1、2010-2011学年广西省桂林中学（上）学期高三期末英语卷 单项选择 * - Goodbye, Peter, remember me to your parents. - _. A Its very kind of you to say so. B Thanks, I will. C You are so kind. D Thanks, what a good idea. 答案： B I _ along the street looking for a place to park when the accident _. A went; was occurring B went; occur
2、red C was going; occurred D was going; had occurred 答案： C What a table! Ive never seen such a thing before. It is _ it is long. A half not as wide as B wide not as half as C not half as wide as D as wide as not half 答案： C What a table! Ive never seen such a thing before. It is _ it is long. A half n
3、ot as wide as B wide not as half as C not half as wide as D as wide as not half 答案： C - How long do you think it will be _ the USA recovers from the losses of the financial crisis - Perhaps four or five years. A when B since C that D before 答案： D - Oh, my god! I just missed the last bus back home. -
4、 Thats really bad. Im sure you _ it, but you were not in a hurry. A could catch B had caught C could have caught D would catch 答案： C Do you still remember the chicken farm _ we visited three months ago A where B when C that D what 答案： C He has recently _ golf to provide himself with some relaxation.
5、 A taken on B taken with C taken over D taken up 答案： D The island is two kilometers off the coast, and you cant get there _ by boat. A other than B rather than C more than D less than 答案： A No sooner _ themselves in their seats in the theatre _ the curtain went up. A. they have settled; before B . h
6、ad they settled; than C. have they settled; when D. they had settled; than 答案： B Both sides have accused of breaking the contract of _. A another B the other C neither D each 答案： B Now that she is out of a job, Lucy _ going back to school, but she hasnt decided yet. A had considered B has been consi
7、dering C considered D is going to consider 答案： B Word comes _ free books will be given to _ come first in this book store. A which; no matter who B that; anyone who C which; whoever D that; those who 答案： D _ from the moon, our earth with water _ seventy percent of its surface, appears as a blue ball
8、. A Seen; covered B Seeing; covering C Seen; covering D Seeing; covered 答案： C Mrs. Taylor has _ 8-year-old daughter who has _ gift for painting. She has won two national prizes. A an; a B an; the C a; a D the; a 答案： A 完型填空 完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分 30分） Some people who find themselves unable to solve
9、a problem react by just giving up. But it is not good to 36 problems by giving up or make excuses for 37 . You may be sure that all young people 38 the same difficult process that you are going through: meeting new situations, developing new skills, and testing their abilities. If you are unhappy ab
10、out something, face it. Try to 39 the problem in a few words, so that you will know exactly what you are 40 . Then see if you can “put you finger” on the 41 of your unhappiness. In many cases, we only “think” there is no 42 to a particular problem. But often we can 43 the problem and achieve the goa
11、l by making a direct 44 . For example, a boy wanted to be a debater(辩论家 ). When he tried for the debating team as a 45 , the coach thought he was 46 . He was shy; he had a high-pitched voice and his posture(姿态 ) was poor. Although he was given little hope of success, he took 47 of every 48 to debate
12、. He studied from successful speakers and 49 his own weakness and assets. Then he 50 many hours learning all the facts on the topics for the debate, and worked at developing good posture and at speaking clearly. In his junior year, he made the school 51 team, and in his senior year, he was on the wi
13、nning team in his state. He 52 his goal because he had made a direct attack on his problem. 53 direct attack is often the best way to face problems, we have to be 54 in judging situations and sometimes it is necessary to 55 the goal. So it is important to study the situation and make a wise decision
14、 about what to do. 【小题1】 A escape B notice C clear up D dismiss A success B failure C change D himself A go through B experienced C escape from D give up A say B state C find D solve A dealt with B up to C escaping D up against A cause B purpose C point D statement A way B solution C method D hope A
15、 give up B think of C consider D overcome A attack B method C change D catch A director B instructor C adviser D freshman (新人 ) A hopeful B great C hopeless D grateful A use B advantage C value D effect A minute B opportunity C effort D other A sized up B thought up C made up D gave in A cost B foun
16、d C spent D wasted A speaking B successful C debating D member A gave up B escaped C caught D achieved A Although B Since C Because D However A false B realistic C hopeful D valuable A give up B change C attack D strike 答案：【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 D 【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 A【小题
17、1】 D 【小题 1】 C【小题1】 B 【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 B 【小题 1】 A. 展示了作者的态度：逃避困难或为失败找借口不是上策。因此答案：为 A。 【小题 1】 B. 根据行为逻辑，该处意为：为失败找借口。因此答案：为 B。 【小题 1】 A. 所有年轻人都会经历你正在经历的困难过程。因此答案：为 A, B项时态不对。 【小题 1】 B. 遇到问题，用简单的语言陈述它，以便你知道你真正面临的问题。其他三项不符合句意。因此答案：为 B。 【小题 1】 D. 这是一个宾语从句，同时
18、考查学生的细致思维。因为句中有 you are，故 A不符合语言结构； B， C两项不符合文意。 up against“面临 ”，符合文意。因此答案：为 A。 【小题 1】 A. cause“原因，导致某事发生的人或事 ”。 put ones finger on“准确地指出（问题的症状，原因） ”。因此答案：为 A。 【小题 1】 B. solutions 与 to 连用表示 “解决 的方法 ”，符合文意，因此答案：为 B。 【小题 1】 D. overcome the problem“解决问题 ”。因前面讲 “我们 ”只是认为没有解决问题的办法，由句中的 but 可知这里于前句为转折关系，因
19、此答案：为 D。 【小题 1】 A. 从第四段的最后一句话 “he had made a direct attack” 可得答案：为 A。 【小题 1】 D. 作者举了一个男孩想成为辩论家的例子，这里指刚开始男孩试着成为一个新手，故选 D。 【小题 1】 C. 根据后文陈述，孩子的好多方面都表明不适合做辩论家，因此他的教练认为认为他没有希望（做辩论家）。 hopeless意为： “无望的，没有好转（或成功）希望的 ”。因此答案：为 C。 【小题 1】 B. 虽然别人觉得他做辩论家的希望很渺茫，但他还是利用一切机会学习辩论。 take advantage of“利用 ”，因此答案：为 B。 【小
20、题 1】 B. 他利用一切 “机会 ”学习辩论，因此答案：为 B。 【小题 1】 A. 他学习成功演讲者的长处，并将之和自己的弱点和优点进行分析对比。 size up“估计；估量，判断 ”。因此答案 ：为 A。 【小题 1】 C. 表示 “在 上花时间 ”；用 spend time doing 因此答案：为 C。 【小题 1】 C. 通过努力，他成为了学校辩论队的队员。 make sb. sth.“使某人成为 ” 因此答案：为 C。 【小题 1】 D. 男孩实现了他的目标，选项中只有 achieve“达到，实现 ”符合题意，因此答案：为 C。 【小题 1】 A. 虽然直面困难是解决问题的最佳方
21、法，（但）我们要很现实地判断情况。因此答案：为 A。 【小题 1】 B. 告诫人们要现实地判断情况，有时（在目标不可能实现的情况下）需要改变 自己的目标。因此答案：为 B。 【小题 1】 B. 改变目标是必需的。故选 B。 阅读理解 We often hear the phrase: Youve a greater chance of being struck by lightning. It is used to describe something that hasnt got much chance of happening. However, the common saying und
22、ermines(掩盖 ) the very real dangers of lightning. Last Friday, at least 5 people were killed by lightning in Nepal(尼泊尔 ). Lightning strikes are the second most common cause of deaths during natural disasters in the US. The first is floods. Around 400 people nationwide are struck by lightning each yea
23、r, and of those, 73 people die. There are more people killed by lightning than by tornadoes and hurricanes. Because lightning kills only one or two people at a time, its danger does not receive as much attention as other disasters. So to raise awareness, the US has made June 22-28 National Lightning
24、 Safety Week. It aims to warn the public of the dangers of lightning and provide safety tips during thunderstorms. If you hear thunder, you are in danger of lightning, said Rocky Lopes, a disaster educator at the American Red Cross. Thunder means that lightning is close enough to hit you at any minu
25、te, so you should move indoors immediately and stay there until after the storm has ended. The single most important thing to remember is to seek a hiding place, Lopes said. Summer is the high time for lightning storms, so when lightning strikes across the sky, remember these safety tips: Stop worki
26、ng, fishing, swimming or playing in open fields. If you can count less than ten seconds between a thunder and a lightning flash, take cover inside the nearest building. Do not stand under a tree. Get off bicycles or motorcycles. Crouch down(蹲下 )if there is no hiding place. Avoid open spaces, wire fe
27、nces, metal objects and electrical objects such as hair driers. 【小题 1】 The popular opinion about being struck by lightening is that _. A theres a greater chance for being killed by lightening than any other natural disaster B it is the most dangerous among all the natural disasters C the chance for
28、a person to be struck by lightening is very small D it is impossible for people to be killed by lightening 【小题 2】 The average death rate of being struck by lightening in US is about _. A 18% B 50% C 30% D 73% 【小题 3】 thunder in the open air_. A just stand by your bicycles and motorcycles B quickly fi
29、nd a place to go inside C count ten seconds between a thunder and a lightening D dont have a hair drier in your hand 【小题 4】 According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE A There are more people killed by tornadoes and hurricanes than by lightening in US each year. B There are on average 5
30、 persons killed by lightening in Nepal each day. C The death rate of being stuck by lightening is much higher than by other natural disasters. D The National Lightening Safety Week is made to warn the public against the lightening. 答案：【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 D Detectives often look for footpr
31、ints when they try to solve crimes. Scientists use footprints, toodinosaur footprints when they try to figure out how dinosaurs lived and moved. Dinosaurs died out about 65 million years ago. Today scientists work to solve the mysteries of these ancient animals. Footprints, or tracks(脚印 ), are an im
32、portant way to learn about dinosaurs. Christian Meyer of the Natural History Museum in Basel, Switzerland, calls dinosaur tracks “the closest thing to a movie” of dinosaurs. “They tell us something about the size of the animal, the way they were walkingthey tell us something about their speed,” Meye
33、r said. Tracks also show that dinosaurs sometimes traveled in groups. Traveling in groups probably helped dinosaurs protect themselves from enemies. Plus, some meat-eating dinosaurs may have hunted in groups, much like wolves do today. Being in a group could help dinosaurs work together to kill larg
34、e animals. Dinosaur footprints can be as small as a few inches across, but they can also be as big as a few feet across. Dinosaur footprints have been found throughout the world at over 1,500 sites, including a T. Rex footprint in New Mexico. “Trackways” are groups of footprints. And scientists aren
35、t the only ones finding dinosaur trackskids can, too! Eleven -year-old Mark Turner and nine-year-old Daniel Helm discovered dinosaur tracks in British Columbia, anada. Soon scientists began studying the tracks. Scientists and other people interested in studying dinosaurs are working to save the trac
36、kways from activities like construction and mining. 【小题 1】 The passage mainly tells us that_. A. there were really dinosaurs on the earth millions of years ago B. dinosaurs were the most frightening animals in the past C. dinosaur footprints are important in learning about dinosaurs C. why dinosaurs
37、 died out millions of years ago 【小题 2】 By studying footprints scientists can know the following EXCEPT _. A how big the dinosaur was B what color the dinosaur was C how fast the dinosaur could run D how the dinosaur walked 【小题 3】 By working in groups, some meat-eating dinosaurs_. A made the hunting
38、of large animals easily B could travel a long way without being lost C could protect themselves from being hunted by wolves D could get to a place faster 【小题 4】 From the last paragraph we can infer that some human activities like mining_. A are helpful to the study of dinosaurs B can help scientists
39、 solve many mysteries C can lead to the discovery of the footprints D can destroy the footprints of the dinosaur 答案：【小题 1】 C 【小题 1】 B【小题 1】 A【小题 1】 D Although many Chinese students say that their knowledge of English grammar is good, most would admit that their spoken English is poor. Whenever I spe
40、ak to a Chinese student they always say, “My spoken English is poor.” However, their spoken English does not have to remain “poor”! I would like to suggest that there may be some reasons for their problems with spoken English. First, they fail to find suitable words to express themselves due to a li
41、mited vocabulary. Obviously the better answer is to expand their vocabulary. However, you can speak with a limited vocabulary, if your attitude is positive. Others will follow you as long as you use the words that you know. Second, they are afraid of making mistakes. Sometimes they make mistakes whe
42、n they are speaking because they are shy and nervous. Yet students should remember that their goal should be FLUENCY NOT ACCURACY（准确性） . Your aim in writing is to be accurate following the rules for grammar and using the right words and spelling them correctly. However, in speaking your aim is fluen
43、cy. You want to get your message across, to talk to someone in English, as quickly and as well as you can, even though sometimes you may use a wrong word or tense, but it doesnt matter because the person you are speaking to will understand you and make allowances for any mistakes he hears. The third
44、 reason is that not enough attention is paid to listening. You have one mouth but two ears! All that hearing was necessary for you to start speaking. Fourth, most Chinese students are reactive rather than proactive language learners. Instead of actively seeking out opportunities to improve their spo
45、ken English, they passively wait for speaking opportunities to come to them and wonder why their English always remains poor. If you have this proactive outlook, then you will see English opportunities wherever you go. If you do not use your English beyond the classroom, you will forget what English
46、 you know. Remember: USE IT OR LOSE IT! You can learn how to speak English better by speaking English more. 【小题 1】 What is most probably the writers purpose in writing the passage A To improve your reading. B To improve your listening. C To improve your spoken English. D To improve your vocabulary.
47、【小题 2】 It can be inferred from the third paragraph that_. A dont be fluency , Just be accuracy B dont be nervous ,dont be shy . Just write! C dont be afraid of making mistakes . Just speak! D dont be shy ,dont be fluency. Just listen and write! 【小题 3】 The last paragraph is possibly close to the mean
48、ing of “_”. A more hurry, less speed B better late than never C silence is gold D practice makes perfect 【小题 4】 The text is most probably taken from a _. A teachers diary B report on study C sports newspaper D movie magazine 答案：【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 C【小题 1】 D【小题 1】 B A serious problem for todays society is who should be responsible for our elderly(老年人 ) and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we wa
