高三下学期英语阶段测试
第I卷 (三个大题，共115分)
I. 听力部分 (共两节，满分30分)
II. 英语知识运用（共35小题；满分45分）
A) 单项选择 从A、B、C、D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案(15分)。
21. Whenever I met with difficulties, I _____ to my mother for help.
A. would turn B. used to turn
C. had turned D. turned
22. I never expected these shoes _____ so soon.
A. wearing out B. to have been worn out
C. to be worn out D. being worn out
23.Hearing the news, Mary _____ tears unexpectedly.
A. burst into B. broke into
C. born into D. knocked into
24. The little boy was left alone _____ outside the door.
A. keeping watch B. to keep watching
C. to keep watch D. kept watching
25. The city began to open to the outside world only this year, but it is working
hard to _____ lost time.
A. make of B. make up for
C. make out of D. make from
26. In Great Britain the word note _____ paper money.
A. is used as B. is used for
C. is used to refer to D. used to refer to
27. The two strangers talked and talked as if they _____ friends for ages.
A. had been B. have been
C. should have been D. would be
28. He arrived at last _____.
A. tired and hungry B. tiredly and hungrily
C. with tiredness and hunger D. being tired and hungry
29. The old woman used to _____ teaching village children when she was
young.
A. devote to B. be devoted to
C. being devoted to D. devoting to
30. It was not such a good dinner _____ she had promised us.
A. like B. that C. which D. as
31. Time passed quickly and three months went by _____ we knew it.
A. until B. when C. before D. after
32. The poisonous waste may pollute the grass that _____.
A. cattle are fed on B. cattles are fed on
C. cattle is fed on D. feeds our cattle
33. When I handed the article to the monitor, she said that she was not the person
_____ .
A. to send it B. to send it to
C. for sending it to D. for sending it
34. Not until the early 19th century _____ what heat is.
A. did man know B. man began to know
C. man did know D. didn’t man know
35. Shortly after the accident, two _____ these policemen were sent to the spot to
keep order.
A. dozen B. dozens of
C. dozen of D. dozens
B) 完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36---55各题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案(30分)。
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence (智力) developed by our environment and our experiences? 36 enough, the answer to both these questions is 37 . To some extent (在某种程度上), our intelligence is given at birth, and 38 amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with 39 intelligence. On 40 hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence 41 than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are 42 at birth, but 43 he reaches those limits will depend on the environment. This view, now 44 by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born
45 . The closer the 46 relation between two people, the most closer they are 47 to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random (任意) from the population, it is likely that their 48 of intelligence will be completely different. If we take two identical twins, they will probably be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have 49 intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends 50 birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different
51 , we might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence 52 , and this indicates that environment 53 birth plays a part. This 54 is also made by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, 55 who are not related at all, are likely to have similar intelligence.
36. A. Frankly B. Generally C. Unfortunately D. Strangely
37. A. Yes B. No C. Right D. Wrong
38. A. an B. not C. no D. without
39. A. high B. low C. little D. small
40. A. one B. the other C. another D. one of the
41. A. slower B. more C. fewer D. less
42. A. placed B. laid C. fixed D. born
43. A. if or not B. however C. whether or not D. whenever
44. A. had B. owned C. possessed D. held
45. A. with B. without C. of D. at
46. A. heart B. blood C. mind D. brain
47. A. hardly B. mostly C. likely D. nearly
48. A. conditions B. degrees C. means D. views
49. A. similar B. the same C. different D. related
50. A. at B. on C. from D. out of
51. A. experiments B. situations C. conditions D. environments
52. A. developing B. improving C. advancing D. opening
53. A. and B. as well as C. also D. or
54. A. decision B. suggestion C. explanation D. conclusion
55. A. otherwise B. and C. though D. because
III. 阅读理解（共20小题。每小题2分；满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。
A
Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been demonstrated (证明) that rats will, when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins, even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a fragrant flavor (味道;佐料) was added to the vitamin-enriched fluid (流体), the rats did seem to develop a taste for it and kept drinking it, even after the vitamins were changed to the clear water. In time, however, they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were.
In a classic experiment, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria (自助餐厅) feeding arrangement, with a wide choice of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in. We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns, but that over a period of time they managed to choose a well-balanced diet.
So in choosing food, rats and babies do seem to know and act on what’s best for them. Obviously, there is a kind of “body wisdom”, which humans soon lose. Most of us do not eat as wisely as we could. Many of our food preferences are culturally determined and influenced by long established (建立的) habits. Some people eat foxes, dogs and blackbirds, while we eat cows and pigs. So what people eat and how much they eat seems to be greatly influenced by what is going on around them.
56. In the experiment on rats, a fragrant flavor was added to the rat’s drinking water to _____.
A. encourage rats to drink vitamin-enriched water
B. find out rats’ preference in flavor
C. test whether rats know which drink is good for them
D. demonstrate that vitamins are tasteless
57. The expression the habit refers to drinking water which _____.
A. has no smell B. is tasteless
C. has vitamins D. is flavored
58. As far as their eating habits are concerned, babies and rats are similar in that _____.
A. both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet
B. both prefer flavored food and drink
C. both have the same eating patterns
D. both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors
59. In the classic experiment mentioned in the second paragraph, babies were ____.
A. given many choices of drinks
B. provided with various kinds of baby food
C. placed and fed in a cafeteria
D. trained to select a balanced diet
60. According to the passage, adults’ eating habits differ from those of babies
because _____.
A. adults know better than babies what kinds of food are good for their health
B. adults usually cannot resist the temptation of various delicious foods
C. adults’ eating habits are closely related to the social and cultural customs
D. adults have more choices of food than babies in eating patterns
B
One morning in August 1970, a two-engine airplane landed on an open field in Lebanon. The engines continued running while fifteen men began loading (装载) 100-pound sacks of hashish (大麻), a drug that is illegal in the United States. Five American smugglers (走私犯) had started out from San Francisco, California, had flown across Canada and on to Amsterdam, then zigzagged across Europe, touched down in Cyprus, and, finally, had flown on to Lebanon.
Unknown to them, they were being tracked by Interpol. Coded radio messages from Interpol warned the police of each country as the airplane progressed to its destination (目的地). When they went in for a landing, the local police quietly moved in after them. The native loaders had just put thirteen sacks on board, but when the police appeared, the American smugglers took off amid a hail of bullets (在一阵枪林弹雨中).
The Lebanese police sent air force jets after the smugglers, but the smugglers got away, flying a stealthy course over the Mediterranean. Interpol advised police of all countries in the area to watch over their airports. Soon, on Cyprus , an airport control tower received a radio request for permission to land and refuel. With Interpol monitoring the proceedings (举动), the airplane was permitted to land, and the five American smugglers were arrested.
To the men and women of Interpol, however, it was one of many equally drama-filled events. “That’s what Interpol is for,” said one of its experts when a news reporter interviewed him. “It provides the machinery by which police of various countries can work together against international crime and international criminals (罪犯).”
61. The American smugglers wanted to carry the drug _____.
A. from San Francisco to Lebanon
B. from Lebanon to the United States
C. from California to Amsterdam
D. from Lebanon to Cyprus
62. The American smugglers were arrested in _____.
A. Amsterdam B. Lebanon
C. Cyprus D. the Mediterranean
63. Interpol is the code name for _____.
A. Interstate Police Commission
B. International Policy Operations
C. International Police Officers Association
D. International Criminal Police Organization
64. The smugglers asked the airport for permission to land because _____ .
A. the Lebanese air force jets were pursuing them
B. their airplane was running out of fuel
C. Interpol was monitoring the proceedings
D. Interpol had warned each country in this district
65. The passage centres on _____.
A. the function of Interpol
B. the “clever” scheme (阴谋) of American smugglers
C. the fight against drug smugglers
D. the international cooperation of police
C
The temperature of the Sun is over 5, 000 degrees Fahrenheit at the surface , but it rises to perhaps more than 16 million degrees at the center. The Sun is so much hotter than the Earth that matter can exist only as a gas, except at the core (核心). In the core of the Sun, the pressures are so great against the gases that, despite the high temperature, there may be a small solid core. However, no one really knows, since the center of the Sun can never be directly observed.
Solar astronomers (天文学家) do know that the Sun is divided into five layers (层) or zones. Starting at the outside and going down into the Sun, the first zone is the corona (日冕) and the final zone is the core. The first three zones are regarded as the Sun’s atmosphere (大气层). But since the Sun has no solid surface, it is hard to tell where the atmosphere ends and where the main body of the Sun begins.
The Sun’s outermost layer begins about 10,000 miles above the visible surface and goes outward for millions of miles. This is the only part of the Sun that can be seen during an eclipse (食) such as the one in February1979. At any other time, the corona can be seen only when special instruments are used on cameras and telescopes to shut out the glare of the Sun’s rays.
The corona is a brilliant, pearly white light about as bright as the full Moon. Its beautiful rays are an unusual sight during an eclipse. The corona is thickest at the Sun’s equator. The corona rays are made up of gases streaming outward at tremendous speeds and reaching a temperature of more than 2 million degrees Fahrenheit. The rays of gas thin out as they reach the space around the planets. By the time the Sun’s corona rays reach the Earth, they are weak and invisible.
66. Matter on the Sun can exist only in the form of gas because of the Sun’s_____.
A. size B. age C. location D. temperature
67. With what topic is the second paragraph mainly concerned (有关的)?
A. How the Sun becomes so hot.
B. The Structure of the Sun.
C. Why Scientists Study the Sun.
D. The Distance of the Sun from the Planets.
68. According to the passage, as the corona rays reach the planets, they become _____.
A. hotter B. clearer C. thinner D stronger
D
For people who are superstitious (迷信的) about numbers, odd numbers are luckier than even numbers. The number three, seven, and nine have special powers of good luck but thirteen is very unlucky. In many places, tall buildings don’t have a floor numbered thirteen.
Even people who say they aren’t superstitious often act in superstitious ways. If a person says to a friend, “ I haven’t had a cold all winter,” that person may immediately touch wood. Touching or knocking on something made of wood after speaking of some lucky event is supposed to prevent the luck from leaving. This superstition came from the ancient belief that good spirits lived in trees.
Another action which many “unsuperstitious” people perform has something to do with triangles (三角). People believe that triangles have special powers because of their three sides , so they are afraid to break them. If a ladder is leaning against a wall, for example, most people won’t walk under it because it would “break” the triangle.
It seems that almost everyone is superstitious in one way or another. We all want to be able to tell the future, control the world around us , or have some luck. In the last part of the twentieth century , now that science is the way of the world, we still hold many of our ancient superstitions. Do they work? Are they fact? Of course not. Or are we sure?
69. For those who are superstitious _____ .
A. all odd numbers are lucky
B. all odd numbers but thirteen are lucky
C. all even numbers are luckier than odd numbers
D. all odd numbers are as lucky as even numbers except thirteen
70. People would not walk under a ladder _____.
A. to prevent from breaking the triangle with the wall and the ground
B. because they are afraid of the ladder’s falling
C. because they are afraid of the wall’s collapsing
D. because the triangle has the power preventing them from walking under the ladder
71.The topic sentence of this reading piece can be found in paragraph _____.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
72. We can learn from the reading that _____.
A. odd numbers are luckier than even numbers
B. wood is powerful to avoid unlucky things
C. many people are superstitious no matter they admit or not
D. triangles have special power
E
To be a good student of maths, one has to be imaginative. One can hardly learn maths well with little imagination, when he is learning geometry (几何). Even if you have good imagination, it is sometimes hard for you to solve problems, because you have to take separate figures as a whole so as to form an imaginative view of the whole thing.
There are forty-five students in my class, two–thirds of whom are boys. Half of the boys are said to have good imagination. Once my maths teacher came into the classroom with a small blackboard, on which are the following views of a single cube (立方体):
Symbols: ☆ : star □ : square : waves
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( 1 ) ( 2 ) ( 3 )
He asked us to observe them carefully and form a picture of a cube in our mind. I thought and thought , and it wasn’t until a quarter of an hour later that I found a way out. I first formed an unfolded view of a cube with different symbols on different sides. By this means, I solved the problem given by the teacher.
73. Which of the following statements is untrue?
A. If you have good imagination, you can learn maths well.
B. In order to learn maths well, it is necessary to have good imagination.
C. You can always solve problems with ease if your imagination is good.
D. Those who have better imagination can learn maths well more easily.
74. Which symbol is opposite the dot?
A. Circle. B. Cross. C. Square. D. Waves.
75. Which symbol is on the bottom of Figure 3?
A. Dot. B. Star. C. Waves. D. Cross.
第II卷（ 一个大题，共35分）
IV. 写作 ( 满分 35 分)
A) 短文改错 （共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（√)；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：
该行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
该行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
该行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
The Negros were taken from West Africa to America 76. __________
for a long time ago. The white Americans forced 77. __________
them to work in the field from morning till night. It cost the 78. __________
Whites much money to buy these slaves, and the slaves’ work 79. __________
cost nothing. The white Americans did look upon them 80. __________
like human beings. Then the American Civil War broke out 81. __________
between the Northern States and the Southern States about 82. __________
the problem of slaves. The Blacks fought with slavery for 83. __________
nearly 100 years for human right. In the end they were given 84. __________
freedom. Now they play an important part in the society. 85. __________
B) 书面表达 （满分25 分）
明天是植树节. 为了植树造林, 保护环境, 使我们的城市更美丽, 学校组织我们于明天 (三月12日) 参加植树活动. 请你以学生会的名义写一份通知, 要求每班男生带锄头或铁锹, 女生带水桶或洒水壶, 早上7:00在操场集合, 然后步行去五一路, 沿五一路两旁种1000棵小树, 不得无故缺席.
要求:
1. 叙述以上全部内容.
2. 格式正确, 100 左右单词.
生词: 锄头 hoe, 铁锹 spade, 水桶 bucket, 洒水壶 watering pot
高三下学期英语阶段测试答案
01—05 C A A A B 06—10 B A C A B
11—15 A C A C C 16—20 B C A B A
21—25 A B A C B 26—30 C A A B D
31—35 C A B A C 36—40 D A C B B
41—45 D C C D A 46—50 B C B A B
51—55 D A B D C 56—60 C D A B C
61—65 B C D B A 66—70 D B C B A
71—75 D C C A B
76. Negros—Negroes 77.
for
78. field—fields 79. much—little
80. did—did not 81. like—as
82. √ 83. with—against
84. humen—human 85.
the
书面表达：
Tomorrow is our Tree-planting Day. To plant trees everywhere, protect the environment and make our city beautiful, we decide to plant trees along both sides of Wuyi Road on March 12. All the students should take part in the activity. the boy students of each class must bring hoes or spades; and the girl students must bring backets or watering pots. We are going to gather (meet) at 7:00 a.m. on the playground. And then we’ll go to Wuyi Road on foot. Nobody may be absent without reason.
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