2016-2017朝阳区高三英语期中试题

北京市朝阳区2016--2017学年度第一学期期中高三年级统一考试

英语试卷2016. 11本试卷共12页，共150分。考试时长120分钟。考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。

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。

例：What is the man going to read?

A. A newspaper.

B. A magazine.

C. A book.

答案是A。

1. What fruit will the woman buy?

A. Apples.

B. Grapes.

C. Bananas.

2. When will the play start?

A. At 7:00.

B. At 7:30.

C. At 8:00.

3. What is the man’s present?

A. Some flowers.

B. A plant.

A CD.

4. Where will Sarah put her sports bag?

11. How many pizzas did the man miss?

A. 13.

B. 17.

C. 30.

12. What will the man do with the pizzas he has got?

A. He will give them back.

B. He will keep and pay for them.

C. He will keep but not pay for them.

听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。

13. What is the speaker doing?

A. Offering a suggestion.

B. Giving an answer.

C. Making an announcement.

14. What does the speaker say about the Agriculture students?

A. They will stay where they are.

B. They will have their labs painted.

C. They need more classroom space.

15. Who are in the downtown buildings?

A. The History students.

B. The Law students.

C. The Engineering students.

第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）听下面一段对话，完成第16至20五道小题，

每小题仅填写一个

．．词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。

PLANNING A PARTY

CHECKLIST

? Choose a theme: a welcome party ? Select a place: the 16 hall ? Set a date: 17 12th ? Create a guest list: dean, instructors, 18 , all new students ? Make a shopping list: masks, colored lights, 19 ? Decide on the budget: $15/person, $ 20 total

第二部分：知识运用（共两节, 45分）

第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分, 共15分）从每题所给的A 、B 、C 、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。例：It’s so nice to hear from her again. _____, we last met more than thirty years ago. A. What’s more B. That’s to say C. In other words D. Believe it or not 答案是D 。

21. We have different language courses; you can choose ______ if you like. A. one B. it C. each D. either 22. You ______ write the poem down. Our teacher will give us a copy soon. A. mustn ’t B. can ’t C. shouldn ’t D. needn ’t 23. He found it difficult to read, ______ he had a problem with his eyesight. A. but B. for C. or D. so 24. —Have you heard any news about Sarah? —Yes, she was promoted to president of her company, ______ surprised everyone.

A. who

B. that

C. which

D. it

25. —Did you see Harry just now?

—No, I ______ computer games.

A. have played

B. am playing

C. had played

D. was playing

26. Don’t call me at the office ______ it is necessary.

A. before

B. unless

C. although

D. till

27. ______ hard all day, I went to bed at 8 o’clock.

A. Having worked

B. Working

C. To work

D. To have worked

28. —Are you a native of this town?

—I was born in New York, but this is ______ I grew up.

A. that

B. what

C. when

D. where

29. ______ the suggestions will help to achieve your goal of a job in the medical profession.

A. Followed

B. To follow

C. Following

D. Being followed

30. ______ bothers me is that the young man seems to know a bit too much.

A. Whether

B. What

C. Which

D. That

31. They are very glad that most of the people ______ gave very useful answers.

A. questioned

B. questioning

C. to question

D. to be questioned

32. Ann ______ a certificate at the end of the

program to show she has learned computer skills.

A. will give

B. will be given

C. gave

D. was given

33. We still have the question of ______ they have discovered the trade secret.

A. what

B. why

C. how

D. that

34. Peter doesn’t smoke now, but he ______ for almost twenty years.

A. was smoking

B. had smoked

C. has smoked

D. smoked

35. I wish I ______ them about the project. Now it’s been canceled and they’re all disappointed.

A. hadn’t told

B. didn’t tell

C. wouldn’t tell

D. wasn’t telling

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The

Macaroon Queen of India

Pooja Dhingra is an Indian chef

and businesswoman, the owner of macaroon bakery chain Le 15 Patisserie (西饼店) in Mumbai. She

should have been a lawyer. But

maca while studying __36__ at university in Mumbai, she decided to __37__ her major and do something more creative.

Dhingra’s father and her elder brother are both restaurant owners. Remembering helping her mother in the __38__ during her childhood, she decided to work with food instead of legal cases. She __39__ her parents to let her attend a hospitality (招待) and management course in Switzerland. Three years later, she went to Paris to learn the __40__ of French baking. There her

friends took her to one of the best macaroon shops. After just one __41__, Dhingra determined that when she returned to Mumbai she would __42__ her own shop, the first of its kind in India.

After graduation, she started making macaro ons in her parents’ kit chen, __43__ it was a complete failure. The hot and wet weather in Mumbai made it __44__ to make delicious cakes. It took her around six months of research and 60 failed __45__ to finally get a favorite recipe. Yet being both young and female __46__ she faced extra challenges. “The biggest problem was to get people to take you __47__,” she says. “For example, if I had to buy machinery, I would have to ask my father to make these calls for me.”

Dhingra eventually opened her first shop in 2010. To __48__ sales in a city where very few people knew what a macaroon was, Dhingra gave away some __49__ macaroons to customers, which made her cakes popular immediately. She continued __50__ new recipes. “Once you know basic techniques, inventing recipes is very __51__,”she said. “All you need is an open __52__. I get a lot of my ideas and __53__ from basic things around me.”

Dhingra is the author of a best-selling cookery book, The Big Book of Treats. She also started running classes on how to make macaroons and other cakes. In 2016, Dhingra __54__ her business, opening a new location called Le 15 Café. Today, as a professional baker, Dhingra __55__ up one of India’s finest patisseries.

36. A. art B. law C. history D. medicine

37. A. quit B. check C. enjoy

D. follow

38. A. bedroom B. basement C. study D. kitchen

39. A. reminded B. warned C. convinced D. allowed

40. A. techniques B. situations C. functions D. results

41. A. drink B. kick C. breath

D. bite

42. A. visit B. open C. sell D. name

43. A. so B. or C. but D. for

44. A. difficult B. unusual C. reasonable D. available

45. A. preparations B. messages C. programs D. attempts

46. A. included B. meant C. admitted D. explained

47. A. seriously B. properly C. differently D. peacefully

48. A. ignore B. report C. promote

D. examine

49. A. strange B. modern C. famous D. free

50. A. introducing B. creating C. demanding D. protecting

51. A. typical B. familiar C. simple D. regular

52. A. task B. reply C. mind D. secret

53. A. inspiration B. authority C. progress D. equipment

54. A. preserved B. inspected C.

acquired D. expanded

55. A. covers B. heads C. picks D. brings

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，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A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Dear Sir,

I am writing to express my concern about the plans to build a motorway near our village. Haldersham is one of the loveliest villages in England. It is peaceful and quiet, and it is situated in a very attractive valley. There are also several beautiful countryside walks in the surroundings, with a view of many rare trees and plants.

Most of the people who live in Haldersham have moved here from other places, often from London and other big cities. They have bought houses here to live in a place far away from the noise and the stress of the big city. They paid a lot of money for their houses, but they knew they would get a high quality of life for it.

If the planned motorway is built, life in Haldersham will change greatly. There will be a lot of noise around us, and nobody will want to go on the walks. House prices will certainly go down, because nobody will want to buy houses in a place close to a motorway. Haldersham will become an ugly place.

I don’t t hink any of the people living in this

beautiful village want that, and we all believe exposure to noise pollution can have a direct influence on our health. So, let’s all tell the politicians who support the motorway plans what we think about them!

Yours faithfully,

Hilary Riley

56. Many people move to Haldersham because ______.

A. it has a good environment

B. it is not far away from big cities

C. they want to be a help to the village

D. they prefer to study rare plants in this area

57. According to Hilary Riley, a motorway will ______.

A. cause high house prices

B. bring people stress

C. provide a convenient life

D. affect the quality of life

58. What’s the purpose of the letter?

A. To give an introduction of Haldersham.

B. To show grateful thanks to the politicians.

C. To express disapproval about the motorway.

D. To offer suggestions on building the motorway.

What a Scientist Is Like

If you were asked to imagine a scientist, what image (形象) would come to your mind? The common idea that most kids from kindergarten through college have of a scientist

is a man wearing a white lab coat with messy hair, big glasses, and several glass cups of mysterious colorful liquids giving off clouds of smoke. As for adults, the majority view scientists as strange people who spend 100 hours a week slaving away in a lonely laboratory. However, the reality is quite different.

Recentl y I’ve had a chance to take part in a scientific experience far from my laboratory and into Costa Rica. It supports a huge amount of wildlife due to its geographical placement between North and South America. It is home to more than 500,000 species (物种), which represents nearly 4% of the total species worldwide!

First we worked alongside conservationists to preserve wildlife at a leatherback turtle (棱皮龟) rescue center. We helped the volunteers preserve turtle populations by removing rubbish from the shoreline to create a safe environment for turtle eggs to come out. After that we stayed at Mount Arenal where we studied seismic activity relating to earthquakes. During our stay at Arenal, we rode over the mountainous areas and took a long walk through the rainforest. After reaching the top, we went down and through waterfalls to the beautiful valley below! On the last day we got a hands-on introduction to rocket science where we learned about new rocket technology that will be used on the international space station.

During my Costa Rica experience, I know that being a scientist doesn’t mean working in a lab all day and night. A scientist is one who loves learning and getting a better understanding of

the world from helping preserve wild-life, learning about earthquakes or inventing rockets.

I think that schools should really stress that science is so much more than wearing a lab coat and mixing chemicals. Kids need to be aware of the excitement and adventures science can bring!

59. According to the first paragraph, scientists are often believed ______.

A. to work as slaves

B. to behave in a strange way

C. to spend too much time in labs

D. to do experiments in messy labs

60. The author helped to preserve the turtle population by ______.

A. creating a safe nest for turtles

B. picking up rubbish on the shoreline

C. collecting the turtle eggs on the beach

D. finding a comfortable environment for turtles

61. What does the author learn about science from his experience?

A. Science is full of boring experiments.

B. Science is more than working in a lab.

C. Science is related to mysterious liquids.

D. Science is about wildlife and earthquakes.

62. Why does the author write this passage?

A. To encourage kids to study science.

B. To tell the story of traveling in Costa Rica.

C. To expect more people to travel in Costa Rica.

D. To share the secrets behind science phenomena.

Most of us have gone away from “mad men” in the street, only to realize that they are

in fact using a Bluetooth headset. Now a new University of Pennsylvania study shows that muttering can actually help people find lost objects—in other words, saying the name of an object helps you find it more quickly.

Previous work has suggested that speaking aloud while performing step-by-step tasks, like tying shoelaces (鞋带), can help kids guide their behavior and let them focus on the job in hand. However, scientists were not sure if speaking aloud when performing tasks could help adults in the same way, especially when looking for particular objects. Professor Gary Lupan and Daniel Swingley, writing for the Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, carried out some experiments. They hoped to give the fact that next time you lose your keys, muttering “keys, keys, keys”can in fact help you find them.

Inspired by viewing people muttering to themselves as they try to find things like peanut butter in a supermarket, the researchers conducted two experiments to see if this actually worked. In the first, participants were shown 20 pictures of various objects and were asked to find a certain one, with some seeing a text label (标签) telling them what they were looking for. These participants were then asked to search for the object again while saying the word to themselves, with results showing that saying it aloud helped people find the object more quickly.

The second experiment saw participants performing a shopping task, where they were shown photographs of items (物品) commonly found on supermarket shelves. They were asked to find all examples of a particular item, so if

they were asked for apples they had to find all the bags of apples, as quickly as possible. The researchers found that there was also an advantage in saying the name of the product aloud when they were searching for something familiar.

The University of Pennsylvania study shows that muttering can actually help people reach the target object—in other words, muttering to oneself helps to focus the mind on something. It works more effectively than seeing a written description. Repeating the word over and over again helps even more.

63. The second paragraph tells us that ______.

A. muttering helps people to control their behavior

B. muttering has the same effect on both kids and adults

C. it is really hard to carry out the experiments on adults

D. it is easier for kids to do step-by-step tasks by muttering

64. According to the passage, muttering can help people in a way that ______.

A. it completely controls people’s mind

B. it directly explains people’s behavior

C. they concentrate more on their job at hand

D. they reduce their pressure from their mind

65. The two experiments mentioned in the passage show that ______.

A. participants were better at doing the shopping task

B. it took the participants the same time to find the objects

C. showing pictures of the items helped find them more quickly

D. participants saying aloud the word found the object more quickly

66. What is the best title of the passage?

A. Effects of Muttering

B. How to Find Lost Objects

C. What to Mutter to Yourself

D. Methods of Remembering Objects

Why I’ve taken a break from holidays

It is now close to four years since I last took a holiday. This is because I have come to the conclusion, over the course of my adult life, that I am not very good at it. You might think this sounds l ike saying you’re not ver y good at drinking tea or listening to music. What could possibly be difficult about the natural act of putting your working life on hold for a couple of weeks and going somewhere warm to do nothing?

I was a model holidaymaker as a kid. However, the problems started during my twenties. A trip to the south of France was ended after just two days, mainly because I had an urge to check my e-mails. Similarly, my honeymoon was cut short by 48 hours—not because my wife and I weren’t enj oying ourselves, but because we were missing our cats.

So what is my problem? On the surface, I’m probably a bit of a homebody. And I just find the pressure of being on holiday too severe: it always feels like having a gun held to my head and being forced to have fun. Somehow, packing a list of possessions and meeting a scheduled flight has none of the excitement of suddenly deciding to take a day off and driving somewhere for the fun of it.

Thankfully, I’m not alone. This summer, most of my friends have decided not to have a break. And a recent survey (调查) proved the downside of holidays, with the results showing that nearly two thirds of people found that the calming effects of a holiday wore off within 24 hours, as stress levels returned to normal. And this year The Idler magazine published its Book of Awful Holidays. Here you will find a list of the five most ecologically-damaging vacations it’s possible to take, along with 50 painful holiday experiences voted for on The Idler website.

What interests me is what the concept of a “holiday” says about our lives. For me, the point of living is to have a life you enjoy for 52 weeks a year. The more I like my life and the better I structure it, the less I want to go away. Maybe I’m an unusual person for not liking holidays, but I just feel the time when I’m not working is too valuable to waste on them.

67. The events the author describes in the second paragraph show ______.

A. how hard he has tried to enjoy holidays

B. how badly he behaves when he is on holiday

C. his lack of enthusiasm for being on holiday

D. his fear of something bad when he is on holiday

68. What does the author think of holidays?

A. They are often well organized in order to please other people.

B. He feels embarrassed when other people are having fun but he isn’t.

C. He tends to be made responsible for too much of the organization of them.

D. They are less enjoyable than breaks that have not been planned in advance.

69. The underlined word “downside”in the fourth paragraph probably means ______.

A. absence

B. damage

C. disadvantage

D. conflict

70. What is the author’s attitude towards “taking a holiday”?

A. Disapproving.

B. Supportive.

C. Neutral.

D. Unconcerned.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Recycling: Beyond the Dustbin Recycling is very important and necessary in today’s world. The most important reason for this is that human progress and industry have made it possible for people to have lots of things, and when people have many material possessions, they are bound to throw some of them away. ___71___

Recycling is a way for us to keep the world clean as items are broken down and used again, preventing the littering of the environment. Instead of throwing all your garbage into the dustbin, you should separate paper, metal, glass, and plastic into different containers. ___72___ They can be turned into valuable compost, which is the perfect plant food and soil disease fighter.

___73___ You can see if an item has been made from recycled materials by its label. If it’s been recycled, it will say so. Also instead of always buying new clothes, you can arrange to have a clothing exchange with your friends. You bring clothes you don’t want and pick items you

want from what other people have brought. Not only does this save the environment, but it also saves your money. ___74___ This saying can be applied to all sorts of things: books, CDs, furniture, etc. Also try shopping at second-hand stores, because they often have lots of items still in good shape for you to choose.

Many countries have made it easy for people to recycle, as alongside the normal garbage trucks, special garbage trucks come and pick up recyclables. However, in some countries the responsibility is left up to the ordinary people to recycle. ___75___ Recycling represents just one way in which we can help the environment. But it is an effective one and one that we can actively influence.

A. Fallen leaves can also be recycled.

B. Having too many things causes a lot of garbage.

C. You should try to buy products that have been recycled.

D. Products made with recycled materials are as good as new products.

E. This creates a lot of garbage which in turn destroys the environment.

F. Remember, what is one person’s unwanted object can be someone else’s treasure!

G. Therefore, it needs attention in society so we can continue to make our environment livable.

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节（15分）

假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华。校学生会将于本月底举办高中英语戏剧比赛，请根据以下信息，给你班的美国交换生Peter写封邮件，告知这件事。邮件的内容包括：

1. 比赛的具体时间和地点；

2. 比赛的目的；

3. 恳请Peter参加。

注意：1. 词数不少于50；

2. 邮件的开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Peter,

_________________________________________ ______________________________________ Yours,

Li Hua

第二节（20分）

假设你是红星中学高三一班的学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，介绍你和几位同学在“传承非物质文化遗产”活动期间参观毛猴艺术博物馆的完整过程，并以“Visiting the Museum of Hairy Monkeys”为题，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件。

注意：1.词数不少于60；

2. 稿件的开头已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词：毛猴hairy monkey