2023年山西省运城市博爱中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析

1、2023年山西省运城市博爱中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. Its no use _ without taking action .A. to complainB. complainedC. complainingD. complaint参考答案：C【详解】考查固定句型。句意：抱怨而不采取行动是没有用的。it is no use doing sth.意为“做某事是没有用的”，complain意为“抱怨”，it is no use complaining意为“抱怨是没有用的”，故选C。【点睛】It is +n.+doing在这个句型中，这种动词-ing作主语，it 作形式主语的句

2、型还有：Its no use doing sth. 做某事没用 / 只是白费力气It is no good doing sth. 做某事不好 / 没用 / 不行Its a waste of time / money doing sth. 做某事是白费时间 / 金钱Its fun doing sth. 做某事很有趣2. - Do you know when Tonny came back last night? - Yes. It was not yet nine oclock _ he came back home. A. before B. when C. that D. until参考答案

3、：B略3. The room was out of order. As soon as she arrived, she _ tidying up the room.A. set down B. set about C. set out D. set up参考答案：B4. An average of 130000 Chinese _ abroad for studies every year over the past few years, boosting exchanges in the educational fieldsA. was going B. have been goingC.

4、 has been going D. are going参考答案：B5. Do you think an advertisement is _ help when you look for a college? Well, it all depends. Anyway, it gives me more of _ chance. A. a; a B. 不填; a C. 不填; the D. a; the参考答案：A略6. Jeff, you look so excited today Sure I amI _ a good job in a big company, you know. Aof

5、fered Bwill offer Chave been offered Dwas offered参考答案：C略7. See what youve done. It _be allowed. A. ought not to B. ought to not C. shouldnt D. neednt参考答案：A8. Just in front of the temple _ with a history of 1,000 years. A. does an old pine tree stand B. stands an old pine treeC. an old pine tree is s

6、tanding D. an old pine tree stands 参考答案：B略9. Many of the scientists and engineers are judged _ how great their achievements are. Ain time ofB. in ways of Cin view ofDin terms of参考答案：D32. -Have you heard of _ death of Steven Jobs? - Yes. It must be_ shock to Apple fans. A. the; the B. a; the C. the;

7、a D. a; /参考答案：C略11. Sara went to Africa as a volunteer in order to make a _ to the life of the children there. A. sense B. difference C. promise D. point参考答案：B略12. When asked by the police, he said that he remembered at the party, but not . Ato arrive; leaving Bto arrive; to leave Carriving; leaving

8、 Darriving; to leave参考答案：C 解析：此题考查了动词remember后非谓语动词的用法。remember doing sth 意为“记得做过某事”remember to sth意为“记得要去做某事（还未做）”。13. At the meeting, the professor _ some good advice about bringing down the market price of housingA. came about B. came up C. came up with D. came out参考答案：C14. I _ in London for many

9、 years, but Ive never regretted my final decision to move back to China. A. have lived B. was living C. lived D. had lived参考答案：C略15. Do you know why the teacher asks for me? He wants you to _ your absence last night. A. explain to B. account for C. ask for D. say for参考答案：B16. At present, there are m

10、any instances _ the governments give money to the citizens worldwide, but the sources of fund are still limited.A. how B. which C. where D. when 参考答案：C17. It is in the factory _ youre going to pay a visit to _ this kind computer is made. A. /; that B. where; that C. /; where D. that; which参考答案：A略18.

11、 -Im sorry to have kept you waiting.- _, Bill.A. No problemB. Go aheadC. Dont mention itD. Youre welcome参考答案：A【详解】考查交际用语。句意：对不起，让你久等了。没事，Bill。A. No problem没问题；没事；B. Go ahead去做吧！C. Dont mention it别客气；别提了（回答对方的感谢）；D. Youre welcome别客气（回答对方的感谢）；CD两项通常用于回答对方的感谢，B项用于鼓励对方。No problem可以用来回答对方的道歉，故选择A项。【点睛】本题

12、考查了交际用语中回答道歉的固定用语。我们要特别注意干扰较大的C项，Don mention it是用于口语的表达，有两种意思：1、回答别人的感谢时说“不客气”，如-Thanking you for helping me。-Dont mention it. （区区小事，不足挂齿）2、表示“某事别提了”，一般是不好的事情。如-How about your interview on Sunday? 你上周日面试怎么样啊？-Dont mention it! I failed. 唉别提了，没过。综上可知，Dont mention it 不用于回答道歉。若想回答对方的道歉，有好些种讲法，如：It doesn

13、t matter. Thats all right. Never mind. Dont worry about it. Thats OK.二、 短文改错19. In the past, the man didnt have to think about the protection 76. _ of his environment. There used to be many people on earth，77. _ but natural material resources seemed to be unlimited. 78. _ Today things are different

14、. The world become too crowded. 79. _ We are use our natural materials too quickly. At the same time, 80. _ we keep polluting our environment from dangerous chemicals. 81. _Dustbins are filled up with cans and bottles that once holds 82. _beer, coffee or Coca-Cola. Everywhere peoples are always 83.

15、_throwing away wrappings from food or clothes and all kinds 84. _of unwanted things, some of things are difficult to get rid of. 85. _参考答案：76. 去掉the 77. many 改为few 78. but 改为and 79. become 前加has 80. use 改为using 81. from 改为with 82. holds 改为 held 83. peoples 改为 people 84. 85. things 改为which三、 阅读理解20.

16、Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at the mouth of the Hudson River. Over 300 year

17、s its population grew gradually from 800 people to 8 million. But not all cities develop slowly over a long period of time. Boom towns grow from nothing almost overnight. In 1896, Dawson, Canada, was unmapped wilderness(荒野). But gold was discovered there in 1897, and two years later, it was one of t

18、he largest cities in the West, with a population of 30,000.Dawson did not have any of the natural conveniences of cities like London or Paris. People went there for gold. They travelled over snow-covered mountains and sailed hundreds of miles up icy rivers. The path to Dawson was covered with thirty

19、 feet of wet snow that could fall without warming. An avalanche(雪崩) once closed the path, killing 63 people. For many who made it to Dawson, however, the rewards were worth the difficult trip. Of the first 20,000 people who dug for gold, 4,000 got rich. About 100 of these stayed rich men for the res

20、t of their lives.But no matter how rich they were, Dawson was never comfortable. Necessities like food and wood were very expensive. But soon, the gold that Dawson depended on had all been found. The city was crowded with disappointed people with no interest in settling down, and when they heard the

21、re were new gold discoveries in Alaska, they left Dawson City as quickly as they had come. Today, people still come and go to see where the Canadian gold rush happened. Tourism is now the chief industry of Dawson City its present population is 762.4What attracted the early settlers to New York City?

22、AIts business culture.BIts small population.CIts geographical position.DIts favourable climate.5What do we know about those who first dug for gold in Dawson?ATwo-thirds of them stayed there.BOne out of five people got rich.CAlmost everyone gave up.DHalf of them died.6What was the main reason for man

23、y people to leave Dawson?AThey found the city too crowded.BThey wanted to try their luck elsewhere.CThey were unable to stand the winter.DThey were short of food.7What is the text mainly about?AThe rise and fall of a city.BThe gold rush in Canada.CJourneys into the wilderness.DTourism in Dawson.参考答案

24、：4C5B6B7A【分析】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Dawson这座城市的发展原因、过程与现状。4细节理解题。根据文章第一段中Cities usually have a good reason for being where they are, like a nearby port or river. People settle in these places because they are easy to get to and naturally suited to communications and trade. New York City, for example, is near a large harbour at th