高三英语期中考试.doc

高三英语期中考试一、单项选择：1-Ten dollars, please! - How terrible! I _ to bring my wallet with me.A. was forgetting B. forgot C. had forgotten D. am forgetting2In _ eyes of the duke, Shylocks life should be at _ mercy of the people living near _ River Thames. A. / ; the ; / B. the ; the ; the C. / ; a ; the D. the ; / ; /3It was in the factory _ he talked about _ the boy was killedA. where ; that B. that ; where C. where ; where D. which ; that4Our class are in a low spirit, but Im sure things will start to _ in a week.A. rise up B. hold on C. hang out D. pick up5-Could you give me some coins, dad? I want to buy an ice cream-Sorry, Ive got _ on me.A. none B. nothing C. quite a few D. no one6 _ the thread from America, Iran determined to retreat Uranium.A. Despite B. In spite that C. Despite of D. Though7 Wang Zhizhi must have arrived in Beijing yesterday, _?A. havent he B. mustnt he C. didnt he D. hasnt he 8 _ he got off the bus, did he find his pocket _.A. Not until; stolen B. Unless ; gone C. Not until; picked D. Unless ; lost9On the bank of the river, we found him _ on a beach, with his eyes _ on a kite in the sky. A. seated; fixing B. sitting; fixing , C. seated; fixed D. sitting ; being fixed10_ it rain tomorrow, we would have to _ the picnic.A. Would; put forward B. Should; call off C. Will; give up D. Should; put up11 -What do you think of French?-In my opinion, French is _ EnglishA. a subject so difficult as B. as difficult a subject as C. as a subject difficult as D. difficult as subject as12On the way _ a book, he found some of his classmates _ in the street.A. to buy ; knocking down B. to buy; knocking about C. to buying ; knocking about D. to buying; knocking into13The most of his time he _ was what he spared from his playing time.A. made to learning B. took to learn C. took to learning D. made to learn14-The MP3 cost me almost 2000 Yuan. -Well, it was crazy of you to spend so much money _ you could buy a cheaper one.A. when B. unless C. if D. because15-Do you have a plan for May Day holiday?-Im going to Thailand with my parents!A. You dont say! B. You can say that again. C. Good luck to you. D. I dare say.二、完形填空：Suddenly, our life was changed unexpected. It happened a few minutes past three, 1 my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it 2 over a fence. Chris was paralyzed(瘫痪) from the chest down, 3 to breathe normally. As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of 4 with lots of unexpected challenges. We went from the “haves” to the “have-nots”. Or so we thought.5 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of 6 difficulties. We came to learn that something 7 could happen in a disaster. All over the world people 8 Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day. By the end of the third week in a 9 center in Virginia, about 35,000 pieces of 10 had been received and sorted.As 11 , we opened letter after letter. They gave us 12 and became a source of strength for us. We used them to 13 ourselves. I would go to the pile of letters marked with “Funny” if we needed a 14 , or to the “Disabled” box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or 15 in bed living happily and 16 .These letters, we realized, had to be shared. And so 17 we offer one of them to you.Dear Chris,My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your 18 accident last week. No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this 19 challenge. People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you 20 .Yours Sincerely,Nancy Reagan1. A. since B. before C. when D. while2. A. walked B. climbed C. pulled D. jumped3. A. able B. unable C. suitable D. unsuitable4. A. disability B. possession C. convenience D. experience5. A. So B. For C. Or D. Yet6. A. sharing B. separating C. fearing D. exploiting7. A. terrible B. similar C. wonderful D. practical8. A. wrote for B. cared for C. hoped for D. sent for9. A. medical B. postal C. experimental D. mental10 A. news B. paper C. equipment D. mail11. A. patients B. a family C. nurses D. a group12. A. effect B. effort C. comfort D. explanation13. A. encourage B. express C. control D. treat14. A. cry B. laugh C. chat D. sigh15. A. much B. never C. even D. seldom16. A. bitterly B. fairly C. weakly D. successfully17. A. here B. there C. therefore D. forward18. A. driving B. flying C. running D. riding19. A. technical B. different C. difficult D. valuable20. A. nearby B. close C. busy D. alive三、阅读理解：AEven if you are naturally shy, these three tricks will help you to quickly build a new social circle in any new city.1. Take pictures One of the great things about taking pictures at an event or party is that it gives you an excuse to get in touch with the person later. Everybody loves seeing pictures of themselves, and its very easy after taking a picture to say “If youd like I can email it to you”. This can be the seed that leads to new connections. The next time you hear about a fun event email your new contacts to let them know about it.2. Eat alone in public You might feel self-conscious eating by yourself but it has an important benefit: you are much easier to approach when you are alone. People may be afraid of interrupting you or being rude if you are in a conversation with someone else. Bring a book or newspaper to read (this will make you feel less self-conscious). Plus, having an interesting book with you will give others an excuse to start a conversation if theyve read it.3. Join a class, sports team, or club Yoga, salsa dancing, volleyball, Toastmasters (a public speaking club), a class for work, etc. Take up a new hobby or continue an old one!These are all great places to meet new people, primarily because you will be forced to see the same people over and over again in the class. You will automatically make friends with them if you have a common interest and are forced to see each other again.Tips:* In the beginning, never turn down an invitation from someone, even if its something you wouldnt normally do.* Email your new friends with fun things to do instead of always asking what their plans are. If they have a better plan you can drop yours and join them. This will help establish you as someone who is contributing value instead of just taking it (people want this in a friend).* Dont let little things in life upset you or be a negative person. People dont want to be around someone like that!1. When having meals, youd better _ if you want to make new friends. A. approach others to show conscious friendlinessB. start a conversation with those who have friends aside C. invite others to your apartment to eat together D. sit on your own in public places 2. According to the text, which of the following is NOT mentioned as an advantage of joining a class?A. It helps you find out people who share a common interest with you. B. It helps you find out your interest and take up a new hobby. C. It offers an opportunity to meet the same people repeatedly. D. It is a good way to meet new people and make friends in a new city. 3. Which of the following pieces of advice is a tip from the text?A. Try to be outgoing and talkative instead of being shy. B. Never turn down an invitation from your friends. C. Offer suggestions on how to spend time together. D. Always give a positive response to any request.4. By writing the text, the author intends to tell us _.A. why you should change when you move to a new cityB. how you can make new friends in a new cityC. why you should make new friends in a new cityD. how you can keep in touch with strangersBThere is a famous story about British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was writing a poem when he was interrupted by a knock at the door. This was an age before telephones. Someone was delivering a message. When Coleridge got back to his poem, he had lost his inspiration. His poetic mood had been broken by the knock on his door. His unfinished poem, which could otherwise have been a masterpiece, would now never be more than a fragment.This story tells how unexpected communication can destroy an important thought, which bring us to the cellphone. The most common complaint about cellphones is that people talk on them to the annoyance of people around them. But more damaging may be the cellphones interruption of our thoughts. We have already entered a golden age of little white lies about our cellphones, and this is by and large（大体上）a healthy, protective development. “I didnt hear it ring” or “I didnt realize my phone had shut off” are among the lies we tell to give ourselves space where were beyond reach. The notion of being unreachable is not a new conceptwe have “Do Not Disturb” sign on the doors of hotel rooms. So why must we feel guilty when it comes to cellphones? Why must we apologize if we decide to shut off the phone for a while? Now time alone, or a conversation with someone next to us which cannot be interrupted by a phone, is something to be cherished. Even cellphone devotees（信徒）, myself usually included, cant help at times wanting to throw their phone away, or curse the day they were invented.But we dont and wont, and there really is no need. All thats required to take back our private time is a general social recognition that we have the right to it. In other words, we have to develop a healthy contempt for the rings of our own phones. A cellphone call deserves no greater priority than a random word from the person next to us，though the call on my cellphone may be the one-in-a-million from Steven Spielbergwho has finally read my novel and wants to make it his next movie. But most likely it is not, and Im better off thinking about the idea I just had for a new story, or the slice of pizza Ill eat for lunch.5. What is the point of the anecdote about the poet Coleridge in the first three paragraphs?A. To direct readers attention to the main topic.B. To show how important inspiration is to a poet.C. To emphasize the disadvantage of not having a cellphone.D. To encourage readers to read the works of this poet.6. What does the writer think about people telling “white lies” about their cellphones?A. It is a way of signaling that you dont like the caller.B. It is natural to tell lies about small thingsC. It is basically a good way to protect ones privacy. D. We should feel guilty when we cant tell the truth.7. According to the author, what is the most annoying problem caused by cellphones?A. People get so obsessed(着迷) with the cellphone rings that they fail to notice anything else.B. People feel guilty when they are not able to answer their cellphones.C. Cellphones interrupt peoples private time.D. With cellphones it is no longer possible to be unreachable.8. What does the last paragraph suggest?A. A person who calls us from afar deserves more of our attentionB. Steven Spielberg once called the author to talk about the authors novel. C. You should always finish your lunch before you answer a call on the cellphone.D. Never let cellphones disturb your life too much.CThe medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to get better. As part of nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museum and into public places, some of the countrys best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2,500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have very valuable collections of present art in passages waiting areas and treatment rooms. These recent movements first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s. He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should he enjoyed by a wider audience.A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5,000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibition of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the outpatients waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975. Believed to be Britains first hospital artist, Senior was so much in demand that a team of six young art school graduates soon joined him. The effect is striking. Now in the passages and waiting rooms, the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colors, playful images and restful courtyards.The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto garden needed half the number of strong painkillers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.9. _ is the best title for the passage.A. New hospitals B. Paintings of hospitalsC. Bringing Art into Hospitals D. Patients and art10. Peter Senior is _.A. the best artist in Britain B. a pioneer in introducing art into hospitalsC. the teacher of six young art school graduatesD. a painter who paints for hospitals only11. After the improvement of the hospital environment _.A. patients no longer take drugs to kill their painsB. patients dont have to stay long in hospitalC. patients feel happy to stay in hospitalD. patients need fewer painkillers when they suffer from an illness 12. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. the role of hospital environment is being recognizedB. hospital artists have done more than doctorsC. exhibitions attract more audience in hospitals than in museumsD. the hospital is a better place for people than the museum in BritainDEating kangaroos instead of cattle and sheep has been given a scientific stamp of approval by the governments top climate change adviser,The belch(嗳气) of millions of farm animals is a major contributor to Australias greenhouse gas emissions, notes professor Ross Garnaut in a major report to the government on global warming.Kangaroos, on the other hand, breathe out little amounts of methane(甲烷) gas.If farmers were included in a system requiring industry to buy permits for the gas they produce, the cost of meat would rise and could lead to a change in eating habits, says Garnaut.“For most of Australias human history-around 60,000 years the kangaroo was the main source of meat,” he says.“It could again become important. However, there are some significant barriers to this change, including livestock and farm management issues, consumer resistance and the gradual nature of change in food tastes.”Garnaut cites a study looking at the potential for kangaroos to replace sheep and cattle for meat production in Australias rangelands, where kangaroos are already harvested.The study concludes that by 2020, beef cattle and sheep numbers could be reduced by seven million and 36 million respectively, allowing for an increase in kangaroo numbers from 34 million now to 240 million by 2020.This would be more than enough to replace the lost lamb and beef production, and kangaroo meat would become more profitable than cattle and sheep as the price of emissions permits increased.Garnauts report says livestock, mainly cattle and sheep, are responsible for some 67% of agricultural greenhouse gas emissions.Despite being the national animal and appearing on the Australian coat of arms, kangaroos are slaughtered in the wild each year to control their numbers and much of the meat is used for pet food.The idea of farming them for human consumption is controversial, but many Australians already eat kangaroo meat.13.Whats the main idea of the passage?A. Eating kangaroos may reduce global warming.B. People arent willing to eat kangaroo meat.C. People are called on to eat kangaroo meat.D. Kangaroos pollute the environment less than other animals.14.Which of the following statements is true about kangaroos?A. Kangaroos have appeared on a scientific stamp.B. Kangaroos breathe out air containing little methane gas.C. Kangaroos are the main source of meat for Australians.D. Kangaroos are protected in a way because they are national animals.15. All the following are factors that prevent kangaroos from being the main source of meat for Australian except _.A. How the farms are run.B. Whether consumers like the new idea.C. the price of the kangaroo meatD. Whether consumers become used to eating the meat.四、任务型阅读：Some people believe that greed and selfishness has become the basis of modern society, and we should return to the old traditions of family and community then we will have a better life. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the above opinion?In this fast-paced world, many values are undergoing major changes. While people traditionally prioritize caring, sharing and generosity in life and work, modern people seem to be more self-absorbed and self-concerned. Modern people act selfishly to survive the harsh competition of life. They say that it is a jungle out there. To survive, you have to fight with whatever means that come handy.