1、安徽省滁州市定远县民族中学届高三英语上学期期中试题安徽省滁州市定远县民族中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题; 每1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个，从题中所给的、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和阅读下一。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What is the speakersdecision about dinner tonight?A .Doing some cooking at homeB. Ordering hamburgers and milk.C. Ea
2、ting at an Italian restaurant2.What made the woman worried?A. The annoying neighbor. B. The unknown noise.C. The dangerous fireworks.3. What does the girl think of maths?A. Easy B. Hard C. Interesting4. Why does the woman talk to the man?A .To express her thanks. B. To ask her sons condition. C. To
3、learn about the mans job5. What are the speakers going to do?A .Buy a birthday cake.B. Make a birthday card.C .Organize a birthday party第二节 （共15小题；每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，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，每5秒钟听完后，各将给出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 ar
4、e the speakers discussing?A. What to drinkB. Where to park the car.C Whether to look around the city.7. Where will the speakers go next?A. Their home B. The square. C. The mall听下面一段对话，回答第8到第10三个小题。8. Why didnt the woman sign up for the trip?A. She had no interestB. She had no money.C. She had no tim
5、e9. What can be seen during this trip?A Modern famous artworksB Great books in the last centuryC. Daily life before the Internet era10. How does the woman feel about missing the trip?A Regretful B. Indifferent C. Worried听下面一段对话，回答第11至第13三个小题。11 Which meal does the woman skip?A. Breakfast B .Lunch C
6、.Supper.12. Who made the woman have the idea of losing weight?A. Her good friends. B. Her roommatesC. Her doctor.13. What does the man expect the woman to do?A Pay attention to her healthB. Stick to her plans for weeksC. Ask for some professional help听下面一段对话，回答第14至第17四个小题。14. What did Nick and Mel d
7、o when they were young?A. They hosted the school radio showB. They studied in the music schoolC. They went to live concerts15. Who supported Nick and Mel in forming the band?A. Their motherB. A music companyC. Two musicians16. What does Nick say about the band?A. It played for the locals freeB. It l
8、acked fans supportC. It had a smooth start17. For what has Nick delayed recording the second album?A. His illnessB. His college coursesC. Poor sales of the single听下面一段独白，回答第18至第20三个小题。18. What is the speaker mainly doing?A Giving a lectureB Recommending a bookC. Introducing a new research19. What ca
9、n we learn about the book?A. It stresses the necessity of eye contact.B. It includes the speakers new studyC. It might be about hand gesture.20. What does the speakers view focus on?A. Blind peoples communicationB. The natural ability to gestureC. Development of body language第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节
10、（共15小题；每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或D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A “Did you hear what happened to Adam last Friday?” Lindsey whispers to Tori. With her eyes shining, Tori brags, “You bet I did. Sean told me two days ago.” What are Lindsey and Tori talking about? It just happens to be yours truly, Ad
11、am Freedman. I can tell you that what they are saying is (a) not nice and (b) not even true. Still, Lindsey and Tori arent very different from most students here at Linton High School, including me. Many of our conversations are gossip（闲话）. I have noticed three effects of gossip: it can hurt people,
12、 it can give gossipers a strange kind of satisfaction, and it can cause social pressures in a group.An important negative effect of gossip is that it can hurt the person being talked about. Usually, gossip spreads information about a topicbreakups, troubles at home, even dropping outthat a person wo
13、uld rather keep secret. The more embarrassing or shameful the secret is, the juicer the gossip it makes. Probably the worst type of gossip is the absolute lie. People often think of gossipers as harmless, bur cruel lies can cause pain.If we know that gossip can be harmful, then why do so many of us
14、do it? The answer lies in another effect of gossip: the satisfaction it gives us. Sharing the latest rumor can make a person feel important because he or she knows something that others dont. Similarly, hearing the latest rumor can make a person feel like part of the “in group”. In other words, goss
15、ip is satisfying because it gives people a sense of belonging or even superiority（优越感）.Gossip can also have a third effect: it strengthens unwritten, unspoken rules about how people should act. Professor David Wilson explains that gossip is important in policing behaviors in a group. Translated into
16、 high school terms, this means that if everybody you hang around with is laughing at what John wore or what Jane said, then you can bet that wearing or saying something similar will get you the same kind of negative attention. The dos and donts conveyed through gossip will never show up in any stude
17、nt handbook.The effects of gossip vary depending on the situation. The next time you feel the urge to spread the latest news, think about why you want to gossip and what effects your “juicy story” might have.21.An important negative effect of gossip is that it _.A. breaks up relationshipsB. embarras
18、ses the listenerC. spreads information aroundD. causes unpleasant experiences22.In the authors opinion, many people like to gossip because it _.A. gives them a feeling of pleasureB. helps them to make more friendsC. makes them better at telling storiesD. enables them to meet important people23.Profe
19、ssor David Wilson thinks that gossip can _.A. provide students with written rulesB. help people watch their own behavioursC. force schools to improve student handbooksD. attract the polices attention to group behaviours24.What advice does the author give in the passage?A. Never become a gossiper.B.
20、Stay away from gossipers.C. Dont let gossip turn into lies.D. Think twice before you gossip.BAttitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technologic I shift.It is not always the case, t
21、hough. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars y there doesnt seem to be a dear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether theyd like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not
22、.The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how varying the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now-and no one can get one yet-but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly involved.Actua
23、lly, this isnt surprising. Whereas older generations are sometimes unwilling to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited moving or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use-cases for dr
24、iverless cars.This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones.When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are easily noticeable based on factors not related to age. College graduates, for
25、example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education. 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less.Where a person lives matters, too. More people who li
26、ve in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.While theres reason to believe that interest in 8elf-driving cars is going up across the hoard, a persons age will have little to Ho with how self-driving cars can become mainstream. Once driverless
27、cars are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.25.Which of the following can be the influence of a new technology, according to the passage?A. It often reads to great inventions in other related fields.B. It contributes greatly to the advance o
28、f society as a whole.C. It further widens the gap between the old and the young.D.It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.26.Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people?A. It helps with their moving.B. It saves their money and energy.C. It adds to the safety of their
29、 travel.D. It makes their life more interesting27.What is likely to affect ones attitude toward the driverless car?A. The length of their driving experience.B. The amount of training they received.C. The location of their living place.D. The field of their special interest.CGeorge Aldrich, whose off
30、icial title is chemical specialist, works at NASAs White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. He uses his nose to protect astronauts from unpleasant or harmful odors (气味). His near four-decade career has involved smelling objects from technical handbooks to astronauts personal things.Its crucial that
31、all items taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are odorless. Since astronauts are allowed to bring personal items aboard, all their objects must be smell-checked before leaving Earth. In a video provided by Science Channel, Aldrich relates one specific occasion when an astronaut wanted
32、 to build a ship in a bottle in space. Everything in the ship-building process had to be sniffedright down to the glue.Aldrich and his team are responsible for making sure that objects are not only odorless but also harmless to astronauts. When the ISS heats up, a process called off-gassing occurs, which means chemicals flow out from certain substances (物质). Objec
