河南省周口中英文学校2019届高三英语上学期期中试题.doc

1、 1 -周口中英文学校 2018-2019 学年上期高三期中考试英语试题第二部分 阅读理解（本大题共两节，每小题 2 分,共 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（A,B,C 和 D)中，选出最佳选项。ASports can help us a lot. Taking exercises can make us strong. In collective（集体的）sports like basketball, volleyball or football, we will learn the importance of cooperat

2、ion(合作). And sports can also help us relax after work or study.However, as the saying goes, “there are two sides of everything.” Sometimes we may hurt other players or ourselves if we are not careful enough when participating(参加) in sports activities. Whats more, too much or hard practice can be bad

3、 for our health. Sports can make us healthy both physically and psychologically(心理地). It is also a good way for people to know each other and can improve friendship between people. So long as we are careful enough, sports can do us nothing but good.21. can make us strong.A. Sleeping B. Singing C. Ma

4、king friends D. Taking exercise 22. Too much exercise can be for us.A. good B. enough C. bad D. helpful 23. Sports can .A. help people to know each other B. improve friendship between peopleC. do us nothing but good if we are careful D. All of the above24. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Sport

5、s can help us relax after work or study.B. Sports can only make us healthy physically.C. Sometimes we may hurt other players or ourselves when participating in - 2 -sports activities.D. Basketball and volleyball are both collective sports.BI was selfish as a teenagerI usually spent my time thinking

6、about myself and taking care of my own needsI let my older brother do most of the work around the house until he left for collegeI let my mom and dad worry about our bills and problems while I read books, played, and lost myself in my own imaginationThis didnt change even when I went to college eith

7、erI studied hard but only to make my own life better Even when I started to explore my faith, it was only to increase my own happinessI married after graduation and decided to start a familyOf course, I had no idea what hard knocks reality had in store for my selfish soulSoon I found myself unemploy

8、ed, deeply in debt, and with a new baby on the wayl found out that life has little sympathy for spoiled peopleIn fact, all of the struggles I was going through were beating the selfishness slowly out of meStill,I didnt give up on happinessI knew that there must be a way to find itI finally realized,

9、 however, that it had to include more than just my own needs, wants, and desiresThe answer began to make itself clear one night shortly after my baby boy was bornI got a bottle and held him in my armsAs I was feeding him I looked down and saw his big, innocent, trusting eyesI smiled and talked to hi

10、mThen he smiled and I could feel my heart growing, expanding with loveI felt such peace and joyAt that moment I had a hint of the truth: it is by growing our hearts with love that we find our happinessCarolyn Arends wrote：“The more people you let into your heart, the bigger your heart getsThe more l

11、ove you get, the more love you have to giveIt just keeps growing.“ So, keep loving, keep living and keep caring. Keep growing your heart today, tomorrow, and always25What do we know about the author from the first paragraph?AHe often helped his brother with housework - 3 -BHe studied hard for his fa

12、milyCHe was concerned about his family DHe put his own needs above others 26What did the author realize after he suffered in life?ASpoiled people cant survive the hardship of life BSpoiled people are never happy in lifeCLife is cruel to spoiled people DSelfishness is helpful27What can be inferred fr

13、om the passage ?AThe author loved kids BThe author often fed his baby CThe author realized the importance of happiness DWhen caring for his baby, the author got inspired28Which can be the best title of the passage?ALoving Others, a Way to Happiness BThe Elder One Grows, the More He GetsCHelp Others,

14、 Help Oneself DKeep Growing to Live a Happy LifeCSometimes people call each other “scared-cat”. But have you ever thought about this expression? When a cat is frightened, its heart starts beating faster, its muscles get tense, and there are changes in the chemicals in its blood stream. Although the

15、cat doesnt realize this, its body is getting ready for action. If the danger continues, the animal will do one of two things .It will protect itself, or it will run away as fast as it can.Something like this also happens to people. When we are excited, angry or seared by other feelings, our bodies g

16、o through many physical changes. Our hearts beat faster, and our muscles get tense. All of these changes make us more alert and ready to react. We, too, get ready to defend ourselves or run.Human beings, however, have a problem that animals never face. If we give way to our feelings and let them tak

17、e over, we can get into trouble. Have you - 4 -ever said something in anger or hit somebody and regretted it later? Have you ever shouted at a teacher, told someone you were lonely, or said you were in love, and then wished later you had kept your mouth shut? It isnt always clever to express your fe

18、elings freely.Does this mean that its smarter always to hide our feelings? No! If you keep feelings of anger, sadness hidden away or bottled up inside, your body stays tense. Physical illnesses can develop, and you can feel disturbed badly inside. It can actually be bad for your health. It isnt good

19、 to keep pleasant feelings inside either; all feelings need to be expressed.Feelings that you keep all bottled up inside, dont just go away. Its as if you bought some bananas and put them in a cupboard. You might not be able to see them, but before youd smell them. And if you opened the cupboard, ch

20、ances are that youd see little fruit flies flying all over them. They are bad.You can try to treat feelings as if they were bananas in the cupboard. You can hide them and you can pretend they dont exist, but theyll still be around. And at last youll have to deal with them, just like those bananas.29

21、 When people and animals are aroused by anger or fear, .A. they feel very regretful immediatelyB. they may get ready to attack or run away C. their hearts beat either faster or slowerD. their muscles get neither tense nor relaxed30. Why do human beings get into trouble according to the passage?A. T

22、hey are usually not as alert as animalsB. They sometimes cant control their feelingsC. They always do something wrong to other peopleD. They dont pay attention to their physical changes31. What can we infer from the passage?A. Feelings will gradually disappear when you hold them inB. Bananas stay fr

23、esh longer when they are in a cupboardC. Holding in your feelings may lead to unpleasant results - 5 -D. Its good for your health to keep pleasant feelings inside:DIt is believed that some of animals think a great deal. Many of them are like children in their sports. Some birds are very lively in th

24、eir sports; and the same is true with some insects. The ants, hardworking as they are, have their times for play. They run races; they wrestle; and sometimes they have mock fights together. Very busy must be their thoughts while engaged in these sports.Animals think much while building their houses.

25、 The bird searches for what it can use in building its nest, and in doing this it thinks. The beavers think as they build their dams and their houses. They think in getting their materials, and also in arranging them, and in plastering them together with mud. Some spiders build houses which could sc

26、arcely have been made except by some thinking creature.As animals think, they learn. Some learn more than others. The parrot learns to talk, though in some other respects it is quite stupid. The mocking bird learns to imitate a great many different sounds. The shepherd dog does not know as much abou

27、t most things as some other dogs, and yet he understands very well how to take care of sheep.Though animals think and learn, they do not make any real improvement in their ways of doing things, as men do. Each kind of bird has its own way of building a nest, and it is always the same way. They have

28、no new fashions, and learn none from each other.It is plain that, while animals learn about things by their senses as we do, they do not think nearly as much about what they learn, and this is the reason why they do not improve more rapidly. Even the wisest of them, as the elephant and the dog, do n

29、ot think very much about what they see and hear. Nor is this all. There are some things that we understand, but about which animals know nothing. They have no knowledge of anything that happens outside of their own observation. Their minds are so much unlike ours that they do not know the difference

30、 between right and wrong.- 6 -32. Why does the author mention that some birds and insects are very lively in their sports?A. To illustrate that some animals probably think in the sports.B. To tell us that some birds and insects are more lively than others.C. To show us that ants are the cleverest in

31、sects in the animal kingdom.D. To attract readers by introducing some interesting facts about animals.33. “Animals think much while building their houses” because _. A. they have to communicate with each other in getting their materialB. they have to calculate something to arrange all the materialC.

32、 no animals have a must to build a “house” except some thinking creaturesD. it is unimaginable to build “houses” without thinking work involved34. The underlined word “plain“ in Paragraph 5 can be replaced by _.A. flat B. clear C. vital D. reasonable 35. The author will probably agree that _.A. anim

33、als cant think as a matter of factB. animals cant really learn to do somethingC. animals can think and learn but limitedlyD. each kind of animal has their own language第二节 （共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的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。The goal of homework is to help students remember and understand

34、 what they learned in school that day. It can also help teach them independence and time-management and planning skills, which are keys to success in the real world. 36 Here are some successful habits of how to do a good job of homework.Set the stage.Your children need a quiet spot to do their homew

35、ork.This should be the same place every day, whether it is at the kitchen table or at their desk in their room. 37 You can take the time to work on a quiet task of your own, whether its paying bills, reading the newspaper, or planning the next day.- 7 -Time it right.Homework for young children shoul

36、d be done when your children get home from school, because the information is still fresh in their minds and they have enough energy. Have your kids eat some snacks and talk about their day with you. Then have them start their homework. 38 Its not your homework: its theirs.You need to be involved in

37、 homework to see what your children are learning and how well they know what they need to know. 39 But guide them if they are struggling. You want them to get the feeling of pride and accomplishment on their own.40 Let your children know how grown up it is for them to have homework and how proud you

38、 are of them. Try to instill (灌输）into them that it is “fun” to be able to do the assigned tasks. Let them show you their work, praise them for finishing their homework, and always do it with a smile.A. Be hopeful and confident.B. Get excited and be positive.C. Be nearby while they do their homework.

39、D. Be sure not to do the homework for your children.E. That means the television is shut off, even for you.F. A small amount of homework also has a great influence on students.G. Arrange other activities for later in the day so kids can get their homework done first.第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空

40、共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C 和 D)中, 选择出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。An old woman was sitting outside an ice-cream shop with dirty clothes and rough hair. She got 41 and walked, but it seemed quite 42 , her legs shivering(颤抖)and her eyes showing deep sorrow of being left alone and homeless.

41、 8 -I did not 43 an ice cream, so I was outside the shop, 44 her, while my family went in. Her legs were weak and trembling. I saw her difficulties and came up to her with 10 dollars in my 45 and handed it over to her. She was so 46 and started blessing me instantly.I wanted to talk with her as tha

42、t seemed very important 47 . I asked about her 48 . She said there was no one, and that all died one by one, with tears in her eyes. “Where does she live?” I 49 . The response was quite 50 . I noticed her “luggage”, two plastic bags, containing her 51 . At this point, I gave her my 52 , smooth stole

43、披肩 ). It was bright yellow and looked new. But she was not ready to accept 53 . She was worried about my feeling cold for a few minutes before I got home. She finally 54 the stole and covered herself, when I insisted. She was 55 me even more. I checked my bag and kept giving anything that I thought

44、 she could use. How grateful she was! At this moment, I saw change in her 56 state of mind. By this time, she seemed calm and 57 . And so did I. The look of 58 and hopelessness was transformed. She looked at the people who passed by us with more 59 in that moment. I realized it was my small kind act

45、 60 had counted a lot to the old woman. 41. A. out B. over C. up D. off42. A. funny B. interesting C. attractive D. difficult43. A. taste B. touch C. serve D. want44. A. watching B. leading C. ignoring D. reporting45. A. pocket B. bag C. hand D. luggage46. A. angry B. thankful C. strange D. cautious

46、47. A. as well B. in all C. so well D. at all48. A. friend B. habit C. career D. family49. A .replied B. claimed C. wondered D. stated- 9 -50. A. different B. obvious C. serious D. weak51. A. belongings B. goods C. clothes D. books52. A. worn B. rough C. special D. warm53. A. one B. it C. those D. t

47、hem54. A. brought B. got C. took D. carried55. A. calming B. supporting C. blessing D. helping56. A. common B. emotional C. conventional D. unique57. A. content B. convenient C. appropriate D. available58.A.desperation B. expression C. confusion D. devotion59.A.doubt B. confidence C. regret D. caref

48、ulness60.A.since B. that C. when D. which第二节 （共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。请将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。We all know that the Friday after Thanksgiving means a mad dash to the shopping centre for ridiculous sales. But how did this bargain shopping get 61 (it) start?In fact, t

49、he first Black Friday had nothing 62 (do) with Thanksgiving or shopping. The origin of Black Friday as we know it today started in Philadelphia during the 1950s and 1960s. Crowds of people would come to town the day after Thanksgiving for the annual ArmyNavy football game to be held the _63_ (follow) Saturday. Streets and _64_ (store) were always crowded, which was great for business but made easypickings