20192020学年度上学期期中考八县(市)一中联考高三英语试卷第一部分 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。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。第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的4个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。ANew Jersey Botanical Garden MembershipIts easy to join New Jersey Botanical Garden (NJBG) Membership online, by phone or by mail. Your membership dollars help to improve the Garden, and provide educational and entertaining activities for the general public. Thank you for your support!To join or renew, please click on the appropriate section and membership category below for safe and convenient online payment processing by PayPal.If you prefer to join by phone or mail, call the NJBG office at (973) 962-9534 or download and send in our membership brochure (Adobe Acrobat PDF file). Join NJBG TodayMembership CategoryIndividualDual （两人共用）StudentAnnual Fees$ 35$ 60$ 25Special: Save $5 with Biennial Fees$ 60$ 100$ 40Renew Your MembershipMembership CategoryIndividualDual （两人共用）StudentAnnual Fees$ 30$ 50$ 25Special: Save $5 with Biennial Fees$ 50$ 80$ 40The Botanical Garden started life as Skylands, a large area in the grand manner. It is famous for a 44-room Tudor Revival granite mansion（公馆）designed John Russel Pope. Skylands has 96 acres of formal and naturalized gardens and is surrounded by over 1,000 acres of meadows(草坪) and woodlands. Purchased by the State in 1966 and officially named as the New Jersey Botanical Garden in 1984, the gardens contain approximately 5,000 species and varieties of trees and flowers.For you, the NJBG is an exciting and beautiful place to visit where you may enjoy each seasons best. Members enjoy special events, festivals, lectures and rewarding educational opportunities for both city and gardeners.Your NJBG membership offers you discounts at participating nurseries, garden centers and other fine businesses. Simply present your NJBG membership card when beginning your purchase.21. The money paid for NJBG membership will be used to _A. offer further education B. update the payment systemC. provide better service D. protect the environment22. To renew the one-year membership for your parents, you need to pay_A. $30 B. $50 C. $60 D. $8023. According to the passage, New Jersey Botanical Garden_A. was officially named in 1966 B. used to be privately-ownedC. presents members with awards D. offers discounts in most shop BImagine someone who has spent the majority of their life sitting with a sign on the side of the road and that very person giving someone their last 20 dollars. Thats exactly what Marine Corps veteran (退伍军人）Johnny Bobbitt，34，did in October in Philadelphia.Bobbitt served in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as a paramedic (医务辅助人员）in Vance County, N. C. before he became homeless. Nobody knew how he got to where he was because he was discreet about that. One night in October, Bobbitt was sitting roadside with a sign in Philadelphia as usual, when Kate McClure of Florence Township, N. J. was driving home down Interstate 95 and ran out of gas. Scared and nervous, she got out of the car to head to the nearest gas station. As McClure was heading to the nearest gas station, she ran into Bobbitt and he told her to get back in the vehicle and lock the door. Minutes later, he appeared with a red gas can. Hed used his last $20 to buy her gas. After that unexpected meeting, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark DAmico,who both live inNewJersey,visited Bobbitt several times to deliver gift cards, cash, snacks and toiletries. Theythendecidedtocreateafund raising page so he wouldnt have to spend the holidays sleeping on the street. McClure started the GoFundMe page on November 10. With the page, the couple hoped to raise $10,000, enough money for his rent, a reliable vehicle and up to six months expenses. Bobbitts story ran in a local paper. By November 15，more than 10,000 local people had made donations through the GoFundMe page and more than $300,000 had been raised. On Thanksgiving，Bobbitt was resting in a hotel，his feet up on the bed，drawing up a grand plan for his new life, thanks to several thousand dollars raised to repay him for a good deed.24. What does the underlined word “discreet” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?A.Doubtful. B. Cautious.C.Guilty.D. Optimistic.25. McClure met Bobbitt when she . A.couldnt find a gas station B.gotto the way homeC.couldnt unlock her car D.was in search of gas26. It can be known from the text that .A. Bobbitts story obtained wide attentionB. Bobbitt became world-famous overnightC. the GoFundMe page collected over $400,000 for BobbittD. the GoFundMe page was started to help people like Bobbitt27. What is the best title for the text?A. A Homeless Veteran Paid Kindness ForwardB. A