高三年级上册英语期末试题2 1.docx

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高三年级上册英语期末试题21

慧众教育2011--2012第一学期期末备考高三年级英语试卷

命题人：

王美审核人

考试时间：

120分钟总分：

135分

校区：

东平校区

姓名___________得分

Ⅰ语言知识及应用

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分）

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Haveyoueverheardthestoryofthefour-minutemile?

Foryearspeoplebelievedthatitisimpossibleforahumanbeingto 1 amileinlessthanfourminutesuntilRogerBanisterprovedit 2 in1954．Withinoneyear,37runners 3 thebeliefbarrier．Andtheyearafterthat,300otherrunnersdidthesamething．

Whathappensifyouputananimalina 4?

Anyanimal,bigorsmall,willswimitswaythrough．Whathappenswhensomeone,whodoesnotknowhowtoswim,fallsindeepwaters?

You 5．Ifananimalwhohasnotlearnedswimmingcould 6 byswimming,whynotyou?

Becauseyoubelieveyouwilldrownwhiletheanimaldoesnot．

These 7 showthepowerofbeliefs．Thereisnoothermore 8 forceindirectinghumanbehaviorthanbelief．Ourbeliefshavethepowerto 9 andtodestroy．

Inawayitisourbeliefsthatdeterminehowmuchwe’llbeableto 10 ourpotential．Sopayattentiontosomeofyour 11．Doyoubelieveyouareweakinmathematics?

Doyoubelievethatotherpeopledislikeyou？

Doyoubelievelifeisfullof 12？

Beliefisnot 13,however．It’snothingbutthegeneralizationofapastincident．Asakid,ifadogbityou,youbelievedalldogstobe 14．Tochangecertainbehavior,identifythebeliefsassociatedwithit．Changethosebeliefsandanewpatternis 15 created．

1．A．run                    B．walk                C．swim               D．jog

2．A．right                   B．wrong              C．fake                 D．true

3．A．broke                  B．built                C．faced               D．lowered

4．A．cage                      B．desert               C．forest              D．pond

5．A．drown                 B．swim               C．float                D．sink

6．A．struggle               B．escape              C．drown             D．leave

7．A．samples               B．cases                C．situations        D．periods

8．A．terrible                B．reasonable        C．considerable     D．powerful

9．A．damage               B．provide            C．create               D．withdraw

10．A．discover             B．realize              C．show                D．perform

11．A．problems            B．beliefs              C．possibilities     D．subjects

12．A．surprises            B．choices             C．problems          D．possibilities

13．A．beautiful            B．changeable       C．strong              D．mysterious

14．A．safe                   B．rude                 C．merciless        D．dangerous

15．A．occasionally      B．immediately     C．accidentally       D．automatically

第二节语法填空（共10小题；每小题1．5分,满分15分）

阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

In1914,ThomasEdison,attheageof67,losthisfactory, 16 wasworthafewmilliondollars,tofire．Ithadverylittleinsurance．Nolongerayoungman,Edisonwatchedhislifetimeeffort_17 （go）upinsmokeandsaid,“Thereisgreatvalueindisasters．Allourmistakesareburntup．ThankGodwecanstartanew．”Inspiteofdisasters,threeweekslater,__18___inventedthephonograph．What__19___attitude!

Belowaremoreexamplesofthe  20（fail）ofsuccessfulpeople:

ThomasEdisonfailed  21 （approximate）10,000timeswhilehe 22 （work）onthelightbulb．

HenryFordfiredLeeIacoccaattheageof54．

YoungBeethoven  23 （tell）thathehadnotalentformusic,  24  hegavesomeofthebestmusictotheworld．

Setbacksareinevitableinlife．Asetbackcanactasadrivingforceandalsoteachushumility．Ingriefyouwillfindcourageandfaith__25_（overcome）thesetback．

Ⅱ阅读（共两节,满分50分）

第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分,满分40分）

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

AllRicOBarrywantsistostopthedolphin-killing,soheisheadedtothisseasideJapanesetown,Taiji．TheAmericanactivist,whoisthestarofanewaward-winningdocumentarythatportraysthedolphin-killinghere,gotanunwelcomereceptionwhenheshowedupherethisweekforthestartoftheannualhunt．

Hismovie,TheCove（海豚湾）,directedbyNationalGeographicphotographerLouiePsihoyos,wasreleasedintheUnitedStatesamonthagobuthasnotyettocomeoutinJapan．

Scenesinthefilm,someofwhichwereshotsecretly,showfishermenbangingonmetalpolesstuckinthewatertocreateawallofsoundthatscaresthedolphins—whichhavesupersensitivesonar（声纳系统）—andsendsthemfleeingintoacove．

There,thefishermensometimespickafewtobesoldforaquariumshows,forasmuchas$150,000．Theykilltheothers,spearing（刺）theanimalsrepeatedlyuntilthewaterturnsred．Themeatfromonedolphinisworthabout50,000yen,andissoldatsupermarketsacrossJapan．

Greenpeaceandothergroupshavetriedtostopthehuntforyears．ActivistshopeTheCovewillbringtheissuetomorepeopleinternationally—andeventuallyinJapan．

Already,theAustraliantownofBroomedroppedits28-yearsister-cityrelationshipwithTaijilastmonth,partlybecauseofthemovie．

“Someregionshaveatraditionofeatingdolphinmeat,”saidfisheriesofficialToshinoriUoya．“Dolphin-killingmaybenegativeforourinternationalimage,butitisnotsomethingorderscanstop．”

ThetowngovernmentinTaiji—whichhasmadewhalesanddolphinsitstrademark—refusedtocommentaboutTheCove,orthegrowinginternationalcriticismagainstdolphin-killing．

ManyinTaijitakethedolphinhuntforgrantedaspartofeverydaylife．TheyaredefensiveaboutTheCove,seeingthemselvesaspowerlessvictimsofoverseaspressuretoendasimpleandhonestwayofmakingaliving．

26．RicOBarrymadeTheCovebecausehewantedto    ．

A．stopthedolphin-killing

B．winaninternationalaward

C．supportGreenpeace’sefforts

D．makeTaijiwell-knownintheworld

27．ViewerscanlearnfromTheCove    ．

A．theadvancedtechniquestocatchdolphins

B．thecruelandbloodydolphin-killing

C．thebeautifulJapaneseseasidetownTaiji

D．thesaleofdolphinmeataroundtheworld

28．WhatistheresponsetoTheCoveontheJapaneseside？

A．Taijibrokeupwithitswesternsister-cityBroome．

B．Japaneseofficialsdecidedtobandolphin-killing．

C．ThetowngovernmentinTaijikeptsilentoncriticism．

D．MostJapanesepeoplewereagainsteatingdolphinmeat．

29．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“defensive”probablymean?

A．Feelingguiltyforkillingdolphins．

B．Protectingthemselvesagainstcriticism．

C．Attackingthoseagainstdolphin-killing．

D．Makingthedeterminationtochange．

30．Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

A．ManypeopleinJapanhaveseenTheCoveinthecinema．

B．TheCovehasnotinfluencedJapan’sinternationalimage．

C．Taiji’sdolphin-killingindustryhasbeenseriouslydamaged．

D．TheCovehasbroughtinternationalattentiontodolphin-killing．

B

Nearlyalloftoday’sNativeAmericansinNorth,CentralandSouthAmericacantracetheirancestrytojustsixwomenwhosedescendants（后裔）immigratedaround20,000yearsago,aDNAstudysuggests．

ThefindingdoesnotmeanthatonlythesesixwomengaverisetomigrantswhocrossedintoNorthAmericafromAsiaintheearliestpopulationofthecontinent．Rather,itsuggeststhatonlysixleftaparticularDNAlegacythatpersiststotodayinabout95%ofNativeAmericans,saidstudyco-authorUgoPeregoinUtah．

“Thewomendidnotnecessarilyarrivetogether,norevenallliveatthesametime,”hesaid．Resultsindicatethewomenarrivedsometimebetween18,000and21,000yearsago．

TheworkwaspublishedthisweekbythejournalPLoSOne．PeregoisfromtheSorensonMolecularGenealogyFoundationinSaltLakeCityandtheUniversityofPaviainItaly．Theworkconfirmsthepreviousindicationsofjustsixmaternal（母系的）lineages,aswellasadateofaround20,000yearsagowhenthefirstpeopleinNorthAmericaarrivedaftercrossingalandbridgefromAsia,Peregosaid．

Theresearchersstudiedmitochondrial（线粒体）DNA,whichispassedonlyfrommothertodaughter．Theycreateda“familytree”thattracesthedifferentDNAlineagesfoundintoday’sNativeAmericans．Bynotingmutations（突变）ineachbranchandapplyingaformulaforhowoftensuchmutationsarise,theycalculatedhowoldeachbranchwas．Thatindicatedwheneachbrancharoseinasinglewoman．

Thesix“foundingmothers”obviouslydidnotliveinAsiabecausetheDNAsignaturestheyleftbehindarenotfoundthere,Peregosaid．SotheyprobablylivedinBeringia,thenow-submergedlandbridgethatstretchedtoNorthAmerica,hesaid．

31．Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A．AstudyindicatesthatwomenarrivedinAmericaaround20,000yearsago．

B．AstudyindicatessixwomengaverisetomigrantsofAmerica．

C．ADNAstudytellsaboutpeoplewhocrossedintoNorthAmericafromAsia．

D．AstudyindicatesNativeAmericanscantracetheirancestrytojustsixwomen．

32．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouttheresearch?

A．ItshowsthatDNAispassedfromparentstodaughters．

B．Itconcludesthatthesixwomenarrivedindividuallybutlivedatthesametime．

C．ItisajointoneconductedbySaltLakeCityandanItalianuniversity．

D．Itshowsthatonlysixwomenin95%ofpresentNativeAmericanshavegotaparticularDNAlegacy．

33．Whichofthefollowinghastheclosestmeaningtotheunderlinedword“lineages”?

A．Classes． B．Varieties． C．Families． D．Findings．

34．Whatdidn’tUgoPeregoandhisteamdo?

A．Theyuseda“familytree”toanalyzethefindings．

B．Theyfocusedonlifestylesoftheoriginalwomen．

C．Theyclarifiedgeneticchangesinthefamilytree．

D．Theystudiedhowlongeachbranchhaddeveloped．

35．Whatcanweinferfromthefi