云南省玉溪一中高三英语上学期期中试题新人教版.doc

玉溪一中高2014届高三上学期期中测试英语试题第卷注意：请考生将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效第一部分 听 力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试题的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. what does the man mean?a. he doesnt usually get calls here.b. he wants a telephone of his own.c. he doesnt want people to call him at work.2. what does the man do?a. a reporter. b. an accountant. c. a librarian.3. what did the man do yesterday afternoon?a. he went to the post office.b. he waited for the woman in the office.c. he stayed at home watching tv.4. how did the woman learn about the job?a. she saw an ad in the newspaper.b. her friend told her about it.c. she saw it on a list of job openings.5. where does the man work?a. in a shoe stone. b. in a movie studio. c. in a factory.第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6. what kind of music does the man like best?a. classical music. b. rock music. c. jazz music.7. who can play the violin?a. the mans wife. b. the man. c. the woman.8. when will the woman go to the mans?a. next week. b. this weekend. c. at the end of the month.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. what are the speakers mainly talking about?a. their favorite directors. b. a new film called et.c. films directed by spielberg.10. why does the machine in ai want to become a real person?a. it wants to act like a human being.b. it wants to have true love.c. it doesnt like to be a robot.11. what does the woman think of ai?a. moving. b. horrible. c. dull.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. where did the woman go last year?a. to cyprus. b. to switzerland. c. to america.13. how does the man prefer to take a long trip?a. by car. b. by train. c. by plane.14. whats the weather like in cyprus?a. its hot in the hills in summer.b. its cool up in the hills in summer.c. its cool down in the hills in summer.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. what does the woman do on the internet?a. she usually checks her e-mail.b. she usually chats with her friends.c. she usually buys goods.16. how long is the man online a day?a. 6 hours. b. 8 hours. c. 10 hours.17. what can we know from the conversation?a. all the information on the internet is false.b. the mans boss doesnt know the internet at all.c. the man is very cautious when he does the shopping online.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. why do many people easily hurt their backs when they lift heavy things from the floor?a. they bent their knees and squat down.b. they bent over from the waist.c. they keep their backs and hips in a line.19. what should we do when we lift a heavy box according to the text?a. spread our knees and legs.b. put our hands beside the box in front of us.c. keep our arms and legs straight.20. what is the correct way of lifting a heavy object?a. lifting with back. b. lifting with hands.c. lifting with legs.第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）第一节 单项填空 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分） 从a、b、c、d四个选项中，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。21. dont forget to return the book on time._.a. really b. my pleasure c. got it d. thats all right 22. shooting _ movie at high school is _ experience that i will never forget as long as i live.a. the; a b. a; / c. /; an d. a; an23. last week, i bought an interesting story book, _ is very beautiful. a. which cover. b. the cover of which. c. its cover. d. the cover of whose.24- how soon will the candidates get their university admissions? - it may take three weeks for all the applications to be .awithdrawn bdelivered cedited dprocessed 25. he got up late and hurried to his office, _ the breakfast untouched. a. left b. to leave c. leaving d. having left26. a reward of $1,000 will be given to can provide any clues to the case which has been investigated by the police for nearly half a year. awhoever bwhomever canyone dwho27. five workers _ the mine disaster. after the injured _ to the hospital, doctors and nurses immediately got down to saving their lives. a. was survived; rushed b. survived from; were rushed c. survived; was rushed d. survived; were rushed28. not having promoted the new digital camera successfully, the company should its original marketing methods.aaccount forbreflect on cwork outdcall up29. three of the towns factories have closed down _ the space of a year. a. among b. after c. beyond d. within30. it is many years _ we enjoyed ourselves on the great occasion. a. since b. that c. before d. when31. -where does your father work, lucy? -in england. but he _ in france for 8 years. a. has worked. b. has been worked. c. have been working. d. worked.32. _ is known to all is _ diaoyu island is part of china. a. what; that. b. it; that. c. as; that. d. what; what.33. i _ have been there, but i _ not find the time. a. could; must b. must; could c. should; could d. should; would34. i climbed the stairs slowly with a big suitcase, my father with two more.afollowed bwas followingcfollowing dhaving following35. it is fairly common in africa for _ a group of musicians surrounded by others who also join in the performance. a. there are b. there being c. there to be d. there be第二节 完形填空（共20题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。my grandmother became a widow in 1970. shortly after that, we went to the 36 shelter to pick out a dog to keep her 37 . grandma decided on a little dog with a reddish-brown spot above each eye. 38 these spots, the dog was named penny.grandma and penny quickly became very 39 to each other, but that attachment grew much stronger about three years later 40 grandma had a stroke（中风）. grandma could no longer 41 , so when she came home from the hospital, she and penny were 42 companions.after her stroke, it became a real 43 for grandma to let penny in and out because 44 was at the bottom of a flight of stairs. so a mechanism（机械装置）using a rope and pulley（滑轮）was 45 from the door to a handle at the top of the stairs. grandma just had to pull the handle to open and close the door. if the store was 46 pennys favorite dog food, grandma would make one of us 47 penny browned beef with potatoes in it. i can remember 48 my grandmother by saying that she loved that dog better than she loved her family.as the years passed, it was not 49 for grandma and penny to separate each other. if grandma went to take her nap（打盹）, penny stayed by her side until she 50 . as penny aged, she could no longer jump up on the bed, so she 51 on the rug （垫子）beside the bed. if grandma went into the 52 , penny would walk along beside her, wait outside the door and accompany her 53 to the bed or chair. grandma never went anywhere without her 54_ companion by her side. the time came when both my grandmothers and pennys 55 were failing fast. after fifteen years of loving companionship, grandma and penny passed away within a few hours of each other.36aanimalbtoyc. fishdbird37abusinessbfirmc. company dfriend38ain spite ofbbecause ofc. instead ofdin front of39alinkedbfastenedc. attacheddtied40abeforebwhilec. untildwhen41athinkbspeakc. workdstudy42acontrarybcontentc. confident dconstant43aproblembquestionc. practicedrule44athe doorbgrandmac. the window dpenny45arepairedbfixedc. bought dloaded46aout ofbahead ofc. away fromdapart from47ashowbhandc. borrowdcook48adrawing attention tobmaking use ofcbreaking away fromdmaking fun of49anecessarybpossiblec. important d. convenient50arecoveredbawokec. slept dscreamed51arolledbstoodc. waiteddlay52areading roombbedroomc. shop dbathroom53abackbupc. off ddown54asplendidbremotec. faithfuldlegal55asmellbhealthc. habit dliving第三部分。阅读理解（分两节，每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：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。acharlie boswell has always been a great hero. he has inspired thousands of people to rise above circumstances and live out true meaning of life.he was blinded during world war ii while rescuing his friend from a tank that was under fire. he was a great athlete before the accident. in order to prove his talent and determination, he decided to try a brand new sport, a sport he never imagined playing, even with his eyesight golf! through determination and a deep love for the game he became the national blind golf champion! he won that honor 13 times.one of his heroes was the great golfer ben hogan, so it truly was an honor for charlie to win the ben hogan award in 1958.upon meeting ben hogan, charlie was respectful and stated that he had one wish and it was to have one round of golf with the great ben hogan. mr. hogan agreed that playing a round together would be an honor for him as well, as he had heard about all of charlies accomplishments and truly admired his skills.“would you like to play for money, mr. hogan?” asked out charlie.“i cant play you for money, it wouldnt be fair!” said mr. hogan.“aw, come on mr. hogan$ 1,000 per hole!”“i cant, what would people think of me, taking advantage of you and your circumstance?” replied the sighted golfer.“chicken, mr. hogan?”“okay,” replied the embarrassed hogan, “but i am going to play my best!”“i wouldnt expect anything else,” said the confident boswell.“now that youre on. mr. boswell, you name the time and the place!”the very self assured boswell responded, “10 oclock tonight!”56why didnt mr. hogan want to play charlie for money?ahe was worried he would lose the match.bhe thought it was unfair for charlie.che didnt care about money.dhe preferred chicken to money.57it can be inferred from the text that .amr. hogan was not good at playing golfbcharlie did well in other sports before playing golfcmr. hogan didnt try his best to playdcharlie boswell was born blind58which of the following can best describe charlie?acompetitive and generousbenergetic and reliableccareful and consideratedconfident and smartbtourism probably started in roman timesrich romans visited friends and family who were working in another part of the roman empirebut when the empire broke down, this kind of tourism stoppedin the early 17th century, the idea of the “grand tour” was bornrich young english people sailed across the english channel（英吉利海峡）they visited the most beautiful and important european cities of the time, including paris in france, and rome and venice（威尼斯）in italytheir tours lasted for two to four years, and the tourists stayed a few weeks or months in each citythe “grand tour” was an important part of young peoples educationbut only for the richin the 18th century, tourism began to changefor example, people in the uk started to visit some towns, such as bath to “take the waters”they believed that the water there was good for their healthso large and expensive hotels were built in these townsin the 19th century, travel became much more popular and fasterwhen the first railways were built in the 1820s, it was easier for people to travel between towns, so they started to go for holidays by the seaand some started to have holidays in the countryside as cities became larger, noisier and dirtiertraveling by sea also became faster and safer when the first steamships were builtpeople began to travel more to far-away countriesthe 20th century saw cars become more and more popular among ordinary peopleplanes were made larger, so ticket prices dropped and more people used themthus tourism grewin 1949, russian journalist vladimir raitz started a company called horizon holidaysthe company organizes everythingplane tickets, hotel rooms, even foodand tourists pay for it all before they leave homethe package tour and modern tourist industry was bornthe first travel agency in china was set up as early as 1949but tourism did not take off until 1978in 2002, the industry was worth 500 billion yuan and became an important part of chinas social development59in the early times, the travelers _aall came from roman bhad lots of money cwere very young and strong dtraveled by boat60which of the following is true？athe young men learned little from grand tourbtourism became faster and safer when the first railways were built in the 18th century cmore people chose planes for its cheap pricedin 2002, tourism became a significant part of chinas social development61_played the most important role in the tourism developmentaeducation btransportation cmoney dpeoples ideas62modern tourism was born _ain 1978 bin roman times cin the early 17th century din 1949cfour years ago my sweet mom went to be with her lordshe did it her wayi got the call at work, and i headed home quicklymom and dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since i was seveni hated going there every weekendthere was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old tv set, if the weather allowed receptionmy mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land and loved to work in the garden among her flowers and vegetablesthe place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heatwe had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to mein the evenings, my mom and i would sit for hours singing in the little kitcheni sang the melody and mom harmonizedher favorite song was moon river and we sang it over and overmom told me stories about how when i was a little girl, i could sing before i could talkshe loved to tell how my playpen（婴儿圈栏）sat in the kitchen next to the radio and there was one song i particularly loved called ivory toweras time passed, i had my own children and went to visit every week or twothe kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dadme, well, i still hated the silence of the farmwhile my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, i missed the hustle and bustle（喧闹）of my life at homebut i sat there listening quietly as she reminiscednow, i sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so i finally leaned over to turn on an old radiomusic always comforted memy heart skipped a beatmoon river was playing on the radioi sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as i listened to every familiar notethen the radio announcer of this oldie station came onheres one we havent heard in a while, and an unfamiliar song begani began to cry harder as i heard the words sung over the airwavescome down, come down from your ivory tower63the writer didnt like staying on the farm for the following reasons except that _ait was too cold and quiet bshe could only sing one song on the small farmcthere was nothing more that could make her exciteddthe place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat64from the first paragraph, we know that the writers mother _apassed away four years ago bleft the small farm with lordc. left for lord to live her own way dpreferred to be with lord65the underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means _arecalled bcomforted c. shouted dsighed66which of the following statements is not true according to the passage _athe writer was able to sing before she could speakbthe writer preferred to live a busy life in the citycthe writer was still quite familiar with the song ivory towerdthe writer treasured all her childhood memories in the small farmhouse67which of the following would be the best title for this passage? _acherish life bmy happy childhood cour small farmhouse dmoms musicdall around the world, shoppers flock to wal-mart to buy everything. in texas, they come for another reason: to see the wind turbine（涡轮机）, which supplies 5% of the stores electricity. it along with other facilities, such as exterior walls coated with heat-reflective paint, makes this wal-mart a green giant.the laws of economics suggest that wal-mart, with 5, 200 stores worldwide, influences everything including the price of all kinds of goods. it throws its weight behind environmental responsibility, and the impact could be amazing. “one little change in product packaging could save 1, 500 trees,” says wal-mart ceo lee scott“if everybody saves 1, 500 trees or 50 barrels of oil, at the end of the day you have made a huge difference.”scott wants wal-mart to do its part too. he has promised to cut the existing greenhouse-gas emissions（排放）over the next few years and promised to construct new stores that are more efficient. he wants wal-marts fleet of more than 7, 000 trucks to get twice as many mi