福建省三明市汤川中学2023年高三英语上学期期末试题含解析

福建省三明市汤川中学2023年高三英语上学期期末试题含解析 一、 选择题 1. There are some technologies for safe drinking water that ______ to be used to find long-term solutions to the problems the world is facing. A. are being developed                                         B. have been developed  C. is being developed                                            D. has been developed 参考答案： A 2. Body language can        a lot about your mood, so standing with your arms folded can send out a signal that you are being defensive. A. take away       B. throw away    C. put away   D. give away 参考答案： D 试题分析：句意：肢体语言可以透露很多的心情，所以把你的手折起来站着能发出你处于防范状态的信息。A意为拿走，B意为扔掉，C意为放好，D意为泄露，而且和sent out 同义。 考点：考查动词短语 3. The agent promised to keep the family members fully ______ of any developments.    A. inform   B. informing   C. informed   D. being informed 参考答案： C 4. It wasn’t until then _______ their marriage was breaking up because they had little in common.        A. did I realize        B. that I realized     C. had I realize              D. when I realized  参考答案： B 略 5. It was not until 1911, _______ the first vitamin was identified, _______ people realized the importance of it． A． when; which                       B． when; that                C． that; which                D． that; that 参考答案： B 6. A good speaker is supposed to manage to ________ the listeners what he means. A. make sense to   B. appeal to           C. attach to          D. get across to 参考答案： D 7. —Believe it or not, I have met him before. —No kidding? ________ you’ve never mentioned it? A. What for B. How come  C. How about D. What if 参考答案： B 8. This book tells the life story of John Smith, who left ____ school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16. A. the         B. a             C.  /                  D. an 参考答案： C 略 9.              by the beauty of nature, the girl from London decided to spend another two days on the farm.    A. Attracting       B. Attracted      C. To be attracted     D. Having attracted 参考答案： B 10. In my opinion, there is no ____ time in history for women. They can achieve their dreams through their efforts. A. good      B. better        C. best            D. worse 参考答案： B 略 11. The house, which _____ last night, ____ my aunt but she doesn’t live there any more. A. was broken into; is belonged to    B. broke into; is belonged to C. broke into; belonging to    D. was broken into; belongs to 参考答案： D 【详解】考查被动语态和主动语态。句意：这所房子昨晚被拆了，它属于我的姑妈，但她已经不在那里住了。第一空，根据last night 及句意可知句子用一般过去时态的被动语态，break into“破门而入”，答案为was broken into；第二空，belong to“属于”，无进行和被动语态，结合句意可知句子用一般现在时态，答案为belongs to。故选D。 12. A beekeeper has a       to motivate the bees by leaving some honey in the hive—not so much in case that the bees stop working. A. trick        B. tool         C. talent       D. desire 参考答案： A 13. In 1927 Benjamin Franklin founded one of the first adult-education organizations, ____ the Junto.   A. has been called   B. to call         C. a group called      D. which group called 参考答案： C  根据句子意思，a group called…用作同位语，对前边起补充说明作用，其中called the Junto是过去分词短语用作定语。 14. —What do you think of the English course for the kids?    —Great! I have decided to ______ my son in the course.           A. attend                B. apply                     C. enter          D. admit  参考答案： C 略 15. Be careful when you deal with this chemical, as it will explode when       to sunlight. A.exposed B.to expose C.exposing D.being exposed 参考答案： A 16. . The introduction of modern facilities to the company led to a great many workers’ ______. A. to be laid off        B. being laid off       C. laid off         D. laying off 参考答案： B 略 二、 书面表达 17. Directions ： Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese . 最近网友就美籍华人球星林书豪“一夜成名”的话题讨论很热烈。有的人认 为有钱就意味着成功，有的人认为出名就是成功，还有的人认为改掉一个坏毛病 也是成功。你赞成他们吗？ 请你用英语发一篇微博，就What is success?谈谈自己的看法。 注意：词数不少于120词。 参考答案： 略 略 三、 阅读理解 18. When other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. When other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. But she overcame these terrible setbacks (挫折) to win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to Harvard University. And her amazing story has inspired a movie, “Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story”, shown in late April. Liz Murray, a 22-year-old American girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. Liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. There was never enough food or warm clothes in the house. Liz was the only member of the family who had a job. Her mother had AIDS and died when Liz was just 15 years old. The effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. Connecting the environment in which she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it. Liz went back to school. She threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she