【期中真题】河北省唐山市第一中学2021-2022学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题（含听力）.zip

唐山一中2021—2022学年度第一学期期中考试

高三年级  英语试卷

说明：

1.考试时间120分钟，满分150分。2.将卷Ⅰ答案用2B铅笔涂在答题卡上,将卷Ⅱ答案用黑色字迹的签字笔书写在答题卡上。

卷Ⅰ(选择题 共95分)

注意事项：

1. 答题前, 先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2. 回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后, 用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在试题卷答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

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. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

Where is the woman going with her children?

A. To Japan. B. To Australia. C. To Canada.

2. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

How much should the man pay?

A. $16. B. $32. C. $60.

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What does the woman expect the man to do on Saturday?

A Celebrate their mum’s birthday.

B. Help Brian move house.

C. Take Brian out for the day.

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What does the woman mean?

A. She will take the job right away.

B She isn’t sure whether to take the job.

C. She doesn’t like the job.

5. 【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A novel. B. A film. C. A writer.

第二节(共15小题; 每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分)

请听下面 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。

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

6. What will the woman do this evening?

A. Do some shopping. B. Attend a party. C. Visit her grandma.

7. What does the man advise the woman to do?

A. Make a skirt. B. Buy a handbag. C. Wear a necklace.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

8. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At an airport. B. At a hotel. C. At a police station.

9. What does the man suggest the woman do?

A. Wait where she is.

B. Make a request for the loss.

C. Give him her telephone number.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

10. What’s the relation between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Friends. C. Boss and worker.

11. Why does the woman look worried?

A. She is not getting on well with her boss.

B. She has been late for work recently.

C. She has trouble taking her children to school.

12. What might the woman think of Alice’s way to deal with her problem?

A. Practical. B. Strange. C. Wrong.

听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

13. How long will the course run this year?

A. Eight weeks. B. Six weeks. C. Seven weeks.

14. What was the woman surprised at?

A. The lack of assistants. B. The condition of weather. C. The number of children.

15. What new activities can the children have this year?

A. Fun programs. B. Adventure sports. C. Creative classes.

16. What is expected about the course this year?

A. It will last longer. B. It will run better. C. It will start earlier.

听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。【此处可播放相关音频，请去附件查看】

17. What difficulty did the speaker have when starting to learn French?

A. Grammar. B. Pronunciation. C. Vocabulary.

18. Why did the speaker go to France?

A. To settle there. B. To look for a job. C. To continue to study.

19. What did the speaker think of her French after she arrived in France?

A. Poor. B. Excellent. C. Acceptable.

20. What is the most important in learning a language according to the speaker?

A. Mastering the grammar rules.

B. Knowing a large number of words.

C. Using the language in real life.

第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

A

Trip.com provides one-stop travel booking services in 19 languages through our website and mobile app.

About Us

We are a part of the Ctrip Group, a NASDAQ listed company since 2003 with over 30,000 employees and a membership of more than 300 million, making it one of the leading online travel agencies in the world. With 1.2 million hotels in 200 countries and regions, we’ve built an extensive hotel network to give our customers a fantastic choice of accommodation. Our far-reaching flight network has over 2 million individual flight routes connecting more than 5,000 cities around the globe. When you combine this with our 24/7 English customer service and various other travel products, you can trust us to take care of your next trip.

Why Book With Us?

Worldwide Coverage

No matter where in the world you want to go, Trip.com has got your needs covered. From flights and hotels to rental cars and attraction tickets, our wide network connects all corners of the globe.

Competitive Pricing

Having over 300 million members means that Trip.com can deliver competitive prices, saving you more on travel every day. You can register as a member to receive even bigger discounts.

Award-Winning Service

With Trip.com, you can always travel worry free, knowing that we are here if you need us. Our customer service team speaks many different languages, with English service available 24 hours a day via phone, e-mail, or directly through our mobile app.

Secure Payment

Data safety is our top concern. Whether you are paying by credit card or via one of the many third-party payment options available, your payment data will always be protected.

21 What can people do with Trip.com?

A. Book a hotel.

B. Do online shopping.

C. Search for travel agencies.

D Seek help with language translation.

22. What can we learn from the text?

A. Trip.com is one of the largest companies in the world.

B. Ctrip Group has branches in 200 countries and regions.

C. Ctrip Group is trying to be a NASDAQ listed company.

D. Trip.com offers customers English service around the clock.

23. What does Trip.com pay the greatest attention to?

A. Whether its pricing is competitive.

B. Whether its data are secure enough.

C. Whether its members are active or not.

D. Whether its service covers the whole world.

B

A PhD student in Michigan defended her paper while wearing a skirt made of rejection letters she received while studying. 29-year-old Caitlin Kirby printed out 17 of her rejection letters — from scholarships, academic journals, and conferences — then folded each one into a fan. She connected them in rows, and by the end she designed the item into a skirt and wore it.

She said that the idea behind her unique clothing item came out of a desire to normalize rejection and take pride in overcoming it. "The whole process of revisiting those old letters and making that skirt sort of reminded me that you have to apply to a lot of things to succeed," she said. "A natural part of the process is to get rejected along the way."

Caitlin's adviser, Julie Libarkin, a professor of earth and environmental science at Michigan State University, also encourages the acceptance of failure in her students. Libarkin believes it's important for students to get into habit of applying for things, and to get used to the feeling of rejection, so she encourages them to chase after any opportunity that comes their way. If a student doesn't get the grant or the spot in the academic journal, that's okay. They'll still have learned something in the process.

As for Caitlin? Her rejections over the years have led to great things: Since her doctorate, she's won a scholarship to do further research on urban agriculture in Germany.

Currently, she's a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. As for what the future holds? "I'm prepared to receive a few more rejection letters along the way," she joked heartily, "Maybe I'll make a longer skirt."

24. What can we learn about Caitlin Kirby's rejection letters?

A. She received 17 rejections in total.

B. 29 of her rejections were from journals.

C. The rejections were connected into a fan.

D. She made some rejection letters into a skirt.

25. What is Julie Libarkin's attitude towards Caitlin's action?

A. Favorable. B. Ambiguous.

C. Skeptical. D. Opposed.

26. Which of the following words can best describe Catlin?

A. Creative and considerate. B. Caring and determined.

C. Optimistic and humorous. D. Generous and intelligent.

27. Which of the following may Caitlin agree with?

A. Hard work pays off.

B. Education is the entrance to success.

C. Self-respect earns more respect.

D. One needs to normalize failures.

C

Scientists have long sought to prevent sharp memories from dulling with age, but the problem remains unsettled. Now research published in Scientific Reports suggests virtual reality might help older people recall facts and events based on specific details.

The study involved 42 healthy older adults from the San Francisco Bay Area. Half spent a dozen hours over four weeks playing a virtual-reality game called Labyrinth; they wore headsets and walked in place, walking virtual neighborhoods while completing small tasks. The other half, in the control group, used electronic tablets to play games that did not require recalling details. After 15 sessions (期), the latter performed roughly the same as before on a long-term memory test. But the Labyrinth players gain an improvement in memory through the VR game. A scientist Peter Wais of the University of California said the improvements brought them up to the level of another group of younger adults taking the same memory tests.

Meredith Thompson, an education researcher, studies learning through VR games but was not involved in the new study. It would be great to actually follow people over time and see what this type of game does for long-term memory. She says, adding VR can provide greater involvement than other games. Wais's team is now investigating how long the observed effects last and which elements of the training have the most impact.

A cognitive (认知)psychologist, Daniel Simons, who was also not involved in the study, notes experiments with other games that claim to train the brain have often failed to evaluate this. And it remains unclear how test performance in a laboratory setting might translate to real-world situations. The outcome, Simons notes, “needs to be repeated, ideally with a much larger group, before it’s treated as a strong finding.”

For now, Wais says, the team hopes its studies with similar-sized groups will help draw funding to test the game in a larger pool of participants.

28. What is the passage mainly about?

A. People's memory gradually fails as they age.

B. People of different ages should play VR games.

C. Virtual reality changes people's memory.

D. Virtual reality improves older adults' memory.

29. What is Meredith Thompson's attitude toward the research?

A. satisfied. B. enthusiastic.

C. cautious. D. concerned.

30. According to the scientists, the research needs to be improved due to ________.

A. the lack of financial support. B. the limited pool of participants.

C. the unsatisfying test performance. D. the impractical application in real world.

31. Where may the passage come from?

A. A novel. B. A review.

C. A magazine. D. A guidebook.

D

The Gata used to look annoyed when they received power bills that routinely topped $200. Last September the couple moved into a 1,500-square-foot home in Premier Gardens, an area of 95 “zero-energy homes” (ZEH) just outside town. Now they're actually eager to see their electricity bills. The grand total over the 10 months they've lived in the three-bedroom house: $75. For the past two months, they haven’t paid a cent.

ZEH communities are the leading edge of technologies that might someday create houses that produce as much energy as they consume. Premier Gardens is one of a half-dozen subdivisions (住宅开发项目) in California where every home cuts power consumption by 50%, mostly by using low power appliances and solar panels.

Aside from the panels on the roof, Premier Gardens looks like a community of traditional homes. But inside, special windows cut power bills by blocking solar heat in summer and keeping indoor warmth winter.

The rest of the energy savings comes from the solar units. They don't just feed the home they serve. If they generate more power than the home is using, the excess flows into the utility's power grid(电网). The residents are billed by “net metering”: they pay for the amount of power that they get from the grid, minus the kilowatts(千瓦) they feed into it. If a home generates more power than it uses, the bill is zero.

That sounds like a bad deal for the power company, but it's not. Solar homes produce the most power on the hot sunny afternoons when everyone rushes home to turn up the air conditioner. "It helps us lower usage at peak power times," says solar expert Mike Keesee. “That lets us avoid building costly plants or buying expensive power at peak usage time.”

What’s not to like? Mostly the costs. The special features can add $25,000 or more to the purchase price of a house. Tax breaks bring the cost down, especially in California, but in many states ZEHs can be extremely expensive. For the consumer, it's a matter of paying now for the hardware to save later on the power bill.

32. Why is the Gata eager to see their electricity bills now?

A. They want to cut down their utility' expenses.

B. They want to know if they are able to pay.

C. They want to see how much they have saved.

D. They want to avoid being overcharged.

33. What is special about the ZEH communities?

A. They are built in harmony with the environment.

B. They have created cutting edge technologies.

C. They are subdivided into half a dozen sections.

D. They aim to be independent in power supply.

34. What does the "net metering" practice mean to the power company?

A. More pressure at peak time B. Reduced operational costs.

C. Increased electricity output. D. Less profits in the short term.

35. The author believes that buying a house in a ZEH community __________.

A. is a worthy investment in the long run B. is but a dream for average consumers

C. gives the owner great tax benefits D. contributes to environmental protection

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

You run into the grocery store to pick up one bottle of water. You get what you need, head to the front, and choose the line that looks fastest.

You chose wrong. People who you swear got in other lines long after you are already checked out and off to the parking lot. ___36___

It turns out, it’s just math working against you; chances are, the other line really is faster.

Grocery stores try to have enough employees at checkout to get all their customers through with minimum delay. ___37___Any small interruption-a price check, a chatty customer-can have downstream effects, holding up an entire line.

If there are three lines in the store, delays will happen randomly at different registers. Think about the probability:____38____So it's not just in your mind: Another line probably is moving faster.

Researchers have a good way to deal with this problem. Make all customers stand in one long, snaking line- called a serpentine line-and serve each person at the front with the next available register. ___39___This is what they do at most banks and fast-food restaurants. With a serpentine line, a long delay at one register won't unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will slow down everyone a little bit but speed up checkout overall.

____40____It takes many registers to keep one line moving quickly, and some stores can't afford the space or manpower. So wherever your next wait may be: Good luck.

A. Why does this always seem to happen to you?

B. So why don’t most places encourage serpentine lines?

C. Some of the may have stood in a queue for almost an hour.

D. The chances of your line being the fastest are only one in three.

E. How high is the probability that you are in the fastest waiting line?

F. With three registers, this method is much faster than the traditional approach.

G. But sometimes, as on a Sunday afternoon, the system gets particularly busy.

第三部分 语言运用 （共三节，满分30分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Five years ago, I left my job to work on a ship. My friends said that working on a ship would ____41____my career, but I was willing to take the risk.

____42____ for the adventure, I boarded a ship with 2,000 passengers and crew. To my ____43____, the ship was well equipped. That first voyage was a learning experience. There was so much new information to ____44____. Even remembering which uniform to wear each day was a ____45____. The most confusing thing was that I often forgot to ____46____ my clock when the ship crossed time zones.

As a doctor, I was ____47____ for the 600 crew. The ship’s medical center was ____48____ a floating emergency room, and we didn’t have a team of specialists for a second ____49____. With long hours’ work, it required a strong will.

As many of the passengers were elderly, heart attacks could _____50_____ anywhere and emergency evacuations (疏散) were difficult to arrange. I remember one such patient, who was taken off the ship halfway. After a(n)_____51_____ ride in an old ambulance, I was relieved that the patient arrived at a hospital safely.

Thankfully, the job had several unexpected benefits to me. I _____52_____ the passenger facilities and I even _____53_____ as a tour guide on trips ashore.

Now, I understand being a doctor on a ship is not a job － it’s a way of _____54_____. I lose my career ambition, _____55_____ I know what happiness is in my life.

41. A. block B. build C. ruin D. improve

42. A. Hungry B. Skillful C. Suitable D. Thankful

43. A. anger B. disappointment C. scare D. relief

44. A. take in B. figure out C. give up D. pass on

45. A. lesson B. risk C. challenge D. choice

46. A. watch B. repair C. check D. set

47. A. powerful B. responsible C. helpful D. grateful

48. A. probably B. especially C. certainly D. actually

49. A. examination B. argument C. opinion D. movement

50. A. happen B. break C. stop D. disappear

51. A. amazing B. boring C. exciting D. scaring

52. A. cleaned B. enjoyed C. fixed D. protected

53. A. volunteered B. travelled C. refused D. returned

54. A. confidence B. life C. experience D. business

55. A. though B. unless C. but D. or

卷Ⅱ(非选择题 共55分)

第二节 单词拼写 (共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分)

阅读下面句子, 根据汉语提示在空白处填入1个适当的单词。

注：所填单词要求1—4册课本复习词汇。

56. What you told me about your country ________ (扩大) my horizons and aroused my interest in foreign culture. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

57. He made advances to Hollywood, ________ (主演) with Julianne Moore in Nine Months. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

58. The moment I heard the good news, I offered my ________ (祝贺) to her over the phone. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

59. He then goes back and briefly ________ (耳语) something into the blonde’s ear. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

60. With the rapid progress development of artificial ________ (智能，智慧), our life in the future is sure to be totally different from today. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

61. I’d like to inquire some information concerning the position ________ (公布，登广告) in yesterday’s newspaper. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

62. I find that doing physical exercise a couple of times a week makes me more _______________ (精力充沛). (根据汉语意思单词拼写)

63. There is clear ________ (证据) that children who take music lessons develop a better memory compared with children who have no musical training. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

64. They would be able to reply to our ________ (信号) using similar methods. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

65. As is known to all language learners, newly learnt words will soon be forgotten unless ________ (经常) used in everyday communication. (根据汉语提示单词拼写）

第三节 单句语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

阅读下面句子, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

66. David went to Australia for his holiday last week, which accounted ________ his absence from Linda’s birthday party. (用适当的词填空)

67. A number of trees ________(cut) down to make way for the highway in recent years, which makes us very upset. (所给词的适当形式填空）

68. The young man disappeared into the crowd ________ I could express my thanks to him. (用适当的词填空)

69. ________(recover) from depression, Shimakage decided to share his experience online with those suffering from the same disease. (所给词的适当形式填空）

70. When we arrive at ________ used to be called the City of Fog, we found London had completely changed. (用适当词填空)

71. The designer, as well as the models, ________(interview) shortly after they finished their amazing performance. (所给词的适当形式填空）

72. Students should have a proper attitude ________ college before thinking about which college to attend. (用适当的词填空)

73. The Voice of China has set up a stage________ some people can realize their dreams. (用适当的词填空)

74. It was the culture, rather than the language, ________ made it hard for him to adapt to the new environment abroad. (用适当的词填空)

75. After he retired, the old man did all he could to protect the old temple from ________ (damage). (所给词的适当形式填空）

第四部分 写作 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节 应用文写作（满分15分）

76. 假如你是你校学生会主席李华，为庆祝建党100周年，你校决定举办一场学生书画作品展，主题为“我心中的祖国”，现向全校同学征集作品。请你代表学生会写一则通知。

内容包括：

1.展览的时间、地点； 2.作品内容；3.截止日期。

注意：1.词数80左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

参考词汇：建党the founding of the CPC

Notice

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Student Union

第二节 读后续写（满分25分）

77. 阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。续写的词数应为150左右。

There was something in the elderly woman’s grace that caught my eye. Although slow and unsure of her steps, the woman moved with deliberation (从容), and there was no hesitation in her gestures.

It was a few years ago, and I had taken a part - time holiday - season job in a video. store at the local shopping mall. From inside the store, I could see the people outside rushing by.

The elderly woman entered the store, along with her daughter, who was displaying a serious case of impatience, rolling her eyes, sighing and checking her watch every few seconds. I guessed if she had possessed a rope, she would have fastened it to her mother to drag her along to keep step with the rush of other shoppers.

The elderly woman separated from her daughter and began to seek through the DVDs on the nearest shelf. After the slightest hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled up at me and showed me a title written on an old piece of paper.

Rather than rush off to locate the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it. Looking back, I thought I wanted to enjoy her company for a moment.

Something about her deliberate movements reminded me of my own mother, who’d passed away the previous Christmas. I missed my mom and still felt regretful about the moments when I’d used my impatience to make her life unhappy.

As we walked along the back of the store, I introduced its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, science fiction. The woman seemed glad of the unrushed company and casual conversation.

We found the DVD and she thanked me, saying that it was the one she’d enjoyed when she was her daughter’s age. Unwillingly, I accompanied her to the cash register, realizing I had to return the elderly woman to her daughter, who was still tapping her foot at the front of the store.

Paragraph 1: As the elderly woman was waiting in the queue at the cash register, I walked over to her daughter.

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Paragraph 2: Together they made their way toward the store’s exit.

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