高三英语同步测试—(12)A

高三期中英语试卷一.单项选择: (共15题15分)1.Let’s drink _____ the friendship _____ our two peoples.a. for, ofb. to, betweenc. for, betweend. to, of2.He seldom works hard at English, ____, much to my surprise, he often gets good marksin the exam.a. and sob. and butc. and yetd. and also3.The lady is so old that she has to _____ herself with a cane while walking.a. helpb. raisec. liftd. support4.We all expected him to be a success, but he _____ to be a failure.a. came outb. turned outc. held outd. turned to5.He didn’t go into detail on the subject; he spoke _________.a. in commonb. in particularc. in shortd. in general6.---People who live along this road receive their mail in these boxes.---Why _____ all of the _____ ?a. are, grey painted mailboxesb. are, mailboxes grey paintedc. are, mailboxes painted greyd. are, painted grey mailboxes7.What would you like to say ______ if you knew the matter.a. to happenb. would happenc. to have happenedd. had happened8.Anyone used to ______ their homework with their recorder _____ music is sure not to dohis homework wella. doing, playingb. do, to playc. do, playingd. doing, played9.---You are not against my suggestion, are you?---___________. She thinks badly of it.a. No, and Mary isb. No, but Mary isc. Yes, but Mary isd. Yes, and Mary isn’t10._______ all those days that we all went out, lying in the sun every morning.a. So the weather was fineb. So was the fine weatherc. So fine was the weatherd. So fine the weather was11.The doctor usually won’t do an operation on the patient _____ it is completely necessary.a. only whenb. unlessc. untild. except12.With the fast development of agriculture, the people ______ village I taught before havelived a happy life.a. whob. whosec. whichd. in whose13.There is no doubt ______ was talked about at the meeting sounds perfectly reasonable.a. whether thatb. that itc. whether whatd. that what14.Everyone here will thank the firefighters for the things they have done to prevent fires______ the environment safer.a. makeb. to makingc. to maked. from making15.I told you that you shouldn’t waste your time playing football all day long,____________?a. d idn’t Ib. did Ic. should youd. shouldn’t you二.完型填空: (共20题20分)One day in September we were doing repair work on my parents' old house to get it ready for my youngest daughter's wedding. We had to 16 a great climbing plant that had grown 17 a roof beam (房梁), so that we could repair the roof and 18 the walls.When my husband was taking the plant away, he found the 19 of a blackbird that had made its home in the leaves. He then 20 something 21 among that mass of earth and straw of the nest. He broke the earth around it into pieces with his finger tips and, to his22 , saw glittering gold. It was a child's bracelet (手镯). He ran into the house to 23 me."You won't believe that the 24 blackbirds not only steal the best fruit we 25 to feed on," he said, "but they also want their children to 26 in a cradle of gold!"When my daughter came over on the eve of the 27 ，we told her about this 28 occurrence."Don't you remember, mother?" she said with a loud 29 . "When I was eight, you gave me a bracelet that I 30 a few days later while out playing in the yard? It was this one!"As the bracelet no longer 31 its owner and was dirty, I decided to take it into my safekeeping.In December of the following year, the young couple's baby son was baptized (受洗礼). Among the 32 the newborn baby received, I placed his mother's bracelet, now shining like 33 . I hope that if my grandson 34 loses it, one of the 35that live in my backyard is somewhere nearby.16.A.17.A.18.A.19.A.20.A.21.A.22.A.23.A.24.A.25.A.26.A.27.A. removebeyondbuildnestmovednicehorroraskworkingbuyliepartyB. coverB. overB. paintB. babyB. gotB. colorfulB. surpriseB. tellB. cheatingB. plantB. singB. ChristmasC. growC. acrossC. rescueC. bodyC. pickedC. shinyC. delightC. showC. dreamingC. storeC. listen C.birthdayD. waterD. throughD. printD. eggD. noticedD. specialD. disappointmentD. giveD. thievingD. collectD. waitD.wedding28.A. important B. strange C. terrible D. funny29.A. cry B. sigh C. laugh D. sound30.A. hid B. threw C. lost D. broke31.A. fitted B. satisfied C. matched D. interested32.A. jewels B. toys C. clothes D. presents33.A. attractive B. new C. modern D. golden34.A. almost B. just C. even D. ever35.A. blackbirds B. grandchildren C. neighbors D. mice三.阅读理解: (共20题40分)(A)"Maybe I'll just move him right out the door," the boss replied. Ray was very glad and no longer worried. The boss was mad at Don now, not at him. Sure enough, within a month of that meeting, Don was looking for a new job. "Serves him right," Ray thought. Unfortunately, the guy who was brought in to take Don's place wasn't much better.Well, then an astonishing thing happened. Ray's department was working on a box design fora toy. A new employee named Jack was doing the artwork. He had designed something in bright red and blue. Ray looked at it and said, " Sorry. Red and blue is not good. Change it to brown and purple. " Actually, the design was very nice. But Ray didn' t want Jack to get too proud. He also wanted him to know who was in charge. Jack wasn't happy about it, but he changed everything to brown and purple.Two weeks later, 500,000 new brown and purple boxes arrived from the printing company. While Ray was leading a staff meeting, the boss came bursting in."What is this?" he shouted, waving one of the new boxes. "You call this artwork? Look at these ridiculous colors! This is the ugliest box I've ever seen. Who did this, anyway?"All eyes, except Jack's, were upon Ray. Then Jack spoke. "I did, sir," he said, "I'm sorry you don't like St. I'll try to do better next time. "Ray was deeply touched by Jack's act of'mercy. And it changed his life.36. What kind of man was Ray's boss?A. Impatient and quick to get angry.B. Kind and always ready to help his staff.C. Shy and afraid to talk about problems.D. Cruel and hard to deal with.37. How did it make Ray feel when his staff did something well?A.Happy and proud to be their boss.B. Afraid of losing face and control.C.Angry because they didn't ask him first.D. Puzzled and very disappointed.38. When all the other staff looked at Ray, why didn't Jack?A. He was afraid that Ray would start to blame him.B. He didn't want to start laughing in front of the boss.C. He didn't want the boss to think it was Ray's fault.D. He was afraid that Ray would be fired.39. What was Jack' s act of mercy?A. He took the blame for Ray's mistake.B. He didn't blame Ray for the mistake.C. He told the boss he was sorry for Ray's mistake.D. He wanted to help Ray to change his life.(B)BEIJING — Set off by the April 1 Sino-US plane collision and US official agreement of the biggest arms sale to Taiwan in a decade (ten years) as well as remarks by US President Bush on defending Taiwan, there have been increasing hacker attacks on websites of the two countries in the past weeks.An American group of hackers which calls itself Poizon Box had begun ruining Chinese web-sites after the April 1 spy plane incident, top Chinese portal . said.The Chinese soon attacked back.On April 29, Chinese hackers invaded two US Government websites over the weekend, forcing the Department of Labour and the Department of Health and Human Services to shut down their sites for a short time.The US Department of Labour went offline for a few hours after a page in its website was changed to display a picture of Wang Wei, the Chinese pilot who died in the collision.The page was titled "China hack!" and read, in English, "The whole country is sorry for losing the best son of China —— Wang Wei forever, we will miss you until the end of the day."On May 1, hackers exchanged bad remarks in which the official White House website was defaced by a huge amount of e-mail garbage. On May 5, the White House website fell victim (受害者) to a denial of service attack that blocked access（通道）to the site for more than two hour.The Computer Network and Information Security Management Office told web operators an average of 100 sites a day had seen "some more form of attack. "40. The best title of the passage is ______.A. Sino-US Plane CollisionB. Sino-US Hackers Fighting CyberwarC. 100 Sites Being AttackedD. Cyberwar Continuing41. What is the correct order of the events?a. Wang Wei's picture appeared on a US website.b. Poizon Box destroyed some Chinese websites.c. The access to White House website was blocked for over two hours.d. Hackers exchanged bad remarks.A. a, b, c, dB. a, c, b, dC. b, a, d, cD. b, a, c, d42. From the passage we can infer that ______.A. US President Bush defended TaiwanB. all the Chinese people are sorry for losing the best son of ChinaC. websites in the US and China have been watchful for attacksD. Chinese hackers began to play an important role in foreign affairs(C)As the first report of the accident came in, Burton was sitting in his office on the top floor of the building. Immediately, realizing the seriousness of the whole incident, he moved to a ground floor room with a small waiting-room to look into the matter himself, leaving his second-in-com-mand (副手) to take over all other cases.He interviewed the first witness (证人) almost at once, making sure that everything was done that could be done to put him at his ease. However, the witness was obviously nervous and Burton took great pains to go over what he said thoroughly, choosing and checking each word carefully and taking the man's statement down himself. The witness had called the police and he' d waited until the ambulances began to arrive then when the first police car arrived on the scene he'd been asked to report to the station which was what he had done.Burton explained that regrettably it would be necessary for him to go to court because of the serious nature of the disaster. More he could not say at present. He'd be thankful if the man could keep in touch with the police.When he had gone, Burton put his head in his hands and considered before asking for the next witness. The man couldn' t be regarded as a hundred percent witness because he had been behind a wall when the explosion occurred. But in spite of his nerves, Burton had the impression that he was dependable, not afraid of relating himself to it and a fairly exact observer.Well there would be other descriptions and no doubt all these would be put into place and the whole picture would become clear. He raised his head and pressed the bell on his desk."Next witness please," he said.43. Why did Burton move to the ground floor when he heard the incident?A. Because the ground floor room had a small waiting-room.B. Because it would be easier for him to interview the witnesses.C. Because he was not pleased to work on the top floor.D. Because it would be easier for him to talk with the people.44. How did the witness feel during the interview?A. Obviously somewhat frightened.B. Excited at seeing the incident.C. Anxious to give a report to the police.D. Calm and unhurried. '45.The underlined part "a hundred percent witness" most probably means ______.A. a patient and talkative personB. a well-informed witnessC. the only person who was interviewed in the incidentD. a person who watched the whole incident46. Burton' s final impression of the witness was that _____.A. his report was not clear though he was honestB. he was afraid of being involved and refused to cooperate with the policeC. his observation was good but he was hot very clear-headedD. he was a dependable and reasonable witness(D)Coketown was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and the ashes had allowed it; but in fact it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage (野人). It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling color, and large piles of buildings full of windows where there was a rattling and a trembling all day long, and where the steam-engine worked up and down like the head of an elephant in a state of madness. The town contained several large streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited (居住的) by people equally like one another.A sunny midsummer day. There was such a thing sometimes, even in Coketown. Seen from a distance in such weather, Coketown lay covered in a smoke of its own. You only knew the town was there, because you knew there could have been no such a place upon the view without a town. The streets were hot and dusty on the summer day, and the sun was so bright that it even shone through the smoke over Coketown, and could not be looked at steadily. Workers appeared from low under ground doorways into factory yards, and sat on steps, wiping their faces and looking at coals. The whole town seemed to be frying in oil. There was a smell of hot oil everywhere. The atmosphere of those places was like the breath of hell (地狱)，and their inhabitants wasting withheat, walked lazily in the desert. But no temperature made the mad elephants more mad or more sane (理智的). Their tiresome heads went up and down at the same rate, in hot weather and in cold, wet weather and dry. The measured movement of their shadows on the walls, was the replacement Coketown had to show for the shadows of woods; while for the summer noise of insects, it could offer all the year round, from the dawn of Monday to the night of Saturday.47. Which of the following words is NOT properly used to describe Coketown?A. unpleasantB. dirtyC. noisyD. deserted48. From the passage we know that Coketown was mainly a(n ) ______ town.A. industrialB. agriculturalC. historicalD. cultural49. Only ______ were not affected by weather.A. the workmenB. the inhabitantsC. the steam-enginesD. the woods50. Which is the author's opinion of Coketown?A. Coketown should be replaced by woods.B. The town was seriously polluted.C. The town had too much oil in it.D. The town's atmosphere was unchanged.(E)Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy. Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive (主管的) circle, beauty can become a liability.While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman.Handsome male executives were considered as having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success.Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck.All unattractive women executives were thought to have more tiOnesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of the unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relatibnships and less to ability than that of the attractive overnight successes.Why are attractive women not thought to' be able? An attractive woman is considered to be more feminine and an attractive man more manly than the less attractive ones. Thus, an attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the "manly" qualities required.This is true even in politics. "When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, " says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates (候选人). She asked 125 undergraduate students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.51. The word "liability" most probably means ______.A. disadvantageB. advantageC. misfortuneD. trouble52. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness _____.A. makes women look more honest and capableB. strengthens the feminine qualities requiredC. is of great importance to womenD. often enables women to succeed quickly53.Bowman's experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _____A. turns out to be a disadvantage to menB. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to womenC. affects men and women alikeD. has as little effect on men as on women54. It can be inferred from the passage that people' s views on beauty are often ____.A. practicalB. supportiveC. old-fashionedD. one-sided55.The author writes this passage to ______.A.give advice to job-seekers who are attractiveB. discuss the disadvantages of being attractiveC. demand equal rights for womenD. state the importance of appearance四.短文改错: (共10题10分)Until the very latest moment of his existence, man hasbeen bound to the planet on which he originated anddeveloped. Now he had the capability to leave that planet 56.________ and move out into the universe to those worlds which he hasknown previously only directly. Men have explored parts of 57.________ the moon, put spaceships in orbit around another planet andpossibly within the decade will land onto another planet and 58.________ explore it. Can we be too bold as to suggest that we may be 59.________ able to colonize other planet within the not - too - distant 60.________ future ? Some have advocated such a procedure as a solutionto the population problem. Ship the excess people off to themoon. But we must keep in head the billions of dollars we 61.________ might spend in carrying out the project. To maintain theearth's population at its present level. we would have toblast off into space 7,500 people every hour of every day ofthe year.Why are we spending so little money on space 62.________ exploration ? Consider the great need for improving many 63.________ aspects of the global environment, one is surely justified inhis concern for the money and resources that they are poured 64.________into the space exploration efforts. But perhaps we shouldlook at both sides of the coin before arriving hasty 65.________ conclusions.五.书面表达: (15分)你是Jack，五年后再次来到这个城市，发现它变化很大(如图所示)，你给朋友Mary 发电子邮件，告诉她这里的变化。