宁波市2013学年第一学期期末考试

高三英语试卷

I卷（选择题部分：共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四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1. —A second, please. I have another call coming through.

—______. I’m not in a hurry.

A. Enjoy yourself

 B. Leave me alone



 C. Do as you like

 D. Take your time



2. The 2013 Nobel Prize in ______ Literature was awarded to Alice Munro, who was commented as “______ master of the contemporary short story”.

A. the; ﹨

B.﹨; the

C. the; a

 D. ﹨; ﹨



3. This restaurant has become popular for its wide ______ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.

A. division

B. area

 C. range

 D. circle



4. He suggested another approach, ______ I thought, that required managers to change their behavior and the way they spend their time.

A. this

B. one

 C. that

 D. it



5. The 30-year-old one-child policy will be ______, allowing for couples to have two children

if one of the parents is an only child.

A. relaxed

B. strengthened

C. conducted

 D. performed



6. Life is like riding a bicycle. ______your balance, you must keep moving.

A. Keeping

B. To keep

C. Keep

 D. Being kept



7. —Lily, you don’t go to that supermarket quite often, do you?

—No, I only go there ______ because it’s too far away from my house.

A. constantly

B. occasionally

C. frequently

 D. eventually



8. Under no circumstances ______ anything that will benefit ourselves but harm the interests of our country.

A. should we do

 B. we should do



 C. should we not do

 D. we should not do



9. When you are reading, make a note of ______ you think is of great importance.

A. which

B. that

 C. where

 D. what



10. —My dear, you ______ things about. Look, what a mess in the room!

—Sorry, Mom.

A. have always thrown

 B. always throw



 C. are always throwing

 D. always threw



11. It is impossible to persuade him into doing what he doesn’t want to, for he is ______.

A. stubborn

B. secure

C. sensitive

D. smart



12. Be careful when you deal with this chemical, as it will explode when ______ to sunlight.

A. being exposed

B. to expose

C. exposing

D. exposed



13. Bill Gates, ______ money is no problem, still leads a simple life.

A. for whose

B. of whose

C. for whom

D. of whom



14. The tourists were all pushing ______ one another when they tried to get on the bus.

A. over

B. against

 C. on

 D. off



15. Chinese President Xi Jinping ______ seven new ambassadors to foreign countries and international organizations on November 25th.

A. adjusted

B. applied

 C. appointed

 D. adopted



16. Some school teachers complained, “Many kids haven’t got any hobbies — ______ you call playing computer games a hobby.”

A. unless

B. once

C. since

D. if



17. —Jack can’t concentrate on his lessons recently.

—Yes, that may ______ why he did so badly in the last test.

A. answer for

B. stand for

C. call for

D. account for



18. The realization of the Chinese dream won’t affect dreams of other countries. ______, it helps them realize their own dreams.

A. On the contrary

 B. In other words



 C. On the other hand

 D. Believe it or not



19. Five people were killed, and 4 others were missing as Typhoon Fitow hit east China’s Zhejiang Province, ______ more than three million people.

A. affected

B. affecting

C. to affect

D. being affected



20. —Shall we make an appointment at 9 o’clock this Sunday morning?

—______. I will be available the whole morning.

A. It counts for nothing

 B. It makes no difference



 C. That suits me fine

 D. Go right ahead



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 21～40 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。

When I was a child of seven, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went at once to a shop where they sold 21 for children. Being charmed with the sound of a whistle in the hands of another boy, I 22 over all my money for one. I then came home, and went 23 all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, 24 disturbing all the family. My brothers and sisters, when I told of the 25 I had made, said I had given four times as much as the whistle was worth. They put me in 26 of what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my stupidity that I cried feeling upset. And the 27 gave me more chagrin(懊恼) than the whistle gave me pleasure.

This, however, was afterwards of use to me, for the impression 28 on my mind, so that often, 29 I was tempted to buy something I did not need, I said to myself, “Don’t give too much for the whistle,” and I 30 my money. As I grew up, came into the world, and

31 the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who “gave too much for the whistle”.

If I knew a miser who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the 32 of doing good to others and the joys of friendship, for the sake of 33 and keeping wealth — “Poor man,” said I, “you pay too dear for your whistle.” When I met a man of pleasure, who did not try to 34 his mind or his fortune but 35 devoted himself to having a good time, perhaps even 36 his health, “Mistaken man,” said I, “you are providing 37 for yourself, instead of pleasure; you are paying too dear for your whistle.” If I saw someone fond of 38 who had fine clothes, fine houses, fine furniture, all 39 his fortune, for which he had run into debt, “Alas,” said I, “he has paid very dear for his whistle.” In short, the miseries of mankind are largely due to their putting a 40 value on things — to giving “too much for their whistles”.

21. A. magazines

B. flowers

C. clothes

D. toys



22. A. handed

B. took

C. passed

D. gave



23. A. talking

B. laughing

C. whistling

D. showing



24. A. and

B. but

C. so

D. then



25. A. wish

B. decision

C. choice

D. bargain



26. A. mind

B. support

C. need

D. favor



27. A. reflection

B. apology

C. curiosity

D. expectation



28. A. stopped

B. continued

C. forgot

D. escaped



29. A. because

B. until

C. though

D. when



30. A. lost

B. wasted

C. saved

D. paid



31. A. recognized

B. observed

C. developed

D. suggested



32. A. technique

B. feeling

C. sympathy

D. pleasure



33. A. gathering

B. focusing

C. buying

D. counting



34. A. change

B. improve

C. open

D. make



35. A. fairly

B. hardly

C. merely

D. rarely



36. A. overcoming

B. ignoring

C. keeping

D. stressing



37. A. advice

B. gift

C. money

D. pain



38. A. appearance

B. health

C. exercise

D. business



39. A. under

B. up

C. above

D. down



40. A. great

B. proper

C. true

D. false



第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分, 满分50分）

第一节：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, 并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger’s personality simply by looking at the person’s shoes.

“Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,” the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal indications with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the shoes they and others wear.”

Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits detected in the study include a person’s general age, their gender, income, political affiliation(派别), and other personality characteristics, including someone’s emotional stability.

Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone’s shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study’s participants. Volunteers in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.

So, what do your shoes say about your personality?

Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by extroverts(外向者).

However, some of the more specific results are interesting. For example, “practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “agreeable” people, while ankle boots were more closely aligned with “aggressive” personalities.

The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities.

And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety”, spending a large amount of time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.

There was even a political calculation in the mix with more liberal types wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes.

The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits, but researchers noted that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities.

41. We can infer from Paragraph 2 that___________.

A. shoes are vital to their wearers

B. a practical purpose is to wear shoes

C. shoes may give away their wearers’ information

D. people want to buy new shoes they pay attention to

42. According to Omri Gillath, a stranger’s personality can be judged by___________.

A. the shoes the person wears

B. the age and sex of the person

C. the emotional stability of the person

D. the personality questionnaire by the person

43. The underlined word “agreeable” is closest in meaning to___________.

A. generous

B. gentle

C. guilty

D. greedy



44. A woman who cares too much about many pairs of her new shoes often minds__________.

A. her own emotional stability

B. the functional purposes of her shoes

C. other people’s opinion about her looks

D. her own income, health and reputation

45. Which might be the best title for the passage?

A. Bad Shoes, Bad Personality.

 B. Good Shoes, Good Character.



C. Shoes Shape A Person’s Character.

 D. Shoes and Their Wearers’ Personality.



 B

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