广西钦州市钦州港经济技术开发区中学2016届高三英语上学期期末考试试题

1、钦州港经济技术开发区中学2025年秋季学期期末考试高三英语 第卷（三部分；共105分）第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分) 该部分分为第一、第二两节。注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。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。1Who is the man? AA taxl driverBA traffic policema

2、nCA restaurant waiter2What are the two speakers doing?AWatching a film BTalking about a book CListening to a record3What is the man doing?AAsking for help BMaking suggestions CAsking for permission4What are the two speakers talking about? AA novel BA cinema CA film5When would Thomas and Lily like to

3、 leave?ATomorrow BNext Monday or TuesdayCThis Tuesday第二节(共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分) 听下面五段对话。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，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。6Who gave New York its nickname?APaintersBMusicians CPeople living in New York7What is the woman

4、 interested in seeing? AAn art show BA play CA modern dance show听F面一段对话，回答第8和第9两个小题。8Why does Maggie stay at home during the long winter evenings? ABecause it is cold BBecause it is warm and pleasant at home CBecause she finds it interesting9What does Jackie like doing?AHe likes going out in the col

5、dBHe likes going to see films and playsCHe likes reading books听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。10Who are the speakers?AA passer-by and a policeman BA passer-by and a driverCA passenger and a taxi driver11What is the womans house number? A1323B3023C402312Why cant the man turn left?AIt is rush hour BIt is a one-

6、way streetCThe street is too narrow.听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。l 3Why is the woman inviting the man to the dinner party? ABecause he is the chairman BBecause he is a doctorCBecause he helped her with her paper14When is the dinner party to be held? AAt 7：00 oclock BAt 6：30 on SaturdayCA little after 7：00

7、oclockl 5Who iS Elizabeth?ADr Vincents wife BAnother doctorCThe womans close friend16What does the man think of the woman? AShe has no reason to hold a dinner party BShe deserves to have a party after her hard work CShe hasnt worked hard enough听下面一段话，回答第17至第20四个小题。17How many laws are introduced in t

8、he speech? AThreeBFourCFive18Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? AShopping BCrossing the road CDrinking19Whom is the speaker giving advice to? ATravellers to the country BWomen who travel with childrenCChildren under 16 years old20Which of the following is true according to the p

9、assage? AIf you need help, please turn to your teachers BPeople drive on the left in this country CIt is against the law for anyone to buy cigarettes or tobacco第二部分：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。AThe Healthy Habits Survey shows that only about o

10、ne third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.1. How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?·Finding: A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.·Step: Remove the 300 types of bacteria in your mouth each morning with a batter

11、y-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.2. How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?·Finding: Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30% wash their hands only 4 times a day-half of the number doctors recommend.·Step:

12、 We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day-often inviting germs（病菌）to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.3. How often do you think about fighting germs?·

13、 Finding: Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.· Step: Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge（海绵）that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.21. What is found out about

14、 American seniors?A. Most of them have good habits.B. Nearly 30% of them bathe three days a week.C. All of them are fighting germs better than expected.D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day22. Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands .A. eight times a day B. three t

15、imes a day C. four times a day D. twice a day23. Which of the following is true according to the text?A. We should keep from touching our faces.B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth.C. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet.D. We should wash our hands before touching

16、 a door handle.24. The text probably comes from .A. a guide book B. a popular magazine C. a book review D. an official documentBThe wedding took place in a Birmingham hotel. The bride and her father arrived in a new black American sport car. Her father looked nervous and uncomfortable in front of th

17、e cameras. The bride wore a silk wedding dress. She smiled nervously at the waiting photographers and went to a room on the first floor where she met her future husband for the very first time.Carla Germaine and Greg Cordell were the winners of a radio stations competition. The aim of the competitio

18、n was to find two strangers prepared to marry without having met each other. Miss Germaine, 23, is a model. Mr. Cordell, 27, is a TV salesman. They were among the two hundred people who entered a special “experiment” organized by BMRB radio in Birmingham, England, Greg, and Carla were among eight fi

19、nalists who were interviewed live on a radio. They took a lie detector（测谎仪） test and the station also spoke to their friends and family about their personalities. The competition judges include an astrologer（占星家） who declared that they were suited.The couple celebrated their wedding with a wedding b

20、reakfast and a party for 100 guests in the evening, but not everyone shared their joy. Miss Germaines mother looked anxious throughout the wedding and Mr. Cordells parents are reported to be less than delighted.Organizations, including the marriage guidance Service Relate, have criticized the marria

21、ge. As one person put it, “We have enough problems getting young people to take marriage seriously without this. Marriage should always be about love.”The couple are now on a Caribbean honeymoon followed by journalists. Their other prizes include a years free use of a wonderful apartment in the cent

22、er of Birmingham, and a car. But will it last? 25. How did the couples parents react to the wedding?A. The brides mother shared their joy. B. The brides father felt uncomfortable about the wedding.C. The bridegrooms parents were not that joyful.D. The bridegrooms parents were quite delighted.26. Som

23、e experts believe that _.A. marriage without the couples meeting each other first ends up in divorce（离婚） B. young people nowadays are too careless about marriage C. taking a lie detector test can not solve all the marriage problems D. most young people take marriage seriously except this couple27. O

24、ne of the prizes for the couple is _.A. to spend their honeymoon wherever they like B. to use an apartment free for some time C. to have a wedding dress free D. to own an American sports car28. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?A. A well-matched couple B. A wedding based on lov

25、e C. A short-lived marriage D. Two strangers and a weddingCTone of voice is very important in human conversation. A person might use words that communicate one message and a tone that shows something very different. This possibility for confusion is one reason that businessmen encourage discussing t

26、hings in person, rather than through email, as tone cannot be determined in the written form. The same rule is true with children. Children as young as a few months respond to a change in voice. It has been recorded that babies prefer to hear a story read by their own mother rather than another woma

27、n whom they do not know. Have you ever talked to someone who had little or no changes in their voice no matter what you were discussing? Think of the teacher or professor you had in the past that spoke in a monotone manner for the entire lecture. It is very boring and difficult to become interested

28、in the topic. Parents should make an active effort to communicate with your child. If your child figures out how to open a box he or she has been struggling with and says “YES!” with pride in his or her voice, your response should be happy and excited (something encouraging, like “You did it!”). If

29、you plainly said the same thing, you would not be matching the tone of your child. This applies to feelings that the child may express in everyday situations as well. If a child argues with a friend, your response should not be said in a high voice or with a smile. Seriously and sincerely you should

30、 say “You look sad” or “That must have been hard for you”. The tone of your voice expresses understanding, acknowledgement, connection and several other healthy things to your child. Although your words are very important, equally important is the tone with which you say those words.29. Whats the pu

31、rpose of the first paragraph?A. To tell us that our tone of voice is as important as the words we say.B. To tell us that businessmen prefer to talk in person.C. To lead to the topic of the passage.D. To advise us to use different tones of voice correctly.30. The underlined word “monotone” in the 3rd

32、 paragraph probably means a(n) _ tone. A. slowB. unchanging C. coldD. high 31. When communicating with their children, what are parents advised to do? A. To hide their feelings with different tones of voice.B. To use a tone of voice that can match their childrens feelings.C. Not to speak to their ch

33、ildren in a low voice. D. To train their children to express their feelings by tone of voice. DProbably no other musical instrument is as popular as the guitar around the world. Musicians use the guitar for almost all kinds of music. Country and western music would not be the same without a guitar.

34、The traditional Spanish folk music called Flamenco could not exist without a guitar. The sound of American blues music would not be the same without the sad cry of the guitar. And rock and roll music would almost be impossible without this instrument. Music experts do not agree about where the guita

35、r was first played. Most agree it is ancient. Some experts say an instrument very much like a guitar was played in Egypt more than 1,000 years ago. Most experts say that the ancestor of the modern guitar was brought to Spain from Persia sometime in the 12th century. The guitar continued to develop i

36、n Spain. In the 1700s it became similar to the instrument we know today. Many famous musicians played the instrument. The famous Italian violins Niccolo Paganinm played and wrote music for the guitar in the early 1800s. Franz Schubert used the guitar to write some of his famous works. In modern time

37、s Spanish guitarist Andres Segovia helped make the instrument extremely popular. In the 1930s, Les Paul began experimenting to make an electric guitar. He invented the solid-bodied electric guitar in 1946. The Gibson Guitar Company began producing its famous Les Paul Guitar in 1952. It became a powe

38、rful influence on popular music. The instrument has the same shape and the same six strings (弦)as the traditional guitar, but it sounds very different. Les Paul produced a series of extremely popular recordings that introduced the public to this music. Listen to this Les Paul recording. It was the f

39、ifth most popular song in the United States in 1952. It is called “Meet Mister Callaghan.”32. What can we infer from the first paragraph?A The guitar plays a very important role in music.B The choice of musical instrument is important for a band.C The guitar was the most popular musical instrument i

40、n the past.D Every musician likes playing music instrument with the guitar.33. According to most experts, the guitar developed into a modern form like today in _.A. Egypt B. Persia C. Spain D. Italy34. In Paragraph 3, the author introduces _.A. the method of playing the guitar B. the exact time of t

41、he guitars originC. the way that the guitar was made D. some musicians who played the guitar35. Where does the passage probably come from?A. A newspaper B. A broadcast C. A magazine D. A history book第2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。选项中有两项为多余选项。How to remember your passwords Rememb

42、ering and then forgetting your passwords can be a frustrating business, and one that contributes to more than half of calls made to helplines. _36_ Once you have reset your password, youre going to need to remember that one too. Follow our tips on breaking the password-frustration cycle._37_ We ofte

43、n create so many user IDs but there are only a small number of passwords that you really need to remember. Its important for you to remember your banking and email passwords, but do you really need to worry about your occasional eBay visit? If you can commit(交付) just a few to memory, you can hand th

44、e rest over to a password keeper to do the remembering for you.Sign up for a password keeping service. _38_ You just need to encrypt(加密) your data and keep it in a safe server. Many password keepers require you to remember just one master password, which will give you access to the accounts you have

45、 chosen.Write them down“Just keep them in a safe place, such as a locked box,” says Internet security blogger Bruce Schneier. _39_ Thus, it isnt entirely discouraged and can be an efficient back-up plan when all else fails.Work on your memory_40_ Practising memory techniques or making certain lifest

46、yle changes, including reducing stress, might just prevent you from having to make that frustrating password phone call ever again.A. Download a mobile password app.B. Of course, it doesnt just stop there.C. Try to make a note of your passwords.D. Work out which passwords matter most.E. Put your mon

47、ey into different accounts.F. It will remember your passwords for you.G. Many exercises can help improve your memory.第三部分：英语知识运用（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）The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Thomas Macaulay Some thirty ye

48、ars ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs Nanette O'Neill gave an arithmetic 41 to our class. When the papers were marked she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the 42 mistakes throughout the test. There is nothing really new about 43 in exams. Perhaps that w

49、as why Mrs O'Neill 44 even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to 45 after class. I was one of the twelve. Mrs O'Neill asked 46 questions, and she didn't 47 us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the 48 words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to 49 these wo

50、rds into our exercise-books one hundred times. I don't 50 about the other eleven boys. Speaking for 51 I can say :it was the most important single 52 of my life. Thirty years after being introduced to Macaulay's words, they 53 seem to me the best yardstick(准绳), because they give us a 54 to m

51、easure ourselves rather than others. 55 of us are asked to make 56 decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. 57 the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket 58 turned over to the policeman? Sh

52、ould the 59 change received at the store be forgotten or returned? Nobody will know except 60 . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect. 41. A. paper B. problem C. test D. lesson42. A. easy B. funnyC. same D. serious43. A. lying B. cheating C. gue

53、ssing D. discussing44. A. didn't B. didC. would D. wouldn't45. A. comeB. leave C. apologize D. remain46. A. noB. certain C. many D. more47. A. excuse B. reject C. help D. scold48. A. following B. commonC. above D. unusual49. A. repeat B. copy C. put D. get 50. A. worry B. know C. hear D. tal

54、k51. A. myself B. ourselves C. themselves D. herself52. A. chance B. incident C. lesson D. memory53. A. evenB. almost C. always D. still54. A. way B. sentence C. choice D. reason55. A. All B. FewC. Some D. None56. A. quick B. wise C. great D. personal57. A. Would B. Must C. Should D. Need58. A. and

55、B. or C. then D. but 59. A. extra B. smallC. some D. necessary60. A. meB. usC. you D. them 第 二 卷（非选择题 满分50分）第二节 语篇填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填写适当的内容或括号内单词正确形式。When someone has deeply hurt you, it can be very difficult to let go of your anger. But forgiveness is possible - and it can be surprisingly 61 (benefit) to your physical a