江苏省常州市武进西林职业高级中学高三英语上学期期末试题含解析

江苏省常州市武进西林职业高级中学高三英语上学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. Among the crises that face humans ________ the lack of natural resources.    A. is                       B. are                           C. is there                     D. are there 参考答案： A 2. Ningbo is a small city. Therefore, to _______ the flow of traffic, the government has decided to broaden some main streets. A. speed up                  B. build up                            C. put up                       D. come up 参考答案： A 3. To protect the rare birds better, scientists have been_____ the changes in their number in the past decade. A. securing B. charting C. displaying D. undergoing 参考答案： B 【详解】考查动词词义辨析。句意：为了更好地保护这种稀有鸟类，科学家们一直在记录它们在过去十年数量的变化。A. securing保护；B. charting详细记录；C. displaying显示；D. undergoing经历。根据句意选择B。 4. In many people’s opinion，that company，though ly small，is pleasant        ． A．to deal with      B．dealing with    C．to be dealt with  D．dealt with 参考答案： A 考查不定式主动表被动。在某些形容词后经常用不定式的主动形式表被动，此时，不定式动作和句子的主语存在动宾关系。又如：The apartment is comfortable to live in. 5. —Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.    —Sorry, sir, but I was ____ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.          A. held up                       B. put up                        C. taken up                      D. given up 参考答案： A 略 6. It is the second time that you have been late, ______? A. haven’t you      B. isn’t it           C. is it             D. have you 参考答案： B 7. --- ______ that he managed to get the information?　    --- Oh, a friend of his helped him.    A. Where was it 　  B. What was it      C. How was it     　 D. Why was it 参考答案： C 8.  The Ministry of Public Security on Thursday urged police to carry out strict road safety checks in the wake of deadly accidents ahead of Spring Festival, when hundreds of millions ______ home.   A. were rushing         B. have rushed            C. had rushed               D. will be rushing 参考答案： D 9. ---Professor Li is wanted on the phone. Where is he? --- I saw him coming, but in a minute, he _____. A. will disappear B. has disappeared C. disappears D. disappeared 参考答案： D 【详解】考查时态。句意：—电话里的人在找李教授，他现在在哪呢？—我刚刚看见他走来了，但他马上就消失了。saw对应过去时，消失也是刚刚一个瞬间的事情，应使用一般过去时。故D选项正确。 10. I'm certain David's told you his business troubles. ______, it's no secret that he owes a lot of money to the bank.    A. However       B. Anyway          C. Therefore            D. Though 参考答案： B．  解析：在语境中考查副词的用法。根据前面：I’m certain…看出为什么他那么肯定呢？是因为“无论如何他欠债都不是秘密了”。答案C把前因后果弄反了。 11. Any student in my school who is caught        in the exam will be removed from school．     A．to have cheated   B．to cheat    C．cheated      D．cheating 参考答案： D 12. --Doris, do you have anything in mind______________ you’d like for breakfast ? --_______________ is okay with me. I’m not particular about food. A. that; Anything     B. which; Everything    C. what; Nothing D. whether; Something 参考答案： A 13. Nobel Prize winner Mo Yan said       prize the Academy had awarded to him was_______ victory of literature, but not a victory of politics. A. the, the          B. the, a        C. a, a         D. a, the 参考答案： B 14.        tomorrow, our car will set out for the distant village.     A．However the weather is like             B．However is the weather like     C．Whatever is the weather like                  D．Whatever the weather is like 参考答案： D 略 15. Van Gogh succeeded in selling only one painting in his lifetime, and ______ was sold to his brother. A. another       B. that           C. one              D. which 参考答案： B 16. The carbon content of steel largely determines its usefulness for _______ applications.   A. typical         B. tough             C. fantastic         D. specific  参考答案： D 考查形容词的用法。句意：钢铁的碳纤维绝大程度决定它具体的用途。A. typical典型的；B. tough艰苦的；C. fantastic较好的； D. specific明确的，具体的。故选D。 二、 书面表达 17. 每年高考，各个考点都会挤满陪考的学生家长。假如你是即将参加高考的李华，你的父母就此事征询你的意见。请你根据以下要点给父母写一封回信，谈谈自己的想法。 1．不愿因自己高考而耽搁他们的工作； 2．相信自己有独立处理事情、面对挑战的能力； 注意：1.词数：100左右 2．参考词汇：College Entrance Examination Dear mom and dad， ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Best wishes! Yours sincerely， Li Hua 参考答案： Dear_mom_and_dad， I'm so sorry that I couldn't write to you often for the College Entrance Examination. In your last letter，you asked me if it is necessary to accompany me while I'm taking the examination.To be honest，I would like you to work as usual and I'd prefer not to disturb your daily work.In addition，I am proud to tell you that I have already grown up and I can deal with the matters I meet.Faced with such an impo