湖南省慈利一中2010—2011學(xué)年度高三上學(xué)期期末考試英語

1、 湖南省慈利一中20102011學(xué)年度高三上學(xué)期期末考試英 語 試 題分值：150分 時(shí)間：120分鐘Part I Listening Comprehension （30 marks）Section A （225 marks）Directions: In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakersFor each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A

2、, B and CListen carefully and then choose the best answer for each questionYou will hear each conversation TWICEConversation 11 What do you know about Rolex?A Its a famous watchmakerB Its a well-known brand of watchC Its a new kind of watch2 How much did the man pay for is new watch?A 90 B 19 C A lo

3、t of moneyConversation 23 What did the man do before he went to university?A He worked at Euro DisneyB He worded as a cleanerC He worded in a paper factory4 What doe the man think of his job at Euro Disney?A Terrible B Interesting C TiringConversation 35 What do we know about the man?A He paints the

4、 paintings himself B He only sells paintings C He buys paintings from tourists6 What does the woman know about the tourists?A They are looking for souvenirsB They are in the marketC They are looking for the manConversation 47 What did the man plan to do originally?A Spend his weekend at his friends

5、homeB Go for a trip with his friendsC Do some exercise8 Who will clean the living room?A The children B The woman C The man9 What dose the woman dislike doing?A Cleaning the bathroom B Working in the kitchen C Getting the house in orderConversation 510 Why does the man complain?A The woman told him

6、a little too lateB The woman didnt get tickets for himC The woman didnt phone to Jane11 What is the problem with the man?A He hasnt enough time to see a playB He is too late for a playC He cant get tickets for a play12 What is the most probable time now?A 7:00 B 7:30 C 8:00Conversation 613 Where doe

7、s this conversation take place?A In France B In the mans homeC In Pierres home14 What are the speakers talking about?A A person BA country C A tour15 How often did the man drink wine?A Sometimes B Seldom C Every daySection B Directions: In this section, you will hear a mini-talk Listen carefully and

8、 then fill in the numbered blanks with the information youve got Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS Youll hear the mini-talk TWICEThe three sons plans The first son wanted to 16 for their motherThe second son wanted to send her the best car with 17 The third son wanted to send her 18 which

9、 can recited the entire BibleTheir mothers opinionThe first and the second sons gifts were 19 She mistook the third sons gift for 20 and felt it deliciousPart II Language Knowledge （45 marks）Section A （15 marks）Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C

10、 and DChoose the one answer that best completes the sentence21 The science park is also _ home to a growing number of overseas Chinese who have grasped the opportunity to develop their ideas at _ homeA the; / B /; / C a; / D /; the22 The new restaurant on Baker Street, _ used to be a market, is to o

11、pen soonA that B which C who D where23 _ the earth to be flat, many people feared that Columbus would fall off the edge of the earthA Being believed B Believed C Having believed D Believing24 _ a defenseless child, the bad guy was still wanted by the policeA Attacking B Attacked C Having attacked D

12、To attack25 _ I understand your viewpoint, I dont agree with youA When B While C If D As26 Our English teacher asks us to guess the meaning of the unknown words _ the contextA owing to B due to C according to D thanks to27 This group of people _ a plan for the project of the companyA drew up B sent

13、up C set up D turn up28 _ at the centre of the city, the club is easy to reachA Locating B Located C Being located D Having been located29 My English-Chinese dictionary has disappeared Who _ have taken it?A should B must C could D would30 I had wanted to help you last night but I couldnt spare any t

14、ime, for I _ a composition which I have to hand in this morningA wrote B was writingC had written D have written31 Shall we go to the art exhibition right away? _A Its your opinion B I dont mindC Thats your decision D Its all up to you32 Communication along with information industry _ an important p

15、art in modern timesA play B plays C have played D are playing33 The hospital has been set up in _ was a waste land many years agoA which B that C where D what 34 My wish will come true one day _ I should buy a big house for my parentsA how B that C where D which 35 Though the car was bought ten year

16、s ago, it is still in good _A situation B condition C position D caseSection B （18 marks） Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and DFill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the contextGrowing up on a remote Michigan farm,

17、 Henry Ford, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, knew little of farming Like most pioneer farmers, his father, William, hoped that his eldest son would join him on the farm, enable it to expand, and eventually take it 36 But Henry proved a 37 He hated farm work and did everything he could to 38 i

18、t It was not that he was lazy 39 from it! Give him a mechanical job to do, from mending the hinges（鉸鏈） of a gate to sharpening tools, and he would set to work eagerly It was the daily life of the farm, with its repetitive tasks, 40 frustrated himHenry was excited by the development in technology tha

19、t could free farmers like his father from wasteful and boring labor But these developments, in Henrys boyhood, had touched farming 41 at all and farmers went on doing things in the way they had always done So Henry 42 his attention elsewhere When he was twelve, he became almost obsessively intereste

20、d in clocks and watches Soon he was repairing them for friends, working at a bench he built in his bedroom In 1876, Henry suffered a serious 43 His mother died in childbirth There was no reason for him to stay on the farm, and he resolved to get away as soon as he could Three years later, he took a

21、job as a mechanic in Detroit 44 this time steam engines had joined clocks and watches as objects of Henrys fascination Making and installing them was the business of the Detroit workshop that he joined at the age of sixteenA chance meeting with an old co-worker led to a job for Henry as an engineer

22、at the Edison Detroit Electricity Company 45 he quickly learned the ropes of his new job, his interest in fuel engines had come to dominate（占主要地位） his life Henry learned 46 a slow, painstaking business it was to build an engine by hand from scratch Every piece of every component had to be fashioned

23、individually, checked and rechecked, and tested 47 the burden, he joined forces with another mechanic, Jim Bishop Even so, it was two years before they succeeded in building a working car Henry called it “Quadricycle”（四輪驅(qū)動(dòng)腳踏車）36A away B down C over D off37A success B discouragementC surprise D disap

24、pointment38A do B avoid C work D make39A Apart B Far C FreeD Aside40A that B which C what D where41A almost B sometimes C hardly D always42A drew B caught C turnedD attracted43A disease B blow C beat D defeat44A At B After C In D By45A After B When C While D Because46A how B what C why D where 47A T

25、o ease B To bear C To carry D To placeSection C （12 marks）Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the contextThere was a tradition in Europe that 48 a dove（鴿）flew around a house where someone was dying, then his soul would be at peaceAnd there

26、 are legends which say that Satan （撒旦）can turn himself into any bird except for a doveBut it was Pablo Picasso who made the dove a modern symbol of peace when 49 used it on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949The rainbow is 50 ancient and universal symbol, often representing the connection

27、between human beings and their godsIn Greek mythology it was associated with Iris, the goddess 51 brought messages from the gods on Mount OlympusIn Scandinavian mythology（神話） the rainbow was a bridge 52 the gods and the earthIn 53 Bible a rainbow showed Noah thatthe Biblical flood was finally over,

28、and that God had forgiven his peopleIn the Chinese tradition, the rainbow is often taken as a common symbol for marriageNowadays the rainbow is 54 used by many popular movements for peace and the environment, representing the possibility of a better world in the future 55 promising sunshine after th

29、e rainPart III Reading Comprehension （30 marks）Directions: Read the following three passages, Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statementsFor each of them there are four choices marked A, B,C and DChoose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passa

30、geAElizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and moved to New York City when she was ten years old One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century After writing many letters asking for admission（錄取） to medic

31、al schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia She was so determined that she taught school and gave music lessons to get money for the cost of schoolingIn 1849, after graduation from medical school she decided to further her education in Paris She wanted to be a surgeon（外科醫(yī)師） , bu

32、t a serious eye problem forced her to give up the ideaUpon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another woman doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women an

33、d children Besides being the first woman physician and founding her own hospital , she also set up the first medical school for women56 Why couldnt Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon? A She couldnt get admitted to medical school B She decided to further her education in Pari

34、s C A serious eye problem stopped her D It was difficult for her to start a practice in the United States57 What main obstacle（障礙） almost destroyed Elizabeths chances for becoming for a doctor? A She was a woman B She wrote too many letters C She couldnt graduate from medical school D She couldnt se

35、t up her hospital58 How many years passed between her graduation from medical school and the opening of her hospital? A Eight years B Ten years C Nineteen years D Thirty-six years 59 According to the passage, all of the following are “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell, except that she _ A b

36、ecame the first woman physician B was the first woman doctor C and several other women founded the first hospital for women and children D set up the first medical school for women60 Elizabeth Blackwell spent most of her lift in _ A England B Paris C the United States D New York CityBHave you ever s

37、uddenly felt that someone you knew was in troubleand was he? Have you ever dreamed something that came true later? Maybe you have ESP （超感覺知覺）ESP stands for Extrasensory Perception It may be called a sixth sense It seems to let people know about events before they happen, or events that are happening

38、 some distance awayHeres an example A woman was ironing clothes Suddenly she screamed, My father is dead! I saw him sitting in the chair! Just then, a telegram came The womans father died of a heart attack He died sitting in a chairThere are thousands of stories like this one on record Scientists ar

39、e studying them to find out whats behind these strange mental messages Heres another exampleone of hundreds of dreams that have come trueA man dreamed he was walking along a road when a horse and carriage came by The driver said, Theres room for one more The man felt the driver seemed dead, so he ra

40、n away The next day, when the man was getting on a crowded bus, the bus driver said, Theres room for one moreThen the man saw that the drivers face was the same face he had seen in the dream He wouldnt get on the bus As the bus drove off, it crashed and burst into flames Everyone was killed!Some peo

41、ple say stories like these are coincidences Others, including some scientists, say that ESP is real From studies of ESP, we may someday learn more about the human mind61According to the passage, the author believes that the sixth sense is_Ain existence Bimaginative Cnot real Dimpossible62ESP lets pe

42、ople know_Aabout events before they happen Babout events after they happenCabout events that are happening some distance awayDA and C63By studying ESP, scientists may get to_Alearn how people tell lies Bknow more about human dreamsCknow more about human mindDlearn how strange things happen64In the l

43、ast paragraph the underlined word coincidences probably means _Athings that may not happenBthings that happen in a dreamCthings that must happen Dthings that happen by accident65This article is mainly about_Athe human dream Bthe sixth senseCthe human mind Da crowded busCIn every British town, large

44、and small, you will find shops that sell second-hand goods Sometimes such shops deal mostly in furniture, sometimes in books, sometimes in ornaments （裝飾） and household goods, sometimes even in clothesThe furniture may often be antique, and it may well have changed hands many times It may also be ver

45、y valuable, although the most valuable piece will usually go to the London salerooms, where one piece might well be sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds As you look around these shops and see the polished wood of chests and tables, you cannot help thinking of those long-dead hands which polished

46、 that wood, of those now-closed eyes which once looked at these pieces with loveThe books, too, may be antique and very precious; some may be rare first printings Often when someone dies or has to move house, his books may all be sold, so that sometimes you may find whole libraries in one shop On th

47、e border between England and Wales, there is a town which has become a huge bookshop as well Even the cinema and castle have been taken over, and now books have replaced sheep as the towns main tradeThere are also much more humble shops, sometimes simply called junk shops, where you can buy small ho

48、usehold pieces very cheaply Sometimes the profits （利潤） from these shops go to charity（慈善事業(yè)） Even these pieces, though, can make you feel sad; you think of those people who once treasured them, but who have moved on to another country or to deathAlthough the British do not worship（崇拜） their ancestors

49、, they do treasure the past and the things of the past This is true of houses as well These days no one knocks them down; they are rebuilt until they are often better than new In Britain, people do not buy something just because it is new Old things are treasured for their proven worth; new things h

50、ave to prove themselves before they are accepted66Books found in second-hand book shops may_Abe copies of the earliest printingsBbe on sale for the first timeCnever be worth very much Dnever be rare67What is the small town on the border between England and Wales famous for?AIts sheep BIts bookshops

51、CIts cinema DIts castle68Second-hand goods sometimes fill you with sadness because_Athey are too expensive for average buyersBthey remind you of the original ownersCthey are now forgottenDthey are sold for charity69The average British person _Adoes not respect old things because they are not fashion

52、ableBlikes to build new houses simply because it is fashionable to do soClikes to buy new things because they are fashionableDdoes not like to buy things simply because they are fashionable70What does the underlined word them （Paragraph 4） refer to?Ajunk shops Bprofits from shopsCold things Dold hou

53、sesPart 1V Writing （45 marks）Section A （10 marks） Directions: Read the following passageFill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passageWrite NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answerSharks have lived in the oceans for over 450 million years, long before dinosaurs appears There are now about 360 species of sharks, whose size, behavior, and other characteristics differ widelyShark