高三上学期期末英语试题
注意：所有答案写在答题纸上。
一、单项填空（共30小题；每小题1分，满分30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。
1. He _____ a novel last year but I don’t know whether he has finished it.
A. wrote B. was writing
C. had written D. has written
2. --- Is the book interesting?
--- Yes, but I’m sure it won’t interest _____.
A. everybody B. somebody C. anybody D. nobody
3. ---Would you have written to her had it been possible?
---Yes, but I _____ busy with my work.
A. was B. were C. had been D.would be
4. ---He says he has an uncle living in America.
---Nonsense. _____, his father has no brother.
A. More or less B.As a matter of fact
C. No matter what he says D. At least
5. ---What did you see?
---We saw _____ police there.
A. many B. much C. plenty D. the
6. ---Harry treats his secretary badly.
---Yes. He seems to think that she is the _____ important person in the office.
A. hardly B. least C. less D. most
7. ---Shall I book a table for the dinner?
--- _____. The restaurant won’t be full this evening.
A. Yes, you may B. No, you mustn’t
C. No, you needn’t D. I’d rather not
8. I’ll spend the evening _____ in your room waiting for the thief to arrive.
A. locking B. in locking C. being locked D. locked
9. The book is not very important in your studies. You’d better buy one for your future work, _______.
A. also B. however C. still D. though
10. ---Thank you for a wonderful meal. --- ______.
A. No, really. It’s all right B. Thank you all the same
C. The same to you D. I’m glad you enjoyed it
11. ---Excuse me, would you mind passing me that English-Chinese dictionary?
---Sorry, it’s _____ my reach.
A. over B.within C. far away D. beyond
12. Johnny tried hard to find a good job in this newspaper office, but he had no _____.
A. chance B. time C. money D. luck
13. ---Were you late for the film?
---Yes. Half of it _____ by the time we _____ the cinema.
A. was shown; reached B. had been shown; reached
C. was on; had reached D. had been on; had reached
14. ---Who did you decide to have _____ a college education in England?
---My elder daughter, of course.
A. receive B. received C. receiving D. to receive
15. I tried to get them to _____ the price of the TV set, but they refused to. So I didn’t buy it.
A. go down B. go up C. bring down D. bring up
16．-Which share is meant for me? –You can take half.They’re exactly the same.
A.this B.any C.each D.either
17．-It isn’t very nice. –Oh ,dear. I you it.
A.think;like B.thought;would like C.have thought;liked D.think;will like
18．I it will rain at weekend, but I it won’t.The air’s too damp.
A.hear;wish B.expect;hope C.suppose;want D.guess;belive
19．He changed his mind for the second time ,after I refused ever to go out with him again.
A.what B.that C.all D.which
20．The situation has become extremely tense.A war break out any time between the two sides.
A.can B.will C.could D.must
21．I didn’t like aunt Lucy,who without warning and bringing us presents.
A.always turned up B.has always turned up
C.had always turned up D.was always turning up
22．-John,you’ve never been to the Great Wall since you came to China,I’m afraid.
- .
A.No,I’ve just been there with Mary B.Yes,never.How about you?
C.No,but how I with to! D.Yes,but I’d like to as soon as possible
23．-I hear Warren in a middle school.
-What?I can’t imagine him as a teacher.
A.teach;to woke B.teaches;working C.teaches;to work D.teach;working
24．The nurse treated the naughty boy very kindly,but her patience at last.
A.went down B.used up C.got away D.gave out
25．I’m not sure what time I’ll arrive,maybe half past seven or a quarter eight. ,I’ll be there as early as possible.
A.Anyhow B.However C.Thus D.Therefore
26．-My sister’s in hospital. - .
A.My sister’s a teacher B.Sorry to hear that
C.With best wishes D.That’s a good job
27．-Why didn’t you give me a ring? -Well,Imeant but later I forgot.
A.telephoning B.to telephone C.having telephone D.to have telephone
28．-I’m green at everything.
-Don’t worry, you get older,you will get more experience.
A.When B.Till C.If D.While
29．-Do remember to give my regards to your parents. -Yes,I .Thank you.
A.do B.remember C.will D.give
30．-Did you enjoy yourself at the party.
-Sorry to say I didn’t.It was a meeting than a party.
A.more of B.rather like C.less of D.more of less
二、完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分, 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中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time, bee-keepers killed their bees every autumn. Why, you 31 ask? Well, the answer is this. To get some 32 , bee-keepers and farmers used to 33 small wooden boxes in a corner of the farmyard. Bees would come and 34 the box with honeycomb. 35 , there was no way of getting the honey out 36 killing the bees. So they used to burn a chemical 37 the box in order to kill the bees and then take the honey.
Now, bee-keepers 38 beehives to collect honey. In the beehive there are a number of wooden 39 with spaces between them 40 can be lifted out. In later summer, the squares, which are now 41 of honeycomb are lifted out. The squares are put in 42 special machine and turned round and round very fast for several minutes. Turning the squares round and round 43 this 44 out the honey. Then the honey is collected and 45 jars. After that the empty squares are returned to the hive for the bees to fill with honey the following year.
Bees need food to live 46 the winter. That’s why they make honey. Bee-keepers can do one of 47 things. Either they can leave 48 of the honey in the hive for the bees to eat during the winter. Or else they can 49 all the honey and provide the bees with a mixture of sugar and water for the bees to eat 50 .
31. A. need B. may C. should D. must
32. A. honey B. bees C. honeycomb D. space
33. A.put in B. put away C. put off D. put out
34. A. fill B. cover C. supply D. satisfy
35. A. Still B. And C. However D. So
36. A. for B. in C. by D. without
37. A. on B. close to C. in the front of D. far from
38. A. want B. take C. use D. expect
39. A. squares B. boxes C. sticks D. bowls
40. A. many B. they C. it D. which
41. A. full B. filled C . afraid D. emptied
42. A. the B. a C. another D. 不填
43. A. for B. in C. like D. to
44. A. forces B. makes C. helps D. drives
45. A. led into B. brought into C. poured into D. got into
46. A through B. before C. after D. for
47. A. two B.three C. many D. those
48. A. any B. all C. none D. some
49. A. cover B. remove C. get D. receive
50. A. since B. then C. too D. instead
三、 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
PALO ALTO, California------“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter------ even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.
A study of 192 third and fourth graders, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.9kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.
“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.
“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing video games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.
In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.
Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continued their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet or took part in any extra exercise.
“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around more and burning off calories,” Robinson said.
“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson said.
51. The author tries to tell us in the first two paragraphs that ________.
A. children will get fatter if they eat too much
B. children will get thinner if they eat less
C. children will get fatter if they spend less time watching TV
D. children will get fatter if they spend more time watching TV
52. According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV_____.
A. is more than four hours a day B. is less than four hours a day
C. doubled in the last twenty years D. is more than on any other activities
53. The time children spend on TV viewing every day is suggested to be about ________.
A. six hours B. eight hours C. three hours D. one hour
54. Which one of the following is right?
A. Children usually eat fewer while watching TV.
B. Children usually eat more while watching TV.
C. Children eat the same amount of meals while watching TV.
D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.
55. Why can watching TV increase kids’ weight according to the passage?
A. They usually eat more while watching TV.
B. They burn off fewer calories.
C. They change their diet while watching TV.
D. Both A and B.
B
Lillian Hanson, a college student, expects to graduate in about two years. What makes Mrs Hanson different from her classmates is her age-----73 years. She has been studying at college, a few courses at a time, for 27 years.
When Lillian Hanson graduated from high school, she went to the bank to borrow money for further education. The banker gave her no encouragement. He didn’t think that a country girl should borrow money to go to college. He thought she should be at home doing work in the house or around the farm. So Lillian Hanson went home and raised a family of nine children instead of going to college. Mrs Hanson never forgot her dream of getting a higher education. When her children were grown, she tried again.
She finds that it is the hardest part of going back to school at her age to sit in class for long periods of time. Because she is not as quick as she used to be, Mrs Hanson often gets up and walks around classes to keep from getting stiff(不灵活). At the beginning of a course in using the computer, the other students all stood up to give her a warm welcome when she introduced herself and explained why she was there and what her aims were.
56. Mrs Hanson couldn’t go to college immediately after she graduated from high school because _____.
A. she hadn’t got enough money B. she was a country girl
C. the banker ordered her not to borrow any money
D.the banker thought she should raise a family of nine children
57. The computer students welcomed Mrs Hanson warmly because ______.
A. she had got an excellent result in the exam
B. she was good at telling funny stories
C. they wanted to get her help in their studies
D. they were deeply moved by her spirit
58. Mrs Hanson is the sort of person who ________.
A. cares for study very much B. likes to borrow money from the bank
C. never misses a chance to talk D. tries to save any money for her family
59. In which order did Mrs Hanson do the following things?
a. she began her studies at college.
b. She finished high school.
c. She got married and gave birth of nine children.
d. She had her 73 rd birthday.
e. She went to the bank to borrow money.
A. a c b e d B. b e c a d C. b c e d a D. e d a c b
C
Recently, a professor of philosophy in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our day-to-day life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they often see what they really value in life.
He says our relation with others often becomes clearly defined when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful friendship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend you some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before. Or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.
Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.
Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man?
Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I don’t Know much. All I am is rich.
People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.
60. According to the first paragraph, people have not realized ________.
A. how important money is in their day-to-day life
B. how one spends money shows what is important to him
C. that money is more important than their philosophy of life
D. that their understanding of life is more important than money
61. The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money ________.
A. is a good way to test your friendship
B. will do harm to your friendship
C. will strengthen your friendship
D. is a good way to break off your friendship
62. What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?
A. He does not feel that he is well educated.
B. He does not think that he is a very important person.
C. He does not think that being rich deserves so much attention.
D. He does not consider himself to be very successful.
63. What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?
A. Money is an end. B. Money is a means.
C. Money is everything. D. Money is unimportant.
D
The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the time of a woman’s life spent in caring for children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties, and would be likely to have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement(退休) at sixty. Even while she has the care of children, her work is lightened by modern living conditions.
This important change in women’s life-pattern has only recently begun to have its full effect on women’s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls left schools at the first chance, and most of them took a full-time job. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school-leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry younger, more married women stay at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to full or part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with the both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.
64. According to the passage, around the year 1900 most women married ________.
A. at about twenty-five B. in their early fifties
C as soon as possible after they were fifteen
D. at any age from fifteen to forty-five
65. We are told that in a common family about 1900 _________.
A. many children died before they were five
B. seven or eight children lived to be more than five
C. the youngest child would be fifteen
D. four or five children died when they were five
66. When she was over fifty, the late nineteenth-century mother _________.
A. would be healthy enough to take up paid jobs
B. was usually expected to die fairly soon
C. would expect to work until she died
D. was unlikely to find a job even if she wanted one
67. According to the passage, the women of today usually _________.
A. marry instead of getting paid work B. marry before they are twenty-five
C. have more children under fifteen D. have too few children
E
It’s interesting that the arrival of snow has effect on people in different countries. For some countries it is an important happening to celebrate each year, while for others a catastrophe(灾害) or even a wonder.
But there are countries between these two kinds that normally expect snow some time over the winter months, but never receive snow regularly or in the same quantities every year. Britain is one of them, for which the arrival of snow quite simply causes problems. Within hours of the first snowfalls, however light, roads are blocked, trains and buses have to stop in the middle of the way. Normal communication is affected as well: telephone calls become difficult and the post immediately takes more time than usual. And almost within hours, there are also certain shortages----bread, vegetables and other things-----not because all these things can no longer be produced or sent to shops, but mainly because people are frightened and go out and store up with food and so on…just for fear that something bad should happen.
But why does snow have this effect? After all, the Swiss, the Austrians and the Canadians don’t have such problems. It is simple because there is not enough planning and preparation. We need money to buy equipment to deal with snow and ice. To keep the roads clear, for example, requires snow-ploughs(扫雪机) and machines to spread salt. The reason why a country like Britain does not buy snow-ploughs is that they are used for a few days in any one year, and the money could be more useful in other things such as hospital, education, helping the old and so on..
68. According to the writer, Britain is a country ________.
A. which has regular snow B. which is not well prepared for snow
C. for which snow is a catastrophe D. for which snow is a wonder
69. After a few hours’ snowing there are often some shortages of food because ______.
A. shops have closed down B. people buy as much as they can
B. farmers cannot produce any more D. people eat more vegetables in winter
70. The words “two kinds” in the passage mean the countries ______.
A. which have weather as yearly happening to celebrate or as rare(少见) weather
B. which either have heavy snow or light snow
C. to which snow either causes problems or no problems
D. which either have snow-ploughs or no snow-ploughs
四、短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15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），则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词： 把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行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。
After I finished the school this year, I began 71.__________
to look for work. Now several month later, I still 72.__________
hadn’t found the job that I was interested. Last Sunday 73.__________
morning I received a phone call from a man calling him 74.__________
Mr Smith. He said to me on the phone, “I hear that you do 75.__________
very well in your studies. I may have a job for you.” 76.__________
I entered his office with a beaten heart. How I hoped 77.__________
that I will go through the job-hunting talk today and he 78.___________
would take me on as a lab assistant. But to my surprised, 79___________
what he said disappointing. He only needed a model. 80.___________
五、书面表达（35分）
提示：一组英国中学生来你校访问，校长交给你一份时间表，请你用英语向中学生讲清楚他们在京逗留期间（共三天）的活动安排。
| 时 间 | 活 动 项 目 | 有 关 内 容 |
| 星期一 | 上午：校长接见 | 介绍学校情况 |
| 下午：参观实验室和图书馆 | ||
| 星期二 | 上午：两国学生共同游览长城 | 张老师向学生讲述有关长城趣闻 |
| 下午：在402室举行联欢会 | ||
| 星期三 | 上午：两国学生举行座谈会 | |
| 下午：9∶45乘车去西安 |
高三英语“试题选粹” 参考答案：
1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. D 10. D 11. D 12.D
13. B 14. A 15. C 16.D 17.B 18.B 19.D 20.C 21.D 22.C 23.B 24.D 25.A 26. B 27.D 28.A 29.C 30.B 31. B 32. A 33. D 34. A 35. C 36.D 37. B 38. C 39. A 40. D 41. A 42. B 43. C 44. A 45. C 46. A 47.A 48. D 49. B 50. D 51. D 52. A 53. C 54. B 55. D 56.A 57.D 58. A 59. B 60. B 61. A 62. C 63. B 64. A 65. A 66.D 67.B 68. B 69. B 70. A
71. 去掉 the 72. month 改为 months 73. interested 后加 in 74. him 改为himself 75. do 改为 did 76.√ 77. beaten 改为 beating 78. will 改为 would 79. surprised 改为 surprise
80. said 后加 was
书面表达：
Dear Friends,
Welcome to China. I am very glad to tell you what you are going to do during your stay in Beijing . Our headmaster is to see you on Monday morning and he will introduce our school to you. You will visit the lab building and the library in the afternoon. On Tuesday morning the students of the two countries are to visit the Great Wall, where Mr Zhang will tell some interesting stories about it . In the evening we are going to have a party in Room 402. The Chinese students and the English students will give nice performances at the party. You will have a talk with the Chinese students on Wednesday morning. You will be free in the afternoon. And you will leave for Xi’an by train at 21:45 p.m. .
Thank you.