1、2017 届甘肃省肃南县第一中学高三下学期期中考试英语试题本试卷分第 I 卷（选择题）和第 II 卷（非选择题）两部分。满分 150 分，考试时间为 100 分钟。第 I 卷（选择题，共 70 分）第一部分 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。AMy late(已故的)father was a great believer in reading newspapers the first thing in the morning, a hab
2、it he passed down to me.Every day, I need news, features and comics, along with the smell of printing ink, with breakfast, even if I have searched the Internet earlier in the morning. When I sit down to eat my bread, the newspaper has to be there. When it is late, my wife says I look lost.Some need
3、coffee in the morning. I need the newspaper, except when Im on vacation. Then, I trade the routine for coffee, unless the hotel hangs a newspaper on my door.However, the sword of Damocles(达摩克利斯之剑) hangs over my routinea day may come when there wont even be a newspaper. My younger friends insist this
4、 is the way newspapers will go. Maybe not in five or ten years, maybe it will take 20 years but the future of newspapers is unsure.My younger friends rarely read the print media these days. They want their news either onscreen or in a cool，small package they can take anywhere and read at any time. T
5、he iPad and other similar gadgets(小玩意儿) will change our lives, Im told. Even e-book readers, after a bad start, appear to be back on track because of the iPad.They insist were now in the twilight(衰退期) of the newspaper business and the iPad may help to end it. Such a future is not something I like. S
6、ure, theres the Internet but its just not the same.So heres a little exercise for those who dont want to read the newspapers any more. Buy one, find a quiet corner at home and spare an hour without distractions. Turn off your mobile phone, TV and PC ,and lock up your wife, kids and pets. Start readi
7、ng, from the first page to the last，and all the different sections and advertisements. When you reach the last page, you would have an experience that modern gadgets cannot offer.1. According to the text，the author looks lost when .A. he smells printing ink and breakfastB. the newspaper doesnt come
8、on timeC. his father asked him to read newspapersD. he hasnt searched the Internet in the morning2. The underlined part “the routine” in Paragraph 3 refers to “ ”.A. reading the newspaper B. surfing the InternetC. eating bread for breakfast D. hanging a newspaper on the door3. Whats the main idea of
9、 the last paragraph?A. It is unnecessary to read every part of a newspaper.B. Reading newspapers is a great experience.C. Reading newspapers is a good way to kill time.D. A quiet place is important for reading newspapers.4. Which of the following is TRUE about the author?A. He used to read newspaper
10、s in the morning.B. He never searches the Internet in the morning before breakfast.C. He thinks the Internet is the same as print media because both can give him information.D. He was influenced by his father to form the habit of reading the newspaper.BThe World Bank has looked at the distinguishing
11、 features of successful school system.According to the World Banks education specialist, Harry Patrinos, this include: improving the quality of teachers and making sure that teachers are highly regarded; providing information to make schools accountable and giving autonomy to schools and head teache
12、rs.This matters not only for individual pupils but also for the well-being of countries, he says, because improving educational performance has a direct impact on improving economic performance.Chinas education performance at least in cities such as Shanghai and Hong Kong seems to be as spectacular
13、as the countrys fast growing economy.Certainly both these open and outward-looking cities consider education to be important and are willing to adopt the best educational practices from around the world to ensure success. In Hong Kong, education accounts for more than one-fifth of entire government
14、spending every year.“Shanghai and Hong Kong are small education systems, with a concentration of ideas, manpower and resources for education,” says Prof Cheng.Under the banner “First class city, first class education”, Shanghai set about systematically re-equipping classroom, upgrading schools and i
15、mproving the curriculum in the last decade.It got rid of the “key schools” system which concentrated resources only on top students and top schools. Instead staff were trained in more interactive teaching methods and computers were brought in.About 80% of Shanghai school leavers go to university com
16、pared to an overall average of 24% in China.Meanwhile, dynamic Hong Kong was forced into educational improvements as its industries moved to cheaper mainland Chinese areas in the 1990s.Its survival as a service and management hub depends on upgrading knowledge and skills.In the last decade Hong Kong
17、 has concentrated on closing the gap for all students, says a report by McKinsey management consultants.The report, How the Worlds Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better, rated Hong Kongs education system among the best in the world.5. The World Banks survey about education mainly concentr
18、ates on .A. what has made some education systems successfulB. Chinas education system and competitive examsC. how to relieve Chinese students of their heavy schoolworkD. the relationship between education and economic development6. According to Harry Patrinos, the key to successful school systems is
19、 .A. to give autonomy to all teachers to educate students freely in classB. to let students attend after-school tutoring and do more exercisesC. to improve teachers abilities and give schools free performance rightD. to make school education directly serve the economy of the country7. We can learn f
20、rom the text that .A. the “key school” system is the key to many schools failureB. students in Shanghai and Hong Kong work the hardestC. Hong Kongs educational performance isnt as good as ShanghaisD. Shanghai and Hong Kongs economic performance will improve8. What is the authors attitude towards the
21、 school systems of Shanghai and Hong Kong?A. Negative. B. Positive. C. Neutral. D. Critical.CA ground-based system that uses much stronger signals than GPS can find your location in cities and indoors. It is a new positioning system that could compete with GPS to make sure you never lose your direct
22、ions again.Instead of satellites, Locata uses ground-based equipment to launch a radio signal over a localized area that is a million times stronger on arrival than GPS. It can work indoors as well as outdoors, and the makers claim the receivers can be shrunk to fit inside a regular cell phone. Even
23、 the US military, which invented GPS technology, signed a contract last month agreeing to a large-scale test of Locata at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.“This is one of the most important technology developments for the future of the positioning industry,” says Nunzio Gambale, CEO and c
24、o-founder of the firm Locata, based in Griffith, Australia.As for the Locatas accuracy, Christopher Morin of the US Air Force tested it recently at White Sands, and it worked to within 18 centimeters along any axis(轴). Morin says it should be possible to get the resolution down to 5 centimeters.Admi
25、ttedly, the tests were performed in an open desert where GPS also works beautifully, but its signals are weak like a car headlight from 20,000 kilometers away and easily blocked by solid objects. “Locatas signal is far stronger, though not guaranteed to work in a complex urban environment,” says Dav
26、id Last, consultant to the UKs General Lighthouse Authorities.“Locatas technology will face competition in the race to transform indoor navigation. But it could shine in specific areas,” Gambale says. “Robots with Locata could easily navigate inside buildings without the complex optical systems they
27、 need at the moment. And process that handle precise location data could not only guide you around a mall, railway station or airport, but also take you to the exact shelf in a shop for the product you want. The units small and cheap enough for smart phones should be available within five years a si
28、milar path to the one GPS took on its way towards world domination.”9.The passage is written mainly to_- .A. encourage people to buy the LocataB. tell us the disadvantage of the GPSC. introduce a new positioning system LocataD. tell us that Locata will replace GPS one day10.Which of the following is
29、 not true about Locata according to Paragraph 2?A. Without the help of the satellites, Locata can tell you where you are.B. The US military has to test it before using it.C. Locata has a better signal than GPS.D. Locata can be fixed into smart phones only.11.Which of the following words can be used
30、to replace the underlined word in Paragraph 4?A. accuracy B. speed C. determination D. length12.According to the passage, what can we know about Gambale?A. He did the experiment at White Sands.B. He is confident in Locata and think highly of it.C. He said that Locata could not work in a complex urba
31、n environment.D. He is worried about the competition that Locata faces.DEnergy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesnt it? If you think so, youre not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the
32、 most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession.“Energy independence” and its rhetorical (修辞的) companion “energy security” are, however, slippery concepts that are rarely through, though. What is it that we want independence from, exactly?Most people woul
33、d probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that oil from elsewhere.The first reason is that we need it to keep our economy running. Yes, there is a trickle（涓涓细流）of biofuel（生物燃料）available, and more may become available, but most biofuels c
34、ause economic waste and environmental destruction.Second, Americans have basically decided that they dont really want to produce all their own oil. They value the environmental quality they preserve over their oil imports from abroad. Vast areas of the United States are off-limits to oil exploration
35、 and production in the name of environmental protection. To what extent are Americans really willing to endure the environmental impacts of domestic energy production in order to cut back imports?Third, there are benefits to trade. It allows for economic efficiency, and when we buy things from place
36、s that have lower production costs than we do, we benefit. And although you dont read about this much, the United States is also a large exporter of oil products, selling about 2 million barrels of petroleum products per day to about 90 countries.There is no question that the United States imports a
37、 great deal of energy and, in fact, relies on that steady flow to maintain its economy. When that flow is interrupted, we feel the pain in short supplies and higher prices, at the same time, we derive massive economic benefits when we buy the most affordable energy on the world market and when we en
38、gage in energy trade around the world.13. What does the author think of biofuels?A. They keep Americas economy running healthily.B. They prove to be a good alternative to petroleum.C. They do not provide a sustainable energy supply.D. They cause serious damage to the environment.14. Why does America
39、 rely heavily on oil imports?A. It wants to expand its storage of crude oil.B. Its own oil reserves are quickly running out.C. It wants to keep its own environment intact.D. Its own oil production falls short of demand.15. What does the author say about oil trade?A. It proves profitable to both side
40、s. B. It improves economic efficiency. C. It makes for economic prosperity. D. It saves the cost of oil exploration.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。What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Eins
41、tein, and another person a food? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? 16 We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 17 Mental exercise is particularly importa
42、nt for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. 18 If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent._19 According
43、to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing
44、 you did.” or “._20 ”A. A healthy body contributes to ones intelligence.B. Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children.C. What people want to express is like this.D. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.E. It needs exercise.F. You are such a sma
45、rt childG. These are very old questions and answers to them are still not clear.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，共 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。I think Im one of the luckiest people in the world because of the time Im able to spend with young people who are
46、not afraid to show their excitement and zest for life. 21 , I would prefer a person with passion and enthusiasm to a person with 22 and talent any day of the week. You can teach and develop skills, 23 you cannot develop a love of life and an optimistic attitude. These are 24 of a person and appear a
47、t all times during work or play. Furthermore, they are traits that one is born with and they will never 25 them.As a 26 and an Independent Education and Career Planning Advisor, I 27 too many children and young adults who are on a road to despair unless someone can find a way to change their attitud
48、e towards 28 and indeed life itself!29 , society has turned out too many children and young that are unwilling to put much 30 or thought into their work. Whenever I come across such people 31 or old, Im reminded of a boy who went with his mother on a blueberry picking hike into the 32 . The boy fill
49、ed his 33 mostly with moss(苔藓) and then covered the moss with a thin layer of blueberries so that it looked 34 . But the next morning, he found the blueberry pie which his mother 35 for him was moss.So 36 , whether you are in school or 37 , if you have enthusiasm and if you are 38 to put in consistent effort a
