高三英语上学期期中测试题

北京市第四十四中学2014届高三英语上学期期中测试试题新人教版 考 试说明 1. 试卷满分：A卷115分，B卷35分2. 考试时间：120分钟A卷（三部分，共115分）第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，45分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）  21. The activities organized by our school really gave us a platform ____ we learned team spirit.A. that         B. where        C. which           D. when 22. ____ to Anne's birthday party, Mr. Brown is now searching shop after shop for a nice present for her.A. Having invited       B. Having been invited       C. Have been invited     D. Being invited 23. Unfortunately, ____ stone hit him on ______ head and he got injured.A. the; a       B. a; 不填    C. a; the         D. the; the   24. _____ I say Clancy is a smart boy, he still needs to work hard to achieve his goal.A. Then   B. When    C. While    D. As 25．The new buyer identified a dozen new sources for the material, ___________ proved to be reliable．A. most of them B. most of which       C. most of whom D. most of those 26. The old woman who______in the deserted house alone for ten years has been settled in a nursing home now.A. lived         B. has lived        C. had lived         D. has been living 27. — I phoned you yesterday morning. A girl answered, but I didn’t recognize the voice.— Oh, it ____ my younger sister. She was in my room at that moment.A. must have been    B. should have been   C. could have been   D. may have been 28. ______ , the players began the game.  A. Having taken our seats                B. Taking our seatsC. Being taken the seats                 D. After we had taken our seats 29. In the reading room, we found her____ at a desk, with her attention____ on a book. A. sitting; fixing    B. to sit; fixed    C. seating; fixing    D. seated; fixed  30. How long do you think ______ the computer company brings out a new product?A. it will be before   B. will it be until      C. will it be when   D. it will be that 31. ---Monitor?   --- I’m not monitor of our class. I __ with the teacher until the monitor is elected.A. will just help     B. am just to help     C. am just helping    D. have just helped 32．—Will you attend the ceremony tomorrow?   —What ceremony? I ____ informed of anything about it．A．wasn't     B．haven't been      C．hadn't been      D．won't be 33. As is known to all,       Yang Liwei has become a space hero is       we have expected．A. that; which  B. what; that   C. what; which     D. that; what 34. Bless your heart, I know you didn't break the vase ________. Don't cry!A. on purpose B. by accident C. on business  D. by mistake 错误地。故选A（故意地。）　考点: 考查介词短语的用法。35. She ___ volleyball regularly for many years when she was young.A. was playing   B. played         C. has played    D. had played 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Fifteen years spent in the field of education has provided me with many treasured moments. One of the most unforgettable   36   when I was teaching second    37   , 10 years ago. In May I decided to plan something special for the children: a Mother’s Day tea. We had put our heads together to   38   ideas of how to   39   our mothers. We practiced singing songs, memorized poems and wrote cards. We decided to hold our tea the Friday before Mother’s Day.  I was surprised and  40   to learn that every mother was planning to attend. I  41  invited my own mother. Finally, the big day arrived. Each child   42  up at our classroom door, expecting the arrival of his or her mom.  43  it got closer to starting time, I looked around and my eyes quickly found Jimmy. His mother hadn’t shown up and he was looking   44   .  I took my mother by the hand and walked over to Jimmy. “Jimmy,” I said, “I have a bit of problem here and I was 45   if you could keep my mother   46   while I’m busy.” My mom and Jimmy sat at a table. Jimmy    47  my mom her treats, presented her with the gift I had made, just as we had   48   the day before. Whenever I looked over, my mother and Jimmy were in deep   49   . Now 10 years later, I work with students of all ages, educating them about the environment. Last year, I took a senior class on a field trip, and there was Jimmy. I had the students complete an outline of the day’s  50  and an evaluation of our trip. Then I collected the students’ booklets and checked them to see if   51   was completed. When I came   52   Jimmy’s page, he had written “Remember our Mother’s Day tea we had in second grade, Mrs. Marra? I do! Thanks for all you did for me, and thank your mother, too.” I told him I really enjoyed what he had written. He looked rather embarrassed and  53  his own thanks and walked away. Suddenly he ran back and gave me a big hug. “Thanks again. No one even knew my mother didn’t   54  it.”I ended my workday with a hug from a teenage boy who had   55   stopped hugging teachers years ago. 【小题1】 A. lasted  B. happened  C. experienced D. described【小题2】 A. school B. class C. grade D. lesson【小题3】 A. pay attention to B. look forward to C. get on with D. come up with【小题4】 A. love B. please C. respect D. admire【小题5】 A. astonished  B. worried C. relieved  D. interested【小题6】 A. even B. ever C. still D. once【小题7】 A .followed B. held C. kept D. lined【小题8】 A. As B. Although C. While D. Because【小题9】 A. wild B. curious C. strange D. upset【小题10】 A. considering B. wondering C. asking D. doubting【小题11】 A. connection B. care C. company  D. concern【小题12】 A. served B. supplied C. assigned D. applied【小题13】 A. taught B. studied C. practiced  D. told【小题14】 A. mind B. thought C. agreement D. conversation 【小题15】 A. feeling B. behavior C. event  D. action【小题16】 A. something B. everything C. anything D. nothing【小题17】 A. by B. to C. on D. over【小题18】 A. announced B. delivered C. stated D. whispered【小题19】 A. make B. get C. do D. take【小题20】 A. probably  B. exactly C. rarely  D. eagerly 【小题10】B 续；B. 发生；C 经历；D.描述。故选B。  B. 思想；C. 协议；D.会话。故选D。 第三部分：阅读理解(共两节，40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，共30分)AA programmer and an engineer are sitting next to each other on a long flight from Los Angeles to New York．The programmer leans over to the engineer and asks if he would like to play a fun game．The engineer just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and rolls over to the window to catch a few winks．The programmer persists and explains that the game is really easy and has a lot of fun．He explains, "I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5．Then you ask me a question, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $5．" Again, the engineer politely refuses and tries to get to sleep．The programmer, now somewhat anxious, says, "OK, if you don't know the answer you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you $50!" This catches the engineer's attention, and he sees no end to this torment（折磨） unless he plays, so he agrees to the game．The programmer asks the first question．"What's the distance from the earth to the moon?'' The engineer doesn't say a word, but reaches into his wallet, pulls out a five dollar bill and hands it to the programmer．Now, it's the engineer's turn．He asks the programmer, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down on four?" The programmer looks up at him with a puzzled look．He takes out his laptop computer and searches all of his references．After about an hour, he wakes the engineer and hands him $50．The engineer politely takes the $50 and turns away to try to get back to sleep．The programmer, more than a little angry, shakes the engineer and asks, "Well, so what's the answer?" Without a word, the engineer reaches into his wallet, hands the programmer $5, and turns away and goes back to sleep．【小题1】What's the best title for the passage?A．A Boring Conversation                  B．A Fun GameC．A Trick During The Flight             D．A Question Without Answer【小题2】What kind of person is the programmer according to what he said?A．Confident．      B．Selfish．        C．Greedy．        D．Generous．【小题3】What can we infer according to the last sentence?A．The engineer has little money with him．   B．Actually the engineer doesn't know the answer, either．C．The engineer is bored with programmer．  D．The engineer beats the programmer at last．      【小题4】Which is NOT true according to the passage?A．In the beginning the engineer is not interested in the game．B．The engineer is too sleepy to want to play the game．C．At last the engineer gains $45 from the programmer．D．Nobody knows the answer to the engineer's question． 考点：故事类短文阅读。BStudents who work during term time to support themselves at university are far more likely to graduate with a poor degree, according to a government-funded study published yesterday.Undergraduates with part-time jobs are a third less likely to get a first or upper second-class degree than other students, harming their career chances. Students from the poorest backgrounds were most likely to take jobs during term because they could not depend on help from their parents.The report, commissioned (委托) by the Department for Education and Skills, also found a clear relation between fear of debt and employment in non-graduate jobs. Students from poorer backgrounds are known to be more unwilling to be in debt than those from middle class families.The study of 8,600 people who graduated in 1999 was made by Peter Elias, of Warwick University, and Kate Purcell, from Bristol Business School. They found that twice as many first-class degrees were awarded to students who did not work during term compared with those who did. Between 35 and 38 percent who worked during term achieved a lower second, compared with about 28 percent of those who did not. Professor Elias said that the increase in school fees next year to ￡3,000 would have to be monitored (监控) carefully for its effect on poorer students. "Higher education is going to be a harder struggle for those who do not come with all the advantages," he said.He suggested that universities could get in touch with employers to provide work experience on good salaries to choose students during holidays, so that they did not have to work during term.【小题1】What's the main idea of the passage?A. Students at university like to take part-time jobs to support themselves,B. Term-time jobs at university lead to poorer examination results.C. The school fees are becoming higher and higher at university.D. Students at university have much difficulty getting first-class degrees.【小题2】Why did lots of students take term-jobs at university?A. No one would lend them money to continue their study.B. They wanted to improve themselves by taking part-time jobs,C. Their families were poor and couldn't afford the high expense.D. They thought earning money was more important than studying.【小题3】Students who took term-jobs at university ____.A. had no possibility to study better than those who didn'tB. couldn't graduate from school normally in the futureC. might have trouble in finding a job in the futureD. were more independent than those who didn't in the future【小题4】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Poor students can't take part-time jobs all the time at university.B. Employers have the duty to help poor students solve the money problem.C. First class degrees couldn't be given to the students whose families were poor.D. High school fees are one of the important reasons why students have to take term-jobs. CThe twentieth century saw greater changes than any century before. Changes for the better, changes for the worse, changes that brought a lot of benefits to human beings, changes that put man in danger. Many things caused the changes, but, in my opinion, the most important was the progress in science.Scientific research in physics and biology has vastly broadened our views. It has given us a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter and of the universe. It has brought us a better understanding of the nature of life and of its continuous development. Technology in the application of science has made big advances that have benefited us in nearly every part of life.The continuation of such activities in the twenty-first century will result in even greater advantages to human beings; in pure science—a wider and deeper knowledge in all fields of learning; in applied science--- a more reasonable sharing of material benefits, and better protection of the environment.Sadly, however, there is another side to the picture. The creativity of science has been employed in doing damage to mankind. The application of science and technology to the development and production of weapons of mass destruction has created a real danger to the continued existence of the human race on this planet. We have seen this happen in the case of nuclear weapons. Although their actual use has so far occurred only in the Second World War, the number of nuclear weapons that were produced and made ready for use was so large that if the weapons had actually been used, the result could have been the ruin of the human race, as well as of many kinds of animals.William Shakespeare said, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” The above brief review the application of only one part of human activities—science seems to prove what Shakespeare said. But does it have to be so? Must the ill always go together with the good? Are we biologically programmed for war? A. a great many nuclear weapons were actually used for warB. a large number of nuclear weapons should have been used for warC. the author is doubtful about the ruin of human beings by nuclear warD. the author is anxious about the huge number of nuclear weapons on the earth【小题3】 The underlined word “mingled” most probably means______A. simple   B. mixed     C. sad   D. happy【小题4】What do you think the author is most likely to suggest if he continues to write?A. Further application of science to war.           B. More reading of William Shakespeare.C. Proper use of science in the new century.        D. Effective ways to separate the good from the ill.【答案】【小题1】A  “总－分－总”式，在“分”的部分有分为正、反两方面，与A项意思一致。 DUsually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer. But there is one question that has millions of correct answers. That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct. Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents. Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used. Some parents choose the name of a well-known person. A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.Some people give their children names that mean good things. Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names. A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near a brook (小溪); someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road. The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest. Other early surnames came from people’s occupations. The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals. In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village. Some other occupational names are: Carter—a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter—a person who made pots and pans. The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village. The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture. Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities. When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with gray hair probably became John Gray. Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman. John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer. Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name. English-speaking people added –s or –son. The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert. Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O. Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell. 【小题1】 Which of the following aspects do the surnames in the passage NOT cover?A. Places where people lived.   B. People’s characters.C. Talents that people possessed.   D. People’s occupations.【小题2】According to the passage, the ancestors of the Potter family most probably _______.A. owned or drove a cart        B. made things with metalsC. made kitchen tools or containers.     D. built houses and furniture.【小题3】Suppose an English couple whose ancestors lived near a leafy forest wanted their new-born son to become a world leader, the baby might be named ________.A. Beatrice Smith        B. Leonard Carter C. George Longstreet      D. Donald Greenwood 第二节 七选五 (共5小题；每小题2分，共10分)How to prepare a lectureBeing invited to give a lecture is an honor．It means that people regard you as an authority on a given field, subject, or issue．It means you are worth listening to．【小题1】   You have to make sure your lecture is interesting, and full of wisdom, from which the audience can take valuable insights．This is why it is important for you to prepare your lecture well．1．Think of a good topic．You most likely will be assigned to talk about a certain topic．If that's the case, you only need to make an outline and do some research．But in some cases, you will have to think of your own topic．Although it gives you more freedom to do it, thinking of a topic can be tricky．【小题2】   Or pick a topic that is timely and socially relevant．2．Make an outline for the lecture．Start by listing down the points that you will discuss, and then fill in each point with subpoints．If necessary, make a research about your topic．【小题3】   But if in so doing you end up with a very long outline, figure how you can shorten the topic or cut where cutting is needed．3．【小题4】   Statistics, figures, medical information, historical accounts, and similar information should all be checked and it will save your credibility as an authority on the subject you are talking about．4．Add humor．Don't engage your audience in a dragging soliloquy （独白）．【小题5】   Humor will interest your audience．Of course, make sure the elements in your lecture are in line with your main topic and are not nonsense, racial, and offensive jokes．A．Check your lecture for accuracy．B．Giving a lecture is challenging, though．C．If necessary, provide your contact information, such as an email address or blog site．D．Instead, make your audience smile, or burst into laughter at certain points in your discussion．E．To make it easier, consider what will interest your audience．F．It should summarize your whole talk in one sentence．G．Don't be afraid of exploring the topic, as this will allow you to discover other points that need discussion．  B卷（一部分，共35分） 第四部分：书面表达(共两节，满分35分)第一节 情景作文（20分） ? the 29th Olympic Games. ———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————- 作状语等等。并注意了句子的衔接如：while，so ... that等等，为文章增色不少。考点：图画情景作文。第二节：开放作文(满分15分)You are discussing the following picture with your English friend Jim. Now you are telling him how you understand the picture and what makes you think so.开放作文———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-———————————————————————————————————————————-、