廣東省茂名市高州第四中學高三英語上學期期末試卷含解析一、選擇題1.______Iacceptthegiftorrefuseitisnoneofyourbusiness.A.If

B.Whether

C.Evenif

D.Nomatterwhen參考答案：B2.Hemusthavebeenannoyedbysomethingyesterday,_____?A．wasn’the B．hasn’the C．needn’the D．mustn’the參考答案：A3.—Willyouexcuseme?I’vegottomakeaphonecall.—

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A.Noway B.Neveragain C.Itdepends D.Goahead,please參考答案：D4.Thisproductcontainsno________color1s；onlynaturalsubstancesareused.A.commercial B.beneficialC.official D.artificial參考答案：D【詳解】考查形容詞辨析。句意：該產品不含人工色素，僅使用了自然物質。commercial商業的；beneficial有益的；official官方的；artificial人造的。根據“onlynaturalsubstancesareused.”可知，沒有用人工色素。故選D。5.Instudents'eyes,agoodteachershouldhavemanygoodvirtues,but_______,heorsheshouldbeknowledgeable.

A.aboveall

B.afterall

C.firstofall

D.inall參考答案：A6.-Comeon,pleasegivemesomeideasaboutthedesign.A、filling B、filled C、tofill D、beingfilled參考答案：A7.._______Sunday,ratherthan_______athome,Ipreferred_______.

A.Itbeing;stay;totravel

B.Being;tostay;totravel

C.Havingbeen;stay;travel

D.Itwas;tostay;travelling參考答案：A略8.AlibabahasbecomeChina’slargestonlinecommercialcompany,_____aprofitof6.42billionyuanin2011.A.earns

B.earning

C.earned

D.tohaveearned參考答案：B9.Theremainsofadventurer’sprivateairplanewerereported______,buttheadventurerremainedmissing.A.beingfound

B.tobefound

C.havingfound

D.tohavebeenfound參考答案：D.解析：考查非謂語動詞形式。在bereported/said/considered等句式中通常與動詞不定式連用。由于動詞不定式的動作早于謂語動詞發生，因此用動詞不定式的完成式，根據語意，那位探險家的飛機已經被找到，故動詞不定式需用被動式。10.________withtraditionalChineseartmadeMrSeville__________toCometoChinaforstudy.A.Beingobsessed;determined

B.Beingobsessed;determiningC.Obsessing;determining

D.Obsessed;determined

參考答案：A11.Wearenowlivinginagreattime,___wearefacedwithnumerouspossibilitiesaswellaschallenges.

A.theonewhen

B.theonewhich

C.onewhich

D.onewhen參考答案：D12.Afterheretiredfromtheoffice,Tom______paintingforawhile,butsoonlostinterest.A.tookup B.savedup C.keptup D.drewup參考答案：A13.Thepresidenthastoanswerforthelossesthecompany______inthepastfewmonths.A.experienced B.wasexperiencing C.hasbeenexperiencing D.hadbeenexperiencing參考答案：C14.--I'msorry,butsmokingisnotallowedinthissectiononthetrain.

--Oh,I

that,andIwon'tagain.

A.don'tknow

B.didn'tknow

C.won't

D.haven'tknown參考答案：B略15.—Didyouenjoyyourselflastweekend,Tom?

—Yes,asyouknow,______birthdaypartywentonin_____mostpleasantatmosphere.

A.the;the

B.a;the C.the;a

D.a;a參考答案：C16.－MissJonesonce_________musicatBardonSchoolfortenyearsandnowisanactress.－NowonderIoftenhearhersinginthegarden.y

A.hastaught

B.taught

C.isteaching

D.hasbeenteaching參考答案：B17.Shirley’sstrongloveforherhometownis______inhernewsongs.A.relieved

B.reflected

C.respondedD.recovered參考答案：B解析：這題考察動詞的詞義辨析。A.解脫，寬慰。B反映

C回復D恢復二、新的題型18.請認真閱讀下列短文，并根據所讀內容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰當的詞（每空1詞）。Educatinggirlsquitepossiblyharvestsahigherrateofreturnthananyotherinvestmentavailableinthedevelopingworld.Women'seducationmaybeanunusualfieldforeconomists(經濟學家),butincreasingwomen'scontributiontodevelopmentisactuallyasmuchaneconomicasasocialissue.Andeconomics,withitsfocusonincentives(鼓勵),providesanexplanationforwhysomanygirlsaredeprivedof(剝奪)aneducation.Parentsinlow-incomecountriesfailtoinvestintheirdaughtersbecausetheydonotexpectthemtomakeaneconomiccontributiontothefamily:girlsgrowuponlytomarryintosomebodyelse'sfamilyandbearchildren.Girlsarethusseenaslessvaluablethanboysandarekeptathometodohouseworkwhiletheirbrothersaresenttoschool—theprophecy(預言)becomesself-fulfilling,trappingwomeninaviciouscircle(惡性循環)ofneglect.Aneducatedmother,ontheotherhand,hasgreaterearningabilitiesoutsidethehomeandfacesanentirelydifferentsetofchoices.Sheislikelytohavefewerbuthealthierchildrenandcaninsistonthedevelopmentofallherchildren,ensuringthatherdaughtersaregivenafairchance.Theeducationofherdaughtersthenmakesitmuchmorelikelythatthenextgenerationofgirls,aswellasofboys,willbeeducatedandhealthy.Theviciouscircleisthustransformedintoavirtuouscircle.Fewwillarguethateducatingwomenhasgreatsocialbenefits.Butithasenormouseconomicadvantagesaswell.Mostobviously,thereisthedirecteffectofeducationonthewagesoffemaleworkers.Wagesriseby10to20percentforeachadditionalyearofschooling.Suchbigreturnsareimpressivebythestandardofotheravailableinvestments,buttheyarejustthebeginning.Educatingwomenalsohasasignificantimpactonhealthpractices,includingfamilyplanning.Topic:Thesignificanceoffemale(71)___________indevelopingcountriesViewpointEducatinggirlsismorebeneficialthananyother(72)______________.FamiliesFromlow-incomefamiliesFromeducatedmothers'familiesAttitudesGirlsareof__________(73)value

thanboys.Developmentshouldbeforall(74)___.Practices●Thereisnot(75)_____________investmentindaughters.●Girlsaremadetostayathome,(76)_________housework.Girlsandboyshave(77)____chances.ConsequencesAviciouscircleAvirtuouscircleSignificanceEducatinggirls(78)__________tosocialbenefits,(79)__________advantagesandhealthpractices,includingfamilyplanning.(80)_________Educatinggirlsindevelopingcountriesisimportantandrewarding.參考答案：71.education

72.investment(s)

73.less

74.children

75.much

76.doing

77.fair/equal

78.contributes/leads

79.economic

80.Conclusion三、閱讀理解19.根據短文內容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。Youthinkyouknowyourdog．

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Sheprobablyrecognizesyouwhensheseesyou．Butcanadogtellbysimplylookingatyouwhetheryouhaveahappyoranangryexpressiononyourface?ResearchersinAustriahavetaughtpetdogstoknowthedifference.

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Whendogownersshoutorspeakinastrong，sharpvoice，dogsoftenactguiltyandquietlymoveawayfromthearea．Recently，researchersfoundthatdogscanlookatourfaces，andtellthedifferencebetweenasmileandafrown．Theanimalswereabletorecognizealookofapprovalfromoneofdisapproval．ResearchersattheUniversityofVeterinaryMedicineperformedaseriesofexperiments．

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Theyshowedthedogstwopicturesofeithertheupperorlowerhalfofaperson’sface．Ononepicture，thepersonlookedhappy．Theotherappearedangry．Thedogswerethenshownimagesoftheeyesormouthsofpeopletheyhadneverseenbefore．

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Oncethedogslearnedtorecognizewhichimagewashappyorangry，theycouldeasilyidentifythesameexpressionsinpicturesofanyface．Futurestudieswilltrytoshowwhetherdogscanlearnthemeaningoffacialexpressions．40

Theresearchers’findingswerepublishedinthejournalCurrentBiology．Theyprovidethefirstsolidevidencethathumansarenottheonlyspeciesthatcanreadthebodylanguageofanotherspecies．A．Dogsareveryawareofsound．B．Dogshavefeelingsjustasyoudo．C．Buthowwell