1、河北定州中学 2016-2017 学年第一学期高三 12 月考英语试卷一、选择题1 If you want to do international trade successfully, _ of English is _. A. good command; a must B. a good command; a need C. a good command; a must D. good command; must 2I dont know how it , but Ive got a big hole in my clothes.A. came over B. came outC. cam
2、e about D. came up3_ the flight to New York will be delayed is _ Im especially worried about.A. If; what B. Whether; thatC. When; that D. Whether; what4 Chinese company iQiyi has grown into one of the countrys biggest video websites. Popular TV series like The Journey of Flower and The lost Tomb bro
3、adcast on the website have _huge audiences, adolescents in particular .A. taken to B. caught on C. applied to D. appealed to5-How do you know he is from Hunan Province?- Oh, his accent _ himself when he spoke.A. displayed B. betrayed C. appeared D. showed6 He speaks Chinese very well. Its not surpri
4、sing. He _ in Beijing for nine years next week.A. has been living B. has livedC. will have been livedD. will have been living7Youd better _ your expenses on clothes.Acut up Bcut downCcut off Dcut out8He felt of cheating in the exam, deciding never to do such things again.A. shame B. ashamed C. sorry
5、 D. shameful9 Ning Zetao easily proved himself to be a rising star with four gold medals during the 17th Asian Games, _was held in Incheon, South Korea last year.A. where B. whoC. which D. that10The children ran out _ after they finished their homework.A. of playing B. playing C. to play D. play二、阅读
6、理解The film stars out as a normal day at a typical American high school. Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football. But theres big surprise when the movie ends with two students going crazy in the school-shooting and killing people.This is Elephant. It stars real school kids. American di
7、rector Gus Van Sant had no ready-made lines. The student actors made up their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own lives.Although it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palme dOr (金棕奖) for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes
8、film festival.The film is based on the shootings at a high school in the US, where two boys killed 13 people and then themselves in 1999.The title of the movie refers to the old expression about a problem thats as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house.The film takes a close look at a few hours
9、in the lives of the victims and the killers. It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone-fun and friendly, or hard and lonely.In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary kids. They joke around with one boys mother as she serves them cakes and play th
10、e piano.But therere hints of the anger they feel inside. One of the boys is bullied (欺负) at school. The other plays violent video games. But Van Sant isnt blaming their killings on either bullying or violent games. In fact, the film doesnt offer any reason for why school violence happens.“I d idnt w
11、ant to explain anything. Its up to the audience to draw its own conclusions,“ said the 51-year-old director.11The lines of the film were _.A. given by the directorB. created by student actorsC. thought out by the director during the actingD. carefully designed by professional people12 The film doesn
12、t tell why school shootings happen_.A. so as to leave room for the audience to think and judgeB. because life itself is the problem makerC. because the mental problems of students are hard to explainD. but there are some hints of the reasons13The film is named Elephant because _.A. an elephant is al
13、ways gentl e and never causes troubleB. an elephant is a symbol of big problems in American schoolsC. elephant is used to suggest that the school crime is a big problemD. the two boys liked elephants when alive14Whats the passage mainly about？A. It shows American school life.B. It introduces the fil
14、m Elephant.C. It tells people to be careful while in peace.D. It reports a school killing in a US school.More than 2.25 billion cups of coffee are consumed across the globe each day, and its likely that many taste bitter.Now, a new study suggests that coffee fans can make their drink taste sweeter b
15、y simply changing the colour of their cups.Scientists claim that blue and glass mugs, which are popular in some coffee shops, can reduce coffees bitterness, without any need for sugar, and that coffee drunk from white cups tastes the bitterest.To prove their claims, the researchers invited 36 volunt
16、eers and used three different colored cups - blue, white and transparent glass - to do an experiment.In the experiment, coffee consumed from the white cup was found to taste less sweet when compared to the other two colored cups, while the blue cup made the coffee taste the sweetest.The scientists b
17、elieve that the colour brown may be associated with coffees bitterness because coffee in a white cup appears the brownest and tastes the bitterest.“Our study clearly shows that the colour of a coffee cup does influence the perceived (感受到的) taste and flavor of coffee,” said Dr George Doorn of Federat
18、ion University Australia, “but the potential effects may be different between a one-time purchase and a return customer.”“Anyhow, the effect of the colour of the cup on the flavor of the coffee suggests that caf owners, baristas (服务员), as well as coffee cup manufacturers should carefully consider th
19、e colour of their cups, ” he added.However, the idea that colour can alter the taste of food and drink is not new.A study published last year revealed that red, strawberry-flavored mousse (慕斯蛋糕) served on a white plate was rated as 10 percent sweeter and 15 percent more flavorous than the same food
20、presented on a black plate.15W hat color of the cup can best reduce coffees bitterness without adding sugar?A. Blue. B. Brown. C. White. D. Transpa rent.16The scientists used _ to do the experiment to prove their claims. different brands of coffee different colored coffee cups several volunteers sev
21、eral manufacturesA. B. C. D. 17Why does coffee in white cups taste the least sweet?A. Because white cups are not as beautiful as other cups.B. Because white cups make coffee appear the brownest.C. Because white cups reduce the sugar in them.D. Because white cups are better used to serve cakes.18Acco
22、rding to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. Black plates increase the sweetness of food and drink.B. Strawberry-flavored mousse is 10 percent sweeter than coffee.C. People consume more than 2.5 billion cups of coffee across the globe every year.D. People can make coffee taste
23、sweeter by changing the color of their coffee cups.I know what youre thinking: pizza？For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the a.m. if you want to. I know lots of women who skip breakfast (不吃早饭), and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say the
24、y dont have time, others think theyre “saying” calories ，still others just dont like breakfast food . But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight . “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says
25、 Katherine Brooking, R.D，who developed the super-easy eating plan for this years “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece. Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows
26、 that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal. So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of frien
27、ds who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last nights leftovers it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow.” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. T
28、ry it you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects. 19The word “leftovers” in paragraph I probably means _. A. food remaining after a meal B. things left undone C. meals made of vegetables D. pizza topped with fruit20What can we infer from the tex
29、t? A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry. B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast. C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal. D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.21According to the last paragraph, it is important to _. A. eat something for breakfast B. be careful about wh
30、at you eat C. heat up food before eating it D. eat calorie-controlled food22The text is written mainly for those _. A. who go to work early B. who want to lose weightC. who stay up late D. who eat before sleepOne hundred and thirteen million Americ ans have at least one bank-issued credit card. They
31、 give their owners automatic credit in stores, restaurants, and hotels, at home, across the country, and they make many banking services available as well. More and more of these credit cards can be read automatically, making it possible to withdraw or deposit money in scattered locations, whether o
32、r not the local branch bank is open. For many of us the “cashless society” is not on the horizon-its already here.While computer offer these conveniences to consumers, they have many advantages for sellers too. Electronic cash registers can do much more than simply ring up sales. They can keep a wid
33、e range of records, including who sold what, when and to whom. This information allows businessmen to keep track of their list o f goods by showing which items are being sold and how far they are moving. Decisions to reorder or return goods to suppliers can then be made. At the same time these compu
34、ters record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, allowing personnel and staffin g assignments to be made accordingly. And they also identify preferred customer for promotional campaigns. Computers are relied on by manufacturers for similar reasons. Computer analyzed ma
35、rketing reports can help to decide which products to emphasize now, which to develop for the future and which to drop. Computers keep track of goods in stock, of raw materials on hand, and even of the production process itself.Numerous other commercial enterprises, from theaters to magazine publishe
36、rs, from gas and electric utilities to milk processors, bring better and more efficient services to consumers through the use of computers.23From the last sentence of the first paragraph we learn that _ .A. in the future all the Americans will use credit cadsB. credit cards are mainly used in the Un
37、ited States todayC. nowadays many Americans do not pay in cashD. it is now more convenient to use credit cards than before24If computers record which hours are busiest and which employees are the most efficient, what will businessmen do?A. They will fire some employees and raise the work efficiency.
38、B. They will arrange for different employees to do different jobs according to their abilities and performance.C. The y will assign more work for the employees to do.D. They will allow the personnel to do whatever work they want to do.25What does the underlined phrase “ring up sales” in paragraph tw
39、o mean?A. make an order of goods.B. record sales on a cash register.C. call the sales manager.D. keep track of the goods in stock.26What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Approaches to the commercial use of computers.B. Advantages of credit cards in business.C. Significance of automation in commerc
40、ial enterprises.D. Conveniences brought about by computers in business.三、完形填空阅读下面短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My father was a self-taught mandolin (曼陀铃) player. He was one of the best string _ players in our town. He could not _ music, but if he heard a tune a few times, he
41、 could play it.Dad loved to play the mandolin for his _ for he knew we enjoyed singing, and hearing him play. He was always there, _ his time and efforts to making sure that his family had enough in their life. I had grown into a man and had children of my own _ I realized how much he had sacrificed
42、.I joined the United States Air_ in January of 1962. Whenever I would come home _ , I would ask Dad to play the mandolin. He could _ your soul with the tones that came out of that old mandolin. He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his _ in his ability to play so well for his family.
43、In 1950, our family moved to Maryland. While working at Todd Steel, he was _ in an accident. On that particular day, Dad got the third index finger of his left hand _ by the machine. _ he didnt lose enough of the finger where it would stop him picking up anything, it did _ his ability to play the ma
44、ndolin. After the accident, every time we asked him to play, he would make _ for why he couldnt play. Eventually, we could persuade him and he would say, “Okay. But I cant hold down on the strings and play as well as before.” For the family it didnt make any _ .In August of 1993, my father was disco
45、vered with lung cancer. He chose not to receive treatments so that he could live out the rest of his life _ dignity. About a week before his death, we asked Dad if he would play the mandolin for us. He made excuses but said “okay”. He knew it would probably be the _ time he would play for us. He tun
46、ed up the old mandolin and played a few _ . When I looked around, there was not a _ eye in the family. We saw before us a quiet man with an inner strength. Dad would never play the mandolin for us again. Dad was doing something he had done all his life, _ . As sick as he was, he was still pleasing o
47、thers. Dad surely could play that Mandolin!27A. equipment B. musical C. instrument D. musician28A. copy B. see C. look at D. read29A. family B. employer C. friends D. audience30A. applying B. paying C. devoting D. attaching31A. since B. while C. before D. after32A. Force B. Energy C. Power D. Strength33A. on duty B.on leave C. on holiday D. on vacation34A. touch B. contact
