江苏省马坝高级中学2019-2020学年度第一学期期中考试

高三英语试题

第一部分 听力（共两节，共20题，满分20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卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 does the man imply?

A. He can’t go now.

B. He can’t wait any longer.

C. He wants to call someone.

2. What does the woman mean?

A. Furnished apartments will cost more.

B. She can provide the man with the apartment he needs.

C. The apartment is just what the man is looking for.

3. What is the man going to do?

A. Look for a hotel. B. Have his watch repaired. C. Meet someone at the hotel.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A book. B. A teacher. C. An exam.

5. What do the speakers think of the music?

A. Pleasant. B. Acceptable. C. Disturbing.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，各个小题将给出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 do people do at the ski club meeting?

A. Buy skiing equipment. B. Plan skiing trips. C. Present skiing lectures.

7. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Close friends. B. Teacher and student. C. Interviewer and interviewee.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. According to the man, what is the best way to manage anxiety?

A. To take medicine. B. To sleep more. C. To work less.

9. What does the man think of the anti-anxiety drugs?

A. They are not harmful to the brain.

B. They have more benefits than harm.

C. They are valuable but costly.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Why does the woman call?

A. To report a robbery. B. To make a complaint. C. To buy some T-shirts.

11. How did the woman describe the young man?

A. He was short in a black shirt and jeans.

B. He was tall in a white shirt and jeans.

C. He was tall in a black shirt and jeans.

12. What might the man do after the conversation?

A. Meet the woman. B. Apologize to the woman. C. Look for that handbag.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Which is the largest ethnic group in San Francisco?

A. The Chinese. B. The whites. C. The blacks.

14. Where do most of the Chinese people live in San Francisco?

A. In the northern part of the city. B. In Chinatown. C. All over the city.

15. What is the Japanese population in San Francisco?

A. 12, 000. B. 700, 000. C. 50, 000.

16. Why does the man know SO much about San Francisco?

A. He travels a lot in the city.

B. He teaches ethnic history at a university.

C. He thinks the city is pretty.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why did the speaker give up the idea of being a chocolate tester?

A. It is a dangerous job.

B. It is hard to be professional.

C. He had to take more responsibility.

18. What made the speaker want to become a football referee（裁判）?

A. The salary. B. The hobby. C. The advisor.

19. What can Philipo be?

A. A dog. B. A stylist. C. A doctor.

20. Why did the speaker decide to become a journalist?

A. He wanted to earn much money.

B. He was good at finding out information.

C. He was expected to follow in his father’s footsteps.

第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）

第一部分：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

21. People who cannot _______ between colors are said to be color-blinded.

A. appreciate B. distinguish C. compare D. recognize

22. One reason for her preference for this school is _______, as she put it, it can provide for her future development.

A. that B. which C. what D. it

23. —Professor Smith, I’d like to take a gap year to Africa to serve in a global anti-Aids campaign.

—Good idea, ______ you can afford the time.

A. so that B. in case C. even if D. provided that

24．When _______ to danger, men tend to increase blood pressure, _______ nervous or anxious.

A. exposed; feeling B. exposed; felt C. exposing; felt D. exposing; feeling

25.Tobacco use is _________ for 5 million or 12% of all deaths of adults above the age of 30 globally each year.

A. stubborn B. permanent C. responsible D. accessible

26. Without the wise leadership of the Party, it _______ hard to achieve the GDP growth target for 2019 at between 6 percent and 6.5 percent.

A. would have been B. would be C. were D. had been

27. _________ to the association of success with money that the thought of giving up good salary for an idea seemed like a little bit crazy.

A. Most of us are much accustomed B. So accustomed most of us are

C. So accustomed are most of us D. Accustomed as most of us are

28. Every year for over 100 years, the Nobel Prize _______ to people from around the world for their achievements.

A. is awarded B. has been awarded C. was awarded D. had been awarded

29．With the word PM 2.5 ________ appearing in media reports, people pay greater attention to it and seek health tips for smoggy days.

A. constantly B. consequently C. permanently D. immediately

30. He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of ______at a hotel for the night.

A. putting down B. putting off C. putting on D. putting up

31.This is the most serious and worst situation __ I have ever experienced as a fan of the NBA.

A. where B. that C. what D. which

32. Chinese Sci-Fi The Wandering Earth has been a hit globally, because it _______ Chinese and Western cultures.

A. allows for B. appeals to C. subscribes to D. caters for

33.Although the final amount is not exactly in agreement with the estimate, it is _______ our expectation. The difference is insignificant.

A. in contrast with B. in contact with C. in line with D. in conflict with

34．After three years of hard work, his knowledge and ____ were finally recognized in his school.

A. competence B. conscience C. conservation D. convenience

35. —Mom, I’ll stay in to accompany my grandpa this evening.

—________!

A. It depends. B. Never mind C. With pleasure D. Suit yourself

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

I met my true fate as I lay on a soccer field, holding on desperately to my consciousness. Finally, I 36 and came into a world of darkness, leaving people struggling to help an 37 girl who, just hours ago, had been in perfect 38 .

Later I spent most of my time in bed. No doctors knew what was wrong with me. Most of my friends had become 39 . Every day became more and more frustrating. Eventually I returned to school on a part-time 40 . Instead of getting the 41 I expected, I received dirty 42 and harsh rumors about how it was "all in my head."

43 my dreams of being a soccer player was ruined, I joined the drum band instead. I held the belief that things would get better. 44 , I lost consciousness at nearly every band practice and people were constantly 45 always having to take care of me. Some people even tried to get me 46 off the drum band. Thus, I continued to be bullied and labeled me as an "attention-seeker."

As I struggled through my health problems and 47 , I continued to keep promising myself that things would get better, and eventually they did. I made friends with a few members of the drum band, who 48 by my side and knew how desperately I needed somewhere to 49 .

Unfortunately, my health 50 worse. My doctor decided to send me to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota in 51 that the doctors there would be able to solve the 52 that had puzzled every other doctor I'd seen. The Mayo doctors diagnosed me with a problem called POTS. They were certain that the unconsciousness that I'd been 53 was not "in my head".

I am extremely happy to have kept promising myself that things would get better. 54 it hadn't been for others’ 55 and my perseverance, I'd still be wondering if my problem really was "in my head." And, most importantly, I've learned to never lose hope because I believe that the only disability in life is a bad attitude.

36. A. let go B. stayed up C. gave away D. went on

37. A. independent B. frightened C. energetic D. unconscious

38. A. order B. terror C. health D. danger

39. A. annoyed B. distant C. enthusiastic D. patient

40. A. move B. respect C. basis D. regard

41. A. award B. approval C. result D. sympathy

42. A. looks B. work C. joke D. eyes

43. A. Unless B. Once C. Since D. Before

44. A. Altogether B. Nevertheless C. Otherwise D. Therefore

45. A. insisting on B. worrying about C. complaining about D. concentrating on

46. A. scared B. kicked C. seized D. discouraged

47. A. loneliness B. confusion C. shame D. sickness

48. A. looked B. waited C. wandered D. stuck

49. A. follow B. belong C. rest D. recover

50. A. came B. fell C. went D. stayed

51. A. hopes B. purposes C. wishes D. needs

52. A. deal B. case C. wonder D. mystery

53. A. looking into B. pushing for C. dealing with D. suffering from

54. A. When B. While C. If D. Providing

55. A. help B. blessing C. impact D. strength

第三部分 阅读理解（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

Below you will find a profile of each gap year program. If there is a specific program you are interested in or a question you have regarding these programs, please feel free to contact them directly.

Youth International

Since 1997, Youth International has provided many people with the most exciting and educational experience of their life. It is a learning program that combines international travel, inter-cultural exchange, home stays, volunteer community service work and outdoor adventures.

Phone: 1-720-270-3323

Carpe Diem Education

Through volunteer service, travel and cultural exchange, students of Carpe Diem Education receive a personal insight into themselves and their cultures. We specialize in guiding summer and semester programs for high school students. Each course is carefully crafted to develop leadership and self-awareness within our students, who return home better prepared lo be leaders in thought and action.

Phone: 503-285-1800

Center for Interim Programs

Founded in 1980, the Center for Interim Programs is the first independent gap year organization in America. Based on students’ interests and budget, our experienced teachers help make individual course choices including low cost volunteer options, language programs, research trips and so on. We are committed to helping students find more experiences of formal education and work.

Phone: 413-585-0980

EF Gap Year

An EF Gap Year offers students the ability to explore several countries where you will learn a language, volunteer for a good cause, gain international work experience. Choose between a 12-week semester or 25-week academic year. You can then personalize your program to meet your learning goals and interests by deciding where, when, and how you wish to study on your own. Our well-structured curriculum even allows you to have college-level classes and earn credits toward graduation.

Phone: 1-800-726-9746

56.Which phone number can you dial if you want to improve your leadership?

A.1-720-270-3323. B. 1-800-726-9746 C. 413-585-0980. D.. 503-285-1800.

57. What is EF Gap Year’s unique feature?

A. Its reasonable fee. B. Its flexible study time.

C. Its experienced teachers D. Its diverse curriculum choices.

58. What do the four programs have in common?

A. They pay attention to volunteer service work.

B. They combine education with home stays.

C. They mainly offer cross-cultural education.

D. They raise students’ interest in adventure.

B

A ten-year-old from Howell, Michigan is being praised as a hero thanks to his persistence (坚持) that led to saving the life of an elderly neighbor. The event happened late in an evening when Danny DiPietro was being driven home from hockey practice by his mom.

That’s when the young boy noticed an open garage (车库) and a figure (身影) that he believed was a dog outside an apartment building near his house. Given the freezing cold weather, the young boy got a feeling that something was not right. But instead of dismissing it like most kids his age would have, he insisted that his mother, Dawn, find out what was going on. Dawn tried to make Danny believe that no one would leave a dog out in such cold weather, but he refused to take no for an answer.

Dawn finally gave in and decided to drive to the area with the family dog and see if there was any truth to Danny’s hunch (直觉). Sure enough, as she got closer to the apartment building she noticed a garage that was wide open and someone waving madly for help. Upon getting there, she realized that it was not a dog the young boy had seen, but Kathleen St. Onge. The 80-year-old had fallen down on some ice in her garage and had been lying there for two hours, unable to get up.

Dawn rushed home to get her husband to help and called 911. The two then returned with some blankets to cover Ms. St. Onge, while they waited for the ambulance (救护车) to arrive. Though still in hospital, the elderly woman is recovering well and forever grateful to Danny, for following up on his hunch!

59.When seeing a figure in an open garage, Danny ________.

A. recognized it was an old man

B. thought it was a homeless dog

C. realized something was wrong

D. believed it was nothing important

60. Which of the following can best describe Danny?

A. Persistent and warm-hearted. B. Friendly and honest.

C. Considerate and optimistic. D. Brave and patient.

61.What could be the best title for the text?

A. Always follow your hunch.

B. Be ready to help save the elderly.

C. Unknown hero brings love and hope.

D. 10-year-old saves elderly neighbor’s life.

C

Someday a stranger will read your e-mail without your permission or scan the websites you’ve visited. Or perhaps someone will casually glance through your credit card purchases or cell phone bills to find out your shopping preferences or calling habits.

In fact, it’s likely some of these things have already happened to you. Who would watch you without your permission? It might be a spouse（配偶）, a girlfriend, a marketing company, a boss, a cop or a criminal, Whoever it is, they will see you in a way you never intended to be seen- the 21st century equivalent of being caught naked.

Psychologists tell us boundaries are healthy, that it’s important to reveal yourself to friends, family and lovers in stages, at appropriate times. But few boundaries remain. The digital bread crumbs（面包屑）you leave everywhere make it easy for strangers to reconstruct who you are, where you are and what you like. In some cases, a simple Google search can reveal what you think. Like it or not, increasingly we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret.

The key question is: Does that matter?

For many Americans, the answer apparently is "no."

When opinion polls ask Americans about privacy, most say they are concerned about losing it. A survey found an overwhelming pessimism about privacy, with 60 percent of respondents saying they feel their privacy is "slipping away, and that bothers me."

But people say one thing and do another. Only a tiny fraction of Americans change any behaviors in an effort to preserve their privacy. Few people turn down a discount at tollbooths （收费处）to avoid using the EZ-Pass system that can track automobile movements. And few turn down supermarket loyalty cards. Privacy economist Alessandro Acquisti has run a series of tests that reveal people will surrender personal information like Social Security numbers just to get their hands on a pitiful 50-cents-off coupon (优惠券).

But privacy does matter -- at least sometimes. It’s like health: When you have it, you don’t notice it. Only when it’s gone do you wish you’d done more to protect it.

62．What would psychologists advise on the relationships between friends?

A．There should be a distance even between friends

B．Friends should open their hearts to each other.

C．Friends should always be faithful to each other.

D．There should be fewer disputes between friends.

63．Why does the author say "we live in a world where you simply cannot keep a secret" ?

A．Modern society has finally evolved into an open society.

B．There are always people who are curious about others’ affairs.

C． People leave traces around when using modern technology.

D．Many search engines profit by revealing people’s identities.

64．What do most Americans do with regard to privacy protections?

A．They change behaviors that might disclose their identity.

B．They talk a lot but hardly do anything about it.

C．They rely more and more on electronic devices.

D．They use various loyalty cards for business transactions.

65．According to the passage, privacy is like health in that ______.

A．people will make every effort to keep it

B．its importance is rarely understood

C．it is something that can easily be lost

D．people don’t cherish it until they lose it

D

What will higher education look like in 2050? That was the question addressed Tuesday night by Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University.

“We’re at the end of the fourth wave of change in higher education,” Crow began, arguing that research universities followed the initial establishment of higher education, public colleges, and land-grant schools in the timeline of America.

In less than a half-century, he said, global market competition will be at its fastest rates of change ever, with several multitrillion-dollar economies worldwide. According to a recent projection, the nation’s population could reach 435 million, with a large percentage of those residents economically disadvantaged. In addition, climate change will be “meaningfully uncontrollable” in many parts of the world.

The everyday trends seen today, such as declining performance of students at all levels, particularly in math and science, and declining wages and employment among the less educated, will only continue, Crow maintained, and are, to say the least, not contributing to fulfilling the dream of climbing the social ladder mobility, quality of life, sustainable environment, and longer life spans that most Americans share.

“How is it that we can have these great research universities and have negative-trending outcomes?” Crow said in a talk “I hold the universities accountable. … We are part of the problem.”

Among the “things that we do that make the things that we teach less learnable,” Crow said, are the strict separation of disciplines, academic rigidity, and conservatism, the desire of universities to imitate schools at the top of the social ranks, and the lack of the computer system ability that would allow a large number of students to be educated for a small amount of money.

Since 2002, when Crow started being in charge at Arizona State — which he calls the “new American university” — he has led more than three dozen initiatives that aim to make the school “inclusive, scalable, fast, adaptive, challenge-focused, and willing to take risks.”

Among those initiatives were a restructuring of the engineering and life sciences schools to create more linkages between disciplines; the launch of the School of Earth and Space Exploration and the School of Sustainability; the start of a Teachers College to address K-12 performance and increase the status of the Education Department at the university; and broadened access, increasing the freshman class size by 42 percent and the enrollment of students living below the poverty line by 500 percent.

Universities must start, Crow noted, “by becoming self-reflective architects, figuring out what we have and what we actually need instead of what legend tells us we have to be.” Research universities today have “run their course,” he added. “Now is the time for variety.”

During a discussion afterward, Crow clarified and expanded on some of his points. He discussed, for example, the school’s distance-learning program. “Nearly 40 percent of undergraduates are taking at least one course online,” he said, which helps the school to keep costs down while advancing interactive learning technologies.

He said that Arizona State is working to increase the transfer and completion rates of community-college students, of whom only about 15 percent, historically, complete their later degrees. “We’ve built a system that will allow them to track into universities,” particularly where “culturally complex barriers” beyond finances limit even the most gifted students.

66. The fourth wave of change in America’s higher education refers to _______.

A. research universities B. land-grant schools

C. public colleges D. initial higher education

67. Which is NOT part of the American dream most people share?

A. People enjoy a quality life.

B. People live longer and longer.

C. The freedom to move around.

D. An environment that is sustainable.

68. Which is an initiative adopted by Crow at Arizona State University?

A. Restructuring the teachers College.

B. Launching the School of Life Sciences.

C. Enrolling more students from poor families.

D. Ignoring the linkages between disciplines.

69. Which one is similar to the underlined word “architect” in meaning?

A. The author of the guidebook is an architect by profession.

B. If you want to refurnish the house, consult the architect.

C. Tom is considered one of the best landscape architect here.

D. Deng Xiaoping is one of the architects of the PRC.

70. With the distance-learning program, Arizona State University is able to ______.

A. enroll 40% of its students online

B. keep costs down without a loss of quality

C. provide an even greater number of courses

D. attract the most gifted students all over the world

第Ⅱ卷 （两部分，共35分）

第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。

You may think kids are getting more homework than ever before. If so, think again. A new study released by Brookings’ Brown Center on Education Policy shows that today’s students have no more homework than their parents did when they were in school. Numerous articles and reports over the past few decades have suggested America’s schools are overloading kids with more and more homework. But the Brookings study argues the opposite: homework loads have not changed over the past 30 years.

The study’s author, Tom Loveless, reviewed surveys taken by kids and parents about how much homework young students have. The results showed that the typical elementary student has 30-45 minutes of homework each night. The average high-schooler has about an hour. These numbers have remained the same since 1984.

In a set of guidelines published by the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the amount of time students should spent on homework is their grade level multiplied by ten minutes. For example, a third-grader should have 30 minutes of homework, a fifth-grader 50 minutes, and so on. Loveless, who was a sixth-grade teacher in the 1980s, says this system has stayed consistent into the 21st century.

One change that occurred over the past three decades, however, is among 9-year-olds—the average age of a third-grader. In 1984, more 9-year-olds had no homework at all, versus today. “What’s happened is, there were a number of kids at age 9 who had no homework in 1984, but now that number does have some homework,” Loveless told TFK. “Though it is a little amount of work, it is still an increase in the amount of time spent on homework for third-graders.”

Homework is an important part of a student’s education. Some teachers argue that homework prepares kids for state tests and for college. They worry that a lighter homework load will put kids at a disadvantage. “Homework has benefits that go well beyond what’s going on in school,” says Harris Cooper, a University of Missouri psychology professor who has studied homework’s effect on test scores. Kids learn to be organized, manage their time and master new skills without a teacher’s help.

Teachers give two reasons for assigning a lot of homework. First, they say, the government now requires schools to meet higher-than-ever achievement goals for students. Second, they know many parents want their children to be able to get into the nation’s best colleges and universities. These parents believe homework is a way to ensure students are learning at their full capacity.

People who favor homework argue that it can have many other beneficial effects. They claim it can help students develop good study habits, and recognize that learning can occur at home as well as at school.

第五部分 书面表达 （满分25分）

81. 阅读下面短文，结合图表内容，按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的短文。

The Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China is moving to ban teachers from assigning homework on mobile apps or asking parents to grade students’ homework as part of an effort to save students’ eyesight. Through these efforts, the overall myopia (近视) rate among teenagers reduces by more than 0.5 percentage points per year from 2019 until 2023.

Provinces with a high incidence (发生率) of myopia are required to cut at least 1 percentage point per year. By 2030, the myopia rate for 6-year-old children should be below 3 percent, for primary school students, below 38 percent, for middle school students, below 60 percent, and for high school students, below 70 percent. Along with banning app-based homework assignments, the regulation would limit the use of electronic devices to 30 percent of total teaching time and instead encourage homework to be completed by hand on paper.

【写作内容】

用约30个词概括上述图文内容；

结合上述信息，简要分析导致学生近视问题的主要原因；

请你从社会和个人两方面谈谈如何保护学生的视力（不少于两点）。

【写作要求】

写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；

2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

3. 不必写标题。

【评分标准】

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

高三英语期中考试答案

一、 听力 (共20小题；每小题1分，共20分)

1-5 ABCCC 6-10 BAACA 11-15 BABCA 16-20 BCBAB

二、单项选择 (共15小题；每小题1分，共15分)

21-25 BCDAC 26-30 BCBAD 31-35BDCAD

三、完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，共20分)

36—40 ADCBC 41—45 DACBC 46—50 BADBC 51—55 ABDCA

四、阅读 (共15小题；每小题2分，共30分)

56-60 DBACA 61-65 DACBD 66-70 ACCDB

五、任务型(共10小题；每小题1分，共10分)

71. increasing/growing 72. finding/result 73. same 74. spends

75. equals 76. Compared 77. importance/benefits/significance

78. prepares 79. best 80. development

六、书面表达 (共25分)

The continuously-increasing myopia rate among students has caused public concern. Such is the gravity of the situation that the authority has decided to ban teachers from using social media to assign homework.

Many factors contribute to the myopia problem. With the popularity of digital products, an increasing number of students fix their eyes on the screen at least 4 hours every day. Moreover, academic burden forces students to overuse their eyes, which worsens the situation.

Immediate action should be taken to deal with the problem. First, the government should update the relevant rule to reduce school time, ensuring the students to use eyes less. Second, we students should say no to too much use of electronic devices. We’d better look into the distance and do eye exercise regularly, easing the tiredness of eyes.

Since eyes are the window of our soul, we should take measures to protect them.

(150 words)