广东省东莞市高三英语上学期期中考试试题新人教版

2011---2012大朗中学第一学期高三英语期中考试试题
高三英语备课组
I. 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Carmen’s mother Maria had just survived a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant （移植）her life was in constant ____1_____.
Both the mother and daughter knew that chances were very small: finding a donor heart that_____2____ Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Camen was determined to save her mother. She kept _____3______ hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble _____4____ from one end of the room to the other . Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a ____5____ of the hospital, crying.
“ Are you Okay?” a man asked.
Camen sobbed as she told the stranger her story. The middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t _____6____ it through the night. Suddenly an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to ______7_____ something from herself. Could her ____8_____ go to Camen’s mother?
After reviewing the data, doctors 9 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mothe r. They were able to 10 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 11 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 12 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen attended Cheryl’s 13 with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria 14 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 15 in another loving mother’s chest.
1. A. change B. danger C. disorder D. pain
2. A. matched B. replaced C. controlled D. cooperated
3. A. finding B. phoning C. touring D. interrupting
4. A. rolling B. running C. walking D. jumping
5. A. corner B. bed C. man D. nurse
6. A. put B. support C. pass D. make
7. A. save B. recycle C. donate D. separate
8. A. heart B. brain C. husband D. spirit
9. A. informed B. warned C. congratulated D. reminded
10. A. give up B. carry out C. search after D. put off
11. A. noticed B. predicted C. found D. declared
12. A. praying B. begging C. decorating D. singing
13. A. funeral B. operation C. performance D. anniversary
14. A. passed away B. woke up C. left behind D. dressed up
15. A. active B. alive C. necessary D. changeable
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题l 5分．满分l5分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

A motto is a sentence or a phrase ____16____ can inspire us especially when we are __17______(face) with difficulties. Many of us have our motto es, such as “Where there is a will, there is a way.” Or “Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it.”, and so on. My motto is “God helps those who help __18______.” Sometimes I am lazy and don’t want to make efforts _19_______( work) hard, __20______ the moment I think of my motto I will get energetic again and devote myself __21______ what I am doing. I write my motto __22______ I can see it easily. Every time I fail in my exam and begin to lose heart, the sight of my motto inspires me with much ____23____(confident). My motto also makes me become __24______ independent person. That is to say, I won’t rely on others easily.
My friends, what is your motto? If you still haven’t got a motto, please choose _25_______ because a motto can have a great effect on you.
Ⅱ阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Charles Dickens (1812- 1870),the great nineteenth century English novelist, was born near Portsmouth.. His father ran heavily into debt and when he twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyer’s office. Afte r that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers made him the most popular author at his time in England.
He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of England society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity of the bourgeoisie.
Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social conditions that existed in England over a hundred years ago.
Dickens criticized capitalist society (资本主义社会)from the point of view of bourgeois humanism(资产阶级人文主义). He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.
26. Dickens only received a little formal education because ___________.
A. he wanted to teach himself.
B. he wanted to work and made a lot of money.
C. he was too poor to afford any more formal education.
D. he wanted some working experience to be a novelist.
27. According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was _____________.
A. fair
B. poor
C. comfortable
D. unsatisfying
28.Which of the following novels made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?
A. Oliver Twist
B. The Pickwick Papers
C., A Tale of Two Cities
D. Great Expectations
29 According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is true?
A. He didn’t go to school at all
B. He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them.
C. He began to write fictions when he was 21 years old.
D. He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor.
30. It can be inferred from the passage that _________________.
A. Dickens had a miserable children
B. Dickens tried many different jobs before he became a professional writer.
C. Dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are popular.
D. Dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poor.
B
Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions”about schooling, salary and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we’re finished with your lists , do you have questions of your own about science?”
After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”
This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.
Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.
Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before” or coming up with more questions or ideas.
Never push a child to “Think”. It doesn’t make sense. Children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target for your disagreement.
Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.
31. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is _______.
A. to let them see the world around
B. to share the children’s curiosity
C. to explain difficult phrases about science
D. to supply the children with lab equipment
32. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by ______.
A. any questions
B. any problems
C. questions from textbooks
D. any number of questions
33. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ________.
A. ask them to answer quickly
B. wait for one or two seconds after a question
C. tell them to answer the next day
D. wait at least for three seconds after a question
34. In which of the following paragraph(s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion? ________.
A. The second and third.
B. The fourth and fifth.
C. The fifth and sixth.
D. The seventh.
35. The author menti ons all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’s curiosity EXCEPT that adults should ________.
A. tell their children stories instead of reciting facts
B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves
C. be patient enough when their children answer questions
D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own
C
Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s．Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women．Right? Wrong．Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size．Why? After years of study, r esearchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain．The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”．While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes．
It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women．This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time．When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time．
There are other important differences between two sexes．As white matter is the key to spatial tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things．“A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher．That may explain one of li fe’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for direction and women often need to!
The differences begin when fetuses（胎儿）are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one．A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others．These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills．It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies
and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research．
If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t．“The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it．” says a biologist．
36．The passage mainly tells us ________．
A．the difference between men’s and women’s brains B．the changes in brain throughout our lives
C．that men are better at spatial tasks D．that brain differences are related to our ancestors
37．Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph? ________．
A．Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s B．Grey matter plays the same role as white matter．
C．Grey matter controls thinking in the brain．D．Both sexes have the same amount of white matter．
38．What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs? ________．
A．Women prefer doing many things at a time．B．Men do better dealing with one job at a time．
C．Women do not need to tell directions． D．Men have weaker spatial abilities．39．Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph? ________．A．Young boys may be stronger than young girls．B．More women take up jobs requiring speech skills
C．Women may have stronger feelings than men．D．Our ancestors needed more spatial skills．40．Wh at is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage? ________．A．Defensive．B．Persuasive．C．Supportive．D．Objective．
D
Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.
When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operation, but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday.
Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist, had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the stranger he realized Jim's case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had died. Jim's father was 48.
“I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father,” Dr. Smoller says. “He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework, his father would have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was the trial he had expected for forty years. “Smoll er believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.
Jim's case shows the powerful role that attitude plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim's, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness.
41. Jim was sent back to operation because ________.
A. his heart didn't work well
B. he expected a full recovery
C. his life was drawing to a close
D. the first one wasn't well performed
42. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim's case?
A. Jim died at a young age.
B. Jim died on the operating table.
C. Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.
D. Jim's death is closely connected with his father's.
43. From Smoller's words, we can infer that ________.
A. Jim's father cared little about his study
B. Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father
C. Jim thought he would be punished some day
D. Smoller believed Jim wouldn't live to the age of 48
44. Which of the following could have strong effect on one's physical health according to the text?
a. One’s genes.
b. One’s life in childhood.
c. One’s physical e ducation.
d. The date of one’s birthday.
e. The opinions one has about something.
A. a, b, d
B. a, b, e
C. a, c, e
D. b, c, d
45. Which of the following is true?
A. Both Jim and his father died at the age of 48.
B. Jim often asked his father to do his homework.
C. Jim was believed to kill his father.
D. Most childhood events can cause cancer, heart disease and mental illness.
第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。

请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。

E涂AB,F涂AC。

以下是一些新闻报道的信息：
[A]. Science magazine published the study about orangutans. The scientists collected evidence from years of observations in six areas on Borneo and Sumatra. The scientists found that the animals demonstrated a total of twenty-four signs of cultural activity. Several actions were demonstrated in some orangutan groups, but not others.
[B]. The Environmental Investigation Agency and Telapak released the report. Telapak is an environmental group based in Indonesia. The Environmental Investigation Agency operates in several countries. The two groups say Indonesia controls ten percent of the world's tropical rainforests.
[C]. Richard Sandor is the chairman of the C-C-X. He praised the companies forming the group for demonstrating leadership. He said they believe that an active way to deal with global warning helps everyone. The group said its members want to reduce costs they may face from future rules on greenhouse gas emissions. Trading credits may help businesses find the most effective methods to reduce pollution. Members also hope to improve their public image on environmental issues.
[D]. Their most detailed effort involved ninety-nine kinds of birds, insects and plants in North America and Europe. They found that the territory where these plants and animals live has moved north by an average of six kilometers every ten years. In Europe, some butterflies now live as much as one hundred kilometers to the north because of changes linked to higher temperatures.
[E]. The new report says many areas experienced unusual weather in two thousand and two.
Most of Asia, for example, was warmer than usual. India had unusually high temperatures in April and May. The extremely hot weather caused hundreds of deaths. There also were extremely dry conditions across India. Parts of Africa experienced unusual heavy rains. Yet other areas in Africa had unusual dry weather.
[F]. Hydrogen is the most common element in the universe. Hydrogen is a colorless gas. On Earth, it is present in large amounts in natural gas, coal, plants and water. By weight, hydrogen produces the highest energy levels of any known fuel. When burned in an engine, hydrogen releases no harmful pollution into the environment. When powering a fuel cell, the only waste is water. However, hydrogen is difficult to store. It also burns easily.
请阅读以下与新闻信息，然后匹配与上面新闻相关的报道内容：
46. A severe ocean storm hit South Korea in August. It set a new national record for rainfall. In central Europe, more than one hundred people died in flooding caused by heavy rainfall in September. The flooding also resulted in thousands of millions of dollars in property damage. Yet large parts of North and South America had extremely dry weather.
47. One member of the Chicago Climate Exchange is American Electric Power. It's the biggest owner of electric power producers in the United States. Company officials say they hope their company's membership will demonstrate the ability of the C-C-X to grow.
48. For example, members of some groups make a kissing noise by tightening their mouths and sucking in air. Some groups use leaves to clean themselves or protect their hands from sharp objects. The scientists found that some of the animals use sticks as tools to remove insects from holes in trees. Other orangutans use leaves to crush insects or gather water.
49. Professors Parmesan and Yohe used similar methods to examine one hundred and seventy-two kinds of wildlife. They examined the timing of events in the spring, such as the appearance of flowers and the reproduction of animals. They found that these events happened an average of two days earlier than normal every ten years.
50. They say illegal operations to remove trees are causing large areas of forest to disappear. Environmental Investigation Agency director Dave Currey says the illegal operations are completely out of control.
III. 写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节：基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
我校学生存在严重的实力问题,我们对高三学生进行了一次视力情况调查. 下表是对本次调查的情况分析表以及建议采取的保护视力的措施.
提示词：近视的：short-sighted 压力pressure 恢复refresh
写作内容:
根据以上情况, 以“如何保护我们的视力”为题写一篇短文。

写作要求：
只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。

文中不能出现正是姓名和学校名称
第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Susan Magdalane Boyle was born in Scotland on 1 April 1961. She was the youngest of four brothers and six sisters. Born when her mother was 47, Boyle was briefly deprived （缺乏）of oxygen during the difficult birth and was later diagnosed (诊断) as having learning difficulties. Boyle says she was bullied（威吓）as a child and was nicknamed "Susie Simple" at school. After leaving school with few qualifications, she was employed for the only time in her life as a trainee （练习生）cook for six months and took part in government training programmes. She visited the theatre to listen to professional singers.
With Boyle took singing lessons from voice coach Fred O'Neil. Before she went to Britain's Got Talent, her main experience had come from singing in her local Catholic church, in local choirs, and in karaoke performances at pubs in and around her village.
Boyle came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on reality TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream". Her first album was released in November 2009 and became the number one best-selling CD on charts around the globe. Global interest in Boyle started because of the contrast between her powerful voice and her plain appearance on stage.
[写作内容]
假如刚刚看到媒体上报道的这一篇文章，你准备和朋友进行讨论，内容要点包括：
1. 以约30个词概括上面的这段文字的内容要点；
2. 然后以约120个词谈谈你对“Susan 大妈事例” 的感想，内容包括：
(1)你对这一名星的成功的看法；
(2)举一个你所见，或所闻的成功人的案例；
(3)你觉得我们应该学习他的哪一种精神。

[写作要求]
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

英语期中考试题答案
完形填空: 1-5 BABCA 6-10 DCAAB 11-15 DAABB
语法填空：第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题l.5分，满分l5分)
16. that / which 17. faced。

18. themselves。

19. to work。

20. but。

21. to。

22. where。

23. confidence。

24. an。

25. one。

阅读理解：26-30 CDBCA 31-35 BCDCA 36-40 ACBBD 41-45 ADCBA
信息匹配：
新闻报道——与之相关的内容
46. E. 关键词：unusual weather; severe ocean storm。

47. C. 关键词：C-C-X; the biggest owner of electric power producers。

48. A. 关键词：orangutans; some of the animals use sticks as tools to…。

49. D. 关键词：birds, insects and plants; wildlife。

50. B. 关键词：controls tropical rainforests; causing large areas of forest to disappear。

基础写作：How to protect our eyesight
Now in our school more and more students have got short-sighted, with up to 70% of senior Three students wearing glasses, which is becoming a serious problem. As far as I am concerned, one of the main cause is that we students are much hardworking than before, bearing greater pressure particularly from too much homework. Long time of concentration on our study without enough time to refresh our eyesight is another cause. Much anxiety and lack of sleep also contribute to this result . So measures should be taken to improve our eyesight, such as taking an active part in exercise, doing exercises regularly, forming a good habit of sleep and so on.
任务型写作：
Born disabled, Susan was laughed at and denied at school. However, it is such a tough experience that steeled herself, and by practicing singing on different occasions she won world fame due to her powerful voice.
The story of Susan touched me very much. Susan told us not to judge a person from his/her appearance again. No one is born wise and there is no smooth way to success. Only by hard work and perseverance can we achieve our life goal.
A similar experience also occurs to my friend, who had a nickname: wood head. He was always laughed at because he was clumsy in everything he did. So you can imagine how disappointed his parents were when the result of examination came out. Yet, with strong belief, he is consistent in his positive attitude toward life. After he became a senior middle school student, he worked even harder to catch up with others. To him, failure is a motive force to inspire him to go further . Eventually, He was admitted to a famous university of Guangdong last year.
So, we know one’s disadvantage can be driving force in seeking success. It all depends on ourselves. In a word, we should learn the spirit of perseverance from Susan and my friend to achieve our dreams.。