2022-2023学年湖南省邵阳市西山中学高三英语下学期期末试题含解析

1、2022-2023学年湖南省邵阳市西山中学高三英语下学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. At first he refused to admit he had stolen but when he was shown the videotape, he _ and admitted everything.A. broke up B. broke away C. broke down D. broke in参考答案：C2. -Doesnt this bus go to the park? - _. A. Yes, we do B. No, this is as far as we goC. Yo

2、ure welcome D. Im very sorry参考答案：B略3. I had to rent my room _ the month as I was not sure whether I would stay for a whole month.A. for B. by C. at D. on参考答案：B4. - _ busy schoolwork, the children also have to take arts, music andsports classes in their free time.- I wonder what they will become.A. R

3、ather thanB. Expect for C. Apart from D. Owing to参考答案：C5. His native town has changed beyond _, so he can hardly find a familiar building.Arestriction BreputationCrecreation Drecognition参考答案：D【详解】考查名词词义辨析。句意：他的家乡已发生了翻天覆地的变化，他几乎找不到一座熟悉的建筑物。A. restriction限制，约束 B. reputation 名誉，声望 C. recreation 娱乐 D. r

4、ecognition承认。beyond recognition 认不出来，这里指家乡发生变化巨大。故选D。6. Most of us know we should cut down on fat, but knowing such things isnt much help when it _ shopping and eating. Arefers to Bspeaks of Cfocuses on Dcomes to 参考答案：D解析：本题考查常用句型“when it comes to something”.其意思是when you are dealing with something o

5、r talking about something当谈到的时候。7. Its revealed that _ dogs barking incessantly in the night that we dislike most. ks5u A. there areB. these areC. it isD. that is参考答案：C8. Some business owners are keen on public welfare. This is local services have been funded.A. whetherB. whatC. whereD. how参考答案：D【详解

6、】考查表语从句。句意：一些企业主热衷于公益事业，这就是地方服务的资金来源。分析句子结构并结合句意可知，此处为表语从句，从句中缺少方式状语，故D项正确。9. Today young people are _ about their clothing and hair style.A. special B. particular C. especial D. unusual参考答案：B10. With the number of students becoming smaller and smaller, some of the schools in our city have been refu

7、sed _ to expand.Apermission Brecognition Crealization Dconsideration参考答案：A11. In a diverse society, one would expect _ multiple interpretations of rights.A. it beingB. it to beC. there beingD. there to be 参考答案：D12. She and her family suffered under the broken house for nearly five hours _ they were

8、rescued.A. when B. after C. before D. since参考答案：C13. We are now living in a great time, _ we are faced with numerous possibilities as well as challenges.A. the one whenB. the one whichC. one whichD. one when参考答案：B14. It is almost five years since Jimmy taught high school students and he _ as an inte

9、rpreter in a foreign enterprise.A. served B. had servedC. is serving D. would serve参考答案：C【详解】考查时态。句意为：吉米不教高中生已经快五年了，他现在在一家外企做翻译。从前半句看，吉米不教高中生已经快五年了，后半句说的是他现在在外企做翻译，故用现在进行时。此题的关键是对前半句要理解准确，不能理解为“吉米教高中已经快五年了”。故选C。15. _ the opportunity to speak at the graduation ceremony made me overjoyed.A. Offering B

10、. OfferedC. To offer D. Being offered参考答案：D【详解】考查动名词做主语。句意：被给予在毕业典礼上发言的机会让我欣喜若狂。本句的谓语部分是made me overjoyed，前部分内容应该做主语，过去分词不能做主语，AC项没有被动含义。本句中动名词的被动式做主语。故D项正确。二、 填空16. 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Some of us feel puzzled about the 61 (participate) of a debate. Here is some information which wil

11、l help you get a general idea of it.Participating in a debate is a useful practice of those who aim to become public speakers. In a formal debate a statement called a “motion” is 62 (propose). It is defended by the proposers and challenged by their opponents. To become a 63 (lead) debater it is nece

12、ssary to acquire several techniques and skills. 64 experienced debater seeks to persuade others by presenting relevant arguments 65 (intention), not by the violence of his language. He shows respect for standpoints which 66 (different) from his own and does not allow personal hostility to enter into

13、 67 should be a conflict of ideas. He anticipates the points put forward by his opponent and deals with them methodically. He attempts to present a 68 (consist) case, 69 rather, a piece of reasoning free from self-contradiction. He realizes that the 70 (accept) conclusions must be supported by adequ

14、ate evidence. He knows how to sum up the various points that arise in the course of the debate.参考答案：61.participation 62.proposed 63.leading 64.Aentionally66.differ67.what68.consistent 69.or70.accepted试题分析：61.participation 考查名词。Participate是动词，意为“参加”；结合句意，参加辩论，这里需要填名词，故填pose

15、d 考查动词。Propose是动词，意为“提出”，这里用的是被动语态，was后跟动词的过去分词；结合句意，答案填proposed。63.leading 考查形容词。Lead是动词，意为“领导”，leading是形容词，意为“领导的，主要的”；结合句意，这里需要填形容词来修饰debater ，故填leading。64.An 考查冠词。空后面的experienced debater是单数可数名词，experienced以元音开头，要用an来修饰，故答案填Aentionally 考查副词。Intention是名词，意为“意图”；这里要用副词来修饰动词present，故答案填inten

16、tionally。66.differ 考查动词。different是形容词，意为“不同的”；该句是定语从句，先行词是standpoints，从句中的谓语要用动词，故答案填differ。67.what 考查副词。所填空在这里不仅做宾语，还做主语，只能填what。68.consistent 考查形容词。Consist是动词，意为“符合，一致”；consistent是形容词，意为“始终如一的，一致的”。结合句意，呈现一致的案例，故填consistent。69.or 考查连词。Or rather是固定短语，意为“更确切地说”；结合句意，答案填or。70.accepted 考查动词。Accept是动词，

17、意为“接受”，这里要用形容词来修饰名词conclusions，表示“被大家接受的结论”，故填accepted。三、 阅读理解17. 阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。Fed up with huge mortgage payments, Simon Dale decided to take matters into his own hands. Armed with only a chisel, a chainsaw and a hammer, the 32-year-old moved his family to a hillside in Wa

18、les and started digging。The result is a wooden eco-home constructed in four months and costing just 3,000 which would look perfectly at ease alongside the Hobbit houses in The Lord Of The Rings。Mr Dale, who has no experience in carpentry or architecture, created his sustainable family home using scr

19、ap wood for floors, materials scavenged from skips and by diverting water from a nearby spring。He said: Being your own have-a-go architect is a lot of fun and allows you to create and enjoy something which is part of yourself and the land rather than, at worst, a mass-produced box designed for maxim

20、um profit and the convenience of the construction industry. Building from natural materials does away with producers profits and the cocktail of carcinogenic(致癌) poisons that fill most modern buildings。The family struck lucky searching for a site for their dream project. In return for looking after

21、the area, the owner of the woods gave them their plot for free。After digging into the hillside, Mr Dale with the help of his father-in-law, a builder first constructed the buildings timber frame。The roof, which came next, has a layer of straw bales for insulation and is covered with sheets of plasti

22、c to make it waterproof. Finally it is covered with a layer of earth, which ensures the house blends perfectly into its surroundings。Once the outer shell was complete, the family made an interior wall from straw bales stacked on dry-stone walling and staked together with hazel sticks。As well as bein

23、g made from sustainable material the Hobbit house, as it is dubbed by locals, has lime plaster on its walls instead of cement, a compost toilet, a fridge cooled by air from beneath the foundations and solar panels for power。51.Why did Simon Dale decide to dig an eco-home in a hillside?A. He was fed up with the lif