广东省汕头市潮师高级中学届高三上学期期中考试英语试题.docx

1、广东省汕头市潮师高级中学届高三上学期期中考试英语试题广东省汕头市潮师高级中学2014届高三上学期期中考试英语试题. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分)第一节 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。Today is Friday, the 29th of June. Paul told me something exciting this morning: his father helped the police catch a 1 yesterday! When Paul was waiting for

2、 the 2 with his father across the river, he heard some people arguing 3 . He looked around and saw two women and a big man 4 each other. When Pauls father asked what was going on, one of the women said they were tourists and three young men 5 her friends purse when they were buying postcards in a bo

3、okstore. The other two had run away, but they 6 the big man closely. When the ferry arrived, the big man hurried onto the ferry and the two tourists went 7 after him. Paul was angry. He wanted to go up and help the two women. But his father said he didnt want to take that ferry. Paul felt rather 8 b

4、ecause he thought his father was afraid of the big man and unwilling to help others! What Paul saw next changed the 9 of his father. His father hurried to a nearby ice-cream store and used their phone to 10 110. He reported the robbery to the police and gave some 11 details about the robber, the tou

5、rists and the ferry. When they 12 off the next ferry, Paul saw three 13 around the big guy in handcuffs(手铐). . . . While Paul was telling me the story, he seemed very 14 . He said he had a better understanding of his father. Although he looked 15 , he was a real hero. 1. A. robber B. theft C. touris

6、t D. murderer2. A. bus B. ferry C. ship D. boat3. A. kindly B. angrily C. closely D. loudly4. A. shouting at B. fighting against C. debating with D. talking with5. A. noticed B. stole C. seized D. cut6. A. caught B. sought C. followed D. surveyed7. A. abroad B. back C. home D. aboard8. A. angrier B.

7、 sadder C. tougher D. tenser9. A. feeling B. idea C. action D. belief10. A. call B. telephone C. ring D. dial11. A. useful B. careful C. fearful D. hopeful12. A. turned B. set C. got D. took13. A. women B. fellows C. policemen D. tourists14. A. delighted B. proud C. confident D. reliable15. A. outst

8、anding B. Great C. scared D. ordinary第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Although many high school dropouts leave school permanently, some dropouts later reenter school. 16 (approximate) 10 percent of the sophomores 17 dropped out between 1980 and 198

9、2 returned to school by 18 fall of 1982. Generally, high school reentrants differ 19 typical dropouts in several school and student characteristics. Background attributes and test score performance 20 (associate) with low dropout rates tend to be related to higher-than-average reentry rates. For exa

10、mple, reentry rates among 1980 sophomore dropouts were about one-fifth 21 (high) in the Northeast and North Central regions than in the South or West. Among whites, reentry rates in the West were one-third lower than in other regions. 22 blacks, reentry rates in the Northeast (14 percent) 23 (be) su

11、bstantially higher than those in the South (6 percent). Hispanic dropouts in the North Central region were three times 24 likely to return to school as those in the Northeast or West. Hispanics in the South were twice as likely to reenter as 25 in the Northwest or West. . 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解(共20小题

12、; 每小题2分, 满分40分)（A）Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins. People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions vehicles”, but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power pl

13、ants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators. Generators are fueled by somethingusually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal plants a

14、s well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something. In other words, those “zero-emissions” cars are likely coal-burning cars. Its just because the coal is burned somewhere else that it looks clean. It is not. Its as if the California Greens are covering their eyes“If I cant see it, it

15、s not happening. ” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heatat the generator, throug

16、h the transmission lines, etc. . A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas wont get you nearly as farso electric cars burn more fuel than gas-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes, or geothermal, or hydro, or solar, or wind, t

17、hen an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we dont use much of those energy sources. In addition, electric cars batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, When cars are the polluters, the polluti

18、on is spread across all the roads. When its a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot. 26. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2? A. People are seeing

19、the California Greens everywhere. B. People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles. C. People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells. D. People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc. . 27. What is the main idea

20、of the passage? A. Electric cars are not clean at all. B. Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones. C. People cast doubts on electric cars batteries. D. Gasoline is an efficient way to power a vehicle. 28. The electricity we get from a gallon of gas may make our car run _. A. not less tha

21、n 25 miles B. more than 25 miles C. no more than 25 miles D. not more than 25 miles29. According to the passage, electric cars _. A. do not burn fuel and are more environment-friendly B. are poisonous because it is difficult for nature to clean the garbage up when their batteries are buried in one s

22、pot C. are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated D. are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill30. It can be inferred from the passage that _. A. being green is good and should be encouraged in communication B. electric cars are not clean in that we

23、 get electricity mainly by burning something C. zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment D. electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins（B）LONDON (Reuters)Quiet pleaseBritain s Queen Elizabeth is preparing to have her swans counted. Buc

24、kingham Palace has announced that the annual Swan Upping, a tradition dating back to the 12th century which involves a census of the swan population on the River Thames, will be conducted by the Queen s official Swan Marker from July 2024. “With the assistance of the Queen s Swan Warden, Professor C

25、hristopher Perrins of the University of Oxford, the swans and young cygnets (小天鹅) are also assessed for any signs of injury or disease，” Buckingham Palace said in announcing the count. The process involves the Swan Marker, David Barber, rowing up the Thames for five days with the Swan Warden in trad

26、itional skiffs while wearing special scarlet uniforms and counting, weighing and measuring swans and cygnets. It may seem eccentric, but it is very important to the Queen. According to custom, Britain s sovereign owns all unmarked, mute swans in open water, but the Queen now exercises the right only

27、 on stretches of the Thames and its nearby tributaries. In medieval times, the Swan Marker would not only travel up the river counting the swans, but would catch as many as possible as they were sought after for banquets and feasts. This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden are particularly kee

28、n to discover how much damage is being caused to swans and cygnets by attacks from dogs and from discarded fishing tackle (渔具)It is also an important year because Queen Elizabeth has decided to join her team of Swan Uppers for part of the census. She will follow them up the river and visit a local s

29、chool project on the whole subject of swans, cygnets and the Thames. “Education and conservation are essential to the role of Swan Upping and the involvement of school children is always a rewarding experience，” Buckingham Palace said. 31. In medieval times，_. A. swans were better protected than now

30、 B. a lot of swans were killed by dogs C. swans were a delicious dish on royal banquets D. common people could catch the swans32We can infer from the passage that the process of counting the swans _. A. remains almost unchanged in the past years B. involves a lot of royal members C. sometimes lasts

31、longer than before D. is always guarded by special soldiers33This year, the Swan Marker and the Swan Warden mainly want to find out _. A. the exact number of swans and cygnets B. how a local school project is going on C. how much damage the swans and cygnets suffer D. how education and conservation

32、are carried out along the Thames34Which of the following is the main idea of the passage? A. Britain s Queen is concerned about swans. B. Britain s Queen orders a count of swans. C. An old tradition in Buckingham Palace. D. Queen Elizabeth will count swans herself. 35The underlined word “tributaries” can be best replac