云南省玉溪一中高三英语上学期期中试题.doc

玉溪一中2014-2015学年上学期期中考试高三英语试题卷本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。第一卷第1页至第8页。第二卷第9页至第10页。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1. 答题前，考生在答题卡上务必用黑色或蓝色钢笔将自己的姓名、考号填写清楚。2. 每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号，在试题卷上作答无效。第i卷 选择题（三部分，共100分）第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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 is the womans opinion of travelling by air?a. too expensive. b. too comfortable. c. too quick. 2. when was the woman born?a. in may. b. in june. c. in march.3. why hasnt the woman ever thought of going by plane?a. its too dangerous.b. its hard to get plane tickets.c. its too expensive.4. why did the man get a ticket? a. he drove too slow. b. he ran a red light. c. he parked at the wrong place. 5. what do we learn from the conversation?a. the man wants to go to los angeles.b. the man wants to go to san francisco.c. there are no flights to los angeles for the rest of the day.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6. why does the woman want to buy a computer?a. to help her with her lessons.b. to help her to write a book.c. to look up information from the internet.7. whats the mans job?a. a computer salesman. b. a computer engineer.c. a computer teacher.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. whose mother was ill?a. jeffs. b. jacks. c. richards.9. with whom did the man go travelling?a. maria. b. his dog. c. jeff and richard.10. what happened to richard?a. he started a new job. b. he went travelling with jeff.c. he stayed at home during the mans travelling.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. what is not true about the man?a. he cant breathe well after a walk.b. water is running down his breast.c. he hasnt been sleeping well because of the pain in his breast.12. what has caused the sleeplessness?a. his pain in the breast.b. he was burnt by boiling water.c. he doesnt know.13. whats the woman speakers name?a. doctor cook. b. doctor martin. c. not told.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14. whats the purpose of dianas new project?a. to teach students some basic writing skills.b. to write articles for the campus literature review.c. to help those who want to get their works published.15. what is dianas suggestion to tom?a. keep trying even if he is turned down.b. ask an experienced writer to be his consultant (顾问).c. try to polish his works in the creative writing class.16. why does tom agree to join the group?a. he can get his poems published.b. he can contribute essays to the group.c. he can get some advice from other members.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. what special food did mrs. wilson cook that day?a. some beef. b. some meat. c. some fish.18. how did mrs. wilson first feel that day?a. happy but lonely.b. tired and unhappy.c. tired but happy.19. what was mrs. wilson worried about?a. the food. b. the visitors lives.c. her neighbours cat.20. what did the neighbours call mean to mrs. wilson?a. she didnt need to worry about anything.b. she would be sorry to hear this news.c. she would be unhappy about the news.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。athis year some twenty-three hundred teenagers（young people aged from 13 19）from all over the world will spend about ten months in u. s. homes. they will attend u.s. schools, meet u.s. teenagers, and form impressions of the real america. at the same time, about thirteen hundred american teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.here is a two-way student exchange in action. fred, nineteen, spent last year in germany with georges family. in turn, georges son mike spent a year in freds home in america.fred, a lively young man, knew little german when he arrived, but after two months study, the language began to come to him. the school was completely different from what he had expected much harder. students rose respectfully(尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. they took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the united states. there were almost no outside activities.family life, too, was different. the fathers word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. fred found the food too simple at first. also, he missed having a car.“back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. in germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”at the same time, in america, mike, a friendly german boy, was also forming his idea. “i suppose i should criticize(批评) american schools,” he says. “it is far too easy by our level. but i have to say that i like it very much. in germany we do nothing but study. here we take part in many outside activities. i think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. there ought to be some middle ground between the two.”21.this year teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between america and other countries.a. twenty-three hundredb. thirteen hundredc. over three thousandd. less than two thousand22.the whole exchange programme is mainly to .a. help teenagers in other countries know the real americab. send students in america to travel in germanyc. let students learn something about other countriesd. have teenagers learn new languages23. what is particular in america schools is that .a. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildingsb. there are a lot of outside activitiesc. students usually take fourteen subjects in alld. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car24. after experiencing the american school life, mike thought .a. a better education should include something good from both american and germanyb. german schools trained students to be better citizensc. american schools were not as good as german schoolsd. the easy life in the american school was more helpful to studentsba sure way to destroy your chances of learning how to write skillfully is to believe that writing is a “natural gift” rather than a learned skill. people with such an attitude think that they are the only ones for whom writing is unbearably difficult. they feel that everyone else finds writing easy or at least tolerable (可容忍的). such people often say. “im not any good at writing” or “english was not one of my good subjects.” they imply that they simply do not have a talent for writing, while others do. the result of this attitude is that these people try to avoid writing, and when they do write, they dont try their best. their writing fails chiefly because they believe that they dont have the “natural talent” needed to write. unless their attitude changes, they probably will not learn how to write effectively.a realistic attitude about writing must build on the idea that writing is a skill. it is a skill like driving, typing, or cooking; and, like any skill, it can be learned. if you have the determination to learn, you will develop your writing skills by practicing extensively.many people find it difficult to do the active thinking that clear writing demands. it is frustrating (使人沮丧的) to discover how much of a challenge it is to transfer thoughts and feelings from ones head onto a sheet of paper. but writing is not an automatic process: we will not get something for nothing and we should not expect to. for almost everyone, skillful writing comes from hard work from determination and sweat. the good news is that the skill of writing can be mastered, and if you are ready to work, you will learn what you need to know.25.why do some people think writing is difficult?a. they have no time to practice writing.b. they believe few people can write well.c. they have no good teachers to help them.d. they dont think writing can be learned.26.it can be inferred from para. 1 that _.a. “natural gift” is the determining factor in ones successb. diligence can result in successc. a person without “natural gift is sure to fail in writingd. attitude determines what one will be27.what is the topic of the passage?a. why writing is important.b. whether writing is a born gift.c. benefits of essay writing.d. how to improve writing skills.cgreek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields (盾) toward the sun. the flashes reflected by light could be seen several miles away. the enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other greek soldiers could understand the messages. roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. when they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. if there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.in africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums (鼓). each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. the drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.in the eighteenth century, a french engineer found a new way to send short messages. in this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. it was like spelling out words with flags and arms.over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. however, not until the telephone was invented in america in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.28.according to this passage, the roman way of communication depended very much upon _.a. fine weatherb. high towerc. the spelling systemd. arm movements29.which of the following statements is true?a. neither the greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message.b. african soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message.c. telephone was invented by a french engineer.d. only by using telephone could people send speech sounds quickly.30. the africans sent messages _.a. by putting drums togetherb. over a very short distancec. by a musical instrumentd. at a rather slow speed31. the _ way of communication made use of visible signs.a. frenchb. romanc. africand. americandstop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born.only you have the power to make those seeds grow.the seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. success is a choice and not a chance.you were born a winner. you were born rich.you can be a success if only you make the right choice. you cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem (自信心).your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life.people with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives.they are always victims.they are leaves tossed (摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather. you can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. failures think that everything happens by accident and chance.successful people realize that they are responsible.everything happens as a result of something. if we can identify the cause, we can control the effect.we are responsible for what we choose to think and believe.one generally rises to the level that one expects.we are responsible for setting our expectations. our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.if you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success.on the contrary, the opposite happens. we are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing (培育) the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks (挫折). in short, in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible.once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. you are on the road to success. 32.people with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they _.a. cant exercise control over themselvesb. are easily affected by windy weatherc. dont have the power to face their fated. are ready to change their minds 33. losers would think that _.a. success is the result of hard workb. working hard will lead to successc. they fail only because of bad luckd. they dont make efforts to succeed34. it can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that _.a. setting our expectations is essential before taking actionb. knowing cause and effect is the key to future successc. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mindd. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes 35. the last paragraph serves as _.a. the proof of the authors points b. the conclusion of the argumentc. an introduction to another topicd. a comparison between two views第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. they warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer. 36 some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. others burst with anger, and scream and yell. but other people keep their anger inside. they cannot or will not express it. this is called repressing anger.for years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a persons health than expressing it. they said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). they speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 37 some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. they believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. 38 they say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. if it is, they say, “ 39 wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 40 a. they say that laughter is much healthier than anger.b. expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.c. doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.d. anger may cause you a cancer.e. do not express your anger while angry.f. anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.g. in general the person feels excited and ready to act.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共20小题;每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项中，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。i do a lot of management training each year for the circle k company. among the 41 we discuss in our classes is the 42 of quality employees（雇员）.“what has caused you to stay 43 enough to become a manager?” i asked. after a while a new manager took the 44 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove.”cynthia said she used to 45 a circle k clerk job as an interim（临时的）one while she looked for something 46 . on her second day behind the counter, she received a (an) 47 from her nine-year-old son, jessie. he 48 a baseball glove for the little league. she 49 that as a single mother, money was 50 and her first check would have to go for paying 51 .when cynthia arrived for work the next morning, partircia, the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “i overheard you 52 to your son yesterday,” she said, “and i know that it is 53 to explain things to kids. this is a baseball glove for jessie. i know you have to pay bills 54 you can buy gloves. you know we cant 55 good people like you as 56 as we would like to; but we do 57 and i want you to know how 58 you are to us.”cynthias story shows vividly that people 59 more how much a (n) 60 cares than how much he pays.41. a. topics b. problems c. difficulties d. lessons 42. a. employing b. praising c. keeping d. improving 43. a. soon b. long c. strong d. calm 44. a. position b. decision c. question d. advice 45. a. take b. change c. lose d. consider 46. a. lighter b. easier c. better d. higher 47. a. letter b. callc. answer d. email 48. a. bought b. kept c. needed d. offered 49. a. complained b. explained c. understood d. admitted 50. a. short b. enough c. spare d. tight 51. a. food b. education c. clothes d. bills 52. a. talking b. crying c. arguing d. scolding 53. a. easy b. hard c. simple d. nice 54. a. after b. untilc. when d. before 55. a. value b. remain c. pay d. fire 56. a. much b. many c. pleasant d. possible 57. a. regret b. agree c. worry d. care 58. a. excellent b. important c. thankful d. thoughtful 59. a. rememb