1、2015届山东乳山市高三上期中英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 A persons nose is important for breathing and smelling. 【小题 1】 Some people are able to “lead other people by the nose”. For example, if a wife “leads her husband by the nose”, she makes him do whatever she wants him to do.【小题 2】 They will not change their opinions or p
2、ositions on anything. If someone is “hard-nosed”, chances are that he will never “pay through the nose”, or pay too much money for an object or service. It is always helpful when people “keep their nose out of other peoples business”. They do not interfere(干涉 ). The opposite of this is someone who “
3、noses around” all the time. 【小题 3】 He is considered “nosey”. Someone who “keeps his nose to the grindstone(旋转磨石 )” works very hard. This can help a worker “keep his nose clean” or stay out of trouble. One unusual expression is “that is no skin off my nose”. This means that a situation does not affec
4、t or concern me. We also say that sometimes a person “cuts off his nose to spite his face”. That is, he makes a situation worse for himself by doing something foolish because he is angry. More problems can develop if a person “looks down his nose” at someone or something. 【小题 4】 This person might al
5、so “turn up his nose” at something that he considers not good enough. This person thinks he is better than everyone else. He “has his nose in the air”. 【小题 5】 They refuse to obey orders or do any work. Maybe these students do not know the correct answers. My mother always told me, if you study hard,
6、 the answers should be “right under your nose” or easily seen. A This kind of person is interested in other peoples private matters. B In school, some students “thumb their nose” at their teacher. C The nose also has a lot of other functions. D Some people are said to be “hard-nosed”. E. The nose is
7、 also used in many popular expressions. F. He is interested in things that concern his work. G. The person acts like something is unimportant or worthless. 答案：【小题 1】 E 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 G 【小题 5】 B There are 【小题 1】（ amaze） things in the world. The story about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster, is
8、one of the widely spread【小题 2】（ legend） in the early 20th century. On 22 July 1933, two visitors, Mr and Mrs George Spicer, were driving along the Loch Ness one of the most famous 【小题 3】 in the highlands of Scotland. Suddenly, they saw an animal on the road in front of them. Unlike any other animals
9、 that they 【小题 4】（ see） before, it had a very big body and a small head, but no legs. When Mr and Mrs Spicer saw it, it was moving towards the lake like a snake. Soon, stories about this strange 【小题 5】 and Loch Ness became famous all over the world. Now people are still 【小题 6】 (interest) in Nessie a
10、nd many visit Loch Ness in the hope of 【小题 7】 (see) Nessie. Some scientists think that Nessie is 【小题 8】 a monster(怪兽 ) at all, but a very large animal such as a seal(海豹 ), 【小题 9】 perhaps a shark. Other scientists do not think so. They think it may be something unusual 【小题 10】 lives in the water. Any
11、way, they are all sure that a kind of large animal lives in the lake. 答案：【小题 1】 amazing 【小题 2】 legends 【小题 3】 lakes 【小题 4】 had seen 【小题 5】 animal 【小题 6】 interested 【小题 7】 seeing 【小题 8】 not 【小题 9】 or 【小题 10】 that 【小题 1】考查形容词用法。 thing为名词，用形容词来修饰，故选 amazing。 【小题 2】考查名词用法。 One of the +名词复数，故用 legends。 【
12、小题 3】考查名词用法。 Loch Ness是位于苏格兰高原北部的尼斯湖，且有One of the +名词复数。故选 lakes。 【小题 4】考查动词时态用法。根据 On 22 July 1933可判定这件事发生在过去，而 “Unlike any other animals that they 64 （ see） before”不像他们之前看过的其它动物，因此这里用 “过去的过去 ”。故选 had seen。 【小题 5】考查名词用法。根据上文，两个拜访者看见一只身体很大，头很小且没腿的动物，可知这里是说关于这只奇怪动物的故事。故选 animal。 【小题 6】考查动词的固定搭配。 Be i
13、nterested in 固定搭配，译为 :对 感兴趣。故选 interested。 【小题 7】考查动词用法。 Of 为介词，其 后若接动词，则需用动词的 -ing 形式。故选 seeing。 【小题 8】考查介词短语用法。 notbut 固定短语，译为：不是 而是 。一些科学家认为，尼斯湖水怪不是怪兽，而是一种像水怪一样的大型动物。故选not。 【小题 9】考查连词用法。这里的 a shark与 a seal 形成并列，一些科学家认为，尼斯湖水怪不是怪兽，而是一种像水怪或者鲨鱼一样的大型动物。故选 or。 【小题 10】考查定语从句用法。分析这句话 “They think it may b
14、e something unusual 70 lives in the water.”该空缺个主语，而在定语从句中， something做先行词，关系代词用 that。故选 that。 考点：考查故事性短文。 完型填空 It was October in 1982. A friend had business dealings in the city of Reno, Nevada. I was asked to her on an overnight trip. While she conducted her , I was wandering down Virginia street. I
15、 headed into a most sunset. I had an to speak to someone on the street to share that beauty, I couldnt make eye contact with anyone. It seemed everyone was walking along , looking at their feet. I took the next-best action. I into a department store and asked the lady behind the counter if she could
16、 come for just a minute. She looked at me I were from some other planet and said, well” When she got outside I said to her, “Just look at that sunset! Nobody out here was looking at it and I just wanted to it with someone. For a few seconds we just looked. Then I said, Gods in his heaven and is righ
17、t with the world. I her for coming out to see it; she went back inside and I left. It felt good to share the beauty. Four years later I had come to the of a twenty-year marriage. I was alone and on my own for the first time in my life and lived in a trailer park(活动住屋 ) was mainly for the poor. One d
18、ay I picked up a Unity Magazine and read an article about a woman who had been in circumstances. She had come to the end of a marriage, moved to a community, and the only job she could find was one she disliked: sales lady in a department store. We had a lot . Then something happened to her, which e
19、verything. She said a woman ran into her department store and asked her to step outside to look at a . The woman had said, Gods in his heaven and alls right with the world. She had the truth in that statement and she turned her life around from that moment on. 【小题1】 A accompany B leave C rely D depe
20、nd A life B trip C business D service A purposely B aimlessly C actively D lazily A significant B familiar C harmonious D beautiful A advice B urge C expectation D opportunity A and B however C but D or A ran B walked C jumped D stepped A inside B outside C down D up A the moment B now that C even i
21、f D as though A speak B share C look D keep A all B something C nothing D anything A thanked B persuaded C praised D admired A top B end C beginning D middle A where B when C which D what A same B common C different D similar A comfortable B beneficial C strange D familiar A in common B in all C in
22、total D in return A moved B changed C broke D cancelled A sunrise B sunset C scene D sculpture A studied B received C realized D Noticed 答案：【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 A 【小题 8】 B 【小题 9】 D 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 A 【小题 12】 A 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 D 【小题 16】 C 【小题 17】 A
23、 【小题 18】 B 【小题 19】 B 【小题 20】 C 阅读理解 In spring, you may have seen white foam(泡沫 ) on a green tree or other plants. As a matter of fact, the foam is where young spittlebugs(吹沫虫 ) live. These insects are protected by the foam, and they usually dont do much harm to the plants. As we all know, in late su
24、mmer, a mother spittlebug lays her eggs on the plant. The babies will hatch(孵化 ) in spring. After they come to the new world, they begin to eat juice from the plant. The babies eat more juice than their bodies need for food. The extra juice mixes with a special waste that the spittlebugs produce. Wh
25、en this fluid(液体 ) is released, it mixes with the air, forming bubbly foam. What is so great about having a foam home The space inside is so wet that it can keep the bugs soft bodies from drying out. And the foam tastes bad, so it keeps away most animals that would eat the bugs. Some birds will reac
26、h their heads through the foam to find the bugs. Wasps and ants might eat them, too. But most of the bugs stay safe inside the foam. Once the bugs have grown into adults, they stop making foam. They leave their homes and jump from plant to plant in search of food. The adults look a little like tiny
27、frogs. For this reason they are also called froghoppers. If you see some foam on a plant, you might want to take a careful look inside. Gently push some of the foam aside with a small stick. Deep inside you may see a few insects eating plant juice. They might also be making more foam. Be sure to pus
28、h the foam back after a moment to cover the insects and keep them safe. Soon the spittlebugs will grow up and leave their foam home. They will join the other insects in the grassland. 【小题 1】 The eggs of spittlebugs_. A are laid in late spring B have to pull through a winter before they hatch C are p
29、rotected by mother spittlebugs all the time D will be eaten by ants 【小题 2】 According to the passage, the white foam_. A does much harm to the plant B protects the plant from being harmed C is where a mother spittlebug is living D is plant juice mixed with spittlebugs waste and the air 【小题 3】 Which o
30、f the following is a function of a foam home A Protecting the bugs from being eaten. B Helping the bugs find food. C Providing enough drinking water for the bugs. D Keeping the plant from drying out. 【小题 4】 After the spittlebugs grow into adults, they_. A continue to make foam B take on a different
31、look C begin to eat tiny frogs D begin to do harm to plants 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 B The end of the 2014 World Cup does not mean the end of the international competition in Brazil. A major football event which is known as RoboCup will be held in the coastal city Joao Pessoa. Teams of r
32、obots from around the world will take part in it and play the game known as soccer in the United States. The robot teams are guided by teams of human beings. Watching robots play football is similar to watching children play the game. The kicks are not good, there are a lot of falls , and people are
33、 there to guide and support the robot players. Students of the University of Pennsylvania are trying for their fourth victory at the competition. The students have won the last three RoboCup competition in the Netherlands, Mexico and Turkey. Jian Qiaoli is one of the leaders of the University of Pen
34、nsylvania team. He says one goal he has set for his team is to make sure the robots can find the ball and know where they are on the playing field. And he wants the team to be able to better control the walking ability of the robots. They should pay more attention to the kicking ab ility, which is t
35、he key to winning the game. Qin He is another leader of the robot team. She says the abilities of the robots improve every year. The robots know the difference between the colors green and red, and they can decide where to go and where the ball is on the playing field. She says the robots are self-l
36、earning and dont need to be told what to do. If there are three robot players on the playing field at the same time, they will communicate with each other to decide different responsibility for each of them. They have very good team play right now. As long as the radar detection(雷达探测 ) works well, t
37、he robots will be very competitive. So RoboCup will be an exciting technology competition. Each team develops their own software. Actually, its a competition of who has the best software. Some RoboCup participants hope to develop a team of robots that can play against human beings. 【小题 1】 What does
38、the underlined word “it” in the first paragraph refer to A The 2014 World Cup B Joao Pessoa C RoboCup D A basketball game 【小题 2】 What can we learn about the robot players A They look like children. B They are from Joao Pessoa. C They are not very skillful. D They are against human beings. 【小题 3】 Wha
39、t is the deciding factor for the robots to win the game A The ability to find the ball. B The ability to know the position. C The ability of walking. D The ability of kicking. 【小题 4】 Whats the best title for the text A The technology competitionRoboCup B The international competitions in Brazil C Ho
40、w to develop robot players D Can robot players play football 答案：【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A Controlling the Ebola virus outbreak at the source in West Africa is the most effective way to decrease international risk of transmission, according to a research paper. If the epidemic(时疫 ) persists
41、 and grows, its likely there will be more cases(病例 ) of the deadly virus exported to other countries, including Canada, via air travel, said Dr. Kamran Khan, a physician and researcher at St. Michaels Hospital. Dr. Khan, who examines global airline travel patterns to predict the spread of diseases,
42、said that every month, three Ebola-infected travellers are likely to leave West Africa, which is experiencing a widespread outbreak of the virus - and this number would only increase as the epidemic grows. Dr. Khan and his co-authors said it is essential that other countries, their public health age
43、ncies and hospitals should be prepared. The risk of international spread would be further _ if this epidemic were to take hold in other countries, especially those with weak public health systems. The international community must be mindful and be ready to support the early detection and control of
44、cases. Dr. Khan said. Dr. Khan noted that of the almost 500,000 travellers who flew on commercial flights out of Guinea, Liberia or Sierra Leone in 2013, more than half were headed to destinations in five countries: Ghana (17.5 per cent, Senegal (14.4 per cent), the United Kingdom (8.7 per cent, Fra
45、nce (7.1 per cent) and Gambia (6.8 per cent). More than 60 per cent of travellers from those countries in 2014 are expected to have final destinations in low- or lower-middle income countries. Given that these countries have limited medical and public health resources, they may have difficulty quick
46、ly identifying and effectively responding to imported Ebola cases”, said Dr Khan. 【小题 1】 How does Dr. Khan predict the spread of diseases A By doing experiments B By examining global airline travel patterns C By setting up a model D By collecting the data of the cases 【小题 2】 We can fill in the blank
47、 in Paragraph 4 with _. A decreased B increased C avoided D predicted 【小题 3】 In low income countries, _. A it is easy to identify imported Ebola cases B people have rich medical resources C imported Ebola cases may not be effectively responded to D travelers are not allowed to go to some places 答案：【
48、小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C Welcome to Shawnee Mountain, a great place for skiing! All people can have a wonderful time here. For more information, you can visit or call 570-421-7231. 【小题 1】 Two parents and their son aged 16 will pay _for the lifts on Tuesday. A $118 B $100 C $136 D $129 【小题 2】 If a man aged 68 goes to the mountain, he should carry _ with him. A his ID card B his address C his phone number D the active duty ID 【小题 3】 It is known that people can go to Shawnee Mountain by lift_. A with expensive tickets at night B from 8
