2020届湖北省黄石市大冶一中高三上学期期末考试英语测试试题

2020届湖北省黄石市大冶一中高三上学期期末考试英语测试试题注意：1、本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，满分150分。

考试时间：120分钟。

答卷前，考生务必将条形码、姓名和考号张贴和填写答题卷指定的位置。

2、选择题答案用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试题卷上。

3、主观题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答题卷上作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案。

第I卷第一部分听力（共两节，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 weather does the woman like?A. Rainy.B. Sunny.C. Snowy.2. What does the man hate to do?A. Iron clothes.B. Do the washing.C. Go shopping.3. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A dress.B. A friend.C. A wedding.4. Where are the speakers probably?A. In a class.B. In a restaurant.C. At home.5. What does the woman mean?A. She likes to go to work.B. She wants to go to the cinema.C. She prefers to watch a DVD at home.第二节（共15小题；每题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，每小题将给出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. When did the man arrive in England?A. On June 7th.B. On June 17th.C. On July 6th.7. What caused the problem?A. The different ways of expressing dates.B. The woman’s poor memory.C. The man’s bad writing.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What are the speakers talking about?A. What to do for teenagers at school.B. How to teach teenagers to learn a trade.C. Whether to force teenagers to further their study.9. What can we learn from the woman?A. She is a hairdresser.B. She left school early.C. She enjoys her work.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What does the man say about his course?A. It offers chances of practice.B. It has much boring theory.C. It is given four days a week.11. Why does the man like feeding the animals?A. He can have the chance to clean them.B. He can train them at that moment.C. He can learn more about them.12. What will the man do after completing his course?A. Continue his study.B. Find a job.C. Help build a zoo.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13. What are the speakers doing?A. Writing an advertisement.B. Bargaining over the room price.C. Looking for a room in the newspaper.14. What might people need to bring if they want to live in the room?A. A bed.B. A desk.C. A lamp.15. What will the description of the room include?A. It is close to the public transport.B. It asks for £50 a week.C. It is on the big side.16. Why does the man want to read the newspaper?A. He needs it for reference.B. He likes to look for another room.C. He wants to look through the news.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is said about the graduation ceremony in America?A. It takes place at the beginning of July.B. It usually includes dance.C. It has speeches.18. How do the students prepare for the graduation?A. They print their yearbook.B. They give each other cards.C. They have their photos taken.19. What will people do if they rec eive students’ announcements?A. Go to their ceremony.B. Send presents to them.C. Help them order rings.20. What do the families do for the graduates?A. They give them money.B. They hold parties.C. They prepare a big dinner.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）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

AWhether it's to help their dogs or themselves, about half of all Americans surveyed in a recent poll (民意测验) say they exercise regularly. According to the poll, most people walk for exercise a few times a week. About a third say they walk every day.But are they kidding themselves to think a walk is really helping them? Should we all be running or jogging if we want to count that activity as good for us? Dr. Tim Church, who studies the effects of physical activity at Louisiana State University's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, made a study about that.Church headed a study with 464 postmenopausal (绝经后的) women who, for six months, came into the lab to walk a treadmill (跑步机) while researchers watched.The first group walked for 73 minutes a week, the second 136 minutes a week and the third 190 minutes weekly. These women were walking slowly, and could easily carry on a conversation. “Surprisingly, the group that was only walking for 73 minutes a week slowly benefited a lot，”Church says. They say they've gotten more physically active from walking. They haven't necessarily lost weight, but their pants fit differently. It's because they have less belly fat, he says, which is a very good thing. This document from the American Heart Association lists dozens of studies showing similar benefits from walking.And in Church's study, participants gained more than physical benefits. They also gained benefits like less anxiety and fewer symptoms of depression: They also discovered something many of us long for: more energy.“It wasn't a dose­response (剂量效应) —as in, ‘the more exercise you did, the more your energy increased，’”Church says. “Actually, all three exercise groups increased their levels of energy the same.”21．What does the underlined word “that”in Paragraph 2 refer to?A．If people should walk the dog.B．The effect of running or jogging.C．If people need to exercise hard to benefit.D．The importance of doing exercise regularly.22．The three groups in Church's study .A．were of different agesB．were required to walk slowlyC．were in different physical conditionD．were required to do different exercises23．At the end of Church's study, women in the first group .A．lost weight B．lost belly fatC．benefited little D．benefited the mostBEvery newly-married couple has dreams for the future. Matt and Danielle were no different. These college sweethearts married young and like many young lovers, they believed that their love would sustain them indefinitely.Sadly, the best laid plans, even when they involve true love, rarely amount to a guarantee. As Matt left his home for work on one fateful morning, tragedy struck. As Matt made his way down the highway, he failed to notice that a jeep had stopped abruptly. By the time he realized that the vehicle was right in front of him, it was too late. Ambulances soon arrived and took him to a nearby hospital. Unfortunately, broken bones were the least of his problems. The crash had severely damaged his body and his brain. After 9 days in the hospital, Matt’s doctors were ready to turn off his life support machine. They predicted that he only had a 1% chance of ever waking up again and they suggested it would be better, and more humane, to let him die. However, Danielle was not about to give up on her love. More importantly, she found herself pregnant and she was not going to let her child grow up without a father. She believed in miracles.She brought her husband home but as time went on, Matt’s condition remained almost exactly the same. The days soon turned into weeks, and the weeks turned into months. Life was not easy, but after her mother came to help, Danielle had more time to tell her husband their love stories and let him listen to the heartbeat of their child.After half a year at home, however, something in Matt began to change. One morning, something happened that hadn’t happened since the day of the accident: M att opened his eyes, one week after his own baby.It was unbelievable, not only had Matt’s eyes finally opened, but he also began to follow Danielle and her mother around the room with his eyes as well. When he heard the baby’s cry, he smiled.24.Danielle failed to follow the doctors’advice because _________.A. she loved her husband and her child so muchB. she didn’t have the money to treat her husbandC. she doubted the doctors’ judgmentD. she had just married Matt for a short time25.What was the main reason for Mattes waking up?A. Doctors’ treatment.B. Danielle’s nursing work.C. The baby’s cry.D. His strong willpower.26.What can we learn from the passage?A. We’d better start a relationship from university.B. Don’t easily give up as long as there is hope.C. Doctors’ judgment can’t always be right.D. Life is not easy for a stubborn woman.27.The best title of the passage is _________.A. nothing is impossibleB. a great woman DanielleC. Matt was awakeD. love makes miraclesCDubai(迪拜) is one of the economically richest places in the world. With its numerous malls，hotels，and beautiful beaches，Dubai has always been a popular holiday destination. This city was visited by around 5 million tourists each year. The government wanted to increase this number to 15 million. However，Dubai has only 45 miles of coastline，which is nowhere enough for so many people. To solve this problem，an island that looked like a palm tree was built in 2006，and named the Palm Jumeirah.The plan for the island was extraordinary. It was to host several hotels，shopping malls，restaurants，and homes. Although the initial plan was to build the island from concrete(水泥)，a decision was taken to create it from sand and gravel(砾石)，so as to give it a natural look.To make sure that this project was a success，the best engineers from across the world were employed. Engineers from Holland formed the majority in this group. To begin with，the engineers calculated the strength of storms at sea，and also the expected amount of rise in water levels due to global warming. And then they found that，the proposed location for the island was neither very wide nor deep.One of the difficulties the engineers came across was to put sand on the sea bed to create the breakwater(防浪堤)．Finding the right sand for the project was also a daunting task，as the sand from Dubai’s deserts was too fine. Instead，sand from the sea was used，as it was coarser(粗糙的)．Once the breakwater was built，construction of the island began.The Palm Islands (the Palm Jumeirah，Deira Island and Palm Jebel Ali) are really impressive in terms of engineering. However，these projects are so large that they may have changed the ecology of the region. Also，an immense amount of money and resources go into maintaining the islands，which is a major concern at the moment. Only time will tell if building the Palm Islands was actually a good decision.28．What does Paragraph 1 mainly show us?A．Beautiful attractions of Dubai.B．The geographical features of Dubai.C．The purpose of building the Palm Jumeirah.D．The difficulty in developing the tourism industry.29．Why were some changes made to the initial plan for the project?A．To reduce the building cost.B．To get the island completed sooner.C．To get the building materials more easily.D．To make the island look more natural.30．What does the underlined word “daunting”in Paragraph 4 mean? A．Meaningless. B．Difficult.C．Impossible. D．Necessary.31．According to the last paragraph，how is the construction of the Palm Islands? A．Profitable. B．Surprising.C．Worrying. D．Unbelievable.DStained glass(彩色玻璃) artists create different designs by making cuts on the glass to “score”it and then breaking off the pattern that they want to use in the finished product. The most difficult cut in stained glass is called an inside cut. Basically，it’s a curved(弯曲的) line where you throw away the part inside of the curve. The problem with inside cuts is that the edges of the curve tend to break off when the pieces of scored glass are broken apart.As the artist talked about inside cuts，he said，“The glass will break into pieces if you try to cut too much off at once. The best way to do an inside cut is to 7slice off smaller curves piece-by-piece. In fact，it’s not just the best way to do it，but it’s the only way to do it.”How many times do you try to make a big change and cut the entire piece at once? We convince ourselves that we can do this all the time. We’ll 4commit to 5transforming our diet overnight or we get inspired to launch a business in a weekend or we finally get motivated to work out and push ourselves to the edge of burning out.Why not approach your goals and dreams like a stained glass artist? Starting by slicing a shallow curve and breaking a small piece off，you cut a slightly deeper curve and break that off until you have your full inside cut. By slowly cutting deeper and deeper curves，you prevent the glass from breaking as it changes shape.Of course，change isn’t easy—no matter how you do it. Slow gains are boring，but if we keep making small improvements，then pretty soon we will end up with a beautiful masterpiece on our hands instead of a bunch of broken pieces.32．Why is an inside cut believed to be most difficult?A．It needs a one-and-only design.B．It 6calls for nothing but inspiration.C．The edges of the curve break easily.D．The glass inside the curve is easily broken.33．What mistakes are easily made according to Paragraph 3?A．Being too eager to make improvements.B．Being too worried about the final outcome.C．Trying to make a complete change all at once.D．Developing to focus on progress instead of achievements.34．What does the author suggest by saying “slicing a shallow curve”？A．Moving forward with a clear aim.B．Starting slow and improving little by little.C．Developing a new habit with great determination.D．Handling something major first and ignoring the minor part.35．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?A．To show his love for stained glass.B．To introduce the skill of an inside cut.C．To appreciate designs of stained glass artists.D．To share his opinions on how to make a change.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。