1、吉林省白城市通榆县届高三英语上学期期中试题吉林省白城市通榆县2018届高三英语上学期期中试题 （120分钟，满分150分） 第一卷 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）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. Where is the woman now? A. At home B. In the office C. In the hospital2. What do the speakers decide?
2、 A. To meet at 9:00 B. To meet at 11:00 C. Not to meet3. What did the woman like doing when she was young? A. Riding a bicycle with friends. B. Travelling around the country. C. Reading alone.4. How did the man travel? A. By bus B. By train C. By air5. Who is probably the man? A. The landlord B. The
3、 repairman C. The salesman第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分,满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至7题。6. What can we know about the man? A. He is new to be here. B. He knows the place very well. C. He is a policeman 7.
4、 How does the man sound? A. Impolite B. Enthusiastic C. Indifferent听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. What happened to the man? A. He has a cold B. He was hurt by a needle C. He has some trouble with the teeth9. How does the woman solve the mans problem? A. By giving him some advice B. By giving him an exam C. By pr
5、escribing （开药）some medicine.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why will the woman move to Boswell?A. Boswell is a nicer town. B. They will start a new company there. C. Her husband has found a better job there.11. What will the woman probably work as when they have settled in Boswell? A. A clerk B. A teacher C. A
6、 housewife12. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Friends B. Teacher and student C. Doctor and patient听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A summer job B. A birthday party C. A food company14. What does the mans company do? A. Design furniture B. Organize
7、 concerts C. Offer food services.15. What will the man do before the party? A. Set tables B. Cook food C. Play music16. What does the woman think of the mans work? A. Difficult B. Interesting C. Valuable听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Which place has the maximum temperature difference? A. Hong Kong B. Tibet C
8、. Northern China18. Why the summer tourism in Tibet is the best? A. It is warm B. It rains less C. It has many festivals19. Which season attracts most tourists in Beijing? A. Spring B. Summer C. Autumn20. Whats the purpose of this article?A. To improve China is a large countryB. To introduce Chinas
9、tourist spotsC. To introduce Chinas different weather.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40）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。 A. Summer Swim Classes* Courses Offered:# Beginning Swimming - (8-day course) Open to children aged 4 to 12. Designed to teach youth water familiarization and basic swi
10、mming styles.# Water Babies -(4-day course) Open to children aged 1 through 4. Designed to adjust children to the water. Parents must participate in the water with their child.* Swim Class Schedule: DateTimeClassPriceJune 2629 & July 3612:30 1:30Youth Beginning Swim$50July 1013 & July 17205:30 6:30Y
11、outh Beginning Swim$50July 24 275:30 6:00Water Babies$35* Other information:Participants must pre-register to attend classes and full payment will be due at the time of registration. Registrations received without payment will be rejected. Classes are held to a maximum of 10 students per class and r
12、egistrations are taken on a first-come-first-served basis. Course cost is $50 per child and $35 per water baby and is non-refundable. Refunds will NOT be issued for cancellations due to tough weather. In the event of known tough weather, the instructional staff will make every attempt to contact par
13、ents via phone at least one hour before the beginning of classes.All parents are encouraged to share in the fun by “getting in” and participating with their children. Youll both benefit from the experience! In-water parental participation is required for all children who are less than three feet and
14、 six inches tall.Please mail payment and registration to:Holiday Lake 4-H Educational Center1267 4-H Camp RoadAppomattox, VA 24522If you have any questions, please call 434-248-5444.21. Who should be the most interested in the advertisement? A. Swimming lovers B. College students C. Young parents. D
15、. Athletes22. How much should they pay if Jane and her five-year-old daughter attend the classes? A. 35 dollars B. 50 dollars C. 70 dollars D. 85 dollars23. What can we know about the fees for the swimming classes?A. They are dependent on the weather.B. You have to pay them when registering.C. They
16、can be paid on the first day of class.D. Theyll be returned to you on stormy days. B.I think Im a pretty good parent. But theres one area in particular that Im a complete failure - and its to do with my childrens boots. I mean, they have boots. Its not like theyre freezing in a pair of sneakers all
17、winter. Its just that I keep making the same mistakes every single year. The first mistake is that I cheap out. I cant help it! Boots are expensive! Ive laughed at $ 60 pairs of kids boots and been certain I could find a better deal. Most of the time, Ive ended up buying boots in the clothing sectio
18、n of the grocery store. Sometimes theyre $20 and sometimes theyre $40, but they are never very good.Last winter, I thought I was being smart by buying a more expensive pair for our son - I think they were $45 - with the plan to pass them down to his sister. I even smartly chose plain black instead o
19、f blue, which would never match her pink and purple snowsuits. But, of course, the boots are still junk. The second mistake I keep making is buying boots a size or two larger than my kids feet. “Boots can be a little loose!” Ill declare, mostly to myself. Kids in general might grow quickly, but not
20、mine. I cant seem to accept or remember the fact that my kids grow slowly. Im especially bad for this when it comes to rain boots. This means my kids are practically swimming in their big, too-large rain boots because their mother is ridiculous. The poor kids probably think its normal to have their
21、boots go flying if they run too quickly.Im learning from my mistakes. Its taken me nearly seven years of parenthood to figure out this whole boot business.24. Why does the author think herself to be a failure?A. She didnt buy sneakers for her kids B. She couldnt make enough money.C. She failed to bu
22、y proper boots for kids D. She knew nothing about boots.25. What can be learned from the first paragraph?A. The author was a saving housewife B. The grocery store cheats the customers.C. Kids boots are not worth 60 dollars D. The author paid little attention to kids.26. How did her kids like their r
23、ain boots?A. They complained to their mother about them. B. They took the boots their mother bought for granted.C. They enjoyed swimming with such boots.D. They thought the boots were usually ridiculous.27. What can we infer from the passage?A. Parents should be always generous to their kids.B. It i
24、s a waste of money to buy expensive boots.C. Boots in the markets often make parents puzzled.D. It is not easy to be a good and adequate parent. C.One cow can release up to 500 liters of methane (甲烷) each day. Cows produce more harmful gas than any other livestock (家畜).For centuries, farmers living
25、near the ocean have been feeding their cows seaweed. Little did they realize that their animals seaweed diet might be good for the planet.As a cow digests food, its stomach produces methane. The greenhouse gas is a main cause of climate change. Livestock, like cows and sheep, release nearly 15% of t
26、he greenhouse gas caused by human activity. Animals release more toxic gas than the worlds cars and airplanes combined. Worse, methane is 30 times more damaging to the environment than the global-warming gas carbon dioxide.Scientists estimate it would take 450,000 acres of red seaweed - about twice
27、the size of New York City - to feed the 92 million cows in the US. Scientists say adding seaweed to a cows diet can reduce the amount of harmful gas it releases. Rob Kinley, of James Cook University, in Australia, is one of the scientists researching the seaweed diet. He tested more than 40 kinds of
28、 ocean plants before finding a red algae he calls “Super seaweed”.Kinley says red seaweed only needs to make up 2% of a cows diet for it to work. The problem is that there is not enough red algae to feed the worlds 1.5 billion cows. “Whoever can grow it would be a real pioneer,” Kinley says.The farm
29、ing industry is eager to get started. But Kinley says more testing is needed to determine the full range of benefits seaweed might offer.28. Which of the following gas does the most harm to the environment?A. Gas near the ocean. B. Gas produce by livestock.C. Gas the worlds cars give out D. Gas the
30、worlds airplanes give out29. How did Kinley find the seaweed diet?A. He went to a few oceans. B. He found the red seaweed by accidentC. He tested more than 40 kinds of ocean plants.D. Cows need to eat enough red seaweed to stop producing methane.30. Whats Kinleys opinion about red seaweed to a cows
31、diet?A. The red seaweed grows easily.B. There has been enough red seaweed for cows to eat.C. Red seaweed only making up one fiftieth of a cows diet works.D. Cows need to eat enough red seaweed to stop producing methane.31. What does the text tell us?A. Methane affects the quality of milk and beef.B. There are difficulties in planting enough red seaweed.C. Whoever can get the red seaweed would be a real pioneer.D. Many people
