江西省师范大学附属中学、九江一中高三英语上学期期中试卷（含解析）.doc

2016届江西省师范大学附属中学、九江一中高三上学期期中考试英语试卷（带解析）一、阅读理解（共4小题）1.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。asummer holiday fun 2015!the summer holidays are upon us againhere is our guide to summer holiday fun in peterborough!peterborough museumthe age of the dinosaurs is the museums main attraction this summerget up close to prehistoric creatures via some great hands-on exhibits！watch out for monsters lurking around every ember！the museum is open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm monday to saturday，and from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm on sundays in august.call 01733 864663 for details.saxon youth clubschool holiday fun：young people aged 1319 will be able to produce their own music，compete in sports activities，or try their hand at cooking at saxon youth club，saxon community centre，norman road，peterborough every monday and wednesday from 3:00 pmplus an aero ball tournament will take place on thursday，12th august between 3:30 pm and 6:30 pm.call 01353 720274 for details.houghton millthrough the looking glassa new production of the family favorite on monday 30th，augustbring rugs or chairs to sit on and a picnic if you wish to eat during the playgates open 5:30 pm，performance 6:30 pm8:30 pmtea room will be open until the end of the intervaladult 10child 7family 20.booking advisable on 0845 4505157.farmland museum and denny abbeyfarmland games：from wellie wanging to pretend ploughing matches，come and join the farmland teamcollect your sporting stickers and create a colorful rosette that is fit for a winner！no need to book，just turn up between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm on thursday，19th augustsuitable for children aged four and above，each child should be accompanied by an adult and all activities are included in the normal admission pricetickets cost： 7 per child.for further information，call 01223 810080.1if you are interested in cooking，you can go to _.apeterborough museumbhoughton millcsaxon youth clubdfarmland museum2you want to watch the new play with your parents，so it will cost you _.a7b17c27d203which of the following activities needs parents company?aplaying farmland gamesbwatching the new play.ccompeting in sports activitiesdvisiting the dinosaur exhibition.2.bthe famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean，so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other foreverhe sent his camera crew out one evening to film the sunset for himthe next morning he said to the men，“have you provided me with that sunset?”“no，sir，” the men answeredthe director was angry“why not?” he asked“well，sir，” one of the men answered，“were on the east coast here，and the sun sets in the westwe can get you a sunrise over the sea，if necessary，but not a sunset.”“but i want a sunset!” the director shouted“go to the airport，take the next flight to the west coast，and get one.”but then a young secretary had an idea“why dont you photograph a sunrise，” she suggested，“and then play it backwards? then itll look like a sunset.”“thats a very good idea!” the director saidthen he turned to the camera crew and said，“tomorrow morning i want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”the camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. then at nine oclock they took it to the director“here it is，sir，” they said，and gave it to himhe was very pleasedthey all went into the studio“all right，” the director explained，“now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbyerun the film backwards so that we can see the sunset behind them.”the “sunset” began，but after a quarter of a minute，the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.the birds in the film were flying backwards，and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.1one evening，the director sent his camera crew out _.ato film a scene on the seabto find an actor and an actresscto watch a beautiful sunsetdto meet the audience2why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?abecause he changed his mind about getting a sunset.bbecause he was angry with his crew.cbecause he wanted to get a scene of sunset.dbecause it was his secretarys suggestion.3the director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because _.ait went well with the separation of the hero and heroinebwhen they arrived at the beach it was already in the eveningcit was more moving than a sunrisedthe ocean looked more beautiful at sunset4after the “sunset” began，the director suddenly put his face in his hands _.abecause he was moved to tearsbas he saw everything in the film moving backwardscas the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagineddbecause he was disappointed with the performance of the hero and heroine3.cin order to help customers find what they want quickly，its important to keep the thousands of titles in the main street movies store organized properlythis section of the employee handbook will tell you how to organize videos.each main street movies store has three main sections:1new releases wall.2film library.3video games.new releases wallalmost 70 percent of movie rentals are new releases，and that is the first place where most customers go when they enter the storethe center section of shelves on this wall holds hottest hitswhen new titles come into the store，place them on this wall in alphabetical orderthe shelves beside hottest hits are called recent releasesthe new releases wall，including the hottest hits and recent releases shelves，holds about 350 titles.film librarythe thousands of titles in the film library are organized into categoriesthe films within each category are displayed alphabeticallyhere are the categories and their two-letter computer codes：foreign language titles include films that were originally made in a foreign language and films with foreign language subtitlesa sticker on the back of each box tells which type of film it is.video gameall the video games in main street movies are arranged in alphabetical orderalthough video games represent only a small percentage of our inventory(库存)，they are stolen more often than any other type of goods in our storetherefore，video games are never displayed on the shelvesshelves in the video game section hold cardboard with pictures and information about each gamewhen a customer wants to rent a particular game，you then find the game from the locked case behind the counter.1whom do you think this passage is most probably addressed to?athe readers in the store.bthe manager of the store.cthe customers in the store.dthe salespersons of the store.2in which order are the new movies moved in the store?afrom hottest hits to film library to recent releases.bfrom film library to hottest hits to recent releases.cfrom recent releases to film library to hottest hits.dfrom hottest hits to recent releases to film library.3why cant video games be seen on the shelves?abecause theyve been sold out.bbecause theyre in the storehouse.cbecause theyre in a locked case behind the counter.dbecause they represent a small percentage of the inventory.4how can a customer find a film with foreign language subtitles?acheck the computer.blook at the back of the box.ccheck the center section.dwatch a few minutes of the film.4.dthe enigma (谜）of beautythe search for beauty spans centuries and continentspaintings of egyptians dating back over 4，000 years show both men and women painting their nails and wearing makeupin 18th-century france，wealthy noblemen wore large wigs (假发）of long，white hair to make themselves attractivetoday，people continue to devote a lot of time and money to their appearance.there is at least one good reason for the desire to be attractive：beauty is powerstudies suggest that good-looking people make more money，get called on more often in class，and are regarded as friendlier.but what exactly is beauty? its difficult to describe it clearly，and yet we know it when we see itand our awareness of it may start at a very early agein one set of studies，six-month-old babies were shown a series of photographsthe faces on the pictures had been rated for attractiveness by a group of college studentsin the studies，the babies spent more time looking at the attractive faces than the unattractive ones.the idea that even babies can judge appearance makes perfect sense to many researchersin studies by psychologists，men consistently showed a preference for women with larger eyes，fuller lips，and a smaller nose and chin while women prefer men with large shoulders and a narrow waistaccording to scientists，the mind unconsciously tells men and women that these traits the full lips，clear skin，strong shoulders equal health and genetic well-being.not everyone thinks the same way，however our hardwiredness can be changed by all sorts of expectations mostly cultural， says cloring brace，an anthropologist at the university of michiganwhat is considered attractive in one culture might not be in anotherlook at most western fashion magazines：the women on the pages are thinbut is this perfect body type for women worldwide? scientists answer is no; what is considered beautiful is subjective and varies around the worldthey found native peoples in southeast peru preferred shapes regarded overweight in western cultures.for better or worse，beauty plays a role in our livesbut it is extremely difficult to describe exactly what makes one person attractive to anotheralthough there do seem to be certain physical traits considered universally appealing，it is also true that beauty does not always keep to a single，uniform standardbeauty really is，as the saying goes，in the eye of the beholder.1peoples ideas about beauty _.ahave existed since ancient timesbcan be easily describedchave little influence on a persons successdare based upon strict criteria2in paragraph 3，the babies in the study _.awere rated for their appearancebwere entered in a beauty contestcwere shown photos of a group of college studentsdwere able to tell attractive faces from unattractive ones3the underlined word “traits” in paragraph 4 probably means _.aqualitiesbmeasurementscjudgmentsdstandards4we can learn from the passage that _.athe ideas of beauty vary as people grow upbthe search for beauty is rooted in lack of confidencecthe standards for beauty are based on scientific researchesdthe understanding of beauty depends on cultural backgrounds二、阅读填空（共2小题）5.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。how can we all get more laughter into our lives? here is what the experts suggest:1_nancy alguire，a teacher in clifton park，n.ywas once painfully shy and she seldom laughedthen she married a circus clown (小丑)“i became interested in the clowns，” she recalls，“ one day i put on a costume and paint my facethat afternoon my whole life changedi learned to laugh and enjoy life in a way i had never done before.” 2_ to this day，she still makes it a rule to be with people who enjoy life and laughing3_it doesnt take you too much time and can be easycollect favorite cartoons and jokesalso，keep a paper for writing down humor you find in everyday life.“good ideas come and go fast，you have to capture them quickly or they are gone，” says virginia tooperlaugh when you need it most.“4_” says comedian bill cosby.“and once you find laughter，no matter how painful your situation might be，you can survive it，” he insistsgray alan，a sociology professor at the university of minnesota，claims that laughter is a skill we can all gainbecause it comes naturally5_ just remember：we are just here for a period，so get a few laughsayou can soften the worst blows through humor.bmix with people who laugh.cpractise the art of laughing.dkeep a laughter file.ehe who laughs last laughs best.fbut its also something that has to be developed.gpeoples joy can affect those around them.6.阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的的正确形式。woman：our design class is really interestingdont you think so?man：yeah，i like professor vargas， 1 sometimes he goes too fast，and i feel like im missing somethingtheres a lot we have 2 (remember).woman：truethere are a lot of details about all the different styles.man：yeah，there are art nouveau，and art deco，and art moderne. i have a hard time 3 (keep) it all straight.woman：i know what you mean.man：for example，it seems to me 4 art deco and art moderne are the same things.woman：well，its somewhat confusingthey were both popular in 5 1930s although art deco came a little before modernei think professor vargas 6 (say) art deco started at an exhibition in paris in 1925let me check out my notesright，art deco was a popular international art design movement from 1923 until the 1940s， 7 (affect) the decorative arts such as architecture and 8 (industry) design，as well as the visual arts such as fashion，painting，the graphic arts and film.man：so，they were about the same timeits one thing that gets confusing 9 thing is，they seem so similar that its hard to see why theyre 10 (consider) different styles.三、完形填空（共1小题）7.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。i lost my elderly mother a few weeks agoactually，my mother had fallen over during the night and had not been able to 1 againshe had woken up the neighbors by banging on the wallthe 2 called an ambulance，which took her 3 to the hospital. my mother has 4 thought that hospitals are a real horrorshe believes that doctors and hospitals give you 5 diseasesmy father went to hospital a year ago，and after a few weeks，he 6 the fact that he was also in the final 7 of lung cancer was certainly related，but by my mothers logic，my fathers death was 8 with the hospital. when a neighbor 9 me up and told me that my mother had been taken off in an ambulance，the first thing i did was similar，which was to ring queen elizabeth hospitalthe paramedics(护理人员) had told my neighbor that my mother would 10 be taken there， 11 i was told that no one by that name had been 12 ，so they gave me the numbers of two other west midland hospitalsboth of them also 13 that they were holding my motheri rang the 14 and asked them to find her，but the nice officer said he could only do that if she had been reported as a(n) 15 person.it took six calls to 16 my mothershe had been in queen elizabeth hospital all along，but because their computer system hadnt been updated overnight，there was no record of her 17 my mother had spent more than a 18 in the hospital when it turned out there was nothing 19 with heri managed to get her out within 10 days，but only by agreeing that in the future，she would live downstairsin return，the hospital said they would 20 for a social worker to visit the house three or four rimes a day.luckily，my mother is safethank all the people who have given their help to us.1awake up bget up cstay up dlight up2aneighbors bstrangers crelatives dfriends3aout bup caway dfrom4aconsequently boccasionally calways drarely5afinal bspecial cfatal dstrange6apassed away bwent away cpassed by dwent by7ameasures bcures cstages dyears8aconnected bfaced cequipped dpleased9acheered brang cscolded dheld10awillingly bhappily clikely deasily11abut band cwhen dor12aadopted badmitted cadjusted dadapted13arefused bsaid cdenied dinsisted14apolice bfamily cdoctors dnurses15aold bdead cmissing dsick16arescue blocate ccomfort dpersuade17aillness barrival ccheckout dmedicine18amonth byear cweek dday19ainteresting bwrong cspecial dvital20aallow banswer carrange dcall四、短文改错（共1小题）8.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。last weekend，i helped my grandparents with their trip to the dalianon saturday morning，together with my grandparents，i search the internet for the train schedule，the weather in dalian，and some hotel informationsin the afternoon，they went to the train station and managed to buy two tickets for my grandparents although there had a long queueafter dinner，i packed the things into the suitcase，what my grandparents would need，such as clothes，glasses，an umbrella，a mapthe next morning，i went to the station to show them offwaved goodbye to them on the platform，i felt happily for them and wished them a safe journey.五、书