广东省揭阳市仙美中学高三英语上学期期末试题含解析

1、广东省揭阳市仙美中学高三英语上学期期末试题含解析一、 选择题9. The OPEC has recently cut back production and the price of oil has been _ to $90 a barrel (桶).A. risen B. raised C. arisen D. arose参考答案：B略2. A great deal of hotel business comes from people travelling not just for holidays but by people travelling _ their business ac

2、tivitiesAin harmony with Bin conflict withCby order of Dby virtue of参考答案：D试题解析：考查介词短语。A与协调；与一致；B和冲突；C根据命令；D由于。句意：很多旅馆生意不仅仅是来自于度假的人，也有因为商业活动来旅游的人。故选D.3. _ they believe enjoying a sports team is the most ideal approach to making new friends, I prefer to attend community activities to widen my social c

3、ircle.A. As B. Although C. As if D. Only if参考答案：B【知识点】状语从句表转折，虽然但是4. -Was the lecture as good as you excepted? -Oh, _. You should have attended it. A its well worth the time. B it is nothing serious C dont mention it. D never say it a lot.参考答案：A28. They use specially trained dogs to _ their sheep at

4、 night.A. take care B. get along with C. watch over D. turn to参考答案：C略6. Jack, you seem in high spirits. _ We won the match 4:0.A. Guess what? B. So what? C. No wonder. D. No doubt.参考答案：A7. He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them _ in his lecturesAinterested Binteresting

5、 Cinterest Dto interest参考答案：A略8. Womens fashions are changing: One season they may favor pant-suits, but the next season they may prefer miniskirts.A. latelyB. shortlyC. lyD. constantly参考答案：9. Although this _sound like a simple task, great care is needed A. must B. may C. shall D. should参考答案：B解析：题意是

6、“尽管这项任务可能听起来简单，但还是要格外小心”。may在此用做表示“可能性”。10. I can guess you_ your sweater inside out. A. had worn B. wore C. are wearing D. were wearing参考答案：C 11. That she hadnt kept her _ on her work resulted in the failure Ahead Bheart Cbrain Dmind参考答案：D略12. How can you finish the job without help? - . Ill finish

7、 it in time.A. Take care B. Watch out C. Not exactly D. Dont worry参考答案：D略13. Ive been away for only three years,_I can hardly recognize my hometown.A.soB.orC.forD.yet参考答案：D14. I can _the house being untidy, but I hate it if its not clean. A. come up with B. put up with C. turn to D. stick to参考答案：B15

8、. Would you like _ knife and fork，or would you rather use_ chopsticks，sir?Athe；the Ba；/ C/；the D/；/参考答案：B。句意是：先生，你是用刀叉还是用筷子？考查冠词的用法。“一副刀叉”用“a knife and fork”，筷子用复数chopsticks表示泛指,不用加冠词，表示“一副一双筷子”用“a pair of chopsticks”。二、 填空16. Also61(know) aspaper paintingsandpainted pictures, New Year paintings are

9、62unique art form in Chinese folk culture. The paintings are calledNew Year paintingsbecause they are63(most) posted during the Chinese New Year holiday64decoration and they are also a symbol of New Years greetings.New Year paintings65(appear) around the Tang dynasty, replacing the previous door pic

10、tures66(feature) the gods believed to be able to protect the residents and drive away ghosts. In the Song dynasty, New Year paintings were created on a large scale. With the advancement of printing technology, the content and forms of New Year paintings became67(diversity). The development of the pa

11、intings matured in the Ming and Qing dynasties,68the art hit its heyday(全盛期).Traditional printing69(method) of New Year paintings include woodblock printing, stone-block printing, offset(胶印) printing, traditional Chinese painting, watercolor1 painting and sketches etc. Woodblock printed New Year pai

12、ntings70(be) the most popular and interesting ones.参考答案：61known62a63mostly64for65appeared66featuring67diverse/diversified68when69methods70are61考查过去分词。空前无主语,故填非谓语动词。be known as作为而知名,故填known。62考查冠词。年画是中国民间文化中的一种独特的艺术形式。此处表示泛指,故填不定冠词。unique的发音不是以元音音素开头的,故用a。63考查副词。因为它们通常都在春节期间被张贴,作为装饰画。修饰谓语动词用副词。mostly

13、通常,多半,大部分。64考查介词。此处表示目的,故用介词for。65考查时态。年画大约起源于唐代,表示过去发生的动作,故使用一般过去时。66考查动词的-ing形式。代替先前的以神为特色的门画。分析句子结构可知,空处作定语修饰door pictures。door pictures与feature之间存在逻辑上的主谓关系,故填动词的-ing形式作定语,feature在此是动词,意为以为特色。67考查形容词。在本句的系表结构中,作表语的应是形容词。diverse多种多样的。也可填diversified多样化的。68考查定语从句。年画在明清时期走向成熟,达到鼎盛。分析句子结构可知,空处引导定语从句,且

14、从句中缺少时间状语,故填when。69考查名词单复数。从后文可知,年画的制作工艺有很多种,故填method的复数形式。70考查主谓一致和时态。木版年画最为盛行,也最有趣。由主语paintings可知,谓语动词应使用复数。且此处是对客观情况的陈述,应用一般现在时。【备注】本文为说明文,涉及社会文化和习俗话题。本文主要介绍了中国的传统文化艺术之一年画的用途、起源和分类,彰显了中国元素。三、 阅读理解17. What we today call American folk art was, indeed, art of, by and for ordinary, everyday“folks”who

15、, with increasing prosperity and leisure(闲暇)，created a market for art of all kinds, and especially for portraits. Citizens of prosperous, essentially middle-class republicswhether ancient Romans, 17th century Dutch people, or 19th century Americanshave always shown a marked taste for portraiture. St

16、arting in the late eighteenth century, the United States contained increasing numbers of such people, and of the artists who could meet their demands.The earliest American folk art portraits come, not surprisingly, from New Englandespecially Connecticut and Massachusettsfor this was a wealthy and po

17、pulous region and the center of a strong craft tradition. Within a few decades after the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the population was pushing westward, and portrait painters could be found at work in western New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, and Missouri.Midway through it

18、s first century as a nation, the United States population had increased roughly five times, and eleven new states had been added to the original thirteen. During these years the demand for portraits grew and grew, eventually to be satisfied by the camera. In 1839 the photograph taken by an early pho

19、tographic process was introduced to America, announcing the age of photography, and within a generation the new invention put an end to the popularity of painted portraits. Once again an original portrait became a luxury(奢侈品)，commissioned by the wealthy and executed(执行)by the professional.But in the

20、 time of greatest prosperity of portrait paintingfrom the late 18th century until the 1850sanyone with small amount of artistic ability could become a limner，as such a portraitist was called. Local craftspeoplesign, coach, and house paintersbegan to paint portraits as a profitable sideline(副业)；somet

21、imes as talented man or woman who began by sketching family members gained a local reputation and was besieged(包围)with requests for portraits; artists found it worth their whole to pack their paints, canvases, and brushes and to travel the countryside, often combining house decorating with portrait

22、painting.36In Paragraph 1 the author mentions 17th century Dutch people as an example of a group that_.Aconsisted mainly of self-taught artists Bappreciated portraitsCinfluenced American folk art Dhad little time for the arts37According to the passage, where were many of the first American folk art portraits painted?AIn western New York