湖北省黃岡市黃岡中學(xué)高三上學(xué)期期中考試英語(yǔ)試題及答案

1、黃岡中學(xué)2015年秋季高三期中考試英語(yǔ)試題考試時(shí)間：120分鐘滿分：150分第一部分：聽(tīng)力（共兩節(jié)，滿分30分）略第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（a、b、c、和d）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。aacrobatic(雜技的) show in haidian theatre beijingintroduction of the show：this is the entertainment that should not be missed by the young and old on a visi

2、t to beijing. you can see breath-holding acrobatics, some of which can be so demanding in the balance skill as to be close to the impossible.this time you can see the bicycling showten cycling girls all ending up on a bicycle with their fans spread out like a peacock. there are also girls bending an

3、d folding their bodies to a position where the feet hold the face and the head and hands are still balancing some glasses. other exciting acts are the martial arts(武術(shù)), balancing of bowls, rope walking, pole climbing, roller skating and plate swirling(轉(zhuǎn)碟子), etc.ticket pricestwo daily acrobatic shows

4、 from 5:15 pm to 7:15 pm. the detailed price is as follows (including 5-65 years old):yellow zone：(mid rows 14-23) rmb 120blue zone：(mid rows 1-4）rmb 160green zone：(mid rows 8-13) rmb 220red vip zone：(mid rows 5-7) rmb 400bookingbook at beijing-travels. com or callooking information：you

5、r name, shows, date, time, tickets, telephone number. we will explain your enquiry(咨詢) or confirm booking within one working day. when your booking is confirmed, you will receive a confirmation letter by e-mail, which includes the detailed tickets with prices.paymentplease pay cash to our clerks whe

6、n you get to the theater. both rmb and us dollar are acceptable.21what can we infer from the passage above？aonly children would like to watch it.bit will include the bicycling show by a peacock.cit will be shown only twice.dit will be performed by highly-skilled acrobatic group.22if a couple with th

7、eir 4-year-old child want to sit in row 6, they should pay _.a800 yuan b660 yuanc240 yuan d320 yuan23what is the main idea of this passage？athe ways to book acrobatic show tickets.bthe popularity of acrobatic shows in beijing.can advert for beijing acrobatic show.dthe introduction of chinese acrobat

8、ic.bwhen you first arrive in oxford, it may take a little while for you to find your way around. the university is a large organization that is fully integrated into the city and has been evolving for 800 years. some of the first things our students do when they arrive include finding a bike (most s

9、tudents in oxford find cycling is the best way to go around), setting up a bank account, getting their computer and mobile phone working, finding their department, getting to know their college and working out the best places to socialize.one of the major events you will experience shortly after “co

10、ming up” to oxford is matriculation. matriculation is held at the universitys sheldonian theatre and is the ceremony at which you are formally admitted to the university.international students are invited to an orientation day at the start of the academic year. sessions run throughout the day that w

11、ill give you practical information about living and studying in uk and introduce you to other graduate students from all over the world who are starting their studies at oxford at the same time as you, as well as to current oxford graduate students and staff who will be able to help and advise you.

12、the day covers topics such as studying and learning in the oxford system, university services, information on living in britain and culture differences, as well as addressing practical issues such as employment, immigration and visas, health and safety. you can choose which talks to attend and at th

13、e end of the day there is a social hour so you can meet fellow students.another good thing to experience early is college dining. most colleges have a tradition of regular formal hall dinners, which consist of three or four courses, and the atmosphere of an evening out in a nice restaurant. on some

14、of these occasions you can invite people around to your college for dinner and then they mayreturn thefavor. in this way, you can get to know people studying your own and other subjects at the same time as visiting many of the historical college grounds and dining halls.further information on your f

15、irst few weeks at oxford is available via the students gateway on our website, and you can get first-hand accounts of what life at oxford is like by watching videos of students talking about their experiences on our wall of 100 faces.24for a newcomer to oxford, what does he have to do first？ato work

16、 out what to major in.bto open a qq account.cto get a bike to go around.dto buy a new mobile phone.25what is matriculation？aperformances held at the sheldonian theatre.ba ceremony when students are formally admitted to oxford.cthe best places to socialize.da special day for international students to

17、 start academic.26which talk can students attend on the orientation day？astudying in the cambridge system.bpractical issue like employment, immigration, visas, health and insurance.ctalks on how to meet fellow students.duniversity services about the life in britain and cross-culture barrier.27what d

18、oes the underlined part in paragraph 4 probably mean？atreating you to dinner.bvisiting historic college in return.cstudying the subjects with your friend.dshowing you around the college.ci was as normal as other children, totally exposed to brilliant sunshine and splendid world. however, i became bl

19、ind at four after falling off a box car in a yard and landing on my head. now i am thirty-two. i can slightly remember the brightness of sunshine and what color red is. it would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity(災(zāi)難) can do strange things to people. it occurred to me the other day that i migh

20、t not have come to love life as i do if i hadnt been blind. i dont mean that i would prefer to go without my eyes. i simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what i had left.life, i believe, asks adjustments to reality. the more readily a person is able to make these adjustments

21、, the more meaningful his own private world becomes. the adjustment is never easy. i was totally confused and frightened. but luckily, my parents and teacher saw my potential to live, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.the hardest lesson i had to learn was to believe in myself. tha

22、t was basic. if i hadnt been able to do that, i would have broken down and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. when i say belief in myself, i am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone, but something bigger t

23、han that：an assurance that i am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the complicated pattern of people there is a special place where i can make myself fit.it took me years to discover and strengthen this assurance. it had to start with the simplest things. once a man g

24、ave me an indoor baseball and urged me to roll it around. his words stuck in my head. “roll it around!” by rolling the ball i could hear where it went. this gave me an idea how to achieve a goal i had thought impossible：playing baseball. later i invented a successful variation of baseballgroundball.

25、i have set a series of goals and tried to reach them, one at a time. it was no good trying for something that i knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. i would fail sometimes anyway but on the average i made progress.28what attitude does the aut

26、hor take to his blindness？apessimistic. boptimistic.cdesperate. dshameful.29according to the passage, which statement is true？aafter struggling, the author discovered his potential on his own and began to live with it.bthe author invented a baseball with the help and encouragement of a kind man.cthe

27、 author happened to be blind due to a car accident.dthe author would not appreciate life if the calamity hadnt occurred.30what is the greatest challenge for the author？aattempting to adjust himself to reality.bfiguring out his own potential to live on ones own.cbuilding up his own confidence so that

28、 he can find his place in society.dsetting and reaching a series of goals.31what is the best title of the passage？aa disaster pushes a man forwardba fateful accidentca sorrowful lifedfighting against difficultiesdwise compromise is one of the basic principle and virtue of the british.if a continenta

29、l greengrocer asks 14 shillings (or crowns, or francs) for a bunch of radishes, and his customer offer 2, and finally they strike a bargain agreeing on 6 shilling, this is just the low continental habit of bargaining; on the other hand if the british dock-workers or any other workers claim a rise of

30、 4 shillings per day, and the employer first flatly refuse even a penny, but after a six weeks strike they agree to a rise of 2 shilling a daythat is yet another proof of the british genius for compromise. bargaining is a hateful habit; compromise is one of the highest human virtuesthe difference be

31、tween the two is that the first is practiced on the continent, the latter in great britain.the genius for compromise has another aspect, too. it has a tendency to unite together everything that is bad. english club life, for instance, unites the duties of social life with the boredom of being alone.

32、 an average english house combines all the curses of civilizations with the ups and downs of life in the open. it is all right to have windows, but you must do not have double windows because double would indeed stop the wind from blowing right into the room, and after all, you must be fair and give

33、 the wind a chance. it is all right to have central heating in an english home, except in the bathroom, because that is the only place where you are naked and wet at the same time, and you must give british germs a fair chance. the open fire is an accepted, indeed a traditional institution. you sit

34、in front of it and your face is hot while your back is cold. it is a fair compromise between two extremes and settles the problem of how to burn and catch cold at the same time.english spelling is a compromise between documentary expressions and an delicate code-system; spending 3 hours in a queue i

35、n front of a cinema is a compromise between entertainment and asceticism(苦行主義); the english weather is a fair compromise between rain and fog; to employ an english charwoman is a compromise between have a dirty house or cleaning it yourself; yorkshire pudding is a compromise between a pudding and th

36、e county of yorkshire.32what is the tone of author while writing this passage？aserious. bsincere.chumorous. ddelightful.33which of the following isnotthe example of compromise of the british in the passage？athe employer finally promises his workers a rise of 2 shilling a day.bpeople sit in front an

37、open fire and their face is hot while their back is cold.cthe house has double windows and central heating system in the bathroom.dto see a film，some people would like to wait in a queue for 3 hours.34what is the weather like in britain according to the passage？ait is foggy when it is raining.bit is

38、 determined by humidity.cit is sunny and bright.dit is either foggy or rainy.35where does this text probably come from？aa culture magazine. bthe business weekly.ca travel brochure. dan english literature textbook.第二節(jié)（共5小題，每小題2分，滿分10分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。3 habits of remarkably ch

39、arming peoplesome people instantly make us feel important. some people instantly make us feel special. some people light up a room just by walking in. theyre naturally charming.36familiarity leads to, well, familiarity.37：they build and maintain great relationships, consistently influencing the peop

40、le around them positively. theyre the kind of people we all want to be around and want to be. fortunately we can, because being remarkably charming isnt about our level of success or our presentation skills or how we dress or the image we projectits about what we do. here are the 3 habits of remarka

41、bly charming people:they listen more than they talk.ask questions. maintain eye contact, smile, flown or nod. in a word, respondnot so much verbally, but nonverbally.38then when you do speak, dont offer advice unless youre asked. listening shows you care a lot more than offering advice.39no one rece

42、ives enough praise. no one. tell people what they did well. wait, you say you dont know what they did well？ shame on youits your job to know. its your job to find out ahead of time. not only will people appreciate your praise, theyll appreciate the fact you care enough to pay attention to what theyr

43、e doing.they choose their words.for example, you dont have to go to a meeting; you get to go meet with other people. you dont have to create a presentation for a new client; you get to share cool stuff with other people. you dont have to go to the gym;40you dont have to interview job candidates; you

44、 get to select a great person to join your team.apraise is what we need when we dont feel good about ourselves.bthats all it takes to show the other person theyre important.cyou get to work out and improve your health and fitness.dbut some people are remarkably charming.ethey discuss the failings of

45、 others.funfortunately, natural charm quickly loses its impact.gthey shine the spotlight on others.第三部分英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45）第一節(jié)完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（a、b、c和d）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。last night my mother told me a story of an old man and 1 was touched by it. a girl became a vol

46、unteer in the activities of deathbed care, which meant visiting and taking care of a patient suffering from a/an41disease with days numbered.the girl was42to look after an old man suffering from cancer whose children lived abroadtheir living conditions were not satisfactory43the old man had a lot of

47、 savings. so she was expected to comfort him and44his spirits.every saturday the girl came on time to keep him45, telling him stories. when he was having an intravenous drip(靜脈滴注), she would help gently press his46.the doctor found the patient much improved47. the old man began to involve himself ac

48、tively48!he medical treatment and he seldom49at others.but something that happened made the doctor uneasy and puzzled. each time the girl left, the old man would50her some money. the doctor did nothing to interfere(干預(yù)),51to offend the old man. a month later the old man showed evident signs of52after

49、 suffering coma（昏迷）a few times.when53from the latest coma，the old man told the doctor his last wish，“i have deep54for the girl. will you be kind enough to help her55her studies？” but the doctor knew that her family was56and she had no difficulty pursuing her studies. sometimes she even came to the h

50、ospital in her fathers car.when the girl came at the weekend after the death of the old man，the doctor told her the bad news. she was very sad and burst into57. then she handed $500 to the doctor, saying，“the old man had all along thought i came to do the job because of58. he gave me money so that i

51、 could continue my59.”now he got the answer to the puzzle. in the last period of his life，the old man found it a real pleasure to be able to help a girl60in needthe story taught me that we are responsible for reaching out to others with kindness.41aincurable bstrange crare dunavoidable42aorganized b

52、assignedcreminded durged43abecause bafter cwhile donce44ahold up bpick out cturn down dkeep up45asponsor bfriend ccompany dsurvivor46ahead bface clegs darms47aphysically bpsychologically cmaterially dmentally48ain bwith caboutdfor49astared bshouted csmiled dwaved50ashow blend cdonate dgive51aunhappy

53、 bunwilling cunable dunfit52adeath bdecline crecovery dconflict53aprotected bprevented crescuedddefended54aregret bsympathycimpression ddisappointment55afinish bimprove cpay dchange56abadly-off bbroken cwell-off dordinary57aanger btears claughter dcheers58acuriosity bpleasure cmotivation dpoverty59a

54、1ife bcareer cschoolingddream60abadly bslightly chardly deventually第卷注意事項(xiàng)：用0.5毫米黑色筆跡的簽字筆將答案寫在答題卡上。寫在本試卷上無(wú)效。第二節(jié)語(yǔ)法填空（共10小題；每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（不多于3個(gè)單詞）或括號(hào)內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。once a mall was walking along a beach. the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day.6lthe distance he could see a person goi

55、ng back and forth between the surfs edge and the beach. as the man62（approach）, he could see there were hundreds of starfish63（1ie）on the sand as a result of the natural64（act）of the tide.the man65（stick）by the apparent uselessness of the task. there were far too many starfish66many of them were sur

56、e to die. when he came near, the person continued the task of picking67the starfish one by one and throwing them into the ocean.as he came up to the person, he said. “you must be crazy. there are thousands of miles of beach68(cover) with starfish. you cant69（possible）make a difference.” the person looked at the man. he then bent down and picked up70more starfish and threw it bac