【英语】福建省晋江市平山中学2016届高三上学期期中考试

平山中学2015年秋季高三年级期中考试

英语科试卷

第一部分听力（共两小节，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。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How did the woman get to school today?

A. By bus.

B. By car

C. By bike.

2. What do we know about the man?

A. He arrived before 3:00 p.m.

B. He didn’t make a reservation.

C. His reservation was cancelled.

3. Where are the speakers probably?

A. At a zoo.

B. On a farm

C. In the mountains.

4. What does the man suggest the woman do on Mother’s Day?

A. Eat out with her children.

B. Go to the movies

C. Stay home

5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. The weather

B. Their friend

C. A gift

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。听每段对话和独白前，你将有5秒钟阅读各个小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或读白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6—7题。

6. Why is the man writing a letter?

A. To help a friend

B. To apply for a job

C. To contact Ben

7. What does the man say about Ben?

A. He goes out every night.

B. He never does a day’s work.

C. He gets on well with children.

听第7段材料，回答第8—9题

8. What does the woman think of the man’s paper?

A. It’s interesting.

B. It’s easy to finish

C. It’s hard to understand.

9.Why doesn’t the man want to write about clocks or umbrellas?

A. He knows little about them.

B. He is not interested in them

C. He doesn’t want to do research on them.

听第8 段材料，回答第10—12题

10. How long are most shops open in New York?

A. 9 hours

B. 10 hours

C. 12 hours

11. Where are the speakers?

A. In Paris

B. In London

C. In Now York

12. What does the woman think of Americans?

A. Rude

B. Frank

C. Hospitable

听第9段材料，回答第13—16题

13. When does the conversation take place?

A. In the late morning

B. At noon

C. In the early afternoon

14. What is the weather probably like?

A. Rainy

B. Sunny

C. Windy

15. What does the woman say about the new job?

A. The salary is not high.

B. The working time is satisfying.

C. The working conditions are wonderful.

16. What is the woman most likely to do in five years’ time?

A. Move family

B. Travel to Australia

C. Go to another country 听第10段村料，回答第17—20题。

17. When did Bill Wales enter university?

A. At the age of 18.

B. At the age of 20

C. At the age of 23

18. How does Bill Wales pay his tuition?

A. By asking his parents for money.

B. By working in his spare time.

C. By applying for scholarships.

19. What did Bill Wales do after his second year at university?

A. He moved to another place.

B. He left London and found a job.

C. He left school and worked for a year.

20. Why did Bill Wales decide to move the second time?

A. He couldn’t afford his rent.

B. He couldn’t stand his roommates.

C. He didn’t get along well with his landlord.

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，并在题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Leonardo da Vinci began painting the Mona Lisa in 1530.He was working on a special painting for a church at that time，but the church painting was not going well. An Italian businessman asked Da Vinci to paint a picture of the businessman’s second wife. This is the woman whom can be seen in the Mona Lisa.

All in all，the Mona Lisa is a very good example of Da Vinci’s work. Da Vinci used darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.

Da Vinci loved science and maths. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry in the Mona Lisa. The face of the Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.

The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony，and mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains，so these can be seen over and in his other paintings.

The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when