高三上学期期末考试英语试题.doc

2014届高三上学期期末考试英 语 试 题考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分 2014.1 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（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。1where does the conversation probably take place?a. in an office.b. in a classroom.c. in a hotel.2how does the man feel about parties?a. he thinks small parties are more popular among his friends.b. he thinks they should pay back all their friends by big parties. c. he prefers small parties to big parties.3why does the woman want to buy a mobile phone?a. because a mobile phone can help save time for her.b. because she wants to follow the fashion.c. because its inconvenient for her to use the dormitory phone.4what will the woman do next according to the conversation?a. to go to work again.b. to get examined.c. to stay at home.5what does the woman think of the furniture show?a. terrific.b. terrible.c. expensive.第二节（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至7题。6where does the conversation probably take place?a. at a police station.b. at the customs.c. at a teachers office.7what can we learn from the conversation?a. cuban cigars are not allowed into the country.b. the woman was caught stealing at last.c. the woman was good friends with the man.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8why did the man not want to go dancing?a. because he hated dancing.b. because he liked music.c. because he was a little tired.9what did the mans manager think of the food in the club blue note?a. very terrible.b. very nice.c. very strange but tasty.10what are they talking about in the conversation?a. plan for the weekday.b. plan to open a club.c. plan for the friday night.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11what is dons problem? a. he has got his wallet lost.b. there is something wrong with his voice. c. he hasnt prepared for his lesson.12what does the woman janet offer to do?a. to bring the exam paper to the class.b. to take don to hospital. c. to bring dons key to prof. webster.13when does don have his next class? a. tuesday.b. wednesday.c. thursday.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14what is the main topic of the conversation? a. the mans new house.b. a new tv.c. discounts in a shop.15what will the man probably do as a result of the conversation? a. to return the tv. b. to sell the tv to his friend. c. to keep the tv in his new house.16what is the womans attitude towards the television? a. good for its value.b. too expensive.c. a little out-of-date.听第10段独白，回答第17至20题。17what has happened to okinawa, japan?a. an earthquake.b. a snowstorm.c. a typhoon.18how many emergency relief workers have been sent to the rescue?a. 500.b. 700.c. 160.19what happened to the girl on her way to school?a. she was caught by the police.b. she was kidnapped.c. she was beaten by her father.20what is the last news about?a. sports.b. music.c. weather.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节：单项填空（共l0小题；每小题l分，满分l0分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. there are certain _ when you must interrupt people who are in the middle of doing something. a. conditionsb. situationsc. occasions d. environments22. being able to speak another language well is a great _ when you are looking for a job. a. assistant b. importance c. advantage d. chance 23. zhou qiren, a professor in beijing university, believed that business in the market economy must _ the right balance between their pursuit of profits and the needs of customers. a. regainb. assumec. striked. decline24. gone are the days when great literary masters _ themselves in a rich spiritual world even though they tolerated poverty. a. devotedb. absorbedc. appliedd. occupied25. china has declared her intention never to be the first to use nuclear weapons and has _the nuclear powers to make similar declarations. a. called inb. called on c. called ford. called at26. im terribly sorry to turn you down this time, but i promise i will _ to you next time. a. turn it upb. make it upc. pick it upd. set it up27. some will _ of the revolutionary ranks at critical moments and become passive, while a few may even become enemies of the revolution. a. drop out b. leave outc. give outd. make out28.the _ flight ca9525 for 11:30 a.m. is to be put off because of the stormy weather. a. formal b. regular c. ordinary d. common 29. this is only a solution that can be adopted to solve the problem _, so you have to find a better way. a. individuallyb. definitelyc. temporarilyd. continually30. many americans live on credit, and their quality of life is measured _ how much they can borrow, not how much they can earn. a. in spite ofb. in terms ofc. in case ofd. regardless of第二节：完形填空（20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。on a cold january morning, a man sat at a subway station in washington dc and started to play the violin. he played six bach pieces for about 45 minutes. since it was rush hour, it was 31 that thousands of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.three minutes 32 and a middle-aged man noticed the musician playing. he slowed his 33 and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his 34 . a minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the hat and without stopping continued to walk. a few minutes later, someone 35 against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again.the one who paid the most attention was a 3-year-old boy. his mother 36 him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. finally the mother pushed hard, 37 the child continued to walk 38 his head all the time. this action was repeated by several other children. all the parents, without 39 , forced them to move on.in the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. about 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. he 40 $32. when he finished playing and silence 41 , no one noticed it. no one applauded, nor was there any 42 . no one knew the violinist was joshua bell, one of the best musicians in the world. he played one of the most intricate (复杂的) pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars. two days before his playing in the subway, joshua bell 43 at a theater in boston and the seats average $1,000.this is a real story. joshua bell playing incognito (隐姓埋名的) in the subway station was 44 by the washington post as part of a social experiment about 45 and taste of people. the 46 were: in a commonplace environment at a(n) 47 hour, do we realize beauty? do we stop to 48 it? do we recognize the talent in unexpected surroundings?one of the possible 49 from this experience could be: if we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we 50 ?31. a. assumed b. calculated c. told d. imagined32. a. put off b. set aside c. brought forward d. went by33. a. pace b. way c. distance d. route34. a. standard b. procedure c. schedule d. expectation35. a. leaned b. bent c. crashed d. pressed36. a. seized b. followed c. carried d. fetched37. a. nevertheless b. therefore c. thus d. besides38. a. turning b. circling c. shaking d. nodding39. a. suspicion b. question c. exception d. discrimination40. a. awarded b. contributed c. donated d. collected41. a. settled down b. came out c. went about d. took over42. a. recognition b. sense c. advantage d. significance43. a. turned in b. sold out c. put out d. showed off44. a. represented b. developed c. introduced d. organized45. a. approach b. access c. awareness d. arrangement46. a. dots b. marks c. points d. stains47. a. important b. precious c. inappropriate d. convenient48. a. appreciate b. criticize c. envy d. celebrate49. a. courses b. conclusions c. circumstances d. conditions50. a. listening b. missing c. escaping d. avoiding第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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。(a)an elderly carpenter was ready to retire. he told his employer of his plans to leave the house building business and live a more leisurely life with his wife enjoying his extended family. he would miss the paycheck, but he needed to retire. they could get by.the employer was sorry to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. the carpenter said yes, but in time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. he resorted to inferior workmanship and used cheap materials. it was an unfortunate way to end his career.when the carpenter finished his work，the employer came to inspect the house and handed the front-door key to the carpenter. this is your house, he said, my gift to you.what a shock! what a shame! if he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently. now he had to live in the home he had built none too well.so it is with us. at important points we do not give the job our best effort. then with a shock we look at the situation we have created and find that we are now living in the house we have built. if we had realized, we would have done it differently.think of yourself as the carpenter. think about your house. each day you hammer a nail, place a board, or erect a wall. build wisely. it is the only life you will ever build. even if you live it for only one day more, that day deserves to be lived with dignity. 51. why did the carpenter decide to retire according to the passage?a. he didnt get his paycheck from his boss on time.b. the employer was not satisfied with his work.c. he planned to start his own house building business.d. he wanted to spend more time with his family.52. the last house built by the carpenter was _.a. better than his expectationb. far from satisfactoryc. a gift to the employerd. built with heart and soul53. from the text we can infer that the carpenter was very _ when the employer gave him the key.a. gratefulb. disappointedc. cheerfuld. regretful54. which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?a. dont cry over spilt milk. b. opportunity only knocks once.c. life is what you make it.d. honesty is the best policy.bswedish master medical photographer lennart nilsson is a pioneer in medical photographyin association with researchers and with the help of advanced, specially designed equipment, he has documented the inside of man down to the level of a cell with his camera.born in strngns, a satellite city of stockholm, in 1922, nilsson got his first camera from his father when he was 11 years oldfrom the early stage, he has been interested in looking at ants and taking photos of them. throughout the years, he has devoted special attention to capturing the creation of a human being, from conception to birth.in 2006 when his photo book life was published in both swedish and english, he was invited to give a lecture at the stockholm bookstorehe vividly described to the public how he took the photos so that the development process of the embryo can be understood betterfinally when he was signing his name in the book, i asked him what made him so passionate about working on this, he stopped writing and thought for a second, “i think it is the respect for life,” nilsson said.nilsson began his career as a photographic journalist in the middle of the 1940s and published a number of photo-essays in swedish and foreign magazines, including polar bear hunting in spitsbergen (1947) and midwife. “when i went to the professor to take the embryo photo, i was looking around and then i saw something which was unbelievable, it was a tiny human embryo lies in a very special place, a 10-20 millimeter embryo with hands, arms and eyes, and i got a shock,” nilsson said.nilsson began experimenting with new photographic techniques in the mid-1950s to report on the world of ants and life in the seahis revealing macro-studies were published in his book on ants, myror (1959), and in the life in the sea (1959), and in close to nature (1984)in the 1960s special designed, very slim endoscopes (内窥镜)made it possible for him to photograph the blood vessels and the cavities (空洞) of the body with the necessary depth of field and, in 1970, he used a scanning electron microscope for the first time, he was also considered the pioneer for three dimension digital pictures of the body organs.after his photographs of human embryo were published, he was encouraged to continue photographing the origins of human being.nilsson is very modest and sincereat age of nearly 88, he is still cooperating with colleagues in karolinska institute where the nobel prize in physiology or medicine is selected every year.“he can forget all the other things when he is working and he is still working diligently,” mrs. nilsson told peoples daily online.55why does nilsson want to document the creation of a human being?abecause he is a pioneer in medical photography.bbecause he has been interested in taking photos. cbecause he thinks it a way to show respect for life. dbecause he wished to win a nobel prize.56what can we learn from the passage? anilsson was the only expert in medical photography. bnilssons camera is specially designed. cnilssons photo book life is better received than his other books. dnilsson has always been working alone57how many books written by nilsson are mentioned in this passage? a3b4.c5.d6.58what can be the title for the passage?anilsson, a pioneer medical photographer bnilsson, a pioneer medical publishercnilsson, a person of rich experience dnilsson, a talented photographercin the uk, students residence halls are run as profit-making business, but this can occasionally be to students disadvantage. as many universities choose to contract out their halls management to private companies, room rents are rising and student rights are suffering. in 2006, 55 percent of student rooms were managed by private companies - only 27 percent by universities and colleges, the national union of students (nus) has reported. these private companies are improving the halls facilities in return for higher room rents. the most noticeable example of this trend is the growth in luxury halls. these are halls for students willing to pay more for larger rooms with better services. chancellors court, at edinburgh university in scotland, is one such luxury hall. rooms are divided between standard and large, with larger rooms costing 173 pounds each week, 40 pounds more than smaller rooms. they come with a scenic view, color tv, fast internet connection and a modern bathroom. other luxury halls have private gyms for their residents. private companies capitalize (用以牟利) on their investment by renting out the students rooms to travelers over the summer vacation period. but the nus is concerned that luxury halls are affecting room rents at standard un-privatized halls. most students in the uk pay on average 126 pounds a week for a private room in catered (提供餐饮的) halls of residence, the international students advice and welfare organization has reported. according to the nus, rent in uk halls of residence has risen by almost a quarter from 2005 to 2007. veronica king, nus vice-president of welfare, wants the privatization of university accommodation to stop. “for the students for whom luxury is not affordable, there is a significant risk that accommodation costs, coupled with the burden of complete fees, may reduce the choice of where to go to university,” she said. legal quarrels with privatized (私有化了的) halls may also account for some of the 10 percent per year rise in student complaints to the office of the independent adjudicator for higher education (oia). the oia is an independent student complaints scheme that has authority over all higher education institutions in england and wales. rob behrens, chief executive of the oia, said he was unsurprised by the rise in complaints. “the bottom line is that students are today more self-confident in thinking about what their rights are and what are the things they can get form the commitments they make.” 59. why are room rents rising in british universities? a. because the world is facing a financial crisis. b. because most universities are getting bored about students complaints. c. because many universities let private companies run students halls. d. because not all universities can meet the demands of the students. 60. which of the following is not mentioned about a luxury hall? a. students have to pay more for a luxury hall. b. students can have a good view in a luxury hall. c. students can enjoy their own gym in a luxury hall. d. students can have an internet connection free of charge. 61. why do some students want