山东省滕州市第三中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

山东省滕州市第三中学2015届高三英语上学期期末考试试题本试卷分第卷（选择题，含听力测试）与第卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。第卷的答案涂在机读卡上，第卷的答案写在答题纸上。听力不计分。第卷（共100分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题15分，满分75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，并标在试卷的相应位置。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。1what are the two speakers talking about?ataking a walkbtaking a buscanimals in the zoo2what relation is the woman to jack?ahis roommatebhis wifechis mother3how does the woman get along with her work?abadlybwellcjust so-so4what is the woman?aa saleswomanba waitresscan inspector5why does the man want his money back?ahe wants to use the money to buy some furniturebthe machine doesnt have the functions he wantedcthe machine went wrong within a week第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的a、b、c三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6what is the man doing? achanging seats on the plane basking for a window seat ctrying to find his seat 7what is the womans seat number?a6ab7ac8a听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8what is the woman going to do? aprepare lunch bhave a partycgo to a friends house for dinner9what does the woman still need? aa tie bsome flowers csome candy听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10how long has the man been in london?aone yearba few yearsca couple of months11why did the woman leave her hometown?ato lead a city life bto open a restaurant cto find a job12where did the woman come from?alondonbairsideclancaster听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13what is a daypack?aa boxba bagca lock14what surprises the girl at school? aa lot of discussions in class bteachers giving little homeworkcfew students asking questions in class15at what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place?aat the end of itbin the middle of itcat the beginning of it16what do we know about the girl? ashe is new to the school bshe writes for the school newspaper cshe seldom asks questions in class听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17what does mr. henry stone do?aa bank clerkba teacherca writer18what does henry like doing at airports?awatching peoplebtelling storiescreading magazines19what did henry learn from the newspaper that day?aa valuable suitcase was missing ba man stole money from a bank ca woman ran away from home20why was the woman at the airport? ashe was traveling on business bshe was seeing the man offcshe was leaving for greece第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题;每小题3分，满分45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。a canadian short story writer alice munro won the nobel prize for literatureeighty-two-year-old munro is only the 13th woman to win the 112-year-old prize munro didnt publish her first collection of short stories until she was 37 years old, but her stories have always been well-receivedlots of her stories share similar themes and characters, but each story has its own twists and turns even though shes won canadas most famous literary award, the giller prize, twice, winning the nobel prize for literature is the cherry on top of munros career“it brings this incredible recognition, both of her and her career, and of the dedication to the short story,” said one person along with the well-respected title comes 13 million dollarsmunro said everything was “so surprising and wonderful” and that she was “dazed by all the attention and affection that has been coming my way” munro knew she was in the runningshe was named the second-most likely person to win this years prize, after haruki murakami （村上春树）of japanbut she never thought that she would win munros win also represents the long way canadian writers have come“when i began writing there was a very small community of canadian writers and little attention was paid by the worldnow canadian writers are read, admired and respected around the globe,” munro said on thursday she is technically not the first canadian to win the nobel prize for literature, but many like to think that she isin 1976 saul bellow, who was born in quebec but moved to chicago when he was still a child, won the prizeeven though he was born in canada, he is mostly considered to be an american writer “this is a win for us allcanadians, by our very nature, are not very nationalistic,” said geoffrey taylor“but things like this suddenly make you want to find a flag” she wasnt sure if she would keep writing if she won the prize, saying that it would be “nice to go out with a bangbut this may change my mind” 21what is the feature of munros stories? athey have their own complicated （复杂的）contents bthey have similar story backgrounds cthey have specific themes for children dthey have the same characters in each book22for munro, the nobel prize is an award for_aher love for canadian culture bher devotion to the short story cher special form of writingdher career of editing short stories23what is implied in the sixth paragraph? acanadian writers paid little attention to the prizebcanadian writers are just a small communityccanadian writers have long been ignoreddcanadians have a long way to win the prize24what does the passage mainly tell us? ahow alice munro wins the nobel prizeban introduction to the nobel prize in literature calice munro wins the nobel prize in literatureda world famous writer, alice munroba dense wave of smog began in the chinese city of harbin and the surrounding heilongjiang, jilin, and liaoning provinces on 20 october 2013unseasonably warm temperatures with very little wind across northeastern china coincided with the smoke from local farmers burning straws and the start-up of harbins coal-powered central heating systemrecord densities of fine particulates（微粒）were measured in the cityin harbin, the levels of pm25 （particulate matter） rise to 1,000 micrograms per cubic meter, worse than beijings historic highsvisibility was reduced to below 50m in parts of harbin, and below 500m in most of the neighbouring jilin provinceon fa yuen street in harbin, visibility of less than 5m was reportedthe smog reduced after october 23, 2013 and completely broke up on october 28, 2013 by the first local snow and icy rain due to a cold front moving in from russiaharbin lies in the north of china where winter temperatures can drop to -40, demanding a six-month heating seasondaily particulate levels of more than 40 times the world health organization recommended maximum level were reported in parts of harbinthe smog remained till 23 october, when almost all monitoring stations in heilongjiang, jilin, and liaoning provincesreported readings above 200g/mforpm25pm25 is the amount of particulate matter less than 25 micrometers in diameter in the air, with the who recommending a maximum 24-hour mean （平均值） of 25 micrograms per cubic meter （g/m）on the morning of 25 october, pm25 measurements in harbin had fallen to an average of 123g/mall highways in the surrounding heilongjiang province were closedin harbin, all primary and middle schools were closed for three days and authorities stopped flights at the airportshospitals reported a 23 percent increase in admissions for breathing problemshowever, this smog will have no influence on harbin ice festival events later in december 2013air pollution in chinese cities is of increasing concern to chinas leadershipparticulates in the air can affect human health and also have influences on climate and rainfallpollution from the burning of coal has reduced life expectancy by 55 years in the north of china, as a result of heart and lung diseases25one cause of the heavy smog in the northeastern chinese cities may be _ athe lasting cold weather bfarmers burning of forestsctoo much strong winddthe start-up of heating system26one serious influence of the heavy smog was that_aharbin ice festival would be cancelled bhighways in heilongjiang were free of chargecall flights at the airport were cancelledddoctors in hospitals were kept from working27the harmful smog was most serious on _aoctober 20 boctober 23 coctober 25 doctober 2828what measure might be practical to reduce the happening of heavy smog?aforbidding people to own their private carsbadvocating people having one meal a daycusing natural gas to cook instead of coaldencouraging familys coal-fired heatingc sex prejudices are based on and justified by the ideology（意识形态） that biology is destinyaccording to this ideology, basic biological and psychological differences exist between the sexesthese differences require each sex to play a separate role in social lifewomen are the weaker sex both physically and emotionallythus, they are naturally suited, much more so than men, to the performance of domestic（家庭的） dutiesa womans place, under normal circumstances, is within the protective environment of the homenature has determined that women play caretaker roles, such as wife and mother and homemakeron the other hand, men are best suited to go out into the competitive world of work and politics, where serious responsibilities must be taken onmen are to be the providers; women and children are “dependents” the ideology also holds that women who wish to work outside the household should naturally fill these jobs that are in line with the special capabilities of their sexit is appropriate for women, not men, to be employed as nurses, social workers, elementary school teachers, house-hold helpers, clerks and secretariesthese positions are simply an extension of womens domestic roleinformal distinctions between “womens work” and “mens work” in the labor force, according to the ideology, are simply a functional reflection of the basic differences between the sexesfinally, the ideology suggests that nature has worked her will in another significant wayfor the human species to survive over time, its members must regularly reproducethus, women must, whether at home or in the labor force, make the most of their physical appearancesso goes the ideologyit is, of course, not true that basic biological and psychological differences between the sexes require each to play sex-defined roles in social lifethere is enough evidence that sex roles vary from society to society, and those role differences that do exist are largely learnedbut to the degree people actually believe that biology is destiny and that nature intended for men and women to make different contributions to society, sex-defined roles will be seen as totally acceptable29according to the biology-is-destiny ideology, women_ acannot compete with men in any field bare suited more to domestic jobs than mencare sensitive enough to be a good caretaker dare too weak to do any agricultural work at all30those who have prejudices against women think that_awomen shouldnt go out for workbwomen should earn money to add the family incomecwomen going out for work should only do “womens work”dwomen should take jobs to drill the special capabilities of the sex31the author thinks that the positions women hold outside_aare determined by what they are better suited to bgrow out of their household responsibilities crepresent their breakthrough of sex discrimination dare physically and emotionally suitable to them 32what does the underlined sentence imply?asex roles are socially determined bsex roles are emotionally and physically determinedcsex roles are biologically and psychologically determined dsex roles are determined by education people takedtickets for the 2014 world cup in brazil have gone on sale, with fans able to apply on fifas websitefifa is expecting a similar demand to that in germany 2006, when there were about seven applicants for every ticket of the 64 matchesand now around 33 million tickets will be available for the matches in 2014 tickets will range in price from 58 for first-round matches to 632 for the final at maracana stadium in rio de janeirobrazilian citizens over 60, local students and members of some social programs can purchase tickets for 15the price of football - world cup 2014 items prices items pricesticket 58-112final ticket 281-632sun cream 950t-shirt 13 mcdonalds meal 11water 128imported beer 383domestic beer 191coffee 255average dinner 29“its always difficult to predict,” said fifa marketing director thierry weil“but i truly believe that it will be more similar to what happened in germany than in south africa in 2010”according to fifa, the 2006 world cup was attended by more than 33 million fansalmost two million tickets were sold to the general public in south africa, although the number of applications during the first ticketing phase was significantly lower all applications made before 10th october 2013 will enter a random selection draw if there are not enough tickets available to fulfill all requeststhe sales of the leftover tickets will begin on 5th november on a first-come, first-served basisanother phase will begin on 8th december after the draw is madethe tournament begins on 12th june, with brazil playing the opener in sao paulo a study on the price of world cup 2014 looked at the ticket prices and the cost of travelling to brazil and found that our english fans face hotel costs of between 46 and 797 a night, while packages range from 2,999 to 14,99933how much should a brazilian student pay for the opening match? a15 b58 c112 d63234from the passage we know that thierry weil_ afeels proud of what they achieved in south africa 2010 bfeels worried about the sales of the tickets for brazil 2014cholds the belief that brazil 2014 will be the greatest world cupdbelieves that more fans will attend brazil 2014 than south africa 201035what will fifa do if there are not enough tickets available for requests before oct10, 2013? athey will sell the spare tickets to the applicants bthey will sell on a first-come, first-served basis cthey will choose the applicants based on a random selection draw dthey will sell them the tickets to be sold on dec8第二节 （共5小题;每小题3分，满分15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。the transport industry in the uk the transport industry employs around 23 million people in the uk across some 196,000 companiesworth over 75 billion to the economy, it ensures that goods, services and people can move as efficiently as possible 36 traffic and transport construction jobs are essential to ensure that there are no long-term disruptions（中断） in transportwithout traffic and transport construction jobs, the transport for london organization wouldnt be able to maintain its train or tube lines 37 opportunities involve construction work and building services to maintain facilities（设施） such as airports and train stationsit also involves anything from designing and creating a new bridge or road, to developing a new harbor to increase sea freight（海运）some roles require shift work 38 depending on the role, travel may also be required either locally, nationally, or in some cases, internationallytraffic and transport construction jobs have not escaped the effects of a global economic downturnhowever, rising fuel costs have seen a huge increase in the number of people using public transport 39 traffic and transport construction jobs were important during the 2012 gamesbillions of pounds were invested into improving the capitals transport facilities 40 it was a 12-carriage train that linked kings cross stpancras stations to the heart of london in just seven minutes awith the transport industry, many people would be unemployed in uk bthis included the “olympic javelin” cthis can mean working evenings, nights and possibly weekends dbecause of the size of the industry, a number of career opportunities are available emany stadiums were built at that time fthis is because transport construction jobs carry out all the necessary maintenance required to keep public transport safe and running gthe industry can be divided into three main sectors: surface, sea and air transport第三部分: 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分） 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，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。i hear a lot of people talking about new years resolutions（新年计划）some say, “i cant keep them and i never make resolutions” perhaps the real 41 is that we have trouble changingwe get 42 in our way of life and even if things arent good, 43 they are familiaras the years go by, our resolutions seem to lose some 44 in spite of the fact that my own eagerness seems to 45 , i still like the idea of making resolutionsit is the 46 of not giving up that is importanti think of the year 47 like a carpet of new fallen snow that has not yet been 48 by footprints or marks of any kindit 49 before us so perfect and beautiful, but it wont remain that way for long 50 we