黑龙江省齐齐哈尔市实验中学2018届高三上学期期末考试英语试卷(带答案)

齐齐哈尔市实验中学2018届高三上学期期末考试

英语试题

2018.01.11 第一部分阅读理解（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

What’s On?

Electric Underground

7:30pm—1:00am Free at the Cyclops Theatre

Do you know who’s playing in your area? We’re bringing you an evening of live rock and pop music from the best local bands. Are you interested in becoming a musician and getting a recording contract? If so, come early to the talk at 7:30pm by Jules Skye, a successful record producer. He’s going to talk about how you can find the right person to produce your music.

Gee Whizz

8:30pm—10:30pm Comedy at Kaleidoscope

Come and see Gee Whizz perform. He’s the funniest stand-up comedian on the comedy scene. This joyful show will please everyone, from the youngest to the oldest. Gee Whizz really knows how to make you laugh! Our bar is open from 7:00pm for drinks and snacks.

Simon’s Workshop

5:00pm—7:30pm Wednesdays at Victoria Stage

This is a good chance for anyone who wants to learn how to do comedy. The workshop looks at every kind of comedy, and practices many different ways of making people laugh. Simon is a comedian and actor who has 10 years’ experience of teaching comedy. His workshops are exciting and fun. An evening with Simon will give you the confidence to be funny.

Charlotte Stone

8:00pm—11:00pm Pizza World

Fine food with beautiful jazz music; this is a great evening out. Charlotte Stone will perform. songs from her new best-selling CD, with James Pickering on the piano. The menu is Italian, with excellent meat and fresh fish, pizzas and pasta (面食). Book early to get a table. Our bar is open all day, and serves cocktails, coffee, beer, and white wine.

1. Who can help you if you want to have your music produced?

A. Jules Skye.

B. Gee Whizz.

C. Charlotte Stone.

D. James Pickering.

2. At which place can people of different ages enjoy a good laugh?

A. The Cyclops Theatre

B. Kaleidoscope

C. Victoria Stage

D. Pizza World

3. What do we know about Sim on’s Workshop?

A. It requires membership status.

B. It lasts three hours each time.

C. It is run by a comedy club.

D. It is held every Wednesday.

B

In most parts of Britain, the black cat is a symbol of good luck and owning a black cat may bring good luck to the family. But recently, black cats can no longer enjoy so much favor.

The British Royal for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (英国防止虐待动物协会) announced a rise in the number of black cats being abandoned by their owners, due to not looking good in selfies (自拍). According to the RSPCA, more than 70 percent of the cats in its care are black. The biggest reason for that is black cats tend not to photograph as their lighter and brighter-colored fellows with more obvious markings. An RSPCA spokesman said, “This has become a national problem. And we are urging people to never judge a cat by its color but look at its personality instead.”

The Millwood Cat Rescue Centre has taken in nice black cats in the past two weeks. The founder of the res cue centre said, “We have had a lot of black cats because people don’t like black at the moment. Other look at the black cats and then just say ‘Oh, have you got anything else’?”

Animal lover Gabriella Fletcher owns a 16-year-old black cat, Susie. She regularly takes selfies with her pet. She said, “It is hard to get a good picture as you can’t really see how beautiful Susie is. She is just as special as any other cat.”

4. Why are black cats less favored by people?

A. They are rising in number.

B. They do n’t bring good luck anymore

C. They are banned by RSPCA.

D. They don’t look good in photos.

5. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 imply?

A. People want more black cats.

B. People want to have something to eat.

C. People want more pet animals.

D. People are unwilling to see so many black cats.

6. In Gabriella Fletcher’s eyes, black cats are _______.

A. disgusting

B. unlucky

C. ordinary

D. attractive

7. Which of the following can be the best title of this text?

A. Bla ck cats out in “selfies”.

B. Black cats abandoned in the UK.

C. Black cats in need of caring.

D. Black cats favored again.

C

It happens all the time: during an airport delay, a Korean perhaps starts talking to a man who might be Colombian, and soon they are chatting away in what seems to be English. But the native English speaker sitting beside them cannot understand a word.

They don’t know they are speaking Globish, the latest addition to the 6,800 languages that are said to be spoken across the world. Not that its inventor, Jean-Paul Nerriere, considers it a proper language. “It is not a language, it is a tool.” he says. “A language is the vehicle of a culture. Globish doesn’t want to be that at all. It is a means of communication.”

The seeds for Globish came about in the 1980s when Nerriere was working for IBM in Paris with colleagues of about 40 nationalities. At a meeting where they were to be addressed by two Americans whose flight had been delayed, they started chatting. Then the Americans arriv ed and beyond their opening phrases, “Call me Jim,” “Call me Bill,” no one understood a word. And Jim and Bill, needless to say, did not understand the strange English spoken by others. They all spoke low-quality English. Except Jim and Bill, everyone was speaking Globish though they didn’t know it.

The main principles of Globish are a vocabulary of only 1,500 words in English, gestures and repetition. One of the interesting things in Globish is that with 1,500 words you can express everything. The target is to reach the point where you will be understood everywhere. The list goes from “able” to “zero.” Niece and nephew, for example, are not included, “but you can replace them with the children of my brother,” Nerriere says.

But a small problem is still waiting for him. The fluent Globish speaker will not be understood by native English speakers. To this question, Nerriere responded confidently, “This is the way to get Americans to learn another language.”

8. From the first two paragraphs, we can know that______．

A. the Korean realizes he is speaking Globish

B. Globish is the working language at airports

C. Nerriere thinks Globish is a communication tool

D. the native English speaker is interested in Globish

9. Which of the following can explain the reason for inventing Globish?

A. The IBM workers in Paris couldn't speak English at all.

B. Nerriere needed to keep in touch with the IBM corporation in America.

C. Two Americans Jim and Bill wanted to make themselves understood.

D. The IBM staff in Paris were from many different countries.

10. How can Globish speakers communicate beyond the Globish vocabulary?

A. They might use French words instead.

B. They might use body language.

C. They might create new words.

D. They might consult a dicti onary from “able” to “zero”

11. What is Nerriere’s attitude towards the future of Globish?

A. Optimistic.

B. Cautious.

C. Worried.

D. Doubtful.

D

Culture can affect not just language and customs, but also how people experience the world on surprisingly basic levels.

Researchers, with the help of brain scans, have uncovered shocking differences in perception (感知) between Westerners and Asians, what they see when they look at a city street, for example, or even how they perceive a simple line in a square, according to findings published in a leading science journal.

In western countries, culture makes people think of themselves as highly independent individuals. When looking at scenes, Westerners tend to focus more on central objects than on their surroundings. East Asian cultures, however, emphasize inter-dependence. When Easterners look at a scene, they tend to focus on surroundings as well as the object.

Using an experiment involving two tasks, Dr Hedden asked subjects to look at a line simply to estimate its length, a task that is played to American strengths. In another, they estimated the line’s length relative to the size of a square, an easier task for the Asians.

The level of brain activity, by tracking blood flow, was then measured by Brain Scanners. The experiment found that although there was no difference in performance, and the tasks were very easy, the levels of activity in the subjects’ brains were different. For the Americans, areas linked to attention lit up more, when they worked on the task they tended to find more difficult —estimating the line’s size relative to the square. For the Asians, the attention areas lit up more during the harder task also—estimating the line’s length without comparing it to the square. The findings are a reflection of more than ten years of previous experimental research into East-West differences.

In one study, for instance, researchers offered people a choice among five pens; four red and one green. Easterners were more likely to choose a red pen while Westerners were more likely to choose the green one.

Culture is not affecting how you see the world, but how you choose to understand and internalize (使内化) it.

But such habits can be changed. Some psychological studies suggest that when an Easterner goes to the West or vice versa, habits of thought and perception also begin to change. Such research gives us clues on how our brain works and is hopeful for us to develop programs to improve our memory, memory techniques and enhance and accelerate our learning skills.

12. According to the passage, Chinese people are most likely to ________.

A. more emphasize independent thinking

B. always focus more on their surroundings

C. focus on the context as well as the object

D. think of Westerners as highly independent units

13. We know from the passage that people’s brains will be more active when ________.

A. the task is much easier

B. the blood flow is tracked

C. people begin to choose colors

D. the task is more difficult

14. What does Dr Hedden’s experiment in Paragraph 4-5 indicate?

A. Culture has a great impact on the way people talk and behave.

B. Easterners and Westerners perceive the world differently.

C. People’s perception of the world can be changed.

D. Americans are better at calculating than the Asians.

15. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. Easterners prefer collectivism to individualism

B. East Asian cultures lay more emphasis on independence

C. it took over ten years to find out how to improve our brainpower

D. Americans will change their habits of perception when they’re in Britain

第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）

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，选项中有两项为多余选项。

Stop Negative Talk

“I’m so fat,” one of your friends says. The girl next to her joins in, “Well, I hate my hai r today.” Without thinking, you respond: “No, you are not fat! I am fat. And my hair is flat and boring.”16 It is easy for people to engage in self-critical conversations, and once it starts there is often pressure for you to join in. 17 Maybe it is because “just talking” feels harmless. But before you know it, those opinions flow out of your conversations and into your life, where they start eating away at your self-respect.

18 When you start talking about yourself in a negative way, you are not only affecting your self-respect, but your friends! When you criticize yourself, your friends might think you have the same standards for them. You have heard that it is important to treat others the way you want to be treated, but there is also value in treating yourself like you treat your friends. If you wouldn’t criticize your friend for the same thing, chances are that you are being too hard on yourself. So, don’t start it.

But what if someone else starts? For example, your friend feels insecure about how well he played in his soccer

game, so he puts himself down: “I suck at soccer.”19 Ask him, “Do you really think that? Why?” Maybe he is actually upset about a comment someone made, or is just getting down on himself over one bad play. Whatever it is, talking through the real issue will help him more than slipping into another negative talk.

It is important to talk to your friend about your insecurities, but make sure you are not talking about them just to put yourself down. 20 Instead of just focusing on the negative, talk about what makes you and your friends beautiful and unique—including what you love about your body and what you have accomplished. When you show yourself love, you set yourself as an example, and everyone benefits from you positively.

A. Negative talk affects self-respect.

B. Criticizing yourself helps nobody.

C. But why do we hesitate to praise ourselves?

D. But why is it acceptable to talk so negatively?

E. All it takes is just one comment and the negative talk starts.

F. It is better to resist negative conversations and create more balanced ones.

G. Before everyone puts himself down, see if you can get to the root of the problem.

第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I do not know why I came to the decision to become a loser, but I know I made the choice at a young age. Sometime in the middle of fourth grade, I stopped 21 . By the time I was in seventh grade, I was your 22 degenerate (颓废): lazy, rebellious, and disrespectful. I had lost all social 23 . I terminally followed what was fashionable.

Not long after that, I dropped out of school an 24 my downward spiral. Hard physical labor was the 25 for the choices I made as an adolescent. At the age of twenty-one, I was 26 lost and using drugs as a way to deal with the fact that I was uneducated and 27 in a dead-end job carrying roof materials up a ladder all day.

But now I believe in do-overs, in the 28 to do it all again. And I believe that do-overs can be made at any point in your life, if you have the right 29 . Mine came from a 30 source.

It was September 21, 2002, when my son Blake was born. It’s funny that after a life of 31 responsibility, now I was in charge of something so 32 . Over the years, as I grew into the title of Dad, I began to learn something about myself. 33 , Blake and I were both learning to walk, talk, work, and play for the first time. I began my do-over.

It took me almost three years to learn 34 to read. I started with my son’s books. Over and over, I practiced reading books to him 35 I remembered all the words in every one of them. I began to wonder if it was possible for me to go back to school. I knew I wanted to be a good role model, 36 after a year－and－a －half and a lot of hard work, I passed my GED test on my son’s fourth birthday. This may not sound like 37 , and I am not trying to get praise for doing something that should have been done in the first place, but all things considered it was one of the 38 days in my life. Today, I am a full－time college student, studying to become a sociologist.

Growing up, I 39 heard these great turn－around stories of triumph over shortcomings. But I never thought they applied to me. Now I believe it is a(an) 40 anyone can make: to do it all over again.

21. A. playing B. dreaming C. consulting D. trying

22. A. normal B. typical C. contemporary D. contradictory

23. A. graces B. directions C. positions D. occupations

24. A. started B. expanded C. continued D. prevented

25. A. consequence B. destruction C. entertainment D. reward

26. A. confidentially B. hopelessly C. desperately D. reluctantly

27. A. stuck B. buried C. trained D. spoiled

28. A. ambition B. purpose C. interest D. chance

29. A. advice B. goal C. schedule D. motivation

30. A. confusing B. surprising C. frightening D. upsetting

31. A. sharing B. shouldering C. avoiding D. recognizing

32. A. fragile B. brilliant C. plain D. sensitive

33. A. On the contrary B. On the whole C. In a sense D. In a word

34. A. what B. why C. when D. how

35. A. until B. unless C. if D. after

36. A. yet B. so C. for D. or

37. A. much B. enough C. nothing D. something

38. A. funny B. boring C. best D. considerate

39. A. seldom B. directly C. immediately D. always

40. A. choice B. assumption C. contribution D. adjustment

第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The American space agency NASA is looking for new astronauts who will go on future missions. It needs astronauts for 41 International Space Station and for its new Orion spacecraft, 42 is scheduled to take astronauts into earth orbit and 43 (possible) be used to launch manned missions to Mars and beyond.

New astronauts 44 (need) to fly the new generation of NASA spacecraft as well as 45__ (conduct) experiments on the ISS. Candidates who apply should be American 46 (citizen) and have at least a bachelor’s degree in biology, physics or mathematics, 3 years 47 experience or a thousand pilot hours. They must also pass NASA’s physical tests for long endurance flights．

NASA is looking for people with different backgrounds, set to do different tasks．

During NASA’s last recruitment program, over 6000 people 48 (apply) and 8 were chosen to be astronauts. The final 49 (select) for the current application program will be announced in 2017.

According to NASA, the need for new astronauts has never been 50 (great), as there are many spacecraft currently under development. NASA plans to go back to the moon as the first phase of travelling to Mars.

第四部分写作（共两节满分35分）

第一节短文改错（满分10分）

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(Λ)，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：

1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear Mr. Peter,

It is delighted to learn that a group of students in your school are coming here. It is indeed a wonderful news and everyone here is eager to your coming.

We have made some plans. Not only you attend a dozen of speciality classes but also you will be shown around some famous place of interest in our city. And some lectures on Chinese holidays will give my students a wide knowledge of the Chinese culture. During your stay, you were sure to have a taste of the Chinese dishes, that will impress you all!

I still have a question. Would you like to live in the students’ dormitories and stay with our students’ families?

I believe this activity will sure strengthen our ties, and I am looking forward to seeing you.

Yours

Li Hua 第二节书面表达（满分25分）

假定你是李华，得知外教Sharon元旦前夕来华，你代表学生会写一封邮件，邀请她来校参加新年活动。内容包括：

1. 表示热烈欢迎；

2. 介绍元旦活动：如包水饺，学剪纸，看表演等；

3. 询问其它感兴趣的活动。

注意：1. 词数100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Sharon,

____________________________________________________________________

Yours, Li Hua

齐齐哈尔市实验中学2018届高三上学期期末考试

英语试题答案

阅读理解

1—3 ABD 4—7 CDDA 8—11 CDBA 12—15 CCBA 16—20 EDBGF

完形填空

21—25 DBACA 26—30 BADDB 31—35 CACDA 36—40 BBCDC

语法填空

41. the 42.which 43.possibly 44. are needed 45. (to)conduct 46. citizens 47. of 48. applied 49. selection 50.greater

短文改错

1. delighted—delightful

2. 去掉a

3. to—for

4. you前加will

5. place—places

6. my—your

7. were—are

8. that—which

9. and—or 10. sure—surely

书面表达

Dear Sharon,

How are you? Knowing you are coming to China before New Year’s Day, I’m writing this letter to invite you to participate in our New Year activities.

On behalf of the Students’ Union, I’d like to express our warm welcome to you. On New Year’s Day, we’ll make dumplings together and enjoy some wonderful performances presented by the teachers and students in our school. The highlight is to learn paper cutting, which is surely offer you a good opportunity to obtain a clear picture of Chinese traditional culture. If you’re interested in other forms of arts, please let me know. Some special programs will be arranged for you.

Looking forward to your reply.

Yours,

Li Hua