2017届高三期初考试英语试题(含答案)

高三阶段调研卷

英语

21. His _____ directions puzzled us; we did not know which of the two roads to take.

A. concrete

B. ambiguous

C. explicit

D. consistent

22. Mr Simmons always tries to make me keep in mind that how much easier my life _____ if

I were better organized.

A. will be

B. would have been

C. would be

D. will have been

23. —What did she want to know, Tom?

— She wondered _____ we could complete the experiment.

A. When was it that

B. it was when that

C. it was when

D. when it was that

24. To improve the quality of our products, we asked for suggestions had used the products.

A. whoever

B. who

C. whichever

D. which

25. Rather than define success as financial gain or social status, define it _____ personal

happiness.

A. in face of

B. in response to

C. in addition to

D. in terms of

26. “Nothing in this letter _____ be considered as a license to use the artist’s personal

possessions”, the judge declared on the cou rt .

A. can

B. shall

C. will

D. may

27. The book has helped me greatly in my daily communication, especially at work _____ a

good impression is a must.

A. which

B. where

C. as when

28. It’s g enerally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is

________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion.

A. such a successful example

B. so successful an example

C. as a successful example

D. as successful an example

29. Jimmy has _____ offers from several different law firms in that they don’t _____ him .

A. turned off; appeal to

B. turned down ; appeal to

C. turned down; respond to

D. turned over; cater to

30. —Sarah, you seem to be a little absent-minded. What’s wrong?

—Oh, sorry. Actually, I_____of the family party this weekend. I have to make a list of what needs to be bought.

A. am just thinking

B. just thought

C. have just thought

D. was just thinking

31._____ China is a developing country, it also has the world’s largest number of foreign

exchange reserves.

A. When

B. While

C. As

D. Because

32._____ yourself with excellent students around you to find your weakness, and you will keep on making greater progress.

A. Comparing

B. Having compared

C. Compare

D. Compared

33. — The car is small. Is it safe?

— Definitely. Tests suggest it is _____ safe than any other type of good car.

A. no less

B. not less

C. no more

D. not more

34. Four thousand seven hundred meters above sea level _____, its glaciers being the source

of Asia’s most important rivers.

A. the Tibetan Plateau lies

B. lies the Tibetan Plateau

C. does the Tibetan Plateau lie

D. lying the Tibetan Plateau

35. If anything should happen, the nearest person he could contact by radio , _____ there

was a ship nearby, would be on an island 885 miles away.

A. until

B. when

C. once

D. unless

If You Get In, Make College Count

As tuition costs rise, with post-undergraduate (本科毕业后) jobs difficult to find, is higher education worth the cost?

Here is an unfortunate truth: For far too many incoming freshmen, college－any college －is not worth it. Year after year, students fail to get the full value of their tuition.

Many critics blame this cost/value problem on the universities, though each critic might point to a different reason: teachers always think of difficult research, the high costs of athletics, or the popularity of majors that are supposedly not suited to the new job market, to name some of their favorites.

But these are symptoms and not the illness itself. In our experience, the source of the wasted university experience begins with the student. Too often, students make bad choices or, frankly, just not enough great choices.

Too often we meet students who are so exhausted by the business of getting into college that they don’t work hard once they arrive－one of the most common wastes of time and tuition.

A poorly constructed transcript (成绩单) can be destructive to a student’s education. Failure to engage and build professional working relationships with professors in office hours (which may lead to continued study, internships and more) also hurts the studen t’s experience.

Another mistake is failing to make use of the many support networks on today’s college campuses. It’s almost embarrassing how many good offerings are rolled into each tuition dollar, but most students don’t know they exist.

Another common point of failure is filling the schedule with too many extracurricular activities as students once did in high school, rather than getting intensely involved in one or two at most. The same can be said of overburdened course loads.

The final great failure we frequently see is the approach students (and their parents) take to selecting a major and accurately seeing its impact on a future career. University systems are not vocational schools. While critics nowadays complain about the attraction of useless majors – and some do exist – more frequently we see too many students pursue a course of study that is not their strength, simply because it seems to have obvious connections to a potential job after graduation.

Rather than perform poorly in a “practical” maj or and be of little interest as a future

job candidate, we say it is better to major in a subject where a student would do well and master the tools of communication and analysis. Students who choose a unique major should complement (使更具有吸引力) that with some well-chosen skill courses, internships and other co-curricular activities that help them with career opportunities after college.

So, is college worth it? It can be. Studies show that college graduates have many advantages – material, social and emotional – that can lead to greater success later in life.

To get the full value out of college, students must be as diligent and creative about getting out of college as they were about getting in. After all, the most beautiful, Olympic saltwater pool does you n o good if you don’t know how to swim.

Human Flesh Search—thousands of individuals working to find and make public someone’s personal information, mostly online—will be ruled as leaking personal data, which is against the law, according to China’s top court.

Internet users or network service providers who leak people’s personal information such as phone numbers, addresses, and clinical data will have to hold legal responsibility.

Network service providers will also be held responsible if they are aware that their users have violated others’ rights but have failed to take action.

The decision comes after years of arguments over whether it’s right for the public to try those who behave wrongly.

On the one hand, cyber hunting does have its positive influences. Some public officials have been removed from their positions after human flesh searches led to corruption investigations. During disasters like the Sichuan earthquake in 2008, the search method also helped many people to find their loved ones.

But many think that online cyber hunting is creating a threat to privacy. “People’s ‘unusually high enthusiasm’ makes the human flesh search engine phenomenon unique,” Xujun Eberlein, a Chinese Americ an author and commentator, told Forbes. “Participants often ‘reach out their hands’ thoughtlessly, violating people’s rights instead of being righteous(正直).”

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括短文大意；

2. 以约120个词就“Human Flesh Search（人肉搜索）”这一主题谈谈你的看法，内容包括：

1）你是否赞同文章提及的“禁止人肉搜索”的法案，请说明你的理由；

2）“网络时代，个人隐私如何才能得到保障？”请就此问题，提出你的建议（至少两点）。

【写作要求】

1. 可以参照阅读材料内容，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。

一选择题

单选21 B 单选31 B

单选22 C 单选32 C

单选23 D 单选33 A

单选24 A 单选34 B

单选25 D 单选35 D

单选26 B 单选36 A

单选27 B 单选37 D

单选28 D 单选38 C

单选29 B 单选39 A

单选30 D 单选40 D

二、任务型阅读

1．unable / unlikely

2．blame

3．admission/ going

4．resources / support

5．participating / joining

6．method / way

7．strength(s)/advantage(s)/merit(s)

8．increase/ boost

9．diligence

10．Conclusion

三、书面表达

参考范文：

Possible Version One

The article announces that new laws are to be put out to suspend the Human Flesh Search. Public opinions toward this decision vary, some showing approval while others objection.

Personally, I am convinced that a ban on the human flesh search is essential. Although the human flesh search has indeed exposed some bad guys and their wrong doings, it is court rather than individuals that is to take the responsibility to do the trial. Despite their good intentions, what these cyber hunters do is both immoral and illegal, which can greatly endanger individuals and the whole society.

Therefore, it is high time immediate and positive measures should be adopted to address the problem. Firstly, the government must make relevant regulations and laws to protect people’s on line privacy. In addition, all people should enhance the awareness of the importance of privacy protection. To avoid unwanted attention, it’s better for us to make personal information only available to friends. Only in these ways can we ensure network security.

Possible Version Two

The article announces that new laws are to be put out to suspend the Human Flesh Search. Public opinions toward this decision vary, some showing approval while others objection.

As far as I’m concerned, I don’t think it’s proper to ban the human flesh search, which in recent years has played a crucial role in exposing some bad guys and their wrong doings, helping clarify facts and speeding up the legal process of some cases. With netizens participating in search, it is an effective tool to find desired information and sometimes give the wrongdoers the moral punishment they deserve.

However, the human flesh search is a two-edge sword. To avoid negative consequences, positive measures are necessary. Firstly, the government must make clear regulations and laws to protect people’s online privacy. In addition, all people should enhance the awareness of the importance of privacy protection. To avoid unwanted attention, it’s better for us to make personal information only available to friends. Only in these ways can we ensure network security.

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