河北省定州中学2017届高三上学期期末考试英语试题

河北定州中学2016—2017学年度第一学期期末考试
高三年级英语试卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5个小题：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 does the woman suggest the man do?
A. Wash fewer clothes at a time.
B. Use a different washing machine.
C. Let us use the washing machine first.
2. What can be inferred about the woman?
A. She is going to drop the class too.
B. She doesn’t know how to swim.
C. It took her a long time to learn to swim.
3. What does the doctor imply?
A. The man should continue using the medicine.
B. She’ll be away from the office for two days.
C. The man doesn’t need anything for his cough.
4. What will the man probably do next?
A. Buy the pants the woman showed him.
B. Wait until the pants are on sale.
C. Look at pants made of a different material.
5. What can be inferred about professor Burns?
A. She didn’t require any papers last semester.
B. She was more flexible last semester.
C. She grades papers very quickly.
第二节（共15小题）
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8题。

6. What is the woman good at?
A. Law.
B. Teaching.
C. Officer.
7. How long will the girl work altogether?
A. 3 months.
B. 3.5 months.
C. Just 4 months.
8. What can we learn from the end of the interview?
A. The woman will lose the job.
B. The woman must take another interview.
C. The woman will work full time.
听第7段材料,回答第9至11题。

9. Where does the conversation take place?
A. China.
B. England.
C. America.
10. How will they go?
A. By plane.
B. By car.
C. By train.
11. When will they probably leave?
A. At 8:00.
B. At 12:00.
C. At 6:00.
听第8段材料,回答第12至13题。

12.Where did Doug and Diane first meet?
A. At school.
B. At a restaurant.
C. At a party.
13. How did he know where she lived?
A. He asked a friend for directions.
B. He followed her home.
C. He looked her up in the phone book.
听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。

14. What are they talking about?
A.A travel plan.
B. The last vacation.
C. A newspaper.
15. How can they get the price?
A. Read the ad.
B. Call the hotel.
C. Call the travel office.
16. What can we learn about the man?
A. He is not in good health.
B. He doesn’t want to travel at all.
C. He prefers to stay in the same place.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。

17. What’s the strongest reason why Englishmen often go to pubs?
A. To meet their friends.
B. To see respectable women.
C. To relax themselves.
18. What is a woman not supposed to do if she wants to visit an English pub?
A. Go there alone.
B. Go there with her family.
C. Go there with a man.
19. According to the passage, how long do pubs usually stay open?
A. 11 hours.
B. 12 hours.
C. 13 hours.
20. What are many men dreaming of?
A. Telling their troubles to a pretty girl.
B. Retiring from their jobs and buying a little country pub.
C. Leaving their homes.
二、阅读理解
A
Every evening, 15-year-old Rashida returns home from school, changes out of her uniform, and rushes to a neighboring farm to help her mother harvest vegetables. Her father is disabled, so the modest profit the two of them earn must cover food, clothing and other necessities for all seven children and their parents. Despite having precious little time to study, Rashida is one of the top students at her junior secondary school. But with so much responsibility on her small shoulders, she admits that it is sometimes hard for her to imagine a more promising future.
Last year, Rashida was invited to join 155 other girls at Camfed Ghana’s first Girls’ Career Camp, a program designed to inspire girls growing up in the country’s Northern Region to dream big, and to support them to pursue those dreams. “We organized this camp because we wanted to let girls know that even if they are struggling with poverty, their lives will not be defined by limitations,” says Dolores Dickson, Camfed Ghana’s Executive Director.
Over the course of five days, the camp led the junior and secondary school students through a range of experiences and career opportunities that were entirely new to them. Dr. Agnes Apusiga, a lecturer from the University of Development Studies, ran the workshop on goal-setting and career choices, describing the universities and training colleges in Ghana that could help them achieve their dreams. Participants then visited the University for Development Studies, where they toured the medical school and science labs. Another highlight was a workshop at the computer lab at Tamale Secondary School. Many of the girls had studied information technology from a book but had never before seen a computer.
“When the girls arrived at camp, they were not ambitious, because they didn’t have any idea what the world held for them,” says Eugenia Ayagiba, Project Officer with Camfed Ghana. “Many had scarcely traveled beyond their own villages.”
“I think the most important thing that happened at the camp is that we opened a window of hope for a group of girls coming from backgrounds of poverty,” says Eugenia. For Rashida, who has been laughed at in the past by her schoolmates because of her father’s disability, the experience was important. “She told one of the camp mentors(辅导员) that when she is at school, she often feels like a misfit, and she prefers to keep to herself,” says Eugenia. “But at the camp, it was different. She made friends with girls who have similar struggles. She took part in every single activity, every single game. On the last day, she said to her mentor, ‘The camp has challenged me to study hard. Now I see that there is light at the end of the tunnel.’21．How many are there in Rashida’s family?
A．Seven B．Eight C．Nine D．Ten
22．Why did the camp lead the students to visit universities and training colleges?
A．To show they are better than their schools
B．To encourage them to get good education．
C．To show them what they are like
D．To get them to touch the advanced equipment there
23．What can we infer from the passage?
A．Rashida has become friends with her mentors
B．Rashida’s mentors has encouraged her a lot．
C．Rashida was sad because of her father’s disability．
D．Rashida has had her new dream since the camp
24．The best title of the passage is ___________．
A．Poor Girls in Ghana B．Girls’ Career Camp
C．Camfed Ghana D．Students in Ghana Dream Big
B
Taylor Swift was born on December 13, 1989, in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania. Swift’s family ran a farm. “I had her sitting on a small horse when she was nine months old,” said Swift's mother. “If my dream had gone well, she’d be in a horse show right now.” The only obvious forerunner (先驱) of Swift's musical talent was her grandmother, an opera singer.
That talent showed itself early: when the family went to see a Disney musical film, Swift would come out of the theater singing all the songs correctly. At the age of 11, she sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a Philadelphia 76ers game. The experiences during her pre-teen years encouraged the creativity to go with Swift’s talent. As a child, she attended the academically competitive Wyndcroft School in Pottstown, but then switched to public schools in Wyomissing. Although it was her hometown, she didn’t know any of her classmates, and she was terrified. Swift began to understand the storytelling feature of country songs, and put her feelings into songs of her own.
One of her future hits, “The Outside”, was written when she was only 12. “I wrote that about the scariest feeling I’ve ever felt: going to school, looking at those faces, and not knowing who you’re gonna talk to that day,” she said. “In the music, I could never feel the kind of rejection (拒绝) that I felt in middle school.” Swift's parents quickly realized that they had someone special on their hands. They sold their farm when she was 13 and moved the family to Hendersonville, Tennessee.
Swift had the ability, above all, to put feelings into words with accuracy (准确) far beyond her years. In “Our Song” she wrote, “Our song is the slamming screen door, going out late, tapping on your window.” In the summer of 2006, “Tim McGraw” came out, and almost from the beginning the 16-year-old Taylor Swift was a star.
25．When she was in her childhood, Taylor Swift ________.
A. dreamed of being a horse rider
B. was expected to help on the farm
C. showed her talent for music early
D. learned singing from her grandmother
26．Which of the following can best describe Swift’s school days in Wyomissing?
A. Difficult
B. Helpful
C. Competitive
D. Satisfying
27．Taylor Swift’s parents moved the family to Hendersonville ________.
A. when she was twelve years old.
B. after “The Outside” became a hit.
C. because she was rejected in school.
D. after they realized her musical talent.
28．Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. Swift sang for a Disney movie at a young age.
B. “The Outside” came out when Swift was only 12.
C. Life in Wyndcroft School encouraged Swift's creativity.
D. She tells her stories in her music.
C
The world is filled with smart, talented and gifted people．We meet them every day．A few days ago, my car was not running well．I pulled it into a garage, and the young mechanic had it fixed within just a few minutes．He knew what was wrong by simply listening to the engine．I was amazed．The sad truth is that only great talent is not enough．
I am often shocked at how little talented people earn．I heard the other day that less than 5 percent of Americans earn more than $100,000 a year．A business consultant (顾问) who
specializes in the medical trade was telling me how many doctors and dentists struggle with money．It was this business consultant that gave me the phase, “They are one skill away from great wealth”.
There is an old saying that goes，“Job means ‘just over broke(破产）’”．And unfortunately，I would say that the saying applies to millions of people．Because school does not think financial(财务的）intelligence is intelligence, most workers “live within their means”．They work and they pay the bills．Instead I recommend to young people to seek work for what they will learn, more than what they will earn．
When I ask the classes I teach, “How many of you can cook a better hamburger than McDonald’s?” almost all the students raise their hands．I then ask, “So if most of you can cook a better hamburger, how come McDonald’s makes more money than you?” The answer is obvious: McDonald’s is excellent at business systems．The reason why so many talented people are poor is that they focus on building a better hamburger and know little or nothing about business systems．The world is filled with talented poor people．They focus on perfecting their skills at building a better hamburger rather than the skills of selling and delivering the hamburger．29．How did the mechanic find the problem in the car?
A．by listening to the engine
B．by listening to what the author said
C．by pulling it to the garage
D．by driving it
30．Why do talented people earn so little according to the author?
A．They have no talents．
B．They have no good skills．
C．They don’t work enough．
D．They don’t have financial intelligence．
31．The success of McDonald's lies in its ．
A．skills at making hamburgers
B．excellent service
C．talented workers
D．good business systems
32．Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．The world lacks smart, talented and gifted people.
B．The world lacks skilled workers.
C．The world lacks people like McDonald’s.
D．The world lacks excellent doctors and dentists.
D
Exercise seems to be good for the human brain, with many recent studies suggesting that regular exercise improves memory and thinking skills. But an interesting new study asks whether the apparent cognitive benefits from exercise are real or just a placebo effect — that is, if we think we will be “smarter” after exercise, do our brains respond accordingly? The answer has significant implications for any of us hoping to use exercise to keep our minds sharp throughout our lives.
While many studies suggest that exercise may have cognitive benefits, recently some scientists have begun to question whether the apparently beneficial effects of exercise on thinking might be a placebo effect. So researchers at Florida State University in Tallahassee and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign decided to focus on expectations, on what people anticipate that exercise will do for thinking. If people’s expectations jibe (吻合) closely with the actual benefits, then at least some of those improvements are probably a result of the placebo effect and not of exercise.
For the new study, which was published last month in PLOS One, the researchers recruited 171 people through an online survey system, they asked half of these volunteers to estimate by how much a stretching and toning regimens (拉伸运动) performed three times a week might improve various measures of thinking. The other volunteers were asked the same questions, but about a regular walking program.
In actual experiments, stretching and toning program generally have little if any impact on people’s cognitive skills. Walking, on the other hand, seems to substantially improve thinking ability.
But the survey respondents believed the opposite, estimating that the stretching and toning program would be more beneficial for the mind than walking. The estimates of benefits from walking were lower.
These data, while they do not involve any actual exercise, are good news for people who do exercise. “The results from our study suggest that the benefits of aerobic exercise are not a placebo effect,” said Cary Stothart, a graduate student in cognitive psychology at Florida State University, who led the study.
If expectations had been driving the improvements in cognition seen in studies after exercise, Mr. Stothart said, then people should have expected walking to be more beneficial for thinking than stretching. They didn’t, implying that the changes in the brain and thinking after exercise are physiologically genuine.
The findings are strong enough to suggest that exercise really does change the brain and may, in the process, improve thinking, Mr. Stothart said. That conclusion should encourage scientists to look even more closely into how, at a molecular level, exercise remodels the human brain, he said. It also should encourage the rest of us to move, since the benefits are, it seems, not imaginary, even if they are in our head.
33．Which of the following about the placebo effect is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It occurs during exercise.
B. It has cognitive benefits.
C. It is just a mental reaction.
D. It is a physiological response.
34．Why did the researchers at the two universities conduct the research?
A. To discover the placebo effect in the exercise.
B. To prove the previous studies have a big drawback.
C. To test whether exercise can really improve cognition.
D. To encourage more scientists to get involved in the research.
35．What can we know about the research Cary Stothart and his team carried out?
A. They employed 171 people to take part in the actual exercise.
B. The result of the research removed the recent doubt of some scientists.
C. The participants thought walking had a greater impact on thinking ability.
D. Their conclusion drives scientists to do research on the placebo effect.
36．What might be the best title for the passage?
A. Is it necessary for us to take exercise?
B. How should people exercise properly?
C. What makes us smarter during exercise?
D. Does exercise really make us smarter?
三、完形填空
Learning a second language fuels children’s intelligence and makes their job prospects brighter. ______the fact is, in U.S.A, as in many other English speaking countries, speakers of two or more languages are in the ______ . Eighty-four percent of US people are monolingual (speakers of only one language). This leaves a small number who ______ to speak two or more languages.
No matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything ______ English is a marker of difference here. That’s why fourteen-year-old Umar is______ when people comment on the fact that he is able to speak Arabic.
Umar’s mother points out: ―In U.S.A, it’s not ______ for kids to be bilingual. But, if you speak another language to your children in U.S.A, it is thought that you are not helping them to
______ society.
But in fact, the general ______ among experts is that learning a second language is good for children. Experts believe that bilinguals – people who speak ______ languages – have a clear learning advantage ______ their monolingual schoolmates. This ______on how much of each language they can speak, not on which language is used, ______ they are learning Arabic, French, Chinese or any other language.
Vinss Millon, a professor of Foreign Language Training, says: ―A lot of studies have
______ that children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language
more______, but in the end they do as well as their monolingual schoolmates, and often better, in other subjects.
The view is that there is a(n) ______ from the effort of learning another language. A few other ______ agree that “Bilinguals tend to use language better as a whole. They also
______ greater creativity and problem-solving ability, and
they learn further languages more easily”.
With all of the benefits, why do we not show more ______ for learning other languages? Parents and teachers ______in bilingual education say it is pressure from friends at school, general ______ to other languages in English-speaking countries, and problems in the school system that are to blame.
37．A. And B. So C. But D. Thus
38．A. minimum B. maximum C. minority D. majority
39．A. claim B. pretend C. decide D. plan
40．A. more than B. less than C. rather than D. other than
41．A. excited B. embarrassed C. disappointed D. appreciated 42．A. common B. unusual C. unique D. general
43．A. fit in B. build up C. contribute to D. figure out
44．A. distinction B. commission C. announcement D. agreement
45．A. one B. two C. three D. more
46．A. beneath B. beyond C. over D. of
47．A. determines B. focuses C. comments D. depends
48．A. if B. whether C. when D. because
49．A. rejected B. released C. revealed D. reminded
50．A. slowly B. rapidly C. easily D. efficiently
51．A. outcome B. improvement C. advantage D. tendency
52．A. parents B. learners C. schoolmates D. professors
53．A. display B. produce C. inspire D. discover
54．A. concern B. respect C. enthusiasm D. intelligence 55．A. involved B. impressed C. competing D. replacing
56．A. opinions B. obstacles C. senses D. attitudes
四、短文改错
57．英语课上，老师要求同桌相互修改作文。

假设以下作文为你同桌所写，请你对其进行修改。

共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），并在此符号下面写出改加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

As we all know, travelling can be an excited experience. Let me give you some advices that you have to pay attention. You can find out more about your destination by surf the Internet before you set out. You needn’t take too many cash. Since it can be very convenient to pay in cash, using cheques is much more reliable. In additional, it will be wise of you to take an umbrella in case of it should rain. And if you are to travel abroad, you’d better understand the cultural diversity. Keep this in mind that being polite in foreign countries can help you had a wonderful trip.
五、阅读填空
Based on recent researches．distance．1earning is slowly proving as58．(value)as the traditional campus．based form．It is a fixed truth that this form of learning is59．________ the increase．Moreover, both students and teachers have expressed their 60．________ (happy)with these courses．The best part of distance learning courses is their flexible format．Students can continue61．(work)and study at the same time without any kind of difficulty．You will 62．(provide)with the facilities of a virtual(虚拟的)classroom and a virtual campus．Anyone 63．upgrades their professional knowledge to a new level can apply for these courses．With an online study format，the tests and notes can be 64．(access)with just a mouse click from your home computer．However, a student 65．(attend)an online course must take the time management66．(serious)．Every online student must
keep67．in mind that proper management of time and study schedule is the key towards success in this format．
六、补全短文
Everyone knows English is one of the most important subjects in middle schools. And we always know learning English is very important, but few students know how to learn English well.68．
I think if we have a right way to learn English, and we work hard, then we must learn English well. But what is the right way？69．Second，everyone knows remembering new words is
important, but how to remember them？I think we can copy new words on pieces of paper, and take them with us. When we are free, we can read them. Third, how to improve our listening and speaking？70．And we can answer the questions in the class；don’t be afraid of making mistakes.
I think it’s useful to us. Finally, it’s about reading and writing.71．And try our best to retell it，we can also keep a diary every day，and spend an hour practicing English.
72．If necessary, we can turn to our classmates and teachers for help instead of giving up. If we don’t study hard, it’s difficult to learn English well.
A．Then how can we make rapid progress and learn English well?
B．We can sing English songs, listen to the radio and listen to tapes every day.
C. To begin with, you can recite as many words as you can.
D．Whenever we meet difficulties in our English study, we shouldn’t lose heart.
E．In a word, we will make rapid progress.
F．First, we must be confident enough to learn English and be interested in it.
G．When we are free, we can read articles in English.
七、书面表达
73．假如你是李华，已经被大学录取，即将进入大学学习。

请你用英语给好友Sam写一封信，谈谈进入大学后的打算。

短文应包含以下要点：
1、尽快适应环境;
2、注重能力发展。

注意：
1. 全文100词左右；
2. 书信的开头已给出，不计入总词数；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sam,
How are you getting along with your life recently?
___________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Yours sincerely,
Li Hua
参考答案
1~5.ACACB 6~10.ABCCB 11~15.BCAAC 16~20.AAACB 21．C
22．B
23．D
24．B
25．C
26．A
27．D
28．D
29．A
30．D
31．D
32．C
33．C
34．C
35．B
36．D
37．C
38．C
39．A
40．D
41．B
42．B
43．A
44．D
45．B
46．C
47．D
49．C
50．A
51．B
52．D
53．A
54．C
55．A
56．D
57.
【小题1】excited-exciting
【小题2】advices-advice
【小题3】attention 后面加to
【小题4】surf-surfing
【小题5】many-much
【小题6】Since—Though
【小题7】additional-addition
【小题8】in case of去掉of
【小题9】this-it
【小题10】had-have 58．valuable
59．on
60．happiness
61．to work
62．be provided
63．who/that
64．accessible/accessed 65．attending/that attends/who attends 66．seriously
67．it
69．F
70．B
71．G
72．D
72．D
73．
Dear Sam,
How are you getting along with your life recently? Today I’m writing to talk about my plan for college life in the near future.
College life is both a joy and a challenge to me. Therefore, adjusting myself quickly to the new circumstance is the first thing I will deal with. For example, I’ll try to get used to the college schedule as soon as possible and I’ll make some friends so that I can feel at ease in college.
Next, various abilities should be developed. Besides being independent in study and life, I will enter for meaningful activities to get more social practice and develop my strong points.
Can you give me some advice? As a sophomore, you must have a lot to tell me.
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua。