广东省茂名市高州第四中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析

广东省茂名市高州第四中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析一、选择题1.______Iacceptthegiftorrefuseitisnoneofyourbusiness.A.If

B.Whether

C.Evenif

D.Nomatterwhen参考答案：B2.Hemusthavebeenannoyedbysomethingyesterday,_____?A．wasn’the B．hasn’the C．needn’the D．mustn’the参考答案：A3.—Willyouexcuseme?I’vegottomakeaphonecall.—

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A.Noway B.Neveragain C.Itdepends D.Goahead,please参考答案：D4.Thisproductcontainsno________color1s；onlynaturalsubstancesareused.A.commercial B.beneficialC.official D.artificial参考答案：D【详解】考查形容词辨析。句意：该产品不含人工色素，仅使用了自然物质。commercial商业的；beneficial有益的；official官方的；artificial人造的。根据“onlynaturalsubstancesareused.”可知，没有用人工色素。故选D。5.Instudents'eyes,agoodteachershouldhavemanygoodvirtues,but_______,heorsheshouldbeknowledgeable.

A.aboveall

B.afterall

C.firstofall

D.inall参考答案：A6.-Comeon,pleasegivemesomeideasaboutthedesign.A、filling B、filled C、tofill D、beingfilled参考答案：A7.._______Sunday,ratherthan_______athome,Ipreferred_______.

A.Itbeing;stay;totravel

B.Being;tostay;totravel

C.Havingbeen;stay;travel

D.Itwas;tostay;travelling参考答案：A略8.AlibabahasbecomeChina’slargestonlinecommercialcompany,_____aprofitof6.42billionyuanin2011.A.earns

B.earning

C.earned

D.tohaveearned参考答案：B9.Theremainsofadventurer’sprivateairplanewerereported______,buttheadventurerremainedmissing.A.beingfound

B.tobefound

C.havingfound

D.tohavebeenfound参考答案：D.解析：考查非谓语动词形式。在bereported/said/considered等句式中通常与动词不定式连用。由于动词不定式的动作早于谓语动词发生，因此用动词不定式的完成式，根据语意，那位探险家的飞机已经被找到，故动词不定式需用被动式。10.________withtraditionalChineseartmadeMrSeville__________toCometoChinaforstudy.A.Beingobsessed;determined

B.Beingobsessed;determiningC.Obsessing;determining

D.Obsessed;determined

参考答案：A11.Wearenowlivinginagreattime,___wearefacedwithnumerouspossibilitiesaswellaschallenges.

A.theonewhen

B.theonewhich

C.onewhich

D.onewhen参考答案：D12.Afterheretiredfromtheoffice,Tom______paintingforawhile,butsoonlostinterest.A.tookup B.savedup C.keptup D.drewup参考答案：A13.Thepresidenthastoanswerforthelossesthecompany______inthepastfewmonths.A.experienced B.wasexperiencing C.hasbeenexperiencing D.hadbeenexperiencing参考答案：C14.--I'msorry,butsmokingisnotallowedinthissectiononthetrain.

--Oh,I

that,andIwon'tagain.

A.don'tknow

B.didn'tknow

C.won't

D.haven'tknown参考答案：B略15.—Didyouenjoyyourselflastweekend,Tom?

—Yes,asyouknow,______birthdaypartywentonin_____mostpleasantatmosphere.

A.the;the

B.a;the C.the;a

D.a;a参考答案：C16.－MissJonesonce_________musicatBardonSchoolfortenyearsandnowisanactress.－NowonderIoftenhearhersinginthegarden.y

A.hastaught

B.taught

C.isteaching

D.hasbeenteaching参考答案：B17.Shirley’sstrongloveforherhometownis______inhernewsongs.A.relieved

B.reflected

C.respondedD.recovered参考答案：B解析：这题考察动词的词义辨析。A.解脱，宽慰。B反映

C回复D恢复二、新的题型18.请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的词（每空1词）。Educatinggirlsquitepossiblyharvestsahigherrateofreturnthananyotherinvestmentavailableinthedevelopingworld.Women'seducationmaybeanunusualfieldforeconomists(经济学家),butincreasingwomen'scontributiontodevelopmentisactuallyasmuchaneconomicasasocialissue.Andeconomics,withitsfocusonincentives(鼓励),providesanexplanationforwhysomanygirlsaredeprivedof(剥夺)aneducation.Parentsinlow-incomecountriesfailtoinvestintheirdaughtersbecausetheydonotexpectthemtomakeaneconomiccontributiontothefamily:girlsgrowuponlytomarryintosomebodyelse'sfamilyandbearchildren.Girlsarethusseenaslessvaluablethanboysandarekeptathometodohouseworkwhiletheirbrothersaresenttoschool—theprophecy(预言)becomesself-fulfilling,trappingwomeninaviciouscircle(恶性循环)ofneglect.Aneducatedmother,ontheotherhand,hasgreaterearningabilitiesoutsidethehomeandfacesanentirelydifferentsetofchoices.Sheislikelytohavefewerbuthealthierchildrenandcaninsistonthedevelopmentofallherchildren,ensuringthatherdaughtersaregivenafairchance.Theeducationofherdaughtersthenmakesitmuchmorelikelythatthenextgenerationofgirls,aswellasofboys,willbeeducatedandhealthy.Theviciouscircleisthustransformedintoavirtuouscircle.Fewwillarguethateducatingwomenhasgreatsocialbenefits.Butithasenormouseconomicadvantagesaswell.Mostobviously,thereisthedirecteffectofeducationonthewagesoffemaleworkers.Wagesriseby10to20percentforeachadditionalyearofschooling.Suchbigreturnsareimpressivebythestandardofotheravailableinvestments,buttheyarejustthebeginning.Educatingwomenalsohasasignificantimpactonhealthpractices,includingfamilyplanning.Topic:Thesignificanceoffemale(71)___________indevelopingcountriesViewpointEducatinggirlsismorebeneficialthananyother(72)______________.FamiliesFromlow-incomefamiliesFromeducatedmothers'familiesAttitudesGirlsareof__________(73)value

thanboys.Developmentshouldbeforall(74)___.Practices●Thereisnot(75)_____________investmentindaughters.●Girlsaremadetostayathome,(76)_________housework.Girlsandboyshave(77)____chances.ConsequencesAviciouscircleAvirtuouscircleSignificanceEducatinggirls(78)__________tosocialbenefits,(79)__________advantagesandhealthpractices,includingfamilyplanning.(80)_________Educatinggirlsindevelopingcountriesisimportantandrewarding.参考答案：71.education

72.investment(s)

73.less

74.children

75.much

76.doing

77.fair/equal

78.contributes/leads

79.economic

80.Conclusion三、阅读理解19.根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Youthinkyouknowyourdog．

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Sheprobablyrecognizesyouwhensheseesyou．Butcanadogtellbysimplylookingatyouwhetheryouhaveahappyoranangryexpressiononyourface?ResearchersinAustriahavetaughtpetdogstoknowthedifference.

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Whendogownersshoutorspeakinastrong，sharpvoice，dogsoftenactguiltyandquietlymoveawayfromthearea．Recently，researchersfoundthatdogscanlookatourfaces，andtellthedifferencebetweenasmileandafrown．Theanimalswereabletorecognizealookofapprovalfromoneofdisapproval．ResearchersattheUniversityofVeterinaryMedicineperformedaseriesofexperiments．

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Theyshowedthedogstwopicturesofeithertheupperorlowerhalfofaperson’sface．Ononepicture，thepersonlookedhappy．Theotherappearedangry．Thedogswerethenshownimagesoftheeyesormouthsofpeopletheyhadneverseenbefore．

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Oncethedogslearnedtorecognizewhichimagewashappyorangry，theycouldeasilyidentifythesameexpressionsinpicturesofanyface．Futurestudieswilltrytoshowwhetherdogscanlearnthemeaningoffacialexpressions．40

Theresearchers’findingswerepublishedinthejournalCurrentBiology．Theyprovidethefirstsolidevidencethathumansarenottheonlyspeciesthatcanreadthebodylanguageofanotherspecies．A．Dogsareveryawareofsound．B．Dogshavefeelingsjustasyoudo．C．Buthowwell