高三上学期英语期末测试卷

高三英语期中测试卷

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一、单项选择 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

1、The problem is worth_________ .

A. discussing

B. discuss

C. being discussed

D. discussed

2.The chair looks rather hard, but in fact, it is very comfortable to ___.(1988 全国)

A. sit

B. sit on

C. be sat

D. be sat on

3. I feel greatly honored ____ into their society. （2008北京卷）

A. to welcome

B. welcoming

C. to be welcomed

D. welcomed

4. _______ fit, you’d better take exercise in th e morning, for the morning air is fresh ______.

A. to keep; to be breathed

B. keeping; to breathe

C. to keep; to breathe

D. keeping; to be breathed

5. ______a living, she had to work from morning till night.

A. To make

B. made

C. Making

D. To have made

6. She said she___ her uncle very much and hoped ____him.

A. missed, to hear from

B. missed, to hear

C. misses, hearing from

D. misses, hearing

7. Missing the last bus means___ home.

A. to walk

B. walking

C. walked

D. walk

8. Miss Gao asked a question, but it was __________ that nobody could answer

it.

A. very difficult

B. too difficult

C. difficult enough

D. so difficult

9. Access ______ the garden is through the kitchen.

A. at

B. to

C. for

D. with

10. Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard

— ______, you failed. (NMET 1999)

A. in the end

B. after all

C. in other words

D. at the same time

三、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。选项中的两

项为多途选项。(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

1. Ali is from a Middle Eastern country. He now stays in the USA. He smokes

a lot of cigarettes every day. He has smoked for nine years. Ali says, “ I tried to quit (放弃) smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible. My parents smoke. My brothers smoke. All my friends smoke. At parties and

at meetings, almost all the men smoke. Here in the United States, not as many people smoke. ____1____ ”

Many smokers are like Ali: they want to stop smoking. ____2____ They know

it can cause cancer and heart disease. But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them. The drug is nicotine. People who smoke a lot need nicotine.

____3____ The nicotine makes him sick. In a few days, the smok er’s body

is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine. Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine. Without nicotine, he feels bad.

____4____ Many people who quit will soon smoke again. At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” ci garette. Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another. Soon they become smokers again. ____5____

A. It is very hard to quit smoking.

B. It will be easier to change the smoking habit here.

C. Thus nicotine makes smokers addicted to cigarettes.

D. The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health.

E. When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible.

F. Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking: never start.

G. But it is said that medicine is needed to stop them from smoking.

四、语法填空(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He 1 （cook）some delicious food in the kitchen .Suddenly, he found that he 2 (run )out of salt. So Nick called to his son,” Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 3 too little.”His son looked surprised.”

I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less,

4 not save a bit of money?”

“That would be a very 5 (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like our s,” Nick said.

Nick’s guests, 6 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied,” The only reason why a man would sell salt in a lower price would be that he was desperate for money. And anyone who took the advantage of the t situation would be showing a lack of