届广东省汕头金山中学高三上学期期中考试英语试题及答案文档格式.docx

1、第一部分: 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 ，从每题所给的四个选项 （A 、B 、C 和 D ）中 ，选出最佳选项 ，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AIn October 2010, I left my hometown and family in Virginia and moved to Iowa so I could be coached by Liang Chow. Id been dreaming of an Olympic gold medal since I was eight but gradually, that dr

2、eam seemed like a million miles away. On January 2, 2012, while Mom was visiting me in Iowa, I told her, “I dont like gymnastics anymore. I want to try dancing, or become a singer. I can get a job in Virginia. I just want to come home.” Moms eyes narrowed and her expression turned to stone. “Youre b

3、reaking my heart, Brie,” she said. “Youve been doing gymnastics for ten years, and now you want to quit? Have you lost your mind?”I hadnt lost my mind, but I had lost my fire. Its an entirely different thing to push toward that dream when you feel alone.“Im not trying to break your heart, Mom,” I sa

4、id. “I just dont want to do it anymore.”“I know you miss home. But youve signed a contract that says you will represent your country to the best of your ability. Youve got a responsibility to your teammates. And now you just want to walk away? I will not let you be dishonorable. If you dont like gym

5、nastics, then at the very least, you will finish the season.”The next afternoon as I dragged myself into Chows gym, I thought of the efforts Mom had made in order to pay for my training. I thought of my two sisters: Arielle, who gave up ballroom dancing, and Joyelle, who stopped ice skating so that

6、our single mom could afford to keep me in gymnastics.For now, heres what you need to know: Exactly 210 days before I ever attempted my first vault （跳跃） in the London Summer Olympics, my leap of faith came this close to ending in a crash of disaster.1. The author wanted to give up gymnastics because

7、_. A. she thought she loved music more B. she was overcome with homesickness C. an Olympic gold was beyond her reach D. the training for the Olympics was too hard 2. We can infer from the passage that the author _. A. was born into an athletic family B. realized her Olympic dreamC. changed her mind

8、in the end D. had a bad childhood 3. What would be the best title for the passage?A. My leap of faith B. A quitter C. My mother D. A dream come true BLong-time exposure to air pollution can lead to physical changes in the brain and cause trouble in learning and memory, and even anxiety. This is sugg

9、ested by the results of new research on mice.While other studies have shown the harmful effects of polluted air in the lungs and heart, this is the first to show the negative effect on the brain.The team of Laura Fonken, Randy Nelson, from the Ohio State University, USA, has spread to the brain a pr

10、evious line of research which found that fine particulate （微粒） matter floating in the air mainly because of air pollution caused by humans, causes swelling in much of the body, and may be related to high blood pressure problems, and some other diseases.In the research Fonken and his colleagues expos

11、ed mice to polluted air for six hours each day, five days a week, over a period of 10 months, almost half the average life length of mice.Polluted air contains fine particles created by cars, factories and natural dust. Fine particles of this kind are tiny, about 2.5 micrometers in diameter, or abou

12、t one-thirtieth the width of a human hair. These particles can go deep into lungs and other organs.The concentration of this particulate material to which they exposed mice is equal to the concentration at which people can be exposed in some polluted urban areas.After a period of 10 months, the rese

13、archers got the animals to have a series of behavioral tests. Both the behavior of mice and the results of neurological （神经的） tests done to them show that those within the polluted air had more problems in learning and memory, and higher levels of anxiety.The results suggest that long-time exposure

14、to polluted air can have measurable negative effects on the human brain and can cause a variety of mental health problems. This could have important consequences for those living and working in polluted urban areas. 4The results of new research on mice first suggest that polluted air mainly does har

15、m to _ .Anormal organs Blungs and heart Cmental health Dblood pressure5The bad effects of tiny particles in polluted air are those Except _ .Ahigh blood pressure problems Bmaking human hair thinnerCdifferent kinds of diseases Dswelling in much of the body6From the last sentence we can infer that peo

16、ple living in polluted urban areas _ .Aare likely to suffer from mental problems Bcan measure the negative effect on themCshow little concern for air pollution Dcan be exposed to polluted air longer7Which of the following is the best title for the passage?ALong-time Exposure to Air Pollution BEviden

17、ce and Concern of Air PollutionCMeasurable Effect on Human Brain DMental Problems Caused by Air PollutionCFrom the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation. When children are little we make them read aloud, before the teacher and

18、 other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the words they are reading. This means that when they dont know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fea

19、r and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously. One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now Im going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want y

20、ou to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, thats enough for me. Also Im not going to ask you what words mean. “ The children sat stunned and s

21、ilent. Was this a teacher talking? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, “Mr. Holt, do you really mean that?” I said just as seriously,

22、“I mean every word of it.” During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk, From a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It cant be,” and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick , in edition wit

23、h woodcuts. I said, “Dont you find parts of it rather heavy going?” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part. ” This is exactly what reading should be and in school so seldom isan exciting, joyous adventure. Find something, dive into it, take the good

24、 parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, go on to something else. How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of “understanding” that can be dug out of a book. 8. According to the passage, childrens fear and dislike of books may re

25、sult from_. A. reading little and thinking little B. reading often and adventurously C. being made to read too much D. being made to read aloud before others 9. Upon hearing the teachers talk, the children probably felt that_. A. it sounded stupid B. it was not surprising at all C. it sounded too go

26、od to be true D. it was no different from other teachers talk 10. Which of the following statements about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?A. She skipped over those easy parts while reading. B. She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks. C. She learned to appreciate some parts

27、 of the difficult books. D. She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school. 11. From the teachers point of view,_ . A. children cannot tell good parts from bad parts while reading B. children should be left to decide what to read and how to read C. reading is never a pleasant and ins

28、piring experience in school D. reading involves understanding every little piece of information DIf you know exactly what you want, the best route to a job is to get specialized training. A recent survey shows that companies like graduates in such fields as business and health care who can go to wor

29、k immediately with very little on-the-job training. Thats especially true of booming fields that are challenging for workers. At Cornells School of Hotel Administration, for example, bachelors degree graduates get an average of four or five job offers and plenty of chances for rapid advancement. Lar

30、ge companies, especially, like a background of formal education coupled with work experience.But in the long run, too much specialization doesnt pay off. Business, which has been flooded with MBAs, no longer considers the degree an automatic stamp of approval. The MBA may open doors and command a hi

31、gher salary in the first place, but the impact of a degree washes out after five years.As further evidence of the erosion （销蚀） of corporate （公司的） faith in specialized degrees, Michigan States Scheetz states a pattern in corporate hiring practices, although companies tend to take on specialists as new hires, they often seek out generalists for middle and upper-level management. “They want someone who isnt limited by nuts and bolts to look at the big pic