云南省红河州弥勒县第二中学高三英语上学期期中试卷.doc

云南省红河州弥勒县第二中学2015届高三英语上学期期中试卷第一部分：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）1. where will the woman be on saturday?a. at her job. b. at a work party.c. at the musemue.2. why does the man choose the difficult path? a. to challenge himself physically. b. to get the best view. c. to visit a village.3. where does the conversation probably take place? a. at a wine bar. b. at a clothing store. c. at a laundry.4. why isnt the mans brother bringing jennifer to the party? a. they are divorced now. b. they live very far away. c. jennifer broke her leg.5. what does the man mean? a. the woman brought too much stuff. b. the woman shouldnt wear shorts at all. c. the woman may feel chilly.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听第6段材料，回答第67题。6. how does the man feel about friday the thirteenth? a. he strongly dislike it. b. he is anxious about it. c. he is indifferent to it 7. what does the woman think the mans bad luck will be? a. she will not come to his party. b. no one else will come to his party. c. something bad will happen at his party.请听第7段材料，回答第810题。8. how does the man feel about his camera? a. he is very disappointed with it. b. he is satisfied with it. c. he just found something much better.9. how much did the man originally spend on the camera? a. 150. b. 160. c. 180.10. what can we learn about the man? a. he is very kind to others. b. he is a good photographer. c. he doesnt manage his money wisely.请听第8段材料，回答第1113题。11. what the womans first suggestion? a. be confident. b. smile often. c. be well-prepared.12. what does the woman say about the audience? a. they want you to succeed. b. they might be your enemies. c. they are interesting people.13. what should the man do if someone looks bored? a. stop making eye contact with them. b. change the direction of the speech. c. imagine they are his good friends.请听第9段材料，回答第1417题。14. how many people went on the trip together? a. four. b. twelve. c. eighteen.15. according to the man, what is the most important on family trips? a. spending time with the children. b. having some privacy. c. visiting as many places as possible.16. what is the closest city to where the man stayed? a. cordoba. b. madrid. c. sevilla.17. how does the man feel about the trip now?a. quite tired. b. very grateful. c. a little disappointed.请听10段材料，回答第1820题。18. what is every major designer making this year? a. black dresses. b. summer dresses. c. modern clothes that also look good on man.19. what trend was started last year? a. using recycled materials. b. using flower patterns. c. using bright colors.20. how much do most pieces of clothing cost this year?a. several hundred dollars. b. several thousand dollars.c. less than one hundred dollars.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。asome years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. i would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. i did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but i gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. after all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?when i was thirteen years old, i went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. during the trip, i was busy recording every incident, name and place i came across. i felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. on my last night there, i wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. the sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. i automatically took out my pen.at that point, i understood that nothing i wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds i allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. all i remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations i had set down in my diary.now, i only write in my diary when i need to write down a special thought or feeling. i still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. i take pictures, but not very oftenonly of objects i find really beautiful. im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when i grow old. i realize that life will simply pass me by if i stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.i dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. maybe i wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. i dont live to make memoriesi just live, and the memories form themselves.21.before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of .a. observing her school routineb. expressing her satisfactionc. impressing her classmatesd. preserving her history22. what caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary? _a. a dull night on the journey.b. the beauty of the great valley.c. a striking quotation from a book. d. her concerns for future generations.23. what does the author put in her diary now? _a. notes and beautiful pictures.b. special thoughts and feelings.c. detailed accounts of daily activities.d. descriptions of unforgettable events.24.the author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is .a. to experience itb. to live the present in the futurec. to make memoriesd. to give accurate representations of itbwhen frida kahlos paintings were on show in london, a poet described her paintings as “a ribbon (丝带)around a bomb”. such comments seem to suggest kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. sadly, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time.born in 1907 in a village near mexico city, kahlo suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症)at the age of seven. her spine (脊柱)became bent as she grew older. then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. throughout the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. however, the accident had an unexpected side effect. while lying in her bed recovering, kahlo taught herself to paint.in 1929, she got married to diego rivera, another famous mexican artist. riveras strong influence on kahlos style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband.unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s, even in her home country. her first one-woman show in mexico was not held until 1953.for more than a decade after her death in 1954, kahlos works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.cnew zealand 【what can you see? mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, forests, beaches. both islands are mountainous. in fact, only 30% of new zealand is flat.】the maoriswhen the maoris first arrived in new zealand, they lived in villages and were excellent fishermen, hunters and farmers. about 50 years ago many maoris started to live and work in the large cities and took jobs in government, industries, medicine and education. they are proud of their culture and are determined to keep many of the customs which are part of their way of life.who can you meet? most people live on north island. eighty-five percent of new zealanders are “pakeha” (“white men”), which means their “great grandfathers” came from europe. ten percent are maoris. the maoris came to new zealand from the polynesian islands probably around the tenth century. the “pakeha” started to arrive in new zealand from europe about 200 years ago as farmers and traders. fact box: new zealandposition: south of the equator ; nearest neighbor: australia, 1600 km away.size: two main islands north island and south island: together they are 268.680 sq. km.population: 4 millioncapital: wellingtonlanguages: english and maori 29. which of the following is a fact about new zealand? a. 20% of the population being maoris. b. four million white people. c. about 1600 km south of the equator. d. nearly 1/3 of the country being plains.30. when did the white people begin to live in new zealand? a. 1000 years ago. b. 200 years ago. c. 85 years ago. d. 50 years ago.31. what do the maoris value most in life? a. living in small villages. b. developing farming skills. c. keeping their own culture. d . taking up government jobs.dindeed, many failures are experienced in our lives and the effect could be extremely unpleasant. i do have a share of my experience and you might have yours too. as the sayings goes, “experience is the best teacher.” many people believe its the other way around. experience, in fact, can be the worst teacher since it takes the first before you learn the lesson.often, when people around us try to comfort us that we shouldnt be too hard on ourselves, we say “sure”, yet we are doing otherwise. we are becoming too hard on ourselves because failure is something that wouldnt leave your mind quickly. failure is something that can make you regret spending money, time, and effort but all go down the drain. but it is common everywhere and it usually leads us to success.“there were once two prison men sitting behind the bars. one saw mud while the other saw stars.” in this story, those two prison men were paying the costs of their actions. however, as they faced their situation, one prisoner was completely defeated by his depression. but the other prisoner held his head up with his hopes and dreams. as you may well notice, failure happens, but people deal with it quite differently.however, true failure comes in when you react negatively to the situation. true failure is about giving up completely. it is about being unable to recognize that if you look at the midnight skies, the stars are still shinning. see, no matter how disheartening and discouraging your fall was true failure is about not getting up and not moving on. you must accept failure as a great opportunity for you to learn. you will also be able to learn from the failures of other people. but its your own failure that will help you meaningfully.32. the saying “experience is the best teacher.” in paragraph 1 means_. a. experience is really good at teaching b. the best teacher usually experiences a lot c. something valuable can be learned from failure d. the worst teacher can teach you how to be successful33. the writer tells us peoples attitudes toward failure by_. a. listing some true facts b. mentioning a story c. showing some figures d.blaming the two prison men 第二节：阅读七选五（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to england, the usa or australia. they also want their children to take extra courses or activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life. 36 so parents will spend unreasonable a mount of money on education. 37 .however, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give to their children is usually very cheap. parents can see that their childrens skills vary. some children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. 38 . the problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but not teaching them the most important skills; they need to be confident, happy and clever. parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. 39 . it is an enjoyable but difficult experience. a good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. the result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of confidence. some old machines, such as a broken radio or tv set that you give your children to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. he will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. 40 . and that is more important.a. the chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it isb. these activities are teaching a child not only to read a book but also to think, to use his mindc. what most parents fail to realize, though, is that todays children lack self-respect and self-confidenced. even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughtere. the more cost in education, the better the result will bef. cooking demands patience and timeg. they made a lot of money by doing business第三部分：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，根据短文内容从a、b、c、d四个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。i fell in love with yosemite national park the first time i saw it, when i was 13.my parents took us there for camping. on the way out, i asked them to wait while i ran up to el capitan, a 41 rock of 3,300 feet straight up. i touched that giant rock and knew 42 i wanted to climb it. that has been my lifes passion (钟爱) ever since43 the rocks and mountains of yosemite. ive long made yosemite my 44.about 15 years ago i started seeing a lot of 45,like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. its 46 me why visitors started respecting the place 47 and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.i tried 48 trash (垃圾) myself, but the job was too big. i would 49 an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. finally, i got so 50 it that i decided something had to change.as a rock-climbing guide, i knew 51 about organizing any big event. but in 2004,together with some climbers, i set a date for a 52.on that day, more than 300 people 53.over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. it was amazing how much we were able to 54.i couldnt believe the 55 we madethe park looked clean!each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. in 2007 alone,2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and 56 132 miles of roadway.i often hear people 57 about their surroundings. if you are one of them, i would say the only way to change things is by 58 rather than complaining. we need to teach by 59.you cant blame others 60 you start with yourself.41.a.distant b.huge c.narrow d.loose42.a.immediately b.finally c.gradually d.recently43.a.imagining b.painting c.describing d.climbing44.a.garden b.home c.lab d.palace45.a.material b.resources c.waste d.goods46.a.beyond b.against c.over d.within47.a.more b.most c.less d.least48.a.throwing away b.picking up c.breaking down d.digging out49.a.kill b.save c.wait d.spend50.a.satisfied with b.delighted in c.tired of d.used to51.a.something b.anything c.everything d.nothing52.a.cleanup b.party c.picnic d.concert53.a.dropped out b.showed up c.looked around d.called back54.a.demand b.receive c.accomplish d.overcome55.a.plan b.visit c.contact d.difference56.a.crossed b.measured c.covered d.designed57.a.talk b.complain c.argue d.quarrel58.a.doing b.thinking c.questioning d.watching59.a.method b.explanation c.example d.research60.a.although b.if c.when d.unless弥勒二中20142015学年上学期11月月考座位号：高三年级英语答题卡 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 1516 17 18 19 20【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 3536 37 38 39 40【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【c】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【d】【e】【e】【e】【e】【e】【f】【f】【f】【f】【f】【g】【g】【g】【g】【g】 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 5556 57 58 59 60【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【a】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】【b】