湖南省长沙市第四十二中学高三英语期末试卷含解析

1、湖南省长沙市第四十二中学高三英语期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. Not until I began to work how much time I had wasted A. didnt I realize B. I didnt realize C. did I realize D. I realized参考答案：C30. _ treating the homeless man as a shame of society, Mr. Turner provided him with food and water. A. Regardless of B. As a result of C. Ins

2、tead of D. In case of参考答案：C略3. - The T-shirt I received is not the same as is shown online. - _? But I promise you well look into it right away. A. Who says B. How come C. What for D. Why worry参考答案：B4. The young teacher who has a _face can make his classes _and interesting.A lovely, lively B lovely,

3、 lovely C likely, friendly D uglily, lively参考答案：A5. She must be looking forward as much to his return as he himself is to _ her. A. see B. have seen C. seeing D. having seen参考答案：C6. With spring _, many cold-blooded animals are coming out to hunt food.A. approached B. approaching C. to be approachedD

4、. having approached 参考答案：B7. Fortunately enough, the old man was rushed to the hospital in time. Three minutes late, and he _.A. would die. B. was to die. C. should have died. D. would have died.参考答案：D8. There are two buildings , stands nearly a hundred feet high .Athe larger Bthe larger of them Cth

5、e larger one that Dthe larger of which 参考答案：D9. - Frequent lack of breakfast does harm to health.- _, why do you always do that?A. So whatB. If soC. If anyD. Even so参考答案：BB 考查情景交际。句意：经常不吃早餐对身体有害。如果是这样的话，那你为什么总不吃早餐呢？故选B。so what“那又怎样”；if any“若有的话，即便要”；even so“即使如此”。 10. The scientist _ all his thought

6、s and talents to the latest study which turned out to be a great success.A. owed B. devoted C. referred D. led参考答案：B略28. Why didnt you chat with that friendly foreigner just now? Id like to, but the trouble was _ he said was difficult for me to understand.A. what which B. that what C. that that D. w

7、hat that参考答案：B略12. You_to the meeting this afternoon if you have something important to do.A.neednt to come B.dont need come C.dont need coming D.neednt come参考答案：D13. Star skater Wu Dajing won Chinas first gold medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games _breaking world record in short track

8、mens 500m.A. to B. by C. with D. in参考答案：B考查介词辨析。句意： 明星选手武大婧在2018平昌冬季奥运会赢得中国第一枚金牌，打破了男子500米短道速滑的世界纪录。by doing sth，为固定搭配，意为“凭借/通过做某事”，根据句意可知选B项。14. Ill leave Changsha for Beijing _ a week, while my brother will leave Beijing for Changsha _ our National Day. A. in; in B. after; in C. after; after D. in

9、; after 参考答案：D15. To my mind, the secret to happiness_ your successful work and your contribution towards others happiness. A. results in B. consists in C. brings in D. takes in参考答案：B二、 新的题型16. 阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求)。 1 Soerates once asked his students, Do not all men desire happiness? A s

10、tudent answered him, There is no one who does not. But how can one get happiness? 2 Think for a moment about your last big pay raise. Why did you feel such joy over it?Most likely, it s because of what your higher pay meant to you-evidence that you had succeeded and created value. It is success (not

11、 money) that we really desire. 3Take the ease of billionaire Larry Ellison, founder of Oracle. As the world s 14th richest man, he still continues to slave away, earning billion after billion. Being rich, and having more than the average Joe, simply cannot be driving Larry Ellison. It is the will to

12、 succeed and create value at greater and greater heights. Oracle has not made Larry Ellis0n a rich man without any benefit to society. The firm currently has offered well paying jobs to tens of thousands of employees so they are able to _The company has introdueed technology that has benefited all p

13、arts of the economy, and it has paid billions to its shareholders. And in 2007 alone, it paid $1.2 billion in corporate taxes, totally apart from the personal taxes paid by Ellison and his employees. 4 There is nothing strange about measuring our success with money-we measure things indirectly all t

14、he time. In the same way, we measure our professional success with green pieces of paper called dollars. 5 But there is a dark side to this fact: People usually forget money is only a measure and some even focus on money only. They confuse money for what it is supposed to measure. Jus as President F

15、ranklin Roosevelt once said, Happiness is not in the mere possession of money it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort. Money doesn t buy happiness but success does.76. Whats the main idea of this passage? (Please answer within 10 words)_77. Which sentence in the passage c

16、an be replaced by the following one? His company has made him wealthy and the society is also sharing his success._78. Fill in the blank in the third paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 10 words)_79. Why do you think the writer take the case of Lait

17、y Ellison as an example? What do you think of him? (Please answer within 30 words)_80. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese_参考答案：76Money doesnt buy happiness, but Success does77Oracle has not made Larry Ellisen a rich man without any benefit to society781ive happy liv

18、essupport their families79Larry Ellisen feels happiness because of not money but one Success after another. Thats why he is very successfulWe should also work harder for a new achievement80但这一事实也有不好的一面，因为人们往往忘记了金钱只是一个衡量尺度，甚至有人仅仅关注金钱。17. 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形

19、式。Susan: Larry, how 61 shall we arrive in Toronto?Larry: If we dont make any more stops, we should be there by nightfall.Susan: What? By nightfall? I 62 ( starve) to death. Can we stop and find something to eat?Larry: 63 (actual), we have a free dinner waiting for us at the hotel in Toronto.Susan: I

20、 know, 64 I cant stand the hunger any more.Larry: You know me, Susan. I dont like to spend money. Sorry.Susan: Yeah, you are really cheap! If you werent 65 cheap, we would be flying to Thailand for our vacation 66 driving to Toronto.Larry: Thailand? Dont be ridiculous! Even if I wasnt cheap, you kno

21、w we couldnt afford 67 (go)that far away for vacation !Susan: Well, you can afford a stop for food, right?Larry: If we do, well waste time, gas, and money. I think we should just wait 68 we get to Toronto. Oh, hey, I remember you are 69 ( fond) candy. I think I might have some of that candy you 70 (

22、like) in my backpack.Susan: Candy ? Great!61. 62.63. 64.65. 66.67. 68.69. 70.参考答案：61. soon62. am starving63. Actually64. but65. so66. instead of67. to go68. until69. fond of70. like三、 阅读理解18. （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15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。 When I was a little girl, my mom would say, “Hal

23、f the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.” 51 Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our successes and our joys, comfort us in our hard moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. Ive always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert

24、 Louis Steven once said, “ 52 ”To be a good friend or partner, its important to be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jump to conclusions or get defensive. 53 When they hear their words repeated back to them, it can help them to realize what they said was not exactly what they