2018-2019学年度上学期高三年级期中考试英语试卷本试卷共150分，考试时间120分钟。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。1. Where does the man want to go?A. A railway station. B. A post office. C. The seaside.2. What happened to the woman?A. She woke up late. B. She got to work late. C. She went to sleep late.3. What is the woman doing now?A. Baking cookies. B. Making a list. C. Shopping for groceries.4. How does the woman feel about the zoo?A. Sad. B. Impressed. C. Disappointed.5. What are the speakers mainly talking about? A. Young people lose their jobs easily. B. Young people are too quick in making decisions. C. Young people seldom stay long in the same job.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. When will the man start his new job?A. Tomorrow. B. Next week. C. Next month.7. Why is the man paying for the womans lunch?A. She helped him a lot. B. It is his turn to pay. C. He wants to congratulate her.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is Annas chemistry grade now?A. B. B. B+. C. D.9. When does Annas study group meet?A. After school. B. On the weekends. C. During lunch hour.10. Who is Anna speaking to?A. A study group member. B. Her teacher. C. Her father.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. How old was Jonathans mother when she started doing laundry?A. 8 years old. B. 10 years old. C. 16 years old.12. Which temperature will Jonathan use for now?A. Hot. B. Cold. C. Warm.13. What is the “light” spin cycle used for? A. Jeans and towels.B. Most of Jonathans clothes. C. Sheets and pillow cases.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. Which decorations are on the sofa? A. The Christmas ones. B. The Halloween ones. C. The Thanksgiving ones.15. What did the man use to get the box out? A. A pole. B. A chair. C. A ladder.16. Where might the conversation take place? A. In the basement.B. In the bedroom.C. In the living room.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What does the Golden Rule ask people to do? A. Develop personal rules. B. Respect their families and ancestors. C. Treat others as they wish to be treated.18. Which is a teaching of Confucius? A. Governments should be moral. B. Husbands should respect wives. C. People should memorize rules of behavior.19. How did Confucius teach lessons? A. Through arguments. B. Through reasoning. C. Through personal examples.20. What does the speaker say about Confucius influence? A. He used to be even more important. B. He has influenced many cultures. C. He has little effect on people today.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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ARain beat against the window, matching my mood. I should have known that my new job at the hospital was too good to be true. Throughout the day, rumors (传言) warned that the newest employee from each department would be laid off. I was the newest one in the training department. My boss appeared. “You probably know were cutting back,” he said. “Administration wants us to offer outplacement classes to help those employees find other jobs, showing them how to act in an interview, for example.” “Fine,” I answered unwillingly, not knowing what else to say.I decided to go home early that day. In the hall, I met the lady who brought us cookies every Friday. She was a little woman with gray hair. Only her head and the top of her green apron were visible over the cart (小车) loaded with cleaning supplies. At least she had a job! At the final meeting, laid-off workers formed a line at the door. A colleague whispered, “I cant believe our Cookie Lady is being laid off. Well miss her as much as well miss her cookies.” When the colleague spoke to her in Spanish, I knew my classes would be useless for her and I realized how much better off was than this poor woman.I decided to do something for her. I wrote to a newspaper expressing how I felt about the unselfishness of the Cookie Lady who needed a job. A few days later, my article appeared in the newspaper and the Cookie Lady was allowed to stay in her position. On the same day, I received a letter, which seemed so unlikely that I read it twice. “An editor of a local magazine likes your piece and wants you to call her next time youre looking for work ”21. How did the author feel on that rainy day?A. Nervous. B. Excited. C. Awkward. D. Proud.22. What was the author asked to do?A. Take care of patients. B. Leave earlier that day.C. Resign from the hospital. D. Help the laid-off workers.23. How did the author help the Cookie Lady?A. He offered her a high-paid job. B. H