1、2015届山西忻州第一中学高三上期中英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 Tips for cooking on a Tight Schedule From my experience, there are three main reasons why people dont cook more often: ability, money and time, _【小题 1】 _Money is a topic Ill save for another day. So today I want to give you some wisdom about how to make the most of
2、the time you spend in the kitchen. Here are three tips for great cooking on a tight schedule: 1. Think ahead. The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when Im already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat. So think about of the coming week. When will you have time to cook Do you have the ri
3、ght materials ready _【小题 2】 _ 2. Make your time worth it. When you do find time to cook a meal, make the most of it and save yourself time later on. Are you making one loaf of bread _【小题 3】_ it takes around the same amount of time to make more of something. So save yourself the effort for a future m
4、eal. 3. _【小题 4】 _ This may surprise you, but one of the best tools for making cooking worth your time is experimentation. It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have t
5、o take control of your food and your schedule. Hopefully that gives you a good start. _【小题 5】 _ and dont let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live! A Try new things. B Ability is easily improved. C Make three or four instead. D Understand your food
6、 better. E. Cooking is a burden for many people. F. Let cooking and living simply be a joy rather than a burden. G. A little time planning ahead can save a lot of work later on. 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 G 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 F 试题分析：这是一篇对行程紧的情况下作的烹调的建议的说明文。 【小题 1】总的概述。从后面的句子来看， money叙述了 ， time也叙述了。只有
7、ability没有叙述。又根据前面的句子的说明 From my experience, there are three main reasons for why people dont cook more often: ability, money and time.，与之有关的只有带有 ability这一信息了，故选 B。 【小题 2】预先思考。根据此段开头的关键词 ahead，可以判断出此段与 ahead有关，故选 G。 【小题 3】时间的有所价值。根据 Are you making one loaf of bread 这句话，可以判断出要 make one loaf of bread,那
8、就是与数量有关，还有后面的句子中的amount（量）的提示。故选 C。 【小题 4】此题考查要点关键词。根据此段的具体内容，特别是 It gives you the chance to hit upon new ideas and recipes that can work well with your appetite and schedule. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.这两句，提到了 ne
9、w ideas和 try,可以判断出与 new有关，故选 A。 【小题 5】此段是全文的总结。根据最后一句 And dont let a busy schedule discourage you from making some great changes in the way you eat and live!可以判断出此项与 live有关。故 选 F。 考点：生活类短文阅读 We are what we eat because what we eat every day has 【小题 1】 great impact on our health. Therefore, we should
10、make every effort to change our bad eating habits. 【小题 2】 we all know, baked or fried foods may be 【小题 3】（ taste） , but eating too much of them will 【小题 4】（ probable） result in some illnesses. Moreover, some food that costs us a great deal of money and is not healthy is junk food. 【小题 5】 (compare) w
11、ith people in the West, Chinese people used to eat more grain and vegetables, but 【小题 6】 (little) meat, which is a good eating habit. However, things are quite different now. With the rapid economic 【小题 7】 (grow) of our country, we are now also eating a lot of food that is high in sugar and fat. We
12、【小题8】 (run) the risk of eating out without considering the balance of our diet . The food we choose affects our health, so we must keep 【小题 9】 in mind that the food we choose 【小题 10】 give us the nutrients we need. 答案：【小题 1】 a 【小题 2】 As 【小题 3】 tasty 【小题 4】 probably 【小题 5】 Compared 【小题 6】 less 【小题 7】
13、growth 【小题 8】 are running 【小题 9】 it 【小题 10】 should 试题分析：题目考查学生对上下文的联系，还考查了学生对冠词、连词、形容词、副词、过去分词、名词、现在进行时态的基本掌握。 【小题 1】考查冠词。句意：我们每天所吃的食物对我们的健康有很大的影响。主语是 has前面整句话作为整体用单数形式，故填不定冠词 a。 【小题 2】考查连词。句意：据我们所知。固定搭配 as we all know。故填 as。 【小题 3】考查形容词。句意：烘烤或油炸食品可能很好吃。形容词作表语，故填 tasty。 【小题 4】考查副词。句意：但是吃太多烘烤油炸食品可能会导
14、 致一些疾病。空中用副词修饰动词 result，故填 probably。 【小题 5】考查过去分词，句意：和西方人做比较，中国人曾经吃更多的谷类食物和蔬菜。 compare和主句主语 Chinese people为被动关系，故填 compared。 【小题 6】考查形容词比较级。句意：但是吃的肉更少。这里用比较级形式和前面的 more对应，故填 less。 【小题 7】考查名词。句意：随着经济的快速增长，我们的国家，我们现在也吃大量糖和脂肪的含量高的食物。故填 growth。 【小题 8】考查现在进行时。句意：我们在冒险吃地摊食物而 不考虑我们的饮食平衡风险。故填 are running。 【
15、小题 9】考查 it的词组固定搭配。句意：我们必须记在心里 ，故填 it。 【小题 10】考查情态动词。句意：我们应该选择我们需要的营养，空中表示应该，故填 should。 考点：冠词、连词、形容词、副词、过去分词、名词、现在进行时。 完型填空 That morning, I stepped into the classroom, ready to share my knowledge and experience with seventy-five students who would be my English Literature class. Having taught in for
16、seventeen years, I had no about my ability to hold their attention and to on them my admiration for the literature of my mother tongue. I was shocked when the monitor shouted, ! The entire class rose as I entered the room, and I was somewhat about how to get them to sit down again, but once that awk
17、wardness was over, I quickly my calmness and began what I thought was a fact-packed lecture, sure to gain their respectperhaps their admiration. I went back to my office with the rosy glow which came from a sense of achievement. My students diaries. However, as I read them, the rosy glow was gradual
18、ly 49 by a strong sense of sadness. The first diary said, Our literature teacher didnt teach us anything today. her next lecture will be better. Greatly surprised, I read diary after diary, each expressing a theme. Didnt I teach them anything I described the entire philosophical framework of Western
19、 thought and laid the historical for all the works well study in class, I complained. How they say I didnt teach them anything It was a long term, and it became clear that my ideas about education were not the same as of my students. I thought a teachers job was to raise questions and provide enough
20、 background so that students could their own conclusions. My students thought a teachers job was to provide information as directly and clearly as possible. What a difference! , I also learned a lot, and my experience with my Chinese students has made me a American teacher, knowing how to teach in a
21、 different culture. 【A the UK B the US C China D Australia 小题1】 A worry B idea C doubt D experience A impress B put C leave D fix A Attention B Look out C At ease D Stand up A puzzled B sure C curious D worried A found B returned C regained D followed A more B even C yet D still A passed B borrowed
22、C read D kept A replaced B taken C caught D moved A Naturally B Perhaps C Fortunately D Reasonably A different B strong C similar D usual A happenings B characters C development D background A should B need C will D must A immediately B certainly C simply D gradually A that B what C those D ones A d
23、ifficult B interesting C ordinary D unusual A draw B look C search D offer A strange B standard C exact D serious A Therefore B However C Besides D Though A normal B happy C good D better 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 A 【小题 6】 C 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 A 【小题 10】 B 【小题 11】 C 【小题 12】
24、D 【小题 13】 A 【小题 14】 D 【小题 15】 C 【小题 16】 B 【小题 17】 A 【小题 18】 C 【小题 19】 B 【小题 20】 D 试题分析：我是一名在美国教了 17年书的教师，信心满满的来中国教书。却发现由于文化的差异，我的教育理念和学生们的并不同。在和中国学生在一起的日子，我学会了处在不同的文化背景下，如何去教学生 【小题 1】考查名词辨析。 A： England英格兰； B： America 美国； C： china 中国；： D： Australia 澳大利亚。根据 I also learned a lot, and my experience with
25、 my Chinese students has made me a better American teacher, knowing how to teach in a different culture,故选 B。 【小题 2】考查名词辨析。 A： worry 烦恼； B： idea 想法； C： doubt 怀疑； D：skill技巧。根据 Having taught in the US for seventeen years，可知我并不怀疑我的能力，故选 C。 【小题 3】考查名词辨析。 A： profession 专业； B： admiration 钦佩； C：explanation
26、解释； D： expression 表达。句意我对母语文学的赞赏给他们留下深刻的印象 Impress on sb sth.此处指他确信能给学生留下深刻的印象，故选 B。 【小题 4】考查动词辨析。 A： attracted 吸引； B： embarrassed令人尴尬； C：amused 令人愉快的的； D： shocked震惊。句意当我走进教室，当班长喊起立时我很震惊。根据下文出现的 Once that awkwardness was over，当这种局促不安结束 时，可推知当时作者是很震惊的，故选 D。 【小题 5】考查形容词辨析。 A： puzzled 迷惑的； B： sure 确定的；
27、 C： worried着急的； D： curious 好奇的。句意 当全班起立时，我不怎的，很迷惑，是如何让他们坐下， be puzzled about 对。困惑，符合情景。故选 A。 【小题 6】考查动词辨析。 A： reminded 提醒； B： returned 返回； C： regained重新获得； D： recovered 恢复。 but once that awkwardness was over提醒读者他开 始见到那情景有点局促不安，到很快又重新获得平静 calmness。所以 Regain正确。故选 C。 【小题 7】考查副词辨析。 A： more 更多； B： even 甚
28、至； C： yet然而； D：still仍然。句意当恢复平静后，我认为开始获得他们的尊敬甚至是敬佩。admiration是在 respect基础上的递进，所以用 even符合这一空，故选 B。 【小题 8】考查名词辨析。 A： discussion 讨论； B： notes 注意； C：compositions 作文； D： diaries日记。学生们写日记，我从中看出他们对我的看法 keep kiaries 记日记。故选 D。 【小题 9】考查动词辨析。 A： replaced 代替； B： frightened 害怕； C： troubled麻烦； D： moved移动。句意读到学生的日记
29、，原来萦绕在我心头的自我好感很快褪色了，取而代之的是悲伤。 Be replaced by.被 .取代，故选 A。 【小题 10】考查副词辨析。 A： later 后来 B： perhaps 也许； C： somehow 不管怎么样； D： indeed确实、根据 Our literature teacher didnt teach us anything today以及 her next lecture will be better学生对我的下一次课的一种期望，但也不肯定。 Perhaps也许，是最佳答案：。故选 B。 【小题 11】考查形容词辨析。 A： common 普通的； B： str
30、ong强壮的； C：similar 类似的； D： strange奇怪的。句意 每个同学都在日记中表达一个相似的想法，那就是他们没学到东西，或者一无所获。再根据 Didnt I teach them anything 可知他们表达得相似的主题。故选 C。 【小题 12】考 查名词辨析。 A： happenings 事件； B： characters 性格； C：development发展； D： background背景。根据 all the works well study in class以及 I thought a teachers job was to raise interestin
31、g questions and provide enough background，可知我为他们说明了我们课上所学的文学作品的历史背景，故选D。 【小题 13】考查情态动词辨析。 A： should 应该； B： need需要； C： will 将要；D： must 必须。句意 他们怎么能说我什么都没教他们呢？ should表示说话人惊奇、愤怒、失望等情感，与前面学生和我的相反反映是吻合的。故选 A。 【小题 14】考查副词辨析。 A： immediately 立刻地； B： certainly 必然； C：simply 仅仅； D： gradually 逐渐地。根据 It was a lon
32、g term以及 my ideas about education were not the same as those of my students， 可知我逐渐明白了，故选 D。 【小题 15】考查名词辨析。 A： admiration 钦佩； B： question 问题； C：education 教育； D： conclusion 结论。句意 我的教育理念和我的学生们不同，those 代替上文提到 ideas 。故选 C。 【小题 16】考查形容词辨析。 A： difficult 困难的； B： interesting 有趣的； C：essential 必要的； D； general
33、普遍的。在我看来，教师的工作就是提出有趣的问题并提供必要的背景知识，然后学生通过思考得出自己的结论。要启 迪学生思考，问题应该要有吸引力，故选 B。 【小题 17】考查动词辨析。 A： draw 绘制，拉，得出； B： find 发现； C：search寻找； D： offer提供。 draw a conclusion得出结论，为固定搭配 句意 我认为教师的工作就是提出一个有趣的问题，提供足够的背景，然后让学生自己得出结论。故选 A。 【小题 18】考查形容词辨析。 A： special 特殊的； B： standard 标准； C： exact 确切的； D： serious 严重的。而我的
34、中国学生的观念是，老师应该直接将确切地知识信息教给他们，不 是去自己摸索。后文的 as directly and clearly as possible是提示，故选 C。 【小题 19】考查副词辨析。 A： therefore 因此； B： however 然而； C： then然后； D： though虽然。虽然这中间我很纠结，但我也懂得了一些东西。这里有转折对比的意思。故选 B。 【小题 20】考查形容词辨析。 A： richer 富有的； B： happier幸福的； C：friendlier 友好的； D： better 好的。句意 我与我的中国学生的经历使我成为了一个更好的老师，一个
35、知道在不同文 化背景下如何教书的老师。根据 knowing how to teach in a different culture。故选 D。 考点 故事类短文。 阅读理解 She may have lacked a home, but now this teen has top honors. A 17-year-old student who spent much of high school living around homeless shelters and sometimes sleeping in her car today graduated and spoke on beha
36、lf of her class at Charles Drew High School in Clayton County, Ga., just outside of Atlanta. Chelsea Fearce held a 4.466 GPA and scored 1900 on her SATs despite having to use her cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night. “I know I have been made stronger. I was homeless.
37、My family slept on cushions on the floor and we were lucky if we got more than one full meal a day. Getting a shower, food and clean clothes was an everyday struggle,” Fearce said in a speech she gave at her graduation ceremony. Fearce overcame her day-to-day struggles by focusing on a better day. “
38、I just told myself to keep working, because the future will not be like this anymore,” she told WSBTV. Fearce, one of five children, grow up in a family that sometimes had an apartment to live in, but at other times had to live in homeless shelters or even out of their car, if they had one. “Youre w
39、orried about your home life and then worried at school. Worry about being a little hungry sometimes and go hungry sometimes. You just have to deal with it. You eat what you can, when you can.” To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties and even tested high enough to be admitted into college h
40、alf way through her high school career. She starts college next year at Spelman College as a junior where she is planning to study biology, pre-med (医学预科 ). “Dont give up. Do what you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you want,” Fearce said. 【小题 1】 How did Fearce go on with h
41、er study without access to lights A By the car light. B By her cellphone. C By lights out of shelters. D By moonlight. 【小题 2】 When Fearce starts college at Spelman College, she will _. A have graduated earlier from high school than normal B be a 17-year-old student from a poor family C have a home w
42、ithout sleeping in her car or shelters D have raised enough money to go to college 【小题 3】 What lesson can we learn from Fearces experience A Knowledge can change your fate. B Dont give up, and tomorrow will be better. C Whatever is worth doing is worth doing well. D He that will not work shall not e
43、at. 答案：【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 B 试题分析：文章介绍 Fearce是个无家可归的孩子，但是她通过自己的努力提早高中毕业被大学录取，从她的经历我们知道不能放弃，明天会更好。 【小题 1】细节理解题：从第三段的句子： having touse he r cellphone to study after the shelter lights were turned off at night.可知她是用手机照明的，故选 B。 【小题 2】推理判断题：从最后一段的句子： To our surprise, Fearce overcame the difficulties
44、and even tested high enough to be ad-mitted into college halfway through her high school career. 可知她上大学是提前高中毕业的，故选 A。 【小题 3】细节理解题：从最后一段的句子： Dont give up. Do what you have to do right now so that you can have the future that you want,”Fearce said.可知从她的经历看我们不能放弃，明天会更好。故选 B 考点：故事类阅读 Can people change t
45、heir skin colour without suffering like pop king Michael Jackson Perhaps yes. Scientists have found the gene that determines skin colour. The gene comes in two versions, one of which is found in 99 per cent of Europeans. The other is found in 93 to 100 per cent of Africans, researchers at Pennsylvan
46、ia State University report in the latest issue of Science. Scientists have changed the colour of a dark-striped zebrafish to uniform gold by inserting a version of the pigment(色素 ) gene into a young fish. As with humans, zebrafish skin colour is determined by pigment cells, which contain melanosomes
47、(黑色素 ). The number, size and darkness of melanosomes per pigment cell determines skin colour. It appears that, like the golden zebrafish, light-skinned Europeans also have a mutation(变异 ) in the gene for melanosome production. This results in less pigmented skin. However, Keith Cheng, leader of the
48、research team, points out that the mutation is different in human and zebrafish genes. Humans acquired dark skin in Africa about 1.5 million years ago to protect bodies from ultra-violet rays(紫外线 ) of the sun, which can cause skin cancer. But when modern humans leave Africa to live in northern latit
49、udes, they need more sunlight on their skin to produce vitamin D. So the related gene changes, according to Cheng. Asians have the same version of the gene as Africans, so they probably acquired their light skin through the action of some other gene that affects skin colour, said Cheng. The new discovery could lead to medical treat
