河北省枣强中学2016届高三上学期期中考试

英语试卷

试卷说明：

1.本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

2. 考试范围：必修一—必修三第三单元；考试时间：120分钟；试卷满分：150分

第I卷

第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）

(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. When will the military parade in Beijing start?

A. In 15 minutes. B. In 20 minutes. C. In half an hour.

2. What will the woman do this afternoon?

A. Visit her sister. B. Go to Wang Anshi Museum. C. Help with her sister’s study.

3. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?

A. The man’s Apple watch. B. The man’s brother. C. The man’s birthday.

4. What was the weather like in Australia then?

A. Rainy. B. Nice. C. Terrible.

5. Where does the conversation take place?

A. At a market. B. In a police office. C. At a bank.

(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，各小题将给出 5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或

独白读两遍。

听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。

6. How does the man feel?

A. Happy. B. Upset. C. Excited.

7. What’s wrong with the man?

A. He had a car accident. B. He was knocked down by a car.

C. He had an accident when walking on the street.

听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至10 题。

8. What’s the man’s favorite fruit?

A. Apples. B. Peaches. C. Bananas.

9. When were peaches first planted in China?

A. About 750 years ago. B. About 5,700 years ago. C. About 7,500 years ago.

10. How many researchers did the study?

A. 2. B. 3. C. 4.

听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。

11. What’s wrong with the man’s camera?

A. It’s missing. B. It’s out of date. C. It’s broken.

12. How do people usually take photos now?

A. By using cellphones and iPads. B. By using cameras. C. By photographers.

13. What’s the man’s final decision?

A. He will buy a new camera from eBay. B. He will go to a real store to buy a new camera.

C. He decides not to buy a new camera.

听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。

14. What’s the trouble with Mrs. Wang and what does she need right now?

A. Her pulse runs very slowly and needs an X-ray text.

B. She gets tired after running and needs a rest.

C. She has a stomachache and needs an operation immediately.

15. What is NOT true according to the conversation?

A. Mrs. Wang is getting fatter and fatter. B. Mrs. Wang has been sick recently.

C. Mrs. Wang’s heart is in a bad state.

16. Who has passed away in her family?

A. Mrs. Wang’s father. B. Mrs. Wang’s mother. C. Mrs. Wang’s grandfather.

听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。

17. In which country do children sing songs of spring on May Day?

A. France. B. Greece. C. Italy.

18. How do children in England deal with the pennies?

A. Buy some flowers. B. Buy gifts. C. Throw them into a well.

19. What do children in the US do on May Day?

A. Give each other gifts. B. Sing songs to each other. C. Leave flowers at the doors.

20. Where is the text taken from?

A. A class presentation. B. A TV program. C. A radio program.

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。

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Eating at a slow speed may help reduce hunger, the U.S. researchers said on Monday. Previous research suggests that the ability to control energy intake may be affected by the speed at which we eat, and a high eating rate may damage the relationship between the sensory signals and processes that control how much we eat.

In order to learn more about the link between eating speed and energy intake, researchers examined how eating speed affects calories consumed during a meal in both normal-weight subjects as well as overweight or obese subjects.

In the new study, a group of normal-weight subjects and a group of overweight or obese subjects were asked to consume two meals in a controlled environment. All subjects ate one meal slowly, took small bites, chewed thoroughly, and paused and put the spoon down between bites, and ate a second meal quickly, took large bites, chewed quickly, and did not pause and put the spoon down.

At the conclusion of the study, the researchers found only normal-weight subjects had a statistically significant reduction in caloric consumption by eating slowly. “A lack of statistical significance in the overweight and obese group may be partly due to the fact that they consumed less food during both eating conditions compared to the normal-weight subjects,” Professor Meena Shah said, “it is possible that the overweight and obese subjects felt more self-conscious, and thus ate less during the study.”

Despite the differences in caloric consumption between the normal-weight and overweight and obese subjects, the study found some similarities. Both groups felt less hungry later on after the slow meal than after the fast meal, which indicates that greater hunger suppression（抑制）among both groups could be expected from a meal consumed more slowly. Also, both the normal-weight and overweight or obese groups consumed more water during the slow meal. “The higher water intake during the slow eating condition may have affected food consumption,” said Shah. According to Shah, slowing the speed of eating may help suppress hunger levels and “may even improve the enjoyment of a meal”.

The findings were published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

21. What does the previous study have in common with the new one?

A. There is a link between eating speed and energy intake.

B. Eating at a slow speed may help feel hungry.

C. Eating too fast may damage your stomach.

D. Eating rate may affect processes controlling how much we eat.

22. What should the subjects do during the research?

A. Both groups could totally eat the meals at any speed as they liked.

B. Both groups had to consume one meal in controlled eating conditions.

C. Both groups were asked to eat one meal slowly while the other quickly.

D. One group should eat slowly while the other one quickly.

23. What caused the lack of statistically significant reduction in the overweight and obese group?

A. They were told not to eat a lot. B. In the study they had no appetite to eat.

C. They lost consciousness in the study. D. They ate less food on purpose.

24. What is the passage mainly about?

A. New research findings about how to control eating rate.

B. A study about the link between eating speed and energy intake.

C. One may feel less hungry later on after the slow meal than after the fast meal.

D. Water intake may have affected food consumption.

B

Cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy – they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.

I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. I’d never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and I’d been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldn’t work since most start-ups don’t, and I wasn’t sure what to expect. MacKenzie told me I should go for it. As a young boy, I’d been a garage inventor. I’d always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.

I was working at a financial firm in New York City with a bunch of very smart people, and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park, listened carefully to me, and finally said, “That sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didn’t already have a good job.” That logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. Seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but finally, I decided I had to give it a shot. I didn’t think I’d regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision not to try at all.

After much consideration, I took the less safe path to follow my passion, and I’m proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choices.

25. What inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?

A. His dream of being an inventor. B. The support of his wife.

C. The greatly increasing usage of the Internet. D. Millions of exciting titles.

26. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?

A. The idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.

B. He would be very excited if he tried it out.

C. He would be always having a doubt if he didn’t try.

D. The decision not to try the online bookstore would terrify him.

27. We can know from the passage that _______.

A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author

B. the author wanted someone else to try the idea

C. the author might not regret if he failed the idea

D. the author might go back to his boss if he failed

28. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. Cleverness and Kindness B. The Starting of Amazon

C. Following My Passion D. We Are What We Choose

C

Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Ex