高二下学期第三次检测
英语试题
说明:本试卷满分 70 分，时间 40 分钟。
第一部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分 26 分)
第一节：（共 8 小题，每题 2 分，满分 16 分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Walking down a path through some woods in Georgia, I saw a small pool of water ahead on the
path. I angled my direction to go around it on the part of the path that wasn’t covered by water or
mud. As I reached the pool, I was suddenly attacked! Yet I did nothing for the attack. It was so
unpredictable and from somewhere totally unexpected. I was surprised as well as unhurt though I
had been struck four or five times. I backed up a foot and my attacker stopped attacking me. Had I
been hurt I wouldn’t have found it amusing. And I was laughing. After all, I was being attacked by a
butterfly!
Having stopped, laughing, I took a step forward. My attacker rushed me again. He charged
towards me at full speed, attempting to hurt me but in vain. For a second time, I took a step
backwards while my attacker paused. I wasn’t sure what to do. After all, it’s just not everyday that
one is attacked by a butterfly. I stepped back to look the situation over. My attacker moved back to
land on the ground. That’s when I discovered why my attacker was charging me only moments
earlier. He had a mate and she was dying．
Sitting close beside her, he opened and closed his wings as if to fan her. I could only admire the
love and courage of that butterfly in his concern for his mate. He had taken it up on himself to attack
me for his mate’s sake(缘故), even though she was clearly dying and I was so large. He did so just to
give her those extra few precious moments of life, should I have been careless enough to step on her.
His courage in attacking something thousands of times larger and heavier than himself just for his
mate’s safety seemed admirable. I couldn’t do anything other than reward him by walking on the
more difficult side of the pool. He had truly earned those moments to be with her, undisturbed．
Since then, I’ve always tried to remember the courage of that butterfly whenever I see huge
barriers facing me.1．Why did the writer change his direction while walking down a path?
A. To get close to a butterfly. B. To look over the bad situation.
C. To escape a sudden attack. D. To avoid getting his shoes dirty.
2．What made the man feel funny?
A. Making the attacker pause. B. Being attacked by a butterfly.
C. Being stepped on by his mate. D. Discovering the energetic butterfly.
3．From this experience the man learned .
A. what he should do when faced with trouble B. people should show sympathy to the weak
C. how he should deal with attacks D. people should protect butterflies
4．Which of the following words can best describe the butterfly?
A. Careless． B. Amusing． C. Courageous． D. Aggressive.
B
Traditionally, across the world, boys and girls attend a mixed school, where they study together.
But boys’ schools are the perfect place to teach young men to express their emotions and involve
them in activities such as art, dance and music.
Boys at single-sex schools were said to be more likely to get involved in cultural and artistic
activities that helped develop their emotional expressiveness, rather than feeling they had to
correspond to (和…相符) the “boy code” of hiding their emotions to be a “real man”.
The findings of the study go against received wisdom that boys do better when taught alongside
girls.
Tony Little, head master of Eton, warned that boys were being failed by the British education
system because it had become too focused on girls. He criticized teachers for failing to recognize
that boys are actually more emotional than girls.
The research argued that boys often perform badly in mixed schools because they become
discouraged when girls do better earlier in speaking and reading skills.
But in single-sex schools teachers can tailor lessons to boys’ learning style, letting them move
around the classroom and getting them to compete in teams to prevent boredom, wrote the study’s
author, Abigail James, of the University of Virginia.
Teachers could encourage boys to enjoy reading and writing with “boy-focused” approaches
such as themes and characters that appeal to them. Because boys generally have more acute vision, learn best through touch, and are physically more active, they need to be given “hands-on” lessons
where they are allowed to walk around. “Boys in mixed schools view classical music as feminine
( 女性的) and prefer the modern genre ( 类型) in which violence and sexism are major themes,”
James wrote.
Single-sex education also made it less likely that boys would feel that they had to be“masterful
and in charge”in relationships.“In mixed schools, boys feel forced to act like men before they
understand themselves well enough to know what that means,”the study reported.
5．The author believes that a single-sex school would __________.
A. force boys to hide their emotions to be“real men”
B. help boys to be more competitive in schools.
C. encourage boys to express their emotions more freely
D. naturally strengthen boys’ traditional image of a man
6．It is commonly believed that in a mixed school boys __________.
A. behave more responsibly.
B. grow up more healthily.
C. perform relatively better.
D. receive a better education.
7．According to Abigail James, one of the advantages of single-sex schools is __________.
A. teaching can be tailored to suit the characteristics of boys
B. boys can focus on their lessons without being distracted
C. boys can choose to learn whatever they are interested in
D. teaching can be designed to promote boys’ team spirit
8．What does the underlined word “acute” in paragraph 7 mean?
A. lovely B. sharp C. serious D. dull
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。
In all our lives we must make choices. You make choices from the time you get out of bed in
the morning until you go to sleep at night. What time to get up? What to wear? What to eat? You
also make more significant choices when you graduate from high school. 9 College? Technical
training?No matter the size of the decision, the common thread in all of them is that they involve an
opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is your next best alternative — your second choice. For example,
it’s a Saturday night, and you are trying to decide between going to the movies, hanging out at a
friend’s house or going to the football game. 10 What is your second choice? If it is the football
game, then that is your opportunity cost.
Opportunity cost is important. When you make a certain choice, it forces you to think more critically
about all of the abandoned choices. By recognizing opportunity cost, you can decide whether your
decision is worth it.
11 As a high school senior, you face several options, including going to college, going to
technical school, or going to the work force. If you choose college, the opportunity cost is losing
what could have been purchased or saved with the money spent on tuition (学费), housing, books,
etc, for four years. 12 You would also lose four years’ worth of income and experience that you
could have earned if you had gone straight to work.
However, it is still the case that college graduates earn more than high school graduates do. And the
unemployment rate among college graduates is less than that of high school graduates. 13 But,
like all decisions, it is one that should be arrived at only after looking at the costs-including the
opportunity cost-and considering the follow-up question: is it worth it?
A. Will you go straight to work?
B. What causes opportunity cost?
C. But that’s not the end of the costs.
D. Suppose you decide to go to the movies.
E. If you give up college, what do you lose?
F. A perfect example is the decision to go to college.
G. For many students, going on to college is a wise decision.
第二部分：语言知识运用（共两节，满分 44 分）
第一节：完形填空（共 20 小题，每小题 1.5 分，共 30 分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Martin is riding his yellow motorcycle, which he calls Kindness One. He is trying to 14
around the world on nothing but the kindness of 15 . No money, no food and nowhere to stay. Martin 16 on the generosity of the human spirit to keep him going.
“It’s all about 17 other people,” Martin said. So far, he’s met with 18 . In Las Vegas, a
family gave him food and a place to sleep. In Nebraska, cowboys let him stay 19 them. “The
American people have been 20 ,” Martin said.
And in Pittsburgh, after a dozen people 21 him down, Martin met Tony, a 22 man
who gave him his food and offered to let Martin sleep with him in a garage. “ It was so inspiring for
me,” Martin said. “The people in Pittsburgh hadn’t 23 helped but he offered me a place to stay
and shared his food.”
So just how far can 24 get you? Martin is determined to 25 . “I used to be a manager in
London, sitting behind a desk, 26 12 hours a day, and it wasn’t for me,” he explained. “Then I
went and traveled around the world and 27 with people. And that’s what it’s all about. That’s
where the 28 is: connection, heart to heart.”
On his blog, Martin said he’ll 29 a ship from New York to Europe, adding he’ll do so “as a
non-paying 30 , Kindness Rocks!”
He also lists a trip that would 31 him traveling to France, Italy, Greece, India, Cambodia
and Vietnam, among other countries. His 32 will be shown on TV. The trip also serves to
33 money for Make a Wish International.
14. A. look B. sit C. travel D. lie
15. A. drivers B. strangers C. reporters D. scientists
16. A. counts B. waits C. feeds D. writes
17. A. changing B. inspiring C. borrowing D. hoping
18. A. need B. danger C. peace D. success
19. A. in B. at C. with D. over
20 A. wonderful B. careful C. rich D. strong
21. A. took B. turned C. beat D. put
22. A. happy B. careless C. homeless D. selfish
23. A. really B. clearly C. quickly D. gradually
24. A. experience B. patience C. happiness D. kindness
25. A. take over B. get on C. find out D. put up
26. A. sleeping B. shouting C. singing D. working27. A. married B. connected C. loved D. united
28. A. power B. energy C. magic D. confidence
29. A. board B. repair C. play D. hire
30. A. journalist B. passenger C. performer D. researcher
31. A. guess B. choose C. pay D. see
32. A. competence B. game C. journey D. concern
33. A. raise B. copy C. build D. save
第二节 单项选择（共 14 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 14 分）
34. —Did Linda see the traffic accident?
—Yes, no sooner ______ there than it happened.
A. had she arrived B. she had arrived C. has she arrived D. she has arrived
35. It______we had stayed together for a couple of weeks______I found we had a lot in common.
A. was until; when B. was until; that C. wasn’t until; when D. wasn’t until;
that
36. The waiter______us with bread and milk for breakfast.
A. reserved B. deserved C. served D. observed
37. After the train crash, the station was a______of absolute panic.
A. scenery B. scene C. sight D. sign
38. The police are offering a______of $1,000 for information about the robbery of the bank.
A. price B. fund C. reward D. profit
39. It is not easy to learn English well, but if you______, you will succeed in the end.
A. hang up B. hang about C. hang on D. hang onto
40. Only when he apologizes for his rudeness______to him again.
A. I will speak B. will I speak C. do I speak D. I speak
41. He had ______ to go, but on second thoughts, he gave up the idea.
A. intended B. managed C. tried D. pretended
42. High school students spent ______ money on newspapers and magazines in order to broaden
their horizons.
A. a number of B. a great many C. a large amount of D. a good deal
43. At the meeting place of the Yangtze River and the Jialing River ______, one of the largest cities in China.
A. lies Chongqing B. Chongqing lies C. does lie Chongqing D. does Chongqing
lies
44. The important thing in life is to have a great aim, and the determination to ______ it.
A. attend B. attract C. attain D. attach
45. The little girl’s ambition is to go to Tsinghua University and she is very sensitive to everything
concerned ______ it.
A. on B. for C. about D. with
46. The project ______ by the end of 2020 will expand the city’s telephone network.
A. accomplished B. to be accomplished
C. being accomplished D. having been accomplished
47. After the teacher ______ the examination papers round the class, the exam started.
A. collected B. distributed C. contributed D. separated
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