山东省滕州市第二中学高三英语上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

英语试题第卷（三部分，共105分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30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称钟的时间来回答有关小题如阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1where is the cat?aon the wall bin a garage cin a tree2how much does the woman weigh now?a147 pounds b153 pounds c160 pounds3where does the conversation take place?aat home bat a tailors cat a store4what does the woman think of the ads?afunny bmeaningless cineffective5why does the woman need help?ashe doesnt know what gift to choosebshe cant decide whether to buy a presentcshe doesnt have enough money to buy a camera第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225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，各小题将给出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7题。6what are the speakers mainly discussing?awhen the conference will begin bwhen the report will be finished cwhen the woman will go to rome7what will the woman do this weekend?aattend a meetingbsee sarah cwork on a report听第7段材料，回答第8 、9题。8what is the mans favorite hobby? apainting bcycling csurfing the net9why does the woman make the phone call to the man?ato show him a bookbto ask his brother to call lyncto invite his brother to see a collection听第 8段材料,回答第 10至 12题。10what do we know about the theft?anobody helped the manbthe man seized the boycit happened in a shop11why did the old lady hit the man?ahe didnt catch the thiefbshe thought he was a thiefche didnt give her bag to her12how did the old lady feel in the end?aapologetic bangry cfrightened听第 9段材料,回答第 13至 16题。13where will the boy go first this evening?ato a club bto a cinema cto a restaurant14what will the girl do?await for a call at homebskip her homeworkcjoin the boy later15when will the boy probably leave the cinema?aat about 5:30 bat about 7:00 cat about 7:1516what can we learn from the conversation?athe speakers will meet in a restaurantbthe girl will go to watch a movie cit is the boys birthday today听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17what is the main purpose of the mans words?ato report on workbto get more supportcto get rights for the state18according to the man, on what should the government spend more money?aarmy bpersonnel ceducation19what does the man think can help with the citys safety?amaking more laws bbanning on the sale of guns in stores cincreasing training for police officers20on what does the man intend to increase the taxes?agas bwine ccigarettes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）21your failure in the final exam is due to the fact that you didnt _ enough importance to your englishaattendbattack cattach dobtain22his new car, _ he paid 7,000pounds, has already had to be repairedaon which bon that cfor that dfor which23i broke my relationship with john because he always found _ with meaerror bmistake cfault dfailure24it is required in the library regulations that any book borrowed _ by due time, or the borrower will be finedareturn bbe returned creturns dis returned25his uncle went abroad in 2010, and _sinceahas not been heard of bhad not been heard of chad not heard of dhas not heard of26_ i cant fully understand what his music conveys, his performance is quite impressiveaasbsincecifdwhile27the manager put up a notice to keep the staff _of what to do this weekainform binforming cinformed dto inform28how could you _ such a fantastic job when you have been out of work for months?aturn off bturn in cturn down dturn to 29it doesnt matter how many times you fail；_ matters is how many times you stand up and try againawhich bthat cwho dwhat30so long a way _ to go that we started out at 6:00 in the morningawe havebdo we havecwe hadddid we have31the job is not very rewarding _ money, but he is getting valuable experience from itain memory of bin terms of cin charge of din search of32what on earth do you want?i just want a common sports coatnothing _afancy bamazing cinformal dvaluable33the cultural background of china is totally different from _ of the usaone bthat cthesedthose 34the birds that will spend the whole winter here have been digging holes in the snow _ from the cold weatherato shelter bsheltered chaving sheltered dsheltering 35it is your attitude, rather than your aptitude（天资）, _ determines your altitude awhich bthat cwhat dwho第二节：完形填空（20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。as a teacher，i often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip，there will be no talking as we enter a buildingthis rule 36 to entering any place，whether it is a cinema，a church，a theatre, or any other place once，in new york city，i took my class to see a（n） 37 near times squarewhen we arrived at the theatre，there were about twenty other classes 38 outside waiting to get inthe students from the other schools were not 39 and there was pandemonium（乌烟瘴气）i told my students to stay in a line and keep 40 i told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other 41 soon we started to file into the theatre，and it was very disorganizedthere was a lady trying to 42 the groups and get them to their seats，43 students were everywhere and 44 really knew where to gomy class，observing our rule，walked in 45 in two single-file lineswe stood near the door behind everyone else，and we 46 all of a sudden，the lady who was 47 noticed us and she walked 48 our directionshe asked the students 49 the teacher was for our group, and i raised my 50 she asked, “very, very nice to meet youcome this way”we were led into the theatre， 51 ，and we were given front-row seatssometimes 52 for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect，especially when you 53 no one around who is taking manners into 54 however，that is usually the time when such 55 actions will be most appreciated and recognized36aappliesbleadscturnsdbelongs37aladybplaycteacherdexhibition38asorted outbsettled downclined updturned away39alisteningbbehavingcconcentrating dwatching40atimebcontactcwatchdorder41aplacesbseatscclassesdteachers42ascoldbdismisscattractdorganize43aandbbutcsodwhile44aanyonebnobodyceveryonedsomebody45aanxiouslybimmediatelycquietlydhurriedly46apassedbchattedcrusheddwaited47ain troublebon guardcin chargedon business48ainbtocfordunder49ahowbwherecwhatdwhether50avoicebarmcheaddhand51afinallybsomehowcfirstdinstead52alovebrespectcconcerndsupport53areceivebvisitcmeetdrecognize54apracticebaccountceffectdoperation55akindburgentclegaldfirm第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题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。afour years ago my sweet mom went to be with her lordshe did it her wayi got the call at work, and i headed home quicklymom and dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since i was seveni hated going there every weekendthere was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old tv set, if the weather allowed receptionmy mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the landthe place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heatwe had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to mein the evenings, my mom and i would sit for hours singing in the little kitcheni sang the melody and mom harmonizedher favorite song was moon river and we sang it over and overmom told me stories about how when i was a little girl, i could sing before i could talkas time passed, i had my own children and went to visit them every week or twothe kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dadme, well, i still hated the silence of the farmwhile my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, i missed the hustle and bustle（喧闹）of my life at homebut i sat there listening quietly as she reminiscednow, i sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so i finally leaned over to turn on an old radiomusic always comforted memy heart skipped a beatmoon river was playing on the radioi sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as i listened to every familiar note56from the first paragraph, we know that the writers mother _aleft the small farm with lord bpassed away four years agocleft for lord to live her own way dpreferred to be with lord57the underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means _ashouted bcomforted crecalled dsighed 58the writer didnt like staying in the farm for the following reasons except that _ashe could only sing one song in the small farmbit was too cold and quietcthere was nothing more that could make her exciteddthe place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat59which of the following would be the best title for this passage? _acherish（珍惜） life bmy happy childhood cour small farmhouse dmoms musicbcaf en seinethe wildly luxury （奢华） new art style of this huge bar has been a huge hit since it first opened in 1995, and while it may not be the “in” place it once was, it is still very popular with the after-work crowd and out-of-townersmaybe its the glass frames, or the real 12m-high trees; but most likely its the beautiful people supporting the wood-and-marble bargood for: decoration, cocktails, amazing food and serviceaddress: 40 dawson sttransport: all city centrephone: 01 677 4369gravediggers （aka kavanaghs）the gravediggers from the neighboring glasnevin cemetery had a secret serving hatch （舱口） so that they could drink on the job therefore the pubs nicknamefounded in 1833 by one john kavanagh and still in the family, this pub is one of the best in ireland, almost unchanged in 150 yearsin summer time the green of the square is full of drinkers bathing in the sun, while inside the hardened locals ensure that never a hint of sunshine disturbs some of the best guinness in townan absolute classicgood for: guinness, traditional pub, pub foodaddress: 1 prospect sq glasnevintransport: 13 from city centrephone: 830 7978davy byrnesjames joyce, an irish author and a poet （1882-1941）, would hardly recognize the bar that leopold bloom rushed into for a gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of wine in ulyssesit doesnt stop davy byrnes from making the most of its joyces connections, even though todays version is strictly for out-of-towners and the rugby crowdgood for: socializing with the locals, tasty irish food, watching tv address: 21 duke sttransport: all city centrewebsite: wwwdavybyrnescomphone: 01 677 521760people choose caf en seine most probably because they enjoy _as well as its cocktails and serviceaits locationbits decorationcits historydits environment61“guinness” in gravediggers probably refers to _aa kind of tea bthe name of the boss ca kind of beer dthe name of the town62we can infer that davy byrnes is _aa newly-opened barban old-fashioned barca bar with a long historyda bar popular with foreigners 63what do caf en seine and davy byrnes have in common?atheir represent the same architecture style bthey give the same description about transportcthey both serve cocktails and tasty irish food dthey are both popular with the rugby crowdcargentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting placearound 1870, it was experiencing an economic boom, and the capital, buenos aires, attracted many peoplefarmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from spain and italy, came to buenos aires seeking jobsthese jobs didnt pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the cityas the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango （探戈舞） came into beingat the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classesit was danced in the bars and streetsat that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a man didnt want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available womengradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of argentinean society and became more respectablein europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginningthe interest in international dance was especially evident in parisevery kind of dance from ballet to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the paris theatersafter tango dances from argentina arrive in europe, they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exiting dance in cafesthough not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popularthe popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the worldsoldiers who returned to the united states from world war i brought the tango to north americait reached japan in 1926, and in 2003 the argentinean embassy in seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout south korea64the origin of the tango is associated with _abelly dancesbamerican soldierscthe capital of argentinadspanish city65which of the following is true about the tango?ait was created by foreigners from spain and italybpeople of the upper classes loved the tango mostca dancer in seoul became the argentinean ambassadordit was often danced by two male in the beginning66before world war i, the tango spread to _aamericabjapancfrancedsouth korea67what can be the best title for the text?ahow to dance the tangobthe history of the tangochow to promote the tangodthe modern tango boom djacqueline bouvier kennedy onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed（展现）herself as she did nowhere elseafter the death of her second husband, greek shipping magnate（巨头）aristotle onassis, jacquelines close friend and former white house social secretary letitia baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishingafter consideration, jacqueline accepted itperhaps she hoped to find there some idea about how to live her own lifeshe became not less but more interested in readingfor the last 20 years of her life, jacqueline worked as a publishers editor, first at viking, then at doubleday, pursuing（追求）a late-life career longer than her two marriages combinedduring her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed booksamong the first books were in the russian style and inventive paris clothesshe also succeeded in persuading tv hosts bill moyers and jose campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, the power of myththe book went on to become an international best-sellershe dealt, too, with michael jackson as he prepared his autobiography（自传）, moonwalkjacqueline may have been hired for name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worthher choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to jacqueline herselfin the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mindher books are the autobiography she never wroteher role as first lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editorhowever, few knew that she had achieved so much68we can learn from the passage that jacqueline _abecame fond of reading after working as an editor bwas in charge of publishing 100 bookscpromoted her books through social relations dgained a lot from her career as an editor69the underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_ajacqueline was more successful as an editor than as first ladybjacquelines life as first lady was more colorful than as an editorcjacqueline ended up as an editor rather as first ladydjacquelines role as first lady was more brilliant than as an editor70what can be inferred from the passage?ajacquelines two marriages lasted more than 20 yearsbjacquelines views and beliefs were reflected in the books she editedcjacquelines own publishing firm was set up eventuallydjacquelines achievements were widely known71the passage is mainly_aa brief account of jacquelines career as an editor in her last 20 yearsba brief description of jacquelines lifelong experiencescan introduction of jacquelines life both as first lady and as an editordan analysis of jacquelines social relations in publishingein her new book, “the smartest kids in the world,” amanda ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of tom, a high-school student from gettysburg, pennsylvania, who decides