辽宁省沈阳铁路实验中学高三英语上学期期中试题.doc

沈阳铁路实验中学2016-2017学年度上学期期中考试高三英语 时间：100分钟 分数：120分本试卷分第i卷和第ii卷两部分。考试结束，将本试卷答题纸和答题卡一并交回。 第卷 第一部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分)第一节（共15小题；每小题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和d)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。awelcome to join us to enjoy the golden triangle tour provided by journey2india.golden triangle tourday 1: arrive in delhiarrive in delhi, the national capital of india. upon arrival at the airport, our company representative will meet and greet you and transfer(换乘)to the hotel for check-in. rest of the day free for your won activities.over night at delhi hotelday 2: delhi-old &new delhi tourhave breakfast in the hotel at 9:30, the tour guide will meet you at your hotel and later proceed(继续前行)for a full-day guided tour in delhi starting with old delhi visiting raj ghat, jama maszjid, drive pass through red fort. later visit humayuns tomb, india gate, drive pass through parliament street & president house and visit qutubminar.overnight at delhi hotelday 3: delhi agra（220kms./4.5 hours）have break fast in hotel. later frive to agra, the city of “taj mahal”. en-route(在途中) stop at sikandra for a short photoshot. later check in at the hotel. afternoon, proceed for a half-day guided tour in agra visiting taj mahal&agra fort. rest of the day free for shopping & your own activities.overnight at agra hotelday 4:agrajaipur via fathehpur sikri(240 kms./5 hours)after breakfast, drive to jaipur, the capital city of rajasthan. jaipur is also known as “pink city”. en-route visit fatepur sikri, known as ghost capital. later continue the drive to jaipur. upon arrival, check in at the hotel. evening free for your own activities.optional: visit to chokhi dhani village(us$ 25 per person)overnight at jaipur hotelday 5: jaipur - full-day tourafter breakfast, well proceed for a full-day guided tour in jaipur starting with a short photoshoot at hawa mahal. later enjoy the royal elephant ride to climb the amber fort. after visiting the amber fort, return to the city and visit the city palace & jntar mantar observatory.overnight at jaipur hotelday 6: jaipur - delhi(256kms./05 hours)after breakfast, drive back to delhi airport. the total distance is 256 kms and you can cover it in 5 hours. upon arrival at delhi, board flight to onward journey.notes: price starts with us$215 with:l daily breakfast and beer and packaged drinking water.l qualified and experienced english-speaking local guides.l elephant ride at amber fort.l sunset or sunrise visit to tajmahal.l all entrance fees to the monuments and train tickets1 the main purpose of the text is to _a. introduce development of tourism in indiab. invite people to take the golden triangle tourc. show good services of journey2indiad. introduce beautiful scenery in india2 a full-day guided tour is provided on _.a. day 2 and day 5b. day 3 and day 4c. day 2 and day 4d. day 3 and day 53 ghost capital is another name of _.a. jaipurb. sikandra c. hawa mahald. fatehpur sikri4 we can learn from the text that _.a. the whole tour covers 512 kmsb. agra is the capital city of rajasthanc. india gate and qutub minar lie in new delhid. tourists are to visit taj mahal and agra fort on day 5bwe thought we had it alla beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars, a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment and we loved it. then, the market turned and my husbands job at a construction company was gone. the company was closing down for good.we both started looking for jobs right away, but there werent any to be found. with each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through. the more we pulled together, the closer we got. i felt feelings of admiration for my husband that i hadnt felt in years.thats why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our present situation. i continually asked him to stop, but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job.finally, one afternoon i pulled him aside and said, “ we have four healthy children . thats whats important. that makes you a rich man.” “but what if we lose the house? theyll hate me youll hate me.” he replied.i smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye. “no matter where we live i will be happyas long as i have you .” i smiled again. in all the struggling together i had found that deep love for him that i had on the day we said “i do” .i could see his shoulders and neck relaxed. he held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadnt for quite sometime. it was a turning point for us as a couple and a family.we are still struggling for our better life, but i consider us well-off because we have something that money cant buy and no one can take away from us.5 the underlined sentence in the second paragraph means that _a. the couple became closer as they struggled togetherb. the couple hoped to find jobs in the same companyc. neither of the couple had the courage to face difficultiesd. the couple were trying to make their relationship closer6 we can learn from the text that _.a. the husband found a good job at lastb. the husband was to blame for losing their housec. the couple were anxious to find jobs at firstd. the couple didnt love each other when they got married7 which of the following can best describe the couples present life?a. bitter but quiet.b. comfortable and easy.c. hard but happy.d. well-off and relaxing.8 the best title for the text might be _.a. we have it allb. we find it againc. a perfect coupled. a hard timecan advance in electronic publishing could make the book you are reading seem as out of date as a silent film. publishers hope to exploit(充分利用) the growing success of ebooks by releasing versions with added soundtracks and musical accompaniment.the noise in the first multimedia booksreleased in britaininclude rain hitting a window in a sherlock holmes tale. works by oscar wilde and rudyard kipling are also available. when the plot of a book reaches a climax(高潮), background music will create tension. in america, works by shakespeare and jane austen have already been released with music and background noise so that, for example, readers can hear tea cups clinking in mr darcys garden as they read pride and prejudice. supporters argue that sound effects are the next logical development for ebooks and will add excitement for younger readers. critics, however, will argue that the noises will ruin the simple pleasure of having the imagination stimulated(激发) by reading.caroline michel, chief executive of the literary agency pfd, said the new generation of computer-literate readers was used to multiple sensory input. she said: “ concentration now is such that people have split computer screens where they may be watching television and replying to an email at the same time. if thats what the market wants then we should respond to the market.”booktracks sound effects work by estimating the users reading speed. each time you “turn” a page, the software reassesses where you have reached in the text and times the sounds to switch on accordingly. if the soundtrack becomes out of synch(同步), a click on any word will re-set it.some authors fear a soundtrack could destroy the peace and quiet of libraries and ruin the pleasure of reading. david nicholls, author of one day, the bestseller now released as a film, said:” this sounds like the opposite of reading. it would be a distraction. i have enough trouble reading an ebook because im constantly disturbed by emails and so ive given up on it for the time being.”stuart macbride, the crime writer whose novel shatter the bones was an ebook bestseller, sells 18% of his books as electronic downloads. he said: “if im reading, i will do the noises in my head. i dont need someone to tell me what crunching gravel(嘎吱响的石子)sounds like. that would annoy me.”9 the ebook soundtrack is intended to _.a. make readers focus on the storyb. help readers with unknown vocabularyc. strengthen readers impression of charactersd. add tension when the book reaches an exciting point10 caroline michel thinks that computer-literate readers _.a. ignore the multiple sensory inputb. focus on enjoying the pleasure of readingc. are used to doing several things at the same timed. consider the soundtracks influence on reading speed11 what is david nicholls attitude towards the soundtrack?a. favorable. b. doubtful. c. disapproving. d. neutral. 12 the text is most probably taken from _.a. a science textbookb. a newspaper reportc. a book reviewd. a personal diaryda pill costing little more than 1 a day could save the lives of thousands suffering from a common heart disease.british doctors are so impressed with the “breakthrough findings” of a major study that they have decided to start using the drug, ivabradine, to treat patients with heart failure straight away, even though it has not yet been licensed for the disease in the uk.more than 700,000 people live with heart failure, which occurs when the organ becomes too weak to pump blood efficiently round the body. this can lead to fatigue, breathlessness, increased heart rate and other serious complications. around 100,000 people a year are thought to die from heart failure and many patients are repeatedly admitted to hospital because of their symptoms.the dramatic results from the trial of 6,500 patients the biggest of its kindfound a 26 per cent cut in heart failure deaths, suggesting the lives of around 10,000 british patients could be saved each year. the research also found ivabradine will help reduce the number of hospital admissions by 26 percent, which would cut costs.the trial, carried out in 37 countries including the uk, showed particular benefits for patients who cannot take beta blockers (阻滞药). beta blockers reduce the heart rate, giving it more time to fill with blood before the next beat. but in as many as 50 percent of patients beta blockers do not work or have unpleasant side effects.all the patients in the trial had high heart rates of around 77 beats per minute on average. ivabradine lowers the number of beats to around 60 per minute without reducing blood pressure, which means damaged heart is pumping more efficiently at a slower rate.professor cowie, consultant cardiologist (心脏病学家) at the royal brompton hospital in london, said, “this is a very clean way of dropping the heart rate. patients on beta blockers complain of tiredness and many stop taking it.” at a very conservative estimate(保守估计), prescribing ivabradine to eligible (符合条件的) patients could save between 5,000 and 10,000 lives a year, he said.it is licensed in the uk for angina (心绞痛)and has been available on the nhs for around five years with a good safety record. an application to license it for heart failure is going through the european drug regulatory system. in the meantime doctors are permitted to prescribe it “off-label” to heart failure patients, providing they take personal responsibility for its safety.13 the new drug is impressive in _a. low cost and good resultsb. saving patients with heart failurec. its safety recordd. getting praise from doctors14 the underlined sentence in paragraph 7 means _.a. ivabradine is effective in lowering the heart rateb. ivabradine is an environmentally friendly medicinec. ivabradine can get rid of all the symptomsd. ivabradine has no side effects on heart failure patients15 the author writes this text to _a. introduce a major studyb. persuade us to use a new drugc. introduce an effective drug against heart diseased. sing high praise of the findings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。选项中的两项为多途选项。（注：选e 涂ab ； 选f涂ac； 选g涂ad）how to help a teenager make good decisionhabitually poor decision making is actually common in teenagers. naturally, such a habit makes parent-teen cooperation difficult, especially when a parent wants his teen to do what a “responsible adolescent” would do. a poor decision-making teenager can never run away from his responsibilities. 16 distinguish real problems from acts of pure “teenagerism”. teens often make poor decisions simply because they dont have the experiences. by making small and harmless mistakes, like a recently-developed habit of careless consuming, a teen learns good decision-making skills on his own via self-correction. 17 dont think the teen is making bad decisions just to challenge you. its more likely it is out of a real inability to determine whats best for him. 18 tell your teen you understand his decisions while simply while simply emphasizing that you dont have to agree with his decisions or treat his views as valid. by not judging his opinions, tastes or style, you are opening the road for better communication and problem solving opportunities.set clear expectations. 19 for example, if your teen refuses to study for his math final because “math is pointless”, explain that you expect him to perform well in school, even in the “pointless” classes. because youve already tolerated his opinion without trying to change his viewpoint, you two can easily agree that math isnt so useful, yet avoid saying “lets just give up on math, then.”find a middle ground. trade insignificant freedom, such as clothing style for the promise that hell live up to academic and family responsibilities. 20 not only does giving up a bit of control solve many conflicts, but the extra freedom you give him can also improve his decision-making.a. show tolerance.b. learn to solve problems.c. point out your expectations and his responsibilities.d. if your teen could realize it, allow him to be himself.e. a responsible adolescent must have role models to learn from.f. therefore, its important to guide them with problem-solving strategies.g. next time, hell be more likely to think twice before making his buying decision.第二部分: 完形填空 (共 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。staring at a computer screen, patty hall noticed an email from christoper mutuku, a driver she knew when volunteering in kenya. people in his village of kathungu were 21 , he wrote. “the river has dried up and there is no water. do you know anyone who can 22 money to build a dam?”imagining a huge expensive concrete dam, hall 23 . at 57, she was about to retire after 35 years of 24 . much as she wanted to help kenya, she didnt want to 25 a time-consuming project like this. she knew, 26 , that the lack of clean water was a life-and-death problem in villages. animals polluted the rivers, the main 27 of drinking water. in summer, the rivers dried up completely.“how much would it 28 ?” she wrote to mutuku. “about $7,000,” he answered.that might be doable (可行的), she 29 .hall showed her students slides of kenyan mud houses and asked them to 30 living without running water. she shared photos of young girls carrying huge containers of 31 on their backs. the girls were 32 to attend school because they spent most of their day 33 some four miles to and from rivers, springs, or the wells in a nearby village. 34 to help, the class decided on a name h2o for lifeand set to work. students 35 h2o for life holiday crafts(手工艺品) and note cards. a student pianist held a 36 that brought in $400. a group of girls sold valentines(情人节卡片) and collected $300.in just six months, the kids raised over $12,000.37 , hall flew to kenya and visited kathungu. the villagers held a(n) 38 to welcome her and then showed her the dam that traps and filters(过滤)water so that its 39 and drinkable all the year round. since that first email, h2o for life has 40 to 14 schools and raised $130,000 to bring clean water to communities in africa and central america.21. a. surprised b. disappointed c. unsatisfied d. confused 22. a. accept b. borrow c. raise d. gain 23. a. delayed b. puzzled c. hesitated d. quitted 24. a. travelling b. serving c. teaching d. volunteering 25. a. pay attention to b. catch sight of c. get used to d. take part in 26. a. therefore b. moreover c. instead d. however 27. a. source b. branch c. place d. origin 28. a. waste b. collect c. use d. cost 29. a. decided b. wondered c. doubted d. advised 30. a. avoid b. enjoy c. continue d. imagine 31. a. water b. food c. wood d. grass 32. a. unlucky b. unable c. unwilling d. unfit 33. a. driving b. jogging c. running d. walking 34. a. eager b. afraid c. ashamed d. likely 35. a. wore b. made c. sold d. offered 36. a. party b. concert c. contest d. meeting 37. a. again b. later c. now d. once 38. a. opening b. interview c. reception d. conference 39. a. adaptable b. comfortable c. available d. acceptable 40. a. pointed b. supplied c. turned d. expanded 第ii卷第三部分: 语法填空 (共 10 小题; 每小题 1.5分, 满分 15分)i was born in one of the most interesting cities in malaysia. it has 41 rich, colorful history and many parts of the city have hardly changed at all during the last five centuries. however , nowadays, it is no longer the trade centre that it once 42 (be). it is difficu