山西省长治市郊区第二中学2022-2023学年高三英语下学期期末试题含解析

1、山西省长治市郊区第二中学2022-2023学年高三英语下学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题1. The computers require _, so the workers are required _ ready.A. repair; to get B. repairing; getting C. repairing; to get D. to be repaired; getting参考答案：C2. Yi Jianlian, a promising new star, is ready to _ in a new world of basketball.A. get off B. come

2、off C. turn off D. take off 参考答案：D略3. Not until he had talked to his head teacher _ he had been wrong.A. he realized B. he had realized C. did he realize D. had he realized参考答案：C4. How do you know so much about whats going on in the countryside? Ive got a friend there who keeps me _ . A. informingB.

3、 to be informed C. informed D. being informed参考答案：C5. Would you like to go to the concert with me tonight? Sorry, but it is just not . A. a piece of cake B. a wet blanket C. my cup of tea D. my feet of clay 参考答案：C8. All his students would_ their teachers house after his retirement.A. drop in at B. c

4、all on来C. visit to D. drop in参考答案：A 7. Under such circumstances, what will you do?Im not a quitterMe Atoo Bneither Ceither Dalso参考答案：B 3. Years ago we didnt know this, but recent science _that people who dont sleep well soon get ill.A. showed B. has shown C. will show D. is showing参考答案：B略9. You get

5、the book on condition that you give it back to me in time. Ashould Bmust Cought toDshall参考答案：D10. My grandmother had_ over 50, 000 when she was sixty- five years old.A. put away B. put back C. put outD. put down. 参考答案：A11. Attention, please. All of you students _ remain in their seats until all the

6、papers have been collected.A. can B. will C. may D. shall参考答案：D略12. Willie has been fired by KFC_ He is late for work five times a week!AHardly surprising! BForget it! CHow come? DWho knows?参考答案：A13. When the news came _ the war broke out, he decided to serve in the army.A. since B. which C. that D.

7、 because参考答案：C14. Do you still live in the countryside?Yes. I dont want to leave the house,_ it is very shabby.A though B. because C. once D. as参考答案：A15. The plan was in just because people were unwilling to cooperate.A. ruins B. pieces C. danger D. trouble参考答案：A二、 完型填空16. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下

8、面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during the break. She seemed so small as she pushed her way 31 the crowd of boys on the playground. She 32 from them all I began to notice her at othe

9、r times, basketball in hand, playing 33 She would practice dribbling（运球） and shooting over and over again, sometimes until 34 . One day I asked her 35 she practiced so much. She looked 36 in my eyes and without a moment of hesitation she said, I want to go to college. The only way I can 37 is that i

10、f I get a scholarship, I am going to play college basketball I want to be 38 . My Daddy told me if the dream was big enough, the facts didnt count Well, I had to give it in to her- she was 39 One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 40 in her arms I walked toward her and quie

11、tly asked what was 41 . Oh, nothing, came a soft reply Im just too short The coach told her that at her height she would probably 42 get to play for a top ranked team, 43 offered a scholarship So she 44 stop dreaming about college She was 45 and I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had ta

12、lked to her dad about it yet She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong They just didnt 46 the power of a dream He told her 47 she really wanted to play for a good college, if she truly wanted a scholarship, 48 could stop her except one thing- her own attitude He told her again, if th

13、e dream is big enough, the facts dont count The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter（招聘人员） She was indeed offered a 49 She was going to get the college education that she had 50 and worked toward for all those years21A

14、through B across C over D into22A brought out B showed out C stood out D worked out23A only B lonely C simply D alone24A dark B dawn C midnight D daybreak25A how B when C why D what26A worriedly B shyly C quietly D directly27A go B get C enter D attend 28A worse B better C the best D the worst29A de

15、termined B encouraged C fixed D fascinated30A covered B enclosed C dropped D buried31A the affair B the wrong C matter D the matter32A ever B even C once D never33A far more B much less C much fewer D many more34A should B must C can D may35A overjoyed B moved C embarrassed D heartbroken36A understa

16、nd B experience C learn D believe37A even if B as if C that if D only if38A anything B nothing C something D everything 39A prize B medal C scholarship D position40A dreamed of B accepted C thought of D appreciated参考答案：ACDAC DACAD DDBAD ACBCA略三、 阅读理解17. Car crashes are the top killer of American tee

17、nagersMost of the crashes result from distracted driving not paying attention to the roadRyan Didone was a fifteen-year-old passenger in a car that hit a treeHe was one of the nations more than thirty thousand victims of traffic crashes in 2008Nearly four thousand deaths, about twelve percent, invol

18、ved drivers aged fifteen to twentyRyans father, Thomas Didone, is a police captain in Montgomery County, MarylandHe said, It was an inexperienced, immature driver who felt that he was invincible(不可战胜的), driving at night with a carload of kidsHe was distracted, he was going too fast, and it ended up

19、causing one death and some upsetting experiences and tragedy for the rest of the community.Jim Jennings from the Allstate Insurance Company said The number one cause of distracted-driving accidents is the mobile phoneTalking on the phone or reaching for it is like drinking four beers and drivingIf y

20、oure texting while driving, you are twenty-three times more likely to get into an accident than somebody who isntReaching for a cell phone when its going off, youre nine times more likely to get into an accident than normally driving, The insurance industry recently held a safety event near Washingt

21、on for teen driversAt first, nineteen-year-old Kevin Schumann easily avoided large, inflatable dolls thrown in front of the car to represent childrenHe also avoided orange cones representing the edge of the roadThen, as part of the test, he started texting. He hit several cones and at least one doll

22、 Debbie Pickford from the Allstate Insurance Company said, Teens are especially at risk from distracted drivingand not just because they lack experience on the roadsWhat we know from research on teen brain development, is that teens dont really have fully developed brains until they are twenty-five

23、years old. You put those two things together and you get a much, much higher risk.”29According to the passage, _is the most likely to lead to a traffic accident while you are drivingAtexting on the mobile phone Breaching for a cell phoneCtalking on the mobile phone Dbringing along a cell phone30A sa

24、fety event held by insurance industry was meant to _ _.Aattract more teenagers to take part in it Bdraw enough attention to teenagers distracted drivingCmake more teenagers practice avoiding large barriersDencourage more teenagers to pay for insurance protection31The passage is probably followed by

25、a concluding paragraph about _Amuch higher risk Bteen brain developmenCexperience on the roads Dmeasures to be taken t32. Of all the following, which is the best title for the passage?A. Car Crashes the Top Killer. B. Distracted Driving Lets Avoid!C. Drunken Driving Dangerous Enough！ D. Tips on Driv

26、ing While Calling参考答案：29-32 ABDB18. 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。In my first week as a graduate student at Cambridge University in 1964 I met with a fellow student, two years ahead of me in his studies; he was unsteady on his feet and spoke with great difficultyThis was Stephen HawkingI learned

27、that he had a bad disease and might not live long enough even to finish his PhD degreeBut, amazingly, he has reached the age of 73Even mere survival would have been a medical miracle, but of course, he didnt merely surviveHe has become arguably the most famous scientist in the world for his brillian

28、t research, for his bestselling books, and, above all, for his astonishing victory over hardshipStephen received his “death sentence” in 1964, when I thought it was hard for him to go on with his studyStephen went from Albans School to Oxford UniversityHe was said to be a “lazy” undergraduate, but h

29、is brilliance earned him a first-class degree, an “entry ticket” to a research career in Cambridge and a uniquely inspiring achievementWithin a few years of the burst of his disease he was wheelchair-bound, and his speech was so unclear that it could only be understood by those who knew him wellBut

30、his scientific career went from strength to strength: he quickly came up with a series of insights into the nature of black holes (then a very new idea) and how the universe beganIn 1974 he was elected to the Royal Society at the exceptionally early age of 32The great advances in science generally i

31、nvolve discovering a link between phenomena that were previously conceptually unconnected for instance, Isaac Newton realized that the force making an apple fall to earth was the same as the force that holds the moon and planets in their orbitsStephens revolutionary idea about a link between gravity

32、 and quantum(量子) theory has still not been testedHowever, it has been hugely influential; indeed, one of the main achievements of string theory(弦理论) has been to confirm and build on his ideaHe has undoubtedly done more than anyone else since Einstein to improve our knowledge of gravity and he is one

33、 of the top-ten living theoretical physicists1What impressed the author most about Stephen Hawking?AHis brilliant researchBHis bestselling booksCHis serious diseaseDHis defeating hardship2What made Stephen Hawking start his research career at Cambridge?AHis death sentenceBHis “lazy” attitudeCHis above-average talent and abilityDHis rich experience3It can be inferred that Stephen Hawking was born _Ain the early 1940sBin the late 1940sCin the early 1930sDin the late 1930s4What can we learn from the text?AHawkings theory was proved