内蒙古2019届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷

高三英语
（考试时间：100分钟试卷满分：120分）
第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
A
Where Is Spring Break
Where is Spring Break going to be? The options are endless. Do you want to get your blood pumping from thrilling travels? Look no further! These tours and destinations will keep you on your toes all week long.
Panama: This underrated destination is a little-known secret of the most travelers! Through this tour you’ll get to hike, snorkel (浮潜) and explore all the best sights this beautiful country has to offer! Eight days tours for $ 250 / day.
Canada: This diverse country is full of options. Explore the East of Canada and visit cities such as Montreal, Quebec or Toronto. If you’re feeling adventurous, explore the Western part of the country with a Canadian Rockies Tour. During this twelve days tour you will hike a glacier to beautiful scenery and wander through postcard-worthy villages. Tours to Canada for $200 / day.
Iceland: Check off one of the seven wonders of the world with a tour of the Northern Lights and Golden Circle. Spend seven days full of adventure like hiking glaciers, snowshoeing through Thingvellir National Park, relaxing in the Geysir Hot Springs and of course experiencing the glory of the Northern Lights! Seven days tours for $ 300 / day.
South Africa: Discover the diverse culture and wildlife that makes up South Africa. Your tour plan includes a journey along the coast known as “Rainbow Nation.” Here you will enjoy beautiful scenery, a hunting travel through Addo Elephant National Park and the wildlife in Tsitsikarnma National Park. Nine days tours for $230 / day.
1. What is the common characteristic of the travels mentioned in the text?
A. Exciting.
B. Risky.
C. Educational.
D. Environmental.
2. According to the text, Panama is a destination which .
A. is not as famous as the other three
B. you can go to for enjoying surfing
C. offers an option to hike in the park
D. takes the most time of the four tours
3. Which destination costs tourists the most money?
A. Panama.
B. Canada.
C. Iceland.
D. South Africa.
4. What can be learned from the text?
A. Tourists can take a hot shower only in Iceland.
B. Tourists can hike glaciers in both Canada and Iceland.
C. Canada offers Rockies Tour for tourists to explore the East.
D. Tourists can enjoy a hunting travel through Tsitsikamma National Park.
B
When Hai started college, he weighed over 250 pounds Healthy food choices were difficult for him, and he was emotionally distraught (忧心忡忡). However, when he left home for college, he was able for the first time to start taking his life and weight into his own hands.
He started by shopping at a local farmers’ market, an experience that inspired him profoundly. The idea that a farmer’s mark et represents local, sustainable, healthy food with a human connection where you can interact with the people that grow your produce was extremely appealing to him, and he began to think about the food that people at his university were eating. From what h e saw at farmers’ markets, Hai realized that dining hall food was not “rear” food A lot of it is frozen or processed, and has unhealthy additives. His ideas continued to develop as he started taking classes about food sustainability at university, and after the summer of 2014 during which he cooperated with other students9 he launched into his senior year at the University of California full force with the Real Food Challenge (RFC) campaign, a project he co-founded that aims to reinvest university spending in food that is “real”: ecologically-sound, community-based, humane, and fair; as opposed to those traditional purchases with those unhealthy additives and processed products.
Not only has Hai started a movement of change across the university dining system, but he has also grown extremely as an individual，now with strong leadership abilities and great vision. In addition, after he started learning about food sustainability and taking action at university, Hai has lost over 100 pounds, and has been able to start enjoying activities such as backpacking and swimming that were not a possibility for him previously. He is confident instead of distraught now.
5. When did Hai get the idea of “rear” food?
A. When purchasing the locally-made food
B. When reforming the university dining system.
C. When reinvesting university spending in food.
D. When organizing the Real Food Challenge campaign.
6. What benefit has the campaign brought to Hai’s occupational development?
A. He has been hired by the university.
B. He has become an expert in food field
C. He has got excellent leading ability.
D. He has become much thinner than before.
7. According to Hai, “real” food is .
A. rich in nutrition
B. made by experts
C. frozen or processed
D. healthy without additives
C
Scientists have found living organisms trapped in crystals (晶体) that could be 50,000 years old.
The organisms were found in a hot, but beautiful cave system in Naica, Mexico. These ancient life forms can be seen only with a microscope. Penelope Boston, who leads the Astrobiology Institute at NASA, the space agency of the United States, says the ancient microbes were able to live by eating minerals such as iron.
She spoke about the discovery recently at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. If the findings are confirmed, they will show how microbes can survive in extreme conditions. Forty different kinds of microbes and some viruses were found in the underground area. The genetic structures of these organisms are 10 percent different from those of their nearest relatives.
The caves in Naica are 800 kilometers deep. They were once used for mining lead. Before the miners began working in the caves, the area was separated from the surface and the outside world. Some of t he caves are as big as the large religious centers built during Europe’s Middle Ages. There are crystals covering the walls. The caves are so hot that scientists must wear special clothing to keep cool. The clothing keeps the crystals safe from human germs (病菌) or other damage. Boston said the researchers could only work for about 20 minutes at a time before they had to go to a room that was 38 degrees Celsius to cool down.
NASA officials would not let Boston share her findings with scientific experts befor e last week’s announcement. So scientists could not say much about the findings. But Norine Noonan, a biologist
with the University of South Florida, said she believed them. “Why are we surprised?”Noonan asked. “ As a biologist, I would say life on Earth is extremely tough and extremely colorful.”
Boston is also studying microbes commonly found inside caves in other countries, such as Ukraine and the United States. These microbes appear to be impossible to kill. Boston said they show how difficult life on Earth can be.
8. The existence of the ancient microbes relies on ________.
A. surrounding insects
B. eating minerals
C. diverse plants
D. absorbing air
9. What can we infer about the eaves in Naica from the passage?
A. The temperature in the caves is quite low.
B. The environment in the caves is difficult to adapt to.
C. The walls are covered by crystals.
D. The caves have been explored since they were formed.
10. What is the biologist Norine Noonan’s attitude towards the findings?
A. Neutral.
B. Doubtful.
C. Positive.
D. Indifferent.
11. What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Living organisms bring hope to scientific research.
B. Caves provide living environment for living organisms.
C. Microbes show great power to survive in terrible conditions.
D. Scientists Discover 50,000-year-old “super life” in Mexico.
D
It’s true that quite a few most respected scientific authorities have confirmed that the world is becoming hotter and hotter. There’s also strong evidence that humans are contributing to the warming. Countless recent reports have proved the same thing. For instance, a 2010 summary about the climate science by the Royal Society noted that: The global warming over the last half - century has been caused mainly by human activity.”
You may n ot believe that humans could change the planet’s climate, but the basic science is well understood. Each year, billions of tons of greenhouse gases are released into the atmosphere because of human activity. As has been known for years, these gases hold heat that would otherwise escape to space, wrapping the planet in an invisible blanket.
Of course, the earth’s climate has always been changing due to “natural” factors such as volcanic eruption or changes in solar, or cycles concerning the Earth’s going aro und the sun. According to the scientific research, however, the warming observed by now matches the pattern of warming we would expect from a build - up of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere - not the warming we would expect from other possible causes.
Even if scientists did discover another reasonable explanation for the warming recorded so far, that would give birth to a difficult question. As Robert Henson puts it: “If some newly discovered factor is to blame for the climate change, then why aren’t carbon dioxide and the other greenhouse gases producing the warming that basic physics tells us they should be?”
The only way to prove with 100% certainty that humans are responsible for global warming would be to run an experiment with two identical Earths-one with human influence and one without. That obviously isn’t possible, and so most scientists are careful not to state human influence as an absolute certainty.
12. The text is developed by ________.
A. giving typical examples
B. following the order of space
C. comparing and finding difference
D. analyzing a theory and arguing it
13. Which of the following is not the cause of climate change?
A. volcanic eruption
B. floods arid droughts
C. changes in solar
D. cycles concerning the Earth’s going a round the sun
14. The underline word ‘‘identical” in the last paragraph probably means ________.
A. exactly the same
B. totally different
C. extremely important
D. partly independent
15. Which of the following can be the best title?
A. Are Humans Definitely Causing Global Warming?
B. Are All the Scientists Really Scientific?
C. Where Is Global Warming Leading Us to?
D. What’s the Relation of Global Warming and Greenhouse Gases?
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，选项中有两项
为多余选项。

How to escape from a car in water
“If you get on your phone and call your parents or your sister, or 911,you will die, " says Robert May, a 21-year-old veteran （老兵）of the Indiana State. No one else will arrive in time: you have to save yourself.
Move quickly. Minivans (微型货车) might float for as long as 10 minutes. _____16_____ In a study from the University of Manitoba, three passengers were able to exist with a child mannequin (人体模型) through a single driver-side window in just 3 seconds.
Unbuckle (揭开) your seatbelt, lower your window and climb out, ideally onto the roof of the vehicle. ______17______ Unfasten them from the backseat, pull them into the front and push them out of your window, oldest ones first. In May's experience, electric car windows will continue to work after falling into water. ______18______.
Don't open the door, water will flood in. Once full of water, the vehicle will sink fast. ____19_____ Vehicle submersions (淹没) have one of the highest death rates of any type of single-motor-vehicle incidents, responsible for 400 deaths a year in North America.
After you get on top of your car, figure out if it makes sense to stay put or swim for dry ground. ____20_____ Just get out first, May says.
A. From there, call for help.
B. You will be then totally out of danger.
C. Research has been done to confirm this.
D. If there are children present, attend to them first.
E. In one study, a 65-passanger bus sank in nine seconds.
F. Still, keep a small grass-breaking tool on your key ring, just in case.
G. However, the chances of survival are highest if you get out in the first 60 seconds.
第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45）
第一节完形填空（共20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分20 分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）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。

I’m proud of myself for this kindness I di d last night I did it ___21___ and did the right thing.
However, I was unwilling to __22___, because by sharing 1 am also sharing the ___23___ and more self-centered side of myself.
It was last night and I ___24___ my shift at work. It was late and I wanted to go straight home. On my way out of the door I ___25___ a fellow staff member and colleague. She doesn’t have a ___26___ and usually either catches a taxi home or __27___ for an hour waiting for __28___ staff member and friend of here to finish work.
I n the past I’ve ___29___ to drive her home as she ___30___ on my side of town. But last night I really did not want to. I wanted to ___31___ straight home, alone. And I did not have to make “small talk”.
So I tried to ___32___ her, walking past her, heading down, and stealing out (偷溜) to the __33___ without letting her see me and __34___ without offering her a lift.
Yet, something in myself was stopping me. Something in myself made me ___35___ her and put myself in her shoes. She had young ___36___ who she wanted to go home to attend to and, she could go home right now __37___ I took her, not an hour later when the other staff member and friend of hers who was taking her. So I offered. She__38___. And of course, she was extremely ___39___.
Well, I learned a great ___40___ last night about not being so self-centered and selfish!
21. A. nervously B. proudly C. exactly D. carefully
22. A. share B. remark C. do D. consider
23. A. pleasure B. respect C. honour D. selfish
24. A. changed B. kept C. finished D. missed
25. A. noticed B. greeted C. followed D. helped
26. A. home B. choice C. friend D. car
27. A. hangs around B. hides away C. watches over D. calms down
28. A. each B. another C. either D. that
29. A. hated B. happened C. offered D. refused
30. A. works B. lives C. plays D. remains
31. A. fly B. ride C. drive D. walk
32. A. remind B. avoid C. attract D. please
33. A. workroom B. office C. playground D. park
34. A. therefore B. even C. however D. instead
35. A. rely on B. spy on C. look at D. point at
36. A. neighbors B. pets C. children D. friends
37. A. since B. although C. as D. if
38. A. accepted B. hesitated C. approached D. urged
39. A. reliable B. upset C. generous D. grateful
40. A. gift B. lesson C. treasure D. method
第II 卷
第三部分英语知识运用
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
第二节阅读下面材料，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。

On a clear February morning, a California black bear was set free. Looking around, he ____41____ (skillful) climbed the nearest tree. From high above the ground, he could see the hundreds of acres _____42_____ were now his home. His eyes were filled with ____43____(curious) The bear had come a long way. Last fall, the seven-month-old bear bub(幼兽) was found all alone. He had no mother to care for him. He was thin, ___44___ (weight) only 20 pounds----about half the normal weight for a bear that age. Luckily the bub ____45____(bring) to The Fund for Animals Wildlife Center in Ramona, California. At the center, the bub shared ____46____ outdoor enclosure(围栏) with another bear. There were trees to climb and places for them to dig dens(兽穴). ____47____(teach) the cub to find his own food, people working at the center ____48____(hide) fruit in tree branches. Soon, the bear was an expert at climbing trees and "picking" the fruit. All the staff felt ____49____(amaze) at his adaptability.
Finally, the day had come. With his new skill and strong body, the bub was ready to be ___50____ his own, and ready to live like a bear should---in the wild.
第三节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
根据下面各句句意以及汉语提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

（不超过3个词）(共15小题，满分15分)。

51. The official ordered the prisoners be __________ to death right away. (判处)
52. (五分之三) of the soil was washed away by the flood last night.
53.He's involved in the _______ of a new club. (organize)
54. All their goods will be __________(运输) abroad by ship .
55. There has been a _______(逐渐的) change in climate.
56. We d__________ with them on the point.
57. Children above 12 are able to take part in skiing or other activities________(design) for them.
58.It’s said that this book___ into Chinese.（translate）
59. Thanks so much for your help. I really____________(感激)it.
60. The soldiers lined up for their daily i by their officers.
61.After some years, he has _______(形成) the habit of having a walk after supper.
62.Orange juice c_________ vitamin c.
63.Young people should be _________ (教育)in how to protect nature.
64. The mother, along with her two children, ______ from the sinking boat by a passing ship.(rescue) 65. He had lost his ____(身份) card and was being questioned by the police.
第三部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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。

On a storm night, I was alone at home. After finishing my homework, I was about to go to bed. All of sudden, the light went out. Meanwhile, there was a flash of lightning following by thunderstorms. I was so scared that I ran to my bed but hid myself under the blanket. To make matters bad, my parents went to hospital to accompany with my sick grandfather. I felt too frightened because
my mind was full of scary thought. After some time passed, I fall asleep at last. At breakfast I told my parents that I had seen last night. My parents were also frightened and they promised that they would ever leave me at home alone.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，你的英国笔友Mike即将完成学业，不久前来信就是否到中国工作询问你的意见。

请根据以下提示回一封电子邮件。

（1）建议他可以来中国；
（2）阐述你的理由（就业机会多，专业受欢迎，不同的文化体验等）；
（3）承诺可以提供帮助。

注意：
（1）词数不少于100；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
（3）开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Mike,
I’m very glad to have received the letter you sent me last week.
__________________________________________________________________________ ______
__________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ ______________________
Best wishes.
Yours,
Li Hua。