高三英语期末试卷

高三第一学期期末考试试卷

英语学科

（考试时间120分钟, 满分150分）2011.1

第I卷

I. Listening Comprehension

Part A Short Conversations

Directions: In Part 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 conversation and the question will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers in your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.

1. A. Having an interview. B. Filling out a form.

C. Talking with his friend.

D. Asking for information.

2. A. In Canada. B. In England. C. In Brazil. D. In Egypt.

3. A. Going through the customs at an airport. B. At a railway station.

C. At a bus station.

D. At a supermarket.

4. A. Because she wanted to talk with her husband.

B. Because she wanted to call her husband.

C. Because she wanted to ask her husband about something.

D. Because she wanted to know whether her husband was in his office or not.

5. A. He is happy. B. He is upset.

C. He is angry.

D. He is tired and impatient.

6. A. The length of the Canal.

B. The height of the Canal.

C. The width of the Canal.

D. The scenery of the Canal.

7. A. He painted it by himself. B. It needs to be painted.

C. It isn’t beautifully painted.

D. He hired his brother to paint it.

8. A. It’s awfully dull. B. It’s really exciting.

C. It’s very exhausting.

D. It’s quite challenging.

9. A. Go on with the game. B. Draw pictures on the computer.

C. Review his lessons.

D. Have a good rest.

10. A. They are both anxious to try Italian food.

B. They are likely to have dinner together.

C. The man will treat the woman to dinner tonight.

D. The woman refuses to have dinner with the man.

Part B Passages

Directions: In Part B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passage will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers in your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.

Questions11through13are based on the following passage.

11. A. The number of students they take in is limited.

B. They receive little or no support from public taxes.

C. They are only open to children from rich families.

D. They have to pay more taxes.

12. A. Private schools admit more students.

B. Private schools charge less than religious schools.

C. Private schools run a variety of programs.

D. Private schools allow students to enjoy more freedom.

13. A. The churches. B. The program designers.

C. The local authorities.

D. The state government.

Questions 14through16are based on the following passage.

14. A. Anxious and worried.

B. Proud and excited.

C. Nervous and confused.

D. Inspired and confident.

15. A. His father scolded him severely.

B. His father took back the six dollars.

C. His father made him do the cutting again.

D. His father cut the leaves himself.

16. A. One can benefit a lot from working with his father.

B. Manual labourers shouldn’t be looked down upon.

C. One should always do his job earnestly.

D. Teenagers tend to be careless.

Part C Longer Conversation

Directions: In Part C, you will hear a longer conversation. The conversation will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are asked to fulfill the task by filling in the numbered blanks with the information you hear.

Complete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.

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 sentences.

25. ________the morning of my mother’s birthda y, I usually help her do some housework.

A. On

B. In

C. During

D. At

26. Rather than having to choose one or the other, we can benefit from _____ of the approaches.

A. both

B. all

C. every

D. another

27. The time is drawing near ________ we’ll have to make a decision one way or the other.

A. where

B. when

C. whether

D. why

28. Play, often ________ as an activity for younger children, is still important in the social

development of teenagers.

A. to see

B. seeing

C. to be seen

D. seen

29. The electrician explained to us _______ electricity played an important part in our daily life.

A. why was it that

B. why is it that

C. why it was that

D. why it is that

30. I ________ to the lecture this afternoon, but I ________ a bit ill.

A. should have gone; was

B. would have gone; had been

C. should go; was

D. would go; had been

31. It wasn’t all the driver’s fault, but as the witness of the accident, he should have called the police in time, ________?

A. was it

B. wasn’t it

C. shouldn’t he

D. should he 32. It _____ at Christmas that John Smith gave Mary a handbag.

A. is

B. will be

C. might have been

D. must be

33. A few years ago, the belief became general ______ orange juice and milk should never be

drunk at the same meal.

A. what

B. that

C. which

D. whether

34. Paper bags produced every year are ______ the world’s production of vehicles.

A. three times weight of

B. three times the weight of

C. as three times heavy as

D. three times as heavier as

35. A small car is big enough for a family of three ______ you need more space for baggage.

A. once

B. because

C. if

D. unless

36. Their work _________, all the experts went out for relaxation.

A. was completed

B. completing

C. completed

D. had been completed

37. After the earthquake, a new school was put up _________ there had once been a theater.

A. that

B. where

C. in which

D. since

38. Word came that a worker and teacher ________ to give us a talk on how to use the new machine this Friday.

A. are going

B. is going

C. was going

D. were going

39. Sally is said ___________ in a foreign university, but I have no idea which country she studied in.

A. to study

B. to have studied

C. to be studying

D. having studied

40. Please remember _____

wins you respect is not your background but your knowledge and virtues.

A. that

B. what

C. which

D. where

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.

BEIJING - The general office of the State Council 41 a plan on Monday to improve national food safety, setting the tone for this year's program, which includes emphasizing the accountability（问责制）of the system.

As part of a two-year 42 that began last month, the plan details 11 points for reforming food safety in China, aiming to solve problems and 43 public confidence in the products that are available on the market.

One of the points concerned the quality of farm products.

"Tests on pesticide residues in vegetables, fruits, teas, domestic fungus, animal products and sea food should be enforced. Regulations on pesticide production and sales, 44 random checks

on pesticide quality, should be 45 ," according to the plan.

The statement follows a recent food scandal in which a banned pesticide was found in some cowpeas（豇豆）grown in Hainan province that were sold in several parts of the country, including Hubei, Guangdong, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces.

The plan, which requires increased supervision of fresh dairy products, also proposed a clampdown（取缔）on 46 purchasing stations as well as severe punishments for the use of the banned medications malachite green（孔雀石绿）in the aquaculture（水产养殖）industry. Other points include banning illegal food additives, improving food production and processing, as well as the importing and exporting of food.

The work plan has brought food production and processing into focus and placed an 47 on establishing the accountability of the food safety system.

"Any governmental department that fails to fulfill its duty should be 48 punished. Responsible persons 49 with late and concealed reports on food safety accidents will be called to account," the plan stated.

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.

It seems to be a simple thing: teaching your student to say “ I am sorry”. But far between simply repeat a conditioned response, truly understanding the nature of an apology, and being able to deliver one ___50__, requires a level of social ability that many __51___ find difficult, let alone the teenage with autism (我向思考). Breaking that “simple” __52___ down into understandable steps of progress goes a long way towards helping a student with autism comprehend and __53___ this critical interpersonal skill.

The need for an apology may come at a time when emotions are running high. If this is the case, an apology need not come ___54___ to be effective. There is a huge gap between merely reciting words of apology and feeling true __55___. In the heat of anger, the student may need a cooling-off period before he or she can ___56__ real feelings of being sorry and apologize sincerely. The cooling-off period will __57___from person to person. This requires striking a balance—you want the ___58___ handled in a timely and relatively immediate way, but an insincere apology is not an ___59___ apology. Remember, attempting to teach anything when the student is still ___60___ overstressed is a wasted effort.

In order to issue a sincere apology, a student needs first to understand why the apology is necessary. Learning to recite the words “I’m sorry.” isn’t enough—it doesn’t help the student understand what he or she did and the __61___ it had on another person. All students, not just those with autism, have __62___ of selfishness, defensiveness in their __63___. Encourage them to thi nk about other people’s feelings, and explain why we make apologies is import ant and helps them to develop __64___. This will come increasingly over a long period.

50. A. meaningfully B. sincerely C. effectively D. intelligently

51. A. philosophers B. psychologists C. infants D. adults

52. A. method B. apology C. situation D. theory

53. A. test B. acquire C. apply D. possess

54. A. immediately B. mentally C. naturally D. normally

55. A. regret B. sympathy C. innocence D. satisfaction

56. A. appreciate B. resist C. emphasize D. recognize

57. A. change B. vary C. range D. arrange

58. A. conflict B. incident C. condition D. occasion

59. A. false B. adequate C. negative D. worthless

60. A. alternatively B. physically C. emotionally D. subconsciously

61. A. effect B. comment C. impression D. intension

62. A. definitions B. materials C. elements D. functions

63. A. qualifications B. attitudes C. manners D. personalities

64. A. sharing B. reasoning C. undertaking D. understanding

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, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.

(A)

Being the head of a high school for many years, I grew tired of budget meetings, funding cuts, and many other administrative chores (杂务). I started to dream of retirement. Sitting in traffic on a weekday morning, I would find my mind wandering. I would imagine spending time with my grandchildren, quiet evenings with my wife, traveling, or rediscovering some great books.

I told myself th at I wouldn’t sign myself up for any committees, any classes, or anything requiring

a schedule.

My first day of retirement came at last! I cooked a great breakfast for my wife and me, leisurely read the paper, cleaned a bit of the house, and wrote a few letters to friends. On the second day, I cooked breakfast, read the paper … On the third day, … This is retirement? I tried to tell myself that it was just the transition (过渡), that those golden moments were right round the corner, and that I would enjoy them soon enough. But something was missing.

A former colleague asked a favor. A group of students was going to Jamaica to work with children in the poorest neighborhoods. W ould I interrupt my newfound “happiness” and return to the students, just this once? One trip. That’s all. My bags were packed and by the door.

The trip was very inspiring. I was moved not only by the poverty I saw but also by the sense of responsibility of the young people on the trip. When I returned home, I offered to work one day a week with a local youth organization. The experience was so positive that I was soon

volunteering nearly full-time, working with students across North America to assist them in their voluntary work.

Now, it seems, the tables have turned. Some days I am the teacher, other days I am the student. These young people have reawakened my commitment (责任感) to social justice issues by challenging me to learn more about the situation in the world today, where people are still poor and suffer because of greed, corruption and war. Most important, they have given me the opportunity to continue to participate in helping to find solutions. In return, I help them do their charitable projects ov erseas. I’ve gone from running one school to helping oversee the construction of schools in twenty-one countries!

65. What did the writer expect to do after he retired?

A. To stay away from busy schedules.

B. To write some great books.

C. To teach his grandchildren.

D. To plan for his future.

66. Why did the writer decide to go to Jamaica?

A. He missed his students in that country.

B. He couldn’t refuse his colleague’s favor.

C. He was concerned about the people there.

D. He was not satisfied with his retired life.

67. The underlined part “the tables have turned” (Paragraph 5) means that the writer _________.

A. improved the situation in his school

B. felt happy to work with students again

C. became a learner rather than a teacher

D. changed his attitude toward his retired life

68. What does the writer think of his retired life now?

A. Disappointing.

B. Troublesome.

C. Relaxing.

D. Meaningful.

(B)

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(C)

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People who solve crimes look for patterns that might reveal (揭示) the identity of the criminal. It’s long been believed, for example, that criminals will break the law closer to where they live, simply because it’s easier to get around in their own neighborhood. If polic e see a pattern of robberies in a certain area, they may look for a suspect who lives near the crime scenes. So, the farther away from the area a crime takes place, the less likely it is that the same criminal did it.

But Mike O’Leary, a mathematician at T owson University in Maryland, says that this kind of approach may be too simple. He says that police may get better clues to the location of a

criminal’s home base by combining these patterns with a city’s layout (布局) and historical crime records.

The records of past crimes contain geographical information and can reveal easy targets —that is, the kind of stores that might be less difficult to rob. Because these stores are along roads, the locations of past crimes contain information about where major streets and intersections are. O’Leary is writing a new computer program that will quickly provide this kind of information for a given city. His program also includes information about the people who live in the city, and information about how a criminal’s patterns change with age. It’s been shown, for example, that the younger the criminal, the closer to home the crime.

Other computer programmers have worked on similar software, but O’Leary’s uses more math. The mathematician plans to make his computer program available, free of charge, to police departments around the country.

The program is just one way to use math to fight crime. O’Leary says that criminology —the study of crime and criminals — contains a lot of go od math problems. “I feel like I’m in a gold mine and I’m the only one who knows what gold looks like,” he says. “It’s a lot of fun.”

72. To find criminals, police usually _________.

A. check who are on the crime scene

B. seek help from local people

C. depend on new mathematical tools

D. focus on where crimes take place

73. O’Leary is writing a computer program that _________.

A. uses math to increase the speed of calculation

B. tells the identity of a criminal in a certain area

C. provides the crime records of a given city

D. shows changes in criminals’ patterns

74. By “I’m the only one who knows what gold looks like”, O’Leary means that he _________.

A. is better at finding gold than others

B. is the only one who uses math to make money

C. knows best how to use math to help solve crimes

D. has more knowledge of gold than other mathematicians

75. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Math could help police find criminals.

B. Criminals live near where crimes occur.

C. Crime records could be used to fight crime.

D. Computer software works in preventing crimes.

Section C

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable question from A-F for each answer. There is one extra question which you do not need.

76.

Television has probably been the most powerful medium in shaping the new community. The electronic community gives us our mutual friends, our significant events and our daily chats. The “produced” relationships of television families become our models for intimacy. We know media stars better than we know our neighbors. Most of us can discuss their lives better than we can discuss those of our relatives. We think a man who plays a doctor on TV actually know something about medicine.

77.

TV isolates people in their spare time. People spend more time watching music videos but less time making music with each other. People in small town now watch international cable networks instead of driving to their neighbor’s house for cards. Women watch soaps instead of attending church circles or book clubs. When company comes, the kids are sent to the TV room with videos.

78.

Parents are not the main influence in the lives of their children. Some of the first voices children hear are from the television, the first street they know is Sesame Street. A child playing Nintendo is learning different lessons than a child playing along a creek or playing dominoes with a grandfather.

79.

The time devoted to violence on TV in no way reflects its importance in real life. In real life, most of us exercise, work, visit our friends, read, cook and eat and shop. Few of us spend any significant amount of our time solving murders or fleeing psychotic killers. On television there are many more detective and murderers than exist in the real world. A rule of thumb about violence is “If it bleeds, it leads.” Violence captures viewers’ attention. Our programs have become increasing violent.

80.

Some might say that there is nothing new under the sun. Of course, in a narrow sense, they are correct. There have always been murderers, and stories about violence have been the theme of literature and song. However, things are different now. Children are exposed to hundreds of examples of violence every day. The frequency and intensity of these images is unprecedented in the history of humanity. We have clear records that this exposure makes it more likely that

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n a v e r a g e A ge groups 13-1510-12children will be violent and increase their fear levels about potential violence. Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

Phys ed (physical education) is making a comeback as a part of the school core curriculum(核心课程), but with a difference. While group sports are still part of the curriculum, the new way is to teach skills that are useful beyond gym class. Instead of learning how to climb a rope, children are taught to lift weights, balance their diets and build physical endurance. In this way ，kids are given the tools and skills and experiences so they can lead a physically active life the rest of their life.

Considering that 15 percent of American children 6 to 18 are overweight, supporters say more money and thought must be put into phys ed curriculum. In many cases, that may mean not just replacing the old gym-class model with fitness programs but also starting up phys ed programs because school boards often "put P.E. on the chopping block, cutting it entirely or decreasing its teachers or the days it is offered," says Alicia Moag-Stahlberg, the executive director of Action for Health Kids. The difference in phys ed programs is partly due to the lack of a national standard. "Physical education needs to be part of the core curriculum," she added.

The wisdom of the new approach has some scientific support. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have demonstrated how effective the fit-for-life model of gym class can be. They observed how 50 overweight children lost more weight when they cycled and skied cross-country than when they played sports. The researchers also found that teaching sports like football resulted in less overall movement, partly because reluctant students were able to sit on the bench.

Another problem with simply teaching group sports in gym class is that only a tiny percentage of students continue playing them after graduating from high school. The new method teaches skills that translate to adulthood.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS .) 81. In the new P.E. program, children learn to lift weights, balance their diets and build physical

endurance rather than __________________.

82. As for P.E., some school boards either _______________________. 83. What are the two problems with simply teaching group sports? 84. What is the long-term benefit of the new P.E program?

第II 卷 （45分）

I. Translation

Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Ⅱ

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英语答卷纸

I. Listening Comprehension 17. _________

18. ________ 19. _________ 20. _________

21. _______________________

22. ________________________

23. _______________________ 24. ________________________

III. Reading Comprehension Section D

81. __________________________________________________________________________ 82. __________________________________________________________________________ 83. __________________________________________________________________________ 84. __________________________________________________________________________

第II 卷

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