高三期中英语试卷

2015学年第一学期期中杭州地区（含周边）重点中学

高三年级英语学科试题

命题：严州中学刘国裕富阳中学蒋巧玲（审校）

审核:余杭高级中学沈园园

考生须知：

1.本卷满分120分，考试时间120分钟；

2.答题前，在答题卷指定区域填写班级、姓名、考场号、座位号及准考证号并填涂相应数字。

3.所有答案必须写在答题卷上，写在试卷上无效；

4.考试结束后，只需上交答题卷。

选择题部分（共80分）

第一部分：英语知识应用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5分，满分10分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1. —Many women believe the skin cream in this ad. makes their skin look much younger.

— ______. I never tried it.

A. Don’t mention it

B. Exactly

C. I couldn’t say

D. No, not at all

2. Tu Youyou, ______Chinese trained pharmacologist(药理学家), was awarded ______ 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in developing effective drugs against malaria(疟疾).

A. the; /

B. a; the

C. a; /

D. the; the

3. As teenagers, sometimes we do need our parents’ guidance, especially______social experiences.

A. by way of

B. as a result of

C. in place of

D. in terms of

4. — I promise her daughter ____ get a nice present on her birthday.

— Will it be a big surprise to her?

A. should

B. must

C. would

D. shall

5. A big parade was held in Beijing on Sept 3 when a group of 12,000 Chinese soldiers and 500 pieces of modern military equipment _______through Tian’anmen Square.

A. approached

B. advanced

C. delivered

D. explored

6. Before a problem can be solved, it must be obvious _______the problem is.

A. what

B. that

C. which

D. why

7. Since a BBC documentary titled Are Our Kids Tough Enough? Chinese School ______in August, it has caused great controversy in both countries.

A. came up

B. came off

C. came out

D. came about

8. — Hi, Peter, has your brother come back from Paris?

— Yes, he ______there for two weeks.

A. has stayed

B. stayed

C. had stayed

D. will stay

9. ______students decide to go to college, they should try their best to be admitted.

A. As

B. While

C. Until

D. Once

10. _______the present law, your employer has the right to hire a temporary worker to replace you.

A. From

B. Under

C. For

D. Within

11. He decided that he would drive back to town instead of ______for the night at the hotel.

A. picking up

B. holding up

C. pulling up

D. putting up

12. He is always ready to help others. That's one of his ________ .

A. strengths

B. powers

C. abilities

D. benefits

13. Young children may face serious health risks from popular energy drinks, such as Monster and Red

Bull, ______causing heart problems and other life-threatening conditions.

A. absolutely

B. completely

C. potentially

D. definitely

14. After years of learning Chinese, I still can’t understand everything, particularly in the rural areas. These are my most _______ moment—when I can’t understand what people say.

A. relevant

B. awesome

C. optional

D. awkward

15. City life is more convenient than _______ of the country but not_______quiet and easy.

A. that; as

B. such; too

C. which; rather

D. one; quite

16. It may take time and patience to______a bad habit, so don’t fall into one no matter what.

A. forbid

B. guarantee

C. overcome

D. distinguish

17. —Hi, Lucy! When did you arrive in Berlin?

—Last weekend, I __________a different culture since then.

A. was experiencing

B. will be experiencing

C. have been experiencing

D. had been experiencing

18. The reason why life in the movie appears so much more satisfactory is that we look at it in an admiring way, only _______its pleasantness.

A. to see

B. seeing

C. see

D. seen

19. We are going to spend the Spring Festival in Canada this year, ______live my grandparents and some relatives.

A. that

B. which

C. who

D. where

20. —You mean he won’t come to our party?

—Yeah, ______. He has a very important meeting to attend.

A. that’s all right

B. you got it

C. it doesn’t matter

D. it depends

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

I had just picked up my new car, a very beautiful automobile if you’re into cars. A few months l ater, I was involved in an 21 . That new and very beautiful car was destroyed.

It was clearly not my 22 . The other guy was so busy on his cell phone that he went right through a red light and knocked into the passenger side of my car. It was even 23 because my niece was asleep on the back seat and her father, my brother, was in the front passenger seat. He was not 24 , to say the least.

The police arrived and began taking statements. I 25 that my speed had been up to about 55kmph. ―So you were going about 50kmph…‖ he said.

“No, I said I was doing about 55kmp h,‖ I said.

“Right, so you were doing about 50kmph…‖ again he26 .

In a slightly 27 tone because I felt I wasn’t being heard, I said: ―No! I was doing about