第一学期金山中学高三期中考试试卷
英 语
I．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
One effective way of destroying happiness is to look at soething and focus on even the sallest fault. It’s like looking at the tiled (铺瓦的) ceiling and concentrating on the space where one tile is 1 .
Once I heard a bald an said, “Whenever I enter a roo, all I see is hair.” Once you’ve 2 what your issing tile is, explore whether acquiring it will 3 ake you happy. Then do one of the three things: get it, replace it with a different 4 , or forget about it and 5 the tiles in your life that are not issing.
We all know people who have had a relatively 6 life, yet are essentially unhappy, while people who have suffered a great deal generally reain happy.
The first 7 is gratitude. All happy people are grateful. Ungrateful people cannot be happy. We tend to think that being unhappy leads people to 8 , but it’s truer to say that coplaining leads to people becoing unhappy.
The second secret is awareness. We should 9 that happiness is a byproduct (副产品) of soething else. The ost obvious 10 are those pursuits ( 追求) that give our lives purpose---anything fro studying insects to playing baseball. The ore passions we have, the ore happiness we are 11 to experience.
Finally, the belief that soething peranent goes beyond us and that our 12 has soe larger eaning can help us to feel happier. We need a spiritual faith, or a philosophy of life. Whatever your philosophy is, it should 13 this truth: if you choose to find the 14 in every situation, you will be blessed, and if you choose to find the awful, you will be cursed. As for happiness itself, this 15 depends on your decision to ake.
1. A. differentB. short C. issing D. broken
2A. iaginedB. predicted C. assued D. deterined
3A. really B. naturally C. hopefully D. copletely
4A. ceiling B. brick C. tile D. house
5A. go on B. focus on C. put on D. rely on
6A. easy B. difficult C. ordinary D. peaceful
7A. factor B. secret C. rule D. key
8A. upset B. quarrel C. depress D. coplain
9A. realizeB. decide C. prove D. suppose
10A. answers B. results C. sources D. goals
11A. curious B. satisfied C. tentative D. likely
12A. valueB. existence C. survival D. destination
13A. include B. tell C. absorb D. ean
14A. worstB. positive C. disgusting D. negative
15A. absolutelyB. totally C. largely D. exactly
第二节 语法(共l0小题；每小题l.5分，满分l5分)
下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，井将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。
After graduation fro college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the worried expression I 16 (wear)since childhood eant sure failure. I knew it wasn't going to be easy to change that expression on y face left by so any years of 17 （hard）.It called for a coplete change in y view on life. Here is the ethod I tried.
Each orning during a fifteeninute bath, I deterined to cultivate a big, happy sile. I found out, however, that it couldn't be a 18 (force) sile developed just for the purpose of putting dollars in y pocket. It had to be 19 honesttogoodness sile fro down deep inside， an outward expression of happiness fro within!
Let's see 20 starting off with a good fifteeninute training of the sile uscles helped e during the day. 21 entering an office I would think of any things I had to be thankful for, work up a big sile and then enter. Seldo did it fail 22 (get) the sae sile 23 return fro the person I et. I also found that it pleased people when I passed the on the street to give the a cheerful sile.
Give every living soul you eet the best sile you have ever siled in your life, 24 see how uch better you feel and look. It's one of the best ways I know to stop worrying, and start living. When I began doing this, I found 25 ore welcoe everywhere.
II 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A, B, C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Dear ichelle,
Why can't y daughter anage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she sees to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consues every waking inute of her precious tie and sooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be liited.
I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes e away and shuts e out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!
A worried other
Dear other of a 17-year-old Girl,
H. What's the atter with kids today? Reeber that song fro "Bye Bye Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let e fill you in about teenagers and their life-anageent skills. Do not expect too uch too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-anageent is not within their reach, nor should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for anageent, and if anageent went before experience, there would be little of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is sart, studies with intelligence and you have given her good values.
When the tie coes for her to apply for college, and she visits the ones that are specifically designed for students at the top of their grade, she will ost likely break away fro her boyfriend's influence.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their acadeic career for puppy love. That being said, there ight be soe adolescent wisdo in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy ight have becoe a bit too uch for her.
Let your daughter have her own private oent of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break fro perfection.
ichelle
26. Fro the other's letter we can learn that her daughter .
A. is being fooled by the boy B. has fallen behind in her studies
C. doesn't talk uch with her other D. has chosen which college to attend
27. According to ichelle, 17-year-old teenagers .
A. are too young to anage their life B. are old enough to live their own life
C. should have anageent before experience D. have reached the age of an adult
28. The underlined word "puppy-love" refer to .
A. false love B. foolish love C. pure love D. adolescent love
29. ichelle sees to believe that the daughter will finally .
A. coe up with the right decision B. follow her boyfriend's advice
C. worry her parents for unconscious reasons D. influence her boyfriend's behavior
30. The best title for the passage would be .
A. College of kids' own choice B. How can I help y girl?
C. How to anage teenagers' life? D. A 17-year-old girl and her other
B
It's really true what people say about English politeness: it's everywhere. When squeezing past soeone in a narrow passage, people say "sorry". When getting off a bus, English passengers say "thank you" rather than the driver. In Gerany, people would never drea of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is soeties unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the sae way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles, and here are soe ore polite ways of interacting (交往) with people in UK.
People thank each other everywhere in England, all the tie. When people buy soething in a shop, custoers and retail assistants in ost cases thank each other twice or ore. In Gerany, it would be exceptional to hear ore than one thank you in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the roo. English eployers thank their eployees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Gerans, who would norally think that paying their workers oney is already enough.
Another thing I observed during y stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and istakes were pointed out to e, y eployers ephasized several ties but none of their explanations were intended as criticis. It has been y ipression that by avoiding criticis, English people are aking an effort to ake others feel cofortable. This also is showed in other ways. British en still open doors for woen, and British en are ore likely to treat woen to a eal than Geran en. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English en a bit ore than it would to Scottish en! Yes, the latter are a bit tightfisted.
31. What is the author's attitude towards English politeness?
A. He thinks it is artificial. B. He thinks little of it.
C. He appreciates it very uch. D. He thinks it goes too far.
32. What can be inferred fro the passage?
A. The author think it's unnecessary to say "thank you" to the bus driver.
B. In Gerany, eployers often say "thank you" to eployees for their job.
C. Geran en never treat a woan to dinner.
D. Gerans think it is unnecessary to thank workers because payent is enough.
33. We can learn fro the last paragraph that Scottish en _______.
A. are ore likely to be involved in a fighting B. are as generous as English en
C. treat woen in a polite way D. are unwilling to spend oney for woen
34. Which of the following stateents is true according to the passage?
A. English drivers often say "thank you" to passengers when they get off the bus.
B. In Gerany, passengers soeties say "thank you" to bus drivers.
C. English people try to avoid criticizing others in the daily life.
D. Gerans are ore considerate and polite than Englishen.
35. The author develops the text through the ethod of
A. aking coparisons B. telling stories
C. giving coents D. giving reasons/exaples
C
Back in the fifteenth century, in a tiny village near Nureberg, lived a faily with eighteen children．In spite of the hopeless condition, two of the children, Albrecht Durer and Albert, had a drea．They both wanted to pursue their talent for art．After any long discussions, the two boys finally worked out an agreeent．They would toss a coin．The loser would go down into the nearby ines and, with his earnings, support his brother who attended the acadey．Then, when that brother who won the toss copleted his studies, in four years, he would support the other brother at the acadey．
Tossing a coin, Albrecht Durer won and went off to Nureberg．Albert went down into the dangerous ines and, for the next four years, supported his brother, whose work at the acadey was alost an iediate sensation（轰动）．By the tie he graduated, he had earned considerable fees for his outstanding works．
When the young artist returned to his village, the Durer faily held a festive dinner to celebrate Albrecht’s triuphant（胜利的）hoecoing．Albrecht drank a toast to his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice that had enabled hi to coplete his drea．“And now, Albert, blessed brother of ine, now it is your turn．Now you can go to Nureberg to look for your drea, and I will take care of you．”
Tears streaing down his pale face, Albert sobbed, “No．．．no．．．It is too late for e．Look．．．look at what four years in the ines have done to y hands！The bones in every finger have been broken at least once, and lately I have been suffering fro arthritis（关节炎）so badly in y right hand that I cannot even hold a glass to return your toast, uch less draw delicate lines with a pen or a brush．”
To show thanks to Albert for all that he had sacrificed, Albrecht Durer painstakingly drew his brother’s injured hands with pals together and thin fingers stretched skyward．He called his powerful drawing siply “Hands”, but the entire world alost iediately opened their hearts to his great asterpiece and renaed it “The Praying Hands”．The next tie you see a copy of that touching creation, let it be your reinder—no one ever akes any success alone！
36．Why did the two brothers work out the agreeent？
A．They were so curious as to ake a joke．
B．Their faily couldn’t afford the acadey．
C．One of the brothers was supposed to go into ines．
D．They wanted to support the other sisters and brothers．
37．The underlined word “whose” in Para．2 refers to _____ ．
A．the Durer faily’s B．the iners? W wx kB 1.c O
C．Albert’s D．Albrecht’s
38．Which of the following stateents is NOT true about Albrecht Durer？
A．He began to earn his living after graduation．B．He did perfectly well at the acadey．
C．He wanted his brother to go to the acadey．D．He created great asterpieces．
39．Which of the following is the correct order of the story？
a．Albrecht went to Nureberg． b．Albert supported his brother．
c．The Durer faily held a festive dinner． d．Albrecht drew his brother’s injured hands．
e．The brothers tossed a coin．
A．b, a, c, d, e B．a, e, c, d, b C．e, a, c, b, d D．e, a, b, c, d
40．What can we learn fro the story？
A．One can achieve success siply on his own．
B．Any success requires the help of others．
C．It’s other people who contribute to one’s success．
D．Nobody could succeed without good guidance．
D
Conservationists have unveiled plans to preserve and protect the world's ost iportant species of coral, in a response to increasing threats that they say will lead to "functional extinction" within decades．
Led by scientists at the Zoological Society of London, the Edge Coral Reefs project has identified 10 coral species in ost urgent risk of becoing extinct．The scientists say that reefs are under pressure fro a variety of threats including rising sea teperatures due to cliatic instability, increased acidity（酸性）, overfishing and pollution．
The Edge plan, which focuses on the ost evolutionarily distinct and globally endangered species , will take a regional approach to conservation．This eans focusing on the "coral triangle" around the Philippines, the West Indian Ocean around the ozabique channel, and in the Caribbean channel．
"Coral reefs are threatened with functional extinction in the next 20-50 years, due predoinantly to global cliatic instability," said Catherine Head, coordinator of the reefs project．"In these regions, we'll be supporting and training in-country conservationists to carry out research and ipleent targeted conservation actions," she said．"Their projects will last initially for two years．We provide the with a whole host of tools to carry out their projects including funding and intensive training．" She added．
Coral reefs are the planet's ost diverse arine ecosyste（生态系统）, known as the rainforests of the oceans．Despite taking up under 0．2% of the ocean floor, they provide food and shelter for alost a third of all sea life．If we lose the ecosystes, we lose not only the biodiversity （生物多样性）, but we also lose the capability of people to obtain incoe and food fro coral reefs．
Cliatic instability, which leads to rising sea teperatures, causes corals to bleach．Bleaching occurs when sea teperatures rise and this causes the coral tissue to expel their sybiotic algae called zooxanthellae - these are what give the coral their colour．Bleached corals often die if the stress continues．Aong the 10 species chosen to start the Edge project are the pearl bubble coral, a food source for the hawksbill（玳瑁）turtle, and the ushroo coral, which supports at least 15 brightly colored fish．
41．What does the first paragraph ean in the passage ?
A．Conservationists planned to preserve and protect soe extinct corals years ago．
B．Conservationists have banned plans to protect endangered corals for years．
C．Conservationists are going to protect corals that are dying out in several ten years．
D．Conservationists have ade plans to protect corals fro being extinct in ten years．
42．What will probably happen to coral species with the increasing threats?
A．Decrease． B．Losing functions．C．Disappearance．D．Existence．
43．Which of the following stateents about the Edge Plan is TRUE?
A．The Edge Coral Reefs project was carried out by Aerican scientists．
B．The plan concentrates on the channels to protect the endangered species．
C．The Conservationists have carried out the Edge plan for any years to protect
the corals．
D．Ten coral species chosen by the project are at the greatest risk of becoing extinct．
44．Which of the following will be the consequence of coral extinction in the passage?
A．We will keep the balance of the arine ecosystes．
B．About one third of the arine species can't survive．
C．an can benefit ore fro corals．
D．We will lose the rainforests on our earth．
45．What is the best title of the passage?
A．Cliatic Instability and Coral Extinction． B．Reasons for Coral Functional Extinction．
C．A Plan to Save Coral fro Extinction． D．A Research about Endangered Coral Reefs．
第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分l0分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请将答案填涂在答题卡标号为46～50的相应位置上。
首先，请阅读以下各类网站的信息：
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B. --- this is the perfect site for anyone interested about what people in China are thinking about today. Chinablog already hosts the weblogs (blogs-opinion web pages that allow readers to also post coents about the article featured) of over 50,000 people and is growing every day. For a onthly fee of $10 join chinablog and share your opinions with the world.
C. ww alternet.co --- this is a new news and current affairs website containing articles fro over 80 different progressive news web-sites fro around the world. If you think the ajor edia outlets are not giving you the full story then surf over to altennet.co to find out what's really going on in the world. And if you don't agree with what we say feel free to post a coent saying why.
D. . co --- is a website containing literally illions of video clips posted by the site's users. The videos range fro people personal hoe ovies to clips fro the latest TV show, news reports, and sports events. Viewing video clips is totally free of charge but to upload your own videos registration (also free) is required. Use the site's powerful search engine to find whatever you're looking for in seconds.
E. www, chinadaily.co.cn---The website of China's official English language national newspaper, chinadaily.co.cn has all the stories you will find in China Daily plus uch, uch ore. There are sections on sport, traveling in China, entertainent and news plus our free archives (档案) allows you to search for any article that we have published in the last 10 years.
F. --- is a free social networking website that allows eber to get to know each other and counicate through cobination of photos, web blogs, user profiles, e-ail, web forus, and groups, as well as other edia forats. y Space is a very active site with over 10 illion ebers, and additions and new features are being added all the tie.
请阅读下列人物的信息，然后匹配人物与其拟选择的网站；
46. Jessie was out last night and issed the big football atch that was shown on TV. He already knows the result of the atch but he would like to see the highlights of the gae online.
47. Robert is a university student studying political science and has a great interest in news and politics fro around the world. However, he feels that ainstrea news sources do not provide balance analysis of ost of these stories so he is looking for a site with a different perspective(角度) where he can also voice his own opinions about the topics discussed.
48. Killah is a student planning to travel to China in the suer and wants to find out ore about the country, its people and interesting places to visit. Being on a liited budget ,however, he has no oney spare to pay for this kind of inforation.
49. Jordan is a business analyst with a large financial copany. In order to write a report for the general anager he needs the latest data about the perforance of the London Stock Exchange.
50. Bluey is a an of any opinions and is interested in what people think about his ideas. He therefore wants to start his own blog where he can tell the world what he thinks and where he can get feedback on his ideas fro the readers. However, Bluey is currently uneployed so he can't afford to play for the privilege.
Ⅲ.写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节基础写作(共1小题，满分l5分)
上月，我们公司以35岁以下的人群作为调查对象, 选取了1000人进行了关于“网上购物”的一项调查, 调查情况如下：
你是否愿意在网上购物？
结果64%愿意36%不愿意
原因1.方便, 在家可买到所需物品
2.网上商品比较便宜, 而且可选择的品牌多 1.害怕买到赝品
2.担心被骗钱
结论只要防范网上购物的弊端, 将有越来越多的人选择
网上购物。
[写作内容]
根据以上数据，写一篇调查报告, 内容包括：
1. 调查时间、调查问题以及调查对象;
2. 愿意网上购物的人占调查人数的百分比；
3.人们愿意在网上购物的主要原因；
4. 人们不愿意在网上购物的主要原因；
5. 本次调查的结论。
第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Social Practice
Social practice has been ore and ore popular in schools. Senior school students are asked to enter society and get soe ideas of it. Surely, social practice has any advantages. Firstly, social practice can offer students a chance to contact society and eet different kinds of people. In this way students can gain soe precious social experience, which will be useful to their future career. Secondly, students can apply what they have learned in class to practical work, thus knowing theselves ore clearly. Thirdly, social practice can bring the soe financial reward and ake the ore independent of their faily.
However, soe probles ay arise if no correct guidance is ade. For exaple, soe students get overly interested in social practice and want to work full-tie and earn ore oney, thus neglecting their studies. And soe students are likely to get in touch with the dark side of society, which will affect their future values.
In order to carry out social practice soothly, students should first know its objective. They should put their studies in the first place and see social practice just as a useful suppleent, so they ought to try to strike a balance between social practice and their studies.
【写作内容】
1.请以约30个词概括上文的内容；
2.请以约120个词谈谈你对“社会实践”的看法，包括如下要点：
(1)你对于社会实践的认识；
(2)你或你朋友所经历过的一次社会实践；
(3)你认为如何协调好学习与社会实践的关系。
【写作要求】
1. 可以用事例或者其他论述方法支持你的观点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不能直 接引用原文句子；
2.中不能出现真实的姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
届高三英语第一学期期中考试答案
1—5 CDACB 6—10 ABDAC 11—15 DBABC
16. had been wearing 17.hardship 18. forced 19. an 20. how
21. Before 22.to get 23. in 24. and 25.yself
26-30 CADAB 31-35 CDDCA 36-40 BDADB 41-45 CCDBC 46-50 DCEAF
基础写作
Last onth, our copany carried out a survey about shopping on line aong 1000 interviewees younger than 35 years old. 64% of those interviewed are willing to shop on line, ainly because they think the Internet akes it convenient for the to buy what they need although they are staying at hoe. Besides, they believe that goods on line are cheaper, with a variety of brands to choose fro. The rest of the interviewees don’t want to shop on line, claiing that goods on sale on the Internet ight be fake and that they are worried about being cheated out of oney. In conclusion, only by guarding against the disadvantages of on-line shopping will ore and ore people choose to shop on line.
读写任务
The passage states the benefits and the worry of social practice for senior school students: it enriches students’ social experience and rewards the with oney, but it ay affect their studies and values. So, students should balance their studies and social practice.
Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it. Nowadays, ore students have opportunities to join in various social activities, including ilitary training, voluntary work in a counity service, a part-tie job in a super-arket, etc. They learn how to serve, how to cooperate and how to solve probles. Gradually they will becoe strong-willed , kind-hearted and enthusiastic in study and life.
Two years ago, I organized a tea of classates to a Charity House where orphans and the disabled live. There we told stories to the blind; we drew beautiful pictures for the deaf; we helped friends in the wheelchair go around. It was the visit that ade e realize that helping others should not be only an epty talk and that life is worth cherishing.
Of course, we ust strike a balance between study and social practice, never allowing social activities to take priority over schoolwork. After all, senior school stage is a vital period for students to obtain knowledge and get prepared for their future. Therefore, I strongly suggest that we ake full use of our spare tie and holiday to participate in that. Only in this way can we refuse to shut ourselves in the capus.
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