安徽省安庆市五校联盟2019届高三英语下学期开学考试试卷（无答案）.doc

1、- 1 -安徽省安庆市五校联盟 2019 届高三英语下学期开学考试试卷（无答案）本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题） 。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。第卷 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）听下面五段对话，每段对话后面有一个小题，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.Who won the 800-meter race?A. Jack B. Tom C. Michael2.Where

2、does the conversation probably take place?A. In a supermarket B. In a restaurant C. In an ice cream shop3.When did the press conference probably start?A. At 1:15 B. At 1:45 C. At 2:154. What does the woman plan to do?A. Ask Peter for help. B. Invite Peter for dinner C. Look after Peters brother5.Why

3、 didnt Mary sleep well?A. She was troubled by noise. B. She had a stomachache.C. She had a headache.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。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6，7 题。6.Whats the man going t

4、o do this summer?A. Plant flowers. B. Repair his house C. Work at a hotel7.How will the man use the money?A. To buy books B. To rent a garden C. To pay for a trip听第 7 段材料， 回答第 8，9 题。8.When did the program Chinese Bridge first start?A. In 2004 B. In 2014 C. In 20189.What is the probable relationship

5、between the two speakers?A. Classmates B. Brother and sister C. Teacher and student听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10.Who took the woman to the hotel?- 2 -A. A customer. B. A driver C. A bellboy11.What kind of room did the woman want?A. A single room with breakfast.B. A double room with breakfast.C. A single

6、 room without breakfast.12.In which room would the woman live?A. Room 1012 B. Room 1201 C. Room 1210听第 9 段材料， 回答第 13 至 16 题。A. A passer-by B. The speaker himself C. The car driver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,D）中，选出最佳选项。A13.Where did the woman meet Tom?A.

7、 At the Berlin bus station.B. At the London airport.C. At the womans apartment.14.How long was Toms trip?A. An hour and a half B. Nineteen hours C. Nine hours15.Why did Tom choose to take a bus?A. To save money . B. To enjoy the country view. 1 C. To be environmentally friendly.16.What did the woman

8、 say about Tom?A. He didnt look well. B. He could have taken a faster bus.C. He should care more about the environment.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17.How many cars were at the traffic lights when the accident happened?A. 2 B. 4 C. 518.What would the speaker like to do immediately after the accident?A.To

9、 quarrel with the car driverB.To lie on the ground. C.To leave the scene quickly.19.What did the gentleman advise the speaker to do ?A.To call the police. B.To take a picture. C.To remember the car number.20.Who was to blame for the accident according to the speaker?- 3 -Big messaging apps abroad Wh

10、ile WeChat is Chinas biggest mobile messaging app， there are many equivalent apps in other countries that offer similar features WhatsApp （US） Users： more than 300million Platforms： Android， 10S， Windows Phone， BlackBerry Features： Text chat， push-to-talk， file sharing， location sharing With more th

11、an 300million active users， WhatsApp is one of WeChats biggest competitors Developed by two ex-Yahoo， employees in 2009， WhatsApp originally focused on text chat， but on Aug6 it also started push - to - talk service Its noted for its accessibility， ease of use and the absence of adverts The service

12、is free for the first year， after which $ 0.99 （6.06 yuan） is charged for a one -year subscription Kakao Talk （South Korea） Users： more than 100 million Platform： Android， iOS， Wndos Phone BlackBerry and Bada （an operate system developed by Samsung） Features： Text chat， group chat， push - to - talk，

13、 group calls， file sharing With more than 100 million users in more than 230 countries， Kakao Talk is a multi - platform texting application that allows users to send and receive messages for tree With Kakao Talk， users choose from more than 250 animated emoticons and share them with friends Line （J

14、apan） Users： more than 200 million Platforms：Android, iOS,Windows Phone, BlackBerry and PC Features：Text chat， group chat， push - to - talk， file sharing， location sharing， gaming， stickers Line tops the list of the most downloaded free apps in 52 countriesApart from text and voice messaging, Line p

15、rovides its users with more than 250 original stickers and emoticons to buy from its own shopIn the first quarter of 2013 alone，it made 7 million just from stickers The popular app also allows friends to battle each other in the LINE Game21.The first paragraph of the passage is used to _ A. introduc

16、e the most popular mobile messaging apps in ChinaB. talk about new features in the latest mobile messaging appsC. draw readers attention to various popular mobile messaging appsD. explain how mobile messaging apps have become so popular- 4 -22.Compared with the other two apps，which of the following

17、features makeLine stand out? A. Group mobile games B. Free stickers and emoticonsC. Free download of the app D. Text and group chat23.One of the popular features of WhatsApp is that users _ A. can send and receive messages for freeB. can enjoy live video chats within groupsC. dont need to worry abou

18、t unwanted adsD. regularly set free stickers and emoticonsBWhile many people dream of mermaids（美人鱼），few people actually try to become one. How can someone become a mermaid if they dont exist? Just ask Dana Richardson, who is a professional mermaid in Hawaii! “As a child, I always felt very connected

19、 to the ocean and played mermaids in the water,” says Dana. “My love of the ocean took me to different types of work such as a lifeguard, swim instructor, boat crew member, underwater photographer, boat captain and surfer. I just decided to take it to the next level and grow a tail.”Dana doesnt mean

20、 literally（照字面地）. In 2008 she began making mermaid tails from materials including shiny fabric（织物）that she wears while free-diving in the waters around Kona, Hawaii. Free-diving means diving without any protective equipment. It requires you to hold your breath while swimming deep underwater. As she

21、dives in, Dana not only like a mermaid; she experiences what it is like to swim like one too.The waters around Danas home in Kona are filled with wildlife, including dolphins and whales. Kona is by a sheltered sea where the waters are calm for swimming. For ten years Dana has been swimming with the

22、creatures of Kona. Some of them have even learned to recognize her.Dana knows how to swim with sea life because she is a trained marine naturalist. She understands the behavior of sea life and knows how to safely interact with it. Every morning when she swims with sea life she gets to experience her

23、 other“home”.“The ocean beneath the depths really is another world. Watching how the world works so gracefully in the circle of life underwater is a beautiful thing.”For Dana Richardson being a mermaid just makes sense. “I always felt more comfortable underwater than on land,” she says.Would you lik

24、e to follow your dream, even if it seems impossible？Dana Richardson reminds everyone,“One person can truly make a difference. By - 5 -following your heart and offering the world your unique gifts, you will inspire others to do so. The world needs you!”24.What has been influencing Danas work experien

25、ce most?A. Her hobby B. Her familyC. Her science teacher D. Her swim instructor25.Why does Dana make mermaid tails?A. She needs them to protect her.B. She wants to swim like a mermaid.C. She needs to make money with them.D. She wants to take photos of mermaids.26.Being a marine naturalist helps Dana

26、 _.A. get along well with sea lifeB. discover her outstanding giftsC. appreciate the beauty of other peopleD. feel comfortable both underwater and on land27.Dana encourages people to _.A. help those in needB. love marine animalsC. try to realize their dreamsD. protect the marine environmentCIt is be

27、coming a growing trend that more and more consumers across the country are using cashless payment methods. The rapid development of third-party mobile payment tools is helping to boost cashless payments across the country, said Dong Ximiao, a researcher at the Renmin University of China. Transaction

28、s (交易) involving third-party mobile payments rose by 46.8 percent in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the previous quarter to 18.8 trillion yuan, according to a report released in May.Although there were 3.4 billion third-party payment accounts in total in China in 2016, China is not the firs

29、t country to seek a cashless society. Developed states like Sweden, Denmark and Singapore are also witnessing that increase.However, the rapid development of cashless payments does not mean there are no challenges and criticisms. Alibabas Hema store, where customers can shop, dine and order commodit

30、ies for delivery from their mobile phones via Alipay, has come into the spotlight recently. Media reports said that consumers cant purchase goods with cash there, which would be considered illegal.- 6 -Alipay and WeChat Pay, the nations two major third-party mobile payment tools, also launched campa

31、igns this month to encourage more merchants and customers to use cashless payment methods, which caused concerns over whether cash will soon disappear.“Some offline sellers refuse to accept cash, which impacts the natural circulation of yuan,” said Dong. He emphasized that a cashless society would n

32、ot mean that cash would completely disappear. As the economy grows, the circulation of cash is still very huge, noted Dong. Also, its important to remember that nearly half of Chinas population live in rural areas, especially in undeveloped western regions, unable to enjoy innovation (革新) brought by

33、 the Internet, Dong said. And when it comes to Chinas senior citizens, most of them prefer to use cash in their daily lives, he added.“Its ridiculous to question digital payment tools contribution toward financial development. In the long term, various payment methods will be used by consumers, and

34、merchants should respect consumers payment habits,” Dong noted.28.What does the underlined word “ that” in paragraph 3 probably refer to?A. Economic activity. B. Cashless payment.C. Development of economy. D. Large amount of payment.29.Why has Alibabas Hema store become a focus?A. It fights against

35、illegal activities.B. It provides comprehensive services.C. Customers are not permitted to use cash there.D. It starts campaigns to encourage mobile payment.30.Which of the following will Dong find reasonable?A. Various payment methods ought to be respected.B. People should be encouraged to use mobi

36、le payment.C. Most elderly people have no access to mobile payment.D. Mobile payment isnt beneficial to a cost-effective society.31.What is the text mainly about?A.Chinas cashless trend.B. The research on mobile payment.C. The reasons to use mobile payment.D. Chinas cashless future.D- 7 -Using techn

37、ology in the classroom can produce unbelievable resultsBut for note-taking it may pay to keep it old-school and stick with pen and paperStudents who take notes by hand appear to process information more deeply than those who take notes on a laptop or an iPad and other technologieal appliances，accord

38、ing to a study published this year in Psychological Science Using the new fashionable method generally produces more raw notesBut students using laptops tend to do worse than note-takers by hand when answering conceptual questions about the material Researchers from Princeton and UCLA conducted seve

39、ral experiments with college students watching some video lecturesIn one experimentNote-takers by hand wrote down fewer words than those typing on laptopsBut the two groups performed about the same when answering factual questions about the lecture material，and students who wrote longhand（普通书写） did

40、much better than laptop note-takers on conceptual questions What gives？Students using laptops tended to write what they heard word by word rather than processing the information； that resulted in a sort of “shallower“ learning，the researchers say In a second experiment，students taking notes on lapto

41、ps were told not to write down what they heard word for wordIt didnt help； in spite of the instructionsThey still took notes word by word and they still did worse on conceptual questions than those taking notes by hand In a third experiment，students were able to briefly study their notes before answ

42、ering questions asked a week after the lectureThose reviewing their longhand notes did far better than students reviewing their typed notes A student named Jerry from the experiment said“The study is right，and we have to think about what was said to take the notes because I could not write down ever

43、y wordI even developed complex letter symbols to helpTo study for tests，I went over and underlined key points to reinforce themThe process helped me understand the lectures better“32.What does the underlined part in Paragraph I probably mean？ _ A. It is necessary to take notes on a laptop or an iPad

44、B. It is not worthwhile to take notes with pen and paperC. It needs much money to go to schools with a long historyD. It may bring good results to use the traditional note-taking style33.Compared with those using pens，the students using laptops learn worse because they _ A. write down fewer wordsB.

45、remember information word by word- 8 -C. dont process and sort out informationD. dont review their notes after class at all第二节 阅读七选五（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，共 10 分）Looking back at my younger years，I am sometimes amazed at how life has turned out 36 The only thing that stays the same is who I am，my values，and

46、 my interestsIf I could go back in time and hang out with my younger self for a day，heres what I would tell her Everything happens for a reason Without mistakes and failure，you would never have learnedWithout pain，you would never have grownOnce you understand this，you will know that everything comes

47、 in to serve a purposeSo dont think that life is unfair，because everything happens for a reason 37 Focus on one thing at a time It is not surprising that many of us are doing too many things at onceWe need to make ends meetBut if you are working three jobs at a time，it is not likely that you will su

48、cceed at any of themYou have to keep your eyes on the big pictureYou have to ask yourself：What exactly do you want to achieve for the next 10 years？Focus on one thing at a time 38 39 You might be graduating or have hit a turning point with your careerYou might feel a bit lost and unsure of where to

49、goIts okayGo out there and try as many different things as you canDont ever feel like youre wasting your timeEnjoy the journeyEvery little path will lead you somewhereAnd looking back，you will be able to connect the dotsIt will all make sense Dont try too hard with people Dont worry if you feel like its hard to make new frie