1、 1 / 7宁波效实中学 20112012 学年度第一学期高三期中考试英 语 试 题本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题） ，共 100 分。考试时间 100 分钟。第卷（选择题，满分 80 分）第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节：单项填空（共 20 小题；每小题 0.5 分，满分 10 分）从 A、B、C 和 D 四选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项标号涂黑。1In the 1940s, two American scientists invented _ computer, _ invention that would later complete
2、ly change peoples way of lifeAthe; an B/;the Cthe; the D/; an2Which do you enjoy _ your holiday, going abroad or staying at home?Aspending Bspend Cbeing spent Dto spend3I _ the poor rabbit, but I didnt have the right drugs with me at that momentAsaved Bcould have saved Ccould save Dhad saved4Wed lik
3、e to _ a table for five for dinner this eveningApreserve Breserve Crelieve Ddeserve5Many experts stick to the view _ teacher development is _ the key to quality education liesAwhich; where Bwhich; in which Cthat; where Dthat; in which6There is nothing wrong with using a credit card for purchasesIts
4、more_ than carrying loads of cashASuperior Baccessible Cvaluable Dconvenient7Last month, some parts of Southeast Asia were struck by floods, from _ effects people are still sufferingAtheir Bwhose Cthose Dwhat8China understands the situation and needs of undeveloped countries on the issue of climate
5、change and urges developed countries to support them _ technology and financeAin favor of Bin spite of Cin need of Din terms of9Children sometimes find it hard to _ their parents expectationsAcome up with Blive up to Cmake up for Dput up with10If we go on using energy so wastefully,_ are that our oi
6、l wells will be dried up before new energy sources can be found to replace oilAchances Bdifficulties Cquestions Dproblems11How long do you think it is _ he arrived here?Only half a year, I believeAwhen Bsince Cbefore Dthat12Do you think that the 11th Chinese National Games were a success?Yes, _! It
7、couldnt be _Arelatively; better Bapproximately; worse Cabsolutely; better Dfortunately; worse13_in the accident, her hands shook constantly and violentlyAKnowing her son killed BWhen she knew her son was killedCKnown her son killed DShe knew her son killed14Can I pay the bill by check?Sorry, SirBut
8、it is the management rule of our hotel that payment_ be paid in cash.Awill Bshall Cneed Dcan15Personally, I think it is the sales manager, rather than the salesgirl, _to blameAthat is Bis Care Dwho are16The ladies carrying babies, come in first, _?Awill you Bwill they Cdo you Ddo they17What do you s
9、uppose made her so upset?_ by her desk mate againAShe was misunderstood BHaving been misunderstood CBeing misunderstood DMisunderstood18_ happened to be no one in the building when the fire broke outAIt BThere CThat DWhat19On AIDS Day, the minister of Health Department demanded that the problems _ p
10、aid special attention toAreferred to being Breferred to be Crefer to being Drefer to be20Could I borrow your car for a while? .AOf course, you could BNever mind CIt doesnt matter DBy all means2 / 7第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 2140 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。Many
11、 teachers believe that the responsibilities for learning lie in the, students 21_ a long reading assignment is given, instructors expect students to be familiar with _22 in the reading even if they do not discuss it in class or take an examinationThe 23_ student is considered to be _24_ who is motiv
12、ated to learn for the sake of_25_, not the one interested only in getting high gradesSometimes homework is returned _26_ brief written comments but without a gradeEven if a grade is not given, the student is _27 for learning the material assignedWhen research is _28_, the professor expects the stude
13、nt to take it actively and to complete it with_29_ guidanceIt is the _30_ responsibility to find books, magazines, and articles in the libraryProfessors do not have the time to explain _31 a university library works; they expect students, _32_ graduate students, to be able to make full use of the re
14、ference _33_ in the libraryProfessors will help students who need it, but 34 that their students should not be _35_ dependent on themIn the United States, professors have many other duties _36_ teaching, such as administrative （管理上） or research work_37_, the time that a professor can spend with a st
15、udent out of class is _38_?If a student has problems with classroom work, the student should either_39_ a professor during office hours _40_ make an appointment21AIf BBecause CAlthough DBefore22Asuggestion Bexpression Csummary Dinformation23Apoor Bideal Cnormal Ddisappointed24Asuch Bone Cany Dsome25
16、Afun Bwork Clearning Dprize26Aby Bin Cfor Dwith27Acriticized Bresponsible Cinnocent Dinstructed28Acollected Banalyzed Cassigned Dfinished29Amaximum Bminimum Cpossible Dpractical30Astudents Bassistants Cprofessors Dlibrarians31Awhen Bwhat Cwhy Dhow32Aparticularly Bessentially Cobviously Drarely33Asel
17、ections Bcollections Csources Dorigins34Ahate Bdislike Clike Dprefer35Atoo Bsuch Cmuch Dmore36Abut Bexcept Cwith Dbesides37AHowever BTherefore CFurthermore DNevertheless38Aplentiful Blimited Cirregular Dflexible39Agreet Bannoy Capproach Dattach40Aor Bto Cand Dbut第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，每小题 2 分，满分 50 分）第一节：阅读下
18、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，并在答题纸上将该项标号涂黑。AOn a hot summer day many years ago, I was on my way to pick up two items at the supermarketI was then a frequent visitor to it because there never seemed to be enough money for a whole weeks food-shopping at onceMy wife, after a tragic battle with ca
19、ncer, had died just a few months earlierThere was no insurance just many expenses and a mountain of billsI held a part-time job, which barely generated enough money to feed my two young childrenThings were really bad And so, with a heavy heart and four dollars in my pocket, I was on my way to the su
20、permarket to purchase a gallon of milk and a loaf of breadThe children were hungry and I had to get them something to eatAs I came to a red traffic light, I noticed on my right a young couple and a child on the grass next to the roadThe noonday sun beat down on them without mercyThe man held up a si
21、gn which read, “Will Work for Food“ The woman stood next to him, staring at the cars stop at the red lightThe child sat on the grass holding a one-armed dollI noticed all this before the light changed to green I wanted so desperately to give them a few dollars, but if I did that, there wouldnt be en
22、ough left to buy the food for my kidsFour dollars will only go so farAs the light changed, I took one last glance at them and sped off feeling both guilty and sadAs I kept driving, I couldnt get the picture of them out of my mindThe sad, haunting eyes of the young couple stayed with me for about a m
23、ileI could take it no longerI felt their pain and had to do something about itI turned around and drove back to where I had last seen themI pulled up close to them and handed the man two of my four dollarsThere were tears in his eyes as he thanked meI smiled 3 / 7and drove on to the supermarketPerha
24、ps both milk and bread would be on sale, I thoughtAnd what if I only got milk alone, or just the bread? Well, it would have to do41What can we learn from the passage?AThe author went to the supermarket once a weekBThe author went to the supermarket several times a weekCThe author knew that milk and
25、bread are the kids favorite foodDThe author would buy a whole weeks food every time he went shopping42Why did the young man stand under the burning sun at noon ?AHe wanted to stop the cars for food BHe wanted to beg for moneyCHe wanted to find a job DHe wanted to take a ride43The “one-armed doll“ in
26、 Paragraph 4 is most probably meant to indicate that _Athe child had a loving and caring heart Bthe doll had accompanied the child for yearsCthe child was violent and mean to the doll Dthe family was too poor to afford a decent toy44Which of the following can best describe the author?AHe was poor bu
27、t sympathetic BHe was jobless and pennilessCHe was honest and generous DHe was sensitive but responsibleBPottery is the name given to all kinds of pots and other things made from clay and other minerals when they have been hardened by heat in the potters kilnPottery is one of the oldest crafts, whic
28、h began to be practiced as soon as man learned to control fire, and long before the melting of metalsPottery enabled man from very early times to make vessels for storing and cooking food, for carrying water, etcEarly vessels were shaped by hand and probably hardened in a big fireA great advance in
29、pottery followed the invention of the potters wheel and the kilnIt is not known where the potters wheel was first used, but it is believed that by 3500 BC potters in Central Asia were using some kind of wheelIts use spread west and east to Egypt, China, and then to Ancient Greece and RomeAt first th
30、e wheel was nothing more than a small disc, turned round by handLater it was improved and could be turned round by the potter with his feetSuch a wheel was probably in use in Egypt by about 200 BCIt was certainly still in use in Europe at the beginning of the nineteenth centuryModern potters wheels
31、are power drivenThere are three major ways pottery items are madeThey may be shaped by hand, or the wet clay may be thrown on the potters wheel and shaped against the spin with the fingers or some toolsOr the wet clay may be put in a pre-shaped “form“ After the pots have been shaped, they are slowly
32、 baked in the kilnThis produces chemical changes in the clay which have a hardening effectThe time taken for firing pottery varies with the size of the kiln and the type of clayIt can take from 24 hours to 2 weeksClay is leaking by natureIf a pottery item is to hold water, it must be “glazed“Glaze c
33、onsists of the raw materials of glass, ground （研磨） together and mixed with waterThe glaze is sprayed on to the pot which is then heated in the kiln again until it is covered with a very thin layer of glassThis seals the tiny holes in the clay45The passage is probably written for _Aindustrial workers
34、 Bgeneral readers Chistory students Dart students46The word “kiln“ in paragraph 1 means _Aa large oven Ba glass container Can open fire Da wooden cage 47According to the passage, when was the potters wheel first used ?AIt was first used by Egyptians in about 200 B CBIt was first used in Europe in ea
35、rly nineteenth centuryCIt was first used in Central Asia in about 3500 BCDIt was unknown as to when the potters wheel was first used48The last step in making pottery is _Acoloring Bshaping C shipping Dglazing49According to the passage, pottery is glazed to make it_ .Astrong Bbeautiful Cshining Dwate
36、rproofCThe new studies show that fewer than half of the 9th graders in many of the nations largest cities, can ever graduateThe studies clearly show that the dropout rate isnt droppingAnd, in particular, the dropout rate isnt dropping for poor and minority studentsAmazingly, though so many regret me
37、 rising dropout rate, our schools continue to lack formal plansor any plansto teach 4 / 7students motivationMost schools have no game plan to ensure that students understand that schooling will be completely necessarySchools expect youth and children to act as though schooling is important, but they
38、 never teach them to believe thatYears ago, families ensured that the offspring recognized the value of schoolingBut in many modern families, the children may fail to recognize the importance of school life just because these families may actually tell their children that school is not importantSinc
39、e many families are not motivating their children to be interested students, youth professionals, like teachers may need to provide this trainingOtherwise, it is likely the dropout rate will continue not to drop, but only worsenHere are some strategies to convince even the most apathetic （无动于衷的） stu
40、dents that they must stay in schoolAsk students if they will ever need to work: The world has changed 100 years ago, factory work was the booming job, and it required no educationToday, factories are increasingly automatedMost computer-related jobs require education and at least a high school diplom
41、aAsk students which century they will be prepared for. In 1900, the most common jobs were farm laborer and domestic servanteducation not neededNow, the most common jobs are office and sales staffeducation and diploma usually neededAn amazing 6 out of 10 people today work in a store or officeAsk stud
42、ents to devise a way that the employee could be replacedFor example, the coming trend in fast food is to use computers rather than people to run the restaurantA prototype （case ） is apparently already being testedThe students should discover that most jobs that lack education and diploma requirement
43、s may be ripe for automation50What does the underlined part mean in Paragraph 1 ?AFew students can afford to go to school in large citiesBA large number of the 9th graders can graduate nowCThere are still quite a few 9th graders leaving school earlyDMost schools in large cities have fewer and fewer
44、students51Without the help of youth professionals, _Amore and more families will gradually recognize the value of schoolBit is likely that the dropout rate in schools wont continue to dropCsome parents will be more convinced of their childrens futureDthe schools will make proper plans to solve the p
45、roblems with dropout52The author takes factory work for example mainly to _Atell us that many jobs required certain education in the pastBshow that there are more factory work and employment in modem societyCshow that employment in the computer field grows at a high rateDemphasize modem jobs require education and that schools are necessary53It can be inferred from the passage that_Aboth schools and families should answer for the high dropout rateBmany new jobs dont need childrens high school diplomaCworking in a Store doesnt require a high school diplomaDmost schools are ready to help
