中学2017届高三上学期期中考试英语试题(附答案) (1)(2)

淄川中学高三过程性检测英语试卷(120分钟150分)第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力(共两节, 每小题1.5分，满分30分)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，从每题所给的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 did the woman go home？A. At one o'clock.B. At two o'clock.C. At five o'clock.2. Who is probably the woman?A. A doctor.B. A patient.C. A nurse.3. What are the speakers stalking about?A. How to lose weight.B. What the man is eating·C. Where to have dinner.4. Why is the woman carrying an umbrella?A. She thinks it will rain.B. She wants to be famous.C. She is afraid to get sunburned.5. Where does the conversation take place?A. At a restaurant.B. At a dance club.C. At a theatre.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6.7题。

6. What does the man think of the things on sale?A. In great demand.B. In a mess.C. In good shape.7. Why is the woman selling her old things?A. To buy new things.B. To be better organized.C. To move away soon.听第7段材料，回答第8.9题，8.What does the woman mostly use her phone for?A. Sending text messages.B. Surfing the Internet.C. Making phone calls.9. What will the woman probably do next?A. Fix up her phone.B. Use the computer.C. Borrow some money.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the woman want to do?A. Take a holiday.B. Find an other job,C. Get some thing to eat.11. What does the man suggest?A. Listening to the radio,B. Working hard every day,C. Keeping things simple.12. What is the man's secret?A. Talking with musicians,B. Enjoying what he is doing.C. Earning as much as possible.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. Which of the following is true of Fleet Week?A. It is not in San Francisco.B. It happens in October.C. It's all about art exhibits.14, What is the main point of Fleet Week?A. To have fun.B. To make friends.C. To see navy boats.15.What are the Blue Angels?A. A musical group.B. A group of sailors.C. A group of airplanes.16. What is the man's favorite?A. The big party.B. The history.C. The tricks.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What does the speaker say about the event?A. All jobs will be filled today.B. Not everyone will be offered a job.C. Over 1000 companies are here today.18. Where are the copy machines located?A. In the main hall.B. On the second floor,C. Near the rest rooms.19. What is the speaker's final advice?A. Look your best.B. Be confident.C. Ask a lot of questions.20. When will the event begin?A. In five minutes.B. In fifteen minutes.C. In fifty minutes.第二部分阅读理解(共两节, 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。

AEnvironment Awareness WeekRegal Convention Centre, Halls 1-424-30 March 2015 10:00 am-9:00 pmFree admission for all!Save the environment, Save our futureOur environment needs help. With the participation of more than 50 organizations, Environment Awareness Week is the biggest public educationeven dedicated to environmental protection and conservation. Don’t miss it!Come and know more about:The Threats to Earth(Hall 1)---What is global warming? How serious is pollution? Learn about different environmental problems from our university students. Protect our environment!The Search for Renewable Energy (Hall 2)---Can we get electricity from wind, solar energy, waves, rivers and underground heat? Get the answers from Solar Ace, Teflon, Touch Wind Resources and other participants.The Quest for Freshwater (Hall 3)---Is the shortage of freshwater worsening? What are Singapore’s solutions for treating wastewater? Hear from Flow Technologies, HydroMax Solutians and other participants.The 3 Rs to Save Earth(Hall 4)----How can we REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE to cut down household wastes? Find out from the Global Gaia Network, Green Earth Foundation andother participants.21. The organizer of the event is__________.A. Global Gaia NetworkB. Clean Energy AgencyC. Green Earth FoundationD. International Environment Fund22. What’s the purpose of “Environment Awareness Week”?A. To educate people about environment protection.B. To advertise for environmental friendly products.C. To make money by attracting visitors.D. To support environment protection.23. The “3 Rs” stand for_______.A. Read, Realize and RememberB. Reduce, Reuse and RecycleC. Green Earth FoundationD. Global Gaia NetworkBA new study shows students who write notes by hand during lectures perform better on exams than those who use laptops.Students are increasingly using laptops for note-taking because of speed and legibility （清晰度）. But the research has found laptop users are less able to remember and apply the concepts they have been taught.Researchers performed experiments that aimed to find out whether using a laptop increased the tendency to make notes “mindlessly” by taking down word for word which the professors said.In the first experiment, students were given either a laptop or pen and paper. They listened to the same lectures and were told to use their usual note-taking skills. Thirty minutes after the talk, they were examined on their ability to remember facts and on how well they understood concepts.The researchers found that laptop users took twice as many notes as those who wrote by hand. However, the typists performed worse at remembering and applying the concepts. Both groups scored similarly when it came to memorizing facts.The researchers’ report said, “While more notes are beneficial, if the notes are takenmindlessly, as is more likely the case on a laptop, the benefit disappears.”In another experiment aimed at testing long-term memory, students took notes as before but were tested a week after the lecture. This time, the students who wrote notes by hand performed significantly better on the exam.These two experiments suggest that handwritten notes are not only better for immediate learning and understanding, but that they also lead to superior revision in the future.24. More and more students favor laptops for note-taking because they can ____________.A. write more notesB. digest concepts betterC. get higher scoresD. understand lecture better25. While taking notes, laptop users tend to be ________________.A. skillfulB. tirelessC. thoughtfulD. mindless26. The author of the passage aims to _________________.A. examine the importance of long-term memoryB. stress the benefit of taking notes by handC. explain the process of taking notesD. promote the use of laptops27. The passage is likely to appear in _________________.A. a finance reportB. a computer textbookC. a science magazineD. a newspaper advertisementCAcross Britain, burnt toast will be served to mothers in bed this morning as older sons and daughters rush to deliver their supermarket bunches of flowers. But, according to a new study, we should be placing a higher value on motherhood all year.Mothers have long known that their home workload was just as heavy as paid work. Now, the new study has shown that if they were paid for their parental labours, they would earn as much as￡172,000 a year.The study looked at the range of jobs mothers do, as well as the hours they are working, to determine the figure. This would make their yearly income ￡30.000 more than the Prime Minister earns.By analyzing the numbers, it found the average mother works 119 hours a week, 40 of which would usually be paid at a standard rate and 79 hours as overtime. After questioning 1,000 mothers with children under 18, it found children under 18, it found that, on most days, mums started their routine work at 7 am and finished at around 11 pm.To calculate just how much mothers would earn from that labour, it suggested some of the roles that mums could take on, including housekeeper, part-time lawyer, personal trainer and entertainer. Being a part-time lawyer, at ￡48,98 an hour, would prove to be the most profitable of the “mum jobs”, with psychologist(心理学家) a close second.It also asked mothers about the challenges they face, with 80 percent making emotional (情感的) demand the hardest thing about motherhood.Over a third of mums felt they needed more training and around half said they missed going out with friends.The study shows mothers matter all year long and not just on Mother’s Day. The emotional, physical and mental energy mothers devote to their children can be never-ending, but children are also sources of great joy and happiness. Investing(投人) in time for parenting and raising relationships is money well spent.28. How much does a Prime Minister earn, according to the passage?A. ￡30,000.B. ￡142,000C. ￡172,000D. ￡202,00029. The biggest challenge for most mothers if from_____________.A. emotional demandB. low pay for workC. heavy workloadD. lack of training30. What is stressed in the last paragraph?A. Mother s’ importance shows in family all year long.B. The sacrifices mothers make are huge but worthwhile.C. Mothers’ devotion to children can hardly be calculated.D. Investing time in parenting would bring a financial return.31. What can we conclude from the study?A. Mothers’ working hours should be largely reduced.B. Mothers should balance their time for work and rest.C. Mothers’ labour is of a higher value than it is realized.D. Mothers should be freed from housework for social life.DYou are a new manager at the American branch of your German firm in Chicago. With a few minutes to spare between meetings, you go to get a quick cup of coffee.“Hey, David, how are you?” one of the senior partners at the firth asks you.“Good, thank you, Dr. Greer,” you reply. You’ve really been wanting to make a connection with the senior leadership at the firm, and this seems like a great opportunity. But as you start to think of something to say, your American colleague breaks in to steal your spotlight.“So Arnold”, your colleague says to your boss, in such a casual manner that it makes your German soul cringe(畏缩), “So what’s your Super bowl prediction? I mean, you’re a Niners fan, right?”The conversation moves on, and you walk silently back to your desk with your coffee. You know how important small talk is in the U. S., and you feel jealous of people like your colleague who can do it well.There’s nothing small about the role that small talk plays in American professional culture. People from other countries are often surprised at how important small talk is in the U. S. and how naturally and comfortably people seem to do it-with peers, men, women, and even with superiors. You can be the most technically skilled worker in the world, but your ability to progress in your job in the United States is highly dependent on your ability to build and maintain positive relationships with people at work. And guess what skill is critical for building and maintaining these relationships? Small talk.What can you do if you are from another culture and want to learn to use small talk in the U. S. to build relationships and establish trust? Work hard to hone(磨练) your own version of American-style small talk. Watch how others do it. You don’t have to mimic what they do; in fact,that would likely backfire because people would see you as inauthentic (不可靠的). But if you can develop your own personal version, that can go a long way toward making you feel comfortable and competence.32. The author introduces the topic of the passage by__________.A. raising an interesting questionB. describing an interesting sceneC. making comparisonsD. telling a small jokes33. What do we know about German people?A. They usually make small talk in work breaks.B. They hate making small talk.C. They don’t make so much small talk.D. They are good at making small talk too.34. What makes people from other countries surprised in American professional culture?A. American workers’ ability to make progress.B. American workers’ attitude towards superiors.C. The special meaning of small talk.D. The role small talk plays in work setting.35. What does “backfire” underlined in the last paragraph mean?A. be difficultB. be helpfulC. have a good resultD. have the opposite effect.第二节(共5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。