1、清流一中 2016-2017 学年上学期第二阶段考试卷高三英语 (卷)( I 卷选择题 100 分 考试时间 120 分钟, 满分 150 分 )第一部分 听力(共两节，满分 30 分)听下面 5 段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的 A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有 10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What is the man planning to do?A. Make some cheese. B. Go on a trip. C. Find a job in Paris.2. What is
2、the time now?A. 8 oclock. B. 10 oclock. C. 12 oclock.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A local artist. B. The mans salary. C. An apartment to let.4. How does Dr. Heath spend most of his time?A. Giving lectures. B. Conducting research. C. Doing office work.5. Why does Elaine call Peter?A. To
3、borrow his notes.B. To explain her absence.C. To discuss the presentation.第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有2至4个小题，从题中所给的A、 B、 C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What is Julia doing?A. Asking about her order.B. Reporting a computer problem.C. Conf
4、irming a visit to a company.7. When will the chairs arrive today?A. At about 10 am. B. Around 12 noon. C. By 4 pm.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. What is the conversation mainly about? A. Course design. B. Course registration. C. Course evaluation. 9. What course did the woman choose? A. International Trade. B.
5、Modern History. C. Chemistry.10. What will Jack do to take mathematics?A. Wait for an opening.B. Apply to the department.C. Speak to Professor Anderson.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a shop. B. In a canteen. C. In an office.12. What bothers the woman?A. He
6、r computer is down.B. Her paper is missing.C. Her hand is aching. 13. When is the womans report due?A. Wednesday. B. Friday. C. Next Monday. 听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。14. What is the man doing?A. Writing a book.B. Preparing a lecture.C. Searching for references.15. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. M
7、ake his topic more specific.B. Get a complete reading list.C. Read at least six books.16. What is the man going to focus on?A. Hollywood in the 1920s.B. 20th-century Hollywood movies.C. Golden Age Hollywood comedies.17. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Student and teacher.B. Reader a
8、nd librarian.C. Customer and shop assistant.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. What will the weather be like in high places this evening?A. Therell be showers. B. Therell be heavy mist.C. Therell be strong winds.19. How will the day start in coastal areas tomorrow?A. Cloudy. B. Rainy. C. Sunny.20. When can holid
9、ay makers expect good weather?A. This weekend.B. End of this month.C. Next month.第二部分 阅读理解(共两节 , 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B 、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThomas Edison was one of ten said to be the greatest genius（天才） of his age. There are only a few men in all of the
10、 history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be happy only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He said that what people called genius was mostly hard work.But Ed
11、ison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. Nature, he often said, is full of secrets. He tried to understand them; then, he tried to learn what could usefully be done with them. Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people
12、will do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking can give men enjoyment and pleasure.Edison could not understand how anyone could be uninterested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the
13、 day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what ideas he had about life. “Work,” he answered. “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.21. Which of the following is NOT true accordin
14、g to the passage?A. Many other people have changed Edisons life.B. Edison invented the electric light.C. Edison has changed the life of many other people.D. Few men in history can change other peoples life.22. Edison thought _.A. he could be happy if he was a geniusB. genius plays the most important
15、 part in ones successC. genius could do better than hard workD. hard work could do better than genius23. Edison was _ .A. very much interested in natureB. interested in changing peoples ideasC. interested in discovering the secrets of natureD. uninterested in making people happier by discovering the
16、 secrets of nature24.The last sentence in the passage most probably implies .A. Edison made 100 inventions in his lifeB. life is too short for Edison to invent more for human beingsC. Edison was able to live and work for 100 yearsD. People of his time were ready to give Edison another 100 years work
17、BThese are some signs that you can see on the roads of Great Britain.Number one is a sign with the number thirty on it. When drivers see this sign they must not go at more than thirty miles an hour. We see this sign when we get to parts of the country where there are many houses and other buildings,
18、 for example, when we are getting near a town. Thirty miles an hour is the speed limit. Number two is a sign for the end of the speed limit. We are out of the town now and may go at more than thirty miles an hour.Number three is a sign that we are near a crossroads, that is, a place where two roads
19、cross. We must drive carefully.Number four is a sign that there is a bend in the road. Again, we must drive slowly and carefully.Number five is a sign that there is a hill and number six is a sign that the roads get narrow. Drivers must go slowly and carefully.Number seven has the word “school” on i
20、t. This is a sign that there is a school at the side of the street or road. Perhaps there are children going to school or leaving school. So drivers must look carefully and go slowly until they are past the school building.Number eight is a sign with the letter P on it. The letter P is for “parking.
21、” A parking place is a place where drivers may leave their cars. If the driver of a car wants to leave his car and go to the shops, he looks for this sign. Then he knows that he may leave his or her car there.25. Who will most probably read the passage?A .People who drive carelessly. B. People who a
22、re learning to drive.C. People who drive well. D. People who drive fast.26. When a driver sees the sign number one, he must_.A. always go at 30 miles an hour B. go at more than 30 miles an hourC. not go at more than 30 miles an hour D. stop 27.A driver must drive carefully when he gets to _ .A. a be
23、nd B. a crossroads C. a narrow road D. all of them28.If a driver wants to leaves his car and go to the shops, _ .A. he must look for the sign with the letter P on it B. he can leave his car at the gate of any shopC. he can leave his car anywhere D. he can leave his car at the side of the street.CAre
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25、the other for chemistry herself in 1911. Madame Curie was a scientist of great achievement, and the first woman ever to be honored in the Nobel Prize history.32. When Marie was young, her family became poorer because _.A. of Maries father small salary B. of Maries mothers giving up her job C. the fa
26、mily had five children D. the family was cruelly taxed by the Russians33. Marie couldnt continue the advanced education because _.A. colleges in Poland would not take women as students thenB. her father couldnt afford to send her to college C. her grades were very poor D. she wanted to help her fath
27、er to support the family34. The fact that proves she was the best student in her class is that _.A. she smoothed away many difficulties and entered Paris University B. her grades were the highest in her class C. she did research work after her graduation D. she won the Nobel Prize finally35. The bes
28、t title for this passage is _.A. A Brief Account of Madame Curies Life B. Madame Curie and Radium C. Marie Curies Childhood D. Madame Curies Interest Science 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。选项中有两项为多余选项。“As easy as falling off a log” is often used to describe a job that doe
29、s not take much effort. You might hear a student say to her friend that her spelling test was “as easy as falling off a log”. 36 . It is easier to fall off the log than to stay on it.37 . One is “easy as pie”. Nothing is easier than eating a piece of sweet, juicy pie unless it is a “piece of cake”.“
30、Piece of cake” is another expression that means something is extremely easy to do. A friend might tell you that his new job was a “piece of cake”.Another expression is “as easy as shooting fish in a barrel”. It is hard to imagine why anyone would want to shoot fish in a barrel. But, clearly, fish in
31、 a barrel would be much easier to shoot than fish in a stream. 38 Sometimes, things that come to us easily also leave us just as easily. In fact, there is an expression“easy come, easy go”that recognizes this. 39 Easy come, easy go.When life itself is easy, when you have no cares or problems, you ar
32、e on “Easy Street”. Everyone wants to live on that imaginary street.40 It means to treat a person kindly or gently, especially in a situation where you might be expected to be angry with him. A wife might urge her husband to “go easy on” their son, because the boy did not mean to damage the car.A. Y
33、ou may win a lot of money in a lottery, and then spend it all in a few days.B. Every person has its own way of saying things, its own special expressions.C. Another “easy” expression is to “go easy on a person”.D. There are several other expressions that mean the same thing.E. And one last expressio
34、n, one that means do not worry or work too hard.F. In fact, it would be as easy as “falling off a log”.G. If you ever tried to walk on a fallen tree log, you can understand what the expression means.第三部分 英语知识运用（共二节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填
35、入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Years ago a professor gave a group of graduate students this assignment：Go to the slums(贫民窟)Take 200 boys between the ages of 12 and 16, investigate their 41 and environment and then 42 their chances for the future. The students，after 43 social statistics，talking to the boys an
36、d compiling(汇编)much data , 44 that 90 percent of the boys would spend some time in 45 .Twenty-five years later another group of graduate students were given the job of 46 the previous prediction. They went back to the 47 area. Some of the boysnow 48 were still there， a few had died and some has move
37、d away. But they managed to 49 180 of the original 200. They found that only four of the boys had ever been sent to prison.Why was it that these men，who had lived in a breeding place of 50 ，had such surprisingly 51 record？ The researchers were 52 told. “Well，there was a 53 .”They investigated 54 and
38、 found that in 78 percent of the good 55 admitting unanimously(一致地) it was because of the same woman. The researchers went to the teacher，now living in a home for 56 teacher. How had she had this remarkable 57 on that group of children？Could she give them any reason why these boys 58 her？“No， ”she s
39、aid， “I really couldnt.” And then， 59 over the years，she said musingly(沉思地)，more to herself than to her questioners， “I 60 these boys.” The researchers finally realized that it was the teachers care that made a difference.41A. safety Bhealth C backgrounds D. nationalities42A. advise Bpredict C incre
40、ase Dcheck43A. showing Bpreparing Coffering D.consulting44A. concluded Bdiscussed Cintroduced D.expected45A. business Bschool Cprison D.hospital 46A. making Bexplaining Cfinding Dtesting47A. same Bspecial Conly Dlonely48A. workers Bmen C teenagers Dstudents49A. find Brecord Cknow Dtrace50A. disease
41、Bmagic Ccrime Ddisaster51. A. good Breliable Cdetailed Dbad52A. normally Bcontinually Cgradually Dnearly53A. friend Bdoctor Cdirector D teacher 54A. too Binstead Cfurther D already 55A. ways Bmanners Cstates Dcases56A. determined Bretired CWell-known Dskilled57A. influence B technique Ccourage Dadva
42、ntage58A. frightened Brewarded Ctreated D. remembered59A. looking around Bgoing on Cthinking back D. working out60A. persuaded Bloved C reminded Dtaught第卷第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分 45 分)第二节（共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1 个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。When it comes to the food which greatly 1 ( benefit )
43、your brain, some Chinese hold the view that 2 ( eat ) pig brains will keep their minds sharp and some Americans often eat uncooked eggs to increase their intelligence. 3 , doctors dont recommend eating 4 raw eggs or animals brains. Then what food is good for your brain? Scientists have found a relat
44、ionship 5 diet and a healthy brain. Generally 6 (speak ), fish is a brain food. Apart 7 fish, you should introduce lots of dark green leafy vegetables and colorful fruits into your diet because most people lack the special vitamins that these brain foods provide. If you 8 ( regular ) eat brain foods
45、, they can increase brain power to help you pay attention, keep you motivated, improve your memory and lessen 9 ( press ) from studies. Then you can do much 10 ( well ) in your test. 第四部分 写作 (共两节，满分 35 分)第 1 节 短文改错(共 10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错
46、误仅涉及一个单词的 增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号() ，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线() 划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起) 不计分。Dear Mr Johnson. I have learned from a newspaper that some clerks were wanted in your company. I am eager to be one of them. So I am writing the letter. My name is Wang Ping. I was born Shanxi Province and Im in good healthy. Ive just graduated from the Physics Department of Shanxi University. Ive done well in all subject and Im especially good at computer studies and English. I can read science books in English
