高三英语限时练习十(含答案)
高三英语限时练习十
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One very cold, wet night, there was a knock on my front door. A young man, wet from 21 to toe, explained that he had run out of petrol. He had left his pregnant(怀孕的) wife and his two children 22 at the car and said that he would hitchhike(搭便车) back.
Once I had 23 a can with petrol, I took him back to his car. Once the car had started, I suggested that he follow me back.
Before leaving, I had turned the heater on so that it was nice and 24 . While the little ones played and ran around, I prepared bread and butter for the children, and hot chocolate for the 25 .
The young fellow asked me how much he owed me and I told him that the petrol pump(加油泵) had 26 $15. He offered to pay “call-out fee”, but I wouldn’t accept it.
About a month later, I received a 27 from Interstate, a large bus company. It 28 out that the young fellow I had helped was its general manager, the most 29 person in the company.
In his letter, he thanked me again and 30 me that, from then on, all their buses would stop at my service station. In this case, a little bit of kindness was rewarded with a huge amount of benefits.
21. A. finger B. shoulder C. head D. hand
22. A. away B. behind C. over D. out
23. A. supplied B. poured C. equipped D. filled
24. A. neat B. hot C. warm D. attractive
25. A. drivers B. guests C. customers D. adults
26. A. appeared B. exhibited C. calculated D. shown
27. A. call B. letter C. check D. notice
28. A. pointed B. turned C. worked D. found
29. A. generous B. successful C. serious D. powerful
30. A. praised B. persuaded C. informed D. convinced 语法填空（时间：10分钟）
A little old lady went into a pet shop and saw a lovely-looking parrot．“I would like to buy tha t handsome bird, please,” she said to the owner．“Oh you don’t want___31___,” the man replied．“He uses some pretty terrible language．Why don’t you get a puppy or a cat? ”
“I want that parrot!” the woman insisted, and proceeded to put her money
on the counter．The owner shrugged his shoulders and made the ___32_(sell)．When the woman returned home, she started playing ___33___her new friend．She was petting him and poking at his feathers when all of ___34___sudden he started swearing a blue streak．The woman was so shocked that she grabbed the parrot and ___35__(stick) him in the refrigerator． ___36___she took the shivering bird out later, she warned him that every time he used bad language he’d be put back ___37__it was cold．
The parrot’s behavior was pretty go od for a couple of days, ___38___ then one morning while the cat was putting her paw through his cage, he got ___39__ （real） mad and started cursing again．The woman grabbed the parrot and stuck him in the freezer again．As he sat there shivering and ___40__(look) around,
he saw a frozen turkey right next to him．“?gad!” squawked the parrot．“What did you say?”
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Although my father wasn’t a doctor, he made his own brand of “house calls”.
I followed him as he brough t a plate of my mother’s home cooking to an elderly man named Frank on all major holidays, and when Frank was sick. As far as I know, their only connection was that Frank was an occasional customer at Dad’s small gas station. Frank’s home was a two-room house on the rough side of town with a rotten front porch（门廊）that you could fall through if you weren’t careful. Through his caring attitude, my father was teaching me to be a doctor, although neither of us knew it at the time.
(图表) the doctor drew showing where his cancer was and told me that he was going to die.
The big green oxygen tank with plastic tubing became a central feature of our living room next to his easy chair. Several months passed and his condition worsened. He asked me to take care of my mother when he was gone. He said, “I love you, son.” That night he died.
When you’re 13 and your father dies, you have some choices to make. You can use the circumstance as an excuse for letting your behavior and grades go down the drain, or you can honor his memory and try to do something positive with yourself. I focused my energy on my school work and my goal of becoming
a doctor.
41. According to the passage, we know that the aut hor’s father was _____.
A. hard-working
B. ambitious
C. knowledgeable
D. considerate
42. The underlined part “go down the drain” in the last paragraph probably means “_____”.
A. stay the same
B. get along as expected
C. become worse
D. improve immediately
43. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Frank and the author’s father were close friends.
B. Frank was a wealthy and happy man.
C. The author’s father received treatment for several months.
D. The author’s father persuaded the author to be a doctor.
44. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the first paragraph?
A. To show how his father influenced him by his actions.
B. To explain why his father took care of Frank.
C. To tell readers how his father made his own brand of “house calls”.
D. To describe how terrible Frank’s life was.
45. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Father’s lung cancer
B. Father and my career choice
C. Father and an elderly man
D. Father — a lung cancer patient
The Best Western New Englander
Location. It is located in Woburn, Mass., seven miles from Harvard University and the Salem Witch Museum. Tufts University and the Stone Zoo are four miles away. Downtown Boston is nine miles from the hotel. The US Constitution Museum is 10 miles away. Faneuil Hall, Fenway Park, Freedom Trail and the New England Aquarium are within 12 miles.
Hotel Features. The Best Western New Englander offers complimentary breakfasts and suppers. The hotel includes 4,200 square feet of meeting and event space accommodating up to 200 people. The meeting rooms feature 11-foot ceilings, chandeliers and wall sconces. The front desk is open 24 hours a day. The hotel includes a business center and offers high-speed Internet access. Complimentary newspapers are available. Parking in the hotel is complimentary. The fitness center features floor-to-ceiling windows, televisions and cardiovascular (心血管的) and weight training equipment. The fitness center is open 24 hours a day. After the free supper, the guests can also enjoy the hotel’s heated indoor pool.
Guestrooms. Guestrooms at the Best Western New Englander include coffeemakers and Microfridges. Cable television is provided. Guestrooms include desks. Bathrooms feature granite (花岗岩) counters and vanities（梳妆台）.
Expert Tip. The Best Western New Englander sponsors (赞助) the snow leopard exhibit at the Stone Zoo. The snow leopard is the hotel’s mascot.
46. The hotel is ______.
A. 4 miles from Stone Zone and Boston
B. 10 miles from a museum
C. 9 miles from Salem Witch Museum
D. 12 miles from Fenway Park
47. What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?
A. To keep a record of his or her experiences in the hotel.
B. To introduce the hotel to the readers.
C. To attract more people to invest in the hotel.
D. To make a list of all the facilities in the hotel.
A. available
B. expensive
C. free
D. entertaining
49. You can do all the following in the hotel EXCEPT ______.
A. read free newspapers
B. surf on the Internet
C. do exercise deep in the night
D. watch movies as you like
50. We can infer from the passage that in the hotel ______.
A. you can read many newspapers from around the world
B. you can enjoy both the urban and rural exciting lives
C. there are many advanced computers for customers to use
D. there probably are some pictures of snow leopards
C
It’s food scarcity (短缺), not dietary preferences, that motivates birds to migrate thousands of miles back and forth between breeding and non-breeding areas each year, new research shows.
“It’s not whether you eat insects, fruit, nectar or candy bars or where you eat them —it matters how reliable that food source is,” said study lead er W. Alice Boyle of the University of Arizona.
To figure out the pressures that drive some birds to leave home for the season, Boyle examined 379 related species of flycatchers and compared their sizes, food types, habitats, migratory behaviors and whether or not they fed in flocks.
To compare the birds, the researchers constructed a “supertree” showing the exact evolutionary （演化的） relationships among different species.
A computer analysis then determined whether a particular species was migratory because it ran in the “family” or whether something in the bird’s environment was forcing it to leave each season.
Boyle and her colleagues found that food scarcity was the number one issue that predicted a species’ migratory behavior.
An alternative strategy that birds use to deal with food scarcity is to forage (四处搜寻) in flocks, because a group is more likely to find a new source of food than a lone individual.
“You can either forage with other birds, or you can migrate.”
51. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A. the real reason for birds’ migration
B. food scarcity that birds face today
C. how birds search for food
D. when birds migrate
52. The scientists used to believe that birds migrate because ________.
A. they want to search for the food they like
B. they can find more food in a different place
C. they can breed their young in a different place
D. the weather turns too cold
53. The researchers constructed a “supertree” mainly to ________.
A. compare the sizes of different birds
B. make out the relationships between different birds
C. find out what causes birds to leave each season
D. predict when the birds were migratory
54. Which of the following is true?
A. All birds fly to non-breeding areas each year.
B. There are 379 species of birds migrating.
C. Two related species have the same behavior.
D. Computers are used in the research work.
55. The passage suggests that ________.
A. different kinds of birds have different ways to migrate
B. different kinds of birds migrate for various reasons
C. some birds can survive without migrating each season
D. birds’ food sources are becoming rare all over the world
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高三英语暑假作业（一） 第Ⅰ卷 第一部分听力（共两节，满分30 分） 第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 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。 例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19. 15. B. ￡9. 18. C. ￡9. 15. 答案是C。 1. Which team lost the basketball match? A. Class One. B. Class Two. C. Class Three. 2. How does the woman keep slim? A. By going on a diet. B. By eating fruit and vegetables. C. By doing physical exercise. 3. What does the man think of the lecture? A. It was interesting and easy to follow. B. It was far beyond his understanding. C. It was as difficult as he had expected. 4. What is the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Teacher and student. B. Boss and secretary. C. Husband and wife. 5. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a store. B. In an office. C. In a bank. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分） 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；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6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What do we know about the woman? A. She doesn’t like her job. B. She works long hours each day. C. She thinks her job is too difficult. 7. What does the man advise the woman to do? A. Find another job. B. Spend less time on her work. C. Have a talk with her boss. 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。 8. What does the restaurant require its guests to wear? A. A coat B. A necklace. C. A jacket and a tie. 9. How many persons will be there for the conference? A. 15. B. 20. C. 50. 10. What time will the conference begin at last? A. At 9:00 a. m. B. At 9:30 a. m. C. At 10:00 a. m. 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。 11. How long is the lease (租约) ? A. Six months. B. A year. C. More than a year. 12. What can the woman do when she moves out? A. Get the deposit back. B. Return the lease. C. Keep her stuff in. 13. When can the woman move in? A. Today. B. This weekend. C. Tomorrow 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。 14. What is the maximum number of people who can join the tour! A. Thirteen. B. Fifteen. C. Sixteen 15. Which month is it probably now? A. March B. April. C. June. 16. What activity has no extra cost? A. Going to a reptile park. B. Going on a fishing trip. C. Having a bushwalk. 17. What does the man prefer to do? A. Play table tennis. B. Go bowling. C. Play badminton. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. Where will the matches be played this season? A. At Royal Park. B. At King's Park. C. At Gold Park. 19. When will the seniors play the matches? A. On Saturday afternoons. B. On Saturday mornings. C. On Wednesday afternoons. 20. What is Jason? A. The new president. B. The new accountant. C. The head coach. 第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A We went to the B.T Blackstone Library, not far from Lake Michigan, once a week. During every visit I found my way into a big reading room to touch a great and ancient globe sitting in front of the largest windows. I liked to look at Africa, with the coded colors of the different countries like the Belgian Congo and Rhodesia, and try to remember which countries were fighting to be free just as we were struggling for civil rights. I had heard Daddy talking about the struggle, arguing with the television as someone discussed it on a news show. On Saturday, as I wandered through the young adult section. I saw a title: Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott. I could tell from looking at the s helf that she’d written a lot of books, but I didn’t know anything about her. I had learned from experience that titles weren’t everything. A book that sounded great on the shelf could be dull once you got it home, and every bad book I brought home meant one less book to read until we went back in a week. So I sat in a chair near the shelves to skim the first paragraphs: “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents” grumbled Jo, lying on the rug. “It’s so dreadful to be poor” sighed Med, looking down at her old dress. “I don’t think it’s fair for some girls to have plenty of pretty things, and other girls nothing at all” added little Amy, with an injured sniff. “We have got Father and Mother and each other.” said Beth contentedly from her corner. I h ad decided on some other books to take home, because I didn’t look through the rest of the section that day. I read and read and read Little Women.I wouldn’t put it down until the end. Even the freedom to watch weekend television held no appeal for me in girls who could almost be like me, especially Jo, the heroine. It seemed to me a shame that she wasn’t Black: then our similarity would be complete. She loved to read, she loved to make up plays, she hated acting ladylike, she had a dreadful temper. I had found a kindred spirit(志趣相投的人). 21. What can be learned about the author’s father?
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高三英语周练（1）试题 命题人：考试时间：50分钟总分：89分 Ⅰ. 阅读理解(满分39分) A Food festivals around the world Stilton Cheese Rolling May Day is a traditional day for celebrations, but the 2,000 English villagers of Stilton must be the only people in the world who include cheese rolling in their annual plans. Teams of four, dressed in a variety of strange and funny clothes, roll a complete cheese along a 50-metre course. On the way, they must not kick or throw their cheese, or go into their competitors' lane(赛道). Competition is fierce and the chief prize is a complete Stilton cheese weighing about four kilos (disappointingly, but understandably the cheeses used in the race are wooden ones). All the competitors are served with beer or port wine, the traditional accompaniment for Stilton cheese. Fiery Foods Festival—The Hottest Festival on Earth Every year more than 10,000 people head for the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico. They come from as far away as Australia, the Caribbean and China, but they all share a common addiction—food that is not just spicy(辛辣),but hot enough to make your mouth burn, your head spin and your eyes water. Their destination is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival which is held over a period of three days every March. You might like to try a chocolate-covered habanero pepper—officially the hottest pepper in the world—or any one of the thousands of products that are on show. But one thing's for sure—if you don't like the feeling of a burning tongue, this festival isn't for you! La Tomatina—The World's Biggest Food Fight On the last Wednesday of every August, the Spanish town of Bunol hosts La Tomatina—the world's largest food fight. A week-long celebration leads up to an exciting tomato battle as the highlight of the week's events. The early morning sees the arrival of large trucks with tomatoes—official fight-starters get things going by casting tomatoes at the crowd. The battle lasts little more than half an hour, in which time around 50,000 kilograms of tomatoes have been thrown at anyone or anything that moves, runs, or fights back. Then everyone heads down to the river to make friends again—and for a much-needed wash! 1. In the Stilton cheese rolling competition, competitors on each team must________. A. wear various formal clothes B. roll a wooden cheese in their own lane C. kick or throw their cheese D. use a real cheese weighing about four kilos 2. Where is the Fiery Food and BBQ Festival held? A. In New Mexico. B. In the Caribbean. C. In Australia. D. In China.