广西钦州市高新区届高三上学期期末考试英语试题 W.docx

1、广西钦州市高新区届高三上学期期末考试英语试题 W广西钦州市高新区20162017学年度第一学期高三英语期末考试试题（满分150分，考试时间120 分钟）第卷第二部分：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50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AA Sydney Pass gives you unlimited and flexible travel on the Explorer Buses: the “red” Sydney Explorer shows you around our exciting city sights

2、 while the “blue” Bondi Explorer visits Sydney Harbor bays and famous beaches. Take to the water on one of three magnificent daily harbor cruises(游船). You can also travel free on regular Sydney Buses, Sydney Ferries or City Rail services(limited area), so you can go to every corner of this beautiful

3、 city.Imagine browsing at Darling Harbor, sampling the famous seafood at Watsons Bay or enjoying the city lights on an evening ferry cruise. The possibilities and plans are endless with a Sydney Pass. Wherever you decide to go, remember that bookings are not required on any of our services so ticket

4、s are treated on a first in, first seated basis.Sydney Passes are available for 3, 5 or 7 days for use over a 7 calendar day period. With a 3 or 5 day pass you choose on which days out of the 7 you want to use it. All Sydney Passes include a free Airport Express inward trip before starting your 3, 5

5、 or 7 days, and the return trip is valid(有效的) for 2 months from the first day your ticket was used.Sydney Pass FaresAdultChild*Family*3 day ticket$90$45$2255 day ticket$120$60$3007 day ticket$140$70$350*A child is defined as anyone from the ages of 4 years to under 16 years. Children under 4 years t

6、ravel free.* A family is defined as 2 adults and any number of children from 4 to under 16 years of age from the same family.21A Sydney pass doesnt offer unlimited rides on _.Athe Explorer Buses Bthe harbor cruisesCregular Sydney Buses DCity Rail services22With a Sydney Pass, a traveler can _.Asave

7、fares from and to the airport Btake the Sydney Explorer to beachesCenjoy the famous seafood for free Dreserve seats easily in a restaurant23If 5day tickets were to be recommended to a mother who travelled with her colleague and her children, aged 3, 6 and 10, what would the lowest cost be? A$225. B$

8、300. C$360. D$420.BOld age may not sound exciting. But recent findings offer good news for older people and for people worried about getting older. Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty. In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, p

9、eople are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.The findings came from a survey of more than three hundred forty thousand adults in the United States. The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008. At that time, the people were between the ages of ei

10、ghteen and eighty-five. The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry. They also asked about mental or emotional stress.Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study. His team found that leve

11、ls of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five. The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.The study also showed that men and women have similar feeling patterns as they grow older. However, women at all ages repor

12、ted more sadness, stress and worry than men.Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older. One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their feelings. They also spend less time thinkin

13、g about bad experiences.Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry.The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single. But they found that i

14、nfluences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age. 24. According to the survey of The Gallup Organization people are most likely to become happier _. A. when they are between ages of 18 and 85 B. when they come to their old age C. when they are in their twenti

15、es D. when they are eighteen years old25. According to Arthur Stone, old people _. A. have a positive attitude toward their life B. can control their behaviors better C. dream about good things every day D. have earned a large amount of money26 From the last paragraph we can know that _. A. you must

16、 be worried if you have young children B. health has nothing to do with your age C. you can be happy even if you are still single D. happiness depends on your family and job27. Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? A. Getting older means getting happier B. The young are ha

17、ppier than the old C. The younger, the happier D. Women are easier to happy in lifeCBook: No Looking BackAuthor: Shivani GuptaShivani had thrown a party one evening and awoke the next morning in hospital because of a car crash. It took Shivani years of pain, struggle and determination to regain cont

18、rol of her life and her body. Then tragedy struck again. As the newly-married Shivani drove to Manali with her family, a truck crashed into her car. Shivani refused to give in-she wouldnt let her injury keep her from achieving her ambitions.Book: Courage Beyond CompareAuthor: Sanjay SharmaThe 10 spo

19、rtspersons in the book are champions in diverse fields like athletics, swimming, and badminton, who have brought glory to the country. They overcame their physical limitations to reach the top of their chosen fields.Book：Face to FaceAuthor: Ved MehtaBlind since the age of four, the author led a lone

20、ly childhood in India until he was accepted to the Arkansas School for the Blind, to which he flew alone at 15. America and the school changed his life, leading him to degrees at Oxford and Harvard and a fruitful writing career.Book: This Star Wont Go OutAuthor: Lori and Wayne Earl Diagnosed with ca

21、ncer at 12, Esther Earl was a bright and talented, but very normal teenager. She lived a hope-filled and generous life. A cheerful, positive and encouraging daughter, sister and friend, Esther died in 2010, shortly after turning 16, but not before inspiring thousands through her growing online prese

22、nce.28. The book No Looking Back mainly talks about_. A. an unlucky girl who experienced two car accidents B. 10 disabled athletes who are champions in sports field C. a successful author who was blind during his childhood D. an inspiring teenager who died of cancer29. When reading the book written

23、by Sanjay Sharma, we will_. A. find the author is a sports lover B. get inspired by the sportspersons spirits C. be proud to be a sportsperson D. find sportspersons are full of power30. In which book does the author tell of himself? A. Face to Face. B. This Star Wont Go Out. C. Courage Beyond Compar

24、e. D. No Looking Back.31. Which word can best describe the characters of all the four books? A. Intelligent. B. Passionate. C. Inspiring D. Pessimistic DAttention to details is something everyone can and should do especially in a tight job market. Bob Crossley, a human resources expert notices this

25、in the job applications that come across his desk every day. Its amazing how many candidates eliminate themselves, he says. Resumes arrive with stains. Some candidates dont bother to spell the companys name correctly. Once I see a mistake,! eliminate the candidate. Crossley concludes, If they cannot

26、 take care of these details, why should we trust them with a job?Can we pay too much attention to details? Absolutely. Perfectionists struggle over little things at the cost of something larger they work toward. To keep from losing the forest for the trees, says Charles Garfield, associate professor

27、 at the University of California, San Francisco, we must constantly ask ourselves how the details were working on fit into the larger picture. If they dont, we should drop then and move to something else.Garfield compares this process to his work as a computer scientist at NASA. The Apollo IImoon la

28、unch was slightly off-course 90 percent of the time, says Gaifield, but a successful landing was still likely because we knew the exact position of our goal. This allowed us to make adjustments as necessary. Knowing where we want to go helps us judge the importance of every task we undertake. Too of

29、ten we believe what accounts for others success is some special secret or a lucky break. But rarely is success so mysterious. Again and again, we see that by doing little things within our grasp well, large rewards follow.32. According to the passage, some job applicants were rejected because of _.

30、A. failing to give a detailed description of their background in their application B. their limited education as shown in their poor spelling in writing a resume C. their carelessness as shown in their failure to present a clear copy of resume D. eliminating their names from the applicant list thems

31、elves33. The word perfectionists ( Para. 3. Line. 1 ) refers to those who _. A. demand others get everything absolutely right B. know how to adjust their goals according to the circumstances C. are capable of achieving perfect results in whatever they do D. pay too much attention to details only to lose their major goals34. The example of Apollo II moon launch is given to illustrate that _. A. keeping ones goal in mind helps in deciding which details can be overlooked B. failure is the mother of success C. adjustments are the key to the successful completion of any work D. minor mis