宁夏石嘴山市第三中学2017届高三上学期第三次适应性（期中）考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、2017届高考第三次适应性考试英语试卷 2016.11.12命题人： 崔洁 李静本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考生作答时，将答案答在答题卡上，在本试卷上答题无效。第 I 卷第一部分：听力部分（共两节, 满分20分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1分, 满分5）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。1. What time is it now?A. 8:15 B. 7:45 C. 7:002. Who is wanted on

2、the phone?A. John Smith B. Sarah White C. Chris Watson.3. What do we know about the woman?A. She plays tennis well.B. She seldom plays tennis.C. She plays tennis regularly.4. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Play chess with him. B. Clean up the house. C. Have a chat with him.5. Whats weathe

3、r like tomorrow?A. Rainy. B. Sunny. C. Windy.第二节 (共15小题;每小题1分, 满分15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，各小题将给出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至7题。6. What is not included in the free breakfast?A. Eggs. B. Rolls. C. Juice.7. How are the rooms of

4、the hotel?A. Large. B. Clean. C. Quiet.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Why did the man go to Hawaii?A. To live there. B. To go on business. C. To go on holiday.9. How did the man spend his night?A. Went swimming. B. Ate out. C. Went talking. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who are the speakers waiting for?A. The manager. B.

5、 The waiter. C. Their friends.11. How long will they go on waiting before leaving?A. 15 minutes. B. 10 minutes. C. 5 minutes.12. What do they probably think of the service of restaurants?A. Good. B. Poor. C. Average. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Whats the possible relationship between the speakers?A. Husban

6、d and wife. B. Boss and secretary. C. Salesman and customer.14. Whats the house like?A. Modern and beautiful. B. Big and beautiful. C. Cheap and small.15. What difficulty do the speakers have buying the house?A. Its inconvenient for the man.B. Its too expensive.C. Its style is not to their taste.16.

7、 What decision do the speakers finally make?A. Buying the house.B. Choosing another house.C. Discussing with the kids. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. Whats the speakers talking about?A. The approaches to learning English.B. The importance of learning English.C. The difficulties in learning English.18. What a

8、re you advised to do to change attitude?A. Go abroad. B. Realize our goal. C. Learn through the Internet.19. Whats the purpose of exposing yourself?A. To develop a taste. B. To accept new concepts.C. To create an English atmosphere.20. What does the speaker encourage learners to do by mentioning Dav

9、id Beckham?A. To learn from him.B. To broaden learners horizons.C. To care less about mistakes.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 (共15小题；每题2分，满分30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。ASome years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour re

10、cording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When

11、I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, wellequipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generatio

12、ns a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen.At that point, I understood th

13、at nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thou

14、ght or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very oftenonly of objects I find really beautiful. Im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I reali

15、ze that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe Ill forget certain

16、 facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I dont live to make memoriesI just live, and the memories form themselves.21. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of_.A. observing her school routineB. expressing her satisfactionC. impressing her

17、 classmatesD. preserving her history22. What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?A. A dull night on the journey.B. The beauty of the great valley.C. A striking quotation from a book.D. Her concerns for future generations.23. What does the author put in her diary now?A. No

18、tes and beautiful pictures.B. Special thoughts and feelings.C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.24. The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is_.A. to experience itB. to live the present in the futureC. to make memoriesD. to give accurat

19、e representations of itBIn the past decade the popularity of rock climbing has greatly increased, and so has the number of injuries. It has been estimated that rock climbing is now enjoyed by more than 9 million people in the US each year. Study findings revealed a 65 percent increase in the number

20、of patients that were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated injuries between 1991 and 2008.The study, published in the online issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine，found that about 40,000 patients were treated in US emergency departments for rock climbingrelated

21、 injuries between 1991 and 2008. The most common types of rock climbingrelated injuries were fractures (骨折) and sprains (扭伤)The ankle was the most common body part to be injured (40 percent)Climbers in the study ranged in age from 2 to 74, with an average age of 26.The study also found that women to

22、ok up a quarter of the injuries.Falls were the primary reason for injury with over threequarters of the injuries occurring as the result of a fall. The severity of fallrelated injuries had a lot to do with the height of the fall. Patients who were injured after falling from a height over 20 feet wer

23、e 10 times more likely to be treated than patients who were injured falling from 20 feet or lower.“We found that the climbers who fell from heights higher than 20 feet took up 70 percent of the patients treated for a rock climbingrelated injury, ” explained the study author Lara McKenzie, PhD, direc

24、tor at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Hospital.“This trend，combined with the fact that rock climbers have a higher hospitalization rate than other sports and recreational injuries, demonstrates the need to increase injury prevention efforts for climbers.”25. Which body part

25、is most likely to get injured for a climber?A. The arm. B. The ankle. C. The knee. D. The hand.26. The severity of climbers fallrelated injures is mainly related to _.A. the height of the fallB. the climbers ageC. the climbers health conditionsD. the climbers climbing experience27. The purpose of th

26、e passage is to _.A. show that rock climbingrelated injuries have increasedB. tell readers rock climbing is an adventurous sportC. warn readers of the danger of rock climbingD. call on doctors to increase injury prevention effortsCFor centuries, polar bears have enjoyed Arctic waters by themselves.

27、But now, they are getting company in summer.Last summer, China sent its first icebreaker, the Snow Dragon, over the top of Russia, from Shanghai to Iceland.This summer, the Yong Sheng, a freighter（货船）operated by Chinas COSCO shipping company, became the first Chinese merchant ship to take the shortc

28、ut. It sailed from Shanghai to Rotterdam, cutting two weeks off the usual route, through Egypts Suez Canal.Satellite photos by the U.S. space agency, NASA, show that the white Arctic ice around the North Pole shrinks every summer. It is replaced by more and more open water, which appears black in th

29、e photos.Even Russian President Vladimir Putin agrees with the American scientists.“It is absolutely clear now that the climate is changing. Everyone is talking about this,” he said in a forum held here recently. “It is clear now that the northern latitudes can be open for shipping for 100 days or p

30、erhaps 150 days, and that new regions are opening up for economic activity.”While Russia invests in more icebreakers, Arctic experts gathered at the forum say they see growing opportunities for trade. Felix Tschudi, chairman of a Norwegian shipping company, has shipped iron ore (铁矿) from northern No

31、rway to China. “We believe that the potential of the Northern Sea Route is large,”said Tschudi, a promoter of the route. “It will not be like an explosion. In 2010, there were four ships using the shortcut. In 2011, there were 34 ships. And in 2012 there were 46 ships. This year we expect around 50

32、ships.”Lawson Brigham is the captain of a United States Coast Guard icebreaker based in Alaska. “Really, were looking at a seasonal supplement(补充)to the Suez Canal, carrying natural resources, “ he said. “Were not going to change the equipment for the global container ship traffic.” 28. What can we

33、learn about polar bears from the first paragraph? A. They will be lonely in summer. B. They will get together in summer. C. They will get up a company in summer. D. They will see human beings m summer.29. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to Felix Tschudi? A. More and more ship

34、s will use the transit route. B. The ships using the transit route will increase rapidly. C. The Northern Sea Route can bear the trans- Arctic trading ships. D. About 4 more ships are expected to use the Northern Sea Route.30. How many countries are mentioned in this passage? A. Three. B. Four. C. F

35、ive. D. Six.31. What can we learn from the passage? A. The Yong Sheng took the shortcut through the Suez Canal to the Arctic this summer. B. The Snow Dragon from China was the first icebreaker to the Arctic this summer. C. Vladimir Putin agreed that shipping through the Arctic has changed the climat

36、e there. D. Lawson Brigham believed that the global container ship traffic would be replaced.DAll parents know that one of their most important tasks is to prepare their children for an independent life, but any parent can tell you that its hard to let go of your children. That balance between keepi

37、ng your children safe and allowing them to learn from their own mistakes can be heartbreaking. Years of experience means that parents often do know best, but on the other hand, the young, being less bound by tradition, are often more creative, more able to find new solutions to old problems. Revolut

38、ions are led by the young. Good teachers make the growth of critical (批判性的) thinking easier in their students, only to find that this can lead to a questioning of the teachers basic beliefs. Schools encourage parents to become involved, but are often embarrassed when parents have reservations about

39、some of the educational methods being used. Governments encourage unimportant groups to empower themselves in order to participate fully in the development process. And they are often surprised when the new leaders of these groups turn around and attack the policies of that same government. The rebe

40、llions (叛逆的)young and the newly unimportant groups are important in social development. They are not necessarily representatives of those they want to represent or not realistic in their demands, but their voices must be heard.Good parents know that just forbidding particular behaviors does not prev

41、ent their children from finding ways to engage in these forbidden activities. Indeed, sometimes the forbidden fruit is more inviting, just because it is not accepted by authority. Parents must work with their children to educate them on the facts, know as much as possible about he lives of their chi

42、ldren, provide a good example, encourage more wholesome activities but also support their children when they dont follow what is expected of them. But the most important point is that they also need to learn how to let go.32. By saying “Revolutions are led by the young”, the author indicates that yo

43、ung people are more _.A. conventionalB. realisticC. creativeD. heartbreaking33. In order to educate children well, parents should _.A. forbid particular behaviors in their daily lifeB. know them well and set a good example to themC. educate them with facts and expect much of themD. know as much as p

44、ossible as their children34. From the passage we can learn that the author prefers _.A. free parentingB. traditional parentingC. critical parentingD. smart parenting35. What is the best title of the passage?A. Letting Go for Childrens Independent LifeB. Parents Tasks in Childrens DevelopmentC. Way o

45、f Growth for the Young GroupsD. Teaching Methods for Teachers and Schools第二节 (共五小题；每小题5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。How to Care for Your Ears?Ears not only let us hear, but they also play a role in maintaining our balance, which is vital to our ability to function in daily life.

46、 Yet, we ignore them. We cant even see our ears, except in a mirror. We take for granted what they do for us day in and day outuntil we notice somethings wrong, such as when an earache strikes or when we start having to ask people to repeat what they say. 36 Clean your ear with a washclothcovered fi

47、nger only.Never put anything inside your ear canal, including cotton swabs (药签) 37 Leave earwax(耳垢) alone.Wax is your ears way of eliminating(消除) anything foreign that gets into the ear canal. 38 If you find you have too much earwax, use a few drops of earwax remover(去除剂) in the canal. After a few m

48、inutes, wash the ear with warm water.Avoid noisy places.Rock concerts and construction sites are just a few places that frequently have noise levels that can damage hearing. Any place where you have to shout to be heard should be avoided. 39 Be careful not to play MP3 too loud, especially if using e

49、arphone.Be careful with illness and medications.Respiratory (呼吸的) illnesses should be treated to avoid their spread to the ears. Certain medications can damage hearing, so follow the directions carefully before taking them.See your doctor if you suffer from sudden hearing loss or hear noises in your

50、 head. 40 AMost people dont need to clean wax out of their ears.BIn such case, go to see a doctor as soon as possible.CThese can be symptoms of a serious illness which needs to be treated.DThis article will show you how to care for your ears.ETurn the volume down.FAvoid using earphones while listeni

51、ng to MP3.GYour ear canal is very narrow, and a swab can damage it.第三部分 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1.5分, 满分30分) 第一节： 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。The moment I stepped out of the international plane , I realized my long-hour sleepy voyage finally came to an end. Sitting on the bus, I was waiting

52、 anxiously for it to start. A woman, sitting next to me, and her daughter both seemed 41 . She told me that her daughter had an upset stomach and would throw up continuously; 42 , the mother had lost her 43 . Apart from a significant amount of money, the purse also had her phone and a phone number o

53、f an important 44 , a person she was travelling 90 kilometers to meet for discussing a（an） 45 matter which had to be 46 by tomorrow morning.I handed her my cellphone without 47 and told her that she could make any call she wanted. I also 48 a bottle of water I had out of my bag to relieve her daught

54、er of her 49 . After making several calls, they finally 50 to the official! They turned to look at me 51 and thanked me many times. The woman tried to pay for my 52 , but I jumped to do it before her 53 I knew she had lost her money.Next morning, I received a call from the mother, saying that they c

55、ouldnt tell how much my 54 act touched them. They were so 55 that they had taken down my number to thank me. I was 56 to be thanked in this way. I never thought my simple offer 57 so much in her heart. And I thought of how many opportunities for 58 we had lost by plugging onto cellphones and being d

56、isconnected 59 the reality around us-something with easy access may make a big 60 to others.41. A. excited B. relaxed C. unconscious D. uncomfortable42. A. therefore B. however C. besides D. otherwise43. A. purse B. address C. phone D. luggage44. A. accountant B. official C. lawyer D. doctor45. A. a

57、stonishing B. political C. urgent D. financial46. A. settled B. ignored C. raised D. dropped47. A. doubt B. permission C. hesitation D. question48. A. ordered B. took C. bought D. sold49. A. sickness B. stress C. fever D. appetite50. A. came over B. turned around C. looked up D. got through 51. A. d

58、oubtfully B. closely C. gratefully D. anxiously52. A. water B. ticket C. offer D. assistance53. A. although B. if C. while D. since54. A. cautious B. temporary C. generous D. honest55. A. reasonable B. scary C. desperate D. considerate 56. A. ashamed B. astonished C. disappointed D. amused57. A. inc

59、reased B. balanced C. weighed D. damaged58. A. kindness B. success C. courage D. justice59. A. in B. beyond C. of D. from60. A. promise B. difference C. wish D. gesture第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。In the USA, the high school graduation ceremony is of great 61 (importan

60、t). 12th-grade students, or seniors, who are about 17 or 18 years old, look forward to 62 (attend) this event. The graduation ceremony itself takes place at the end of May or beginning of June, 63 usually includes music, awards, and a guest speaker. After the speeches, students walk to the front of

61、the room to receive their diplomas from the headmaster. Students start preparing for graduation a long time 64 it happens. They order rings designed 65 (especial) for their class. 66 tradition is to have their photographs taken. These photographs are used for the class yearbook, which is a 67 (print

62、) book about all the students in the school. Students have special cards called announcements to send to friends and relatives to tell them about their graduation. The cards often include 68 invitation to the ceremony. If you receive it, you should send a present 69 money to the graduate. A few week

63、s before the ceremony, the students 70 (measure) for the cap that they will wear at the ceremony. After the ceremony, families usually have graduation parties for friends and relatives. Its a day and a night that high school seniors remember for a long time.第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分0

64、分）文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词作斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。One day a lady saw a mouse running across his kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mice, so she ran out of the house, getting on a bus and

65、went to a nearby shop. Here she bought a mousetrap and was advised to put any cheese in it. The lady went home with her mousetrap, and could not find any cheese. She had no choice but cut a picture of some cheese out of a magazine and put it in the trap. Surprising, the picture of the cheese is quit

66、e “successful”! When the lady came down to the kitchen in the next morning, she found a picture of a mouse in the trap besides the picture of the cheese!第二节：书面表达（满分25 分） 假如你是英国的Mike，你的朋友李华打算到国外留学，他写信询问你什么样的中国学生最受国外高校青睐。请你根据下列要点给对方写一封回信：1. 语言是道硬门槛；2. 适应能力很重要；3. 兴趣爱好被看重；4. 要有社会责任感。注意：1.词数100左右；2.开头和结束语已为你写好，不计入总词数。Dear Li Hua, Im glad to hear that you want to study abroad in your letter._ _ Yours, Mike