2016年10月秦学教育定时月测高三英语试题

1、高中英语测试姓名_ 成绩_第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分26分）第一节 （共8小题；每小题2分，满分16分）A“Dad,” I say one day，“Lets take a trip. Why dont you fly out and meet me?”My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thought, his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under

2、a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.H

3、e agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.“What is our first stop?” asks my father.“What time is it?”“Still dont have a watch?”Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite (花岗岩), his mouth and e

4、yes open slowly, like those of a little boy.“Unbelievable,” he says, “How was this done?”A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.We stare up and I ask myself, Would I ever devote my life to anything?N

5、o directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my fathers voice. Now I hear them in my own.推荐精选The next day were at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.“Did you ever travel with your dad? ”I ask.“Only once,” he says. “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other

6、but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”The last sentenceits probably the same thing Id say about my father. And what Id want my child to say about me.In Glacier National Park, my father says, “Ive never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world. I can keep traveling

7、. I realizeand maybe a regular job wont be as dull as I feared.Weeks after our trip, I call my father. “The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says. “We have got to take another trip like that sometime.”I tell him Ive decided to settle down, and Im wearing a watch.1. We can learn from Paragraph

8、s 2 and 3 that the father _.A. followed the fashionB. got bored with his jobC. was unhappy with the authors lifestyle D. liked the authors collection of stamps2. What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?A. His father is interested in sculpture.B. His father is as innocent as a little boy.C. He

9、 should learn sculpture in the future.D. He should pursue a specific aim in life. 3. What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?A. The call solves their disagreements.B. The Swiss watch has drawn them closer.C. They decide to learn photography together.D. They b

10、egin to change their attitudes to life.4. From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author _.A. wants his children to learn from their grandfather推荐精选B. comes to understand what parental love meansC. learns how to communicate with his fatherD. hopes to give whatever he can to his fatherBThe

11、 riches of the sea have always played an important role in Omans economy and the lifestyle of her people. The nations fishing industry continues to increase in importance as research into its marine life grows stronger.An animal that is of great importance to the south-eastern coast of Oman is the a

12、balone (鲍鱼), a shellfish that has become the centre of a multi-million-dollar industry.Once, abalones were brought the surface in the hope that they contained beautiful pearls. Today, the shellfish are caught for a different reasonrestaurant menus! The fresh white shellfish has a special flavor and

13、is the most highly valued product from Omani waters. It is only fished along the shores or Dhofar.This shellfish has only one shell, unlike other shellfish, which have two. The shell is very beautiful. The shells of several abalones can be used for decorative purposes, and to make jewellery and butt

14、ons.Abalones live in shallow marine waters with rocky-bottom conditions. Young abalones shelter in small groups, holding on to the undersides of huge rocks, and the adults live in groups of up to a dozen together in rocky cracks. They can only survive successfully in areas where cold, nutritious wat

15、er rises from the sea bed. There, in the shallow, brightly lit conditions, the abalone shellfish live.The coast of Dhofar in Oman is one of the special environments that support abalone populations. The southern shore of Oman experiences monsoon wind (季风) across the surface of the sea from April to

16、September. As these winds sweep the surface, the rich cold water from the depths of the Arabian Sea can easily rise and move towards the shore.Abalones are harvested after the monsoon period, between October and March. Fishermen dive to a depth of ten meters, and a good diver searches for large adul

17、ts and will collect up to 600 abalones per day. In order to do this, the diver may have to cover an area of about 100 square meters.推荐精选5. What can we learn about Oman?A. Its economy has been slowing down recently.B. Its marine life has become more diverse.C. Its people have a very comfortable lifes

18、tyle.D. Its fishing industry relies a lot on abalones. 6. In the past, people collected the abalone shellfish mainly for _.A. its hard shell B. its delicious fleshC. its beautiful pearl D. its decorative button 7. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?A. Where abalones live. B. How abalones get f

19、ood.C. Why abalones hardly survive. D. How abalones move underwater. 8. The purpose of the text is to _.A. explain B. entertain C. discuss D. introduce第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） People know the dangers of fire. Its good for a family to learn how to prepare for a fire. Here are some suggestions._9_. Smok

20、e from a fire causes the alarm to go off. The alarm makes a loud sound. The sound tells everyone to leave the houses at once.Make an escape (逃脱) plan. Everyone should know all the ways out of the house. If there is a fire, they can follow the plan to get out. _10_.Buy fire extinguishers (灭火器) in the

21、 house. Everyone in the family should know how to use them.Practice for a fire. People do fire practice because they teach children about fire safety. Everyone in the family should know some fire rules: Dont open a hot door! The fire can grow more quickly if you open the door.推荐精选 Stay close to the

22、floor! Smoke can be more dangerous than fire. _11_. If your hair or clothes start to burn, dont run. _12_, fall to the floor. Then roll! Turning over and over will make the fire go out. Put a blanket around you to keep air away from the fire that may still be on you.There are many possible causes fo

23、r fires. A wise family is ready all the time. _13_.A. Set an alarm clock in the house.B. The fire burns faster because of more air.C. Put a smoke alarm in the house.D. There is no fire without a smoke.E. If there is a fire, dont forget to call 119 for help.F. Part of the plan is to check all the win

24、dows to make sure they can be opened easily.G. The best air is near the floor because smoke rises.9. _ 10. _ 11. _ 12. _ 13. _第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）The measure of a mans real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Thomas MacaulayAbout thir

25、ty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day, Mrs. Nanette ONeill gave a math _14_ to our class. When the papers were _15_, she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the _16_ mistakes throughout the test.There is nothing really new about _17_ in exams. Perhaps that was

26、 _18_ Mrs. ONeill didnt even say a word about it. She only asked the twelve boys to _19_ after class. I was one of the twelve.Mrs. ONeill asked _20_ questions, and she didnt _21_ us, either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the _22_ words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us tocopy these word

27、s into our exercise-books one hundred times.推荐精选I dont know about the other eleven boys. Speaking for _23_ I can say: it was the most important single _24_ of my life. Thirty years after beingintroduced to Macaulays words, they _25_ seem to me the best yardstick (准绳) now because they give us away to

28、 _26_ ourselves rather than others._27_ of us are asked to make _28_ decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called _29_ daily to make a great many personal decisions. Should the wallet, _30_ in the street, be put into a pocketor _31_ to the policeman? Shoul

29、d the _32_ change received at the store be forgotten or _33_? Nobody will know except you. But you have to live with yourself, and it is always better to live with someone you respect.14. A. paperB. questionC. testD. problem 15. A.markedB. completedC. examinedD. answered 16. A. easyB.sameC.funnyD. s

30、erious17. A. lyingB.discussingC. guessingD. cheating 18. A. becauseB. whenC. whyD. how19. A. remainB. apologizeC. leaveD. come20. A.manyB. certainC.noD. more21. A. excuseB. rejectC. helpD. scold22. A. aboveB. commonC. followingD. unusual23. A.herselfB. ourselvesC. themselvesD. myself24. A. chanceB.

31、incidentC. lessonD. memory25. A.stillB.evenC. alwaysD. almost26. A.adjustB. controlC. helpD. measure27. A. AllB. FewC. SomeD. None28. A. quickB. wiseC. greatD. personal29. A. uponB. outC. forD. up30. A. findingB. foundC. findD. founded31. A. turned upB. turned on C. turned overD. turned back32. A. s

32、mallB.extraC. someD. necessary推荐精选33. A. paidB. rememberedC. sharedD. returned第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）I can well remember that I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Red Test in My Life” before the whole class at the age of 9! You can imagine how _34_ (terrible) shy I was the moment I

33、thought of that with so many eyes _35_ (fix) upon me. I had no _36_ (choose) but to prepare for it, though. First of all, I was to draft the speech, which was just a piece of cake for me, a good writer. But the hardest part _37_ (lie) in my oral presentation from my memoryfor to read from the paper

34、was not allowed. The real moment began _38_ I stood on the platform with my legs trembling and my mind blank. But my _39_ (listen) were waiting patiently without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found myself back, giving out my speech with difficulty. After what seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applaudingI made _40_! From then on, my fear of talking before a big audience d