1、河北定州中学2016-2017学年第一学期高三英语周练试题（8）一、单项选择题1 Studying in our newly-built school is so wonderful a period _ every one of us will treasure forever.A. that B. as C. which D. when2 It was sad to me that they, so poor themselves, _ bring me food.A. might B. would C. could D. should3 Shall I open the window t
2、o let some fresh air in? No，_ .A. Id rather not B. Id rather you notC. Id rather you didnt D. Id like not to4I _ along the pavement yesterday when some stranger came up and asked me the way to the nearest hospital.A. am wandering B. was wanderingC. has wandered D. had wandered5There is no power like
3、 _ power of confidence, and there is no student as competitive as _ student who trusts his own abilities.A. the; a B. a; the C. /; a D. the; /6The speaker mentioned many examples people lived through hard times and succeeded at lastAwhich Bwhose Cwhen Dwhere7Not only the USA and Russia but also Chin
4、a _ manned satellites to circle the earth.A.has sent up B. has been sent upC. have sent up D. had been sent up8 Little Jim to my home after he broke my mobile phone by accident.A. dared not to come B. dared not comingC. dared not come D. didnt dare coming9- What a speech he has delivered!- Really go
5、od! I could hardly imagine myself to make a speech in public.A. make B. to make C. making D. being made10The job is not very rewarding _ money, but he is getting valuable experience from itAin memory of Bin terms ofCin charge of Din search of11When is Amy flying to Beijing on Saturday?Her flight at
6、7:00 a.m.A. takes off B. took offC. taking off D. take off12_, the idea of having to work under a woman was more than he could stand.A. Wanting the job very muchB. Though he wanted the job very muchC. Although wanting the job very muchD. He wanted the job badly13The pianist _ a love for music when h
7、e was a little boy.A. develops B. has developedC. developed D. had developed14I didnt expect Jack was absent from my birthday party yesterday.As far as I know, he _ to see his parents in Shanghai at the weekends.A. goes B. wentC. has gone D. had gone15-Well, guess what! I came across my primary scho
8、ol teacher when I was visiting the Frick Collection in Manhattan.- Really? _.A. Its really a piece of cake.B. Its a small world.C. Its a long time.D. Its a once-in-a-lifetime chance.16In your life, sometimes you might end up back_ you started.A. which B. when C. where D. who17Jack tried to play a tr
9、ick _ his sister but she wasnt taken _ .A. by; on B. in; inC. on; in D. on; on18 One more day, Ill get everything resdy.A. or B. while C. and D. but19While shopping, people sometimes cant help_ into buying something they dont really need.A. to persuade B. persuadingC. be persuaded D. being persuaded
10、 20 Never before in our country _.A. has such a thing happened B. such a thing has happenedC. has so a thing happened D. so a thing has happened二、阅读理解The most frightening words in the English language are, “Our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I wa
11、s at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “Im sorry, I cant sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”“I cant write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”I noticed every
12、 passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I looked down on the computer and asked her, “What do all you people do?”“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”“So when it goes down, you
13、 go down with it.”“Thats good, sir.”“How long will the computer be down? I wanted to know.”“I have no idea. Sometimes its down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. Theres no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since its down it wont answer us.”After the girl told me they had no
14、backup computer, I said. “Lets forget the computerWhat about your planes? They are still flying, arent they?”“I couldnt tell without asking the computer.”“Maybe I could, just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he is flying to Washington,” I suggested.“I wouldnt know what gate to send you to. Even i
15、f the pilot was going to Washington, he couldnt take you if you didnt have a ticket.”“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”“I wouldnt know,” she said, pointing at the dark screen. “Only IT knows. It cant tell me.”By this time there were quite a few people standi
16、ng in lines. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went white, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.21Where do you often hear the frightening words “Our computer is down”?Aat the airport. BAt the gate.COn business DIn the ticket
17、office22What could the girl in the ticket office do without asking the computer?AShe could do nothing.BShe could write out a ticket.CShe could still sell a ticket.DShe could answer passengers questions.23What does the underlined word “down” in Paragraph 1 mean?AWhite BBroken CBlack DDark24We can lea
18、rn from the last paragraph that .Aa modern computer wont be downBcomputers can take the place of humanCthere will be great changes in computersDsometimes a computer may bring suffering to peopleTwo people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona, just hours apart One pe
19、rson was killed and three injured in the first shooting at Northern Arizona University early on Friday Later that morning a shooting at a student complex near Texas Southern University left one person dead In Arizona, police named the gunman there as Steven Jones, an 18-year-old first year student a
20、t Northern Arizona UniversityMr Jones told police he was approached by a group of men and attacked He fled, produced a gun from his pocket and opened fire when the men caught up with him, Arizona police said Witnesses told police that the victims were unarmed The second shooting in Texas happened la
21、ter on Friday morning at the University Courtyard Apartments on the edge of the Houston campus One student was killed, a freshman at the school, the university confirmed, and another person was wounded Two people have been arrested as suspects and a third is still at large, said Houston police spoke
22、swoman Jodi Silva The attacks came as President Barack Obama visited families of victims of a college shooting in Oregon On arriving in Oregon, he was jeered(嘲笑) by gun rights activists who oppose calls he made for tougher gun laws after nine people were killed at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg,
23、 last weekAfter a private meeting with families, Mr Obama said he had strong feelings about gun control, adding: We are going to have to come together as a country to see how we can prevent these issues from taking place”On the edge of this little American town, a few hundred protestors gathered to
24、tell their president he was not welcome Many were openly carrying handguns to hammer home their message The demonstrators blamed the shooting here last week on two things: a failure to treat mental health problems and the designation of Umpqua Community College as a gun-free zone Many of those we sp
25、oke to said they had travelled to Roseburg from elsewhere in Oregon to make their voices hear The hostility to the Democratic president here in Republican rural Oregon was not just political, it was personal25How many people were dead in these two recent university shootings?A OneB TwoC ThreeD Four2
26、6Which of the following is right about the Northern Arizona University shooting?A The gunman was about to graduateB It was the victims who started the fightC The gunman shot the victims out of hatrd D The victims attacked the gunman with knives27Mr Obama probably agreed that _A gun control is too st
27、rict in most parts of America, especially in universitiesB designation of Umpqua community college as a gun-free zone is a wrong decisionC Americans should be united to prevent criminal shooting from happening so frequentlyD A failure to treat mental health problems caused the shooting at Umpqua Com
28、munity College28The underlined words in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _A emphasizeB digestC commitD respondCheaters called “pirates” often use camcorders(便携式摄像机) and cell phones to make illegal copies of blockbusters(大片) in the local theater. These pirates then sell those recordings on
29、 the street or over the Internet for very low prices. Some share them for free.“Its unfair for people to pirate movies, ” says 15-year-old Hadaia Azad Ezzulddin. Movie piracy “takes money out of the pockets of thousands of people in the movie industry,” she notes. Victims include famous actors and d
30、irectors as well as local theater owners and their employees.Hadaia came up with an idea that could help stop movie piracy. Hadaias idea uses infrared(红外线的) light. This range of light is invisible to the human eye. It is visible, however, to many types of cameras. Theater owners could place small in
31、frared lights on their movie screens. The lights would not disturb people watching the movie. It would, however, distort the recordings made by many types of cameras.To test her idea, Hadaia built a box with a movie screen inside. Then, she projected images on that screen through a hole in the box.
32、She took recordings of those images, using nine different types of cameras. These included the types found in cell phones as well as camcorders. During some tests, she also turned on light emitting diodes(发光二极管), or LEDs. The LEDs were embedded（植入的） in a certain place behind the movie screen. They g
33、ave out infrared light.Sure enough, she showed, a pirated movie included odd stripes or spots if it had been recorded while the LEDs were on. It might be possible to use the LEDs to flash the date and time on the movie screen. The information would then appear in the illegal recordings. Theater owne
34、rs or police might use the information to track down the pirates.Cutting down on piracy might get more people into theaters to watch the real movie instead of an illegal copy. Six out of every ten films now produced arent profitable. They dont make enough money to recover how much was spent to make
35、and market them. Such a poor payback can discourage filmmakers from producing anything but the types expected to become blockbuster hits. It might also keep smaller theaters from showing a wider variety of movie types.29From what Hadaia says in Paragraph 2, we can infer that _.A. she strongly critic
36、izes those who video movies in the theaterB. the pirates dont have to pay for the movie ticketsC. theater owners will increase the price of movie ticketsD. most people spend less money on pirates moves30Infrared lights are put on the movie screens to _.A. adjust the brightness of the movie screensB.
37、 make sure the images of movies are darkC. make illegal copies of movies unpleasant to seeD. protect the eyesight of viewers in the darkness31What is the correct order of the steps in Hadaias test?a. She projected pictures on the screen.b. She used cameras to record the pictures.c. She turned on the
38、 LEDs placed behind the screen.d. She made a special box with a movie screen inside.A. bacdB. bcadC. dbacD. dcab32According to the last paragraph, we can know that _.A. small theaters often choose to show low-cost moviesB. forty percent of movies now are profitableC. more and more people go to theat
39、ers to fight movie piracyD. filmmakers prefer to produce ordinary movies than blockbustersThe National Trust in Britain plays an increasingly important part in the preservation for public enjoyment of the best that is left unspoiled of the British countryside. Although the Trust has received practic
40、al and moral support from the Government, it is not a rich government department. It is a voluntary association of people who care for the unspoiled countryside and historic buildings of Britain. It is a charity which depends for its existence on voluntary support from members of the public. Its pri
41、mary duty is to protect places of great natural beauty and places of historical interest.The attention of the public was the first drawn to the dangers threatening the great old houses and the castles of Britain by the death of the Lord Lothian, who left his great seventeenth-century house to the Tr
42、ust together with the 4500-acre park and estate surrounding it. This gift attracted wide publicity and started the Trusts “Country House Scheme”. Under this scheme, with the help of the Government and the general public, the Trust has been able to save and make accessible to the public about 150 of
43、these old houses. Last year, about 1.75 million people paid to visit these historic houses, usually at a very small charge.In addition to country houses and open spaces, the Trust now owns some examples of ancient wind and water mills, nature reserves, 540 farms and nearly 2500 cottages or small vil
44、lage houses, as well as some complete villages. In these villages no one is allowed to build, develop or disturb the old village environment in any way and all the houses are maintained in their original 16th century style. Over 4,000 acres of coastline, woodland, and hill country are protected by t
45、he Trust and no development or disturbances of any kind are permitted. The public has free access to these areas and is only asked to respect the peace, beauty and wildlife.Over the past 80 years the Trust has become a big and important organization and an essential and respected part of national li
46、fe. It helps to preserve all that is of great natural beauty and of historical significance not only for future generations of Britons but also for the millions of tourists who each year invade Britain in search of a great historic and cultural heritage.33The National Trust is a _.A. government agen
47、cy depending on voluntary servicesB. non-profit organization depending on voluntary servicesC. government department but is not richD. private organization supported by the government34The National Trust is devoted to _.A. preserving the best public enjoymentB. providing the public with free access
48、to historic buildingsC. offering better services to visitors home and abroadD. protecting the unspoiled countryside and historic buildings35We can infer from Paragraph 2 that Lord Lothian _.A. donated all his money to the TrustB. started the “Country House Scheme”C. saved many old country houses in
49、BritainD. was influential in his time36All the following can be inferred from the passage EXCEPT _.A. the Trust is more interested in protecting the 16th century housesB. many people came to visit the historic houses saved by the TrustC. visitors can get free access to some places owned by the Trust
50、D. the Trust has a story which is longer than 80 years37The underlined word “invade” in the last Paragraph is closest in meaning to _.A. come in without permissionB. enter with invitationC. visit in large numbersD. appear all of a sudden三、完形填空 You are only three years old, and at this point in your
51、life you are not able to understand this letter. But some day when you , I hope you will find something in what I am going to share with you.Life can be . There will be people in your life who wont be very nice. Theyll you because you are different, for no good reason. You will also face heartbreak
52、and might be by those you love. I hope you dont have to face these too much, but such things .Be open to life anyway. Youll find cruelty and in your journey through life, but dont let that you from finding new things. Dont retreat(退却) from life, and dont or wall yourself off. Be open to new things,
53、new experiences, and new people. Youll many times, but if you allow that to stop you from trying, you will many chances. Do remember failure is a stepping stone to .You will meet many people who will try to do than you, in school, in college and at work. Theyll try to have nicer cars, bigger houses,
54、 nicer clothes, and so on. To , life is a competition. However, I believe life is a . If you always try your best to others, youre wasting your life. Learn to enjoy your life _ and you will make it a journey of , of learning, and of love.Finally, know that I love you and always will. You are a reall
55、y wonderful journey, and I will always be there for you.38A. grow up B. show up C. cheer up D. calm down39A. familiar B. valuable C. normal D. interesting40A. unkind B. peaceful C. equal D. simple41A. end up with B. get on well with C. laugh at D. look after42A. if B. but C. so D. or43A. hurt B. fou
56、nd C. accepted D. impressed44A. matter B. work C. disappear D. happen45A. luck B. pain C. difference D. hope46A. protect B. encourage C. prevent D. choose47A. forgive B. struggle C. compete D. hide48A. leave B. prepare C. escape D. fail49A. enjoy B. try C. miss D. meet50A. success B. life C. action
57、D. sorrow51A. earlier B. better C. less D. faster52A. you B. me C. him D. them53A. challenge B. drama C. journey D. dream54A. change B. pardon C. follow D. beat55A. somewhere B. instead C. afterwards D. though56A. cruelty B. danger C. happiness D. quietness57A. starting B. destroying C. recreating D
58、. replacing四、阅读填空We are a primary school in England. Our students start arriving at our playground from about 8:45 a.m. Most of the children live nearby, so they walk to school. But some children have to travel to school by car. Each of the children is dressed in a school uniform (校服) and carries th
59、e homework and packed lunch in a schoolbag.School starts at 8:55 a.m. The teacher on duty blows a whistle (哨子) and the children line up in their class groups. They wait quietly for the teacher to send them to their classrooms. When they arrive at their classrooms, the children empty their schoolbags
60、 and put their homework in their boxes. After the children take their seats, the teacher reads out each childs name in turn. Upon hearing his / her name, the child replies “yes, Mrs. (the teachers name)” and the teacher writes down whether the child is in school or not.And then at 9:10 a.m. the chil
61、dren attend an assembly in our main hall. They sit on the floor in rows with the youngest children at the front and the older children at the back. As the children enter the hall, they listen to music quietly. Each week we have a different musical theme (主题). Besides, the children also listen to sto
62、ries.After the assembly, the first lesson of the day begins at 9:30 a.m. Our morning lessons are usually English and Maths. Each of these lessons lasts an hour. Between classes, the children have their morning break from 10:20 a.m. to 10:35 a.m. They eat their snacks (小吃) or play games like football
63、 on the playground. At the end of the break, the teacher on duty blows a whistle. The children stand still and wait to be told to line up.Each day, the children have their lunch break from 12 noon to 1:10 p.m. Most of the children bring their own packed lunches from home. A packed lunch usually cons
64、ists of sandwiches, fruit, a drink and a packet of crisps. Some children have a school dinner cooked in our school kitchen. While the children are waiting to have lunch or after they have finished eating, they play games on the playground or attend lunch-time clubs. We have teachers on duty, who loo
65、k after the children during lunch breaks. After the lunch break, the children have afternoon lessons, which continue until 3:15 p.m. when the children go home.A typical school day at a primary school in EnglandParagraph outlinesSupporting detailsArriving at school The students start 58_ the school p
66、layground from about 8:45 a.m. They come to school on 59_ or by car.The start of school At 8:55 a.m., the teacher on duty blows a whistle to make the children60_ up, and then sends them to their classrooms. The teacher 61_ the attendance (出席) of each child.62_ At 9:10 a.m. the children attend an ass
67、embly in the main hall, where they listen to music or stories. They sit on the floor in rows at different63_ according to their ages.Morning lessons The first lesson of the day begins at 9:30 a.m. and each class lasts as 64_ as an hour. The morning lessons are usually English and Maths. The morning
68、break is from 10:20 a.m. to 10:35 a.m., when the children eat their snacks or play games.Lunch breaks and afternoon lessons The lunch break starts at 12 noon and 65_ at 1:10 p.m. During the lunch break, the students 66_ lunch and play games or attend lunch-time clubs. School is 67_ at 3:15 p.m.五、 根据
69、短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。68 Half a minute? A few seconds?Google engineers have discovered that even 400 milliseconds-as short as the blink of an eye-is too long for most Internet users.A millisecond is one thousandth of a second. People hardly notice such a small time difference, but i
70、t does cause them to stop searching, reported The New York Times.Nowadays, millions of smart-phones and computers are constantly gathering and sending out information. 69 you can get digital traffic jams. Meanwhile, users are expecting faster and faster service.Google found that if one website is 25
71、0 milliseconds slower than another website ,then people will visit it less often. 70 Google said people do expect different things from different websites because they realize not all loading times are the same. For example ,a person will be more patient waiting for a video clip to load than for a s
72、earch result.Even so, four out of five online users will click away if a video takes too long to load. This makes “difficult for video websites to choose between the quality of pictures and fast loading times.Pursuing a higher speed has always been part of the history of the Internet.In the 1990s,wh
73、en the World Wide Web first started to become popular, 71 people called it the World Wide Wait. But engineers managed to fight the problem with new inventions. They laid a lot of fiber optic cables for high-speed transmissions , they improved software so it would work more smoothly; they placed comp
74、uter servers all around the world to be nearer to users; all this increased speed.Nowadays we can enjoy much faster Internet ._ 72 But they will need to keep fighting to keep up with the developing demands of internet users.A. internet is becoming faster and faster.B. With so many people downloading
75、 maps, sports videos, news and restaurant recommendations,C. Major search engines such as Google and Microsofts Bing usually find search results in less than a second.D. We can not expect a faster speed about the internet.E. This is why technology companies are now competing to be the fastest.F. How
76、 long are you willing to wait for a webpage to open before you start to lose your patience?G it was very crowded and slow;六、短文改错73假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误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：把多余的词用斜线()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词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10
77、处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。Some day I happened to find a chatting room in my QQ, there people were chatting in English. I tried to chat with some of them. To my surprised, I found the oral English of some junior students were better than me. I asked them for advice and they told me to practise more on QQ. But
78、every day after that I would spend one hour practise my oral English on QQ. Day by day I learned from many useful words and expressions. With time go by, I found that I could even communicate some college students freely.七、书面表达74近来,电子红包在中国正成为一种时尚。假定你是李华,请给你的美国朋友Peter写一封信，介绍有关情况。要点包括：1. 红包特点2. 发放时间与途
79、径3. 参与人群4. 你的看法注意：1. 词数120-150左右；2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。3. 参考词汇：电子红包e-hongbaoDear Peter,Im writing to tell you something about e-hongbao, which is becoming popular in China. _Best wishes.YoursLi Hua参考答案BDCBA DACDB ABCAB CCCDA21C22A23D24D25B26B27C28A29A30C31D32B33B34D35D36A37C38A39B40A41C42D43A44D45B46C4
80、7D48D49C50A51B52D53C54D55B56C57A58reaching59foot60line61records62Assembly63places64long65ends66have / eat67over68F69B70E71G72C73【小题1】some改为one【小题2】there改为where【小题3】surprised改为surprise【小题4】were改为was【小题5】me 改成mine【小题6】but 改为so【小题7】practise改为practising【小题8】去掉from【小题9】go改为going【小题10】在communicate和some之间加
81、上with74Dear Peter,Im writing to tell you something about e-hongbao, which is becoming popular in China.E-hongbao is actually a kind of lucky money from and to relatives and friends during festivals or on special occasions. For many young people, grabbing e-hongbao on their mobile phones is a fairly
82、common and exciting activity. Unlike the tradition of elders giving lucky money to children, over half of the people sending e-hongbao are in their 20s. Its just for fun or giving best wishes, while the sum of money matters little. In a word, e-hongbao is bringing new color to the old tradition.Nevertheless, Im concerned about the safety of on-line payment. So rules and regulations need to be improved regarding the e-hongbao system to guarantee its operation. (110 words)Best wishes.YoursLi Hua
