1、2015学年云南红河州弥勒第二中学高三上期中英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the USA or Australia. They also want their children to take extra courses or activit
2、ies where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes that will give them a head start in life.【小题 1】 So parents will spend unreasonable a mount of money on education. 【小题 2】 . However, what most parents fail to see is that the best education they can give to their childr
3、en is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their childrens skills vary. Some children are skilled in some areas while poor in others. 【小题 3】 . The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but not teaching them the most
4、important skills; they need to be confident, happy and clever. Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing and doing other housework. Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. 【小题 4】 . It is an enjoyable but difficult exp
5、erience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. The result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of confidence. Some old machines, such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your childre
6、n to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up.【小题 5】 . And that is more important. A The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is B These act
7、ivities are teaching a child not only to read a book but also to think, to use his mind C What most parents fail to realize, though, is that todays children lack self-respect and self-confidence D Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter E.The more cost in education, the bette
8、r the result will be F.Cooking demands patience and time G.They made a lot of money by doing busine 答案： One day a rich man took his son on a trip to the country. He wanted to show his son how the poor lived, so he could be thankful【小题 1】 his wealth. They spent a couple of days and nights on the farm
9、 of 【小题 2】 would be considered a very poor family. On their return the father asked his son【小题 3】 (explain) what he had learned. The boy, who had remained silent and deep in thought on the journey home, 【小题 4】 (reply) in a way that shocked his father. The boy said he wanted to become a farmer. He en
10、vied the farmers who had the beautiful night stars to give them light【小题 5】 his family had only expensive lanterns(台灯 ). His wish was to have a farm 【小题 6】 he could go swimming in an endless river instead of the garden pool in their home. Finally he asked his father, “ what makes us【小题 7】 (safe), la
11、rge walls around our house or friends that will protect us ” The boy finished by saying, “【小题 8】 the trip T thought we were rich but today I learned who is truly rich.” with this the boy got up and walked away,【小题 9】 (leave) his father sitting on their comfortable sofa, totally【小题 10】 (speech). 答案：
12、【小题 1】 for 【小题 2】 what 【小 题 3】 to explain 【小题 4】 replied 【小题 5】 while 【小题 6】 where 【小题 7】 safer 【小题 8】 Before 【小题 9】 leaving 【小题 10】 speechle 试题分析：一个富人为了让儿子对自己的财富充满 “感激 ”，带着他的儿子体验农民的生活，结果儿子想做农民，这事与愿违的结果令父亲 “无语 ”， 【小题 1】 be thankful for be grateful for因 而感谢 。答案： for。 【小题 2】 他们在一家被人认为是很穷的人家的农场里住了几天。（结
13、果儿子并不感觉他们是很穷的，相反认为自己家不如人家！） What引导的是一个名词性从句。相当于一个名词 +that引起的定语从句，介词 of后为宾语从句， what在从句中作主语。答案： what。 【小题 3】 ask.to do.叫 做 。答案： to explain 。 【小题 4】 此处作谓语动词。通篇是过去时态。答案： replied。 【小题 5】 此句描述了他家的生活与乡下生活的对比。答案： while 表示对比。 【小题 6】 先行词是 farm，在定语从句中做地点状语。答案： where。 【小题 7】儿子问： “什么使我们感到更安全， ”填形容词比较级 safer。 【小题
14、 8】 此处用介词， “在 之前 ”。注意该单词要大写。答案： Before。 【小题 9】儿子离开了，留下父亲，前后句同一个主语 “儿子 ”，表示人主动做一件事 .用doing，答案： leaving。 【小题 10】根据上文，一个富人为了让儿子对自己财富充满 “感激 ”，带着他的儿子体验农民的生活，结果儿子想做农民，这事与愿违的结果令父亲 “无语 ”，故填形容词 speechless。 考点：词汇的运用 完型填空 I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13.My pare
15、nts took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to El Capitan, a rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew I wanted to climb it. That has been my lifes passion (钟爱 ) ever since the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. Ive long made Yosemite my
16、. About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of ,like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. Its me why visitors started respecting the place and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way. I tried trash (垃圾 ) myself, but the job was too big. I would an hour or two on the j
17、ob, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so it that I decided something had to change. As a rock-climbing guide, I knew about organizing any big event. But in 2004,together with some climbers, I set a date for a .On that day, more than 300 people .Over three days
18、we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to .I couldnt believe the we madethe park looked clean! Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone,2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash and 132 miles of roadway. I often hear people
19、about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by rather than complaining. We need to teach by .You cant blame others you start with yourself. 【小题1】 A distant B huge C narrow D loose A immediately B finally C gradually D recently A imagining B painting
20、 C describing D climbing A garden B home C lab D palace A material B resources C waste D goods A beyond B against C over D within A more B most C less D least A throwing away B picking up C breaking down D digging out A kill B save C wait D spend A satisfied with B delighted in C tired of D used to
21、A something B anything C everything D nothing A cleanup B party C picnic D concert A dropped out B showed up C looked around D called back A demand B receive C accomplish D overcome A plan B visit C contact D difference A crossed B measured C covered D designed A talk B complain C argue D quarrel A
22、doing B thinking C questioning D watching A method B explanation C example D research A although B if C when D unless 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 C 【小题 6】 A 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 B 【小题 9】 D 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 A 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 D 【小题 16】 C 【小题 17】 B 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】
23、C 【小题 20】 D 试题分析：作者 13岁第一次在约塞米蒂国家公园游玩的时候就爱上了这个公园。但后来当作者发现公园里有许多垃圾，并发现依靠自己的力量难以改变这种现状时 ,他 /她便组织了一些志愿者进行垃圾清理活动。最后作者感悟 :要想改变环境 ,不能抱怨 ,要行动起来 ,要从我做起 ! 【小题 1】考查形容词和语境理解。 A. distant遥远的 B. huge 巨大的 C. narrow狭窄的 D. loose松懈的。根据空格后面的 “of 3,300 feet straight up” 以及下一句中的 “giant rock”可知 El Capitan 是一块 “巨大 ”的 岩石。选
24、 B。 【小题 2】考查副词和语境理解。 .A. immediately 立刻 B. finally 最后 C. gradually逐渐 D. recently最近。由下一句可知作者钟爱攀岩 ,同时第四段开头也提到了作者后来成为一名攀岩导游。根据这些不难推出作者很喜欢攀岩 ,在巨大的岩石面前便 “立刻 ”想攀登上去。选 A。 【小题 3】考查动词和语境理解。 .A .imagining 想象 B. painting 绘画 C. describing 描述 D. climbing攀爬。在巨大的岩石面前便 “立刻 ”想攀登上去，climb攀登 ,符合文章中心。选 D。 【小题 4】考查名词和语境理
25、解。 .A. garden花园 B. home 家 C. lab实验室 D. palace宫殿。根据第二段 “ such a beautiful home-like place this way”可知那时作者就把 Yosemite National Park当作他 /她的 “家 ”了。选 B。 【小题 5】考查名词和语境理解。 .A .material 材料 B. resources 资源 C. waste 废物 D. goods货物。根据空格后面的 “like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes”可知此空格要用 “waste”。文章后面内容也提到
26、了作者同志愿者们一起清理垃圾。选 C。 【小题 6】 考查介词和语境理解。 A. beyond 超出 B. against反对 C. over 超过 D. within在 . . .之内。作者对游客们开始 “不尊重 ”这个像家一样美丽的地方感到 “不理解 ”,所以选介词 beyond,意为 “超过 ,超出 ”。 its beyond me why“ 我无法理解 ”, 是固定结构。选 A。 【小题 7】 考查形容词和语境理解。 A. more更多 B. most 最多 C. less更少 D. least最少。根据上文游客在如此美丽的地方丢弃大量的垃圾，游客们不尊重这个像家一样美丽的地方。选 C
27、。 【小题 8】 考查动词短语和语境理解。 A. throwing away扔掉 B. picking up 采摘；捡起 C. breaking down垮了；坏了 D. digging out挖出。第五段有 “picked up”提示，我尽力自己去捡拾垃圾。可是捡垃圾的工作量太大。选 B。 【小题 9】 考查动词和语境理解。 A. kill杀死 B. save挽救 C. wait等待 D. spend花费。 spendon 意为 “在 上花费 ” 。此处指捡垃圾的工作量很大，作者在清理垃圾工作上往往要花费一两个小时。选 D。 【小题 10】考查形容词和语境理解。 .A. satisfied
28、with满意 B. delighted in高兴 C. tired of厌倦 D. used to过去常常；习惯于。由于依靠作者自己的力量难以改变现状 ,所以对这种糟糕的状况作者变得如此 “厌倦 ”以致于下决心改变这种情况。选 C。 【小题 11】考查代词和语境理解。 .A .something某事 B. anything 任何事 C. everything一切事 D. nothing没有事。既然作者是一名攀岩导游 ,自然他 /她缺乏“组织重要活动 ”的经验 ,即对此 “一无所知 ”。选 D。 【小题 12】考查名词和语境理解。 .A. cleanup清扫 B. party 聚会 C. pic
29、nic野炊D. concert音乐会。根据下文可知此处应指 “垃圾的清理活动 ”。 cleanup清扫 ,清理 ,作名词。选 A。 【小题 13】考查动词短语和语境理解。 .A. dropped out 退出 B. showed up露面出现 C. looked around四下看 D. called back回电话。有三百多人 “来 ”参加此次垃圾清理活动。选 B。 【小题 14】考查动词和语境理解。 .A. demand要求 B. receive 收到 C. accomplish完成 D. overcome克服。作者对他 /她和志愿者们 “取得 ”的成就感到吃惊。选 C。 【小题 15】考
30、查名词和语境理解。 A .plan计划 B. visit 访问 C. contact 联系 D. difference不同。作者与志愿者们付出了努力 ,他们的努力自然对公园的面貌产生了 “影响 ”。 make a difference有影响 ,起作用 ;make a plan制订计划。 make contact with与 取得联系。选 D。 【小题 16】考查动词和语境理解。 .A. crossed 跨越 B. measured测量 C. covered覆盖 D. designed设计。就 2007年一年， 2,945 人捡起了 42,330磅的垃圾，覆盖了 132英里的路程。 cover意
31、为 “覆盖 ,行走 (一段路程 )”,符合句意。选 C。 【小题 17】考查动词和语境理解。 .A .talk 谈论 B. complain 抱怨 C. argue 争 论D. quarrel吵架。根据后面 “rather than complaining”可知作者经常听见人们 “抱怨 ”他们周围的环境。选 B。 【小题 18】考查动词和语境理解。 .A. doing 做事 B. thinking 思考 C. questioning质问；问 D. watching观察。要改变不尽如人意的地方 ,应该通过 “行动起来 ”而不是通过 “抱怨 ”选 A。 【小题 19】考查名词和语境理解。 A .m
32、ethod 方法 B. explanation 解释 C. example 例子 D. research研究。我们需要的是 “榜样 ”的力量。选 C。 【小题 20】考查连词和语境理解。 .A. although尽管 B. if 如果；是否 C. when当时 D. unless 除非。 “除非 ”从你自己开始 (采取行动改变现状 )，以身作则 ,否则你不能责怪别人。选 D。 考点：健康环保类短文阅读。 阅读理解 Some years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school
33、 and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isnt accumulating memorie
34、s a way of preserving the past When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, duti
35、fully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out
36、my pen. At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary. Now, I only write in my diary w
37、hen I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. I take pictures, but not very oftenonly of objects I find really beautiful. Im no longer blindly satisfied with having somethi
38、ng to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future. I dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I wont have as many exact representations of peo
39、ple and places; maybe Ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I dont live to make memoriesI just live, and the memories form themselves. 【小题 1】 Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of . A observing her school routine B
40、expressing her satisfaction C impressing her classmates D preserving her history 【小题 2】 What caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary _ A A dull night on the journey. B The beauty of the great valley. C A striking quotation from a book. D Her concerns for future generations. 【
41、小题 3】 What does the author put in her diary now _ A Notes and beautiful pictures. B Special thoughts and feelings. C Detailed accounts of daily activities. D Descriptions of unforgettable events. 【小题 4】 The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is . A to experience it B to live the
42、present in the future C to make memories D to give accurate representations of it 答案： When Frida Kahlos paintings were on show in London, a poet described her paintings as “a ribbon (丝带 )around a bomb”. Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time. Sadly, she
43、is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time. Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City, Kahlo suffered from polio (小儿麻痹症 )at the age of seven. Her spine (脊柱 )became bent as she grew older. Then, in 1925, her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident. Throughou
44、t the rest of her life, the artist had many operations, but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Kahlo taught herself to paint. In 1929, she got married to Diego Rivera, another famous Mexican
45、artist. Riveras strong influence on Kahlos style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband. Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s, even in her home country. Her firs
46、t one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953.For more than a decade after her death in 1954, Kahlos works remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last. 【小题 1】 What does the phrase “a much bigger name” in Paragraph 1 most nearly me
47、an _ A a far better artist B a far more gifted artist C a much stronger person D a much more famous person 【小题 2】 The terrible pain Kahlo suffered was caused by . A polio B her bent spine C back injuries D the operations she had 【小题 3】 Kahlos style had become increasingly independent since the . A 1
48、930s B 1940s C 1950s D 1970s 【小题 4】 What is the authors attitude toward Kahlo _ A Devotion B Sympathy C Worry D Encouragement 答案： New Zealand 【 What can you see Mountains, volcanoes, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, forests, beaches. Both islands are mountainous. In fact, only 30% of New Zealand is flat.】 The Maoris When the Maoris first arrived in New Zealand, they lived in villages and were excellent fishermen, hunters and farmers. About 50 years ago many Maoris started to live and work in the large cities and took jobs in government, industries, medicine and education. They
