慈利一中届高三上学期期末考试英语试题及答案.docx

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慈利一中届高三上学期期末考试英语试题及答案

湖南省慈利一中2010—2011学年度高三上学期期末考试

英语试题

分值：

150分时间：

120分钟

PartIListeningComprehension（30marks）

SectionA（22．5marks）

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearsixconversationsbetweentwospeakers．Foreachconversation,thereareseveralquestionsandeachquestionisfollowedbythreechoicesmarkedA,BandC．Listencarefullyandthenchoosethebestanswerforeachquestion．

YouwillheareachconversationTWICE．

Conversation1

1．WhatdoyouknowaboutRolex?

A．It’safamouswatchmaker．

B．It’sawell-knownbrandofwatch．

C．It’sanewkindofwatch．

2．Howmuchdidthemanpayforisnewwatch?

A．＄90B．＄19C．Alotofmoney．

Conversation2

3．Whatdidthemandobeforehewenttouniversity?

A．HeworkedatEuroDisney

B．Hewordedasacleaner．

C．Hewordedinapaperfactory．

4．WhatdoethemanthinkofhisjobatEuroDisney?

A．TerribleB．InterestingC．Tiring

Conversation3

5．Whatdoweknowabouttheman?

A．Hepaintsthepaintingshimself

B．Heonlysellspaintings

C．Hebuyspaintingsfromtourists

6．Whatdoesthewomanknowaboutthetourists?

A．Theyarelookingforsouvenirs．

B．Theyareinthemarket．

C．Theyarelookingfortheman．

Conversation4

7．Whatdidthemanplantodooriginally?

A．Spendhisweekendathisfriend’shome．

B．Goforatripwithhisfriends．

C．Dosomeexercise．

8．Whowillcleanthelivingroom?

A．Thechildren．B．ThewomanC．Theman

9．Whatdosethewomandislikedoing?

A．Cleaningthebathroom．

B．Workinginthekitchen．

C．Gettingthehouseinorder．

Conversation5

10．Whydoesthemancomplain?

A．Thewomantoldhimalittletoolate．

B．Thewomandidn’tgetticketsforhim．

C．Thewomandidn’tphonetoJane．

11．Whatistheproblemwiththeman?

A．Hehasn’tenoughtimetoseeaplay

B．Heistoolateforaplay

C．Hecan’tgetticketsforaplay．

12．Whatisthemostprobabletimenow?

A．7:

00B．7:

30C．8:

00

Conversation6

13．Wheredoesthisconversationtakeplace?

A．InFrance．B．Intheman’shome．C．InPierre’shome．

14．Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout?

A．Aperson．B．AcountryC．Atour．

15．Howoftendidthemandrinkwine?

A．Sometimes．B．SeldomC．Everyday．

SectionB

Directions:

Inthissection,youwillhearamini-talk．Listencarefullyandthenfillinthenumberedblankswiththeinformationyou’vegot．FillineachblankwithNOMORETHAN3WORDS．

You’llhearthemini-talkTWICE

Thethreesons’plans

Thefirstsonwantedto16．fortheirmother．

Thesecondsonwantedtosendherthebestcarwith17．．

Thethirdsonwantedtosendher18．．

whichcanrecitedtheentireBible．

Theirmother’sopinion

Thefirstandthesecondsons’giftswere19．

Shemistookthethirdson’sgiftfor20．andfeltitdelicious．

PartIILanguageKnowledge（45marks）

SectionA（15marks）

Directions:

BeneatheachofthefollowingsentencestherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD．Choosetheoneanswerthatbestcompletesthesentence．

21．Thescienceparkisalso______hometoagrowingnumberofoverseasChinesewhohavegraspedtheopportunitytodeveloptheirideasat______home．

A．the;/   B．/;/   C．a;/    D．/;the

22．ThenewrestaurantonBakerStreet,______usedtobeamarket,istoopensoon．

A．that     B．which     C．who     D．where

23．______theearthtobeflat,manypeoplefearedthatColumbuswouldfallofftheedgeoftheearth

A．Beingbelieved  B．Believed    

C．Havingbelieved    D．Believing

24．______adefenselesschild,thebadguywasstillwantedbythepolice．

A．Attacking     B．Attacked

C．Havingattacked  D．Toattack

25．______Iunderstandyourviewpoint,Idon’tagreewithyou．

A．When     B．While     C．If     D．As

26．OurEnglishteacherasksustoguessthemeaningoftheunknownwords______thecontext．

A．owingto   B．dueto   C．accordingto D．thanksto

27．Thisgroupofpeople______aplanfortheprojectofthecompany．

A．drewup  B．sentup     C．setup  D．turnup

28．______atthecentreofthecity,theclubiseasytoreach．

A．Locating    B．Located    C．Beinglocated D．Havingbeenlocated

29．MyEnglish-Chinesedictionaryhasdisappeared．Who_______havetakenit?

A．should      B．must       C．could      D．would

30．IhadwantedtohelpyoulastnightbutIcouldn’tspareanytime,forI______acompositionwhichIhavetohandinthismorning．

A．wrote     B．waswriting C．hadwritten   D．havewritten

31．–Shallwegototheartexhibitionrightaway?

 –______．

A．It’syouropinion B．Idon’tmind 

C．That’syourdecision D．It’salluptoyou

32．Communicationalongwithinformationindustry______animportantpartinmoderntimes．

A．play    B．plays      C．haveplayed D．areplaying

33．Thehospitalhasbeensetupin______wasawastelandmanyyearsago．

A．which      B．that       C．where    D．what

34．Mywishwillcometrueoneday______Ishouldbuyabighouseformyparents．

A．how      B．that      C．where    D．which

35．Thoughthecarwasboughttenyearsago,itisstillingood______．

A．situation   B．condition     C．position    D．case

SectionB（18marks）

Directions:

ForeachblankinthefollowingpassagetherearefourwordsorphrasesmarkedA,B,CandD．Fillineachblankwiththewordorphrasethatbestfitsthecontext．

GrowinguponaremoteMichiganfarm,HenryFord,thefounderoftheFordMotorCompany,knewlittleoffarming．Likemostpioneerfarmers,hisfather,William,hopedthathiseldestsonwouldjoinhimonthefarm,enableittoexpand,andeventuallytakeit36．ButHenryproveda37．Hehatedfarmworkanddideverythinghecouldto38it．Itwasnotthathewaslazy．39fromit!

Givehimamechanicaljobtodo,frommendingthehinges（铰链）ofagatetosharpeningtools,andhewouldsettoworkeagerly．Itwasthedailylifeofthefarm,withitsrepetitivetasks,40frustratedhim．

Henrywasexcitedbythedevelopmentintechnologythatcouldfreefarmerslikehisfatherfromwastefulandboringlabor．Butthesedevelopments,inHenry’sboyhood,hadtouchedfarming41atallandfarmerswentondoingthingsinthewaytheyhadalwaysdone．SoHenry42hisattentionelsewhere．Whenhewastwelve,hebecamealmostobsessivelyinterestedinclocksandwatches．Soonhewasrepairingthemforfriends,workingatabenchhebuiltinhisbedroom．

In1876,Henrysufferedaserious43．Hismotherdiedinchildbirth．Therewasnoreasonforhimtostayonthefarm,andheresolvedtogetawayassoonashecould．Threeyearslater,hetookajobasamechanicinDetroit．44thistimesteamengineshadjoinedclocksandwatchesasobjectsofHenry’sfascination．MakingandinstallingthemwasthebusinessoftheDetroitworkshopthathejoinedattheageofsixteen．

Achancemeetingwithanoldco-workerledtoajobforHenryasanengineerattheEdisonDetroitElectricityCompany．45hequicklylearnedtheropesofhisnewjob,hisinterestinfuelengineshadcometodominate（占主要地位）hislife．

Henrylearned46aslow,painstakingbusinessitwastobuildanenginebyhandfromscratch．Everypieceofeverycomponenthadtobefashionedindividually,checkedandrechecked,andtested．47theburden,hejoinedforceswithanothermechanic,JimBishop．Evenso,itwastwoyearsbeforetheysucceededinbuildingaworkingcar．Henrycalledit“Quadricycle．”（四轮驱动脚踏车）

36．A．awayB．downC．overD．off

37．A．successB．discouragementC．surpriseD．disappointment

38．A．doB．avoidC．workD．make

39．A．ApartB．FarC．FreeD．Aside

40．A．thatB．whichC．whatD．where

41．A．almostB．sometimesC．hardlyD．always

42．A．drewB．caughtC．turnedD．attracted

43．A．diseaseB．blowC．beatD．defeat

44．A．AtB．AfterC．InD．By

45．A．AfterB．WhenC．WhileD．Because

46．A．howB．whatC．whyD．where

47．A．ToeaseB．TobearC．TocarryD．Toplace

SectionC（12marks）

Directions:

Completethefollowingpassagebyfillingineachblankwithonewordthatbestfitsthecontext．

TherewasatraditioninEuropethat48adove（鸽）flewaroundahousewheresomeonewasdying,thenhissoulwouldbeatpeace．AndtherearelegendswhichsaythatSatan（撒旦）canturnhimselfintoanybirdexceptforadove．ButitwasPabloPicassowhomadethedoveamodernsymbolofpeacewhen49useditonaposterfortheWorldPeaceCongressin1949．

Therainbowis50ancientanduniversalsymbol,oftenrepresentingtheconnectionbetweenhumanbeingsandtheirgods．InGreekmythologyitwasassociatedwithIris,thegoddess51broughtmessagesfromthegodsonMountOlympus．InScandinavianmythology（神话）therainbowwasabridge52thegodsandtheearth．In53BiblearainbowshowedNoahthat

theBiblicalfloodwasfinallyover,andthatGodhadforgivenhispeople．IntheChinesetradition,therainbowisoftentakenasacommonsymbolformarriage．

Nowadaystherainbowis54usedbymanypopularmovementsforpeaceandtheenvironment,representingthepossibilityofabetterworldinthefuture55promisingsunshineaftertherain．

PartIIIReadingComprehension（30marks）

Directions:

Readthefollowingthreepassages．,Eachpassageisfollowedbyseveralquestionsorunfinishedstatements．ForeachofthemtherearefourchoicesmarkedA,B,CandD．Choosetheonethatfitsbestaccordingtotheinformationgiveninthepassage．

A

ElizabethBlackwellwasborninEnglandin1821,andmovedtoNewYorkCitywhenshewastenyearsold．Onedayshedecidedthatshew