加载中…【试题速递】三林中学2012学年第一学期高三英语期中试卷
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三林中学2012学年第一学期高三英语期中试卷
第I卷
I. Listening Comprehension
Section A
Directions: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.
1. A. 16.
2. A. Mother and child.
3. A. Frank. B. Rude.
4. A. At 9:40.
5. A. Tom is lazy and doesn't want to work hard.
6. A. He thinks the class is not big enough.
7. A. Bobby would not keep on doing the experiment.
8. A. They will hold a furniture
display.
B. They are short of chairs for the audience.
D. They haven't prepared the lecture well.
9. A. She will disappoint everybody with her speech.
10. A. They shouldn't change their plan.
Section B
Directions: In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.
Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.
11. A. Because no police drove me away.
12. A. One Saturday evening. B. One Sunday evening.
13. A. Because he didn't like the warm and soft bed.
Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.
14. A. Lawyer.
15. A. 21％of all the employers.
16. A. With many bloggers, America is sure to win her reputation in the world.
Section C
Directions: In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.
Blanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation·
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At the Lost and Found |
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The item
lost: The name of the
man: The thing the woman
is supposed to do: The man's telephone
number: The camera's make
and model: |
Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.
Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.
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How does Clive spare his free time? How does Catherine spare her free
time? What are Clive's favorites? What does Catherine
feel nervous about? |
Complete the form. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.
25. Sony decided to expand its business in China in response to an increasing demand _________ digital products.
26. Many
college students register at driving schools during the summer
vacation, saying that getting a license
27. Many
introduced plants
A.
must
28. To expand economy, the mayor has made ambitious plans to turn his city into a place ________ young people will choose to inhabit rather than leave.
A.
where
29. Della
seldom goes to that luxurious gift shop, but this morning she went
there to buy a birthday present for her husband,
A. does
she
30. She
asked me to help her, _________ that she couldn’t move the heavy
suitcase alone.A. only to realize
31. After the war, a new school building was put up _________ there had once been a
32. I
would appreciate it _________ you could call back this afternoon
for the doctor’s appointment. A. until
33. When
changing lanes, a driver should use his turning signal to let other
drivers know _______. A. he is entering which lane
C. is he entering
which lane
34. Pollution
will remain a global problem for a long time
35. Although he majored in art and literature in college, he had little interest in _____
subject.
36.
C. Only
through joint efforts we can
37. Badly _____ charities often give a portion of donations to their causes while spending the majority of money on salaries.
C. having managed
38. We were disappointed to find that he was not _____ we had expected.
C. as good a singer as
39. A good teacher has to be armed with the ability to keep students _______ throughout their learning process.
A. motivating
40. Studies show that daydreaming contributes significantly to concentration powers and the ability ______ with others.
A.
communicating
C. to
communicate
Section B
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A. AC. loosened |
Chinese
medical experts have warned that antibiotics (抗生素) are “
According to
the ministry, 70 percent of Chinese inpatients have received
antibiotics, while the maximum number set by the World Health
Organization is 30 percent. About 97 percent of 42__
patients used antibiotics but research showed that a large number
of them
Particularly,
antibiotics are overused in the
“Some doctors
might lack proper training on how to
The ministry
Insiders also
noted that the overuse of antibiotics was partly
About 60 percent of the newly approved medicines by the State Food and Drug Administration last year were antibiotics. According to the SFDA, the country reported 690,000 cases of adverse drug reactions caused by abuse of medicine, including 600 deaths in 2010.
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context
On the list of items people worry about, money is almost always at the top.
Within hours of a recent major stock market __50__, I telephoned my Ford dealer and ordered the car that I test-drove the day before. As my friends pointed out, it seemed the Dow Jones Industrial Average（道琼斯工业平均指数）didn't have much to do with my financial situation and shouldn't affect my __51__. Besides, my old car had caused me headaches for months. Still, I spent the evening asking myself: Could I afford a new car? Should I be saving __52__ spending?
A study in the Wall Street Journal found that 70 percent of the public lives from paycheck to paycheck. Mortgage(抵押贷款) debt has increased 300 percent since 1975. Most marriages that fail __53__ financial problems as a leading factor.
When the Dow fell 554 points last October, millions of people lost billions of dollars, on paper anyway. There was expert __54__ on Wall Street and old-fashioned worry on Main Street as well. Our reaction confirmed what we already knew: We are a people __55__ by financial stress.
As the Bible tells us, worrying about money — or anything else for that matter — won't do us any __56__. “Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” Jesus asked. __57__, it is an unusual person who can live free from __58__ stress, or who can spend money on others as easily as he __59__ it on himself.
John Wesley was one of that __60__ breed. The founder of Methodism had the highest earned income in 18th century England, but he gave it all away. His philosophy about money was simple: “Earn all you can, save all you can, __61__ all you can.”
For most of us, financial security is an elusive（难以达到的）goal. No matter how much we have, it's not __62__. Kahlil Gibran put it this way: “The fear of need is the thirst that can not be satisfied.”
When the stock market falls, we can panic and __63__ whether we have enough. Or we can take a deep breath and remember: Money is __64__ a raw material to be plowed back into something else.
50. A.
increase
51. A.
occupation
52. A.
instead of
53. A.
divide
54. A.
enjoyment
55. A.
driven
56. A.
harm
57. A.
Moreover
58. A.
financial
59. A.
earns
60. A.
rare
61. A.
consume
62. A.
doubtful
63. A.
expect
64. A.
hardly
Section B
Directions: Read the following four passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, and C. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
( A)
In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet despite the competition, my 8-year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest, a competition which she won last year.
As a writer, I know about winning contests – and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection letter from the publisher. I also know the pressure of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn’t win the contest again? That’s the strange thing about being a parent. So many of our own past scars and destroyed hopes can resurface in our children.
A revelation (启示) came last week when I asked her, “Don’t you want to win again?” “No,” she replied, “I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade.”
I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously (自发地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall, I offered suggestions for characters, conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly “guided” by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.
Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade, I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting my daughter’s experience.
While stepping back was difficult for me, it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps, putting myself far enough away to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment, grow and find their own voices.
65. What do we learn from the first paragraph?
A. A lot of amusements compete for children’s time nowadays.
B. Children have lots of fun doing mindless activities.
C. Rebecca is much too busy to enjoy her leisure time.
D. Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.
66. What did the author say about her own writing experience?
A. She was constantly under pressure to write more.
B. Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.
C. She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.
D. Her road to success was full of pain and frustrations.
67. The author took great pains to improve her daughter’s stories because _______.
A. she wanted to help Rebecca realize her dreams of becoming a writer
B. she was afraid Rebecca’s imagination might run wild while writing
C. she did not want to disappoint Rebecca who needed her help so much
D. she believed she had the knowledge and experience to offer guidance
68. The underlined sentence probably means that the author was _______.
A. trying not to let her daughter enjoy her own life
B. trying to get her daughter to do the thing as the author wished
C. making sure that her daughter would win the contest
D. helping her daughter develop real skills for writing
（ B ）
Submitting Homework Online
In order to upload an assignment to the system properly, you must save the assignment using one of the following applications: Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or Microsoft Excel.
After you complete an assignment, it is important to save your work. This ensures that assignment being uploaded to the system is the most updated version. Your word processing program may attempt to save the assignment to a default folder on your computer. We recommend creating a new folder, named after your course, in a location that is easy to remember, such as “My Documents.”
File Name Requirements
Select a file name for the assignment that is easy to remember. The file name must NOT contain spaces. Any spaces used in the file name will prevent the file from uploading to the system. File names using the extensions .rtf, .html, .zip, .jpg, or .exe are NOT allowed. Review the following examples to be sure that you use the proper format:
l Example of an acceptable file name: lesson1.doc
l Example of an unacceptable file name: lesson 1.doc
Assignment Upload Procedure
Make sure you save the assignment using one of the applications previously identified and ensure that it meets the file name requirements described above. When the file is ready to upload, follow these steps:
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2.
3.
4.
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6.
69. Which file name is acceptable for submitting homework?
A. research paper.doc
C.
researchpaper.doc
70. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A.
Applications.
71.
A.
navigate the system
C. choose the
appropriate application
Scientists estimate that more than 60 percent of cancer deaths in the United States are preventable through lifestyle changes. Although there is no certain way to avoid all cancers, reducing individual risk factors significantly decreases the likelihood of getting many forms of this dangerous disease.
The American Chemical Society estimates that smoking causes nearly 30 percent of all cancer deaths in the United States — that is, about 166,000 cancer deaths each year. All cancer deaths caused by tobacco smoking could be prevented completely by not smoking and not using smokeless tobacco. For those who already smoke, quitting will reduce the risk of developing cancer. Studies show that after about ten years of not smoking, a past smoker’s risk lowers to about the level of those who have never smoked.
After quitting smoking, eating a healthy diet is the best way to lower the risk of cancer. Certain foods have been found to protect against cancer. Among these foods are cabbages, tomatoes, soy products, and foods high in vitamins A, C, and E. In addition, green and possibly black teas contain compounds that protect the body from cancer-causing substance.
To lower cancer risk, diets should include little or no red meat. Other foods to avoid or consume in moderation include sugar, fat from animal products, and salt. Added fats and oils should come from vegetables, such as olives or corn, rather than from animal sources. Carbohydrates （碳水化合物） should come from whole grains, such as brown rice and whole wheat bread, rather than from processed foods, such as white rice and white bread.
The risk of cancer of the esophagus（食道）increases with heavy alcohol consumption, and many studies suggest that consuming alcoholic drinks increases the risk of breast cancer as well. Studies show that limiting intake to two drinks a day for men, and one drink per day for women, reduces cancer risk.
Low levels of physical activity have been implicated（牵连）in some cancer. Moderate activity for 30 minutes a day enhances the immune system, shortens the time food takes to move through the intestines（肠）, and changes body composition and hormone levels. Researchers are studying how these effects might lower cancer risk.
72. Which do you think is the best title for this passage ?
A. Lifestyle and disease. B. Causes of cancers.
C. Tips
for cancer prevention.
73. Which of the following is true according to the author ?
A. A person drinking tea regularly will not be likely to suffer from cancer.
B. Once a smoker has stopped smoking, there is almost no chance of getting cancers.
C. A balanced diet is absolutely effective in preventing one from getting cancer.
D. Those who have quitted smoking for 10 years and non-smokers have about the same cancer risk.
74. What kind of people increase their chances of getting cancers ?
A. Those whose foods contain less sugar, animal fat, and salt.
B. One who is not moderate in drinking or eating.
C. Those who have one or two drinks regularly.
D. Those whose diet contains little red meat and a lot of vegetables.
75. The last paragraph implies that _______.
A. food’s staying in one’s body for too long a time might be related to a kind of cancer
B. the reasons why physical activity lowers cancer risk are clear
C. the more you exercise, the lower cancer risk you will take
D. plenty of physical exercise is most important for one to remain healthy
Section C
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
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A. How museums function? B. Museums display everything that is preserved. C. Museums always seek to add their collections. D. Museums are places where you can learn something. AB. People can benefit a lot from visiting museums. AC. People can have access to appreciating those famous works of art in the exhibitions held by museums. |
76. ______
Museums are places where collections of objects are preserved and put on show. The objects may be anything found in nature made by man. There are museums devoted to art, science, history, industry, and technology.
77. ______
But museums are no longer just storehouses for collections. Today nearly all museums, large or small, carry on educational programmes. Museums offer guided tours, lectures, films, music recitals, art lessons, and other attractions. Many large museums have large libraries open to qualified researchers. Often museums collect more objects than they have room to display. The best are chosen for exhibition, and the rest are kept in a study collection. These study collections can be used by students, researchers, and scholars.
78. ______
Museums work constantly to improve their collections and ways of displaying them. All museums share a common aim—to attract visitors and help them to understand and enjoy the collections. Museums are always on the watch for new additions to their collections. Museums also accept gifts, but the large museums no longer accept everything that is offered to them. They accept only objects of collections that meet their high standards.
79. ______
Museums often arrange loan exhibitions of important works from private owners, art dealers and other museums. In this way a famous masterpiece may be viewed by people who otherwise might never have the chance to see it. For example, in 1963 the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City exhibited one of the world’s most famous ladies: Mona Lisa, painted by Leonardo da Vinci. The government of France had lent the painting to the United States. Attendance at the Metropolitan had reached an all-time high during the month the Mona Lisa was shown there.
80. ______
What is to be
gained from visiting museums?
Section
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.
When bats go out to hunt, they send out sonar(声纳) signals at such high frequencies and in such rapid bursts that they can hear the signals bounce off mosquitoes in midair. They then zero in on the insects and get ready for an attack. Dolphins use the same technique to find their dinners. It’s called echolocation(回声定位法), a technique that uses sound to identify objects by the echoes they produce.
18-year-old Ben is one of the people known to use “Echolocation” as a primary means of navigating the world on land. His eyes are artificial, but his brain has adapted to allow him to evaluate his environment. He makes a “clicking” sound to communicate with objects and people around him.
Scientists have discovered that in the brains of the blind the visual cortex(皮层) has not become useless, as they once believed. When blind people use another sense — touch or hearing, for example — to substitute for sight, the brain’s visual cortex becomes active, even though no images reach it from the optic(视觉) nerve. Echolocation creates its own images.
Ben says every object in his life talks to him in ways that no one else can hear or understand. And he is not alone. 44-year-old Daniel also uses echolocation and has become an expert on it. “I have mental images that are very rich, very complex. They simply do not possess the visual element,” Daniel says.
It’s like a myth(误区) that blind people’s other senses compensate for their lack of sight. The fact is — blind people don’t have a more acute sense of smell, taste or touch; they can use their other senses or their other parts of the body more effectively and fully to feel and “see” the world.
(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NOT MORE THAN 10 words.)
81. Dolphins find their food by _____ and receiving the echoes.
82. Why does the author use the examples of bats and dolphins at the beginning of the passage?
83. Scientists used to believe that the visual cortex in the brains of the blind was _____.
84. How do blind people like Ben feel and “see” the world?
第Ⅱ卷 （45分）
I. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
1.
2.
3. 每当灾难发生时，总有热心的人们向受难者伸出援助之手（Every time)
4.这些工程旨在降低人们的生活成本，并改善他们的生活条件（aim）
5.直到iPhone 5的出现，人们才意识到它已给手机领域带来了巨大的变化（Not until）
II. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120 --- 150 words according to the instructions given below in Chinese.
高考是全社会关注的大事，学校和家庭表现尤为突出。家庭成员对考生从学习到生活给予无微不至的“关怀”，结果却给考生带来负面影响。根据图画所描述的内容写一篇文章，并发表自己的观点。
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