1、1安徽省阜阳市第三中学 2018-2019 学年上学期高一年级期末考试英语试卷考生注意：本试题分第卷和第卷，共 13 页。满分 150 分，考试时间为 120 分钟。第卷（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
2、 下 一 小 题 。 每 段 对 话 仅读 一 遍 。1. Whats the weather like now?A. Cloudy. B. Sunny. C. Rainy.2. What will the man do on Saturday?A. Attend a party. B. See a doctor. C. Go to work.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. The bathroom. B. The luggage. C. The hotel.4. What does the man think of the book?A.
3、Funny. B. Boring. C. Difficult.5. Where are the speakers?A. In a restaurant. B. In a clothes store. C. In a post office.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.
4、What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Doctor and patient. B. Boss and employee. C. Husband and wife.7. What will the woman do tomorrow morning?A. Attend a meeting. B. Go to the dentist. C. Make an appointment.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8、9 题。28. Why does the woman come to the grocery store?A.
5、To buy Linda a birthday present.B. To buy materials for making a cake.C. To buy decorations for a party.9. What kind of cake does Linda like best?A. A chocolate cake. B. A cream cake. C. A fruit cake.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至 12 题。10. How long did the man work as a sales manager?A. For 6 months. B. For 2 ye
6、ars. C. For 3 years. 1l. What does the man seldom do in his spare time?A. Travel in Asia. B. Play folk music. C. Act in plays12. What is the man doing?A. Chatting with his friend.B.Applying for the Art College.C. Having a job interview.听第 9 段材料,回答第 13 至 16 题。13. When did the speakers see each other
7、last time?A. When they were kids. B. When they were twenty.C. When they left high school.14. What is Aunt Joe wearing?A. A brown hat. B. A brown dress. C. A yellow dress.15. What does Aunt Mary look like?A. She is thin. B. She has long hair. C. She doesnt wear glasses.16. Where does Grandma Amy live
8、 now?A. In Chicago. B. In Boston. C. In Hawaii.听 第 10 段材料, 回 答 第 17 至 20 题。17. Who is the speaker probably?A. A tour guide. B. An airline captain. C. An airline clerk.18. When will the group reach Athens?A. At 6:30 am. B. At 8:30 am. C. At 2 pm.19. What will the group do on Thursday?A. Enjoy ancient
9、 Greek works of art.3B. Visit places of interest in Athens.C. Go sailing around the islands.20. Where can the group enjoy Greek traditional music?A. On an island. B. On the sailing boat. C. At the National Museum.4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 面 短 文 ， 从 每 题 所 给 的 四 个 选 项 （A
10、、 B、 C 和 D） 中 ， 选 出 最 佳 答 案 ， 并 在 答 题 卡 上 将 该 选 项 涂 黑 。ATeen ToursSummer Travel Teen Tour Programs for Ages 12-18Tips On Trips and Camps has been recommending quality teen tours for over 40 years. Teen tours are summer travel programs for teenagers choosing a comfortable way to see the sites and exp
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16、 the ad list many questions in the end?A. To persuade parents to choose its programs.B. To offer parents help in making a choice.C. To show the trip is designed especially for children.D. To prove the difficulty in deciding a trip.BJack loved playing sports. But on a day in August, it seemed that al
17、l sports were about to be taken away from him. Though injuries were nothing new for Jack, this one was much more serious. He would miss both the football and wrestling seasons. “I had to experience a long and painful recovery,” said Jack.Curtis Urbina, a famous coach, admired Jacks drive to keep goi
18、ng on the wrestling mat. After Jack got injured, he had an idea when sensing his sadness. He decided to bring Jack to practices to help him out.Curtis Urbina asked Jack to watch how he and the other coaches worked with wrestlers. As expected, Jack wanted to take part in wrestling instead of being ke
19、pt indoors all day. He offered to coach the toughest kids. He was a natural coach. He kept the kids interested and made it fun for them. He showed patience and persistence (坚韧不拔) needed to deal with those kids. “Making sure that they stayed in the room as required was the biggest part of my job,” Ja
20、ck said. “But I wanted to teach others some of the same lessons that wrestling had taught me.”One kid Jack coached was Stephen Singlak, aged 4. Stephens parents were amazed when they watched Jack work with their son. “You can guess how Stephen felt at first as he was often wrestling with kids bigger
21、 than him,” said Stephens dad. “But Jack started going one-on-one with him. Jack would be on all fours, and Stephen was trying different moves. Stephen started liking wrestling instead of getting discouraged.”After struggling to win even one match early on, Stephen won about half of his matches in t
22、his season. “It was a great feeling when I knew I had played a part in Stephen getting to where he was,” Jack said. “That coaching experience was just wonderful. Im glad that I have a chance to help others. ”724. Whats the main idea of the first paragraph?A. Jack loved playing sports very much.B. Ja
23、cks sports career was ruined by the new injury.C. Injuries were quite common for Jack.D. Jack couldnt bear the pain caused by the new injury.25. Why did Curtis Urbina bring Jack to practices?A. To give him a chance to take exercise.B. To develop his interest in teaching.C. To help him get rid of his
24、 sadness.D. To teach him some new wrestling skills.826.After Stephen was coached by Jack, he .A. thought he was a natural wrestlerB. easily got discouraged during his trainingC. liked playing with kids bigger than himD. showed a great interest in wrestling27.According to the last paragraph, Jacks co
25、aching experience .A. made him win many matchesB. helped him make a lot of new friendsC. gave him a sense of achievementD. made him popular among young kidsCIn the past several years, air travel has become less appealing for some travelers. Tighter security regulations mean longer waits. Rising fuel
26、 prices can lead to more expensive tickets. Despite ( 尽 管 ) the inconveniences, air travel still has a number of advantages over car, train and bus travel.For a long distance, air travel is the fastest way to get to your destination, but even on shorter trips planes are much quicker. On a medium-len
27、gth trip from New York City to Detroit, a flight will take about 41/2 hours (including an hours driving to and from the airport and an hours waiting in the terminal ( 终 点 站 ) while a car ride will take 91/2 hours, a bus ride almost 15 hours and a train ride about 161/2 hours. Buses, cars and trains
28、only begin to become competitive on extremely short trips such as from NYC to Philadelphia.Plane crashes are tragic events that can result in hundreds of deaths. Fortunately, they are extremely rare. According to Chance News, the odds ( 可 能 性 ) of dying on a 1,000-mile flight are significantly less
29、than those from dying on a 100-mile car ride. Car, bus and train travel are also more dangerous than flying on a plane.The cost of tickets for airplane, bus and train travel can vary greatly. In many cases, however, air travel is the cheapest way. A trip from New York City to Detroit costs $86 by pl
30、ane. This is comparable to slightly cheaper train tickets ($75) and bus tickets ($80) and cheaper than car travel ($115).On the longer New York City to Los Angeles trip, the 9advantages of air travel shine: airplane tickets are more than 30 dollars, less than train tickets, the cheapest alternative.
31、28. Which means of transportation takes the longest time from New York City to Detroit?A. A train ride. B. A car ride.C. A bus ride. D. A flight.29. The underlined word “shine” in the last paragraph means“ ”.A. cast a shadow B. are obviousC. are unclear D. reflect light1030. It can be concluded from
32、 the text that the author .A. is worried about the safety of air travelB. is familiar with the trip between New York City and DetroitC. prefers traveling by car rather than by busD. chooses to travel by train while travelling around the U.S.31. Whats the best title for the text?A. The Traffic System
33、 in AmericaB. The Disadvantages of Air, Train and Bus TravelC. Different Ways of Traveling Around the U.S.D. The Advantages of Air TravelDWhatever we do, lets not forget the burbot ( 江 鳕 ), a dark, mysterious, unusual creature which lives down deep in the bottom of deep lakes.The fish is “fat lookin
34、g and a little bit soft”. With large flat heads, small eyes, downturned mouths full of sharp teeth, they are not exactly pretty. They are also extremely slimy (粘糊糊的) and under the chin is a single long, fleshy barbel (鱼的触须), giving the impression of a goatee (山羊胡子). These characteristics are importa
35、nt. Their teeth are essential for catching a huge variety of food. “Theyre a very greedy animal,”says Steve Simpson, marine biologist and lover of burbot at Exeter University. “There are reports of them eating birds, eating snakes, eating frogsthey really will eat anything they can get. ”Once upon a
36、 time, they were ice-age fish that once swam freely in a cold world, until the ice moved away 10,000 years ago leaving small populations throughout the northern hemisphere ( 半 球 ), including eastern England. For several months a year burbot can be trapped under icethey need cold temperatures to lay
37、eggs and all that unpleasant thick 11ice provides excellent protection.Although still present throughout the rest of Europe and North America, the only burbot in England today can be found in the rooms of the Natural History Museum in London, preserved in jars. The Angling Times offered a reward of
38、100 to anyone who found one in the UK, but that money lies unclaimed.When it comes to animals threatened with extinction, the cute and soft ones tend to get the mostattention. But what about the unattractive ones that go unnoticed when their numbers start to become gradually smaller and smaller? Som
39、eone has got to speak up for the burbot.32. Which of the following best describes burbots appearance?A. Ugly. B. Mysterious. C. Small. D. Attractive.1233. For what purpose do burbot stay under ice?A. To go to sleep. B. To meet friends.C. To look for food. D. To produce eggs.34. What does the underli
40、ned part “that money lies unclaimed” mean?A.A reward of 100 is not appealing at all.B. The burbot has disappeared in British waters.C. The burbot only lives in the bottom of lakes.D. The English dont care much about money.35. What is the authors attitude towards the burbot?A. Worried. B. Critical. C
41、. Crazy. D. Proud.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。How to make friends at a new schoolYoure about to start a new school and want to make friends there. What do you do? Here are some tips on how to meet people and make friends at a new school and how to adjust to yo
42、ur new surroundings.36 Theres nothing that attracts people more than someone who believes in who he/she is and has a fairly positive attitude about life in general and other peoples ideas, too.Invite others to do things. In a lot of cases, youll need to make the first move to find potential friends.
43、 Ask some people to share a table at lunch or study hall, ask someone to be your volleyball partner in gym class . 37 Join some clubs and activities. A new school and a new group of classmates offer great opportunities to explore some new interests. 38 Youre able to meet people who share your intere
44、sts and are looking forward to making new friends, too.Have an opinion. Do you want to help the homeless or prevent the destruction of the rainforest? Speak up. Offer your opinions in class. 39 People will remember you in no time and want to talk to you and, most likely, hang out to get to know you
45、better.Remember peoples names. Do your best to remember other peoples names and interests. 40 Say something like, “I remember you said something really interesting about X yesterday and wanted to talk about it some more, but Im new here and dont 13remember your name yet. Could you remind me what it
46、is?”A. Be as confident as you can.B. Smile at people when they look at you.C. Try out for a school play or sports team.D. Share your unique viewpoints in conversation.E. Its a great conversation starter and it makes you seem friendly.F.Once youve found a few people you like, ask them to eat or have
47、fun after school.G.More importantly, dont be afraid to ask people more than once what their names are.14第三部分 英语知识运用（共二节，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。It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almos
48、t a month. The crops were 41 . If we didnt see some rain soon, we would 42everything. It was on this day that I learned the true lesson of 43 and witnessed (目击) the only miracle I had seen with my own eyes.I was in the kitchen making lunch 44 I saw my six-year-old son, Billy, walking toward the 45 .
49、 Minutes after he 46 into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house.I went back to making sandwiches, thinking that what he had been doing was completed. Moments later, however, he was once again 47 in that slow purposeful step toward the woods. This activity went on for an hourwalked 48 to the woods, and ran back to the house.Finally I couldnt take it any longer, so I went out of the house quietly and 49 him on his journey. As I leaned in (屈 身) to spy on him, I saw the most 50 sight. A tiny young deer was lyin
