湖南省岳陽市白羊中學(xué)高三英語下學(xué)期期末試題含解析

湖南省岳陽市白羊中學(xué)高三英語下學(xué)期期末試題含解析一、選擇題1.Cleanwaterandfreshairareessentialforourdailylife,_______wecan’tlive.A.bywhich

B.withoutwhich

C.that

D.onwhich參考答案：B2.---Youseemtogetlost.Needhelp?---_______.

A.Yes,givemeahand,please.

B.Helpmefindmybag,please.

C.I’mlookingfortheNo.1bus.

D.Yes,wouldyoupleasehelpmewiththebag?參考答案：A3.—What’syouropinionaboutmysuggestion?—Sorry,I______.Wouldyoupleasesayitagain?A.hadn’tlistened

B.wouldn’tlisten

C.wasn’tlistening

D.didn’tlisten參考答案：C略4.Theyhavetheirreasonsforkeepingtheirmarriage

secretfor

moment.A..the;a

B.the;the

C.a;the

D.a;a

參考答案：C略9.Heisastrictbutkindteacher,_________mysonlovesandrespects.A.one

B.he

C.theonewho

D.hewho參考答案：A略6.Ithinkthatthismealwaswellworth_____waschargedforit.A.that

B.what

C.ofwhich

D.howmany參考答案：B7.IfIhadn’tgotthehelpofmyEnglishteacher,I______thefirstprizeintheEnglishWritingCompetition.A.wouldnotwin

B.wouldnothavewon

C.wouldwin

D.wouldhavewon參考答案：B8.—Howwouldyoulikeyourcoffee?

—______.

A.It'swelldone

B.Thestronger,thebetterC.Onecup.That'senough

D.Verynice.Thankyou參考答案：B9.—Didyouhearabouttheaircrash?Ifeelsolucky!

—Yes．Ifyou_____thatflight,I_____speakingtoyounow．A．weretaking;wouldn'tbe

B．took;wouldn'thavebeenC．hadtaken;wouldn'tbe

D．hadtaken;wouldn'thavebeen參考答案：C略10.

Inothercultures,lookingthinforahusband-to-beisnot

awomandesiresatall,butlookingalittleoverweightisconsideredmoreattractive.

A.which

B.whether

C.that

D.what參考答案：D11.Ifthefoodtastesnice,I’llgotobuysomemore;_______,Iwon’tgo.A.ifnot

B.whennot

C.ifany

D.whenever參考答案：A12.Theresultisnotveryimportanttous,butifwedowin,thensomuch

A.thebestB.bestC.betterD.thebetter參考答案：D略13.Itlooksliketheweatherischangingfor______.Shallwesticktoourplan?A.theworse

B.worse

C.theworst

D.worst參考答案：A14._______regularexerciseisveryimportant,it’sneveragoodideatoexercisetooclosetobedtime.A.As

B.While

C.Unless

D.Before參考答案：B考查連詞辨析。句意：盡管定期鍛煉很重要，但太接近睡覺時(shí)間鍛煉不是一個(gè)好主意。這是讓步狀語從句。根據(jù)句意填A(yù)lthough/Though/While都可以。As正如，因?yàn)?，?dāng)……時(shí)候；Unless除非；Before在……之前。故選B。15.---Whatdoyouthinkisthematterwithyourcar?

---Well,it_____startatall.ImeanIturnedthekeyandnothinghappened.

A.shan’t B.won’t C.mustn’t D.shouldn’t參考答案：B16.Marydidn’tunderstand

madeherdeskmatesoupsetallthemorning.

A.itwasthat

B.whyitwasthat

C.whatwasitthat

D.whatitwasthat參考答案：D略二、完型填空17.閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)A、B、C、D中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。Childrenallroundtheworldarefamiliarwithfairytalessuchas“TheLittleMermaid”(美人魚),“ThePrincessandthePea”and“TheEmperor’sNewClothes”.Thecolourful

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fromthestoriesmadeuslaughandcrythroughoutour

27_.ThestoriesarethecreationofDanishwriterHansChristianAnderson.Hewasbornintoa

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familyinOdense,Denmark,onApril2,1805.His__29

lifewasnoteasy.Hisfatherwasashoemakerandhismotherawasherwoman.He

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verylittleeducation.Asachildhewasvery

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andwaslaughedatforbeingfeminine(女性化的)andtall.In1816hisfatherdiedandAndersonwas

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togoouttowork,firstinatailor’sshopand33

atatobaccofactory.

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theageof14AndersonmovedtoCopenhagentostartacareerasasingerandactor.Hestruggledforthreeyears

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hehadtoleavethetheatrewhenhisvoice

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in1822._37

,Andersonwenttoagrammarschool.Havingdonewell,hewasadmittedtoCopenhagenUniversityin1828.Hebegantopublishhisfairytalesin1835.They

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insmallvolumes(量)untilhisdeath._39

Andersonliveda

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life,hetriedtomakepeople

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inallhisstories.Hewrotebecausehedidn’twantchildrentohavea

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childhoodashedid.Theworks

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Andersonworldfame,butheremaineda

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man.Henevermarriedandhisfriendswerethepeoplewhopaidforhiswork.Anderson

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onAugust4,1875.HishomeinOdenseisnowamuseumandthousandsofpeoplevisititeveryyear.26.A.parts

B.pictures

C.heroes

D.characters27.A.days

B.time

C.childhood

D.years28.A.poor

B.musical

C.big

D.happy29.A.early

B.childhood’s

C.later

D.school30.A.accepted

B.found

C.received

D.gained31.A.emotional

B.upset

C.popular

D.naughty(調(diào)皮的)32.A.allowed

B.forced

C.willing

D.used33.A.then

B.lately

C.second

D.finally34.A.By

B.From

C.At

D.Since35.A.since

B.after

C.until

D.still36.A.lost

B.changed

C.broke

D.worsened37.A.Evenso

B.Afterwards

C.Fromthenon

D.Otherwise38.A.turnedout

B.soldout

C.cameout

D.wentout39.A.Since

B.Because

C.Although

D.As40.A.hard

B.interesting

C.happy

D.successful41.A.cry

B.laugh

C.appreciate(欣賞)

D.learn42.A.sad

B.happy

C.busy

D.strange43.A.got

B.brought

C.made

D.cost44.A.poor

B.unhappy

C.moody

D.lonely45.A.passedaway

B.passedby

C.left

D.went參考答案：26-30DCAAC

31-35ABACC

36-40CBCCA

41-45BABDA三、閱讀理解18.Inmanydevelopedcountries,peoplewhohavehighdegreesbegintoworklongerthanthosewhodon't.About65%ofAmericanmenaged62－74withaprofessionaldegreeareintheworkforce(勞動(dòng)人口),comparedwith32%ofmenwhoonlyfinishhighschool.Thisgapispartofadeepeningdividebetweenthewell-educatedwealthyandtheunskilledpoor.Rapidtechnologicaladvancehasraisedtheincomesofthehighlyskilledwhilesqueezingthoseoftheunskilled.Theconsequences,forindividualsandsociety,areprofound（意義深遠(yuǎn)的）.Theworldisfacinganastonishingriseinthenumberofoldpeople,andtheywilllivelongerthaneverbefore.Overthenext20yearstheglobalpopulationofthoseaged65ormorewillalmostdouble,from600millionto1.1billion.Theexperienceofthe20thcentury,whengreaterlongevity(長(zhǎng)壽)translatedintomoreyearsinretirementratherthanmoreyearsatwork,haspersuadedmanyobserversthatthisshift(變化)willleadtoslowereconomicgrowth,whiletheswelling(漸增的)ranksofpensionerswillcreategovernmentbudgetproblems.Policiesarepartlyresponsible.ManyEuropeangovernmentshaveabandonedpoliciesthatusedtoencouragepeopletoretireearly.Eventhebetter-offmustworklongertohaveacomfortableretirement.Butthechangingnatureofworkalsoplaysabigrole.Payhasrisensharplyforthehighlyeducated,andthosepeoplecontinuetoreap(獲得)richrewardsintooldagebecausethesedaystheeducatedelderlyaremoreproductivethanthepreceding(先前的)generation.Technologicalchangemaywellreinforce(強(qiáng)化)thatshift:theskillsthatcomplement(補(bǔ)充)computers,frommanagementknow-howtocreativity,donotnecessarilydeclinewithage.8.Whatisthecommonphenomenonintheworkforceinrichcountries?A.Youngerpeoplearereplacingtheelderly.B.Well-educatedpeopletendtoworklonger.C.Peoplewithnocollegedegreecannotfindanyjob.D.Unemploymentratesaredecreasingyearafteryear.9.Inviewoftheexperienceofthe20thcentury,manyobserverspredictthat________.A.economicgrowthwillslowdownB.governmentbudgetswilldecreaseC.morepeoplewilltrytoreceivehighereducationD.therewillbemorecompetitioninthejobmarket10.Accordingtothetext,whatistheresultofpolicychangesinEuropeancountries?A.Unskilledworkersmaychoosetoretireearly.B.Moreandmorepeoplehavetogoabroadtohuntforjobs.C.Peoplemaybeabletousecomputerstodomorecomplicatedwork.D.Evenwealthypeoplemustworklongertolivecomfortablyinretirement.11.Theunderlinedword“know-how”inthelastparagraphprobablyrefersto“________”．A.acompletelydifferentenvironmentB.practicalknowledgeandtechnicalskillsC.abetterunderstandingofpolicychangesD.thecouragetofacedifficultiesanddangers參考答案：8.B

9.A

10.D

11.B本文是一篇說明文。主要講述了在許多發(fā)達(dá)國家，擁有高學(xué)歷的人比沒有高學(xué)歷的人工作的時(shí)間更長(zhǎng)?？焖俚募夹g(shù)進(jìn)步提高了高技能人員的收入，同時(shí)也擠壓了非技術(shù)人員的收入?！?題詳解】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段Inmanydevelopedcountries，peoplewhohavehighdegreesbegintoworklongerthanthosewhodon't．可知，在許多發(fā)達(dá)國家，擁有高學(xué)歷的人比沒有高學(xué)歷的人工作的時(shí)間更長(zhǎng)。故選B?！?題詳解】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段Theexperienceofthe20thcentury，whengreaterlongevity（長(zhǎng)壽）translatedintomoreyearsinretirementratherthanmoreyearsatwork，haspersuadedmanyobserversthatthischangewillleadtoslowereconomicgrowth，whiletheswellingranksofpensioners（領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金者）willcreategovernmentbudgetproblems可知，許多觀察者認(rèn)為這種變化會(huì)導(dǎo)致經(jīng)濟(jì)增長(zhǎng)放緩，而領(lǐng)養(yǎng)老金的人數(shù)卻在不斷膨脹制造政府預(yù)算問題。故選A?！?0題詳解】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段ManyEuropeangovernmentshaveabandonedpoliciesthatusedtoencouragepeopletoretireearly．Eventhebetteroffmustworklongertohaveacomfortableretirement．可知許多歐洲政府放棄了過去鼓勵(lì)人們提前退休的政策。即使是更好的人也必須工作更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間才能享受舒適的退休但工作性質(zhì)的變化也起著重要作用。故選D?！?1題詳解】詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)上下文內(nèi)容可知，Technologicalchangemaywellreinforce（強(qiáng)化）thatshift：theskillsthatcomplement（補(bǔ)充）computers，frommanagementknowhowtocreativity，donotnecessarilydeclinewithage.技術(shù)變革可能會(huì)強(qiáng)化這種轉(zhuǎn)變：計(jì)算機(jī)的技能的提高，從管理知識(shí)到創(chuàng)造力，并不一定隨著年齡而下降。故knowhow意為實(shí)踐知識(shí)和技術(shù)技能。故選B。19.LiuQian,amagicianfromTaiwan,casthisspell(魔法)overanaudienceofthousandsontheCCTVSpringFestivalShow.Die-hardfansarestilltryingtoworkoutthesecretsbehindmanyofthetricksheperformed.ButLiu,32,whenasked,laughedofftheideathattheremightbean“answer”tohismagic.“Themostfascinatingthingsaboutmagicisthepuzzlingprocess.Peopleenjoyhowmagiciansmaketheimpossiblecometrue,”saidLiu.Fewpeopletodaybelieveinthepossibilityofrealmagic.Theyalsooftenfailtoconsidermagicians’devotiontotheirart.Itcantakeamagicianyears’ofpracticetoperfectatrickbeforeheperformsitonstage.PartofLiu’sstarappealishisastonishingskill.However,whenhebeganintheindustry,hewasembarrassinglyclumsy.“Icouldpracticethousandsoftimesforonesingleact.Itwasn’tmuchfun,”hesaid.Nomagician’ssupernaturalpowersonstageextendtotheirlifeoffstage.Liusayshislifewasnoeasierorfunnierbecausehewasamagician.Hedevelopedaninterestinmagicatayoungage,butdidn’tconsidermakingalivingoutofituntilhegraduatedfromuniversity.HehadstudiedJapaneselanguageandfoundhimselfunabletofindajob.“Myparentsneverconsideredbeingamagicianasaproperjob.Tobeginwith,IhadlittleconfidenceIwouldbedoingthisinthelongterm,”hesaid.YetLiufeltapowerfulcallingtobecomeamagician.“Formanypeople,magicsomehowmeansamiracle,whichissomethingweallsecretlywishfornomatterhowhard-bittenorcynical(憤世嫉俗的)webecome,”hesaid.Liumayberight.Apopularmoderndreamisofthefairygodmother,whowaveshermagicwand(棒)andmakesourdreamscometrue.ButaccordingtoLiu,weallhavethepowertocreatemagicinourlives.AsLiuputsit:it’snotthemagicthatmakesitwork；it’sthewayweworkthatmakesitmagic.51