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高三英语第一学期8月考试试题
英 语
考试时间：100分钟 总分：150分
第一部分：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
1.It’s quite _____ honor to be ______ chairman of the conference.
A. 不填； the B. a; 不填 C. an; 不填 D. the; the
2.------ I can’t thank you enough for the gift you sent me.
------ _______.
A. With pleasure B. No, thanks. C. Please don’t say so. D. My pleasure.
3.The mother didn’t know who _____ for the broken glass.
A. blames B. will blame C. is blamed D. to blame
4. Willpower is a kind of quality and that is it takes to do everything well.
A．why B．that C．what D． which
5.It’s _____ me why Alice, aged 28, gave up her job and got married to a man of 62.
A. under B. above C. beyond D. over
6.------The English exam is not difficult, is it?
------ ______, even Tom ______ to the top students failed in it.
A. Yes, belongs B. No, belonged C. Yes, belonging D. No, belonging
7.Because he believed he was innocent（无罪的）,he went to the police station with his head_____ high.
A. holding B. being held C. to hold D. held
8.------I can’t find Xiao Ping, where did you see him this morning?
------It was in the library______ he studied.
A. that B. where C. which D. the one
9.Many a delegate was in favor of his proposal that a special committee ___to investigate the incident.
A. were set up B. was set up C. be set up D. set up
10.The bomb exploded ______ the police officer started his car.
A. soon B. immediately C. presently D. shortly
11. ------I have a front row ticket for you.
------Thank you , but I promised my friend that I’d _____ her children.
A. watch B. care C. observe D. notice
12.His mother _____ with cancer, the whole family was astonished.
A. to be diagnosed B. was diagnosed C. diagnosed D. diagnosing
13.------Five sharp in the morning?
------No, don’t ring me up that early in the morning. I _______.
A. sleep B. will be sleeping C. am sleeping D. will sleep
14. In the northeast of China, the winters are hard. The temperature ____ fall to -35℃
.A. may B. must C. can D. will
15. ------Does Tom do his new job well?
------______ his old job. I’m afraid there’s no hope for him.
A. Not better than B. No better than C. Not so well as D. Not as well as
第二部分 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，把握其大意，然后从16-35的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项.
After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the 16 expression I had been wearing since childhood meant sure 17 . I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to 18_ that expression on my face left by so many years of hardship. It 19 a complete change in my view on life. Here is the 20 I tried.
Each morning during a fifteen-minute bath, I 21 to cultivate（培养）a big, happy smile. I found out, 22 , that it couldn’t be a forced smile 23 just for the purpose of putting dollars in my 24 . It had to be an honest-to-goodness smile from down deep 25 , an outward expression of happiness from within!
Let’s see 26 starting off with a good fifteen-minute training of the smile muscles 27 me during the day. Before entering an office I 28 think of the many things I had to be 29 for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail to get the same smile 30 from the person I met. I also found that it 31 people when I passed them on the street to give them a 32 smile.
Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have 33 smiled in your life, and see how much better you 34 and look. It’s one of the best ways I know to 35 worrying, and start living. When I began doing this, I found I became more welcome everywhere.
16. A. happy B. worried C. curious D. surprised
17. A. success B. friendship C. failure D. wealth
18. A. wear B. show C. change D. see
19. A. made up B. brought in C. turned over D. called for
20. A. method B. example C. idea D. thought
21. A. determined B. hurried C. failed D. pretended
22. A. therefore B. however C. instead D. otherwise
23. A. introduced B. developed C. discovered D. left
24. A. opinion B. honor C. bill D. pocket
25. A. outside B. upward C. inside D. forward
26. A. when B. how C. whether D. why
27. A. helped B. upset C. satisfied D. disappointed
28. A. could B. might C. should D. would
29. A. ready B.eager C.thankful D.famous
30 A. in general B. in public C. in return D. in advance
31 A. greeted B. pleased C. puzzled D. welcomed
32 A. cheerful B. forced C. strange D. bitter
33 A. never B. just C. already D. ever
34 A. prove B. appear C. feel D. remain
35A. keep B. stop C. hate D. protect
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每题2.5分，满分50分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
Do dogs understand us ?
Be careful what you say around your dog . It might understand more than you think .
A border collie named Rico recognizes the names of about 200 objects , say researchers in Germany . The dog also appears to be able to learn new words as easily as a 3-year-old child . Its word-learning skills are as good as those of a parrot or chimpanzee .
In one experiment , the researchers took all 200 items that Rico is supposed to know and divided them into 20 groups of 10 objects . Then the owner told the dog to go and fetch one of the items and bring it back . In four tests , Rico got 37 out of 40 commands right . As the dog couldn’t see anyone to get clues , the scientists believe Rico must understand the meanings of certain words .
In another experiment , the scientists took one toy that Rico had never seen before and put it in a room with seven toys whose names the dog already knew . The owner then told Rico to fetch the object , using a word the dog had never heard before .
The correct object was chosen in seven out of 10 tests , suggesting that the dog had worked out the answer by process of elimination（排除法）. A month later , Rico remembered half of the new names , which is even more impressive .
Rico is thought to be smarter than the average dog . For one thing , Rico is a border collie , a breed（品种）known for its mental abilities . In addition , the 9-year-old dog has been trained to fetch toys by their names since the age of nine months .
It’s hard to know if all dogs understand at least some of the words we say . Even if they do , they can’t talk back . Still , it wouldn’t hurt to sweet-talk your dog every now and then . You might just get a big , wet kiss in return !
36. From paragraph 2 we know that .
A. animals are as clever as human beings
B. dogs are smarter than parrots and chimpanzees
C. chimpanzees have very good word-learning skills
D. dogs have similar learning abilities as 3-year-old children
37. Both experiments show that .
A. Rico is smart enough to get all commands right
B. Rico can recognize different things including toys
C. Rico has developed the ability of learning mathematics
D. Rico won’t forget the names of objects once recognizing them
38. Which of the following is true according to the passage ?
A. The purpose of the experiments is to show the border collie’s mental abilities .
B. Rico has a better memory partly because of its proper early training .
C. The border collie is world-famous for recognizing objects.
D. Rico is born to understand its owner’s commands .
39. What does the writer want to tell us ?
A. To train your dog . B. To talk to your dog .
C. To be friendly to your dog. D。To be careful with your dog.
B
WELCOME TO YOUR FREE ISH MEMBERSHIP
Your Membership
International Students House is a unique , cultural and recreational（娱乐的）center providing a wide programme of events for students 310 days a year .
Located in a fashionable and safe neighbourhood , close to Regent’s Park , ISH is a central place to meet students from Britain and around the world .
ISH provides all its members with the opportunity to enjoy a wide variety of sports and hobbies in a friendly and fun environment . Many of the activities are free of charge as part of membership , while some charge a small fee .
Membership is open to all full-time students , professional trainess and student nurses .
LEARN
Lecture Series
ISH organizes a number of lively , topical lectures of political and contemporary（当代的）interest by famous speakers .
Language Classes
A variety of weekly language classes which in the past have included English , Spanish Japanese and Italian .
ISH tries to offer as many development and educational programmes as possible for its members . Look out for additional workshops and leadership programmes . E-mail : learn@ish.org.uk.
CREATE
Sunday Cinema
Films are shown every Sunday evening at 19:30 including recent blockbusters（大片）, theme nights and classics .
Classes
Show your talents or learn from the beginning with our various classes and workshops which include Life Drawing , Photography , and Drama .
Throughout the year ISH holds numerous exhibitions , recitals（公演）and performances put on by the students . To get more information , e-mail : create@ish.org.uk.
TRAVEL
Travel Club
The Travel Club runs a comprehensive schedule of day and weekend trips to British and European destinations . Students get the chance to explore new parts of the UK and meet people from all over the world . Sightseeing , canoeing , hiking , eating out , socializing and meeting local people are what you can expect to experience during the trips . E-mail : travel@ish.org.uk .
ACTIVE
Classes
Try out our Martial Arts and Fitness Classes every week night including Kick Boxing , TaiChi , Kung Fu and Shaolin as well as Yoga , and Aerobics classes . All our classes are run by qualified and professional instructors .
Sports
Join in our recreational and team sports such as football , volleyball , running , table tennis , and chess .
ISH Dangerous Sports Club :
We also organize such activities as go-karting , painballing and adventure weekends . E-mail: active@ish.org.uk.
40. If you are a member of ISH , you can do all the following except .
A. traveling to some European countries
B. attending all kinds of interesting lectures
C. attending French classes
D. meeting students from all around the world
41. If you want to see a painting exhibition held by ISH , .
A. you must pay a small amount of money
B. you can get some information through an e-mail
C. you can get a ticket free of charge
D. you can e-mail : learn@ish.org.uk
42. If you want to learn to take photos , which of the following e-mail addresses is useful to you ?
A. learn@ish.org.uk. B. travel@ish.org.uk.
C. active@ish.org.uk. D. create@ish.org.uk.
43. If you like some adventure on weekends . you’d better .
A. join ISH Dangerous Sports Club B. join the Travel Club
C. go to Sunday Cinema D. take some Fitness Classes
C
Thousands of people began pouring into Pennsylvania from other states . They wanted to buy lottery tickets . The tickets cost only $0.9 each . But that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 million . That was the second largest lottery jackpot（积累奖金）in history .
More than 87 million tickets were bought for the Pennsylvania lottery drawing . Those who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80 . The chance of winning was one in 9.6 million . But that little chance certainly didn’t affect ticket sales . In the last few days before the drawing , tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per second .
Experts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the action . Others say the lottery is a stock market for poor people . It allows them to dream about wealth they’ll probably never have .
But many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized gambling . Some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the tickets . There are also many addicts who take the game seriously . They may pour their life savings into lottery tickets . Some clubs have been formed to help them kick the habit .
Politicians like lotteries because they provide money that would otherwise have to some from new taxes . The profits from lotteries are usually used to pay for education or programs for senior citizens . But critics say this arrangement just allows states to legalize vice（恶习）, under the name of social progress . No matter whether you regard state lotteries right or not , you cannot refuse to accept their extreme popularity with many Americans .
44. The main idea of the passage is that .
A. lotteries are of great benefit to everyone who buys them
B. playing a lottery is just like investing in the stock market
C. a lot of people buy lottery tickets , but lotteries cause disagreement
D. lotteries are just legalized vice
45. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ?
A. Politicians like lotteries because they don’t have to pay extra tax .
B. The popularity of lotteries in America actually is social progress .
C. Some critics don’t like lotteries because many poor people waste their money on them .
D. People love the lottery because it is a stock market .
46. In just one hour in the last few days , the Pennsylvania lottery sold tickets totaling .
A. $1.62 million B. $90million C. $9.6million D. $87million
47. People who are addicted to playing lotteries should .
A. join a club B. save every cent
C. win the Pennsylvania D. kick the habit
D
Burning the midnight oil before an exam or interview has an opposite effect according to a research which found that sleep is necessary for memories to be “downloaded” into the brain .
“A good night’s sleep within 30 hours of trying to remember a new task is a necessary condition of having good recall in the weeks ahead,” scientists have found .
“We think that getting that first night’s sleep starts the process of memory consolidation ,” said Robert Stickgold , a sleep researcher at Harvard Medical School who conducted the latest study .
“It seems that memories are normally washed out of the brain unless some process nails them down . I feel uncertain that sleep is one of those things that do the nailing down,” Professor Stickgold said .
professor Stickgold’s team trained the 24 people to tell the direction of three diagonal bars（斜线）show for a sixtieth of a second on a computer screen full of horizontal stripes（水平线条）.
Half the subjects were kept awake that night , while the others slept . Both groups were allowed to sleep for the second and third nights to make up for any differences in tiredness between the volunteers.
Those who slept the first night were much better at remembering the task while the second group showed no improvement in spite of enjoying two nights of catch-up sleep .
A further study by scientists at the Medical University at Lubeck in Germany showed that memories are laid down in two stages during the night . The first is during the deep , so-called “show wave” sleep , which usually takes place in the first half of the night . The second , and less important stage happens during the periods of dreaming or “rapid eye movement（REM）”. When people don’t sleep well in the first half of the night , their memory consolidation is almost the same as having no sleep at all .
48. Which of the following statements is correct according to Paragraph 1?
A. It is necessary to burn the midnight oil before an exam or interview .
B. Sleep speeds up the loss of memory .
C. Man should have a good sleep if he wants to keep a good memory .
D. Staying up late will make you better prepared for an exam or interview .
49. How was the research conducted by Professor Stickgold ?
A. The subjects were divided into two groups .
B. All the subjects were kept awake for 3 nights .
C. One group slept at the first night but was kept awake the next two nights .
D. One group was kept awake for 3 nights but the other slept for the second and third nights .
50. What was the study result of the scientists at the Medical University at Lucbeck ?
A. REM sleep is not important at all for the consolidation for memory .
B. Intellectual performance mainly depends on the slow wave sleep period .
C. When people sleep poorly in the first half of the night , it is almost the same as having no sleep at all .
D. REM sleep is as important as slow wave sleep in terms of memory recall .
51. The best title of this passage is .
A. Sleep Necessary for Memories
B. The Importance of the First Stage of Sleep
C. Studies Made By Scientists About Sleep
D. The Scientists’ Achievement in Sleep Research
E
The other day , my friend Jane was invited to a 40th birthday party . The time printed on the invitation was 7:30 pm . Jane went off with her husband , expecting a merry evening of wine , food , and song .
By 9:45 , everybody was having great fun , but no food had appeared . Jane and David were restless . Other guests began whispering that they , too , were starving . But no one wanted to leave , just in case some food was about to appear . By 11:00 , there was still no food , and everyone was completely off their heads . Jame and David left hungry and angry .
Their experience suggests that the words on the printed invitations need to be made clearer . Everyone reads and understands the invitations differently. Most of us would agree that 6:30—8:30 pm means drinks only , go out to dinner afterwards ; 8:00 pm or 8:30 pm means possible dinner , but 9:30 pm and any time thereafter means no food , or at beforehand , roll up late .
But this is not always the case . If asked to a students’ party at 6:30 pm , it is normal for guests not to appear before midnight , if at all , and no one cares . Being the first to arrive-looking eager-is social death . When my mother is asked to a party for 6:30 , she likes to be on time , if not on time , then no later than seven . My age group（late thirties）falls somewhere between the two , but because we still think we’re young , we’re probably closer to student-time than grown-up time .
The accepted custom at present is confusing , sometimes annoying , and it often means you may go home hungry , but it does give every party that precious element of surprise .
52. The underlined words “off their heads ” probably mean________ .
A. tired B. hopeless C. curious D. crazy
53. Jane and David’s story is used to show that ______ .
A. party-goers usually get hungry at parties
B. party invitations can be confusing
C. people should ask for food at parties
D. birthday parties for middle-aged people are dull
54. For some young people , arriving on time for a students’ party will probably be considered ______.
A. very difficult B. particularly thoughtful
C. friendly and polite D. socially unacceptable
55. According to the writer , people in their late thirties_______
A. are likely to arrive late for a party
B. care little about the party time
C. haven’t really grown up yet D. like surprises at parties
第四部分 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Charlie Lee, aged fifteen, and his sister Roseanne, 56____
earn their pocket money by washing his father’s car, 57____
watering the plants, cleaning the balcony, but doing 58_____
odd jobs around a house. Their parents prefer giving 59______
them money for doing jobs buying them presents. 60_____
Charlie and Roseanne usually receives about $25 for 61______
each job. They often bargain their father over the rate 62_____
of pay and the job to be done. Mrs. Lee said, “We were 63_____
teaching them that the money doesn’t come out of 64_____
nowhere. It means much to them if they feel that they’ve 65_____
earned it and they better understand the value of things.
第五部分 书面表达（满分25分）
假如你是李华，刚参加完中美中学生冬令营—美国之旅，学生会请你根据下面表格中所提供的信息写一篇有关中、美高中教育的短文： |
国家 |
中国 |
美国 | |
学制 |
三年 |
四年（大多数） | |
学习特点 |
努力学习，知识扎实；课堂、老师是获取知识的主要渠道 |
更加活泼，运用知识的能力较强；网络、图书馆是获取知识的主要渠道 | |
学习时间 |
天天约10小时 |
天天约8.5小时 | |
课外活动 |
学校、班级组织的多 |
学生自己组织的多 | |
其他 |
班级和教室固定 |
班级和教室不固定 | | 
