浙江省杭州地区重点中学2020届高三上学期期中考试 英语 Word版含答案.doc

1、 - 1 - 绝密考试结束前 2019 学年第一学期期中杭州地区(含周边)重点中学 高三年级英语学科试题 考生须知： 1.本卷满分 150 分，考试时间 120 分钟； 2.答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字； 3.所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效； 4.考试结束后。只需上交答题卷。 选择题部分 第一部分：听力(共两节，满分 30 分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案 转涂到答题纸上。 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

2、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. When was the meeting originally supposed to start? A. At 8:l5 B. At 8:25 C. At 8:55. 2. Why did Barry move out? A. To be closer to school. B. To live with family members. C. To find a quieter place. 3. Who is the man?

3、 A. A coach. B. A driver. C. A policeman. 4. How is the woman probably feeling? A. Happy. B. Annoyed. C. Scared. 5. What does the woman mean? A. Karen can drive her to the airport. B. Karen has to change her schedule. C. Karen will attend the meeting. 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

4、段对话或独白后有二至四个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三 - 2 - 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 5 秒钟时间 阅读各个小题；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 do we know about the man? A. He is a middle school student. B. He will have class after 3: 00 p. m. C. He used to love playing tennis. 7. What will the s

5、peakers play next time? A. Tennis. B. Basketball. C. Football 听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至 10 题。 8. What was the man going to do at first? A. Take a business trip. B. Go to work. C. Meet someone. 9. Why did the man put down the briefcase? A. To make a payment. B. To take something out of it. C. To make a call.

6、10. What do we know about the briefcase? A. Its a small leather one. B. Its a large brown one. C. It is printed with the mans full name 听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。 11. When do students have the longest school holiday in Australia? A. In winter. B. In summer. C. In autumn. 12. What major might Sue choose

7、 in university? A. History. B. Science. C. Asian languages. 13. Where are the speakers now? A. In Beijing. B. In Wuhan. C. In Shanghai. 听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 17 题。 11. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Colleagues. B. Classmates. C. Neighbors. 15. How will they know whether classes will b

8、e cancelled? A. By reading the notice. B. By receiving a message. C. By listening to the radio. 16. How does the man feel about the idea of cancelling classes? A. Unconcerned. B. Worried. C. Relieved. - 3 - 17. What do we know about the university? A. Some students live off campus. B. The professors

9、 dont like cancelling classes. C. It has a beautiful campus. 听第 10 段材料，回答第 18 至 20 题。 18. What should listeners avoid doing? A. Writing down everything they hear. B. Deciding what is important. C. Using symbols or numbers to keep pace. 19. What can you do to be an active listener? A. Read as much as

10、 you can about the topic. B. Ask many questions after the lecture. C. Try to predict what the speaker is going to say. 20. What is the speaker going to talk about next? A. How to give a lecture. B. What to do with the notes after a lecture. C. Things about registration. 第二部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分 35 分) 第一节：(共

11、 10 小题，每小题 2.5 分，满分 25 分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上 将该项涂黑。 A A Facebook user uploaded photos of a dog, Leo, sharing that he had seen the animal sitting in the same spot every day, as if waiting for someone. They originally thought the dog had been abandoned, but then realized that

12、he looked well-fed. It turned out that the dog had indeed been spending most of his time around that intersection, but a woman had been coming around regularly to bring him food and water. The 45-year-old woman, named Saowalak, said that when she first found him in that very same spot, several years

13、 ago, Leo was all skin and bones and plagued by skin disease,:。 she took him home and nursed him back to health. However, Leo returned to the same place she first saw him, making - 4 - her assume that he was waiting there for his owner. She just came and brought him food and water every few days. Af

14、ter learning about the story, the Facebook user decided to share it on social media, documenting it with photos of the dog and the kind-hearted woman who looked after him. The post soon went viral and the photos of Leo got shared hundreds of times online. Nang Noi Sittisarn,，64-year-old woman, almos

15、t had a heart-attack when her daughter showed her a photo of a dog that looked a lot like BonBon, the beloved dog she had lost during a car trip. Learning that he had been waiting for her in the same spot for the last four years, her heart melted. Auntie Noi told her daughter to drive her to where t

16、he dog was waiting instantly she saw the photo and heard the story. When she got there and called his name, “BonBon“, the poor dog started wiggling his tail and came to her, but when she tried to take him home with her, he was reluctant to follow. She then understood that her BonBon had become attac

17、hed to Saowalak, the woman who had nursed him back to health. 21. What can we learn about the dog, Leo? A. He was abandoned by his former owner because of his disease. B. He stayed at the same spot hoping to wait for a good owner. C. He was lost but finally reunited with his master. D. He waited at

18、the same place because he didnt like to stay with Saowalak. 22. Why did the Facebook user upload the photos of Leo and a woman? A. To make an ad for Faccbook. B. To share a moving story. C. To honor the woman for her kindness. D. To help Leo find his former owner. 23. Which of the following words be

19、st describe the dog? A. Stubborn but attached. B. Considerate but discouraged. C. Optimistic and cute. D. Loyal and faithful. B Sixteen brave runners recently gathered in the Russian village of Oymyakon, also known as the worlds pole of cold, to compete in the coldest official race in history. Oymya

20、kon is the coldest permanently inhabited place on Earth, with temperatures constantly dropping to under -50 degrees Celsius in winter time. This place is so cold that a persons unprotected face can suffer frostbite(冻伤)in a matter of seconds. Oymyakon can barely be called - 5 - livable, let alone sui

21、table for a marathon, and yet at the beginning of this year, 16 runners gathered here to take part in a series of extreme races. On January 5, the brave runners-aged 21 to 71 and very well-trained-competed in bone-chilling marathons for 5, 10, 20, 30 and 42 kilometers across the frozen taiga(泰加森林)of

22、 central Yakutia. At the start of the run, the air temperature was an almost unbearable -52 degrees Celsius, and by the time the first and only runner reached the 39km mark, it had increased to -48 degrees Celsius. “We could see entire amazement in the eyes of tourists who traveled here from Austral

23、ia, Taiwan, Japan and India to watch the worlds coldest race,“ runner Sargylana Neustroyeva told The Siberian Times. “This was our first try at organizing the extremely cold marathon. Next year we are definitely doing another race, and all athletes from around the world are welcome!“ “We wanted to m

24、ake running in -450C and colder more popular, and to show that athletes can adapt to extremely low temperatures,“ champion runner Yegor Abramov added. The worlds coldest race was organized by Alexander Krylov, head of Turuu Tour agency. He plans to do it again next year, hopefully with more brave ru

25、nners able to endure the extreme winter temperatures of Oymyakon. 24. What can we learn about Oymyakon? A. Its a Russian village with people living there normally. B. Its a Russian village often for runners to try cold marathon. C. There are no plants growing around the village. D. Many tourists fro

26、m around the world come here to spend winter. 25. Why did the sixteen runners hold the coldest race? A. To make a new record for the running races. B. To challenge their body limit in the cold climate. C. To make running in low temperature popular. D. To help promote the tourism in Oymykon. 26. What

27、 would be the best title for the passage? A. The World Pole of Cold B. Sixteen Brave Runners C. An Icy Journey D. The Worlds Coldest Race C Described as the worlds most environmentally friendly protein, Solein is made by applying - 6 - electricity to water to release bubbles of carbon dioxide and hy

28、drogen. Living microbes(微生物)are then added to the liquid to feed on the carbon dioxide and hydrogen bubbles and produce the Solein, which is then dried to make the powder. Its a natural fermentation(发酵)process similar to beer brewing. The dried Solein has a protein content of 50 percent and looks an

29、d tastes just like wheat flour. “It is a completely new kind of food, a new kind of protein, different to all the food on the market today in how it is produced as it does not need agriculture.“ Dr Pasi Vainikka, the chief executive of Solar Foods told The Guardian. The process used to produce Solei

30、n-converting hydrogen and carbon dioxide to calories-is amazing, as the wonder food can be produced anywhere in the world. Its also 10 times more energy-efficient per hectare than photosynthesis(光合作用), and 10 to 100 times more environment and climate-friendly in water use than animal or plant-based

31、food production. “Solein also contains all the essential amino acids(氨基酸), but because it is produced using carbon dioxide and electricity, it does not require large amounts of land to produce,“ the Solar Foods website explains. “Another unique characteristic of Solein is that it is able to take car

32、bon directly from carbon dioxide without needing a source of sugar.“ While Solar Foods does not expect Solein to challenge conventional protein production methods in the next two decades, it does expect it to become a “new harvest“ for humanity, which is significant considering so far we have only r

33、elied on plants and animals for sustenance. The Helsinki-based company plans to open its first Solein factory at the end of 2021 and scale up production to two billion meals per year by 2022. 27. Which of the following statements best describe the features of Solein? A. It is a new kind of food cont

34、aining all the nutrition. B. It is made from water and carbon dioxide by applying electricity. C. It is produced without consuming much land and energy. D. It is a kind of man-made wheat flour. 28. What does the underlined word “converting“ mean? A. relating B. changing C. contributing D. adapting 2

35、9. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. The company thinks Solein would have a rewarding future. B. Solein is supposed to challenge traditional protein production. - 7 - C. There is still a long way for Solein to be put into production. D. Humans can completely rely on Solein to survive.

36、 30. Whats the authors purpose in writing this passage? A. To promote a new kind of technology. B. To introduce a new kind of food. C. To make an ad for a new kind of protein D. To call on people to protect the environment. 第二节：(共 5 个小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分) 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余 选项。 How

37、 to deal with negativity It can sometimes feel like were surrounded by negative people and opinions. Whether it is on social media, the people we meet or in political discourse, things can often seem overwhelming and depressing. 31 But is there a more constructive, compassionate way of dealing with

38、these kinds of people? Here are a few suggestions. Dont be a receiver, and always be honest. First, when it comes to dealing with negative people, its essential that you make it very clear what you are prepared to put up with. 32 No one has the right to force themselves on your life to that extent,

39、so make sure they understand that. 33 Its always important to be honest with people when their negativity is unfounded or seems habitual. 34 Why is the negative person youre dealing with so negative? Its almost certain that whatever it is they are feeling, you will have also felt it yourself too, at

40、 one time or another. Compassion should be a practice, in the sense of something done regularly. But I know its not always easy either-being compassionate with difficult people is also a skill that needs to be practiced for us to get better at it. Open your heart to them. When we approach other peop

41、le from a position of love or caring interest, it is surprising how often they then respond to us in the same way. Someone who is going through a hard time, or who has become habitually negative in their outlook, still has the capacity to show love and care for others. 35 It is always the best found

42、ation to build a more positive relationship on, if you can. - 8 - A. Practice sympathy. B. Dont be judgmental. C. So make sure that this is the ground you meet them on. D. And we all know that dealing with negativity can be exhausting too. E. Equally, dont just try to cover them with positivity eith

43、er. F. So ignore them and move on with our lives despite them. G. Never allow yourself to simply take everything in. 第三部分：语言运用(共三节，满分 55 分) 第一节：完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的(A、B、C 和 D)四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的 最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Imagine you go into a coffee shop, have a cup, and when it com

44、es to paying your bill they tell you its already been paid for. Wouldnt that be wonderful? Well, thats 36 whats happening at the Corner Perk Cafe in Bluffton, South Carolina. It all started in 2010 with a 37 act of kindness. The Corner Perk was just a(n) 38 coffee place until one day, when a 39 left

45、 a $100 bill with the owner, Josh Cooke. 40 she Just wanted the money to be used to pay for the drinks of all the people who came in after, until it 41 . According to Cooke it was “just to let them know, you know, that somebody was wanting them to have a great day.“ 42 , customers who came in all af

46、ternoon were puzzled when they found they didnt have to 43 for their coffee. This wasnt the 44 time the mysterious coffee-donor paid the Comer Perk a visit. Actually, shes been there 45 eight times in the past two years. When Josh 46 her most recent visit on the coffee shops Facebook page. the word

47、spread quickly. More 47 came forward to continue the 48 . Cooke says the 49 lady who started the trend had a kind heart and wanted 50 to spread in the area. Her efforts did not go 51 . Lots of people who heard about the tradition at corner Perk sate simply walked into the shop and left money, 52 eve

48、n ordering anything for themselves. Ajar now stands on the counter with dollar bills to pay for peoples coffee. Josh says, “We just want people to continue to show kindness in any way- 53 thats - 9 - helping somebody with their electric bill or 54 somebodys car with gas. I say this just to show that

49、 humanity isnt dead 55 . 36. A. accidentally B. exactly C. occasionally D. possibly 37. A. deliberate B. serious C. random D. formal 38. A. crowded B. deserted C. interesting D. ordinary 39. A. customer B. hostess C. businesswoman D. traveller 40. A. Aimlessly B. Apparently C. Awkwardly D. Amusingly 41. A. disappears B. dies away C, runs out D. decreases 42. A. Needless to say B. On the contrary C. In other words D. Whats more