福建省安溪县届高三英语上学期期末质量检测试题.docx

1、福建省安溪县届高三英语上学期期末质量检测试题2012届安溪县高中毕业班期末质量检测英 语 试 题第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分30分)（略）第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。21. _lecture is so inspiring that I dare say I have never had _more instructive one.A. A; the B. A; a C. The; a D. The; the 22. You can drive to work to

2、day. The roads _be less crowded at this time. A. may B. ought C. would D. should23. He is appointed headmaster of our school and he is said to _his duties next week. A. pick up B. take up C. hold up D. turn up 24. He had just finished his supper _his father told him to get down to doing his homework

3、.A. when B. while C. after D. since 25. _with the beautiful scenery of Hainan, he decided to settle there immediately he graduated from school.A. To impress B. Impressing C. Impressed D. To be impressed 26. An idea often occurs to me _ I am in trouble, I can turn to the immigration office. A. if B.

4、that C. which D. that when27. Dont eat more after supper, _you will feel uncomfortable.A. and B. or C. while D. but 28. _difficulty we had in finding the destination! It took us 12 hours! A. It is a B. What C. What a D. How 29. This time next year, we _our exam and may be preparing for the college l

5、ife.A. will be taking B. will take C. will have taken D. shall take 30. Would you please repeat it? I didnt catch what you _.A. were saying B. had said C. are saying D. have said31. -Neither of them are interested in the popular song which is very hot at the moment. -I dont think so. _of their class

6、 were absent from the concert given by the star last night.A. All B. Both C. No one D. None 32. The program _for the youth was widely received and has just got an award given by the government.A. intended B. insisted C. involved D. interrupted 33. My brother is going to Beijing next week. Do you hav

7、e anything _to your son?A. to take B. taken C. to be taken D. to be taking 34._ for your advice, I would not be so successful now.A. Had it not been B. had not been C. If it were not D. Were it not 35. -It wont take an hour to complete all the task. Nothing is easier for me than that! - _.Nobody can

8、 finish it so soon.A. No way B. Forget it C. Hang up D. Come on第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分） The 25-year-old Shanghai native Liu Yiwei has had a（an） 36 holiday during the past seven days. 37 than traveling or working overtime, she was hurrying from one place to another with the red envelopes with m

9、oney that are given as wedding gifts. “Weddings are 38 to be joyful occasions filled with blessings. But when too many 39 up, you feel rushed to complete a series of tasks, said Liu, who 40 two weddings in the past week, at one of which she was also “working” as the bridesmaid. The weddings can also

10、 be a “ 41 ” because guests should give couples red envelopes 42 money as blessings. The amount of money given is generally determined by how close you are 43 the couple, Liu said. “But the common 44 is to give no less than 300 to 500 yuan .”The weeklong National Day Holiday has become the most popu

11、lar time for weddings. Its marriage 45 , said Liu. 46 statistics on the number of marriages during the long holiday is not yet 47 , it is estimated there has been at least a 20 percent increase in the number of weddings 48 with the same period of last year. “The peak season for weddings has arrived,

12、” said Zhang Jie, the office director of the Shanghai Wedding Trade Association. And the boom is unlikely to fade for the next five years, if not longer, because the 49 generation may soon 50 . 51 the association, there are more than 1,000 people trained and registered as wedding announcers on its w

13、ebsite this year.Yin Li, a 27-year-old bridal makeup(新娘化妆) artist, said she had to work throughout the holiday, 52 the help of her assistant, who was also fully booked during the week. All 20 artists and 53 of assistants and students in our studios were totally 54 this holiday, said Yin, who had bee

14、n a film makeup artist until two years ago, but left to enter the more 55_ bridal industry. 36.A. happyB. enjoyableC. tiredD. exhausting37.A. MoreB. No moreC. OtherD. Rather38.A. usedB. supposedC. consideredD. thought39.A. pileB. pickC. takeD. make40.A. joinedB. admittedC. attendedD. attached41.A. b

15、urdenB. pressC. alarmD. suffer42.A. consistingB. includingC. containingD. contributing43.A. fromB. withC. toD. away from44.A. practiceB. traditionC. habitD. performance45.A. ageB. periodC. yearD. season46.A. WithB. AlthoughC. UnlessD. As47.A. availableB. unbelievableC. countableD. adaptable48.A. con

16、trastedB. comparedC. competedD. connected49.A. sixtiesB. seventiesC. eightiesD. nineties50.A. combineB. connectC. joinD. unite51.A. In spite ofB. Regardless ofC. In terms ofD. According to52.A. withB. underC. withoutD. for53.A. manyB. dozensC. scoreD. decade54.A. appointedB. orderedC. servedD. booke

17、d55.A. promisingB. considerateC. cautiousD. tough第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）A Anthony Horowitz was miserable as a child. He was, as he put it, “not very bright” and couldnt win the attention of his very wealthy parents, who preferred his “clever” older brother. At age 8, Horowitz was s

18、ent away to an abusive boarding school in his native England, even though he screamed and pleaded(恳求) with his parents year after year not to send him. “The thought was, Itll be good for him,” he recalled.It was not. Horowitz did badly in his studies, had few friends and was bullied for five years.

19、“My teachers couldnt have had a lower opinion of me,” he said. “I wasnt even smart enough to rebel. The one thing I remember from the very earliest age was this desire to write. When I was 10 years old, I remember asking my parents to get me a typewriter for my birthday because I wanted to be a writ

20、er.” Now, at the age of 55, Horowitz is one of the worlds most successful childrens book authors. His Alex Rider series has sold more than 5 million copies, and the eighth book featuring the young spy, Crocodile Tears, came out this month. The Alex Rider books tell the adventures of 14-year-old Alex

21、 Rider, an agent for the British intelligence agency M16. Horowitz said he doesnt try to write for kids; it just comes out that way. “I have a feeling its to do with purity and simplicity. I give as little information as is necessary to describe the room, the character in the room, and get on with t

22、he action,” he said. The style has also made Horowitz a successful writer of television shows for adults in Britain because, he says, writing books for kids is a lot like writing television for grown-ups: In both cases, its all about entertaining people with a good story. Now, Horowitz couldnt be ha

23、ppier with his life. He sums up his success: “you can be anything you want to be if you just believe in yourself. I do believe it completely.” 56In the boarding school, Horowitzs teachers . Aoften criticized him Bshowed great concern for him Ctaught him how to write stories Dthought little about his

24、 ability57Which of the following is true of Anthony Horowitz? AHe was the beloved child of his family. BHe benefited a lot from boarding school. CHe emphasizes the plot rather than characters in stories. DAlthough he is successful, he isnt very happy.58What advice does Horowitz have for readers? ACo

25、nfidence is the key to success. BHardship teaches valuable lessons. CInterest is the best teacher. DIndustry is the parent of success.59In which section can you most probably read the passage? ACampus Trends BCulture & Leisure COur World DScience LifeB Ever since news of widespread food recalls caus

26、ed by a carcinogenic dye broke, there has been confusion（混淆） over possible links to the country of the same name, but Sudan officials say there is no connection whatever Sudan 1 is a red industrial dye（颜料） that has been found in some chilli powder, but was banned in food products across the European

27、 Union (EU) in July 2003 Since the ban was put in place, EU officials have been trying to remove some food products from the shelvesSo far 580 products have been recalledLast week Sudans Embassy in the United Kingdom asked the Food Standards Agency (FSA) for clarification(澄清) of the origin of the dy

28、es name Omaima Mahmoud Al Sharief, a press official at Sudans Embassy in China, explained the purpose of the inquiry was to clear up any misunderstanding over links between the country and the poisonous dyeWe want to keep an eye on every detail and avoid any misunderstanding there, she saidOur embas

29、sy to Britain asked them how the dye got that name and whether the dye had something to do with our countryBut they told us there was no relationship The FSA, an independent food security watchdog in Britain, received a letter from the Sudanese embassy last weekThey asked us why the dye is named Sud

30、an, however, we also do not know how it got the name, she saidPeople found the dye in 1883 and gave it the nameNobody knows the reason, and we cannot give any explanation before we find out Sudan dyes, which include Sudan 1 to 4, are red dyesused for colouring oils, waxes, petrol, and shoe and floor

31、 polishesThey are classified as carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer60What does the underlined word “carcinogenic” mean in paragraph one? ACausing cancer BHaving side effect CContaining poison DPoisonous61How did the Sudan 1 get its name? AThe dye is often produced in Sudan BThe dye has something to