高三英语

一、填词题（共8题,每小题5分，共40分）以下每题的四个选项中，仅有一个是正确的，请将正确答案的序号填入答题卡内。

Aaron LeMieux loves to hike and often listens to the radio at the same time. While on a 1,500-mile hike 1. _______ the Appalachian Trail, Aaron started thinking about energy. Could the energy his body was creating be used to charge an electronic device? In 2006 Aaron quit his job 2. ________ turned the basement of his home into a laboratory. He then put all his time3. ______ developing the Power PEG.PEG means personal energy generator(发电机). 4. ________ uses the energy you create while moving to charge a hand-held device. Just put your Power PEG in your bag, 5. ________ fasten it to your leg or bicycle. Then plug your MP3 player, cell phone or digital camera into your Power PEG‟s USA port. LeMieux‟s company, Tremont Electric, claims 6. ________ Power PEG can charge most hand-held electronic devices to 80 percent in one hour.Since it costs US$149, the Power PEG won‟t appeal to everyone with its price so 7. ______. But for those 8. ______ spend a lot of time with electronic devices powered by batteries, it might come in handy.二、阅读理解（共5题，每小题5分，共25分）It was a party. I was 18 and it was fresher(大一新生) week. I was at the beginning of a course in English Literature and full of enthusiasm for my subject. She was also 18 and enrolled in a course in physics.“Your major is of no use to society. What will you do with it when you graduate, other than teach? Plus, you‟re going to be poor your whole life,” she said. “You have no soul and your degree is boring. I don‟t care how much money you‟re going to earn. I‟d rather be poor and don‟t mind being a teacher. If I love my work I‟ll have something far more meaningful than a big bank account!” came the reply.And so it went, back and forth, neither of us giving the other an inch, each of us stubbornly committed to our prejudice. We were both ignorant, but our ignorance was also society‟s ignorance. It had always been that way. Scientistsmocked(嘲笑) humanists; humanists laughed at scientists. Back in the 1960s, the physicist-turned novelist C. P. Snow labeled the sciences-humanities divide “a problem of …the two cultures‟” . He said it was bad for society. The modern world needed well-rounded people.I think I know better now, but it would have helped if we had been encouraged to think a little more outside our science and arts “boxes”.That‟s why I believe it is healthy that China is beginning a debate on whether it‟s wise for young people to have to choose which direction their careers – and lives – will take at such an early age. At the moment, in their second year of high school, students must choose either the sciences or the humanities. After making the choice, they focus their energies on passing the appropriate college entrance exam.But now, people in China are asking: Is this forced, early decision good for young people or society? Young people need time to explore, to discover where their real talents and interests lie. There are more than just a few middle-aged people out there, stuck in jobs they hate because they made the wrong choice at the wrong time.And from the point of view of society, isn‟t it better for students to delay a while before they decide what to study? Scientists can benefit from learning to develop the critical skills associated with the humanities; students in the humanities, surely, only stand to gain by finding out a little more about science and technology, which are so important to the future of a developing country like China.With any luck, in the future young people fresh to college will be better informed about the possibilities of education than people of my generation.1. The author describes what happened at a fresher party to ________.A. show that he was ready to defend the subject he enjoyedB. lead up his argument that the sciences-humanities divide is harmfulC. prove that doing something meaningful is better than having a lot of moneyD. describe how fierce students of different majors can be when arguing with each other2. What was C. P. Snow‟s attitude towards the sciences-humanities divide?A. Indifferent.B. UncertainC. Positive.D. Negative.3. In the sixth paragraph, an example mentioning middle-aged people is used to show that _____.A. students should not make decisions too earlyB. not all people have a talent for or are interested in the sciencesC. these people did not have the chance to make a choice earlier in lifeD. the earlier young people make a decision, the better it will be for them4. According to the text, it is safe to say that ________.A. sciences are more practical in the modern worldB. C. P. Snow was a novelist who became a physicistC. future generations will be able to get more out of educationD. a command of both the sciences and humanities is important to society5. What‟s the best title for the article?A. The sciences or the humanities, which to choose?B. High school education in ChinaC. Isn‟t it better to delay the choice of the career direction?D. A better time to decide what to study三．写作(35分).Directions :Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese .请以Gains from Growing Pains为题，写一篇不少于120词以上的英语短文。