1、重庆市第一中学高三第一学期期中考试英语含答案重庆一中2019届高三上期半期英 语 第一部分听力满分30分第一节每题1.5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 woman looking for?A. Her glasses. B. Her keys. C. Her books.2. What kind of weather does the man like?A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Clo
2、udy.3. What happened to the woman?A. She was late for work. B. She offered bad service. C. She was asked to leave her job.4. Where are the speakers?A. On a bus. B. On a train. C. On a plane.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. A dress. B. A sale. C. Some shoes.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
3、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. What did the woman do this morning?A. She played tennis. B. She prepared the fish. C. She cooked a meal.7. What will the man put on the table?A. Glasses. B. Knives. C. For
4、ks.听第7段材料，回答8-9题。8. Who does the man think he saw today?A. The girls art teacher. B. The girls history teacher. C. The girls woodwork teacher.9. What does the girls history teacher look like?A. He has a beard. B. He has no hair at all.C. He has some hair around the sides.听第8段材料，回答10-12题。10. When doe
5、s the boy go to the language club every week?A. On Tuesday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday.11. What language will the boy learn next month?A. French. B. Chinese. C. Japanese.12. Where do the language club members meet?A. In Room 2. B. In Room 3. C. In Room 4. 听第9段材料，回答13-16题。13. What is the topic o
6、f the picture for this years art competition?A. Family. B. The countryside. C. Friends.14. Why cant the girl take part in the art competition? A. She is not interested in it. B. She isnt good at drawing. C. She is over the age limit.15. What may the boys sister use to draw in the competition? A. Col
7、ored pencils. B. Oil paints. C. Water colors.16. What is the prize for the winner this year? A. A computer. B. A camera. C. A television.听第10段材料，回答1720题。17. When did the speaker and his family come back to the United States? A. Three years ago. B. Four years ago. C. Twenty years ago.18. Why dont the
8、 speakers family return to Britain now? A. They dont like Britain. B. The daughter has to continue her study. C. Theyre happier living in the United States.19. What is the purpose of the speakers six-week trip in England? A. To see his friends. B. To go sightseeing. C. To advertise his new book.20.
9、What does the speaker think of his six-week trip? A. Expensive. B. Difficult. C. Satisfying.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。AHarlequino: Onto Freedom Date:Nov.19-20 7:30 p.m. Venue:Beijing Comedy Theater Price:80-680 yuan The drama discusses the true es
10、sence of the humor of Italian improvisational (即兴的) comedy. The performers discuss the purpose of art, reflect on how history is written and survey what is funny and what needs to be liberated.Plastic Fantastic-Minirichi in Shanghai Date:Nov.17 7:30 p.m. Venue:Shanghai Dancing Theater Price:100-380
11、yuan Four Ukrainian “kidult” comedians decide to throw a wild party using plastic of all shapes and colors. Plastic Fantastic delivers a series of short comic stories that mix improvisation, mime, clown art and sound to draw you into their crazy world. The Collection of American Modern Dance from Pa
12、ul Taylor Date:Nov.19 7:30 p.m. Venue:National Center for the Performing Arts Price:100-480 yuan Paul Taylor, one of the most accomplished artists this nation has ever produced, has continued to shape Americas homegrown art of modern dance since he became a professional dancer and pioneering choreog
13、rapher in 1954. Taylor first presented his choreography with five other dancers in Manhattan on May 30,1954. That modest performance marked the beginning of a half-century of unmatched creativity,and in the decades that followed, Mr.Taylor became a cultural symbol and one of the historys most famous
14、 artists .The little Singers of Paris in SuzhouDate:Nov.30 7:30 p.mVenue: Zhangjiagang Poly TheaterPrice: 30-480 yuanThe boyschoir Les Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de Bois was created in 1907 and is now famous worldwide. Each world tour is a huge success. The choristers are between 9 and 15 years old
15、 and are proud of their choirs long history of over 100 years and are still fulfilling childhood dreams. They have to leave their families in order to be part of this extraordinary adventure: traveling, sharing their passion for singing and enabling others to discover the joy of music.21. Tourists a
16、re likely to appreciate American modern dance in _.A. Beijing Comedy Theater B. Shanghai Dancing TheaterC. Zhangjiagang Poly Theater D. National Center for the Performing Arts22. Which of the following may appeal to those who are crazy about short comic stories?A. Les Petits Chanteurs a la Croix de
17、Bois B. Italian improvisational comedyC. Plastic Fantastic D. Harlequino: Onto Freedom23. With the cheapest admission ticket, tourists can have access to the performance_.A. on Nov.30 B. on Nov.20 C. on Nov.19 D. on Nov.17BAs her son Cameron sits at his laptop completing a task for his math degree c
18、ourse. Alison Thompson, a full-time mum is busy helping her daughter Emma (two years younger than Cameron) get dressed. While help has always been available for Emma, Alison and her husband also have to fight to get Cameron the support he needs. “People could see that Emma has special needs but beca
19、use Cameron was doing so well at school, his teachers never thought there was a problem with him,” says Alison.It took Alison and her husband a while to realize their son was different. Camerons ability didnt become clear until he began primary school. Once he even corrected the teacher when she tol
20、d the class that zero was the lowest number. Cameron told her she was wrong because there were negative numbers. He was four at the time. Now 14-year-old Cameron is at secondary school, studying for a distance learning math degree with the Open University, having sailed through his GCSE at 11 and hi
21、s A-level at 12, achieving top grades.Bethany, another daughter of Alison, is bright too, but not gifted. She is the one who will remind absent-minded Cameron to put on his coat. She also helps him out in social situations.Emma attends a specialist school and the family is quick to celebrate her suc
22、cess too.“The other day she did up the buttons on her coat, which was real progress,” Alison says.Late last year the Thompsons took part in a television documentary to prove that not all gifted children are the result of extremely ambitious parents. Gifted children need support too, but their lives
23、dont have to be that different. Cameron is an example.24. Which can be the best title for the passage?A. Ambitious Parents B. Thompsons Children C. Special Gifts D. Different Lives25. What does paragraph 1 indicate? A. Both Cameron and Emma need parental support.B. Teachers at school ignored Emmas p
24、roblems.C. Cameron helps Emma with her math tasks.D. The couple often have fights because of Cameron.26. There are at least _ people in Mrs. Thompsons family.A. three B four C. five D. six27. What can be known from the passage?A. Emma has learned to take good care of herself.B. Cameron showed his gi
25、ft before primary school.C. The children of the family are bright and gifted.D. Gifted kids are not so different as people expect.C Guests arriving at the Aloft Hotel in Manhattan or one in Silicon Valley will soon be able to do something hotels have dreamed about offering for years: walk past the c
26、heck-in desk and enter their rooms by using a smartphone as a room key. The boutique hotel brand from Starwood toHotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. plans to offer this feature at two hotels, in the Harlem neighborhood and in Cupertino, Calif, before the end of the quarter.Starwood officials are hoping
27、this will be one of the biggest technological changes in the industry since free Wi-Fi. We believe this will become the new standard for how people will want to enter a hotel. says Frits van Passchen, Starwoods CEO. It may be a novelty at first,but we think it will become table stakes for managing a
28、 hotel.Not everyone is so sure. Past attempts to use technology to streamline the check-in process have had mixed results. Robert Habeeb, president of the First Hospitality Group, which is the owner of 55 hotels in the U.S, says he pulled out check-in kiosks at two of his Holiday Inn hotels after fi
29、nding that most guests ignored them. He found that many travelers will sacrifice speed or ease to talk with a staff member and ensure their room has the right view or location, or to try for an upgrade. Other guests may still want to be greeted when they arrive.Hotels have never been known for being
30、 in the forefront of technology. The industry is often a delay, in part because many hotels are owned and managed by separate companies, making investments in technology more complicated. Nevertheless, many hotel operators have been searching for ways to remove the bottlenecks that can form at a hot
31、els front desk. The delays are the bane(祸根）of many a road warriors travel experience. “Everybody has to check in, but we are all doing it pretty much the same way we were 100 years ago, ”says Christopher Nassetta, chief executive officer for Hilton Worldwide holdings Inc.“It s something we are seriously addressing. Yet it is still not clear that virtual keys will do better than previous attempts to beat traditional check-ins. An effort several years ago to allow guests to enter rooms with the magnetic strip on their credit cards never became popular . Guests worried about security and were un
