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20172018学年度上学期期中考试高三英语试题本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。全卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。第I卷第一部分 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。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. How long will the woman work a day? A. Eight hours.B. Nine hours.C. Seven hours.2. What are the speakers talking about? A. The sports.B. The plans.C. The weather.3. What will the man do tomorrow? A. Have fun at the beach. B. Have classes. C. Go for a ride with the woman.4. Where does the conversation take place?A. At the bus stop.B. On a bus.C. In a car.5. What does the man want the woman to help to do? A. Open the door for him.B. Look for the key to the door.C. Hold the packages.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。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。听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。6. How long has the dog been ill? A. For about two days.B. For about three days.C. For about four days.7. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. To take the dog to the hospital. B. To walk the dog outside for a while. C. To give the dog little food.听下面一段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How did the woman know the result? A. By watching TV at home. B. By listening to the radio. C. By watching the game by herself.9. When is the mans next match?A. On Friday this week.B. On Monday this week.C. On Monday next week.听下面一段材料，回答第10至第12题。10. Where does this conversation take place?A. At a restaurant.B. At a police station.C. At a wallet shop.11. Who paid the bill?A. The man.B. The mans friend.C. The woman.12. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is sure he took his wallet out.B. The table has been empty since the man left. C. The man left 2 hours ago.听下面一段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Brother and sister.B. Classmates.C. Father and daughter. 14. Which item did the woman buy by her credit card?A. Some DVDs and a DVD player. B. A TV and a DVD player.C. A digital camera and a TV.15. Why does the woman obtain a student credit card? A. She wants to buy things at a discount.B. She hopes to establish a good credit rating.C. She doesnt want to borrow money from her parents.16. In the mans opinion, what is the problem of having a credit card?A. People generally have a difficult time getting out of debt.B. Students often apply for more credit cards than they need. C. The interest rates on student cards are very high.听下面一段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What level class had Dotty struggled through?A. Level 3.B. Level 4.C. Level 5.18. Why was Dotty feeling terrible?A. The teacher spoke too fast.B. The class was too boring.C. The words were too difficult.19. Whats the homework for the first day?A. An essay with no limit in words against gun control.B. A 400-word essay supporting medicine control.C. A 400-word essay supporting gun control.20. What do we know about Dotty?A. She likes English very much.B. Her native language is English.C. She wanted to drop the class.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分35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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AIve been living in the United States for over a decade, and I now say thank you about 50 times a day. Often I do it without thinking. I say thank you to the cashier at the coffee shop. I say thank you to my wife and my 5-year-old daughter several times a day for various things. When I first moved to the United States, I didnt know I was supposed to thank someone who took my money for something I bought at a store. I had no idea I was supposed to thank people when they asked how I was doing.I grew up in the northern Indian city of Lucknow, in a culture in which saying thank you is not done lightly. I learned to say thank you in English in elementary school, and when I thanked anyone, I said it in English, which was less embarrassing and more casual than doing so in Hindi. I reserved my thanks for those who had done huge favors for me. And I rarely thanked my friends or classmates. When I did, they either smiled quizzically at me or regarded the act as a playful way to practise English.Saying dhanyavaad, or thank you in Hindi, to someone without looking at him or her is just as good as not saying it at all. As a kid, I heard my father say dhanyavaad to people of his age, and he did it as sincerely as possible, with his hands joined in front of his chest. He wasnt just thanking someone for something, but asking for an opportunity to return the favor. Now, when I travel to India, I often offend people by saying thank you to them. On a recent trip home, I was invited to my uncles house for dinner. Hes been a father figure to me, teaching me many things at every step of my life. That day, I made the mistake of telling him, in English, “Thank you for inviting me” before leaving his house. He didnt respond, but I saw his expression turn sour. I couldnt even apologize for thanking him. The damage was done.21. From the first paragraph we can learn that the author _. A. thinks Americans are too politeB. appreciates the American culture C. is used to the American thank-you culture D. is popular with Americans for his politeness22. When he was a child, the author _. A. felt it embarrassing to say thank youB. tended to say thank you in a casual manner C. often practiced English by saying thank you D. thanked his friends in English for their kindness23. The underlined word “quizzically” in Paragraph 2 most probably means _. A. happilyB. warmlyC. coldlyD. amusedly24. According to the text, when saying dhanyavaad in Hindi, one _. A. should speak it in a gentle and sincere voice B. must put his hands in front of his chest C. is supposed to look at the personD. had better wear a big smile on his faceBShower RadioGuarantee and DirectionsIntroductionBefore using the radio, please read all directions, fill out and mail in the guarantee card, and put the guarantee information in a safe place. You may need to refer to the guarantee information at a later time.GuaranteeThis radio is under guarantee for one year. If it fails to work because of a problem of materials, please return it to the address on the guarantee card.We will not pay shipping costs for returning the radio. We will either repair or replace the radio. Please allow at least four weeks for looking at the problem and repairing the radio. If you have not heard from us within six weeks, call our customer service department at 1-800-123. Radios that are returned not for problems will pay service fee and the cost of the repairs. Customers will be informed of the charge by postcard. Radios will not be returned to customers until these fees are paid. DirectionsThis radio is designed and built to operate well in a damp environment. To Operate the Radio 1. Put two AA batteries following the introduction. 2. Turn the POWER dial in a clockwise direction until it clicks. 3. Press the station selection button for your desired station. The stations call number will be visible on the digital screen. 4. To switch between AM and FM stations, move the sliding AM/FM switch. To Operate the Timer1. Each time the button is pressed, five minutes will be put on the timer. The amount of time on the timer will be visible for five seconds on the digital screen. 2. When the time on the timer doesnt work, a sound will be given off for ten seconds. The timer may be reset again after one minute. TroubleshootingBefore returning the radio for service, please check the following items:Problem: Radio cannot be heard. 1. Check batteries. 2. Check Power/Volume Control. Problem: Timer does not work. 1. Check batteries. 2. Follow directions above for setting timer. 3. Turn the power control on. 4. Adjust the volume control.25. If you dont receive a repaired radio in six weeks, you can _. A. spend fewer shipping costs B. make a phone call C. require a new one D. write a letter of complaint26. The digital screen will show both _.A. the volume level and the AM/FM indicatorB. the AM/FM indicator and the radio stationC. the time remaining on the timer and the dateD. the call number and time on the timer27. Which of the following is covered within this text?A. How to operate the radio and the timer.B. Other owners opinions about the radio.C. People who benefit from using the radio.D. Where to purchase the radio.28. According to the text, what should you do before returning the radio for service?A. Contact the store where you purchased it.B. Check whether certain problems exist.C. Call the producer for a repair number.D. Consult the telephone book for local repair service.CDirty BritainBefore the grass has thickened on the roadside and leaves have started growing on the trees, it is a perfect time to look around and see just how dirty Britain has become. There is much chewing gum that has been spat out on the sidewalks and quantities of throwaway fast food packages in the river. I still remember traveling abroad and being saddened by the plastic bags and deserted bottles at the edge of every road, years ago. Nowadays, Britain seems to look at least as bad. What has gone wrong? The problem is that the rubbish created by our increasingly mobile lives lasts a lot longer than before. If it is not cleared up and properly thrown away, it stays in the bushes for yearsa semi-permanent reminder of what a dirty little country we have now. Firstly, it is estimated that 10 billion plastic bags have been given to shoppers. These will take 100 to 1,000 years to rot. However, it is not as if there is no solution to this. A few years ago, the Irish government introduced a tax on non-recyclable carrier bags and in three months reduced their use by 90%. When he was a minister, Michael Meacher attempted to introduce a similar arrangement in Britain. The plastics industry protested, of course. However, they need not have bothered; the idea was killed before it could draw breath, leaving supermarkets free to give away plastic bags. What is clearly necessary right now is some sort of combined action, both individual and collective, before it is too late. The alternative is to continue going downhill until we have a country that looks like a vast rubbish tip. We may well be at the tipping point. Yet we know that people respond to their environment. If things around them are clean and tidy, people behave cleanly and tidily. If they are surrounded by dirt, they behave dirtily. Now, much of Britain looks pretty dirty. What will it look like in five years?29. According to the writer, the problem is that _. A. rubbish can not be cleared upB. rubbish lasts longer than it used to C. our society is increasingly mobile D. people in Britain are awful30. What can be learned about Michael Meacher? A. He managed to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags. B. He was bothered by the Irish government. C. His attempt to follow the Irish example with a tax on plastic bags was welcomed. D. He failed in his attempt to introduce a tax on plastic bags.31. What does the writer state in the last paragraph? A. Its too late for people to take immediate action. B. Going downhill is a good choice for people. C. Britain will become an extremely dirty country in five years. D. People tend to behave according to what they see around them. DHummingbird (蜂鸟) nests often appear in clusters, but for years researchers couldnt figure out what attracted the birds to certain areas. The answer turned out to be “good neighbors.” Biologist Harold Greeney was doing fieldwork in Arizona in 2007 when he and his team realized that breeding hummingbirds often appeared around hawk (鹰) nests. By 2009, Greeney and company were able to report that the hummingbirds nesting close to hawks were actually more successful at raising chicks. Now in a study published recently, they are explaining exactly why that seems to be the case. Hawks dont feed on hummingbirds or their neststheres not enough meal in a hummer to be worth the effort, apparently. But not only are hawks not a threatit seems that they may actually protect hummingbirds from their natural enemy, Mexican jays (松鸦). We know that timid species often hang out near more aggressive species for protection. Sometimes theyre trying to avoid one predator (捕食者) in particular. Geese, for example, sometimes nest near Snowy Owls because the owls eat the foxes that would otherwise eat the geese. But its often tricky to figure out which predator acts as the “middleman” in such a situationwho, exactly, is hiding from whom ? So the researchers looked at several hummingbird predators, including squirrels, snakes, and chipmunks, before setting on Mexican Jays as the likeliest suspect. In their further research into hummingbird and hawk nests with the locations where jays were searching for food, they expected to see “a big circle around the hawk where the jays just never went,” said Greeney. Instead they discovered that while jays do search close to hawk nests, they do so at higher altitudes than normal, staying above hawk that typically hunt from above and then suddenly come down on their target. Greeney found that hummingbirds build the nests under the hawks, in a“cone-shaped (圆锥形) space where jays never go, right around the hawks.” Hummingbirds strategy seems to work. And their nesting success depended not just on closeness to hawk nests but also on whether the nest was within the jay-free cone Greeney and his researchers were able to define. “Not only for the first time did we figure out who the middleman was , but we also found the exact spacial relationship of how this was working,” said Greeney. “Its a pretty extraordinary result and very interesting,” says University of British Columbia hummingbird researcher Douglas Altshuler. On the hummingbird side, Altshuler says, “the strategy is that the enemy of my enemy is my friend.” 32. Why do hummingbirds nest close to hawks ?A. To trick jays. B. To protect their young. C. To guide hawks. D. To get food easily. 33. What does the underlined word “middleman ”in paragraph 4 probably refer to ? A. Jays. B. Hawks. C. Foxes. D. Hummingbird. 34. What can be learnt from Greeneys recent research? A. Hummingbirds never search close to hawk nests. B. Jays get close to hawk nests only at higher altitudes. C. Hawks are attracting jays by living near hummingbirds. D. Its safe for hummingbirds to stay in the big circ