内蒙古包头市普通高中届高三年级上学期期末考试英语试题及答案Word格式文档下载.docx

1、注意事项：1.本试卷分笔试和听力两部分。考生先作答笔试部分（21小题开始），然后作答听力部分（120小题）。答卷前，务必将自己的姓名、座位号写在答题卡上。将条形码粘贴在规定区域。2.考生将笔试部分答案写在英语笔试答题卡上（大卡），听力部分答案写在英语听力答题卡上（小卡）。写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将答题卡交回。笔试部分一、阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。ACheap TravelYou can pay a fortune to travel around the world. O

2、r you can pay nothing at all. Here are some places youll never regret visiting. They wont cost you a dime.The British Museum， London （U.K.）You need to go here to see the Egyptian mummies， the ancient Greek marbles and so many other treasures. Its open every day， and unlike most other attractions in

3、England that cost an arm and a leg， its completely free. National Mall， Washington D. C. （U. S， A.）You can walk a pathway from the Lincoln Memorial to the severe Vietnam Veterans Memorial and to the Washington Monument with other sights in between. Do you know you can go up in the elevator to the to

4、p of the Washington Monument? Tickets are free， but pay a small fee to reserve them in advance to avoid being disappointed.Notre-Dame Cathedral， Paris （France）This great treasure of the world simply cant be missed. The great stained-glass rose window alone is worth the visit. The Sunday Mass with th

5、e Gregorian chant was like stepping back in time. Admission is free every day， but you are welcome to leave a donation. There are also free tours a few times each week. You ll be additionally charged for tours of the bell tower or the crypt.Tips： The Notre-Dame Cathedral was greatly damaged by a mas

6、sive fire in April 2019. Please visit notredamedepairs. fr/en/ for more information regarding future visits to the cathedral.National Museum o Ireland， Dublin and Mayo （Ireland）Want to see bog bodies， gold ornaments， Viking artifacts and learn about rural Irish life? All four branches of this museum

7、 are free to visit， including museums devoted to archaeology， natural history， decorative arts and history and country life. The museum of country life in Turlough Park， Mayo， is devoted to Irish rural traditions， while the natural history museum is especially famous for its collection of insects.21

8、. Which place do you need to pay for an appointment?A. Lincoln Memorial B. Notre-CathedralC. The top of the Washington Monument. D. Vietnam Veterans Memorials.22. What are tourists required to do when visiting the bell tower?A. Leave a donation. B. Pay an extra fee for the tour.C. Set off at a certa

9、in time. D. Make reservations in advance.23. If you do a study on how a worm turns into a butterfly， you probably go to . A. the British Museum， LondonB. National Mall， Washington D. C. C. Notre-Dame Cathedral， ParisD. National Museum of Ireland， Dublin and MayoBI was determined to learn swimming at

10、 the age of ten. At the K. P. L. B. was a pool offering the opportunity. My mother constantly warned against it， and bore fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the K. P. L. B. pool was safe.My fear of water started from childhood. It began when I was four years old and fath

11、er took me to the beach. There the huge waves knocked me down and swept over me.The K. P. L B. pool was quiet. I was afraid of going in all alone， so I sat on the side of the pool to wait for others. Then came a big boy. He yelled， “Hi， Skinny! Howd you like to be ducked?” With that he picked me up

12、and threw me into the deep end. I landed in a sitting position， and swallowed water. But I was not frightened out of my wits-when my feet hit the bottom， I would make a big jump， come out of the surface. It seemed a long way down. I gathered all my strength when I landed and made what I thought was

13、a great spring upwards. Then I opened my eyes and saw nothing but water. I tried to yell but no sound came out. I went down， down， endlessly.When I came to consciousness， I found myself on the bed in the hospital.I never went back to the pool I avoided water whenever I could . This misadventure stay

14、ed with me as the years rolled by. It deprived me of the joy of boating and swimming. Finally， I decided to get an instructor. Piece by piece， I practised hard and finally he built a swimmer. Several months later. the instructor was finished， but I was not. Sometimes the terror would return.This wen

15、t on till July. I swam across the Lake Wentworth. Only once did the terror return. When I was in the middle of the lake， I put my face under and saw nothing but bottomless water.I laughed and said， “Well， Mr. Terror， what do you think you can do to me?”I had conquered my fear of water.24. The authors original fear of water was brought about by .A. an outing to the beach with his father B. his poor skill in swimmingC. his mothers warning of drowning D. an unpleasant memory of the pool25 . Why was the author not scared to death when he was thrown into the water?A. He came