广西陆川县中学2017届高三英语上学期期末考试试题

广西陆川县中学2017届高三上学期期末考试试题英 语考试时间：120分钟 试卷分值：150分试卷说明：1、本试卷分第I卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题) 两部分。2、请将答案填写在答题卡上，考试结束只上交答题卡。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结果后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题； 每小题1.5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。1. What time is it now? A. About 3:30. B. About 4:00. C. About 4:30.2. What does the man mean? A. He will send someone right away. B. The woman can call later that day. C. He is going to repair the pipe later.3. Why are they collecting money? A. To buy a gift for Jenny. B. To pay for the ticket to Nanjing. C. To get some cash for the man.4. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The apartment is too small. B. The apartment is available. C. The apartment is in perfect condition.5. Who is the man looking for? A. His classmate. B. His teacher. C. His brother.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5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秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What do the speakers still need? A. A tent. B. A flashlight. C. A sleeping bag.7. Where does the conversation most probably take place? A. At a campsite. B. In a store. C. At home.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. How many people are there in the Taylors family? A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.9. What can we infer from the conversation? A. The Taylors dont like Paul. B. Paul likes reading English magazines. C. English is not Pauls native language.听第8段材料，回答第10至13题。10. How long was the man in Spain? A. For one week. B. For two weeks. C. For one month.11. What does the woman say about Ryan Air? A. Its not a first-rate airline. B. It offers quality customer service. C. It says no to 10-kilogram baggage.12. How much did the man pay for his flight? A. 60. B. 70. C. 80.13. What did the man do to reduce the weight of his bag? A. He threw away some valueless things. B. He moved some items to his jacket pockets. C. He took his jacket out of his heavy bag.听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What kind of job does Edward do? A. An actor. B. A director. C. A writer.15. What is the woman probably doing? A. Interviewing a movie star. B. Hosting a television show. C. Discussing teenage problems.16. What did James Dean do at college in California? A. He first acted in plays. B. He did more stage acting.ziyuanku.com C. He got seriously into acting.17. What do we know about James Dean from the conversation? A. He made numerous popular movies. B. He has long been a legendary figure. C. He was best at acting in Hollywood tragedies.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. Why did these scientists win the Nobel Prize in medicine? A. They created a great nervous system in a rats brain. B. They noticed the mapping ability dozens of years ago. C. They discovered how the brain knows the bodys location.19. Whats the relationship between May-Britt and Edvard? A. Teacher and student. B. Professor and assistant. C. Husband and wife.20. Who will get half of the prize money? A. John. B. May-Britt. C. Edvard.第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 AI am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约)mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends. And they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.So heres what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I could choose, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.I learned to love the journey, not the destination, I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face, Learn to be happy, and think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.21. The best title of this passage probably is _. A. Love your friends B. Live a real life C. Dont waste time D. Be a good mother and wife22. How did the author form her view of life?A. Through social experience. B. By learning from her friends.C. Through an unfortunate experience. D. From her children and husband.23. By the underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to _. .A. make a living rather than live a real life B. work rather than enjoy lifeC. waste a lot in life D. forget the most important lessons in lifeWWW.ziyuanku.comBFor the business traveler who is all about efficiency: Check out these hotels that will get you in and out with a minimum of trouble. When you are pressed for time on a business trip, nothing can infuriate you more than a slow hotel check-in process. On your next trip, try these hotels that offer a speedier check-in process.1. Yotel New YorkThe self-service kiosks at this high-tech New York hotel work just like the ones youd see at an airport. There are just five-steps to register and obtain your card key. There is even a robotic luggage bellboy. You tap in the number of bags you are carrying and sizes, then wait for a robot arm to swing down and store your luggage in a locker (say, for a day trip). This also speeds up the check-in process if the first thing you need to do, like me, is head to a series of meetings.2. Marriott Detroit AirportAnother option for business travelers in a hurry: Marriott is rolling out its mobile check-in app to 325 hotels this year, including the Marriott Detroit Airport hotel. (Ive tested the app itself but not for a real visit quite yet.) Here is the basic idea: you download the iphone or Android app. The night before, you can “check-in” virtually. When you arrive, you get an alert that the room is ready and your key, which is already tied to your reservation, is waiting for you at the desk.3. Hyatt Regency MinneapolisI happened to stay at this hotel recently and liked how fast the kiosk check-in works. Like the Yotel, the kiosk asks you to insert your credit card, similar to an airport terminal. The whole process took about three minutes, when I left, I was equally impressed with the fast check-out. An agent meets you in the lobby with an ipad and asks for an email to use for a receipt. The big advantage: you never have to wait in line.4. Radisson: LaCrosseThe Radisson is trying to make the kiosk process even faster, at a few select hotels like the Radisson Lacrosse in Wisconsin, you use a mobile app to register and then receive a barcode by email or text. When you get the kiosk, you scan the barcode to get your key without any other steps required. Its super fast. You can find this new check-in system at the Radisson hotels in Salt Lake City, Seattle, and Phoenix as well.24What does the word “infuriate” in paragraph 2 most mean?A. annoy B. remind C. amuse D. impress25Which two hotels offer a mobile app for customers to check in?A. Yotel New York and Marriott Detroit Airport.B. Marriott Detroit Airport and Radisson: LaCrosse.C. Marriott Detroit Airport. and Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis and Radisson: LaCrosse.26Which hotel will send you a receipt by email?A. Yotel New York.B. Marriott Detroit Airport.C. Radisson: LaCrosse.D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis.27Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. At Yotel New York, a robot will help you with all the check-in process.B. With its check-in app, you may enter your room in Marriott without a key.C. The barcode you receive from Radisson contributes to the fast check-in.D. Hyatt Regency Minneapolis is close to an airport terminal.CIn cities with rent control, the city government sets the maximum rent that a landlord (房东) can charge for an apartment. Supporters of rent control argue that it protects people who are living in apartment. Their rent cannot increase; therefore, they are not in danger of losing their homes. However, the critics say that after a long time, rent control may have negative effects. Landlords know that they cannot increase their profits. Therefore, they invest in other businesses where they can increase their profits. They do not invest in new buildings which would also be rent-controlled. As a result, new apartments are not built. Many people who need apartments cannot find any. According to the critics, the end result of rent control is a shortage of apartments in the city. Some experts argue that the minimum wage law can cause problems in the same way. The federal government sets the minimum that an employer must pay workers. The minimum helps people who generally look for unskilled, low-paying jobs. However, if the minimum is high, employers may hire fewer workers. They will replace workers with machinery. Therefore, other things being equal, the number of workers that employers want decreases. Thus, critics hold the opinion that an increase in the minimum wage may cause unemployment. Some poor people may find themselves without jobs instead of with jobs at the minimum wage. Supporters of the minimum wage say that it helps people keep their dignity. Because of the law, workers cannot sell their services for less than the minimum. Furthermore, employers cannot force workers to accept jobs at unfair wages. Economic theory predicts the results of economic decision, such as decisions about farm production, rent control, and the minimum wage. The predictions may be corrected only if “other things are equal”. Economists do not agree on some of the predictions. They also do not agree on the value of different decisions. Some economists support a particular decision while others criticize it. Economists do agree, however, that there are no simple answers to economic questions.28. There is the possibility that setting maximum rent may _. A. cause a shortage of apartmentsB. worry those who rent apartments as homesC. increase the profits of landlordsD. encourage landlords to invest in building apartments29. We can safely say that rent control _. A. will always benefit those who rent apartmentsB. is unnecessaryC. will probably bring inactive effects in the long runD. is necessary under all conditions30. There will be the problem of unemployment if _. A. the minimum wage is set too highB. the minimum wage is set too earlyC. the workers are unskilledD. the maximum wage is set for poor workers31. The passage tells us about _.A. the relationship between supply and demandB. the possible results of government controlsWWW.ziyuanku.comC. the necessity of government controlD. the urgency of getting rid of government controlDBeing physically active three times a week reduces the odds of being depressed by about 16%, according to new UCL research carried out as part of the Public Health Research Center.The study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, found a two-way relationship between depression and physical activity. People who increased their weekly activity reported fewer depressive symptoms but those with more depressive symptoms were less active, particularly at younger ages.Researchers followed 11,135 people born in 1958 up until the age of 50, recording depressive symptoms and levels of physical activity at regular intervals in adulthood. They found that each additional activity period per week reduced odds of depression by 6%. In England 19% of men and 26% of women are currently classed as “inactive”, and this study suggests that activity could significantly improve their mental as well as physical health.“Assuming the association is causal, physical activity has a protective effect against depression. If an adult between their twenties and forties who isnt physically active became active 3 times per week, they would reduce their risks of depression by about 16%.” says Dr Snehal of the UCL Institute of Child Health, lead author of the study.Professor Mark, Director of the Public Health Research Center, said, “Many people are already aware of the benefits of physical activity on their general health, but now we are seeing more evidence that suggest it also has a positive effect on a persons mental well-being. The latest research highlights just how important it is to ensure that people are working and living in environments that allow them to be both physically active and mentally healthy.”32. What is the authors purpose in writing the passage? A.To tell us a fun story about how to protect us against depression. B.To introduce a research on the link between activity and depression. C.To persuade readers to increase their weekly activity. D.To describe the disadvantages of physical activity.33.According to the second paragraph, if people increase their weekly activity, _. A.their depressive symptoms will be fewer B.their depressive symptoms will be more C.they will become much younger D.they will become more depressive34. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A.Dr. Snehal thinks it important to be both physically and mentally healthy. B.The research shows men are more active in physical activities than women. C.Adults who insist on physical activity will reduce depression completely. D.Increasing physical activities can free people from depression in a way.35. The author shows his view mainly by_. A. doing research B. comparing and contrasting C. trying on himself D. discussing and summarizing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。Millions of people all over the world use the word OKIn fact, some people say the word is used more often than any other word in the worldOK means all right or acceptableIt expresses agreement or approval 36 Some people say it came from the Native American Indian tribe known as the Choctaw（乔克托语）The Choctaw word “okeh” means the same as the American word okayExperts say early explorers in the American West spoke the Choctaw language in the nineteenth centuryBut many people doubt thisLanguage expert Allen Walker Read wrote about the word “OK” in reports published in the 1960sHe said the word began being used in the 1830s 37 Some foreign-born people wrote “ all correct” as “o-l-l-k-o-r-r-e-c-t”, and used the letters OKOther people say a railroad worker named Obadiah Kelly invented the word long agoThey said he put the first letters of his name-O and K-on each object people gave him to send on the train 38 The organization supported Martin Van Buren for president in 1840They called their group the OK clubThe letters were taken from the name of the town where Martin was born-Old Kinderhook, New YorkThen there is the expression A-OKIt is a space-age expressionIt was used in 1961 during the flight of astronaut Alan ShepardHe was the first American to be launched into spaceHis flight ended when his spacecraft landed in the ocean, as plannedShepard reported, “Everything is A-OK.” 39 One story says it was first used during the early days of the telephone to tell an operator that a message had been receivedThere are also funny ways to say okay 40 These expressions were first used in the 1930sToday, a character on the American television series “The Simpsons” says it another wayHe says okely-doke ASome people say okey-dokey or okey-dokeBStill others say a political organization invented the wordCTherefore, it has become popular in that area from then onDBut many experts dont agree on what the expression meansEStill, language experts do not agree about where the word came from.FIt was a short way of writing a different spelling of the word “all correct”.GHowever, some experts say the expression did not begin with the space age第三部分 英语知识运用第一节 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从短文后面各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。My workplace, as do many others in our town, supports local services and the needy. One of the main services we 41 is our local food bank, a center where free food is made available to those in need. This year, the food bank is 42 more than in the past. 43 cannot let the shelves become depleted(被耗尽的) or the food 44 . Others, 45 children, depend on it. With the countrys46 situation stalled(停滞) and more people out of work, more people are 47 and need supplements to feed their families. This year, all the 48 in our area got together and decided to sponsor a “Food Fight Contest”. The contest will include 3 categories or areas to 49 : a) supply the most food, b) donate the most money, 50 c) provide the most volunteers. A company can win in all 3 areas or 3 different companies can win in each different area, 51 the results. The contest will begin April Fools Day through the end of the month. Were kicking off a(n) 52 for fun this week. Were all 53 and WE PLAN TO WIN! The last several years, to make donating 54 , we set up food sculpture competitions between departments. Each department 55 bring in cans, sacks of rice, peanut butter, etc., then build and compete for the best 56 . The sculptures would be in a central location so coworkers could cast their vote for their 57 . We tracked how much 58 was provided by each group and then after the competition, all the 59 were taken to the food bank. We challenged ourselves to deliver more food and more weight each year, 60 it was for a great cause.41.A. turn toB. belong toC. refer to D. donate to42.A. challengedB. enlargedC. criticizedD. supported43. A. All B. WeC. You D. They44.A. pile upB. go badC. sell wellD. run out45. A. onlyB. actuallyC. especiallyD. even46.A. economicB. culturalC. historicalD. political47. A. anxiousB. hungryC. unhappyD. lazy48.A. schoolsB. charitiesC. companiesD. governments49.A. proveB. winC. findD. stress50.A. orB. so C. butD. and51.A. focusing onB. depending onC. relating toD. leading to52. A. ceremonyB. adventureC. campaignD. exhibition53. A. preparedB. involved C. thankedD. excited54. A. likelyB. usefulC. funD. public55.A. couldB. mustC. shouldD. would56.A. gr