河南省实验中学2010届高三上学期期中考试(英语)

河南省实验中学2009-2010学年上期期中试卷
高三英语
（时间：100分钟，满分：120分）
第一卷
一、单项选择（本大题共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）
1. --- Is there anything wrong with my baby?
--- Nothing _____._____.
A. seriously; Take easy
B. seriously; Take it easy
C. serious; Take easy
D. serious; Take it easy
2. Many people are still in _____ habit of writing silly words in _____ public places.
A. the; the
B. / ; /
C. the; /
D. / ; the
3. --- Did you enjoy yourself at the party?
---Sorry to say I didn’t. It was _____ a meeting than a party.
A. more of
B. rather like
C. less of
D. more or less
4. In face of difficulty, it’s important to _____ a good state of mind.
A. keep on
B. keep up
C. keep off
D. keep in
5. --- What have you been doing recently?
--- I _____ a trip to Shanghai and have just returned.
A. took
B. have taken
C. had taken
D. have been taking
6. The boy visited a chemistry store every weekend. He become such a _____ customer that the boss gave him a discount.
A. usual
B. solid
C. nice
D. regular
7. Their bright eyes and smiling faces____ the impression that they were very excited
A determined B. conveyed C shaped D functioned
8. When the injured _____ to the hospital, they came to _____.
A. was rushed; life
B. were rushed; life
C. rushed; lives
D. were rushed; lives
9. A fast food restaurant is the place _____ just as the name suggests, eating is performed quickly.
A. which
B. where
C. there
D. what
10. Why! I have nothing to confess. _____ you want me to say?
A. What is it that
B. What it is that
C. How is it that
D. How it is that
11. The Browns held _____ they called "family day"
A. that
B. what
C. which
D. when
12. Everything _____ done as it is planned now. I hope ____ nothing ___ turns up.
A. is being; if; unexpecting
B. are being; what; unexpected
C. is being; that; unexpected
D. are being; when; expecting
13. The mother came in, _____ a cake with ten _____ candles on it and said “Happy Bir th day” to the little girl.
A. carried; lit
B. carried; lighted
C. carrying; lighted
D. carrying; lit
14. They put forward a lot of plans at the meeting, none of ____ carried out in their work.
A. which
B. them
C. what
D. that
15. The Japanese guests suggested _____ to their country.
A. us visiting
B. to us a visit
C. we visited
D. us to visit
二、完形填空（本大题共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
In 1977，a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most unusual way．The author was Agatha Christie，one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world．
In June 1977，a baby girl became seriously ill in Qatar，near Saudi Arabia．Doctors were unable to 1 the cause of her illness，so she 2 to London and admitted to Hammersmith Hospital，where specialist help was 3 ．She was then only half-conscious(半昏迷)and on the “Dangerously Ill”list．A team of doctors hurried to 4 the baby only to discover that they，5 ，were puzzled by the very unusual symptoms．While they were discussing the baby’s case，a nurse asked to 6 to them.
“Excuse me，”said Nurse Marsha Maitland，“7 I think the baby is 8 from thallium poisoning．”
“9 makes you think that?”Dr．Brown asked．“Thallium poisoning is extremely 10 ．”
“A few days ago，I was reading a novel called A Pale Horse 11 Agatha Christie，”Nurse Maitland explained．“In the book，somebody uses thallium poison，and 12 the symptoms are 13 ．They are exactly the same as the baby’s．”
“You’re every observant and you may be right，"another doctor said．“We’ll 14 some tests and find out 15 it’s thallium or not．”
The 16 showed that the baby had 17 been poisoned by thallium，a rare metal used in making optical(光学的)glass．18 they knew the cause of illness, the doctors were able to give the correct treatment．The baby soon 19 and was sent back to Qatar．1nquiries(调查)showed that the poison 20 from an insecticide(杀虫剂)used in Qatar．
16.A．describe B．diagnose C．discover D．discuss
17.A．flew B．sent C．went D．was flown
18.A．inexpensive B．important C．available D．impossible
19.A．examine B．see C．look after D．cure
20.A．too B．either C．often D．never
21.A．refer B．turn C．speak D．belong
22.A．and B．so C．as D．but
23.A．coming B．suffering C．tired D．dying
24.A．Who B．How C．What D．Which
25.A．rare B．serious C．clear D．dangerous
26.A．in B．on C．by D．about
27.A．all B．some of C．one of D．both
28.A．drawn B．broadcast C．announced D．described
29.A．make up B．carry out C．get through D．deal with
30.A．that B．how C．what D．whether
31.A．words B．tests C．examination D．book
32.A．indeed B．actually C．probably D．never
33.A．As long as B．As far as C．Once D．If
34.A．died B．got injured C．recovered D．got ill
35.A．must come B．should come
C．might have come D．can’t have come
三、阅读理解（本大题共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）
A
Night after night，she came to tuck me in，even long after my childhood years．Following her longstanding custom，she'd lean down and push my long hair out of the way，then kiss my fore-head．
I don't remember when it first started annoying me—her hands pushing my hair that way．But it did annoy me，for they felt work-worn and mush against my young skin．Finally，one night，I shouted out at her，"Don't do that anymore--your hands．are too rough!" She didn't say anything in reply．But never again did my mother close out my day with that familiar expression of her love．
Time after time，with the passing years，my thoughts returned to that night．By then I missed my mother's hands, missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead．Sometimes the incident seemed very close，sometimes far away．But always it lurked(潜藏)，in the back of my mind．Well，the years have passed，and I'm not a little girl anymore．Mom is in her mid—seven—ties．and those hands I once thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family．She's been our doctor，reaching into a medicine cabinet(医药箱)for the remedy(药物)to calm a young girl's stomach or soothe(安慰)the boy's scraped(擦伤的)knee．She cooks the best fried chicken in the world…gets stains out of blue j eans, like I never c ould…
Now, my own children are grown and gone．Mom no longer has Dad，and on special occasions．I find myself drawn next door to spend the night with her．So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly run across my face to brush the hair from my forehead．Then a kiss，ever so gently，touched my brow(额头)．In my memory，for the thousandth time，I recalled the night my young voice complained，"Don't do that anymore--your hands are too rough!" Catching Mom's hand in hand，I blurted (冲口说出)out how sorry I was for that night．I thought she'd remember ，as I did．But Mom didn't know what I Was talking about．She had forgotten--and forgiven—long ago．
That night, I fell asleep with a new appreciation for my gentle mother and her caring hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found．
36.What would be the best title for the text?
A．My Unselfish Mother．B．Appreciation for Mother．
C．My Childhood Years．D．Mother's Hands
37.What do we know about the author?
A．With time passing, she began to understand her mother．
B．She was an only child in the family．
C．She never forgave herself．
D．Her mother was a doctor．
38.By saying "Then a kiss，ever so gently，touched my brow．"，the author means that_______
A．children need Mother's kissing B．mothers kiss their children gently
C．mothers love their children forever D．children depend on their mothers
39.It can be inferred from the text that _____________
A．the author began to spend nights with her mother
B．her mother never kissed the author again
C．her mother forgave her at last
D．the author felt guilty of what she did to her mother
B
Vienna—In spite of Iraq’s decision to stop oil deliveries，the 11-nation Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries(OPEC)will not increase production to make up the shortfall, ministers decided Tuesday in Vienna．
The 11 oil ministers decided to meet again on July 3 to discuss the effects of the Iraq temporary stop．The organization's president，Charkid Kheria of Algeria，said after the meeting that stocks were high and prices were stable，so quota(配额)increases were not necessary．The E．U．Commission has expressed concern about Iraq’s output stop．A speaker said OPEC had to take all possible measures to keep or lower the oil price．
Saudi Arabia’s Oil Minister Ali Al-Nuaimi had earlier said there would not be any shortfall of oil in the market．
The organization had already taken steps to fill the gap，he said．OPEC Secretary General Ali Rodriguez added that the period of Iraq’s output stop was not known，so other exporters were not going to lift quotas yet．If the market was destabilized(使……动摇)，a suitable response could be made．
Iraq on Monday s topped shipments of crude oil to protest against the U．N．Security Council’s decision to extend the oil-for-food program by only a month，instead of the normal six-month renewal．Just before the Vienna meeting，oil prices had gone up，with a barrel of OPEC crude oil selling for 27.05 dollars，up from 26.8 1 dollars last Friday．North Sea oil was at 29.26 dollars Monday evening．
OPEC wants the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars and achieved that with cuts in January and March that reduced 2.5 million barrels per day off quotas．
40.Iraq made the decision to s top oil deliveries because ．
A．oil price is too low in international market
B．the U．N．Secretary Council has decided to shorten the time of extension of the oil-for-food program
C．many oil wells were destroyed during the war in the late 1980s
D．it couldn’t get enough money to develop its economy
41.The underlined words“The organization”here refers to ．
A．OPEC B．the E．U．Commission
C．Vienna D．W TO
42.The main idea of the passage is ．
A．the oil prices in the world were stable though Iraq has s topped oil deliveries
B．OPEC has controlled the oil price to stay within a margin of 22 to 28 dollars
C．OPEC will not increase oil production to make up the shortfall that caused by Iraq
D．Oil is connected with people’s daily life
43.The 11 oil ministers decided to meet on July 3 so that ．
A．they can persuade Iraq to continue oil production
B．they can have a talk with the U．N．Security Council
C．they can have a discussion about the effects of Iraq’s temporary
output stop
D．they can make up their minds to increase 0.1 production hat．
C
How would you like to sleep with one half your brain asleep and the other half awake? Dolphins sleep this way. Recently , scientists at Indiana State University have discovered that ducks sleep this way too. They found that ducks sleep half awake so they can rest and watch for danger at the same time.
After putting their ducks in a row and videotaping them, some researchers found ducks on the end of each row spent more time asleep with one eye open, apparently looking for predators.
“The more the ducks felt threatened ,the more they slept with one eye open,” said lead author Niels C. Rattenborg ,a graduate student at Indiana State University ,Terre Haute .”the unique aspect is not that they do it ,but that they control it . When they sleep at the edge of a group ,they tend to realize greater danger ,so they spend more time sleeping with one half of their brain.” Ducks with one eye open were still awake enough to detect predators ,said the authors of the study ,which appears today in the Journal Nature.
The researchers studied four groups of four ducks held in plastic boxes ,which were arranged in a row .Ducks on the end were found to sleep with one eye open 31.8 per cent of the time, compared to 12.4 percent of the time for ducks in the central position.
Also ,ducks in the central position did not open one eye more than the others, while ducks on each end kept the eye facing away from the group open 86.2 per cent of the time. Brain wave readings of the ducks showed that the half of the brain receiving signals from the closed eye indicated that half of the brain was sleeping. Signals from the half of the brain receiving signals from the open eye showed a state between fully awake and asleep.
44.A predator is most likely to be .
A．a scientist who does research work on animals
B．a human being who looks after and feeds ducks
C．an animal that hunts ,kills and eats other animals
D．an animal that is likely to be friends with ducks
45.Ducks at the end of each row sleep with one eye open because .
A．they are looking for food
B．they want to enjoy the scenery
C．they are watching out for danger
D．they are unique in their sleeping habit
46.How many ducks were used in the experiment?
A．Four. B．Eight. C．Twelve. D．Sixteen.
47.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A．Ducks on the northern end of a row would keep their eye facing the south open.
B．Ducks with less sense of duty usually choose to stay in the center of a row.
C．Ducks with one eye open at the edge can still enjoy a certain degree of sleep.
D．A video tape recorder was the only electronic device used in the experiment.
D
Many new students find it hard to do all the study that has to be done; they find themselves putting off reading assignment, jumping from subject to another and rarely being quite certain what they are trying to do during a particular study session. The best way to overcome these
difficulties and to start studying efficiently is to plan your time and organize your work. Let us suppose that you have 15 hours per week of classes and that you decide to allow yourself a 40-hour working week (a reasonable figure, leaving you 70 waking hours for other activities).
You now have to decide how to divide the remaining 25 hours of private study. Naturally the decisions you make will change from week to week according to what essays have to be written and what reading has to be done. Many people find it helpful to draw up each week a seven-day timetable showing the occasions on which they will be working privately and the particular subjects that will be studying on each occasion. By checking such a plan at times during the week, you can see what you have done and what you have still to do: the whole plan becomes more manageable. There are a number of places where you can study—college library, public library, home, empty classrooms, on bus or train—and each has several obvious advantages and disadvantages. The college library is least busy in the evening, on Wednesday afternoon, and all day Friday and Saturday.
When you are deciding where to study, keep the following suggestions in mind:
1. Try to study always in the same place. After a while the familiar surroundings will help you to switch into the right frame of mind as soon as you sit down.
2. Find somewhere with as few distractions as possible.
3. Make sure that your study place has a good light and is warm (but not too warm ) and well aired.
48.Many new students find it hard .
A. to make a good start
B. to study efficiently
C. to delay their reading
D. to jump from subject to subject
49. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Plan your time and organize your work
B. Overcome your difficulties.
C. Be certain what you can do.
D. Find a quiet place for study.
50.A student’s organization of his work will need to change according to .
A. how many hours he is awake
B. how many subjects are required
C. how many lectures he misses
D. what he has to write and read that week
51. A student is advised to make a weekly plan and to check it from time to time in order to
__________.
A. see whether he has calculated it properly
B. see what day of the week is
C. see what work still needs doing
D. see how he feels at the whole week
E
TUVALU, a tiny country in the Pacific Ocean, has asked for help as it will be swallowed up by the sea.
Storms and huge waves are a constant threat and none of Tuvalu’s nine little islands is more than five meters above sea level. Salt water is already entering the country’s drinking water supply, as well as damaging plants that produce fruit and vegetable. Without urgent help, the country’s days are numbered.
But Tuvalu is not the first place to face sinking into the sea. Venice, a historic city in Italy best known for its canals, has sunk about 24cm over the past 100 years. Experts say that it will have sunk another 20-50cm by 2050. A century ago, St. Mark’s Square, the lowest point city, flooded about nine times a year. Nowadays, it happens more than 100 times. While Venice is slowly sinking into the mud on which it stands, global warming causes Tuvalu’s rising sea level.
The average global temperature has increased by almost 0.5 centigrade degrees over the past
century; scientists expect it rise by extra 1-3 degrees over the next 100 years.
Warmer weather makes glaciers (冰川) melt, and adds more water to the ocean. The warmer temperatures also make water expand, so it takes up more space, causing the sea level to rise. The sea level has risen about 10-25 cm in the last 100 years.
The main cause of global warming is human pollution. Through burning coal, oil and gas, people have been increasing the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as CO2. This adds to the power of the greenhouse effect, making the planet even warmer.
Many scientists believe that, if the warming is not stopped, there will be huge climate changes. The sea level could rise by one meter this century.
Should this come true, the sea will swallow up millions of homes and the world will be flooded with “climate refugees” looking for somew here to live.
52.The author uses Tuvalu and Venice as examples in order to explain .
A. they are the first place sinking into the sea
B. they are both sinking into the mud where they stand
C. they will disappear in the future
D. their trouble is caused by global warming
53.Put the following events in the right order.
a. Glaciers began to melt.
b. People burn coal ,oil and gas.
c. The greenhouse effect is growing.
d. The earth is getting warmer and warmer
e. The sea level is rising.
f. More CO2 is produced.
g. Many places are sinking into the sea.
A. d,f,b,c,a,e,g
B. b,f,c,d,e,a,g
C. f,c,b,d,a,e,g
D. b,f,c,d,a,e,g
54.What does “climate refugees” mean?
A. Climate changes.
B. Climate effect.
C. People are forced away from their homeland by climate.
D. Rare animals moving from place to place for climate changes.
55. Which of the following is False according to the passage?
A. The sea level has risen about 10-25 cm in the last 100 years for warmer temperatures.
B. The average global temperature has risen by 1-3 centigrade degrees over the past 100 years.
C. The warmer temperature causes the sea level to rise.
D. There will be huge climate changes unless the warming is stopped.
河南省实验中学2009-2010学年上期期中试卷
高三英语
第二卷（两部分，共35分）
四、写作（本大题共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（本题共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
I am worker at the tap water company. I find that 56.____________
people were becoming more and more careful about 57._____________
health .If the tap water appear a little bit unclear 58.____________
and muddy ,the telephone will ring again and again. 59.____________
Fortunately, people do not pay equal attention to the 60.____________
protection of water resources .For the sake of our 61.____________
health ,we should take good care our water resources 62.____________
and environment .There is a saying “whether we do 63.____________
not careful protect our environment the last drops 64.____________
of water we will see them will be our own tears.” 65.____________
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，针对目前有些中学生购买彩票的现象，给21st Century 报社编辑写信，并谈谈自己的看法，其中包括以下要点：
1．弊远大于利；
2．中学生没有经济来源，容易诱发一些不良行为；
3．从当前说，会影响学习；
4．从长远看，会养成事事走捷径的侥幸心理，其危害将影响其一生。

注意（1）信的开头和结尾已经给出；
（2）必须包括以上要点，可适当发挥，但不要逐句翻译；
（3）字数100左右，不包括开头、结尾。

Dear editor .
At present , many high school students are addicted to buying lottery tickets and they seem to have good reasons . However , I’d like to talk about my views on the phenomenon .
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Therefore , I think it is necessary for them to keep away from lottery stations and concentrate on their studies for now .
Yours ,
Li Hua
河南省实验中学高三年级09-10学年上期期中考试
（英语答案）
第一部分: 单项选择单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1-5 DCABA 6-10 DBBBA 11-15 BCBBB
第二部分. 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
16-20 BDCAA 21-25 CDBCA 26-30 CADBD 31-35 BACCC
第三部分. 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
36-39 DACD 40-43 BACC 44-47 CCDC 48-51 BADC
52-55 DDCB
第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
56 am后加a
57. were→are
58. appear→appears
59. and→or
60. Fortunately→Unfortunately
61.√
62. care后加of
63. whether→if
64. careful→carefully
65.＼the m
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
Dear editor ,
At present , many high school students are addicted to buying lottery tickets and they seem to have good reasons . However , I’d like to talk about my views on the phenomenon .
In my opinion , its disadvantages are far more than its disadvantages , despite one of their reasons that they can do something useful for s ociety in this way . High school students can’t support themselves financially but depend on their parents for the moment . Thus , in order to collect money with which to buy lottery tickets , they may try every possible means , even commit crimes .
In addition , if they put their minds on lottery tickets , their lessons will be affected more or less . And in the long run , lottery ticket purchasing will contribute to their wrong understanding that there must be a shortcut to every destination , which will surely do great harm to them the whole life .
Therefore , I think it is necessary for them to keep away from lottery stations and concentrate on their studies for now .
Yours , Li Hua。