【全国百强校】陕西省西安市第一中学2016届高三上学期期中考试英语试题

西安市第一中学2015-2016学年第一学期期中高三年级英语试题第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共5小题；每小题l 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l0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 will Dorothy do on the weekend?A Go out with her friendB Work on her paperC Make some plans2.What was the normal price of the T-shirt?A.$15B.$30.C.$50.3. What has the woman decided to do On Sunday afternoon?A To attend a weddingB To visit an exhibitionC To meet a friend4. When does the bank close on Saturday?A At l：00 pmB At 3：00 pmC At 4：00 pm5 .Where are the speakers?A In a storeB In a classroomC At a hotel第二节(共15小题;每小题1 5分，满分22 .5分)听下面5段对话或独自。

每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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 do we know about Nora?A She prefers a room of her ownB She likes to work with other girlsC She lives near the city center．7 .What is good about the flat?A It has a large sitting roomB It has good furnitureC It has a big kitchen听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

8. Where has Barbara been?A MilanB FlorenceC Rome9 .What has Barbara got in her suitcase?A ShoesB StonesC Books听第8段材料，回答第10至l2题。

l0.Who is making the telephone call?A Thomas BrothersB Mike LandonC Jack Cooper．11.What relation is the woman to Mr. Cooper?A His wifeB His boss．C His secretary．12.What is the message about?A .A meetingB A visit to FranceC The date for a trip听第9段材料，回答第13至l6题。

13. Who could the man speaker most probably be?A. A person who saw the accident． B The driver of the lorry． C A police officer．14. What was Mrs. Franks doing when the accident took place?A Walking along Churchill AvenueB Getting ready to cross the roadC Standing outside a bank15. When did the accident happen?A .At about 8：00 amB At about 9：00 amC At about l0：00 am16. How did the accident happen?A .A lorry hit a car．B A car ran into a lorry．C A bank clerk rushed into the street听第l0段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the talk mainly about?A The history of the schoolB The courses for the termC The plan for the day18. Where can the visitors learn about the subjects for new students?A In the school hallB In the science labsC In the classrooms19. What can students do in the practical areas?A Take science coursesB Enjoy excellent mealsC Attend workshops20. When are the visitors expected to ask questions?A During the lunch hour．B After the welcome speechC Before the tour of the labs第二部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

AThe Colonel（上校）asked Ashenden a good many questions and then suggested that he had particular qualifications for the Secret Service. Ashenden knew several European languages and the fact that he was a writer provided excellent cover: on the pretext（借口）that he was writing a book he could, without attracting attention, visit any neutral country.It was while they were discussing this point that the Colonel said, "You know you might get material that would be very useful to you in your work. I'll tell you an incident that occurred only recently. Very dramatic. A foreign government minister went down to a Mediterranean resort to recover from a cold and he had some very important documents with him that he kept in a dispatch case（公文箱）. A day or two after he arrived, he picked up a beautiful blonde at some restaurant or other, and he got very friendly with her. He took her back to his hotel, and when he came to himself in the morning, the lady and the dispatch-case had disappeared. They had one or two drinks up in his room and his theory is that when his back was turned the woman slipped a drug in his glass."Do you mean to say that happened the other day?" said Ashenden."The week before last.""Impossible," cried Ashenden. "Why! We've been putting that incident on the stage for sixty years, we've written it in a thousand novels. Do you mean to say that life has only just caught up with us?""Well, I can guarantee the truth of the story." said the Colonel, "And believe me, the government has been put to no end of trouble by the loss of the documents.""Well sir, if you can't do better than that in the Secret Service," sighed Ashenden, " I'm afraid that as a source of inspiration to the writer of fiction, it's washout（失败）."21．How did the Colonel suggest that Ashenden's being a writer would relate to his work as a spy?A. It would make traveling abroad more possible.B. It would make it easier for him to meet people.C. It would enable him to avoid arousing suspicion.D. It would enable him to use the languages he knew.22．The reason for the Minister's trip was ________ .A. to fetch some documentsB. to get over an illnessC. to meet a spyD. to deliver some papers23．According to the Colonel the incident happened _______ .A. a few days beforeB. a few weeks beforeC. two weeks beforeD. sixty years before24．Ashenden cried 'Impossible' after hearing the Colonel's story because he thought ______ .A. it was so stupidB. it was too close to fictionC. it was too embarrassingD. it was too recentBSince 1989, Dave Thomas, who died at the age of 69, was one of the most recognizable faces on TV. He appeared in more than 800 commercials for the hamburger chain named for his daughter. “As long as it works”, he said in 1991, “I’ll continue to do those commercials.”Even though he was successful, Thomas remained troubled by his childhood. “He still won’t let anyone see his feet, which are out of shape because he never had proper fitting shoes,” Wendy said in 1993. Born to a single mother, he was adopted as a baby by Rex and Auleva Thomas of Kalamazoo in Michigan. After Auleva died when he was 5, Thom as spent years on the road as Rex traveled around seeking construction work. “He fed me,” Thomas said, “and if I got out of line, he’d beat me.”Moving out on his own at 15, Thomas worked, first as a waiter, in many restaurants. But he had something much b etter in mind. “I thought if I owned a restaurant,” he said, “I could eat for free.” A 1956 meeting with Harland Sanders led Thomas to a career as the manager of a Kentucky Chicken restaurant that made him a millionaire in 1968.In 1969, after breaking wit h Sanders, Thomas started the first Wendy’s Old Fashioned Hamburgers, in Columbus, Ohio, which set itself apart by serving made-to-order burgers. With 6,000 restaurants worldwide, the chain now makes $ 6 billion a year in sales. Although troubled by his own experience with adoption, Thomas, married since 1954 to Lorraine, 66, and with four grown kids besides Wendy, felt it could offer a future for other children. He started the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in 1992.In 1993, Thomas, who had left school at 15, graduated from Coconut Creek High School in Florida. He even took Lorraine to the graduation dance party. The kids voted him Most Likely to Succeed.“The Dave you saw on TV was the real Dave,” says friend Pat Williams. “He wasn’t a great actor or a great speaker .He was just Joe Everybody.”25. What is the article mainly about?A. The life of Dave Thomas.B. The dream of Dave Thomas.C. The schooling of Dave Thomas.D. The growth of Dave Thomas’s business.26. What do we know about his childhood?A. He lived a poor life.B. He had caring parents.C. He stayed in one place.D. He didn’t go to school.27. Choose the right time order of the following events in Thomas’s life.a. graduated from high schoolb. started his own businessc. became a millionaired. started a foundatione. met Harland SandersA. e, b, c, d, aB. a, e, c, b, dC. e, c, b, d, aD. a, e, b, c, d28. “He was just Joe Everybody” (in the last paragraph) means_________.A. Dave was famousB. Dave was shyC. Dave was showyD. Dave was ordinaryCTo prevent the deserts coming near, China has planted billions of trees---to replace destroyed forests and as barriers against the sand. This isn’t a cure, though, say experts, as thirsty trees can make the problem worse by taking in groundwater.“Planting tress is one way, but it isn’t that simple. It doesn’t solve the basic issue of water resources,” says Wu Bo, a professor. “We need to calculate how much water the tr ees will absorb, or else it could have a negative effect.”Villagers in Zhengxin have taken on this challenge, with limited success. When the irrigation channels began to run dry, Lu Xianglin switched from wheat to cotton on his land. He also planted trees to protect his fields from sandstorms. He says he still gets good yields（产量）using flood irrigation and earns a good income for his family.Other farmers haven’t stuck it out（坚持到底）: about one in three have left Zhengxin in the past 10 years after their wheat crops died. Young people who can find jobs in the towns rarely return.Last week, Mr Lu joined the other men in his village on a government-arranged trip to see the land that has been set aside for their relocation, nearly 40 miles to the south. The next day, he was back, shaking his head at the plan. The idea of uprooting his family troubles him, as does the idea of giving up the land that fed his forefathers. He prefers to stay and keep up the fight.“With enough water, this problem can be solved,” Lu says. “We can plant trees and grass, and they will grow bigger. That will stop the desert.”Experts say that farmers could switch to drip irrigation （滴灌）to lessen their water intake for growing crops. Elsewhere in the region, farmers have built brick greenhouses as part of a plan to grow vegetables using less water. Roadside signs urge farmers to “Save Water, Protect the Environment”.29. The negative effect of planting trees in deserts is that __________.A. it can make groundwater become lessB. it can prevent the sand moving freelyC. it can stop crops growing wellD. it can get the soil to become poor30. Why did Mr. Lu NOT accept the idea of relocation?A. Because the plan of relocation will cost him much money.B. Because his family had trouble moving away.C. Because he was reluctant to give up his land.D. Because he would rather stay than fight against the deserts.31. What can we infer from the passage?A. The deserts drive more and more people to leave their homes for their lives.B. People have no means to fight against the land becoming desert.C. Water is the biggest barrier for people to stop the desert.D. Planting trees cannot solve the problem of desertification of farmland.32. What advice is given by experts to save water?A. To plant more trees.B. To build greenhouses.C. To change crops.D. To use drip irrigation.DHere are four pieces of news from China Daily:SHANGHAI---The Huachen Group, which has put 83 million yuan in the development of the commerce market since its official registration late last year, recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism business payment network. The network aims to serve tourists from all over the world, but especially from Europe and the United States where credit cards are popularly used. After opening the website, netizens can get information about hotels and tourism services on tourism page.Hotels and services can be reserved and payment made through credit cards. The network opened in February in Beijing.SYDNEY---The Sydney Olympic flame will travel underwater on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during the torch relay following a successful test.Scuba diver Wendy Craig, a marine biologist, will carry the torch on three-to-four-minute underwater journey at Agincourt Reef on June 27, creating Olympic history, organizers said yesterday.Burning at 2,000 degrees, the torch is expected to remain alight three meters underwater because of a special kind of technology which creates a “fierce flame”--- too powerful to be drowned out by water. Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flame from oxygen-producing chemicals.BEIJING---The election of a new leader in Taiwan cannot change the fact that Taiwan is part of China. “Taiwan Independence” in whatever form will never be allowed, according to a statesman of China’s central government.“We should listen to what the new leader in Taiwan says and watch what he does. We will observe where he will lead Cross-Straits relations. We are willing to exchange views on Cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification(统一) with all parties, organizations and people in Taiwan who favor the one-China principle,” says the statesman, from Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee.HAIKOU---Customs officers in Haikou, capital of South China’s Hainan Province, recen tly stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggling into China. The cigarettes are estimated to be worth more than 1.8 million yuan, said a customs officer. They discovered the smuggling boat as they were going around the northern sea area of Yangpu Port.The smuggled cigarettes cases, packed into two containers, were disguised to avoid being examined. The boat was registered in the coastal city Xiamen in East China’s Fujian Province. All eight suspects aboard the boat were kept by the police in Haikou.33. Why does the network aim to serve tourists especially from Europe and the USA?A. Because they are from developed countries.B. Because the payments of hotels and services are usually made through credit cards in these places.C. Because people in these countries travel much more than those in other countries.D. Because they have more computers than others.34. Which is the best title for the third piece of news?A. Ready to FightB. No Good EndC. Wait and SeeD. Peace Comes First35. Which of the following best explains the underlined word “disguised” in the last piece of news?A. Made different from the normal so as to hide the truth.B. Designed for a good purpose.C. Hidden out of people’s sight.D. Covered with unattractive things.第二节：七选五（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。