1、1福建省莆田第八中学 2019 届高三英语上学期期中试题第卷（满分 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）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. When does the plane take off?A. At 18:15. B. At 9:10. C. At 8:15.2. What a
2、re they doing?A. Playing a game.B. Doing an experiment.C. Listening to their teacher.3. Where did this conversation most probably take place?A. At a cinema. B. At home. C. At a restaurant.4. What does the woman say about the term paper?A. It took her an entire week to type it.B. She will type it nex
3、t week.C. She still hasnt finished it.5. What did Tom do yesterday?A. Had a picnic B. Came for dinner C. Attended a birthday.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 至
4、8 题。6. What does the man want to do?2A. To have his shoes mended.B. To buy a pair of new shoes.C. To do shopping in a supermarket.7. How far is the supermarket?A. Two blocks away. B. Five blocks away. C. Six blocks away.8. How will the man go to the place?A. By bus. B. On foot. C. In his car.听第 7 段材
5、料，回答第 9 至 11 题。9. Whats the relationship between the two speakers?A. Secretary and boss. B. Teacher and student.C. Doctor and patient.10. Why was she late?A. She missed the bus. B. She got a telephone call.C. Her aunt called her to get up late.11. What can we know about the teacher?A. He gets angry
6、easily. B. He is cold to his students.C. He is strict with his students.听第 8 段材料，回答第 12 至 14 题。12.Where does the conversation take place?A. In a company. B. In a hospital. C. In a factory.13. What causes the woman not sleep well?A. Working too hard.B.Having a high fever.CHaving a family problem 14.
7、What does the doctor suggest that the woman should do?A. She should take holidays. B. She should change a job.C. She should take some medicine.听第 9 段材料，回答第 15 至 17 题。15. What are they talking about?A. How to keep diet.3B. People should eat all kinds of things.C. A story about a friend on a sweet pot
8、ato diet.16. Why was the friend ill?A. Because he ate sweet potatoes.B. Because he wanted to lose weight.C. Because sweet potatoes cant provide everything he needs.17. What is the best way to keep diet?A. To eat less meat.B. To eat every kind of food.C. To eat less and exercise more.听第 10 段材料，回答第 18
9、 至 20 题。18. When did the speaker first see the film?A. Last night. B. At the age of 9. C. At the age of 20.19. Why did the speaker think it was a good film for the girls?A. Because it was a funny story.B. Because she liked it at their age.C. Because it was a story about animals.20. What is the video
10、 about?A. Romeo and Juliet. B. Different lives of two dogs.C. A love story between two dogs.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。AThe Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are
11、some findings and expert advice.1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.4Step: Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a da
12、y.2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?Finding: Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a dayhalf of the number doctors recommend.Step: We touch our faces around 3,000 times a dayoften inviting germs(病菌）to enter our mo
13、uth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with running water and soap for 20 seconds.3. How often do you think about fighting germs?Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.Step: Be aware of germs. Do you
14、 know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge (海绵）that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.21. What is found out about American seniors?A. Most of them have good habits.B. Nearly 30% of them bathe three days a week.C. A
15、ll of them are fighting germs better than expected.D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day.22. Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands .A. twice a day B. three times a dayC. eight times a day D. four times a day23. What can we learn from the text?A. We should keep fr
16、om touching our faces.B. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.C. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.D. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle.24. Where does the test probably come from?A. a popular magazine B. a guide bookC. a book review D. an offi
17、cial document5BMy daughter Alisa was born blind in her right eye and was bullied (欺侮）pretty severely in school. So I quitted my job as a babysitter and then schooled my daughter heart and soul at home.A year ago a boy of 14 befriended my daughter on Facebook after reading something Alisa wrote about
18、 bullying. Today he messaged her and asked if she would like six tickets to a Colorado Rockies baseball game. They have never met in person but she said, “Sure! That would be great.”Then I received a call from his mother explaining why her son had chosen my daughter. She said he thought my daughter
19、deserved them because of all the good she does in the community. Her son, she explained, had experienced a similar situation and was also home schooled.What she said is true. Now my daughter Alisa continues to teach groups of girls in trouble in our community how to look within themselves for the po
20、sitive and how to be their own person.Everything taken into consideration, we decided to meet the mother and the boy at a local bike shop. After meeting, the boy approached my car and my daughter gave him a hug and thanked him for his generosity. She told him that she had never been to a baseball ga
21、me and that she was going to take her entire family, including myself, her dad, little sister, her cousin and an aunt who has brain cancer.We all thanked one another, got in our car, and went our way. As we drove home my daughter opened the envelope. Inside it were the tickets and 100 each to buy ho
22、t dogs, pay for parking and not have any worries but a great time.My daughter has always been the giver and now she and our family are the receivers and I can not tell you how incredibly honored we feel to be on the other end. What an incredible young man to have such a kind idea.25. How did the boy
23、 get to know Alisa?A. They got in touch via the Internet.B. They became familiar when talking face to face. 6C. They met when buying tickets to a baseball game.D. They went to the same school and met each other.26. Why did the boy want to offer free tickets to Alisa?A. Because Alisa is a disabled gi
24、rl.B. Because he has a lot of money to share.C. Because Alisa often helps those in trouble.D. Because he has a similar situation with Alisa.27. What can we infer from the boy?A. He is afraid of meeting strangers.B. He always bullies smaller children.C. He is addicted to the Internet.D. He receives e
25、ducation at home.CHoney from the African forest is not only a kind of natural sugar, it is also delicious. Most people, and many animals, like eating it. However, the only way for them to get that honey is to find a wild bees nest(巢）and take the honey from it. Often, these nests are high up in trees
26、, and it is difficult to find them. In parts of Africa, though, people and animals looking for honey have a strange unexpected helpera little bird called a honey guide.The honey guide does not actually like honey, but it does like the wax（蜂蜡） in the beehives (蜂房). The little bird cannot reach this w
27、ax, which is deep inside the bees nest. So, when it finds a suitable nest, it looks for someone to help it. The honey guide gives a loud cry that attracts the attention of both passing animals and people. Once it has their attention, it flies through the forest, waiting from time to time for the cur
28、ious animal or person as it leads them to the nest. When they finally arrive at the nest, the follower reaches in to get at the delicious honey as the bird patiently waits and watches. Some of the honey and the wax， always falls to the ground, and this is when the honey guide takes its share.7Scient
29、ists do not know why the honey guide likes eating the wax, but it is very determined in its efforts to get it. The birds seem to be able to smell wax from a long distance away. They will quickly arrive whenever a beekeeper is taking honey from his beehives, and will even enter churches when beeswax
30、candles are being lit.28.Why is it difficult to find a wild bees nest?AIts small in size. BIts hidden in trees.CIts covered with wax. DIts hard to recognize.29.What do the words “the follower“ in Paragraph 4 refer to?AA bee. BA bird. CA honey seeker. DA beekeeper.30.The honey guide is special in the
31、 way .Ait gets its food Bit goes to churchCit sings in the forest Dit reaches into bees nests31.What can be the best title for the text?AWild Bees BWax and HoneyCBeekeeping in Africa DHoney-Lovers HelperDHeres an idea whose time has come: A flu shot that doesnt require an actual shot.For the first t
32、ime, researchers have tested a flu vaccine patch(疫苗贴) in a human clinical trial and found that it delivered as much protection as a traditional injection(注射 ) with a needle. Doctors and public health experts have high hopes that it will increase the number of people who get immunized(免疫的) against th
33、e flu.Seasonal flu is responsible for up to half a million deaths around the world each year according to the World Health Organization. A team led by Georgia Tech engineer Mark Prausnitz has come up with an alternative method that uses “microneedles”. These tiny needles are so small that 100 of the
34、m, arranged in order on a patch, can fit under your finger. Yet theyre big enough to hold vaccine for three types of flu.8None of the study volunteers had serious side effects. The groups that got patches had mild skin reactions that were not seen in the regular needle group, while the volunteers in
35、 the regular needle group were more likely to experience pain. Overall, 70 percent of the volunteers who got vaccine patches said theyd rather use them again than get a traditional flu shot. The study authors declared it a success on all fronts.The biggest beneficiaries could be people in low and mi
36、ddle-income countries, where flu vaccines are hard to come by. Reducing pain is nice, but other benefitsthe patch costs less, is easier to transport, doesnt require refrigeration, can be self-administered and doesnt cause waste of needlesare even better.“Microneedle Patches have the potential to bec
37、ome ideal candidates for vaccination programs,” wrote Katja Hoschler and Maria Zambon of Public Health England.32. What is the passage mainly about?A. A vaccine patch that cures people of their flu.B. A patch that makes flu shots a thing of the past.C. A clinical study that protects people from dise
38、ase.D. A method that makes traditional flu shots painless.33. What do we know about the vaccine patch?A. It causes slight side effects.B. It is produced by the WHO.C. It delivers vaccine to the little finger.D. It works badly on 30% of the volunteers.34. What is the feature of the vaccine patch?A. I
39、ts pain-free. B. Its non-storable.C. Its costly. D. Its environment-friendly.35. What is Kaija and Marias attitude towards the new shot?A. Cautious. B. Ambiguous.C. Favorable. D. Disapproving.9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。You can read a book for pleasure one ti
40、me through and be just fine. However, it is harmful to deal with academic reading the same way. In order to read and comprehend a book or article for school, you need to be much more strategic（策略）. 36. Understand types and themes.In most reading tests, the student is asked to read a passage and pred
41、ict what might happen next. 37. This is to make sure youre able to infer information from the clues. The type of text of a book helps you make predictions about the action-which helps you.Read with tools.Any time you read to learn, use active reading skills and there are tools that are not so good t
42、o use. A pencil and a pack of sticky notes will be good tools. You can mark in the margins without any damage. Use your notes to write down thoughts, impressions, predictions, and questions as you read. 38. You create some serious damage when highlighting.39. It is not wise to look up new and unfami
43、liar words as you read. Make a logbook of those new words, and revisit them later. Be sure to keep a logbook of new words and visit it often!Analyze the title (and subtitles).Once a text is completed, the writer may reflect on the true message or purpose and come up with a new title. 40. A. Find out
44、 the new words.B. Work the vocabulary skills.C. That is, if you want to earn a good grade!D. A highlighter（荧光笔）, on the other hand, can be a really bad tool.E. What might happen next will help you a lot in reading.10F. Prediction is a common reading comprehension strategy.G. It will be a clue to hel
45、p you understand the message better.第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节, 满分 45 分）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。Anna is a nurse at the National Institutes of Health Center (NIHC). She didnt want the young 41 there, who couldnt go outside, to miss out
46、on the winter 42 when it was snowing outside last winter.The kids could see the snow 43 . But they couldnt 44 it. Many of the kids had a type of immunodeficiency (免疫缺陷) and were waiting to have bone-marrow transplants (骨髓移植). The immunodeficiency put them at risk of infection, 45 while they were hav
47、ing transplants, they were even weaker, so they were 46 to go out or be around many people. Also, there were kids from all over the world at the center and some of them had47 seen snow in their lifetime. Anna didnt want them to 48 the fun, so she had a(n) 49 . Since the patients couldnt go out into
48、the snow, Anna filled up a basin with 50 on her own and 51 it right to them. She made several trips 52 so all the kids would have fresh snow to 53 .The children made snowballs, 54 the snow with colored pens and made snowmen. One child even 55 Anna with a snowball. They had a very 56 snow day. After
49、the childrens parents knew what she had done for the kids, they 57 her. Because of her, the children experienced the 58 brought by snow. One parent said, “My daughter has been at NIHC for almost eight weeks and has hardly been able to 59 her room, so it was so much fun for her to be able 11to play with the snow.”Anna was glad that she could do something to make the children
