2021-2022學(xué)年湖北省宜昌市第二十四中學(xué)高三英語上學(xué)期期末試卷含解析

2021-2022學(xué)年湖北省宜昌市第二十四中學(xué)高三英語上學(xué)期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Therearetwobuildings,

standsnearlyahundredfeethigh.A．thelarger

B．thelargerofthemC．thelargeronethat D．thelargerofwhich參考答案：D2.LiuXiangearnedtherespectfromthewholeworldashehoppeddownthetracktothefinishingline,____thelasthurdle.A.kissed

B.tokiss

C.kissing

D.havingkissed參考答案：C3.She______tocleanoutthespareroomlastweek,butitwasmuchtoooccupiedatthattime.A.intended B.wasintended C.hadintended D.wasintending參考答案：C【詳解】考查時(shí)態(tài)。句意：她上周本打算打掃那間空余的房間，但那時(shí)候房間太擁擠了。hadintendedtodosth.意為“本打算做某事卻未做”；intendtodosth.意為“打算做某事”；wasintendedtodosth.意為“為了……”。intend/plan/mean都可以用過去完成時(shí)表示“本打算做……但事實(shí)沒做成”。故選C。4.Thenumberofpeoplewho_____exposedtosecond-handsmokinginpublicplaces______upto740millioninChina.A.is;are

B.are;are

C.is;is

D.are;is參考答案：D5.EventhoughthewayLinDaiyuexpressesherfeelingsmaybe________

toamodernaudience,itisrootedinhercharacterandmakeswhosheis.A.allergic

B.foreignC.sensitive

D.fundamental參考答案：B【詳解】考查形容詞辨析。句意：盡管林黛玉表達(dá)感情的方式可能對(duì)現(xiàn)代觀眾來說是陌生的，但它根植于她的性格之中，塑造了她的性格。A.allergic過敏的B.foreign異質(zhì)的；C.sensitive敏感的；D.fundamental基本的。此處指對(duì)現(xiàn)代觀眾是陌生的，故選B.6.Hearingascream,Irusheddownstairsonlytoseemyhostess___________onthefloor.A.lainunconscious

B.lyingunconscious

C.laidunconsciously

D.lyingunconsciously參考答案：B7.MarkneedstolearnChinese_______hiscompanyisopeningabranchinBeijing.

A.unless B.until C.although D.since參考答案：D解析原創(chuàng)：王忠

QQ：1084591801首發(fā)高考資源網(wǎng)考查狀語從句。根據(jù)句意：Mark需要學(xué)習(xí)漢語是因?yàn)樗墓疽诒本╅_分公司。連詞since表“由于，因?yàn)椤狈险Z境。8.Agreatpersonissomeonewhodevoteshis/herlife_______others.

A.tohelp

B.tobeinghelped

C.forhelping

D.tohelping參考答案：D9.Ifyouarefeelingsotired,perhapsalittlesleepwould____．A.act

B.helpC.serve

D.last參考答案：B試題分析：考查動(dòng)詞的詞義辨析。A采取行動(dòng)，扮演；B有用，有幫助；C為……服務(wù)，提供；D持續(xù)。根據(jù)語境“arefeelingsotired（感覺如此累）”可知“睡一會(huì)兒有點(diǎn)幫助”，故選B。句意：如果你感到很累的話,或許睡一會(huì)兒能有點(diǎn)幫助。10.Manyfriendsashehasmade,

ofthemareconstantones·

A.any

B.some

C.many

D.few

參考答案：D11.ScientistsbelievenativeAmericansarrivedbycrossingthelandbridgethatconnectedSiberia(西伯利亞)and________morethan10,000yearsago．A.thisisAlaska

B.Alaskaisnow

C.isnowAlaska

D.whatisnowAlaska參考答案：D12.Don’trespondtoanye-mails______personalinformation,nomatterhowofficialtheylook.A.requested B.request C.requesting D.toberequested參考答案：C【考點(diǎn)】現(xiàn)在分詞【試題解析】分析句子，可知空格處應(yīng)該充當(dāng)emails的后置定語。又由于emails與request之間是主動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用現(xiàn)在分詞，根據(jù)句意，可知選C。句意：別回復(fù)那些要你個(gè)人信息的電郵，無論它們看上去有多么的正式。13.MoYan,aChinesewriter,devotedhiswholelifetoChineseliterature,soIthinkhe______winthe2012NobelPrizeinLiterature.A.must

B.will

C.should

D.can參考答案：C14.Ifyouwanttobe_______editoronanEnglish-languagepaper,yourteachingexperienceis________bigplus.

A.an;a

B.the;an

C.the;the

D.an;不填

參考答案：A

15.Nowadayspeoplebecomemoreandmorepracticalandbuyonly____theyneed．A．where

B．which

C．when

D．what參考答案：D考點(diǎn)：賓語從句試題解析：buy為及物動(dòng)詞，后面缺少賓語，what引導(dǎo)賓語從句，在從句中充當(dāng)賓語。16.—Ithinkmychild’sbehavioris_______.—No,hejusthasalotofenergy.A.information

B.natural

C.normal

D.abnormal

參考答案：D二、完型填空17.完形填空Duringmyjunioryearinhighschool,Mr.Reynolds,myEnglishteacher,handedeachstudentalistofthoughtsorstatementswrittenbyotherstudents.Thenhegaveusacreativewriting16basedononeofthosethoughts.At17,Iwasbeginningto17aboutmanythings,soI18thestatement,“Iwonderwhythingsarethe19theyare?”Thatnight,Iwrotedownintheformofa20allthequestionsthat21meaboutlife.Irealizedthatmanyofthemwere22toanswer,andperhapsotherscouldnotbe23atall.WhenIturnedinmypaper,Iwas24thatImightfailtheassignmentbecauseIhadnot25thequestion,“Iwonderwhythingsarethewaytheyare?”Ihadnoanswers.Ihad26writtenquestions.ThenextdayMr.Reynoldscalledmetothe27oftheclassandaskedmeto28mystoryforother29.Hehandedme30paperandsatdowninthebackoftheroom.Theclassbecame31asIbegantoreadmystory:Mommie,Daddy…32?Mommie,whyaretherosesred?Mommie,whyisthegrassgreenandtheskyblue?Atthe33ofmystory,myeyeslockedwithMr.Reynold’seyes,andIsawtearsslowlyslidingdownhischeek.ItwasthenthatI34thatlifeisnotalways35ontheanswerswereceive,butalsoonthequestionsthatweask.16.A.story

B.assignment

C.answer

D.photograph17.A.read

B.think

C.wonder

D.miss18.A.chose

B.found

C.read

D.heard19.A.way

B.method

C.means

D.manner20.A.story

B.joke

C.paper

D.report21.A.excited

B.disappointed

C.surprised

D.puzzled22.A.easy

B.likely

C.hard

D.simple23.A.decided

B.written

C.answered

D.discussed24.A.sure

B.eager

C.glad

D.afraid25.A.answered

B.made

C.asked

D.understood26.A.usually

B.merely

C.still

D.seldom27.A.front

B.middle

C.back

D.outside28.A.write

B.recite

C.read

D.teach29.A.parents

B.boys

C.teachers

D.students30.A.his

B.my

C.their

D.our31.A.noisy

B.crowded

C.empty

D.quiet32.A.why

B.what

C.when

D.how33.A.end

B.beginning

C.back

D.bottom34.A.realized

B.guessed

C.predicted

D.suspected35.A.operated

B.insisted

C.based

D.worked參考答案：16-35

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DAAAC三、閱讀理解18.DearMs．Wang，IamwritingtoinformyouofsomearrangementsaboutmycompositioncourseandLatincoursenextyear．I'vedecidedtore﹣establishthe5﹣paragraphessayasthegoalforthecompositioncourse．Iinterviewedsomeofmyformerstudentsandtheyallagreedthatbeingabletowritecriticallyandcontinuouslywasimportanttothem．Sonextacademicyear，Term1willbelikealways：sentencestoparagraphing．AndTerm2willworktowardthe5﹣paragraphessay．Thefinal3weeksofTerm2willbereservedtointroducewritingforTOEFLandCEE．Bythattime，ifthestudentshavedonetheirjobcorrectly，thentheyshouldbeabletowritequitewell．AsfortheLatincourse，Iwillpostnoticesaroundcampusnextweeksothatthestudentswillunderstandwhat'sonofferbeforeIactuallyintroducethecourse．Anumberofstudentsalreadyemailedmeaboutthecourse．Iamsureyoudon'tunderstandwhatabigdealouropeningthisprogramatourschoolis．Peoplearoundtheworldareinterestedinwhatweplantodo．Therearemanyrewardsavailabletothestudentswhosucceedinthecourse．PleasesharewhatIhavesaidwiththeadministration．Iwantthemtounderstandtheimportanceofthiscourse．ThereasonIhavecontactedthesecolleagues（actuallyOxfordcontactedme）isthat

Ihaveconfidenceinourstudentsandinmyself．IknowthatwhenthoseprofessorsmeetourstudentsandhearthemspeakingandreadingLatin，theyaregoingtobeamazed．Itwillopenallsortsofdoorsforstudentsthattheynevereventhoughtofknockingon．Well，that'sitfornow．I'llseeyousoon．Yours，EdwardJohnson56．Accordingtotheletter，whatwillEdwardteachaboutwritinginTerm1？A．Criticalthinking．B.5﹣paragraphessay．C．Sentencestoparagraphing．D．WritingforTOEFLandCEE．57．WecanlearnfromtheletterthatEdward'sLatincourse．A．hasarousedstudents'interestB．enjoysanationwidereputationC．haswonanumberofawardsD．benefitsanyonewhotakesit58．WhydoesEdwardwritethisletter？A．Toseekassistancefromtheadministration．B．Toinformtheschoolofhiscourseplans．C．ToshowhisachievementsinLatin．D．Toapplyfortheteachingposition．參考答案：56-58.CAB56．C

細(xì)節(jié)理解題，根據(jù)第三段Sonextacademicyear，Term1willbelikealways：sentencestoparagraphing．可知愛德華在學(xué)期一中會(huì)教句子段落，故選C．57．A

推理判斷題，根據(jù)第四段AsfortheLatincourse，Iwillpostnoticesaroundcampusnextweeksothatthestudentswillunderstandwhat'sonofferbeforeIactuallyintroducethecourse．可知愛德華的拉丁課程會(huì)引起學(xué)生的學(xué)習(xí)興趣，故選A．58．B

主旨大意題，根據(jù)第一段IamwritingtoinformyouofsomearrangementsaboutmycompositioncourseandLatincoursenextyear．可知作者寫這封信是為了通知學(xué)校他的新學(xué)期課程計(jì)劃，故選B．19.It’snotjustgreatmindsthatthinkalike.Dozensofthegenesinvolvedinthevocallearningthatunderpinshumanspeecharealsoactiveinsomesongbirds(黃鶯).Andknowingthissuggeststhatbirdscouldbecomeastandardmodelforinvestigatingthegeneticsofspeechproductionandspeechdisorders.Complexlanguageisauniquelyhumantrait,butvocallearning—theabilitytopickupnewsoundsbyimitatingothers—isnot.Somemammals,includingwhales,dolphinsandelephants,shareourabilitytolearnnewvocalizations(發(fā)聲).Sodothreegroupsofbirds:thesongbirds,parrotsandhummingbirds.Thesimilaritiesbetweenvocallearninginhumansandbirdsarenotjustsuperficial.Weknow,forinstance,thatsongbirdshavespecialisedvocallearningbraincircuitsthataresimilartothosethatmediate(傳達(dá))humanspeech.What’smore,adecadeagowelearnedthatFOXP2,ageneknowntobeinvolvedinhumanlanguage,isalsoactivein“areaX”ofthesongbirdbrain—oneofthebrainregionsinvolvedinthosespecialisedvocallearningcircuits.AndreasPfenningattheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnologyandhiscolleagueshavenowbuiltonthesediscoveries.Theycomparedmapsofgeneticactivityinbraintissuetakenfromthezebrafinch,budgerigarandAnna’shummingbird,representingthethreegroupsofvocal-learningbirds.Theythencomparedthesegeneticmapswithotherstakenfrombirdsandprimatesthatcan’tlearnnewvocalisations,andwithmapstakenfromthebrainsofsixpeoplewhodonatedtissuetotheAllenBrainInstituteinSeattle.TheirresultsshowedthatFOXP2isjustoneof55genesthatshowasimilarpatternofactivityinthebrainsofhumansandthevocal-learningbirds.Thosesamegenesshowdifferentpatternsofactivityinthebrainsofanimalsincapableofvocallearning.“Thesimilaritiesarebeyondoneorahandfulofgenes,”saysPfenning.“Therearejustsystematicmolecularsimilaritiesbetweensong-learningbirdsandhumans.”“There’spotentialforsongbirdstobeusedtostudyneurodegeneration(神經(jīng)元退變)—especiallyconditionslikeHuntington’s,”saysPfenning.Huntington’sdiseaseaffectstheabilitytoproducecomplexmotorbehaviour,suchassingingandtalking,soexperimentswithbirdsmightimplicateparticulargenesinthedisease.ConstanceScharffattheFreeUniversityofBerlininGermany,whohelpedidentifytheimportanceofFOXP2forvocallearninginbirdsagre