广东省广州市第十三中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析

1、广东省广州市第十三中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、 选择题1. She didnt know _ she could express her ideas clearly when she was invited to speak at the meeting.A. how B. where C. why D. what参考答案：A2. - Has James finished his report on his Enquiry Learning yet? - Im not sure. He _ on it last week.A. was working B. has worked C.

2、worked D. had worked参考答案：A3. Im not a little tired today after giving the room a thorough cleaning and I have never had _today.A. as tiring a day as B. as a tiring day as C. tiring as a day as D. day as a tiring as参考答案：A4. -Xiao Li, Im quite satisfied with what you have done. - _ A. I should have do

3、ne better. B. You must be joking.C. Do you think so? D. Thanks a lot.参考答案：D5. - Why not take my car to the museum instead of walking?- No, thanks. _.A. Im used to B. Im able to C. Im about to D. Ive got to参考答案：A解析：惯用法.本句中的be used to意为“习惯于某事”，后面省略了walking.6. anxious A. change B. unkind C. round D. ba

4、nker 参考答案：D7. After the flood, the first thing the government did was to provide _ for the homeless familiesAaccommodation Bqualification Coccupation Dadmission参考答案：A8. The thief and murderer, together with his two brothers, _ sentenced to death.A. was B. were C. has D. have参考答案：A略9. The students, _

5、 at the way the questions were put, didnt know the answers to them.A.they being surprised B.surprisedC.their being surprised D.then surprised参考答案：B10. the money offered by the government run out.A. Two third of; has B. Two thirds of; hasC. Two third; has been D. Two thirds of; had参考答案：B11. More and

6、more high-rise buildings have been built in big cities space.A. in search ofB. in place ofC. for lack ofD. for fear of参考答案：C12. _ really counts is not the amount of book learning you did at school, it is how much you actively use your hand.A. ItB. WhatC. ThisD. That参考答案：B13. You wouldnt be feeling r

7、egretful now, _my advice then. A. if you took B. had you taken C. if you would have taken D. should you take参考答案：B 14. China supplies more than 90 percent of the worlds rare earth metals, but its reserves only _ about one-third of the worlds total. A. take up B. make up C. build up D. polish up 参考答案

8、：B略15. Would you mind answering some questions on shopping habits?_. A. Yes, with great pleasure. B. No, I am afraid I cant make it C. Yes, it is worth the time D. No, as long as it doesnt take long参考答案：D略二、 填空16. A festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan. This is a traditional festival i

9、n Japan and many 41 (celebrate) are held. This festival is a cheerful occasion. 42 this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living. As they are expected to be 43 (hunger) after their long journey, food is laid out for them. Specially-made lanterns are hung ou

10、tside each house 44 (help) the dead to find their way. All night long, people dance and sing. In the early morning, the food that has been laid out for the dead is 45 (throw) into a river or into the sea as 46 is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it. In towns 47 are near the sea, the small

11、 lanterns hung in the streets the night before are placed into the water when the festival is over. Thousands of lanterns slowly drift（漂）out to sea 48 (guide) the dead on their return journey to the other world. At49 same time, crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away

12、50 they can be seen no more. 参考答案：41.celebrations 42.On43.hungry 44.to help45.thrown46.it47.that/which48.guiding 49.the50.until44.to help考查非谓语动词。特制的灯笼被悬挂在外面是为了帮助死者找到回家的路，表目的用不定式形式，故填to help。45.thrown考查动词语态。食物被扔进河里，此处应该用被动语态。故填thrown。46.it考查代词。it在本句中做形式主语，真正的主语为句末的不定式。故填it。47.that/which考查定语从句。此句的意思是“

13、在大海边附近的小镇里”，town后面是定语从句，从句中缺少主语故用that 或which。48.guiding 考查非谓语动词。无数的灯笼在大海上漂浮，指引着死去的人们返回他的世界。49.the考查冠词。at the same time 为固定短语。50.until考查连词。人们站在岸边看着灯笼飘走直到看不到为止。故填until。【名师点睛】从外观上看，语法填空分为两种考查形式，即横线后有提示词，和横线后无提示词。这看似直白简单，没有任何意义，却直接决定这一题型的解题思路。首先，观察是否有提示词。如有提示词：考生要运用根据单词的适当形式填空的技巧。可填词性：动词、名词、形容词和副词。主谓一致b

14、.若句中已经有一个谓语动词，而且没有连词，则需考虑非谓语动词。44小题to help考查非谓语动词。特制的灯笼被悬挂在外面是为了帮助死者找到回家的路，表目的用不定式形式，故填to help。48小题.guiding 考查非谓语动词。无数的灯笼在大海上漂浮，指引着死去的人们返回他的世界。2.若提示词为名词，则需考虑可数名词或是不可数名词。 可数名词单数或复数。3.若提示词为形容词副词则需考虑形容词修饰名词；形容词放在连系动词后面作表语。43小题hungry 考查形容词。此处应该用形容词作表语。故填hungry。副词修饰动词、形容词及整个句子。 形容词和副词的比较级。三、 阅读理解17. Duri

15、ng the years working in Peacekeeping Force(维和部队), I was sent abroad. As a senior analyst, my workdays were routinely twelve to sixteen hours long. Like all the old soldiers, we looked forward to receiving mails from home.We soldiers received many “To any service member” mails from the States. Those

16、mails were sent by the general public in our mother country to soldiers far away from home, as an expression of support. I never took any of those letters, since I wrote to my wife on a daily basis, as well as occasionally writing notes to my daughter Jennys classroom, and I didnt feel I had time to

17、 write to anyone else.After five or fix months of hearing from the mailannouncing the availability of “To any service member” mail, I decided to take a few of the letters. Because I planned, as time permitted, to drop them a line telling them “Thanks” for their support.I picked up three letters, and

18、 placed them in my cargo pocket and went back to work. Over the next week or so, I started responding to the letters. When it came time to answer the third letter, I noticed it had no return address, but a California postmark, which made me think of home. I had missed spending Thanksgiving, Christma

19、s and New Years with my family. Homesickness seized me.I opened the card and started to read the letter attached, which was a short one. About the third or fourth sentence down, it read, “My daddy is a soldier over there, if you see him tell him hi and I love and miss him.” This statement really tou

20、ched me and made me miss my family even more. Looking down to the name of the sender, I sat in silence as tears filled my eyes.56. Who will usually write “To any service member” mails? (No more than 8 words)57. Why did the author decide to answer some “To any service member” mails later? (No more th

21、an 10 words)58. What set the author missing his own family? (No more than 5 words)59. How do you understand the underlined sentence in Paragraph4? (No more than 6 words)60. At the end of the story, why did the writer sit in silence and cry? Please explain. (No more than 20 words)参考答案：56. The general

22、 public in our mother country. 57. To tell them “Thanks” for their support. 58. A California postmark. 59. He missed his family very much. 60. The letter made the author miss his family even more.本文是一篇记叙文，作者是一位在国外执行任务的维和部队人员，在给祖国人民回信的时候，一位孩子所写的内容让他十分思念家人。【56题详解】细节理解题。根据第二段第二句“Those mails were sent b

23、y the general public in our mother country to soldiers far away from home, as an expression of support.”可知，这些邮件是祖国的人民大众写给维和部队的士兵表示支持的。故本题答案可以为“The general public in our mother country”。【57题详解】细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“Because I planned, as time permitted, to drop them a line telling them “Thanks” for their support.”可知，作者决定回信，是想向对方的支持表示感谢。所以答案为“To tell them “Thanks” for their support”。【58题详解】细节理解题。根据第四段第二句“When it came time to answer the third letter, I