广东省汕头市金山中学2011届高三期末考试英语.doc

七彩教育网 免费提供Word版教学资源整理日期整理人2011年2月24日星期四小 广东汕头市金山中学2011届高三年级上学期期末考试英 语 试 题I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分。满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. if they can _1 it, they can certainly send them to the best universities. but they must not feel guilty if they cant. If the children really want to go, theyll find a 2 out. there are plenty of loans（货款）and scholarships for the bright and 3 ones who cant afford to pay.When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the 4 to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a(n) 5 not an obligation（责任，义务）.Do parents owe their children anything? yes, they owe them a great deal.One of their obligations is to give their children a personal 6 .A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly 7 to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so _8_ , so afraid of failing that he（or she）wont try at all. of course they should be _9_ corrected when they do wrong, but its often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate（宽容）them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand 10 .When criticisms（批评）are really needed, they should be 11 with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to 12 the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by 13 .A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have 14 laughing and loving.No child asks to be 15 . If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.1Afind Bget Cafford Dreceive 2Asupporter Bhelp Cpath Dway 3Ahandsome Bhonest Ceager Dworried 4Atime Bright Cduty Denergy 5Afavor Bpleasure Chonor Dservice 6Aworth Baffair Cbelief Dconfidence 7Abrought Bcompared Cforced Dtaken 8Aunsure Bdesperate Cembarrassed Ddependent 9Aproperly Bgently Csincerely Dseverely 10Afailure Bexamination Cfault Dtest 11Amixed Bsatisfied Cshared Dbalanced 12Aconsider Brecognize Crespect Dknow 13Aexample Bguidance Cword Ddeed 14Aworry Bdifficulty Cfun Dproblem 15Apraised Bvalued Cborn Dloved第二节语法填空 (共 10小题;每小题 1.5分,满分 15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 1625的相应位置上。Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed ways of mining, construction, and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12, 1888, Alfreds brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper mistook his brother 16 him and carried an article 17 (announce) the death of Alfred Nobel. The merchant of clenches Dr. Alfred. The article read. “Dr. Alfred Nobel, 19 became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.”Alfred put 20 the newspaper sadly. It was his brother rather than 21 who had died and the French newspaper had made a mistake. All the same, Alfred felt uncomfortable. Was this the way the world was going to remember him? He did not like that idea at all. He wanted people to remember him as a man of peace.He invented his dynamite at a perfect moment in time. Many countries were beginning to build roads through mountains and needed a safe, strong dynamite. His dynamite was developed for such peaceful uses. He also thought that 22 all countries had the same great weapons, they would see how impossible war was and that any country fighting a war 23 (destroy). Therefore, there would be no more wars. Many people of his day also thought this way. To make sure that he was remembered with love and respect. Nobel arranged in a will to give the 24 (large) part of his money to establish the Nobel prizes, which would be awarded to people who made great 25 (contribute) to the causes of peace, literature, and the sciences.II 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Few of us havent Gread Cinderella, the story of young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heart-we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity（默默无闻）.Mary Santiago has that secret dream, tooHer story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisibleHowever, her world changes completely when a famous teenage pop singer, Joey Parker, appearsJoey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are notkind, handsome and desirableMary and Joeys paths cross at a ballThey meet and fall in love with each otherBut when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreamsOf course, there is a wicked（邪恶的） stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother diesDominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesnt get into the top dance schoolHer two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing herThe story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the dassic fairy taleRefreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautifulThere is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar moviesThe movie takes the Cinderella fairytale as its jumping off point, writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream.”26The first paragraph is mainly to .Abuild interest and lead us to Marys secret drear Bremind us why Cinderella is popular all the yearsCinform us of the main topic of the whole passageDtell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is27In the movie, Mary Santiago is the main character who .Ais brave in expressing her loveBis attended badly by the stepmotherChas a dream of meeting a princeDis embarrassed by the pop singer28What can we infer from the passage?AJoey is just like other boys in Marys class.BMarys mother influences her a lot in singing.CNot many people have a dream to be realized.DThe MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.29The passage is mainly about .Aan introduction to a filmBa review about a filmCan essay about dreamsDan advertisement of CinderellaBEngineering students are supposed to be examples of practicality and rationality (理性), but when it comes to my college education I am an idealist and a fool. In high school I wanted to be an electrical engineer and, of course, any reasonable student with my aims would have chosen a college with a large engineering department, many famous professors and lots of good labs and research equipment. But thats not what I did.I chose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts (文科) university that doesnt even offer a major in electrical engineering. Obviously, this was not a practical choice; I came here for more noble reasons. I wanted a broad education that would provide me with flexibility and a value system to guide me in my job. I wanted to open my eyes and expand my vision by communicating with people who werent studying science or engineering. My parents, teachers and other adults praised me for such a wise choice. They told me I was wise and grown-up beyond my 18 years, and I believed them.I headed off to the college and sure I was going to have an advantage over those students who went to big engineering factories where they didnt care if you had values or were flexible. I was going to be a complete engineer: technical expert and excellent humanist all in one. Now Im not so sure. Somewhere along the way my noble ideas crashed into reality, as all noble ideas finally do. After three years of struggling to balance math, physics and engineering courses with liberal-arts courses, I have learned there are reasons why few engineering students try to reconcile engineering with liberal-arts courses in college.The reality that has blocked my path to become the typical successful student is that engineering and the liberal arts simply dont mix as easily as I supposed in high school. Individually they shape a person in very different ways. The struggle to reconcile the two fields of study is difficult.30Why did the author choose to study engineering at a small liberal-arts university?AHe intended to become an engineer and humanist.BHe intended to be a reasonable student with noble ideals.CHe wanted to be an example of practicality and rationality.DHe wanted to communicate with liberal-arts students.31According to the author, by communicating with people who study liberal arts, engineering students can _.Abecome noble idealistsBbroaden their knowledgeCfind a better job in the futureDbalance engineering and liberal arts32Winidn word below can replace the underlined word .AconfuseBcompareCcombineDcompete33The author suggests in this passage that _.Aliberal-arts students are supported to take engineering coursesBtechnical experts with a wide vision are expected in the societyCsuccessful engineering students are more welcomed in the societyDengineering universities with liberal-arts courses are neededCThere are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A little known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries.It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase.What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability. Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state.Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some African countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not make sure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change.Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a countrys development.Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to build a suitable safety net.34The rate of older people_.Ais bigger in developed countries than in developing countriesBis one-seventh of the population in developing countriesCwill increase much faster in China than in FranceDwill be sixty percent in developing countries by 202035It is stated directly in the passage that older people should _.Abe treated differently in different culturesBenjoy a similar lifestyleCbe ignored as society changesDbe valued by the yonger generations36Which of the following measure is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?AGetting rid of age discrimination in employment.BSupplying life-long learning programs to older people.CMaking sure adequate income protection for older people.DProviding free health care for sick older people.37The author concludes in the last paragraph that _.Agovernments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problemBpopulation ageing is a hard problem, but it needs to be solved urgentlyCpeople are too busy to solve the population ageing problemDmuch time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problemDDolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast. Mullets, crabs, rays and small fish gather by the thousands off an Alabama pirer. Birds covered in oil are crawling deep into marshes（沼泽）, never to be seen again.Marine scientists studying the effects off the BF disaster （英国石油公司漏油事件）are seeing some strange phenomena. Fish and other wildlife seem to be fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and clustering in cleaner waters along the coast in a trend that some researchers see as a potentially troubling sign. The animals presence close to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted, and the crowding could result in mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen. Also, the animals could easily be captured by their enemies.The nearly two-month-old spill（漏油）has created an environmental disaster in US history as tens of millions of gallons have flown into the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. Scientists are seeing some unusual things as they try to understand the effects on thousands of species of marine life. For nearly four hours Monday, a three-person crew with Greenpeace cruised past delicate islands and mangrove-dotted inlets in Barataria Bay off southern Louisiana. They saw dolphins by the dozen frolicking（嬉戏）in the oily sheen（光泽）and oil-tinged pelicans feeding their young. But they spotted no dead animals.I think part of the reason why were not seeing more yet is that the impacts of this crisis are really just beginning, Greenpeace marine biologist John Hocevar said.The counting of dead wildlife in the Gulf is more than an academic exercise; the deaths will help determine how much BP pays in damages.38What do the marine life react to the BP disaster?ABirds crawl deep into caves.BDolphins and sharks show up in deep water.CTens of thousands of marine animals are found dead.DSea creatures flee from oil spill, gathering near seashore.39The environmental disaster was caused by .Athe damage of the Mexico Gulf ecosystemBthe lack of environmental sense of BPCthe nearly two-month-old oil spillDthe crowding marine life40What is John Hocevars attitude towards the disaster?AWorried. BDisappointed. CDepressed. DNeutral. 41From the passage, we can infer that .ABP will pay much money according to the number of dead wildlife thereBmarine scientists have seen some strange phenomenaCthe disaster has little influence on dolphinsDa three-person crew reached no conclusionEEvery October, over 1,400 hunters hit the woods in the Pacific Northwest. Theyre looking for something worth millions. The hunt isnt for gold, its for mushrooms. To some people, mushrooms are more valuable than gold. The mushrooms are called “matsutake” in Japanese. They have a wonderful scent and are highly prized in Japan. In the same way that North Americans associate Thanksgiving with eathing turkey, people in Japan associate autumn with matsutake mushrooms. They often wrap single perfect matsutake mushrooms with green leaves and give them as gifts. People use the mushrooms in soups and special dishes.Matsutake mushrooms grow all over, in China, Turkey, South Korea, Bhutan, and Mexico. But the best place to find them is in the United States, in the Pacific Northwest on the border of Oregon and California. There, the mushrooms grow abundantly and the quality is excellent. They can sell for $300 a pound and have even gone up to $ 600 a pound.The mushroom hunt is a multi-million-dollar business, and it has its risks. “There are a lot of people out in the woods, and theyre all looking for the same thing. The first week in October, there were more than 1,400 pickers,” says a forestry official. “The harvest can produce 1.2 million pounds” of the mushrooms. Thats worth about $18 million. Its no wonder there are holdups.” Jack Spencer, a mushroom picker, agrees. “You have to be careful,” he says. “A guy with a gun can run out of the woods and say Hand over your mushrooms!” But most seasons are trouble free. Hunters must buy permits, and the number of hunters in the area is restricted.“The challenge is finding these matsutake mushrooms,” Jack says. Hunters go out into the woods with maps and suggestions from friends. They look for places where certain trees grow together. Mushroom hunters can walk for hours and find only a few mushrooms. But then suddenly, they may hit the jackpot a huge patch of mushrooms.42Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?AMushrooms grow best in some Asian countries.BMushroom hunters cause great damage to the woods.CIn North America, mushrooms are worth much more than gold.DIt takes a lot of work and patience to get a good harvest of the mushrooms.43The underlined word “holdups” is closest in meaning to .AdelaysBadventruresCrobberiesDchallenges44It can be inferred from the passage that .Amushroom hunters are free from trouble