四川省新津中学2015届高三上学期期中考试英语试题WORD版含答案.doc

1、第I卷 （选择题 共90分）第一部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，共40分）第一节 单项填空从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）1. Apple Inc. has been _ outspoken champion for diversity since Cook succeeded Jobs as _ CEO.A. an, the B. , a C. an, D. , the2. The manager asked his assistant if it was possible to _ the investme

2、nt plan within a week.A. work out B. put out C. make out D. set out3. Most students object to _ for parking on the campus.A. being charged B. charge C. be charged D. charging4. Dont spoil your _ by eating sweets just before dinner. A. appearance B. attitude C. appetite D. action5. Not only have the

3、exchange students personal skills strengthened, _ have the social skills that theyve gained from living abroad.A. but also B. so C. but so D. but6. Im afraid that this painting on the wall is only a copy and it is _.A. priceless B. invaluable C. worthless D. worthwhile7. Mary enjoyed herself so much

4、 _ she visited her friends in Canada last year. A. that B. which C. when D. where8. Its too late to set out to see a film now. _, we have a lot of homework to do.A. Besides B. However C. Anyhow D. Meanwhile9. We _ very early so we packed the night before.A. leave B. had left C. were leaving D. have

5、left10. Its immoral to smoke in an air-conditioned bus. _, but I often see that kind of thing.A. I dont think so B. Im with you thereC. Its no surprise D. It doesnt make sense 第二节 完形填空阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）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。（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）Have you ever wondered why some people

6、 are able to have confidence to spare when it comes to taking risks such as starting their own business or taking a year off to travel without an enormous safety net? The answer is that theyve 11 the art of optimistic thinking. The good news is that 12 some people are simply born to be optimistic, a

7、nyone can 13 to take a more positive approach towards their life. Optimists look for 14 outcomes. This doesnt mean that optimists always jump into things carelessly and hope for 15 , rather that they do not let potential negative outcomes 16 the potential positive outcomes. By hoping so and having 1

8、7 that they can handle any negatives, optimists are 18 to take advantage of opportunities that come their way. Optimists do not internalize(使内在化)failure. When things dont 26 for them, they dont beat themselves up over it. They are able to accept failure as a part of life and try 27 with a positive a

9、ttitude. They are often better able to learn from their 28. When pessimists do take chances and fail, they have a hard time not 29 themselves and concluding that this is the way that it has to be. One 30 can leave them with a sense of being unworthy or completely at the mercy of others. Thats why op

10、timists become successful! 11. Aunderstood Bmastered Cstudied Dfound 12. Aif Bbecause Cunless Dwhile 13. Arespond Bcontinue Clearn Dreturn 14. Apositive Bpossible Cdifferent Dparticular 15. Athe worst Bthe least Cthe best Dthe most 16. Aovercome Boverlook Coverload Dovertake 17. Afaith Bwork Ctroubl

11、e Dcontrol 18. AeagerBunwilling Cready Dlikely 19. Achange Bdifference Cfortune Dfame 20. Aendless Bprecious Cspecial Dmeaningless 21. AIn fact BIn general CIn contrast DIn short 22. Arewarding Bamazing CdifficultDimpossible 23. Aexcuses Bcauses Cexplanations Dfaults 24. Aend Bstart Cfail Dfall 25.

12、Aresponsible Bunhappy Ccompetitive Dunclear 26. Arun out Bmake out Cwork out Dlook out 27. Ahard Bout CagainDinstead 28. Aexperience Bmistakes Cfriends Dfaiths 29. Ablaming Bprotecting Cidentifying Dpresenting 30. Acase Bdefeat Cstate Dexample 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，共50分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选

13、项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）AFor a few moments, no one noticed as he drifted away from the main competition area. About that time, Hira Edmonds, 25, a lifeguard and a senior instructor for a surf-safety company, was teaching 14 other lifeguards the finer points of emergency rescue on the second

14、floor of a building overlooking New Brighton beach. Edmonds had watched dozens of surfers ride the waves that day. As he glanced out of the window, he saw someone in a wet suit facedown in the water. “It doesnt take much to realize someones in trouble,” says Edmonds. “Lifeguards are never really off

15、 the duty.” Edmonds called the team, grabbed first aid equipment, and rushed down to the water. The lifeguards dragged Tuhikarama, 47 and a father of two, to the beach. More than a dozen rescuers took turns pumping oxygen and pressing his chest to start his breathing again. For nearly an hour-far lo

16、nger than a single lifeguard would have been able to continue the lifesaving technique- the team continued all these. An ambulance finally arrived and took Tuhikarama to the hospital, where he spent a week unconscious in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) while his brain and heart healed.A month after he rec

17、overed, Tuhikarama reunited with six of the teenage lifeguards who saved him. “Being spotted by a group of lifeguards was the only thing that saved me,” he says. “Ive been given a second chance.”31. What was James Tuhikarama doing when he had a heart attack?A. Surfing the Internet.B. Taking part in

18、a competition.C. Paddling a boat in the ocean.D. Swimming in the swimming pool.32. What can we learn from the text?A. James called for help before he drifted away.B. James had two sons watching him on the beach then.C. No one was willing to help James except the lifeguards.D. James met the lifeguard

19、s after he came out of hospital.33. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?A. Lifeguards are always off duty.B. James didnt know who saved his life.C. It took James several days to come back to life.D. Hira was learning to rescue lives when he spotted James.34. Where will you probably

20、read this text?A. In a newspaper.B. In a textbook.C. In a fashion magazine.D. In a science fiction.BIt was one of those terribly hot days in Baltimore. Needless to say, it was too hot to do anything outside. But it was also scorching in our apartment. This was 1962, and I would not live in a place w

21、ith an air conditioner for another ten years. So my brother and I decided to leave the apartment to find someplace indoors. He suggested we could see a movie. It was a brilliant plan.Movie theaters were one of the few places you could sit all day and-most important-sit in air conditioning. In those

22、days, you could buy one ticket and sit through two movies. Then, the theater would show the same two movies again. If you wanted to, you could sit through them twice. Most people did not do that, but the manager at our theater, Mr. Bellow, did not mind if you did.That particular day, my brother and

23、I sat through both movies twice, trying to escape the heat. We bought three bags of popcorn and three sodas each. Then, we sat and watched The Music Man followed by The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Wed already seen the second movie once before. It had been at the theater since January, because Mr.

24、Bellow loved anything with John Wayne in it.Still, to this day I can sing half the songs in The Music Man and recite half of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewats dialogue from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance! Those memories are some of the few I have of the heat wave of 1962. Theyre really memories of the

25、screen, not memories of my life.35. In which year did the author first live in a place with an air conditioner?A. 1952B. 1962C.1972D.198236. What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 3 refer to?A. The heat.B. The theater.C. The Music Man.D. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.37. What do we know

26、about Mr. Bellow?A. He loved children very much.B. He was a fan of John Wayne.C. He sold air conditioners.D. He was a movie star.38. Why did the author and his/her brother see the same movies several times?A. The two movies were really wonderful.B. They wanted to avoid the heat outside.C. The manage

27、r of the theater was friendly.D. They liked the popcorn and the soda at the theater.CEveryone looks forward to progress, whether in ones personal life or in the general society. Progress indicates a persons ability to change the way he is living at the moment. Progress must lead to a better life and

28、 a better way of doing things. All these, however, remain true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things.However, at the back of the minds of many people, especially those who miss the “good old days”, efficiency comes

29、with a price. When communication becomes more efficient, people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at miles apart to talk or see each other without even leaving their homes. With the communication gadgets, such as mobile phones and iPads, people often do not take the effort

30、 to visit one another personally. A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of having to be in the persons presence for as long as the visit lasts. We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off.With efficiency also comes mass production. Such is the nature of fa

31、ctories and the success of industrialization today. Factories have improved efficiency. Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done. However, with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of

32、the personal touch when making these products. For example, many handicrafts(手工艺品) are now produced in a factory. Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand, now that the supply is quick and efficient, the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the han

33、dicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item.Nevertheless, we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view. In fact, progress has allowed tradition to keep up. It is only with progress and the inventions of new technology that many old products can

34、 be brought back to their old state. New technology is required for old products to stay old.It is peoples attitude toward progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society. Technology is flexible. There is no fixed way of making use of it. Everything depends on peoples attit

35、ude. The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society. When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs, a new “past” is created.39. According to Paragraph 1, progress can benefit people when they are willing to _.A. live a better

36、lifeB. look for better methodsC. change ways of livingD. accept technology and advance steadily40. The underlined word “gadgets” is closest in meaning to _.A. toolsB. messagesC. barriersD. skills41. The author explains “efficiency comes with a price” by _.A. describing a processB. using exampleC. fo

37、llowing time orderD. making classification42. Compared with home-made handicrafts, machine-made products _.A. lack great accuracyB. lack the personal touchC. are of high valueD. are quite welcome43. What can be concluded from the last paragraph?A. Progress can suit the needs of daily life.B. People

38、review the past with great regret.C. Technology should be introduced in a fixed way.D. Peoples attitude decides the use of technology.DDrayton believes that anyone can become an agent for changes. The important thing is to simply give yourself permission. If you see a problem that you care about, yo

39、u can help solve it. The young in particular are willing to accept this concept because at heart every child wants to grow into a happy, healthy, contributing adult. In fact, it is many young peoples ambition to set up programs or businesses that improves social conditions. An excellent example is a

40、n Ashoka project started in 1995 in Dhaka, which handled the rubbish problem facing the city, helped local farmers and provided an income for poor people there.When Masqsood and Iftekhar began to study the problem of all the uncollected rubbish that lay in Dhakas streets, attracting rats and disease

41、, they discovered that 80% of it was natural waste. So they educated the poor people in the city to compost(把制成堆肥) this waste. They knew that they would have a market for the end product because local farmers were struggling with chemical fertilizers(化肥) which were expensive and had reduced the natu

42、ral minerals in the soil over the years. At first, they were refused, but once they were able to persuade them that there was money to be made, the project took off. In 2009 sales were $14,000.Drayton is optimistic that in ten years Ashoka will be making really serious, practical progress in bringin

43、g about social change by changing the way we look at economic development.44. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?A. Change-makersB. BusinessmenB. Social ConditionsD. Rubbish Problem45. It can be concluded from the passage that anyone can become a change-maker if he _.A. c

44、onsiders Draytons conceptB. gets permission from AshokaC. tries to improve social conditionsD. is a young, happy and healthy adult46. The authors attitude toward Ashokas program can be described as _.A. changingB. forgivingC. cautiousD. positive EThe man beside her looked familiar. She felt like she

45、 knew him. Then when he opened the book on his knees, she at once knew who he was.“Now, if anyone ever has a doubt regarding factorization, just once, read page number thirteen in your textbook. There would be no more doubt.”She smiled at the memory, remembering his patient, cool face. She recalled

46、one by one, all the memories of her middle school math teacher.He was a widower (鳏夫), always looking sad. He looked tailor-made for a librarian, silent as his books, or a romantic poet, but a mathematics teacher was the last guess anyone could make about him.Oh, how they used to make fun of him, pla

47、y tricks on him and laugh behind his back! He never laughed but smiled politely at blackboard, and then apologized as he erased it out. He always gave in to the girls demands of shortening his class. His correction was always careless and merciful, and the middle school girls relied on this fact to

48、pass through the hardest mathematics exam papers.But she didnt remember him for this.Long shiny hair and soulful big eyes. A tall, slim frame. His daughter. They had been best friends and always hung around together. She recalled eagerly all the fun they had in middle school, wild and carefree until

49、 his daughter went down with pneumonia (肺炎). She could never forget the suddenness and the meaninglessness of it, also the feeling of emptiness.After that, he looked even sadder. But, life went on.Now, after almost 25 years, sitting beside him, with a dirty city bus aisle between them, she gathered

50、her courage and said, “Mr. Rao? I was a student of yours. You taught me in middle school.”He looked at her for a while. “I do not even seem to remember any student.”She knew he was lying. “I am sorry about your daughter.”There was a pause in their conversation, and it was filled with all kinds of no

51、ises. Then he spoke, looking away. “I do not need any sympathy. In fact, all my new students think I have never had any kids.” He had a smile, but his eyes were sad.“Where do you work now?” she asked.“Future Generation High School.”Something flashed across his face. Anyone else would consider the ex

52、pression as recalling something. But she knew it was pain. Then his face was calm again.“No.” His answer was short.“Well, she is my daughter.” Her daughter was a top student, a gold medalist in the State Math Competitions. He was pretending.The bus stopped. She stood up and looked down at him. “I wa

53、s you daughters best friend. You must surely remember me”“Excuse me,” he said, looking nervous. “I do not want his conversation. Someday, youll see that it is easier to bury the past.” He said, and went back to his graph.“Your loss was hard on me too,” she continued calmly. “I named my daughter afte

54、r her.”47. What does the underlined part mean? A. His dream was to be a poet. B. He wasnt equal to teaching math. C. He didnt look like a math teacher. D. He was silent and used to be a librarian.48. According to the passage, when the woman was in middle school, Mr. Rao was probably _. A. soft-heart

55、edB. irresponsibleC. indifferent D. strict49. The woman remembered her math teacher probably because _. A. he was often made fun of by his students B. they both suffered the loss of loved ones C. he was handsome but always looked sad D. he taught well and was kind to girl students50. The man refused

56、 to admit knowing the womans daughter because _. A. he never recovered from his daughters death B. he hated discussing about his job after work C. her daughter was not clever enough to stand out D. the name of her daughter was not familiar to him第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 选项中有两项多余

57、选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）-Mary, we are going to have a party on New Years Eve. Im sure well have a good time. 51 .-Id like to. 52 .-In our classroom. We are going to decorate it and turn it into a splendid ballroom.- 53 . I shall be very glad to spend my first new year in China with you.-But we are going

58、 to ask everyone at the party to give a performance. 54 .-I will. My voice is not very pleasant to the ear, though.-I heard you sing once. 55 Im sure youll be the star of our new year party.-Oh, thank you.A. Your voice was sweet and beautiful.B. Where are you going to have it?C. Would you like to jo

59、in us?D. Thank you for inviting me.E. Oh. It is great.F. Lets go to the ball together.G. Do sing us some English songs, please.第II卷 （非选择题 共60分）第三部分 写作 （共三节， 共60分）第一节 阅读表达 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题，请注意问题后的词数要求。I have a friend who had financial problems and needed my help occasionally.He was in

60、 his final year in University while I was in my third year. He needed some money for school fees and other academic purposes, and he came to me. Being a student，I didnt have much money，but I gave him what he needed on the agreement that he would pay back. I didnt bother him after that. I never asked

61、 when hed pay back. Later on，after he finished school，he got into another period of deep financial stress and called me on the phone. He asked to borrow some more money，promising that hed pay all of it back once he landed a job. Out of kindness，I still gave him the exact amount he needed，which was t

62、wice the amount I had given him initially. He was so grateful. Its so hard to find someone willing to lend you that amount of money，even with interest. Me too! And I felt grateful for his gratitude. In life，it is the small but powerful actions of love that matter. When life is over，thats what counts

63、.56. For what purpose did the authors friend turn to him for help when they were in university? (within 8 words)_57. Why did the authors friend borrow some more money again after he finished school? (within 10 words)_58. According to Paragraph 4, what did the author decide to do? (within 10 words)_5

64、9. How did the authors friend feel after he received the call? (within 5 words)_60. What does the author intend to tell us? (within 10 words)_第二节 短文改错下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。注意：1. 每句不超过两个错误；2. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词；3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Mr. Smith had neither wife nor children. He liked nothing

65、 but drinking. He almost spent all of his money drinks. Sometimes he went hungry, but he had to borrow some money to buy some food. One evening he met a friend of him in the street. The man invited him to have dinner in a restaurant. He was very happy that he drank too much. His friend stopped a tax

66、i and ask the driver to take him home. Soon they reached in the door of his house. The driver drove away. But Mr. Smith couldnt insert the key into the keyhole. Just then a policeman went up, offering to help him but he refused, saying “The house is circled now. If you can keep it moving, I can open

67、 my door myself.”注意：1必须包括所有的要点，可适当发挥。2词数100字左右。3参考词汇:宗教religion新津中学2012级高三上学期半期试题英语答案56. For school fees and other academic purposes.57. Because he got into another period of deep financial stress.58. To call his friend up and cancel his debt.59. He felt happy and grateful. / Happy and grateful.60.

68、In life, small but powerful actions of love matter.短文改错：Mr. Smith had neither wife nor children. He liked nothing but drinking. He almost spent all of his money drinks. Sometimes he went hungry, but he had to borrow some money to buy some food. One evening he met a friend of him in the street. The m

69、an invited him to have dinner in a restaurant. He was very happy that he drank too much. His friend stopped a taxi and ask the driver to take him home. Soon they reached in the door of his house. The driver drove away. But Mr. Smith couldnt insert the key into the keyhole. Just then a policeman went up, offering to help him but he refused, saying “The house is circled now. If you can keep it moving, I can open my door myself.”版权所有：高考资源网()版权所有：高考资源网()