辽宁省大连渤海高级中学2019届高三英语上学期期中试题.docx

辽宁省大连渤海高级中学2019届高三英语上学期期中试题第二部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每题2分，共40分)第一节：阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AAre you looking for some new and exciting places to take your kids to? Try some of these places:A Visit art museums. They offer a variety of activities to excite your kids interest. Many offer workshops for making land-made pieces, traveling exhibits, book signings by childrens favorite writer, and even musical performances and other arts.B Head to a natural history museum. This is where kids can discover the past from dinosaur(恐龙) models to rock collections and pictures of stars in the sky. Also, ask what kind of workshops and educational programs are prepared for kids and any special events that are coming up.C Go to a Youtheater. Look for one in your area offering plays for child and family visitors. Pre-show play shops are conducted by area artists and educators where kids can discover the secret about performing arts. Puppet(木偶)making and stage make-up are just a couple of the special offerings you might find.D Try hands-on science. Visit one of the many hands-on science museums around the country. These science play-lands are great fun for kids and grown-ups alike. Theyll keep your child mentally and physically active the whole day through while pushing buttons, experimenting, and building. When everyone is tired, enjoy a fun family science show, commonly found in these museums.21. If a child is interested in the universe, he probably will visit A. a Youtheater B. an art museumC. a natural history museum D. a hands-on science museum22. What can kids do at a Youtheater? A. Look at rock collections. B. See dinosaur models.C. Watch puppet making. D. Give performances.23. What does hands-on science mean in the last paragraph?A. Science games designed by kids. B. Learning science by doing things.C. A show of kids science work. D. Reading science books.24. Where does this text probably come from?A. A science textbook. B. A tourist map. C. A museum guide. D. A news report.BOpen Letter to an EditorI had an interesting conversation with a reporter recently one who works for you. In fact, hes one of your best reporters. He wants to leave.Your reporter gave me a copy of his resume （简历）and photocopies of six stories that he wrote for you. The headlines showed you played them proudly. With great enthusiasm, he talked about how he finds issues （问题）, approaches them, and writes about them, which tells me he is one of your best. Im sure you would hate to lose him. Surprisingly, your reporter is not unhappy. In fact, he told me he really likes his job. He has a great assignment （分工）, and said you run a great paper. It would be easy for you to keep him, he said. He knows that the paper values him. He appreciates the responsibility youve given him, takes ownership of his profession, and enjoys his freedom. So why is he looking for a way out? He talked to me because he wants his editors to demand so much more of him. He wants to be pushed, challenged, coached to new heights. The reporter believes that good stories spring from good questions, but his editors usually ask how long the story will be, when it will be in, where it can play, and what the budget is. He longs for conversations with an editor who will help him turn his good ideas into great ones. He wants someone to get excited about what hes doing and to help him turn his story idea upside down and inside out, exploring the best ways to report it. He wants to be more valuable for your paper. Thats what you want for him, too, isnt it? So your reporter has set me thinking. Our best hope in keeping our best reporters, copy editors, photographers, artists- everyone- is to work harder to make sure they get the help they are demanding to reach their potential. If we cant do it, theyll find someone who can. 25. What does the writer think of the reporter? A. Optimistic.B. Imaginative.C. Ambitious. D. Proud. 26. What does the reporter want most from his editors in their talks? A. Finding the news value of his stories.B. Giving him financial support.C. Helping him to find issues.D. Improving his good ideas. 27. Who probably wrote the letter? A. An editor.B. An artist.C. A reporter.D. A reader. 28. The letter aims to remind editors that they should _. A. keep their best reporters at all costsB. give more freedom to their reportersC. be aware of their reporters professional developmentD. appreciate their reporters working styles and attitudesCPacing and PausingSara tried to befriend her old friend Steves new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didnt hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing. Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, theres no problem. But if our habits are different, you may start to talk before Im finished or fail to take your turn when Im finished. Thats what was happening with Betty and Sara. It may not be coincidental （巧合）that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel. The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping （思维定式）. And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up. Thats why slight differences in conversational style-tiny little things like microseconds of pause can have a great effect on ones life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training. 29. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her? A. Betty was talkative.B. Betty was an interrupter.C. Betty did not take her turn.D. Betty paid no attention to Sara. 30. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns? A. Americans.B. Israelis. C. The British.D. The Finns. 31. We can learn from the passage that _. A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacingB. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the USC. ones inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimesD. one should receive training to build up ones confidence 32. The underlined word “assertiveness”in the last paragraph probably means _. A. being willing to speak ones mindB. being able to increase ones powerC. being ready to make ones own judgmentD. being quick to express ones ideas confidentlyDWhen something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, its so-and-sos fault.”or “I know Im late, but its not my fault; the car broke down.”It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation. However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to remedy the situation. This is the winners key to success.Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need. For another example, if your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or dont rely on the person. You should aecept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well. This is what being a winner is all about-creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners dont have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and apportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.”Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success. 33. According to the passage, winners _. A. deal with problems rather than blame othersB. meet with fewer difficulties in their livesC. have responsible and able colleaguesD. blame themselves rather that others 34. When your colleague brings about a problem, you should _. A. find a better way to handle the problemB. blame him for his lack of responsibilityC. tell him to find the cause of the problemD. ask a more able colleague for help 35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage? A. A Winners Secret.B. A Winners ProblemC. A Winners Opportunity.D. A Winners Achievement.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。House SittingIn many countries of the world people do what is called house sitting. It means that if owners of the house are going away, they want someone to come into their home and look after the house and maybe pets while they are away.In Australia, many people travel. After people retire, they might buy a van and travel all over the country. 36 So if someone wants to travel or go away for some reason, they might want someone in their home to care for it and keep the gardens tidy. House sitters might have to care for pets. Also, quite a few people have swimming pools in their back yards and they need cleaning. 37 I feel it is a great way of seeing the country, because you go and stay in a new city, get to meet new people, and have time to go sightseeing in a new area. 38 There are websites where you find the advertisements by people who want to travel, and by replying to the advertisement, you can make arrangements to go and look after their home.There are some requirements to be a house sitter. You must be a trusted person, so that the home owner knows you will not steal anything. You must be able to go when the house owner wants you to go, so you need lots of free time. 39 You need to be good with pets, able to care for cats and dogs, or other pets they may have.Some house sitting jobs are just for a few days or a couple of weeks while the home owner has a short holiday. Sometimes it is for much longer. We have had one house sit for six months, while the home owner travelled to Europe. 40 Then you can travel to many different countries and stay there. One of the important things to get are references from the home owners where you have stayed. A reference is a written letter to say that you are trustworthy and have looked after their home well. You can show these letters to prospective house sitting jobs and they know you will do a good job.A. I have done house sitting many times.B. Thousands of people do this all the time.C. It is also possible to do house sitting in other countries.D. Generally you have many opportunities to get a house sitting job.E. You must take a little care over what your description says about you. F. This is an international house sitting service for all city and country areas. G. You must have a good car, so you can travel to different parts of the country.第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空 (共20小题，每小题.1.5分, 满分30分) 阅读下面短文。从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Long long ago in China, girls were expected to stay at home and learn housework while the boys went to school. A girl named Zhu 41 to study, she dressed herself up as a boy and 42 to get admission into a school. There was a boy named Liang in her class. The two were 43 to each other, and became good friends. Zhu realized that she was in love. She thought of a plan. She 44 Liang that when he had got a 45 he should come to her 46 and ask her father for her sisters 47 . Liang readily agreed.After finishing school, Liang lost no time in 48 a job, and when he had 49 enough to get 50 he hurried to Zhus house. Zhu saw him coming, and was overjoyed. She took him to her father who listened to what Liang said, but when the young man asked for Zhus hand, he shook his head. He told Liang that Zhu had already been 51 to another man, a wealthy merchant. Nothing that Liang said could make Zhus father 52 .Liang left. The 53 that he would never see Zhu again filled him with 54 . On the way home, he collapsed and died.When Zhu learnt of Liangs 55 she lost all desire to continue living. She 56 to agree to the marriage arranged for her on condition that the wedding procession 57 Liangs grave. 58 the wedding procession neared the cemetery, Zhu rushed to Liangs grave and 59 herself on it, crying uncontrollably. The next moment, a bolt of lightning hit the grave, breaking it open. Zhu jumped into it. Then out 60 two butterflies as the people standing around the grave, watching.41.A. refusedB. hated C. desiredD. agreed42.A. managedB. failed C. disagreed D. happened43.A. returnedB. drawn C. comparedD. added44.A. promisedB. ordered C. toldD. thought45.A. jobB. prize C. rise D. home46.A. roomB. school C. officeD. house47.A. advice B. permission C. helpD. hand48.A. taking up B. learning from C. putting off D. paying for49.A. learned B. saved C. lost D. suffered50.A. paid B. fired C. marriedD. improved51.A. taken B. shown C. soldD. promised52.A. keep his promise B. change his mindC. find his wayD. lose his heart53.A. thought B. news C. ideaD. story54.A. joy B. pain C. surpriseD. regret55.A. condition B. trouble C. concernD. death56.A. wished B. expected C. remainedD. pretended57.A. looked after B. found out C. passed by D. pulled down58.A. If B. Though C. AsD. Unless59.A. seated B. put C. based D. threw60.A. jumped B. swam C. flewD fell第II卷 (非选择题)第二节：（共10小题；每题1.5分，共15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。If you visit London, you 61 (see) lots of cars, buses and bikes. It 62 (be) very cheap and quick to use a bike. When you take a bus, you have to wait 63 half an hour or so. Whats more, the bus moves 64 (slow). The underground is quick but very expensive and often 65 (crowd). I used to travel to work by bus. I often arrived at work late 66 tired. Then a friend of mine suggested we 67 (go) to work together by bike. I followed him. Although we went slowly, yet we always arrived on time. Taking a bus took fifty minutes while 68 (ride) a bike took only half an hour. Now I love riding a bike to work. Ive got 69 little more money now, so I feel much 70 (good).第四部分：写作(共两节, 满分35分)第1节 ：短文改错 (共10分;每小题1分,满分10分) 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。