高三上学期期末考试英语试题

2013届高三上学期期末考试英语试题新人教版 第Ⅰ卷（选择题共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分） 第一节(共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分) 1.   What does the woman think of Mark’s sister? A.Unfriendly     B.Quiet         C.Nice 2. What does the woman regret? A.Not to give her mother a good life. B.Not to stay with her mother when she died. C.Not to take care of her mother when she was ill. 3. What does the woman fail to do? A.Do her work    B.Take funny activities    C.Take care of her family 4.Why did the man make the fence? A.To protect his grass land     B.To decorate his house      C.To protect his house 5.What are the speakers mainly talking about? A.The man’s library    B.The woman’s CD collection    C.The woman’s music store 第二节 (共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分) 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。          6. What exercise does the woman recommend? A. Jogging.                B. Swimming.            C. Playing tennis. 7. What burns the least fat according to the woman’s coach? A. Running.                B. Walking.             C. Swimming. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。          8. What is the relationship between the speakers? A. Police and witness.     B. Boss and employee.   C. Police and suspect. 9. What do we know about the woman? A. She told a lie. B. She is a sports fan. C. She was watching TV at 10 p.m. on January 19th. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。          10. What does the woman want to do in the bank? A. Cash a check. B. Open an account. C. Get some cash from her account.   11. What is the man going to do? A. Pick up some clothes.   B. Pay a traffic ticket. C. Pay his phone bill. 12. What did the woman get a traffic ticket for? A. Over speeding. B. Parking in a wrong place. C. Passing the crossing at a wrong time. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。          13. How many children are injured every year in Britain? A. About 10,000.           B. Less than 100,000.   C. More than 1,000,000. 14. How can parents prevent children from falling down the stairs? A. By using mats. B. By fitting safety gates. C. By accompanying the children all the time. 15. What is the most dangerous room according to the woman? A. The kitchen.            B. The bathroom.        C. The living room. 16. What probably is the man? A. A writer.               B. A TV host.           C. A radio host. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。          17. Where will Carole Berg give a talk? A. In the Oak Room.        B. In the Green Room.   C. In the Union Theatre. 18. What can people do in the Campus Corner Cabaret? A. Attend a dance party.   B. Watch a great film.  C. Enjoy a live show. 19. How much does a film ticket cost? A. $3.00.                  B. $5.00.               C. $7.00. 20. What should people do to hear the recording again? A. Press one.              B. Press the pound key. C. Dial again. 第二部分：单项填空（共15小题；每小题l分，满分15分） 21. Rock climbing is ___ great fun. You will get close to ____ nature and take         adventures at the same time.    A. /; /                         B. a; /              C. a; the                       D. /; the 22. —Do you think I should accept his invitation, Jim?   —      If I were you, I certainly would. A. None of your business.       B. It depends.        C. Why not?                   D. I don't think so. 23.  Hearing a scream, I rushed downstairs only to see my hostess ____on the floor.  A. lain unconscious            B. lying unconscious       C. laid unconsciously           D. lying unconsciously 24. Never stop doing ____you are fond of. A. no matter what              B. whatever               C. however                   D. no matter how 25. — Last night I left my bag in my car with the windows unlocked. — You are so careless! I mean, someone _____ it. A. might have stolen             B. will have stolen C. should have stolen                D. must have stolen 26. I’ve always _____ Bill for his courage and determination.     A. looked up to                  B. lived up to       C. faced up to                    D. added up to 27. Spelling Bee is a contest       competitors, usually children, are asked to spell as many words as possible.      A. which                       B. where       C. what                       D. when 28. He told me that he had mailed part of the samples and that the rest _____in a few days. A. was following                 B. have  followed      C.has followed                  D. were following 29.Helping others is a habit,     you can learn even at an early age．     A．the one                        B． that                  C．what                           D． one 30. —Can I help you,sir?    —I am afraid you cannot.I have my students’papers _     . A．to be graded                B．graded                   C.to grade                         D．grade 31. “We_____ the train had we left earlier,” the wife complained to the husband.      A. wouldn’t miss                B. wouldn’t have missed      C. would miss                   D. would have missed[ 32. Many newspapers claim to be politically neutral, but few______ are. A. seriously               B. actually     C. immediately            D. anxiously 33.Only if you sleep, which is equal to turning the TV set off,         kept away from the unending cry of “You Need It! Buy It Now!” A. you are                     B. ought you to be       C. you will be                 D. can you be [来 34.—What’s that noise, John?    —Oh, don’t you know that the school library      ?[   A. is rebuilt                 B. is being rebuilt      C. was rebuilt                D. has been rebuilt 35. — My son, who is now studying at a university, uses more than 3,000 yuan a month. — Well, tell him to be economical. After all,         . A. money doesn’t grow on trees B. the morning sun never lasts a day C. light come, light go              D. penny wise, pound foolish 第三部分：完形填空（共20小题，每题1.5分，共30分） IF and WHEN often had lunch together. Their conversation always  36 on the things they hoped to achieve and they loved to talk about them.  This particular Saturday when they met for lunch, WHEN  37  IF wasn’t in a great mood（心情）. After they sat at the usual table  38  for them, WHEN asked IF, “You don’t seem your usual  39  self?” IF replied,“Yesterday I saw a course I wanted to take. If only I  40  the time.” WHEN knew exactly how IF felt and said, “I too saw a   41   and I’ m going to register when I get   42   money.” WHEN then questioned IF, “What about the new job you were going to apply for?” IF answered, “I would have applied, but my  43  broke down. I couldn’t type my resume(简历).” “Don’t worry. I’ve been thinking about looking for another job also,  44  I’ll wait and when the weather gets  45  I will look then. I hate this awful weather.” The man sitting nearby heard them talking about when this and if that. When he couldn’t  46  it anymore, he went to them and said, “I think I know  47  you could solve your problems.” IF smiled and thought that even if he knew the  48  they faced, there was no way he could help!   49  , IF asked the man for advice. The man said, “Your conversation reminds me of an old   50  : IF and WHEN were planted, and nothing   51   .” IF and WHEN both looked surprised and began to feel   52   of living their life for the “ifs” and “whens”. Finally they came to a(n)   53  : next time they met, there would be no “ifs” or “whens”; they would   54   talk about what they had  55  !  36. A. agreed 37. A. sensed B. centered B. insisted C. relied C. declared D. took D. guessed 38. A. cleaned B. made C. ordered D. reserved 39. A. sensitive B. honest C. cheerful D. clumsy 40. A. had                          B. spent C. seized D. valued 41. A. notice B. job C. course D. chance 42. A. lucky B. pocket C. enough D. paper 43. A. computer B. fridge C. camera D. recorder 44. A. or B. but C. for D. so 45. A. drier B. colder C. wilder D. nicer 46. A. take 47. A. when B. decline B. where C. support C. why D. watch D. how 48. A. changes B. expenses C. challenges D. possibilities 49. A. Anxiously B. Curiously C. Surprisingly D. Stubbornly 50. A. saying B. story C. habit D. fiction 51. A. rose B. grew C. removed D. remained 52. A. tired                             B. proud C. ashamed D. aware 53. A. ambition B. conclusion C. description D. agreement 54. A. even B. only C. still D. thus 55. A. discussed B. promised C. arranged D. accomplished 第四部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，共40分）                                      A   Mr. Patrick was new to the school and to us. Even though he was a great teacher, he seemed rather like a character out of a horror movie. He didn’t look that bad, but somehow, he looked extremely scary to me.   Some kids began to believe that he was a murderer or a ghost; some believed he was mad and a few believed that he might have suffered a lot in his life. I was one of those ‘few’.   One day I gathered up my courage and headed towards the school garden. He was, as usual, sitting on a bench alone. I breathed heavily a few times and then walked towards him.   “How are you?” I asked with my voice crackling.    He managed to say, “Fine.”   “Well, good to know,” I tried to be happy.   “Hmmm…” was all I heard.   “What’s up with you?” then seeing a puzzled look on his face, I tried to be more formal and respectful. “I mean, why aren’t you like all other people in the school? Why are you always so quiet and sad? Why…”   “No dear, some things are better left unsaid,” he said gloomily.   “Oh no sir, nothing is better left unsaid. If you want to share your feelings with me and reduce the pain of your heart, you are free to do so. I promise I will never ever tell anyone.”   “With you? You are just a little girl; what will you understand?”   I was somehow offended but still I managed to persuade him, “So what, Sir? You see, if you tell me your problem, you will have a light heart and you will have the feeling that someone somewhere cares about you.”   “Oh okay, that was a very nice belief indeed; let’s take a walk and I will let you know everything.”   Soon after our little talk, there was a visible change on his face. Later that day in the class, there was a smile on his face. 56. From the text, we can know about Mr. Patrick that he       .    A. once acted a character in a horror movie          B. scared his students with his looks    C. often punished the students for bad marks         D. did better in teaching than others in the school 57. Mr. Patrick was thought by the author to       .    A. be a murderer or a ghost               B. be mad    C. have suffered a lot                    D. have a special personality 58. While walking towards Mr. Patrick in the school garden, the author felt       .    A. excited           B. nervous           C. worried          D. happy                                     B  SALT LAKE CITY, March 1, 2010 --- Like silkworm moths(蚕蛾), butterflies and spiders, caddisfly larvae(石蛾幼虫) spin silk, but they do so underwater instead of on dry land. Now, University of Utah researchers have discovered why the fly’s silk is sticky when wet and how that may make it valuable as an adhesive tape(黏胶带) during an operation. “Silk from caddisfly larvae may be useful some day as a medical adhesive for sticking wet tissues,” says Russell Stewart, an associate professor of bioengineering and principal author of a new study of the fly silk’s chemical and structural properties. “I picture it as sort of a wet Band-Aid, maybe used inside in operations --- like using a piece of tape to close a cut,” he adds. “Gluing things together underwater is not easy. Have you ever tried to put a Band-Aid on in the shower? This insect has been doing this for 150 million to 200 million years.” There are thousands of caddisfly species worldwide. Some species spend their larval stages developing underwater, and build an inch-long, tube-shaped case or shelter around themselves using sticky silk and grains of rock or sand. Other species use silk, small sticks and pieces of leaves. Each larva has a head and four legs that stick out from the tube.The larval case gets wider as the larva grows.A caddisfly larva eventually pupates(化蛹)as  it develops into an adult fly and then hatches. Caddisflies now live around the world in waters ranging from fast streams to quiet low lying wet land. The caddisflies’adaptation to diverse habitats is largely due to the inventive use by their larva of underwater silk to build complex structures for protection and food gathering. Caddisflies fall into two groups. Some build their case and then drag it along with them underwater as they search for food. Some build a shelter glued to a rock,with a silk net to catch passing food. 59.According to Russel Stewart, caddisfly larvae ______.  A. can spin silk underwater or on dry land B.are worth researching C.are quite different from butterflies and spiders D.have been widely used in the medical field 60.The author mentioned “Band-Aid” in the passge to show ______. A.Band-Aids are very useful B. Band-Aids can’t be used in operations. C. it’s not easy for caddisfly larvae to live underwater D. silk from caddisfly larvae has an advantage over Band­Aids 61. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph probably refers to ______. A. the silk         B. the shelter         C. the food     D. the rock 62. The passage is most probably a ______. A. science fiction novel                 B. science news report C. biography of researchers              D. social affairs report                                  C W Taipei   The W Hotel is among the city’s big-name luxury(奢华) hotels. Futuristic and fancy, the W Taipei’s setting is reminding you of a Lady Gaga video; perhaps that explains why the singer insisted on staying here on a recent visit. There are eight room types to choose from, with names such as Fabulous and Extreme Wow. They vary wildly in style.   10 Zhongxiao E. Road, Sect. 5, Xin Yi Area Taipei City Hall MRT; +886 2 7703 8888; from NT$8,900 (US$299); www.wtaipei.com Grand Hotel   If sleeping in landmarks is your thing, the Taipei Grand Hotel is a must. The Grand is an expression of classical Chinese art mixed with Western construction principles. The Grand Hotel is attractive and full of history, but rooms are aging, so don’t expect the inside to be as “grand” as the outside. You can enjoy yourself at a driving range of golf, year-round pools and no fewer than eight restaurants. No. 1, Lane 1, Zhongshan N. Road, Section 4 shuttle from Yuan Shan MRT; +886 2 2886 8888; from NT$4,800 (US$165); www.grand-hotel.org Dandy Hotel   From free drinks and snacks in the lobby(大堂) to seasonally themed decorations, this hotel takes care of the small touches. But what places the Dandy Hotel above others in the same price category（范围）are views over Da-An Park; they’re reminders of those of New York’s Central Park. Rooms with views are worth the extra money paid, but book early -- there are only two on each floor.   No. 33, Xin Yi Road, Sect. 3, Dongmen MRT; +886 2 2707 6899; from NT$2,340 (US$80); www.dandyhotel.com.tw Homey Hostel   Taiwanese brother and sister Josh and Kelly make guests feel right at home at this bargain Hostel. According to them, their motive in starting the hostel was to make friends, which is why they can often be found in the public area chatting with guests. There's a small kitchen, public computer, free coffee and tea, and luggage storage.   1/F, No. 7, Lane 180, Tonghua Street,) Liuzhangli MRT; +886 91900 2116; dorms from NT$500 (US$17);  www.homeyhostel.com 63. May is fan of Lady Gaga, and she may probably stay in __________when in Taipei.     A. W Taipei  B. Grand Hotel      C. Dandy Hotel      D. Homey Hostel 64.Which of the following words can best take the place of the underlined word  “touches”?    A. ways              B. details             C. senses            D. contacts 65. If you are a backpack traveller with a low budget, which would be your best choice?     A. W Taipei         B. Grand Hotel              C. Dandy Hotel       D. Homey Hostel 66. Which of the following statements is TRUE according the passage?  A. Rooms in the W Hotel are of the similar style but with different fancy names.  B.The Taipei Grand Hotel is an excellent mixture of classic and modern     construction.     C. It is the park-view rooms in the Dandy Hotel that make it quite unique.  D. The desire of helping strangers drives Josh and Kelly to open the Homey    Hostel.                                    D   Today is National Bike-to-Work Day. And on New York City’s jammed streets, people are cycling on hundreds of miles of new bike lanes. But New York’s widespread efforts to make streets safer for bikes have also left some locals complaining about the loss of parking spots and lanes for cars.   When the weather is good, Aaron Naparstek likes to pedal（用踏板踩）his two young kids to school on a special Dutch-made bicycle. Naparstek supports the new lane.   Aaron: The bike lane on Prospect Park West is really introducing a lot of new people to the idea that it’s possible to use a bike in New York City for transportation or to travel around. This is what 21st century New York City looks like.   Prospect Park West is still a one-way road, but where it used to have three lanes of car traffic, now it has two, plus a protected bike lane. Supporters say that makes the road safer for everyone, including pedestrians, by slowing down cars and taking bikes off the sidewalk. But some longtime residents disagree. Lois Carswell is president of a group called Seniors for Safety. She says the two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents who are used to one-way traffic.   Lois: We wanted a lane — the right kind of lane that would keep everybody safe, that would keep the bikers safe. But we want it to be done the right way.And it has not been done the right way. Craig Palmer builds bars and restaurants inManhattan.I was interviewing him for a different story when he brought up the bike lanes all on his own. Craig:I think the biggest problem is that Bloomberg put all these bike lanes in.You took what used to be a full street and you’re shrinking it. Then there are the Hasidic Jews in williamsberg,Brooklyn,who forced the city to remove a bike lane through their neighborhood.But polls show that the majority of New Yorkers support bike lanes by a margin of 56% to 39%.Bicycle advocate Caroline Samponaro of Transportation Alternatives calls that a mandate. Caloline:If this was an election.we would already had our victory.The public has spoken and they keep speaking.And I think ,more importantly,the public is starting to vote with their pedals. 67. What does Aaron mean by saying “This is what 21st century New York City looks like.”?  A. There are hundreds of miles of new bike lanes in 21 st century New York City. B. Drivers slow down their cars and bikes are taken off the sidewalk in New York. C. Bikes are used as a means of transport in 21 st century New York City. D. It’s possible to make the streets safe for pedestrians in New York. 68. According to the passage, which of the following CANNOT support the opponents of these new bike lanes?    A. Drivers lose parking spots and lanes for cars. B. The two-way bike lane is dangerous to older residents. C. We took what used to be a full street so the road is broader than before. D. The removal of one bike lane through a neighbourhood in Brooklyn was not supported by the majority of New Yorkers. 69. “A mandate” in Paragraph 8 was referred to a demand or command from ______. A. the authority          B. the public C. the supporters         D. the government 70. What of the following might be the best title of the passage? A. Ride on National Bike-to-Work Day     B. A New Bike Lane Appears in New York  C. A Bike Lane Divides New Yorkers      D. Who Wins an Election    E   However urban life strikes you, cities worldwide have been growing ever more rapidly. Some of this growth has occurred in the developed world, but the most dramatic increase has been in the Third World. Almost all the world’s population growth over the next 30 years will take place in the cities of developing countries  By the year 2030, for the first time in history, 60 percent of the world’s people will be living in cities.   This is actually good news in some ways. “Cities are the fundamental building blocks of prosperity,” says Marc Weiss, chairman of the Prague Institute for Global Urban Development, “ both for the nation and for families.” Industrial and commercial activities in urban areas account for between 50 and 80 percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) in most countries of the world.“There’s the crazy notion that the way to deal with a city’s problems is to keep people out of them,”Weiss continued. “But the problems of the rural life are even more serious than those of the city.” For better or worse, urban-watchers are clear on one point: The quality of life for most people in the future will be determined by the quality of cities. Those cities will be bigger than ever. And yet, population numbers by themselves don’t determine a city’s prospects; after all, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Hamburg, Germany, have the same population. Nor is explosive growth necessarily the determining factor. “City problems,” one authority points out, “mostly have to do with weak, ineffective, and usually unrepresentative city governments.” 71. The passage mainly discusses ______________. A. Big cities.          B. City life. C. Population.         D. Gross Domestic Product. 72. According to the passage, in the year of 2030 _______. A. there will be 21 cities having a population of more than 10 million. B. rural area will be extinct. C. most people will live in cities. D. the third world will keep abreast with the developed world. 73. In the author’s opinion, _________. A. better city, better life B. both urban and rural areas have a larger population C. the larger population, the faster a city develops D. both urban and rural areas have larger gross domestic products 74. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage? A. The developing countries develop faster than the developed countries. B. Cities contribute more to the GDP than the villagers. C. Some problems are more easily solved in cities than in country. D. It’s impossible to solve urban problems by getting people out of cities. 75. The last paragraph implies that ____________. A. Public services are ineffective.               B. Cities are increasing too fast. C. Population is not linked with development. D. Government should be responsible for the problems in the cities.       2012---2013学年上学期高三英语期末考试 第Ⅱ卷（非选择题共30分） 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分30分） 第一节 短文填词（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） The Internet was first set up in the 1960s. At that time, the     computer was both large         expensive and the networks were       76.________ unable to w       well. If one of the computers broke down the          77.________ whole networks would be unable to run. At the b      , the Internet       78. _______was just e       by the government. By the 1970s, it had been           79._______ used in universities, banks and _______(医院). In the early 1990s,         80._______ computers became _______(便宜) and easier to operate. Now it           81.________ is very ______(方便) to log on the Internet. It is said that each           82._______ day tens      millions of people log on the Internet. Sending            83.________ e-mails is becoming ______ and more popular. The Internet has           84._______ become the most important p       of people’s life.                   85._________ 第二节 书面表达（满分20分）   假如你是李华，你的美国网友Mr．Smith将来你所在的城市工作，曾发电子邮件希望你为他找一处合适的房子。你正好在一家网站看到一份招租广告，觉得很符合Mr．Smith的要求，请你发份英文电子邮件给Mr．Smith介绍这套房子的情况，并征求他的意见。房子情况如下：(1)位于市中心商业区，交通便利，环境优美。(2)面积80平方米，宽敞明亮。(3)房间天然气、暖气(heating system)、家具、空调等必备设施齐全。(4)房租价格合理，每月仅1000元。其房子位置和户型如图所示： 注意：     1、短文须写在答题卡的指定区域；     2、短文的词数不少于l00(不含已写好的部分)     3、内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；     4、书写须清晰、工整；     5、邮件中不能体现本人真实信息。 Dear Mr．Smith, I’m very glad to hear that you will come to work in our city.                                    _____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________   ____________________________________________________________________             2012---2013学年上学期高三英语期末考试答案 四．短文填词 76. and 77.work 78.beginning 79.employed 80.hospitals 81cheaper 82.convenient 83.of 84.more 85.part 书面表达