江西省新余市届高三上学期期末质量检测高三英语试题(有答案)-优选

江西省新余市2013—2014届高三上学期期末质量检测
高三英语试题
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第Ⅰ卷 (共115分)
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：（共 5 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 7.5 分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What time is it now?
A. 450.
B.
500. C. 510.
2. How does the woman usually go to work?
A. By bus.
B. On
foot. C. By taxi.
3. What does the woman advise the man to do?
A. Sell his DVD player.
B. Buy a new DVD player.
C. Borrow a DVD player.
4. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A. Waiter and customer.
B. Host and
guest.
C. Shop assistant and customer.
5. What will the speakers do this afternoon?
A. Go swimming.
B. Go
shopping. C. Go fishing.
第二节：（共 15 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 22.5 分）
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A test.
B. A
plan. C. A gym.
7. How does the woman feel now?
A. Tired.
B.
Good. C. Bored.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. Why does the man always travel by subway?
A. It’s clean.
B. It’s
cheap. C. It’s fast and comfortable.
9. What does the man think of buses in Beijing?
A. Slow.
B.
Crowded. C. Expensive.
10. What do we know about the woman?
A. She travelled much in China.
B. She thinks taxi fares are high.
C. She doesn’t like the subway.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does the woman like spring?
A. It makes her feel happy.
B. She can go for picnics.
C. It rains a lot.
12. How often does the man like it to rain?
A. About once a day.
B. About once a week.
C. About once a month.
13. What do we know about the man’s family?
A. They have no umbrellas.
B. They are annoyed with umbrellas.
C. They go out in the rain without umbrellas.
听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. How many rooms does the apartment have?
A. 2.
B.
3. C. 5.
15. What direction does the living room face?
A. South.
B.
North. C. West.
16. What do we know about the apartment?
A. It has a beautiful sea view.
B. The transport is inconvenient.
C. The surroundings are quiet.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What animals can be seen in the aquarium?
A. Sharks.
B.
Whales. C. Polar bears.
18. What food can the visitors give the monkeys to eat?
A. Fruits.
B. Biscuits.
C. Specially prepared food.
19. Where do more than 300 species of birds come from?
A. Africa.
B. South
America. C. Southeast Asia.
20. Who can help the visitors if they have any questions?
A. The speaker.
B. The feeders.
C. The people at the information desk.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
24. When I met my teacher and wanted to express how grateful I was, words _________ me.
A. stopped
B. defeated
C.
beat D. failed
25. — How do you find Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban?
—Fantastic. J. . Rowling _________ each character in the novel impressive through lively dialogues and fascinating plots.
A. makes
B. would make
C. will make
D. had made
26. Then moment _________ Mary will always remember is _________ Mr. Black gave her a lot of valuable advice on how to improve her writing.
A. when; that
B. that; that
C. that; when
D. when; where
27. — It is reported that America offered to help us build aircraft carriers.
— But many citizens would rather our country __________ one by ourselves.
A. build
B. will build
C. had built
D. built
28. _________ himself with confidence, the young man went to the manager’s office bravely.
A. Having equipped
B. Being equipped
C. To equip
D. Equipped
29. The sports meeting of our school all of us had looked forward to _________ in _________ fine weather, which was beyond our expectation.
A. falling; so
B. fell; such
C. falling; such
D. fell; so
30. To get a good view of the scenery in China, Lucy would spend a lot of time on the train _________ travel by air.
A. rather than
B. other than
C. more
than D. instead of
31. At present an increasing number of parents wish to _________ changes in educating their children due to dissatisfaction with the educational system.
A. set out
B. bring about
C. set up
D. bring up
32. People say that young Chinese students’ eyesight keeps dropping _________ because of both t oo much homework and poor learning conditions.
A. sharply
B. narrowly
C.
automatically D. roughly
33. The first snow of every year is always so exciting, but too much snow _________ cause trouble
A. shall
B. need
C. can
D. must
34. The equipment for all of the disabled people ought to be _________ easy reach in public.
A. beyond
B. within
C.
near D. around
35. — I suppose it takes quite a lot of patience to make a good teacher.
—_______. It’s far more than that.
A. It holds truth in it
B. I can’t agree more
C. Absolutely
D. Not exactly
第二节完形填空（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，并从答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Each time I was feeling disappointed, my mother would say to me “ Tomorrow will be another day. If you can36 on, some day some thing nice will happen. And you will come to know that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that previous 37 .”
What mother said was absolutely right, as I 38 after my graduation from college. I had made up my mind to try for a 39 in radio, then 40 my way up to sports announcer. I went to Springfield and
knocked on the door of each station—and got 41 each time. In one studio, a warm-hearted woman told me that 42 stations couldn’t risk employing a(n)
43 person. “ Please g o out to the faraway or lonely district and find a small station which will give you
a 44 ,” she said. I came back home to St-Louis.
While there were no radio-announcing jobs in St-Louis, my father said Wards Holding Corporation had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to manage its 45 department. Since St-Louis was where I had played high school football, I 46 . The job sounded just.
47 for me. But I wasn’t employed. My disappointment must have 48 . “Tomorrow will be another da y,” Mom 49 me. I tried WOC in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The program director, Jack Green, told me they had already hired an 50 .
As I went away from his office, my frustration boiled over (爆发). I asked 51 , “How can a young man get to be a sports announcer if he cannot g et a job in a radio station?” I was just patiently waiting for the elevator 52 I heard Jack Green calling, “What did you say about sports just now? You mean you know something about football?” Then he stood me 53 a microphone and told me to 54 an imaginary game. On the way to my home, as I have many times since, I thought of my mother’s words. From time to time I 55 what direction my life might have taken if I had had the job at Wards Holding Corporation
36. A. take B. put C.
move D. carry
37. A. concern B. doubt C. disappointment D. amazement
38. A. recovered B. discovered C.
recognized D. developed
39. A. job B. plan C. trip D. research
40. A. come B. go C. push D. work
41. A. put off B. broken away C. turned down D. fed up
42. A. no B. big C. small D. famous
43. A. selfish B. confident C.
inexperienced D. independent
44. A. tip B.
reward C. challenge D.
chance
45. A. sports B. food C. clothes D. radio
46. A. hesitated B. applied C.
refused D. agreed
47. A. right B. important C.
boring D. funny
48. A. disappeared B.
hidden C. shown D. died 49. A. warned B. reminded C.
recognized D. demanded
50. A. athlete B.
actor C. announcer D. artist
51. A. aloud B. secretly C.
silently D. equally
52. A. while B. where C.
after D. when
53. A. within B. before C.
beyond D. beneath
54. A. play B. perform C.
broadcast D. present
55. A. say B. wonder C.
dream D. learn
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
In a cab, a woman seemed in such a hurry. She constantly rushed the cab driver to drive quickly. She was so absorbed in her own thoughts of getting to the airport as soon as possible that she was not aware they were going by a different route.
All of a sudden, a young man got inside the cab. He took her handbag in which she had put her visa, passport, and all the money for the trip.
The cab driver, who was in collusion with the robber, left her in the exactly middle of a dark street. She thought that she was rather unfortunate in the very situation.
During the very night, she was told a piece of shocking news. Tears came down her cheek. Flight 360, the plane that she should have got on board, had crashed. Had she not lost her important belongings, she could surely have lost the thing far more precious——her life.
Sometimes bad things really happen. There are times when nothing seems to go our way. So what should we do about it? We must get rid of all these frustrations and start all over again in the faith that we will get what we deserve. Don’t waste your time and energy on things that can’t be changed. Continuous worrying will only affect your health and you’ll be doing much more damage than what was previously done.
What if it was the other way round? What if we never ran out of good luck?
There was a man who won the lottery. He became greedy and wasted all his money on everything he could get his hands on.
But when he one day made it to the front page of the newspaper again, it was a different story. He had been killed because of his riches. If you attain good luck, you can never be too secure about it. Life is so unpredictable. You never know what will happen next.
Live one day at a time. We sometimes subject ourselves to unnecessary emotional trouble. But please don’t forget sometimes misfortune can be the source of happiness. Live for the moment. Do what must be done for the present and the future will turn out just fine. Beli eve me. And believe in yourself. As Captain Planet always says, “The power is yours！”
56. The underlined phrase “in collusion with” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________.”
A. was forced by
B. was fighting bravely against
C. was doing one’s best to beg
D. had cooperated with
57. From the passage, we learn that ________.
A. robbers are sure to get what they want
B. somebody never runs out of good luck
C. the woman was lucky to miss her flight
D. if one feels oneself lucky, he or she will continue to be so
58. The writer presents the second example in order to ________.
A. warn people of the danger of winning the lottery
B. tell people life is unpredictable
C. encourage people to buy lottery
D. persuade people not to be greedy
59. According to the author, which of the following choices is the correct attitude to adopt to life?
A. Never waste any time or energy because time is so limited.
B. One needn’t be worried or feel frustrated. Believe in yourself.
C. Even while everything appears to be going smoothly, we should keep fully alert.
D. Worrying about what you don’t have
60. The passage above is intended to tell us ________.
A. misfortune sometimes is a blessing
B. we should save up for a rainy day
C. fortune just goes with those prepared minds
D. bo th losses and gains go hand in hand
B
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64. We can learn that STARBUCS from the passage ________.
A. is a club for travelers
B. wants to make more money
C. is an organization helping customers
D. cares about the customers’ safety
65. The passage is most likely taken from a(n) ________.
A. news report
B. advertisement
C. tour-guide
book D. novel
For as early as I could remember, my mother had been a bright, cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. However, in the last fifteen years of her life, she had to live with senile dementia (老年痴呆).
I would go to my home to pay her a visit in California and she would curiously look at me and then ask, “Who are you?” I would answer, “I’m your own son, of course.” “Where do you live?” She would as k. “In Virginia”, I would tell her. “Isn’t that interesting,” she would say, “I have a son in Virginia.”
Mother seemed only forgetful as well as confused at the beginning of that disease, but sometime later she would go through different time of intense anxiety. She would keep walk ing through the house she used to live in most of
her life crying uneasily that she would like to go home. Or sometimes she left home and wandered away if she were unattended for a short time.
Hoping to make her happy and put her mind at ease I would take her in my car, visiting sites where she used to live when she was a child. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn(草坪). I pictured my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some response. She shook her head and said, “I want to go home.”
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place, but a time. I think it was a time when she was much younger, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still energetic and attentive.
Watching my mother’s suffering set me wondering where I would have in mind if someday I couldn’t find home and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with age. Still the fear of senile dementia is haunting there. Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask you to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your guidance.
66. What’s the main idea of the first and second paragraphs?
A. The mother of the author could not find her home.
B. The mother of the author could not remember who’s his son.
C. The author’s mother suffered with serious senile dementia.
D. Th e author didn’t know how to cure his mother.
67. Which of the following is NOT the symptom of the mother of the author?
A. forgetful
B. confused
C.
cheerful D. uneasy
68. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “picture”?
A. photograph
B. describe
C.
appear D. paint
69. What can you infer from the third paragraph?
A. The author cared much about his mother.
B. The mother of the author liked pet lambs very much.
C. The author found a very little girl who was playing with a pet lamb.
D. The mother of the author did not like her usual home.
70. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Where Is Home? B . A story about a son and a mother.
C. Everyone will suffer with senil e dementia.
D. Take Mother Home.
We are always told that TV is not good for us. If it is true, how come the TV-addicted kids of our young generation nowadays are much smarter than we are? In my family, the only persons who can work the TV remote control well are the children.
Probably TV really educates us. For example, we can learn a very useful medical fact A man that has been shot always has time to speak a broken sentence when he is dying. “The killer was…” (dies)
But I suppose the biggest things that we learn from TV can be regarded as “Life Skills”. Bad things simply happen on either stormy or dark nights. Emotional breakdowns make people wander in the heavy rain wit hout raincoats or umbrellas. And contrary to the scientists, the crack of lightning and the accompanying flash come on at exactly the same time, wherever the scenes are.
I’ve even got to know useful geographical facts from science-fiction shows Aliens only speak the language of English no matter which planet they come from.
To make good use of something that we learn from TV can make our security better. Consider these truths. When you are really attacked by 20 bad guys, you needn’t worry about your being outnu mbered. The criminals will hang back and take turns to approach you in ones and twos just so you can conveniently defeat them all. Bad guys who are completely covered in black clothes always remove their black masks to reveal that they are in fact, aha, women.
TV often teaches us a lot of important information as well about escaping from danger. Watch and learn. (1) If anyone is running after you down a passage, you will find that boxes have been conveniently placed near all the walls you need to jump over. (2) If you are tall and handsome, you can run from any number of armed criminals, and every shot will miss you.
Be warned, however, if your name card says “henchman” (帮凶) and you are part of a group of plain-looking people trying to catc h a handsome individual, a single shot will kill you. But don’t be anxious TV also delivers useful information for bad guys. All cars are inflammable (易燃的) and have amazing shock absorbers that enable them to fly into the air and land without damage — except police cars.
TV even teaches us about TV. Whenever anyone turns on a TV, it shows a news flash about someone they know. They then turn the box off immediately after that news item.
71. When the writer says “A man that has been shot always has time to speak a b rok en sentence when he is dying” (Paragraph 2), he shows his________.
A. humor
B. sympathy
C. deep concern
D. medical knowledge
72. We can learn from Paragraph 3 that in the real world________.
A. bad things cause people to break down in the rain
B. bad things never happen on dark and stormy nights
C. people with emotional problems like to walk in the rain without umbrellas
D. you can’t hear the crack of lightning and see the accompanying flash exactly at the same time
73. On TV what usually happens when a person turns it on?
A. The program shown is always about the importance of TV.
B. The person always turns off the TV when it’s time for news.
C. The news shown is always about someone the person knows.
D. TV always shows news about famous people.
74. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. Life skills can be learned from TV.
B. What happens in TV is quite different from reality.
C. Watching TV makes people more creative.
D. TV plays an important role in society.
75. The writer of this passage takes a(n) ________ attitude towards TV plays.
A. positive
B. casual
C. negative
D. indifferent
第II卷 (共35分)
第四部分书面表达
第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的字数要求）。

[1] Have you ever had the wish to live another 100 years or more? Experts say that scientific advances will some day enable us to live tens of years longer than what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.
[2] “I guess we are knocking at the door of living longer,” said Michael ey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. "I think by 2075 we
will _________________ and that’s a conservative estimate (保守的估计)."
[3]At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louris, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology (纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. "There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years," he said.
[4]However, many scientists who specialize in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to live past about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.
[5]Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. "It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have a good quality of life?" said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre. "At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all." 76. What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 10 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
77. Please fill in the blanks in the second paragraph with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
____________________________________________________________________
78. According to Donald Louris, what will enable humans to live longer? (no more than 8 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
79. What does the word “it” (Line1,Paragraph4)probably refer to? (no more than 10 words)
_____________________________________________________________________
80. What did Leonard Poon worry about? (no more than 15 words)
______________________________________________________________________
（请考生把所有答案写在答题卡上）
第二节写作（满分25分）
近年，随着私家车的增加，城市交通越越拥挤。

在中、小学生上学或放学时，校门口以及学校附近拥挤问题更加严重。

这给学生、教师、家长和其他市民带许多不便。

尤其值得注意的是，学校附近的交通堵塞也存在不可忽略的隐患。

为此，这引起了不少民众的担忧。

你作为一名在校学生，署名张小明，根据以下要点写一封英语信，向本校英语报投稿。

1. 为什么要写这封英语信。

2. 你们学校门口及附近交通拥挤的原因。

3. 提出二至三条建议。

注意：词数120左右。

Dear Editor,
____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
hang iaoming
参考答案
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
1-5. ABBAC 6-10. CBCAB 11-15.
ABACA 16-20. CBCBC
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21-25 BCCDA 26-30 CDABA 31-35 BACBD
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
36-40 DCBAD 41-45 CBCDA 46-50 BACBC 51-55 ADBCB
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分）
56-60 DCBBA 61-65 BADDB 66-70 CCBAD 71-75 ADCBC
第四部分书面表达
第一节阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
76. Scientific advances will enable humans to live longer.
77. reach / achieve/ accomplish that goal
78. Advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology.
79. Whether people can live from 120 to 180 years.
80. Whether we could be healthy enough to have a good quality of life.
第二节写作（满分25分）
Dear Editor,
I’m hang iaoming, a student from Grade 3. I am writing to discuss the traffic problem near our school gate. With so many parents coming to pick up their children, traffic jams are frequent near the school gate, causing much inconvenience to us students as well as our teachers and passers-by. Many people have been worrying about the hidden traffic problems. So I strongly recommend some effective and urgent measures be taken. First, we should encourage students to ride their bicycles or walk to school by themselves instead of taking cars, which will not only help reduce the jam but benefit students’ health as well. It is also a good idea to allow junior students to leave school
10 minutes earlier than others. Besides, cars should not be allowed to park near the school gate.
I do hope my suggestions can be considered and the problem can be solved soon.
Yours,
hang iaoming
听力原文
(Text 1)M Would you like to go out with me? W Oh, I’d like to, but I haven’t finished my homework. It’s five o’clock already. M Don’t worry. Your watch is ten minutes fast.
(Text 2) M Do you go to work by taxi every day? W Well, the company is so close to my home that I often go there on foot, except when I am in a hurry.
(Text 3) M This DVD player is getting worse and worse. Now it doesn’t work at all. W There is a seasonal sale at Carrefour. Why not go there and have a look? There might be some good bargains.
(Text 4) M Good afternoon, madam. Would you like to sit beside the window? You can enjoy the sea and the mountains. W I’d prefer to sit alone, but I suppose this will do. Have you a menu, please?
(Text 5) W Bob, would you like to go to the beach this afternoon? M It’s too cold to swim in the ocean. W I know. My uncle bought a fishing boat. Would you like to go fishing? M Sounds like fun. I’d love to.
(Text 6) M You’re always going to the gym these days. W Yes, I’m trying to lose some wei ght. M Well, I think you look great! Where’s the gym? W It’s not far from here at all. It’s by the Farmers’ Market. It just opened. M Do they have trainers there to help you? W Yes, on the first day, they arranged a fitness test for me. They asked me about my goals, and then came up with a plan for me. M That sounds great. Is it working? W I think so. I feel much better anyway!
(Text 7) W Have you travelled much in China? M No, not much — but I travel quite a lot in Beijing every day. W Do you think the transportation system in Beijing is good? M Yes, I do. I think the Beijing Underground is wonderful.
I nearly always tr avel by subway because it’s fast and comfortable. W But don’t you think our buses are rather slow? M Yes, I do, particularly in the rush hour. The roads get very full and there are traffic jams nearly everywhere. W When you are in a hurry, I think the best way to travel in Beijing is by subway. Taxis get held up in traffic jams easily. Besides, the fares are rather high.
(Text 8) M What’s your favorite season? W I love spring. Everything seems so new and the air is fresh. It really puts me in a good mood. M It rains a lot in spring. Do you like the rain? W I do. It washes away the pollution and makes everything smell so clean. How about you? M I don’t like constant rain. I enjoy it if it rains about once a week. I hate it if it rains when I have picnics on the weekends! W Do you like snow?
M I don’t mind the snow. You don’t need an umbrella when it snows. W Umbrellas are a little annoying, I suppose. M Last time I went home, no one in my family had an umbrella. They never go out in the rain. W Never? It’s unbelievable. (Text 9) W Hello, Mr. Johnson. I’m coming to check out the house. M Please come in and feel free to take a look around the house. As you can see, the decoration is in perfect condition. The kitchen is on your left. Look! It is so big that you can fit five people inside. W What about the rooms and how big is it? M The apartment has one dining room, one living room, one master bedroom and two bedrooms. The area is 213 square meters. W Does this apartment face south? M The living room faces south and the bedrooms face north. It has a beautiful hill view and quiet environment. Also, there is a grand shopping mall, a wonderful playground, and a few supermarkets. W How about the transport? M Well, it is conveniently located for transportation like subways and buses. W Great!
(Text 10) M Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the City oo. Now I’d like to explain the program we’ve arranged for you here this afternoon. There’ll be three animal shows. The first show will begin at three o’clock in the aquarium. You’ll certainly be fascinated by the dolphins’ and the killer whales’ funny actions. After that comes the second show. This is feeding the monkeys at four o’clock in the primate centre. Please don’t feed the animals with any sweets, or biscuits or fruits, because these can upset the animals’ normal diet. You can assist the staff in feeding the monkeys with specially prepared food, and in playing with the monkeys, too. The last show will begin at 430 in the bird cage. Dr Taylor will b e with you as your guide. He’ll point out to you more than 300 species of birds from South America. If you have any questions about these shows or other events at the zoo, please ask the people at the information desk at the main entrance.。