学山东省滕州市实验中学高三英语第一学期期中试题.doc

2014-2015学年度山东省滕州市实验中学高三第一学期期中考试英语试题考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分i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（abcd）中，选出最佳答案amelbourne, australia a kangaroo frightened by a man walking his dog attacked the pair, throwing the pet underwater and hitting the owner in the stomach with its back legsthe australian, chris rickard, was in stable condition monday after the attack, which ended when the 49-year-old struck the kangaroo in the throatrickard said he was walking his blue dog, rocky, on sunday morning when they surprised a sleeping kangaroo in arthurs creek northeast of melbournethe dog chased the animal into a pond, when the kangaroo turned and knocked the pet underwaterwhen rickard tried to pull his dog free, the kangaroo turned on him, attacking with its back legs and tearing a deep cut into his stomach and across his facei thought i might take action to drag the dog out from under his grasp, but i didnt expect him to actually attack me, rickard, 49, told the herald sun newspaperit was a shock at the start because it was a kangaroo, about 5 feet high, they dont go around killing peoplei was stuck having to hold on to the dog with both hands because it was half drowned and i couldnt really see anything because the kangaroo just attacked me”he added, all i could do was just keep pushing for the bank and he was trying to push me under the water, so at that point i struck him in the throat and that made him back off a little biti dont think ill ever be able to watch kangaroo programs quite the same as i used to it might bring back a couple of bad memories”kangaroos rarely attack people but will fight if they feel threatened dogs often chase kangaroos, which have been known to lead the pets into water and defend themselves thererickard said he ended the attack by hitting the kangaroo in the throat adding rocky was half-drowned when he pulled him from the water1rickard and his pet dog were attacked when _ aswimming in the pond bhe was teasing a kangaroo che was walking his dog ddragging his dog out from water 2in australia, kangaroos _ aget along rather peacefully with people bare only seen in zoos cfrequently attack people and pets dcan be found swimming in ponds3the kangaroo attacked the man and his dog probably because _athe man struck it in the throat bit wanted to drown the dogcthe man wanted to drown it dthe dog chased it 4as a result of the attack, _athe kangaroo was killed brickard was left a deep impression ckangaroos should be under stricter protection dthe dog was drowned deadbwhen there are some strangers in front of us, which of them will we trust?according to a new study in the online plos one, people make their decisions to trust others largely based on their facesyour appearance can do a lot for you, especially if you are in the financial industrythe more trustworthy you look, the more likely people will buy what youre sellingresearchers from britains university of warwick business school, university college london, and dartmouth college, us, did a number of experimentsthe research team used computer software to make 40 faces, from the least to the most trustworthy-lookingthe study said that the difference between a trustworthy face and one that isnt as trustworthy comes from features that look slightly angry or slightly happy, even when the face is at resthowever, a slightly happy face is more likely to be trustedresearchers gave participants some money and asked them which face they trusted to invest the money for themthen researchers gave some good and bad information about the people with these faces, and asked the participants again whom they trustedthe results showed that even if they got different information, the participants didnt change their choicesthey were still more likely to invest their money with the more trustworthy-looking faceschris olivola, one of the studys authors, said in the university of warwicks press release: “it seems we are still willing to go with our own instincts about whether we think someone looks like we can trust themthe temptation to judge strangers by their faces is hard to resist”5which of the following can be a proper title for this passage?awhat kind of face do you trust?bwho did the experiments?cwhy do you trust him or her?dwhy did they do the experiments?6according to the study, which of the following faces is most likely to be trusted?aa sad faceba smiling faceca crying facedan angry face7which of the following about the experiment is true?athe trustworthy faces were given good informationbresearchers took photos of the 40 peoples faces in collegecmost participants gave their money to the trustworthy-looking facesdparticipants liked to choose the faces with good information8what did the researchers learn from their experiment?apeople cant refuse temptationsbpeople always do things with their instinctscpeople dont trust strangers with sad facesdpeople often judge strangers by their facescif youre tired of the mediterranean and dont want to head to disney again, perhaps its time for a summer holiday in spacerussia has declared plans for its first floating hotel, 217 miles above earth, and it is something of an offering with good servicehosting just seven guests in a four cabins, the accommodation will boast huge windows with views back to earth and tasty microwave meals will be served instead of the ones often used by astronautsjust getting there will be an adventure in itselfit will take two days aboard a soyuz rocketand it wont exactly be a budget holiday: a five-day stay will cost you100, 000 to500, 000 for your journeythe hotel is due to open by 2016 and, according to those behind it, will be far more comfortable than the international space station （iss） used by astronauts and cosmonautsin the weightlessness of space, visitors can choose to have beds that are either vertical（垂直的） or horizontaltourists, who will be accompanied by experienced crew, will dine on food prepared on earth and sent up on the rocket, to be reheated in microwave ovensmany kinds of delicacies will be availableiced tea, mineral water and fruit juices will be available, but alcohol will be strictly prohibitedtoilets will use flowing air instead of water to move waste through the systemwaste water will be recycledsergei kostenko, chief executive of orbital technologies which will construct the hotel, said: “our planned module inside will not remind you of the international space stationa hotel should be comfortable inside, and it will be possible to look at the earththe hotel will be aimed at wealthy individuals and people working for private companies who want to do research in space” the hotel can also be used as an emergency bolthole （避难处） for astronauts aboard the international space station if there is a crisis9which can be the best title of the passage?arussia declares the design for its first space hotelbthe first space hotel is under construction nowcthe astronauts will have a second home in spacedrussia has the advanced technology in exploring space10what does the underlined word “budget” in the 3rd paragraph mean?aexpensive bworthwhile ceconomic duncomfortable11what kind of accommodation will the guests have in the space hotel?athey will have the same food as the astronauts havebmany kinds of drinks are available including alcoholcguests can have beds that are either vertical or horizontaldtourists are accompanied by the astronauts from the iss12which of the following statements is true according to the passage?athe space hotel is built to remind you of the international space stationbthe hotel is constructed with big windows so that tourists can see the earthcthe company, orbital technologies, has already begun to build the space hoteldin the near future, a space trip for most of the people can be realizeddi wish there would be a way to describe china in simple terms but thats impossiblefor the most part chinese people are friendly, easy-going and optimisticthey are curious and unusually patient and they are also the hardest-working people i have ever metin china, family is everythingin my english classes when the students were asked what they would do if they only had a few hours to live, most students told me how they would spend their last few hours with their families and parentsmany times the subjects in the classes center on families and friendsi teach many students a year, talking to them freelythe cost of living here is very low compared with that of the usthe city of xiang fan i live in isnt large and i live betternon-imported（非出口的） foods are very cheap, so are clothing and articles of everyday usethe cost of public transportation is very low, toochinese value educationhowever, it is reported that many children cant afford the expenses of schooling and are forced to leave school in some poor areas in chinabut they organized project hope many years agoit creates conditions for the poor children to go back to schoolin my opinion, project hope is of great importance to the development of the rural educationwhen we read news of china in the west, rarely, if ever, will we see anything mentioned of the positive changes china has gone throughwhile it is true that economic miracles have not reached many areas of china, but we also have the same problemswhen i am asked which country i consider better, china or the us, my answer has always been the same, “we are not worse or better than each other, we are only different”13what does the author think of chinese people?ahe thinks most chinese people hardly workbhe thinks most chinese people are proudche praises most chinese people a lotdhe dislikes most chinese people14what are not cheap in china in the authors opinion?aclothes and shoes made in chinablocal foodscpublic transportation ticketsdimported foods15we can infer from the passage that the author thinks _athe westerners have got to know china wellbchinas economic miracles have appeared everywherecthe progress of china is seldom reported in the usdthe education in rural areas is never cared about in china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how to be a good communicator16 theyve been heard and theyve been understoodas a good communicator should be a good listener, five steps are advocated toward good listeningthe first step is cooperatinghow does a difficult person know that youre listening and understanding? in fact, its through the way you look and sound while he is talking 17 when the person begins to repeat whats been said, its signal of step two: turning back18 send a clear signal that youre listening carefully and that you think what he is saying is importanthaving heard what he has to say, the next step is clarifyingat this point, you start to gather information about what is being communicated 19 the fourth step is to summarize（概括）what youve heard 20 having listened carefully, youve now arrived at the point of confirming with the person that he feels that his thoughts have been fully voicedask if he feels understoodwhen enough sincere listening, questioning, and remembering are brought together, understanding is usually achieved and a difficult person becomes less difficult and more cooperativeaask some open-ended questions, which will allow you to figure out what intention he is hoping to satisfybthis allows you to make sure that both you and the difficult person are on the same pagecit means that you repeat back some words he is usingdwhen difficult people express themselves orally, they generally want at least two things:ewhen you communicate with who have difficulty expressing themselves, they need your helpfgiving clear signals tell him that you have understood him completelygyou do this by nodding your head in agreement, making certain sounds of understandingii完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡将该项涂黑。thanks for everythingin our life, we have 21 expressed our gratitude to the ones whod lived those years with us22 , we dont have to wait for 23 to thank the ones closest to usthe ones so easily 24 if i have learned 25 about giving thanks, it is this: give it now! 26 your feeling of appreciation is alive and sincere, 27 on itsaying thanks is such an easy way to 28 to the worlds happinesssaying thanks not only brightens someone elses world, it also 29 yoursif youre feeling left out, unloved or unappreciated, try reaching out to othersit may be just the 30 you needof course, there are times when you cant express gratitude 31 in that 32 dont let embarrassment sink you into silence 33 up the first time you have the chanceonce a young minister, mark brian, was sent to a remote parish of kwakiutl indians in british columbiathe indians, he had been told, did not have a 34 for thank youbut brian soon found that these people had exceptional 35 instead of saying thanks, it is their 36 to return every favor with a favor of their own, and every kindness with an equal or superior kindnessthey do their 37 i wonder if we had no words in our 38 for thank you, would we do a better job of communicating our gratitude? would we be more responsive, more sensitive, more 39 ?thankfulness is a（n） 40 message; its lyrics breaks all earthly barriers; its music touches the heavens21aunusually brarely cfrequently doccasionally22ain return bin turn cin fact din favor23acelebrations banniversaries ccongratulations dvictories24adevoted bforgotten clost doverlooked25aanything bsomething ceverything dnothing26aif bsince cthough dwhile27aact bdo cdecide dfocus28arefer bcome cadd dspeak29aleaves bmakes ccauses ddoes30aaction bmedicine cfood dmotivation31aimmediately bhesitatingly cwillingly dobviously32acase bposition ccondition drelation33astand bface cspeak dlook34away bword cvocabulary ddictionary35afriendliness bcuriosity cconcern dgenerosity36agesture bcustom cattitude dtask37aduty bfavor cthanks dperformance38avocabulary bcommand cmind ddirectory39aliving bcaring cunderstanding doutstanding40aconvenientbimportant cuniversaldlocaliii语法填空（共10小题；每小题15分; 满分15分） 阅读下面短文, 按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为4150的相应位置上。housework for children41 is difficult for parents of nearly every family to teach their children to be responsible for housework, 42 with one of the following suggestions, you really can get your children to help at homeif you give your children the impression that they can not do anything quite right, then they 43 （regard） themselves as unfit or unable persons 44 the children believe that they can succeed, they will never become totally independentmy daughter carlas fifth-grade teacher made every child in her class specialwhen students received 45 （little） than a perfect test score, she would point out 46 they had mastered and declare firmly they could learn what they had missedyou can use the same technique when you evaluate 47 childs work at homedont always scold but give lots of praise insteadtalk about what he has done right, not about what he hasntif a difficult task 48 （do） right by your child, promise him 49 sunday trip or a ball game with dadlearning is a process of trying and failing and trying and succeedingif you teach your children 50 to fear a mistake of failure, they will learn faster and achieve success at lastiv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。错误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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均限一词； 2只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。life on the land probably was started about 430 million years ago, though it has existed in the water for perhaps so much as 3,000 million yearswhen we think of the first thing on the land, we probably think of strange animals come out of the oceansin fact no animals can have been living if plants had been on land firstplant had to be on land after animals arrivedthey supplied the first land animals with the surroundings and food necessity, since them, the plants, are the only form of life who is able to get and store energy第二节 书面表达 假如你叫李华，是某市某中学学生。最近你校在为一批来自英国的学生征询住宿家庭，你有意申请。请根据下表提供的信息用英语给校长写封信，说明你的理由。申请理由：住房条件宽敞、整洁、环境优美语