廣東省茂名市化州圣古中學高三英語期末試題含解析

廣東省茂名市化州圣古中學高三英語期末試題含解析一、選擇題1.—Whyisthechemicalplantclosed?—Becauselargequantitiesofwastewater______intotheYangtzeRiver.A.hasbeenreleased B.isbeingreleased

C.wasreleased

D.havebeenreleased參考答案：D2.CosmeticswereprobablyfirstusedinIndia,butitwastheEgyptians,sixthousandyearsago,______madethemostuseofthem.A.

when

B.

where

C.

which

D.

who參考答案：D略3.______TomwillwinthecomputercompetitionremainsasecrettillnextMonday.A.When

B.That

C.What

D.Whether參考答案：D考查主語從句。句意：湯姆是否能贏得電腦比賽要保密到下周一。remain前面是主語從句，根據(jù)句意可知用whether引導，表示“是否”。故選D。4.______thereisgoingtobeapolicychange_____ofthosethingsisgoingtochange. A.Unless;few

B.Until;few

C.Unless;none

D.Until;none參考答案：C略5.______intoEnglish,thesentencewasfoundtohaveanentirelydifferentwordorder.

A.Translating

B.Translated

C.Totranslate

D.Havingtranslated參考答案：B略6.Iamonlyabletolookatnaturethroughdirtycurtains___beforeverydustywindows.A.hanging

B.hung

C.hanged

D.havinghung參考答案：A7.Mrwang,IoftenhearpeoplesayGps,whatdoesit____?A.actas

B.preferto

C.standfor

D.pointto參考答案：C8.—Wasitthere______youwereawaytoseeyourfriendoff?—I’mnotsure.ButwhenIgotback,itwasgone.A.that

B.which

C.while

D.where參考答案：C9.

Notuntilhehadtalkedtohisheadteacher________hehadbeenwrong..A.herealized

B.hehadrealized

C.didherealize

D.hadherealized參考答案：C10.Aseconomyisdeclining，jobs_____totheyoung，continuetobescarce．（）A．a(chǎn)vailable B．convenient C．comfortable D．valuable參考答案：A．隨著經(jīng)濟衰退，年輕人可得到的工作仍然稀少．本題考查形容詞詞義辨析．A．可獲得的，可利用的，beavailableto可獲得的，可利用的；B．方便的，C．舒服的，D．有價值的；題干中需要的是jobs的定語，jobsavailabletotheyoung表示"年輕人可獲得的工作"；因此答案是A．形容詞辨析的關(guān)鍵在于積累詞匯和一些相關(guān)的固定搭配，在此基礎(chǔ)上結(jié)合語境，做出合理的判斷．11.-Irememberyouwereatalentedpianistatcollege.Canyouplaythepianoforme?-Sorry,I

thepianoforyears.A.don'tplay

B.wasn'tplaying

C.haven'tplayed

D.hadn'tplayed參考答案：C句意：…抱歉，我好多年都沒有彈鋼琴了?，F(xiàn)在完成時在此表示從好多年前算起到說話的時候為止的（否定）狀態(tài)的持續(xù)。12.

thenumbersinemployment，thehotelindustrywasthesecondlargestindustryinthiscountrylastyear．A．Inspiteof

B．Incaseof

C．Intermsof

D．Inpraiseof參考答案：A

13.--Whathasmadehimupsetrecently?--______alonetofaceatroublesomemilkcase.A.left

B.Beingleft

C.Havingleft

D.Toleave參考答案：B14.Thebonusshallbedividedhowmuchyouhaveinvested.A.inreactionto B.inproportionto C.inreferenceto D.inadditionto參考答案：B考查介詞短語。句意:紅利應(yīng)該按照你們的投資比例分配。inreactionto"對……作出反應(yīng)";inproportionto"和……成比例";inreferenceto"關(guān)于";inadditionto"另外,除……之外"。15.Becarefulwhenyoudealwiththischemical,asitwillexplodewhen______tosunlight.A.exposed B.toexpose C.exposing

D.beingexposed參考答案：16.—Howisthesmogcontrolgoingoninourcapitalcity?—Itcouldn’tbeworse.You________believeBeijingupgradedthesmogalertfromyellowtoorangeandthenredagainyesterday.A.won’t

B.mustn’t

C.needn’t

D.shouldn’t參考答案：A考查情態(tài)動詞。句意：“我們首都的霧霾控制進展如何?”“再糟糕不過了。你簡直難以置信北京昨天再次將霧霾警報從黃色升級到橙色然后再到紅色。”will表意愿、將來、習慣性或者反復的動作。mustn’t意為“禁止”；needn’t意為“不需要，不必”；shouldn’t意為“不應(yīng)該”。17.Whatreallyannoysmeis_________myChristmasgifthasbeendeliveredtoawrongperson.A.that

B.whom

C.what

D.whether參考答案：A18.SinceIdon’tlikesurfingtheInternet,shallIgotothelibraryinstead______theinformationweneed?A.oftoget

B.ofgetting

C.toget

D.getting參考答案：C二、填空19.

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wholeuniverseoflearningoutofclass.Thoughtheexperienceofschoolingcanbeknowninadvance,educationquiteoften44

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(discover)howlittleheknowsofanothercountry.Peopleobtaineducationfrom

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unlimitedterm.Itislifelongexperiencethatstartslongbeforethestartofschool.

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48

hand,isabasicexperience,whosestylechangeslittlefromonewaytothenext.Throughoutacountry,childrenarriveatschoolatthesametime,take

fixedseats,use

49

(similarity)textbooks,dohomework,takeexamsandsoon.Schoolinghas

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(usual)beenlimitedbytheedgesofthesubjectsbeingtaught.參考答案：41.believed,42between,43the,44produces

45discovering,46,babies47and,48other,49similar,50usually20.LettersasawayofcommunicationhavelonggivenwaytophonecallsandWeChatmessages.ButaTVshow,LettersAlive,ishelpingbringthisoldwaytokeepintouchback__61__thepresent.LettersAlivetook__62__(it)ideafromaUKprogram,LettersLive,releasedin2013.Both__63__(show)featurefamousactorsandactresses,butthere__64__(be)noeye－catchingvisualeffectsoranyregularshowbiz(娛樂圈)activities.Instead,it’sjustaliveevent__65__remarkablelettersselectedfromawidetimespanandadiverserangeofsubjectsareread.Thereis,forexample,apassionateletterfromHuangYongyutoplaywrightCaoYu30yearsagotocriticizehislackof__66__(create)．Everyletterislikeasmallpieceofhistory.Byhearingthem__67__(read),it’sasifwearebeingsentbackintimetoexperienceamomentthatwewouldotherwiseneverhavehadthechanceto.Comparedto__68__(publish)texts,lettersalso__69__(natural)comewithapersonaltouch.Aswellascelebratingthepain,joy,wisdomandhumor,LettersAlive

__70__(commit)topromotingChineseliteraturesincefirstrun.參考答案：61.to62.Its

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67.beingread68.Published69.naturally70.hasbeencommitted【語篇導讀】本文為說明性記敘文，介紹電視節(jié)目《見字如面》。61.to【解析】介詞考查?！兑娮秩缑妗愤@檔電視節(jié)目正將這一保持聯(lián)系的老方式帶回到現(xiàn)代人的視野。bring...to...固定搭配。62.its【解析】代詞考查?！兑娮秩缑妗菲湎敕ㄔ从谝粰n類似的英國節(jié)目LettersLive，該節(jié)目于2013年首播。63.shows【解析】上下文語篇理解，此處缺名詞，feature為謂語動詞，且有both修飾則應(yīng)該填復數(shù)形式。64.are【解析】主謂一致就近原則考查。兩檔節(jié)目均無驚人的視覺效果或是常規(guī)的娛樂活動。65.where【解析】連詞考查。先行詞在定語從句中充當狀語。66.creativity【解析】考查詞性轉(zhuǎn)換。例如，節(jié)目里有一封30年前著名畫家黃永玉寫給劇作家曹禺的充滿激情的信件，批評他缺乏創(chuàng)造力。67.beingread【解析】非謂語動詞考查。聽信時，我們仿佛回到過去，身臨其境。現(xiàn)在分詞作hear的賓語補充說明，與下文中asifwearebeingsentback呼應(yīng)表示正在被聽。68.published【解析】非謂語動詞考查。過去分詞作定語修飾texts。表示與其他出版文字相比，信件中自然地流露出個人感觸。69.naturally【解析】副詞考查。見上文。70.hasbeencommitted【解析】動詞時態(tài)考查?！兑娮秩缑妗窂拈_播至今還致力于推廣中國文學。由since可知此處應(yīng)用現(xiàn)在完成時。

三、閱讀理解21.HowdidAncientPeopleTellTime?

Naturalwaysofkeepingtime．

Inancienttime．peoplehadtousethesunandthemoontotelltime．Theygotupwhenthesuncameupandworkedinthefieldsuntilthesunwentdown．

Man-madethings

Thesandc1ockismadeoftwoglassballsjoinedbyanarrowneck．Thetopballwasfilledwithsand．Thesandslowlymovedthroughtheneckintothebottomball．Peopleknewhowmuchtimehadpassedwhenallthesandhadfallentothebottomball．Peoplealsomadethewaterclock．Theymadeasmallholenear山ebottomofapot．Thentheyfilledthepotwithwater．Markingsinsidethepotshowedhowmuchtimepassedasthewaterdripped(滴)outofthehole．

Nature’sC1ocksinLivingThings

Animals’BodyClock

Animalsdonotneedclockstoknowtime．Theyhaveawayoftellingtimebytheirbodies．Birdsknowwhentoflytowarmerplacesbeforewinter．someanimalsknowwhentokeepmoref00dforthecoldwintermonths．Somefishknowwhenitistimetomoveuptheriverandlayeggs．

Plantshavetheirownclocks

Plantsals0havetheirownclockstokeeptime．Plantsknowwhentoopenflowersorwhentodroptheirleaves．

TheBodyClockinHumanBeings

Peoplealsoh8vetheirownbodyclocks．Whenwegetusedtoourli