高三年级第六次周考考试试卷

1、安顺市第一高级中学2015-2016学年度上学期高三年级第六次周考 英 语分数120分第卷（共64分） 第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分34分）第1节 （共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ADear MsSmith， It is with great interest and enthusiasm that I am applying for the arts education internship (实习)advertised in Sundays New York TimesThis position is exact

2、ly what I am looking for and an ideal opportunity for me to use my knowledge，educational background and experience My arts education at Pratt Institute has helped me develop a firm foundation in the artsThe courses I have completed at Pratt，along with my study abroad in Paris，has prepared me well fo

3、r a position in arts educationI have always enjoyed a passion for the arts but my undergraduate (本科)education has taken my interest to a whole new levelI not only enjoy doing art but I find myself even more enthusiastic when I have the opportunity to teach what I have learned For the past two summer

4、s I have worked directly with children at City ArtsThese experiences were amazing since my responsibilities included planning and directing major projects that were planned for the summer program that goes on each year for local children interested in the artsI was given a concept at the beginning o

5、f each summer and I had complete control of how the projects were to be completed. The children were the creative force and often were the inspiration for the artwork that was eventually presented to the public I am very excited about the summer opportunity with the Childrens Museum of the Arts sinc

6、e I know that I can definitely make a positive contribution while doing what I loveteaching art to childrenI will contact you in one week to discuss my candidacy(候选资格)and see if you have any questions about my education or experienceThank you for your time and consideration Sincerely， Samantha RGray

7、1What is Grays purpose of writing this letter?ATo advertise for herself in New York Times    BTo show her great enthusiasm for City ArtsCTo obtain the chance of teaching art to children DTo prove her successful educational experiences2Paragraph 2 mainly tells us that _AGray tries to f

8、ind a chance to devote her rich art knowledge to childrenBGray has gotten her undergraduate education at college in ParisCGray had given up the art courses at Pratt Institute and left for ParisDthe education Gray has received makes her optimistic about the opportunity3Which of the following isnt men

9、tioned by Gray in Paragraph 3？AHer management ability         BHer family backgroundCHer love for children          DHer working experienceB If you were given a chance to choose your favorite life metaphor(比喻), what woul

10、d it be? Do you agree with Forrest Gumps mother that life is “a box of chocolates” because “you never know what youre going to get”? Or do you prefer the phrase from the 1930s song that “life is just a bowl of cherries(樱桃)”? Though simply stated, each conveys a very different view. A “box” implies m

11、ystery, because we dont know what is in a closed box. Meanwhile, a “bowl” of cherries is completely in view. For many centuries, the metaphor of life that probably burst into most peoples mind was the one suggested by Shakespeare: “All of life is a stage” On that stage, we take seven roles. More rec

12、ently, psychologist Erik Erikson took up the idea of life as a stage. Erikson regarded development as a “powerful unfolding” in which we are driven from one stage to the next as our bodies, minds, and social roles develop. Stage metaphors fit with many of our common-sense ideas about change, but the

13、 problem with the stage metaphor is that it isnt particularly accurate. None of the studies that try to clarify the universality of adult life stages actually studied people as they developed over time. All of them were based on performances of their samples(样本) at one point in time. Peoples actual

14、lives dont fit into these stage metaphors. They dont automatically transform when people reach a certain age. Instead, peoples real lives are messy, unpredictable, and full of surprises. Today, Id like to focus on an even longer study, an 80-year study which is the subject of a recent book by Howard

15、 Friedman and Leslie Martin. Their final chapter summarizes the “many changes of healthy and unhealthy pathways” that their participants took over the course of their lives. As I too discovered in my research, the pathway provides a perfect metaphor of human development. We dont all go down the same

16、 road marked with the same signposts based on age. People travel through diverse routes as they track the years of adulthood. Friedman and Martin use health and long life as their measure; Ive used sense of achievement. In both cases, we are in perfect agreement in evaluating development not accordi

17、ng to age but “the key features of life”. The paths that Friedman and Martin describe seize the changes that characterize people as they age. Some examples are “The High Road” (reliable, full of plans); “Not Easy Street” (exposed to high stress throughout life), “Catastrophe Lane” (a downwardly twis

18、ty life); “Happy Trails to You” (cheerful, sociable), “The Road to Resilience” (able to handle stress with a strong will). Though I havent yet been able to follow my participants for 80 years, I too saw some of these pathways among my samples: “The Minding Way” , “The Downward Slope” , “The Straight

19、 and Narrow Path” , and “The Successful Trail”. The pathway metaphor gives you hope for changing the direction of your life if you are unhappy with it so far. You cant stop the clock from ticking the minutes between one birthday and the next, but you can adjust the road that youre on by changing you

20、rself, your situation, or both. 4. The author introduces the topic of the passage in the first paragraph by _.A. making comparisons                            &

21、#160;      B. giving examplesC. describing scenes                                    D. providing explana

22、tions5. According to the passage, the “stage metaphor” _.A. leads to misunderstandings B. is used in memory of ShakespeareC. doesnt exactly reflect ones real life D. hasnt enough stages to clarify life changes6.The author is convinced of the life metaphor Friedman and Martin suggest because she _.A.

23、 spent less time on her research                  B. has found their book a bestsellerC. considers their measure more scientific      D. got a similar finding to theirs7. When a person is fa

24、cing difficulties bravely, which metaphor can best describe him?A. “Not Easy Street”                                    

25、     B. “Happy Trails to You”       C. “Catastrophe Lane”                                &

26、#160;   D. “The Road to Resilience”8. What does the passage focus on?A. The pathway as a perfect life metaphor. B. Various views on life metaphors.C. The stage as a common life metaphor. D. Different kinds of life metaphors. C Have you ever been sad because of failure? Please remember, for

27、 often, achieving what you set out do is not the most important thing. A boy decided to dig a deep hole behind his house. As he was working, a couple of older boys stopped by to watch. “What are you doing? ” asked one of the visitors. “I want to dig a hole all the way through the earth!” the boy ans

28、wered excitedly. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that digging a hole all the way through the earth was impossible. After a while, the boy picked up a jar. He showed it to the visitors. It was full of all kinds of stones and insects. Then he said calmly and confidently, “Maybe I cant finis

29、h digging all the way through the earth, but look at what Ive found during this period!” The boys goal was far too difficult, but it did cause him to go on. And that is what a goal is forto cause us to move in the direction we have chosen, in other words, to cause us to keep working! Not every goal

30、will be fully achieved. Not every job will end up with a success. Not every dream will come true. But when you fall short of your aim, maybe you can say, “Yes, but look at what Ive found along the way! There are so many wonderful things having come into my life because I tried to do something!” It i

31、s in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected joy on the journey that really makes sense.9. The older boys laughed at the boy because he was thought to be          . A. brave           

32、60;    B. impolite             C. foolish                     D. warm-hearted10. Why did the boy show the jar to the older bo

33、ys?A. To drive them away.                       B. To show what he had found in digging.C. To show how beautiful the jar was. D. To attract them to join him in the work.11. What can be learn

34、t from the fourth paragraph of the text?A. No dream can come true.                       B. All work will end successfully.C. Goals shouldnt be set too high.     

35、60;        D. Goals will make us work harder.12. The best title for the text should be           . A. Joy in the Journey              &

36、#160;                  B. A Boy Dug a HoleC. No Pains, No Gains                         &#

37、160;     D. Failure Is the Mother of Success第2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。选项中有两个多余项。 Why do zebras have stripes? _13_But now it appears that some researchers in California may have finally solved the age-old mystery! _14_They began by comparing the thickness,

38、 location and the stripes on seven species of zebras that live in various geographic locations. They then examined what forces of nature, each one had to battle-ranging from natural predators to temperature to the small insects like flies, which they may constantly subjected to. _15_The zebras with

39、the most prominent(突出的) and largest number of stripes, mostly inhabited areas with more flies. _16_: Why are zebras the only ones smart enough to develop the stripes? After all, there are plenty of other animals like horses and donkeys, which are subjected to the same torture. Upon closer examinatio

40、n of the black and white animals, the researchers noticed that unlike the others, zebras have very short coats of hair, making them particularly susceptible(易受影响的) to getting bitten by the flies! While Tim, who published his findings in the online journal. Nature Communications, on April 1st, says t

41、hat this mystery is finally solved, it has given rise to a new one-Why are these fearless flies who have no qualms(疑虑) attacking animals that are thousands of times bigger, afraid of black and white stripes? _17_It may help the professor with his next quest!A; But that led to another questions.B: Th

42、is question has been puzzled animal experts for centuries.C. Zebras live mostly on the African grasslands,D. Determined to solve this age-old mystery, a team of scientists set out to work.E; In order to do this, researchers did many experiments on zebras.F: To their amazement, the only factor that c

43、onnected with the stripes was the biting flies.G: If you have any theories, be sure to add it to the comments below.第二部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从36-55各题所给的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Every morning, before dropping her son off at school, my friend would stop on the way to work to gra

44、b a quick breakfast.They tended to frequent the_18_restaurant every morning grabbing an egg sandwich, juice, coffee for herself, milk for her son. One day she_19_an additional breakfast.When they had eaten and walked out of the door, she stopped and said good morning to a_20_man who was sitting alon

45、e outside the restaurant and_21_him the additional breakfast she had bought.He_22_her, grinning, telling her it was the first meal he had in a great many days.She couldn't help but feel_23_and was glad she finally took action. She told her son that she had_24_him every day that week outside the

46、restaurant and that no one, herself included, had_25_to offer him food, drink, comfort, etc.She further_26_that homelessness can happen to anyone and the importance of service to others and_27_acts of kindness were. And so_28_her kindness tradition.each day thereafter she and her son_29_to buy and s

47、upply the homeless gentleman with breakfast. The_30_was going on until they_31_several years later but the lesson was_32_implanted (植入) in her son by then. She_33_as she told me that this kindness legacy_34_to her son, who remembered this childhood tradition and lesson.Now a college graduate and_35_

48、employed, her son stops every day at Starbucks for his morning cup of coffee and purchases a_36_for a homeless person nearby before commuting (上下班往返) to the_37_. What a great family legacy that he can pass along to his children as well.( )18. A.small B. same C. crowded D. ordinary ( )19. A.received

49、B. demanded C. expected D. ordered ( )20. A.strong B. kind C. homeless D. sick ( )21. A.handed B. bought C. supplied D. provided ( )22. A.remembered B. thanked C. respected D. paid ( )23. A.grateful B. sorry C. anxious D. good ( )24. A.helped B. seen C. disliked D. missed ( )25. A.agreed B. refused

50、C. stopped D. appeared ( )26. A.shouted B. replied C. argued D. explained ( )27. A.what B. which C. how D. where ( )28. A.ended B. began C. met D. presented ( )29. A.hesitated B. hurried C. continued D. needed ( )30. A.moment B. life C. practice D. performance ( )31. A.moved away B. got around C. tu

51、rned down D. broke up ( )32. A.hardly B. firmly C. happily D. slightly ( )33. A.smiled B. cheered C. sighed D. wondered ( )34. A.came B. occurred C. went D. belonged ( )35. A.regularly B. carefully C. entirely D. gainfully ( )36. A.chance B. tent C. shirt D. breakfast ( )37. A.city B. office C.house

52、 D. school第卷（共56分）第1节 用括号里所给动词的适当形式填空（共8小空， 每空1 分，满分8分）38.The environment _( destroy ) in the process of its development in the past twenty decades .39. We have convenient access to _( study ) aboard for further education.40. Their flight from the USA _( land ) on the airport at 4:00 pm this afterno

53、on .41. Dr. Jackson is not in his office at the moment. All right. I _ ( call ) him later.42. Our school is the first one _( pass ) the assessment in the second round .43._( abandon ) herself to _( find ) the solution of the problem, the female scientist spared no efforts to work in her lab .44. You

54、 must do all the things in the emergency as _ ( tell )第2节 单词拼写,根据括号内的中文意思写出正确形式的单词或短语。(1分一题，共9分) 45. There is an old _ (谚语)，“Love me ,love my dog.” 46. The moment I answered the phone, I _ (认出) his voice. 47. My kids are all _(addition) to TV cartoons, such as Pleasant Goat and Big Big wolf. 48. We

55、waited with _ (焦急) for the news of her safe arrival. 49. As he finished his speech, the audience _(突然发出) into applause. 50. She wouldnt need a machine to_(呼吸） 51. We_(很少）go out for lunch. 52. Swimming is _(ban) in this river. 53. Do you think that will stop_(legal) immigration?第3节 写出下列动词的不规则变化。（1分一空

56、，共14分）54.pay _ _ 55.choose _ _ 56.fly _ _ 57.hear_ _ 58.lead _ _ 59.misunderstand _ _ 60.send _ _ 第四节 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一个词或使用口号中词语的正确形式填空（最多3词） ，并将答案填写在空格里。One day, about ten years ago, while working at the cash register in the gift shop at my University Museum of Natural