牛津英语高三期中试卷及答案

1、 江苏省六合高级中学 2009-2010 学年度第一学期期中考试英 语 试 题第一部分 听力（共两节，满分 20 分）（略）第二部分：知识运用（共两节, 满分 35 分）第一节 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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. we have every reason to believe that _ 2010 world expo in shanghai will be _ success.a. /; a22. walter offered us a lift when he was lea

2、ving the office, but our work_, we refused his offer.a. not finishing b. had not been finished c. not having finished d. not finished23. -hello, this is frank speaking. is mr smith in?b. the; /c. the; ad. a; a- sorry, sir, but he is on the phone at the moment. do you want to _ until he finishes or w

3、ill you ringback later?a. carry onb. go onc. hold ond keep on24. for sustainable development, the government has decided to give _ to those energy-conserving andenvironment-friendly businesses in many aspects.a. profitb. interestc. preferenced. advantage25. -whos the man talking to our teacher?- a p

4、rofessor _ a visit to our school.a. paysb. is payingc. has paidd. paying26. -have you read a book called “waiting for anna”?- who _ it?a. writes27. its crazy of you to spend more time playing computer games than you _ studying.a. are b. do c. have d. willb. wrotec. has writtend. had written28. its r

5、eally a wonder that all the passengers on board _ while the plane itself sank into thefreezinghudson river in new york.a. must have been saved b. should have been saved c. would be savedd. might be saved29. the new shopping mall will be located in _ used to be a wasteland and a huge garden will also

6、 beconstructed _ there were numerous tombs.a. where; whereb. which; in which;c. what; whered. which; where30. - cinderella has been learning chinese in beijing university for the past four years.- no wonder she_ above her colleagues in chinese.a. stands outb. sticks outc. comes outd. sorts out31. _

7、to buy a bike for him, the son studied hard to surpass(胜过) the others.a. promisedb. hopedc. agreedd. arranged32._ and broke it.a. down fell the coffee cupb. he dropped the coffee cupd. the coffee cup fell downc. down was the coffee cup fallen33. - mom, the door _. my keys are locked in it again.- yo

8、u _ it! i told you always to carry your keys with you.a. cant open; have asked forb. wouldnt be opened; asked for c. wont open; asked for34. he didnt put the things _ they belonged, for _ reason he got his punishment.a. which; that b. what; this c. that; whose d. where; whichd. cant be opened; are a

9、sking for35. -tom, im sorry to say that i cant go to watch tonights match with you, for i have to prepare for thecoming exam.- _ . have some fun!a. dont have too many irons in the fire.c. dont put the cart before the horse.b. dont be a wet blanket.d. dont pull my leg.第二节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分

10、）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的（a、b、c 和 d）四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。when i was 14, i was hired for an after-school job selling subscriptions to my hometown paper, the houstonpost. i was sent to some of the citys worst neighborhoods to “beg” door to door. even though i was often movingaround with difficulty after

11、 dark in bad areas 36 for garage apartments, i was 37 for the work.38 because people didnt like a stranger knocking on their door,39 a kid trying to get40 , “i dont want your damn42 the paper was. i ended up sellinghim a subscription. i was soon among the 43 subscription sellers and, like other succ

12、essful 44 , wasgiven the chance to train newcomers.45 this time i started playing the harmonica and guitar. before long i was playing in a 46 atbarbecues and other events. when i 47 18, i fixed my 48 on becoming a professional musician. i50 knocking on strangers52 in a legal disagreement with a54 to

13、 stand up to this frightening figure.b. grewd. turnedd. fortuned. learnedd. introductiond. reasonedd. charged50. a. accepted51. a. experience52. a. sentenced53. a. invitedb. decidedb. accidentb. treatedb. pressedc. expectedc. problemc. lockedc. excused 54. a. painb. rightc. strengthc. chanced. imagi

14、nationd. decision55. a. conclusionb. difference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，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c 和 d）中，选出最佳选项。aread the following reviews for movies that are showing at the moment. and then answer questions.happiness（romance）happiness tells the story of two people （lisa turbot and danny roy

15、 ）who work for different advertisingcompanies. they talk on the phone all the time and dont like each other. but then they correspond by email andfall in love. this movie will be very popular with teenagers and people who like romances. it also has beautifulmusic.i scream（thriller）in i scream, pau（l

16、 colin jacks）is a young man who joins a thriller club. each of the members tries to frightenthe others. paul is told to stay in an old house for the night. everyone who has tried to stay in the house before hasdied. this movie is very frightening but also quite silly. it doesnt make sense for paul t

17、o stay in the house whenthings start to go wrong. only for people who like thrillers.pauls heroes（comedy）this is a very funny war movie set in world war two. six soldie（rs including sammy turblow）have to get toitaly to take secret messages to the american army there. during the movie, they dress up

18、as women and fightwith italian workers. you can guess the ending, but its great fun getting there._（drama）this is a very good drama with jack ross, who pays a hard-working truck driver. his wife becomes ill and hehas to find a doctor who can help her. in his travels he meets dr. lloyd（phil driver）wh

19、o has found the cure forthe illness, but jack ross has only twelve hours to get the medicine back to his wife on the other side of america.this is an excellent movie, which is very exciting.56. which of the four movies is the least popular with people?a. the 1 one.b. the 2 one.c. the 3 one.d. the 4

20、one.stndrdth57. a thriller is most probably a film which tells something _.a. frightening b. instructive c. humorous58. which of the following is the best title for the fourth film?d. interestinga. a hard-working truck driverb. medicinec. a strange illnessd. twelve hoursbaustralian scientists are tr

21、ying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in order to cut thegreenhouse gases they send out, which is thought to be responsible for global warming.thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence（肠胃气胀）contains no methane（甲烷）and scientists want to transfer that bacteri

22、a to cattle and sheep who produce large quantities of the harmful gas.while the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack （烟囱）pushing out carbondioxide, farm animals passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emission（s 排放物）in somecountries.“fourteen perc

23、ent of emissions from all sources in australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep,”said athol klieve, a senior research scientist with the queensland state government.“and if you look at another country such as new zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base,theyre actually up

24、around 50 percent,” he said.researchers say the bacteria also makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially savemillions of dollars in feed costs for farmers. but it will take researchers at least three years to isolate （分离）the bacteria, before they can even start todevelop a

25、 way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep andjust eat more kangaroos. and about 20 percent of health-conscious australians are believed to eat the nationalsymbol already.“its low in fat, its got hi

26、gh protein levels and its very clean in the sense that basically its the free -range（放养的）animal,” said peter ampt of the university of new south waless institute of environmental studies.59. scientists intend to put bacteria into cattle and sheep _.a. to prevent them from sending out harmful gases b

27、. to help australian farmers to earn more moneyc. so that they can protect australian ecosystem60. athol klieve seems to believe that _.a. cattle and sheep produce more carbon dioxidec. farm animals are to blame for greenhouse gases61. the main idea of the text is to _.a. discuss a better way to pro

28、tect the eachd. so that they can make full use of special bacteriab. less cattle and sheep are raised in new zealandd. new zealand has the most animals in the worldb. warn farmers of the danger of animal wasted. present a recent study on global warmingc. illustrate the possible solutions to pollutio

29、n62. the advantages peter ampt lists about kangaroos dont include _.a. it is rich in proteinb. is low in fatc. it is cheaper than beefd. it is cleaner than sheepcdo you want to live forever? by the year 2050, you might actually get your wish if you are willing toleave your biological body and live i

30、n silicon circuits . but long before then, perhaps as early as 2010, somemeasures will begin offering a semblance of immortality (虚拟的永生).researchers are confident that technology will soon be able to track every waking moment of your life.whatever you see and hear, all that you say and write, can be

31、 recorded, analyzed and added to your personalchronicles (履历). by the 2030, it may be possible to catch your nervous (神经) systems through electricalactivities, which would also keep your thoughts and emotions. researchers at the laboratories of britishtelecommunications have given the name of this i

32、dea as soul catcher.small electronic equipment will make preparation for soul catcher. it would use a wearable supercomputer,perhaps in a wristwatch, with wireless links to micro sensors under your scalp ( 头皮) and in the nerves that carryall five sensory signals. so wearing a video camera would no l

33、onger be required.at first, the soul catchers companion system the soul reader might have trouble copying yourthoughts in complete details. even in 2030, we may still be struggling to understand how the brain is workinginside, so reading your thoughts and understanding your emotions might not be pos

34、sible. but these signals couldbe kept for the day when they can be transferred to silicon circuits to revitalize minds everlasting entities (永生实体). researchers can only wonder what it will be like to wake up one day and find yourself alive inside a machine.for people who choose not to live in silico

35、n, semblance of immortality would not be as useless as they thought.people would know their lives would not be forgotten, but would be kept a record of the human race forever. andfuture generations would have a much fuller understanding of the past. history would not be controlled by just therich an

36、d powerful, hollywood stars, and a few thinkers in the upper society.63the main idea of this passage is that_.a. human beings long for living foreverb. there are many difficulties in making the soul catcherc. people can live forever as technology developsd. the invention of soul catcher has great im

37、portance 64according to this passage, a soul catcher will be_.a. a new machine on which research measures have already been madeb. a new invention in order to catch and keep humans thoughtsc. made by british scientists to offer something that looks like living foreverd. made of silicon circuits whic

38、h can catch peoples nervous activity65we can infer from the passage that semblance of immortality is_.a. to be a reality sooner or laterb. far from certaind. a fading hopec. just an idea that couldnt t be realized at all66the meaning of the underlined word “revitalize” in the fourth paragraph is clo

39、se to _.a. make dead b. make famous c. make known d. make activedthe news of the great fight at waterloo was published in the gazette. after the statement of the victory camethe list of the wounded and killed. georges name among the latter was a terrible shock to the osborne family andits chief. the

40、 old father was weighed down by his deep sorrow, but whatever his feelings of guilt and regret for thepast, the stern（stubborn and strict）old man never mentioned his sons name.about three weeks later a letter was sent on to him by dobbin, now promoted to major. it was georgesfarewell to his father,

41、written at dawn on the day of the battle.the poor boys letter did not say much. he was too proud to show his feelings. he only wished his fathergoodbye, and begged for his help for his wife, and it might be the child, whom he left behind. he spokeregretfully of his former waste of money, thanked his

42、 father for his generosity in the past, and promised thatwhether he fell on the field, or lived through the battle, he would act in a manner worthy of his family name.mr. osborne dropped the letter with the bitterest feeling of disappointed love and revenge( 报复). his sonwas still beloved and unforgi

43、ven.towards the end of the autumn, the old man told his daughters that he was going abroad. he did not saywhere, but they knew at once that his steps would be turned towards belgium, and that georges widow was s tillin brussels.many of the wounded were still there, recovering. after visiting his son

44、s grave, mr. osborne easily foundsome of georges regiment(步兵团). he was coming out of his hotel when he saw a soldier with a bandaged arm,in the well-known uniform, on a bench in the park. he sat down trembling by the wounded man.“did you know captain osborne?” he asked, and added, after a pause, “he

45、 was my son, sir.”the man lifted his unwounded arm and touched his cap sadly. “the whole army didnt contain a finer or abetter officer,” he said. he told the old man that one of georges fellows was in town justgetting over a shot in theshoulder. he would be able to tell him anything he wanted to kno

46、w.guided in this way, mr. osborne made the journey to waterloo and went over the field. he saw the spotwhere george had cut down the french officer who was trying to seize the regimental flag, and the place wherethe young captain, rushing down the hill and waving his sword, received a shot and fell.

47、as he was driving back to the gates of the city at sunset, old osborne met another carriage. he drew quicklyback. he saw amelia, her face white and thin, her hair parted under a widows cap. her eyes were fixed andlooking nowhere. she did not know him, nor, until he saw dobbin by her side, did he rec

48、ognize her.he hated her. he did not know much, until he saw her there.dobbin turned and rode back to him.“mr. osborne! mr. osborne!” he cried. “i have a message for you.”“from that woman?” said osborne fiercely.“no,” replied the other, “from your son. im here as his closest friend, and in charge of

49、his will. are youaware how small an amount he has left, and the poor circumstances of his widow? do you know her condition that her life and her mind have been shaken by the blow that has fallen upon her? she will be a mother soon. willyou forgive the poor child, for george? ”“i dont know his widow,

50、 sir,” was the reply. “let her go back to her father. i will never speak to her, orrecognize her.”67. waterloo, according to the passage, was probably in _.a. england68. the underlined words getting over in the middle of the passage means _.a. recovering from b. suffering from c. handing over d. tak

51、ing overb. gazettec. belgiumd. france69. the third paragraph of the passage may lead you to believe that _.a. george had probably spent money too wastefully in the pastb. mr. osborne had been very generous and kind to his son in the pastc. george had behaved himself so well that he was worthy of res

52、pect of the familyd. george had acted so well at the battle that his father forgave him70. which of the following statements is false?a. george must have fought bravely at the battle.b. georges regiment fought against the french soldiers at the battle.c. the army on georges side won the victory in t

53、he end.d. before the battle george had written farewell to his father, his wife, and his child as well.第四部分 任务型阅读 (共 10 小题；每小题 1 分, 满分 10 分)请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格的空格处里填人最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格填 1 个单词。alkan had a reputation for being asocial( 不合群的), and rarely performed in public after 1848.alkan wasborn on

54、 november 30, 1813 in paris, he was the second of six children and his father supported the family as theproprietor of a private music school in le marais. his music works dates from 1828, when he was 14 years old.in his twenties, he taught and played concerts in elegant social circles, and was frie

55、nds with franz liszt, georgesand, anton rubinstein, and victor hugo. in the 1840s, he lived next to frdric chopin, and after chopin diedin 1849, most of the students transferred to alkan. by 1838, at just 25 years old, alkan had reached the peak ofhis career. he often performed with chopin, and was

56、famed as an artist who could match liszt, sigismondthalberg, and friedrich kalkbrenner. liszt once stated that alkan had the most perfect technique he had ever seen.in spite of his early reputation and technical accomplishment, alkan seldom performed in public. there areperiods of alkan about which little is known, other than that he was lost in the study of the bible and the talmud塔木德经. the pianist elie-miriam delaborde (18391913) is generally believed to be alkans illegitimateson;