__ herself in．Chris had cerebral palsy（大脑性麻痹）．She had much ___40___ in communicating with others．This was not due to ___41___ of desire, but because most of her twenty-one years of life she had been kept in a room with no more than Elvis records and tapes to __42___ her．No one had taken the time to assist her in developing the ability to ___43___．It was Bonnie, her present caretaker, who ___44___ there was much more to Chris than anyone else could see．
When asked by the instructor what her goal ___45___ the twelve-week course was, Chris struggled to respond and became frustrated and ____46___ in the process．For most of her ___47___ nobody would listen to her．The only way she knew to get someone to ___48___ was through temper outbursts（发脾气）．With Bonnie as her interpreter, Chris conveyed that her ___49___ was to be able to stand by herself in front of forty-five people and tell us about herself．
On the twelfth week, Chris stood in front of the room and ___50___ with us, in her own words, what her life had been like．It was one of the most beautiful and enlightening experiences I had ever ___51____．Though as a girl who had in many ways been ____52___, she believed that she could ___53___ more in her life and she did．And she also had the love and support of forty-five friends, who, just weeks before, had been ____54___ strangers．What we all witnessed through Chris’ courage is that life is ____55___ moment by moment, based on our beliefs, which are relevant to both our personal and professional direction and have the power to make our wildest dreams come true．
36．A．luckily B．naturally C．formally D．probably 37．A．break B．course C．house D．chance
38．A．someone B．he C．herself D．she 39．A．ran B．rushed C．dragged D．jumped
40 A．difficulty B．concept C．disagreement D．suggestion 41．A．lack B．need C．notice D．cheer 42．A．impress B．entertain C．calm D．annoy 43．A．walk B．pronounce C．communicate D．write 44．A．knew B．asked C．spoke D．required 45．A．at B．for C．on D．in 46．A．grateful B．surprised C．angry D．noisy 47．A．way B．process C．operation D．life 48．A．watch B．smile C．listen D．understand 49．A．class B．goal C．ability D．reason 50．A．began B．agreed C．found D．shared 51．A．argued B．attended C．witnessed D．accepted 52．A．found out B．thrown away C．brought up D．held out 53．A．give B．accomplish C．spend D．accompany 54．A．complete B．necessary C．enough D．typical 55．A．called B．carried C．searched D．created
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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
A
Once again, I was in a new school．So was a girl in my class named Paris．That's where the similarities ended．
I was tall and she was small．My thick, black hair had been recently cut short．Her natural blonde hair flowed to her waist and looked great．I was awkward and shy．She wasn't．I couldn't stand her．I considered her my enemy．She liked me．She wanted to be friends．One day, she invited me over and I said yes —I was too shocked to answer any other way．No one had invited me over to play．But this girl who wore the latest fashions wanted me to go home with her after school．
I got very surprised when she led me into an apartment building．She lived on the fourth floor in a two-room place with her mother, her stepfather, her two brothers and her sister．When we got to the room she shared with her sister, she took out a big case of Barbies —which was my next surprise．I would have thought she'd outgrown them．I had never played with them．But we sat on the floor of a walk-in closet, laughing as we made up crazy stories about the Barbies．That's when we found out that we both wanted to be writers when we were older and we both had wild imaginations．
We had a great day that afternoon．Our jaws ached from smiling so much．She showed me her wardrobe, which had mostly come from a designer clothing store down the block．The woman who owned it used her as a model sometimes for her newspaper ads and gave her clothes in exchange．Paris had the whole neighborhood charmed．The bookstore owners lent her fashion magazines, the movie theater gave her free passes and the pizza place let her have free slices．Soon I was included in her magic world．We slept over at each other's houses, spent every free moment together．My dark hair grew out and I learned to love being tall．Paris, my first real friend since childhood, taught me an amazing and very surprising thing
II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section B Recently,I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting.As we were about to arrive,the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight delay before setting down.High desert winds had forced the airport to close all but one runway.He said that we would be circling the city for a few minutes waiting to land.We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts(21)________(fasten) because there might be a few bumps.Well,that few minutes turned into about forty-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster(22)________(pale)by comparison. The movement was so sudden(23)________several passengers felt sick and had to use airsickness bags.(24)________you might guess,that’s not good thing to happen in a narrow space because it only serves to increase the discomfort of the situation. About twenty minutes into the adventure,the entire airplane became very quiet.There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be distinctly noticed.Every passenger simply held on for dear life… (25)________one.A baby was having a good time!With each bump of the aircraft,he(26)________let out a giggle of happiness.As I observed this,I realized that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his safety.He(27)________thought about the past nor about the future.Those are (28)________we grown-ups have learned from experience.He was enjoying the ride because he (29)________(not teach)to fear it.(30)________(understand)this,I took a deep breath and sat back into my seat,pretending I was really on a roller coaster.I smiled for the rest of the flight.I even managed to giggle once or twice,which is much to the chagrin of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag. C Section People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.If you lived in the Mediterranean,for instance,you would consider octopus a great__31__.You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.On the other hand,your stomach would__32__ at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat---the__33__accepted practice in many northern countries.The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we__34__to them all our lives. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.There are countless people who,ever since their early years,have learned to__35__snails with food.My friend,Robert,lives in a country where snails are despised.As his flat is in a large town,he has no garden of his own.For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.The idea never appealed to me very much,but one day,after a heavy__36__,I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my__37__plants.Acting on a sudden impulse,I collected several dozen,put them in a paper bag,and took them to Robert.Robert was delighted to see me and__38__pleased with my little gift.I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. 第1页/共8页
包头四中2018-2019学年度第一学期期中考试 高三年级英语试题 第一部分：听力（见第 11页） 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，共30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的ABCD四个选项中，选出最佳。 A Five of the most beautiful villages Sidi Bou Said in Tunisia This village seems to disappear into the sky. All the houses are painted white and the skies are clear. It's not surprising that the life here is very relaxing, and it is also home to plenty of cafes and art galleries. Wengen in Switzerland Do you ever wonder how the world was before cars were invented? The village called Wengen might just help you realize your dreams. Cars have been banned from this area for close to 100 years, and everything looks like it was taken right out of Heidi. The locals have kept their Swiss culture undamaged. Shirakawa-go in Japan This village is certainly known for its unusual houses with triangular roofs which seem to resemble hands joined in prayer. It's designed to keep snow from piling up on top of houses. These houses are the symbol of the area but there aren't many of them left anymore. Eze in France France in itself is pretty, but its most attractive village is Eze. This community seems to be frozen in time. This village is the perfect melting pot of cultures because of its closeness to Nice. During the Middle Ages, it was desired by invaders(侵略者),and while this was a cause of sadness for the local people in the past, today the village enjoys its rich heritage(遗产).The architecture here is so diverse. Bibury in England
海淀区高三年级第一学期期中练习 英语2011.11 本试卷共12页，共150分。考试时间120分钟。 注意事项： 1．考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。 2．答题前考生务必将答题卡上的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写。 3．答题卡上选择题必须用2B铅笔作答，将选中项涂满涂黑，黑度以盖住框内字母为准，修改时用橡皮擦除干净。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，未在对应的答题区域内作答或超出答题区域作答的均不得分。 第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。 1. Where are the speakers? A. In a post office. B. In a restaurant. C. In a shopping mall. 2. What is the weather like now? A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy. 3. What class will the woman take? A. Gymnastics. B. Geography. C. Science. 4. Which of the following does the man like best? A. Classical music. B. Pop songs. C. Foreign songs. 5. What is the man doing? A. Offering a suggestion. B. Making an invitation. C. Asking for permission. 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分） 听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话你将听两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. Why does the man choose to take an evening course? A. He works during the day. B. He takes data processing. C. He hates day courses. 7. When is the course in computer programming given? A. On Thursdays. B. On Fridays. C. On Mondays. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。 英语第1页（共12页）
III. Reading Comprehension Section B Directions: 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 in the passage you have just read. B Kettlebells do not hurt people. People do. A kettlebell will get your respect – the easy way or the hard way. Here is the easy way. 1. Get a medical clearance. Get clearance, especially from an orthopedist and a cardiologist. The latter is no joking matter, since kettlebell training can be extremely intense. 2. Always be aware of your surroundings. Find a training area with a non-slippery surface on which you are not afraid to drop a kettlebell. The area must be clear of objects you might trip over – including other kettlebells – or that you might hit with a kettlebell. There should be no people or animals in a radius where you could injure them. 3. Train barefoot or wear shoes with a flat, thin sole and room for the toes to spread. Training barefoot is superior for health and performance reasons. If you must wear shoes, wear Converse Chuck Taylors, Vibram Five Fingers, or similar shoes that have thin soles and do not pinch the toes together. You have sensory receptors on the bottoms of your feet that make you stronger and improve balance and coordination. Wearing traditional shoes diminishes the ability of these receptors to work properly, and therefore inhibits performance and can increase the risk of injury. Go native. 4. Never contest for space with a kettlebell. Do not try to save a rep that has gone wrong. Guide the kettlebell to fall harmlessly, and move out of the way if necessary. And remember, quick feet are happy feet. 5. Practice all safety measures at all times. Respect every kettlebell, even the lightest one. Always use perfect form picking up and setting down a kettlebell. The set is not over until the bell is safely parked.
Section B Directions：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 in the passage you have just read. (B) With the coming of big data age, data science is supposed to be starved for, of which the adaption can point a profound change in corporate competitiveness. Companies, both born-in the digital era and traditional world are showing off their skills in data science. Therefore, it seems to have been creating a great demand for the experts of this type. Mr Carlos Guestrin, machine learning professor from University of Washington argues that all software applications will need inbuilt intelligence within five years, making data scientists—people trained to analyze large bodies of information — key workers in this emerging “cognitive” technology economy. There are already critical applicat ions that depend on machine learning, a subfield of data science, led by recommendation programs, fraud detection system, forecasting tools and applications for predicting customer behavior. Many companies that are born digital—particularly internet companies that have a great number of real-time customer interactions to handle—are all-in when it comes to data science. Pinterest, for instance, maintains more than 100 machine learning models that could be applied to different classes of problems, and it constantly fields request from managers eager to use this resource to deal with their business problem. The most important factor weighing on many traditional companies will be the high cost of launching a serious machine-learning operation. Netflix is estimated to spend ＄150m a year on a single application and the total bills is probably four times that once all its uses of the technology are taken into account. Another problem for many non-technology companies is talent.Of the computer science experts who use Kaggle, only about 1000 have deep learning skills, compared to 100,000 who can apply other machine learning techniques, says Mr Goldbloom. He adds that even some big companies of this type are often reluctant to expend their pay scales to hire the top talent in this field. A third barrier to adapting to the coming era of “smart” applications, however, is likely to be
2017-2018学年度上学期高三英语试题 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，卷面分数120分。考试用时100分钟。 第一部分：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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A I have had all kinds of interesting neighbors since the early days of my life. When I was a baby I would stand in my wooden crib(婴儿床) and watch the world go by through the window. Some neighbors watched me watching the world go by with by big, wondering eyes and found me very interesting. They used to call me “the beauty at the window”. The early neighbors I could remember were from the second house I lived in. Peter and Paul were twins. We went to play school together although they were a year older than me. I well remember the Alsatian they had which ran into me when I was invited to their fifth birthday party. Needless to say, I was well-known for my loud screams after the party. But they said the pet was scared of my screams and didn’t appear until the party was over. Peter and Paul were the first boys who encouraged me to climb the gate. I could never tell the difference between boy and girl behaviors—I just did what I thought was fun. Not only did I have a great time performing that first climb, I also got my skirts dirty, and was criticized by my mother. The Japanese neighbors I had living in this same house were my favorite, as they introduced me to sea-salt baked shrimps (烤虾) which were so crisp that you could eat the shrimp totally. They gave me some seaweed for my birthday. Thankfully, no other member in my family enjoyed the seaweed as I did. Perhaps what my mother used to joke to me was true, that I was picked up out of the dustbin that belonged to a Japanese home. Maybe sometimes it is difficult to find good neighbors in this society. But all it takes is a spark(火花) to get a fire going. I have decided to be that spark wherever I live and pass love on to my neighbors. 21. We can guess "the Alsatian" in the twin brothers' home is ___________. A. a small child B. an interesting toy C. a dog D. a bicycle 22. From the passage we can know that the author___________. A. enjoyed the Japanese neighbors' cooking style most B. had difficulty getting on with the twin brothers' family C. was described as interesting when playing with boys D. had many neighbors that worked in restaurants 23. What can we infer from the passage? A. The author often moved to other places. B. Peter and Paul liked to play tricks on others. C. The neighbors the author had were good at cooking. D. The author had a good relationship with her neighbors. B Below are four ads on the website.Artful Experience It’s an artful experience even if you’re artistically challenged. Adults, teens, and children of all ages are welcome at Contemporary Art studio. We provide everything: stamps, idea books, a little coaching, and a lot of encouragement. Dr op in anytime. 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