山西省长治市潞矿中学2022-2023学年高三英语上学期期末试题含解析

1、山西省长治市潞矿中学2022-2023学年高三英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. Which of the two ties would you like to take? . You know Im not particular about ties. AAny BNeither CBoth DEither参考答案：D2. After being laid off, he was reduced to himself to plant vegetable on the farm.A. hiringout B. catchingon C. splittingoff D. takingup

2、参考答案：A3. Having stayed in Canada for two years, the little girl didnt change much, _ a little taller. A. only to get B. only getting C. to have got D. having been got参考答案：B4. - Could you please tell me the answer to this question? - _ It is not my style to help people cheat.A. No probiem B. No way C

3、. No wonder D. No doubt参考答案：B5. Tell us about the people and the places _ are different from ours.A. that B. who C. which D. whom参考答案：A6. Lucy, Ill pick you up at 6:00 this afternoon at the school gate.Sorry, _. Theres too much noise here. Would you repeat it again?A. Its totally fascinatingB. I did

4、nt get thatC. Im not sureD. Im afraid not参考答案：B【详解】考查情景交际。句意：露西，我今天下午6点在学校门口接你。对不起，我没听清。这里太吵了。你能再重复一遍吗？A. Its totally fascinating 这真有趣；B. I didnt get that 我没有听清楚；C. Im not sure我不敢肯定；D. Im afraid not 恐怕不是。由Theres too much noise here. Would you repeat it again? 可知，噪音太大了，露西要求对方再重复一遍所说的话，因此推理出露西没有听清对方刚才

5、说的话，I didnt get that（我没有听清楚）符合题意。故选B项。【点睛】情景对话题主要考查英语的日常用语、习惯用语以及各种场合的交际性语言，并从实际出发，考查交际语言的运用能力。做题时仔细阅读上下文，找出上下文之间的联系。此题中下文的Theres too much noise here. Would you repeat it again? 这里噪音太大，请再说一遍，说明她没听清对方说什么，故选B。7. Your composition is good but your handwriting requires _.A. to improve B. improvedC. being

6、 improved D. improving参考答案：D【详解】考查固定用法。句意：你的作文很好，但是你的书写需要改进。sth require doing(或to be done)，是固定结构，主动形式表示被动意义，所以此空填improving或者to be improved，故选D。【点睛】sth require/need/want doing(或to be done)，是固定结构，主动形式表示被动意义。8. Memory is rightly considered to our sense of who we are.A. commercialB. fundamentalC. indivi

7、dualD. professional参考答案：B3. _ the current financial crisis, the Chinese economy is still doing well. A. On behalf ofB. In spite of C. In terms of D. In consequence of参考答案：B 10. Im sorry to have broken your cup. _, Kate.A. Youre welcome. B. Go ahead. C. Dont mention it. D. No problem.参考答案：D11. It too

8、k them over 150 years of fighting to take over most of _ is now modern England.A. whichB. thatC. whatD. where参考答案：C12. The host _you _ ice cream is regarded as the kindest person in the community .A. treated , with B. treating , with C. treated , to D. treating , to参考答案：D13. Waterfalls never fail to

9、 attract and in Guangxi Province are no exceptionA they Bit Cthose Dthat参考答案：C20. That the boy has been involved in a lot of computer games recently might _ his failure in the mid-term examinations.Aaccount for Bhunt for Csearch for Dcater for参考答案：A15. - Here is a new edition of Crazy English. Do yo

10、u want to look at it?- ! Let me see itA. By all means B. Not reallyC. It is out of the question D. All the best参考答案：B二、 填空16. 短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在答题卷相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。For 25 years Terry Cemm was a policeman, but for the last 17

11、years he has been 76 （行走）up and down five miles of beach every day, looking for things that might be u 77 to someone. Terrys a beachcomber（海滩拾荒者）.Nearly everything in his cottage has come 78 the sea chairs, tables, even tins of food. “I even found a box of beer just before Christmas. That was nice,”

12、 he remembers. He finds lots of bottles with messages in them, 79 （主要地）from children. They all get a r 80 if theres an address in the bottle. Shoes? “If you find one, youll find the 81 the next week,” he says. But does he really m 82 a living? “Half a living,” he smiles. “Anyway I have my police pen

13、sion. But I dont actually need money. My life is rich in 83 （多样性）.” Terry is happy. “You have to find a way to live a simple life.” “Some people say Im mad,” says Terry. “ 84 there are much more whod like to do 85 I do. Look at me. Ive got everything I could possibly want.”参考答案：76 walking 77 useful

14、78 from 79 mainly 80 reply 81 other 82 make 83 variety 84 But 85 what三、 阅读理解17. Gwendolyn Brooks was the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Gwendolyn Brooks wrote hundreds of poems during her lifetime. She was known around the world for using poetry to increase understanding

15、about black culture in America.Her poems described conditions among the poor, racial inequality and drug use in the black community. She also wrote poems about the struggles of black women. But her skill was more than her ability to write about struggling black people. She was an expert at the langu

16、age of poetry. She combined traditional European poetry styles with the African American experience.In her early poetry, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote about the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is where many back people live. In her poems, the South Side is called Bronzeville. It was A Stre

17、et in Bronzeville that gained the attention of literary experts in 1945. Critics praised her poetic skill and her powerful descriptions of the black experience during the time. The Bronzeville poems were her first published collection.In 1950, Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to wi

18、n the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She won the prize for her second book of poems called Annie Allen. Annie Allen is a collection of poetry about the life of a Bronzeville girl as a daughter, a wife and mother. She experiences loneliness, loss, death and being poor. Ms. Brooks said that winning the pr

19、ize changed her life.Her next work was a novel written in 1953 called Maud Martha, Maud Martha received little notice when it was first published. But now it is considered an important work by some critics. Its main ideas about the difficult life of many women are popular among female writers today.

20、In some of her poems, Gwendolyn Brooks described how what people see in life is affected by who they are. One example is this poem, Corners on the Curing Sky.By the end of the 1960s Gwendolyn Brookss poetry expanded from the everyday experiences of people in Bronzeville. She wrote about a wider worl

21、d and dealt with important political issues.4. What does the text mainly talk about?A. The life of Gwendolyn Brooks.B. The understanding about black culture.C. The poems of Gwendolyn Brooks.D. The struggles of black women.5. What can we learn about Gwendolyn Brooks from the second paragraph?A. She m

22、ainly wrote about the struggles of black women.B. Her poems were mainly about the African experienceC. Her writing skills were a little worse than her ability.D. She was good at using the language of poetry6. How does the author mainly develop the passage?A. By providing examples.B. By using statistics.C. By comparing o