河北省衡水中学2016-2017学年度上学期高三年级期中考试

河北衡水中学2016～2017学年上学期高三年级期中考试
第二部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 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，并在答题
卡上将该项涂黑。

A
It is good to get in touch with your inner child from time to time，and obviously some people
are willing to pay big money for the chance to do so in a proper environment．A Brooklyn-based
adult preschool is charging customers between $333 and $999 for the chance to act like a kid
again．
At Preschool Mastermind in New York adults get to participate in show—and—tell，arts—and—crafts such as finger paint，games like musical chairs and even take naps．The
month-long course also has class picture day where the adults are expected to have a field trip and
a parent day．
30-year-old Michelle Joni Lapidos，the brain behind the adult preschool，studied childhood
education and has always wanted to be a preschool teacher．She’s always on the lookout for new
ways to get people in touch with the freedom of childhood．A friend encouraged her to start the
mastermind course instead．
According to Candice，her blogger friend，Preschool Mastermind gives adults a chance to
relearn and master the things that they failed to understand as children．“I r ealized all the
significances of what we learn in preschool，”said founder Michelle Joni，“People come here and
．We are bringing ourselves back to another place，
get in touch with their inner child．It’s magical
another time with ourselves when we are more believing in ourselves，more confident and ready to
take on the world.”
“One p erson’s here because they want to learn not to be so serious．”Michelle said．“Another's here to learn to be more confident.” She explained that most of the classes were planned．However，Joni added that while the planned activities were fun，it was often the
the things you don’t plan for，the
spontaneous(自发的)moments that attracted students．“It’s
sharing between friends and learning from each other.’’
21．What is the purpose of Preschool Mastermind?
A．To give adults a chance to return to childhood．
B．To help parents understand their children better．
C．To provide practical training courses for teachers．
D．To introduce some ways of playing with children．
22．What is mainly discussed about Preschool Mastermind in Paragraph 2 ?
A．Its customers．B．Its activities．C．Its environment．D．Its schedule.
23．According to Candice，people come to this program to________.
A．enjoy freedom of thinking B．realize their childhood dreams
C．discover their inner abilities D．figure out childhood puzzles
24．What do we know about Michelle Joni?
A．She used to be a preschool teacher．B．She likes to make plans in advance．
C．She founded Preschool Mastermind．D．She gained confidence by sharing．
B
Back in 2003 an 86-year-old man drove his Buick through a crowded farmers’ market. Nine people were killed. More than fifty-four people were hurt, fourteen with serious injuries. When he
finally stopped, the 86-year-old man got out his car and screamed at people to get out of the way.
No alcohol or drugs were found in his system. Apparently, he was just old and confused.
This is a frightening accident, and it is not a rare one. There are many examples of elderly
drivers driving into swimming pools, houses, storefronts, or worse.
, In our teenage years, we all heard “driving is not a right; it’s a privilege.” That i and there comes an age when driving is no longer a privilege that can be allowed. After a certain
age, eyesight and dementia(痴呆) are very serious concerns. Undoubtedly, these age-related
erson is between eighty-five and
problems affect some older adults’ driving ability. By the time a p
ninety years old, his or her driving privilege should be examined.
Licensing laws vary greatly from state to state, and it’s time for a national law on the maximum age limit for driving. The motivation for this law is safety. Another option is to start
with laws that ban anyone over the age of eighty-five from driving after sundown, because driving
conditions are not as safe as daylight hours. Still another option that may allow elderly drivers to
continue driving could be new technology like a voice warning system that cautions drivers on
busy streets or at traffic lights. Finally, since there are laws against driving under the influence of
e of
alcohol and drugs, shouldn’t some prescription drugs also be included? The average ag
85-year-old is undoubtedly taking at least one prescription drug daily.
The thought of an 86-year-old driver with failing eyesight running down the road in a two-ton
piece of metal is unsettling to us all. Driving at an advanced age is not only challenging for the
elderly drivers, but also it’s dangerous for the rest of us.
25. The first paragraph is written in order to show_________.
A. the harm of driving at an old age
B. the importance of traffic safety
C. traffic accidents are on the rise
D. many elderly drivers are careless
26. The author suggests that there should be new laws against driving __________.
A. over eighty-five
B. between sunset and dawn
C. with the help of voice warning systems
D. under the influence of prescription drugs
27. The underlined word “unsettling” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “__
A. disappointing
B. worrying
C. touching
D. interesting
28. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. How to keep old people safe on the road?
B. Are drivers well protected by licensing laws?
C. Should there be an age limit for elderly drivers?
D. Is driving a right or a privilege for an old person?
C
I first came across the concept of pay-what-you-can cafes last summer in Boone, N.C., where
. You can volunteer to earn your meal, pay
I ate at F.A.R.M (Feed All Regardless of Means) Café
the suggested price($10) or less, or you can overpay—paying it forward for a future customer’s meal. My only regret after eating there was not having a chance to give my time. So as soon as
Healthy World Café
opened in York in April, I signed up for a volunteer shift(轮班).
s. In 2003, Denise
F.A.R.M and Healthy World are part of a growing trend of community café
Cerreta opened the first in Salt Lake City. Cerreta now runs the One World Everybody Eats
Foundation, helping others copy her pay-what-you can model.
“I t hink the community café　
Cerreta said. She
is truly a hand up, not a handout,”　
acknowledged that soup kitchens(施粥所) have a place in society, but people typically don’t feel good about going there.
she said.
is that we have another approach,”　
“One of the values of the community café　
“Everyone eats here, no one needs to know whether you volunteered, overpaid or underpaid.
s not only address hunger and food insecurity but also become necessary The successful café
parts of their neighborhood –whether it’s a place to learn skills or hear live music. Some teach
cooking to seniors; some offer free used books. Eating or working there is a reminder that we are
all in this world together.
My 10 am---1pm shift at World-Healthy-Café
manager – one of the two
began with the café
paid staff members. Our volunteer crew wasn’t the most orderly, but we managed to prepare and
serve meals with a lot of laughs in between. At the end of my shift, I ordered my earned meal at
the counter, together with other volunteers. After lunch, I walked out the door, with a handful of
new friends, music in my head and a satisfied belly and heart.
last summer?
29. What did the author do at F.A.R.M Café
A. She enjoyed a meal.
B. She ate free of charge.
C. She overpaid for the food.
D. She worked as a volunteer.
s compared with soup kitchens?
30. What is the advantage of community café
A. People can have free food.
B. People can maintain their dignity.
C. People can stay as long as they like.
D. People can find their places in society.
s becoming popular in the neighborhoods?
31. Why are community café
A. They bring people true friendships.
B. They help to bring people together.
C. They create a lot of job opportunities.
D. They support local economic development.
?
32. How did the author feel about working at Healthy World Café
A. It paid well.
B. It changed her.
C. It was beneficial.
D. It was easy for her.
D
We took a rare family road trip to the Adirondacks in late August，and it was as refreshing
and exhausting as family vacations tend to be．Toward the end of our long drive home, even the
kids were leaning forward in their seats urging my lead foot on．At that point in a road trip，even
sixty-five miles per hour feels slow. We have become numb to our speed and numb to the road
signs flashing by.
My family lives on the edge of Lancaster County. Only thirty miles from home，I hit the
brakes，and we began to roll，slowly，behind a horse-drawn carriage. We began to open our eyes
again．We saw familiar green hills and the farm with the best watermelons. I rolled down the
windows, and we breathed again．Just-cut hay and a barn full of dairy cattle．
At five miles per hour，you remember what you forget at sixty-five．You are thinking about a
place，even when you are moving from place to place．
I am a placemaker. A homemaker, too. I am a mother of a young kid at home，and also a
writer and a gardener．But，for me，those roles are wrapped up with the one big thing I want to do
with the rest of my life：I want to cultivate a place and share it with others．
The place I make with my family is a red-brick farmhouse built in l880. It has quite a few
nineteenth-century bedrooms and a few acres of land，and we love nothing more than to fill them
with neighbors and friends. We grow vegetables and flowers，keep a baker’s dozen of egg—
laying
chickens，and，since we moved in three years ago，we have planted many，many trees．
，feeding the Living with my life’s purpose does not allow for much travel. I need to be here chickens and watering the tomatoes. Any extra in the budget，and we spend it on trees．But I learned something at the end of our family road trip．Travel can help me in the task of caring for my own place．When I slow down and pay attention to the road between here and there，travel tells me the connections between my place and all the other places．
33．What does the author try to express in the first paragraph?
A．The tiredness of her past family life．B．Her disappointment at the family road trip．
．D．Kids’excitement at driving fast on the road．C．The family’s eagerness to return home
34．Why did the author slow her car some miles from her home?
A．Because she made a way for a horse-drawn carriage．
B．Because she enjoyed the scenery along the road．
C．Because she needed a break after the long drive．
D．Because she wanted to get rid of a fast-paced life．
35．What can be the best title of the passage?
A．On the Way Home B．Never Travel again
C．Escape from a Family Life D．Life on the Farm
第二节根据短文内容,从文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余
选项。

The book A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind Obesity and How We Can End It by Deborah Cohen, a senior natural scientist, is very popular now. __36___ But according to this book, the following are some misunderstandings of obesity or being overweight.
1. If you're obese, blame your genes.
___37__ Yet, between 1980 and 2000, the number of Americans who are obese has doubled-----too quickly for genetic factors to be responsible. At restaurants, a dollar puts more calories on our plates than ever before, because restaurant meals usually have more calories than what we prepare at home, so people who eat out more frequently have higher rates of obesity than those who eat out less.
2. If you're obese, you lack self-control.
Research shows that if we are faced with too much information, we have a tendency to make poor choices on diet. ___38___ Even the most vigilant（警觉的）people may not be good controllers of themselves.
3. __39____
Although the US Department of Agriculture estimates that fewer than 5 percent of Americans live in the "food deserts", about 65 percent of the nation's population is obese. For most of us, obesity is not related to access to more fresh fruits and vegetables, but to the choices we make in supermarkets.
3. The problem is not that we eat too much, but that we don't exercise.
Move" campaign is based on the idea that if kids exercise more, Michelle Obama's "Let’s
childhood obesity rates will decrease. __40___ In fact, although a drop in work-related physical activity may explain up to 100 fewer calories burned, leisure physical activity appears to have increased.
A. Lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is a cause of obesity.
B. Obesity rates have increased.
C. Fresh fruits and vegetables we choose in a supermarket are related to obesity.
D. But there was no obvious decrease in physical activity levels as obesity rates climbed in the
1980s and 1990s.
E. People hold different views on obesity.
F. People benefit a lot from physical activities.
G. Our world has become so rich in food that we can be led to consume too much in ways we can't
understand.
第三部分语言运用完型填空（共20小题；每小题 1.5分,满分30分）
In the week before Christmas, one Delta airlines pilot gave a sad Arizona family a gift that no
one else could.
Father of three, Jay short died after a ___41_with lung cancer Dec, 16th. Three days later, his
family was attempting to _42___to Tennessee for the funeral scheduled for the next morning. But
a 90-munite _43__at the Phoenix airport __44__them only seven minutes to make their connecting
t
flight in Minnesota. “This was our __45__chance to say goodbye to my dad, and if we hadn’__46___the flight, we would have missed the ____47__.” Jay’s daughter said. But when they
arrived at the gate, the last plane of the day to Memphis was __48__away from the gate.
“My son was ___49___his arms and pleading with the pilot through the floor-to ceiling
windows.” said Marcia, “I was ___50__ and comforting my girls who were also in tears when the
phone rang, ___51___us that the pilot was returning to the gate to let us ___52__the plane.
Captain Adam Cohen saw the _53____on their faces through th e gate’s windows and decided to
turn the plane around. Airline experts pointed out Cohen could have __54___gotten into trouble
for the ___55__decision, but Delta ___56_the move instead. “This is __57____we’ll take with u
nfirmed Adam.
knowing we made a ____58____.” co
This story is an __59___that we can bring humanity back to society. Show care and it may
___60___you how far that you go.
41. A. competition B. symptom C. connection D. battle
42. A ride B run C fly D. drive
43. A. wait B. delay C. interval D. sleep
44. A. spared B. offered C. brought D. left
45. A. last B. slight C. rare D. proper
46. A. followed B. caught C. booked D. confirmed
47. A. doctor B. meeting C. polite D. funeral
48. A. keeping B. bringing C. pulling D. taking
49. A. raising B. waving C folding D. crossing
50. A. struggling B. shouting C. crying D. praying
51. A. advising B. informing C. warning D. instructing
52. A. land B. guide C. change D. board
53. A. appreciation B. satisfaction C. desperation D. caution
54. A. easily B. merely C. optionally D. deliberately
55. A. careless B. unusual C. selfless D. unwise
56. A. resisted B. opposed C. praised D. sponsored
57. A. nothing B. something C. anything D. everything
58. A. difference B. change C. promise D. deal
59. A. activity B. event C. incident D. evidence
60. A. surprise B. panic C. disappoint D. embarrass
第II卷（共60分）
第一节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题 1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Once a farmer lost his watch in his barn, in which lots of grain was kept. The watch, 61
was a gift from his father, was very important to him and he was determined to find it.
After searching the barn for a long time, however, he gave up and asked for help from a
group of children who were playing nearby. He promised to give a great reward to 62
found the watch.
63 (hear) this, the children hurried inside the barn immediately. 64 searched
everywhere but still could not find the watch buried in the grain. The farmer was about to give up
65 a little boy went up to him and asked to be given 66 second chance.
The farmer l ooked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.”
So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out 67
the watch in his hand! The farmer, 68 (surprise) but happy, asked the boy how he
succeeded where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “I did nothing but 69 (sit) quietly and listen for the sound of the
watch.”
This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think 70 (well) than an excited one.
第三节：短文改错（共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分）
My parents decided try a new Western restaurant last weekend, so I went with them. The
evening started well and the menu looks good. I had soup with my starter but the waiter didn't
bring a spoon so it was getting a bit cold after I could eat it. Then, for our main course, I had a
piece of beef. Besides, I couldn't cut the beef because of my knife wasn't very good. For my
dessert I had a apple pie but I didn't have a fork or a spoon so I ate them with my fingers! What a
terribly experience!
2016～2017学年度上学期高三年级期中考试
听力：1—5 ABAAC 6—10 ABBCA 11—15 CCABC 16—20 BBCAB
阅读21-24 ABDC 25-28 ADBC 29-32 ABBC 33-35 CBA 36-40 EBGAD
完形：DCBDA BDCBC BDCAB CBADA
语法填空61.which 62.whoever 63.Hearing 64.They 65 when
66 a 67 with 68 surprised 69. sit 70 better
基础知识测试Keys: 1. permission 2. measuring 3.hesitation 4. invitations 5.
instructions/directions
6. on the contrary
7.Equipped with
8. To my satisfaction
9. by the hour 10. developed
短文改错 1.try前面加to 2.looks →looked 3.with →for 4. after →before5.our →my 6.besides
→However 7.去掉of 8.a →an 9.them →it10.terribly →terrible。