高三（上）期末英语试卷（解析版） (2).doc

高三（上）期末英语试卷（解析版）第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共4小题；每小题6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。1（6分）Selfies （自拍） have become an increasingly common way to capture memorable momentsWhen it comes to taking selfies，knowing the following tips can directly affect the quality of your final productThe use of light is vital to improving image qualityLights can help avoid shadows and create soft features on your face，so turn your face toward the main light sourceIf you want to be creative，play with light angles by turning your body，but make sure the photo is properly exposed and your face is lit from the front or the sideBesides，avoid taking selfies against the main light source or with overhead lightingIn addition，natural light possesses a warmth that makes you look like youre glowing（发光）When taking selfies，angles also matter a lotHold the camera away from your face，and try to take photos both horizontally（水平地） and vertically（垂直地）If not，your face might look bigger than usualIdeally，the universal selfie angle is 45degrees above your headBut you should study your face at different angles because finding your best angle requires you having seen all of themOne problem with selfies is that most have distracting backgroundsYou can always do more to show others your best sideTry to simplify the background by taking selfies outdoors or in spacious areasDocument yourself engaging in interesting activitieshiking with family members，visiting landmarks，or working out with friendsAt least，you can make the photo appealing by getting rid of your outstretched arm or a background thats too busyYou can also download some photo apps that allow you to adjust the lighting and contrastSome apps offer useful filters，which can change your skin tone and remove pimples （粉刺） on your face1To get an image of high quality，you need toAbe under the light sourceBbe against the main lightCface the main light sourceDhave the photo fully exposed2How can you find the angle that suits you most？AStudy your face at different anglesBHold the camera far enough from youCKeep the camera lower than your faceDPlace the camera 45degrees above your head3Which of the following should be avoided when taking selfies？AThe use of natural lightBA landmark as a backgroundCChanges of the skin toneDA busy background4（8分）The pounding（重击声） was driving Edward crazyA new neighbor had just moved into the apartment below himThe newcomer was deaf，or seemed to be，because he played his stereo（立体声音响）loud enough for the whole building to hearOn the first day he heard the stereo rocking over，Edward marched downstairs and politely told the newcomer that his stereo was too loudHe asked the new tenant to turn the volume down and keep it down as long as he lived in the buildingThe tenant appeared surprised and embarrassed，and said，Oh，Im sorryI didnt realize it was that loudSo，Edward returned upstairs，feeling good，because he had taken a stand and politely let the newcomer know that loud music was not going to be toleratedThe next day all was quiet，and Edward continued to be pleased with himselfThe following day，Edward thought it must be Fourth of July，because a marching band was playing on his streetIn fact，it was the new neighbor who was playing his music loud againEdward was not one to repeat himself，feeling that each time you repeated yourself，you diminished the value of your wordsSo，he did what he always did with rude neighborsgrin and bear itEventually，they would move awayWhat else are you going to do？In Los Angeles a year ago，a woman had complained to her upstairs neighbor that he was playing his drums too loud and too oftenThe drummer repeatedly ignored herOne day the woman walked upstairs and shot the drummer in the head and his girlfriend in the chestThe woman was sentenced to prison for 20yearsThe dead drummer wont bother anyone with his drums，but the woman might be wishing now that she had learned to grin and bear itIf she were still living in her apartment，she could always moveWhen youre in prison，you dont have that option4The man living below where Edward lived wasAa deaf man Bthe owner of the houseCa tenant Dan old neighbor5What did Edward always do with rude neighbors？AGrinning and bearing it BPersuading them to stop repeatedlyCShouting them to dead DMoving away from the rude neighbors6The woman killed her neighbor becauseAhe ignored her advice repeatedly Bshe could not stand his playing the music too loud Cshe could not put up with him any longer Dhe played the drums too often7The author writes the last paragraph to prove thatAbeing in prison means the loss of freedom Bgrinning and bearing it is the best policy CEdward should follow the example of the woman Dthe woman was right to kill her neighbor8（8分）Even the hardest days contain lessons that will help you be a better personFeeling down？Consider these things to remember when youre having a bad dayNo one promised life would be perfectIf you look for perfection，youll never be contentDont condition your happiness on meeting every expectation you set for yourselfIt is good to be ambitious，but youll never be perfectIf you expect otherwise，your life will be filled with disappointmentsSuccess doesnt happen overnightTrees that are slow to grow bear the best fruitDont kid yourself into thinking success will come quicklyIt isnt easy to be patient，but anything worth doing requires timeIf you get frustrated，remind yourself why your goal is importantThere is a lesson in every struggleAnd once the storm is over，you wont remember how you made it through or how you managed to surviveBut one thing is certainWhen you come out of the storm，you wont be the same person who walked inThats what this storms all aboutDont complain about how terrible your life isIf you search for the lesson in your present struggle，youll be able to make positive changes that would prevent similar situations in the futureWithout hard times，you wouldnt appreciate the good onesStrength does not come from winningYour struggles develop your strengthsWhen you go through hardships and decide not to give in，that is strengthIt is hard to find much to smile about when you fail，but how else would you improve yourself？If you look at failure as a part of your evolutionary process，youll stay positive and pursue your goals for as long as it takes8Which of the following is the best title of this passage？DAEvery person has to go through hard timesBWe can learn a lot from our strugglesCWe should accept the fact that life is not perfectDThings to remember when you are having a bad day9What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3mean？CASuccess will come quickly BHard work leads to successCSuccess calls for patience DConfidence is the first step to success10We can learn from Paragraph 4 that AA1essons from struggles make us stronger Ball things are difficult before they are easy Cwe should forget how we managed to survive Dsimilar situations in the future will never appear11What can we infer from Paragraph 5？BAHard times make us lose heart and be short of courageBPerseverance in time of hardships develops our strengthsCSmiles when you fail will not help to improve yourselfDWe should try to avoid failures in the evolutionary process12（8分）The writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind，first published in 1936Her book and the movie based on it，tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil WarVisitors to the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta，Georgia，can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her lifeOur first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writers lifeShe was born in Atlanta in 1900She started writing stories when she was a childShe started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922One photograph of MsMitchell，called Peggy，shows her talking to a group of young college boysShe was only about one and a half meters tallThe young men tower over her，but she seems very happy and sure of herselfThe tour guide explains：Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech，asking them such questions asWould you really marry a woman who works？And today itd beWould you marry one who doesnt？The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained several apartmentsNow we enter the first floor apartment where MsMitchell lived with her husband，John MarshThey made fun of the small apartment by calling itThe DumpAround 1926，Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injuryHer husband brought her books to read from the libraryShe read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own bookOur guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge successMargaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the bookIn 1939the film version was releasedIt won ten Academy Awards，including Best Picture12The book Gone with the Wind wasAfirst published on a newspaper Bawarded ten Academy AwardsCwritten inThe DumpDadapted from a movie13The underlined phrasetower overin Paragraph 2is closest in meaning toAbe very pleased with Bbe much taller thanCshow great respect for Dshow little interest in14We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage thatAher height made her marriage unhappy Bher interest in writing continued as an adult Cwriting stopped her working as a reporter Dher life was full of hardship and sadness15Which is the best title for the passage？AGone with the Wind：A Huge Success BMargaret Mitchell：A Great Female WriterCAn Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House DA Trip to Know Margaret Mitchell第二节（共1小题；每小题10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。选项中有两项为多余选项。16（10分）Four Ways to Be a Great RoommateHaving a roommate can be one of the best experiences in college or，easily，one of the worst（16）Follow these tips to avoid the common mistakes that turn good roommate relationships sourTalk things outCommunication is keyIf something happens，sit down with your roommate and have a facetoface conversationIve seen roommate relationships fall apart because something happens and，instead of talking to each other，the two start complaining about their roommates behind their backs（17）Dont expect to be best friendsSome roommates become the best of friends，and some dontDont put pressure on yourself or your roommate，especially when you first meet（18） And if your roommate doesnt end up being your best friend，dont worry（19）This applies to food，clothes and anything elseIf you want to keep a relationship going，show your roommate that you have respect for what is his or hers by asking firstEven if you both agree to share everything，you should still askClean up after yourselfThis should do without sayingDont be lazyOr，at least，dont bury your roommate in your clothes and garbageMost people Ive come across in college are messy（20）But being considerate with where you put your stuff will help you avoid conflictAThink twice before you help your roommates outBThis creates nothing but awkward situations and unhappinessCYou dont have all the time to clean your room and keep it organizedDAsk before you takeEIt all starts with you to have a good relationship with your roommateFSometimes you get stuck with someone who has tons of negative energyGRemember，youre trying to make a new friend，not to scare your roommate away第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：完形填空（共1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和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21（30分）Do you want to get smarter and stay sharp？Scientists have discovered that when playing a musical instrument，the human brain can （21） the structure as well as the（22） of how it worksFor a long time scientists believed that the human brain was （23） developed by age 5and we were stuck with our gray cells for the rest of our livesBut our brain is a/an （24） organResearch finds that the brain can change（25） and even create new connections all through our lives as we learn new skills!（26），connections and areas of the brain that are less used （27）The strength of the connections in the brain increases with the amount of practiceEvery time you play a musical instrument，as your fingers glide over the instrument，your brain establishes important electrical （28）As you try to figure out the right notes，you are exercising parts of the brain which are （29） for language learningWhen you（30） your music，you are working yet other （31） of the brain that help prevent memory lossThe （32） activities required for learning and playing music help to build connections in the brain between otherwise （33） partsWhy is this important？（34） taking a new，unfamiliar route to schoolIt will take a few attempts （35） you figure out the best shortcut to your destinationThe brain works in the same wayCreating new connections can help us （36） our brain to focus on （37） ways of learning and storing information that is important for usSo the next time your mother （38） you to practice your music，you are not doing her a （39）you are （40） strengthening and rewriting your brain for the future!21AcreateBchangeCmakeDkeep22AfunctionBeffectCfactDsymbol23AhardlyBpartlyCnearlyDfully24AnaturalBfunnyCusualDamazing25AstrengthBsizeCshapeDweight26AFortunatelyBSimilarlyCStrangelyDSurprisingly27Ago upBcome outCdie awayDget off28AconnectionsBfunctionsCareasDinstruments29AinevitableBessentialCobviousDordinary30AmemorizeBplayCdoDwrite31AregionsBfieldsCcasesDinstruments32AusefulBcomplexCscientificDpersonal33AsimilarBcreativeCimaginaryDunrelated34ASuggestBPracticeCConsiderDImagine35AwhenBbeforeCthatDsince36AworkBteachCtrainDrun37AshorterBfartherCquickerDcleverer38AallowsBpromisesCremindsDwarns39AfavorBpleasureCneedDlesson40AcertainlyBfinallyCspeciallyDactually第二节：（共1小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。41（15分）Fabien Cousteau was born with deep love for the oceanHis grandfather and his father were ocean （41） （explorer） and documentary filmmakersToday，Fabien follows in his familys footstep to protect the planets （42） （danger） ocean life and tries （43） （strike） a balance between environmental problems and market economiesFabien is well known for his study of sharksDuring 20002002，he created a TV special based on the shark attacks that （44）（ occurr） along the New Jersey shoreline in 1916Then in 20032006，（45） the help of a large crew，Fabien created a shark submarine that enabled（ 46）（he） to put himself inside the shark world，providing people with a rare view of the mysterious and often misunderstood creaturesFor the next four years，Fabien was part of a series called Ocean Adventures，（47） offered a rare look into some of the most fantastic ocean species and environmentsIn 2010，Fabien started a nonprofit project to help restore water ecosystems by replanting key ocean speciesFrom June 1to July 2，2014，Fabien and his team spent 31days underwater to discover （48） climate change and pollution are affecting the oceansFabiens Mission 31broke new ground by going deeper，longer and fartherFabine is （49）（ current） working on a documentary film about the adventures of Mission 31，as well as （50） （build） an Ocean Learning Center to provide children around the world with the opportunity to learn about oceans第三部分：写作（共两节，满分10分）第一节：短文改错（共1小题；每小题10分，满分10分）51（10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分Dear Xiao Ming，I am a editor of English CornerIve received your letter ask me to give you some advice on how to learn English wellHere are some of my suggestions：First of all，I suggest you should read the English word，sentences and short articles loud every morningMeanwhile，you should try to memorize the useful sentences as much as possible andrecite some short passages as wellMoreover，it suggested that you read a great variety of booksafter schoolLast but not least，a certain amount of time should be spent in listening exercisesAs long as you can make good use of your spared time to learn English，surely，you will makerapid progressJust as the saying going，Where there is a will，and there is a wayIf you stick toyour dream and study hardly，Im sure you will be successful in your English studyYours，Li Hua第二节：书面表达（满分25分）52（25分）假设你是李华，圣诞节你到美国旅游，期间借住在笔友John家，回国后，请给他写一封感谢信，信的要点如下：1表示感谢；2圣诞节感受；3邀请他到中国来过春节注意：1词数：100左右；2可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯2015-2016学年广东省汕头市高三（上）期末英语试卷参考答案与试题解析第一部分：阅读理解(共两节，满分30分)第一节(共4小题；每小题6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。1Selfies （自拍） have become an increasingly common way to capture memorable momentsWhen it comes to taking selfies，knowing the following tips can directly affect the quality of your final productThe use of light is vital to improving image qualityLights can help avoid shadows and create soft features on your face，so turn your face toward the main light sourceIf you want to be creative，play with light angles by turning your body，but make sure t