2016高三上学期英语期中考试题及答案.doc

双城区兆麟中学20162017学年度上学期高三英语期中考试试题命题人：李洪杰 考试时间：100分钟 试题总分：120分第 卷第二部分：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。AEnglish ConversationLeader: Mandi Ashmoreenglish iwc-lausanne. orgWe meet on Mondays at 14:30 at the IWC clubhouse. We chat for about an hour and discuss everything. Mandi asks “students” to contact her on Monday to confirm the class as sometimes she needs to cancel for various reasons or occasionally she may choose to hold the class at a different venue(举办地点) or at an earlier time for us to be able to have lunch together.French Conversation, Advanced BeginnerLeader: Marielle Sulmonifrenchconvo iwc-lausanne. orgIm French (born in Bordeaux) and Swiss by marriage. I hold an advanced beginners French conversation class on Tuesday afternoons from 14:30-16:00. We meet weekly at the clubhouse in a friendly atmosphere. I hope to help you use your knowledge of French, allowing you to speak with no fear of making mistakes, which in time will become fewer and fewer.French Language Lab, BeginnerLeader: Maija Remlingerfrenchlab iwc-lausanne. orgThe group meets on Thursday afternoons from 15:00-16:30 at the clubhouse. The first half of the class is devoted to reading out loud from the book “Easy French Reader”, working on pronunciation and phrasing. During the second half, we listen to audio recordings from “New French with Ease” and work on oral comprehension.French Conversation, AdvancedLeader: Juliette Brullfrench iwc-lausanne, orgWe meet every Tuesday at the IWC clubhouse from 9:30-11:00. Most of our time is devoted to very lively discussions about current events and various topics. We also read a book written by a French author and sometimes we see a French movie.21. Why are you advised to contact Mandi?A. To check the arrangement. B. To exchange ideas.C. To decide the topics. D. To ask for leave.22. Which of the clubs focuses mainly on the basic knowledge of language?A. English Conversation. B. French Conversation, Advanced .C. French Language Lab, Beginner. D. French Conversation, Advanced Beginner.23. Who will you get in touch with if you like watching French films?A. Mandy Ashmore B. Marielle Sulmoni C. Maija Remlinger D. Juliette BrullBGrowing up in Puerto Rico, our family was no different from so many others. My parents got married after my father came back when the war ended. Both of my parents were struggling with the hard economic realities of the time. But somehow, they found time to cherish those cultural values that shaped our everyday life.In our daily life, we celebrated together with our friends or family members every birthday, every graduation, and all holidays with music and dancing, typical foods. When we visited our family in the countryside-a trip that took about two hours in a car, with five children fighting as to who would get a window or the front seat-we would break into song, and somehow the trip would turn into one full of happiness and fun. We would sing not only interesting childrens songs but also beautiful love songs-songs about the love of the country though we didnt understand the meaning of the words many times.I came to Philadelphia for the first time in 1973 to do a residency（实习）in a family medicine. I remember the many hours of work. I was facing issues of life and death and suffering the clearly social unfairness and issues of poverty and race. These were all aggravated by my feeling of cultural differences.An important turning point in my life happened one Saturday night when I attended a concert of Puerto Rican singer and composer Antonio Caban Vale. The music showed my familiar rhythms, and the words spoke to my heart. I had found a space to express, celebrate, and share my culture in Philadelphia. Therefore, I believe diversity is seen as an advantage and not as a disadvantage. As a Puerto Rican, I am a mixture of races and I believe in my strength because of this.24. What do we know about the authors parents?A. They lived a well-off life. B. They were famous in Puerto Rico.C. They had different cultural values. D. They took cultural values seriously.25. Why does the author mention the trip in Paragraph 2?A. To prove her pride in her culture. B. To show fun brought by cultural values.C. To express their love for the country. D. To explain what her family values are.26. Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word “aggravated”?A. worsened B. appreciated C. criticized D. caused27. What did the concert make the author aware of?A. The possibility of celebrating her own culture.B. The right to share ones culture with others.C. The happiness of possessing unique cultural values.D. The right of cultures to coexist in society. CWeighing too much can damage your health, and obesity is a growing problem for both kids and adults around the world. Sleep might be one answer to the problem. A new study has found that elementary school students who slept too little were more likely to gain pounds. Past studies have shown a link between sleeping less and weighing more, but scientists have had a tough time determining “which came first , the chicken or the egg,” says Julie C. Lumeng of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. In other words, it hasnt been clear whether kids who weigh too much have trouble sleeping, or whether sleeping less leads to weight gain. Both scenarios (情况) seemed equally possible.To get a better idea of which causes which, Lumeng and his colleagues interviewed the parents of 785 third graders from around the United States. The parents answered questions about how well their kids slept that year. Three years later, the parents answered the same questions. By sixth grade, 18 percent of kids involved in the study were obese. The scientists found no relationship between weight and the students race or gender. It also didnt matter how strict their parents were. Obesity struck all of these groups equally. Instead, sleep seemed to be the key factor. Over the 3 years of the study, the children averaged a healthy 9.5 hours of sleep a night. Some kids, however, slept a lot more-or less-than others. For the sixth graders, every hour of sleep above the 9.5-hour average was linked to a 20 percent lower risk of being obese. Sleep appeared doubly important for the third graders. Every extra hour of sleep they got was linked to a 40 percent drop in obesity.28. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 imply?A. Scientists have found the exact causes of childrens obesity.B. There is always something difficult to understand through theory.C. The cause-effect relationship between weight and sleep isnt clear.D. A persons weight has something to do with the amount of his sleep.29. What did the interview find out?A. 9.5 hours of sleep a night is enough for childrenB. The more a child sleeps, the healthier he will be.C. Six graders need much more sleep than third graders.D. Ones race or gender has nothing to do with his weight.30. How does the author develop the passage?A. By listing figures. B. By comparing different opinions.C. By providing examples. D. By conducting an experiment.31. What is the suitable title for the passage?A. The benefits of enough sleep for children.B. Sleeping less increases the risk of obesity.C. Which comes first, little sleep or obesity?D. How many hours of sleep do children need?DBefore I studied psychology, I used to think that people would laugh when funny things occurred. While I was right about that, I discovered there are lots of other psychological factors that make people laugh other than the funny part of a joke. When someone laughs at a joke, there will usually be more than one reason that makes him laughand the more reasons there are, the more powerful the joke will be.I was attending a stand-up comedy show in Egypt, and when the man started to make fun of pedestrians crossing streets, everyone laughed their hearts out. The main reason those people strongly laughed was that almost all of them felt angry towards pedestrians who crossed streets carelessly. The joke wasnt only funny, it also made the audience feel that they were right about being angry at those pedestrians. That is, people were laughing both because of the funny joke and because of the happiness experienced as a result of the psychological support they got.The better a joke makes a person feel, and the more it includes other psychological factors, the more the person will like it. For example, if you envy one of your friends, and someone tells a joke that is funny and, at the same time, makes your friend seem stupid, then you will probably laugh at it louder than if you werent jealous of him.In short, we dont laugh only when we hear something funny; we also laugh when we experience some kind of happiness that results from the other psychological factors involved in the joke. I strongly discourage making fun of anyone or belittling someone to make someone else laugh. All I want to explain is that if your joke supports a persons emotions, he will certainly like it a lot.32. What did the author find out after studying psychology?A. Only good jokes make people laugh. B. Many factors lead to people laughing. C. Funny things can make people laugh D. Laughter can make people healthy.33. Why did the audience laugh loud at the pedestrians?A. They played a trick on the pedestrians. B. The pedestrians behaved in a funny way.C. They could feel the pedestrians happiness.D. Their emotion was approved of by the show.34. What does the underlined word “belittling” probably mean?A. annoy B. blame C. look down on D. make up to35. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?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。选项中有两项为多余选项。Some people get pleasure from picnics and tours. Others like to discuss various topics and find pleasure in it. But the reading of books provides us with such pleasure as we do not get from any other activity.Books are written by learned people. They contain the best experiences and thoughts of their writers. Writers put in their books not only their own ideas and feelings, but also what they observe and find in society.36If we are in a cheerful mood, our joy is increased by reading.37They provide us with the best advice and guidance in our difficulties. Indeed, books are our best friends as they help us in our hour of need.41. hung42. A. come up with43. A. certain44. A. guidance45. A. remain46. A. stretch 47. A. appointed 48. A. as49. A. worn 50. A. deserved51. A. looking at52. A. accidentally53. A. schoolbag54. A. still55. A. suddenly 56. A. account38They entertain us in our spare moments. Good novels, books on poetry and short stories, give us great enjoyment. At times we become so absorbed in our books that we forget even our important arrangements. Loneliness is no trouble for a reader.39They give us sound moral advice. It is through the reading of books that we learn what to love and what to hate. The reading of good books develops and improves our character.It was the English author Bacon who said that reading makes a full man. No one can question the truth of this saying.40Some books are such that instead of doing any good, they do harm to the readers. So it is the reading of good books alone that presents us the greatest benefit.A. Books keep us well-informed.B. Books contain grains of wisdom.C. When we are alone, books are our best friends.D. Books enable us to know the best of the colorful world.E. When we are in a depressed mood, books comfort our troubled minds.F. But we cannot get full advantage from reading, if our choice is not good.G. By reading books written by great thinkers, we come in contact with their minds.第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：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。One rainy evening I went to fill up at the gas station. A pre-teen boy approached my car with a thick hoodie（连帽衫） 41 around his face. He asked me for money to help him and his mother stay in their hotel for an additional week. He stated that if they did not 42 $25 they would be driven out that 43 evening. Having worked in social services before, and being a little skeptical, I asked how come his mother hadnt sought out social services for 44 . The boy said that they needed to 45 in their hotel for one more week until his grandmother, who lived out of town, could take them in. I gave the boy what I had $5. He thanked me and continued to 46 the parking lot asking for help. I got my gas and drove away. A(n) 47 time some weeks ago, a boy asked me for money and I told him I didnt have any 48 I did. The skeptic in me had 49 out. Yet, I thought about it, felt 50 at my skepticism and went 51 the boy to give him a dollar. But it seemed that he had disappeared into thin air. “This time,” I thought, “Ill do it 52 .” I reached into my 53 and took out an additional $20; then I returned to the gas station. The boy was 54 there. I observed him 55 approaching strangers who walked past him but took no 56 of him. I pulled up beside a pump and waved 57 the boy to come over. I handed him the $ 20 bill.He 58 through my car window and gave me a huge hug. His hug told me all I needed to know-that finally this kid could get out of the 59 , the cold and the darkening sky and go inside where it was 60 .D. hiddenD. feed up withD. exactD. assistance D. continueD. search D. regularD. thoughD. wonD. worriedD. looking into D. quicklyD. carD. evenD. constantlyD. noticeC. shownC. put up with C. sameC. advice C. keepC. wanderC. usualC. becauseC. comeC. relaxedC. looking on C. differentlyC. suitcase C. yetC. reluctantlyC. controlB. pulledB. catch up withB. possibleB. referenceB. surviveB. cleanB. separateB. unlessB. turnedB. ashamedB. looking for B. purposelyB. walletB. justB. bravelyB. advantage D. for D. reachedD. line D. quietC. uponC. gatheredC. hotelC. warmB. atB. heldB. garageB. freezing57. A. with58. A. gained 59. A. rain 60. A. sunny 第II卷注意：将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效。第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)第二节：语法填空(共10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。Everyone seems 61 (have) his or her own holiday. Dad has Fathers Day. Children have Childrens Day. Lovers have Valentines Day. But is there a special day 62 older people?Of course, the Chongyang Festival is the holiday 63 Chinese people show love for their elders. 64 (celebrate) on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month, the festival is also known as the Double Ninth Festival. Nine is the 65 (high) digit(数字), so it 66 (regard) that the two together mean a long life.The festival comes during 67 golden time of autumn. The clear weather and the joy of harvest make for a happy atmosphere. On the day, people 68 (tradition) climb a mountain and carry dogwood(茱萸). People in ancient times 69 (believe) that the plant could drive away evil 70 (spirit) and prevent people against cold in winter.第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)第一节：短文改错(共10小题，每小题1分，满分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。 With the progress of society, the volunteer spirit has spread all over a country. More and more people are willing to be volunteer and take part in volunteer activities. Get involved in volunteer work means a lot to our society. Firstly, you show loving care for others when you are doing voluntary service. You pass love and civilization on to others