1、周口中英文学校2017-2018学年上期高三期中考试英 语 试 题第二部分：阅读理解（每小题分，满分40分） AThe Sahara Festival is a three-day African celebration of the very recent past, which takes place every year either in November or December. It is part military display and part competition. The military display comes first. It is very popular
2、with tourists and local people and especially with government leaders. During the opening ceremonies, the government leaders first make speeches. They welcome everybody to the display and hope that everyone will enjoy themselves. Then there is a display of soldiers who march very smartly in front of
3、 the place where the government leaders sit. Then horsemen from several different countries show off their beautiful clothes and their good riding skills. One after another they come and dancers from all over the Sahara take their turns to show off their wonderful traditional clothes and dances. The
4、y are accompanied by men playing drums and beating strong rhythms for the dancers. The highlight of the opening ceremony are the races which take place in the evening. It is the grand finale of the day. Men ride their horses very fast. Some ride with their legs in the air, others ride in pairs on di
5、fferent horses. It is so fast and so wonderful!21. The Sahara Festival is a festival which . A. has a very long history in North AfricaB. is not celebrated on the same dates each yearC. is attended mainly by the people in the SaharaD. is celebrated only by travellers from different countries22. Befo
6、re the races begin, take part in the activities during the opening ceremonies.A. horsemen, dancers, horses and soldiersB. horsemen, horses, government leaders and dancersC. government leaders, horsemen, dancers and soldiersD. musicians, soldiers, government leaders and soldiers23. The underlined wor
7、d “finale” in the third paragraph most probably means the of the opening day. A. first part B. middle C. last part D. whole24. This passage mainly tells readers . A. what happens on the opening day of the Sahara FestivalB. how people celebrate during the three-day Sahara FestivalC. what takes place
8、at the closing ceremonies of the Sahara FestivalD. how animals race on the first and the last days of the Sahara FestivalBAs the pace（步速） of life continues to increase , we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are in the habit of rushing through lift, being on the go from morning till nig
9、ht, it is hard to slow down. But relaxation is completely necessary for a healthy mind and body.Stress is an natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact , it is not the bad thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give
10、 purpose to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.The amount of stress a person can withstand(忍受) depends very much on the individual. Some people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for manager
11、ial responsibilities. Others lose heart at the first signs of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between fight or flight and in more primitive days the choice made the difference between life or death. The c
12、rises（危机）we meet today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Such serious conditions as high blood pressure and heart disease have estab
13、lished（确定的）links with stress. Since we cannot remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find ways to deal with it.25. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?A. We can find some ways to avoid stressB. Stress is always harmful
14、to peoples health. C. It is easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.D. Different people can withstand different amounts of stress26. In the last sentence of the passage, “do so” refers to . A. “expose ourselves to stress” B. “find ways to deal with stress” C. “remove stress from o
15、ur lives” D. “establish links between diseases and stress”27. According to the author, the right attitude toward stress is . A. to avoid it B. to try to deal with it C. to regard it as a vital motivation D. to find some relaxationCIn the kitchen of my mothers houses there has always been a wooden st
16、and（木架）with a small notepad（记事本）and a hole for a pencil.Im looking for paper on which to note down the name of a book I am recommending to my mother. Over forty years since my earliest memories of the kitchen pad and pencil, five houses later, the current paper and pencil look the same as they alway
17、s did. Surely it cant be the same pencil? The pad is more modern, but the wooden stand is definitely the original one.“Im just amazed you still have the same stand for holding the pad and pencil after all these year.” I say to her, walking back into the living-room with a sheet of paper and the penc
18、il. “You still use a pencil. Cant you afford a pen?”My mother replies a little sharply. “It works perfectly well. Ive always kept the stand in the kitchen. I never knew when I might want to note down an idea, and I was always in the kitchen in these days.”Immediately I can picture her, hair wild, bl
19、ue housecoat covered in flour, a wooden spoon in one hand, the pencil in the other, her mouth moving silently. My mother smiles and says, “One day I was cooking and watching baby Pauline, and I had a brilliant thought, but the stand was empty. One of the children must have taken the paper. So I just
20、 picked up the breadboard and wrote it all down on the back. It turned out to be a real breakthrough for solving the mathematical problem I was working on.”This storywhich happened before I was bornreminds me how extraordinary my mother was, and is also a gifted mathematician. I feel embarrassed tha
21、t I complain about not having enough child-free time to work. Later, when my mother is in the bathroom, I go into her kitchen and turn over the breadboards. Sure enough, on the back of the smallest one, are some penciled marks I recognize as mathematics. Those symbols have traveled unaffected throug
22、h fifty years, rooted in the soil of a cheap wooden breadboard, invisible（看不到的）exhibits at every meal.29Why has the authors mother always kept the notepad and pencil in the kitchen?ATo leave messages. BTo write down a flash of inspiration CTo note down maths problems. DTo list her everyday tasks.30.
23、 What is the authors original opinion about the wooden stand?A. It has great value for the family.B. It should be passed on to the next generation.C. It brings her back to her lonely childhood.D . It needs to be replaced by a better one 31. The author feels embarrassed for . A. not making good use o
24、f time as her mother did.B. giving her mother a lot of trouble.C. blaming her mother wronglyD. not making any breakthrough in her field.32. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A . The marks on the breadboard have disappeared.B. The family members like traveling.C. The author had little tim
25、e to play when young.D. The mother is successful in her career.DEvery hour spent in watching TV, DVDs and videos as an adult reduces life expectancy by almost 22 minutes, a study suggests. And viewing TV for an average of six hours a day can cut short your life by five years.The research claims that
26、 a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle is as bad for health as smoking and obesity, because of the dangers caused by inactivity and the greater opportunities it offers for unhealthy eating.The academics conducting the study set out to calculate the overall risk to life expectancy from watching television. Thei
27、r research involved more than 11,000 people over the age of 25.Writing in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, they concluded. TV viewing time may be associated with a loss of life, which is similar to other major chronic disease risk factors such as physical inactivity and obesity.The researcher
28、s, from the University of Queensland, used information from the Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study, together with population and death rate data. But they said: Although we used Australian data, the effects in other industrialized and developing countries are likely to be similar, cons
29、idering the large amounts of time spent watching TV and similarities in disease patterns. In the United Kingdom, the average amount of time spent watching TV is four hours a day, compared with five hours in the United States. Earlier this year, a separate study suggested the risk of developing type
30、2 diabetes(糖尿病) and heart disease, or dying early, rises by as much as 20 percent after just two hours a day in front of the box.Englands Chief Medical Officer, Sally Davies, said: Physical activity offers huge benefits and these studies back what we already know that a sedentary lifestyle carries a
31、dditional risks. We hope these studies will help more people realize that there are many ways to get exercise.32. We can learn from the passage that_A. whether you watch TV or not has nothing to do with how long you will liveB. if an adult watches TV for six hours every day, he will die five years e
32、arlierC. physical inactivity and obesity wont shorten your lifeD. a sedentary lifestyle offers huge benefits.33. The word it in the second paragraph refers toA. a sedentary lifestyle B. eating C. smoking D. obesity34. What do we know from the last three paragraphs?A. People in the United Kingdom wat
33、ch TV longer than those in the United States.B. That a sedentary lifestyle carries additional risks isnt supported by other studies.C. Watching TV for two hours a day will increase the risk of illnesses or dying early by 20%.D. It is through these studies that we know a sedentary lifestyle carries a
34、dditional risks.35. The passage is intended to _.A. inform the readers of a research on watching TVB. warn the readers of the harm of watching TV and hope they do sportsC. tell the readers watching TV is also a good way to relaxD. tell the readers large amounts of people often watch TV第二节（共5小题；每 小题2
35、分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。“Three Apples” changed the world. The first one seduced (引诱) Eve. The second one awakened Newton. 36 Here are some famous words from Steve Jobs to share. On CharacterIm the only person I know thats lost a quarter of a billion dollars in one year. 37 On
36、 good designThats been one of my mottoes focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But its worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.On his outlook 38 Going to bed at night saying weve done
37、 something wonderful, thats what matters to me. On your working lifeYour work is to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. 39 If you havent found it, keep looking. Dont settle.On the importance of deathNo one wants to die. Even
38、 people who want to go to heaven dont want to die to get there. 40 No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is lifes change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday n
39、ot too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. A. Its very character-building.B.This is not a one-man show.C. The third one was in the hands of Steve Jobs D. And yet death is the destination we all share.E. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. F. Be
40、ing the richest man in the cemetery (墓地) doesnt matter to meG. Its really hard to design products by focusing on groups.第三部分：英语知识应用第一节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分， 满分30分） I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be _1_ Christmas gifts because there was n
41、ot enough money. I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what Id 2 ?” Just when I started to 3 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 4 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 5 that I would no longer h
42、ave to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasnt 6 . Somebody had thought 7 of me to bring me a gift. Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 8 Christmas there special and memorable, I 9 remembered the womens visit. I decided that I wanted t
43、o create that same feeling of 10 for as many children as I could possibly reach. So I 11 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies,
44、12 with a childs name. We wanted all of them to know they were 13 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 14 them that they couldnt open their presents 15 every child had come forward. Finally the 16 they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three. Open your
45、 presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 17 up the room. The 18 in the room was obvious, and 19 wasnt just about toys. It was a feeling the feeling I knew 20 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasnt forgotten. Somebody thou
46、ght of me. I matter. 1. A. sending B. making C. receiving D. exchanging 2. A. got B. prepared C. found D. expected3. A. doubt B. hope C. accept D. suggest 4. A. broke in B. turned up C. settled down D. showed off 5. A. achievement B. loss C. relief D. justice6. A. blamed B. forgotten C. loved D. aff
47、ected 7. A. enough B. little C. poorly D. highly8. A. present B. recent C. first D. previous9. A. hardly B. occasionally C. regularly D. instantly 10. A. importance B. independence C. strength D. safety11. A. kept up with B. came up with C. caught up with D. put up with 12. A. none B. few C. each D.
48、 some13. A. fine B. normal C. helpful D. special 14. A. convinced B. guaranteed C. reminded D. promised15. A. until B. after C. when D. since16. A. chance B. gift C. reward D. moment 17. A. took B. lit C. burned D. cheered18. A. atmosphere B. sympathy C. joy D. calmness19. A. such B. it C. something
49、 D. everybody20. A. from B. till C. for D. by第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）Last week, our class was 41 duty in the cafeteria for student self-management. On the first day, I 42 (shock) to see so much leftover food thrown away by students. What a waste! Being concerned about it, my classmates and I ha
50、d a 43 (heat) discussion on how 44 (solve) the problem. Lots of good ideas came up, such as holding class meetings, putting up wall newspapers and charging a fine for wasting food. Finally, we all agreed that wall newspaper would be 45 (good) choice.The next day, we put our idea into reality. Toward
51、s lunch time, we put up a wall newspaper outside the school cafeteria, 46 (call) on students not to waste food. Many students gathered around to read and 47 (express) their support. To my great delight, there were changes soon. In the cafeteria, I found the trays returned after lunch all empty 48 an
52、y leftover. Food 49 (save) and the dining hall was cleaner. Seeing this, I felt relieved and proud of 50 we had done. 第四部分：写作第一节： 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请您修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语文错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜钱（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的
53、词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只充许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。I am writing this letter to express my regret that I cant go to the Great Wall with you next weekend. Its really pity. I feel sorry for them and want you to know that happened. Yesterday, my father, worked in the United States now, informed me that he wo
54、uld be back to home tomorrow. I was very happy when I heard the news. Father and I had not seen each other for two years, but I am really looking forward to this meeting. I sincere hope that you can be able to think in my position and accept my apology. I would appreciate your allowing me to make an
55、other dates to go to the Great Wall.Once again, I am sorry for any inconvenience I have caused.第二节： 书面表达（满分25分）某外资公司正在招聘外语兼职翻译。假如你叫李华，你是一名大学在校生，想去应聘，故写一封求职信进行自我介绍。内容要点如下：中学时，喜欢英语，成绩很好，经常受到老师表扬；中学毕业后，利用业余时间自学英语，坚持每天收听英语广播，每天看15页英语书，并练习英语口语；经过几年的努力学习，已经取得了很大的进步，现在能和外宾流利地用英语交谈；若能被录用，相信一定能把工作做好。注意：字迹工整，
56、要点齐全，100词左右。2017-2018学年高三年级上学期期中考试英语试题参 考 答 案阅读理解（每题2分共40分）21-24BCCA，25-27：DCB 28-31:BDAD 32-35BACB 36-40:CAFED完形填空（每题1.5分共30分）CACBC、 BACDA ， BCDCA， DBCBA语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）1.on 2.was shocked 3.heated 4.to solve 5.the best 6.calling 7.expressed 8.without 9.was saved 10.what 书面表达：pity前加a；them改为
57、it；that改为what；worked改为working；to去掉；had改为have；but改为so；sincere改为sincerely；can改为will；dates改为date。写作One possible version:Dear Sir, I am a college student whose name is Li Hua. So happy am I to get the news that your company needs an English part-time translator in yesterdays newspaper. Please allow me t
58、o introduce myself as follows. When I was in middle school, I liked English very much. I was good at English. I was often praised by my English teacher because I did well in English. Since I graduated from middle school, I have been teaching myself English in my spare time. I have kept on listening
59、to English broadcast and reading English books for 15 pages each day. I have kept on practici ng spoken English as well. After several years of hard study, I have made great progress. Now I can talk to foreigners in English freely. I am sure I can do my work well if I am taken on. I would appreciate it if you could give me a chance to have an interview.