1、 2019 届上学期高三开学摸底考试英 语第一部分听力（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 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。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。例： How much is the shirt?A.19.15. B.9.18. C.9.15.答案是 C。1. How much did each dinner cost?A$8 B
2、$16 C$642. When will John arrive?A. On the weekend. B.Within two days. C.Tomorrow.3. Which of the following countries was NOT mentioned?A. Spain. B.Sweden. C.Scotland.4. What is Ray going to do after leaving the library?A. He will have a class.B. He will go to the laboratory.C，He will go home.5. Acc
3、ording to the woman, what can the man do if he doesnt pass the test?A. He can go to college.B. He can work for his father.C. He can choose another school.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。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
4、。听第 6 段材料，回答第 6、7 题。6. How many bottles of wine does the man want at last?AOne BTwo CThree7. What do we know about the man according to the dialogue?A. The man always drinks white wine.B. The man likes German wine better than French wine.C. The man will have chicken with white wine.听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至第
5、 9 小题。8What day is it today?A. Thursday. B.Friday. C.Saturday.9. Whats the date of Janes birthday?A. April 15th. B.April 5th. C.April 4th.听第 8 段材料，回答第 10 至第 12 小题。10. What is the woman doing?A. She is visiting a friend.B. She is telling a story about herself.C. She is applying for a job.11. What doe
6、s the woman do now?A. She is a secretary.BShe is a nurse.CShe is a bank clerk.12. How long has the woman been working?A. For one year.B，For 7 years.CFor more than 7 years.听第 9 段材料，回答第 13 至第 16 小题。13. What is happening to Lisa?A. Someone in her family is sick.B. An accident happened to her friend fro
7、m Shenzhen.C. Her family will have to move to a new place.14. What does Tom think of the news?A. Hes glad for Lisa.BHes also very sad.CHes very surprised.15. According to the dialogue, what can we say about Tom?A. He knows well about Shenzhen.B. He longs for a visit to Shenzhen.C. He has once been t
8、o Shenzhen.16. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Teacher and student.B，Colleagues.CSchoolmates.听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至第 20 小题。17. What is the old man not satisfied with?A. Modern education.BModern science.CModern films.18. Why did the old man walk to the boys?A. Because he wante
9、d young children not to tell lies.B. Because he wanted to make friends with them.C. Because he was curious about what was going on.19. What were the boys doing one day?A. They were playing football merrily in the park.B. They were competing to see who could tell the biggest lie.C. They were trying t
10、o feed something to a small lonely cat.20. Why did the boys leave the cat with the old man?A. Because they thought him the right person to keep it.B. Because they believed he had told the biggest lie.C. Because the old man showed pity on the cat.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
11、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。AChina has announced its abolishing its one-child policy. What difference has itmade, statistically speaking?400 million births preventedThe one-child policy, officially in place since 1979, has prevented 400 millionbirths. Parents have faced fines and other punishm
12、ents for having more children.The majority of the decrease in Chinas fertility(生育)rate happened in the 1970s.It dropped from 5.8 children per woman in 1970 t0 2.7 in 1978. Despite the one-childpolicy the rate had only fallen t0 1.7 by 2013.21:28 baby death rateSince the one-child policy was introduc
13、ed, baby girls have become more likely todie than boys.In the 1970s, according to the United Nations, 60 males per l,000 live births diedunder the age of one. For girls the figure was 53. In the 1980s, after the one-childpolicy became official, the rate for both was 36. By the 1990s, 26 males per l,
14、000 livebirths died before the age of one-and 33 girls. The 2000s saw 21 boys per l,000 livebirths dying and 28 girls.1.16 boys born for every girlSexually selective abortions have been considered as a major cause of Chinasunusual sexual imbalance.Gietel-Basten, associate professor in social policy
15、at Oxford University, says thebirths of many girls are not registered if parents have broken the rule by having twochildren, adding officials often turn a blind eye. Its estimated there are now 33 millionmore men than women in China.4：2：1 familiesWith the ageing of Chinas population and the continua
16、tion of the one-child policy,a “4: 2 : 1”home is the description given to households in which there are fourgrandparents cared for by two working age parents, who themselves have one child.By 2050, its predicted that a quarter of Chinas population will be 65 or older. Thepredicted decline in the num
17、ber of people of working age is thought to have persuadedthe government to drop the one-child policy.21. When was the baby death rate for both boys and girls equal?A. In the 1970s. B. In the 1980s.C. In the 1990s. D. In the 2000s.22. What makes the one-child policy abolished according to the passage
18、?A. The decline of birth rate.B. The rise of baby death rate.C. The change of family structure.D. The decline of working age people.23. The passage sums up the one-child policy by .A. number B. exampleC. contrast D. analysisBlts a little hard to figure out the rules for sure, but the baby African bu
19、ffalo( 7K 午)seems to have the upper hand. The two stand a couple feet apart, staring at each other.Behind them, their mothers look on with the kind of indifference(不关心) of motherseverywhere who see their kids playing a harmless game.The alarm went off about half an hour ago, the second time tonight.
20、 Here, onebell means “elephant”, two, “rhino” (犀牛), and three and four, 1 really cantremember for what, because when youre awoken by bells in the middle of the night,your first thought wont be “Animal! ”. But as soon as I realized it was the rhino alarm,I was running for the stairs.Yet Im the only o
21、ne watching the animals stare-down. Either everyone else diedof a heart attack when the bells went off, or l was the only one in the entire hotel whodidnt turn the alarm switch to off before going to bed.The Ark, a hotel shaped like the biblical ark(圣经的方舟) , lies in the highlands ofKenyas Aberdare N
22、ational Park, about 100 kilometers north of Nairobi. At the Arksprow(船首) are huge windows overlooking a waterhole. Earlier tonight, Id watched apack of wolves, buffalos and elephants. And now, at three or so in the morning, Imdown for rhino bells. The first time, 2. 5 hours ago, it was a single blac
23、k rhino, whichcame down, got a drink, and left.Id have been sorry for the lost sleep. Ive already arranged with a guide to take meout at sunrise for the so-called “should_never_miss” bird-watching, where well get tosee 30 species, but really, how many times in your life will you get to wake up and s
24、ay,“Wow! Rhino!”? Isnt that the definition of a pretty good night? Last week we wentfrom Uganda into Kenya. Before I left home, 1 thought Id be happy with ten elephantsand five or six giraffes on the whole trip. I didnt dare to dream the rhino.24. The message that the hotels bells sent was .A. a ver
25、y wise way the author had never heard ofB. hard for the author to remember in detailC. a matter that all visitors had got used toD. like conditioned response training for animals25. Whats the authors attitude toward the bell?A. Its bothering but two bells are welcome.B. It should be turned off whene
26、ver it rings.C. It lets visitors have a chance to see buffalos.D. It is a very bad way to wake the guests up.26. What can we learn from the passage?A. The author hates all the animals.B. There are lots of wild animals near the Ark.C. The author slept well during the whole trip.D. The author has no i
27、nterest in thinos.27. What did the author see at about 3:00 a.m. ?A. Two buffalos were fighting fiercely for food.B. A rhino and a buffalo were fighting for water.C. A rhino and a buffalo were staring at each other.D. A buffalo was teaching its baby to walk freely.*CMany people trying to sell homes
28、find that an increase in home prices has turnedthe market in their favor. But sellers can still get the short end of the deal if they arentcareful. Here are a few tips for you:Dont test your luck. Of course you think anyone who moves into your lovely homeshould be willing to pay top dollars, especia
29、lly if youve recently invested in someimprovements. But listing a home at a price thats too high above the market price couldturn away some buyers.Buyers noticing that the home still hasnt sold may begin to assume theressomething wrong with the house and use that as a reasonable excuse for offering
30、a lowerprice. And if a home hasnt received any offers after two weeks, it might be time toreset the price.A price thats too low can bring about an undesired outcome. Listing your home ator slightly below the market price can have the effect of drawing in a large group ofbuyers and increase the chanc
31、es that a home will receive multiple offers. But setting theprice too low comes with several risks. One possibility is that buyers will get skeptical ofthe home that is listed for $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 less than similar homes in the area,especially if its not properly marketed. Once again, people mig
32、ht assume there issomething wrong with the home and may not bother to look at it.Spy on the competition. Going to other peoples open houses can give you a bettersense of how your home compares to others on the market. Check out the decoration intheir kitchens, the size of their backyards and use the
33、 information to figure out whereyour home should fit in the range of the price. But dont set your pricing just on whatyou see elsewhere.28. What does the underlined part in Paragraph l probably mean?A. Be at a disadvantage.B. Get the upper hand.C. Have control over the situation.D. Be unable to fit
34、in.29. What should home sellers do according to the passage?A. Price your house on the basis of its geographic location.B. Price your house slightly above the market price after decorating it.C. Change the price if no offer has been received within a week.D. Price your house at or slightly below the
35、 market price.30. If you set the price of your house too low, .A. buyers might think it not worthwhile to go to have a lookB. you are likely to come into conflict with the neighborhood sellersC. your house will be crowded with buyers within a couple of daysD. chances of your house being sold at a be
36、tter price will be greatly increased31. What is the benefit of going to other peoples open house?A. You can pick up some useful lessons on house selling.B. You can get your pricing mainly based on what you see elsewhere.C. You can work out how much money you should ask for your home.D. You can know
37、how to make your house stand out against other houses.DWhats your favorite type of music? Most people may prefer rock and roll, pop orjazz. These types are most publicized by television and the radio. Country music nowwould seem to mistakenly belong to the category of rock or pop. Publicity of thisc
38、ategory started to drop only after the year 2000; however, it did have its peak yearsjust before falling down.What people may not know is that this type of music inspired(促成) rock and rollespecially with one of the most important figures in music history-Elvis Presley-whois known as the 6/King of Ro
39、ck and Roll“. Elvis used to be very famous at a radioprogram which broadcast country music back in the late 1940- s. Country music isinfluenced by jazz and blues. Rock music is also influenced by jazz and blues so thatthey may even seem similar.Nowadays, country music is closely related to pop music
40、 due to artists preferenceand popular demand. Starting from the 1980s it slowly divided itself into New and OldCountry Music. Legends like Johnny Cash began to slip away because the newunderstanding of country music actually contains pop and his music just doesnt fit thecategory. Fortunately, countr
41、y music is still heavily promoted through websites andreviews.Certain types of music nowadays are linked with different age groups. Classical forthe people in the mid 19th century, pop in the 1920s, and then theres country music.All these types continue to grow and modernize while still appealing to
42、 certain agegroups. More modern country music compositions tend to become different in their ownways which makes it even harder to identify them as country music while they, again,remain appealing only to certain age groups. Active promoters of country music videos,however, seem to appeal to a large
43、 number of age groups especially those active inAustralia, for as long as country music isnt mixed with other types, it will eventuallyregain its charm as music for all ages.32. It can be learned from the first paragraph that country music_.A. is most publicized by television and the radioB. used to
44、 be liked by more people compared to jazzC. has become less popular since the year 2000D. should be included in the category of rock or pop33. What is the relationship between rock music and country music?A. Both types influenced the formation of rock and roll.B. Presley turned pop music into countr
45、y music.C. They are both influenced by jazz and blues.D. The use of the same instruments makes them sound similar.34. Some legends of country music began to slip away because_.A. their songs totally changed the style of country musicB. they began to work on pop music for more profitsC. there is no m
46、arketing space for country music anymoreD. they cant meet the popular demands on country music35. The author seems to believe that_.A. country music should keep its own style to attract more listenersE;. its necessary for country music to be mixed with other typesC. only a certain age group of peopl
47、e will like country music in the futureD. common characteristics can be found in all modern music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。What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person agenius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another pe
48、rson a fool? Are people bornintelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? 3 6We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In someways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 3 7 Mental exercise is particularlyimportant for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should playwith their children more often and give them problems to think about. 3 8 If onthe other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are morelikely to become dull and unintelligent.3 9 Accor
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