山东省滕州市善国中学2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、2014-2015学年度山东省滕州市善国中学高三第一学期期中考试英语试题本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。满分为150 分考试用时为120分钟。第卷（共110 分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题l.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1How much does the man need to pay?A$6B$16C$202Where are the speakers g

2、oing?AA shop BA restaurantCThe railway station3When will the magazine probably arrive?AWednesday BThursday CFriday4Whom did the man buy the books for?AHis father BHis motherCHis sister5What is the probable relationship between the two speakers?ATeacher and studentBMother and son CDriver and passenge

3、r第二节（共15小题；每小题15分，满分225分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What do we know about Nora?AShe prefers a room of her ownBShe likes to work with other girls CShe lives near the city center7What is good abou

4、t the flat?AIt has a large sitting roomBIt has good furniture CIt has a big kitchen听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8Whatdoesthewomansayabouttheman?AHeisnotreadytotaketheposition BHeshouldgoonavacation CHewilldoagoodjob9Whatisthemangoingtodo?ACelebratewiththewomanBThankMsRobertsonCGoonvacation听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10Whati

5、stherelationshipbetweenthespeakers?AHusbandandwifeBFatheranddaughterCBossandemployee11Whydoesthemanwanttogiveupsmoking?AThedoctoraskshimtoquit BHeplanstohaveababyCThewomantellshimtodoso12Whatdoesthewomanorder?AOrangejuiceBAglassofwaterCAnicetea听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13Whatwillthemandothisweekend?ARecordap

6、erformanceBBuyavideotapeCGotoaconcert14Whatdoesthewomanthinkofthemansbehavior?AUnbelievable BFunnyCMeaningful15Whatwillthewomandofortheman?ABuyhimaCD BGethimaticketCLendhimsomemoney16Whatcanwelearnfromtheconversation?AThewomandoesntlikeNightwish BThemanisexcitedaboutthecomingshow CThereissomethingwr

7、ongwiththemansheart听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17Whatisthespeakerdoing?AIntroducingsomeprofessorstothestudentsBShowingsomepicturestothestudentsCTellingthestudentstheirtasks18Whatwillthestudentshavetodo?AInterviewprofessorsBPutthepicturesuponthewall CGotoaretirementdinner19WhatdoweknowaboutProfessorLindaSpark?

8、AShewearseyeglasses BShehasherhaircolorchanged CSheisheadoftheMathematicsDepartment20Whatdoesthespeakerremindthestudentstopaymostattentionto?AThetimeBThetopicCThewriting第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑A“I think its a great thing when I know

9、 its going to help someone else” said l3-year-old Spencer Goldstein，after collecting hundreds of pieces of baseball equipment for kids who can not afford to buy their ownSpencer collected the bats，balls，gloves，helmets and masks for his mitzvah（德行）project，which is a community service project that man

10、y Jewish kids do around their bar or bat mitzvahs（成人礼）A bar mitzvah is a ceremony for a boy while a bat mitzvah is intended for a girlThe ceremony means that you are old enough to take on a grown-ups responsibilitiesSpencer got the idea for his mitzvah project after seeing the Ugandan national team

11、at last years Little League World SeriesSome of the Ugandan players didnt even have their own glovesAnd Spencers donations are going to a group called “Pitch for Baseball”a group that gives baseball equipment to kids in low-income communities around the worldMollie Schwartz and Mia Schwartz also cam

12、e up with a sports-related mitzvah projectThe money they raised went to the Israel Sport Center for the DisabledThey raised at least $9,000-enough to pay for at least three wheelchairs made for playing basketball In Massachusetts，Abigail Miller decided to collect musical instruments for her mitzvah

13、projectThe instruments Abigail collected were then donated to groups that distribute them to kids who cant afford to buy them“I want to make sure everybody can get the chance to enjoy music like I do,” Abigail saidAbigail collected more than three-dozen instruments-wind instruments，string instrument

14、s，keyboards，even a drum set Whether its playing sports，playing music or something else，kids such as Spencer，Mollie，Mia and Abigail are using their mitzvah projects to change the world for the better“They learned about generosity，said Mollies mother，Loft Schwartz，“and the power to make things happen”

15、21How did Spencer feel after collecting some baseball equipment? ATired BConfident CProud Dupset22Spencer planned to begin to collect baseball equipment Awhen he was only thirteen years old Bafter he saw some players wearing no gloves Cwhen he found a group offering equipment to others Dafter he fou

16、nd his classmates still living in poverty23What do we know about Abigail Miller from the text? AShe collected sport equipment for the disabled BShe hoped more things would be given to those kids CShe sent the things she collected directly to those in need DShe helped many kids have fun with music th

17、rough her efforts24From the passage we can know Asome kids are famous for their funny projects Bnot all mitzvah projects are related to sports Cthe requirements are different for boys and girls Dfew girls are willing to do the mitzvah projects25What can we learn from the text?AGenerosity BBravery CD

18、etermination DHonestyBOn March 15, Dunes View Middle School held a contest for school bandsStudent bands tried out for the opportunity to perform at the school picnic，which will be held at the end of JuneThe winner of the contest was the band called Four Square“Were very proud that we won the contes

19、t and are excited to perform at the picnic，” says Peter Zandt，who plays guitar in the band“And since we hope to perform someday at other local places，like restaurants and parks，this will be a great first step”The contest was the creation of music teacher Mr. Lopez and drama teacher MsChoThe two thou

20、ght of the idea while discussing recent years school picnics“The picnic is one of the biggest events of the year，but it has become a bit formulaic，said MsCho“The activities are the same every year We thought that a performance by a student band would make the school picnic more interesting and fun”M

21、r. Lopez，MsCho，and three other teachers judged the contest，which took place in the gymTo see if the bands could present a wide range of musical skills，the teachers asked them each to prepare two songs：one song with original words，and another in which students played instrumental music onlyThe judges

22、 finally chose the band Four Square as the winner of the contestFour Square is a rock band with an unusual twist：it includes a violin player! The members of Four Square write their own songs and practice three times a week after schoo1Students and teachers agreed that the band competition was a big

23、successAll are looking forward to the school picnic in June26What can be the best title for the article?AFamous Band Visits Schoo1 BTeachers Give Music LessonsCStudents Have Fun at School PicnicDSchool Holds Student Band Contest27The underlined word “formulaic” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning t

24、o _ Aexpensive Bdull Clong Duncertain 28Why did the teachers ask each band to play two songs? ATo decide which songs to play at the picnicBTo see if the bands could play a variety of songsCTo make sure the contest did not go on too long DTo make the concert more enjoyable for students29According to

25、the article，what is unusual about the band Four Square?AIt is named after a popular childrens gameBIts members practice several times a weekCIt is a rock band with a violinistDIts members all play guitar30According to the article，what does the band Four Square hope to do in the future?APerform at th

26、e school picnic every year BPerform in many different placesCBuy new instruments DRecord an albumCIf you saw another kid ride her bike too fast around a corner and fall down, you might ride your bike more slowly on that turnYes, we humans are very sensitive to others mistakesAnd the same is true for

27、 other animalsAnimals mess up all the timeThey might eat poisonous leaves, fall off a tree or let their prey（猎物） slip awayBy watching others fail, an animal can avoid making the same mistakes, thus improving its chance of survivalScientists suspected that one part of the brain helps animals process

28、information about others errorsCeils in that part appear to become more active when a person sees someone else making a mistakeBut researchers didnt know whether individual cells in this part of the brain play different roles in detecting errorsTo investigate the brains response to errors in more de

29、tail，the researchers taught a game to two macaques，a type of monkeyOne monkey could press a yellow or green button while the other watchedIf the first monkey pressed the right button，the team gave both animals a treatEvery couple of rounds，the two monkeys switched rolesMeanwhile, the scientists moni

30、tored individual cells in the animals brains When the first monkey messed up the game by pressing the wrong button，a group of cells in the second monkeys brain firedBut if the second monkey also made the wrong choice during its turn，some of the cells in that group didnt respondThose unresponsive cel

31、ls reacted specifically to mistakes made by others，not to the monkeys own mistakesScientists believe other parts of the brain also might help people process information about anothers errors“You start to think about this other person and see things from his angle”Ellen de Bruijn，told Science NewsShe

32、 studies the brain at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands31According to Paragraph l，animals ability to learn from others mistakes Aused to be ignored by humans Bensures that they will never fail Cis being lost because of humans Dhelps them to survive better32The underlined word “detecting” i

33、n Paragraph 2 probably means “ ” Acorrecting Bmaking Csensing Ddrawing33From the game the scientists taught to two macaques，we can see Ahow the brain responds to mistakes Bwhich part of the brain is more activeCanimals can avoid the same mistakes Dhow the brain processes information34In the experime

34、nt mentioned，those unresponsive cells are only sensitive to Athe same buttons Bothers mistakesCones own mistakes Dthe monkeys brain35Whats the main idea of the passage?AAn interesting experiment by scientists surprised usBAnimals can learn from mistakes like human beingsCMonkeys can avoid making mis

35、takes by learning from usDThe brain cells are always sensitive to others informationDOn the day of college graduation，I told my friends and family the news：I was leaving the country I had lived in since childhoodI just need a change,” I told them，but there was moreI was running from heartbreakMy rel

36、ationship with the United States is the most tough one I have ever had，as a country I loved and believed in did not love me back Back in the 90s，my mother brought me from our home in the Caribbean islands to the USwhen I was 4 years oldShe worked as a live-in nanny（保姆）for two years，playing mommy for

37、 white kids whose parents had better things to doShe didnt believe that nanny meant maid，and did whatever was asked of herShe was thirsty to embrace her American dream，hoping that her children would be educated and she might have nannies of her own That was our pathget a “good education” When the ne

38、ighborhoods with quality schools became too expensive for my mom to afford as a single parent，we went across the United States with GreatSchoolsnet as our compass：New Jersey，elementary school；Texas，middle school；Florida，high school；New York City，private universityFor a long time I survived by coveri

39、ng myself in all kinds of labels so that people would ignore the color of my skin，yet I existed on the edge of ugly，ignorant and uncultured“Black people dont really know how to swim，”a white lady told me when I worked as a swim instructor at my neighborhoods pool“The black children dont like to read

40、 very much，” I overheard one librarian discussing with another while l sat down reading a book a couple feet away I was never able to make America my homeWhen I stripped myself of the labels painfully one by one，beneath them there is a wounded colored woman who refuses to be faceless anymoreMy face

41、may be disgusting to some since it bears proof that race continues to be a problemMy hope is that it will force Americans to re-examine their “postracial” beliefs36What was the real reason that made the author leave the United States? AIt couldnt provide her with good education BShe just needed a ch

42、allenge in her way of life CThe way she was treated there broke her heart DShe was tired of living in a strange country34What can we infer about the authors mother from Paragraphs 2 and 3 ? AShe sacrificed a lot to live a better life in America BShe was quite content to work as a livein nanny CShe w

43、as particular about the schools her daughter attended DShe liked visiting all kinds of schools with the author38The author gives two examples in Paragraph 4 to show that Ahow ignorant and uncultured many people are in USBshe needed to cover herself in all kinds of labelsCthe race problem is still se

44、rious in the United StatesDblack children often have no interest in reading books39The authors attitude towards the United States on race problem is Asupportive Bpositive Cneutral Dnegative40The author writes the passage to expect Aimmigrants to get ready for more hardshipBthe US to reflect on how i

45、t treats colored peopleCher family to understand her decisionDthe black people to re-examine their way of life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 your son runs inside covered in mud and is excited about worms, he is probably ready for a camping tripAn outdoor excursion

46、（远足） can be an excellent excuse to turn off the TV or the computer for a few days_41_ As fun as it can be, camping with kids takes planning, practice and patienceHere are four ways to give your child a memorable camping experienceStart smallYour childs first experience doesnt have to be in the wildn

47、ess with no running water_42_ After youve mastered your own yard, book a one-night trip at a campground within a short driving distance of your housePick the right perfect siteMany campgrounds offer more than just natureYou can put up a tent at one with a playground or a pool, or even at one with or

48、ganized activitiesThat way you can pick another site if your child gets bored with your nature hike_43_ GocampingAmericacom has a great tool for searching for a park anywhere in the country_44_ Its great to involve kids in preparing the camping, whether its packing snacks or deciding gamesThis is a

49、great opportunity for your kids to make their decisionsGo through the list with your child and check off each item as you pack them in the bag or carTake a hikeMost campgrounds provide maps and well-marked trails for every level of hikers_45_ If you have a child who is wild about bugs, see how many

50、bugs you can find on your walkA daughter who loves taking photos? Bring a camera and capture as many different plants or as much wildlife as you canAStay safe and connectedBMake a list with your kidsCCamp in the backyard first, and them go on a hikeDDo your research and you will pick a site for your

51、 whole familyEThere is no better way to experience nature than walking through itFIt can also work as a great family bonding experience for your childGThink about your favorite outdoor activities as a child and share them第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题15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

52、）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A few years ago, I was with a close woman friend in a grocery store in CaliforniaAs we walked between the 46 , we became aware of a mother with a small boy moving in the opposite directionThe woman barely 47_ us because she was so bored at her little boy, who kept on pu

53、lling items 48 the lower shelvesAs the mother became more and more impatient, she started to 49 the child and later began to shake him by the 50 At this point my friend spoke upAs a wonderful 51 of three and founder of a kindergarten, she had probably_ 52 _ once in her life treated any child so badl

54、yI 53 my friend would give this woman a solid mother-to-mother talk about 54 herself and about the effect this behavior has on a child However, my friend said, What a 55 little boy ! How old is he? The woman answered 56 , He s three My friend went on to 57 how curious he seemed and how her own three

55、 children were just like him in the 58 , pulling things off shelves, so interested in all the wonderful 59 and packages He seems so bright and intelligent my friend said The woman had the 60 in her arms by now and a shy smile came upon her face 61 brushing his hair out of his eyes, she said, Yes, he

56、 s very smart and 62 , but sometimes he wears me out My friend _ 63 _sympathetically, Yes, they can do that; they are so full of 64 But that is what makes him a kid The woman 65 with approval As we walked away, I heard the mother speaking more kindly to the boy, Well have your favorite macaroni and

57、cheese this evening she told him46Alines Bprices Cshelves Dcustomers47Anoticed Bpaid Caccompanied Drealized48Ain Boff Cby Dat49Apoint to Bpick up Cbend over Dyell at50Aarm Bleg Chead Dhair51Aassistant Bmother Cconsultant, Dmanager52Aeven Balready Cever Dnever53Asuspected Bdecided Cexpected Ddoubted5

58、4Acontrolling Breminding Cblaming Dchanging55Aboring Blovely Cdisturbing Dpromising56Ahappily Bloudly Ccautiously Dsadly57Acomment about Bshow off Cfocus on Dagree with58Agroup Bmeantime Cend Dstore59Acolors Btastes Cdrinks Dchocolates60Apackages Bboy Cfriend Dbag61AQuickly BRegularly CGently DNorma

59、lly62Awise B naughty Cyoung Dcurious63Aresponded Basked Ccalled Dthought64Ahumor Bcourage Cactivity Denergy65Arefused Bnodded Chesitated Dapplauded第卷第三部分 英语知识运用第二节 （共10分；每小题15分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。“Mother,” said Rachel, coming into the kitchen, with a garden hoe in her hand“

60、Ive just planted the rose that Grandpa gave to me”“Well, thats very nice, dear,” said Mother, _66_ （clean） her wet hands on her apron“Grandpa will be very proud of you” “ I am very worried about it, though,” said Rachel“_67_ is it going to rain ? it is so dry outside _68_ all the grass is dying and

61、everything is all drying upI dont want Grandpas rose _69_ （die）” “I know,” said Mother“This spring is the _70_ （dry） spring ever in the towns history, although the weatherman said it is supposed to rain this afternoon” “It doesnt look as if its going to rain,” said Rachel“The sun is shining _71_ it

62、is nice and warm outside” Just then, the telephone _72_（ring）Rachel picked up the receiver_73_ was Grandpa“Hello, Grandpa, Ive just planted the rose outside, and it looks beautifulWhen is it going to rain?” asked Rachel “Take _74_ look outside, right now,” said GrandpaRachel jumped for joy when she

63、saw raindrops hitting the kitchens window “Now the rose is going to be alright,” Rachel said to Grandpa “Yes, dear,” said Grandpa“It _75_sure”第四部分：写作（25分）为帮助并鼓励高三学生树立明确的奋斗目标，学校现进行主题为“我的理想大学”的英语作文比赛。请根据下列要求和你的想象完成短文：1理想大学2心仪专业3大学生活注意：1次数100左右；2可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。2014-2015学年度山东省滕州市善国中学高三第一学期期中考试英语试题参考答案15 BBABA 610 CACCA 1115 BCCAC 1620 BCABA21-25 CBDBA 26-30 DBBCB 31-35 DCABB 36-40 CACDB 41-45 FCDBE 46-50 CABDA 51-55 BDCAB 56-60 CADAB 61-65 CDADB 66cleaning 67when 68that 69to die 70driest 71and 72rang 73it 74a 75is