高三上学期英语期末测试卷

高三英语期中测试卷姓名分数一、单项选择(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)1、The problem is worth_________ .A. discussingB. discussC. being discussedD. discussed2.The chair looks rather hard, but in fact, it is very comfortable to ___.(1988 全国)A. sitB. sit onC. be satD. be sat on3. I feel greatly honored ____ into their society. （2008北京卷）A. to welcomeB. welcomingC. to be welcomedD. welcomed4. _______ fit, you’d better take exercise in th e morning, for the morning air is fresh ______.A. to keep; to be breathedB. keeping; to breatheC. to keep; to breatheD. keeping; to be breathed5. ______a living, she had to work from morning till night.A. To makeB. madeC. MakingD. To have made6. She said she___ her uncle very much and hoped ____him.A. missed, to hear fromB. missed, to hearC. misses, hearing fromD. misses, hearing7. Missing the last bus means___ home.A. to walkB. walkingC. walkedD. walk8. Miss Gao asked a question, but it was __________ that nobody could answerit.A. very difficultB. too difficultC. difficult enoughD. so difficult9. Access ______ the garden is through the kitchen.A. atB. toC. forD. with10. Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard— ______, you failed. (NMET 1999)A. in the endB. after allC. in other wordsD. at the same time三、根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中的两项为多途选项。

(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)1. Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokesa lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ”Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few d ays, the smoker’s body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ____5____A. It is very hard to quit smoking.B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.四、语法填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He 1 （cook）some delicious food in the kitchen .Suddenly, he found that he 2 (run )out of salt. So Nick called to his son,” Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 3 too little.”His son looked surprised.”I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,4 not save a bit of money?”“That would be a very 5 (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like our s,” Nick said.Nick’s guests, 6 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,” The only reason why a man would sell salt in a lower price would be that he was desperate for money. And anyone who took the advantage of the t situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce7 .”“But such a small thing couldn’t possibly destroy a v illage.”“In the beginning, there was only 8 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little ,always 9 (think) that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended 10 today.” 五、改错题(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)答题要求：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。

Miss Evans taught physics in school in London．Last month 1．＿＿＿＿＿she was explaining to one of her class about sound ，and 2．＿＿＿＿＿she decide to test them to see how successful she had 3．＿＿＿＿＿been in her work．She said to them，“Now I has a sister 4．＿＿＿＿＿in Washington．If I was calling her by the phone，and 5．＿＿＿＿＿you were on the other side of the street．Who would 6．＿＿＿＿＿hear me first，my sister and you？And why？” 7．＿＿＿＿＿A clever boy at once answered，“You sister，Miss 8．＿＿＿＿＿Evans，because the electricity travels much faster than sound 9．＿＿＿＿＿waves．” “Very well，” Miss Evans praised．10．＿＿＿___ 六、阅读理解阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并写在所给题前的括号里。