莆田一中2018-2019学年上学期期末考试
高三 英语
命题人：郑丽玉 卓美芳 审核人：邹荔生 陈亚妹
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. Where is the man’s passport?
A. In his car. B. In his bag. C. In his pocket.
2. What will the woman do next?
A. Get off at the next stop.
B. Walk to the university.
C. Take the downtown bus.
3. What does the woman like best about the shirt?
A. The price. B.The color. C. The material.
4. What does the man say about Stephanie?
A. She will get well soon.
B. She is coming to the beach.
C. She has a very bad cold.
5. Where does this conversation probably take place?
A. At a clothing store. B. In a tailor’s shop. C. At a laundry.
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。每段对话后有几个小题，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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6. According to the man, what is special at the Salvadoran restaurant?
A. Corn pancakes. B. A certain kind of soup. C.A special drink.
7. Where is El Salvador?
A. In South America. B. In Central America. C. In the north of Mexico.
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. How did the man learn about the job?
A. From an agency. B. From the Internet. C. From the newspaper.
9. What will the man probably do next?
A. Pick up an application from the woman.
B. Start working right away.
C. Learn to type faster.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. What season do the two speakers talk about?
A. Winter. B. Autumn. C. Summer.
11. What does the woman think about watching movies?
A. It’s so exciting. B. It’s too expensive. C. It’s too boring.
12. What do we know about the woman?
A. She paid too much to watch a movie.
B. She will have a date with the man tonight.
C. She hasn’t been used to the weather there.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13. Where are the speakers?
A. In Chicago. B. In Los Angeles. C. In Connecticut.
14. What does the woman finally buy?
A. A heavy coat. B. A light coat. C. A wool coat.
15. What discount does the woman get for the coat?
A. Five percent. B. Ten percent. C. Fifteen percent.
16. What does the man recommend to the woman in the end?
A. Some scarves. B. Some shirts. C. Some gloves.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17. Where was the school located?
A. In the woods.
B. Two miles from a farm.
C. In the middle of a field.
18. What did all the students bring with them to school?
A. Books. B. Money. C. Food.
19. How old was the speaker on his first day at that school?
A. Fifteen years old. B. Seven years old. C. Eight years old.
20. What was the speaker confused about?
A. Why smoking was not considered bad.
B. Why they had to eat outside.
C. Why they had to go to school in summer.
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A、B、C和 D的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do by Amy Morin
You can’t escape misfortune in life. But you can change how you respond to it. Do you struggle to get over your failures? Getting over these obstacles can have a great influence on your everyday life. Morin shares how her most successfully cured patients overcame these difficulties.
How to Stop Worrying and Start Living by Dale Carnegie
Would you worry about something? Why can’t you stop worrying? Fortunately, there would be a way to deal with those worries. By defining the source of your stress, you can get over it. Carnegie came up with a timeless formula that helps you deal with any over thinking situation.
Finding Your Element by Ken Robinson
We’re supposed to graduate from high school at 18, enter university, become a professional person, get married and have children. This lifestyle may be limiting and keep us away from opportunities in which we might get better. Everyone has potential. If you don’t know what yours is, it just means you haven’t discovered it yet. Or perhaps you have it, but it was dismissed early in life. Find out how you can break free of society’s strict rules and find your calling in life.
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Do your emotions hold you back? Would you do better if your emotions were removed and you became unfeeling, logical creatures? Did you know if your pulse rate rises above 100 bpm, you’re believed too emotional to think rationally? You probably let feelings cloud your judgment more often than you know. Goleman explains how you can avoid letting your emotions rule you and make better decisions in life.
21. Which book can help you discover your own potential?
A. Emotional Intelligence.
B. Finding Your Element.
C. How to Stop Worrying and Start Living.
D. Thirteen Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do.
22. Who is a writer and doctor?
A. Amy Morin. B. Dale Carnegie. C. Daniel Goleman. D. Ken Robinson.
23. What theme are the four books about?
A. Life plans. B. Learning methods.
C. Self-improvement. D. Relational processing.
B
I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we enjoyed our coffee, a man called the waiter and placed his order, “Two cups of coffee, one on the wall.” We got interested and observed that he was served with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter attached a piece of paper to the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee.” Similar occasions took place twice while we were there. It seemed that this gesture was quite normal at this place. However, it was something unique and confusing for us.
After a few days, when we again enjoyed coffee there, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not match the standard or the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was evident from his looks. As he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” The waiter served coffee to this man with respect and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch
all this when the waiter took off a piece of paper from the wall and threw it in the dustbin.
Now it was no surprise for us; the matter was very clear. The great respect for the needy shown by people in this town moved us to tears.
Coffee is not a necessity. However, the point is that when we take pleasure in any blessing, maybe we also need to think about those people who also appreciate that specific blessing but cannot afford.
Note the waiter, who gets the communication going between the affording and the needy with a smile on his face. Think about the man in need: he enters the coffee shop without having to lower his self-dignity; he has a free cup of coffee without asking or knowing about who has given this cup of coffee to him; he only looked at the wall, placed an order for himself, enjoyed his coffee and left. Besides, we need to remember the role played by the wall that reflects the generosity and care of people in this town.
24. What made the author interested as well as confused?
A. The waiter’s making normal gestures.
B. Customers’ buying coffee for the needy.
C. The waiter’s attaching coffee orders on the wall.
D. Customers’ paying for coffee and having it put on the wall.
25. The author thought the man in need was ______.
A. not properly dressed
B. obviously poor
C. not right to leave without paying
D. strange to order coffee from the wall
26. In the author’s opinion, coffee is _____.
A. necessary in our life
B. respect shown for the needy
C. a blessing some can’t afford
D. a blessing everyone should have
27. The passage is mainly concerned about ______.
A. learning from the waiter
B. buying coffee for others
C. caring more about the people in need
D. analyzing the characters in the coffee shop
C
Norman Garmezy, a development psychologist at the University of Minnesota, met thousands of children in his four decades of research. A nine-year-old boy in particular stuck with him. He has an alcoholic mother and an absent father. But each day he would walk into school with a smile on his face. He wanted to make sure that no one would feel pity for him and no one would know his mother’s incompetence. The boy exhibited a quality Germezy identified as “resilience”.
Resilience presents a challenge for psychologists. It’s only when they're faced with obstacles, stress, and other environmental threats that resilience, or the lack of it, comes out. Some give in and some conquer.
Garmezy’s work opened the door to the study of the elements that could enable an individual's success despite the challenges they faced. His research indicated that some elements had to do with luck, but quite large set of elements was psychological, and had to do with how the children responded to the environment. The resilient children had what psychologists call an “internal lens of control(内控点)”. They believed that they, and not their circumstances, affected their achievements. The resilient children saw themselves as the arrangers of their own fates.
Ceorge Bonanno has been studying resilience for years at Columbia University’s Teachers College. He found that some people are far better than others at dealing with adversity. This difference might come from perception(认知) whether they think of an event as painful, or as an opportunity to learn and grow. Stressful or traumatic events themselves don't have much predictive power when it comes to life outcomes. “Exposure to potentially traumatic events does not predict later functioning,” Bonanno said. “It’s only predictive if there’s a negative response.” In other words, living through adversity doesn’t guarantee that you'll suffer going forward.
The good news is that positive perception can be taught. “We can make ourselves more or less easily hurt by how we think about things,” Bonanno said. In research at
Columbia, the neuroscientist Kevin Ochsner has shown that teaching people to think of adversity in different ways changes how they experience and
28. According to the passage, which of the following best explains the individual’s ability “resilience”?
A. To think critically. B. To decide one’s own fate.
C. To live a better life. D. To recover from misfortune.
29. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Challenges. B. The resilient children.
C. Elements. D. Internal focus of control.
30. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A. Your positive perception may turn suffering around.
B. Stressful events are more predictive than delightful events.
C. Experiencing misfortune predicts that you will go on suffering.
D. A negative response doesn’t guarantee you will suffer all the time.
31. What is the author’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To teach people how to be resilient.
B. To encourage people to live through adversity.
C. To indicate people’s perception varies from each other.
D. To compare different research findings about resilience.
D
As life in cities worldwide becomes more expensive, urban designers are using modern technology to help citizens avoid traffic jams, and shorten the time needed for bus waiting and other things. Technology is also used to cut costly waste.
In Santander, a Spanish port city, parking is easy to find. As one car drives away, an underground sensor shows that a parking space is now free. 400 sensors send messages to signs on streets, and GPS devices direct drivers to the nearest available parking spaces, reducing traffic jams. Trash is collected only when the bins are full and bus stop signs show exactly when the next bus is coming. The public parks are watered only the soil gets dry. All this is made possible by 20,000 sensors installed on buildings, street posts and even buses. They are part of the “smart city” project, launched by the
University of Cantabria seven years ago.
University researchers like Luis Munoz regularly meet with locals to discuss how to make their city even smarter. “They propose when they have ideas and sometimes even develop by themselves. Here, we give them the opportunity to see these ideas happen in real life,” said Manoz. For example, the university helped a woman create an app that outlines the easiest route for walking with a baby stroller. Another provides information to residents about their water consumption and sends an alarm to their phone if there is a leak.
The Santander smart project is attracting the attention of larger cities in Europe and elsewhere that are looking for smart solutions to urban problems.
32. What is the life like in Santander?
A. It is meaningful. B. It is full of freedom.
C. It is likely to change fast. D. It is effective and convenient
33. How can residents help Munoz’s job?
A. By offering some original or fresh ideas.
B. By showing him around the city.
C. By installing sensors themselves.
D. By using as little water as possible.
34. What does the underlined word “Another” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. A university B. A phone C. An easy route D. An app
35. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A Worldwide Problem B. A Smart City Project
C. A Creative Researcher D. A Trend in Urban Design
第二节 （共5小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10分）
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。
Recently, I’ve been following a simple rule that is helping me crush procrastination(拖延症) and making it easier for me to stick to good habits at the same time． 36 There are two parts to the 2-Minute Rule.
Part 1—If it takes less than two minutes, then do it now．
37 For example, washing your dishes immediately after your meal, tossing the laundry in the washing machine, taking out the garbage, sending that email, and so on．
If a task takes less than two minutes to complete, then follow the rule and do it right now．
Part 2—When you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do．
Can all of your goals be accomplished in less than two minutes? Obviously not. But, every goal can be started in 2 minutes or less. 38
It might sound like this strategy is too basic for grand life goals, but I beg to differ. The 2-Minute Rule works for big goals as well as small goals because of the inertia(惯性) of life. 39 I love the 2-Minute Rule because it embraces the idea that all sorts of good things happen once you get started.
The most important part of any new habit is getting started—not just the first time, but each time. It’s not about performance, it’s about consistently taking action.
I can’t guarantee whether or not the 2-Minute Rule will work for you. 40 Anyone can spare the next 120 seconds. Use this time to get one thing done. Go.
A. And that’s the purpose behind this little rule.
B. I call this little strategy the “2-Minute Rule”.
C. Here’s what you need to know to stop procrastinating.
D. But, I can guarantee that it will never work if you never try it.
E. Once you start doing something, it’s easier to continue doing it.
F. The goal is to make it easier for you to get started on the things you should be doing.
G. It’s surprising how many things we put off that we could get done in two minutes or less.
第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
When Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, Reader’s Digest wrote about impressive
rescues. The spirit of serving can be incredibly 41 . Here is a story from Annalysa Longworth, a survivor of Hurricane Maria, in her own 42 .
“The total 36 hours of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico was 43 the scariest event we’ve ever gone through. Our house sits on the north-west coast of Rincón. In the 44 , over 100 mph winds changed direction causing a great amount of water flooding our 45 . The only place left dry and safe was our kitchen floor, where we were 46 to ride out the rest of the storm. It has been 50 days since the 47 , and we are still without power and water. During our regular afternoon showers, we are glad to 48 rainwater but are quickly reminded of the people living without roofs, and how 49 it must be for them. Our emotions are consistently in a state of 50 .
Recently, our good friends told us about a video interview they were doing with Watts of Love, a solar light company. The company generously gave us a headlamp for our personal 51 and a box with 50 headlamps to distribute throughout our town. Rincón was completely blacked out so making a simple walk through a parking lot to our car is 52 . We used to rush to get things done before 53 , but now I continue daily chores in the dark. What 54 our lives most was being able to share this gift with others. We 55 the lamps house by house to the people in the mountains who needed them most, as even batteries and candles are 56 there. Even though 57 have come slowly, people have been out of work and can’t afford to 58 their electric bill. I’ll always be 59 to Watts of Love for allowing us to pay it forward and be witnesses to the smiles that 60 can bring.”
41．A．terrifying B．moving C．universal D．necessary
42．A．words B．methods C．opinions D．editions
43．A．unluckily B．uncertainly C．undoubtedly D．unsteadily
44．A．darkness B．history C．recovery D．system
45．A．school B．garden C．studio D．house
46．A．requested B．taught C．forced D．expected
47．A．performance B．progress C．rescue D．storm
48．A．collect B．observe C．apply D．research
49．A．puzzling B．awful C．amazing D．punctual
50．A．relief B．calmness C．pleasure D．sympathy
51．A．interest B． attempt C．purpose D．problem
52．A．convenient B．dangerous C．ridiculous D．awkward
53．A．sunset B． schedule C．deadline D．daybreak
54．A．ruined B．changed C．proved D．witnessed
55．A．got through B．brought out C．took off D．gave away
56．A．rare B．expensive C．adequate D．equal
57．A．reports B．survivors C． supplies D．complaints
58．A．imagine B．receive C．undertake D．choose
59．A．devoted B．familiar C．accustomed D．grateful
60．A．nature B．light C．future D．harvest
第二节 语法填空（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1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Watching a video of TED talks or an open class on the Internet, or registering for an online course to learn a new language or hobby, 61 (become) more and more popular. If your experience of the above is zero, you 62 (see) as being behind the times.
Online education is growing 63 (significant). MOOCs, or Massive Open Online Courses, are one of the platforms 64 people can register for free and have access to all online courses 65 (provide) by universities worldwide. According to their official website. MOOCs have 66 (assess) and examinations just like regular offline courses do. People signing up can participate in video illustration, discussion, 67 (submit) assignments, asking questions and a final exam. When a course is completed, users can receive 68 electronic certificate or pay for a paper copy.
The Ministry of Education said MOOCs “have enlarged the time and space of teaching, fired learners’ interest, helped more people benefit 69 high-quality educational resources and accelerated reform in many 70 (aspect) of teaching”.
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题；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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号 (∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线( \ )划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
I still remember an embarrassed experience last month. That day, I was overslept. I was running around my apartment quickly because there was something scarier for me than be late for work. I called a taxi, put a dress, threw all the necessary thing into my bag, and closed it without even looking into it. Then I took my wallet, and run out. It didn’t take much time to get to work so I was hurrying the driver at every traffic light. At last, I was in the office. Surprising, when I opened my bag, I saw the two yellow or scared eyes of my cat looking at me. She seemed to be just as shocked as I was.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，将在这个寒假到美国友好学校交流学习一个星期，并寄住Tom家。请你写一封邮件给Tom，询问对方的生活习惯，以便能够与对方友好相处，并询问自己拉二胡(erhu)是否会影响到对方。
注意：
1. 总词数100左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3. 开头与结尾已给出，不计入总次数。
Dear Tom,
I’m Li Hua, a high school student from China. _________________________________
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Yours,
Li Hua
莆田一中2018-2019学年上学期期末考试
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61．becomes/is becoming
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67．submitting
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I still remember an embarrassed experience last month. That
embarrassing
day, I was overslept. I was running around my apartment quickly because there was
something scarier for me than be late for work. I called a taxi, put∧ a dress, threw all
nothing being on
the necessary thing into my bag and closed it without even looking into it. Then I
things
took my wallet, and run out. It didn’t take much time to get to work so I was hurrying
ran because/since/as
the driver at every traffic light. At last, I was in the office. Surprising, when I opened
Surprisingly
my bag, I saw the two yellow or scared eyes of my cat looking at me. She seemed to
and
be just as shocked as I was.
书面表达
Dear Tom,
I’m Li Hua, a high school student from China. Next month I’ll go to yours school as an exchange student and stay at your home. I have something important to communicate with you.
Being of the same age, I’m sure we have much in common. Still, I would like to know something about your custom and lifestyle. For example, is there anything special I should pay attention to? Do you stay up late? As for me, I usually go to bed before 11:00 pm. Is that OK? One more thing, would you mind if I practice playing erhu, a traditional Chinese musical instrument, in my bedroom? Hopefully, we can get on well with each other and become good friends.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
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