福建省莆田市第二十四中学高三英语上学期期中试题（无答案）.doc

20162017上学期高三英语期中考试卷一、语音（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）第一节 从下列所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，找出其画线部分的读音与其它三个不同的选项，并将该选项填入括号内。( )1ashowbnowcgrowdknow( )2araceblakeccatdname( )3achose bnonecclosednote( )4adiebliecpiecedtie( )5apuzzlebjumpcbrushdjune( )6ateachbchaircheadachedchange( )7agivebfivecdriveddive( )8amaybsayscdaydpay( )9abeatbheadcreadyddead( )10amusicbpupil cjunedhumor二、单项填空（30分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）从a、b、c三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。( )11take the cases away. they are standing in way. aabthecthis( )12he is a star in our school. he is very good playing basketball. aatbforcon( )13she is the girl i have ever met in my life. amost beautifulbmore beautifulcvery beautiful( )14i him since i began to study in the high school. ahavent seenbdidnt seecdont see( )15 from the top of the hill, you can have a good view of the beautiful city. aseenbseeingcto see( )16xiamen is a very famous city, attracts many visitors every year. awhichbwherecthat( )17you can borrow my laptop you return it as soon as possible. aalthoughbunlesscif( )18sorry, i am late. my car halfway. abreak inbbroke downcbroke out( )19may i use your dictionary? . ano, you cantbits my pleasurecyes, go ahead( )20we your plan at the meeting tomorrow morning. adiscussbwill discusschave discuss( )21honey, we have plenty of time to get to the station. we go out so early. aneedntbcantcmustnt( )22little about him. ado i knowbi knowci dont know( )23would you like to play basketball or football? sorry. i am interested in . aallbnonecneither( )24where is john? i saw him basketball on the playground 20 minutes ago. ais playingbplayingcplayed( )25it was reported that more than 5 people got in the car accident. ainjuredbhurtcwounded三、完形填空（20分）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳答案。long long ago, there was a beautiful little girl. she was 26 because she had no family and no home. she only had her clothes and some bread. but she was very kind.a man asked her 27 she had something to eat. she gave him her 28 .a child cried and told her that his 29 was very cold. so she gave him her hat.then, she met a child with no coat.she gave him her coat.one day,in the cold 30 forest, she met another child who 31 her dress. the little girl thought that it was dark and 32 could see her, so she gave her dress away. at last, she had almost nothing: no family, nowhere to live, nothing to eat and little to wear. 33 , stars fell from the sky. these stars became beautiful pieces of money. with the money, she 34 a new dress and a coat.the little girl was rich for the 35 of her life and she still helped the people in need with her money.( )26aalonebkindcpoor( )27awherebifcwhen( )28aclothesbhomecbread( )29aneckbbackchead( )30anoisybdarkcbright( )31aasked forbtook offcgave away( )32asomeonebnobodycanybody( )33asuddenlybcertainlycrecently( )34achosebborrowedcbought( )35aendbbeginningcrest四、阅读理解（40分） 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容选择正确答案。（共20小题，每小题2分，计40分）amy friends grandfather came to america from a farm in thailand. after arriving in new york, he went into a cafeteria（自助餐厅）in manhattan to get something to eat. he sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. of course nobody did. finally, a woman with a big plate full of food came up to him. she sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.“start out at that end,” she said, “just go along the line and choose what you want. at the other end theyll tell you how much you have to pay.”“i soon learned thats how everything works in america,” the grandfather told my friend later, “lifes a cafeteria here. you can get anything you want as long as you want to pay the price. you can even get success, but youll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. you have to get up and get it yourself.( )36my friends grandfather came from . athailandbmanhattancnew york( )37the grandfather went into a cafeteria to . await for someonebget something to eatcmeet my friend( )38the woman in the cafeteria might be . aa waitressba friend of the grandpasca customer( )39what should we do to get food in a cafeteria? await for the waiter. bask someone for help. cget it ourselves.( )40what can we learn from the grandfathers words about the life in the us? aget up early and you can succeed. bact and get what you want on your own. cnobody brings you anything unless you pay the price.bhow much do you know about albert einstein?albert einstein, born on march 14, 1879 in germany, was a great scientist in the world. he was strange because he hated haircuts and new clothes. he believed in peace. all his life, he hated war. however, his most famous idea, e = mc, helped create the worlds most dangerous weapon (武器). many people think he was the smartest person in the world. but einstein said that he thought like a child with many questions and unusual ideas.what did he like?einstein liked learning sailing(帆船运 动). he sailed in small boats all his life. he once joked, “sailing is the sport that takes the least energy!”when einstein was a child, his mother made him take violin lessons. at first, he didnt like the violin. but then he learned to love music and became a good violinist. later, he said, “love is the best teacher.”why is the sky blue?in 1910, einstein asked a question which many children often ask, “why is the sky blue?” after his careful research, he answered the question like this: “its because light is made up of many colors including blue. when light travels to earth, gas particles(气体微粒) spread the blue light all over the sky.” his answer is true in physics.( )41.according to the passage, albert einstein haircuts and new clothes. aforgot bminded cdisliked( )42.the underlined part actually shows albert einstein was a/an _ person. aclever bimaginative cchildlike( )43.einstein learning sailing and playing the violin. awas interested inblooked forward tocwas known for ( )44.from paragraph 3 we know that . amother teaches the best bwithout mothers push, we cant love anything cwhen we love something, wed like to learn about it( )45.einstein offered a _ explanation for the question why the sky is blue. amagic bscientific ccarefulc china is a nation of etiquette（礼仪）. chinese people are among the most hospitable people in the world. if foreigners visit a chinese family, they would be surprised at the warmth that they would receive as guests. when you visit a chinese family, the host usually makes tea for you. then he will serve you snacks(小吃) like biscuits or candy. someone in the family will also chat with you, never letting you feel lonely. at the same time, other family members will prepare a meal for you. chinese people treat (款待) their guests with a big meal. they always present more food than the guest can eat. on the table, the guests must be the first to eat. perhaps one of the things that surprises a western guest most is that the chinese host likes to pick food for visitors, which wont happen at western tables. the chinese family go out of their way to make you feel at home. as you are done eating, the host usually says, ”it seems that you didnt eat much. please have more.” although you tell them you are full, they still put more food in your bowl. being warm and hospitable has long been an important part of chinese culture and tradition. as confucius (孔子) said thousands of years ago: to meet friends from after how happy we are!( )46.what does the underline word “hospitable” mean in this passage. a.好客的 b. 勤劳的 c.朴实的( )47.as a guest in a chinese family, you are usually offered_ by the host. a. coffee and snacksb. juice and snacksc. tea and snacks( )48.why does a western visitor feel surprised when the host picks food for him? a. because he thinks its not polite. b. because he thinks its not necessary. c. because it wont happen in western countries.( )49.what the chinese family do for the guests is to_. a. make them feel at home b. show their wealth c. make them feel uncomfortable.( )50.whats the meaning of the words by confucius at the end of the passage? a. 学而时习之，不亦悦乎？ b有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？ c人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？dli ting, 15,from shanghai, was preparing a talk on some western festivals. she searched online for certain information and made powerpoint presentations（展示）. wu qiong，her classmate, was doing his chemistry homework carefully. but he couldnt work out the last problem even he tried his best. so he took out his mobile phone, opened a special app(应用软件)，and searched the problem. answers soon appeared on the screen in several seconds.nowadays, many students do homework online with the help of the internet like li and wu. they search information online, use apps or discuss through qq and we chat.“its convenient. you dont have to wait for your teacher to explain it to you face to face. ”according to wu.” you can also learn by seeing how others work them out. whats more, it improves students abilities. and its especially true for new kinds of homework. i am quite skilled at finding information online and using microsoft office.”however, this trend（趋势） also causes problems. some lazy students just copy the answers online without thinking. even some ask their classmates to do homework for them. and their teachers dont know the fact.anyhow, knowing how to use the internet is important. the key is to have good self-control. when you come across(遇到) a difficult problem, think about it by yourself first. be sure to understand the reasons behind the answers after you have turned to the internet, or you wont make progress. if you are not sure about your self-control, ask your parents for help.( )51.both li ting and wu qiong used the internet to _ a. play gamesb. search informationc. take exams( )52. paragraph 4 is mainly about_ of doing homework with the help of the internet. a. the advantagesb. the disadvantagesc. the problems( )53.which problem is not mentioned in paragraph 5? a. some students only copy the answers online. b. some cheat their teachers by asking their classmates to do homework for them. c. nobody is able to finish their homework now without the internet.( )54._ is the key to using the internet to study. a. self-respectb. self-controlc. self-development( )55. in this passage the writer wants to tell us that _. a. the internet can be a good helper if we use it properly. b. the internet has made all the students lazy. c. its not necessary to learn to use the internet.五、短文填词（20分）阅读下面短文，根据短文意思，从方框中选择一个适当的词填入短文的相应空格处，使短文意义准确，内容连贯，并把该词完整地填写在短文下方相应的横线