新人教版高三英语上学期期中试卷及答案.doc

江苏省横林高级中学2010届高三上学期期中考试
英语试卷 （2009.11.）

试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。
第I卷（选择题，共三部分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What will Mike do tomorrow?
A. He will go to see a movie.
B. He will go for a picnic.
C. He will go swimming.
2. Where did the two speakers probably go for their holiday last year?
A. China B. France C. Japan
3. Why is the woman’s cell phone currently not working?
A. There are no signals in the area.
B. The battery is low.
C. She did not pay the bill.
4. What did the two speakers say about heights?
A. Both of them have overcome their fear.
B. The woman is still afraid of high places.
C. Both of them fear heights.
5. What does the man doubt?
A. A park is going to be built next to the man’s house.
B. The woman’s neighbors are talking about the park.
C. The city is going to build a new park.
第二节 （共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料， 回答第6至8题。
6. Where does the conversation take place
A. In a car. B. At a garage. C. In the street.
7. What do we know about the man?
A. He has lost his way to the town.
B. He wants to have gas filled.
C. He has to go far to visit his friend.
8. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The place the man’s looking for is right next to the post office.
B. The woman is unwilling to show the man the way.
C. The woman knows well about the man’s friend.
听第7段材料， 回答第9至11题。
9. What time does the woman ask the man to come to the office?
A. At 9:00 on Tuesday.
B. At 9:00 on Wednesday.
C. At 10:00 on Wednesday.
10 What’s the telephone number of the man?
A. 93365425 B. 93356425 C. 93536452
11. How many times has the man visited Dr. Black?
A. Two B. One C. None
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
12. How far is Damson City from Edmonton?
A. About 200km.
B. About 2000km.
C. About 350 km.
13. What is the Robert Service breakfast?
A. Ham and eggs.
B. A small orange juice, some coffee and an order of toast.
C. A small orange juice, ham and eggs and an order of toast.
14. How does the man feel when the woman orders the Robert Service breakfast?
A. Excited B. Satisfied C. Surprised
听第9段材料，回答第15 至17题
15. What program does the woman dislike?
A. Children’s programs.
B. Detective series.
C. Discussion forums.
16. When is the children’s program?
A. Before 7:00 p.m.
B. At 9:00 on Fridays.
C. After the news.
17. What’s the woman’s suggestion?
A. More international news is needed.
B. Discussion program should be improved.
C. Adult films should be reduced for the sake of kids.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18. What was the speaker?
A. An airline hostess.
B. A bus hostess.
C. A bus driver.
19. What is the speaker doing?
A. She is working on a plane.
B. She is taking a bus trip.
C. She is working on a bus.
20. Why did the bus hostess go to another bus?
A. To fetch some more egg-salad sandwiches.
B. To get some orders.
C. To compare experience with the hostess on that bus.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
21. In China, _________ pressure to pass _________ exams gives students the impression that learning comes from textbooks.
A. /; / B. the; the C. the; / D. /; the
22. I always have so many things to ______ when I come back to the company after a trip abroad.
A. attend to B. add to C. contribute to D. appeal to
23. ------- Did you see who the driver was?
--------- No, so quickly _______ that I couldn’t get a good look at this face.
A. does the car speed by B. the car sped by
C. did the car speed by D. the car speeds by
24. They are _______ different sizes, shapes and metals, but they are exactly the same _______.
A. /; weights B. of; in weight C. in; of weight D. of; weights
25. If knowledge is power, ________ Sir Francis Bacon wrote in 1597, _______ perhaps creativity can be described as the ability to use that power.
A. as ; then B. as; so C. what; so D. what; then
26. ------- Have you read the story about an ordinary young woman who tried to adapt to her new life after having studied abroad.
------- Sorry, I ________ read it. Who _____ it?
A. didn’t; wrote B. haven’t; writes C. haven’t ; wrote D. didn’t; writes
27. ---How can you keep so healthy these years?
---Well, I have made ____ a rule to take part in physical labor every Sunday.
A. this B. that C. it D. me
28. Walter offered us a lift when he was leaving the office, but our work_______, we refused his offer.
A. not finishing B. had not been finished
C. not having finished D. not finished
29. Gradually, you will realize that the things that matter are __________ that can’t be bought with money.
A. these B. those C. ones D. some
30. Located ________ the eastern coast of China, the village is fairly new _______ only a small population of less than 3,000.
A. off; with B. on; with C. in; of D. on; in
31. All of a sudden, the thief walking behind a young and pretty lady______ her purse, ______into the crowd.
A. seizing; rushed B. seized; rushed
C. seizing; rushing D. seized; rushing
32. It’s ______ to borrow money from your mother to settle your debt to your uncle. That’s just robbing Peter to pay Paul.
A. ridiculous B. strange C. stubborn D. splendid
33. -----Tom, I’m sorry to say that I can’t go to watch tonight’s match with you, for I have to prepare for the coming exam.
----- _______ Have some fun!
A. Don’t have too many irons in the fire. B. Don’t be a wet blanket.
C. Don’t put the cart before the horse. D. Don’t pull my leg.
34. ----- Perhaps John’s not in.
-----_______. Look, the light’s on.
A. Yes, he can be at home. B. No, he couldn’t go out.
C. Yes, he must be at home. D. No, he needn’t go out.
35. ---- Tony said he could fix my bicycle, but I really doubt it.
------ ________. He’s very good at this sort of thing.
A. Don’t worry.
B. I couldn’t agree with you more.
C. Of course.
D. A piece of cake.
第二节： 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36～55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
Life is filled with challenges. As we get older we 36 realize that those challenges are the very things that 37 us and make us who we are. It is the same with the challenges that come with 38 .
When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two 39 . We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing 40 the challenge isn’t worth the 41 and call it quits. Although there are certainly 42 when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most 43 all that is needed is 44 and communication.
When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how 45 or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to 46 it and work it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making a 47 for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other person did wrong. 48 you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt,” 49 “You hurt my feelings,” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.
In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for 50 they are: small hurdles you need to jump or 51 on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is 52 to get over, and hurt only 53 to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up, it 54 to everyone, and somebody you will 55 all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it made me who I am today. And that is a good thing.”
36.
A. seem to
B. come to
C. hope to
D. try to
37.
A. design
B. promote
C. direct
D. shape
38.
A. confidence
B. pressure
C. friendship
D. difficulty
39.
A. opportunities
B. expectations
C. choices
D. aspects
40.
A. demanding
B. deserving
C. predicting
D. presenting
41.
A. comment
B. loss
C. trouble
D. expense
42.
A. spans
B. times
C. dates
D. ages
43.
A. cases
B. fields
C. parts
D. occasions
44.
A. assessment
B. commitment
C. encouragement
D. adjustment
45.
A. doubtful
B. shameful
C. harmful
D. painful
46.
A. keep
B. control
C. face
D. catch
47.
A. space
B. plan
C. topic
D. room
48.
A. If
B. As
C. While
D. Unless
49.
A. other than
B. rather than
C. or rather
D. or else
50.
A. what
B. who
C. where
D. which
51.
A. pass by
B. come across
C. get through
D. run over
52.
A. unnecessary
B. necessary
C. impossible
D. possible
53.
A. serves
B. means
C. aims
D. attempts
54.
A. opens
B. appeals
C. goes
D. happens
55.
A. look down on
B. look back on
C. look forward to
D. look up to
第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
He was the baby with no name. Found and taken from the north Atlantic 6 days after the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, his tiny body so moved the salvage (救援) workers that they called him “our baby.” In their home port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, people collected money for a headstone in front of the baby’s grave (墓), carved with the words: “To the memory of an unknown child.” He has rested there ever since.
But history has a way of uncovering its secrets. On Nov. 5, this year, three members of a family from Finland arrived at Halifax and laid fresh flowers at the grave. “This is our baby,” says Magda Schleifer, 68, a banker. She grew up hearing stories about a great-aunt named Maria Panula,42, who had sailed on the Titanic for America to be reunited with her husband. According to the information Mrs. Schleifer had gathered, Panula gave up her seat on a lifeboat to search for her five children -- including a 13-month-old boy named Eino from whom she had become separated during the final minutes of the crossing. "We thought they were all lost in the sea," says Schleifer.
Now, using teeth and bone pieces taken from the baby’s grave, scientists have compared the DNA from the Unknown Child with those collected from members of five families who lost relatives on the Titanic and never recovered the bodies. The result of the test points only to one possible person: young Eino. Now, the family sees: no need for a new grave. "He belongs to the people of Halifax," says Schleifer. "They’ve taken care of him for 90 years."
Adapted from People, November 25, 2002
56. The baby travelled on the Titanic with his___________.
A. mother B. parents C. aunt D. relatives
57. What is probably the boy’s last name?
A. Schleiferi B. Eino. C. Magda. D. Panula.
58. This text is mainly about how______________.
A. the unknown baby’s body was taken from the north Atlantic
B. the unknown baby was buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia
C. people found out who the unknown baby was
D. people took care of the unknown baby for 90 years
B
Super smart chimps
In a memory-based competition between you and a chimp, who do you think would win? If you put yourself on top, you might want to guess again.
In a test that challenged participants to remember numbers, a young chimp performed better than Japanese college students.
Here's how the test worked: at Kyoto university in Japan, human students and chimpanzee participants sat in front of a computer. Different combinations of five numbers, all ranging from 1 to 9, appeared at random places on the screen.
The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second. In the first test, for example, participants saw the numbers for 650 milliseconds (about two- thirds of a second)Then each number was replaced by a white square. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order, based on the numbers that had been there a moment before.
In this test, the students touched the boxes in the correct order about 80%of the time. A young chimp named Ayumu performed equally well.
During a harder test, participants were only able to see the numbers for 210 milliseconds.
This time, students only managed to put the boxes in the correct order about 40% of the time. But Ayumu still managed to select the boxes in the right order nearly 80% of the time.
Some people have what's called a "photographic memory", which allows them to remember a surprising number of details after just a quick glimpse of something. Ayumu's memory might work in a similar way, says lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa. The chimp's young age might have something to do with his impressive performance, too. In previous tests, the Japanese researchers found that young chimps performed better than their mothers.
The scientists are interested to know whether Ayumu loses his strong memory as he ages. They already know that young children sometimes have sharp memories that work photographically, but they typically lose this ability over time.
59. Researchers carried out the test to find out_____.
A. who has a better memory, human or chimps
B. whether young chimps have a better memory than the older ones
C. what makes chimps better at remembering numbers
D. how humans can remember numbers when they only see them briefly
60. The underlined word "random"in paragraph 3 means _____.
A.in order B.without aim C.automatically D.purposefully
61. How was the test carried out?
a. The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second.
b. The winner was the participant who finished the tasked with higher rate of
correct answers.
c. Each number was replaced by a white square.
d. Different combinations of five numbers, all ranging from 1 to 9, appeared at
random places on the screen.
e. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order.
A. acdeb B. bcdea C. adceb D.daceb
62. Researchers are not certain whether ______.
A. humans lose their strong memory as they age
B. chimps lose their strong memory as they age
C. young chimps can remember numbers in less time than their mums
D. kids can remember numbers in less time than their mums
C
On September 22nd, 2007, Jay Brunkella, a police officer in the Rogers Park district in Chicageo, was shot during a drug arrest and died. Shortly afterwards his fellow officer Ken Knapcik, a 20-year veteran（老警官）of the force ,returned home after work to find a note from his 15-year-old daughter on the dining table.
Dad—This poem is directly from my heart .I love you so much! It scares and amaze