朝阳区高三英语期末试题及答案.doc

2015.1朝阳高三期末第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题; 每小题1分，共15分）21. His wife didnt allow him _ any drink or tobacco.A. touchingB. to touchC. touchD. touched22. We couldnt find the hotel and it was getting dark, _ we got out a map and studied it carefully.A. soB. andC. butD. or23. Jack, lets go swimming.Sorry, Im busy right now. I _ for the exam tomorrow.A. prepareB. am preparingC. have preparedD. will prepare24. _ in the business world for three months, Dora got tired of it and decided to turn to teaching.A. To workB. WorkingC. Having workedD. Worked25. A student _ friends are good at academics may be urged to study harder and get good grades.A. whoB. thatC. whoseD. whom26. Id like to borrow this book, but I couldnt find it on the shelf. The book has been checked out. Ill let you know as soon as it _.A. returnedB. will be returnedC. is returningD. is returned27. Everyone makes mistakes, but the real test is _ you react to that.A. howB. whatC. thatD. why28. I took four books with me when I went travelling _ I got bored, but I never read a page!A. in caseB. so thatC. as long asD. as soon as29. Many kids develop problems from finger sucking that can create life-long problems unless _ properly.A. treatB. treatingC. to treatD. treated30. Ah, Anita. Is the design for the conference center ready? I _ on it for over a month, but I havent finished it yet.A. workedB. had workedC. have been workingD. was working31. The concert bored me to death. I wish I _ it.A. wouldnt have attendedB. have not attendedC. did not attendD. had not attended32. Guess who I met at the shopping center today? Angelina Jolie! She _ her new film then.You were so lucky!A. had promotedB. has promotedC. is promotingD. was promoting33. Only after posting the postcard _ I hadnt put a stamp on it.A. did I rememberB. had I rememberedC. I had rememberedD. I remembered34. _ for a signature photo if you see Justin Bieber backstage after the concert.A. AskB. AskingC. To askD. Asked35. I worked as hard as I could, but I still failed the exam. Hard work isnt the whole story. You _ the basic techniques of study.A. must have masteredB. would have masteredC. should have masteredD. might have mastered第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）A Disaster Makes a Strong PersonI lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight（货物）yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can still 36 the brightness of sunshine. It would be 37 to see again, but a 38 can do strange things to people. I dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the 39 of them made me 40 the more what I had.Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more quickly a person is able to make these adjustments, the more 41 his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never 42 . I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in methe 43 to livewhich I didnt see, and they made me want to 44 against blindness.The hardest 45 I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of 46 that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: the confidence that I am, despite being imperfect, a real, 47 person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.It took me years to discover and 48 this confidence. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. “I cant use this.” I said. “Take it with you,” he 49 me, “and roll it around.” The words 50 in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought 51 : playing baseball. At Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I 52 a successful variation of baseball and I called it ground ball.All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my 53 . It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach 54 that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would 55 sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress. 36. A. rememberB. affectC. measureD. bring37. A. possibleB. wonderfulC. hopefulD. reasonable38. A. questionB. mistakeC. disasterD. situation39. A. importance B. valueC. lossD. attention40. A. recordB. expectC. offerD. appreciate41. A. natural B. modernC. meaningfulD. challenging42. A. necessaryB. easyC. difficultD. practical43. A. right B. planC. placeD. potential44. A. guard B. hitC. argueD. fight45. A. game B. skillC. lessonD. knowledge46. A. self-controlB. self-confidenceC. self-defenseD. self-improvement47. A. modest B. energeticC. generousD. positive48. A. strengthen B. expressC. shareD. destroy49. A. urged B. blamedC. respectedD. admired50. A. held B. stuckC. botheredD. knocked51. A. important B. specificC. commonD. impossible52. A. invented B. confirmedC. checkedD. noticed53. A. interest B. limitationC. experienceD. responsibility54. A. once B. unlessC. becauseD. though55. A. fail B. tryC. actD. continue第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）AThe Dangers at the BeachBritish beaches look harmless, but there are hidden dangers. AllergyLesser weever fin The lesser weever is the fish to look out for on British beaches. It lies almost buried in the sand with just its mouth and fin exposed, a trap for unlucky fishermen and beachgoers walking around in the shallows. If you stand on a weever fish, itll sting (刺) you badly. The sting may cause heart attacks, and shock, though usually it just causes pain, redness and swelling.Many people have an allergic reaction to the fish and may start to sweat, develop a faster heartbeat and feel sick as the poison gets further into the body. People who have been stung should take painkillers and if they develop an allergic reaction to the sting, an antihistamine (a drug used to treat an allergy) is recommended.Sea currentsBut fish are the least of your worries on the beach. The force of the sea is much more dangerous than anything swimming about inside it.Coastguards are warning the public not to swim if there is a red flag flying on a beach and to find out about local tides and currents.Dangerous swimmingThe Coastguard Agency says people should not swim if they feel unwell, for at least an hour after a meal, if they have been drinking alcohol or if they are cold and tired. They also warn against swimming alone, swimming too far out to sea if you have breathing problems.PollutionA recent study of UK beaches showed more than 10% are failing to meet standards for clean water. The Marine Conservation Society said polluted water was still being pumped into the sea in some areas and was winding its way onto beaches. But the water companies say the societys standards are too tough and that 90% of British beaches pass European standards.56. What can we learn about the lesser weever from the passage?A. Its poison can be washed off by water.C. It buries itself deep in the sand.D. It can be dangerous on the beach.B. Its sting is usually serious.57. From the passage, we know youd better swim _.A. when there is a red flag flying on the beachB. when there are strong sea currentsC. together with friendsD. just after eating58. Which of the following can best describe the UK beaches?A. Most beaches in the UK are fine.B. There is no pollution on UK beaches.C. Most beaches fail to meet European standards.D. 10% of British beaches meet European standards.BThree-year-old Teddy Lasry was sleeping in his cowboy outfit (套装) yesterday at his familys Fifth Ave. apartment when he shot up in bed screaming. A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake twisted around his left arm and had just bitten his little finger.“The babysitter (a person taking care of children while their parents are away for a short time) was frightened to death,” said Teddys father, David Lasry, who, along with his wife, Evelyn, was at work when the snake appeared about 4:00 pm.The horrified babysitter called 911 and the buildings doorman. The doorman and two cable TV workers helped take the snake off the boys arm and put it in a garbage bag. Police rushed Teddy to Mount Sinai Medical Center, where he spent two hours attached to a heart monitor as a precaution in case the snake was poisonous. It wasnt. Experts at the snakebite treatment center at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where policemen took the snake, found out it was a non-poisonous California king snake.But how did it end up in Teddys bed?A little detective work determined that the snake had escaped two weeks ago from its cage in the apartment of a doctor whose family lives four floors below the Lasrys. The apologetic owner said his sons pet snake likely traveled up the water pipes and into his neighbors apartment. “Its a very gentle, very harmless snake,” he said. “Its handled by our family all the time.”David Lasry believed the pet was simply hungry after two weeks of wandering. Evelyn said her son seems to have overcome his fright by thinking of himself as a hero cowboy as he rode in the back of the police car to the hospital.“I told Teddy hes a pretty snake, a nice pet snake who got out of his cage,” Evelyn said. “But he asked, Why did he bite my finger, Mamma? And I said, Because he saw that you are a big boy, Teddy, in your cowboy outfit and he got scared.”59. What did the babysitter do after Teddy was bitten by a snake?A. She made an emergency call.B. She called the TV company.C. She ran out of the apartment.D. She took the snake off Teddys arm.60. We can learn from the passage that the snake _.A. was poisonousB. was deserted by its ownerC. was kept in a cage by its ownerD. escaped to the apartment downstairs61. From the passage, we know _.A. the snake was used to being touchedB. Teddy was awake when the snake arrivedC. Teddys mother was at home when the snake turned upD. Teddy needed a heart machine to stay alive for two hours62. Teddy probably believed he was attacked because _.A. his parents werent at homeC. he was asleepB. the snake was scared of himD. the snake was hungry COf the many influences on human behavior, social influences are the most widespread. The main influence on people is people. When we hear the words social influence, most of us think of deliberate attempts of someone to persuade us to change our actions or opinions. The TV ad comes to mind. But many of the most important forms of social influence are unintentional, and some of the effects we humans have on one another occur as a result of the simple fact that we are in each others physical presence.In 1898 a psychologist named Triplett made an interesting observation. In looking over speed records of bicycle racers, he noticed that better speed records were obtained when cyclists raced against each other than when they raced against the clock. This observation led Triplett to perform the first controlled laboratory experiment ever conducted in social psychology. He instructed children to turn a wheel as fast as possible for a certain period of time. Sometimes two children worked at the same time in the same room, each with his own wheel; at other times, they worked alone. The results confirmed his theory: Children worked faster in coaction, that is, when another child doing the same thing was present, than when they worked alone.Soon after Tripletts experiment on coaction, it was discovered that the mere presence of a passive audience rather than a coactor was enough to help performance. This was discovered accidentally in an experiment on muscular (肌肉的) effort and tiredness by Meumann in 1904, who found that subjects lifted a weight faster and farther whenever the psychologist was in the room. Later experiments have confirmed this audience effect.It appears that coaction and audience effects in humans are caused by the persons concerns about competition and the evaluation of performance that others will make. We learn as we grow up that others praise or criticize, reward or punish our performances, and this raises our drive level when we perform before others. Thus, even the early studies of coaction found that if all elements（要素）of competition are removed, coaction effects are greatly reduced. Similarly, audience effects are a function of the subjects interpretation of how much he is being evaluated. 63. Why does the writer mention “the TV ad” in Paragraph 1?A. To explain the importance.B. To make a comparison.C. To start a new topic.D. To give an example.64. According to the passage, Tripletts experiment of 1898 _.A. supported his idea of coaction effectB. challenged his idea of coaction effectC. showed children turned a wheel faster with audience aroundD. proved cyclists race harder against each other than against the clock65. According to the writer, which of the following would be an example of coaction effect?A. A woman works harder when the boss is in the room than when she is alone.B. Joe works more slowly when he is together with friends than when he is alone.C. Players work harder when they exercise together than when they each exercise alone.D. Bobs two children finish their homework faster when he is watching than when he is not.66. Which is the best title for the passage?A. Coaction Makes FasterB. Social InfluenceC. An Interesting ObservationD. Effect of Audience PresenceDBasically, without the possibility of failure, there is little possibility of success. Education is in danger of becoming a branch of the entertainment industry. Although education should indeed be entertaining where possible, it cannot always be fun. Often, it needs the “hard yards”.Some educationalists feel that if something causes worry it should be avoided at all costs. I would disagree. Facing up to challenges helps develop children. Avoiding challenges can severely limit their potential. Tougher children are able to try and fail. The less tough may simply fail to try anything new.Im not advocating putting children under pressure. The real debate is perhaps what pressures are unavoidable. Its not about “throwing children into the deep end”, but rather encouraging them to put their foot in the water and giving them the skills to float.This latter approach is basically the work I and my team do at the University of Hull. We measure mental toughness and then provide interventions to improve this. These interventions include psychological skills such as goal setting, relaxation and thought control. So, for example, many children will say: “What happens if it goes wrong?” We work hard to change this so that the sentence reads: “What happens if it goes right?” One word difference, but a world away when thinking about challenges.We try to help children deal more effectively with life using a three-step approach. Firstly, it is important to set realistic and achievable goals. Then it is a matter of finding out what factors (因素) are helping children to achieve these goals and what factors are working against this. The final step is to discover which of these factors can be controlled, or at least influenced, and what factors the child is in reality stuck with. Redirecting childrens energies to movable obstacles (障碍) can produce huge life changes. However, I think that for most of us we have become stress averse (反对的) and overreact to it. It has always been there, and it has always been the case that some people enjoy it, some need help to deal with it and some peoples lives are ruined by it.Showing our children that stress can be faced with and beaten offers them a way forward. The more a fear is avoided, the bigger it gets. 67. From the passage, we know the writer believes _.A. education needs challengesB. education should always be funC. children should avoid facing challengesD. the more challenges, the better for the children68. The writer disagreed with some educationalists because _.A. some children are less toughB. some pressures are avoidableC. some challenges do good to childrenD. some children are unaware of their potential69. What do the writer and his team do at the University of Hull?A. Record what the children do in stressful situations.B. Make the children tougher mentally and physically.C. Put the children under pressure by giving them challenges.D. Give the children challenges and suggest suitable approaches.70. What is the correct attitude towards stress according to the writer?A. We should try our best to avoid stress.B. We should love stress because stress is unavoidable.C. We should put ourselves to the test in stressful situations.D. We should experience stress and learn skills to deal with it.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）Travel MannersEvery culture has its own unwritten list of behavior that is acceptable. Every society also has its taboos, or types of behavior that are consi