高三上学期期中考试英语试题

高三上学期期中考试英语试题

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共115分）

第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）

第一节（共5个小题；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。每段材料仅读一遍。

1. What does the woman mean?

A. She is going to have lunch with the man.

B. She’d like to have lunch with Bill.

C. She is going to make many phone calls.

2. What can we learn from the conversations?

A. The man went to New Zealand during Christmas.

B. The man was at home during Christmas.

C. The man’s parents live in New Zealand.

3. What are the two speakers talking about?

A. The woman’s shoes.

B. The woman’s husband.

C. The woman’s shoes store.

4. What are the two speakers going to do?

A. Check the weather.

B. Go swimming.

C. Take a walk.

5. Where is Jocelyn going?

A. To England.

B. To America.

C. To France.

第二节（共15个小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分。）

听下面5段材料，每段材料后有几个小题，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。每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8三个小题。

6. Which does the woman dislike?

A. Fishing.

B. Swimming.

C. Sailing.

7. Where do the two speakers intend to say?

A. In a big hotel.

B. In a small house.

C. In a cabin.

8. What do we know about the two speakers?

A. They are talking about hobbies.

B. They both enjoy Beaches.

C. They are at the beach now.

听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11三个小题。

9. What does the boy want to do?

A. Do his homework.

B. Go out with Tom.

C. Help his mother.

10. When must the boy come back?

A. Before 6:00 pm.

B. Before 7:00 pm.

C. Before 8:00 pm.

11. What did the woman ask the boy to take out?

A. A backpack.

B. A rubbish bag.

C. A heavy bag.

听下面一段对话，回答第12至第14三个小题。

12. When is the man free these days?

A. At the weekends.

B. In the afternoons.

C. In the evenings.

13. How often does the woman practice with her band?

A. Once a week.

B. Twice a week.

C. Three times a week.

14. What do the two speakers have in common?

A. They both are very busy.

B. They both have much free time.

C. They ar e taking training in music.

听下面一段对话，回答第15至第17三个小题。

15. What is included in the rent?

A. Gas and water.

B. Electricity and water.

C. Gas and electricity.

16. How much is the deposit?

A. $ 400.

B. $ 550.

C. $ 950.

17. What kind of animals is allowed in the apartment?

A. Dogs.

B. Birds.

C. Cats.

听下面一段对话，回答第18至第20三个小题。

18. What did people have to do when they were photographed with early cameras?

A. They had to help to carry the machine.

B. They looked unnatural in the picture.

C. They had to remain still for quite long.

19. What was the most important changes in films in the early 1920s?

A. Sound was added to.

B. Light was shone through the film.

C. Color was introduced to the picture.

20. What point does the speaker want to make?

A. Modern people depend too much on the film.

B. Machines are the most important thing in our life.

C. The development of machines has made our life different.

第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节单项填空（共15个小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. —Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favor, please?

—____, sir. What’s it then?

A. Just a minute

B. It’s my pleasure

C. That’s right

D. At your service

22. The driver was at ___ loss when ____ word came that he was forbidden to drive for speeding.

A. /; the

B. a; the

C. /; /

D. a; /

23. “I in the d ormitory, watching the live TV broadcast about the tsunami.”David told the policeman who had driven there to question him.

A. was staying

B. stay

C. stayed

D. am staying

24. More and more people are learning to surf the Internet, ______advantage of the convenience and efficiency benefits.

A. taking

B. taken

C. having taken

D. having been taken

25.______your opinions are worth considering; the president finds it unwise to place too much importance on them.

A. As

B. Since

C. When

D. While

26. On their arrival, they found the people suffering the quake were_____ food and water supplies.

A. in praise of

B. in honor of

C. in face of

D. in want of

27. In his speech, he drew attention to the poor desert nation，____about 3.6 million people are hungry.

A. which

B. there

C. where

D. for which

28. The scenery in the south is quite different from _____ of the northwest, with its rolling mountains and plains.

A. which

B. what

C. that

D. the one

29. The college students must study hard to a good knowledge o f advanced information technology.

A. take

B. catch

C. hold

D. acquire

30. Hardly had the employees ________ with their work when the rain stopped.

A. passed on

B. focused on

C. depended on

D. carried on

31. Be careful with such things. If you , you’ll drop them.

A. don’t

B. won’t

C. aren’t

D. do

32. The Great Wall is so good a place ______ many foreign people come to visit.

A．as B．that C．what D．which

33. We’re expecting Lily because she’s our ___visitor

who comes here for holiday every summer.

A. familiar

B. particular

C. popular

D. regular

34. Please remain _____; the winner of the prize will be announced soon.

A. seating

B. seated

C. sat

D. to be sat

35. 一Mr. Li, National Day is coming…

一 _________ ? Just occupy yourself in your study．

A. So what B．What if C．How come D．What for

第二节完型填空（共20个小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项。

48, the little eagle continued daydreaming. Every vow and then he heard a voice inside him saying, "You are an eagle! You can do it! You can fly!"

One day he said goodbye to his 49 friends, and started his journey up to the 50. Even though his experience was telling him how 51 he was, he knew in

his heart that he was 52 for bigger things. Finally he stopped at the top of a steep cliff.

As he looked 53, his heart started beating faster. He felt the fear and the worry that he had become so 54 with over the years but again, something in his heart said: "You are an eagle! You can do it!" And as he 55 his wings, he started singing a tune: "I believe I can fly! I believe I can touch the sky. Woaaaahhh! I think about it every night and day. I believe I can soar high!"

36. A. gave B. threw C. cooked D. left

37. A. broke B. hatched C. lay D. laid

38. A. born B. produced C. raised D. fed

39. A. legs B. dreams C. wings D. friends

40. A. respected B. contented C. kept D. grown

41. A. missing B. good C. serious D. correct

42. A. go B. worry C. come D. know

43. A. wondering B. saying C. imagining D. asking

44. A. less B. better C. more D. worse

45. A. belief B. problem C. concern D. dream

46. A. stare at B. laugh at C. point at D. shout at

47. A. grade B. level C. degree D. position

48. A. However B. Therefore C. Thus D. Besides

49. A. home B. class C. school D. chicken

50. A. river B. sky C. building D. mountains

51. A. clever B. crazy C. sad D. disappointed

52. A. taught B. hoped C. intended D. expected

53. A. down B. up C. around D. forward

54. A. comfortable B. familiar C. popular D. strict

55. A. beat B. closed C. cleaned D. spread

第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节(共15小题；每题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、D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

I'm thinking about his words, and they've changed the way I live my life．I'm spending more time with my family and friends and less time in committee meetings．Whenever possible, life should be a kind of experience to enjoy, not to suffer．"Someday" and "one

of these days" are losing their importance on my vocabulary．If it's worth seeing or hearing or doing, I want to see and hear and do it now．

Ever since that day, I have been trying very hard not to put off, hold hack or save anything that would add laughter and color to our lives．Every morning when I open my eyes．I tell myself that every day, every minute, every breath, truly is a gift．So cherish every day and find the true meaning of your life．

56．Why did Jan buy the beautiful skirt but didn't wear it?

A．She waited for a special occasion to wear it on．B．She wanted to keep it for someone else．

C．She saved it till she grew up．

D．She would give it to herself as a gift some day．57．From his experience, the author learns that _______．

A．everybody can have a happy life through efforts B．every day in our lives is worth cherishing C．enjoying ourselves is the most important thing in our lives

D．everybody will have some things left to do after his death

58．What's the best title for this passage?

A．What Is the Meaningful Life Like. B．My Sister Jan.

C．Every Day Is a Gift. D．The Most Important Time in Your Life.

B

The newspaper seller was a clean, neat man, of about forty with a rather serious, unsmiling face. He didn’t speak much to the customers or to his helpers, but when he did he spoke slowly and quietly, as if to himself. He believed in efficiency, not conversation, and this was how the office workers, rushing to catch their trains, preferred it.

It had been a good day. Lunch-time had been warm and sunny, and many people had bought magazines to read outside with their sandwiches. Now it was cold rainy, and people wanted an evening paper for a cheerless joyless journey ahead and a dull evening indoors.

At 6:30, with the main rush over, he started to

collect the money together and count it. Then he left the stand and went home. It was the assistant’s turn this evening to look after it till eight o’clock, when it would be packed away for the night. His large white Mercedes was in the private car park of a large government building. He’d parked there for six months, pretending to be part of a heating firm working in the building. They would find out about him soon, and he’d have to park in a garage again, which was annoying. Their charges were far too high. A couple of junior clerks, regular customers, happened to see him getting into his car. “must be a lot of money in papers, eh?”one of them shouted. He just smiled coldly in reply, and got into the car, placing the bags of money on the floor.

He thought about the clerks on the way home. Like the majority of his customers, despite their white shirts and dark suits, they probably made in a week as much as he could make in a good day.

59．It seems unlikely that the newspaper seller would be the sort of man who would ______.

A．be a cheerful companion B．try to cheat a

customer

C．trust his assistant much D．earn a great deal of money

60．The assistant’s job that evening was to ______.

A．sell papers until 8 o’clock B．start selling magazines at 8 o’clock

C. count the money taken that day D．lock up the car park

61．If they realized that he was not a heating engineer he would have to _______.

A．park his car in a government car park B． pay to park his car in a garage

C．look for another free parking place D．pretend he was a government employee

62．When the newspaper seller thought about the two clerks he decided the y were _______

A．badly dressed B. very well off

C．not as rich as himself D. not as hardworking as himself

C

They may be small and not able to speak, but babies are proving their amazing cleverness. Scientists

began finding infants’ skills are more than they are supposed to be.

_________

Speaking of music, babies can’t seem to resist it. Not only are their ears turned to the beats, babies can actually dance to the music.

To test babies’dancing ability, the researchers played recordings of classical music, rhythmic beats and speech to infants, and recorded the results. They also invited professional dancers to analyze how well the babies matched their movements to the music. The babies moved their arms, hands, legs feet and heads in response to the music, much more than to the speech. The finding suggests this dancing ability is innate(与生俱来的) in humans, though the researchers aren’t sure why it becomes weaker later in their life. Learning Quickly while Sleeping

Babies can learn even while asleep, according to a 2011 study. In experiment with 26 sleeping infants, each just 1 to 2 days old, scientists played a musical tone followed by a puff of air to their eyes 200 times over the course of a half hour. 124 electrodes(电极)

stuck on the head and face of each baby recorded brain activity during the experiments. The babies rapidly learned to foretell a puff of air upon hearing the tone, showing a four-time increase on average in the chances of tightening their eyelids in response to the sound by the end of the experiments.

As newborns spend most of their time asleep, this newfound ability might be crucial to rapidly adapting to the world around them and help to ensure their survival, researchers said.

Judging Characters Well

Judging another person helpful or harmful is crucial when choosing friends. And that ability starts early. Kiley Hamlin of Yale University showed both 6-and 10-month-olds a puppet(木偶) show, in which one character helped another climb a hill. In another scene a third character pushed the climber down. The little ones then got to choose which character they preferred. For both age groups, most babies chose the helper character. This character-judging ability could be baby’s first step in the formation of morals, Hamlin thought.

63. Which of the following subtitles can fill in the underlined blank?

A. Dancing to Music

B. Babies’ Amazing Abilities

C. Born to Dance.

D. Learning to Dance Quickly

64. The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to______.

A. the finding

B. the baby

C. the response

D. the dancing ability

65. The experiment with 26 sleeping infants proves that_______.

A. babies can communicate with others while asleep

B. babies can learn even while asleep

C. babies can tighten their eyelids in response to the sound

D. babies can respond to the world around them

66. In the last experiment, most babies chose the helper character, showing that________.

A. babies can judge a person helpful or harmful

B. babies love to see a puppet show

C. babies were born to help others

D. babes have learned to help others

D

Recently we’ve observed an increasing request from disadvantaged and regional schools for attending one of our zoo areas at no cost or partly paid some organizations. Zoos Victoria believes that all children should have the opportunity to have an early memory of visiting the zoo, and gain an understanding of the wild and natural world that humans share with animals. Zoos Victoria wins the support of the Ian Potter Foundation to help achieve this goal. Funding available for schools to enter an educational program at Zoos Victoria in 2012

Applications are open from November 23, 2011 to February 12, 2012.

Children from disadvantaged and originally isolated schools are provided with the opportunity to visit the zoo and attend an interactive education experience at no charge.

The program objectives are:

·To start developing “environmentalists” within low social and economic groups.

·To support the youth from disadvantaged backgrounds to have greater awareness of wildlife and have

ongoing opportunities to get relevant information about animals and the environment through the zoos’website.

What is covered under the program?

·Travel to the zoo — transport costs will be partly or fully paid back to the school on the basis of the number of children applied for the program. ·Student entry to one area of Zoos Victoria and an educational experience.

Which schools are able to take part in the program? ·Open to schools in Victoria.

·Consideration will be given to schools that have not previously been able to enter one of our zoo areas, list as “disadvantaged”ones or come fr om regionally isolated areas.

·Able to visit an area of Zoos Victoria within the 2012 school year.

·Applications must be supported by the school principal.

·Able to complete a short evaluation of the program. How to apply for the program?

·Download the application forms.

·Complete all the details, including a signature from your principal and attaching a quote for transport costs.

·Return the application forms to Margaret Harwood at Zoos Victoria by email to mharwood@https://www.360docs.net/doc/e311182738.html,.au or by post to PO Box 74, Parkville, VIC 3052.

·Please contact Margaret Harwood at 03 9285 9462, if there are any further questions.

67. Zoos Victoria wanted to help students in disadvantaged and regional schools _______.

A. take action to protect wildlife in isolated areas

B. raise money for wildlife in the zoo

C. develop a passion for wildlife and nature

D. learn more about plants and animals in the wild

68. Whether your transport costs are free or partly charged depends on _______.

A. if you have a deep ecological understanding

B. what connections you build with nature

C. which area of Zoos Victoria you will visit

D. how many applications there are for the program

69. Which of the following schools is most likely to take part in the program?

A. A disadvantaged school in New York.

B.. A school from an isolated area of Victoria.

C. A poor private adult school in America

D. A school with a lack of wildlife education.

70. To be qualified for the program, you have to _______.

A. make a short comment on the program

B. come from a school near Zoos Victoria

C. pay a visit to Zoos Victoria all the year round

D. get your parents’ support for the application

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。

Are You Ready for College?

Before you send in your college applications, keep this in mind: it’s not the norm (准则) in every culture for students to go to college right out of high school.

71 So if you find yourself applying for college simply because it’s the thing to do after high school, think again. Going to college right after high school