大庆实验中学2015—2016学年度上学期高三年级期末考试英语试题
说明：本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，满分120*1.25=150分，时间100分钟
第一卷
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。
A
The Dog and the Joey
Leonie Allan lives in an area of Australia where people often find wildlife in their yards. One spring morning, Leonie took her dog Rex for a walk as usual. The walk was casual, but Rex was acting strangely afterward. As Leonie worked in the yard, Rex kept looking down on the road where they had taken their walk. Then he began standing very still, with his nose pointing toward what he wanted Leonie to notice.
Rex, a mixed breed (血统), is part “pointer”. Pointers are dogs that naturally stand very still and point with their entire body in the direction of wildlife they see or smell. They are trained not to hunt animals but simply to point to where they are. They are excellent in tracking and finding animals.
Leonie became worried when Rex left to investigate (调查). She thought he might have found something dangerous. She called the dog back. But when Rex returned, in his mouth he had a joey, a baby kangaroo about four months old. Picking up an animal was unusual behaviour for Rex, since he hadn’t been trained to do so. Leonie was surprised that Rex had taken the joey gently by the neck and brought it to her. The baby joey didn’t appear to be afraid at all.
“He obviously sensed the baby kangaroo was still alive,” Leonie said, “and somehow had gently took it by the neck and brought it to me.”
Rex and the joey, which Leonie named Rex Jr., spent the afternoon playing together. “The joey was snuggling (依偎) up to him, jumping to him, and Rex was sniffing and licking him --- it was quite sweet,” Leonie told the newspaper reporter.
Rex Jr. was bottle-fed and raised at a wildlife sanctuary (庇护所). A year and a half later, he was released back into the wild in an area where he could be monitored. Now Rex Jr. is part of a group of kangaroos, living a normal kangaroo life --- thanks to Rex, a gentle dog that knows how to point.
1. The “pointer” gets its name because of its ability to ______.
A. discover wildlife B. be gentle with wildlife
C. avoid dangerous situations D. get along with other animals
2. When Rex went to investigate, Leonie was worried because ______.
A. she thought he might get lost
B. she knew he was tired after the walk
C. she did not want to stop working in her yard
D. she did not want Rex to put himself in danger
3. Which word best describes Rex’s behaviour toward the joey?
A. Sympathetic. B. Curious. C. Protective. D. Respectful.
B
As popular as they are globally, selfie sticks (自拍杆) are being asked to stay away from more places. Now the Palace Museum has become cautious about the device (设备), too.
Museums take the lead
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Out of safety concern, a number of museums took the lead earlier this year to ban selfie sticks in order to protect their artworks and visitors. Several major museums in other countries have said “no” to the device, including the Rome’s Colosseum, the Smithsonian museums in Washington and the National Portrait Gallery in the UK. More Chinese museums are joining the international trend as well, for example, the Nanjing Museum, which took the step last week.
Although the Palace Museum has not issued an official ban, the museum’s administration has recently warned visitors to be more careful with the device. If the device is used in crowded place or narrow area, the staff is likely to walk up and stop it. Selfie sticks are also advised to stay outside the exhibition area in the museum, as the stretchable (可伸缩的) device can be disturbing to other visitors and dangerous to the museum objects.
It is still a question whether sefie sticks will be challenged in more casual occasions like amusement parks, but the Tokyo Disneyland officially bans the use of selfie stick inside the theme park area.
The voices
The Louvre museum in Paris has not yet banned selfie sticks, but an action is expected to be announced in a few weeks. A leader of the museum told a foreign media his vexation: More visitors are waving the devices high in the air, and some of them are only few centimeters away from the famous original Mona Lisa.
“Museum photos are good for spreading the cultural messages, but we should pay attention to our ways,” said Cao Wei, a famous Sina Weibo blogger. “I support the museums’ actions on the selfie stick ban.”
4. Why have lots of museums banned visitors from using selfie sticks?
A. Because they are illegal devices.
B. Because they may cause insecurity problems.
C. Because they may do harm to visitors health.
D. Because they have been forbidden in other occasions.
5. What does the underlined word “vexation” mean in the passage?
A. purpose. B. concern. C. determination. D. assumption.
6. In the Palace Museum, visitors ______.
A. are never seen using selfie sticks
B. are forbidden to use selfie sticks
C. are warned to be careful with selfie sticks
D. are allowed to use selfie sticks only in exhibition area
7. In Cao Wei’s view, ______.
A. visitors shouldn’t get close to the artworks
B. the ban on selfie stick is necessary
C. visitors shouldn’t take photos in the museum
D. selfie sticks should be banned on more casual occasions
C
A lot of us think that we should visit the dentist every six months. Whether those check-ups are really necessary is, however, a matter of debate. In 2000, three-quarters of dentists surveyed in New York were recommending six-monthly check-ups, despite the absence of evidence. Today, many organizations still recommend six-monthly check-ups. But for several decades some have been arguing that the choice of six months as the ideal space between visits is rather questionable. For example, Aubrey Sheiham, a professor of dental public health, published a paper complaining
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about the lack of evidence for six-monthly check-ups. Almost 40 years, he’s still making the same point.
Last year the Cochrane Collaboration performed a review of the research that had been done and they were disappointed with what they found. The quality and quantity of the research was simply too poor to back up the idea of six-monthly check-ups.
There’s something else we have to bear in mind. Even when a study finds, for example, that children who go to the dentist frequently have fewer fillings (填充物), there may be other factors (因素) at work. Those same children may have other advantages; they may eat more healthily and have better quality dental equipment.
How often should you visit the dentist, then? Bodies like Nice, which provides guidance for the National Health Service in England and Wales, say that the frequency of dental visits all depends on the individual. They recommend that children go at least once a year because their teeth can decay (蛀蚀) faster, while adults without problems can wait as long as two years. They even go as far as to say that longer than two years is OK for people who have shown commitment to caring for their teeth.
Where does this leave the rest of us the next time we receive a card in the mail reminding us our next dental visit is due? We’d all like an excuse to go less often, and the good news is that if you don’t have any problems you can probably wait a little longer than six months between visits. But exactly how long you can wait before your appointment with the dentist’s chair will depend on the assessment you and your dentist make of your own risk.
8. Who supports six-monthly dental check-ups?
A. All the dentists.
B. Many organizations.
C. Aubrey Sheiham.
D. The National Health Service.
9. We can learn from the last two paragraphs that ______.
A. people often find excuses to avoid the next dental visit
B. people should decide when to go to the dentist by themselves
C. the frequency of dental visits varies for different people
D. the healthier a person is, the less frequent the dental visits are
10. The research may not prove the idea of six-monthly check-ups because ______.
A. the researchers are not qualified
B. the number of the subjects was big
C. there was a lack of quality dental equipment
D. there might be other factors at work
11. What is the best title for this passage?
A. How Often Do We Need to Visit Our Dentist?
B. Why Do We Need to Visit Our Dentist?
C. Who Should Go to the Dentist Frequently?
D. How Can We Go to the Dentist Less?
D
It’s a saying favored by grandparents, a comeback beloved enough to make an appearance on countless T-shirts, “I’ve forgotten more than you know.”
Now, a team of researchers has offered some support for the idea that the slowed-down recall we associate with getting older may sometimes be a side effect of a mind that’s filled with decades of information --- not a symptom of certain cognitive (认知的) decline. The findings
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are based on a series of computer simulations (模拟) of learning and memory, not tests of actual people.
The basic idea is that “the larger the library you have in your head, the longer it usually takes to find a particular word,” Benedict Carey says. The researchers propose that over time, you store more and more data in your mind, making recalling a needed item (条目) --- whether that’s a word, a name, or information to make a decision --- harder and slower as you get older.
But Michael Ramscar, a famous scientist, says computer simulations can only be trusted after years of testing on thousands of humans. “We not only found that a researcher’s choice of test can determine whether cognitive functioning appears to decline or improve with age, we also found that the results of the same cognitive test can suggest age-related declines or improvements.”
Patrick Rabbitt says even the study’s idea --- “that old brains contain more information than young brains”--- is unfounded. “It is also arguable because it requires an extra assumption that all the information that our brains ever process is permanently recorded and becomes progressively (渐进地) less accessible only because mental congestion (拥堵) increases,” he says, “those who have larger vocabularies and more knowledge of the world must be slower” “In fact,” Rabbitt writes, “the opposite is the case.”
12. The first paragraph serves as a(n) ______.
A. explanation B. introduction C. comment D. background
13. What does Benedict agree with?
A. We can store as much information in our mind as a big library does.
B. Remembering too much information slows down our decision-making process.
C. The information we store in our mind will reduce slowly as we grow old.
D. All the information in our mind is a mixture of names and words.
14. Ramscar considers the results of many cognitive tests ______.
A. completely wrong B. convincing C. controversial D. impressive
15. We can know from the last paragraph that Rabbitt think ______.
A. old brains have more data than young brains
B. people with large vocabularies are slower
C. the information in our brain is permanently stored
D. those who have more knowledge are quicker
第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据对话情景和内容，从对话后的选项中选出能入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
If something that you’re doing doesn’t challenge you, then it doesn’t change you. We all need some normal stress in our lives, after all. 16 So challenge the following limits:
1. Figure out what you’re scared of and do it continuously.
If you’re a salesman, and you’re scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call. 17 But don’t stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, “Go on, I’m not scared!”
2. 18
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income.
3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise.
19 A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make you feel better about yourself.
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4. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people.
Don’t just limit yourself to your fellow travelers --- try to connect with the service staff. You never know what kind of people they’re going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. 20
A. You should do it continuously.
B. Someone may hang up on you.
C. Take a class for a hobby you’ve been hoping to develop.
D. Running in the gym may be a better choice.
E. Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself.
F. You don’t need to go to the gym.
G. You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone.
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。
Travis laughed as he tore atthe wrapping paper on his birthday present. He was so 21 ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball 22 , Chuck Hart. 23 Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous (声名狼藉的) 24 , he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’ s 25 on the side of the box. The first indication that something was 26 came as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was 27 for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands 28 ; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be 29 by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he 30 tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they 31 in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute, look…” his dad said 32 , “ Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n) 33 . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I 34 . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in 35 ?”
“No,” Travis said.
“ Never. He’ s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’ s a team player. You could have acted like a 36 when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis, 37 you were polite and made the best of it. You have 38 , like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I’ m hoping that someday, your name will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes 39 . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful 40 .
21. A. excited B. ashamed C. surprised D. worried
22. A. team B. coach C. player D. game
23. A. Unless B. If C. Because D. Although
24. A. skill B. performance C. behavior D. action
25. A. name B. photo C. sign D. model
26. A. strange B. wrong C. true D. funny
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27. A. known B. encouraged C. adopted D. influenced
28. A. fell B. froze C. shook D. folded
29. A. questioned B. noticed C. attacked D. teased
30. A. mustn’t B. needn’t C. couldn’t D. wouldn’t
31. A. took up B. put up C. pulled up D. turned up
32. A. peacefully B. hesitantly C. delightedly D. naturally
33. A. choice B. effort C. comment D. mistake
34. A. believe B. miss C. admire D. remember
35. A. danger B. anger C. sorrow D. trouble
36. A. teammate B. adult C. student D. kid
37. A. so B. and C. but D. or
38. A. honor B. courage C. dream D. belief
39. A. clearly B. carefully C. patiently D. differently
40. A. hope B. look C. gift D. lesson
第二卷
第二节 (共10个空，每空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 looking at his smartphone while walking across a railway crossing in Nanjing 41 (have) a close knock on Oct 22. He was so 42 (absorb) in his smartphone that he didn’t see a train approaching until it brushed past him, 43 (throw) him to the ground. This should serve 44 a warning that people should be aware of their surroundings, especially 45 crossing roads.
46 (lucky), the man survived, but the incident forced the driver 47 (stop) the train. An l8-minute delay followed the incident, 48 led to a break in the running of other trains on the route.
The Smartphone 49 (addict) has spread like an infectious（传染的）disease. It’s evident that it will do great harm to society. What’s even 50 (bad), some addicts become impatient with relatives and friends.
Some people blame the smartphone for the sad story, yet in fact people’s weakening self-control and self-discipline are to blame.
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)
短文中共有10处语言错误，每句话最多两处错误。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出增加的词;
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉;
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在其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（从十一处起）不计分。
Dear manager,
I am writing to express my interest in your recently advertised positions as a secretary of English. Here I would like to introduce me briefly.
I am a 25-year-old young man graduated from the Foreign Languages Department of Jilin University. I have been a English guide for two years after graduation. As a result, my oral
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English is pretty well. I think the job is suitable for me. I had much confidence of myself. If I am given to the job, I promise I will do my best to do it well. I’d like to meet you at your convenient to discuss the possibility of working in your company. An early reply to my application will be high appreciated.
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
生活中我们都需要朋友，我们该结交怎样的“朋友”，不同的人有不同的看法。请认真阅读下面的引语(quotation)，按要求写一篇短文。
A true friend is a source of strength and hope.
------ Jonathan Lockwood Huie
内容要求：
1. 你对该引语的理解；
2. 你的相关经历；
3. 恰当的结尾。
注意：
1. 短文开头已给出，但不计入总词数；
2. 文中不能出现考生的具体信息；
3. 词数100左右。
The quotation from Jonathan Lockwood Huie tells us that ___________________________________
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高三期末考试题答案
阅读理解
1-3 ADC 4-7 BBCB 8-11 BCDA 11-15 BBCD 16-20 GBCFE
完形填空
21-25 ACDCA 26-30 BABDC 31-35 CBACD 36-40 DCADC
语法填空
41.had 42. absorbed 43. throwing 44. as 45. when / while
46. Luckily 47. to stop 48. which 49. addiction 50. worse
改错
51. positions改成position
52. me改成myself
53. graduated改成graduating或者前面加who/that
54. a 改成 an
55. well 改成good
56. confidence of改成confident in
57. had 改成have
58. given to改成given
59. convenient改成convenience
60. high改成highly
作文范文
This quotation from Jonathan Lockwood Huie tells us that real friends can give us strength and hope when we are in trouble and real friends can benefit from each other. We need such friends who can point out our mistakes directly and who have the same life goals as us. Once I failed again in my math and lost interest in it, it was my best friend who encouraged me not to give up and offered help in time. With his kind and selfless help, I gradually caught up with others.
So I say we need friends and what we most need is a friend that can enrich our life.
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