安徽省滁州市定远县育才学校2019届高三英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

1、1育才学校 2019 届高三上学期期末考试卷英语试题请在答题卡指定区域位置作答，在其它地方作答无效。第 I 卷 选择题 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题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a bookstore. B. In a classr

2、oom. C. In a library.2. At what time will the film begin?A. 7:20. B.7:15. C. 7:00.3. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Their friend Jane. B. A weekend trip. C. A radio programme.4. What will the woman probably do?A. Catch a train. B. See the man off. C. Go shopping. 5. Why did the wo

3、man apologize?A. She made a late delivery.B. She went to the wrong place.C. She couldnt take the cake back.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。听下面一段对话，回答第 6 和第 7 题。26. Whose CD i

4、s broken?A. Kathys. B. Mums. C. Jacks.7. What does the boy promise to do for the girl?A. Buy her a new CD.B. Do somen cleaning.C. Give her 10 dollars.听下面一段对话，回答第 8 和第 9 题。8. What did the man think of the meal?A. Just so-so. B. Quite satisfactory. C. A bit disappointing.9. What was the 15% on the bil

5、l paid for?A. The food. B. The drinks. C. The service.听下面一段对话，回答第 10 至第 12 题。10. Why is the man at the shop?A. To order a camera for his wife.B. To have a camera repaired.C. To get a camera changed.11. What color does the man want?A. Pink. B.Black. C. Orange.12. What will the man do afterwards?A. Ma

6、ke a phone call.B. Wait until further notice.C. Come again the next day.听下面一段对话，回答第 13 至第 16 题。13. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?A. Go to a play. B.Stay at home. C. Visit Kingston.14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?A. Attend a party. B. Meet her aunt. C. See a car

7、show.15. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave?A. To call up Betty. B. To buy some DVDs. C. To pick up 3Daniel.16. What might be the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmate. B.Fellow workers. C. Guide and tourists. 听下面一段对话，回答第 17 至第 20 题。17. Where does Thomas Manning work?A. In the Guinness Compan

8、y.B. At a radio station.C. In a museum.18. Where did the idea of a book of records come from?A. A bird-shooting trip.B. A visit to Europe.C. A television talk show.19. When did Sir Hughs first book of records appear?A. In 1875. B. In 1950. C. In 1955.20. What are the two speakers going to talk about

9、 next?A. More records of unusual facts.B. The founder of the company.C. The oldest person in the world. 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，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。AAmericans are worried about new technology. They are concerned that machines. Including robots,

10、will take over work now done by humans. These findings come from a new report by the Pew Research Center of Washington DC.About 75 percent of Americans questioned by Pew said automation will increase income inequality between the rich and the middle class and the poor. And 64 percent of people expec

11、t automation to be so common in America that 4people will face difficulty finding things to do with their lives.Some of the concerns about technology come from a distrust about whether machines will always make the right decision. Many Americans believe humans have better judgment in dealing with co

12、mplex matters. One example is selecting a person for a job. Three quarters of Americans said they would not want to apply for a job that uses a computer program to choose the most qualified person.Most Americans want the government to limit automation, For example, 87 percent support a requirement t

13、hat all driverless vehicles have a human in the driver s scat who can take control when needed. And 85 percent want to limit machines to mostly doing jobs that are dangerous or unhealthy for humans. And only 25 percent expect more jobs to come from automation. Pew said,Mark Zuckerberg, the co-founde

14、r of Facebook, spoke last May to graduating seniors from Harvard University in Massachusetts, His talk centered on the uncertain future facing young people. “Our generation will have to deal with tens of millions of jobs replaced by automation like self-driving cars and trucks,” Zuckerberg told the

15、graduates,Zuckerberg said young people will have to find projects that will bring both jobs and direct benefits to the people of the world. He said in his speech that 300,000 people worked to put a man on the moon, and millions of people built, the Hoover Dam as well as other great projects over the

16、 last 100 years.21.What do Americans think of technology?A. Useful.B. EffectiveC. Dangerous.D. Undependable.22.Which of the following do the majority of Americans want the government to do?A. Use machines to do dangerous and harmful jobs.B. Increase job chances by introducing machines5C. Select a pe

17、rson for a job by computer.D. Get rid of all driverless vehicles.23.What did Zuckerberg encourage the students to do?A. Refuse self-driving vehicles.B. Create new job chances.C. Consider large projects.D. Fight against robots.24.Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. New Techno

18、logy Creates More JobsB. New Technology Makes New UnfairnessC. Americans Worry Robots Will Take JobsD. Robots Make Work Easy to Do for Workers.BBeginning life at college naturally develops both excitement and anxiety for many reasons. Fors ome, this feeling is quickly overcome as they adapt to a new

19、 environment; for others the change takes longer and sometimes appears as homesickness.If you are homesick, you might notice an increase in:Low energy or motivation.Trouble sleeping.Increases/decreases in appetite.Having difficulty with school.Increased use of drugs or alcohol.Lack of interest or in

20、volvement in new surroundings.CAUSESThe distance from homethe farther you go, the worse it may be.Unhappiness when things are different from your expectations of student life.You have finally arrived at college after working toward it for so long.A heavy workload.6Students who are homesick often fee

21、l they have no control over their environment.WHAT MIGHT HELP?Keep in good contact with the people you have left behind, but also give yourself time within the university to begin to get involved here.Be realistic about what to expect from student life and from yourself. Set up a balance between wor

22、k and leisure.If work is proving too difficult, you may need to improve your study skills or your organization of time.Remember to get enough food and sleep! These affect you emotionally as well as physically.Make contacts and friends through shared activities such as sports or other interests.If yo

23、u stop being able to do normal social and academic things, seek professional help either from your advisor or dean or the counseling service.25.What might be a sign of feeling homesick?A. Feeling like quarreling with someone else.B. Becoming interested in study than ever before.C. Finding food or fr

24、uit less attractive.D. Participating in almost all activities in college.26.New college students might be homesick because _.A. they are never far away from their parentsB. they feel upset about something unexpectedC. they suddenly do not have anything to doD. they do not like the university they ar

25、e in27.Which of the following measures might be helpful for homesick students according to the text?A. Keeping their old friends left behind.B. Reminding themselves to keep busy and forget it.C. Forcing themselves to stay in their dorms on weekends.7D. Going in for sports with their friends.CIf your

26、e a book lover， you have a pile of books on your bedside，or a bookshelf in your library with a“to read”sign on itYet you cant stop yourself from adding to the pileThis can lead to feelings of guilt over your new purchasesBut Im here to tell you to stop worryingWhat you have is an antilibrary，and its

27、 a very good thingThe term comes from writer Umberto EcoHe is the owner of a large personal libraryHe separates visitors into two groups：those who react with“Wow! What a library you have! How many of these books have you read?”and the others who get the point that a private library is not something

28、to show off but a research too1Read books are far less valuable than unread onesIndeed，the more you know，the larger the rows of unread books Let us call this collection an antilibraryIf you think you already know everything about a subject，youre cutting yourself off from a stream of information at a

29、n artificial pointSo a growing library of books you havent read means youre consistently curious about the unknownAnd that attitude is a great foundation for a lifelong love of 1earningSo dont feel guilt over your unread booksThose books will be there for you when you do want them，and as you build y

30、our library of read and unread books，you can start using it as you would use a bigger libraryCertain books may become references more than read-throughsOr you may find that a book you bought five years ago has special relevance todayLetting the role of books evolve in your life is a healthy sign of

31、curiosityThats good for you and good for the world around you28.What does the underlined word“antilibrary”in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Feelings of guilt over new booksB. A pile of books on the bookshelfC. The collection of unread books8D. A large personal library29.According to the author，more unread

32、books mean_A. your wrong lifelong learning attitudeB. you limit yourself from the unknownC. your have no interest in the new worldD. your strong desire about new information30.Whats the authors attitude towards having an antilibrary?A. Favorable B. Doubtful C. Ambiguous D. Contradictory31.What can w

33、e know from the last paragraph?A. Curiosity is a sign of high IQB. Books are the ladder in our lifeC. Unread books are surely relevant to the presentD. We should read through every bookDA bite from a tsetse fly (采采蝇 ) is an extremely unpleasant experience. It is not like a mosquito, which can put it

34、s thin mouthpart directly into your blood, often without you noticing. In contrast, the tsetse flys mouth has tiny saws on it that saw into your skin on its way to suck out your blood.To make matters worse, several species of tsetse fly can transmit diseases. One of the most dangerous is a parasite

35、that causes sleeping sickness, or human African trypanosomiasisto give it its official name. Without treatment, an infection is usually fatal.Like so many tropical diseases, sleeping sickness has often been neglected by medical researchers. However, researchers have long endeavored to understand how

36、 it avoids our bodies defence mechanisms. Some of their insights could now help us eliminate sleeping sickness altogether.There are two closely-related single-celled parasites that cause this deathly sleep: Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense and T. b. gambiense. The latter 9is far more common: it is res

37、ponsible for up to 95% of cases, mostly in western Africa. It takes several years to kill a person, while T. brucei rhodesiense can cause death within months. There are still other forms that infect livestock.After the initial bite, sleeping sickness symptoms often start with a fever, headaches and

38、aching muscles. As the illness goes on, those infected become increasingly tired, which is where it gets its name. Personality changes, severe confusion and poor coordination can also happen.While medication does help, some treatments are toxic and can themselves be deadly, especially if they are gi

39、ven after the disease has reached the brain.It is worth noting that sleeping sickness is no longer as deadly as it once was. In the early 20th Century several hundred thousand people were infected each year. By the 1960s the disease was considered under control and had reached very low numbers, maki

40、ng its spread more difficult. But in the 1970s there was another major epidemic, which took 20 years to control.Since then, better screening programmes and earlier interventions have reduced the number of cases dramatically. In 2009 there were fewer than 10,000 cases for the first time since records

41、 began, and in 2015 this figure dropped to fewer than 3,000, according to the latest figures from the World Health Organisation. The WHO hopes the disease will be completely eliminated by 2020.While this decline looks positive, there may be many more cases that go unreported in rural Africa. To elim

42、inate the disease completely, infections have to be closely monitored.More problematically, a series of new studies have shown that the parasite is more complicated than previously believed.Sleeping sickness has always been considered and diagnosed as a blood disease, because T. brucei parasites can

43、 readily be detected in the blood of its victims.32.A tsetse fly is different from a mosquito in that_.A. it can put its thin mouthpart directly into your blood10B. all species of tsetse fly can transmit diseasesC. it can spread a parasite that causes sleeping sicknessD. its mouth has larger saws th

44、an those on a mosquito33.What can be learned about sleeping sickness according to the text ?A. It is formally calledhuman American trypanosomiasis.B. If left untreated, it can possibly be deadly.C. It remains as deadly as it used to be.D. It usually draws attention from medical researchers.34.What i

45、s implied in the last three paragraphs ?A. Sleeping sickness will be completely eliminated by 2020.B. The parasite causing sleeping sickness is easy to detect now.C. T. brucei parasites can only be detected in the blood of its victims.D. Data about sleeping sicknesscases may not be so accurate.35.Wh

46、at would be the best title of this passage ?A. A mosquito that can carry deadly diseases.B. A bite from this fly puts you into a deadly sleep.C. Symptoms that are characteristic of sleeping sickness.D. How to control deadlysleeping sickness from a tsetse fly.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

47、中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to Overcome DepressionSuffering from depression means more than just dealing with a bad week or even a bad month. Depression is a weakening condition that can make it impossible for you to enjoy your daily existence. To overcome your depression, you have to

48、 first determine if what youre feeling are the symptoms of depression. 36.While medications can help relieve symptoms, it is still important for depressed persons to understand the disorder and develop healthier strategies for coping with it.Keep yourself busy. Fill your schedule with events and act

49、ivities you love. 11Keeping a busy schedule will force you to stay active, focused, and thinking about the next thing on your plate. You can draw up a schedule for each day at the start of the week, or simply plan out each day the night before. 37.Improve your diet. 38.Even if youre losing your appetite, you need to be determined to eat three meals a day. You dont need to try to lose weight or be incredibly healthy-conscious when youre dealing with your depression, but eating healthier