江苏省江阴市成化高级中学高三英语上学期期中试题（含解析）新人教版.doc

江苏省江阴市成化高级中学2014届高三英语上学期期中试题（含解析）新人教版一.听力理解（共两节，每小题1.5分，共20小题，共30分）第1节 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。1. what is the man? a. a doctor. b. a student. c. a nurse.2. what do we know about the two speakers? a. they are friends. b. they are colleagues. c. they are meeting for the first time.3. why didnt the man answer the phone? a. he was too tired to answer it. b. he stayed late at the office. c. his phone was out of order.4. what are the two speakers talking about? a. booking tickets for the winter holiday. b. visiting a friend in iceland. c. traveling in iceland.5. what does the man think of the shirt? a. it is not worth buying. b. its good, but it costs too much. c. its good and cheap.第二节 听下面5段对话或独自。每段对话或独自后有几个小题，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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题。6. what time of the year does this conversation take place? a. summer. b. autumn. c. winter.7. what will the woman buy in the shop? a. a yellow skirt. b. a black skirt. c. a white blouse.听下面一段对话，回答第8至10题。8. what does the woman first suggest they do that afternoon? a. they go to see a movie. b. they go to see a play. c. they go to a concert.9. what does the man like to see? a. love stories. b. war films. c. plays.10. what did they finally decide to do? a. to go the theater to see a play. b. to go to a pop concert. c. to go to the library to borrow books.听下面一段对话，回答第11至13题。11. what made the woman nervous? a. traveling by air. b. traveling in a rough sea. c. traveling in a small boat.12. why did the woman prefer to go by sea? a. she wanted to save money. b. she had trouble with her heart. c. she thought it was much safer.13. what did the woman decide to take at last? a. a plane. b. a ship. c. a boat.听下面一段对话，回答第14至16题。14. what kind of room does mr. johnson want? a. a single room. b. a double room with bath. c. a single room with bath.15. how much will mr. johnson pay for the room? a. $70 b. $400 c. $35016. on which day will mr. johnson leave the hotel? a. on monday, october 22nd. b. on friday, october 26th. c. on monday, october 26th.听下面一段对话，回答第17至20题。17. what is not mentioned in the passage? a. what time americans eat dinner.b. why americans eat in a hurry. c. where americans eat.18. why do americans hurry at meals? a. they dont like to eat. b. they want to eat dinner slowly. c. they are very busy.19. what can we conclude from the passage? a. americans have lunch in a hurry. b. americans frequently hurry in the evening. c. americans are always late returning to work.20. what is suggested in the passage? a. americans dont eat much on weekends. b. americans do not have a short sleep in the afternoon. americans like eating with friends.二：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。21. do you enjoy the seafood here?_, but ive got used to it anyway.a. cant like it betterb. not reallyc. not bad actuallyd. im really sorry22. the mid-autumn festival is special holiday for most chinese when _ whole family will get together.a. the; the b. a; the c. a; a d. the; a23. when _ comes to saving energy, big changes start with small steps , like turning off the lights. a. that b. this c. it d. one24. true happiness does not the possession of money, but the joy of achievement.a. contribute to b. lie in c. result in d. add to25. having lived in china for 8 years, helen has a good _ of both english and chinesea. program b. guidance c. command d. ability【答案】c【解析】26. it is our daily decisions, rather than our abilities, show what we truly are.a. which b. who c. what d. that27. sometimes smiles around the world _ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.a. must b. can c. should d. would28. about their choice of major, most first-year college students feel much stressed.a. having worried b. worried c. worry d. to worry29. _ parents say and do usually has a life-long effect on their children. a. that b. which c. what d. as30. a 7-year-old boy received an operation on tuesday successfully _ he has many other health problems. a. since b. however c. thoughd. therefore31. what did you have for breakfast during your visit to britain? _ but bread and butter. that was the only food they served day in and day out. a. nothing b. everything c. anything d. something考点：考察固定搭配32. on top of the hill _, whose style can be traced to the ages of the roman empire. a. there standing a church b. does a church standc. a church stands d. stands a church33. jessica had intended to go bungee jumping, and on second thoughts, she _ the plan.a. was canceling b. cancels c. canceled d. has canceled34. it was reported that chinese students feel more stressed from _ exams and heavy schoolwork than those in the other countries. a. frequent b. normal c. occasional d. particular35. _ i explained on the phone, your request will be considered at the next meeting. a. when b. after c. as d. since36. i havent seen dora since she was a little girl, and she has changed beyond _. a. impression b. recognition c. understanding d. judgment37. - your sister _ almost all her spare time to studying when she was in high school. - thats right, or she _ great success in the college entrance examination. a. devoted; wouldnt have achievedb. spent; wouldnt have achieved c. devoted; hadnt achievedd. hadnt spent; couldnt achieve38. he complained that this was the third time he of the changes of the meeting date.a. would be informed b. was informedc. has been informedd. had been informed39. im driving to beijing after breakfast. take care, _ with all this fog.a. especially b. mainly c. extremely d. really40. “its a secret.” he lowered his voice and whispered no one could overhear it.a. in case b. even if c. so that d. as if三完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。years ago, if a teenager had some problems in his life, he might go home and write in his diary; now, a teenager with 41 problems might go onto the internet and write about them in a blog(博客). in many ways, a diary and a blog are very 42 . but what makes blogging different from writing in a(n) 43 diary? the biggest difference is that a blog is much more_ 44 than a diary. usually, a teenager treats his diary like a book full of 45 that he does not want to 46_ with others. its interesting that someone who writes in a blog 47 a diary will probably write nearly the same information. i have a little sister, and sometimes i go online to read her 48 . she writes about things like waking up early for swimming practice and not studying enough for her chemistry test. 49 i was her age, i wrote about the same things, but 50_ in my dairy. then, after i had finished writing, i would hide my diary in a secret place because i was 51 that my sister might read it. the biggest 52 with blogging is that anyone can read what you write. if i was angry with a friend during high school and wrote something 53 about him in my diary, he would never know. 54 , if my sister ever wrote something bad about a friend, that friend might 55 her blog and get angry. there are also 56 to blogging, of course. if i was feeling sad one day and wrote in my diary, “ nobody cares about me”, because no one would 57 about it. however, if my sister wrote the same sentence in her blog, her best friends would quickly 58 and tell her how much they 59 her. blogs help people 60 in contact with their friends and know what the people around them are doing. 【小题1】a. the sameb. interestingc. difficult d. daily【小题2】a. simpleb. special c. similard. different【小题3】a. personalb. ordinaryc. meaningfuld. traditional【小题4】a. attractiveb. publicc. exciting d. quick【小题5】a. thoughtsb. puzzlesc. ideas d. secrets【小题6】a. tellb. share c. publish d. solve【小题7】a. instead ofb. as well asc. except for d. besides【小题8】a. blogb. diaryc. reportd. web【小题9】a. althoughb. sincec. whend. because【小题10】a. onlyb. alreadyc. still d. never【小题11】a. angryb. sadc. glad d. worried【小题12】 a. problemb. doubtc. question d. mistake【小题13】a. boringb. wrongc. mean d. funny【小题14】a. so b. howeverc. therefore d. then【小题15】a. stealb. breakc. write d. read【小题16】a. reasonsb. wishesc. shortcomings d. advantages【小题17】a. careb. knowc. think d. ask【小题18】a. prepareb. beginc. respond d. feel【小题19】a. likeb. missc. need d. stand【小题20】a. loseb. stay c. leave d. find 题会写日记，而现在年轻人遇见同样的问题，他们会上网写博客。密的，不公开的。考点：考察社会知识类短文四：阅读理解（共两节，每小题2分，共50分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。a“everybody loves a bargain.” one persons useless, ugly, or broken object can be another persons bargain. that is why so many americans do not throw things away. they put them outside their houses. they put on a “for sale” sign. and, as simple as that, they have a yard sale. the sellers put a paid announcement(付费通告)in a local newspaper. it tells when and where the yard sale will take place. these sales are very popular during weekends in spring, summer, and autumn. early in the morning, all the things to be sold are carried out of the house. then they sit all day in the sunlight-like tired guests at a party-waiting for someone to take them home. just about anything can be sold at a yard sale. sometimes, there are more clothes than anything else. cooking equipment is also popular. so are old toys, tools, books, tables and chairs. then there are objects called “white elephants”. a white elephant is something you think is extremely ugly or useless. it may be an electric light shaped like a fish. you feel a sharp pain whenever you look at it. to someone else, however, it might be a thing of beauty and joy. some people go to yard sales to find a special thing that they collect. it may be old toy trains, for example, or painting of dogs. experts say more americans are collecting old things now than ever before. most people who go to yard sales, however, are not looking for anything special. they might buy an object simply because it costs so little. they enjoy negotiating(谈判) over prices, even if they really do not need the object. later, they may hold their own yard to sell all the things they have bought.【小题1】 what kind of things will go to a yard sale? a. cheap and ugly things. b. things people no longer use.c. things out of season. d. things of great value.【小题2】a white elephant refers to _.a. something that can cause a feeling of pain b. something disliked by the owners while appreciated by othersc. something sold at the lowest pricesd. a toy shaped like a fish 【小题3】 most people go to yard sales to_.a. find valuable paintings b. look for something specialc. find a bargain d. kill their time【小题4】which of the following is not true about a yard sale?a. it may not be held when the weather is very cold.b. it can last for a whole day. c. it is usually held with a party.d. it is held outdoors.【小题5】we can infer from the last paragraph that_.a. people may find something of great value on a yard saleb. yard sales only attract those who have a low incomec. things on a yard sale can cost people a lotd. most people dont want to go to yard sales.bimagine, one day，getting out of bed in beijing and being at your office in shanghai in only a couple of hours，and then，after a full day of work，going back home to beijing and having dinner theresounds unusual，doesnt it? but its not that unrealistic，with the development of chinas high-speed railway systemand thats not allchina has an even greater high-speed railway plan to connect the country with southeast asia，and eventually eastern europechina is negotiating to extend its own high-speed railway network to up to 17 countries in 10 to 15 years，eventually reaching london and singaporechina has proposed three such projectsthe first would possibly connect kunming with singapore via vietnam and malaysiaanother could start in urumqi and go through kazakhstan and uzbekistan，and possibly to germanythe third would start in the northeast and go north through russia and then into western europeif chinas plan for the high-speed railway goes forward，people could zip over from london to beijing in under two daysthe new system would still follow chinas high-speed railway standardand the trains would be able to go 346 kilometers an hour.chinas bullet train（高速客车），the one connecting wuhan to guangzhou，already has the worlds fastest average speedit covers 1,069 kilometers in about three hoursof course，there are some technical challenges to overcomethere are so many issues that need to be settled，such as safety，rail gauge（轨距），maintenance of railway tracksso，its important to pay attention to every detailbut the key issue is really moneychina is already spending hundreds of billions of yuan on domestic railway expansionchina prefers that the other countries pay in natural resources rather than with capital investmentresources from those countries could stream into china to sustain developmentitll be a win-win project for other countries，the railway network will definitely create more opportunities for business，tourism and so on，not to mention the better communication among those countriesfor china，such a project would not only connect it with the rest of asia and bring some much-needed resources，but would also help develop chinas far westwe foresee that in the coming decades，millions of people will migrate to the western regions，where the land is empty and resources unusedwith high-speed trains，people will set up factories and business centers in the west once and for alland theyll trade with central asian and eastern european countries【小题1】 chinas new high-speed railway plan will be a win-win project because _.a. china will get much-needed resources and develop its western regionsb. china and the countries involved will benefit from the project in various waysc. china will develop its railway system and communication with other countriesd. the foreign countries involved will develop their business and tourism【小题2】according to the passage，the greatest challenge to the new high-speed railway plan is _.a. technical issues b. safety of the systemc. financial problems d. maintenance of railway tracks【小题3】which of the following words best describes the authors attitude towards chinas high-speed railway plan?a. critical b. reserved c. doubtful d. positive【小题4】 which of the following might be the best title for the passage?a. new railway standards. b. big railway dreams.c. high-speed bullet trains. d. international railway networkcif english means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. havent you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?according to a new study by a british university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. this is the area of the brain which processes information. it is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles. the study also found the younger people learn a second language, the greater the effect is.a team led by dr andrea mechelli, from university college london, took a group of britons who only spoke english. they were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. but the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.“our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.it means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.professor dylan vaughan jones of the university of wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “you are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”the findings were matched in a study of native italian speakers who had learned english as a second language between the ages of two and 34. reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. the results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “studying a language means you get an entrance to anot