1、高三英语上学期期中试题12福建省惠安县2018届高三英语上学期期中试题 第卷（选择题 共46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下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. How does the woman find the book?A. Boring B. Just so-so. C. Appealing 2. What happened to Susan? A. She was f
2、ined for speeding. B. She got her driving license. C. She lost her ticket.3. What will the woman do? A. Cut down on food. B. Take her temperature. C. Take medicine with food.4. What are the two speakers talking about? A. A new movie. B. A weekend plan. C. Steves cousin.5. How can the man find the bl
3、ack and white photography show? A. The third floor B. The second floor C. Ground floor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. What makes the woman upset? A. The deaf landlady. B
4、. The unfair agreement. C. The poor electrical equipment.7. What does the man suggest the woman do? A. Refer to the agreement. B. Sign a new document. C. Move out of the apartment.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What does the woman think about traveling to Hawaii? A. Crazy. B. Interesting C. Tiring.9. What will t
5、he man do?A. Go to Hawaii by himself. B. See his sister in Hawaii. C. Travel to Hawaii by ship.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Where does the conversation take place? A. In an office. B. In the street. C. On the subway.11. Whats the relationship between the two speakers? A. Strangers. B. Colleagues. C. Roommat
6、es.12. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. High price of gas. B. Importance of exercise. C. Advantages of taking the subway.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why did the woman come to the office? A. To get her notice letter. B. To find her physics class. C. To offer her mailing address.14. How did
7、the man deal with the womans enquiry? A. By giving her a notice letter. B. By checking on the computer. C. By confirming with the office.15. When was the letter sent out to the students? A. A month ago. B. A fortnight ago. C. A week ago.16. Who was responsible for the mistake? A. The woman. B. The m
8、an. C. The postman.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How many hours a week can employees choose to work? A. Eighteen. B. Thirty-two. C. Forty-eight.18. What will the new schedule help solve for the country? A. Unemployment. B. Low salary. C. Workload.19. What benefit will employees get from the new schedule? A.
9、 Higher pay. B. More spare time. C. Richer working experience.20. What does the speaker think of the new schedule? A. Acceptable. B. Costly. C. Impractical. 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。A Dry ice is CO2 in solid form, with a temperature of
10、about -78.5.Unlike common ice, dry ice doesnt melt into a liquid . When dry ice melts, it turns into a gas. So when you see dry ice smoking, its frozen CO2 melting into its gaseous state. Dry ice is a popular matter in scientific experiments. It creates projects that look cool. Experiment: Healthy d
11、ry ice popsicles（棒冰） This dry ice experiment will catch peoples eye, especially little kids because the dry ice is going to be used to make what the young love to eat. It should take you about 10 minutes or less to have a frozen treat to enjoy. Materials One large block of dry ice A large spoon Pops
12、icle sticks One cup of your favorite juice A tall glass filled with waterDirections Use the large spoon to make a popsicle-shaped space in a block of dry ice. You can set the ice on a piece of cloth on your table to do this work. Of course, keep in mind that its okay if its not exactly popsicle-shap
13、ed. Add a popsicle stick to the middle of the space so that when you pour in the liquid, it will freeze around the popsicle stick. Hold the popsicle stick in place and wait a few minutes for your popsicle to harden. After several minutes, take away the popsicle from the block of dry ice and put it i
14、nto a tall glass of water for a few seconds. Do this to warm up the popsicle just a bit. Otherwise, it will be too cold.21.According to the text, whats the main difference between dry ice and common ice? A. Their forms. B. Their shapes. C. Their temperatures. D. Their states when they melt. 22. What
15、s the first step to do the experiment? A. To fill the tall glass with juice. B. To pour the juice into the space. C. To make space in the dry ice for juice. D. To put a stick to the middle of the dry ice. 23. How does the dry ice work in the experiment? A. It gives out smoke. B. It is mixed in the j
16、uice.C. It makes the juice freeze. D. It makes the popsicle look cool.B Some of Australian cyclists have used GPS art to turn a 202 km (125- mile) ride into the outline（轮廓）of a goat, which interests many people greatly. The four men marked their route on an app before using it track their journey ar
17、ound Perth. When uploaded to the computer, it was shown as a picture. Cyclist Ben Jones said the group settled on a goat because it was an easy animal to draw. He said the ride lasted more than six hours, with the four men stopping only for food, and flat tyres . Except for riding 202km, its relativ
18、ely simple, Mr. Jones told the BBC. You mainly mark your route on the app and it plans directions out. GPS art has also been widely used by runners and other cyclists when they travel out. Mr. Jones said his group wanted to shake up their normal weekend ride. We all ride l0,000km to 15,000km a year,
19、 he said. Mostly we just ride together as mates and have a good time thats what this was about. The group received much attention after posting their map to social media this week. Others described Mr. Jones as a goat guy in an interview on Australian television. For their next piece of GPS art, the
20、 group plans to draw a local animal such as the koala. Certainly, therell be something coming, for we are making our decisions to put more and more plans into practice. Im sure of that, Mr. Jones said.24. What holds many peoples attention greatly? A. The cyclists shaping the route into the outline o
21、f a goat. B. The cyclists having the GPS to travel with. C. The cyclists having traveled 125 miles. D. The cyclists riding more than 6 hours.25. What did the four men do during their six-hour ride? A. They had their bikes repaired. B. They got something to eat. C. They stopped to have a rest. D. The
22、y planned new directions.26. How would Mr. Jones feel about their ride? A. It was tiring. B. It was moving. C. It was enjoyable. D. It was amazing.27. What does the underlined word that in the last paragraph refer to? A. Mr. Jones becoming a goat guy. B. People paying attention to the map. C. The gr
23、oup drawing the animal koala. D. The group performing their ride plans.C The 23rd April is World Book Day, but do you know that it is also Shakespeare Day? Everybody has heard of Shakespeare, but do you know how many plays he wrote? Shakespeares plays have three kinds: tragedies , comedies and histo
24、ries, His most famous play is the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet, which deals with two young lovers who are not allowed to marry by their parents. Other tragedies include Hamlet, Othello, and Macbeth. Shakespeares comedies include Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Nights Dream and Twelfth Night.
25、 Twelfth Night is a play about unclear identities. Two twins are shipwrecked(遭海难）and the sister, Viola, dresses up as her brother, Sebastian, who she thinks is dead. Its funny, because the brother reappears and theres a big love problem going on: Viola is in love with the Duke, who is in love with O
26、livia, who falls in love with Sebastian except that she doesnt realize that Sebastian is actually Viola dressed up! Everybody falls in love with the wrong person, but it is all made right in the end. The history plays, such as Antony and Cleopatra, Richard and Henry V are based on the lives of real
27、historical people. In Antony and Cleopatra, Cleopatra becomes Antonys girlfriend and Antony becomes so crazy about her that he loses control of the army. Cleopatra kills herself in the end and Antony kills himself too. Shakespeares plays can be very difficult sometimes. Some of the themes they deal
28、with are heavy, so they almost always include a lighter subplot with characters who are not so important. They are often used in tragedies to lighten the mood of the play and to keep the audience interested in the main plot. 28. Which of the following plays is best-known to people? A. Twelfth Night.
29、 B. Romeo and Juliet. C. Antony and Cleopatra. D. Much Ado About Nothing. 29. Which is a comedy character according to the text? A. Othello. B. Hamlet. C. Antony. D. Sebastian. 30. What can we know about Shakespeares history plays? A. There are only three famous history plays. B. They are developed
30、from real historical events.C. They are more difficult than tragedies and comedies.D. Real historical people can be found in every history play. 31. What is the purpose of the subplot in Shakespeares plays? A. To relax the audience and make them follow the main theme B. To make the difficult plot of
31、 the plays simple C. To help the audience understand the plays.D. To lead the development of the main plot.D The idea that you can use humor, laughter, and play to make you healthier probably seems too simple to be true. However, it is really true and simple. The sense of humor, laughter and play ha
32、s an important part in keeping you healthy. Use the best medicine to treat the blues with a sense of humor, which is closely tied to laughter. Laughter is infectious. Have you ever heard a big laugh of a young child and been able to keep yourself from smiling? When laughter is shared between people, it makes them closer to each other and increases their happiness. Smiling is the beginning
