山西省重点中学协作体高三上学期期中质量检测英语试题 及答案

1、山西重点中学协作体2017届高三上学期期中联合质量检测英语试题第一部分：英语听力（共两节，共20小题；每小题1.5分，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。what will the woman do next?a. turn down the radio b. close the window c. go to bed2. who will probably get the sta

2、mps?a. the woman b. the mans classmate c. the womans sister3. why cant the woman go with the man ?a. shes a little tired b. shes going to listen to music c. shes going to the library.4. when will the man arrive home?a. at 10:00 b. at 11:00 c. at 12:005. where does the conversation take place?a. at h

3、ome b. in a travel agency c. in a hotel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，各个小题将给出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和第7两个小题。6. what does the woman ask the man to send?a. a report. b. an e-mail. c. a letter.7. for whom wi

4、ll the man reserve the room in the garden hotel?a. for the woman. b. for mr. benson.c. for mr. black.听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8. where is the hotel located?a. out of the city. b. near the harbor. c. in the center of the city.9. when will the speakers meet?a. on friday. b. on sunday. c. on saturday.听下面一段对

5、话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10. whats the conversation about?a. buying a flat. b. renting a flat. c. visiting a flat.11. how many bedrooms are there in this flat?a. two. b. three. c. four.12. when can the woman move in?a. right now. b. in two weeks. c. in october.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16 四个小题。13. whats the man looking

6、 for？a. a monument. b. a pub. c. a hall.14. whats the mond?a. a road. b. a hill. c. a monument.15. how will the man get there probably?a. by bus.b. by taxi. c. on foot.16. what do you think of the woman?a. she is helpful.b. she is impatient. c. she is rude.听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。17.why is lily sittin

7、g in the trolley(手推车)?a. she is too heavy for her mother to carry.b. her mother wants to talk to mrs. bell.c. her mother has bought too many things.18. whats lily doing when mrs. bell and mrs. young are talking?a. she hides a bottle of wine in mrs. youngs handbag.b. she is playing with a bottle of w

8、hisky.c. she is playing with the things her mother has bought.19. what can we learn from the speech?a. mrs. bell steals a bottle of whisky.b. the detective finds the whisky in mrs. bells handbag.c. mrs. young asks her daughter to steal a bottle of whisky.20. what does the speech tell us?a. lily is a

9、 shy girl.b. mrs. bell is a forgetful person.c. people sometimes can hardly explain themselves.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，20小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）awith my hands and knees on the floor of the airplane, i was searching for an old ladys missing hearing aid during the flight from sydney to los ang

10、eles. it occurred to me that this may not be the most dignified posture for a buddhist nun（修女）.i had seen the old lady from the seat in front of me as she walked up and down the passage with a flashlight. i asked a few times what was wrong, but she didnt answer at first she couldnt hear me. she was

11、wearing a woolen coat. judging from her accent, she came from eastern europe.do you know what hearing aids cost? thousands, especially for the new tiny hidden-in-the-ear type she described. it takes a long time for an appointment to make new one and many doctor visits to get the thing adjusted right

12、. therefore, my dignity seemed less important than finding that hearing aid. but how does one find a tiny black object in a shadowy jet cabin ?the lady wasnt even sure where or when she had lost it. at one point, a couple off light attendants did a random search around the ladys seat; i wasnt impres

13、sed. they left suggesting that she search the seat of her previous flight! my flashlight turned up all kinds of small objects, bits of plastic,broken pieces of headphones. the old lady said that she gave up. yet i couldnt. after we landed, as passengers streamed past us, i insisted that the lady mov

14、e aside while awaiting her wheelchair. then i got into a real down and dirty search among the dust under her seat and on the floor.look! a little peanut-sized shiny black object caught the light of my flashlight in a floor crack near her seat. what a rush. “i found it!” with great astonishment and g

15、ratitude, the old lady responded, “i havent the words to express my thanks!” 21. why did the author put her hands and knees on the floor?a. she is a religious buddhist nun.b. she helped the old lady look for her hearing aid.c. she fell down from her seat.d. she wanted to stand out among the passenge

16、rs.22. what do we know about the old lady?a. she ignored the authors question on purpose.b. she is an american.c. it was not difficult for her to get the hearing aid at all.d. she lost her hearing aid by accident.23. where was the hearing aid found?a. close to the old lady seat. b. on the previous f

17、light.c. on the wheelchair. d. in another jet cabin.24. what is the purpose of the passage?a. to present the love from all people on board.b. to teach us how to find the lost thing.c. to tell us a story about kind help.d. to warn us to be more carefulbalexis, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of

18、 her dads car. she let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. then a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them. dad, theres a deer there! alexis said. it was a male deer with sharp antlers (角) on each side of its head.as the car moved closer, alexissaw that the deers head was be

19、nt toward the ground. then she heard a scream and saw an arm fly up near the deers head. alexis realized the deer was attacking a woman.sue, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. the deer followed her and edged closer. i knew i was in trouble, sue says. she went to pick up a stick

20、for self-defense, and the deer charged. it lifted her with its antlers and threw her into the air. sue could feel blood flew down her leg.within seconds, the deer had pushed her off the road.when alexis and her father pulled up, the deer was throwing sue like a doll. alexis looked into the womans te

21、rrified eyes,and before her father had even stopped the car, the teenager jumped quickly out of the car and ran toward the deer. i was kicking it to get its attention, she says. then her father,who had followed his daughter, pushed the deer away from the women.alexis helped sue into the car,and then

22、 applied a piece of cloth to sues injured leg. were going to get you to a hospital, alexis said. then she heard her father shout loudly. he had been knocked to the ground. alexis took hold of a hammer from the car and ran to where her father lay on his back. she beat the deers head and neck, but the

23、 blows didnt scareit away. i was losing faith, she says. a couple more strikes, alexis, said her father. you can do it.turning the hammer around, alexis closed her eyes and beat the deers neck with all her strength. when she opened her eyes, the deer was running away.alexis got in the drivers seat a

24、nd sped toward the nearest hospital. after sue was treated, she tearfully thanked her rescuers. you expect a teenage girl to get on the phone and call for help, she says, not to beat up a deer.25.what was sue doing when she was attacked by the deer?a .she was driving home. b. she was resting on the

25、road.c. she was taking exercise. d. she was feeding wild animals.26. what did alexis do to save sue?a. she pushed the deer away.b. she hit the deer with her feetc. she drove the car to hit the deer.d. she beat the deer with a hammer.27. which of the following words can best describe alexis?a. strong

26、. b. cruel. c. energetic. d. brave.28. what is the best title for the passage?a. a woman was seriously injuredb. a dangerous deer attacked a womanc. a girl rescued her father successfullyd. a teenager saved others from a deer attackcjohannesburgthey say cats have nine lives. now a chinese toad(蟾蜍) h

27、as joined that club of clever survivors.south africans are shocked at the endurance of a toad that got trapped in a cargo shipment from china to cape town, after jumping into a porcelain(瓷器) candlestick（烛台） that was made there. south african officials reportedly planned to put down the creature, fea

28、ring it would cause harm as an invasive species if it were let go in the wild.but the toad got a last-minute pardon. mango airlines, a south african airline, transported the toad on friday to johannesburg for delivery to an animal shelter, after officials decided to find a way to let the toad live.

29、the two-hour fight was a breeze compared to the trip from china, a long way of many weeks and thousands of kilometers across the indian ocean.airline spokesman hein kaiser said the toad got “first-class treatment”, sitting in a transparent plastic container with escort brett glasby, an animal welfar

30、e inspector. there was even a ceremony, in which the toads boarding pass was handed to glasby.“he was the star of the show on the flight,” kaiser said of the amphibious(两栖的) passenger. “i think every passenger stopped to have a look.”on landing in johannesburg, the toad was brought out of its contai

31、ner for a celebrity-style photo shoot. observers said the brown toad seemed like a cool customer. it belongs to the asian toad species, which breeds during the monsoon(季风) season. it is believed to have survived the trip from china by hardening its skin to prevent it from drying out, and also by slo

32、wing its breathing and heart ratemethods that help the species survive in times of drought.“weve had snakes in imported timber and scorpions(蝎子) in fruit. we were called because the toad was right inside the candlestick, and we had to break it to get it out” glasby, the inspector, told the star, a s

33、outh african newspaper.29. if the toad is released into the wild, _.a. it will make the locals feel shockedb. it might harm the native speciesc. it will lose its life in the wildd. it might flee into another country30. the toad was able to arrive in south africa alive_.a. because it escaped all atta

34、cks and huntsb. because it used to stop its breath in winterc. because it formed hard skin to protect itselfd. because it was lucky to be given a chance31. it can be inferred from the passage that_.a. sometimes animal are transported accidentallyb. no one has seen such a big toad in africac. a candl

35、estick is the best place for a toadd. droughts make toads live longerdbefore i studied psychology, i used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. while i was right about that, i discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny

36、part of a joke. when someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laughand the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.i was attending a stand-up comedy show in egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, ever

37、yone laughed their hearts out. the main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. the joke wasnt only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. that is, peop

38、le were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.the better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. for example, if you envy one of yo

39、ur friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you werent jealous of him.in short, we dont laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that

40、 results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. i strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. all i want to explain is that if your joke supports a persons emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.32. what did the author find out af

41、ter studying psychology?a. only good jokes make people laugh b. many factors lead to people laughing. c. funny things can make people laugh d. laughter can make people healthy.33. why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?a. they played a trick on the pedestrians.b. the pedestrians behaved

42、in a funny way.c. they could feel the pedestrians happiness.d. their emotion was approved of by the show.34. what does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?a. annoy b. blame c. look down on d. make up to35. which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分

43、）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。选项中有两项为多余选项。while going through life with the pursuit(追求) of money on our mind, were often told that money cant buy happiness. but what truth is there in the saying? is there a relation between money and happiness? 36 humans are very sensitive to change. when we get a r

44、ise, we really enjoy it. but some studies have shown that in north america, additional income beyond 75,000 dollars a year stops impacting day-to-day happiness. 37 they often end up spending all the money, going into debt, and experience ruined social relationships.so surely money cant really buy ha

45、ppiness. well, recent studies suggest that the problem may actually be in the way that we spend money. 38 studies show that people who spend their money on others feel happier. as for the people who spend money on themselves, their happiness is unchanged.39 0ne experiment showed that instead of an o

46、rganization writing a large check to a charity, dividing the amount up among employees, allowing them to contribute to a charity of their choice, increased their job satisfaction. similarly, individuals that spend money on each other, as opposed to themselves, not only increase job satisfaction, but

47、 improve the team performance.40 interestingly, the specific way money is spent on others isnt important. spending something on others is the important aspect of increasing your happiness.a. the same principle has been tested on teams and organizations as well.b. money has more effect on the vast ma

48、jority of people in the long run.c. instead of buying things for yourself, try giving some of it to other people and see how you feel.d. and if so, how can we use it to our advantage?e. almost everywhere we look in the world, we see that giving money to others is positively related to happiness,f. a

49、nd while youre saving up for these greatest experiences, dont forget the daily joys in life.g. in fact, people who win a lottery often report becoming extremely unhappy.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分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 my mother was a responsibl

50、e teacher and she retired. so i decided to give her one of my old computers to help her pass the time. she had a little bit of computer 41 , so i just set it up for her and let her 42 with it on her own. as time went on, i 43 the computer was hardly touched. she said she didnt know 44 to use it. i d

51、ecided to teach her. i sat and 45 everything and she seemed ok with what i said. unfortunately, my sister called me at that moment 46 we talked on the phone for an hour. then when i saw her again, she was sitting in front of the computer, looking quite 47 . the screen saver (屏幕保护) had appeared and s

52、he didnt know how to 48 it off. she had tried 49 every key and it didnt work. i told her, “just 50 the mouse a little.” what i meant was that she just needed to move the mouse around to 51 the computer up. what she did was to 52 the mouse and start shaking it around in mid-air until the 53 went comp

53、letely black. i couldnt help laughing because of her funny 54 . the more i laughed the 55 she got.she thought that i was a (n) 56 teacher and she decided to figure the thing out herself. well, at least i helped her overcome her 57 of breaking something and encouraged her to 58 a little.about a week

54、later, i found a home-made 59 card with a mouse on the front making a funny face 60 to my door. it said, “thanks for the computer lessons. love, mom.” 41. a. theoryb. knowledge c. technologyd. history42. a. watchb. trainc. playd. see43. a. foundb. heardc. thought d. ignored44. a. whyb. whenc. how d.

55、 where45. a. learnedb. describedc. explained d. discussed 46. a. and b. but c. because d. since 47. a. amusingb. relaxed c. interestingd. discouraged 48. a. get b. breakc. cut d. turn49. a. hittingb. feelingc. changing d. removing50. a. hangb. shakec. rub d. push51. a. cleanb. wakec. bring d. take52

56、. a. put upb. cut offc. pick up d. put away53. a. screenb. curtainc. cover d. window54. a. gesture b. movementc. expression d. action 55. a. ruderb. happierc. angrier d. better56. a. impatient b. humorousc. careful d. helpful57. a. sadnessb. pressurec. fear d. depression58. a. replyb. observec. answer d. experiment 59. a. invitingb. greetingc. shopping d. birthday60. a. appearedb. stuckc. combined d. printed第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。 beijing - the registered unemployment rate in chinese