（整理版高中英语）宝山上学期高三段考英语试题.doc

宝山 度上学期高三段考英 语 试 题本试卷共12页，三大题，总分值135分，考试用时120分钟。第一局部 语言知识及应用第一节：完形填空共15小题，每题2分，总分值30分阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A strange thing happened to me last Sunday. It was such a beautiful day that I drove to go for a look in the country. On the way back 1 , my car stopped. It ran out of gas on a lonely road far from a town. I decided to walk 2 I found someone who could 3 some gas. I had walked almost a mile 4 I finally found a house near the road. I was glad to see it, 5 it was getting dark. I knocked at the door and a little old lady 6 long white hair answered. She said, “I have been waiting for you for a long time. Come in 7 is almost ready. “But I only come for some gas, I answered. I couldnt imagine 8 she was talking about. “Oh, Alfred! Gas? You used to like tea. I quickly explained that my car was out of gas, 9 she didnt seem to hear me. She just 10 calling me Alfred and talking about how long it had been since she had seen me. She was acting very strangely and I was anxious to 11 . . 12 she went to get tea, I went out of the house as fast as I could. Fortunately, there was another house down the road and I was able to buy the gas I needed. When I told the man about my 13 , he said, “Oh, thats Miss Emily. She lives by herself in that big houseShes out of her mind, but she wouldnt hurt 14 . She is still waiting for the man she was supposed to marry thirty years agoThe day before their wedding he left home and _15_ came back because of the war. 1Aschool Bhome Ctown Dcountry 2Auntil Bwhen Cso that Dbecause 3Afetch Bsell Cbuy Dsend 4Abefore Bso Cafter Dsince 5Aif Bbut Cbecause Dthough 6Awith Bof Cin Dby 7AGas BCoffee CTea DLunch 8. Awhen Bwhat Cwhy Dthat 9Abut Bthough Cand Dso 10Asuggested Bkept Cstopped Denjoyed 11Astay Banswer Cspeak Dleave 12ABefore BAs soon as CAs long as DAfter 13Aincident Baffair Cexperience Dadventure 14Aanyone Bsomeone Ceveryone Dnone 15Asoon Boften Calways Dnever第二节：语法填空共10小题；每题15分，总分值15分阅读下面短文，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的语法的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。I was sitting in a crowded restaurant, enjoying 16 tasty meal with my Chinese family. atmosphere was hot and loud. One thing that couldnt get used to_17_( be ) the clouds of cigarette smoke 18 filled the air and our lungs. It used to be the same for me in my home area in the United States. 19 the noise was definitely a relatively new experience. I glanced around the room, and smiling diners were happily blowing smoke into the faces of their friends and families. Living in an 20 ( industry) city and dealing with air pollutants are necessary facts of our 21 ( exist ) . For us, it became too much. 22 (stand) up, we called out maidan (pay the bill), 23 left. Once outside, we both agreed that we wouldnt return to that restaurant again. Later that night, I asked my wife 24 her parents were so willing to put up 25 it. She said that they felt it was simply unavoidable and therefore must be tolerated. To my wifes parents, its just a part of modern Chinese life. 第二局部 阅读共两节，总分值50分第一节 阅读理解共20小题；每题2分，总分值40分阅读以下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最正确选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWithout most people realizing it, there has been a revolution in office work over the last ten years. Before that time, large computers were only used by large, rich companies that could afford the investment. With the advancement of technology, small computers have come onto the market, which are capable of doing the work that used to be done by much larger and expensive computers, so now most smaller companies can use them.The main development in small computers has been in the field of word processors (处理器) , or WPS as they are often called. 40% of British offices are now estimated to have a word processor and this percentage is growing fast.There are many advantages in using a word processor for both secretary and manager. The secretary is freed from a lot of daily work, such as re-typing letters and storing papers. He or she can use this time to do other more interesting work for the boss. From a managers point of view, secretarial time is being made better use of and money can be saved by doing daily jobs automatically outside office hours.But is it all good? If a lot of daily secretarial work can be done automatically, surely this will mean that fewer secretaries will be needed. Another worry is the increasing medical problems related to work with visual display units (显示器). The case of a slow loss of sight among people using word processors seems to have risen greatly. It is also feared that if a woman works at a VDU for long hours, the unborn child in her body might be killed. Safety screens to put over a VDU have been invented but few companies in England bother to buy them. Whatever the arguments for and against word processor are, they are a key feature (特征) of this revolution in office practice.26. Ten years ago, smaller companies did not use large computers because_.A. these companies had not enough money to buy such expensive computers B. these computers could not do the work that small computers can do today C. these computers did not come onto the market D. these companies did not need to use this new technology27. According to the writer, the main feature of the revolution in office work over the last ten years is _. A. the saving of time and money B. the use of computers in small companies C. the wide use of word processorsD. the decreasing number of secretaries28. It is implied but not directly stated in the passage that with the use of word processors _. A. some secretaries will lose their jobs B. daily jobs can be done automatically outside office hours C. medical problems related to work with a VDU have increased greatly D. the British companies will make less money29. Which of the following statements is NOT true? A. There are both advantages and disadvantages in using a word processor. B. The British companies care much for the health of the people using word processors. C. The technology in the field of computers has been greatly advanced over the last ten years. D. Using word processors, secretaries can get more time to do more interesting work for their bosses.30. It can be concluded from the passage that _. A. safety screens are of poor quality B. working at a VDU for a long time is good for ones health C. more and more British offices will use word processors D. British companies will need fewer and fewer managersBAlthough April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesnt generally experience the sound and lightning that can go with those rains, its still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when its actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think and we see, wed still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two clouds or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, theres enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval (间隔) between the flash and the crash to learn how close they were to the actual spark (闪光).31. According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley_. A. rains usually come without thunder and lightning. B. it is usually dry in April C. children pay no attention to the two natural wonders. D. parents are not interested in thunder an lightning.32. We believe that lightning is a downward motion because_. A. we were taught so by our parents from our childhood. B. we are taken in by our sense of vision. C. it is a common natural sight. D. it is a truth proved by science.33. What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage? A. Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth. B. Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another. C. Lightning travels 5 times faster than thunder. D. There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth than we can imagine.34. The underlined word “activity is most closely related to the word (s) _. A. cloudB. lightning strikes C. lightning flashesD. thunderstorms35. It can be concluded from the passage that _. A. we should not believe what we see or hear. B. things moving downward are more noticeable. C. people sometimes may have wrong ideas about ordinary phenomena. D. adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural phenomena. C Most mornings, the line begins to form at dawn: scores of silent women with babies on their backs, buckets balanced on their heads, and in each hand a bright-blue plastic jug. On good days, they will wait less than an hour before a water tanker goes across the dirt path that serves as a road in Kesum Purbahari, a slum on the southern edge of New Delhi. On bad days, when there is no electricity for the pumps, the tankers dont come at all. “That water kills people, a young mother named Shoba said one recent Saturday morning, pointing to a row of pails filled with thick, caramel (焦糖)-colored liquid.“Whoever drinks it will die.The water was from a pipe shared by thousands of people in the poor neighborhood. Women often use it to wash clothes and bathe their children, but nobody is desperate enough to drink it. There is no standard for how much water a person needs each day, but experts usually put the minimum at fifty litres. The government of India promises (but rarely provides) forty. Most people drink two or three litresless than it takes to wash a toilet. The rest is typically used for cooking and bathing. Americans consume between four hundred and six hundred litres of water each day, more than any other people on earth. Most Europeans use less than half that. The women of Kesum Purbahari each hoped to drag away a hundred litres that daytwo or three buckets worth. Shoba has a husband and five children, and that much water doesnt go far in a family of seven, particularly when the temperature reaches a hundred and ten degrees before noon. She often makes up the difference with bottled water, which costs more than water delivered any other way. Sometimes she just buys milk; its cheaper. Like the poorest people everywhere, the people of New Delhis slums spend a far greater percentage of their incomes on water than anyone lucky enough to live in a house connected to a system of pipes.36. The underlined word “slum most likely means _. A. a village B. a small townC. an area of a town with badly-built, over-crowded buildings D. the part of a town that lacks water badly37. Sometimes the water tanker doesnt come because _. A. the weather is bad B. there is no electricity C. there is no water D. people dont want the dirty water38. A person needs at least _ litres of water a day. A. a hundred B. four hundred C. forty D. fifty39. Which of the following statements is wrong? A. a hundred litres of water a day is enough for Shobas family B. Americans uses the largest amount of water each day C. in Kesum Purbahari milk is cheaper than bottled water D. Shoba has a family of seven people40. The passage mainly tells us _. A. how women in Kesum Purbahari gets their water B. how much water a day a person deeds C. that India lacks water badly D. how India government manages to solve the problem of waterDSaturday, October 7th, was a marathon of sad tasks for Anna Politkovskaya. Two weeks earlier, her father, a retired official in the department of foreign affairs, had died of a heart attack as he emerged from the Moscow Metro while on his way to visit Politkovskayas mother, Raisa Mazepa, in the hospital. She had just been diagnosed (诊断)with cancer and was too weak even to attend her husbands funeral. “Your father will forgive me, because he knows that I have always loved him, she told Anna and her sister, Elena Kudimova, the day he was buried. A week later, she had an operation and since then Anna and Elena had been taking turns helping her deal with her grief.Politkovskaya was supposed to spend the day at the hospital, but her twenty-six-year-old daughter, who was pregnant, had just moved into Politkovskayas apartment, on Lesnaya Street, while her own place was being prepared for the baby. “Anna had so much on her mind, Elena Kudimova told me when we met in London, before Christmas. “And she was trying to finish her article. Politkovskaya was a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and, like most of her work, the piece focused on the terror that can be seen all over the southern republic of Chechnya. This time, she had been trying to report repeated cruel acts done by people faithful to the Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who are in favour of Russia. In the past seven years, Politkovskaya had written dozens of accounts of life during wartime; many had been collected in her book “A Small Corner of Hell: reports from Chechnya. Politkovskaya was far more likely to spend time in a hospital than on a battlefield, and her writing bore frequent wit