1934618521河南省尉氏三中北校区高三下学期第三次周练英语试卷及答案

1、高三英语周练试卷 命题人：陈明 审核人：常建伟第二部分 （共两节，满分40分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）aplanning a visit to the uk? here we help with ways to cut your costs.avoid big events big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find a room. a standard double room at t

2、he thistle brighton on the final friday of the brighton comedy festival (19 oct.) cost £169.15 at b. a week later, the same room cost £118.15.if you can be flexible and want to know dates to avoidor youre looking for a big event to pass your timecheck out sites such as w, which allow you t

3、o search for events in the uk by city, date and category.stayaway from the station if traveling to your destination by train, you may want to find a good base close to the station, but you could end up paying more for the sake of convenience at the start of your holiday.dont be too choosy about the

4、part of town you stay in. booking two months in advance, the cheapest room at travelodges central euston hotel in london for saturday 22 september was £95.95. a room just a tube journey away at its covent garden hotel was £75.75. and at farringdon, a double room cost just £62.95. look

5、 after yourself really central hotels in cities such as london, edinburgh and cardiff can cost a fortune, especially at weekends and during big events. as an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city cent

6、re buildings. a great example is the historic oneill flat on edinburghs royal mile, available for £420 for five days in late september, with room for four adults.get on a bike londons boris bikes have attracted the most attention, but other cities also have similar programmes that let you rent

7、a bicycle and explore at your own pace, saving you on public transport or car parking costs.among the smaller cities with their own programmes are newcastle (casual members pay around £1.50 for two hours) and cardiff (free for up to 30 minutes, or £5 per day). (358 words)21. the brighton c

8、omedy festival is mentioned mainly to show big events may _. a. help travelers pass timeb. attract lots of travelers to the uk c. allow travelers to make flexible plansd. cause travelers to pay more for accommodation22. “farringdon” in paragraph 5 is most probably _. a. a hotel away from the train s

9、tationb. the tube line to covent garden c. an ideal holiday destinationd. the name of a travel agency23. the passage shows that the oneill flat _. a. lies on the ground floorb. is located in central london c. provides cooking facilities for touristsd. costs over £100 on average per day in late

10、september24. cardiffs program allows a free bike for a maximum period of _. a. half an hour b. one hour c. one hour and a halfd. two hoursblast nights meteor(流星) shower left many people in the community dissatisfied and demanding answers. according to gabe rothschild, emerald valleys mayor, people g

11、athered in the suburbs of the city, carrying heavy telescopes, expecting to watch the brightly burning meteors passing through the sky. what they found instead was a sky so brightened by the citys lights that it darkened the light of the meteors passing overhead. “my family was so frustrated,” admit

12、ted town resident duane cosby. “we wanted to make this an unforgettable family outing, but it turned out to be a huge disappointment.”astronomers-scientists who study stars and planets-have been complaining about this problem for decades. they say that light pollution prevents them from seeing objec

13、ts in the sky that they could see quite easily in the past. they call on people and the government to take measures to fight against it.there is yet a population besides professional and amateur star observers that suffers even more from light pollution. this population consists of birds, bats, frog

14、s, snakes, etc. for example, outdoor lightening severely affects migrating (迁徙) birds. according to the international dark- sky association, “100 million birds a year throughout north america die in crashes with lighted buildings and towers.”countless more animal casualties (伤亡) result from the use

15、of artificial lighting. clearly, people enjoy the benefits of lighting their evenings, but some scientists think it can be harmful for humans, too. they worry that exposure to light while sleeping can increase a persons chances of getting cancer.emerald valley is only one community that is becoming

16、aware of the negative effects of light pollution. for years, flagstaff, arizona, has enforced lighting regulations in its city in order to assist astronomers at the lowell observatory. similar efforts have been made worldwide, and a movement is underway to remind us to turn off lights when we are no

17、t using them, so that other creatures can share the night.25. it happened last night that _.a. the citys lights affected the meteor watchingb. the meteor flew past before being noticedc. the city light show attracted many peopled. the meteor watching ended up in social outing26. what do the astronom

18、ers complain about?a. meteor showers occur less often than beforeb. their observation equipment is in poor repair.c. light pollution has remained unsolved for years.d. their eyesight is failing due to artificial lighting.27. what is the author concerned about according to paragraph 4?a. birds may ta

19、ke other migration paths.b. animals living habits may change suddenly.c. varieties of animals will become sharply reduced.d. animals survival is threatened by outdoor lighting.28. lighting regulations in flagstaff, arizona are put into effect to _.a. lessen the chance of getting cancerb. create an i

20、deal observation conditionc. ensure citizens a good sleep at nightd. enable all creatures to live in harmonyc“indeed,” george washington wrote in his diary in 1785, “some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before i left home.” but the father of america was not the father of bug. when w

21、ashington wrote that, englishmen hade been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). but the english were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth c

22、enturies.the american bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. t

23、he bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to bug, that is, “to install (安装) an alarm”. now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly to others conversation. since the 1840s, to bug has long meant “to cheat”, and since the 1940s it has been

24、 annoying.we also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. that meaning dates back to the time of thomas edison. in 1878 he explained bugs as “little problems and difficulties” that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. in 1889 it was

25、 recorded that edison “had been up the two previous nights discovering a bug in his invented record player.”29. we learn from paragraph 1 that _.a americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bugb george washington was the first person to call an insect a bugc the word bug was still popularl

26、y used in english in the nineteenth centuryd both englishman and americans used the word bug in the eighteenth century30. what does the word “flaw” in the last paragraph probably mean?a. explanation.b. finding.c. origin.d. fault.31. the passage is mainly concerned with_.a. the misunderstanding of th

27、e word bugb. the development of the word bugc. the public views of the word bugd. the special characteristics of the word bugd in a recent announcement, harvard and the massachusetts institute of technology（mit）said that they have joined forces to offer free online courses in an effort to attract mi

28、llions of online learners worldwide. beginning this fall, a number of courses developed by teachers at both universities will be offered online through a new $60 million program, known as edx. “anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world can use our online courses,” harvard president dr

29、ew faust said during a meeting to announce the plan. mit has offered a program called opencourseware for ten years that makes materials from more than 2,000 classes free online. it has been used by more than 100 million people. in december, the school announced it also would begin offering a special

30、 certificate, known as mitx, for people who complete certain online courses. harvard has long offered courses to a wider population through a similar program. the mitx will serve as the foundation for the new learning platform. mit president susan hockfield said more than 120,000 people signed up fo

31、r the first mitx course. she said harvard and mit hope other universities will join them in offering courses on the open-source edx platform.“fasten your seatbelts,” hockfield said.other universities, including stanford, yale and carnegie-mellon, have been experimenting with teaching to a global pop

32、ulation online.the harvard-mit program will be monitored by a not-for-profit（非盈利的）organization based in cambridge, to be owned equally by the two universities. both mit and harvard have provided $30 million to start the program. they also plan to use the edx platform to research how students learn a

33、nd which teaching methods and tools are most successful.32. according to this text, edx is _.a. a part of the free mit opencoursewareb. a free computer program by mit and harvardc. a harvard-mit platform of free online coursesd. a free program online for universities worldwide33. what is said about

34、online education in the text?a. universities have been trying online courses.b. about 2,000 online courses have been offered.c. over 100 million people have finished courses online.d. stanford and yale together have courses similar to edx.34. the underlined part in the text probably means “ ”.a. get

35、 ready for the difficultiesb. get ready for this educational changec. get prepared to complete the online coursesd. get prepared to make materials for the edx courses35. what can be said about mitx according to the text?a. it is first offered as part of the edx learning program.b. it is another free

36、 mit-harvard online learning program.c. it is a standard to recognize online learners achievement.d. it is a new kind of free online course of harvard and mit.第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）urbanizationuntil relatively recently, the vast majority of human beings lived and died without ever seeing a city.

37、the first city was probably founded no more than 5,500 years ago. 36_ .in fact, nearly everyone lived on farms or in tiny rural (乡村的) villages. it was not until the 20th century that great britain became the first urban society in history- a society in which the majority of people live in cities and

38、 do not farm for a living.britain was only the beginning. 37_ .the process of urbanization- the migration (迁移) of people from the countryside to the city- was the result of modernization, which has rapidly transformed how people live and where they live.in 1990, fewer than 40% of americans lived in

39、urban areas. today, over 82% of americans live in cities. only about 2% live on farms. 38 .large cities were impossible until agriculture became industrialized. even in advanced agricultural societies. it took about ninety-five people on farms to feed five people in cities. _39 .until modern times,

40、those living in cities were mainly the ruling elite(精英) and the servants, laborers and professionals who served them. cities survived by taxing farmers and were limited in size by the amount of surplus food that the rural population produced and by the ability to move this surplus from farm to city.

41、over the past two centuries, the industrial revolution has broken this balance between the city and the country. 40_ . today, instead of needing ninety-five farmers to feed five city people, one american farmer is able to feed more than a hundred non-farmers.a. that kept cities very small. b. the re

42、st live in small towns.c. the effects of urban living on people should be considered. d. soon many other industrial nations become urban societies.e. but even 200 years ago, only a few people could live in cities.f. modernization drew people to the cities and made farmers more productive.g. modern c

43、ities have destroyed social relations and the health of human beings.第三部分：语言知识运用（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)we have been driving in fog all morning, but the fog is lifting now. the little seaside villages are 41 , one by one. "there is my grandmother's house," i say, 42 acr

44、oss the bay to a shabby old i am in nova scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with lise, my granddaughter, seeking roots for her, retracing (追溯) 43 memory for me. lise was one of the mobile children, 44 from house to house in childhood. she longs for a sense of 45 , and so we have come to nova scotia where m

45、y husband and i were born and where our ancestors 46 for 200 years.we soon 47 by the house and i tell her what it was like here, the memories 48 back, swift as the tide (潮水).suddenly, i long to walk again in the 49 where i was once so gloriously a child. it still 50 a member of the family, but has n

46、ot been lived in for a while. we cannot go into the house, but i can still walk 51 the rooms in memory. here, my mother 52 in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary. i can still see the enthusiastic family 53 into and out of the house. i could never have enough of being 54 them. however, that was

47、 long after those childhood days. lise 55 attentively as i talk and then says, " so this is where i 56 ; where i belong. "she has 57 her roots. to know where i come from is one of the great longings of the human 58 to be rooted is "to have an origin". we need 59 origin. looking b

48、ackward, we discover what is unique in us; learn the 60 of "i". we must all go home againin reality or memory.41.a. appearingb. movingc. exposingd. expanding42.a. referringb. travellingc. pointingd. coming43.a. shared b. short c. fresh d. treasured44.a. passed b. raised c. moved d. sent45.

49、a. home b. duty c. reality d. relief46.a. built b. lived c. remainedd. explored47.a. catch upb. pull up c. step downd. come down48.a. falling b. turningc. rushingd. bringing49.a. yard b. village c. room d. house50.a. adapts tob. appeals toc. belongs tod. occurs to51.a. across b. throughc. along d. p

50、ast52.a. lay b. played c. stood d. sat53.a. marchingb. lookingc. breakingd. pouring54.a. betweenb. with c. near d. behind55.a. wondersb. listens c. reacts d. agrees56.a. began b. grew c. studiedd. stayed57.a. deepenedb. recognized c. acceptedd. found58.a. heart b. rights c. interestd. behaviors59.a.

51、 one b. its c. that d. every60.a. meaningb. expression c. connectiond. background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口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。mary will ever forget the first time she saw him. he suddenly appeared in class one day, _61_ (wear) sun gl

52、asses. he walked in as if he _62_ (buy) the school, and the word quickly got around that he was from new york city .for some reason he sat beside mary. mary felt _63_ (please), because there were many empty seats in the room .but she quickly realized that it wasnt her, it was probably the fact that

53、she sat in _64_ last row ._65_ he thought he cloud escape attention by sitting at the back, he was wrong. it might have made it a little _66_ (hard) for everybody because it meant they had to turn around, but that didnt stop the kids in the class. of course whenever they turned to look at him, they

54、had to look at mary, _67_made her feel like a star.“do you need those glasses for medical reasons?” the teacher asked .the new boy shook his head.” then id appreciate it if you didnt wear them in class .i like to look at your eyes when im speaking to you.” the new boy looked at the teacher _68_ a fe

55、w seconds and all the other students wondered _69_ the boy would do .then he took _50_ off, gave a big smile and said “that is cool.”第四部分 （共两节，满分35分）第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。 增加：把缺词处加一个漏符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。

56、 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。 注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。the book im reading of talks about afternoon tea in britain. it is said to have started in the early 1800s. have tea in the late afternoon provides a bridge between lunch and dinner, that might not be served until 8 oclock a

57、t night. this custom soon becomes another meal of day. interesting, it had a connection by the british porcelain(瓷器) industry. tea in china was traditionally drank from cups without handles. when tea got popular in britain, there was a crying need for good cup with handles to suit british habits. this made for the grow in the porcelain industry.第二节 写作（满分25分）你和李明参加了一次野外生存训练。以下面5幅图画表现了野外训练的过程，请根据图示写一篇英文日记。注意：1词数100左右；2日记的开头与结尾已为你写好。参考词汇：指南针：compass  手电筒：flashlight&#