广东省汕头市金山中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题.doc

汕头市金山中学2015-2016年度高三第一学期期末考英 语 本试卷共三部分，共7页，满分135分（1201.125）。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写答题卡上的班级、姓名和试室号、学号，用2b铅笔将学号对应的数字涂黑。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。第一部分: 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 ，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 awhen i decided to quit my job as a wedding photographer, i was in my late twenties, fresh from my divorce from bob who had left me empty and confused. i decided to leave the us and travel. i had no savings, plus more than $5,000 in debt. what i did have were two sponsored tasks as a travel photographer- and with that along, i thought, it would be easy.my first experience was a road trip from toronto to las vegas, paid for by a car delivery service. other trips followed and then i started a travel blog (博客). it was intended to be my calling card for assignment travel photography. yet even with my blog and past experience, email after email i sent to publications, trying to get work, went unanswered. when they did get in touch, editors told me that i had no chance of making a career with travel photography. while i struggled to get on the path that i wanted, and as i expanded my blog to help get me there, i found myself wearing the hat of a full-time blogger.luckily, i got in at the right time. it was 2010，and the travel industry was just starting to turn its attention to bloggers. as i never could have predicted, my blogging-not my photography-did take me around the world successfully. at first，i thought it was for personal reasons, but i realized later that it was for free marketing for my blogging.within two years, i was being asked to speak at travel blogging conferences, which helped me to raise a network of friends around the world. even more meaningful, however, was when i saw that my travels were also helping other people. my blog and social media followers saw that i chased my dreams and told me over and over again how they needed that kind of example, which was absent in their lives elsewhere.1. after the author quit her job, she decided to _.a. divorce her husbandb. be a wedding photographerc. pay off all her debtd. go travelling abroad2. what can we learn about the author from the 2nd paragraph?a. she paid money to a car delivery agency for a road trip.b. she realized her dream of becoming a travel photographer.c. she got a job as an editor in a publishing house.d. she finally became a professional blogger unintentionally.3. the author believed her success mainly resulted from _.a. her personal reasonsb. her photographing skillsc. free marketing for bloggingd. booming of travel industry b“cant hold a candle to” is a popular expressionwhen there wasnt electricity, someone would have a servant light his way by holding a candlethe expression meant that the person who cannot hold a candle to you is not fit even to be your servantnow，it means such a person cannot compare or competeanother expression is“hold your tongue”it means to be still and not talk“hold your tongue”is not something you would tell a friendbut a parent or teacher might use the expression to quiet a noisy child“hold out”is an expression one hears often in sports reports and labor newsit means to refuse to play or workprofessional football and baseball players“hold out” if their team refuses to pay them what they think they are worththe expression“hold up” has several different meaningsone is a robberya man with a gun may say,“this is a hold upgive me your money”another meaning is to delaya driver who was held up by heavy traffic might be late for workanother meaning is for a story to be considered true after an investigationa story can hold up if it is proved true“hold on”is another expression，which means wait or stopas you leave for school，your brother may say,“hold on，you forgot your book” it is used to ask a telephone caller to wait and not hang up his telephoneour final expression is“hold the line”that means to keep a problem or situation from getting worseto hold steadyfor example，the president may say he will“hold the line on taxes”he means there will be no increase in taxes4. the expression“cant hold a candle to”can be used when _ a. some footballers refuse to play a gameb. someone else is wanted on the phonec. someone is not qualified for a positiond. someone was delayed by heavy traffic5. the tune of the phrase“hold your tongue”is probably a little _ a. amusing b. polite c. unfriendly d. offensive6. if some teachers“hold out”，they probably _ a. change their attitude b. refuse to workc. make a compromise d. show their devotion7. which of the following sentences can convey positive meanings? a. i was late as i was held up by a hold upb. hold on! you have to pay the bill，sirc. you cant even hold a candle to michaeld. i promise to hold the line on house prices ca team of engineers at harvard university has been inspired by nature to create the first robotic fly. the mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“its extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of individual components (元件),” said robert wood, the harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. a few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “the added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.they engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “the seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything its connected to,” said wood. the flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.while this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers fields or on the battlefield. “basically it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said.wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “you can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “so there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”8. the difficulty the team of engineers met with while making the robotic fly was that _.a. they had no model in their mindb. they did not have sufficient timec. they had no ready-made componentsd. they could not assemble the components9. it can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4 that the robotic fly _.a. consists of a flight device and a control systemb. can just fly in limited areas at the present timec. can collect information from many sourcesd. has been put into wide application10. which of the following can be learned from the passage?a. the robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.b. animals are not allowed in biological experiments.c. there used to be few ways to study how insects fly.d. woods design can replace animals in some experiments.11. which of the following might be the best title of the passage?a. father of robotic flyb. inspiration from engineering sciencec. robotic fly imitates real life insectd. harvard breaks through in insect study dwhy you should celebrate your mistakeswhen you make a mistake, big or small, cherish(珍视) it like its the most precious thing in the world, because in some ways, it is. most of us feel bad when we make mistakes, beat ourselves up about it, feel like failures, get mad at ourselves.and thats only natural: most of us have been taught from a young age that mistakes are bad, that we should try to avoid mistakes. weve been scolded when we make mistakes at home, school and work. maybe not always, but probably enough times to make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction. yet without mistakes, we could not learn or grow. if you think about it that way, mistakes should be cherished and celebrated for being one of the most amazing things in the world: they make learning possible; they make growth and improvement possible. by trial and error-trying things, making mistakes, and learning from those mistakes-we have figured out how to make electric light, to paint the ceiling of the sistine chapel, to fly. mistakes make walking possible for the smallest toddler, make speech possible, make works of genius possible. think about how we learn: we dont just consume information about something and instantly know it or know how to do it. you dont just read about painting, or writing, or computer programming, or baking, or playing the piano, and know how to do them right away. instead, you get information about something, from reading or from another person or from observing usually.then you construct a model in your mind.then you test it out by trying it in the real world.then you make mistakes.then you revise the model based on the results of your real-world experimentation and repeat, making mistakes, learning from those mistakes, until youve pretty much learned how to do something. thats how we learn as babies and toddlers, and how we learn as adults. mistakes are how we learn to do something new, because if you succeed in something, its probably something you already knew how to do. you havent really grown much from that success-at most its the last step on your journey, not the whole journey. most of the journey was made up of mistakes, if its a good journey. so if you value learning, if you value growing and improving, then you should value mistakes. they are amazing things that make a world of brilliance possible.12. why do most of us feel bad about making mistakes?a. because mistakes make us suffer a lot.b. because its a natural part in our life.c. because weve been taught so from a young age.d. because mistakes have ruined many peoples careers.13. according to the passage, what is the right attitude to mistakes?a. we should try to avoid making mistakes.b. we should owe great inventions mainly to mistakes.c. we should treat mistakes as good chances to learn.d. we should make feeling bad about mistakes an unconscious reaction.14. the underlined word toddler in paragraph 6 probably means _.a. a small child learning to walkb. a kindergarten child learning to drawc. a primary school pupil learning to readd. a school teenager learning to write15. we can learn from the passage that _.a. most of us can really grow from successb. growing and improving are based on mistakesc. we learn to make mistakes by trial and errord. we read about something and know how to do it right away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。选项中的两项为多余选项。q&aquestion: i have recently got a senior position within my companyone of my new tasks is to make monthly progress reports on my department in front of other senior officials. during my first meeting, i presented and then opened the floor to questions 16 my first reaction was to answer defensivelylater, i realized that i shouldnt have felt that waybut how can i keep cool and effectively answer questions in this type of settings?answer: congratulations on your new position! presenting in front of your peers （同事） is a hard task in itself and it becomes much more difficult when a question-and-answer period is required! question-and-answer periods are a great way to clarify the message and strengthen key points 17 18 when a person is asking a question, show interest and a desire to understand the question by listening and asking for clarification buy timewhen facing a hard question, most people cant give an answer immediatelybuy time by repeating the question in your own words 19 these techniques allow you to quickly organize your thoughts as well as to make sure you will be correctly answering the question suggest a private meeting.a one-to-one meeting is a calmer setting than speaking in front of your peers 20 ashow your true interestbrestate the question with respectcsome ideas can be quite concretedthere were many difficult questionseit can also be more effective in exchanging ideasfyou may also ask for clarification on the questionghere are some ideas that can help prepare for your next meeting第二部分: 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节: 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。here you grow again“youre having problems? no problem.”thats what i try to tell myself when i begin to feel overwhelmed. and then i_21_myself that the only people i am_22_ who dont have_23_are gathered in peaceful neighborhoods. there is never a_24_, never a moment of stress to ruin a day. all is calm. most_25_have at least one such worry-free zone. we call them cemeteries (墓地). but if youre still_26_, you have difficulties. its the way of life. and believe it or not, most of your problems may actually be_27_for you than you think. let me explain. maybe you have seen the great barrier reef, _28_some 1, 800 miles from new guinea to australia. tour guides regularly take visitors to_29_the reef. on one tour, the guide was asked a question. “i notice that the lagoon(浅水湖) side of the reef looks_30_and lifeless, while the ocean side is lively and colorful, ”a traveler observed. “_31_is this?”the guide gave an interesting answer, “the coral(珊瑚) around the lagoon side is in_32_water, with no challenge for its survival. it_33_early. the coral on the ocean side is constantly being_34_by wind, waves, stormssurges of power. it has to fight for_35_every day of its life. as it is challenged and tested it changes and_36_. it grows healthy. it grows strong. and it reproduces.”then he added this telling note, “thats the way it is_37_every living organism.”like coral_38_by the sea, we grow. _39_demands can cause us to grow stronger. mental and emotional stress can produce strength and determination. spiritual testing can produce _40_of character and faithfulness. 21. a. warnb. remindc. informd. persuade22. a. aware ofb. ashamed of c. concerned aboutd. worried about23. a. purposesb. troublesc. plansd. opinions24. a. wonderb. miraclec. cared. wish25. a. campusesb. hallsc. countriesd. towns26. a. worryingb. breathingc. thinkingd. working27. a. biggerb. smallerc. betterd. heavier28. a. coveringb. runningc. reachingd. stretching29. a. viewb. digc. protectd. find30. a. healthyb. palec. strongd. colorful31. a. howb. whenc. whyd. what32. a. dirtyb. coldc. deepd. still33. a. growsb. diesc. restsd. settles34. a. testedb. washedc. cleanedd. killed35. a. nutrimentb. development c. survivald. energy36. a. enlargesb. breaksc. disappearsd. adapts37. a. forb. withc. ond. in38. a. struckb. floodedc. swallowedd. supported39. a. socialb. emotionalc. spirituald. physical40. a. featureb. resultc. strengthd. influence第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。 in the age of the smart phone, there seems no reason to ask questions about: the weather forecast, a businesss phone number or directions, _41_ can all be easily found on google, but very often people _42_ (actual) ask these things by telephoning. your answer may _43_ (reply) to with a thank-you e-mail.this isnt the first time that great changes _44_ (take) place in our manners due to technology. in _45_ late 1870s, when the telephone was invented, people didnt know how _46_ (greet) a caller. often there is just silence. alexander graham bell, the inventor, suggested that people say “ahoy”, _47_ finally “hello” went out, the greeting is now used in everyday face-to-face communications.try to be _48_ (respect) no matter who you communicate _49_. just keep it in mind that _50_ (polite) never goes out of fashion.第三部分: 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