四川省成都石室中学2011届高三英语期中考试试题旧人教版

1、成都石室中学2011届高三上学期期中考试英 语 试 题 说明：本试卷分为第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分.共150分，考试时间120分钟.第I卷第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分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。1Where does this conversation probably take place?AIn a restaurant. BIn a post office. CI

2、n a doctor's office.2How is the man traveling?ABy bus. BBy train. CBy plane.3What is the relationship between the man and woman?A Employer and employee.BTeacher and student.CBoyfriend and girlfriend,4Which car caused the accident?AThe woman's car.BThe blue car. CThe white Ford.5What are the

3、speakers going to do?ASee someone off at the airport.BMeet someone at the airport.CWait to get aboard the plane.第二节 （共15小题；每题1分，满分15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，每小题将给出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8题。6What are the two speakers talkin

4、g about?APopular sports eventsBTV programs people like bestCThings people do after work7What do people do least according to the conversation?AGo to movies BRead books CWatch TV8How did the woman do the research?AShe talked to peopleBShe sent letters to peopleCShe collected information from newspape

5、rs听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9Where does the conversation take place?AAt a coffee shop BAt a restaurant CAt a hotel10How much is it for three nights' stay?A300 dollars B390 dollars C100 dollars11How does MrRobinson pay his bill?ABy cashBBy credit card CBy hotel services听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12How does the neigh

6、bours son bother the woman?AHe drives too fastBHe plays his guitar too loudlyCHis radio wakes her children up13What does the woman's friend advise her to do?ABring the neighbours a giftBCall the neighbours to complainCIntroduce her children to the neighbours14When does the noise stop?AAt midnigh

7、tBIn the early morningCWhen the car is turned off听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15How did the woman spend last weekend? ARelaxing at the seashoreBVisiting her parentsCSailing on a boat16Why did the woman come home so soon?AShe was invited only for the weekendBThe weather was too hotCShe had schoolwork to do17Wher

8、e did the man spend last weekend?AAt the beach BIn the library CAt a party听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18What does an American student like to do in class?APuzzle the teacherBMake troubleCPlay an active part19What do we know about the teachers in America?AThey act as researchersBThey are very carelessCThey alw

9、ays give final conclusions20How is the relationship between the student and the teacher in America?ACold BClose CLoose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）从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。21It is important for you to find appropriate course at collegeI can't agree m

10、oreIt's decision that affects the whole familyAan; a Ban; the Cthe; the Dthe; a22Stop that foolish clapping! from you, and you will celebrate Christmas by losing your positionAAnother sound BMaking another sound CMake another sound DHear another sound23The Chinese government is working with othe

11、r countries to provide people with easy to hospitals and clinics for low-income familiesAway Baccess Cdirection Dmeans24Many Americans suffered from the Civil War and the damage caused between 1961 and 1964Ait Bwhich Cone Dthat25Remember the first time we ?Of courseYou in Beijing University thenAhav

12、e met; were studying Bmet; were studyingCmet; studied Dhave met; studied26 with third place in the speech contest, she jumped with joy ATo content BContentedCBeing contented DContent27Excuse me! How can I get to the nearest post office?Walk along this road for a few minutes, and you'll _Atake it

13、 Bget it Cmake it Dmiss it28It is foolish of him to his notes during that important test, and as a consequence, he got punishedAstick to Bkeep toCrefer to Dpoint to29It is thirty years since we last metBut I still remember the story, believe it or not, we got lost on a rainy nightAwhich BwhatCwhen D

14、that30She will _ the lines time and again before the play beginsAgo around Bgo aboutCgo over Dgo in for31Which of the two brothers would you rather college, Tom or John?It depends on their school recordsAhad attended Bwould attendCattended Dhas attended32A good ad, people attach positive meanings, c

15、an contribute to the sales of a productAfor which Bon whichCof which Dto which33In order to attract more customers, some stores them discounts and tell them that they have the biggest bargainsAadmit Bpromise Csuggest Dadd34Nowadays some hospitals refer to patients name, not case numberAby Bwith Cas

16、Dafter35I really thank you enoughIt's been an amazing dayAshould Bmust Ccannot Dneedn't第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。Many people believe the legend that there is a curse （诅咒） on the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh （法老）, TutankhamenThe curse is suppo

17、sed to 36 everyone who 37 digging up the tomb at Luxor in Egypt or tries to make money in some way from the tombNewspapers and some books have for years 38 this story, every time something bad happened to somebody who worked on the tomb or made money from itThe tomb was discovered by Lord Carnarvon

18、in 1920He 39 blood poisoning three months after opening the tomb 40 would have thought his death had anything to do with the 41 if it had not been for a letter from Marie Corelli to the New York World NewspaperIn this letter she said that she 42 a book which told the story of the curse.Not long afte

19、r the 43 of the Lord Carnarvon, an American, Jay Gould, who said he had caught a cold 44 visiting the tomb, also died. Within a year, Prince Ali Kernel Fahmy Bey, who had visited the tomb, was 45 dead by his wife. 46 time passed, the list of people who had been "punished" by the curse 47 ,

20、 and for many people there was too much evidence for the story to be 48 However, a number of facts have been forgotten by people who 49 the curseIn 1982 an American policeman who had had a heart attack claimed it was because he had 50 time looking after the Tutankhamen Exhibition in San Francisco in

21、 1979He was not 51 when it was discovered that another man, who had actually slept in the tomb while guarding it for seven years, was not only 52 , but in good healthThere is 53 evidence to support people who do not believe in the curseOf the ten people who actually worked with Carnarvon digging up

22、the tomb, two were still alive 40 years later, and another five each lived about 20 years after working on the tomb But their story doesn't 54 such a good story as that of the people who died 55_, people will continue to tell the legend of the curse of the tomb of Tutankhamen36AaffectBimpressCin

23、terestDexcite37Aserve asBworks onCtends toDsuffers from38AinventedBdeclaredCwroteDrepeated39Aled toBhad a hand in Cbenefited from Ddied from40ANo oneBEveryoneCAnyoneDSomeone41AletterBpoisonCtombDbook42AownedBwroteCprintedDowed43AcurseBdiscoveryCstoryDdeath44AbeforeBwhileCuntilDupon45AshotBhungCburie

24、dDleft46AWithBTillCAsDFrom47AspreadBraisedCreducedDgrew48AignoredBregardedCknownDbelieved49Ahave mercy onBbelieve in Ckeep track ofDdepend on50AsavedBtookCspentDused51AbelievedBsupposedCquestionedDdoubted52AdeadBsickCaliveDreal53AnoBlittleCelseDfurther54AofferBmakeCmeanDprove55ABecauseBHoweverCThere

25、foreDOtherwise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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ATeenagers at one German school are learning how to achieve happiness alongside other traditional subjects such as math and languagesThe class sit in a circle with their eyes shut and they count from one to ten;

26、someone starts, the next voice comes from the far right, a third from the other sideThe aim of the game is to listen for an opportunity to shout out the number without clashing （冲突） with another voice or leaving a pauseOn the first try, most of the young Germans try to be first, while a few are too

27、shy to join in, but by the fifth time round, they develop a rhythm The message: give other people space but also confidently claim your ownThis is a requirement for social well-beingThe Willy Hellpach School in Heidelberg is the first in the nation to develop a happiness courseIt is intended for stu

28、dents preparing for university entrance exams"The course isn't there to make you happy," Ernst Fritz-Schubert, the school principal, warned pupils, "but rather to help you discover the ways to become happy"Cooking a meal together is one of the class exercisesImproving body la

29、nguage under the guidance of two professional actresses is anotherThe course is taught for three periods a weekDespite the happy subject, the pupils themselves insist it is no laughing matter"In the first period, we had to each say something positive about another member of the class and about

30、ourselvesNo laughing at people," said Fanny, 17Research by the school shows it is not the first to start happiness classes: they also exist at some US universities, mainly based on positive thinking, using findings from studies of depression56What's the purpose of this passage?ATo introduce

31、 the happiness courseBTo describe all the traditional coursesCTo arouse the readers' interest in happinessDTo help students struggle against being sad57The game intended for the students in the 2nd paragraph mainly to _Atry their best to get opportunities for themselvesBpractice how to speak in

32、front of peopleCconfidently speak out one's opinionsDequip them with required social skills58According to the passage, the happiness course is _Acreated by the Willy Hellpach SchoolBto make all the students happy all the timeCto help students discover the way to happinessDrequired to be taken by

33、 the first year students59It can be inferred from the passage that _Athe students' self-respect can also improve happinessBthe students just took the course as a laughing matterCthe students can certainly become happy after the courseDthe students waste time learning something without valueBCARE

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42、ested in the position of a full-time computer trained secretary?ABy telephone BBy letterCBy Internet DIn personCBeing the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, funding cuts, and many other administrative chores （杂务）started to dream of retirementSitting in traffic on

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44、y of retirement came at last! I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me, leisurely read the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friendsOn the second day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper On the third day, This is retirement? I tried to tell myself that it was just the

45、 transition, that those golden moments were right round the corner, and that I would enjoy them soon enoughBut something was missing A former colleague asked a favorA group of students was going to Jamaica to work with children in the poorest neighbourhood. Would I interrupt my newfound "happin

46、ess" and return to the students, just this once? One tripThat's allMy bags were packed and by the doorThe trip was very inspiringI was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by the sense of responsibility of the young people on the tripWhen I returned home, I offered to work one day a

47、 week with a local youth organizationThe experience was so positive that I was soon volunteering nearly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them in their voluntary workNow, it seems, the tables have turned some days I am the teacher, other days I am the studentThese young

48、 people have reawakened my commitment （责任感） to social justice issues by challenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poor and suffer because of greed, corruption and warMost importantly, they have given me the opportunity to continue to participate in h

49、elping to find solutionsIn return, I help them do their charitable projects overseasI've gone from running one school to helping oversee the construction of schools in twenty-one countries!64What did the writer expect to do after he retired?ATo stay away from busy schedulesBTo write some great b

50、ooksCTo do some voluntary workDTo plan for his future65Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?AHe missed his students in that countryBHe couldn't refuse his colleague's favorCHe was concerned about the people thereDHe was not satisfied with his retired life66The underlined part "the

51、 tables have turned" （Paragraph 5） means that the writer .Aimproved the situation in his schoolBfelt happy to work with students againCbecame a learner rather than a teacherDchanged his attitude toward his retired life67What does the writer think of his retired life now?ADisappointingBTroubleso

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