四川省遂宁市观音中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析

1、四川省遂宁市观音中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. We are taught that a business letter should be written in a formal style in a personal one. A. rather than B. more than C. better than D. less than 参考答案：A2. _ twice a year, whether it is a car or bus or a truck, is the rule that every driver must obey in this city. A

2、. Examining B. Examined C. Being examined D. Having been examined参考答案：C3. As a result, these countries are always struggling to their repayments; government finances that could be spent on health, education and long-term development are instead used for debt repayment. A. dive right in B. catch up o

3、n C. push ahead with D. split off from参考答案：B【详解】考查动词短语辨析。A. dive right in立即行动；B. catch up on弥补、赶上；C. push ahead with推动；D. split off from脱离。句意：因此，这些国家总是努力偿还债务；原本可以用于医疗、教育和长期反战的政府财政被用于偿还债务。根据句意可知此处表示“弥补、偿还”，故B项正确。4. China Daily was first released in 1981 and its European Weekly started in 2010, which

4、is_ in nearly 30 countries in Europe and prints around 100000 copies.A. relevant B.contemporary C. controversial D. available参考答案：D5. Lily went to see the movie alone.If she _ me about it, I would have gone with her.A. should tell B. tells C. told D. had told 参考答案：D6. Dont be by products promising t

5、o make you slim and thin quickly. A. taken in B. taken out C. taken away D. taken up参考答案：A7. My cousin works as a guide . She used to make _ money than she does now . A. much less B. quite less C. much fewer D. a lot fewer 参考答案：A8. Speaking at _Asia-Europe Meeting held in Chinns Capital, many leader

6、s called for _ leading role for the International Moretar Fund in aiding crisis striken countries. A. a; the B. the; the C. the; a D. a; a 参考答案：C 9. What about your new clothes? They are a little expensive, but the cloth _ well. A. is washed B. washes C. is washing D. has been washed 参考答案：B略10. Ever

7、yone knows that _ is dangerous to play with fire, but _ is difficult is to prevent children from playing with fire.A. it, it B. what, what C. it, what D. what, it参考答案：C略11. Whats the weather like today?Windy. Look at the leaves in the wind!A fall B. falling C. fallen D. being参考答案：B 12. _ different l

8、ife today is _ what it was 20 years ago. A. How; from B. What a; from C. What; from D. How; than参考答案：A13. Im afraid you wiU have to pay an extra amount to the cost of insurance.A. cover B. spend C. fill D. offer参考答案：A14. Excuse mevisiting hours are overIts time for you to leaveIm sorry, I didnt know

9、 the time or I earlierAwill leave Bwould leave Chad left Dwould have left参考答案：D15. _ we dont care about ourselves, we dont want our kids to live in a bad environment.A. In order that B. Even if C. In case D. Now that参考答案：【答案】【解析】二、 填空16. 请从方框中所给的短语中挑选适当的短语，以适当的形式完成下列句子72. Theirs is a big family, _ t

10、en people.73. I was very proud to be able _to children and adults who were experiencing some “down time”.74. The football player_ taking money for deliberately not scoring goals so as to let the other team win.75. Our car _ on the motorway when we drove back from Johns birthday. party.参考答案：72. consi

11、sting of 73. to make a difference 74. was accused of 75. broke down 三、 阅读理解17. Welcome to the British Museum, the grandest and the most spectacular in the human historyThe admission is free and we open every day from 10:00 to 15:30You can explore 10 departments including:The Department of Africa, Oc

12、eania and AmericaThe collection of the Department of Africa, Oceania and America includes around 350,000 objectsThe scope of the collection is contemporary and historicalIt includes most of Africa, the Pacific and Australia, as well as AmericaAll of the collections were got during the 19 th and 20 t

13、h centuries and dates from this timeThe Department of AsiaThe Department of Asia covers the material and visual cultures of Asiaa vast geographical area of Japan, Korea, China, central Asia, Afghanistan, south Asia and south -east AsiaThe collection dates from about 4000 BC to present dayIt represen

14、ts the cultures and ways of life of local people and other minority groupsThe Department of Greek and Roman EmpiresThe Department of Greek and Roman Empires features antiquities （古董）It has one of the most comprehensive collections of antiquities from the Classical world, with over 100,000 objectsThe

15、se mostly range in date from the beginning of the Greek Bronze Age （about 3200BC） to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine in the fourth century AD51Whats the purpose of this passage? ATo introduce some places of interest in Britain BTo show the glorious eastern cultures to western people CTo gi

16、ve some advice to the visitors traveling in Britain DTo guide tourists around the British Museum52The earliest collection is the collection of _ Athe Department Africa, Oceania and America Bthe Department of Greek and Roman Empires Cthe Department of Renaissance and Humanism Dthe Department of Asia5

17、3Which of the following statements is true according to the first paragraph? AThe British Museum is the biggest in size in die world BVisitors can visit the British Museum free of charge CThe British Museum is open any time every day DYou can get a special service if you want to visit more departments54The department of Asia represents _ Athe geographical features o