河北枣强中学2016届上学期期中考试英语试题及答案

河北省枣强中学2016届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷

第I卷
第一部分   听力（共两节，满分30分）
 (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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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. When will the military parade in Beijing start?
A. In 15 minutes.   B. In 20 minutes.   C. In half an hour.
2. What will the woman do this afternoon?
A. Visit her sister.   B. Go to Wang Anshi Museum.   C. Help with her sister’s study.
3. What are the two speakers mainly talking about?
  A. The man’s Apple watch.   B. The man’s brother.   C. The man’s birthday.
4. What was the weather like in Australia then?
  A. Rainy.   B. Nice.   C. Terrible.
5. Where does the conversation take place?
  A. At a market.  B. In a police office.   C. At a bank

(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，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、7 题。
6. How does the man feel?
  A. Happy.   B. Upset.   C. Excited.
7. What’s wrong with the man?
  A. He had a car accident.   B. He was knocked down by a car.
  C. He had an accident when walking on the street.
听第 7 段材料，回答第 8 至10 题。
8. What’s the man’s favorite fruit?
  A. Apples.   B. Peaches.   C. Bananas.
9. When were peaches first planted in China?
  A. About 750 years ago.   B. About 5,700 years ago.   C. About 7,500 years ago.
10. How many researchers did the study?
  A. 2.   B. 3.   C. 4.
听第 8 段材料，回答第 11 至 13 题。
11. What’s wrong with the man’s camera?
   A. It’s missing.   B. It’s out of date.   C. It’s broken.
12. How do people usually take photos now?
   A. By using cellphones and iPads.   B. By using cameras.   C. By photographers.
13. What’s the man’s final decision?
   A. He will buy a new camera from eBay.   B. He will go to a real store to buy a new camera.
   C. He decides not to buy a new camera.
听第 9 段材料，回答第 14 至 16 题。
14. What’s the trouble with Mrs. Wang and what does she need right now?
   A. Her pulse runs very slowly and needs an X-ray text. 
   B. She gets tired after running and needs a rest.
   C. She has a stomachache and needs an operation immediately.
15. What is NOT true according to the conversation?
   A. Mrs. Wang is getting fatter and fatter.  B. Mrs. Wang has been sick recently.
   C. Mrs. Wang’s heart is in a bad state.
16. Who has passed away in her family?
   A. Mrs. Wang’s father.   B. Mrs. Wang’s mother.   C. Mrs. Wang’s grandfather.
听第 10 段材料，回答第 17 至 20 题。
17. In which country do children sing songs of spring on May Day?
   A. France.   B. Greece.   C. Italy.
18. How do children in England deal with the pennies?
   A. Buy some flowers.   B. Buy gifts.   C. Throw them into a well.
19. What do children in the US do on May Day?
   A. Give each other gifts.   B. Sing songs to each other.  C. Leave flowers at the doors.
20. Where is the text taken from?
   A. A class presentation.   B. A TV program.   C. A radio program.
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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Eating at a slow speed may help reduce hunger, the U.S. researchers said on Monday. Previous research suggests that the ability to control energy intake may be affected by the speed at which we eat, and a high eating rate may damage the relationship between the sensory signals and processes that control how much we eat.
In order to learn more about the link between eating speed and energy intake, researchers examined how eating speed affects calories consumed during a meal in both normal-weight subjects as well as overweight or obese subjects.
In the new study, a group of normal-weight subjects and a group of overweight or obese subjects were asked to consume two meals in a controlled environment. All subjects ate one meal slowly, took small bites, chewed thoroughly, and paused and put the spoon down between bites, and ate a second meal quickly, took large bites, chewed quickly, and did not pause and put the spoon down.
At the conclusion of the study, the researchers found only normal-weight subjects had a statistically significant reduction in caloric consumption by eating slowly. “A lack of statistical significance in the overweight and obese group may be partly due to the fact that they consumed less food during both eating conditions compared to the normal-weight subjects,” Professor Meena Shah said, “it is possible that the overweight and obese subjects felt more self-conscious, and thus ate less during the study.”
Despite the differences in caloric consumption between the normal-weight and overweight and obese subjects, the study found some similarities. Both groups felt less hungry later on after the slow meal than after the fast meal, which indicates that greater hunger suppression（抑制）among both groups could be expected from a meal consumed more slowly. Also, both the normal-weight and overweight or obese groups consumed more water during the slow meal. “The higher water intake during the slow eating condition may have affected food consumption,” said Shah. According to Shah, slowing the speed of eating may help suppress hunger levels and “may even improve the enjoyment of a meal”.