江苏省无锡市北高中2011届高三上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家江苏省无锡市北高中20102011学年度第一学期高三英语期中考试试卷考试时间：120分钟 满分：150分第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20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1分，满分5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。1How much does the man need to add for the blue sweater?A$ 16.80.B$ 7.20.C$ 27.20.2What does the woman mean?AThey dont need any more chairsBThey will not have the meeting CThere wont be enough chairs left.3What can we learn about the man?AHe got a good mark in five of the exams.BHe got a good mark in four of the exams.CHe failed in four of the exams.4What does the woman probably do?A. A designer. B. A lawyer. C. A doctor.5. Where are the man and the woman? A. At a hotel. B. In a taxi. C. At a railway station. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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至8题。6Where did the conversation probably take place? A. At an international airport. B. At a seashore. C. At the mans house.7What is the valuable thing the woman has got?A. A computer.B. A watch. C. A camera.8What do you think the man is?A. A porter. B. A passenger. C. An official.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9What kind of color TV does the man want to buy? A. A smaller one.B. A bigger one.C. A cheaper one.10What is the womans opinion about buying a colour TV?AShe wants a smaller one.BShe wants a bigger one.CShe wants an expensive one.11Why does the woman suggest that the man should buy a smaller TV?ABecause that would be a waste of money.BBecause he might have to change it in a few years time.CBecause his sitting room isnt very big.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. Where are the two speakers? A. In a library.B. In a bookstore.C. In an office.13. Why didnt the woman lend him the three books?A. Because they are expensive. B. Because they are very important. C. Because they are single copies.14How many books did the man finally take away?AOne.BThreeCFour听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15Whats the relationship between the two speakers?ATicket seller and passenger. BAssistant and customer.CClose friends.16If the man wants to take the early morning flight, when will he arrive at the airport?A. At 7:50BAt 9:00CAt 6:5017. How much does the man have to pay for the tickets at last? A. $59.B. $590.C. $295.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. If you want to get pleasure, what kind of newspaper will you buy? A. A serious newspaper.B. A popular newspaper.C. An independent newspaper.19. Why is the Times famous? A. Because the news carried in the newspaper can be accepted as true.B. Because it receives plenty of readers letters. C. Because people can get entertainment from it.20. What kind of letters are printed in parts of the newspaper? A. Most letters on a new fashion of dress.B. Most letters on serious subjects.C. Most letters on bad manners of the young people.第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：单项选择（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、 B、 C 、D 、四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 例: It is generally considered unwise to give a child _ he or she wants. A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever 答案是B。21. Canada is one of _ largest countries in the world, _ second only to Russia. A. the; the B. the; a C. a; the D. the; 不填22. Do you know the tower _ in the heart of the city? Do you mean the one _ to the north of the city library? A. locating; lay B. located; lying C. being located; lying D. located; lay23. _ visited the Shanghai World Expo is sure to tell you the place is worthy _ twice. You can say that again.A. Those who have; visiting B. Whoever has; visitingC. Those who have; to be visited D. Whoever has; to be visited24. No one can answer the question _ we can complete the task in time, do you know? Yes, and this is because we dont know the way _ the scientist used last time.A. whether; which B. if; which C. whether; in which D. if; in which25. Two hundred of the tourists were saved from danger in Taiwan, but the rest _ still missing. If only the travel agency _ more measures to prevent such accidents.A. is; has takenB. are; had takenC. is; tookD. are; would take26. 一When shall we start the restoration of the historic buildings?一Not until our plan_ by the committee. A. will be approved B. approves C. is to approve D. has been approved27. Ancient Greeks were responsible for many of the _ in science and other fields.A. advances B. progress C. development D. civilization28. The man should be excused because he caused the damage _. A. deliberately B. unintentionally C. meaningfully D. determinedly 29. Another group of Qing Tombs sits about 100 kilometres _ of Beijing. A. at the west B. the west C. to west D. west30. Hi, Tom. Any idea where Mary is? She in the reading room. I saw her there just now.A. shall be B. should have been C. should be D. might have been31. Chinese Premier Wen put great pressure on the Japanese side, otherwise the boat captain _. As the saying goes, he who hasnt seen the coffin (棺材) wont cry.A wouldnt be released B. hadnt been releasedC wouldnt have been released D should have been released32. I have bought a good book, _ that will surely interest _ of the students A. one; everyone B. the one; everyone C. one; every one D. the one; every one 33. Whom do you want to have_ the living conditions of migrant workers?A. improve B. to improve C. improving D. improved 34. Do you mind if I close the window? _. We should let in more fresh air.A. Yes, go ahead.B. Of course notC. I would like to close itD. Id appreciate it if you didnt35 Mr Smith never means what he says. I dislike him. _, as the saying goes.AA single flower does not make a springBA still tongue makes a wise headCA man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weedsDActions speak louder than words.第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。People do not analyze every problem they meet. Sometimes they try to remember a solution from the last time they had a 36 problem. They often accept the opinions or ideas of other people. Other times they begin to act without 37 ; they try to find a solution by trial and error. However, when all of these methods 38 , the person with a problem has to start analyzing. There are six 39 in analyzing a problem.First the person must recognize that there is a problem. For example, Sams bicycle is broken, and he cannot ride it to class as he usually does. Sam must 40 that there is a problem with his bicycle.Next the person must 41 the problem. Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must 42 the parts that are wrong.Now the person must look for 43 that will make the problem clearer and lead to 44 . solutions. For example, suppose Sam 45 that his bike does not work because there is something wrong with the brakes. At this time, he can look in his bicycle repair book and read about brakes, talk to his friends at the bike shop, or look at his brakes carefully.After 46 the problem, the person should have 47 suggestions for a possible solution. Take Sam as an example 48 , his suggestions might be: tighten or loosen the brakes, buy new brakes and change the old ones.In the end, one 49 seems to be the solution 50 the problem. Sometimes the 51 idea comes quite 52 because the thinker suddenly sees something new or sees something in a 53 way. Sam, for example, suddenly sees there is a piece of chewing gum stuck to a brake. He immediately hits on the solution to his problem: he must 54 the brake.Finally the solution is 55 . Sam does it and finds his bicycle works perfectly. In short, he has solved the problem.36Aserious37Apractising38Afail39Aways40Aexplain41Ajudge42Acheck43Aanswers44Apossible45Ahopes46Adiscussing47Aexact48Aonce49Asuggestion50Awith 51Anext52Aunexpectedly53Asimple54Aclean55ArecordedBusualBthinkingBworkBconditionsBprove Bfind Bdetermine Bskills BexactBarguesBsettling downBenoughBagainBconclusionBintoBclearBlateBdifferentBseparateBcompletedCsimilarCunderstandingCchange Cstages Cshow CdescribeCcorrectCexplanationCrealCdecidesCcomparing withCseveral CalsoCdecisionCforCfinalCclearly Cquick CloosenCtestedDcommonDhelpingDdevelopDordersDseeDfaceDrecoverDinformationDspecialDsuggestsDstudyingDcountlessDaloneDdiscoveryDtoDnewDoftenDsuddenDremoveDaccepted第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently. My father realised it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I m so glad I did. On the way to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps (脊背) in the distance. On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldnt believe it there arent any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive. The little baby whale actually as big as our boat was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and came up suddenly, making big whirlpools (漩涡) and waves. Shes trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side, my father said. At this point, my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe - and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance. In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day. Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea. 56. The author says I m so glad I did. ( in Para. 2) because _. A. he witnessed the whole process of fishing B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea C. he experienced the rescue of the whales D. he spent the weekend with his family57. The mother whale failed to help her baby because _. A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long B. the whirlpools she had made were not big enough C. she had no other whales around to turn to for help D. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction58. What is the theme of the story? A. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness. B. Fishing provides excitement for children. C. Its necessary to live in harmony with animals. D. Its vital to protect the whale in the ocean.BBritons Learn to ForgiveLEEDS, England A Leeds University psychology (心理学) professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies. “The hatred we hold within us is a cancer,” Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease. More than 70 people have become members in Harts first 20-week workshop in London a course he says is the first of its kind in the world. These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian-born Hart. The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight. The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hatred in these people. “People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness,” he said, “People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.”Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed. “The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with,” said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project. Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people “want to get free of the past”. 59. From this passage we know that _. A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hatred B. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors C. without hatred, people will have less trouble connected with blood pressure and heart D. people who suffer from high blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies 60. In Harts first 20-week workshop, people there can _. A. meet their enemies B. change their attitudes towards bitternessC. enjoy the professors speech D. learn how to quarrel with others 61. If you are a member in Harts workshop, youll _. A. pay much money to Hart B. go to the workshop every night C. attend a gathering twice a month D. pour out everything stored in your mind 62. The author wrote this passage in order to _.A. persuade us to go to Harts workshop B. tell us the news about Harts workshop C. tell us how to run a workshop like Harts D. help us to look at various kinds of angers CBeginning college is exciting: new ideas to explore, new challenges to meet and many decisions to make. Your future begins here.However，you will find college life is different from your previous school environment. Many of us can be easily overwhelmed（压垮）by the details of running a well-balanced life. While some of us may have the know-how, I guess there are more of us who can benefit from learning about the experiences of others who have walked the college halls before you.The following you may find of use about life on campus.* Plan well. There are so many new things to do at a new college or university. Give yourself time to make new friends and become familiar with the campus, but dont forget why you are there. Give some time for social activities and manage your time wisely.* If you dont have a “system” for planning your time now (like a day timer, a computer data book), get one. Most of all, dont depend on your memory.* Dont miss the guidelines. The restrictions, rules and regulations of all kinds can usually be found in your student handbook. Consider them well-balanced food for thought. What dates are important? What pieces of paper need to be handed in? What can/ cant you do in class? What can/ cant you do in your student residence（住处）? Who has right for what? What do you need to complete to graduate?* Write the word “STUDY” on the walls of our bedroom and bathroom, and maybe it will help to write it on a piece of paper and stick it on the telephone, TV and the kitchen table. Consider thisyou are paying thousands of dollars for your courses. You pay every time you have to repeat or replace a course.* Build your identity. This is the time for you to decide what to do and what not to do. Take as much time as you need to explore new ideas. Do not be afraid of the beyond. This is learning to make good choices.63. What is the main purpose of the passage?A. To offer advice on college life. B. To explain why college life is exciting.C. To describe the importance of college life.D. To persuade you to go to college.64. According to the passage, why is it exciting to begin college life?A. Because you will have more freedom at college.B. Because you will no longer be afraid of the beyond.C. Because you prepare for your future career and life there.D. Because professors there will provide you with many new ideas.65. The underlined word “know-how” refers to .A. an understanding of how things are going at collegeB. practical knowledge about how to behave and what to do at collegeC. college halls where rules and regulations are presentedD. an environment completely different from the one youre used to66. According to the passage, college students _ . A. neednt learn from those who went to