湖北省咸寧市南川鄉(xiāng)柑桔中學高三英語下學期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.Anew_____servicestationwillstarttooperatebeforethe2008BeijingOlympicGames.A.common

B.normal C.regular D.usual

參考答案：C2.Researchshowsthathumans______fromselfishtounselfishbehaviorwhentheyarewatched.A.tell

B.switch

C.range

D.distinguish參考答案：B3.Somepeoplethinkthatdepressionis

commoninwomen

inmen.A．a(chǎn)stwice…as

B．twiceas…as

C．twice…as

D．thesame…as參考答案：B4.―Hello,couldIspeaktoMr.Smith?

―Sorry,wrongnumber.Thereisn’t

Mr.Smithhere.

A．不填

B．a(chǎn)

C．the

D．one參考答案：解析：B．不定冠詞的基本特征是表示“類別”即“Classification”概念，置于可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)形式前?！癮Mr.Smith“泛指一個姓Smith的先生。5.Ihopethereareenoughglassesforeachguesttohave____.A.it

B.those

C.them

D.one參考答案：D6.--Iamwornoutafterclimbingthemountain,andyou?--Yes,_________.Icouldhardlyrisetomyfeet.

A.notintheleast

B.notalittle

C.notabit

D.notreally參考答案：B7.Thequestion_____shoulddotheworkrequiresfurtherdiscussioninthenextmeeting.A.who

B.that

C.whom

D.why

參考答案：A8.Itis___shortdistancefromhereto___shoppingcenter,soyoucanwalkthereifyoulike.

A.不填;不填

B.a;不填

C.the;the

D.a;the參考答案：D略9.-WhatimpressedyoumostinPresidentXiJinping’sNewYearSpeech?---_______hegavetheChinesepeopleathumbs-up.A.That B.When C.What D.Whether參考答案：A10.Ithinkthatthisfilmis_____afilm,itisalsoagoodmaterialforeducation.A.morethan

B.notlessthan

C.atleast D.farfrom參考答案：A11.Sofarallclonedanimalshavesufferedfromsomedifferentseriousdisorders,_______dyingsoonafterbirth..

A.manyofwhich

B.manyofwhom

C.manyofthem

D.manyofthat參考答案：C12.Thepoet______describedthepeacefulRockyMountainandthebeautifulMississippiRiverinhisnewly-publishedpoetry.A.aggressively B.vividly C.desperately D.controversially參考答案：B13.Asadoctor,Ispendmostofthetimewithmypatients,andthat’s______itisinmyday. A.how B.when C.why D.where參考答案：A句意：作為一名醫(yī)生，我大部分時間與病人度過，這就是我度過一天的方式。how表“如何”。故選A。14.

moreeffectivelywithothers，moreandmorepeopleequipthemselveswithahighereducation．

A．Compete

B．Beingcompeted

C．Tocompete

D．Competing參考答案：C7.Fully_______tolookingafterthreechildrenathome,shenolongerhastimetoenjoyvariousactivitiesintheclub.

A.attached

B.occupied

C.contributed

D.devoted參考答案：D略16.

---HowdoyouthinkIshouldreceivethereporter?

---____youfeelabouthim,trytobepolite.

A.How

B.What

C.Whatever

D.However參考答案：D17.AtChristmaseve,alotofpeoplegotoJieFangbeiinordertoheartheclock________twelve.

A.beat

B.tobeat

C.strike

D.stroke參考答案：C二、新的題型18.SmallTalkMayMakeUsHappierSmalltalk.Chitchat.Thesearetheshortconversationswehaveatparties,whilewearewaitinginlineatthestore,atfamilyeventsoratwork.Sometimeswemakesmalltalkwithpeoplewealreadyknowbutnotwell.Oftenwehavetomakesmalltalkwithcompletestrangers.Manypeoplefindthesesmallconversationsaboutrandomtopicsdifficult.Somepeoplesaytheyhateit.Otherssaysmalltalkisawasteoftime.Theymayevencallitinactivechitchatorinactivechatter,meaningitdoesn’tdoanything.Theyconsidersmalltalkunimportant.However,smalltalkisimportant.Theseexchangescanopendoorsthatmayleadtolarger,moremeaningfulconversations.Whenyoufirstmeetsomeoneortalktosomeoneyoudon’tknowwell,itwouldbeawkwardtobeginaconversation.However,smalltalkdoeshelp.Smalltalkalsogivesyouthechancetodecideifyouwanttogettoknowthatpersonbetter一ornot.Chitchatcanalsoincreaseyourfeelingofunderstandingtowardpeopleyouknowbutnotwell.Chattingwithacolleagueabouttheirchildmayhelpyoutounderstandmoreoftheirlifeoutsidetheoffice.Thiscouldhelpbuildhealthyworkrelationships.Smalltalkcouldevenhelpourlargercommunities-ourrelationshipswithneighborsandcolleagues.However，somepeoplearenotgoodatsmalltalk.Makingsmalltalkdoesn’thavetobeeitherawkwardorboring.Herearesometipstoimproveyoursmall-talkingability.Havesomeconversationstartersready.Ifyouhaveseenareallygoodmovieorhavereadareallygoodbook,youcantalkaboutthat.Youcantalkaboutsomethingthatyourecentlylearned.Whenyouaresharingthesameexperiencewithsomeone,it’seasytostartaconversation.Yousimplynoticeandcommentonwhat’sgoingonaroundyou.Forexample,ifyouarcatapartyandasongcomesonthatyoulikeorthatremindsyouofsomething,youcantalkaboutthat.Askopen-endedquestions.Thesetypesofquestionsrequiremorethoughtandmorethanasimpleone-wordanswer.Ifyouaskquestionsthatneedmoredetailstoanswer，theconversationwillgoonlonger.Forexample,ifyouareatasummerpoolparty,don’taskapersoniftheylikesummer.Instead,askthemwhattheylikeordislikeaboutsummer.So,insteadofgettingaone-wordanswer,youmighthavethechancetoshareinamemory.Becomeastudent.Nobodyknowseverything.So,assomeoneisansweringoneofyouropen-endedquestions,theybringupsomethingaboutwhichyouknownothing.So,tellthem!Thisletstheotherpersonbecometheteacher.Theyfeelgoodaboutsharingtheirknowledgeandyougettolearnsomething.It’sawin-winsituation.Don’task“So,whatdoyoudo?”Somepeopledonotliketheirjobs.Ormaybetheydon'twanttotalkaboutit.So,insteadofasking,“Whatdoyoudoforaliving?’，youmayasksomethinglike，“So,whathaveyoubeendoingthesedays?”or“So,whathaveyoubeenupto?”O(jiān)negeneralquestioncanleadtoanopportunitytosharesomethingyouhaveincommon.So,askquestions.Askpeopleabouttheirfamilies,theirambitionsoreventheirfears.However,balancethesequestionswithcommentsaboutyourself.Askingtoomanyquestionsmaymakepeoplefeeltheyareinaninterviewratherthaninaconversation.Likeanythingelse,gettinggoodatmakingsmalltalktakespractice.Ifyoumakesmalltalkinyournativelanguage,youmightbecomehappier.IfyoumakesmalltalkinEnglish,youwillmostdefinitelyimproveyourspeakingandlisteningskills.OutlineSupportingDetailsIntroductionSmalltalkorChitchatisashortconversationweusuallyconductondifferent71withdifferentpeople.Smalltalkdrawsamixof72andcriticismamongpublic.SignificanceofsmalltalkSmalltalkisthefoundationofspiritualcommunicationwhichnotonlyhelpsyoubreakthe73whenstavingwithstrangers,butalsohelpsestablishahealthyrelationshipwiththem.74toimproving?Make75forsomeconversationstarters.We’dbettertalkaboutthingsthatwe’re76with,forsimilarexperiencescanmakeaconversationeasiertostart.?Askopen-endedquestions.Ageneralquestionwillprobably77vourconversations,whileopen-endedquestionswillmakeyourconversationslastlonger.small-talkingability?Becomeastudent.Behonestandmodestinsomethingnew.Awin-winsituationwill78aftermutualsharingandlearning.?Don’task‘"So,whatdoyoudo?”Balancequestionswithcommentsaboutourselvesand79talkingaboutsomethingpeopledislike.Conclusion?Practicemakesperfect!Smalltalkinnativelanguagecanbring80asenseofhappiness,andsmalltalkinEnglishcanimproveyouroralEnglish.參考答案：三、閱讀理解19.ColeBettleshadbeenrejectedbyanumberofuniversitieswhenhereceivedane-mailfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,lastmonth,congratulatinghimonhisadmissionandinvitinghimtotourthecampus.HismotherbookedahotelinSanDiego,andthe18-year-oldOjaihighschoolseniorarrangedforhisgrandfather,uncleandotherfamilymemberstomeetthematthecampusforlunchduringtheSaturdaytour.“Theywerelike‘OhmyGod,that’ssoawesome（棒的）’，”Bettlessaid.Rightbeforehegotinbed,hecheckedhise-mailonelasttimeandfoundanothermessagesayingtheschoolhadmadeamistakeandhisapplicationhadbeendenied.Infact,all28,000studentsturnedawayfromUCSanDiego,inoneofthetoughestcollegeentranceseasonsonrecord,hadreceivedthesameincorrectmessage.Thestudents’hopeshadbeenraisedandthendashed（破滅）inacrueltwistthatshowsthedangerofinstantcommunicationsintheInternetage.UCSDadmissionsdirectorMaeBrowncalleditan“administrativeerror”butrefusedtosaywhohadmadethemistake,orifthoseresponsiblewouldbedisciplined（受訓）.Thee-mail,whichbegan,“We’rethrilledthatyou’vebeenadmittedtoUCSanDiego,andwe’reshowcasing（展示）ourbeautifulcampusonAdmitDay,”wassenttothefull46,000studentswhohadapplied,insteadofjustthe18,000whogotin,Brownsaid.Theerrorwasdiscoveredalmostimmediatelybyherstaff,whosentanapologywithinhours.“Itwasreallythrillingforafewhours;nowhe’scrushed（壓垮），”saidCole’smother,TracyBettles.“It’sreallytoughonthem.”TheadmissionsdirectorsaidshewasintheofficeonMondayuntilmidnightansweringe-mailsandphonecallsfromdisappointedstudentsandtheirparents.Shesaidshetookfullresponsibilityfortheerror.“Weaccessedthewrongdatabase.We

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