广西壮族自治区贺州市钟山县第四中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析

广西壮族自治区贺州市钟山县第四中学高三英语上学期期末试卷含解析 一、 选择题 1. —Amy, please tell the people ______ for their turns to come to my office five minutes later.  — Yes, sir.   A. wait        B. waited        C. waiting        D. to wait 参考答案： C 2. —That must have been a lot of work. —Yeah, it                 us three days to finish it. A. takes                      B. had taken              C. took               D. was taking 参考答案： C 3. The workers’ appeal for increasing salary is worth ________. A. considered    B. considering  C. to be considered  D.being considered 参考答案： B 【知识点】非谓语动词 解析：固定搭配 be worth doing 值得做，主动形式表示被动含义。=be worthy to be done.故选B。 4. He will come to understand your efforts sooner or later. It’s just a matter of _____. A. luck               B. value              C. time          D. fact 参考答案： D 5. What a pity! A few minutes earlier, the students ___ the first bus. A. had caught     B. were to caught C. have caught           D. could have caught  参考答案： D 试题分析：考查虚拟语气。句意：多遗憾啊！再早几分钟，学生们就能够赶上早班公交车了。根据语境，学生们没能赶上早班车，“学生们赶上早班车”是与过去事实相反的事实，应用与过去事实相反的虚拟语气的主句谓语动词结构“would/could/might + have + 过去分词”。根据题意可知选D项。 6. The sentence，which puzzled John，was also      me and we had to turn to our English teacher for help. A. beyond        B. over         C. after          D. off 参考答案： A 7. Apples are usually sold by _____ weight and eggs are sometimes sold by ____ dozen. 　A. the; the　　　　 B. /;a   　　C. /; the　　　 D. the; a 参考答案： C 8. ----Have you been to the Summer Palace? ----Perhaps not in my memory._________, it might have been during my early childhood A. If any      B. If ever          C. If only          D. If not 参考答案： B 9.               the tower building，where you can see the whole city． A. Standing on the top of            　      B. If you climb to C. When you reach the top of                 D. Get to the top of 参考答案： D 10. The keeper of the spring cleared away the leaves and branches, and wiped away the silt(淤泥) that would _______ have choked and polluted the fresh flow of water. A. thus         B. otherwise   C. therefore    D. later 参考答案： B 考查副词辨析。 A. thus“所以”； B. otherwise“否则”； C. therefore“所以”； D. later“后来”，该句句意为“这个泉水的守护者清除了树叶和树枝，挖掉了‘如果不去掉将会’堵塞污染清澈水流的淤泥。”B. otherwise相当于if it hadn’t been wiped away. 11. Though difficult, I ________ him find a job, which made him very pleased. A. tried to help            B. managed to help    C. tried helping            D. succeeded to help 参考答案： B 12. –Were all the passengers on the bus injured in the accident? --No, ____ only the four who got hurt.      A. there was       B. there were       C. that was   D. it was 参考答案： D 13. We tried to find a table for seven，hut they were all         ．     A．given away                B．kept away     C．taken up                    D．used up 参考答案： .C. 解析：本题考察动词短语的区别.give away泄露,捐赠. keep away,控制在外. take up占据.use up用光,用尽. 14. As soon as the shoes that the boy wanted to buy were       in the store，the salesgirl called him．        A．present                   B．possible                  C．available                 D．convenient 参考答案： C 15. –What sort of house do you want to have?  Something big?  -Well, it_____be big--that’s not important.     A. mustn’t    B. needn’t    C. can’t      D. won’t 参考答案： B 解析：从… big --that’s not important 可知，应该是没必要大。故选needn’t。 16. Dry stone walls, when properly __________, will last several lifetimes.    A. is built    B. building    C. to build   D. built 参考答案： D when properly built= when they are properly built. 二、 书面表达 17. 学校图书馆需要购置一批新书， 现向学生征求意见。假如你是李越，你认为学校图书馆最需要购置科普类图书（popular science books）和文学类图书（literary books）。请你用英语给图书馆王老师写一封100—120词的信，推荐这两类书，并分别说明推荐理由。 注意：信的抬头与落款已给出（不计入词数）。  Dear Mr. Wang,   ____________________________________________________________________________________                                                       Yours sincerely Li Yue   参考答案：  One possible student version:     Dear Mr. Wang, Knowing that our library is going to buy books, I’d like to give some suggestions. What we need most are popular science books. Usually popular science books explain basic principles of nature in a simple and interesting way. They help us understand science subjects better and arouse our curiosity about scientific discoveries. In addition to reading for knowledge, we read for fun and inspiration. That is why I recommend another category of books：literary books. Classic works, written by masters, present great thoughts through fascinating stories and language. They not only offer us joy and excitement, but also encourage us to think critically. I’ll be glad if you can consider my recommendation. Yours sincerely, Li Yue 三、 阅读理解 18. 阅读下列短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Sally Ride, the first American woman to fly in space, died on Monday after a 17-month battle with cancer, her company said. She was 61. Sally lived her life to the fullest, with boundless energy, curiosity, intelligence, passion, commitme