2019高三英语期中测试卷B

高三年级英语第一学期期中考试试卷

I. Listening Comprehension

II. Grammar and vocabulary

Section A

On the morning of September 11,2001, computer sales manager Michael Hingson, who is blind, went early to his office

on the 78

th

floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center to prepare for a meeting. As Michael worked, his guide dog, a

Labrador retriever __21__ (name) Roselle, dozed by his feet.

At 8:46 a.m., a tremendous boom rocked the building, eliciting screams throughout the floor. Michael grabbed Roselle,

trusting that the dog __22__ (lead) him out of the danger, and they navigated their way to a stairwell.

“Forward,” Michael instructed, and they descended the first of 1,463 steps to the lobby. __23__ about ten floors, t

he

stairwell grew crowded and hot, and the fumes from jet fuel had made it hard to breathe.

When a woman became crazy, yelling that they wouldn’t make it. Roselle accompanied the woman __24__ she finally

petted the dog, calmed herself, and kept walking down the stairs.

Around the 30th floor, firefighters started passing Michael on their way up. Each one stopped to offer him assistance.

He declined but let Roselle be petted, __25__ (provide) many of the firefighters with __26__ would be their last experience

of unconditional love.

After about 45 minutes, Michael and Roselle reached __27__ booby, and 15 minutes later, they emerged outside to a

scene of chaos. Suddenly the police yelled for everyone to run as the South Tower began to collapse.

Michael kept a t

ight grip on Roselle’s harness, using voice and hand commands, as they ran to a street opposite the

crumbling tower. The street bounced like a trampoline, and “a deafening roar” like a hellish freight train filled the air. Ho

urs

later, Michael and Roselle made it home safely. At that moment, they thought they were __28__ (lucky ) in the world.

In the months that followed, Michael became a spokesperson for Guide Dogs for the Blind, the organization by which

Roselle __29__ (train). Together, they spread their message about trust and teamwork.

In 2004, Roselle developed a blood disorder, __30__ prevented her from guiding and touring. She died in 2011.

“I’ve had many other dogs,” Michael wrote, “but there is only one Roselle.”

Section B

Smartphone Application Tracks Mental Health

Military service is obviously rough on a service member’s mental health. According

to

some

__31__,

30

percent

of

service

members

develop

some

type

of

mental

health

issue

within

four

months

of

returning

home

after

leaving

the

army.

The

military

is

spending

more

money

than

ever

to

__32__mental

health

issues

within

the

ranks,

and

their

latest

attempt

is

a

smart

phone

application

called

the

T2

MoodTracker

application,

which

helps

service

members

keep

track

of

their

mental

health

after

leaving

the

army.

The

app

works

like

a

high-tech

diary,

allowing

users

to

__33__

emotions

and

behaviors

that

result

from

therapy,

medication,

daily

experiences

or

changes

happening

at

work

or

in

the

home.

The

smartphone

app

isn’t

supposed

to

be

a

pocket

__34__

though.

It

serves

more

as

an

extremely

accurate

and

__35__ record

of

a

service

member’s

mental

health.

Perry

Bosmajian

is

a

psychologist

with

the

National

Center

for

Telehealth

and

Technology

where

this

smart

phone

app

was

created.

He

says

this

smartphone

app

will

produce

much

more

accurate

results

on

the

__36__

conditions

of

service

members

who

have

returned

home.

“Therapists

and

physicians

often

have

to

rely

on

patient

__37__

when

trying

to

gather

information

about

symptoms

over

the

previous

weeks

or

months,”

Bosmajian

said.

”Research

has

shown

that

information

collected

after

the

fact,

especially

about

mood,

tends

to

be

__38__.

The

best

record

of

an

experience

is

when

it’s

recorded

at

the

time

and

place

it

happens.”

The

app

specifically

tracks

anxiety,

depression,

general

well-being,

life

stress,

post-traumatic

(

受伤后的）

stress

and

brain

injury.

The

daily

expressions

add

up

over

time

to

produce

a(n)

__39__

that

can

be

observed

by

physicians

and

therapists.

The

app

has

been

downloaded

more

than

5,000

times

since

it

became

__40__

on

the

Android

Market

a

year

ago.

Users

of

iPhones

can

also

have

access

to

the

app

some

time

next

year.

III. Reading Comprehension

Section A: Cloze

Though people have discussed the relationship between science and nature for many years, there is no consensual(

统一

的

) explanation. While some view science as a powerful tool in __41__ nature’s source of power, others view it as a danger.

One

example

is

Barry

Commoner’s

article,

Unraveling(

解开

)

the DNA

Myth,

which

explains

the

recent

developments

in

DNA technology and expresses __42__. Another example is Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story, The Birthmark. It is a tale

about a famous scientist, Aylmer, who seems to be unraveling nature’s deepest secrets one by one. Despite all of his __43__

a

nd vast understanding of science, Aylmer is unable to direct that knowledge into __44__ free from nature’s grasp. He was

unable to rid his wife of her birthmark and, in the end, killed her.

Despite the different presentations of the concepts, though time separated the two men, both pieces express a similar

view on the relationship between science and nature. Both pieces suggest that nature is __45__ and holds wonders, secrets,

and powers that many scientists constantly dream about discovering. Although there is a gap of one hundred and sixty years,

Commoner

still

shares

and

gives

evidence

to

Hawthorne’s

beliefs

that

there

is

a

unique

__46__

in

nature

that

cannot

be

discovered or understood through science and that the __47__ to uncover nature’s secrets are

__48__ and can lead to disaster.

According to Commoner, nature’s universal power continues to prevent and control their discoveries. Commoner criticizes

and __49__ doubt on the true power of science.

As Commoner’s article suggests, nature only allows

science to have limited power and success. Both men believe that

complete

trust

in

science

is

__50__,

however

wonderful

and

groundbreaking

some

scientific

discoveries

are.

Commoner

believes that people only seem to focus on the few achievements, while avoiding and ignoring all of the laws. For example,

“most clones exhibit developmental failure before or soon after birth”. By stressing all of the __51__ and shortcomings of

science, he conveys the notion that nature’s secrets are well kept and far from being

understood and __52__ by man. The

government

and

private

companies

have

invested

billions

of

dollars

in

mapping

the

human

genome,

but

we still

have

no

__53__ for it. Such a discovery is useless, however interesting it might be.

Commoner’s article clearly

represents science as weak and useless, but more importantly, dangerous. It gives evidence

to

support

the

suggested

dangers

__54__

with

science’s

attempts

to

discover

nature’s

power.

If

the

result

is

not

__55__

dangerous, it can still have harmful side effects.

41.

A. building

B. defining

C. showing

D. uncovering

42.

A. concerns

B. views

C. findings

D. achievements

43.

A. interests

B. ambitions

C. discoveries

D. thoughts

44.

A. preventing

B. earning

C. destroying

D. breaking

45.

A. mysterious

B. powerful

C. fantastic

D. special

46.

A. prosperity

B. perfection

C. improvement

D. integrity

47.

A. beliefs

B. experiences

C. actions

D. attempts

48.

A. disappointing

B. meaningful

C. useless

D. significant

49.

A. throws

B. expresses

C. holds

D. casts

50.

A. improper

B. unbelievable

C. dangerous

D. unwise

51.

A. reforms

B. failures

C. experiments

D. changes

52.

A. controlled

B. digested

C. shared

D. applied

53.

A. question

B. doubt

C. hope

D. use

54.

A. provided

B. supplied

C. associated

D. compared

55.

A. directly

B. especially

C. definitely

D. necessarily

Section B

(A)

Look

to

many

of

history’s

cultural

symbols,

and

there

you’ll

find

an

ancestor

of

Frosty,

the

snowman

in

the

movie

Frozen. It appeared on some of the first postcards, starred in some of the earliest silent

movies, and was the subject of a

couple of the earliest photos, dating all the way back to the 1800s. I discovered even more about one of humanity’s ear

liest

forms of life art during several years of research around the world.

For example, snowmen were a phenomenon in the Middle Ages, built with great skill and thought. At a time of limited

means of expression, snow was like free art supplies dropped from the sky. It was a popular activity for couples to leisurely

walk through town to view the temporary works of chilly art. Some were created by famous artists, including a 19-year-old

Michelangelo, who in 1494 was appointed by the ruler of Florence, Italy,

to build a snowman in his mansion’s courtyard.

The Miracle of 1511 took place during six freezing works called the Winter of Death. The city of Brussels was covered

in

snowmen

—

an

impressive

scene

that

told

stories

on

every

street

corner.

Some

were

political

in

nature,

criticizing

the

church

and

government.

Some

were

a

reflection

of

people’s

imagination.

For

the

people

of

Brussels,

this

was

a

defining

moment of defining freedom. At least until spring arrived, by which time they were dealing with damaging floods.

If you fear the heyday of the snowman has passed, don’t worry: I’ve learned that some explosive snowman history is

still

being

made

today.

Every

year

since

1818,

the

people

of

Zurich,

Switzerland,

celebrate

the

beginning

of

spring

by

blowing up a snowman. On the third Monday of April, the holiday Sechselauten is kicked off when a cotton snowman called

the Boogg is stuffed with explosive and paraded through town by bakers and other tradesmen who throw bread to the crowds.

The parade ends with the Boogg being placed on a 40-foot pile of firewood. After the bells of the Church of St. Peter have

rung six times, representing the passing of winter, the pile is lit. When the snowman explodes, winter is considered officially

over

—

the quicker it is burnt down, the longer summer is said to be.

56.

According to the passage, why did snowmen become a phenomenon in the Middle Ages?

A. People thought of snow as holy art supplies.

B. People longed to see masterpieces of snow.

C. Building snowmen was a way for people to express themselves.

D. Building snowmen helped people develop their skill and thought.

57.

“The heyday of the snowman” (paragraph 4) means the time when _________.

A. snowmen were made mainly by artists

B. snowmen enjoyed great popularity

C. snowmen were politically criticized