2019届河北省承德第一中学高三上学期12月第二次半月考英语试题

承德一中2018—2019学年第二次半月考
高三年级英语试卷
第I卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

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.Who dialed the wrong number?
A.Tom.
B.Mary.
C.The woman.
2.Where is Richard now?
A.In the hospital.
B.At home.
C.At school.
3.What does the woman do?
A.An editor.
B.A nurse.
C.A housewife.
4.How much will the man pay?
A.30dollars.
B.60dollars.
C.120dollars.
5.What is the man’s hobby?
A.Watching TV.
B.Going to movies.
C.Taking pictures.
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至7题。

6.When is the bank going to be closed?
A.In an hour.
B.In half an hour.
C.In two hours.
7.What does the woman want the man to do?
A.To buy traveler’s checks.
B.To drive her to the bank.
C.To fetch her checkbook.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8.How did the Parkingsons find their trip to Costa Rica?
A.Good.
B.Tiring.
C.Expensive.
9.What do we know about the hotels?
A.They have good service.
B.They’re very expensive.
C.They have no people speaking English.
10.What is worth buying in Costa Rica?
A.Bags.
B.Jewelry.
C.Clothing.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11.When is the man supposed to check in?
A.At10:30a.m.
B.At10:00a.m.
C.At9:30a.m.
12.Where is the man leaving for?
A.London.
B.Paris.
C.Scotland.
13.Why does the man feel nervous?
A.Because he lost his ticket.
B.Because he lost his boarding pass.
C.Because he has never taken a plane before.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14.Why does the man come to the woman?
A.To handle his visa.
B.To cash a cheque.
C.To get his passport.
15.How much should the man pay?
A.300yuan.
B.400yuan.
C.500yuan.
16.When should the man take the documents to the woman?
A.Within3days.
B.Within5days.
C.Within7days.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.What is the average temperature of Haikou annually?
A.It is17.2℃.
B.It is23.8℃.
C.It is29℃.
18.When is the rainy season in Haikou?
A.From April to October.
B.From May to October.
C.From May to August.
19.How is the climate in Haikou?
A.It is poor in rain.
B.It is very windy.
C.It is rich in sunlight.
20.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.Haikou is the second largest island in China.
B.There is a clear change in different seasons.
C.The city’s name means“Mouth of the River”.
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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
Dog parks on Long Island
For dog lovers,parking dogs sometimes might be a problem.From entertainment facilities to park tips,we’ve collected everything you need to know before you take your pet for an afternoon of outdoor fun.
1.Amagansett,Napeague State Park
Amagansett,Napeague State Park,Route27.Dogs are allowed on a leash（狗链）in this undeveloped park,which includes trails,wooded areas and roads.Access to the beach.No water source or public bathrooms.
2.East Meadow,Eisenhower Park
East Meadow,Eisenhower Park,Salisbury Park Drive and Stewart Avenue,East Meadow.In addition to dhaded seating,each run has a water source.Permits are free,but required.
3.Calverton,Isaac Park
Calverton,Isaac Park,on the Grumman Site,within Veteran’s Memorial Park.Separated by large and small dogs,this half-acre plot has shade trees,seating and access to the beach.Bring your own water’leashed dog can be walked on some trails;Town of Riverhead residents only.
4.Broolhaven,Robinson Duck Farm Dog Park
Broolhaven,Robinson Duck Farm Dog Park,2903Montauk Hwy.This3-acre park has areas for large and small dogs,but no water rge-dog area includes a training course.$18yearly pass for village residents.
5.Massapequa,Clocks Boulevard Park
Massapequa,Clocks Boulevard Park,off Louden Avenue and Sunrise Highway.At larger than1 acre,this dog park has lots of room to run and wooded areas for shade.Open dawn to dusk.Water sources are available in both the large-and small-dog areas.It has enough parking and seating. Open to Town of Oyster Bay residents.
21.In which parks are water sources available?
A.Isaac Park and Eisenhower Park.
B.Napeague State Park and Isaac Park.
C.Eisenhower Park and Clocks Boulevard Park.
D.Robinson Duck Farm Dog Park and Clocks Boulevard Park.
22.What is required if you are visiting Isaac Park?
A.Buying a permit.
B.Spending$18every year.
C.Keeping public bathrooms clean.
D.The identity as a resident of Town Of Riverhead.
23.What’s special about Robinson Duck Farm Dog Park?
A.Dogs can be trained there.
B.It has large room for dogs.
C.Dogs can get shade there.
D.It is free for village residents.
B
Can you imagine four hours of your day getting to and from work?For the last eight years, Jo Meade rode her bike each Sunday on a16-mile round trip to her job washing dishes.It took more than an hour each way.Other days of the week she would spend two hours on three buses from her apartment to get to the other work,for a four-hour round trip.
That was the“before”part of her life.The“after”part of her life was started by the community Police Officer Trevor Arnold,who delivered a used car to her with the help of a car dealer and other donors.
Arnold,who spotted Meade,red and sweaty,riding her bike in the worst heat this summer, decided he would het her a car.He intended to quietly buy her a used car out of his own pocket so he turned to his friend Kody Slaght,a car salesman to ask about a car priced$1,000.That wasn’t enough for a reliable ride,Slaght said,but the dealership said they would find a good car for her at a good price.Soon others were donating.Slaght and Arnold wouldn’t say how much the car cost,but the value is about$4,000.
Arnold said he was motivated by Meade’s work ethic（职业道德）to help.“I see a lot of hardworking people nut that’s when they are at work.Can you imagine spending four hours of your day getting to and from work?”he said.
Meade’s boss said she was awesome and really reliable when she worked and she got along with
others.“She’s willing to rise the three buses to get in here on her day off if we need her too.”
Meade said she was planning to buy a car,“but I haven’t been able to afford it,”she said.“Trevor,he is a very good guy.I did not expect this.”
24.What can we learn about Jo Meade’s work?
A.It’s free but low-paid.
B.It’s not worth her devotion.
C.It’s competitive and high-paid.
D.It’s time-consuming on the road.
25.Why did Slaght disagree to Arnold’s buying a car priced$1,000?
A.The car was too expensive for Meade.
B.The car was beyond Arnold’s affordability.
C.The car had been donated to another person.
D.The car was not in good condition of driving.
26.What inspired Arnold to buy a car for Meade?
A.His sympathy for Meade.
B.His duty as a policeman..
C.Her commitment to work.
D.Her desire for a better life..
27.What’s Meade’s feeling for the donated car?
A.Normal.
B.Surprised.
C.Embarrassed.
D.Disappointed.
C
We all have dreams sometimes.Some are sweet but some are nightmares.Almost all researchers in sleep explain that nightmares are a reaction to negative experiences that happen during waking hours.However,some of them believe that nightmares do have some real benefits.One2017study, for example,found that frequent nightmare sufferers rated themselves as more empathetic（共鸣的）.They also displayed more of a tendency to unconsciously mirror other people through things like yawning.People who have constant nightmares also tend to think further outside the box on psychoanalysis tasks.Some other researchers have found support for the idea that nightmares might be linked to creativity.
People seeking cure for nightmares were not necessarily more fearful or anxious,but rather had a general sensitivity to all emotional experience.Sensitivity is the driving force behind
intense dreams.Heightened sensitivity to threats or fear during the day results in bad dreams and nightmares,whereas heightened passion or excitement may result in more intense positive dreams.And both these forms of dreams may feed back into waking life,perhaps increasing suffering after nightmares,or promoting social bonds and empathy after positive dreams.
The effects go further still.This sensitivity overflows over into perceptions and thoughts: people who have a lot of nightmares experience a dreamlike quality to their waking thoughts.And this kind of thinking seems to give them a creative edge.For instance,studies show that such people tend to have greater creative talent and artistic expression.And people who often have nightmares also tend to have more positive dreams than the average person.
The evidence points towards the idea that,rather than disturbing normal activity,people who are unfortunate in having a lot of nightmares also have a dreaming life that is at least as creative,positive and vivid as it can be distressing and terrifying.What’s more,this imaginative richness is unlikely to be limited to sleep,but also is filled with waking thought and daydreams.Even after people wake up and shake off the nightmare,in other words,a mark of it stays behind,possessing them throughout the day.
28.What do most sleep researchers think of nightmares?
A.They have no advantages at all.
B.They make people more empathetic.
C.They can promote human’s creativity.
D.They are a reflection of waking behavior.
29.How can nightmare sufferers probably stop nightmares in theory according to the text?
A.Try to reduce sensitivity to threats or fear.
B.Be more fearful or anxious to nightmares.
C.Avoid excitement as much as possible.
D.Promote social bonds and empathy.
30.What does the underlined word“perception”in Paragraph3mean?
A.Content.
B.Awareness.
C.Wonder
D.Encouragement.
31.What can be the best title for the text?
A.The Benefits of Nightmares
B.The Solution of Nightmares
C.The Empathy of Nightmares
D.The Tendency of Nightmares
D
Sometimes I have to admire people’s imagination but what I admire most is the businessmen’s sense of smell.China’s Singles Day,which falls on Nov.11every year,has far surpassed its U.S.counterparts of Black Friday and Cyber Monday—st year,Americans spent a record $12.8billion online between Thanksgiving Day and Cyber Monday.It’s impressive until you compare it to the$17.6billion in sales made by Chinese consumers in a single24-hour period during2016’s Singles Day.
Singles Day is known as“Bare Sticks Day”or“Bare Branches Day”in Chinese—because the date“11/11”looks like bare branches and“one”is the loneliest number.Singles Day began in the early1990s in the dorm rooms of Nanjing University when a group of single friends were sorry about the lack of significant others and decided to mark the day by organizing activities as a group of singles and reducing their loneliness by buying themselves a gift.
Then in2009,sensing a break between the sales period of China’s National Day on Oct.1 and Chinese New Year in late January or early February,Alibaba’s Jack Ma saw an opening:sell to comfort lonely hearts.
The first year did only$7.5million in sales,but just8years later,shoppers spent$25.3 billion,or168.2billion yuan,this year—a40percent jump from last year’s$17.6billion. Foe comparison,Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the U.S.only netted$6.79billion in2016. Amazon doesn’t release sales figures for July’s Prime Day,but it’s pretty safe to believe the not-quite-national-holiday doesn’t come close to$25billion.
“More than$25billion in one day is not just a sales figure,”Alibaba Group CEO Daniel Zhang said in a statement.“It represents the desire for quality consumption of the Chinese consumer,and it reflects how merchants and consumers alike have now fully accepted the combination of online and offline sales.”
32.What does the underlined word“others”refer to in Paragraph2?
A.Roommates.
B.Good friends.
C.Boyfriends or girlfriends.
D.Relatives.
33.What is the original purpose of China’s Singles Day?
A.To promote the online sale of goods.
B.To reduce loneliness of singles in China.
C.To create a holiday for all Chinese youth.
D.To find boyfriends or girlfriends for singles.
34.China’s Singles Day became consumers’day in______.
A.2009
B.2016
C.2017
D.the early1990s
35.Which of the following words can describe Daniel Zhang’s attitude to online sales?
A.Confused.
B.Optimistic.
C.Worried.
D.Indifferent.
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。

Moving to a foreign country is an amazing,life-changing experience.There are some practical decisions that need to be made.36For me,choosing to live with a French with a French family was the best choice I made,and here is why.
37When you’re in a new environment with people you don’t know who are speaking a language you’re still not fluent in,you might feel lost,tired and homesick—I know I did.38 They showed me which buses to take to get to work,cooked dinner for me so we could eat together, and took me with them on trips to the beach,the theatre and even a bullfight.These were great opportunities to experience French culture and build relationships.They helped me feel more comfortable and welcome.
Living with French people has improved my language skills.Being constantly exposed to real French conversation has allowed me to learn new phrases,widen my vocabulary and even improve my accent.My host family are happy to answer my questions and correct me when I say things wrong. 39
The experience of living abroad is one that you will remember forever.Perhaps the friendships, like the memories,will also last.40You might return for their birthdays,weddings, holidays,and much more.I hope to remain in contact with my host family long after I leave France because when I was away from my friends and loves ones,they welcomed me and made me part of their family.
A.One such decision is choosing where to live.
B.You can stay in your own space and privacy.
C.Your host family might become your life-long friends.
D.It makes me a better and more confident French speaker.
E.However,my host family was wonderful and welcoming.
F.A family can help you settle in,stopping you from feeling lonely.
G.It’s an opportunity to meet new people,a different culture and another language.
第三部分语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

I have to admit that I have changed a lot.I had introduced myself to others by saying,“Hi, I am J’s mother”or“A’s mom”rather than my own name.Another mother41asked me,“And do you have a(n)42?”
My friend43me a few days before.I kept on talking for five minutes about my44. When I45,she asked,“So,is there anything going on with46?”
At first,I didn’t understand47she was asking me that.Hadn’t I just told her what was going on with me?But then I realized that48I said had actually been about myself. It was all about my kids.I love being a mom.The kids were my world.49,it was my kids’world,and I just lived in it and50it didn’t fall apart.
The phone call with my friend made me51that I needed to start thinking about who else I am52being a mother.I realized that to be a good53,I also had to be my own person—not just someone who only54to take care of other people.
I joined a club and started doing some volunteer work.I took a writing class online.I am now a regular55to several magazines and write a monthly blog.I don’t make a lot of money by writing,but I feel more56as a person.I am57and growing,and that makes me more58and a better mother.
Now when I59myself,I say,“Hi,my name is Randi,”and it feels60to be me.
41.A.actually B.generally C.gradually D.eventually
42.A.identification B.job C.family
43.A.visited B.blamed C.called D.recognized
plaint B.children C.responsibility D.career
45.A.accelerated B.finished C.yawned D.choked
46.A.you B.them C.me
47.A.why B.how C.if D.when
48.A.all B.something C.nothing D.anything
49.A.What’s more B.Or rather C.On the contrary D.After all
50.A.found out B.made sure C.tried out D.held back
51.A.imagine B.appreciate C.realize D.suspect
52.A.on account of B.in addition to C.in terms of D.by means of
53.A.friend B.employee C.mother D.wife
54.A.appeared ed C.grew D.existed
55.A.contributor B.inspector C.surveyor D.accountant
56.A.contradictory B.disturbed promised D.fulfilled
57.A.sacrificing B.struggling C.learning D.scolding
58.A.merciful B.pitiful C.objective D.delighted
59.A.enjoy B.introduce C.ease D.betray
60.A.fantastic B.desperate C.ambitious D.awkward
第二节（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1个单词，或括号内单词的正确形式。

Elias,a poor black worker in South Africa,said that the time when he first met Nelson Mandela was61very difficult period of his life.In1952,he went to see Mandela,a black 62(law),for advice.
Elias began school at six,63he had to leave school two years later because his family couldn’t afford the school fees and the bus fare.64a result,he had very little education. At that time65was hard for black people to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg.And Elias didn’t have one,because he was not born there.Then Mandela helped him,66(tell) him how to get the correct papers to stay in Johannesburg.He became more hopeful about his future and later joined the ANC Youth League67(organize)by Mandela.Just as Mandela put it, the blacks were so badly treated that they had reached a stage68they had almost no rights at all.
In1963,he69(help)Mandela blow up some government buildings.He was happy to help because he knew they could achieve their dream of being treated70(equal)only by answering violence with violence.
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的用斜线（\）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l1处起）不计分。

Last summer,I go to my friend’s village and watched Qinqiang,a kind of opera once popular in Shaanxi and neighboring provinces around them.The atmosphere there were very lively and pleasant.Fortunately,Qinqiang has lost its popularity nowadays and many of the opera houses have been left abandon.There seem to be various of reasons and the main one is what we have many other amusements to choose from.However,Qinqiang is one of most important cultural relic in China.What can we do to keep this traditional culture from die out?
第二节书面表达(满分25分)
在紧张的高三备考阶段，你的英语老师为了提高复习效率，写信给你们征求意见。

请根据以下提示，给你的英语老师写封回信，表达你们的需求和建议。

●适当放慢进度，留出思考时间
●反复训练重要、易错知识点
●指导方法
●给予更多鼓励
注意：1.根据以上内容写一篇短文，不要逐句翻译，可适当增加细节以使行文连贯。

2.要准确使用语法和词汇;使用一定的句型、词汇，清楚、连贯地表达自己的意思;
3.词数：100个左右。

开头已给出，不计词数。

4.复习：revise,go over,review
Dear Mr.Zhang,
Yours sincerely
Li Hua
承德一中2018-2019学年第二次半月考
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短文改错
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书面表达
【参考范文】
Dear Mr.Zhang,
We’re so pleased that you are willing to share our views.
In the course of the general revision,what we need is solid foundation.As you know,we didn’t learn well enough in the first two years,so please slow down and make sure we have really mastered something.Besides,we need a little more time to think for ourselves.As for those important points which also make us confused,would you please give us more practice in case we forget? Meanwhile,we need your instruction,for example,in how to write in natural English.I still have another request:assign us less homework in order that we can do it more efficiently.
By the way,we often feel frustrated,which has a very bad effect on our study.We would appreciate it if you would give us some encouragement from time to time.。