甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学学年第一学期期末考试高三级英语试题doc.docx

1、甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学学年第一学期期末考试高三级英语试题doc甘肃天水秦安县第二中学2015-2016学年第一学期期末考试高三级英语试题 本试卷分第卷(选择题)和第卷(非选择题)两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。考试结束后，保留试卷，只交答题卡。注意事项：1答题前，考生务必先将自己的姓名、班级填写在答题卡上2选择题答案使用0.5毫米的黑色中性（签字）笔、钢笔或碳素笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。3请按照题号在各题的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效。4保持答题卡面清洁，不折叠，不破损。 本试卷分为第I卷（选择题卷）和第II卷（非选择题卷）。满分120分，考试时

2、间100分钟。第I卷第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中选出最佳答案。A There was a story many years ago of a school teacher- Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first day that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy

3、 Stoddard. He didnt play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed of herself. She felt even worse when, like all her other students,

4、Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mothers perfume(香水)。Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach child

5、ren.Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. The boys mind seemed to come alive. The more she encourage him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he

6、 had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole lift. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, M. D.(医学博士).The story doesnt end there. On his wedding day, Dr. Stoddard wh

7、ispered in Mrs. Thompsons ear, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference.

8、 I didnt know how to teach until I met you.”1. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?A. She made Teddy feel ashamedB. She asked the children to play with Teddy.C. She changed Teddys seat to the front row.D. She told the class something untrue about herself.2. What did Mrs. Thompson fi

9、nd out about Teddy?A. He often told lies. B. He was good at math. C. He needed motherly care. D. He enjoyed playing with others.3. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?A. She taught fewer school subjects.B. She became stricter with her students.C. She no longer liked her job as a teacher.D. She care

10、d more about educating students.4. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?A. She had kept in touch with him.B. She had given him encouragement.C. She had sent him Christmas presents.D. She had taught him how to judge people.B The worlds first hamburger doesnt come from where you think it c

11、omes from. It wasnt invented in the United States, and it didnt originate in Germany. No, the worlds first hamburger comes from China. If youre scratching your head right now, youre not alone. But Chinese hamburgers are very real and they definitely predate the hamburgers we call our own in the U.S.

12、 Known as rou jia mo, which translates to meat burger or meat sandwich, they consist of chopped meat inside a pita-like bun, and theyve been around since the Qin Dynasty, from about 221 BC to 207 BC. Despite the differences between this Chinese street food and our American-style burgers, the rou jia

13、 mo has been called the worlds first hamburger.The rou jia mo originated in the Shanxi Province of China, and is now eaten all over the country. Its typically prepared and eaten on the street. The dough for the bun, or mo, consists of a simple mixture of wheat flour, water and maybe yeast. Of course

14、 recipes may vary, but this basic equation makes for a chewy and subtle pillow for the delicious filling. While the mo is traditionally baked in a clay oven, today its often fried in a pan. They may look a little like Chinese steamed buns or baozi, but the dough for those are, of course, steamed, no

15、t baked or fried. The meat filling might consist of chopped pork, beef, lamb or chicken that has been stewed with a variety of spices, like ginger, cloves, coriander and star anise. You might also find herbs like cilantro or greens like lettuce garnishing the sandwich.5. What does the underlined wor

16、d mean?A. noodle B. food C. bread D. beverage6. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The mo people eat today is baked in a clay oven.B. The worlds first hamburger which was originated in the Shanxi Province of China is popular around the world.C. The rou jia mo has a history of more than 2200 years.D.

17、The rou jia mo and American-style burgers share a similar cooking process.7. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Delicious hamburger B. How to cook hamburgerC. Chinese invented hamburger D. History of hamburgerCWhen my brother and I were children, we spent a few weeks each summer in the

18、countryside with our uncle. He was a geologist and loved to go on long walks to find stones to add to his collection at the university. More often than not, we followed him.One day, we left early, and this time, our uncle had bought us backpacks. “You can help me carry thesamples,” he explained.Sure

19、, why not? The whole day, we walked around the countryside, and every now and then, our uncle put stones in our bags. We were a bit surprised that he also took some stones out from our bags at times, butfiguredhe had just found better samples than the ones we already had.Still, when we reached the h

20、ouse in the late afternoon, we wereexhausted. The backpacks were so heavy we gave a bigsighofreliefwhen we put them on the ground. Yet our uncles backpack was half-empty.“Why did you give us so many stones?” we asked.“I didnt. You did,” he said, waiting for a while before continuing. “You did not kn

21、ow it, but I made you go through a little attitude test today.”“What do you mean an attitude test?” we wanted to know.“It is something someone once did to me and I shall always remember it. You see, I listened to every word you said. And whenever you complained about anyone or anything, I added a st

22、one to your bags. And whenever you talked about something with an attitude ofgratitude andpositivethinking, I took out a stone. And now look at your backpacks.”We did. They were full.“I hope you remember this little attitude test. You see, yournegative thoughts are like stones. You carry them in you

23、r mind just like those stones in a backpack. The more negative thoughts you have, the heavier your mind is. A positive thought, however,cancels outa negative one. So look at those bags and start paying attention to what you say and how you say things.”This little lesson was one of the most important

24、 I ever had. And I remember my uncle with great love for teaching us one of the most important lessons in life the power of attitude.8.What did the author and his brother often do when staying with their uncle in the countryside?A. They often followed him to collect stones.B. They often followed him

25、 to his university.C. They often studied his collection of stones with him.D. They often took long walks to enjoy nature.9. When the author and his brother returned home late in the afternoon, _.A. they were tired but happy that they had helped their uncleB. they wished more stones had been taken ou

26、tC. they found that their bags were filled with stonesD. they were angry to find their uncles bag half-empty10. How did the uncle explain the attitude test to the author?A. By giving examples. B. By asking questions.C. By using famous sayings. D. By comparing negative thoughts to stones.11. This art

27、icle is mainly written to tell us that _.A. we should show gratitude to those who help usB. we should watch the language we useC. we should learn from older peopleD. we should stop and think about our lives from time to timeDFrom July to October every year, about a quarter of the worlds blue whales

28、feed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. But the whales currently face a major threat in their favorite feeding area. Ships carrying cargo (货物）sail in the same area at the same time. All too often, the whales paths and the ships travel lines overlap (重叠)，and a ship will hit a whale.Acc

29、ording to a new study, these ship strikes have become a serious threat to the overall population of the worlds blue whales. Only about 10,000 of the creatures still exist worldwide. Blue whales are the largest known animals ever to live on Earth. Even so, if hit by a container ship, a blue whale wil

30、l likely die from its injuries.In 2007 alone, large ships killed five blue whales in the waters off San Francisco and Los Angeles, California. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) says that because there are so few whales already, losing three to five from the California whale

31、population every year is a significant loss. “The estimated population of blue whales in this part of the Pacific is 2,500”, says Sean Hastings, a NOAA analyst. “So every whale counts toward this species moving off the endangered-species list.” Now, marine scientists must figure out how to protect t

32、he whales from the giant container ships. One very simple program is already under way in the Santa Barbara Channel, a waterway that separates mainland California from the nearby Channel Islands.The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary has asked large container ships passing through the area to voluntarily slow down. Sailing slower will allow the ships crew (船员）more time to change course before hitting a whale.Several of the world