广东省汕头市高三上学期摸底考试英语试卷 Word版(含答案)

汕头市金山中学2016-2017年度高三第一学期摸底考试

英语

命题人：许志军、郑世炳

本试卷共三部分，满分135分（120×1.125）。考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写答题卡上的班级、姓名和试室号、学号，

用2B铅笔将学号对应的数字涂黑。

2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需

改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。

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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

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Champagne Helicopter Tour

Experience the beauty of the Grand Canyon: Soar above the Hoover Dam and the dead volcanoes. You go aboard a million-dollar helicopter with all forward facing seats allowing 180 degrees of views in air-conditioned comfort. You will see the Hoover Dam, the Colorado River, the Grand Canyon and more! You land to have a romantic champagne picnic lunch at the Grand Canyon. Las Vegas Adventure Tour

Helicopter tour to Grand Canyon West include a wonderful Las Vegas Adventure Tour. Aerial sightseeing tours originating in Las Vegas, Nevada include breathtaking views of Lake Mead, the Mohave Desert, and the west rim of the Grand Canyon. Aerial tours including round trip as well as combination tours attract many visitors.

Visitors arriving at the Hualapai Na tion’s Grand CanyonWestAirport may select one from activities above.

1.How much should be paid if a couple wants to take a 13-minute helicopter tour?

A. 132 dollars

B. 264 dollars

C. 300 dollars

D. 120 dollars

2. If the helicopter lands on the banks of the Colorado River you will ___________.

A. visit the Hoover Dam

B. have a romantic picnic lunch

C. enjoy a pontoon boat ride

D. catch sight of Lake Mead

3. Which tour may be the most comfortable?

A. Helicopter Aerial Tour

B. Las Vegas Adventure Tour

C. Champagne Helicopter Tour

D. Helicopter –Pontoon Tour

B

At the Beijing Olympic Shelly-Ann swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 meters Olympic gold.

Shelly-Ann is a little woman with a big smile. She has a mental toughness that did not come about by chance. Her journey to becoming the fastest woman on earth has been anything but smooth and effortless. She grew up in Waterhouse, one of Jamaica’s toughest and poorest inner-city communities and also a really violent and overpopulated place. Her mother Maxime, one of a family of fourteen, had been an athlete herself as a young girl but, like so many other girls in Waterhouse, had to stop after she had her first baby. Maxime’s early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty. One of the first things Maxime used to do with Shelly-Ann was taking her to the track, and she was ready to sacrifice everything.

It didn't take long for Shelly-Ann to realize that sports could be her way out of Waterhouse. On a summer evening in Beijing in 2008, all those long, hard hours of work and commitment finally bore fruit. The barefoot kid who just a few years previously had been living in poverty, surrounded by criminals and violence, had written a new chapter in the history of sports.

But Shelly-Ann’s victory was far greater than that. The night she won Olympic gold in Beijing, the routine murders in Waterhouse and the drug wars in the neighbouring streets stopped. The dark cloud above one of the world’s toughest criminal neighbourhoods simply disappeared for a few days. “I have so much fire burning for my country,” Shelly said. She plans to start a foundation for homeless children and wants to build a community centre in Waterhouse. She hopes to inspire the Jamaicans to lay down their weapons. She intends to fight to make it a woman’s as well as a man’s world.

As Muhammad Ali puts it, “Champions aren't made in gyms. Champions are made from som ething they have deep inside them. A desire, a dream, a vision.” One of the things Shelly-Ann can be proud of is her understanding of this truth.

4. What made Maxime decide to train her daughter on the track?

A. Her success and lessons in her career.

B. Her interest in Shelly-Ann’s quick profit.

C. Her wish to get Shelly-Ann out of poverty.

D. Her early entrance into the sprinting world.

5. What can we infer from Shelly-Ann's statement underlined in Paragraph 4?

A. She was highly rewarded for her efforts.

B. She was eager to do more for her country.

C. She became an athletic star in her country.

D. She was the envy of the whole community.

6. By mentioning Muhammad Ali’s words, the author intends to tell us that__________.

A. players should be highly inspired by coaches

B. great athletes need to concentrate on patience

C. hard work is necessary in one’s achievements

D. motivation allows great athletes to be on the top

7. What is the best title for the passage?

A. The Making of a Great Athlete

B. The Dream for Championship

C. The Key to High Performance

D. The Power of Full Responsibility

C

One evening in February 2007, a student named Paula Ceely brought her car to a stop on a remote road in Wales. She got out to open a metal gate that blocked her path. That’s when she heard the whistle sounded by the driver of a train. Her Renault Clio was parked across a railway line. Seconds later, she watched the train drag her car almost a kilometre down the railway tracks.

Ceely’s near miss made the news because she blamed it on he GPS (导航仪). She had never driven the route before. It was dark and raining heavily. Ceely was relying on her GPS, but it made no mention of the crossing. “I put my complete trust in the device and it led me right into the path of a sp eeding train,” she told the BBC.

Who is to blame here? Rick Stevenson, who tells Ceely’s story in his book When Machines Fail Us, points the finger at the limitations of technology. We put our faith in digital devices, he says, but our digital helpers are too often not up to the job. They are filled with small problems. And it’s not just GPS devices: Stevenson takes us on a tour of digital disasters involving everything from mobile phones to wireless keyboards.

The problem with his argument in the book is t hat it’s not clear why he only focuses on digital technology, while there may be a number of other possible causes. A map-maker might have left the crossing off a paper map. Maybe we should blame Ceely for not paying attention. Perhaps the railway authorities are at fault for poor signaling system. Or maybe someone has studied the relative dangers and worked out that there really is something specific wrong with the GPS equipment. But Stevenson doesn’t say. It’s a problem that runs through the book.

The game between humans and their smart devices is amusing and complex. It is shaped by economics and psychology and the cultures we live in. Somewhere in the mix of those forces there may be a way for a wiser use of technology.

If there is such a way, it should involve more than just an awareness of the shortcomings of our machines. After all, we have lived with them for thousands of years. They have probably been fooling us for just as long.

8.What did Paula Ceely think was the cause of her accident？

A. She was not familiar with the road.

B. It was dark and raining heavily then.

C. The railway workers failed to give the signal.

D. Her GPS device didn’t tell her about the crossing.

9. The phrase“near miss” (Paragraph 2) can best be replaced by______.

A. close hit

B. heavy loss

C. narrow escape

D. big mistake

10. Which of the following would Rick Stevenson most probably agree with?

A. Modern technology is what we can’t live without.

B. Digital technology often falls short of our expectation.

C. Digital devices are more reliable than they used to be.

D. GPS error is not the only cause for Ceely’s accident.

11. What is the real concern of the writer of this article?

A. The major causes of traffic accidents and car thefts.

B. The relationship between human and technology.

C. The shortcomings of digital devices we use.

D. The human unawareness of technical problems.

D

Failure is probably the most exhausting experience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding.

We experience this tiredness in two ways: as start-up fatigue(疲惫) and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keep putting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult. And the longer we delay it, the more tired we feel.

Such start-up fatigue is very real, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones. The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply: always handle the most difficult job first.

Years ago, I was asked to write 102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors. Applying my own rule, I determined to write them in alphabetical(按字母顺序), never letting myself leave out a tough idea. And I always started the day’s work with the difficult task of essay-writing. Experience proved that the rule works.

Performance fatigue is more difficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do the job right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we fail again and again. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can — then let the unconscious take over.

When planning Encyclopedia Britannica (《大英百科全书》), I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of its articles. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after day I kept coming up with solutions, but none of them worked. My fatigue became almost unbearable.

One day, mentally exhausted, I wrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved. I tried to convince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me. Relived, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep.

An hour later, I woke up suddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that followed, the solution which had come up in my unconscious mind proved correct at every step. Though I worked as hard as before, I felt no fatigue. Success was now as exciting as failure had been depressing.

Human beings, I believe, must try to succeed. Success, then, means never feeling tired.

12. What does the author recommend doing to prevent start-up fatigue?

A. Writing essays in strict order.

B. Building up physical strength.

C. Leaving out the toughest ideas.

D. Dealing with the hardest task first.

13. On what occasion does a person probably suffer from performance fatigue?

A. Before starting a difficult task.

B. When all the solutions fail.

C. If the job is rather boring.

D. After finding a way out.

14. According to the author, the unconscious mind may help us__________.

A. ignore mental problems

B. get some nice sleep

C. gain complete relief

D. find the right solution

15. What could be the best title for the passage?

A. Success Is Built upon Failure

B. How to Handle Performance Fatigue

C. Getting over Fatigue: A Way to Success

D. Fatigue: An Early Sign of Health Problems 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。

It is necessary but difficult for English beginners to memorize new words，and long lists of words seem to make the mission impossible. They are puzzled why they try to memorize words with great efforts but forget them easily. That’s why there are often inquiries about how to memorize new words.

16________ Here are some tips to help.

17________ We too often separate the process of new words memorization from pronunciation. In fact these two can be combined and each will enhance the other. Saying the word to ourselves helps activate aural(hearing) memory，which helps the memory. 18________ The more familiar we are with the word，the greater chance we will have to keep it for the rest of our life.

Never memorize single English words. 19________ Relate the word to terms we already know，either as synonym or antonym. For example，the word “gargantuan” is similar in meaning to words “gigantic”，“huge” and “large”. Make a sequence of words: “small，medium，large，gigantic，and gargantuan”.

Create a mental image of the word that involves strong emotions. Think, “The gargantuan whale is going to swallow me whole”.

Learning English words requires action. Complaining how difficult it is to memorize new words will be of little help. 20________ Have a try with ten words a day and you will see what a difference you will make in our English learning.

A. So take action right now.

B. Speak the word while memorizing it.

C. Memorizing new words is very important.

D. Actually, some have given up learning new words.

E. In fact, learning new words needn’t be that difficult.

F. Make as many associations and connections as possible.

G. The sound of word helps us recall the spelling and familiarizes us with the word.

第二部分语言知识运用（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。

In 2014 I was 22 years old and had just come back to Brazil after 14 months in England, holding my Cambridge Proficiency certificate. After nervously 21________ a short training course, I began to give class to my 12 students, all of them older than I was. I 22________ hard to remain calm in class and 23________ they wouldn’t find out how unconfident I felt a lot of the time. I was quite 24________, actually, until the end of 25________ and the night of the final oral test.

The test was going to start at 7 pm, and at 6:50, I 26________ myself in the teacher’s bathroom to 27________ all the test questions again. I really wanted to learn the 28________ by heart so no one would think I was an inexperienced tester. The 29________ is, I actually locked myself in the bathroom. I 30________ couldn’t get out! The bell rang at 7 pm and I could hear the 31________ in the halls as the students went to their rooms. I tried hard to 32________ the bathroom door, but

failed.

I heard the cleaning lady’s voice and asked for help as 33________ as I could. However, she

wasn’t exactly a thoughtful person, and started34________; “Diana’s locked in the bathroom!”

Shame had fallen upon me! 35________ the course director, the secretary and some teachers were outside the bathroom trying to get me out, and, to my 36________, my students gathered outside too, happily saying things like “Aren’t we37________!No test today!” All I could do was 38________, feeling miserable and utterly stupid. The door finally opened, and my entire39________ was waiting for me outside, naughty smiles on their faces. “40________! Teacher.”they said, “we know you are human, too!”

They all passed their test. True to the Brazilian style, we all went out for a beer afterward, and laughed the whole thing off.

21. A. holding B. taking C. getting D. giving

22. A. performed B. learned C. worked D. tried

23. A. thought B. hoped C. guessed D. realized

24. A. successful B. fortunate C. happy D. satisfied

25. A. the class B. the course C. the day D. the year

26. A. tidied B. washed C. locked D. reminded

27. A. rewrite B. answer C. go over D. put forward

28. A. questions B. instructions C. answers D. steps

29. A. situation B. condition C. trick D. problem

30. A. probably B. simply C. sadly D. nearly

31. A. noise B. voice C. sound D. yell

32. A. knock B. kick C. open D. push

33. A. quietly B. hurriedly C. excitedly D. crazily

34. A. scolding B. running C. laughing D. shouting

35. A. At first B. Soon enough C. In the end D. Right now

36. A. amazement B. delight C. surprise D. horror

37. A. lucky B. comfortable C. anxious D. regretful

38. A. watch B. smile C. wait D. worry

39. A. class B. staff C. group D. school

40. A. Sorry B. Congratulations C. Don’t be angry D. Don’t worry

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（不多于3个单词）。

One day, Digo decided to become a real reader, 41__________ (plan) to read one book per month. So he headed for the library after class. There he was a little confused as to how 42__________ (find) the book he wanted since it’s the first time that he 43__________ (set) foot in the school library. Then he walked to 44__________ librarian and asked 45__________ (smile), “Excuse me, could you please tell me where to find the 46__________ (simplify) version of English novels?” After getting the answer, Digo got to know books in the library are classified in alphabetic orders. Minutes later, he found lots of English novels and searched for the Old Man and the Sea, the very novel 47__________ his English teacher had mentioned before.

When it was time for super, Digo was still 48__________ (entire) absorbed in the novel. It fascinated him so much that he even regretted not having come to the library 49__________ (early),

where students could have easy access 50__________ plenty of excellent books of all kinds.

第三部分写作（共两节；满分35分）

第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，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处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅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( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，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.允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Traditional Chinese culture is facing extinction with the development of society. As a result of, China is sparing no effort to protect it. The protection of national culture is not only of great significant to Chinese cultural diversity but also to the harmonious development between local economy and society. What is reported, special attention has paid by the Guangdong government in order to protect Chaoju.

In my opinion, some measures should be taken to protect traditional culture efficient. To start with, we should make a law to protect traditional culture. Beside, we should draw more people's attention to them. The more they know about the importance of culture protection, the strong support we can get from the public.

In the word, it is high time that we must treasure our own valuable culture.

笫二节书面表达（满分25分）

假如你是李华，请根据以下提示，给你的外教Huson写一封信，邀请他作为演讲比赛的评委，并请他在赛后给参赛学生指导如何演讲。

NOTICE

English Speech Contest

Theme: opportunities often come disguised as hard work

Time: 16:30～18:00, 28th August

Place: the Academic Hall

注意：

1、词数100左右：

2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯：

3、开头和结尾己给出，不计入总词数。

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2016-2017年度高三第一学期摸底试题参考答案

第一部分阅读理解（共20 小题; 每小题2分，满分40分）

1—3 BCC 4—7 CBDA 8—11 DCBB 12—15 DBDC 16—20

EBGFA

第二部分：英语知识运用

第一节：完形填空（共20 小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）

21—25 BDBAB 26—30 CCADB 31—35 ACADB 36—40 DACAD

第二节：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

41. planning 42. to find 43. had set 44. a 45. smilingly 46. simplified 47. that 48. entirely 49. earlier 50. to

第三部分：写作

第一节短文改错

1. 首行去掉of

2. 第二行significant改为significance

3. 第四行What改为As

4. has后加been

5. 第五行efficient改为efficiently

6. 第六行Beside改为Besides

7. 第七行them改为it 8. strong 改为stronger 9. 第九行the 改为a 10. must改为should

第二节：书面表达

Dear Huson,

I’m writing to sincerely invite you to take part in the coming English Speech Contest in our school next week as a judge.

The contest, with the theme of “opportunities often come disguised as hard work” this year, is an annual activity of our school. It will be held from 16:30 to 18:00 on 28th August in Academic Hall, where you often give us lectures. Since your lectures have been gaining great popularity among students, I’m fully convinced that your presence as a judge will surely make both the participants and audience happy. By the way, I also hope you can spare some time to instruct the participants how to deliver a successful speech.

I’ d really appreciate it if you can accept my invitation. I’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours Sincerely,

Li Hua