湖北省荆州市西门中学高三英语上学期期末试题含解析

湖北省荆州市西门中学高三英语上学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. It was not until ________ that I knew the truth. A. you told me B. did you tell me C. had you told me D. you have told me 参考答案： A 【考点】考查not until 的强调句。 句意：直到你告诉我，我才知道真相。句型it was not until(从句)+that +句子的其他成分。Until 引导的从句用的是陈述句，排除B,C，根据后面的I knew the truth中用的是一般过去时，个not until 用的是一般过去时。故选A项。 【举一反三】 [2013·天津卷] It was not until near the end of the letter ________   she mentioned her own plan. A. that  B. where   C. why  D. when 答案：A　考查强调句型。此句为not until…句型的强调句式，故答案为that。句意：直到快接近信的结尾处她才提到了她自己的计划。 2. I feel upset，for there are so many, troublesome problems _____ .    A．remaining to settle                B．remained to settle C．remaining to be settled              D．remained to be settled 参考答案： C 略 3. —I’d like a wake-up call at 7:00 a.m., please! —OK, _______. A. help yourself        B. You will certainly make it    C. just do what you like    D. I’ll make sure you get one 参考答案： D 4. We can go on Tuesday or Friday，         you prefer. A．whenever       B．however        C．whatever        D．whichever 参考答案： D 5.       2014 Sochi Winter Olympics were     great success.    A. The ; /    B. / ; the        C. The; a       D. / ; a 参考答案： C 6. ---Did you finish reading that long novel?    ----No, I ran out of ______. It’s too long and I only completed half of it.    A sympathy   B devotion   C. patience   D strength 参考答案： 7. — I haven’t finished my task yet.   — You shouldn’t have watched the film last night, or you _______ it by now. A, need have finished                       B. may have finished C. should have finished                     D. will have finished 参考答案： B 考查虚拟语气。句意：否则，到现在为止你可能已经完成了我的任务。 8. Cathy         the knowledge of radio just by staying around the radio station．       A．picked up             B．took up                C．made up              D．turned up 参考答案： A 9. She showed the visitors around the museum, the construction _____ had taken more than three years. A for which        B with which           C of which            D to which 参考答案： C 10. The potential of economic development of one region varies from      of another. A．any    B．that    C．one    D．some 参考答案： B 11. Tom received an invitation to dinner, and with his work ____, he gladly accepted it.   A. finished     B. finishing      C. having finished   D. was finished 参考答案： A 12.  Chemicals in the body______________ our food into useful substance. A. mix up      B. deal with  C. bring in     D. break down 参考答案： D 13. My favorite room is the tidy study with colourful walls,___I can enjoy reading．          A．where             B, when               C．as                      D．which 参考答案： A 略 14. I _______ a football game when you called. That’s why I didn’t hear you.    A. watched B. was watching C. have watched D. would watch 参考答案： B 15. It’s time that I ________ my hair cut. It’s the eighth time that I ________ to the barber’s shop. A. will have; have gone B. had; go C. have; went D. had; have gone 参考答案： D 【知识点】动词的时态与语态 解析：第一个空it's （high）time that sb did sth. 是做什么的时候了。从句要用一般过去时；第二个空it's the （第几次）that sb have done sth. 表示”第几次做什么事”，需要用完成时态。 16. Every morning Jack's wife will stand before the mirror,           herself before leaving home. A. admired       B. being admired     C. to admire      D. admiring 参考答案： D    试题分析：D；考查动词ing作伴随状语。动词-ing形式可以作状语时，可以 表示行为方式、伴随情况或补充说明，相当于一个并列结构。句意：每天早上，杰克的妻子都要站在镜子前先欣赏自己一会儿再离开家。故选D 二、 书面表达 17. 请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。 You will never change your life until you change something you do daily.  The secret of your success is found in your daily routine. 注意：①文章开头已给出，无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语； ②除诗歌外，文体不限； ③文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称； ④词数为120左右。 Some of our daily behaviors reflect our attitude towards life.  What our life will be like is based on what we actually do at present. 参考答案： 略 三、 阅读理解 18. 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。 It was one of the hottest days of the dry season. We had not seen rain in almost a month. The crops were dying. Cows had stopped giving milk. The streams were long gone back into the earth. If we didn’t see some rain soon we would lose everything. I was in the kitchen making lunch for my husband and his brothers when I saw my six-year old son, Billy, walking toward the woods. He was obviously walking with a great effort... trying to be as still as possible. Minutes after he disappeared into the woods, he came running out again, toward the house. Moments later, however, he was once again walking in that slow purposeful long step toward the woods. This activity went on for over an hour: walking cautiously to the woods, then running back to the house. Finally, my curiosity got the best of me. I crept out of the house and followed him on his journey. He was cupping both hands in front of him as he walked; being very careful not to spill(溅出) the water he held in them. Branches and thorns slapped his little face but he did not try to avoid them. He had a much greater pu