山西省忻州市辛村中學(xué)高三英語(yǔ)下學(xué)期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Thetrafficproblemswearelookingforwardtoseeing_____shouldhaveattractedthegovernment'sattention.A.solving

B.solve

C.tosolve

D.solved參考答案：D2.—Couldyoutellmehowtogettothetownhall,please?—__________.Maybeyoucouldaskthepolicemanoverthere.

A.Apieceofcake

B.Thatdepends

C.Idon’tcare.

D.Idon’tknowforsure參考答案：D3.－Whatwouldyouliketodothisweekend?－

.It'suptoyou.A.Whatever. B.Definitely.C.Goahead. D.Goodidea.參考答案：A【詳解】考查情景交際。A.Whatever無(wú)論什么；B.Definitely.明確地；C.Goahead前進(jìn)；D.Goodidea好主意。句意：——這個(gè)周末你想做什么?——無(wú)論做什么。完全由你決定。故選A。4.

—Puttheseglassesawaybeforethey

.—OK.I’llputtheminthecupboard.A.havebroken B.arebreaking C.willbebroken

D.getbroken參考答案：D5.Weallfeltasenseof______whenwesawsomanyoverseasChinesecomingbacksafeandsoundfromLibya.

A.security

B.relief

C.emergency

D.achievement參考答案：B略6.It’shelpfultoputchildreninasituation______theycanseethemselvesdifferently.

A.that

B.when

C.which

D.where參考答案：D略7.Itissaidthatalargeshoppingcenter____inthatarealastyear.A.built

B.wasbuilt

C.builds

D.hasbeenbuilt參考答案：B8.Thebooktellsstoriesoftheearthquakethroughtheeyesofthose_______liveswereaffected.

A.whose

B.that

C.who

D.which參考答案：A9.Ourhealthis_______wemakeofit—giveitattentionanditimproves;giveitnoneanditweakens.A.what

B.whether

C.how

D.who參考答案：A10.—It’snoeasytasktocatchaticketonawebsitethatreceives1billionclicksdaily.—Ican’tagreewithyoumore.There________beerrorsforeverysinglestep.A．should

B．must

C．will

D．can參考答案：D11.In1948,threeAmericanscientistsinvented____transistor,whichis____smallelectronicdevicetocontrolanelectriccurrent.A.the;a

B.a;a

C.the;the

D.a;the參考答案：A12.Itisoften_____thathumanbeingsarenaturallyequippedtospeak.A.said

B.tosay

C.saying

D.beingsaid參考答案：A解析：考查的是固定句型(itis+Ved+that從句)。Itissaidthat…據(jù)說(shuō)。這道題很是簡(jiǎn)單易選。13.Schoolbusesthathavepotentialsafetyrisksmustimmediatelybe_____theroadandberepaired,theministrysaidinastatement．

A．putoff

B．gotoff

C．turnedoff

D．takenoff參考答案：D14.Whatisthebestwayyoucanimagine

theoveruseofwaterinourschool?

A.reducing

B.toreduce

C.reduced

D.reduce參考答案：B略15.Qualityandcustomizedsmartappliancesare_______amongurbanhouseholdsinChinaascitiesareembracingthetrendofan“intelligenthome”.A.catchingup

B.catchingon

C.cateringto

D.carryingthrough參考答案：B【詳解】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。A.catchingup趕上；B.catchingon流行；C.cateringto迎合；D.carryingthrough貫徹。句意：隨著智能家居潮流的到來(lái)，高品質(zhì)、個(gè)性化的智能家電在中國(guó)城市家庭中越來(lái)越流行。根據(jù)“ascitiesareembracingthetrendofan“intelligenthome””判斷此處表示“流行”，故B項(xiàng)正確。16.—Haveyouheardabouttherecentelection?—Sure,it________theonlythingonthenewsforthelastthreedays.

A.wouldbe B.is C.hasbeen D.willbe參考答案：C17.It’sapitythatthefamousoldtown_____________backtotheMingDynastywasdestroyedbyafire．A．dating

B．dated

C．havingdated

D．beingdated參考答案：A18.I________mydreamtobeapianist,butfortheencouragementfromthatmusicteacher.A.mighthaveabandoned B.wouldabandonC.shouldhaveabandoned D.weretoabandon參考答案：A【詳解】考查虛擬語(yǔ)氣。句意：要不是來(lái)自音樂(lè)老師的鼓勵(lì)，我可能會(huì)放棄成為鋼琴家的夢(mèng)想。表達(dá)的是與過(guò)去事實(shí)相反的假設(shè)，所以用的是mighthave+過(guò)去分詞。故選A。二、填空19.JohannStrausswasborninViennain1825.Althoughhisfatherdidnotwanthimtobecomea___41___(music),StraussJuniorstudiedtheviolin____42____(secret)asachild,.Whenhisfatherdiscoveredhissonpractisingonaviolinoneday,hegavehimabeating,____43____(say)thathewasgoingtobeatthemusicoutoftheboy.Butthatdidn’tpreventtheboyfrombecomingoneofthe____44____(great)composersofalltime.Hewrotehisfirstwaltz(華爾茲）attheageofsix.Atnineteen,hedecidedtodevote_____45_____(he)tomusic.HeformedhisownorchestraandmadeasuccessfultourofEuropeandsoonbecameknown____46____theWaltzKing.TheemperorofAustriawasso____47____(please)withhismusicthatheappointedhimtheconductoratthecourtballsofVienna.Itwasfortheseoccasions____48____hewrotesomeofhismostpopularwaltzes,among____49____wasthewell-knownfavoriteTheBlueDanube（藍(lán)色多瑙河）inall,thetalentedJohannStrauss___50___(write)morethan500masterpieces.參考答案：41.musician

42.secretly

43.saying

44.greatest

45.himself

46.as

47.pleased

48.that

49.which

50.wrote【41題詳解】musician考察名詞。musician是名詞音樂(lè)家的意思。文意是盡管他的父親不想讓他成為一名音樂(lè)家?！?2題詳解】secretly考察副詞。secretly是secret的副詞形式，表示“秘密地”修飾動(dòng)詞study，文意是當(dāng)Strauss還是一個(gè)孩子的時(shí)候便偷偷的學(xué)習(xí)小提琴?！?3題詳解】saying考察時(shí)態(tài)。父親告訴他是主動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，所以要用saying。文意是一天父親發(fā)現(xiàn)自己的兒子在聯(lián)系小提琴，題把兒子大了一頓，并說(shuō)他會(huì)把他的音樂(lè)擊敗的?！?4題詳解】greatest考察比較級(jí)。greatest是great的最高級(jí)形式。Oneof＋形容詞的最高級(jí)形式表示“.之一的”，文意是但是父親不能阻止男孩成為最偉大的作曲家之一?！?5題詳解】himself考察反身代詞。Devoteoneselfto是固定搭配，表示“致力于”的意思。文意是在他19歲的時(shí)候，他決定致力于音樂(lè)?！?6題詳解】as考察介詞。becameknownas表示“像一樣知名”，文意是他組建了自己的樂(lè)隊(duì)，并且在歐洲成功的進(jìn)行了巡回演出，像WaltzKing一樣迅速知名?！?7題詳解】pleased考察形容詞。Sopleased表示“如此高興”，文意是奧地利的國(guó)王非常滿(mǎn)意他的音樂(lè)?！?8題詳解】that考察引導(dǎo)詞。Itwasthat是固定搭配，去掉之后，不影響句子結(jié)構(gòu)。文意是正是在那個(gè)時(shí)候，他寫(xiě)了很多流行的華爾茲舞曲。【49題詳解】which考察引導(dǎo)詞。Which指代的是前文提到的他寫(xiě)了很多流行的華爾茲舞曲，文意是在他寫(xiě)的眾多的華爾茲舞曲里，最知名的是TheBlueDanube。【50題詳解】wrote考察動(dòng)詞。文中全文時(shí)是死過(guò)去時(shí)，前后要保持一致。文意是天才般的JohannStrauss寫(xiě)的曲子超過(guò)500首。考點(diǎn)：語(yǔ)法填空。20.TheHistoricalChangeofReader’sDigestDuringWorldWarI,Mr.DeWittWallacewaswoundedinabattle.Duringhisrecoveryinthehospital,hereadalotofmagazinesand_____31_____alotofinterestinginformation.Atthesametime,healsofoundthatfewpeoplehadtimetoreadsomanymagazinesthatherealizedtheideaofexcerpting(摘錄)thesearticlesandpublishingthem.Hewas_____32_____topublishapocketmagazinetheycalledReader’sDigestwithhiswifeLilaAcheson.TheyopenedanofficedownstairsinanillegalhotelinGreenwichVillage,NewYork,andspentonly$5,000incapitalandbegan_____33_____subscribers.Afteraperiodofhardwork,thefirstvolumewas_____34_____publishedonFebruary5,1922.Itspurposeistoinformthereadersindailylifeandgivethereadersentertainment,encouragementandguidance.Thefirstarticle,_____35_____HowtoStayYoungMentally,wasoneandahalfpageslong.In1920,heput______36______selectedarticlesintoReader’sDigestsamplesanddisplayedthemtomajorpublishersintheUnitedStates.Hehopedthatsomeonewouldbewillingtopublishthem,buttheywereall_____37_____.Mr.Wallacedidnotgiveupanddecidedtopublishithimself.Heworkedathomewithhiswife,andfinallypublishedthefirstissueofReader’sDigestinFebruary1922.Thefirstwasprintedin5,000copies,_____38_____at25cents,andsentto1,500paymentsubscribersbymail.By1935,thecirculationofReader’sDigesthadreachedonemillioncopies.TheChinese_____39_____ofReader’sDigestwasfirstpublishedinMarch1965.Thefirsteditor-in-chiefwasLinTaiyi,thedaughterofMr.LinYutang,masterofliterature.InNovember2004,Reader’sDigestandShanghaiPressandPublicationBureauannouncedthe

_____40_____ofalong-termpublishingcooperation.參考答案：31.K

32.A

33.D

34.C

35.B

36.H

37.G

38.J

39.E

40.F這是一篇記敘文。文章介紹了Mr.DeWittWallace克服重重困難，創(chuàng)辦讀者文摘的過(guò)程?！?1題詳解】句意：在醫(yī)院康復(fù)期間，他讀了許多雜志，掌握了許多有趣的信息。閱讀雜志的過(guò)程就是吸收信息的過(guò)程。故填absorbed，意為“吸收，掌握”。K選項(xiàng)正確?！?2題詳解】句意：他決心和妻子萊拉·艾奇遜一起出版一本他們稱(chēng)之為讀者文摘的袖珍雜志。表示“決心做某事”，用bedeterminedtodosth.，故填determined，A選項(xiàng)正確?！?3題詳解】句意：他們?cè)诩~約格林威治村的一家非法旅館樓下開(kāi)了一間辦公室，只花了5000美元，開(kāi)始尋找訂戶(hù)。該空表示“尋找”，故填seeking。D選項(xiàng)正確?！?4題詳解】句意：經(jīng)過(guò)一段時(shí)間的努力，第一卷于1922年2月5日正式出版。該空表示“正式地”，故填officially，C選項(xiàng)正確?！?5題詳解】句意：第一篇題為“如何保持年輕”的文章長(zhǎng)達(dá)1.5頁(yè)。該空表示“書(shū)名叫做……，題目為……”，故填entitled，B選項(xiàng)正確。【36題詳解】句意：1920年，他將各種精選的文章放入讀者文摘樣本中，并將其展示給美國(guó)的主要出版商。該空表示“各種各樣的”，故填various，H選項(xiàng)正確?！?7題詳解】句意：他希望有人愿意出版，但都被拒絕了。根據(jù)后面“he…publishithimself”可知，其他出版商都拒絕了他。故J選項(xiàng)正確。reject意為“拒絕”?！?8題詳解】句意：第一份印了5000份，價(jià)格為25美分，并以郵寄方式寄給1,500名付款訂戶(hù)。后面的25cents是價(jià)格，故填priced，E選項(xiàng)正確。【39題詳解】句意：中國(guó)版的讀者文摘與1965年3月首次出版。該空表示“版，版本”，故填version，E選項(xiàng)正確?！?0題詳解】句意：2004年11月，讀者文摘與上海新聞出版局宣布建立長(zhǎng)期出版合作關(guān)系。該空表示“建立”，故填establishment，F(xiàn)選項(xiàng)正確。三、閱讀理解21.Feathersarenotjustforflight.Theykeepbirdswarm,andattractmates.AndforoneAustralianbird,feathersevenhelpproduceanimportantsound—analarm.“Peoplehadlongnoticedthesebirdsproducedtheseloudsounds.”TrevorMurray,aresearcherattheAustralianNationalUniversitysaid.“MysupervisorRobMagrathandMayHingeethoughttheywereusedasanalarm.Sotheydidsomeplaybacksandtheycouldshowquitestronglythatifyouplaybackthesesoundstootherbirds,theyfleestraightaway.SoIwasreallyinterestedinhowtheyproducethesound,whetheritisactuallyasignal,andwhetherit’sareliablesignal.”Theteamfocusedtheirexperimentonspecificfeathersinthepigeon’swing.“Wewereabletotargettheeighthprimaryfeather,whichisunusuallynarrow.Andthenwealsoremoved,ondifferentsetsofbirds,thoseneighboringfeathers,theninthprimaryfeatherandtheseventhprimaryfeather.Andwewereabletoseewhentheeighthprimaryfeatherwasmissing,thehighnotehadcompletelydisappeared.Sotheeighthprimaryfeatherproducedthathighnoteandtheninthprimaryfeatheractuallyproducedthelownote.”

Andifthebirdsarefleeingfromdanger,theyproducealouderandhighersoundthantheydoduringanormaltakeoff.ThestudyisinthejournalCurrentBiology.

Murrayandhiscolleaguesdidanotherexperimentwheretheyusedtherecordingstheymadetoobservethereactionsofotherpigeons.“Wewereabletoseetheunusualeighthprimaryfeatherwasimportantforsignalingthe