山西省晋中市2018届高三1月高考适应性调研考试英语试卷(含答案)

山西省晋中市高三1月高考适应性调研考试

英语试题

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。每段对话后有个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项。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. Where are they talking most probably?

A. In a museum.

B. In a cinema.

C. In a lab.

2. How many swimming classes are there this term?

A. Five.

B. Eight.

C. Thirteen.

3. What is Alice worried about?

A. Her brother.

B. Her final exams.

C. Her accident.

4 . Who is Jack?

A. Jenny’s husband.

B. Mary’s husband.

C. Jenny’s old colleague.

5. Why does the man reject the job?

A. It is low-paid.

B. It is far from his home.

C. It offers no holiday.

第二节(共15小题；每小题15分，满分2.5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、7题。

6. Why did the woman move?

A. To live in a bigger house.

B. To live closer to her office.

C. To live with nice neighbors.

7. How did the woman usually go to work?

A. By car.

B. By bus.

C. On foot.

听第7段材料，同答第8、9题。

8. When did Alice get her computer?

A. Yesterday morning.

B. Yesterday afternoon.

C. This morning.

9. What is Bob going to do?

A. See the doctor.

B. Repair the computer.

C. Check the Internet. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题

10. When will the man check out?

A. Next Thursday.

B. Next Wednesday.

C. Next Tuesday.

11. What kind of room does the man book?

A. A single room with a bathroom.

B. A double room with a bathroom.

C. A double room without a bathroom.

12. What can the man do in his room?

A. Surf the Internet.

B. Have breakfast.

C. Do the laundry

听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。

13. What is Mary wearing?

A. A black shirt.

B. A brown skirt.

C. A yellow blouse.

14. What do we know about Mary’s grandmother?

A. She’s in good

B. She’s going to be 80.

C. She has a good memory.

15. What should Mary do now?

A. Make a wish.

B. Cut the cake.

C. Blow out the candles.

16. What will the man have?

A. Some fish.

B. Some steak.

C. Some cake.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is the function of the chocolate?

A. It makes people prettier.

B. It makes people happier.

C. It makes people younger.

18. What is still unknown about the chocolate?

A. Its inventors.

B. Its price.

C. Its color.

19. How many bars of chocolate should a person eat a day?

A. One.

B. Two.

C. Three.

20. Why does more research need to be done?

A. To see if the chocolate is effective.

B. To invent better chocolate.

C. To attract more volunteers.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分）

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During the 1800s, African Americans worked long days in the fields of the American South. To ease their labor, they sang “field hollers(号子)” that they had brought from Africa. One person sang a line. Then a group of workers repeated it. The song’s words told of the hardships that people suffered. This call-and -response singing style was also used in churches. African Americans sang joyous religious songs. They clapped their hands and stamped their feet to the music.

After the Civil War(1861-1865), the music changed greatly. African American music, from ballads to church music, took new forms. It was also adapted dance music, called “jump-ups”. Then banjos became popular. A blues singer usually played a call and response with the banjo. He or she sang a line and then played the banjo response. By the early 1900s, the guitar had replaced the banjo as the main blues instrument.

Northern Mississippi—called the Delta—was the center of blues tradition. By the 1920s, the Delta had many clubs, so-called juke joints. African Americans listened and danced to music in these clubs. Some of the greatest blues men and women performed there.

The words of blues songs describe everyday life. They are often very emotional and personal. They tell about sorrow and overwork. They tell about finding or losing love, having money or being poor, being happy or sad and lonely. Blues may use humor to describe life’s struggles and joys.

By the 1940s, large numbers of African Americans had left the Delta and moved north to work. Many settled in Chicago. There, a new kind of “electric” or “Chicago” blues began. Many of its themes were the