高三英语期中考试试题第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1．—My best friend‟s in a bad mood.—How about ________ her some flowers?A. givingB. givenC. to giveD. give2．On my birthday I got a watch from my uncle, ________ was made in Japan.A. whoB. thatC. whichD. what3．The news came as no surprise to me, for I ________ of it earlier.A. hearB. heardC. have heardD. had heard4．—Why are they pulling down the houses?—________ a new parking lot.A. BuildB. To buildC. BuildingD. Built5．I ________ on a sofa because my parents have come for the weekend.A. sleptB. was sleepingC. have sleptD. am sleeping6．The Chinese are good at table tennis ________ the English are interested in football.A. ifB. asC. whileD. since7．Since you don‟t like ________ you don‟t have to go skiing.A. itB. thisC. thatD. them8．Y ou can never play the piano better if you don‟t practise ________.A. muchB. moreC. lessD. most9．Was it in front of the market ________ the road accident happened yesterday?A. whereB. thatC. whichD. why10．Y ou ________ be hungry yet; you had a big cake only an hour ago.A. may notB. mustn‟tC. can‟tD. needn‟t11．The most popular food for foreigners ________ on any menu in Beijing is roast duck.A. includeB. includingC. to includeD. included12．The mother, along with her two daughters, ________ from the sinking aircraft by a passing ship.A. have rescuedB. have been rescuedC. has rescuedD. has been rescued13．________ every mistake you make, you‟ll lose half a mark.A. ForB. AtC. ToD. By14．This painting is splendid, but ________ we actually need it is a different matter.A. thatB. whatC. whetherD. how 15．Thank you, but I‟ll have to ________ your offer.A. turn awayB. turn downC. turn backD. turn off第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题 1 . 5 分．满分30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、 C 和 D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

In the United States there was an unusual tale telling of the daughter of a mechanic (技工). One day while walking along the bank of a lake, the girl 16 to see 20 eggs laid by a wild goose(雁). After some time the girl 17 the mother would not return to her eggs and she 18 to take them home. There she carefully 19 the eggs in the heat of a lamp. Several days 20 the eggs broke and the baby geese came into the 21.Geese are known to take the first living thing they see as their mother. 22，to these young geese, the girl was their mother.As they 23, the girl was able to 24 her birds to run across the grass, but she could not teach them to 25,. The girl became increasingly worried about this, both when 26 and in her dreams. later, she had an 27 She would pilot a plane(开飞机)to guide them in 28 . She asked her father for a plane and he assembled (组装) a small aircraft for her.Caring about 29 safety, the father decided to pilot the plane himself. However, the birds did not 30 or follow him, and 31 slept in the grass.One day, the girl 32 into the plane, started it and soon left the 33, Seeing their mother take to the air, the birds 34 flapped (拍打) their wings and 35. She flew the plane freely in the sky, her young birds following.16. A. managed B. attempted C. happened D. supposed17. A. realized B. expected C. imagined D admitted18. A. helped B. decided C. afforded D. meant19. A. placed B. protected C. treated D. examined20. A. ago B. out C. later D. long21. A. family B. lake C. home D. world22. A. But B. Also C. Thus D. Still23. A. increased B. improved C. rose D. grew24. A. ask B. lead C. want D. allow25. A. fly B. race C. swim D. sing26. A. asleep B. away C. around D. awake27. A. idea B. opinion C. explanation D. excuse28. A. sky B. heaven C. flight D. plane29. A. his B. her C. their D. its30. A. respect B. remember C. recognize D. receive31. A. so B. instead C. hardly D. too32. A. climbed B. looked C. reached D. fell33. A. house B. floor C. water D. pound34. A. secretly B. disappointedly C. patiently D. eagerly35. A. looked away B. set out C. went by D. turned back第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第一节：（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

ACountries CountEarth‟s landmasses are divided into seven continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica. This graph(柱状图) shows the number of countries on each continent.36．Which continent has almost twice as many countries as South America?A．Europe. B．North America. C．Australia. D．Asia.BBlamelessI was a freshman in college when I met the Whites. They were completely different from my own family, yet I felt at home with them immediately. Jane White and I became friends at school, and her family welcomed me like a long-lost cousin.In my family, it was always important to place blame when anything bad happened.“Who did this?” my mother would scream about a dirty kitchen.“This is all your fault, Katharine,” my father would insist when the cat got out or the dishwasher broke.From the time we were little, my sister, brothers and I told on each other. We set a place for blame at the dinner table.But the Whites didn‟t worry about who had done what. They picked up the pieces and moved on with their lives. The beauty of this was driven home to me the summer Jane died.In July, the White sisters and I decided to take a car trip from their home in Florida to New Y ork. The two older sisters, Sarah and Jane, were college students, and the youngest, Amy, had recently turned sixteen. Proud of having a new driver‟s license(驾照), Amy was excited about practicing her driving on the trip. She showed off her license to everyone she met.The big sisters shared the driving of Sarah‟s new car during the first part of the trip, but when they reached less crowded areas, they let Amy take over. Somewhere in South Carolina, we pulled off the highway to eat. After lunch, Amy got behind the wheel she came to a crossroads with a stop sign. Whether she was nervous or just didn‟t see the sign no one would ever know, but Amy continued into the crossroads without stopping. The driver of a large truck, unable to stop in time, ran into our car.Jane was killed immediately.I was slightly injured. The most difficult thing that I‟ve ever done was to call the Whites to tell them about the accident and that Jane had died. Painful as it was for me to lose a good friend, I knew that it was far worse for them to lose a child.When Mr. and Mrs. White arrived at the hospital, they found their two daughters sharing a room. Sarah had a few cuts on the head; A my‟s leg was broken. They hugged(拥抱) us all and cried tears of sadness and of joy at seeing their daughters. They wiped away the girls‟ tears and made a few jokes at Amy as she learned to use her crutches(拐杖).To both of their daughters, and especially to Amy, over and over they simply sa id, “We‟re so glad that you‟re alive.”I was astonished. No blame. No accusations.Later, I asked the Whites why they never talked about the fact that Amy was driving and had run a stop sign.Mrs. White said, “Jane‟s gone, and we miss her terribly. Nothing we say or do will ever bring her back. But Amy has her whole life ahead of her. How can she lead a full and happy life if she feels we blame her for her sister‟s death?”They were right. Amy graduated form the University of California and got married several years ago. She works as a teacher of learning-disabled students. She‟s also a mother of two little girls of her own, the oldest named Jane.37．The author of the passage is ________.A．Mrs. White‟s niece B．Jane‟s school friendC．The Whites‟ cousin D．S arah‟s friend from college38．How did the author‟s parents differ from the Whites?A．The author‟s parents were less caring.B．The author‟s parents were less loving.C．The author‟s parents were less friendly.D．The author‟s parents were less understandi ng.39．How did the accident occur?A．Amy didn‟t stop at a crossroads and a truck hit their car.B．Amy didn‟t know what to do when she saw the stop sign.C．Amy didn‟t slow down so their car ran into a truck.D．Amy didn‟t get off the highway at a crossro ads.40．The accident took place in _________.A．Florida B．California C．South Carolina D．New Y ork41．The Whites did not blame Amy for Jane‟s death because __________.A．they didn‟t want Amy to feel ashamed and sorry for the rest of her lifeB．Amy was bad ly injured herself and they didn‟t want to add to her painC．they didn‟t want to blame their children in front of othersD．Amy was their youngest daughter and they loved her best42．From the passage we can learn that ______________.A．Amy has never recovered from the shockB．Amy changed her job after the accidentC．Amy lost her memory after the accidentD．Amy has lived quite a normal lifeCThe first tape recorder didn‟t use tape. It used long thin wire. It was invented in 1900 by V aldermar Poulsen. In 1930, German scientists invented the tape we use today. Back then the tape was on big rolls. In 1964 the Philips company in Holland invented the cassette. It‟s pretty much a holder for the tape. People use cassettes all over the world. If you don‟t have a cassette recorder, borrow one.Think of a book your parents read out loud to you. That might be a great book to read out loud to your mom or dad in their car. Put a cassette in the recorder, open the book, hit the record button and start reading out loud.Remember there is no such a thing as a wrong way to do this. Y ou might think you‟ve made a mistake, but this gift is part of you, and nothing about that can be a mistake. It‟s impossible.Y ou get to be all artistic and creative here. Y ou might want to play music in the background. Do whatever you want. The gift is you, so you decide. Remember to say “I love you” at the end of your reading. That‟s like the prize at the end of the book.43．Choose the right order that shows the development of the tape recorder.a. Using big rolls.b. Using cassettes.c. Using thin wire.A．a, b, c B．b, c, a C．c, a, b D．c, b, a44．Why does the author mention the history of tape recorders in Paragraph 1?A．To inform readers of new inventions.B．To lead into his following suggestion.C．To give an example of his suggestion.D．To show the importance of tape recorders.45．What does the author advise us to do?A．To read a book to our parents in their car.B．To ask our parents to record a book.C．To make a gift for our parents.D．To practice reading out loud.46．Why does the author say it is impossible to make a mistake in Paragraph 3?A．Because the tape shows your true love.B．Because it‟s easy to use a tape recorder.C．Because the music is what your parents like.D．Because it‟s impossible to find a mistake in the book.DEnglish as a Foreign LanguageWho taught you to speak English? Y our parents, while you were a young child? Y our teachers at school? Perhaps even the BBC as a grown-up. Whoever it was, somehow your have developed an understanding of what is rapidly becoming a truly global language.There are now about 376 million people who speak English as their first language, and about the same number who have learnt it in addition to their mother tongue. There are said to be one billion people learning English now and about 80% of the information on the Internet is in English.Is this a good thing, or a bad thing? Should we celebrate the fact that more and more of us can communicate, using a common language, across countries and cultures(文化)? Or should we worry about the dangers of …mono-culturalism‟, a world in which we all speak the same language, eat the same food and listen to the same music?Does it matter if an increasing number of people speak the same language? On the contrary(相反), I would have thought—although I have never accepted the argument that if only we all understood each other better, there would be fewer wars. Ask the people of India (where many of them speak atleast some English) and Pakistan (the same situation with India) ….If we all speak English, will we then all start eating Mcdonalds burgers? Surely not. If English becomes more dominant(占主导地位的), it will kill other languages? I doubt it. When I travel in Africa or Asia, I am always surprised by how many people can speak not only their own language but often one or more other related languages, as well as English and perhaps some French or German as well.When we discussed this on Talking Point a couple of years ago, we received a wonderfully poetic email from a listener in Ireland. “The English language is a beautiful language. Maybe it‟s like a rose, “ he said. “But who would ever want their garden just full of roses?”Well, I love roses, and I think they make a beautiful addition to any garden. But the way I see it, just by planting a few roses, you don‟t necessarily need to pull out everything else. If more and more people want to plant English roses, that‟s fine by me.47．By saying “Ask the people of India…and Pakistan” (in Paragraph 4), the author is trying to show that ____________.A．speaking the same language doesn‟t necessarily bring peaceB．wars can destroy the relationship between two countriesC．English doesn‟t kill other languagesD．English is widely used in the world48．What does “garden” in the last two paragraphs stand for?A．Language. B．Family. C．The world. D．The Earth.49．The author would probably agree that ___________.A．it‟s very hard to plant many kinds of flowers in a gardenB．it‟s good for people from other countries to learn EnglishC．more and more people like to plant roses in their gardensD．English is easier to learn than other languages50．This passage is mainly about ___________.A．why English has become a global languageB．how many people in the world speak EnglishC．how people in the world learn English a foreign languageD．whether we need to worry about English being a world language第二节（共５小题；每小题２分，满分１０分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。