湖北省荆州市部分县市2015届高三上期末考试英语试题及答案.pdf

荆州市部分县市20142015 学年度高三上学期期末统考 英语试卷 考试时间： 2015 年 2 月 9 日 15001700 考试时间： 120 分钟满分： 150 分 2015.2 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30 分） 做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到 答题卡上。 第一节：（共 5 小题；每小题l.5分，满分7.5 分） 听下面五段对话。每段对话后有一小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并 在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听完每段对话后，你都有10 秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。 每段对话仅读一遍。 1. Who made the cake? A. The man. B. The woman C. The woman? s mother 2. When will the man be here? A. 5:20. B. 5:30. C. 5:50 3. What is the man doing? A. Inviting the woman to a party. B. Asking for the woman ? s help. C. Checking time with Tom. 4. What does the man think of the woman? A. She works too hard. B. She doesn? t do her job well. C. She pays too much attention to her health. 5. What do we learn from the conversation? A. The woman got the third place. B. The man didn? t get the first place. C. The man felt bad about the competition. 第二节（共15 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分22.5 分） 听下面 5 段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选 出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5 秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5 秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第 6 段材料，回答第6至 7 题。 6. Where does the conversation probably take place? A. In a school. B. In a store. C. In a hospital. 7. What does the woman think of the food there? A. Terrible. B. Healthy. C. Delicious. 听第 7 段材料，回答第8、9 题。 8. What did the man do yesterday? A. He had an interview. B. He had a meeting. C. He went shopping. 9. When will the man know the results? A. By next Friday. B. By this Friday. C. After this Friday. 听第 8 段材料，回答第10 至 12 题。 10. What? s the weather like now? A. Rainy. B. Cloudy. C. Fine. 11. How does Mike swim? A. Badly. B. Just so-so. C. Well. 12. What do we know about the woman? A. She can? t swim. B. She is Mike ? s mother. C. She didn?t know Mike could swim. 听第 9 段材料，回答第13 至 16 题。 13. When will the men leave? A. August 5. B. August 15. C. August 25. 14. How many tickets did the man book? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. 15. Why doesn? t the woman go to study in Australia? A. Because she doesn ? t want to study abroad. B. Because she doesn ? t want to leave her parents. C. Because her parents cannot afford the expense. 16. What does the woman ask the man to do? A. To talk with her online. B. To call her from time to time. C. To do some part-time jobs. 听第 10 段材料，回答第17 至 20 题。 17. When was Oxfam founded? A. In 1924. B. In 1930. C. In 1942. 18. Where did Oxfam send money to during the World War II? A. England. B. Greece. C. Sweden. 19. What is the aim of Oxfam? A. To save people in danger. B. To end hunger, poverty and disease. C. To solve social problems. 20. Which is one of Oxfam ? s ways to get money? A. Selling things from developing countries. B. Collecting money in developing countries. C. Opening big shops everywhere. 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30 分） 第一节：单项填空（共l0 小题；每小题l 分，满分l0 分） 从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. It has exposed that some government leaders _ their authorities and privileges to get profits for themselves. A. employ B. exploit C. abuse D. absorb 22. He felt guilty that he was unable to _ his responsibility as a son, husband and father. A. approve B. tolerate C. fulfill D. observe 23. It is surprising that he could _ such a perfect idea to improve the working method. A. put up with B. keep up with C. catch up with D. come up with 24. My parents expected too much of me. When they heard that I had failed in the college entrance examination, they almost _. A. broke down B. broke up C. broke off D. broke out 25. With no better way to express feeling of love and _, it? s easy to see why everyone turns to the flower shop on Mother? s Day. A. appreciation B. inspiration C. satisfaction D. ambition 26. I have battled with _ whether I should keep the extra money given to me or return it to the seller. A. consciousness B. perseverance C. motivation D. conscience 27. Missiles are now more _ than ever. It can hit a target within 20 meters. A. exact B. accurate C. correct D. definite 28. I believe most passengers would expect their flights to be as _ as scheduled. A. regular B. practical C. punctual D. obvious 29. I _ hope that I can have the opportunity to meet the famous scientist in Shanghai. A. fortunately B. sincerely C. precisely D. automatically 30. People try to avoid public transportation delays by using their own cars, and this _ creates further problem. A. in short B. in case C. in doubt D. in turn 第二节：完形填空（20 小题；每小题1 分，满分 20 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最 佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 I am a man who has been self-centered and I have had a lack of respect for myself and others around me. I participated in various transformation workshops; however, it made no 31 . I remained 32 in my life. As a result, I became separated from my family and reached the rock 33 in my life. Having reached there, I 34 transforming myself. After some time, I 35 to myself: start believing in yourself and it will make a difference in your life. I first started loving myself and then all those around me. I started respecting myself and then others around me. My self-worth 36 . Sangeeta is my workmate. She? s honest and respectful. She? s very poor and has a large family to 37 . In addition, her husband doesn? t hold a regular job. 38 , she? s struggling in life. On a cold 39 morning, when she came to work, I found her shaking. I asked whether she had something to keep warm. She didn ? t reply. I had my 40 . The next day when she came to work again, I gave her the money to buy a(n) 41 for herself. The expression of 42 in her eyes was something that will 43 with me for a long time. A few weeks ago, she was 44 and didn ?t come to work. Instead, she sent her 45 to do her work. The moment I realized Sangeeta was sick, I gave her friend the money to buy medicines for her treatment. It 46 Sangeeta some time to recover from her illness. The first thing I 47 was whether she needed any more help of any kind. And she said, “ Sir, you? ve done 48 for me. I? m grateful to you.” That was the moment when I realized that I?m walking my path. Sometimes, I still 49 , but I get up and start 50 again even though I may have hurt myself in the process. 31. A. effect B. effort C. difference D. result 32. A. stuck B. stopped C. attracted D. devoted 33. A. top B. bottom C. middle D. side 34. A. resisted B. insisted C. decided D. continued 35. A. nodded B. read C. whispered D. thought 36. A. appeared B. disappeared C. increased D. decreased 37. A. supply B. provide C. hold D. support 38. A. In short B. In all C. In detail D. In fact 39. A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter 40. A. reply B. answer C. result D. reason 41. A. overcoat B. meal C. house D. medicine 42. A. happiness B. sadness C. thankfulness D. disappointment 43. A. share B. leave C. keep D. remain 44. A. hurt B. dead C. ill D. retired 45. A. husband B. friend C. brother D. father 46. A. took B. spent C. cost D. paid 47. A. came about B. cared about C. set about D. brought about 48. A. well B. greatly C. enough D. entirely 49. A. get down B. fall down C. pull down D. break down 50. A. going B. passing C. seeking D. walking 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题 2 分，满分 40 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，并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑。 A Norman E Borlaug, 95, an American plant pathologist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for starting the “ Green Revolution ” that increased food production in developing nations and saved millions of people from starvation, died on Saturday September 12, 2009 at his home in Dallas. “ He has helped provide bread for a hungry world, ”the Nobel committee said in honor of him. “ Dr Borlaug has introduced a dynamic factor(动态因素 )into our assessment of the future of food and its potential.” Dr Borlaug was hardly known in the country of his birth, the USA. But in India, Mexico, Russia and other nations with hunger and famine(饥荒 ), he was known as one of the great Americans of modern times. Edwin Price, director of the Norman Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture at Texas A&M University, once accompanied Dr Borlaug to Russia, where he visited a wheat research institute south of Moscow. “ When Norman came in,” Price said, “ the scientists at the institute all cried. ” From the 1970s until his death, he increasingly took the politically incorrect view that environmentalists were bothering world food production by attacking the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides( 农药 ). Dr Borlaug ?s career included his ability of science to increase food production at a high rate and the nightmare(噩梦 )of an exploding population beyond its ability to feed itself. His work took him from the Iowa farm where he grew up to the primitively planted wheat fields of Mexico in the 1940s, the rice fields of Asia in the 1960s and 1970s to the plains of Africa in the 1980s. In his lecture accepting the Nobel Prize, he said an enough supply of food is “ the first term of social justice Otherwise there will be no peace. ” He warned that the world would have too many mouths to feed. 51. Norman E Borlaug died in _ . A. In 1914 B. In 1960 C. In 1970 D. In 2009 52. Why did Norman E Borlaug win the Nobel Peace Prize? A. He started the “ Green Revolution”. B. He got so much food from the government. C. He produced bread. D. He helped people become rich. 53. Where was Norman E Borlaug hardly known? A. In Mexico. B. In India. C. In the USA. D. In Russia. 54. What can be the best title for the passage? A. The Visit to Russia B. The Social Justice C. The Green Revolution D. The Father of the Green Revolution B The Oprah Winfrey Show added Chen Luyu to its list of famous co-hosts from around the world when the two talk show queens hooked up via satellite for the first time on Aug 26, 2009. “I was on Oprah? s talk show because the world is focusing on China. ” says Chen, who was the first Asian host invited by Winfrey. Chen took Winfrey and her US audience on a tour through her office, studio and dressing room as well as offering a special guided tour around Beijing ? s famous Houhai area and the capital? s popular 798 art district. Winfrey was surprised about Chen ? s most memorable interviews including HIV victims and lesbian couples. “ Chinese people have a wide understanding about Western countries, but it is not the other way around, which causes misunderstanding, ” Chen says. “I have interviewed more than 3000 guests who come from various classes and working backgrounds. They tell their stories and my audience shows great respect. ” Known as “ China?s Oprah” , the 39-year-old TV personality decided to model her show, A Date With Luyu, on the Winfrey ? s popular show after visiting the US more than a decade ago. “ It is flattering to be called China?s Oprah, which means people say ,you are really good ? ,” she says, “ I am curious and ask some tough questions. But I tend to be protective of my guests. If they don?t want to answer those questions, that?s fine.” Over the past 10 years of being a public face in a rapidly changing China, she has gone from interviewing celebrities( 名流 ) to talking with people from all walks of life. Her guests share their story with a live audience of 300 and a viewing audience of more than 60 million every day. “ It has become more than a show,” Chen says, “ Chinese audience tend to be shy. I cannot expect my viewers to act like those on Oprah ? s show, who would shout and scream, ” she says, “ but Chinese audience can respond to the interviewees? stories and show me their smiles and tears.” Chen? s daily chat show is on Phoenix satellite television station, the first foreign-funded station to be beamed into the mainland. Winfrey was surprised by Chen? s high ratings and expressed a desire to visit China and be a guest on Chen? s talk show. “ The cooperation enables Western audiences to know more about China. And I think that Chinese talk shows can be as spirited as any other country ? s” Chen says. 55. Where did Chen Luyu co-host the Oprah Winfrey show? A. In the satellite. B. In Hong Kong. C. In the USA. D. In Beijing. 56. In paragraph 4, the underlined word “ flattering” means being _ A. looked up to B. thought highly of C. looked down upon D. made fun of 57. From the passage, we can infer _ . A. westerners seem not to know much about China. B. in A Date With Luyu, Chen mainly interviews famous people. C. Chinese audience often shout and scream while watching the talk show. D. Phoenix satellite television station is the first to be beamed into the mainland. 58. The passage mainly talks about _. A. how Chinese people like the Oprah Winfrey Show. B. the difference between Chinese and American talk show. C. the two talk show queens co-host talk show for the first time. D. how westerners like A Date With Luyu . C In Europe, small cars have always been more popular than large cars. In the United States, large cars and midsize cars are more popular than small cars. As a result, European automakers used to make a wider variety of compact(小型的 )cars while American automakers used to build bigger, heavier cars. However, these days, automakers in both America and Europe produce cars of different sizes. This is because most automakers export their cars all over the world. The price of gasoline (汽油 ) is one reason for differences in automobile preferences. Since gasoline is more expensive in Europe, many Europeans want smaller, lighter cars that will travel a long way on a gallon of gas. This increased gas mileage makes the cars more economical to run. Other reasons also enter into the big or little car decision. Many old cities have narrow, winding streets. In these cities a small car is easier to drive than a large one. For a long time, few Americans bought small cars. Instead, they chose large cars, because these roomy cars were more comfortable for large families and long trips. Some people also liked the powerful engines that large cars had. Since gasoline was cheap, drivers did not mind that the large cars used a lot of gas. But in the 1970s, there were gas shortages in the United States. The price of gas went up. Though large cars were still more popular than small cars, sales of small cars that used less gas increased. Some people also bought small cars because these cars caused less air pollution than large cars. Today, Americans' car preferences are still changing. Though Americans are still buying many small cars, the fastest growing sales are for certain kinds of large cars. These types of cars are called minivans(微 型客货车) and sport utility （多用途的） vehicles. They are very popular today. But of course, that could change tomorrow. 59. From this passage we know that cities in Europe often have _ . A. Heavier cars B. Less gasoline C. No air pollution D. Narrow, winding streets 60. Why did Americans choose large cars? A. Because their powerful engines caused less air pollution. B. Because they had enough space for large families. C. Because it was necessary for a long trip. D. Because they used a lot of gas. 61. The phrase “ gas mileage” in paragraph 2 refers to the distance _. A. a car has trave