河南省许昌市三校2011届高三上学期期末考试英语试题

2010-2011学年高三上学期期末考试
英语试题
第一卷
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。

每段对话后有一个不题，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秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1.Where are these two people?
A. In a restaurant
B. In a shop
C. In a vegetable market
2.How old is the girl now?
A.15
B.16
C.17
3.What is the man going to do?
A.To meet the woman
B.To move over one seat.
C.To sit between the woman and her friend.
4. What sport does the man like best?
A. Golf
B. Tennis
C. Swimming.
5. What musical instrument does the man play?
A. None
B. The piano
C. The violin
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分）
听第6段材料，回答第6--7题。

6. Where is the woman going to work?
A.A police station
B.A train station
C.A television station
7.When is the woman going to New York?
A. Next week
B. Next month
C. Next year.
听第7段材料，回答第8--9题。

8. What does the cheapest round-trip flight ticket cost?
A. $1215
B.$1250
C.$1255
9. What will the three-week special include?
A. Hotel, food and travels in Japan
B. A free round-trip flight ticket.
C. Flight, hotel and two meals a day.
听第8段材料，回答第10--12题。

10. Why does the man want to make an appointment with the doctor?
A. For a treatment
B. For an interview
C. For a checkup.
11. Why can’t the man see the doctor right now?
A. The doctor is not there.
B. The timetable is full.
C. The doctor himself is ill.
12. When can the man see the doctor?
A. In the middle of next month.
B. At 9:15 tomorrow.
C. On the ninth of next month.
听第9段材料，回答第13--16题。

13. Where are these two people?
A. In a bookshop.
B. In a restaurant.
C. In a language center.
14. Which course is the man in?
A. The third course.
B. The fourth course.
C. The fifth course.
15. How long has the man been at the institute?
A. For two years.
B. For two weeks.
C. For two months.
16. What does the man think of the classes?
A. They are too large
B. They should be much larger.
C. They a re a bit small.
听第10段材料，回答第17--20题。

17. What did the man usually do before he went to school?
A. He went to a nursery.
B. He played with his friends.
C. He stayed at home.
18. Why did he quickly run back to school after lunch?
A. To play football.
B. To attend afternoon classes.
C. To play with his friends.
19. What did he start studying at junior secondary school?
A. History and Latin
B. Physics and Latin
C. French and Latin.
20. When did the man enter senior secondary school?
A.1942
B.1945
C.1947
第二部分：英语和知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. He wrote song, which turned out to be rather popular with young.
A. a; the
B. a; a
C. the; a
D. the; the
22. —Next Monday is my birthday.
—Is that so?
—Thank you.
A. I don’t believe so.
B. I’m so glad.
C. What presents do you need?
D. Many happy returns of the day.
23. Before Tom left home, his mother kept telling him to his manners at the party.
A. care
B. mind
C. catch
D. notice
24. School safety has set off alarm bells with frequent serious accidents students got
injured or even killed.
A. that
B. in which
C. by which
D. when
25.—You are not a teacher, are you?
—I gave up teaching 2 years ago.
A. Yes, I am not.
B. No, I am.
C. No, I am not.
D. Yes, I am.
26.—What clothes should we wear to attend the ball?
—Dress you like.
A. what
B. however
C. whatever
D. how
27. Only when he his homework will he go to play outside.
A. does
B. will do
C. is doing
D. has done
28.—Are you used to your new job?
—Well, yes. It’s not as good as I expected, .
A. though
B. but
C. too
D. either
29.—Will you take the blue shirt or the yellow one?
—is the right size for me, I’m afraid.
A. Either
B. Neither
C. Some
D. Any
30. Mr. Smith invited me to attend his wedding ceremony, but seriouly ill, I refused
his invitation.
A. being my mother
B. my mother was
C. taking my mother
D. my mother being
31.You pay too much attention to your reading skill, as it is so important.
A. can’t
B. should
C. must
D. needn’t
32. They are good friends. is no wonder that they know each other so well.
A. This
B. That
C. There
D. It
33. You will find what great benefit the computer you own can be each time you
use it to help you work.
A. for
B. of
C. at
D. on
34.—You know Jane?
—Yes, it was I surfed the Internet last week.
A. that
B. when
C. why
D. whom
35.—Jenny looks hot and dry.
—So you if you had a high fever.
A. will
B. do
C. are
D. would
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。

A gift left to her
Early in the morning, I was taken in a nylon bag into a truck. I felt horrible as well as
36 . What would she do with me? She was almost mad after the 37 of her husband.
A few minutes later, I heard the truck 38 its engine and move fast. I kept making sounds to show my protest, but failed to make any 39 . Finally she put me down in a 40 place. Maybe she didn’t want me to die from lack of air；she untied the bag.
I 41 out and looked up, only to see many strange faces and fingers pointing at me.
It turned out that my owner meant to 42 me. I saw my owner on the truck, which was going farther and farther. So I cast my head 43 the direction of the truck. The days we spent together were like a movie playing in front of my eyes as I ran after the truck. I saw my male owner, who suffered liver cancer, looked at me with his sad eyes. I saw myself 44 my owner everywhere；I saw him lie in his dying bed, she was all 45 .
I ran as fast as I could. And the 46 I saw her wave to me, my eyes became wet. I wouldn’t blame her for treating me like this for she was such a(an) 47 lady. She seemed even somewhat 48 at his leaving her alone, trying many ways to 49 the pains of losing him. She 50 his pictures and clothes, she redecorated the whole house. Now I was the only 51 thing to remind her of him.
52 later, I am pretty sure that she would realize how mad she was to do this…
The truck finally stopped when I was almost 53 . She ran up to me and hugged me 54 . I heard her 55 : “I know you are a present he left to me.”
36. A. puzzled B. excited C. delighted D. frightened
37. A. separation B. absence C. departure D. death
38. A. run B. begin C. start D. operate
39. A. sense B. trouble C. effort D. difference
40. A. usual B. strange C. familiar D. da rk
41. A. walked B. rushed C. ran D. struggled
42. A. harm B. desert C. punish D. sell
43. A. into B. at C. in D. to
44. A. follow B. bring C. guide D. support
45. A. with tears B. in tears C. out of breath D. in silence
46. A. time B. direction C. way D. moment
47. A. cruel B. unfriendly C. unfavorable D. unfortunate
48. A. calm B. depressed C. angry D. sad
49. A. kill B. remove C. bear D. prevent
50. A. kept B. burned C. sold D. hid
51. A. moving B. walking C. exist ing D. blessing
52. A. But B. And C. Thus D. Then
53. A. worn out B. knocked out C. left out D. made out
54. A. tightly B. patiently C. sadly D. desperately
55. A. shout B. speak C. whisper D. talk
第三部分：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）
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。

A
Obama still smokes in secret
US President Barack Obama may have just made life more difficult for cigarette smokers, but he still smokes every now and then in secret.
Obama, who has publicly struggled to quit smoking, said he still hasn’t completely kicked the habit even after signing a law this week that will set tough new rules for the tobacco industry.
“As a former smoker I constantly struggle with it. Have I fallen off the wagon sometimes? Yes. Am I a daily smoker, a constant smoker? No,” Obama said at a news conference.
“I don’t do it in front of my kids, I don’t do it in front of my family. I would say that I am 95 percent cured, but there are times where I mess up,” he said.
The new law gives the US Food and Drug Administration the power to strictly limit the making and marketing of tobacco products.
At a White House signing ceremony Monday, Obama said he was among the nearly 90 percent of smokers who took up the habit before their 18th birthday.
“Once you go down this path it’s something you continually struggle with, which is exactly why the law we signed is s o important because what we don’t want is kids going down that path in the first place,” he said at the news conference.
Nearly 20 percent of Americans smoke and tobacco use kills about 440,000 people a year in the United States due to cancer, heart disease,and other serious diseases.
56. According to the passage, Obama _________.
A. has no plan to give up smoking
B. still smokes as usual
C. no longer smokes
D. hasn’t completely given up smoking
57. What does the underlined sentence mean in the third paragraph?
A. Have I dropped from the wagon?
B. Have I stopped smoking completely?
C. Do I still smoke sometimes?
D. Do I still smoke as much as before?
58. Which of the following is Not TRUE?
A. Nearly 90 percent of the population of America smoke.
B. Nearly 90 percent of the smokers of America began to smoke before they turned 18.
C. Nearly one-fifth of Americans smoke.
D. Smoking kills about 440,000 people a year in the USA.
59. The new law first looks at _________ health.
A. adults’
B. middle-aged people’s
C. women’s
D. children’s
B
Mistakes are a part of life. To err is human. Failure is also a part of life, not the end of life. Be happy facing life’s challenges. When you make the effort to be happy and to improve your life, you are actually rewarded along the way.
Life is like a game and maybe you can award（奖励）points for every effort that has been a success for you. Try it. Add ten points for every achievement. And when you have reached 50 points, just yell, “Hey, I’ve won!” and give yourself a reward. If you happen to have missed your
points for whatever re asons, tell yourself, “well, I tried!” which is better than not trying at all. Don’t let it be said you didn’t try.
What is it that you want to make yourself happy? Actually happiness means different things to different people. For example, an athlete will be happy winning his first race. For a new mother happiness would be seeing her baby’s first steps. Happiness for a poor person would mean having a meal just for today. So happiness for you is really something simple that you want for yourself.
It really does not have to be big. As a matter of fact you should always have realistic expectations. Make the best out of every given situation. If you expect a certain result from a situation and it does not happen, don’t get despondent. This just means trying harder next time. We all have in us the power to succeed. Don’t let “give up” be a part of your vocabulary.
60. By saying “To err is human”, the author means that _________.
A. human beings should try to avoid making mistakes
B. no one is perfect and everyone makes mistakes
C. mistakes and failures make up our life
D. human beings make mistakes easily.
61. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A. Try to reach 50 points.
B. Never stop trying in your life.
C. Award yourself for your success.
D. Don’t be afraid of missing your points
62. The author proves his idea in Paragraph 3 through _______.
A. examples
B. nu mbers
C. experiments
D. stories
63. The underlined word “despondent” in the last paragraph means ________.
A. frightened
B. disappointed
C. surprised
D. excited
C
Ho rror gripped(紧握)the heart of the World War I soldier as he saw his lifelong friend fall in battle. Caught in a trench with continuous gunfire whizzing(子弹等在空中掠过的声音)over his head, the soldier asked his lieutenant(陆军中尉), if he might go out into the“No Man’s Land”between the trenches to bring his fallen comrade back.
“You can go,”said the lieutenant,“but I don’t think it will be worth it. Your friend is pro bably dead and you may throw your own life away.”The lieutenant’s words didn’t matter, and the soldier went anyway.
Miraculously he managed to reach his friend, hoisted(扯起)him onto his shoulder, and brought him back to their company’s trench. As the two of them tumbled in together to the bottom of the trench, the officer checked the wounded soldier, then looked kindly at his friend.“I told you it wouldn’t be worth it,”he said.“Your friend is dead, and you are mortally wounded.”
“It was worth it, though, sir,”the soldier said.
“How do you mean‘worth it?’”responded the lieutenant.“Your friend is dead!”
“Yes sir,”the private answered.“But it was worth it because when I got to him, he was still alive, and I had the satisfaction of hearing him say,‘Jim, I knew you’d come.’”
Many a time in life, whether a thing is worth doing or not really depends on how you look at it. Take up all your courage and do something your heart tells you to do so that you may not regret not doing it later in life.
64. W hat’s the lieutenant’s attitude towards the soldier’s saving his friend?
A. Negative.
B. Positive.
C. Neutral.
D. Supportive.
65. The underlined word“Miraculously”can be replaced by .
A. Happily
B. Excitedly
C. Surprisingly
D. Disappointedly
66. According to the soldier, why did he say“It was worth it.”?
A. Because the soldier saved his friend in time.
B. Because the soldier successfully brought his friend back.
C. Because what he did will bring him great honor and make him get promoted in his
later life.
D. Because his friend was still alive when he reached him and he didn’t make his friend
disappointed.
D
A child-like robot. Wakamaru, developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan and combining the roles of nurse, companion and security guard, will soon be in the market to look after the growing number of old people with no one to look after them.
Cameras fixed under the“eyebrows”of the robot enable it to“see”as it moves around in a house. The images can be sent to the latest mobile phones, which can show the pictures. Wakamaru speaks with either the voice of a boy or a girl. It is also designed to provide companionship, saying hello to its“papa”when he comes home. Based on a vocabulary of around 10,000 words, it is the first household robot which is able to hold simple conversations. It can not only speak, but also understand answers and react accordingly. It will ask“Are you all right?”if its owner doesn’t move for some time. If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, send images and work as a speakerphone. It can recognize up to 10 faces and be set to tell forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep.
However, like most robots, it cannot climb stairs. Mitsubishi developed Wakamaru from robots which have already been made to go around nuclear power facilities.“Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decided that this could work as a business. We want to offer it as a product that helps society,”said the project chief. The developers plan to sell the robot from April this year at between5,000 and 6,000 pounds.
The life expectancy(寿命)of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the world. At the same time, large families are bei ng replaced by nuclear families. This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents. Therefore, the technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan.
67. The passage is written with the purpose to .
A. introduce a new robot
B. solve the ageing problem
C. tell people the rapid development of technology
D. tell people how to use the robot
68. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. the robot can dial proper number for help
B. the robot is likely to have a promising market
C. the robot enables the Japanese to live longer
D. many elderly Japanese are anxious about their future
69. The underlined part“nuclear families”in the last paragraph probably means“”.
A. families with nuclear power facilities
B. small families without a parent
C. families with children and old people
D. families with parents and their children only
70. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The Latest Development of Robot
B. Japanese Robot and the Ageing Society
C. Large Market of the New Robot
D. Japan-made Robot Helps the Old
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。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

When I was a little girl, my mom would say,“Half the fun of doing anything is sharing it with others.”71 Friends and mates allow us to enjoy our successes and our joys, comfort us in our hard moments, and provide a mirror for us to learn more about ourselves. I’ve always looked at friends as the family we choose. They enrich our lives. As Robert Louis Steven once said,“72 ”
To be a good friend or partner, it’s important to be a good listener. Hear what your friend or mate has to say first rather than jump to conclusions or get defensive. 73 When they hear their words repeated back to them, it can help them to realize what they said was not exactly what they meant to say.
74 You know the old golden rule,“Care for others the way you would like them to care for you.”The support of a friend during a tough time could make the difference between success and failure. Encouragement and confidence are the gifts that can help change a person’s life.
Take care, though, with whom you choose to have close relationship, for they can have a great effect on yourself—respect and life path. As someone once told me，“75 They will either take you up or down.”
A. I am afraid so.
B. It is quite true.
C. Friendship is the most important factor.
D. Sometimes it is useful to be their mirror.
E. A friend is a present which you give yourself.
F. The attitudes of your friends are like the buttons on a lift.
G. Patience, sympathy and understanding are also important qualities.
第二卷
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）
假如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。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下面划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2、只允许修改10处，多着（从第11处起）不计分。

One day Mark was walking in a valley with his pet dog, Zorro. All of sudden, Mark slipped and fall to the valley. He was so serious hurt that he lay in the stream, lost consciousness. Zorro
hurried down and pulled him out the water. As Mark was wet and cold, the dog lay on top of him, trying to keep it warm. Unluckily, Mark was saved.
This shows clearly that animals are our good friend and we should be friendly to them. Instead of killing or eat wild animals, we should do our best to protect them, especially these dying out.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
假如你叫李华，是一名高三学生，请给某英文报社Heart to Heart栏目的编辑Mary写一封信，内容包括：
1、正在紧张备考，身心压力很大；
2、父母期望很高，不断施压；
3、与父母难沟通，很苦恼；
4、希望Mary就如何与父母沟通提些建议。

要求：1、词数100左右（信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计人总词数）；
2、可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mary,
I am a Senior 3 student.
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua
嘉兴英语教学网收集整理欢迎使用
高三英语试题参考答案
选择填空题（1—75题）
1—5 ABBCA 6—10CBACC 11—15 BABBB 16—20 ABACB
21—25 ADBBC 26—30 BDABD 31—35 ADBBD 36—40 ADCDB
41—45 DBCAB 46—50 DDCBB 51—55 CAAAC 56—60 DCADB
61—65 CABAC 66—70 DABDD 71—75 BEDGF
短文改错
第1处.sudden前加a 第2处.fall改为fell 第3处.serious改为seriously 第4处.lost 改为losing 第5处.out后加of 第6处.it改为him 第7处.Unluckily改为Luckily 第8处.friend改为friends 第9处.eat改为eating 第10处.these改为those
One possible version
Dear Mary,
I am a Senior 3 student. I’m going to take this summer’s colleg e entrance examination. In preparation for it, I am studying very hard. As a result, I often feel exhausted both physically and mentally. However, my parents still put a lot of pressure on me. I know they have great expectations for me, but I feel that the pressure is too heavy for me to cope with. I attempted to communicate with them, but failed.
Now I’m quite upset about it. How can my parents understand me? I really don’t know what to do. Could you please give me some advice?
Looking forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua。