1、- 1 -安徽省毛坦厂中学、金安中学 2019 届高三英语上学期 12 月联考试题本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟。注意事项：1. 考生务必将答案答在答题卡上, 在试卷上作答无效。2. 答题前考生务必将答题卡上的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写。3. 答题卡上选择题必须用 2B 铅笔作答, 将选中项涂满涂黑, 黑度以盖住框内字母为准, 修改时用橡皮擦除干净。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答, 未在对应的答题区域内作答或超出答题区域作答的均不得分。第 I 卷第二部分：阅读理解（共两节, 满分
2、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（ABC 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMore than great drinks, great rewardsEnjoy all the benefits and more with your membership to our Loyalty Program! Whenever you pay with your membership account, youll earn a Star.Collect more Stars, earn more rewards.
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7、d youre at the Gold level.What is included in the Green level plusA free food or drink item after another 12 Stars earnedPersonalized Gold Card21. Which of the following is a way you can apply for membership?A. To enter a Starcode from specially marked Starbucks products.B. To buy a Starbucks Card o
8、ver the phone.C. To update the Starbucks App from the official website.D. To buy a drink at a Starbucks on weekends.22. With the Starbucks App, you can _.A. change the prices B. earn a Star C. pay for rewards D. view current offers23. With a Starbucks Card of Green level, you will get _.- 2 -A. a fr
9、ee cake B. personalized Green CardC. free in-store refills D. all purchases 15% offBAfter spending a long day driving the day before,Steinkamp left his hotel around 5:30 a.m. to a funeral in Green Bay,Wisconsin.About half an hour into his journey,he noticed a small strange sound coming from his fron
10、t tire.By 7 a.m.,he still had 70 miles ahead of him,but the noise was so loud that he knew he had no choice but to stop.Steinkamp figured there was little possibility that anyone in Wild Rose,Wisconsin-a tiny town with a population of 725-could help so early in the morning.Still,he look his chance a
11、t an auto repair shop.Luckily, Steinkamp spotted Glenn Geib stocking the shelves,and he asked for help.Giving Steinkamp a quick look,Geib asked why he was so dressed up,and Steinkamp explained his dilemma.The mechanic checked the car and told Steinkamp what hed feared: the wheel bearing（轴承）was faili
12、ng.Fixing it would take a few hours,but there was no chance the car would make it that distance without repairs.“I must have looked pretty stressed out at this time because Glenn then reached into his pocket,pulled out the keys to HIS vehicle and said Take my truck and get going,“ Steinkamp wrote in
13、 a Facebook post.The men had met just 10 minutes before and didnt know each others names,but Geib insisted.Steinkamp made it to the funeral.When he came back to the garage seven hours later with a thankful heart,he stuck around to chat with Geib.“The 74-year-old mechanic turned a terrible day into a
14、 good one with a great lesson.“ Steimkamp wrote, “Just be kind and help if you can.“24.Where was Steinkamp when he had to stop his car?A.Just outside of the hotel he stayed in. B.In a small town called Wild Rose.C.At a funeral in Green Bay,Wisconsin. D.70 miles away from Wild Rose,Wisconsin.25.What
15、was wrong with Steinkamps car?A.The front tire went flat suddenly. B.The engine failed to work.C.The wheel bearing needed repairing. D.The car couldnt get started.26.Which of the following words can best describe Glenn Geib?A.Humorous and grateful. B.Optimistic and enthusiastic.C.Sensitive and intel
16、ligent. D.Warmhearted and generous.27.Which might serve as the best title for the story?A.A Terrible Day. B.An Experienced Mechanic.C.A Valuable Lesson. D.A Random Act of Kindness.CWith all the wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, its not only necessary, but also essential to have a good s
17、ense of humor just to help us get through each and every day of our lives. Putting a smile on someones face when you know they are feeling down in the dump, makes me feel good and warms my heart.How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker, neighbor, clos
18、e friends, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I dont know the person Im joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could i
19、magine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is common courtesy(礼貌)to speak to others that are around you.I know of a few people that dont have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would
20、sit there without the slightest smile on their face. They dont get the joke that makes others laugh. I am busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me - 3 -as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke?Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under contr
21、ol. Without humor we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness in this present world. It drives people crazy. We all need to find a way to ignore the sadness and bring a little light into our lives. So
22、, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.28. What is the authors attitude towards the present world?A. Critical B. Positive C. Satisfied D. Indifferent29. The phrase “busting a gut“ in the third paragraph can be replaced by _.A. explain
23、ing carefully B. speaking loudC. keeping silent D. laughing hard30. According to the author, humor is useful in the aspect that _.A. it makes people more confident B. it can pick up peoples spiritsC. it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world D. it can help people get on well with others31. In
24、writing the passage, the author mainly intends to _.A. introduce a practical way to get through daily life B. convince people of the power of humourC. encourage people to be humorous in daily lifeD. talk about his own understanding of humor DEudaimonia is an Ancient Greek word, particularly stressed
25、 by the philosophers Plato and Aristotle, which deserves far more attention than it has because it corrects the shortfalls (缺失）in one of the most central, but troubling words in our modem language: happiness.When we nowadays try to clearly express the purpose of our lives，it is the word “happiness”
26、that we commonly turn to. We tell ourselves and others that the most important principle for our jobs, our relationships and the conduct of our day-to-day lives is the pursuit of happiness. It sounds like an innocent enough idea, but too much reliance on the term means that we frequently unfairly te
27、nd to quit or, at least, heavily question a great many challenging but worthwhile situations. The Ancient Greeks did not believe that the purpose of life was to be happy; they proposed that it was to achieve Eudaimonia, a word which has been best translated as “fulfilment”.What distinguishes happine
28、ss from fulfilment is pain. It is very possible to be fulfilled andat the same timeunder pressure, suffering physically or mentally, overburdened and, quite frequently, in an irritable (易怒的）mood. This is a slight psychological difference that is hard for the word “happiness” to capture, for its tric
29、ky to speak of being happy yet unhappy, or happy yet suffering. However, such a combination is readily accommodated within the respected and noble-sounding idea of Eudaimonia.The word encourages us to trust that many of lifes most worthwhile projects will sometimes be in conflict with contentment, a
30、nd yet will be worth pursuing. Properly exploring our professional talents, managing a household, keeping a relationship going, creating a new business venture or engaging in politics. none of these goals are likely to leave us cheerful and grinning on a daily basis. They will, in fact, involve us i
31、n all manner of challenges that will deeply exhaust and weaken us, provoke (激怒）and wound us. And yet we will perhaps, at the end of our lives, still feel that the tasks were worth undertaking. Through them, well have achieved something deeper and more interesting than happiness.With the word Eudaimo
32、nia in mind, we can stop imagining that we are aiming for a pain-free existenceand then blaming ourselves unfairly for being in a bad mood. Well know that we are trying to do something far more important than smile all the time: were striving to do justice to our full human potential.- 4 -32. What d
33、o we know about “Eudaimonia” from the passage?A. It was first created by two Greek philosophers.B. It has received a lot of attention from the public.C. It still has some shortfalls that need to be corrected.D. It was regarded as the purpose of life in ancient Greece.33. According to Paragraph 3, ha
34、ppiness_.A. is the opposite of fulfillmentB. is free from physical or mental painC. stresses the psychological differenceD. serves as a respected and noble life goal34. We can learn from the passage that_.A. aiming for happiness may lead to wrong self-blamingB. goals that wound and weaken us result
35、in happinessC. challenges leading to contentment are worth undertakingD. feeling fulfilled means we should avoid tough situations35. The passage encourages the readers to_.A. find fulfillment with all efforts B. seek for a pain-free existenceC. keep optimistic whatever happens D. balance happiness a
36、nd suffering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。It can be difficult to meet new people and make friends，especially when you move to a new city or find yourself out of your comfort zoneHow will you deal with the situation? 36 There are several ways that you can meet pe
37、ople that you might not have considered in the past 37You probably have several acquaintances that you see on a daily basis or a weekly basisIf you get along well with certain people，you can see if this acquaintance would like to go out and do something socially with youIf you have common interests，
38、you might suggest that the two of you do something together that involves your interest Make an effort to accept invitationsSometimes people that you know may be having a barbecue or other types of social gatheringTry to ensure that you are able to attend and then show up at the appointed time 38If
39、you meet people that you click with，you can make a plan to see them again in the future or you can invite your friends to your own event and ask them to extend the invitation to the friends that were at their gathering tooGo out，even when you dont feel like itIt turns out that when people invite som
40、eone to join them for dinner or a movie or something else，they really want to hang out with you 3940 But once you have used the same methods a few times you will know exactly what works and what does notDont give up，everyone is different and it just takes time to get to know peopleAExpand on current
41、 relationshipsBTrying to make new friends can be annoying at firstCDo you work with people that you get along well with?DBut dont call them several times a day or even several times per weekEBe more social and youll make your life more exciting and fulfilledFIf you tend to say “no” often，people will
42、 eventually stop asking you to go with themGThese types of gatherings often lead to meeting different people who are friends of friends第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）- 5 -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。The job of raising children is a tough one. Children
43、 dont come with an instruction manual(说明书).And each child is 41 .So parents sometimes pull their hair out in frustration，not 42 what to do. But in raising children，what we do is 43 by our culture. Naturally then，American parents teach their children basic American 44 .To Americans,the goal of parent
44、s is to help children 45 on their own feet. From 46 ，each child may get his or her own room. As children grow, they get more 47 to make their own choices. 48 choose their own forms of entertainment，as well as the friends to 49 them with. When they 50 young adulthood，they choose their own jobs and ma
45、rriage 51 .Of course，many young adults still 52 their parents advice and approval for the choices they make. But once they “leave the 53 ” at around 18 to 21 years old，they want to be on their own，not 54 to their mothers apron strings(围裙带).The relationship between parents and children in America is
46、very informal. American parents 55 their children as individuals not as extensions of themselves.They_56_them to achieve their own dreams. Americans praise , encourage and give their children the 57 to succeed. When children become adults，their parents becomes more like 58 .But 59 to popular belief，
47、most adult Americans dont make their parents pay for room and board when their parents come to 60 them. Even as adults，they respect and honor their parents.41. A. strange B. different C. new D. unlike42. A. noticing B. remembering C. knowing D. deciding43. A. influenced B. made C. controlled D. chan
48、ged 44. A. services B. standards C. laws D. values45. A. sit B. get C. stand D. rise46. A. adulthood B. girlhood C. boyhood D. childhood47. A. freedom B. space C. time D. money48. A. Adults B. Teenagers C. Americans D. Parents49. A. help B. join C. share D. provide50. A. gain B. pass C. become D. reach51. A. wives B. partners C. husbands D. couples52. A. seek B. invite C. try D. choose53. A. room B. house C. nest D. place54. A. connected B. held C. stuck D. tied55. A. look B. view C. think D. recognize56. A. hope B. suggest C. allow D. command57. A. power
