北京市海淀区2014届高三英语上学期期中试题(含解析)

1、北京市海淀区2014届高三上学期期中考试 英语试题（含解析）本试卷共12页，共150分。考试时长120分钟。注意事项：1考生务必将答案答在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。2答题前考生务必将答题卡上的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写。3答题卡上选择题必须用2B铅笔作答，将选中项涂满涂黑，黑度以盖住框内字母为准，修改时用橡皮擦除干净。非选择题必须用黑色字迹的签字笔按照题号顺序在各题目的答题区域内作答，未在对应的答题区域内作答或超出答题区域作答的均不得分。第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个

2、选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话你将听一遍。1. How will the man go there? A. By subway. B. By bus. C. By taxi.2. What will the man do first? A. Answer a phone call. B. Attend a meeting. C. Go to the concert.3. Whats the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Customer and cashier

3、. B. Driver and passenger. C. Boss and employee.4. What gift are the speakers going to buy? 5. Where are the speakers?A. At a bank. B. In a restaurant. C. In a supermarket. 第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几道小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话你将听两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6

4、至7题。6. What can visitors do on MacDonalds farm? A. Grow crops. B. Pick vegetables. C. Milk cows. 7. How much does a mini cow weigh? A. About 250 pounds. B. About 300 pounds. C. About 600 pounds.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Why did the man argue with his friend?A. He mistrusted his friend.B. His friend refused

5、to pay the bill.C. His friend failed to return the money. 9. What is the womans suggestion to the man?A. Stop talking with him.B. Talk it over with his friend.C. Get the money back immediately.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Why is the woman annoyed at her neighbor?A. He plays music loudly. B. He sings too bad

6、ly. C. His fridge is too noisy.11. Where does the smell come from?A. Animals on the farm. B. The chemical factory. C. The river nearby.12. What will the woman probably do next?A. Keep to the agreement.B. Complain to the mans boss. C. Put an end to the agreement.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。13. What are they pla

7、nning to do the next day?A. Go hiking. B. Play cards. C. Have a picnic.14. Where will they probably stay for the night?A. At a hotel. B. At home. C. At the campsite.15. What kind of person is the man?A. Cautious. B. Careless. C. Considerate.第三节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）听下面一段对话，完成第16至20题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有

8、20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。这段对话你将听两遍。“Gingers Restaurant” Booking Form Customer Name: 16 Telephone number: 17 DetailsTime: 7:30 on 18_ evening Place: A 19 roomFood: Seafood buffetWine: 20 red wine第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. _ I have

9、 a quick word with you? Something important has happened.A. Must B. Could C. Would D. Should22. My close friend Amy was admitted to Oxford University, _ came as no surprise.A. that B. which C. it D. where23. Where did you go on National Day? Jiuzhai Valley. I _ to go to France, but the expense was t

10、oo high. A. planned B. would plan C. have planned D. had planned24. _ more visitors, the Beijing Garden Expo Park gives roses to visiting couples. A. Attracted B. Attracting C. To attract D. Having attracted 考点：考查不定式做目的状语25. Outside the exit, many fans waited for the great pop singer, _to take a pic

11、ture with him.A. hoping B. hopeC. hoped D. to hope 26. The equipment for disabled people should be _ easy reach in public places. A. beyond B. near C. within D. around27. Cathy, did you attend the lecture given by Mr Black last night? No. I _ a report at the office.A. was writing B. wrote C. had wri

12、tten D. have been writing28. It _ that Tokyo will be the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. A. will report B. will be reported C. has reported D. has been reported【答案】D 29. Mum, why cant I have _ new bike? Dear, you know, _ money doesnt grow on trees. A. the; the B. a; / C. a; the D. /; th

13、e30. What happened to Tom?He _ his leg while playing football with his classmates. A. had broken B. has broken C. broke D. was breaking31. All of us are pleased to see the problem _ so quickly.A.solve B. solving C. to solve D. solved考点：考查过去分词做宾语补足语32. Jenny, the new comer, has earned not only the tr

14、ust of her classmates but also _ of her teachers.A. one B. ones C. that D. those33. Steve Jobs success in digital field proved _ it took to be a best CEO.A. what B. which C. that D. how 34. In my opinion, we need to begin _ we stopped yesterday to ensure we wont miss anything.A. when B. where C. how

15、 D. what35. If my father _ here yesterday, he would have stopped me from going surfing. A. had been B. were C. should be D. has been第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When I was 8, a gentleman came to my orphanage（孤儿院）and taught us how to do woodworking pr

16、ojects.I remember my first projecta small table. I was so 36 of it that I looked upon it as if I had created a(an) 37 . It was absolutely beautiful and it had taken me six weeks to 38 it. I could hardly wait to give it to Mother Winters as a 39 . She was the head mistress of our orphanage, who was a

17、lways 40 with us.As the tables were not dry from the clear coating, the man told us to wait a few days before taking them to our dormitories. But I was just so 41 and happy that I couldnt wait. I dashed out like a 42 , carrying my table, smiling from ear to ear.When I reached the dormitory I placed

18、the little table beside my bed. I was 43 it when Mother Winters entered. She walked over to the table. Running her hand 44 it, she noticed that it was still wet. “Were you 45 to bring this home?” she asked.“No, maam,” I 46 with my head down.She ordered me to throw the table out and so I did. After s

19、he left, I immediately opened the door to get it back. There was 47 stuck all over. I brushed and cried, but it would not come off. I hid the table in my closet and never 48 it. A year later while cleaning up, I gave the table to Mother Henderson, my houseparent（宿管员）, thinking that she would 49 it a

20、way.Thirty years later at a reunion, I 50 that Mother Henderson was living nearby, so I drove up to see her. We talked cheerfully for long. As I was about to leave, she asked me to come down to her 51 to get something important. I followed her 52 into a dark corner. She picked something up. 53 she t

21、urned around, I could see that she was holding a little table. Mother Henderson kept the little table that I had given up for lost so long ago. Today, I look at that table with bittersweet memories but full of 54 to Mother Henderson, who kept it for a young orphan who tried very hard to 55 . 【小题1】A.

22、 tiredB. ashamedC. proud D. aware 【小题2】A. awardB. wonder C. record D. product【小题3】 A. design B. invent C. paintD. complete【小题4】A. gift B. rewardC. prize D. souvenir【小题5】A. satisfied B. strictC. patientD. angry【小题6】A. upset B. amazedC. confidentD. excited【小题7】A. thief B. heroC. swordD. flash【小题8】A. d

23、rying B. observingC. admiringD. hiding【小题9】A. into B. across C. aboveD. after【小题10】A. supposedB. embarrassedC. encouraged D. determined【小题11】A. agreed B. sighedC. whispered D. argued【小题12】A. dirtB. glueC. paint D. wood【小题13】A. removedB. touchedC. shook D. split【小题14】A. put B. giveC. takeD. throw【小题1

24、5】A. learned B. expected C. remembered D. recommended【小题16】A. bathroomB. balcony C. basement D. bedroom【小题17】 A. curiouslyB. unwillingly C. doubtfully D. worriedly【小题18】A. Before B. SinceC. AsD. Until【小题19】 A. admirationB. gratitude C. sympathyD. regret【小题20】A. adaptB. studyC. performD. please【答案】试题

25、分析：文章介绍作者小时候在孤儿院的时候，做了一个小木桌，一心想送给女院长作为【小题10】考查动词：A. supposed应该，B. embarrassed尴尬C. encouraged鼓励D. determined决心，她问我，你应该把它带回来吗？选A第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，共30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhen the swim season began, my 11-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, and I cut a deal. She w

26、ould go to practice three times a week and try really hard, and I wouldnt make her compete in the swim meets because on the day of a meet, she would be nervous all day. Her nerves rooted from the possibility that she would do something horribly wrong and let everyone down. Recently, they had a T-shi

27、rt relay, which works like this: one person from each relay team puts on a T-shirt and a pair of socks, swims 50 meters, and gets out of the pool. She takes off the clothes and puts them on the next person, who then swims 50 meters. This continues until everyone on the team has completed a lap.By th

28、e last leg, Elizabeths team had built up a moderate lead. Then it was Elizabeths turn to swim. She seemed to swim faster in the T-shirt and socks than when she wasnt wearing them. Approaching the halfway mark, she was still in the lead. Then one of Elizabeths socks fell off and was floating in the p

29、ool. “She has to get that sock on before the end of the race,” a swimming official told her team, “or you will be disqualified.”Everybody on her team started screaming, “Elizabeth! Elizabeth! Stop! Get the sock!” But she couldnt hear them. As she started her last 25 meters, a girl in Lane 2 was gain

30、ing on Elizabeth. It was time for desperate measures. A girl on my daughters team jumped in the pool, grabbed the sock, and swam after Elizabeth. She grabbed Elizabeths foot. “You have to put the sock on,” the girl screamed. Elizabeth continued swimming while her teammate put on the sock.By now, the

31、 girl in Lane 2 was about to pass Elizabeth. With the sock finally on, Elizabeth swam her heart out for the last 15 meters. It was close, but Elizabeth beat the other girl to the wall for the victory.On the ride home, she relived her moment of glory again and again. She told me that if the T-shirt r

32、elay was an Olympic event, her team would win the gold medal. I told her that in my professional opinion, she was absolutely right. 【小题1】Elizabeth was nervous about swim meets because she _.A. was afraid of disappointing everyone B. didnt expect to lose the swim matchC. didnt want to compete against

33、 other girlsD. was worried about making errors in public【小题2】 From the passage, we know that _.A. socks contributed greatly to Elizabeths victory B. the match nearly drove Elizabeth desperateC. good luck finally fell on Elizabeths teamD. Elizabeths team narrowly won the match【小题3】 It can be inferred

34、 that Elizabeth would _.A. swim faster in the T-shirtB. enjoy swim meets later onC. experience the moment againD. take part in an Olympic event BExpensive and new gloves allow chatterboxes（话匣子）to take the term “handsfree” to a new levelby talking into them as they make a call. The gloves are known a

35、s “Talk to the Hand” and cost 1,000 a pair. They fixed a speaker unit into the thumb and a microphone into the little finger that can be connected to any mobile handset using Bluetooth.Artist Sean Miles designed the new gloves that double as a phone in part of his project that shows the possibilitie

36、s of gadget recycling. He uses outdated gloves and combines them with parts from mobile handsets recycled through O2, which commissioned（承担）the project. Mobile phone users will be able to keep their hands warm while they chat without taking their phones out of their pockets or handbags.Mr Miles desi

37、gned two pairs of the new glovesone in pink and the other in brown and yellow. They will appear in an exhibition this July and visitors will be able to win the gloves. If demand is high, they will then be produced on a larger scale. O2 Recycle, which backed the project, estimates that there are alre

38、ady 70 million unused mobile handsets in the UK. The service pays up to 260 to those who recycle gadgets including phones, handheld consoles, MP3 players and digital cameras.Designer Sean Miles hopes his work will get people thinking about recycling. The 41-year-old said, “I hope that my Talk to the

39、 Hand project will get people to think again about the waste created by not recycling gadgets. If a few more people recycle their gadgets rather than send them to trash, I think this project will have fulfilled its aim.”Bill Eyres, head of O2 Recycle, urges people to recycle their phone responsibly.

40、 He said, “Theres a pressing need for all of us to look at outdated handsets, and all the gadgets that we move on from or upgrade each year. Whether they are consoles or cameras, we should think of them as a resource that we need to recycle responsibly rather than throw them away.” 【小题1】The underlin

41、ed word “O2” in Paragraph 2 is probably the name of _. A. an artist B. a company C. a mobile D. an exhibition【小题2】Consumers can buy the “Talk to the Hand” gloves _.A. in the exhibition B. from Mr MilesC. when they are mass produced D. after they recycle the gadgets【小题3】 The purpose of the project is

42、 to _.A. promote the technology of ITB. enable people to talk to their handsC. raise peoples awareness of recyclingD. attract visitors attention in the exhibition【小题4】What is the passage mainly about?A. New mobiles that are fashionable.B. Outdated handsets that are upgraded.C. Outdated gadgets that

43、can be used for recycling.D. New gloves that can be used for making phone calls. CFor decades, families settled on the sofa to share the latest news and TV series, until additional bedroom TV, computer games and the Internet almost put an end to family rows over who held the remote control. Now, how

44、ever, the traditional living room scene is making a comeback. A study by the communications watchdog Ofcom has found families are once again gathering around the main television set, but they are bringing their pads and smartphones with them. “The 1950s living room is making a comeback as a family e

45、ntertainment centre,” said Jane Rumble, head of media research at Ofcom. “We are watching on much better, bigger, and more delicate television sets, but we are coming into the living room holding our connected devices.” While the family are coming together once more, comparisons with the past end th

46、ere. With a range of smaller screens on hand, not everyone sitting on the sofa shares the same viewing experience. The coronation (加冕礼) may have drawn the undivided attention of 20 million viewers in 1953, but those watching the Queens Jubilee celebrations 50 years later were as likely to be comment

47、ing online about BBCs broadcast as watching it. “Just a few years ago, we would be talking about last nights TV at work or at school,” said a viewer, “Now, were having those conversations live while watching TV, using social media, text and instant messaging.” It is a behaviour of media meshing（联网）,

48、 whose influence was underlined during this years Wimbledon mens tennis final. As Andy Murray pushed towards his victory, 1.1 million people worldwide sent an average of over two microblogs about the match. People use the Internet to enhance their television experience, for example, by reading a new

49、spaper live blog about a football match while watching the action on the main screen. For a huge number of younger viewers, the portable screen offers a chance to do something unrelated, such as online shopping, listening to music or watching another television programme.Some 70% of 16-to-24-year-ol

50、ds claim to be absorbed in what Ofcom calls “media stacking” at least once a week. For TV viewers, the Internet scanning is the most popular activity, but they are also calling friends on the phone or sending emails and texts. Surprisingly, 12% claim to have listened to the radio with the television

51、 on, and 6% say they have watched another video in the meanwhile. 【小题1】According to the study by Ofcom, family members nowadays _.A. care more about who holds the remote control B. share the same programmes in the living roomC. watch better and more delicate television programmesD. enjoy TV together

52、 with various smaller screens on hand【小题2】 This years Wimbledon mens tennis final is mentioned to indicate _.A. so many people worldwide are watching TVB. people like watching live matches on TVC. the great influence of media meshingD. the average amount of microblogs【小题3】Which shows the phenomenon

53、of “media stacking” in the last paragraph?A. People are watching TV while shopping online.B. People are watching a broadcast of a coronation.C. The Internet makes people spend less time on TV.D. The Internet enriches peoples television experience.【小题4】The passage is written to _.A. describe the chan

54、ges connected devices bring to TV watchingB. report the comeback of the traditional living room sceneC. show the influence of connected devices on people D. present the different roles TV plays in peoples lifeD In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative journa

55、list, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Wroclaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students test scores from significantly below average to well above it.

56、 Polish kids have now outscored American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Wroclaw is that

57、 the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind. That American high schools lavish more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This Decem

58、ber, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment(PISA) results are announced, its safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South K

59、orea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers. Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to

60、 Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leadera mother with three children in the schoolwas asked about the schools flaws. When she said that the math program was weak, none