1、英语河北省衡水市景县中学届高三上学期期中考试20162017高三英语期中试题考试时间：120分钟 第I卷第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5个小题；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，从每题所给的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. Why doesnt the man want the first T-shirt？A. Its too expens
2、ive. B. Its too big. C. Its too small.2. What will Nancy do tonight?A. See a movie. B. Stay at home. C. Go shopping.3. How will the woman travel to Beijing?A. By air. B. By train. C. By car.4. When should the man return the books?A. By December 30th.B. By December 13th.C. By December 3rd.Z5. What do
3、 we know about the boy?A. His room is always messy.B. Hes asked to clean up the room later.C. He wants to go on a picnic first.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，从题中所给出的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，听完后各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答6、7题。6. How much wil
4、l the man pay?A. 2.50. B. 5.00. C. 7.85.7. What will the woman give to the man next?A. Some envelopes. B. His change. C. Some airmail stickers.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. What did the guy take when he climbed up the skyscraper?A. Cups. B. Ropes. C. Wires.9. What happened when he got to the top of the building
5、?A. He was arrested. B. He was applauded. C. He was fined.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What is the woman planning to do?A. Visit the Art Museum. B. Meet her friend. C. Go shopping.11. What time is it now?A. Around 4:30 p.m. B. Around 5:15 p.m. C. Around 5:30 p.m.12. Why does the man suggest the woman take a
6、 taxi downtown?A. Its the easiest way.B. Its the cheapest.C. Therere no buses going there.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. What are the speakers talking about?A. Roberts plans after graduation.B. The good news from the womans father.C. The womans plans for work.14. What is the mans major probably in university?
7、A. Electronics. B. Engineering. C. Computer.15. Who owns a construction company?A. The mans father.B. The womans uncle.C. The mans uncles friend.16. How long will the man stay in Austin?A. For one year. B. For two years. C. For four days.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the talk mainly about?A. An unus
8、ual experience.B. A special kind of animal.C. Fun activities in the Yellowstone Park.18. What did the family do first when they got to the park?A. They put up their tent.B. They went exploring.C. They had a rest.19. What was Toms suggestion?A. Waiting patiently for the bear to come out.B. Putting so
9、me honey outside the tent.C. Shouting at the bear to drive him away.20. Where did they sleep that night?A. In the tent. B. In the car. C. In a hotel.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题：每小题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和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AAs a boy, Charles Robert Darwin(达尔文) collected anything that
10、caught his interest: insects, coins and interesting stones. He was not very clever, but Darwin was good at doing the things that interested him. His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career. But Charles found the lectures bori
11、ng. Then his father sent him to Cambridge University to study to be a priest. While at Cambridge, Darwins interest in zoology and geography grew. Later he got a letter from Robert FitzRoy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship, the Beagle. He wanted a naturalist to join the shi
12、p, and Darwin was recommended(推荐). That voyage was the start of Darwins great life.$来&源： As the Beagle sailed around the world, Darwin began to wonder how life had developed on earth. He began to observe everything. After he was home, he set to work, getting his collection in order. His first great
13、work The Zoology of the Beagle was well received, but he was slow to make public his ideas on the origin of life. Later Darwin and Wallace, another naturalist who had the same opinions as Darwin, produced a paper together. Darwins great book “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”(物
14、种起源) appeared. It attracted a storm. People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea! Although most scientists agreed that Darwin was right, the Church was still so strong that Darwin never received any honors for his work. Afterwards, he published anothe
15、r great work, The Descent of Man. His health grew worse, but he still worked. “When I have to give up observation, I shall die,” he said. He was still working on 17, April, 1882. He was dead two days later.21. Darwins father sent him to Edinburgh to _. A. make him like natural history B. make him be
16、come a doctor C. let him change his hobbies D. have him give up his collection22. According to the passage, Charles Darwins whole life was changed by _. A. his study at Cambridge University B. his collection of coins C. the naturalists at Cambridge D. the voyage of the B23. The underlined part “they
17、 were descended from monkeys” probably means “_”. A. they gave monkeys life B. they were different from monkeys C. they were developed from monkeys D. they had to live with monkeysBSleep deprivation(缺失)is an important hidden factor in lowering the achievement of school pupils, according to researche
18、rs carrying out international education tests. It is a particular problem in richer countries with sleep experts linking it to the use of mobile phones and computers in bedroom late at night. Sleep deprivation is such a serious problem that lessons have to be dragged down to a lower level to suit sl
19、eep-deprived learners, the study found. The international comparison, carried out by Boston College, found the United States to have the highest number of sleep-deprived students, with 73% of 9- and 10-year-olds and 80% of 13- and 14-year-olds identified by their teachers as being negatively affecte
20、d. In literacy(读写能力) tests there were 76% of 9- and 10-year-olds lacking sleep. This was much higher than the international average of 47% of primary pupils needing more sleep and 57% among the secondary age group. Other countries with the most sleep-deprived youngsters were New Zealand, Saudi Arabi
21、a, Australia, England, Ireland and France. High-performing Finland is also among the most lacking in sleep. Countries with the best records for getting enough sleep include Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Japan and Malta.The analysis was part of the huge date-gathering process
22、for global education rankings, the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study(TIMSS)and Progress in International Reading Literacy Study(PIRLS) “I think we underestimate the impact of sleep. Our data show that across countries internationally, on average, children who have more sleep achi
23、eve higher in maths, science and reading. That is exactly what our data show,” says Chad Minnich of the TIMSS and PIRLS International Study Center. “Its the same link for children who are lacking basic nutrition,” says Mr Minnich, based at the Lynch School of Education, Boston College. “If you are u
24、nable to concentrate, to attend mentally, you are unable to achieve at your best level, because your mind and body are in need of something more basic. Sleep is a fundamental need for all children. If teachers report such large proportions of children suffering from lack of sleep, its having a signi
25、ficant impact. But worse than that, teachers are having to adjust their instruction based on those children who are suffering from a lack of sleep. The children who are suffering from a lack of sleep are driving down instruction.”That means that even the children who are getting enough sleep are sti
26、ll suffering from this sleep-related lowering.24.What did the researchers of Boston College try to find? A. Why children dont get enough sleep B. How many hours children sleep every night C. The relationship between sleep and test results D. The relationship between sleep and health25. Many children
27、 suffer from sleep deprivation because _. A. they sit in front of the TV for too long B. they can hardly sleep soundly and deeply C. their homework occupies too much of their time D. modern technological devices consume a lot of their time26. Which of the following countries has the most sleep-depri
28、ved students? A. Japan B. Malta C. Finland D. Portugal27. Why are children who get enough sleep also victims? A. Because they are disturbed by sleep-deprived students B. Because teaching is driven down by sleep-deprived students C. Because they have to spend time helping sleep-deprived students D. B
29、ecause the teachers waste time disciplining sleep-deprived studentsCAfter spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled(回忆), Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,”
30、 her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home. “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said , You have to let me in . ”“Impressed-she was a National Merit (全国英才) finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil-Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing f
31、or the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,” her mother said.On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled(炮击) the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack. “S
32、he was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Mrs. Colvin said. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.” Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you
