贵州省思南中学2016届高三上学期期中考试英语试卷

思南中学2015——2016学年度第一学期期中考试
高三年级英语学科试题
本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，满分120分，时
间100分钟
第Ｉ卷（选择题共85分）
第一部分：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30分）
A
Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease. But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.
Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露）to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, but two analyses now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风）within as little as a few hours after exposure. In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物）were up to 5% more likely to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure. A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好）quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.
The authors of both studies stress that these risks are relatively small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure. However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices. So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.
1. The text mainly discusses the relationship between .
A．heart problems and exercising B．heart problems and air quality C．heart problems and smoking D．heart problems and fatty food 2. The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably means.
A．relatively low B．extremely low C．relatively high D．extremely high
3. What can we learn from the text?
A．Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart.
B．The EPA conducted many studies on air quality.
C．Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made
D．Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking
4. The auther’s purpose of writing the text is most likely to
A. entertain
B. persuade
C. describe
D. Inform
B
Friendly doctors are“bad for their patients’health”，researchers have warned as a new study revealed two thirds of young doctors struggle to be truthful with patients they like．
Blurring(使…模
糊)the lines between social and professional relationships can affect the
level of care offered and prevent patients from being honest about important side effe cts．
“Doctors should avoid adding patients as friends on Facebook
they should not hug or allow
patients to call them by their first names”．regulators have warned．“Those who bre ak the
boundaries will face some punishment．”
It comes as a survey of 338 oncologists(肿瘤科医生)under the age of 40，found 59 per cent
said they found it difficult to tell the truth to those patients they liked．Sixty per cent of respondens said if doctors felt too close to their patients，
it could prevent them from making objective
decisions about a person’s care．
Lesley Fallowfield，of Brighton and Sussex Medical Schoo1．said：“Oncology is a profession
That
can be enormously rewarding but is filled with many challenges．Young oncologists have
to master
dealing with anxious patients who are facing a life-threatening diseaseconveying the true prognosis(预后)；discussing the complexity of modern treatments；
and explaining the
unavailability of some drugs，the side-effects of treatment，
and likely treatment aims．”
But she said，
“Those doctors who have entered the profession in the age of the ‘Internet
world’are more likely to fall victim to blurring the professional boundaries with patien ts．
She said：“The difficulty，if you hug and kiss patients，
if you allow them to call you by
your first name，
is that quickly the relationship can become confused as a social one rather than
a professional one．Doctors become confused，‘I really like this person，
how can I bear to tell
them that they’re going to die?’ They find it more difficult to be objective．”
5. Why are friendly doctors bad for their patients’ health?
A．They find it not easier to be objective to the patients
B．They are not good at treating patients．
C．They don’t like to cheat patients．
D．They seldom blur the relationship with patients.
6. What should doctors do according to the regulations?
A．Add patients as friends on Facebook．
B．Have close connection with patients in life．
C．Keep a proper distance to patients．
D．Always be cold to patients．
7. Which opinion will Lesley Fallowfield agree with?
A．Oncology is a rewarding profession without challenges．
B．Becoming friends with patients will help them recover soon
C．It’s not the duty of doctors to deal with patients’anxiety．
D. The Internet makes it easier for young doctors to break the boundaries．
8. Young oncologists will face the following challenges except_____________．
A. discussing difficulties of treatment with patients
B. dealing with a lot of life-threatening diseases
C. explaining the reason for the lack of some medicine
D. informing patients of the possible results of the treatment
C
The National Gallery
Description:
The National Gallery is the British national art museum built on the north side of Trafalgar Square in London. It houses a diverse collection of more than 2,300 examples of European art ranging from 13th-century religious paintings to more modern ones by Renoir and Van Gogh. The older collections of the gallery are reached through the main entrance while the more modern works in the East Wing are most easily reached from Trafalgar Square by a ground floor entrance.
Layout:
The modern Sainsbury Wing on the western side of the building houses 13th-to15th-century paintings, and artists include Duccio, Uccello, Van Eyck, Lippi, Mantegna, Botticelli and Memling.
The main West Wing houses 16th-century paintings, and artists include Leonardo da Vinci, Cranach, Michelangelo, Raphael, Bruegel, Bronzino, Titan and Veronese. The North Wing houses 17th-century paintings, and artists include Caravaggio, Rubens, Poussin, Van Dyck, Velazquez, Claude and Vermeer.
The East Wing houses 18th-to early 20th-century paintings, and artists include Canaletto, Goya, Turner, Constable, Renoir and Van Gogh
Opening Hours:
The Gallery is open every day from 10am to 6pm (Fridays 10anm to 9pm) and is free, but charges apply to some special exhibitions.
Getting There:
Nearest underground stations: Charing Cross (2-minute walk), Leicester Square (3-minute walk), Embankment (7-minute walk), and Piccadilly Circus (8-minute walk).
9．In which century’s collection can you see religious paintings?
A. The 18th
B. The 17th
C. The 13th
D. The 20th 10．Where are Leonardo da Vinci’s works shown?
A. In the main West Wing.
B. In the East Wing.
C. In the Sainsbury Wing.
D. In the North Wing.
11．Which underground station is closest to the National Gallery?
A. Piccadilly Circus.
B. Charing Cross.
C. Embankment.
D. Leicester Square.
D
The arts, especially music, should be part of every school's lessons at every grade level. Students would be much smarter if they had some musical experience. They could improve their classroom skills, like paying attention and following directions. People develop all these skills when they learn music. Making music also lets children use their imagination. It provides students with a chance to try out their own ideas.
Music not only makes children better students, but also gives them something positive to do. In a music program, children can be part of a band instead of joining a gang (团伙). Parents can enjoy listening to their children's music instead of seeing them glued to a computer or TV screen. In a school band, students get to be part of a team. They can get along well with old friends and make new friends through music.
Music builds self-confidence, too. It gives children a sense of achievement and success. Making music is something for them to be proud of, and it lets kids practice performing in front of an audience. Music gives children an opportunity for
self-expression, and that helps develop their self-confidence.
Once again, music is important because it can make children better students, give them something positive to do, and build their character. That is why music should be offered in every single grade in every school.
12.According to the passage, music could make students smarter by
_______________.
A. improving their classroom skills and paying attention
B. improving their classroom skills and imagination
C. improving their attention, direction and imagination
D. learning music, making music and trying out their own ideas
13.What does the underlined phrase "glued to" in the second paragraph mean?
A. unwilling to turn on
B. unwilling to leave
C. always looking
D. always playing
14.The third paragraph mainly tells us that music could _______________.
A. give children self-expression and self-confidence
B. bring to children achievement and success
C. develop children's self-confidence
D. give children something to be proud of
15.What's the best title of this passage？
A. Music makes students much smarter
B. Music builds children's self-confidence
C. Music is a must as a course at school
D. Learning music and making music
第二节（共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项是多余项。

If what you are doing doesn't challenge you, then you will not get changed．In our lives we all need some normal stress, after all．16 So challenge the following limits:
1. Figure out what you're scared of and do it continuously．
If you're a salesman, and you're scared of talking to people personally or over the phone, now, instead of being scared and thinking you’ll fail, spend at least five minutes a day to pick up the phone and make a call．17 But don't stop on the first try! Eventually, you can look at fear in the eyes and say, "Go on, I'm not scared!"
2. 18
Make sure this hobby is not linked to your career; you have to relax and relieve your stress while performing this. Some examples might be cooking, sewing, painting and so on. Apart from helping you challenge yourself, taking a class for your hobby may also give you extra income．
3. Set aside at least nine minutes a day for physical exercise．
19 A simple 9-minute run around your neighborhood can do wonders for yourself. Exercise can not only help you maintain your regular weight, but also make
you feel better about yourself．
4. Travel and allow yourself to be interested in new people．
Don't just limit yourself to your fellow travelers — try to connect with the service staff．You never know what kind of people they're going to be. Get out of your house or go online right now to book your class. 20
A. You should do it continuously．
B. Someone may hang up on you．
C. You don't need to go to the gym．
D. Running in the gym may be a better choice．
E. Start to travel now and learn to challenge yourself．
F. Take a class for a hobby you've been wanting to develop．
G. You can never see any improvement if you stick to your comfort zone．
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

One night, when I was eight, my mother gently asked me a question I would never forget. “Sweetie, my company wants to21me but needs me to work in Brazil. This is like your teacher telling you that you’ve done22and allowing you to skip a grade(跳级),but you’ll have to23your friends. Would you say yes to your teacher? ”She gave me a hug and asked me to think about it. I was puzzled. The question kept me24for the rest of the night. I had said “yes” bu t for the first time, I realized the25decisions adults had to make.
For almost four years, my mother would call us from Brazil every day. Every evening I’d26wait for the phone to ring and then tell her every detail of my day.
A phone call, however, could never replace her27and it was difficult not to feel lonely at times.
During my fourth-grade Christmas break, we flew to Rio to visit her. Looking at her large28apartment, I became29how lonely my mother must have been in Brazil herself. It was then30I started to appreciate the tough choices she had to make on31family and work.32difficult decisions, she used to tell me, you wouldn’t know whether you made the right choice, but you could always make the
best out of the situation, with passion and a33attitude.
Back home, I 34myself that what my mother could do, I could, too. If she 35to live in Rio all by herself, I, too, could learn to be36.I learnt how to take care of myself and set high but achievable37.
My mother is now back with us. But I will never forget what the38has really taught me. Sacrifices39in the end. The separation between us has proved to be a 40for me.
21. A. attract B. praise C. surprise D. promote
22. A. well B. much C. little D. wrong
23. A. contact. B. refuse C. leave D. forgive
24. A. explaining B. wondering C. sleeping D. regretting
25. A. poor B. timely C .tough D. final
26. A. politely B. eagerly C. nervously D. curiously
27. A. patience B. influence C. intelligence D. presence
28. A. empty B. expensive C. comfortable D. modern
29. A. interested in B. doubtful about C. aware of D. satisfied with
30. A. when B. that C. which D. where
31. A .abandoning B. comparing C. balancing D. mixing
32. A. Faced with B. Supplied with C. Depending on D. Insisting on
33. A. different B. friendly C. positive D. general
34. A. criticized B. reminded C. informed D. warned
35. A. expected B. offered C. attempted D. managed
36. A. grateful B. energetic C. independent D. practical
37. A. goals B. limits C. examples D. rules
38. A. question B. experience C. history D. occasion
39. A. turn up B. come back C. run out D. pay off
40.A. blessing B. gathering C. failure D. pleasure
第二节语法填空（每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Last December my mother and I 41 （fly）to London .The first thing we did was to go on a bus sightseeing tour.
This is the best way to see all the sights and learn all about the history of a city. By the time the tour was over it was dark. The Christmas lights were just amazing. And 42 really impressed me was how so many people made 43 （they）way home through the heavy traffic on bicycles. I was looking forward to spending the next day in Oxford Street with all its 44 （amaze）shops. And what 45 experience that was ! We bought a ticket for the underground and could go everywhere very quickly .
We spent all morning shopping and admiring the Christmas displays（陈列）inside the shops
and out in the streets. Then we went to a wax museum 46 （call）Madame Tussauds（杜莎夫人蜡像馆）,which had a lot of wax 47 （figure）of famous people.My mother took a picture of me 48 （stand）between Prince Charles and Prince Harry. From there we took the tube to Buckingham Palace, the home of the two princes, to Watch The Changing of the Guard but 49 （fortunate）we couldn’t really see well as there were thousands of tourists waiting 50 take photos of the ceremony.
第Ⅱ卷（共计35分）
第三部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（每小题1分，满分10分）
假段定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。

错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号( )，并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用(＼)划掉。

修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

Today our class went out to do some cleaning. We gathered at the school gate and start out early
in the morning. Some collected the rubbishes in the park, some cleared the old posters off the walls, but others swept the street. That is our duty to make our city more beautifully. At the same time, some of us went to the public places, which there were a lot of people. We kept on telling people not destroy the beauty of the nature so that we can have a cleaner world.
In my opinion, such activities are necessary because some people are unaware at the importance
of protect the environment at present.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是李华，暑假你参加了英国游学活动，住在房东Tricia家中，回国后给房东写一封信表示感谢，要点如下：
1、安全抵家
2、回顾英国游学体会
3、感谢房东的帮助
4、附寄两张合影
5、表达愿望
注意：1、词数100左右。

2、可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3、结束语已为你写好。

Dear Tricia,
_____________________________________________________________________
_________
_____________________________________________________________________ _________
_____________________________________________________________________ _________
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours
LiHua
思南中学2015——2016学年度第一学期期中考试
高三年级英语学科试题
答案：
阅读理解（40分）
A: 1—4 BACD B: 5—8 ACDB C: 9—11 CAB D: 12—15 BBCC 16—20 GBFCE
完形填空：（30分）
21—25 DACBC 26—30 BDACB 31—35 CACBD 36—40 CABDA
语法填空：（15分）
41.flew 42.what 43.their 44.amazing 45.an
46.called 47.figures 48.standing 49.unfortunately 50.to
短文改错
1.start—started
2. rubbishes—rubbish
3.but—and
4.That—It
5.buautifully—beautiful
6.which—where
7.not后加to
8.the nature中去掉the 9.at—of 10.protcet--protecting
Possible version:（25分）
Dear Tricia,
I’ve come back home safely . Looking back to my stay in Britain, I felt so happy and satisfied. The beautiful scenery and friendly people impressed me a lot . I also benefited a lot from learning together with local stduents. More importantly , your help and kindness made it easier for me to have a better understanding of British culturedn adapt to the life there . So I’m so grateful to you .
By the way , attached to the letter are two photos taken with you , which I believe will remind you of the happy time we spent together.
You are expected to come to China soon.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours
Li Hua
2015年11月2日
11。