山東省棗莊市第九中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期期末考試英語(yǔ)試題及答案

1、山東省棗莊市第九中學(xué)2014-2015學(xué)年高三上學(xué)期期末考試英語(yǔ)試題第i卷一、單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題；每小題1分, 滿分15分。）請(qǐng)從a,b,c,d四個(gè)選頂中.選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)的標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。1do you have _ smith here? id like to have _word with himaa; the bthe; acthe; theda; a2.i hate _ when someone makes a mess of my learning materials on my deskaitbthatcthisdone3as a physics t

2、eacher, mr. chen devoted himself to teaching and researching, which earned him a good _ in his field.areputation bexpectation cimpressiondknowledge4- what do you think of thomas?- well, he is good, warm-hearted, hard-working and intelligent; _, i cant speak too highly of him.ain a wordbas a result c

3、by the way don the contrary5people should stop using their cars and start using public transport._. the roads are too crowded as it is.aall rightbexactlycgo aheaddfine6it was in the canteen of the school_ i first met heather, the course directorawhen bwhere cthat dwhich7it is a wise father _ knows h

4、is child.athatbwhichcwhatdwhom8knowing _ youre good at and doing even more of it creates excellence.awherebwhichcwhatdthat9dont you think the world would be an easier place to live in, if we all _ the same language?aspeakbhad spokencspokedwould speak10his wife was busy cooking while he watched tv _

5、comfortably in the sofa.aseatbto seatcseatingdseated11when our ancestors were hunters and gatherers 10,000 years ago, they didnt have time to wonder much about _ but finding food.aeverythingbanythingcnothingdsomething12did you see _ man in _ black pass by just now? no, sir. i was reading a newspaper

6、.athe; thebthe; aca; theda; /13the government promises that relief materials _ to the flood-hit areas in no time.awill be rushed bwill rushchave rusheddhave been rushed14why did mr. green take his 7th grade students to the river yesterday afternoon?_ the river.acleaned upbcleaning upcto clean updcle

7、an up15why are you going to the court?_! ive been charged with parking my car in the wrong place.aits ridiculousbyou dont sayctell me about itdleave me alone二、完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分。）請(qǐng)閱讀下面兩篇短文，掌握大意，然后從16-35各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（a、b、c、d）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)的標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。athere was a man who had four sons. he wanted his

8、 sons to learn not to 16 things too quickly. so he sent them each on a quest （尋求）, 17 , to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away. the first son went in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the youngest son in fall.when they had all gone and come back, he called

9、them together to 18 what they had seen. the first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and 19 . the second son contradictedit was covered with green buds and full of 20 . the third son 21 , saying it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful. it was the most graceful th

10、ing he had 22 seen. the last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and 23 with fruit, full of life and fulfillment. the man then 24 to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the trees life. he told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person,

11、 by only one season, and that the essence of who they arethe pleasure, joy, and love that come from that lifecan only be 25 at the end, when all the seasons are up.if you give up when its winter, you will 26 the hope of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. dont let the 2

12、7 of one season destroy the joy of all the rest. dont judge a life by one 28 season.16adetermine bjudge canalyze dexplore17aby chance bas usual cin turn dfor sure18adescribe bclassify ccompare dreview19atwisted bwounded cwoodened ddeserted20. adelight bpride cfaith dpromise21aagreed bapproved cargue

13、d dannounced22anever bever conce dlater23afalling bslipping cgoing dhanging 24aexcused bsighed cexplained dinstructed25ameasured bconsidered caffected dcommitted26achange bdevelop cmiss dtaste27acomfort bpleasure cregret dpain28adifficult bmagic clonely dlightbmost essays are made up of a beginning,

14、 a middle and an endthe beginning arouses the readers interest to 29 his attention to the subject of the essay or 30 the necessary background information. the middle gives us clear and logical 31 of the facts and ideas the writer intends to put forth. the end winds up the essay with a forceful state

15、ment to influence the readers 32 impression and shows consequences of the argument. to the writer the beginning is often the hardest part of an essay, because he has to decide from what point to 33 , and in what direction to go. the end is important because it often gives the reader the deepest impr

16、ession. it should be short, forceful and thought-provoking. no 34 ideas should be introduced in a concluding paragraph. sometimes it is good to 35 the concluding paragraph to the introduction. if, for instance, a question is raised in the beginning, an answer should be given in the end29asupport bse

17、cure cchange dfollow30aprovides bproves cconfirms ddirects31aindication bdirection cexpectation dpresentation32afinal bgood cdeep dunique33astate bdeliver cstart dpractice34aordinary bgeneral cimportant dnew 35aspread blink clead dcontact三、閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分。）請(qǐng)閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（a、b、c和d）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，

18、并在答題卡上將該選項(xiàng)的標(biāo)號(hào)涂黑。alast summer, as part of my high school graduation project, i volunteered at saunders house nursing home. i choose this experience because it was something that i had never done before and i wanted to lend a helping handwhen i first came up with the idea of volunteering at a nursing

19、home, i wanted to help out with activities and meet with some of the residents （住客）. at first it was challenging because i was extremely shy; however after getting to know the residents a little better, i started to feel more comfortable around them. my goal in volunteering was to bring a smile to t

20、he residents by doing different activities from word games to playing chess. i feel as if i had accomplished that goal. at the nursing home, i did a lot of different activities with the residents ranging from jeopardy, to wheel of fortune. one of my favorites was a word game where i would write a te

21、n letter word on the board and the residents would try to come up with as many smaller words as possible. i could tell that it was one of their favorite games because they always seemed to be so enthusiastic when they playedi also transported residents to and from their rooms when they needed help;

22、and whenever it was a nice day out, i would take them outside to get some fresh air and relax. on saturday mornings, i would deliver the newspaper to the residents and on sundays, i assisted with morning church services.the most unforgettable part of this experience was when i had one on one convers

23、ations with the residents; it was incredible how many great stories they had to tell. one of the first residents was mr. charles bowman who is one hundred and three years old!36the author volunteered at the nursing home because _.ashe was willing to helpbthe residents needed hercshe was good with th

24、e olddthe old people challenged her37what helped the author get over the challenge?athe determination to do the voluntary work.bcommunicating with the residents.cthe residents smiling faces.dthe sense of achievements.38the author felt it _ to do the activities with the residents.aenjoyablebupsetcunc

25、omfortabledchallenging39the author wrote the passage in order to _.apersuade readers to care more about the oldbencourage readers to do voluntary workcdescribe a social problemdshare an experiencebmore and more pupils are giving teachers presents, but the practice only creates insecurity in parents

26、and staff.ive certainly noticed some pupils being feverishly overgenerous of late. last year, i received not one bottle of wine but four for helping a disaffected pupil through his gcses. by and large, my colleagues report the gifts differing along gender lines. gentlemen get ties, mugs, booze and,

27、if theyre really lucky, tickets to football matches. the ladies are often presented with flowers, jewels, chocolates and so on.when my son was at private school, i noticed there was a real competitiveness between the students about giving presents to teachers, with expensive baskets from fancy store

28、s and huge bouquets being handed out on the last days of term. since my wife and i only let my son give thank-you cards, it was clear we were not “classy”. now he is at an inner-city primary, weve noticed that this kind of nonsense seems to have more or less disappearedfor one thing, there isnt that

29、 kind of money floating around but there isnt that kind of competitive culture either.personally, i think gifts to teachers should be banned beyond the thank-you card: they cause many more problems than they solve, creating insecurity in both parents and staff. perhaps the recession and the lack of

30、money in peoples pockets might be a good excuse for the government to issue some guidelines to schools that gifts shouldnt be accepted by teachers.the gifts that i really value are the cards which say a genuine thank you. i still keep them in a file at home.40what can the author most probably be?aa

31、teacher.ba school nurse.ca researcher. da gift shop owner.41the underlined word “nonsense” in paragraph 3 refers to the fact that _.athe son only gives thank-you cards to teachersbthe author and his wife are not classycthe son goes to an inner-city primarydthe students give gifts to teachers42to sol

32、ve the problem, the author thinks its a good way to _.aforbid the students to give any gifts to teachersbcreate insecurity by giving thank-you cardscmake people have less money in pocketsdissue some guidelines by the government43which of the following can be the best title?adont forget to give gifts

33、 to your teachersbpresents wont make pupils teachers petsclearn the competitive culture of giftsdrefuse presents from your studentscon warm summer days with little or no wind, the air temperature in cities can be up to ten degrees higher than that of the surrounding countryside. this is a phenomenon

34、 commonly referred to as the “urban heat island” effect.this phenomenon happens when pavement, buildings, and other infrastructure （基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施） replace natural land cover. large amounts of paved and dark colored surfacessuch as roofs, roads, and parking lotsabsorb, rather than reflect, the suns heat, caus

35、ing surface temperatures and overall ambient （周圍的） air temperature to rise. unlike soil, paved areas contribute to runoff, which means that as paved areas increase, the amount of water available for evaporation （蒸發(fā)） decreases. moreover, urban areas have fewer trees and less natural vegetation which

36、help to control the heat by providing shade and blocking solar radiation. the surfaces of leaves also provide water for evaporation which cools the air, further worsening the heat island effect.in particular, during summer, more energy is required to cool the insides of building and for refrigeratio

37、n, thereby creating additional heat output. this in turn leads to higher ambient air temperatures, which can also significantly increase the formation of urban smog in an area, degrading local air quality. such a situation may directly affect public health with individuals more likely to suffer from

38、 heat exhaustion and the effects of asthma （哮喘）.44the underlined part in paragraph 2 means _.adue to dark colored roads, urban areas are becoming hotter each yearbdark colored surfaces reflect the suns heat, causing air temperatures to risecbecause urban surfaces absorb heat, air and surface tempera

39、tures increasedrising ambient air temperatures lead to urban surfaces absorbing more heat45which of the following is not a cause of the urban heat island effect?athe lack of treesbthe demand for refrigerationcthe blocking of solar radiationdthe construction of infrastructure.46the underlined word “d

40、egrading” most probably means _.aignoringbimprovingchighlightingdworsening47the passage is mainly developed by _.agiving typical examplesbfollowing the time ordercpresenting the effect and analyzing the causedanalyzing a problem and seeking the solutiondthe u.s. governments push to decrease the nati

41、ons output of greenhouse gases by increasing the fuel efficiency of the cars americans drive is arousing again an emotional argument: does driving a small, fuel-efficient car make you more likely to die on the road?engineers and statistical analysts can point to data that suggest more-efficient cars

42、 dont necessarily put motorists at greater overall risk. but most of us care less about the “overall” risk than we do about ourselves. driving a big chevrolet tahoe suv makes many of us believe we are safer than we would be in a smaller car even if statistical measures across a large population of v

43、ehicles and all kinds of car accidents suggest the advantage of safety isnt quite as wide as suv owners believe.the obama government has put the fuel-efficiency and safety question back on the front burner by calling for new-vehicle fuel economy to rise to an average of 35 miles per gallon （加侖） by 2

44、020 from about 25 mpg today. that goal could move higher if the government decides to adopt californias requirement to cut vehicle greenhouse-gas giving off, which would result in stricter mileage standards.those moves, and the effects of last summers gas-price shock, are driving auto makers to offe

45、r cars such as the toyota yaris, honda fit and daimler ags smart for two which get the kind of mileage today that law says should be the average in a decade. beyond that, auto makers will launch a wide range of new compact （緊湊的） vehicles, and decrease production of large, body-on-frame suvs.thats le

46、ading to new concerns about “green safety”, a term for managing the balance between reducing vehicle size for efficiency and adding safety and protection features that tend to make vehicles heavier and less efficient. undoubtedly, further work has to be done before americans make the choice.48the u.

47、s. government requires to improve the fuel efficiency in order to _.apush americans to drive smaller carsbreduce the output of greenhouse gasescdrive auto makers to produce fewer suvsdcause americans to make an argument49according to paragraph 2, engineers and analysts idea _. afails to relieve peop

48、le of their worry about safetybpersuades people to purchase smaller cars instead of suvscis based on research and therefore persuasive enough dmakes people think of their safety as well as others50about the obama governments new moves, the auto makers are _ and averageamericans are _. auncertain; po

49、sitivebdoubtful; uncertaincsupportive; positivedpositive; uncertain51the best title for the text should be _.anew law reduces greenhouse gases outputbcan small cars overcome accident fears?cnew compact cars gets popular in the u.s.ddo we have to follow the government?eeveryone has some opinion about

50、 history, no matter how ill-informedwalking through a parking lot in a university in miami, i noticed a bumper sticker （車尾貼紙） that said, “ruin a liberals （自由派） dayrecite historical fact!” but marwick thinks this sort of opinion is just fine; it is unavoidable that we all feel a sense of ownership of

51、 history.history never stands still, as marwick says at the beginning of the nature of history, “the shape and content of history, too, vary according to the methods and materials available to different generations.” marwicks goal is to explain, in plain language, the changes in the way history is d

52、one up to the present; one method is to connect history with advances in the physical sciences. marwick examines a number of case studies toward the end of the book. he ends the book with a refreshing collection of aphorisms （格言） about history. history truly belongs to each and every man and we all

53、belong to history; with the proper education, history can be made more accessible to everyone.marwick relates how inventions and the physical sciences have driven historical changes. dropping a ball in a vacuum will reveal the same properties （性質(zhì)） each time the experiment is conducted, providing the

54、 conditions are the same. but historians obviously do not have the luxury of reproducing such conditions; historians view the past through the present which depends on invention and science. by looking at the changing nature of history, marwick feels the study progressing. although marwick suspects some people would accuse a historian of creating job security with the endless views of the past, he insists it is imperative based on the philosophy, science, and new materials of the age. history,