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1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上高三英语期末试题 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）A If you frequently travel for business，Staybridge Suites offer you a range of home comfortsFour recent visitors to Staybridge Suites explain why they booked，what they enjoyed and what made them want to return Claire MetcalfThe concept

2、is great，but the staff are the ones who really make itshe saysIt takes a lot of discipline to always be friendly，but the staff at Staybridge Suites do thatThey genuinely care about youAndrew RobertsOne of the best things is having my own kitchenI often end up working late and I dont fancy eating in

3、a restaurant on my own，so cooking for myself is a big drawcardThe main thing for me is being able to cook and have my own little flatThe staff are amazingIt is great to be recognized by them，he saysPauline RobinsonWhat I love about it is the way that you are treated by the staff，she saysSome of the

4、staff have been there all that time and they do look after you wellAs a woman staying on my own，it is reassuring that they look out for you，and recently when I was poorly they even brought things I needed to my roomRyan RuckledgeThe fullyequipped kitchen is greatI always have a onebed apartment so I

5、 have a separate kitchen and dining room and Im able to relax and cook some mealsEating out can feel a bit much when you do it day in and day outit makes you hate what you doand I dont want that21What attracts visitors to Staybridge Suites?AA separate dining roomBA onebed apartmentCA home from home

6、DA lot of discipline22Who think highly of the kitchen of Staybridge Suites?APauline Robinson and Ryan RuckledgeBRyan Ruckledge and Claire MetcalfCAndrew Roberts and Ryan Ruckledge DPauline Robinson and Claire Metcalf23What does the underlined word drawcard in Paragraph 3 probably mean?AbarrierBattra

7、ctionChonourDdifficulty24Why does the author write the article?ATo advertise Staybridge Suites BTo introduce four recent visitorsCTo inform us of a new service DTo sing high praise for the staffB When a leafy plant is under attack，it doesnt sit quietlyBack in 1983，two scientists，Jack Schultz and Ian

8、 Baldwin，reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can getThese chemicals come from the injured parts of the plant and seem to be an alarmWhat the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compo

9、unds，VOCs for short Scientists have found that all kinds of plants give out VOCs when being attackedIts a plants way of crying outBut is anyone listening？ApparentlyBecause we can watch the neighbors react Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects awayBut others do double dutyThey pump ou

10、t perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackersOnce they arrive，the tables are turnedThe attacker who was lunching now becomes lunch In study after study，it appears that these chemical conversations help the neighborsThe damage is usually more serious on the

11、 first plant，but the neighbors，relatively speaking，stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do Does this mean that plants talk to each other？Scientists dont knowMaybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches，and so，in effect，was talking to

12、itselfPerhaps the neighbors just happened tooverhearthe crySo information was exchanged，but it wasnt a true，intentional back and forth Charles Darwin，over 150 years ago，imagined a world far busier，noisier and more intimate（亲密的） than the world we can see and hearOur senses are weakTheres a whole lot

13、going on25What does a plant do when it is under attack?AIt makes noises BIt gets help from other plantsCIt stands quietly DIt sends out certain chemicals26What does the author mean bythe tables are turnedin paragraph 3?AThe attackers get attacked BThe insects gather under the tableCThe plants get re

14、ady to fight back DThe perfumes attract natural enemies27Scientists find from their studies that plants can Apredict natural disasters Bprotect themselves against insectsCtalk to one another intentionally Dhelp their neighbors when necessary28What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe world is c

15、hanging faster than everBPeople have stronger senses than beforeCThe world is more complex than it seemsDPeople in Darwins time were more imaginativeC Benjamin West，the father of American painting，showed his talent for art when he was only six years of ageBut he did not know about brushes before a v

16、isitor told him he needed oneIn those days，a brush was made from camels hairThere were no camels nearbyBenjamin decided that cat hair would work insteadHe cut some fur from the family cat to make a brushThe brush did not last longSoon Benjamin needed more furBefore long，the cat began to look ragged（

17、蓬乱）His father said that the cat must be sickBenjamin was forced to admit what he had been doingThe cats lot was about to improve. That year，one of Benjamins cousins, MrPennington，came to visitHe was impressed with Benjamins drawingsWhen he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes.

18、 He also sent six engravings （版画）by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.In 1747，when Benjamin was nine years old，Mr. Pennington returned for another visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamins parents i

19、f he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visitIn the city，MrPennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintingsThe boy began a landscape （风景） paintingWiliams, a wellknown painter，came to see him workWiliams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take

20、 homeThe books were long and dullBenjamin could read only a little，having been a poor studentBut he later said，Those two books were my companions by day，and under my pillow at nightWhile it is likely that he understood very little of the books，they were his introduction to classical paintingsThe nin

21、eyearold boy decided then that he would be an artist29What is the text mainly about?ABenjamins visit to PhiladelphiaBWilliams influence on BenjaminCThe beginning of Benjamins life as an artistDThe friendship between Benjamin and Pennington30What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?AT

22、he cat would be closely watched BThe cat would get some medical careCBenjamin would leave his home shortlyDBenjamin would have real brushes soon31What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?AHe took him to see painting exhibitionsBHe provided him with painting materialsCHe sent him to

23、 a school in PhiladelphiaDHe taught him how to make engravings32Williams two books helped Benjamin to Amaster the use of paints Bappreciate landscape paintingsCget to know other painters Dmake up his mind to be a painterDGetting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kidsAccording to a

24、new survey（调查） by the National Sleep Foundation，51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights，even though they have to get up earlyLast year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7to 12yearolds said they felt tired during the day，and 15% said they had fallen asleep at s

25、choolHow much sleep you need depends a lot on your ageBabies need a lot of rest：most of them sleep about 18 hours a day!Adults need about eight hoursFor most schoolage children，ten hours is ideal（理想的）But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10to 12yearolds get only seven or eig

26、ht hoursAnd guess what almost half of the surveyed kids said they do before bedtime？Watch TVMore children are going to bed with TVs on，and there are more opportunities（机会） to stay awake，with more homework，the Internet and the phone，says DrMary Carskadon，a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical

27、 SchoolShe says these activities at bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleepOther experts say part of the problem is chemicalChanging levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers bodies develop adult characteristics，but also make it hard f

28、or teenagers to fall asleep before 11 pmBecause sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers，some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used toThree years ago，schools in Edina，Minnesota，changed the start time from 7：25 am to 8：30 amStudents，parents and teachers are

29、 pleased with the results33What is the new National Sleep Foundation survey on？ AAmerican kids sleeping habits BTeenagers sleeprelated diseasesCActivities to prevent sleeplessness DLearning problems and lack of sleep34How many hours of sleep do 11yearolds need every day？ A.7 hoursB.8 hoursC.10 hours

30、D.18 hours35Why do teenagers go to sleep late according to Carskadon？ AThey are affected by certain body chemicals.BThey tend to do things that excite themCThey follow their parents examplesDThey dont need to go to school early第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning

31、 and put the blame on the alarm clockIn fact，the key to easy morning wakeup lies in resting your body clock (36)_. Heres how to make one(37) In order to make a change，you need to decide why its importantDo you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family，get in some exercise，or just be

32、better prepared for your day？Once you are clear about your reasons，tell your family or roommates about the change you want to makeRethink morningsNow that you know why you want to wake up，consider rearranging your morning activitiesIf you want time to have breakfast with your family，save some time t

33、he night before by setting out clothes，shoes，and bags(38)_Thats a quarterhour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timerKeep your sleep/wake schedule on weekendsIf youre tired out by Friday night，sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderfulBut compensating on the weekends

34、actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week，a recent study found(39) Keep a record and evaluate it weeklyKeep track of your efforts and write down how you feelAfter youve tried a new method for a week，take a look at your record (40) If not，take another look at other methods you could tryA

35、Get a sleep specialistBFind the right motivationCA better plan for sleep can helpDAnd consider setting a second alarmEIf the steps you take are working，keep it upFStick to your set bedtime and wakeup time，no matter the dayGReconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the caf to get coffee第三部分 语言知识

36、运用（共两节，满分30分）When I came to my new school three years ago，I was surprised at how lonely I feltThen one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner (41) I was a little anxious，but finally I gladly (42) Not really knowing how (43) the bus ride should be，I (44) when I saw the landmarks (45) o

37、n my friends handdrawn mapBut when I got close enough to the (46) ，I found none of the streets were shown on the mapI was (47) on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sightI had no (48) when the next bus would come，(49) when a bus did come by，I (50) got onI told the bus driver wher

38、e I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the (51) bus，but he let me stay onAfter he had finished his scheduled bus route，he (52) to help me outI gratefully showed him my little handdrawn map but (53) did not help muchHe finally (54) me off at a main road to catch a different bus and was (55) t

39、hat he could not help me moreAfter a few minutes of walking，I noticed a bus pull up beside meIt was the (56) bus driverHe explained that he didnt want to leave me there (57) He sent out a call and someone radioed back，saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten minutes awayAt last I made it

40、to the dinner party(58) I was over an hour lateI am forever thankful for the (59) that this bus driver had for meHis act of kindness left a (60) on my heart41AmealBpartyCmeetingDtime42AacceptedBrefusedCgotDreceived43AfarBdifficultClongDbad44Adrove onBwalked awayChurried byDgot off45AshowBshowingCsho

41、wnDto show46Astreet signsBtall buildingsCtraffic lightsDback yards47AqueuingBsittingCstandingDwaiting48AmeaningBideaCproblemDway49AsoByetCbutDstill50AsuddenlyBluckilyCfinallyDquickly51ArightBwrongCbestDfastest52AsuppliedBrefusedCofferedDwanted53AitBheCsheDthey54AkeptBdroppedCdroveDturned55AeagerBwor

42、riedCsorryDdisappointed56AsameBnextCkindDsilly57AhelplessBlonelyCunaccompaniedDalone58AafterBalthoughCuntilDwhen59ArespectBconcernCsympathyDlove60AmarkBsignCsymbolDline第二部分 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）Before I came to England，I（61）_（read）about English customsI knew that the money they used（62）_（call） pound

43、s and penceIt was quite (63)_ shock when I bought a newspaper at the airport，and the woman behind the counter said，Thatll be 2quid，loveI made a quick calculation and decided (64)_ （hand ）over two1coinsImagine my(65)_ (relieve) when she saidTa，loveI didnt know what that meant either，but at least she

44、was smiling，so I must have got the money rightI soon learned that aquidis a poundThere are several(66)_ (explain) for this，but the one I like(67)_ (well) is thatquidcomes fromQuidhamptom Mill，(68) _ used to produce the special paper that pound notes were printed onJust when I thought I had got used

45、(69)_ English money，I saw the following advertisement in a local newspaper：Wanted：Sales Clerk，London Area，25kI was totally(70)_(confuse)I knew from my computer course thatkmeantkilobyteA few days later, a friend explained the mysteryThe advertisement was not for a 25kilobyte clerk，but for a clerk wh

46、o would earn25，000 a year短文改错It was on Sunday so I didnt have to go to school as usually. My parents went to the countryside to see my grandparents, left me alone. After finishing my homework, I begin to play football at home. All of a sudden, I kicked the ball so hardly that it flew right onto a vase and broke it. It was great favor