湖北省荆州市松滋二中2016届高三上学期期中考试英语试题

湖北省松滋二中2015-2016学年度高三上学期期中考

试英语试题

时间：120分钟 分值150分 命题：贾萌

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下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1.What is the weather like at the moment?

A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Cloudy. 2. What is the woman’s roommate like?

A. She is a patient . B. She is nice. C. She is tidy. 3. Why has John moved out?

A. To be near the school. B. To live in a quiet place. C. To avoid the trouble. 4. What’s the man’s problem?

A. He can’t see the sign clearly. B. He has no ticket for the movie. C. He has parked in the wrong place. 5. Which musical instrument does Bob have? A. Drums. B. A guitar. C. A violin.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)

听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。

6. What does the man know about the River Nile ? A. It’s the longest river in the world .

B. It often fliids large areas C. It’s the second longest river in the world 7. Why did Egyptians build Aswan High Dam ?

A. In order to sail upstream B. In order to control the flood C. In order to attract visitors

请听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。 8. What is Timmy most interested in ?

A. Playing the piano B. Playing the violin C. Classical music 9. What ’s Timmy’s main purpose at the moment ?

A. to make some new friends B. to go to some concert C. to learn from others

10. What are they both weak in ?

A. Sports B. Music C. Theory of music 11. Whom will they turn to for help ?

A. Timmy’s uncle B. Lily’s uncle C. Their teacher 请听第8段材料,回答第11至15题。

12. How old was the narrator when she became a stewardess ( 空姐 ) ？ A. Twenty B. Twenty-six C. Not told 13. How many daughters were there at least in her family ? A. Four B. Five C. Six 14. When did the speaker get married ?

A. Twenty B. Twenty –six C. Almost twenty-five 15. What do people think of the job as a stewardess ?

A. It’s an honorable job B. It’s a dull job C. It’s not a splendid job 听第9段材料，回答第16至20题。

16. Which city did Pakistan’s President go to in China besides Beijing? A. Sichuan B. Chengdu C. Nowhere else 17. How long was the visit?

A. Five days B. Four days C. Three days 18. What did the two countries agree on? A. Defence B. Energy C. Both 19. Who was killed in Pakistan?

A. Chinese engineers B. Engineers of Pakistan C. Chinese workers

20. What did the president promise to do?

A. To give the victims’ family some money. B. To punish the killers C. To give some help to the Chinese family.

第二部分：笔试部分

一、阅读理解（共15小题, 每小题2分，满分30分）

We live in central Phoenix, near the canal（运河）. Every day I used to see a homeless old man and his scruffy little dog hanging out down there.

I would tell my husband we should give him food for the little dog. It wouldn't have been a problem; we have our own \idea off because of our business.

Being in Phoenix, Arizona, you can just imagine how hot it gets here, but his winter was really chilly! I had just come from KFC with take-out food for dinner. As I was turning by the canal, the man and his dog were sitting right there all bundled up. Even the doggy had a coat on! Not even thinking about it, I pulled into the parking lot along the canal and piled up a plate of chicken with all the fixings for the man and his little buddy（好友）. I gave it to him with a soda and a bottle of water for the little dog. He said, \tears welling up in his eyes! I told him he was so welcome, and then went home.

When my husband dug into the KFC bag he asked, \what I did and he said, \

A few weeks later, we were walking along the canal and found the man walking to me, with his little dog. He asked whether I would mind adopting the dog. With tears in eyes, he said it had gotten too hard for him to care for the dog. He added that he was planning on heading to Washington State but his dog wouldn't have been up to it, so he hoped to give it to me. \In this city, you are the only person I can believe in!\

Now, every time I watch and pat the dog lying near the fireplace, I will remember the old man's words and wish him good luck.

1．What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 3? A. She gave the old man some food on a cold day. B. She met the old man after finishing her dinner. C. She offered the old man nothing but chicken. D. She burst into tears after helping the old man.

2．What did the author's husband feel when she told him what she had done? A. thankful B. delighted C. indifferent D. disappointed

3．Why did the old man hope to give the dog to the author? A. Because he knew the author was also a dog lover. B. Because the author was the person he could trust. C. Because the author was the only person he knew. D. Because he believed that his dog liked the author. 4．What can we infer from the ending of the passage? A. The author refused the old man's request. B. The author misses the old man and his dog. C. The author feels the old man was very lucky. D. The author adopted the old man's dog.

Barack Obama, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs—what do they have in common? They are, of course, all Americans. And according to a survey by social networking site badoo. com, they all best illustrate(举例说明) the word “cool”.

But just what does it mean to say someone is “cool”? Most would answer that it is something to do with being independent-minded and not following the crowd.

Yale University art professor Robert Farris Thompson says that the term “cool” goes back to 15th century West African philosophy(哲学). “Cool” relates to ideas of grace(优雅) under pressure.

“In Africa, ” he writes, “coolness is a positive quality which combines calmness, silence, and life.”

The modern idea of “cool” developed largely in the US in the period after World War II. “Post-war ‘cool’ was in part an expression of war-weariness (n. 厌战情绪)

. . . it went against the strict social rules of the time,” write sociologists Dick Pountain and David Robins in Cool Rules:Anatomy of an Attitude.

But it was the American actor James Dean who became the symbol for “cool” in the hugely successful 1955 movie Rebel without a Cause. Dean plays a tough guy who disobeys his parents and the authorities. He always gets the girl, smokes cigarettes, wears a leather jacket and beats up bullies(欺凌弱小者). In the movie, Dean showed what “cool” would mean to American young people for the next 60 years.

Today the focus of “cool” has changed to athletics (体育运动) stars. Often in movies about schools, students gain popularity on the athletics field more than in the classroom. This can be seen quite clearly in movies like Varsity Blues and John Tucker Must Die.

But many teenagers also think being smart is cool. Chess and other thinking games have been becoming more popular in schools.

“Call it the Harry Potterization of America—a time when being smart is the new cool,” writes journalist Joe Sunnen.

5．Barack Obama, Lady Gaga and Steve Jobs are mentioned in the first paragraph to ________.

A. introduce the topic B. draw our attention C. tell us what they have in common D. tell us what is “cool”

6．If you were considered “cool” in Africa in the 15th century, you ________. A. thought and acted differently from the majority B. had a calm and quiet attitude towards life C. didn’t observe rules and authorities