1、2015届宁夏银川市第九中学高三上期中英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 Do you regularly get together to talk with your family about problems or the days events 【小题 1】 Want to improve your familys communication skills Try these simple steps. Create opportunities for talking. Make time for talking by reducing the number of unnecessary a
2、ctivities your family is involved in. And if you do find yourself in the car running from place to place, turn off the cell phones, and use that opportunity to catch up on the days activities. 【小题 2】 In addition to bringing everyone together for a wrap-up(总结 ) of the days activities, insist on a few
3、 standing family meals. Use the family dinner table as an opportunity to share whats going on in each others lives. Go on individual dates with your children. 【小题 3】 Older teens might enjoy going out for a hamburger or a coffee at their favorite coffee place. Younger children often enjoy going to th
4、e supermarket, especially when you let them select their favorite food. Listen more and speak less. When trying to improve any relationship, listening is far more important than talking. It makes kids feel respected. 【小题 4】 【小题 5】 Children feel comfortable sharing their problems with their parents,
5、reducing the risk of peers(同龄人 ) having a negative influence on their lives. Parents remain connected with each other and their children, strengthening the family bond. And the whole family develops a communication style that can help improve the quality of relationships outside the home. A Insist o
6、n family meals. B Do you want to understand your children better C Please think twice about what you say before you say it. D Spend time with each of your children and let them know that they matter. E. When it comes to family communication, listen four times longer than you speak. F. Maintaining po
7、sitive family communication benefits your family in many ways. G. Conversation is the key to any strong relationship, but family communication is especially important。 答案： When I was a little girl, every time my dad was repairing something, he 【小题 1】ask me to hold the hammer, and meanwhile, have a c
8、onversation with me. I never saw my dad drinking or taking a night out. All he did after work was taking care of his family. I grew up and left home for college and 【小题 2】 then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. Several years later I bought a house, 【小题 3】 my dad paint
9、ed by himself for three days in the 80-degree summer heat. All he asked was for me to talk to him. But I was always busy, 【小题 4】 (able) to find any time for conversation with him. One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as usual. I noticed that my dad had 【小题 5】 _(forget) some things we discussed
10、 lately. I was in a hurry, so our conversation was short. Later that day came a call 【小题 6】 (say) my father was in hospital. Immediately I bought a ticket for a flight and on my way I was thinking about all the 【小题 7】 (miss) occasions to have a talk with my dad. 【小题 8】 the time I got to hospital, my
11、 father had passed away. Now it was 【小题 9】 who did not have time for a conversation with me. I realized 【小题 10】 little I know about my dad, his deepest thoughts and dreams. After his death I learned more about him, and even more about myself. 答案： 完型填空 I used to be a very self-centered person, but in
12、 the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people I think about myself. I am happy that I am becoming a person. I think my started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my and be left alone. I thought I was smarter than everyone else, so I
13、hardly ever _ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really _. It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun. So I tried a(n) _. I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble I _ to help. That was really a big _
14、for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, and two of are still my best friends today. A bigger cause of my new ， however, came when I took a part-time job at Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimers disease became my . Every time I came into her room, she was so bec
15、ause she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never her, so I took her place. She let me _ that making others feel good made me feel good too. When she died, I was _， but I was also very grateful to her. I think I am a much _ person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not _ these exp
16、eriences. They have _ me to care about other people more than about myself. I who I am today, and I could not say that a few years ago. 【小题1】 A since B before C or D unless A famous B simple C different D skilled A education B career C tour D change A balance B homework C degree D interest A talked
17、B wrote C lied D reported A careful B lonely C curious D guilty A argument B game C experiment D defence A dared B offered C hesitated D happened A dream B problem C duty D step A us B which C them D whom A attitude B hobby C hope D luck A friend B partner C guide D guest A polite B happy C strange
18、D confident A bothered B answered C visited D trusted A explain B guess C declare D see A homeless B heartbroken C bad-tempered D hopeless A quieter B busier C better D richer A forget B face C improve D analyze A forced B preferred C ordered D taught A miss B like C wonder D expect 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题
19、2】 C 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 B 【小题 7】 C 【小题 8】 B 【小题 9】 D 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 A 【小题 12】 A 【小题 13】 B 【小题 14】 C 【小题 15】 D 【小题 16】 B 【小题 17】 C 【小题 18】 A 【小题 19】 D 【小题 20】 B 试题分析：作者通过自己从一个以自我为中心的没有朋友的人转变到关心他人，帮助他人，与人相处和谐的过程，上大学时一心只想着拿学位而拼搏，结果一个朋友都没有感到很孤单。后来作者在 Vista 护理之家，结识了一位改变了她、把她当作女儿的重病缠身的老妇
20、人。老人告诉她：只有别人感到高兴自己才快乐。说明做一个对别人有益有帮助的人是幸福的，成功的。 【小题 1】考查连词和语境理解。 A. since 自从；因为 B. before 之前 C. or 或者；否则 D. unless除非，根据前一句话，可知作者现在和过去不一样了，现在在考虑自己之前先考虑别人，对应前边 “改变以前自我为中心的状态 ”。选 B。 【小题 2】考查形容词和语境理解。 A. famous 著名的 B. simple简单的 C. different 不同的 D. skilled有技能的 ，我做出改变，变成了不同于以前的人。选C。 【小题 3】考查名词和语境理解。 A. edu
21、cation 教育 B. career 事业 C. tour旅游 D. change改变 ，改变，这个单词 贯穿全文。根据文章第二句 “in the past two years I have really changed.”，可推知本段主要讲的是，我的改变发生在什么时候。选D。 【小题 4】考查名词和语境理解。 A. balance 平衡 B. homework 作业 C. degree 学位；程度 D. interest兴趣 ，因为对应前文中的在大学里，我只想取得学位。选C。 【小题 5】考查动词和语境理解。 A. talked 谈论 B. wrote 写作 C. lied说谎 D. re
22、ported报告， talk to sb和某人谈话，因为前文说是自己认为比别人聪明，自恃清高，因此几乎不和别人说话交流。 选 A。 【小题 6】考查形容词和语境理解。 A. careful 仔细的 B. lonely孤独的 C. curious好奇的 D. guilty有罪的，自己是孤独的，因为没有朋友，正好对应下文的 It seemed as if everyone but me had made friends and was having fun.选 B。 【小题 7】考查名词和语境理解。 A. argument 争论 B. game比赛 C. experiment 实验 D. defe
23、nce防卫，词义实验的含义，引申为一种突破，一种改变，对应下文作者开始做的事情是一个尝试。 选 C。 【小题 8】考查动词和语境理解。 A. dared 敢做 B. offered提供 C. hesitated犹豫 D. happened 发生 ， offer to do sth表示主动提出做某件事情，更能体现出想改变的决心。作者愿意提供帮助。 选 B。 【小题 9】考查名词和语境理解。 A. dream 梦 B. problem问题 C. duty职责 D. step 步伐；步 骤；台阶 ，表示一种进步，一大跨越。紧接着对应下文的具体的进步。 选 D。 【小题 10】考查代词和语境理解。 A
24、. us我们 B. which哪一个 C. them他们 D. whom谁（宾格） ，注意 and这个连词连接的并列句，前后都是一个简单句，后半句中表达 “其中有两人 ”，所以用 two of them. 本句中如果前边没有 and，那么就该选 D whom，是指人的关系代词。因此注意语法的作用，使用 them。选C。 【小题 11】考查名词和语境理解。 A. attitude 态度 B. hobby爱好 C. hope希望 D. luck 运气，由首句可知，作者之前是个 self-centered person，通过一次经历发生了变化并对比自己的今昔，所以可得出是 attitude（生活态度
25、）的变化，选 A。 【小题 12】考查名词和语境理解。 A. friend 朋友 B. partner伙伴 C. guide向导 D. guest客人 ，通过文章的 became.可推测出作者去敬老院做兼职，与 old lady之间成了 friend（朋友）。 选 A。 【小题 13】考查形容词和语境理解。 A. polite 礼貌的 B. happy 快乐的 C. strange奇怪的 D. confident自信的 ，通过空格后面的 because she thought I was her daughter可推测出作者每次去看望她，她都把作者当成她的女儿， old lady是非常高兴的。
26、选 B。 【小题 14】考查动词和语境理解。 A. bothered 打扰 B. answered 回答 C. visited访问；看望 D. trusted 信任，通过文中信息得知 old lady是一个病人，所以可推测出是老人自己的女儿从没有来看望 (visit)自己。选 C。 【小题 15】考查动词和语境理解。 A. explain 解释 B. guess猜测 C. declare 声明D. see.看见；明白 ，由后边句子 “making others feel good make me feel good, too”，可知，老人是使作者明白了一个道理，故选 D。 【小题 16】考查形
27、容词和语境理解。 A. homeless 无家可归的 B. heartbroken伤心的 C. bad-tempered 坏脾气的 D. hopeless.无助的， she died, but I was also very grateful to her.可知作者当时的心情肯定是悲伤的。 选 B。 【小题 17】考查形容词和语境理解。 A. quieter 更安静的 B. busier 更忙碌的 C. better 更好的 D. richer.更富有的 ，作者通过这次经历使自己变成一个更好的人。 选 C。 【小题 18】考查动词和语境理解。 A. forget 忘记 B. face 面对 C
28、. improve 改善 D. analyze.分析 ，作者通过这次的 experience发生了好的变化，可推测作者想记住这次宝贵的经历，所以选 will not forget,其他均不符合语境。选 A。 【小题 19】考查动词和语境理解。 A. forced 迫使 B. preferred 更喜欢 C. ordered 命令 D. taught. 教授 ，作者通过这次经历使自己变得更好，所以可推测这次经历 “教会 ”了自己什么道理。 选 D。 【小题 20】考查动词和语境理解。 A. miss错过 B. like喜欢 C. wonder 想知道 D. expect.期望 ，通过文章可推测出
29、与之前比较作者更 “喜欢 ”现在 的自己， 选 B。 考点：考查人生百味类文章 阅读理解 Every time Lionel Messi breaks a record, it seems appropriate to compare him to the legends that came before him. In 2012, he rewrote soccer history on multiple occasions, and his latest record came when he scored his 86th goal of the calendar year, break
30、ing Gerd Mullers previous mark, before wrapping up the year with 91 goals. All statistics indicate that Messi is currently the best player in the world, and that he will go down in history as the top footballer of his generation. But when he is judged against all-time greats like Pele and Diego Mara
31、dona, he still has work to do. We dont know whether the Barcelona striker will have another year in which he records more than 90 goals, but he must still sustain(维持 )a similar level of production for the next several seasons. Messi has already taken part in three of Barcelonas victorious Champions
32、League(冠军联赛 )campaigns, and he played an important role in two of them. In order to firmly establish himself as the greatest club football player in history, he must win the tournament a few more times. Most importantly, the Argentine(阿根廷人 )needs to win on the international stage. Regardless of what
33、 Messi does for Barcelona, his legacy will be incomplete if he cannot win the World Cup with Argentina. Both Pele and Maradona led their countries to the top of international soccer during their careers, and Messis performances for his country have been severely disappointing. While he was still a t
34、eenager in 2006-and his lackluster(平淡的 )showing is excusable due to his youth-he cannot brush off the disappointment that characterized Argentinas performance in 2010. But the 4-0 loss to Germany in the 2010 World Cup Quarter Final seems to have sparked Messi. He scored 12 times for Argentina last y
35、ear, and the next World Cup could finally be Messis breakout performance in blue and white stripes. Due to all of his accomplishments, it is easy to forget that the extraordinary footballer is just 25 years old. If he can avoid injury or lengthy slumps(低潮状态 )until his speed and skills start to decli
36、ne due to age, he may continue to break records and win trophies. 【小题 1】 What will Messi have to do in order to be complete in his soccer career A He must win the World Cup with Argentina. B He must win the tournament a few more times. C He must defeat Pele and Maradona. D He must avoid injury or le
37、ngthy slumps. 【小题 2】 How was Messis performance in 2010 World Cup A Excellent. B Inspiring. C Disappointing. D Normal. 【小题 3】 What can we infer from the passage A Messi has firmly established himself as the greatest club soccer player in history. B Messi will try his best to win the next World Cup w
38、ith Argentina. C Messi can avoid injury and lengthy slumps to break records and win trophies. D Pele and Maradona led their countries to the top of international soccer during their careers. 【小题 4】 What is the best title of the passage A Lionel Messi, the Best Soccer Player of All Time B Lionel Mess
39、i, the Greatest Soccer Player in History C Barcelona and Lionel Messi D World Cup and Lionel Messi 答案： Planning a visit to the UK Here we help with ways to cut your costs. AVOID BIG EVENTS Big sporting events, concerts and exhibitions can increase the cost of accommodation and make it harder to find
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