山西省忻州市辛村中学高三英语下学期期末试卷含解析

山西省忻州市辛村中学高三英语下学期期末试卷含解析一、选择题1.Thetrafficproblemswearelookingforwardtoseeing_____shouldhaveattractedthegovernment'sattention.A.solving

B.solve

C.tosolve

D.solved参考答案：D2.—Couldyoutellmehowtogettothetownhall,please?—__________.Maybeyoucouldaskthepolicemanoverthere.

A.Apieceofcake

B.Thatdepends

C.Idon’tcare.

D.Idon’tknowforsure参考答案：D3.－Whatwouldyouliketodothisweekend?－

.It'suptoyou.A.Whatever. B.Definitely.C.Goahead. D.Goodidea.参考答案：A【详解】考查情景交际。A.Whatever无论什么；B.Definitely.明确地；C.Goahead前进；D.Goodidea好主意。句意：——这个周末你想做什么?——无论做什么。完全由你决定。故选A。4.

—Puttheseglassesawaybeforethey

.—OK.I’llputtheminthecupboard.A.havebroken B.arebreaking C.willbebroken

D.getbroken参考答案：D5.Weallfeltasenseof______whenwesawsomanyoverseasChinesecomingbacksafeandsoundfromLibya.

A.security

B.relief

C.emergency

D.achievement参考答案：B略6.It’shelpfultoputchildreninasituation______theycanseethemselvesdifferently.

A.that

B.when

C.which

D.where参考答案：D略7.Itissaidthatalargeshoppingcenter____inthatarealastyear.A.built

B.wasbuilt

C.builds

D.hasbeenbuilt参考答案：B8.Thebooktellsstoriesoftheearthquakethroughtheeyesofthose_______liveswereaffected.

A.whose

B.that

C.who

D.which参考答案：A9.Ourhealthis_______wemakeofit—giveitattentionanditimproves;giveitnoneanditweakens.A.what

B.whether

C.how

D.who参考答案：A10.—It’snoeasytasktocatchaticketonawebsitethatreceives1billionclicksdaily.—Ican’tagreewithyoumore.There________beerrorsforeverysinglestep.A．should

B．must

C．will

D．can参考答案：D11.In1948,threeAmericanscientistsinvented____transistor,whichis____smallelectronicdevicetocontrolanelectriccurrent.A.the;a

B.a;a

C.the;the

D.a;the参考答案：A12.Itisoften_____thathumanbeingsarenaturallyequippedtospeak.A.said

B.tosay

C.saying

D.beingsaid参考答案：A解析：考查的是固定句型(itis+Ved+that从句)。Itissaidthat…据说。这道题很是简单易选。13.Schoolbusesthathavepotentialsafetyrisksmustimmediatelybe_____theroadandberepaired,theministrysaidinastatement．

A．putoff

B．gotoff

C．turnedoff

D．takenoff参考答案：D14.Whatisthebestwayyoucanimagine

theoveruseofwaterinourschool?

A.reducing

B.toreduce

C.reduced

D.reduce参考答案：B略15.Qualityandcustomizedsmartappliancesare_______amongurbanhouseholdsinChinaascitiesareembracingthetrendofan“intelligenthome”.A.catchingup

B.catchingon

C.cateringto

D.carryingthrough参考答案：B【详解】考查动词短语辨析。A.catchingup赶上；B.catchingon流行；C.cateringto迎合；D.carryingthrough贯彻。句意：随着智能家居潮流的到来，高品质、个性化的智能家电在中国城市家庭中越来越流行。根据“ascitiesareembracingthetrendofan“intelligenthome””判断此处表示“流行”，故B项正确。16.—Haveyouheardabouttherecentelection?—Sure,it________theonlythingonthenewsforthelastthreedays.

A.wouldbe B.is C.hasbeen D.willbe参考答案：C17.It’sapitythatthefamousoldtown_____________backtotheMingDynastywasdestroyedbyafire．A．dating

B．dated

C．havingdated

D．beingdated参考答案：A18.I________mydreamtobeapianist,butfortheencouragementfromthatmusicteacher.A.mighthaveabandoned B.wouldabandonC.shouldhaveabandoned D.weretoabandon参考答案：A【详解】考查虚拟语气。句意：要不是来自音乐老师的鼓励，我可能会放弃成为钢琴家的梦想。表达的是与过去事实相反的假设，所以用的是mighthave+过去分词。故选A。二、填空19.JohannStrausswasborninViennain1825.Althoughhisfatherdidnotwanthimtobecomea___41___(music),StraussJuniorstudiedtheviolin____42____(secret)asachild,.Whenhisfatherdiscoveredhissonpractisingonaviolinoneday,hegavehimabeating,____43____(say)thathewasgoingtobeatthemusicoutoftheboy.Butthatdidn’tpreventtheboyfrombecomingoneofthe____44____(great)composersofalltime.Hewrotehisfirstwaltz(华尔兹）attheageofsix.Atnineteen,hedecidedtodevote_____45_____(he)tomusic.HeformedhisownorchestraandmadeasuccessfultourofEuropeandsoonbecameknown____46____theWaltzKing.TheemperorofAustriawasso____47____(please)withhismusicthatheappointedhimtheconductoratthecourtballsofVienna.Itwasfortheseoccasions____48____hewrotesomeofhismostpopularwaltzes,among____49____wasthewell-knownfavoriteTheBlueDanube（蓝色多瑙河）inall,thetalentedJohannStrauss___50___(write)morethan500masterpieces.参考答案：41.musician

42.secretly

43.saying

44.greatest

45.himself

46.as

47.pleased

48.that

49.which

50.wrote【41题详解】musician考察名词。musician是名词音乐家的意思。文意是尽管他的父亲不想让他成为一名音乐家。【42题详解】secretly考察副词。secretly是secret的副词形式，表示“秘密地”修饰动词study，文意是当Strauss还是一个孩子的时候便偷偷的学习小提琴。【43题详解】saying考察时态。父亲告诉他是主动语态，所以要用saying。文意是一天父亲发现自己的儿子在联系小提琴，题把儿子大了一顿，并说他会把他的音乐击败的。【44题详解】greatest考察比较级。greatest是great的最高级形式。Oneof＋形容词的最高级形式表示“.之一的”，文意是但是父亲不能阻止男孩成为最伟大的作曲家之一。【45题详解】himself考察反身代词。Devoteoneselfto是固定搭配，表示“致力于”的意思。文意是在他19岁的时候，他决定致力于音乐。【46题详解】as考察介词。becameknownas表示“像一样知名”，文意是他组建了自己的乐队，并且在欧洲成功的进行了巡回演出，像WaltzKing一样迅速知名。【47题详解】pleased考察形容词。Sopleased表示“如此高兴”，文意是奥地利的国王非常满意他的音乐。【48题详解】that考察引导词。Itwasthat是固定搭配，去掉之后，不影响句子结构。文意是正是在那个时候，他写了很多流行的华尔兹舞曲。【49题详解】which考察引导词。Which指代的是前文提到的他写了很多流行的华尔兹舞曲，文意是在他写的众多的华尔兹舞曲里，最知名的是TheBlueDanube。【50题详解】wrote考察动词。文中全文时是死过去时，前后要保持一致。文意是天才般的JohannStrauss写的曲子超过500首。考点：语法填空。20.TheHistoricalChangeofReader’sDigestDuringWorldWarI,Mr.DeWittWallacewaswoundedinabattle.Duringhisrecoveryinthehospital,hereadalotofmagazinesand_____31_____alotofinterestinginformation.Atthesametime,healsofoundthatfewpeoplehadtimetoreadsomanymagazinesthatherealizedtheideaofexcerpting(摘录)thesearticlesandpublishingthem.Hewas_____32_____topublishapocketmagazinetheycalledReader’sDigestwithhiswifeLilaAcheson.TheyopenedanofficedownstairsinanillegalhotelinGreenwichVillage,NewYork,andspentonly$5,000incapitalandbegan_____33_____subscribers.Afteraperiodofhardwork,thefirstvolumewas_____34_____publishedonFebruary5,1922.Itspurposeistoinformthereadersindailylifeandgivethereadersentertainment,encouragementandguidance.Thefirstarticle,_____35_____HowtoStayYoungMentally,wasoneandahalfpageslong.In1920,heput______36______selectedarticlesintoReader’sDigestsamplesanddisplayedthemtomajorpublishersintheUnitedStates.Hehopedthatsomeonewouldbewillingtopublishthem,buttheywereall_____37_____.Mr.Wallacedidnotgiveupanddecidedtopublishithimself.Heworkedathomewithhiswife,andfinallypublishedthefirstissueofReader’sDigestinFebruary1922.Thefirstwasprintedin5,000copies,_____38_____at25cents,andsentto1,500paymentsubscribersbymail.By1935,thecirculationofReader’sDigesthadreachedonemillioncopies.TheChinese_____39_____ofReader’sDigestwasfirstpublishedinMarch1965.Thefirsteditor-in-chiefwasLinTaiyi,thedaughterofMr.LinYutang,masterofliterature.InNovember2004,Reader’sDigestandShanghaiPressandPublicationBureauannouncedthe

_____40_____ofalong-termpublishingcooperation.参考答案：31.K

32.A

33.D

34.C

35.B

36.H

37.G

38.J

39.E

40.F这是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了Mr.DeWittWallace克服重重困难，创办读者文摘的过程。【31题详解】句意：在医院康复期间，他读了许多杂志，掌握了许多有趣的信息。阅读杂志的过程就是吸收信息的过程。故填absorbed，意为“吸收，掌握”。K选项正确。【32题详解】句意：他决心和妻子莱拉·艾奇逊一起出版一本他们称之为读者文摘的袖珍杂志。表示“决心做某事”，用bedeterminedtodosth.，故填determined，A选项正确。【33题详解】句意：他们在纽约格林威治村的一家非法旅馆楼下开了一间办公室，只花了5000美元，开始寻找订户。该空表示“寻找”，故填seeking。D选项正确。【34题详解】句意：经过一段时间的努力，第一卷于1922年2月5日正式出版。该空表示“正式地”，故填officially，C选项正确。【35题详解】句意：第一篇题为“如何保持年轻”的文章长达1.5页。该空表示“书名叫做……，题目为……”，故填entitled，B选项正确。【36题详解】句意：1920年，他将各种精选的文章放入读者文摘样本中，并将其展示给美国的主要出版商。该空表示“各种各样的”，故填various，H选项正确。【37题详解】句意：他希望有人愿意出版，但都被拒绝了。根据后面“he…publishithimself”可知，其他出版商都拒绝了他。故J选项正确。reject意为“拒绝”。【38题详解】句意：第一份印了5000份，价格为25美分，并以邮寄方式寄给1,500名付款订户。后面的25cents是价格，故填priced，E选项正确。【39题详解】句意：中国版的读者文摘与1965年3月首次出版。该空表示“版，版本”，故填version，E选项正确。【40题详解】句意：2004年11月，读者文摘与上海新闻出版局宣布建立长期出版合作关系。该空表示“建立”，故填establishment，F选项正确。三、阅读理解21.Feathersarenotjustforflight.Theykeepbirdswarm,andattractmates.AndforoneAustralianbird,feathersevenhelpproduceanimportantsound—analarm.“Peoplehadlongnoticedthesebirdsproducedtheseloudsounds.”TrevorMurray,aresearcherattheAustralianNationalUniversitysaid.“MysupervisorRobMagrathandMayHingeethoughttheywereusedasanalarm.Sotheydidsomeplaybacksandtheycouldshowquitestronglythatifyouplaybackthesesoundstootherbirds,theyfleestraightaway.SoIwasreallyinterestedinhowtheyproducethesound,whetheritisactuallyasignal,andwhetherit’sareliablesignal.”Theteamfocusedtheirexperimentonspecificfeathersinthepigeon’swing.“Wewereabletotargettheeighthprimaryfeather,whichisunusuallynarrow.Andthenwealsoremoved,ondifferentsetsofbirds,thoseneighboringfeathers,theninthprimaryfeatherandtheseventhprimaryfeather.Andwewereabletoseewhentheeighthprimaryfeatherwasmissing,thehighnotehadcompletelydisappeared.Sotheeighthprimaryfeatherproducedthathighnoteandtheninthprimaryfeatheractuallyproducedthelownote.”

Andifthebirdsarefleeingfromdanger,theyproducealouderandhighersoundthantheydoduringanormaltakeoff.ThestudyisinthejournalCurrentBiology.

Murrayandhiscolleaguesdidanotherexperimentwheretheyusedtherecordingstheymadetoobservethereactionsofotherpigeons.“Wewereabletoseetheunusualeighthprimaryfeatherwasimportantforsignalingthe