甘肃省永昌县第一中学届高三英语上学期期末考试试题.docx

1、甘肃省永昌县第一中学届高三英语上学期期末考试试题永昌县第一高级中学2014-2015-1期末考试卷高三英语提示：所有选择题请做在答题卡上第卷第一部分 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）阅读下面短文，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。 AThis year some twenty-three hundred teenagers（young people aged from 13 19）from all over the world will spend about ten months in U. S. ho

2、mes. They will attend U.S. schools, meet U.S. teenagers, and form impressions of the real America. At the same time, about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world.Here is a two-way student exchange in

3、 action. Fred, nineteen, spent last year in Germany with Georges family. In turn, Georges son Mike spent a year in Freds home in America.Fred, a lively young man, knew little German when he arrived, but after two months study, the language began to come to him. The school was completely different fr

4、om what he had expected much harder. Students rose respectfully(尊敬地) when the teacher entered the room. They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States. There were almost no outside activities.Family life, too, was different. The fathers word was law, and all activ

5、ities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first. Also, he missed having a car.“Back home, you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time. In Germany, you walk, but you soon learn to like it.”At the same time, in America, Mike, a fri

6、endly German boy, was also forming his idea. “I suppose I should criticize(批评) American schools,” he says. “It is far too easy by our level. But I have to say that I like it very much. In Germany we do nothing but study. Here we take part in many outside activities. I think that maybe your schools a

7、re better in training for citizens. There ought to be some middle ground between the two.”1. This year teenagers will take part in the exchange programme between America and other countries. A. twenty-three hundred B. thirteen hundredC. over three thousand D. less than two thousand2. The whole excha

8、nge programme is mainly to . A. help teenagers in other countries know the real America B. send students in America to travel in Germany C. let students learn something about other countries D. have teenagers learn new languages3. What is particular in America schools is that . A. there is some midd

9、le ground between the two teaching buildings B. there are a lot of outside activities C. students usually take fourteen subjects in all D. students go outside to enjoy themselves in a car4. After experiencing the American school life, Mike thought . A. a better education should include something goo

10、d from both American and Germany B. German schools trained students to be better citizens C. American schools were not as good as German schools D. the easy life in the American school was more helpful to studentsBSome people are lucky enough to be born with a good sense of direction and even if the

11、y have only visited a place once, they will be able to find it again years later.I am one of those unfortunate people who have poor sense of direction and I may have visited a place time after time but I still get lost on my way there. When I was young I was so shy that I never dared ask complete st

12、rangers the way and so I used to wander round in circles and hope that by some chance I would get to the spot I was heading for.I am no longer too shy to ask people for direction, but I often receive replies that puzzle me. Often people do not like to admit that they didnt know their hometown and wi

13、ll insist on telling you the way, even if they do not know it; others, who are anxious to prove that they know their hometown very well, will give you a long list of directions which you cannot possibly hope to remember, and still others do not seem to be able to tell between their left and their ri

14、ght and you find in the end that you are going in the opposite direction to that in which you should be going.If anyone ever asks me the way to somewhere, I always tell them I am a stranger to the town in order to avoid giving them wrong direction but even this can have embarrassing results.Once I w

15、as on my way to work when I was stopped by a man who asked me if I would direct him the way to the Sunlight Building. I gave my usual reply, but I had not walked on a few steps when I realized that he had asked for directions to my office building. However, at this point, I decided it was too late t

16、o turn back and search for him out of the crowd behind me as I was going to meet with someone at the office and I did not want to keep him waiting.Imagine my embarrassment when my secretary showed in the very man who had asked for directions of my office and his astonishment when he recognized me as

17、 the person he had asked.5. What is the writer going to do when someone asks him for direction?A. He will direct the right way to the person willingly.B. He will reply to it by the means of being a stranger to the town.C. He will give the very person long list of direction.D. He is going to show the

18、 man an opposite direction.6. Why did the writer consider himself to be an unlucky dog?A. Because of his poor sense of direction. B. Because he always forgot the way home.C. Because he did not have any friend. D. Because he used to be shy and dared not ask others the way.7. How did the visitor feel

19、when he was showed into the very room?A. He felt strange. B. He felt embarrassed.C. He felt very sad. D. He felt astonished.8. Who showed the right way to the interviewee according to the passage?A. Someone we dont know. B. The writer did it for himself.C. The secretary did so. D. A warm-hearted old

20、 lady did such a thing.CGreek soldiers sent messages by turning their shields (盾) toward the sun. The flashes reflected by light could be seen several miles away. The enemy did not know what the flashes meant, but other Greek soldiers could understand the messages. Roman soldiers in some places buil

21、t long rows of signal towers. When they had a message to send, the soldiers shouted it from tower to tower. If there were enough towers and enough soldiers with loud voices, important news could be sent quickly over distance.In Africa, people learned to send messages by beating on a series of large

22、drums (鼓). Each drum was kept within hearing distance of the next one. The drum beats were sent out in a special way that all the drummers understood. Though the messages were simple, they could be sent at great speed for hundreds of miles.In the eighteenth century, a French engineer found a new way

23、 to send short messages. In this way, a person held a flag in each hand and the arms were moved to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet. It was like spelling out words with flags and arms.Over a long period of time, people sent messages by all these different ways. Howeve

24、r, not until the telephone was invented in America in the nineteenth century could people send speech sounds over a great distance in just a few seconds.9. According to this passage, the Roman way of communication depended very much upon _.A. fine weather B. high towerC. the spelling system D. arm m

25、ovements10. Which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Neither the Greek soldiers nor their enemy could understand the message.B. African soldiers shouted from tower to tower to pass message.C. Telephone was invented by a French engineer.D. Only by using telephone could people send speech sounds q

26、uickly.11. The _ way of communication made use of visible signs.A. French B. RomanC. African D. AmericanDStop wasting your time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortcomings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born.Only you have the power to mak

27、e those seeds grow.The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created: the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance.You were born a winner. You were born rich.You can be a success if only you make the right choice. You cannot be successful without f

28、irst developing your self-esteem (自信心).Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life.People with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives.They ar

29、e always victims.They are leaves tossed (摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather. You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by a

30、ccident and chance.Successful people realize that they are responsible.Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect.We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe.One generally rises to the level that one expects.We are responsible

31、for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success.On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing (培育) the seeds that contain f

32、uture victory, born from setbacks (挫折). In short, in all areas of your life, whether they are financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible.Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it. You are on the road to success. 12. People with low self-esteem are compared to leaves because they _.A. cant exercise control over themselves B. are easily affected by windy weatherC. dont have the power to face their fate D. a