2017届高三期初考试英语试题(含答案)

高三阶段调研卷英语21. His _____ directions puzzled us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.A. concreteB. ambiguousC. explicitD. consistent22. Mr Simmons always tries to make me keep in mind that how much easier my life _____ if I were better organized.A. will beB. would have beenC. would beD. will have been23. —What did she want to know, Tom?— She wondered _____ we could complete the experiment.A. When was it thatB. it was when thatC. it was whenD. when it was that24. To improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions had used the products.A. whoeverB. whoC. whicheverD. which25. Rather than define success as financial gain or social status, define it _____ personal happiness.A. in face ofB. in response toC. in addition toD. in terms of26. “Nothing in this letter _____ be considered as a license to use the artist’s personal possessions”, the judge declared on the court .A. canB. shallC. willD. may27. The book has helped me greatly in my daily communication, especially at work _____ a good impression is a must.A. whichB. whereC. as when28. It’s g enerally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is ________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion.A. such a successful exampleB. so successful an exampleC. as a successful exampleD. as successful an example29. Jimmy has _____ offers from several different law firms in that they don’t _____ him .A. turned off; appeal toB. turned down ; appeal toC. turned down; respond toD. turned over; cater to30. —Sarah, you seem to be a little absent-minded. What’s wrong?—Oh, sorry. Actually, I_____of the family party this weekend. I have to make a list of what needs to be bought.A. am just thinkingB. just thoughtC. have just thoughtD. was just thinking31._____ China is a developing country, it also has the world’s largest number of foreign exchange reserves.A. WhenB. WhileC. AsD. Because32._____ yourself with excellent students around you to find your weakness, and you will keep on making greater progress.A. ComparingB. Having comparedC. CompareD. Compared33. — The car is small. Is it safe?— Definitely. Tests suggest it is _____ safe than any other type of good car.A. no lessB. not lessC. no moreD. not more34. Four thousand seven hundred meters above sea level _____, its glaciers being the source of Asia’s most important rivers.A. the Tibetan Plateau liesB. lies the Tibetan PlateauC. does the Tibetan Plateau lieD. lying the Tibetan Plateau35. If anything should happen, the nearest person he could contact by radio , _____ there was a ship nearby, would be on an island 885 miles away.A. untilB. whenC. onceD. unlessIf You Get In, Make College CountAs tuition costs rise, with post-undergraduate (本科毕业后) jobs difficult to find, is higher education worth the cost?Here is an unfortunate truth: For far too many incoming freshmen, college－any college－is not worth it. Year after year, students fail to get the full value of their tuition.Many critics blame this cost/value problem on the universities, though each critic might point to a different reason: teachers always think of difficult research, the high costs of athletics, or the popularity of majors that are supposedly not suited to the new job market, to name some of their favorites.But these are symptoms and not the illness itself. In our experience, the source of the wasted university experience begins with the student. Too often, students make bad choices or, frankly, just not enough great choices.Too often we meet students who are so exhausted by the business of getting into college that they don’t work hard once they arrive－one of the most common wastes of time and tuition. A poorly constructed transcript (成绩单) can be destructive to a student’s education. Failure to engage and build professional working relationships with professors in office hours (which may lead to continued study, internships and more) also hurts the student’s experience.Anoth er mistake is failing to make use of the many support networks on today’s college campuses. It’s almost embarrassing how many good offerings are rolled into each tuition dollar, but most students don’t know they exist.Another common point of failure is filling the schedule with too many extracurricular activities as students once did in high school, rather than getting intensely involved in one or two at most. The same can be said of overburdened course loads.The final great failure we frequently see is the approach students (and their parents) take to selecting a major and accurately seeing its impact on a future career. University systems are not vocational schools. While critics nowadays complain about the attraction of useless majors –and some do exist –more frequently we see too many students pursue a course of study that is not their strength, simply because it seems to have obvious connections to a potential job after graduation.Rather than perform poorly in a “practical” major and be of little in terest as a future job candidate, we say it is better to major in a subject where a student would do well and master the tools of communication and analysis. Students who choose a unique major should complement (使更具有吸引力) that with some well-chosen skill courses, internships and other co-curricular activities that help them with career opportunities after college.So, is college worth it? It can be. Studies show that college graduates have many advantages – material, social and emotional – that can lead to greater success later in life.To get the full value out of college, students must be as diligent and creative about getting out of college as they were about getting in. After all, the most beautiful, Olympic saltwater pool does you no good if you don’t kn ow how to swim.第五部分:书面表达（满分25分）Human Flesh Search—thousands of individuals working to find and make public someone’s personal information, mostly online—will be ruled as leaking personal data, which is against the law, according to China’s top court.Internet users or network service providers who leak people’s personal information such as phone numbers, addresses, and clinical data will have to hold legal responsibility.Network service providers will also be held responsible if they are aware that their users have violated others’ rights but have failed to take action.The decision comes after years of arguments over whether it’s right for the public to try those who behave wrongly.On the one hand, cyber hunting does have its positive influences. Some public officials have been removed from their positions after human flesh searches led to corruption investigations. During disasters like the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, the search method also helped many people to find their loved ones.But many think that online cyber hunting is creating a threat to privacy. “People’s ‘unusually high enthusiasm’ makes the human flesh search engine phenomenon unique,” Xujun Eberlein, a Chinese American author and commenta tor, told Forbes. “Participants often ‘reach out their hands’ thoughtlessly, violating people’s rights instead of being righteous(正直).”【写作内容】1. 以约30个词概括短文大意；2. 以约120个词就“Human Flesh Search（人肉搜索）”这一主题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：1）你是否赞同文章提及的“禁止人肉搜索”的法案，请说明你的理由；2）“网络时代，个人隐私如何才能得到保障？”请就此问题，提出你的建议（至少两点）。