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20152016学年度上学期期中考试高三英语试卷 卷I第一部分：听力 第一节1 Whose wallet probably is it?A. the womans B. The mans C. Ginas2. What is the date today? A. May 1st B. May 2nd C. May 3rd3. Who made the womans personal web page? A. She herself B. Her friend. C. The man4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A town B. An accident C. A murder5. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Relatives. B. Colleagues. C. Neighbors.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 6. What is the man doing? A. Watching TV B. Listening to the radio. C. Reading the newspaper7. Why are the rich and famous targets for being talked about according to the man? A. The public are interested in them. B. The public want to laugh at them. C. The public want to make them famous.听第7段材料，回答第8-10题。8. Why does the man look sad?A. He had to stop his study. B. He failed his test again. C. He couldnt understand the foreigners.9. How did the woman improve her French? A. By reading French newspapers B. By watching French films. C. By speaking to herself.10. What does the woman suggest the man do? A. Be confident. B. Talk with foreigners C. Ask the teacher for advice.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. A basketball game. B. A volleyball game. C. A football game.12. Where did the man go to last night? A. A club. B. A stadium . C. A meeting.13. What did the audience think of the game?A. Exciting B. Dangerous C. Unbelievable听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. What does the woman think of the pink dress? A. very cheap B. very dull C. of good quality15. What color of the sweater does the man recommend? A. White . B. Purple C. Black16. What kind of jacket does the woman want ? A. a leather one B. a light one C. an expensive one听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。17. What was Professor Rudds trouble? A. lack of confidence B. lack of intelligence . C. absent-mindedness 18. What did the professor decided to do one hot summer day? A. Visit his children who live near the beach. B. Have a holiday with his children on the beach. C. Take his children to visit his friend in a seaside town.19. What happened to the professor when he arrived at the station ?A. he couldnt contact his friend. B. He couldnt find his train tickets. C. he couldnt remember the destination.20. Why did the professor come back home for the 2nd time? A. he forgot his friends address. B. he lost the paper his wife had given him. C. he forgot to take the train tickets with him. 第二部分：阅读理解（ 共 2 节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）  A Editor Henry Slocum,  I read your May 10th article in the local newspaper Honesdale Times about electronic books, or e-books. You made several good points about the disadvantage of e-books. You may have overlooked, however, some of the ways in which they are superior to traditional books. Yes, e-books are expensive, but they are also convenient. In addition, duo to their environment-friendly nature, e-books have the potential to change our planets for the better.  E-books, for anyone who is unfamiliar with the term, are about the same size and shape asregular books. They have a large screen in the middle, however, this screen shows the reader a page of the text that has been downloaded from a computer. Once the reader has finished reading the page on the e-book screen, he or she scrolls down to see a new page. The process continues until the entire book has been read.  As you pointed out, Mr. Slocum, its great to lie on a warm, sandy beach with a book. You can do that just as easily with an e-book as you can with a traditional paper book. In fact, because e-books are so light, you can carry themselves. Say, for example, that you like to read on the bus. Which would you rather carry with you-a heavy 800-page novel, or an e-book that weighs only a few ounces? Another important advantage is offered by e-books as well. They are more environment-friendly than traditional books.  At present, thousands of trees arecut down each year to meet the publishing industrys demand for paper. Books that dont sell are eventually returned to the publisher and destroyed, This terrible waste could be avoided if everyone used e-books, which require no paper.   Sincerely,  David Eng 21. What does Editor Henry Slocum think about e-books? A. Interesting      B. Expensive    C. Convenient     D. Environment-friendly  22. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 2? A. What an e-book is  B. Why e-books are popular  C. How e-books have developed   D. Who are the readers of e-books 23. In Davids letter, he thinks that_ A. E-books will come down in price  B. E-books come in various sizes and shapes C. E-books do little harm to the environment   D. E-books are no better than traditional books 24. The main purpose of the letter is to _ A. explain how to read e-books  B. honor the person who invented e-books  C. scold publishers for wasting so much paper  D. provide evidence that e-books are a good idea  BMonitoring the mood of a pet dog could be used as an early warning sign that an elderly owner is struggling to cope, a new report has claimed.Researchers placed movement sensors (探测器) on dogs to track their behavior and identified 17 distinct activities, including chewing, barking, sitting and digging.This allowed them to map the normal behavior of a healthy, happy dog, which means any changes can be monitored and could indicate an issue with their owner.Nils Hammerla, part of the team from Newcastle University, said, “Humans and dogs have lived together in close relationships for thousands of years, which has led to strong emotional and social mutual bonds.”“A dogs physical and emotional dependence on their owner means that their well-being is likely to reflect that of their owner. Any changes such as the dog being walked less often, perhaps not being fed regularly, or simply demonstrating “unhappy” behavior could be an early indicator for families that an older relative needs help. This is the first system of its kind which allows us to remotely monitor a dogs behavior in its natural setting.” The team of academics, who presented their findings at the 2013 UbiComp conference in Zurich, created a hi-tech, waterproof ( 防水的) dog collar for the study.Dr Cas Ladha, who led the study, said: “A lot of our research is focused on developing intelligent systems that can help older people to live independently for longer. But developing a system that reassures family and carers that an older relative is well without intruding on (侵犯) the individuals privacy is difficult. This is just the first step but the idea behind this research is that it would allow us to support people without the need for cameras.”A range of dogs was used for the study, as the team needed to map distinct behaviors that correlated( 相关联的) between different breeds.25. From the text, we know that Nils Hammerla _.A. led the study and identified 17 activities of dogs  B. thinks some activities of dogs can reflect senior owners healthC. studied the relationship between humans and animalsD. developed a hi-tech, waterproof dog collar26 . The underlined word “reassure” in Paragraph 7 probably means _.A. keep ones word        B. remove ones doubt       C. take ones advice          D. lose ones face27. Which of the following is an advantage of the intelligent system mentioned in the text?A. It can indicate that people arent well. B. It can identify different activities of dogs.C. It monitors an elderly owner without disturbing his privacy.D. It lets people see the dogs behavior clearly.28. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?A. Dogs mood can be an indicator of owners healthB. Strong bonds between dogs and their senior ownersC. Signs that your older relative needs helpD. A special way of taking care of the old CDear David,Im glad you would like to share your feelings with meIts hardly surprising that your feelings of not being “grown up” have come on strongly at this point in your life, just before youre about to become a fatherYou are asking: Will I make a good father? How will I cope? I think nearly every man must have the occasional feelings of self-doubt and inadequacy before the birthIts difficult, honestly, to feel grown-up unless you have something less grown-up to relate toThe boss with a hen-pecking wife may feel like a seven-year-old when hes at homeBut as he walks through the office door, and knows hes going to be surrounded by staff for advice, he grows into a fully mature manAnd I think its a mistake to imagine that we all feel, as we age, a kind of progress of states, from the baby to the adultMost people feel, on Tuesday, about three years old, and on a Wednesday, around 80Theres a common remark that“all men are little boys”, but its not trueIts more true that men often behave like little boysBut nearly all people, at some moments in their lives, are able to be greatly matureOnce your baby arrives, youll soon feel less childlikeWhen your child tries to put its fingers into the electric plug, the adult in you will rise up to prevent itComfort yourself, David, with two truthsOne is that your friends laugh when they talk about this subject because they, like you, feel frightenedAnd remember that people who havent grown up dont go around talking about the factGood luck to you and your little oneSincerely Yours, Miss Advice 29.According to the passage, Miss Advice thinks Davids self-doubt _Avaluable Bunusual Cnatural Dbearable30. From Paragraph 2, we can learn that peoples sense of maturity _Awill increase with age Bis obviously seen at homeCchanges with different situations Dbecomes stronger with familiar people31.Miss Advice holds that _Aall men behave like little boys Bpeople tend to laugh at the subjectCmen with a baby feel more grown-up Dpeople enjoy talking about their immaturity D  Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy of the emptiest-headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像).    The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.    Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other peoples ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists.32. According to the author, people make conversation to _    A. exchange ideas  B. prove their value    C. achieve success in life  D. overcome their fear of silence33. By "the buzzing of a fly" (Para. 1), the author means"_”    A. the noise of an insect B. a low whispering sound    C. meaningless talks  D. the voice of a chatterbox34. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbors _.    A. about whatever they have prepared     B. about whatever they want to    C. in the hope of learning something new  D. in the hope of getting on well35. What is the author's purpose in writing the passage? _.     A. To discuss why people like talking about weather.     B. To encourage people to join in conversations.     C. To persuade people to stop making noises.     D. To explain why people keep talking.第二节（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。有两项为多余选项。UrbanizationUntil relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city. The first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. _36_. In fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural (乡村的) villages. It was not until the 20th century that Great Britain became the first urban society in historya society in which the majority of people live in cities and do not farm for a living.Britain was only the beginning. _37_.The process of urbanizationthe migration (迁移) of people from the countryside to the citywas the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.In 1990, fewer than 40% of Americans lived in urban areas. Today, over 82% of Americans live in cities. Only about 2% live on farms. _38_.Large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. Even in advanced agricultural societies，it took about ninety-five people on farms to feed five people in cities. _39_. Until modern times, those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. Cities survived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city. Over the past two centuries, th