2019屆福建廈門雙十中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期期中英語試卷【含答案及解析】

1、2019屆福建廈門雙十中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期期中英語試卷 【含答案及解析】 姓名 _ 班級(jí) _ 分?jǐn)?shù) _ 題號(hào) -二二 三 四 五 六 總分 得分 、閱讀理解 1. While watching the Olympics the other night, I came across an unbelievable sight. It was not a gold medal, or a world record broke n, but a show of courage. The eve nt was swimmi ng and started with only three men on the

2、blocks. For one reas on or ano ther, two of them false started, so they were disqualified. That left only one to complete. It would have bee n difficult eno ugh, not hav ing anyone to race aga in st, eve n though the time on the clock is importa nt. I watched the man dive off the block and knew righ

3、t away that something was wrong. I m not an expert swimmer, but I can tell a good dive from a poor one, and this was not exactly medal quality. Whe n he resurfaced, it was evide nt that the man was not out for gold his arms were wav ing in an attempt at freestyle. The crowd started to laugh. Clearly

4、 this manwas not a medal competitor. I liste ned to the crowd begi n to laugh at this poor man who was clearly hav ing a hard time. Fin ally he made his turn to start back. It was pitiful. He made a few desperate strokes and you could tell he was worn out. But in those few awful strokes, the crowd h

5、ad cha nged. No Ion ger were they laughi ng, but begi nning to cheer. Some eve n bega n to sta nd and shout “ Come on, you can do it! and he did. A clear min ute past the average swimmer, this young man fin ally fini shed his race. The crowd went wild. You would have thought that he had won the gold

6、, and should have. Even though he recorded one of the slowest times in Olympic history, this man gave more heart than any of the other competitors. Just a short year ago, he had never even swum, let alone race. His country had been invited to Sydney. In a competition where athletes remove their silv

7、er medals feeling they have somehow been cheated out of gold, or when they act so proudly in front of their competitors, it is nice to watch an underdog. 1. _ The crowd changed their attitudes because _ . A. they felt sorry for the young man B. they wanted to show their sympathy C. they were moved b

8、y the young man D. they meant to please the young man 2. _ From the passage we can learn that the young man _ . A. made his turn to start back pitifully B. was skillful in freestyle in the game C. swam faster than the average swimmer D. was not capable enough to win the medal 3. According to the pas

9、sage, “ it is nice to watch an underdog ” probably means _ . A. it s amusing to watch a man with awful sw imming skills B. it s amazing to watch an ordinary man challenging himself C. it s cheerful for athletes to act proudly before their competitors D. it s brave enough for some athletes to remove

10、the silver medals 4. What s the best title for the passage? A. Go for it! _ B. Try again ！ C. Compete for Gold! _ D. Break a Record! 2. Dear SJ, Losing a best friend is never easy. Your problem, is not just that you miss your best friend, it is that you feel empty and lost without her friendship. It

11、 takes time to get over a lost, and during that time, your mind is getting used to a new way of being . This is usually a good thing, even if it feels like a bad thing. Now that you are on your own, you are being forced to learn to be by yourself and to rely upon your own inner voice for guidance. I

12、 am sure that this feels strange for you, but if you can hang on for a bit longer, it may work to your advantage. Best friends are cool, but it is important to know the difference between missing someone and being too independent upon them. At your age, girls do tend to stick together and having a g

13、ood boyfriend may not yet be the better choice. Your friend is leaving you, her best friend, for a boyfriend. Boyfriends are completely different from best friends. The distinction is that boyfriends come and go, while girl friends often stay in your life throughout high school, and even afterwards.

14、 It is a completely different sort of bond. I suggest that you take advantage of this period in your life to expand your horizons. Enjoy the freedom of having no best friend for a while, and hang with the group. By the time your former best friend breaks up with her boyfriend, you will be in a compl

15、etely different place, a far better place. And, by the way, next time you feel empty and lost, try to write about it in a diary. In several months, you will look back and read it with curiosity about yourself. “ Who was I then, and what could I have been thinking? ” 1. Judging from the letter, SJ _

16、s problem was that she didn t know _ A whether to give up her best friend B what to do without her best friend C whom to choose between two friends Dhow to stop missing her former friend 2. The underlined part “ a new way of being ” (in Paragraph 3) refers to the situation in which SJ has to _ . A f

17、ind a new friendship _ B live without her boyfriend C learn to give up D learn to be independent 3. The writer believes by the time SJ s former friend loses her boyfriend, SJ will _. A take revenge on her former friend B comfort her former friend C feel more independent and confident D continue frie

18、ndship with her former friend 4. What does the last paragraph seem to suggest? A Unhappy experiences are easy to forget. B Keeping a diary helps correct oneself. C SJ will get over her problem soon. D One shoul dnt forget the past experiences. 3. The Queen s English is now sounding less upper -class

19、, a scientific study of the Queen s Christmas broadcasts had found. Researchers have studied each of her messages to the Commonwealth countries since 1952 to find out the change in her pronunciation from the noble Upper Received to the Standard Received. Jonathan Harrington, a professor at Germany s

20、 University of Munich, wanted to discover whether accent changes recorded over the past half century would take place within one person. “ As far as I know, there just is nobody else for whom there is this sort of broadcast records, ” he said. He said the noble way of pronouncing vowels （ 元音 ） had g

21、radually lost ground as the noble upper-class accent over the past years. “ Her accent sounds slightly less noble than it did 50 years ago. But these are very, very small and slow changes that we don t notice from year to year. ” “ We may be able to relate it to changes in the social classes, ” he t

22、old The Daily Telegraph, a British newspaper. “ In 1952 she would have been heard saying thet men in the bleck het . Now it would be that man in the black hat . Similarly, she would have spoken of citay and dutay , rather than citee and dutee and hame rather than home . In the 1950s she would have b

23、een lorst , but by the 1970s lost . ” The Queen s broadcast is a personal message to the Commonwealth countries. Each Christmas, the 10-minute broadcast is put on TV at 3 pm in Britain as many families are rec overing from their traditional turkey lunch. The results were published in the Journal of

24、Phonetics. 1. _Th e Queen s broadcasts were chosen for the study mainly because _. A. she has been Queen for many years. B. she has a less upper-class accent now. C. her speeches are familiar to many people. D. her speeches have bee n recorded for 50 years. 2. Which of the following is an example of

25、 a less noble accent in English? A. “dutay ” B. “citee ” C. “ hame D. “ lorst ” 3. We may infer from the text that the Journal of Phonetics is a magazine on A. speech sounds _B. Christmas customs C. TV broadcasti ng D. pers onal messages 4. What is the text mainly about? A. The Queen s Christmas spe

26、eches on TV. B. The relati on ship betwee n acce nts and social classes. C. The changes in a person s accent. D. The recent developme nt of the En glish Ian guage. 4. Less tha n one year after France imposed a n ati on wide ban on smok ing in most public places, it will, from Jan. 1, 2009, exte nd t

27、he ban to bars, restaura nts, hotels, nightclubs and the most cherished of all: caf e s. Ce cile Perez, owner of La Fronde, a typical ParisianIrela nd and Italy show that coun tries with Ion g-sta nding smok ing traditi ons may in troduce bans fairly smoothly, as they did in 2004 and 2005. In Germa

28、ny, where regulati ons vary locally, Berli n will joi n France on Jan 1 . But fierce critics of the new law in France say it all but destroys the caf es basic fun cti on: to serve as the socio -econo mic glue of society. neighbor hood caf e , said: “In the morning, street cleaners in bright green un

29、iforms sip coffee next to well-dressed businessmen; at lunch hour, working-class types rub shoulders with those of the latest fashion at the bar, while couples of all ages rub noses over salads; during the after-work rush, there is a steady soundtrack of clinking glasses combined with conversation;

30、the constant, no matter what time of day, is the smoke that drifts through the air in curls and clouds, seemingly unnoticed. ” “Our motto in France is: liberty, equality, fraternity, ” Olivier Seconda, a regular at th e caf e , said. “The caf e is the place that represents that. You re free to smoke

31、, everyone pays the same price for a beer and different kinds of people talk with one another. This new law goes against that. ” Seconda expects the ban to be felt even more strongly in small villages far from Paris, where the caf e is often the only means of social activity. “People already miss th

32、e space that allows people of all walks of life to share something even if it is sometimes no more than a few words and the smoke floating between them. ” 1. _ Cecile Perez mentions the curls and clouds of smoke drifting through the air to . A describe a friendly atmosphere B show the beauty of hi s

33、 own caf e C support the ban on smoking D remind us of something unnoticed 2.Olivier Seconda implies that . A the caf e provides people with enough liberty, equality, and fraternity B people, regardless of their social classes, enjoy equal rights in a caf e C the new ban on caf e smoking should be p

34、ut in effect only in villages D people would not find fun in a caf e without smoking a cigarette 3. _ The passage is written to . A show the writer s personal opinion against a new law B provide information for law-makers to pass a new law C tell why some people are unhappy about smoking ban in cafe

35、s D compare attitudes to a law, held by people from different countries 二、七選五 5. 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多 余選項(xiàng)。（答題卡上 E涂 AB; F涂 AC; G涂 AD） How to Study Better If you want to study better, you should pay attention to learning methods, study skills and study habits. Developing them can help

36、 you learn better. Keep your study area tidy and organized. Papers, books, magazines, or pictures all over your work area may distract you from the work you have to do. 1. If there are too many icons on your desktop, it is difficult for you to find what you need immediately. Maintain a quiet work ar

37、ea for yourself. Make sure your work area is free of distractions. There are too many distractions at home, such as a phone, music, TV, friends, or family members. Proper study space can usually be found in the public library, school library, or your bedroom. 2. 3. While learning, you need write, ca

38、lculate and look up something. So it is very important and necessary to have all the necessary materials and tools that you need with you. In this way, you needn t be busy borrowing them. 4. In addition to reading your textbook, it is helpful to read or view materials from other sources, such as new

39、spapers, magazines, the Internet, and television programs. You can understand what you will learn in class better. Never forget to take notes carefully in class. Taking notes carefully can help to grasp the key parts. 5. We can say that it is really a successful way to study. A. A quiet place can he

40、lp to improve study efficiency. B. You should know how to schedule your study time. C. The same is your computer desktop. D. Try hard to learn knowledge as much as possible. E. It is convenient to review them later. F. Having necessary materials is very beneficial to study. G. Get ready for class by

41、 reading extra materials ahead of time. 三、完形填空 6. 完形填空 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（ A、B, C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白 處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 On a warm Monday, Jenny Neilson bought a sandwich and parked her car under some trees. Rolling down the windows to _ in fresh air, she settled back to enjoy her lunch. Suddenly she

42、_ a big bald （禿頂?shù)模?man running through the parking lot. Before she came to _ what would happen, the man was there, shouting through her window, Get out! Neilson Pulling open her door, the man seized her _ the neck and hair, and threw her out of the car onto the ground. She screamed, her purse and th

43、e keys. Two reporters of the local newspaper, Robert Bruce and Jeff Jackson, just outside their office building on a _ , heard the screams and began running. When they _ Neilson s car, the attacker had jumped into the driver s seat and was _ searching for the keys. Bruce opened the door, and he and

44、Jackson dragged the man out. The attacker back. But even in his cornered panic, he was no _ for the two athletic men. Reggie Miller, a worker of the local newspaper, heard the screams, too. He rushed back to the office to _ the police, and then ran back with some plastic ropes used to tie up newspap

45、ers. With his arms _ tight behind him, the prisoner looked up and said _ , “ I hope you guys feel good about yourselves you just caught one of the most wanted men. ” They _ him and waited for the police. Later, Bruce and Jackson were shocked to learn the man was the _ carjacker （劫車者） and suspected m

46、urderer, whose _ but with a full head of hair had beenrecently printed in their own newspaper. Neilson considers herself lucky _ she suffered injuries. She believes the story might have had a _ ending if those good people had not come to her aid. “ Unfortunately, ” she said, “many people would _ hav

47、e done what they did, and that s the real truth. 1. A. bring _ B. let _ C. gather 2. A. recognized B. watched C. noticed D. met 3. A. realize B. understand C. imagine _D. conclude 4. A. escaped_ _ B. struggled C. refused_ D obeyed 5. A. by _ B. around C. with _ 6. A. burying grabbing 7. A. trip_ D.

48、holiday D. B. on forgetting C. offering D. B. visit C. break D. send 8. A. started B. stopped C. entered D. reached 9. A. carefully B. madly _ C. disappointedly D. patiently 10. A. fought_ _ B. turned_ _ C. jumpe d D. shouted 11. A. match _ _ B. target_ C. equal _ _ D. companion 12. A. remind B. pho

49、ne _ _ C. invite _ D. beg 13. A. rolled B. folded C. bent _ D. tied 14. A. angrily B. kindly C. coldly D. warmly 15. A. caught_ _ B. thanked_ C. comforted _ ignored 16. A. ordinary B . professional C . honest _ D. outstanding 17. A. picture B. background C . character D. story 18. A. and _ _ B. but

50、_ C. though D. when 四、單詞拼寫 7. 根據(jù)下列句子單詞首字母或所給漢語注釋，在橫線上寫出空缺處各單詞的正確形式。 （每空只寫一詞） 1. After the police arr ested him, they went to the thief s house to _ （追回） the stolen jewelry. 2. Some adverts about _ （環(huán)境） protection cater for our conscience or our desire to be respectable citizens. 3. Though he has ret

51、ired, still he reads newspapers every day to keep himself i of the latest news. 4. Oh, I ve put on weight recently. I should eat less and take exercise on a r basis. 5. As we know, Wardian cases improved the _ （存活） rates of plants transported long distances. 6. In the center of the b of flats, there

52、 is a small courtyard where I can plant some flowers. 7. In France the children place their shoes by the fireplace, a tradition d back to when children wore wooden peasant shoes. 8. I was quite annoyed the other day, with Xiamen Airline c me extra for the overweight luggage. 9. The young girl has be

53、en _ （提拔） from an ordinary office clerk to a manager due to her excellent performance. 10. These comments came in r to specific questions often asked by local newsmen. 11. Some cigarette advertisements are not aimed at mature audiences but instead t at children. 12. Another _ （潛在） dangerous sea anim

54、al is the jelly fish, which can cause severe pain to anyone who touches them. 13. If an alarm is s , do get out of the water as quickly as possible, as sharks are spotted nearby. 14. Many countries have a government organization to deal with customers _ （投訴） about ads. 15. Teaching as a career _ （吸引

55、） to many young people because of19. A. ridiculous B. similar different 20.A. sometimes B. never C. often C. strange D. _ D. forever the long holiday. 五、短文改錯(cuò) 8. 短文改錯(cuò) 假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請(qǐng)你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共 有 10 處語言錯(cuò)誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯(cuò)誤僅涉及一個(gè)單詞的增加、刪除或修改。 在缺詞處加一個(gè)漏字符號(hào)(A)并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 把多余的詞用斜線 () 劃掉。 在錯(cuò)的詞下劃一橫線，

56、并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。 1. 每處錯(cuò)誤及其修改均僅限一詞； 2. 只允許修改 10 處，多者 （從第 11 處起）不計(jì)分。 Last week we held a discussion on which we should do for our school before we graduate The students in our class have different suggestion Some students thought that we can collect money to buy some books for the school library or ever

57、ything else for the schoo1 Other students argue that there s not necessary to spend money We can study hard and make our school feeling proud of us In my opinion, we don t have to spend money. We can do something meaningfully without money. For an example ， we can do some voluntary work to beautify

58、the school and try to get better results in the coming exams so that our school will proud of us 六、書面表達(dá) 9. 書面表達(dá) 假設(shè)你是 Abby，是學(xué)校英文報(bào)社“知心學(xué)長”欄目主編。一位叫 Sophia的學(xué)妹來信反映 自己有“拖延”的壞習(xí)慣。即使她有很多如做作業(yè)、彈琴等重要的事要做，也總是不由自 主地把時(shí)間花在看電視、玩手機(jī)等瑣事上，為此她非?？鄲?。請(qǐng)用英文給她回信，提一些 建議。 內(nèi)容包括： 1拖延的本質(zhì)； 2改正的建議。 注意： 1.詞數(shù) 100左右； 2 可以適當(dāng)增加細(xì)節(jié)，以使行文連貫； 3

59、 文章的開頭和結(jié)尾已給出，不計(jì)人總詞數(shù)。 參考詞匯： procrastination n 拖延，耽擱 Dear Sophia ， I am glad to hear from you. 增加 刪 除 修 改 注意 In a word, dont spoil yourself. Although you have a long way to go, the first step is very essential. Good luck! Yours, Abby 參考答案及解析 第 1 題【答案】1. C 2. E 4. A 【解【解析】析】 試題分析：本文為記敘文，ifl述了選手挑戰(zhàn)自己，全力儀

60、赴的比賽精神。 1. C 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解 從第4段第2、3句 i Final ly he made Ins turn to start back. Ji vas pitiful. H? a ew detw strokes and you CQVlld tell h?旳呂worn ooit.J 和第匪殳hLBut in those aurFixl strokesf the ciod had changed,?可矢山現(xiàn)眾6度轉(zhuǎn)鑾是因?yàn)楸痪碛蟮谋荣憔渌?動(dòng)卩故選 5 and tills as not eKactly medal quality.可知，年輕人沒有得獎(jiǎng)的能力-故選 3. B青查語境理解侖從最后一段a