201X届高三英语上学期第2周周测试题

2019届高三英语上学期第2周周测试题

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分）

第一节: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。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 does the woman want to go for dinner?

A The KFC. B. The canteen. C. The French restaurant.

2. How does the man sound?

A Mad. B. Calm. C Anxious.

3. What can the man do if he pays extra money?

A. Earn a special cup.

B. Drink as much as he wants.

C. Get a free drink with his meal.

4. Who is with the woman right now?

A. Her son.

B. Her grandson.

C. Her daughter.

5. What does the woman need to do with her garden?

A. Water it often.

B. Take out the weeds.

C. Just wait to enjoy the flowers.

第二节: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. What does the man thank for?

A. Friends and family. B Wine and turkey. C. Tough things in life.

7. What is obvious from the womans statements?

A Shes an excellent cook. B. She isn't taking things

seriously. C. She likes speaking in front of others.

听第7段材料，回答第8、9 题。m1

8. What does the man think of the story he heard?

A. It is the truest version.

B. It has never happened.

C. It must be different from the fact.

9. Why is the woman upset with Melanie?

A. Melanie broke her promise

B. Melanie told a lie to many

people. C. Melanie got into a fight with the man.

听第8段材料，回答第10 至12 题。

10. Where does the conversation probably take plac?

A. At the woman's housc.

B. In a classroom.

C. In a restaurant.

11. What does the woman advise the man to do to improve his cooking?

A. Learn from her.

B. Teach himself.

C. Takc some courses.

12. Why docs the man want to use the woman's phone?

A. He wants to talk to his secretary.

B. He'd like to order a meal.

C. He doesn't have one.

听第9段材料，回答第13 至16 题。

13. What event is the woman preparing?

A. A graduation party.

B. A high school reunion. C．A business conference．

14. What do we know about Donna?

A. She is famous now.

B. She is an athlete.

C. She works at the Vogue Ballroom.

15. Why do the event planners change the location?

A. They will save more money.

B. They want more space．

C.They need a more formal environment．

16. Who will give a formal wele and introduction？

A. Donna.

B. Susie.

C．Honey．听第10 段材料，回

答第17 至20 题。

17. Where did the tradition of“waiting coffee”ha ve a long history?

A. In Spain.

B. In Italy. C．In France．

18. What does the speaker think about“waiting coffe＂?

A. It's an elegant practice.

B. It’s not really based on good faith．

C. It's more mon during good times.

19. Where can pcople leam about the places of“waiting coffe＂?

A. From a website.

B. From the networ k“Cafes Pendientes”．

C. From all Europcan countries except Italy．

20. What did the magazine article say about“waiting coffe＂?

A. It could lead to more people being poor.

B. It's not the best way to help poor

people. C. It might make cafe owners greedier.

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分35 分）

第一节（共10 小题；每小题2.5 分，满分25 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，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

In 1812, the year Charles Dickens was born, there were 66 novels published in Britain. People had been writing novels for a century—most experts date the first novel to Robinson Crusoe in 1719—but nobody wanted to do it professionally. The steam-powered printing press was still in its early stages; the literacy（识字）rate in England was under 50%. Many works of fiction appeared without the names of the authors, often with something like “By a lady.”Novels, for the most part, were looked upon as silly, immoral, or just plain bad.

In 1870, when Dickens died, the world mourned him as its first professional writer and publisher, famous and beloved, who had led an explosion in both the publication of novels and their readership and whose characters —from Oliver Twist to Tiny Tim—were held up as moral touchstones. Today Dicken s’ greatness is unchallenged. Removing him from the pantheon（名人堂）of English literature would make about as much sense as the Louvre selling off the Mona Lisa.

How did Dickens get to the top? For all the feelings readers attach to stories, literature is a numbers game, and the test of time is extremely difficult to pass. Some 60,000 novels were published during the Victorian age, from 1837 to1901; today a casual reader might be able to name a half-dozen