高三上学期期中考试英语试卷及答案

临川二中2015-2016学年度上学期高三年级期中考试

英语试题

满分：150分考试时间：120分钟命题人：上官锦华李连梅郑淑芳胥灵香2015.12.18

第一卷（选择题，满分100分）

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。每段对话仅读一遍。

听下面5段对话，回答1至5小题。

1. What’s the rel ationship between the two speakers?

A. We don’t know.

B. Father and daughter.

C. Mother and son.

2. What color does Nancy like?

A. Brown.

B. Green.

C. Yellow.

3. When will the performance start?

A. 7:00p.m.

B. 7:30a.m.

C. 7:30p.m.

4. When was the woman born?

A. In May, 1929.

B. In March, 1964.

C. In July, 1965.

5. How is the man planning to go to Santa Fe（圣达菲）?

A. By train.

B. By air.

C. By bus.

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。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6～8题。

6. What time of the day is it now?

A. In the morning.

B. In the late afternoon.

C. About noon.

7. Why do the speakers come to the garden?

A. To enjoy the nice weather.

B. To have their afternoon tea.

C. To have a chat.

8. What drink will the man have?

A. Apple juice.

B. Beer.

C. Orange juice.

听第7段材料，回答第9～11题。

9. How does the man go to work?

A. By bike.

B. By car.

C. On foot.

10. How far is it from the man’s home to where he works?

A. Only fifteen minutes’ car ride.

B. Just fifteen minutes’ walk.

C. About more than fifteen minutes’ walk.

11. How did the woman suggest going?

A. By bus more often.

B. On foot.

C. By bike.

听第8段材料，回答12～14题。

12. What are they talking about?

A. The sports meeting.

B. The headmaster.

C. Their favorite sport.

13. What will Rose take part in?

A. The long jump.

B. The high jump.

C. The 100-meter running race.

14. Why doesn’t Billy want to take part in the competition?

A. He feels too nervous.

B. He doesn’t like sports.

C. He has to look after the things for the players.

听第9段材料，回答15～17题。

15. How long has Julia been studying in China?

A. Two years.

B. Three years.

C. Four years.

16. What subject does Julia’s father teach?

A. English.

B. History.

C. Chinese.

17. What is Julia’s mother’s hobby?

A. Collecting china.

B. Collecting stamps.

C. Traveling.

听第10段材料，回答18～20题。

18. How many advantages did the speaker mention about watching films at home?

A. Five.

B. Four.

C. Three.

19. If the ticket of the new film costs 120 yuan , how much do you rent a CD according

to the speaker?

A. About 80 yuan.

B. About 60 yuan.

C. About 40 yuan.

20. What can we learn from the speaker?

A. The speaker prefers to see a film at a cinema.

B. The speaker likes to have someone explain the film.

C. He worries about bothering others when watching a film at a cinema.

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，并在答题卡上将此项涂黑。

A

Patricia was worried. She had a job interview, and she wanted to look good. She decided to get some new clothes. The store owner, Pallas Hansen, helped Patricia find a suit. But when she left the store, she didn’t pay for the suit!

How could Patricia do this? She was in a special store called Career Closet in San Jose, California. Pallas Hansen and Charlotte Krumwiede started this nonprofit store to help women. They knew that many women don’t find jobs because they don’t have the right clothes for a job interview. Women who don’t have a lot of money have to use their money to buy food and clothes for their children. They can’t buy clothes for themselves.

Pallas and Charlotte started the store in 1992 after they heard about a store like this in Chicago. V olunteers work in the store. Working women donate most of the clothes to the store. This makes it possible for the