甘肃省永昌县第一中学2015届高三英语上学期期末考试试题

永昌县第一高级中学2014-2015-1期末考试卷
高三英语
提示：所有选择题请做在答题卡上
第Ⅰ卷
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）
阅读下面短文，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
This year some twenty-three hundred teenagers（young people aged from 13 —19）from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. homes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.
Here is a two-way student exchange in action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with George’s family. In turn, George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America.
Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months’ study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different from what he had expected — much harder. Students rose respectfully(尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.
Family life, too, was different. The father’s word was law, and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.
“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”
At the same time, in America, Mike, a friendly German boy, was also forming his i dea. “I suppose I should criticize(批评) American schools,” he says. “It is far
too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”
1. This year teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between
America and other countries.
A. twenty-three hundred
B. thirteen hundred
C. over three thousand
D. less than two thousand
2. The whole exchange programme is mainly to .
A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America
B. send students in America to travel in Germany
C. let students learn something about other countries
D. have teenagers learn new languages
3. What is particular in America schools is that .
A. there is some middle ground between the two teaching buildings
B. there are a lot of outside activities
C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all
D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car
4. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought .
A. a better education should include something good from both American and Germany
B. German schools trained students to be better citizens
C. American schools were not as good as German schools
D. the easy life in the American school was more helpful to students
B
Some people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if they have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.
I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete strangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot
I was heading for.
I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often p eople do not like to admit that they didn’t know their hometown and will insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their right and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.
If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.
Once I was on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late to turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.
Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as the person he had asked.
5. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?
A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.
B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.
C. He will give the very person long list of direction.
D. He is going to show the man an opposite direction.
6. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?
A. Because of his poor sense of direction.
B. Because he always forgot the way home.
C. Because he did not have any friend.
D. Because he used to be shy and dared
not ask others the way.
7. How did the visitor feel when he was showed into the very room?
A. He felt strange.
B. He felt embarrassed.
C. He felt very sad.
D. He felt astonished.
8. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?
A. Someone we don’t know.
B. The writer did it for himself.
C. The secretary did so.
D. A warm-hearted old lady did such a thing.
C
Greek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields (盾) toward the sun. The flashes reflected by light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other Greek soldiers could understand the messages.
Roman soldiers in some places built long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.
In Africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large drums (鼓). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.
In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. It was like spelling out words with flags and arms.
Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. However, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.
9. According to this passage, the Roman way of communication depended very much
upon ______.
A. fine weather
B. high tower
C. the spelling system
D. arm movements
10. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. Neither the Greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message.
B. African soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message.
C. Telephone was invented by a French engineer.
D. Only by using telephone could people send speech sounds quickly.
11. The ______ way of communication made use of visible signs.
A. French
B. Roman
C. African
D. American
D
Stop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.
The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.
You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem (自信心). Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are always victims. They are leaves tossed (摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.
You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.
Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of
confidence.
If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing (培育) the seeds that contain future victory, born from setbacks (挫折).
In short, in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. You are on the road to success.
12. People with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they ______.
A. can’t exercise control over themselves
B. are easily affected by windy weather
C. don’t have the power to face their f ate
D. are ready to change their minds
13. Losers would think that ______.
A. success is the result of hard work
B. working hard will lead to success
C. they fail only because of bad luck
D. they don’t make efforts to succeed
14. It can be inferred from the fifth paragraph that ______.
A. setting our expectations is essential before taking action
B. knowing cause and effect is the key to future success
C. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mind
D. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudes
15. The last paragraph serves as ______.
A. the proof of the author’s points
B. the conclusion of the argument
C. an introduction to another topic
D. a comparison between two views
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。

Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
16 Some people express anger openly in a calm and reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They cannot or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 17
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
18 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “ 19 Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 20
A. They say that laughter is much healthier than anger.
B. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.
C. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger.
D. Anger may cause you a cancer.
E. Do not express your anger while angry.
F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.
G. In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
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。

When I was about to go back home, it was dark. In order to get home as soon as possible, I hired a taxi. The car was 21 along the road, now well-lit, now sank in darkness. I broke the 22 on purpose, 23
that the driver might be too tired to drive. “When do you go back home in the evening?”
“9 o’clock. I’ll go after this trip.”
“Then when do you come out in the morning?” I 24 another question.
“9o’clock, too. And I go home for lunch and dinner, just as if I worked at an office.” His easiness surprised me, because every time I ride in a taxi, what
I hear from the 25 are only complaints. They complain that they 26 work
27 , that it is 28 to earn money, that they are bullied (欺侮) by the policeman, or that the corporation leaders are seated, 29 , and enjoy the 30 of others’ work. It seems that they have a grievance (不满意) against everything. But this driver told me, “I find it 31 to be a section chief as I was before.
I don’t like management work. I like driving, just for 32 . It’s 33 that I 34 __ drive without a passenger. So I can earn two or three thousand yuan a month with ease. Any 35 ? Yes, I never follow an empty taxi. If it goes 36 , I go northward. If it goes along the highway, I turn into a 37 street. In this way
I always get customers.
His words showed his satisfaction with his life and the pride he 38 in his job. Such feelings are so 39 among people nowadays as oxygen in high mountains. As an ancient saying 40 , “Neither joy in material gains nor grieve over personal setbacks (挫折).” How many people nowadays can show high ideals by simple living and go far with a calm mind? I couldn’t h elp feeling curious when I found such a state of mind in a stranger on a cold winter night.
21. A. driving B. walking C. running D. flying
22. A. calmness B. quietness C. silence D.
stillness
23. A. in case B. on condition C. in order D. for fear
24. A. threw out B. gave up C. let off D. set off
25. A. taxi B. radio C. driver D. passenger
26. A. must B. have to C. need D. should
27. A. from night till morning B. from morning till night
C. from morning till afternoon
D. from dawn till dark
28. A. possible B. easy C. hard D. impossible
29. A. lazy B. busily C. busy D. lazily
30. A. results B. achievements C. gains D. fruits
31. A. tiring B. tired C. excited D. exciting
32. A. interest B. money C. work D. pleasure
33. A. unfortunate B. likely C. fortunate D. wise
34. A. seldom B. usually C. hardly D often
35. A. trick B. skill C. secret D. method
36. A. southward B. northward C. eastward D. westward
37. A. wide B. empty C. lonely D. narrow
38. A. took B. made C. kept D. had
39. A. rare B. common C. much D. little
40. A. says B. suggests C. goes D. talks
第Ⅱ卷
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man who was out of work applied for the position of “office boy” at a big firm. The HR manager 41
(interview) him, then a test: clean the floor. “You are hired,” he said, “Give me your email address, 42 I’ll send you the application to fill.” The man replied “I don’t have a computer, 43 an email”.
“I’m sorry,” said the HR manager, “that means you do not exist. And 44 doesn’t exist cannot have the job.” The man left 45 no hope at all. He didn’t know what to do, with only $10 in his pocket.
He then decided to go to the supermarket and buy a 10kg tomato crate. He then sold the tomatoes in a door to door round. In less than two hours, he 46 (success) in doubling his capital. He repeated it 3 times, and returned home with $60.
5 years later, the man is one of the 47 (big) food retailers(零售商) in the US. He started to plan his family’s future, and decided to have a life insurance.
He called 48 insurance broker, and chose a protection plan. When the conversation was concluded, the broker asked him his email. The man replied, “I don’t have an email”. The broker replied 49 (curious), “You don’t have an email, and yet have established an empire! Do you imagine 50 you could have been if you had an email?
The man thought for a while, and replied: “An office boy!”
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）
假如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。

错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号∧，并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线＼划掉。

修改：在错词下面划一横线，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 Miss Li,
I’m one of your student in Class Six, Senior Three. Nowadays I meet a great many difficulties when studied English. To begin with, it is very difficult of me to memorize a large number of new words. In addition, grammar is too complex to understand, that has influenced my English writing seriously. And my performance on reading and correcting are not satisfying. Faced with such a dilemma, you hope that you can give me a hand. Would you provide me with some effectively approaches? Secondly, I believe that I will have good command of what you teach, if you will slow down your speed in the class. There is no doubt whether I will achieve great progress in English learning with your assistance.
Thank you.
Yours,
Wang Min 第二节书面表达(满分25分)
随着因特网的发展，网上购物（Online Shopping）已经成为一种时尚。

请根据下表内容，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文，描述网上购物的利与弊，并发表你个人的观点。

注意：开头部分已经给出，不计入总词数。

With the development of technology, online shopping is becoming increasingly popular these days and has become a symbol of fashion.
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永昌县第一高级中学2014—2015—1期末考试卷答案
高三英语
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）
1-4:CCBA 5-8:BADA 9-11:BDA 12-15：ACDB
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
16-20; FGCEA
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)
21-25 DCDAC 26-30 BBCAD 31-35 ADCAC 36-40 ADAAC
第二节（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读填空：41. interviewed 42. and 43. neither /nor /or 44. whoever
45. with
46. succeeded 47. biggest 48. an 49. curiously 50. what
第三部分写作 (共两节，满分35分)
短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
1. student—students
2.studied—studying
3.of—for
4.that—which
5.are—is
6.you—I
7.effectively—effective
8.good前加 a
9.will去掉10.whether—that
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
With the development of technology, online shopping is becoming increasingly popular these days and has become a symbol of fashion.
It’s quite obvious that online s hopping has many advantages over traditional shopping. First of all, people shopping online can enjoy the great convenience that modern technology brings them. In addition, the products online tend to be cheaper than those in traditional stores. What’s mor e, by shopping online, people can save much time, no longer bothering to go to a shopping center,
However, we can’t turn a blind eye to the problems with online shopping. On one hand, the quality of the products, in many cases, seems not as superior as it
is promised. On the other hand, it is often inconvenient to change products found unsatisfied.
From my point of view, online shopping should only be used when needed. That’s to
say, you may buy things you can’t find in local markets. Besides, people should never rely too much on the Internet. Regular ways of shopping should never be abandoned. Only in this way can people protect themselves while enjoying the convenience from the Internet.。