高三英语上学期期中考试试题2
试题总分：150分 时间：120分钟 I卷分值： 分 II卷分值 分
I卷(三部分,共115分)
第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30)
第一节(共5小题,每小题1.5分,满分7.5分.)
1. How much would a new car cost?
A.﹩1,200 B.﹩1,300 C.﹩1,250
2. How will the woman go to the university?
A. On foot B. By bus C. By taxi
3. What color is the woman’s sister’s car?
A. Yellow B. Red C. Blue
4. What’s the weather in March like usually?
A. hot and dry B. cool and wet C. cold and dry
5. When will the shirts be ready possibly?
A. Sunday afternoon B. Saturday afternoon C. Friday morning
第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分,满分22.5分）
请听下面一段材料,回答第6至第8题.
6.Why does the woman want to move out of her present flat?
A. It’s too expensive B.It’s too far from the school.
C. It’s too old
7.What kind of flat is the woman looking for?
A．One with furniture in it B. One in the school C. One where she can live alone
8.What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. boss and employee B. husband and wife C. friend
请听下面一段材料,回答第9至第11题.
9.Where does the conversation take place?
A. in a cafeteria B. in the street C. in a bar
10. What will the man have for the meal?
A. steak B. fried eggs C. pork
11.How much will they each pay for the meal?
A. forty or fifty dollars B. forty or seventy cents C. seventy or eighty cents
请听下面一段材料,回答第12至第14题.
12.What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
A. conductor and driver B. air hostess and passenger C. waitress and customer.
13.Where’s the man’s seat?
A. 15A B. 15C C.5A
14. Where is the washroom?
A. beside the stairs B. on the first floor C. Behind the curtain
请听下面一段材料,回答第15至第17题.
15. What sports does the man like to do after work?
A. table tennis, running and golf B. tennis, swimming and golf
C. tennis, running and golf
16. How often does the man play golf?
A. about once a week B. about once a month C. about once a year
17.What time will the speakers meet at the club?
A. at 1:30 pm B. at 2:00 am C. at 2:30 pm
请听下面一段材料,回答第18至第20题.
18.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. money in different countries B. the history of money C. money problem
19.In which country did people use salt as “money”?
A. Ethiopia B. Japan C. China
20. Which is not mentioned as “money” in the passage?
A. sheep B. gold C. cotton
第二部分: 英语知识运用（共两节，满分４５分）
一、单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
２1. He _____ a novel last year but I don’t know whether he has finished it.
A. wrote B. was writing
C. had written D. has written
２2. --- Is the book interesting?
--- Yes, but I’m sure it won’t interest _____.
A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody
２3. ---Would you have written to her had it been possible?
---Yes, but I _____ busy with my work.
A. was B. were C. had been D.would be
２4. ---He says he has an uncle living in America.
---Nonsense. _____, his father has no brother.
A. More or less B.As a matter of fact
C. No matter what he says D. At least
２5. ---What did you see?
---We saw _____ police there.
A. many B. much C. plenty D. the
２6. ---Harry treats his secretary badly.
---Yes. He seems to think that she is the _____ important person in the office.
| 考号 |
| 班级 |
| 姓名 |
A. hardly B. least C. less D. most
２7. ---Shall I book a table for the dinner?
--- _____. The restaurant won’t be full this evening.
A. Yes, you may B. No, you mustn’t
C. No, you needn’t D. I’d rather not
２8. I’ll spend the evening _____ in your room waiting for the thief to arrive.
A. locking B. in locking C. being locked D. locked
２9. The book is not very important in your studies. You’d better buy one for your future work, _______.
A. also B. however C. still D. though
３0. ---Thank you for a wonderful meal. --- ______.
A. No, really. It’s all right B. Thank you all the same
C. The same to you D. I’m glad you enjoyed it
３1.---I’m very ____with my own cooking. It looks nice and smells delicious.
---Mm. It does have a(n)____smell.
A. pleasant; pleased B. pleasing; inviting C. pleased; pleasant D. invited; inviting
３2._____foolish thing has ever happened in our school, so that what you said makes us very surprised.
A. No such B. Such no C. No such a D. No so
３3._____ never satisfies his daughter. A. No matter what he does B. No matter how hard he tries C. However hard he tries everything D. Whateve he does
３4.I wish I ____more attention to my pronunciation at school.
A. Had paid B. have been paying C. paid D. was paying
３5. Jiuzhaigou Valley is a most famous place of interest,_____ I will never forget in my life
A. it B. that C. one D. what
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you 3６ ask? Well, the answer is this. To get some 3７ , bee-keepers and farmers used to 3８ small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and 3９ the box with honeycomb. ４０ , there was no way of getting the honey out ４１ killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical ４２ the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.
Now, bee-keepers ４３ beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden ４４ with spaces between them 4５ can be lifted out. In later summer, the squares, which are now 4６ of honeycomb are lifted out. The squares are put in ４７special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round 4８ this 4９ out the honey. Then the honey is collected and ５０ jars. After thathe empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.
Bees need food to live ５１ the winter. That’s why they make honey. Bee-keepers can do one of ５２ things. Either they can leave ５３ of the honey in the hive for the bees to eat during the winter. Or else they can５４ all the honey and provide the bees with a mixture of sugar and water for the bees to eat 5５ .
3６. A. need B. may C. should D. must
3７. A. honey B. bees C. honeycomb D. space
3８. A.put in B. put away C. put off D. put out
3９. A. fill B. cover C. supply D. satisfy
４０. A. Still B. And C. However D. So
４１. A. for B. in C. by D. without
４２. A. on B. close to C. in the front of D. far from
４３. A. want B. take C. use D. expect
４４. A. squares B. boxes C. sticks D. bowls
4５. A. many B. they C. it D. which
4６. A. full B. filled C . afraid D. emptied
4７. A. the B. a C. another D. 不填
4８. A. for B. in C. like D. to
４9. A. forces B. makes C. helps D. drives
５0. A. led into B. brought into C. poured into D. got into
５1. A through B. before C. after D. for
５2. A. two B.three C. many D. those
５3. A. any B. all C. none D. some
54. A. cover B. remove C. get D. receive
55. A. since B. then C. too D. instead
第三部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
BAM, Iran：A 56-year-old man was rescued alive after spending 13 days below ruins of the earthquake-flattened Iranian city of Bam, but he then slipped into a coma and doctors said yesterday they feared for his life.
“We are following his condition minute by minute but we don't hold out too much hope,”Shadnoush said.
State radio had originally reported the man's age as 57. But doctors said that when he was first brought to the hospital he had been able to give his first name, Jalil, and his age, 56. He then slipped into a coma overnight.
He was the first survivor to come alive out of the ruins of the ancient Silk Road city 1,000 kilometres southeast of Teheran since a woman in her 90s was rescued on January 3.
The December 26 earthquake, which measured 6.8 on the Richter scale, struck just before dawn, destroying 90 per cent of the city's buildings and killing more than 30,000 people.
Experts say it is very rare for people to survive for more than 72 hours in such conditions. Temperatures have fallen to around freezing most nights since the earthquake struck.
Tremors（震动）continued to shake another region of Iran for a third day yesterday, causing damage to buildings but no persons, the official Iranian news agency reported.
The small earthquakes, measuring 3.4 and 4.2 on the Richter scale were the latest of more than 30 tremors to make nervous the southwestern province of Khuzestan. There were no reports of any damage to its many oil installations(设置).
Fearful that the tremors foretell a major quake, schools in Khuzestan have been closed, ambulance and fire brigade services moved out into the open and many persons have spent the last few nights sleeping in tents.
In Bam yesterday, United Nations officials, aid workers and foreign diplomats toured the destroyed city to mark the launch of a 90-day UN request for funds to help the city and its survivors.
“Altogether I think US$100 million has been given and promised by the international community, which is an impressive sign of international solidarity（团结）,” said Jan Egeland, UN under-secretary for humanitarian affairs.
Aid workers said the man rescued on Wednesday afternoon had travelled from a nearby village to Bam for medical treatment and was staying with his sister when the earthquake hit.
“We have sent people to his village to bring his wife to the hospital,” said Iranian aid worker Mohammad Reza Tahmasbi.
And it proved to be true that Chinese New Year's movies are in need, for they were well received by common people in the late 1990s. However, after less than 10 years of flourishing, they are now facing a great decline in box office income.
I think the failure of Chinese New Year's movies is for two main reasons：lack of creation and low quality of production.
Audiences are not fools. They watch movies in order to get satisfaction, happiness and enlightenment (启发), not to be tricked by meaningless, same stories. If a movie tells a boring story, how can filmmakers expect applause (鼓掌) from the audience?
And at the same time we hope that directors choose actors and actresses carefully. The success of a movie is mostly determined by a fine story and good performances. If performers aren't able to communicate a character's emotions exactly, no matter how wonderful a story is, the movie may be a failure. So a popular New Year's movie ought to be creative and elaborately(精心地) produced.
My favourite Chinese New Year's movie is “Be There or Be Square” (Bu Jian Bu San), directed by Feng Xiaogang. It's a story about love and life. The hero is a Chinese man who struggles hard in the US. One day, he meets a girl from Beijing. The two share the same goal：making their fortunes in America. After a series of ups and downs, they fail to realize their dreams. But, they finally fall in love with each other and decide to go back to China to make a brand new start.
Feng is good at providing humorous and simple lines with deep and strongly felt meaning. As far as the audience is concerned, it was acceptable and interesting. And the leading actor and actress showed superior performances. They cooperated so well and acted so naturally that it seemed they were truly a pair of lovers.
From the simple but moving story, I got a lot. Besides money and fame, there are many other beautiful things worth pursuing(追求) and loving.
Good stories and actors are what the audience desire. Whether Chinese New Year's movies will last in the New Year's film market depends mostly on the filmmakers' attitude towards movie production. I hope that in the coming new year, I can spend several hours in a cinema enjoying a good movie instead of just chatting with my friends to escape a boring movie.
61．From the passage we know _______.
A．the author thinks highly of the present New Year's movies
B．the author are complaining of some New Year's movies
C．people don't need New Year's movies now
D．none of New Year's movies are well produced
62．In the opinion of the author, New Year's movie should solve the following problems except _______.
A．lack of creation
B．low-quality of production
C．directors' careful choices of actors and actresses
D．simplicity
63．One of the things that make the author like the movie“Be There or Be Square”（Bu Jian Bu San）is _______.
A．humor, simplicity and satisfactory end
B．nature, enlightenment and sad background
C．good theme, good performances and a brand new start
D．creation, good production and natural performances
64．Film-makers' attitude to movie production will______.
A．mostly determine whether the New Year's film market will last
B．determine the success of the future New Year's movies
C．mostly determine whether Chinese New Year's movies will last in the New Year's film market
D．determine Chinese film market
C
George E. Elliott Jr, who has died, aged 85, gave the unnoticed warning about aircraft coming near Pearl Harbour, in 1941, as described in history books and movies like “Tora, Tora, Tora”.
Elliott died on Saturday of complications (并发症) from a stroke (中风), his family said. The former Army radar operator detected incoming Japanese aircraft on December 7, 1941. He then gave a warning, but it was brushed aside. Nearly an hour later, the enemy planes reached the US Navy's fleet (舰队) in the harbour.
In a 50-year anniversary (周年) story, a reporter from the US's Associated Press told how Elliott and another soldier, Joseph L. Lockard, had been on duty that day since 4 am at Kahuku Point on the northern tip of Oahu Island, Hawaii. They had been familiarizing themselves with a strange new invention that could “see” 130 miles (208 kilometres) out to sea—something called “radar.”
Just after 7 am, Elliott saw “something completely out of the ordinary” on the screen, a huge blip(信号), due north, 137 miles (219.2 kilometres) out. The information was called in to headquarters, and the operators were told it was a flight of B-17 Flying Fortresses due in from California.
They kept tracking for practice, and the blip grew so large that Lockard figured the set was broken. They turned it off at 7:45, after the blip disappeared behind Oahu's mountains.
About 10 minutes later, the first bombs were falling on the battleships in the harbour.
Later that morning, when Elliott and Lockard arrived back at their base, they learned the significanc e of what they had observed.
Elliott served in the Army until 1945, and then worked for New Jersey Bell Telephone for 33 years before retiring.
In later years, his warning at Pearl Harbour brought him reward. The actions of the radar operators were described in the 1970 movie “Tora, Tora, Tora,” and on television specials and in history books.
65．What made George E. Elliott Jr rewarded?
A．His job. B．His invention.
C．His warning at Pearl Harbor. D．His specials.
66．The word “brushed aside” in the 3rd paragraph means _______.
A．accepted B．loved
C．detected D．refused to pay attention to
67．From the passage we know George E. Elliot, Jr once mainly did _______kinds of jobs.
A．1 B．2 C．3 D．4
D
Excited by the successful landing of the rover (探测机器人) on Mars, scientists from NASA (the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration) have spent the last few days studying data (数据) from the robot and working on getting it ready to roll.
Spirit made a dangerous, but safe, landing on Mars on Sunday on what scientistsbelieve is the rocky bed of an ancient lake that once may have contained life.
Just three hours later, the six-wheeled rover began sending black-and-white photos of its surroundings back 170 million kilometres to Earth. The rover sent back a few colour photos on Monday.
The scientists were overjoyed by the success. Two of every three past purposeof landings on Mars have failed.
“It's a big step forward for all humanity. Now we have another rover on another planet, exploring a new world. What more could you ask for?” said Charles Elachi, director of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The first images from Spirit show a flat, wind-damaged surface dotted with small rocks. The scene made scientists eager to send the rover around the planet in search of evidence(证据) that the landing site was once covered with water.
The US$820 million project also includes a twin golf cart-sized rover called Opportunity, set to land on Mars' other side on January 24.
The dozens of initial (开始的), low-resolution (分辨能力) photos show Spirit landed upright(垂直的), level and facing south on a flat stretch of the hole the scientists believe once contained a lake.
It will be about a week before the six-wheeled robot is ready to roll off its lander and move around Mars.
Spirit's successful landing has ended the trend of failed missions to Mars. NASA's last attempt to land on Mars, in 1999, ended in failure. Its last successful landing was in 1997, when Pathfinder carried the tiny Sojourner rover to the surface of Mars.
Over the next three months, the robot will use a range of instruments to look for evidenceof past water activity in the rocks and soil of the planet.
68．What is inferred in the passage?
A．NASA is pleased with its rover.
B．NASA is disappointed with its rover.
C．NASA is curious about its rover
D．NASA is sad about its rover
69．Mars is _______according to the first images from Spirit.
A．a rocky bed of an ancient lake that once contained life
B．a flat, wind-damaged surface dotted with small rocks
C．a flat stretch of the hole that once contained a lake
D．a landing site once covered with water
70．The US$ 820million project at least includes _______ rovers.
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
E
August has always been difficult for me. It is the time when I realize that the books my English teacher assigned (布置) to me are not going to read themselves and that I have a difficult month in front of me.
You might think that I don't want to spend my summer reading, but that's not the
problem：I love reading. On the first day of my summer holiday this year, I went to the library and got “A Gathering of Old Men” by African-American writer Ernest Gaines. I enjoyed it very much. I read all the magazines that my parents subscribe to (订阅) and spend about 30 minutes every day with the morning paper.
So why do I hate summer reading for school? Because the books on summer reading lists are often slow-going and just uninviting (不吸引人). Teachers and librarians don't understand that summer reading can be entertaining as well as educational. They choose books that a friend of my mother's calls “spinach books”：good for you, but not much fun to take in. Every summer, I read them, hate them and get bitter about the experience.
This bitterness started three years ago when I was about to begin high school. As preparation, my English teacher told me to read “The Age of Innocence” (《纯真年代》) by American author Edith Wharton. I'm sure there are many people who enjoyed “The Age of Innocence”—— some might even say it's their favourite book. But I don't think any of these people read it as a 14-year-old boy on his summer vacation.
“The Age of Innocence” is the story of a forbidden romance in New York 100 years ago. At 14, my only experience with romance was my love for baseball. I couldn't imagine being in love, much less being in love in 1900. “The Age of Innocence”was totally different to my life.
Most of my required summer reading has been like that —— books written in a style that plays up the adjectives and plays down the verbs. I guess teachers don't think exciting plots make for “good literature”. To me, though, a good writer describes events and characters in a way that makes the reader want to know what happens next.
If I were making up a summer reading list, it would include “The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins, “The Right Stuff” by Tom Wolfe, and “Into Thin Air”
by Jon Krakauer. These are all books that have literary value but, just as important, can also entertain kids on vacation. If the teachers could stand a little fun in the books they assign, my Augusts would be a lot more enjoyable.
71．The author thinks he/she will have a difficult August because______.
A．he/she doesn't like reading in summer vacation
B．he/she is to read the books, boring and not right for kids.
C．he/she hates the English teacher assigning homework.
D．he/she hates August.
72．What can make students interested in August reading ought to be ______.
A．romantic
B．out of date
C．entertaining and educational
D．pure
73．The author listed such books as The Friends of Eddie Coyle because he /she thinks _______.
A．they can change his/her opinion
B．he/she can learn a lot more from them
C．they are of literary value, and enjoyable
D．he/she has to do as teachers tell
74．In the opinion of the author of this passage a good write should be_______.
A．one who describes events and characters in different ways
B．one who uses a way of describing that makes the reader wish to know what to happen next
C．one who is learned
D．one who is full of imagination
75．The best title of this passage should be_______.
A．Why Can't Teacher Set Us Books that Are Fun?
B．I don't Like Reading on the Vacation
C．Teachers, don't Set Us Any Reading Assignments
上学期
期中考试高三英语试题
II卷
（一部分，共３５分）
一、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断： 如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（ √ ）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词： 把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词： 在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词： 在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意： 原行没有错的不要改。
After I finished the school this year, I began 71.__________
to look for work. Now several month later, I still 72.__________
hadn’t found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday 73.__________
morning I received a phone call from a man calling him 74.__________
Mr Smith. He said to me on the phone, “I heard that you do 75.__________
very well in your studies. I may have a job for you.” 76.__________
I entered his office with a beaten heart. How I hoped 77.__________
that I will go through the job-hunting talk today and he 78.___________
would take me on as a lab assistant. But to my surprised, 79___________
what he said disappointing. He only needed a model. 80.___________二．书面表达（25分）
| 时 间 | 活 动 项 目 | 有 关 内 容 |
| 星期一 | 上午：校长接见 | 介绍学校情况 |
| 下午：参观实验室和图书馆 | ||
| 星期二 | 上午：两国学生共同游览长城 | 张老师向学生讲述有关长城趣闻 |
| 下午：在402室举行联欢会 | ||
| 星期三 | 上午：两国学生举行座谈会 | |
| 下午：9∶45乘车去西安 |
提示：一组英国中学生来你校访问，校长交给你一份时间表，请你用英语向中学生讲清楚他们在京逗留期间（共三天）的活动安排。
高三英语试题 参考答案：
听力:1—5BACBB 6—10 BACAB 11—15 CBACC 16—20BABAC
单选:２1. B ２2. A ２3. A ２4. B ２5. D ２6. B ２7. C ２8. D ２9. D ３0. D ３1.C ３2.A ３3.D ３4.A ３5.C 完形:36. B 37. A 38. D 39. A 40. C 41.D 42. B 43. C 44. A 45. D 46. A 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. C 51. A 52.A 53. D 54. B 55.D
阅读：A.56—60ＡＢＢＡＤ Ｂ．６１－６４ＢＤＤＣ Ｃ．６５－６７ＣＤＢ
Ｄ．６８－７０ＡＢＡ Ｅ．７１－７５ＢＣＣＢＡ
短文改错：71. 去掉 the 72. month 改为 months 73. interested 后加 in 74. him 改为himself 75. do 改为 did 76.√ 77. beaten 改为 beating 78. will 改为 would 79. surprised 改为 surprise
80. said 后加 was
书面表达：
Dear Friends,
Welcome to China. I am very glad to tell you what you are going to do during your stay in Beijing . Our headmaster is to see you on Monday morning and he will introduce our school to you. You will visit the lab building and the library in the afternoon. On Tuesday morning the students of the two countries are to visit the Great Wall, where Mr Zhang will tell some interesting stories about it . In the evening we are going to have a party in Room 402. The Chinese students and the English students will give nice performances at the party. You will have a talk with the Chinese students on Wednesday morning. You will be free in the afternoon