湖南省湘潭市县石潭中学2022-2023学年高三英语期末试题含解析

湖南省湘潭市县石潭中学2022-2023学年高三英语期末试题含解析一、选择题1.Theofficialwebsiteofthe

London

2012OlympicGamesis_______volunteerstohelpmakethishistoriceventasuccess.A.callingfor

B.caringfor

C.standingfor

D.sendingfor参考答案：A2.Thequestionnairetakes______tentofifteenminutestocompleteandcanbeusedalongwiththeassessmentinterview.

A.mainly

B.punctually

C.approximately

D.precisely

参考答案：C

解析：考查副词语。这里意思是“问卷大约需要10至15分钟完成”，应选择approximately“大约地”。mainly“主要地”，punctually“准时地”，precisely“精确地”。3.Happinessandsuccessoftencometothose_______aregoodatrecognizingtheirownstrengths.A.whom B.what C.which D.who参考答案：D【详解】考查定语从句。句意：幸福和成功往往属于那些善于发现自己长处的人。此处是定语从句，who指代先行词those（那些人），在从句中做主语，whom不能做主语，which指物，what不能引导定语从句。故选D。4.—Howdidyoufindtheconcert?

—Itcouldn’thavebeen

.Thehallwasdrownedbystormyapplause

aftertheperformance.A.better

B.best

C.good

D.thebest参考答案：A略5.Normally,aforestfireandthedamage______causescanbeverysevere,especiallywhenyouconsiderthefinancialandphysicallosses.A.which B.it C.this D.that参考答案：B6.—Willyouaccepthisproposal?

—Me?____．HeisthelastmanintheworldIwanttomarry．

A．notlikely

B．notreally

C．notexactly

D．notnearly参考答案：A7.Thereisadanger

museumswillattempttoentertainratherthaneducateAwhy

Bthat

Cwhere

Dwhich参考答案：B8.—DidyouseetheCEOinhisoffice?

—Yes，he_________bythejournalistfromBBC．A．hasbeeninterviewed

B．isbeinginterviewedC．hadbeeninterviewed

D．wasbeinginterviewed参考答案：D9.Aftertheearthquake,manypeoplehadtobe______inastadiumbecausemostoftheirhouseswerebadlydamaged

A.putaway

B.putout

C.putup

D.putoff参考答案：C10.Modernzoosshouldshouldermoresocialresponsibility

socialprogressandawarenessofthepublic.A.inlightof B.infavorof C.inhonorof D.inpraiseof参考答案：A11.Itisintheirabilitytospeak______humans______fromanimals.

A.which;differ

B.that;different

C.which;different

D.that;differ参考答案：D12.----What’sthematterwithyou,Candy?

----I’m

abadcold.IthinkIamdying.

A.recoveringfromB.gettinginto

C.catchingupwithD.sufferingfrom

参考答案：D13.-Whynotgooutforawalkwithus?-I’dliketo,butIhavesomuchhomework______.A.completing

B.tocomplete

C.completed

D.beingcompleted参考答案：B14.Theytalkedaboutthepersonsandthings______theyrememberedatschool.A.which

B.who

C.that

D.whom参考答案：C15.—Howdidyoudoonthetest?

—Notsowell.I______muchbetter,butImisreadthedirectionsforPartOne.

A.could

B.couldhavedone

C.musthavedone

D.shoulddo参考答案：B略16.—WhydidyougiveupthejobinAustralia?—BecauseIdon'twanttostayfarawayfrommyfamily．

Youknow,myfamilymeans

tome．A．nothing

B．everything

C．affected

D．something参考答案：B二、新的题型17.Directions:

Afterreadingthepassagesbelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagescoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachblank.

LearninginChinaWecanalwayshearvoicescomparingtheeducationalsystemsinChinaandtheUS.It’struethatthereexistalotofdifferences,butthiscannotbeanexcuse(25)______havingapassiveattitudetowardstudyinginChina.WhenIcamebackfromtheUSlastyearandcontinuedmyseniormiddleschooleducationinChina,Isensedmanygreatdifferences.IthoughtthatschoolinChinawastoohard,andthatwedidn’tdoenoughfunexerciseexceptrunningaroundplaygroundstogether.IwasnotpatientenoughandIcouldn’thelpbut(26)______(cry)tomymom.Inshort,I(27)______notfacethechangesandthepressure.Afteralongtalkwithmymother,IrealizedthatthoughhighschoollifeinChinais(28)______(hard),itcangiveusmore.Thepressurehelpsuslearnthetruemeaningofcompetitionbeforewestepintosociety,whichgivesusa(29)______(determine)heartandteachesustostepforward(30)__________________therealityis.It’slikeclimbingamountain,whichmightmakeyoudizzyandnervous,butthetopisalwaystherewaitingforyouaslongasyouarestrongenough(31)______(take)onemorestep.Meanwhile,aneasylifeisnotalwaysgoodforus.EvensomeofmyAmericanfriendscall(32)______“lazyAmericans”,becausetheschoolintheUSisnotalwayseasy.Whentheygotocollege,theyalsoneedtoworkveryhard.Wecomplainmainlybecausewecan’tseethewholepicture.Sometimeswejustsimplylistentoothers’wordswithoutthinkingabout(33)______they’retrue.Wecan’talwayscomplain.Instead,weallneedtounderstandthatsuccesstakeseffortsandtears.参考答案：25.for

26.cry

27.couldn’t

28.harder

29.determined

30.nomatterwhat

31.totake

32.themselves

33.whether

三、阅读理解18.DAVIDBeckham.Cristiano

RonaldoandRnfaclNadalwhileyouwatchsportsandadmin*theplayers’skills,doyouevernoticehowhandsometheplayersare?Yes,sportsmentendtobehandsome.Andtheyhaven’tonlyattractedtheinterestoftheaudienceevenscientistsarenowstudyingtheirgoodlooks.Inarecentstudy,ErikPostma,abiologistattheUniversityofZurichinSwitzerland,collectedtheheadshots（头像）of80professionalathletesfromIhr2012TourHeFrance,abicycleraceheldinFranco.Therace,whichcovers3,200kilometersin23days,isoftenconsideredtoIn*oneofthehardestendurance（耐力）events,accordingtoTheTelegraph.Postmathenaskedfemaleparticipantstoscorethecyclists’attractiveness.judgingthemonlybasedontheirfacialappearances.So,ifaparticipantrecognizedanyofthecyclists,meaningsheknewhowgoodhewasatthesport,herscorewouldn’tcount.Aftercomparingallthescoreswiththecyclists’performancesinthe2012race,Postmawassurprisedtofindthatthebestriderswereratedonaverage25percentmoreattractivethantheworstones.Forexample,oneofthecyclists,MaximeMonfort,camethirdintermsofattractivenessandsixthintermsofperformance,reportedDiscoveryNews.Butwheredidwomengettheabilitytosingleoutagoodriderbysimplylookingathisface?AccordingloPostma,evolution(进化)seemstobetheanswer.Inancienttimes,womenpreferredtomarrystrongmenbecausetheywouldprovidegoodgenesfortheirchildren.Amanwithgreatendurancewasalsoabletocoverlongdistancestohuntforfood,whichwouldallowhimtobetterfeedthefamily.“That’swhyenduranceperformancewasakeyevolutionaryfactor.”PostmatoldDiscoveryNews.Asyoucansee,it’snotthatsportsmenatemoreattractivethemselves,womenwerejustborntothinkofthemthatway.Perhapssurprisingly,whenPostmadidthesametestwithmaleparticipants,hefoundthatmenactuallyhadaquitesimilarviewonwhichriderswerehandsome.Eventhoughmostmenaren’tawareofit.theyinherited(继承)thisabilityfromtheirancientpast,whenitwasnecessaryto“spotpotentialcompetitors”,explainedPostma.33.WhatdidErikPostmaaskfemaleparticipantstodoinhisstudy?A.TohelpcollecttheheadshotsofprofessionalcyclistsfromtheTourdeFrance.B.Topickoutthecyclistswhomtheyarefamiliarwithorappreciatemost.C.Toratethecyclists’attractivenessaccordingtofacialappearance.D.Topr