高三英语期末考试题
第I卷（共115分）
I、听力理解（共20小题，满分30分）
第一节：
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍.
1. What do we know about Chris Paine?
A. He writes for a computer company.
B. He is a writer.
C. He will be a bookseller.
2. What is the conversation about?
A. A football player.
B. A football team.
C. A football match.
3. Why did the woman buy a heavy coat for Jimmy?
A. Winter is coming soon.
B. Jimmy’ll go into the mountains.
C. Jimmy caught a cold in the mountains.
4. Where is the woman?
A. In a soap factory.
B. In her house.
C. At an information desk.
5. When will the man be checking in?
A. Friday. B. Thursday. C. Tuesday.
第二节：
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第六段材料，回答第6~8题。
6. How many hours does David sleep a day?
A. Four. B. Six. C. Seven.
7. What does the man think of David’s way of sleeping?
A. It’s effective. B. It’s strange. C. It’s the best.
8. What is the woman trying to suggest at the end of the talk?
A. People should develop a habit like David’s.
B. People should have their own sleeping habits.
C. People should not sleep too much during the day.
听第七段材料，回答第9~11题。
9. What is the woman going to do?
A. Leave the seaside town.
B. Take a holiday.
C. Go on a business trip.
10. What is the weather like in the town during the day?
A. Cold. B. Wet. C. Warm.
11. When does the woman plan to arrive?
A. Late Friday. B. Midday Saturday. C. Saturday afternoon.
听第八段材料，回答第12~13题。
12. When does the conversation take place?
A. Before class. B. After class. C. During class.
13. Why does the man thank the woman?
A. She has helped him with his problems.
B. She has invited him for coffee.
C. She has agreed to see him on Monday.
听第九段材料，回答第14~16题。
14. What will the man do tomorrow morning?
A. Watch a basketball match.
B. Visit the National Lab.
C. Meet Bill Lyons.
15. How will the man spend his Saturday?
A. He will do some paperwork.
B. He will take some rest.
C. He will meet some visitors.
16. What do we know about the woman?
A. She’s the man’s wife.
B. She’s a business manager.
C. She’s a company secretary.
听第十段材料，回答第17~20题。
17. What is the relationship between the two speakers?
A. Newspaper reporter and garden owner.
B. Tourist and gardener.
C. College professor and biology student.
18. What was the purpose of Mrs Whinfield’s visits to Kew Gardens?
A. To learn more about plants.
B. To get different writers’ advice.
C. To meet the writers she read.
19. Where did Mrs Whinfield live before she moved to her present home?
A. Wiltshire. B. Somerset. C. West London.
20. How does Mrs. Whinfield get most of her plants?
A. She buys them from other gardeners.
B. She grows them from seeds.
C. She gets them from her friends.
II. 单项填空（共15小题，满分15分）
从A,B,C,D四个选项中，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。
21. -----Did you enjoy the book?
-----Yes, it was so interesting that I couldn’t _______ it.
A. get rid of B. break away from
C. keep away from D. tear myself away from
22. He told me that the meeting was ______ the following week.
A. to hold B. to be held C. holding D. held
23. He often goes to school by bike _____ it rains.
A. besides B. except for C. except D. except when
24. New forest grew, only _____ by water, mud and sand again.
A. covering B. to be covered C. be covered D. to cover
25. This brought us ______ touch ______ a wide circle of people.
A. into…with B. to…in C. into…to D. to … around
26. She went to work quietly, _____ to work as hard as she could.
A. her mind making up B. with her mind made up
C. with her mind making up D. her mind being made up
27. _____ does he work hard, _____ is he interested in this subject.
A. Neither…nor B. Both …and C. Either…or D. Not only…but also
28. The Smiths worked hard all the year round, but could hardly _____both ends meet.
A. take B. make C. get D. hold
29. -----I will drive you to the airport, if _____.
----But you have ______ to take us all.
A. possible; such small a car B. asked; too small a car
C. to ask; very small a car D. invited; a too small car
30. His success _____ the fact _____ he had been working hard.
A. lies in; which B. lay in; that C. lays in; because D. has laid in; that
31. -----There is a lot of smoke coming out of the teaching building there.
-----Really? It _____ be a fire, most probably.
A. ought to B. can C. have to D. must
32. However much _____, it will be worth it.
A. does the watch cost B. costs the watch
C. the watch will cost D. the watch costs
33. The teacher suggested that the dictionary _____ to be bought.
A. refer B. referred C. referring D. should be referred
34. He has ____ hope of getting help from Johnson, who often breaks his promise.
A. less B. the least C. much D. more
35. The last man ____ the sinking shop was the captain, as is known to all.
A. left B. leaving C. to leave D. had left
III. 完形填空（共20小题，满分30分）
阅读下面短文， 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。
One morning in February 1991, Mary Oyodu, 40, and her 8-year-old son, David, were walking hard 36 an icy parking lot, 37 Mary’s cane(手杖) slid on the ice. She 38 face first into the mud. David 39 to his mother’s side. “Are you all right, Mom?”
40, Mary put herself up. “I’m okay, honey,” she said.
It had been nearly two years since Mary had trouble walking. She was falling more 41 now. Every inch of ice was a 42 danger for her. “I wish I could do 43,” the boy thought.
David, too, was having 44 of his own. The boy had a speech defect(欠缺). At school he 45 asked questions or read aloud.
One day David’s teacher announced a 46 assignment.“Each of you is going to come up with an invention.” He said. This was for “INVENT AMERICA!”, and national competition to encourage the creativity in 47. An idea hit David one evening. 48 only his mother’s cane didn’t slip on the ice, he thought. “That’s it!” David realized.
“49 I fixed your cane so a nail stretched out of the bottom?” he asked his mother.
“Would it scratch floors?”
“No, Mom, I could make.”
But the sharp end.” Mary said.
“It’s like a ball-point pen. You take your hand 50 the button and the nail returns back up.” Hours later the cane was finished. David and his father, Jeff, 51 as Mary used it to walk 50 feet across the 52.
“It works!” she said. In July 1991, David was declared national winner at the annual “INVENT AMERICA!” ceremony in Washington D.C.
As David began to make afraid appearances, he was forced to communicate 53 clearly. Today, David is nearly 54 of his speech defect, and his cane is waiting to be widely used.
55 the boy who once had trouble talking now hopes to start making canes for people who have trouble in walking.
36. A. at B. in C. over D. across
37. A. when B. then C. where D. and
38. A. dropped B. let C. fell D. lay
39. A. leaned B. stood C. rushed D. stayed
40. A. Shakily B. Easily C. Steadily D. Hastily
41. A. quickly B. frequently C. usually D. slowly
42. A. hiding B. definite C. possible D. certain
43. A. everything B. anything C. things D. something
44. A. demand B. disease C. hope D. trouble
45. A. rarely B. often C. always D. occasionally
46. A. usual B. special C. strange D. common
47. A. children B. people C. genius D. disabled people
48. A. Though B. How C. If D. What
49. A. What if B. Even if C. As if D. How if
50. A. with B. to C. at D. off
51. A. helpful B. watched C. listened D. supported
52. A. road B. ice C. yard D. land
53. A. more B. less C. much D. well
54. A. free B. full C. careful D. instead
55. A. Yet B. However C. So D. Instead
IV. 阅读理解（共20小题，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Television signals cross a continent by relay towers, which pick up and amplify(增强) the straight-line microwave beams. But there is no way to build towers on water, and a signal sent across the sea could not follow the curve of the earth. Its straight-line beam would soar off into space.
Scientists have solved this problem by designing a new kind of tower, a tower in the sky—a satellite. An active satellite contains amplifiers much like those in the overland microwave towers. When a microwave is beamed to it from a ground transmitter, the satellite increases the strength of the signal and reflects it to a ground receiving station beyond the curve of the earth.
Technologists know enough today to place a satellite system in medium-range altitudes(高度), from about 5,000 to 8,000 miles in space. A system of about fifty satellites would provide many circuits(线路), which would cover the present communication needs of the world. Telephone and telegraph messages would be carried at high speed. TV broadcasts would be shared internationally.
Plans have also been studied for high-altitude satellites as much as 22,000 miles off in space, but there are still problems with these. Some way must be found to fix such satellites in a firm position so that they will always be “on station”.
56. One advance possible by this system is given as _________.
A. internationally shared television broadcasts
B. internationally shared weather forecasts
C. high-speed interchange on market affairs
D. rapid transmission of military(军事的) information
57. According to the passage, a problem facing the planners of a high-altitude system is ______.
A. way of keeeping its units in place
B. doubt about the size of units needed
C. lack of information about microwave transmission
D. shortage of properly trained technicians
58. All of the following statements are true according to the passage EXCEPT _________.
A. overland television is carried by relay towers
B. overseas television is now carried by space station
C. whether overland or overseas, television signals need to be amplified
D. The overseas system possible today would be placed from about 5,000 to 8,000 miles in space.
59. It is implied in the passage that ________.
A. a system of about fifty satellites would not cover man’s present needs.
B. microwaves travel in a straight line.
C. travelling a great distance weakens a microwave.
D. the problem of high-altitude satellites can be solved in the near future.
B
Londoners are great readers. They buy large numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- specially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound(装订) between hard covers.
There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts(自夸) of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the myriad subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes solely in books about ballet!
Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand volumes, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so grandiose(壮观的) as bookshops. Instead, the booksellers come along each morning and tip out their sacks of books onto small barrows（流动集售货车） which line the gutters(贫民区). And the collectors, some professional and some amateurs, who have been waiting for them, pounce（一把抓住） upon the dusty cascaded（像瀑布一样落下）. In places like this one can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old volume that may be worth many pounds.
60. “Londoners are great readers” means that _________.
A. Londoners are great because they read a lot.
B. there are a great number of readers in London
C. Londoners are readers who read only great books
D. Londoners read a lot
61. Charring Cross Road __________.
A. is in the suburbs of London
B. is famous for its bookshops
C. contains various kinds of shops
D. is the busiest street in London
62. If you want to buy really cheap second-hand books, you must ________.
A. venture in a most busy street
B. venture away from a busy street
C. take the risk of being beaten off the street
D. take the risk of wasting time to hunt them in less noticeable streets
63. The booksellers on Farringdon Road _________.
A. keep fine bookshops
B. keep only small bookshops
C. sell books on hand-carts
D. sell the same books as the bookshops on Charring Cross Road
64. The best topic for this passage is ________.
A. bookshops in London
B. the biggest bookshop in the world
C. Charring Cross Road
D. buying books in London
C
After giving a talk at a high school, I was asked to pay a visit to a special student. An illness had kept the boy home, but he had expressed an interest in meeting me, and it would mean a great deal to him. I agreed.
During the nine-mile drive to his home, I found out something about Matthew. He had muscular dystrophy(肌肉萎缩症). When he was born, the doctor told his parents that he would not live to see five, then they were told he would not make it to ten. Now he was thirteen. He wanted to meet me because I was a gold-medal power lifter, and I knew about overcoming difficulties and going for my dreams.
I spent over an hour talking to Matthew. Never once did he complain or ask,”Why me?” He spoke about winning and succeeding and going for his dreams. Obviously, he knew what he was talking about. He didn’t mention that his classmates had made fun of him because he was different. He just talked about his hopes for the future, and how one day he wanted to lift weight with me.
When we finished talking, I went to my briefcase and pulled out the first gold medal I won and put it around his neck. I told him he was more of a winner and knew more about success and overcoming difficulties than I ever would. He looked at it for a moment, then took it off and handed it back to me. He said, “You are a champion. You earned that medal. Someday when I get to the Olympics and win my own medal, I will show it to you.”
Last summer I received a letter from Matthew’s parents telling me that Matthew had passed away. They wanted me to have a letter he had written to me a few days before:
Dear Rick,
My mom said I should send you a thank-you letter for the picture you sent me. I also want to let you know that the doctors tell me that I don’t have long to live any more. But I still smile as much as I can.
I told you someday I was going to the Olympics and win a gold medal. But I know now I will never get to do that. But I know I’m a champion, and God knows that too. When I get to Heaven, God will give me my medal and when you get there, I will show it to you. Thank you for loving me.
Your friend,
Matthew
65. The boy wanted to meet the author because______.
A. he was interested in weight lifting B. he wanted to get a gold medal
C. he admired the author very much D. he wanted the author to know him
66.The underlined part in the third paragraph probably means “________”.
A. Why do you come to see me?
B. Why do I have to stay at home?
C. Why does the disease fall on me?
D. Why not give a gold medal to me?
67. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. Matthew is a determined boy.
B. Rick used to have the same disease
C. Matthew became a champion finally
D. Rick regarded Matthew as normal
68. The boy refused the author’s medal because ________.
A. he wanted the picture instead. B. He would not be pitied by others
C. He did not know he would die soon D. He himself could earn one in the future.
D
Acting is such an over-crowded profession(职业) that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is “Don’t!” But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act, although the chances of his becoming famous are small. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama school. Usually only students who show promise and talent(才智) are accepted, and the course lasts two years. Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a repertory company(演出公司), usually as an assistant stage (戏剧) manager. This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre: painting scenery, looking after the furniture, publicity (宣传), taking care of the costumes(戏装), and even acting in very small parts. It is very hard work indeed, the hours are long and the salary is tiny. But young actors with the stage in their blood are happy, waiting for the chance of work with a better company, or perhaps in films or television.
Of course, some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and success without this long and tiring training. Connie Parrat, for example, was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory. A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop, as he drove past in his big car. He told the driver to stop, and he got out to speak to the girl. He asked her if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test, and at first she thought he was joking. Then she got angry and said she would call the police. It took the producer twenty minutes to make Connie believe that he was serious. Then an appointment was made for her to go to the studio the next day. The test was successful. They gave her elocution(演说) lessons and within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite course, she was given a more dramatic name, which is now world-famous. But chances like this happen once in a blue moon!
69. From the very beginning, the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession _______.
A. too many are after B. too difficult for young people
C. for hard-working people only. D. for young people only
70. For someone who feels he must act, the author thinks it very possible that ________.
A. he will become a film producer very soon
B. he will surely become a stage manager
C. he will be surely as well paid as any famous actor or actress
D. he will end up without any success
71. The concluding sentence “chances like this happen once in a blue moon” means ________.
A. this is something that happens once in a while
B. this is a highly profitable (赚钱) chance
C. this is something highly possible
D. this is a very rare happening
72. Connie Parrat’s experience suggested that _________.
A. young people could easily become famous actors or actresses
B. film producers choose actors or actresses only from young workers
C. only a few people could become famous actors or actresses by chance
D. remarkable chances are always found at the bus stops.
E
Please be advised that Nairobi like any other large city has a security and crime problem. However, if you observe the following simple guidelines you will stay and have a trouble-free seminar(研讨会):
1. Do not wear a money belt. This makes you an instant target.
2. Cameras of all kinds are a favourite with snatchers. Feel free to use them within the
Starehe Campus and the hotel grounds but not in the streets.
3. Ladies handbags are also a regular snatch. Avoid carrying one, and if you must, be
careful and hold on to it tightly.
4.Jewellery and even glasses with valuable frames are also often targeted. Bear this in mind.
5. When in a vehicle keep the doors always locked. And the windows only slightly open,
especially at traffic lights, junctions and in slow moving traffic.
6. Beware of street children, their begging often quickly changed into something more
unpleasant.
7. Stay with the main party all the time, and avoid wandering off on your own.
8. Finally, the best defence is to be careful at all times and conscious of your environment.
Should you have any problem, query or need help at any hour of the day or night, call any of the following and they will do their best for you:
| OFFICE FIXED | HOME FIXED | Mobile Phone | ||
| 1 | KENNEDY HONGO | 763856/761221 | 763182 | 0733 761294 |
| 2 | FRED OKONO | 761221 | 764988 | 0733 604490 |
| 3 | EDWIN OTIENO | 761221 | 761642/763011 | 072 701279 |
73. This selection must be delivered by _______.
A. the Nairobe city government B. the police of the Nairobe Airport
C. the organizer of the seminar D. Kennedy Hongo, a detective
74. After reading this notice, visitors to Nairobe might gain an impression that_______.
A. Fred Okono and his fellow workmates are very kind and helpful
B. Nairobe is a large city which is very developed
C. the crime problem is very serious in the city of Nairobe.
D. they should not have paid a visit to Nairobe, and should buy a ticket back immediately.
75. The notice tells us that __________.
A. something unpleasant could happen to you if you use a camera during the seminar
B. ladies must not wear a handbag or any jewellery
C. in the hotels of Nairobe, it might be dangerous to stay in a single room
D. everything will be OK if you always watch out and are clear about the surroundings.
高三英语期末考试题
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
高三（ ）班 姓名：__________ 学号：______ 得分（第II卷）：_______
V. 短文改错（共10小题，满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：
如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行的右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
Have you ever wondered what do people’s last 76._______________
names mean? A long time before, many people’s last 77. _______________
names said something what the person was. People’s 78._______________
last names may once have indicated their works. If 79. _______________
someone’s name was Weaver, a person’s job was 80. _______________
producing cloth. A person is named Smith might have 81. _______________
been someone who work with metal, for example, 82. _______________
a blacksmith, a goldsmith, or a tinsmith. A man which 83. _______________
name was Taylor usually did a tailor’s work, making 84. _______________
clothes, while a man calling Gardner would have worked 85. _______________
as a gardener.
VI.书面表达 (满分25分)
在世界环保日到来前夕,联合国教科文组织就如何处理城市垃圾向世界中学生征文。 请你以Saving Our City 为题, 写一篇100 字左右的短文。
提示:
1. 城市垃圾的危害
(1) 污染环境 (2) 有害健康
2. 你所在的城市是如何处理垃圾的
(1) 垃圾分类
(2) 报纸,玻璃的再利用
(3) 有害垃圾填埋
(4) 废水处理
(5) 制定了法律
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高三英语期末考试答案
第 一 卷(共115分)
I、听力理解（每小题1.5分；满分30分）；Ⅱ、单项填空（每小题1分；满分15分）
Ⅲ、完形填空（每小题1.5分；满分30分）；Ⅳ、阅读理解（每小题2分；满分40分）
1. B 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. B 9. B 10. C
11. A 12. B 13. A 14. C 15. B 16. C 17. A 18. A 19. C 20. C
21. D 22. B 23. D 24. B 25.A 26. B 27. A 28. B 29. B 30. B
31. A 32. D 33. B 34. B 35. C 36. D 37. A 38. C 39. C 40. A
41. B 42. C 43. D 44. D 45. A 46. B 47. A 48. C 49. A 50. D
51. B 52. C 53. A 54. A 55. C 56. A 57. A 58. B 59. C 60. D
61. B 62. D 63. C 64. D 65. C 66. C 67. A 68. B 69. A 70. D
71. D 72. C 73. C 74. C 75. D
第 二 卷(共35分)
Ⅴ、短文改错（满分10分）
Have you ever wondered what do
people’s last 76. do
names mean? A long time before, many people’s last 77. ago
names said something∧what the person was. People’s 78. ∧about
last names may once have indicated their works. If 79. jobs/work
someone’s name was Weaver, a person’s job was 80. the
producing cloth. A person is
named Smith might have 81. is
been someone who work with metal, for example, 82. worked
a blacksmith, a goldsmith, or a tinsmith. A man which 83. whose
name was Taylor usually did a tailor’s work, making 84. √
clothes, while a man calling Gardner would have worked 85. called
as a gardener.
VI、书面表达（满分25分）
Saving Our City
It is very important to deal with the rubbish in cities. Rubbish must be treated properly. Otherwise it may cause lot of trouble. It may pollute the air and water. When people breathe the polluted air or drink the polluted water, they may get ill.
Our city has begun to pay attention to the problem. For example, some rubbish is sorted and sent to different factories. Rubbish, such as newspapers and glass, is recycled. Some harmful rubbish is sent to a certain place and buried. Waste water is treated before it is poured into rivers.
To protect the environment, the government has passed laws to prevent people from throwing rubbish everywhere. We should do our best to fight against pollution.