1、- 1 -河北省大名县一中 2019 届高三英语上学期 10 月半月考试题考生须知：1本卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟；2答题前，在答题卷密封区内填写班级、学号和姓名；座位号写在指定位置；3所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效；4考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。第 I 卷第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30 分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。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
2、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 this conversation probably take place?A. In a bookstore.B. In a classroom.C. In a library.2.At what time will the film begin?A.7:20 B.7:15 C.7:003. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Their friend Jane.B. A weekend trip.C. A radio pro
3、gram.4. What will the woman probably do?A. Catch a train.B. See the man off.C. Go shopping.5. Why did the woman 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。每段对话后有几个小题，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
4、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，各小题给出 5 秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第 6 段材料.回答第 6. 7 题。6. Whose CD is broken?A. Kathys. B. Mums. C. Jacks.7. What does the boy promise to do for the girl?A. Buy her a new CD.- 2 -B. Do some cleaning.C. Give her 10 dollars.听第 7 段材料.回答第 8、9 题。8. What did the man think of the m
5、eal?A. Just so-so.B. Quite satisfactory.C. A bit disappointing.9. What was the 15% on the bill paid for?A. The food. B. The drinks. C. The service.听第 8 段材料，回答第 I0 至 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
6、color does the man want?A. Pink. B. Black. C. Orange.12. What will the man do afterwards?A. Make a phone call.B. Wait until further notice.C. Come again the next day.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至 16 题。13. What would Joe probably do during the Thanksgiving holiday?A. Go to a play.B. Stay at home.C. Visit Kingsto
7、n 14. What is Ariel going to do in Toronto?A. Attend a party.B. Meet her aunt.C. See a car show.I5. Why is Ariel in a hurry to leave?A. To call up Betty.B. To buy some DVDs.C. To pick up Daniel.16. What might be the relationship between the speakers?A. Classmates.B. Fellow workers.C. Guide and touri
8、st.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。17. Where does Thomas Manning work?A. In the Guinness Company.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?A. I
9、n 1875. B. In 1950. C. In 1955.20. What are the two speakers going to talk about next?A. More records of unusual facts.- 3 -B. The founder of the company.C. The oldest person in the world第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，)阅读下面短文，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。AMr. Peter Johnson, aged twenty-three, battled fo
10、r half an hour to escape from his trapped car yesterday when it landed upside down in three feet of water. Mr. Johnson took the only escape route - through the boot(行李箱).Mr. Johnsons car had finished up in a ditch (沟渠) at Romney Marsin, Kent after skidding on ice and hitting a bank. “Fortunately, th
11、e water began to come in only slowly,“ Mr. Johnson said. “I couldnt force the doors because they were jammed against the walls of the ditch and dared not open the windows because I knew water would come flooding in.“ Mr. Johnson, a sweet salesman of Sitting Home, Kent, first tried to attract the att
12、ention of other motorists by sounding the horn and hammering on the roof and boot. Then he began his struggle to escape. Later he said, “It was really a half penny that saved my life. It was the only coin I had in my pocket and I used it to unscrew the back seat to get into the boot. I hammered desp
13、erately with a hammer trying to make someone hear, but no help came.“ It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot. Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. Fifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only chance I
14、 had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.“ His hands and arms cut and bruised (擦伤), Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by the farmers wife, Mrs.
15、Lucy Bates. Trembling in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.“ Only - 4 -the tips of the car wheels were visible, police said last night. The vehicle had sunk into two feet of mud at the bottom of the ditch.21. What is the best title for this newspaper article?A. The Story of
16、Mr. Johnson, a Sweet SalesmanB. Car Boot Can Serve as the Best Escape RouteC. Driver Escapes through Car BootD. The Driver Survived a Terrible Car Accident22. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 “Finally it gave” means that _. A. luckily the door was torn away in the end B. at last the wrench wen
17、t broken C. the lock came open after all his efforts D. the chance was lost at the last minute23. It can be inferred from the passage that _. A. the ditch was along a quiet country roadB. the accident happened on a clear warm dayC. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch D. Mr. Johnson ha
18、d a tender wife and was well attendedBIts easy to think of the selfless reasons to listen. People want you to listen to them. By listening, you can help someone with a problem, or help them come up with new ideas. But listening also has selfish benefits that make it worth the investment.The biggest
19、selfish benefit is that you learn more with your mouth closed. Youll learn more about other people, and often, about yourself, if you stop talking. Those ideas are useful if you want to improve yourself.Listening also helps you think. When youre truly listening, not just waiting for your turn to spe
20、ak, you can chew over your ideas more. You can mull on points of the conversation longer. In the end, youll appear a lot wiser if you explain a fully-digested point of view, than if you just speak out the first - 5 -response that comes to mind.Building the listening habit also makes better friends t
21、han trying to be an impressive conversationalist. People like the guy who listens more than the guy with the best jokes. Be interested, rather than interesting.If the person youre talking with doesnt feel too chatty, bait (启发) them with a comment. Throw something at them which will make it easy for
22、them to talk. A better strategy to listen is to master the short anecdote. This is a 2-3 sentence comment on something that the other person has said. If they are telling a long explanation of their work as an accountant, you could comment on someone you know that does accounting or something you kn
23、ow about accounting.24. The following are talked about EXCEPT _.A. the ways of being a good listener B. the benefits of building the listening habitC. the ways of being a good speakerD. the strategies to inspire others to speak25. According to the passage, which kind of person is most probably popul
24、ar with people?A. The one who is good at telling jokes.B. The one who has no speaking ability. C. The one who is good at public speaking.D. The one who is good at listening to others.26. The underlined phrase “mull on” in the third paragraph means _.A. think over B. agree with C. disagree with D. pu
25、t forward CNew Yorks long awaited bike share program, which arranged the distribution of 10,000 bicycles along some of the citys busiest street, will be sponsored by Citi financial group, Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Monday. Citi Bike will be the largest public bike share system in the US, w
26、ith bikes placed in 600 stations in Manhattan and Brooklyn. The program will be operated by Alta bicycle share, which runs similar projects in Washington D.C. and Boston. - 6 -“The idea behind bike share is simple: give people one more way to get around the town,” Bloomberg said in a restaurant. “Th
27、e new Citi Bikes will be an affordable transportation network that will help New Yorkers get where theyre going faster. When the walk seems a little far, New Yorkers can choose to skip the hike, and take a bike.”The program was announced in September 2011, and the department of transport has spent t
28、he last eight months planning locations for the stations. Full details on the locations have not been released yet, but they will include Times Square, Penn Station and close to Central Park. Annual membership of the program will cost $95, which entitles (授权) users to free journeys up to 45 minutes.
29、 For those unwilling to commit to a years cycling, seven-day subscriptions are available for $25 or 24-hour access for $9.95, with the first 30 minutes of any journey free. The official website for the program says the pricing strategy is likely to ensure that riders keep their trips short. Althoug
30、h short journeys are free, anyone wanting to take a bike for the day will face very high charges. People who do not sign up to an annual membership tourists, for example, would pay $49 for a three-hour ride, plus the $9.95 24-hour access fee, making a total of $59. The department of transport said t
31、he bikes and stations, which will begin to be fixed from “late July”, will be the same as in London, Montreal and Minneapolis; however, in one sense Bloomberg will be hoping the New York program differs from that of London. While the London program has ended up losing money since it launched in 2010
32、, the mayor said New York City would “split system profits with the operator”, creating a potential new income program. 27. According to the passage, the main purpose of setting up New Yorks bike share system is to _. A. make profits from the bike users B. discourage people from going hiking C. redu
33、ce peoples expenses on transportation - 7 -D. help people travel around the city more easily28. According to the passage, which of the following locations is NOT available for the Citi Bike service?A. Central Park B. Time Square C. Brooklyn Botanic Garden D. Penn Station29. What can be learned from
34、Paragraph 5?A. It is wise of people to use the bikes for short trips. B. Anyone can use the bike free of charge for 45 minutes. C. Most people are unwilling to pay for the annual membership. D. Tourists are charged more for the use of bikes than local people. 30. In what sense does Bloomberg hope th
35、e New York program differs from that of London?A. Better accepted. B. Better operated. C. More profitable. D. More widespread.DI came to study in the United States a year ago .Yet I did not know the real American society until I was injured in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a
36、 doctor and go to court.After the accident .my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money fr
37、om the person who was responsible for my injury, Id have to have a good lawyer. And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer .Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would
38、see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.- 8 -My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all. He
39、 knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770. Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance com
40、pany the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for timeand I left without getting a cent.31. The authors roommate offered to help him because_.A. he felt sorry for the authorB. he thought it was a chance to make some moneyC. he knew the doctor was a very good oneD. he wanted the auth
41、or to have a good lawyer32. A good doctor is essential for the author to _.A. be properly treatedB. talk with the person responsible for the accidentC. recover before he leaves AmericaD. eventually get the responsible party to pay for his injury33. The word“charge”in the third paragraph means_ .A. b
42、e responsible B. accuse C. ask as a price D. claim34. Both the doctor and the lawyer in this passage are very_.A. friendly B. selfish C. professional D. busy35. What conclusion can you draw from the story?A. Going to court is something very common in America.B. One must be very careful while driving
43、 a car.C. There are more bad sides in America than good sides.D. Money is more important than other things in the US.第二节（共 5 个小题；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。- 9 -Life can be so busy these days. Its time that you all should admit that you need help in organizing your life
44、. Here are some tips that will help you. Write everything down and dont rely on your memory. 36 If you want to remember things, put them in writing, or in a digital notebook. Keeping your to-do lists and other information written somewhere allows you to look back at them anytime, even when youve hit
45、 your head and forgotten your own name. 37 Try this experiment: before buying one thing, throw out something old or something you dont use any more. Or, if youre a really terrible pack rat, just throw out one old thing a day until you cant find any more items to throw. Recycle and donate. Is your cl
46、oset full of unopened bags and clothes that still have their tags on them? Is your bookshelf full of unread books? Chances are that if you havent read, worn, or used them, then youre probably not going to use them at all. 38 Create daily, weekly and monthly timetables for cleaning. Organize your cle
47、aning timetables. 39 Distribute tasks evenly, for example, dish washing could be done daily while vacuuming could be done weekly and cleaning windows done monthly. Whichever of these tasks you decide to do, remember that you cant completely organize your life in one go. 40 Just decide to organize no
48、w, and then take baby steps. Soon enough, you will be making a habit of it. 第三部分：语言运用A. Practice putting things away immediately. B. Throw one thing before buying something. C. Its a long and never-ending process, so be patient. D. Give them to a charity or sell them on the Internet. E. Its extremel
49、y exhausting to clean everything all at once. F. To keep up with tasks, you need to work with your family. G. We all agree most of us have a tough time remembering things.- 10 -第一节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）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。The Depression was still going on, but I was in good spirits. I was going to graduate from elementary school, yet my m
