江苏省盐城市阜宁中学2021-2022学年高三下学期期中考试英语试题+答案

2021~2022学年春学期高三年级期中考试
英语试题
命题人：
分值：150分时间：120分钟
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题：每小题15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三个选项中远出最佳远项。
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.How much will the woman pay for the new sheet?
A.s25.
B.$20.90
C.s20.19.
2.Why has the woman been away for so long?
A.She talked with Lily outside..
B.She had trouble parking her car
C.She went shopping with Lily.
3.What does the woman think of her piano lessons?
A.Time-consuming.B.Easy.
C.Rewarding.
4.What does the man advise the woman to do?
A.Listen to music.
B.Take responsibility.C.Go for a walk.
5.What does the man want to do?
A.Buy a book.
B.Order a dish.
C.Book a room.
第二节（共15小题：每小题15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至7题.
6.Where does the conversation probably take place?
A.In a factory.
B.In a shop.
C.In a friend's house.
7.When will the woman probably come again?
A.Next Thursday.
B.Next Friday.
C.Next Saturday.
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8.What are the speakers talking about?
A.The way of educating kids.
B.Parents'attitude to fashion.
C.Parent-child relationship.
9.What does the man advise the woman to do?
A.Talk to her parents.
B.Ignore her parents.
C.Live without her parents.
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。
10.What are the two speakers doing?
A.Expressing their likes and dislikes.
B.Comparing two amusement parks.
C.Making a plan for the weekend.
11.Where do they decide to go?
A.Newport Water World.B.Oldfield Adventure Park.C.A small zoo near home.
12.Which of the following will the speakers do this weekend?
A.See the animals.
B.Go swimming.
C.Eat at a restaurant.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13.What's the relationship between the speakers?
A.Co-workers.
B.A couple.
C.Friends.
14.Why was the man late for home?
A.The traffic was busy.B.He had much work to do.C.The gym was crowded.
15.What's wrong with the woman's work?
A.Her boss isn't satisfied with her work.
B.She is trapped in a project with Dan.
C.She can't cooperate with her colleagues.
16.What will the woman probably do next?
A.Rest and relax.
B.Clean the room.
C.Wash the dishes.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.How long has cherry blossom viewing been going on in Japan?
A.About 400 years.
B.About 700 years.
C.About 1400 years.
18.What can you do at cherry blossom festivals according to the text?
A.Consume some food.B.Plant cherry trees.
C.Dance to music.
19.In which city are the cherry blossoms at peak in May?
A.Okinawa.
B.Hokkaido.
C.Honshu.
20.Which of the following can best describe cherry blossom festivals?
A.Enjoyable and relaxing.B.Funny and joyful.
C.Entertaining and inspiring.
第二部分阅读（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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
Most of us have dreamed of being a great inventor to create something great.However,just because
someone's invented something,it doesn't mean that they're happy with the end result.
Albert Einstein--The Atomic Bomb
It's Albert Einstein's work that made the creation of the atomic bomb possible.However,years later
Einstein regretted having signed a letter to President Roosevelt urging him to support the research into nuclear
chain reactions,because he believed the Germans were already working on it."Had I known that the Germans
would not succeed in producing an atomic bomb,"he said,"I would have never lifted a finger."
Ethan Zuckerman--The Pop-up Advertisement
If you've ever found yourself yelling at your computer screen in frustration as yet another pop-up ad
leaps into view,Zuckerman is the person to blame."The business model that got us funded was advertising.
The model was analyzing users'personal homepages so we could better target ads to them.Along the way,
we ended up creating one of the most hated tools in the advertiser's toolkit:the pop-up ad,"Zuckerman
explained.
Bob Propst-The Office Cubicle(隔间)
In the 1960s,Bob Propst introduced the office cubicle to Americans.It was designed to "give knowledge
workers a more flexible environment than the rat-maze boxes of offices "Companies saw his invention as a
way to save money,doing away with individual offices and replacing them with open plans and cubicles.
However,Propst came to complain his invention."The cubiclizing of people in modem corporations is
extremely mad and stupid,"he said.
21.What is the initial purpose of the last two inventions?
A.To save money.
B.To entertain the users.
C.To impress the companies.
D.To benefit the companies.
22.What do the three inventions have in common?
A.They have been widely used in our daily life.
B.They are disliked by all those who use them.
C.Their inventors regretted their creations.
D.The inventions could save a lot of money.
23.In which section of a magazine may this text appear?
A.Technology.
B.Business.
C.Education.
D.Story.
For most children,bath time is fun.But four-year-old Harry Floyd used to have a very different
We are well past the 1940s,but her observation is still relevant.Sayers'point is well taken.In the world
experience-soon after climbing into the water he felt itchy from head to foot.
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