2015学年第一学期期中联考

高三年级英语学科 试题

本试卷分为选择题部分和非选择题部分。满分120分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用黑色字迹的签字笔或钢笔填写在答题纸规定的位置上。

2.每小题选出后，用2B铅笔把答题纸上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试题卷上。

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地最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. ---Excuse me, could you tell me the way to the British museum?

---Sorry, I am a stranger here.

---_____ .

A. It doesn’t matter B. No problem

C. Thanks anyway D. Never mind

2. Tu Youyou has become _____ first Chinese woman to win _____ Nobel Prize for medicine, for her work in helping to create _____ anti-malaria medicine.

A. the; the ;an B. the; a ; 不填 C. the; a; an D. a; a ;the

3. Nearly three months had gone by _____ the seriously injured girl showed a slight sign of recovery.

A. until B. before C. since D. after

4．The hotline_____ be very busy， but keep trying and you’ll get through．

A. should B. must C. can D. would

5. ---Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree?

---No, it’s out of _____.

A. distance B. reach C. control D. range

6. It doesn’t matter how many times you fail；_____ matters is how many times you stand up and try again．

A. which B. that C. who D. what

7. He used to be _____ shy but now he can talk freely to anyone he meets.

A. extremely B. nearly C. actually D. briefly

8. --- Oh, fantastic! What is your comment on the film Lost In Hong Kong？

--- Terribly sorry! I _____.

A. didn’t listen B. wasn’t listening

C. haven’t listened D. hadn’t listened

9. Rather than sticking to the principles stubbornly, China is now adopting a new concept

in economic policies in a/an _____ way that shows its own characteristics.

A. sustainable B. flexible C. invisible D. available

10. Foreign ministers of the two countries hold regular meetings, _____ they can exchange views on international issues of both concern.

A. what B. which C. where D. why

11. Mother always complains that children _____ their shoes very quickly.

A. find out B. wash out C. set out D. wear out

12.The young couple have been looking for houses，but haven’t yet found _____ they can afford．

A. one B. that C. them D. it

13. _____ character teaching，storytelling is one of the best ways to get your points across，especially to young kids．

A. In favour of B. As a result of

C. In terms of D. By means of

14. Progress has been very good so far．We are，______, confident that the work will be completed as expected．

A. however B. therefore C. besides D. otherwise

15. No matter how frequently ______, I always remember never to stop improving myself.[:]

A. praising B. being praised C. to be praised D. praised

16. His parents always _____ great importance to his being admitted to a key university.

A. have B. attach C. accept D. pay

17. When it comes to _____ in public, no one can match him in our class.

A. speaking B. speak C. being spoken D. be spoken

18. The girl _____ a red dress is my sister, and the red dress looks beautiful ______ her.

A. in; in B. on; on C. in; on D. on; in

19. With larger numbers of graduates than ever before, just having one degree will no longer be enough to make you _____ in the crowd.

A. stand by B. stand up C. stand for D. stand out

20. ---Wearing a smile not only helps us make friends but makes us feel better.

--- _____.

A. I’m with you on that B. It’s my pleasure

C. It’s up to you D. I’d love to

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。

During the 19th century scientists found that when certain parts of the brain of a man were injured, he would 21 the power to do some things. Therefore, people thought that 22 part of the brain did a 23 job. However, modern research has 24 that this is not so, for it is not easy to say 25 what each part of the brain does.

In the 26 fifty years, there has been a great increase in the amount of research 27 on the brain. 28 and biologists have discovered that the way the brain works is not so simple as people 29 may think. Chemists tell us that 1,000,000 30 changes take place in the brain every second. Some 31 researches also suggest that we 32 EVERYTHING that happens to us. We may not be able to recall(回忆) the things we have heard and seen, 33 it is all 34 there in the storehouse of the human mind.

Earlier scientists thought that the power of one’s brain got 35 as one grew older. But it is now thought that it is not 36 . 37 the brain is given plenty of exercise, it keeps its power. It has been established that 38 person who has always been active in the mind has a 39 mind than a young person who has only done physical work without using much of his brain. It is now thought that 40 work we give our brains, the more work they are able to do.

21. A .get B. increase C. lose D. be missing

22. A. every B. any C. each D. all

23. A. same B. various C. similar D different

24. A. found B. found out C. founded out D. discovered

25. A. firmly B. really C. freely D. exactly

26. A. passed B. past C. before D. later

27. A. done B. finish C. making D. to try

28. A. Physicists B. Scientists C. Chemists D. Doctors

29. A. particularly B. in general C. special D. surely

30. A. physical B. great C. atomic D. chemical

31. A. recent B. ancient C. fortunate D. foolish

32. A. needn’t forget B. can’t remember

C. can remember D. must remember

33. A. or B. thus C. so D. but

34. A. living B. staying C. kept D. invisible

35. A. weaker and weaker B. stronger and stronger

C. thinner and thinner D. cleverer and cleverer

36. A. real B. wrong C. true D. false

37. A. As long as B. In spite of C. Although D. unless

38. A. a middle-aged B. an old C. a young D. a weak

39. A. slower B. fast C. quicker D. rapidest

40. A. little B. much C. the less D. the more

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，并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

NEW YORK (AP) — The investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz has gone through decades and countries, from basements to rooftops and seemingly everywhere in between.

No one has ever been charged criminally — and the little boy with sandy brown hair and a toothy grin was declared dead in 2001.

This week, the six-year-old boy who went missing from the Soho area of New York City in 1979 is back in the news. Police and the FBI are investigating a possible lead into the 33-year-old case of Etan Patz, the first missing child to appear on the side of a milk box.

The child disappeared on the way to school on the morning of May 25, 1979. It was the first time he was allowed to walk the two blocks to the bus stop alone.

A tip seemed to have led officials to the basement of a building on the corner of Prince and Wooster streets, about a block and a half from where Etan had lived with his family.

The name Etan Patz has become a hot topic on Twitter as people weigh in on the case. Shirley Brady noted: “As mom to a 6 years old in Soho, it’s still held out by locals as cautionary tale (警示故事).” Another wrote, “Boy who disappeared on his way to school in 1979 has been REOPENED! Crazy.” One wondered, “Why is FBI and NYPD searching for a kid that disappeared in 1979?”

Good question. This is a case that Stuart Gra Bois, as an assistant U.S. lawyer under Rudolph Giuliani, followed for years. It became the most famous missing-person case in New York City, turned a nationwide spotlight on missing children, and created headlines around the globe. No one was ever stated guilty of the crime.

The case led to the creation of National Missing Children’s Day, marked on May 25, the day the blond-haired, blue-eyed child went missing.

The case has even pointed to a suspect, charged with child molester (猥亵者) Julio Antonio Ramos, who is currently in prison. Patz’s babysitter had been dating the man, and Ramos did know the kid, but has denied taking him away.

New evidence in the case suggests another suspect who lived in the apartment at the time: a local handyman named Othniel Miller, who gave Etan $1 for helping him the night before the disappearance.

The man’s name had come up in an earlier investigation, but he was a friend of the Patz family, and the NYPD did not follow the lead.

Investigators plan to be at the site, 127 B Prince St.,?which is now a Lucky Brand jeans store, for the next two to three days to search for human remains. The Associated Press reports that the excavation (挖掘) has been the result of a recently ordered review of the case by Manhattan’s police.

41. We can learn from the first three paragraphs that ________.

A. The 6-year-old missing boy was found by the side of a milk box

B. Police and the FBI have not been following the case of Etan Patz for 33 years

C. The investigation into the disappearance of boy has worked fruitlessly for decades

D. Etan Patz went missing from the Soho area of New York city in 1979 and died in 2001

42. What does the underlined phrase “weigh in