:高三英语第一学期期末考试1
高 三 英 语
一．听力（20%）（略）
二、单项选择（15%）
21—I’d like to buy a
new bicycle .
—Well ,we have several models _________.
A. to choose from
B. of choice
C. to be chosen
D. to choose
22.When you have finished the novel ,you will find the hero _________.
A. a person too perfect to be not true B. a too perfect person to
be true
C. too perfect a person to be true D. too perfect a person to be not true
23. You promised to buy me a computer ,but you didn’t .You _________.
A. must have kept your words B. should have
kept your word
C. should have kept your words D. oughtn’t to have kept
your word
24. My brother bought me a lot of books he _________ useful to me .
A. regarded
B. hoped them
C. thought them
D. considered
25. The price of grain keeps
________up .
A. going B.
rising C. raising D. turning
26. —Is there any
coffee in the pot ?
—I’m afraid there’s ________.
A. nothing B.
little C .
some D. no one
27. I can’t pay ________as you wanted for the washer .
A. as highly a price
B. as high price
C. as a high price D. as high a price
28. John hurried into the classroom and found her ________at the desk , ________.
A. seated……writing
B. sit ….wrote C. sat
….writing D .
seating ….writes
29. After the war , a new school building was put up ________there had once been a theatre .
A. when B. that C. where D. in which
30. —The weather is
too hot ________December this year
.
—It was still ________when I came here years ago .
A. for ….cooler
B. in ….hotter C. in
…more hot D. for….hotter
31. ________happens to call while I am out of the office , please have him
leave a message for me .
A. Somebody
B. Whomever
C. Whoever
D. Anyone
32.I’m not sure which paper
________.
A. to advertise our product
in
B. to find the advertisement for a secretary
C. to read such an advertisement D. to put an
advertisement for our car
33. ________shall we put off the sports meet .
A. On one condition B. On no
condition
C. On condition that D. In condition
34. ________the heavy rain ,we might have arrived there at midday .
A. If it were not for B. Hadn’t
it been for
C. Had it not been for D. But with
35. It is I who ________to
blame ________the accident .
A. was….to B.
am…..for C. were
…for D. am …on
三、完形填空（20%）
Many doctors who
reviewed the reports of Napoleon’s illness found that the symptoms did not show
a man who suffered from stomach cancer .It was ___36_____that Napoleon had ___37_____from some other cause . In
1961, a Swedish doctor examined some of Napoleon’s ____38____and found a ___39_____level of arsenic , a chemical
poison . Was Napoleon murdered ?It is doubtful .Arsenic was used in many types
of ____40____during Napoleon’s time
, so he might have taken some as a cure for his stomachache .
He was sent to the
island of St Helena ____41____the coast of Africa in 1815 after he lost
the ____42____of Waterloo .
Although he had servants to
____43____to him ,he had to live in one small building .Then , in 1982,
Dr David Jones from England began to
____44____the mystery and
____45____that Napoleon might have
____46____arsenic which was in the
____47____of his house .In the 1700s and 1800s arsenic was used ____48____a kind of green paint used
in ____49____and wallpaper . If the
paint was used on a wet wall , the arsenic would ____50____the house . A person in the
building might take in that air . After
_____51___the house where Napoleon died , Dr , Jones found much arsenic
in the green paint on the
_____52___.The result was proved again by ___53_____German doctor in April ,
2002.And ____54____some materials ,
the leading guard settled Napoleon in a bedroom _____55___there was a thicker poisonous
gas .
36. A. unknown
B. strange
C. important
D. obvious
37.A. failed
B. escaped
C. died
D. imprisoned
38.A. hair
B. blood
C. skin
D.
organs
39.A. low
B. high
C. thin
D. thick
40.A. building material
B. medicine
C. paper
D. buildings
41.A. of
B. on
C. to
D. off
42. A. war
B. battle
C. fight
D. struggle
43.A. see
B. notice
C. care
D. observe
44.A. come across B. get
through
C. look into
D. make up to
45.A. ordered
B. demanded
C. requested
D. suggested
46. touched
B. taken
C. breathed in
D. bathed in
47.A. air
B. bedroom
C. bathroom
D. medicine shelf
48. A. to make
B. make
C. making
D. made
49. A. clothes
B. clothing
C. cloth
D. table-cloths
50. A. give out
B. go into
C. take off
D. get in
51. A. living in
B. studying
C. watching
D. breaking down
52.A. ground
B. roof
C. ceiling
D. walls
53. A. other
B. the other
C. another
D. certain
54. A. at
B.
from
C. within
D. to
55. A. where
B. that
C. who
D. in which
四、阅读理解（25%）
People can be
addicted (上瘾) to different
things — e.g, alcohol ,drugs ,certain foods ,or even
television .People who have such an addiction are compulsive ;i,e, they have a
very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy . According
to psychologists , many people are compulsive spenders :they feel that they
must spend money . This compulsion ,like most others ,is irrational—impossible to explain reasonably .For compulsive spenders who buy on
credit , charge accounts are even more exciting than money .In other words ,
compulsive spenders feel that with credit , they can do anything .Their
pleasure in spending enormous amounts is actually greater than the pleasure
that they get from the things they buy .
There is even a
special psychology of bargain hunting . To save money ,of curse ,most people
look for sales ,low prices ,and discounts , Compulsive bargain hunters ,
however , often buy things they don’t need just because they are cheap .They
want to believe that they are helping their budgets ,but they are really
playing an exciting game : when they can buy something for less than other
people , they feel that they are winning .Most people ,experts claim ,have two
reasons for their behavior :a good reason for the things that they do and the
real reason .
It is not only
scientists , of course ,who understand the psychology of spending habits ,but
also business-people ,stores , companies ,and advertisers use psychology to
increase business: they consider people’s needs for love ,power ,power, or
influence , their basic values , their beliefs and opinions ,and so on in their
advertising and sales methods .
Psychologists often
use a method called “behavior therapy” to help individuals solve their
personality problems .In the same way ,they can help people who feel that they
have problems with money.
56.According to the psychologists , a compulsive spender is one who spends
large amounts of money_____________.
A.
and
takes great pleasure from what he or she buys.
B.
in order
to satisfy his or her basic needs in life
C.
just to
meet his or her strong psychological need
D.
entirely
with an irrational eagerness
57.According to author, the compulsive bargain hunters are in constant
search of the lowest possible prices__________.
A.
because
they want to save money to help their budgets
B.
because
they can openly boast of their triumph over others in getting things for less
money
C.
and will
not have money problems if they can keep onto their budgets
D.
but they
seldom admit they feel satisfied if they can get things for less money than
others
58.Which of the following is true?
A.
All
people spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things.
B.
Business
people and advertisers can use the psychology of money to increase sales.
C.
Business
people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists
do.
D.
Compulsive
bargain hunters do not have problems with money.
59.The article is mainly about____________.
A.
the
psychology of money-spending habits
B.
the
purchasing habits of compulsive spenders
C.
a special
psychology of bargain hunting
D.
the use
of the psychology of spending habits in business
60.From the passage we may safely conclude that compulsive spenders or
compulsive bargain hunters___________.
A.. are really unreasonable B.
need special treatment
C. are really beyond remedies D. can never get any
help to solve their problems with money
Grandma Moses is
among the most celebrated twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet
she had barely started painting before she was in her late seventies. As she
once said of herself: “I would never sit back in a rocking chair ,waiting for
someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive old age.
She was born Anna
Roberston on a farm in New York State ,one of five boys and five girls.(“We
came in bunches ,like radishes.”)At twelve she left home and was in domestic
service until ,at twenty-seven ,she married Thomas Moses ,the hired hand of one
of her employees. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then
in New York State, at Eagle Bridge . She had ten children ,of whom five
survived; her husband died in 1927.
Grandma Moses painted
a little as a child and made embroidery pictures as hobby ,but only switched to
oils in old age because her hands had becomes too stiff to sew and she wanted
to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local
drugstore and at a fair ,and were soon spotted by a dealer who bought
everything she painted Three of the pictures were exhibited in the Museum of
Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York .Between the
1930′s and her death, she
produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals of the rural life
she had known for so long, with a marvelous sense of color and form.. “think
real hard till I think of something real pretty, and then I paint it ,” she said.
61.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A.
Grandma
Moses: A Biographical Sketch
B.
The
Children of Grandma Moses
C.
Grandma
Moses: Her Best Exhibition
D.
Grandma
Moses and Other Older Artists
62. According to the passage , Grandma
Moses began to paint because she wanted to _________.
A. decorate her home
B. keep active
C. improve her study
D. gain an international reputation
63.From Grandma Moses’s description of herself in the first paragraph ,it
can be inferred that she was ___________.
A. independent B.
pretty
C. wealthy
D. timid
64.Grandma Moses spent most of her life________.
A. nursing B.
painting C.
embroidering
D. farming
65.In line 15,the word “spotted ” can best be replaced by_________.
A. speckled
B. featured C.
noticed
D. damaged
The sea is the
largest unknown part of our world .It covers seventy-one per cent of the earth.
There is still much to be discovered about working to explain its mysteries(神秘) .
Some are studying
ways of bringing the ocean’s huge supply of water to the deserts of the world.
Others hope to control the weather by learning more about the exchange of heat
and moisture (潮湿) between
the ocean and the air. Others are studying the ways in which sound travels and
is affected by water and heat.
One of the most
interesting projects in oceanography（ 海洋学）is the work of mapping the ocean floor .Only a very small part of it
has been mapped. This was not important when only surface ships sailed the
world’s ocean, but is can mean the difference between life and death to men in
submarines(潜水艇) .
Long ago there was
only one way to find out how deep the ocean was. A seamen could throw a
weighted rope over the side of his ship .Then he pulled the rope up after it
had reached the bottom .But this was not a very exact way of measuring.
In the 20th
century a better way was found . Sound was used to measure the ocean. Seaman
did an experiment .They dropped a number of devices(装置) that would burst with a loud noise
when they hit the bottom .And a little instrument measured the time it took for
the sound to reach the ship. This has helped the scientists to map the ocean
floor.
Underwater
photography is also important in mapping parts of the ocean floor.
Around the edges of
the continents the ocean floor is flat and the water does not become much
deeper for about 30miles.
The area near the
continents ,where the water is not so deep ,is the place where the ocean’s
greatest riches in marine(海洋的) life are found .Below these living creatures and plants are the
largest unknown quantities of mineral.
At the end of the
flat part the seafloor suddenly drops down forming deep hollows which are
shaped like bowls .These huge hollows hold most of the world’s water.
66.The sea covers_______.
A.
less
than a quarter of the earth
B.
one
third of the earth
C.
about
half of the earth
D.
almost
three quarters of the earth
67.Scientists are studying the oceans .In the passage , which of the
following is not mentioned?________.
A.
How to
control the weather
B.
How
sound travels and is affected by water and heat
C.
Why
people depend on the sea so much
D.
How to
irrigate the deserts of the world with the ocean’s huge supply of water
68. Measuring the depth of the ocean with a weighed rope is ___________.
A. exact
B. a new way
C. false
D. nearly correct but not exact
69.Another aid to the mapping of the ocean floor has been in the ________.
A. twentieth century
B. eighteenth century
C. seventeenth century
D. nineteenth century
70.The ocean’s greatest riches are found_________.
A. in deep hollows
B. in the flat part of the sea
C. close to the continents D. around
islands
“Most episode(片段) of absent-mindedness－forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just
entered a room－ are caused by a simple lack of
attention , ” says Schacter. “You’re supposed to remember something , but you
haven’t encoded it deeply”
“Encoding”, Schacter
explains , “ is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major
effect on remembering it later . Failure to encode properly can create annoying
situations .If you put your mobile phone in a pocket , for example ,and don’t
pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation ,you’ll
probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe(衣柜).” “Your memory itself isn’t failing
you ,”says Schacter. “ Rather , you didn’t give your memory system the
information it needed.”
Lack of interest can
also lead to absent-mindedness. “A man who can recite sports statistics(数据) from 30 years age .”says Zelinski,
“may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.” Women have slightly better
memories than men , possibly because they pay more attention to their
environment . And memory depends on just that.
“Reminders can help
prevent absent-mindedness,” says Schacter. “But be sure the reminder is clear
and available,” he says. If you want to remember to take medicine with lunch ,
put it on the kitchen table－don’t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that
you keep in a pocket .
Another common
episode of absent-mindedness: walking into a room and wondering why you’re
there . Most likely , you are thinking about something else .“Everyone does
this from time to time ,” sys Zelinski, The best thing to do is to return to
where you were before entering the room and you’ll likely remember.
71.Why does the writer think that encoding is important?
A.
It helps
us understand our memory system better.
B.
It enables
us to remember something form our memory
C.
It
expands our memory ability greatly
D.
It slows
down the process of losing our memory
72.Why do women have better memories than men?
A.
They
have a wider variety of interests.
B.
They are
more dependent on the environment.
C.
They pay
more attention to things they like.
D.
They are
more interested in what’s happening around them.
73.Why can a note in the pocket hardly serve as a reminder?
A.
Because
it will easily get lost.
B.
Because
it’s not clear enough for you to read.
C.
Because
it’s out of your sight.
D.
Because
it might get mixed up with other things.
74.What do we learn from the last paragraph?
A.
If we
pay more attention to one thing ,we might forget another.
B.
Memory
depends to a certain extent on the environment.
C.
Doing
something again helps improve our memory.
D.
If we
keep forgetting things ,we’d better return to where we were.
75.What is the passage mainly about?
A.
The
process of gradual memory loss.
B.
The
causes of absent-mindedness
C.
The
influence of the environment on memory.
D.
A way of
encoding and remembering
Treasure hunts(寻宝) have excited people’s imagination
for hundreds of year both in real life
and in books such as Robert
Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, Kit Williams , a modern writer
, had the idea of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with
clues(线索) found in a book
when he wrote a children’s story ,Masquerade , in 1979 , The book was about a
hare , and a month before it came out Williams buried a gold hare in a park in
Bedfordshire .The book contained a large number of clues to help readers find
the hare , but Williams put in a lot of “ red h herrings”, or false clues , to
mislead them .
Ken Roberts , the man
who found the hare , had been looking for it for nearly two years . Although he
had been searching in the wrong area most of the time , he found it by logic( 逻辑) , not by luck, His success came
from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had
realized that the words:“ One of Six to Eight” under the first picture in the
book connected the hare in some way to Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry
VIII’s six wives ,Even here , however , Williams has succeeded in misleading
him .Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridge shire
in 1536 and thought that Williams had buried the hare there . He had been digging
there for over a year before a new idea occurred to him . He found out that Kit
Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Bedfordshire, and thought
that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well , but he still could
not see the connection with Katherine of Aragon , until one day he came across
two stone crosses in Ampthill Park and learnt that they had been built in her
honor in 1773.
Even then his search
had not come to an end , It was only after he had spent several night digging
around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was
wasting his time there Williams encouraged him to continue ,and on February 24th
1982. he found the treasure . It was worth ￡3000 in the beginning ,but the excitement it had caused
since its burial made it much more valuable.
76.The underline word “them” (paragraph) refers to
A. red herrings
B. treasure hunts
C. Henry VIII’s six wives D.
readers of Masquerade
77.What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find
the hare?
A. Two stone crossed in Ampthill
B. Stevenson’s Treasure Island
C. Katherine of Aragon
D. Williams’ hometown
78.The stone crossed in Ampthill were built
A.
to tell
about what happened in 1773
B.
to show
respect for Henry VIIII’s first wife
C.
to serve
as a road sign in Ampthill Park
D.
to
inform people where the gold hare was
79.Which if the following describes Roberts’ logic in searching for the
hare?
a. Henry VIII’s six
wives
b. Katherine’s burial
place at kimbolton
c. Williams’
childhood in Ampthill
d. Katherine of
Aragon
e. stone crossed in
Ampthill Park
A. a-b-c-e-d B.
d-b-c-e-a C.
a-d-b-c-e
D. b-a-e-c-d
80.What is the subject discussed in the text?
A.
An
exciting historical event
B.
A modem
treasure hunt.
C.
The
attraction of Masquerade
D.
The
importance of logical thinking
五．单词拼写（10%）
81.Helen and her husband had a heated a_________ about where to go .
82.I’m d__________ that we have settled the matter.
83.Having
listened to VOA’s special English for two years , she turned to its s________-
English program later.
84.Shylock must go down on his knees and beg the duke for m_________.
85.The destroyed World Trade Centre in New York had 110 s_______.
86.Zhou Lan chatted with the other________(体操运动员)before the competition started.
87.--How old id your son?
--He is 5 and he is
in __________（幼儿园）now.
88.The _________（松鼠）
is an animal which makes secret food stores for the winter.
89.Winter sleep is also called_________（冬眠）.
90.Paul told us that his ___________(祖先) were French.
六．短文改错（10%）
Somehow Tim succeeded to stop his car 30
meters
91.
beyond Dave，s burning machine. One of the firemans
92.
was running up the road , but
he was more than 100
93.
meters from the burning car . He will never get 94.
to Dave in time.
Tim could see Dave
into his seat with his
95.
head on the wheel. Tim took deep breath and
96.
steped into the fire, took hold of Dave，s
97.
arm, pulling him out of the car and put him
98.
on the grass. Before the fireman reached to him
99.
however, Dave was not longer breathing.
100.
参考答案
1.C 2.C 3.C 4.C 5.B 6.A 7.C 8.B 9.A 10.B 11.A 12.C 13.C 14.B 15.A 16.B 17.B 18.A 19.C 20.C 21.A 22.C 23.B 24.D 25.A 26.B 27.D 28.A 29.C 30.D 31.C 32.A 33.B 34.C 35.B 36.D 37.C 38.A 39.B 40.B 41.D 42.B 43.A 44.C 45.D 46.C 47.A 48.A 49.C 50.B 51.B 52.D 53.C 54.B 55.A 56.C 57.D 58.B 59.A 60.B 61.A 62.B 63.A 64.D 65.C 66.D 67. C 68.D 69.A 70.C 71.B 72.D 73C 74.C 75.B 76.D 77.C 78.B 79.C 80.B
81.argument
82.delighted 83.standard 84.mercy 85.storeys 86.gymnasts 87.kindergarten 88.squirrel
89.hibernation 90.ancerstors
91.managed 92.firenmen 93.√
94.would
95.in 96.a 97.stepped
98.pulled
99.to或reached→got 100.no
