1、届重庆市綦江区高三上半期考试区内联考英语试题含听力重庆市綦江区高2018级高三上半期考试英语试题 (总分：150分 时间：120分钟)第I卷第一部分 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 has Paul been doing lately?A. Writing poems.B. Writing songs.C. Writing short storie
2、s. 2. What happened to Patrick this morning?A. His dog was dead.B. He was hit by a car.C. He was ill in hospital.3. What does the man probably do now?A. Hes a waiter.B. Hes a student.C. Hes an opera singer.4. What does the woman want to do?A. Make some coffee.B. Buy a coffee maker.C. Learn to make a
3、 video.5. How does the woman probably feel in the end?A. Anxious. B. Confused. C. Surprised. 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. Where are the speakers?A. In a library.B. In
4、a church.C. In a bookstore.7. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?A. Security. B. Technology. C. Books.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In Thailand. B. In England. C. In Japan.9. According to the man, what is Manchester mostly known for?A. Its music. B.
5、 Its museums. C. Its industry. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why does the man take vitamins?A. To fight illness.B. To help with stress.C. To have more energy.11. Which vitamins does the man decide to buy?A. Vitamin B and Vitamin D.B. Vitamin C and Vitamin D.C. Vitamin K and Vitamin B.12. How much money will
6、the man spend?A.18. B.30. C.36. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Which month is it now?A. November. B. December. C. January.14. What does the man invite the woman to do?A. Have dinner at his house.B. Go shopping with him.C. Go out to eat at the mall.15. What does the mans family like to do?A. Watch TV. B. Read
7、books. C. Go online.16. What does the woman suggest the man get for his wife?A. Some jewelry.B. A new computerC. A romance novel. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the speaker do for a living?A. He sells cars.B. He plays baseball.C. He sells groceries.18. What does the speaker think of being famous?A.
8、 He hates it.B. He enjoys it.C. Hes annoyed by it.19. Who pointed at the speaker the other day?A. A reporter. B. A mother. C. A boy.20. Who is listening to the speaker right now?A. Little kids. B. School workers. C. Customers. 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
9、最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AI didnt always appreciate rural America, because I was raised in town and could be called a city girl. But my country husband Tom helped change my opinion of the country.When Tom was young, he would play around a wooden house deserted in the 1880s not far from his home. He spent so
10、 many days there that it became very special to him. Later he found that the house was used as a historical museum for school students on field trips. As Tom grew older, he watched the house age. After his retirement, he heard it was going to be destroyed. He paid a visit to the owner and offered to
11、 buy the place in order to save it. The owner agreed, but Tom had to have it moved within a month.For three straight weeks, he took the building down and moved every piece of it to our farm. He insisted on doing everything the old-fashioned way to keep this building as original as possible. He did m
12、ake a few small changes to the houses design, such as adding a beautiful fieldstone fireplace. Even those stones had a history with himsome were the same ones he had thrown out of his fathers field as a boy.With the help of his family and friends, Tom restored(修复)this house beautifully. Neighbors st
13、op by to see his progress and admire his skills. Not only has he learned a great deal about construction, he has also built some friendships in the process.21. From Paragraph 2 we learn that _.A. Toms family was the owner of the old wooden house B. Tom once went to the old wooden house for field tri
14、ps.C. Tom was concerned about the changes of the wooden house D. Tom used to live in the old wooden house in his childhood 22. Tom restored the wooden house because _.A. The old house carried his childhood memories B. he wanted to build a new museum for the kidsC. he was interested in construction a
15、fter retirementD. the house was destroyed by time and needed rebuilding 23. In the process of restoring the house, Tom _.A. did the job all by himselfB. kept the house exactly the same C. learnt some construction skillsD. threw some stones out of his farm24. According to the author, Toms restoring w
16、ork is _.A. old-fashioned B. time-wasting C. admirable D. crazy BMany people rush into the commitment of bringing home a four-legged family member, only to find out that they are not ready for a pet. This often results in the dog being turned over to a shelter where it may not find another home. Thi
17、s can be avoided if potential pet owners take the time to figure out if they are truly ready for the responsibilities of pet ownership.Being a responsible pet owner involves a financial commitment that goes beyond buying dog food. There are also parasite (寄生虫) prevention, boarding costs while travel
18、ing and the cost to care for the pet should it become ill or injured. That is not to say that one must be rich in order to have a dog, but it is important to be prepared for the expenses that come with being a pet owner.Another consideration is the time commitment. An owner away from home for 14 hou
19、rs every day is not an ideal situation for a dog. A potential dog owner must also consider the time it takes to care for his or her pet, and the time it takes to feed, walk, play with, bathe and clean up. Also, dogs require attention. Be prepared to spend time each day petting and playing with it.Do
20、gs are dogs, and will act like dogs. This includes barking, digging, having accidents in the house and, possibly, destroying some of the owners prized possessions, such as furniture, shoes and cell phones. If the above would cause an owner to want to get rid of the dog, then he or she is not yet rea
21、dy to be a pet owner. Many wonderful pets end up in shelters simply because they act like dogs!25. What does the underlined part in the first paragraph probably mean? A. Hesitate to adopt a dog formally. B. Decide to keep a pet without too much thinking. C. Regret taking one pet home so quickly. D.
22、Search for a new home for a dog or a cat and so on.26. To be a responsible dog owner you need to do all the following EXCEPT _. A. buying dog food and feeding it B. taking it to hospital when necessary C. spending time each day playing with it D. finding a shelter for it when you are bored with it27
23、. Who might be qualified to be a dog owner, according to the text? A. Kari, a housewife who cooks three meals for her husband and son. B. Jim, who has a daughter sensitive to dogs smell. C. Dick, a high school student who likes raising pets. D. Steven, a business man who travels a lot on business.28
24、. What might be the best title for the text? A. Whether To Keep Pets? B. Is It Necessary To Keep A Pet? C. Ready For A Pet? D. How To Keep A Pet?C If you saw another kid ride her bike too fast around a corner and fall down, you might ride your bike more slowly on that turn. Yes, we humans are very s
25、ensitive to others mistakes. And the same is true for other animals. Animals mess up all the time. They might eat poisonous leaves, fall off a tree or let their prey escape. By watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survival. Scientists belie
26、ve that one part of the brain helps animals process information about others mistakes. Cells in that part appear to become more active when a person sees someone else making a mistake. But researchers didnt know whether individual cells in this part of the brain play different roles in discovering m
27、istakes. To investigate the brains response to mistakes in more detail, the researchers taught a game to two macaques, a type of monkey. One monkey could press a yellow or green button while the other watched. If the first monkey pressed the right button, the team gave both animals a treat. Every co
28、uple of rounds, the two monkeys switched roles. Meanwhile, the scientists watched individual cells in the animals brains. When the first monkey messed up the game by pressing the wrong button, a group of cells in the second monkeys brain fired. But if the second monkey also made the wrong choice dur
29、ing its turn, some of the cells in that group didnt respond. Those unresponsive cells reacted specifically to mistakes made by others, not to the monkeys own mistakes. Scientists believe other parts of the brain also might help people process information about anothers mistakes. “You start to think
30、about this other person and see things from his angle.” Ellen de Brujin, told Science News. She studies the brain at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. 29. Why does the author talks about the kid falling off the bike ? A. To tell us the significance of learning from others mistakes. B. To
31、introduce his topic about the scientists research on responses to mistakes. C. To arouse our interest in others mistakes D. To help us be confident in ourselves, avoiding making the same mistakes.30. From the game the scientists taught to two macaques, we can see _. A. how animals avoid the same mis
32、takes B. how the brain processes information C. how the brain responds to different mistakes D. why animals survive better than human race31. What does the underlined word fire in the fourth paragraph mean? A . get burnt B. shoot C. become silent D. be active D What does the weather look like today? Harmful rays ar
