云南省玉溪一中高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)試題及答案

1、 玉溪一中2014-2015學(xué)年上學(xué)期期中考試高三英語(yǔ)試題卷命題人：孫維云本試卷分第一卷(選擇題)和第二卷(非選擇題)兩部分。第一卷第1頁(yè)至第8頁(yè)。第二卷第9頁(yè)至第10頁(yè)。滿分150分，考試時(shí)間120分鐘。注意事項(xiàng)：1. 答題前，考生在答題卡上務(wù)必用黑色或藍(lán)色鋼筆將自己的姓名、考號(hào)填寫(xiě)清楚。2. 每小題選出答案后，用2b鉛筆把答題卡上對(duì)應(yīng)題目的答案標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑，如需改動(dòng)，用橡皮擦干凈后，再選涂其他答案標(biāo)號(hào)，在試題卷上作答無(wú)效。第i卷 選擇題（三部分，共100分）第一部分：聽(tīng)力理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）第一節(jié)（共5小題；每小題1.5分，滿分7.5分）聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題。從題中所給的

2、a、b、c三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。ks5u.com1. what is the womans opinion of travelling by air?a. too expensive. b. too comfortable. c. too quick. 2. when was the woman born?a. in may. b. in june. c. in march.3. why hasnt the woman ever thought of going by plane?a.

3、its too dangerous.b. its hard to get plane tickets.c. its too expensive.4. why did the man get a ticket? a. he drove too slow. b. he ran a red light. c. he parked at the wrong place. 5. what do we learn from the conversation?a. the man wants to go to los angeles.b. the man wants to go to san francis

4、co.c. there are no flights to los angeles for the rest of the day.第二節(jié)（共15小題；每小題1.5分，滿分22.5分）聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白，每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的a、b、c三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘；聽(tīng)完后，各小題將給出5秒鐘的做答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。聽(tīng)第6段材料，回答第6至7題。6. why does the woman want to buy a computer?a. to help her with her lesson

5、s.b. to help her to write a book.c. to look up information from the internet.7. whats the mans job?a. a computer salesman. b. a computer engineer.c. a computer teacher.聽(tīng)第7段材料，回答第8至10題。8. whose mother was ill?a. jeffs. b. jacks. c. richards.9. with whom did the man go travelling?a. maria. b. his dog.

6、 c. jeff and richard.10. what happened to richard?a. he started a new job. b. he went travelling with jeff.c. he stayed at home during the mans travelling.聽(tīng)第8段材料，回答第11至13題。11. what is not true about the man?a. he cant breathe well after a walk.b. water is running down his breast.c. he hasnt been sle

7、eping well because of the pain in his breast.12. what has caused the sleeplessness?a. his pain in the breast.b. he was burnt by boiling water.c. he doesnt know.13. whats the woman speakers name?a. doctor cook. b. doctor martin. c. not told.聽(tīng)第9段材料，回答第14至16題。14. whats the purpose of dianas new project

8、?a. to teach students some basic writing skills.b. to write articles for the campus literature review.c. to help those who want to get their works published.15. what is dianas suggestion to tom?a. keep trying even if he is turned down.b. ask an experienced writer to be his consultant (顧問(wèn)).c. try to

9、polish his works in the creative writing class.16. why does tom agree to join the group?a. he can get his poems published.b. he can contribute essays to the group.c. he can get some advice from other members.聽(tīng)第10段材料，回答第17至20題。17. what special food did mrs. wilson cook that day?a. some beef. b. some

10、meat. c. some fish.18. how did mrs. wilson first feel that day?a. happy but lonely.b. tired and unhappy.c. tired but happy.19. what was mrs. wilson worried about?a. the food. b. the visitors lives.c. her neighbours cat.20. what did the neighbours call mean to mrs. wilson?a. she didnt need to worry a

11、bout anything.b. she would be sorry to hear this news.c. she would be unhappy about the news.第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題;每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。athis year some twenty-three hundred teenagers（young people aged from 13 19）from all over the world will spend about ten months

12、 in u. s. homes. they will attend u.s. schools, meet u.s. teenagers, and form impressions of the real america. at the same time, about thirteen hundred american teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.here is a two-way student

13、 exchange in action. fred, nineteen, spent last year in germany with georges family. in turn, georges son mike spent a year in freds home in america.fred, a lively young man, knew little german when he arrived, but after two months study, the language began to come to him. the school was completely

14、different from what he had expected much harder. students rose respectfully(尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. they took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the united states. there were almost no outside activities.family life, too, was different. the fathers word was law, a

15、nd all activities were around the family rather than the individual. fred found the food too simple at first. also, he missed having a car.“back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. in germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”at the same time, in america,

16、 mike, a friendly german boy, was also forming his idea. “i suppose i should criticize(批評(píng)) american schools,” he says. “it is far too easy by our level. but i have to say that i like it very much. in germany we do nothing but study. here we take part in many outside activities. i think that maybe yo

17、ur schools are better in training for citizens. there ought to be some middle ground between the two.”21.this year teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between america and other countries.a. twenty-three hundredb. thirteen hundredc. over three thousandd. less than two thousand22.the wh

18、ole exchange programme is mainly to .a. help teenagers in other countries know the real americab. send students in america to travel in germanyc. let students learn something about other countriesd. have teenagers learn new languages23. what is particular in america schools is that .a. there is some

19、 middle ground between the two teaching buildingsb. there are a lot of outside activitiesc. students usually take fourteen subjects in alld. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car24. after experiencing the american school life, mike thought .a. a better education should include something g

20、ood from both american and germanyb. german schools trained students to be better citizensc. american schools were not as good as german schoolsd. the easy life in the american school was more helpful to studentsba sure way to destroy your chances of learning how to write skillfully is to believe th

21、at writing is a “natural gift” rather than a learned skill. people with such an attitude think that they are the only ones for whom writing is unbearably difficult. they feel that everyone else finds writing easy or at least tolerable (可容忍的). such people often say. “im not any good at writing” or “e

22、nglish was not one of my good subjects.” they imply that they simply do not have a talent for writing, while others do. the result of this attitude is that these people try to avoid writing, and when they do write, they dont try their best. their writing fails chiefly because they believe that they

23、dont have the “natural talent” needed to write. unless their attitude changes, they probably will not learn how to write effectively.a realistic attitude about writing must build on the idea that writing is a skill. it is a skill like driving, typing, or cooking; and, like any skill, it can be learn

24、ed. if you have the determination to learn, you will develop your writing skills by practicing extensively.many people find it difficult to do the active thinking that clear writing demands. it is frustrating (使人沮喪的) to discover how much of a challenge it is to transfer thoughts and feelings from on

25、es head onto a sheet of paper. but writing is not an automatic process: we will not get something for nothing and we should not expect to. for almost everyone, skillful writing comes from hard work from determination and sweat. the good news is that the skill of writing can be mastered, and if you a

26、re ready to work, you will learn what you need to know.25.why do some people think writing is difficult?a. they have no time to practice writing.b. they believe few people can write well.c. they have no good teachers to help them.d. they dont think writing can be learned.26.it can be inferred from p

27、ara. 1 that _.a. “natural gift” is the determining factor in ones successb. diligence can result in successc. a person without “natural gift is sure to fail in writingd. attitude determines what one will be27.what is the topic of the passage?a. why writing is important.b. whether writing is a born g

28、ift.c. benefits of essay writing.d. how to improve writing skills.cgreek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields (盾) toward the sun. the flashes reflected by light could be seen several miles away. the enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other greek soldiers could understand the m

29、essages. roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. when they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. if there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.in africa, people learned to sen

30、d messages by beating on a series of large drums (鼓). each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. the drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.in the eighteenth

31、 century, a french engineer found a new way to send short messages. in this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. it was like spelling out words with flags and arms.over a long period of time, people sent m

32、essages by all these different ways. however, not until the telephone was invented in america in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.28.according to this passage, the roman way of communication depended very much upon _.a. fine weatherb.

33、 high towerc. the spelling systemd. arm movements29.which of the following statements is true?a. neither the greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message.b. african soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message.c. telephone was invented by a french engineer.d. only by using tel

34、ephone could people send speech sounds quickly.30. the africans sent messages _.a. by putting drums togetherb. over a very short distancec. by a musical instrumentd. at a rather slow speed31. the _ way of communication made use of visible signs.a. frenchb. romanc. africand. americandstop wasting you

35、r time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born.only you have the power to make those seeds grow.the seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the hum

36、an mind. success is a choice and not a chance.you were born a winner. you were born rich.you can be a success if only you make the right choice. you cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem (自信心).your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are ab

37、le to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life.people with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives.they are always victims.they are leaves tossed (搖擺) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather. yo

38、u can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. failures think that everything happens by accident and chance.successful people realize that they are responsible.everything happens as a result of something. if we

39、 can identify the cause, we can control the effect.we are responsible for what we choose to think and believe.one generally rises to the level that one expects.we are responsible for setting our expectations. our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.if you associate with positive-thinki

40、ng people, you are definitely going to achieve success.on the contrary, the opposite happens. we are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing (培育) the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks (挫折). in short, in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotio

41、nal, or spiritual, you are responsible.once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. you are on the road to success. 32.people with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they _.a. cant exercise control over themselvesb. are easily affected by windy weatherc. dont have the power

42、 to face their fated. are ready to change their minds 33. losers would think that _.a. success is the result of hard workb. working hard will lead to successc. they fail only because of bad luckd. they dont make efforts to succeed34. it can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that _.a. setting our

43、expectations is essential before taking actionb. knowing cause and effect is the key to future successc. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mindd. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes 35. the last paragraph serves as _.a. the proof of the authors points b. the conclusion of

44、the argumentc. an introduction to another topicd. a comparison between two views第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. they warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems

45、, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer. 36 some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. others burst with anger, and scream and yell. but other people keep their anger inside. they cannot or will not express it. this is called repressing anger.for years many doctors th

46、ought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a persons health than expressing it. they said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷爾蒙). they speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 37 some doctors say that both repressing and expres

47、sing anger can be dangerous. they believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. 38 they say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize

48、 the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. if it is, they say, “ 39 wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation tha

49、t has made you angry. 40 a. they say that laughter is much healthier than anger.b. expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.c. doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.d. anger may cause you a cancer.e. do not express your anger while angry.f. anger is a norma

50、l emotion that we all feel from time to time.g. in general the person feels excited and ready to act.第三部分：英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)完形填空（共20小題;每題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。i do a lot of management training each year for the circle k company. among the 41 we discuss in our cl

51、asses is the 42 of quality employees（雇員）.“what has caused you to stay 43 enough to become a manager?” i asked. after a while a new manager took the 44 and said slowly, “it was a baseball glove.”cynthia said she used to 45 a circle k clerk job as an interim（臨時(shí)的）one while she looked for something 46 .

52、 on her second day behind the counter, she received a (an) 47 from her nine-year-old son, jessie. he 48 a baseball glove for the little league. she 49 that as a single mother, money was 50 and her first check would have to go for paying 51 .when cynthia arrived for work the next morning, partircia,

53、the store manager asked her to come to her small office and handed her a box. “i overheard you 52 to your son yesterday,” she said, “and i know that it is 53 to explain things to kids. this is a baseball glove for jessie. i know you have to pay bills 54 you can buy gloves. you know we cant 55 good p

54、eople like you as 56 as we would like to; but we do 57 and i want you to know how 58 you are to us.”cynthias story shows vividly that people 59 more how much a (n) 60 cares than how much he pays.41. a. topics b. problems c. difficulties d. lessons 42. a. employing b. praising c. keeping d. improving

55、 43. a. soon b. long c. strong d. calm 44. a. position b. decision c. question d. advice 45. a. take b. change c. lose d. consider 46. a. lighter b. easier c. better d. higher 47. a. letter b. callc. answer d. email 48. a. bought b. kept c. needed d. offered 49. a. complained b. explained c. underst

56、ood d. admitted 50. a. short b. enough c. spare d. tight 51. a. food b. education c. clothes d. bills 52. a. talking b. crying c. arguing d. scolding 53. a. easy b. hard c. simple d. nice 54. a. after b. untilc. when d. before 55. a. value b. remain c. pay d. fire 56. a. much b. many c. pleasant d. possible 57. a. regret b. agree c. worry d. care 58. a. excellent b. import