2018朝阳区高三英语期末试题(精校)

A

、

B

、

C

、

D

四个选项中，

选出最佳选项，

并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。

Failing Successfully

Two years ago I took part in a speech competition and delivered a memorized speech. It was

a hard time for me when the judge__16__ the winners. At last, the moment of truth came. I got the

worst.

After

not

being

placed

in

the

competition,

I

really

wanted

to

__17__

again.

I

realized

that

finding

the

right

topic

was

the

most

important

part

of

the

whole

__18__.

It

needs

to

be

motivational

and

inspirational

to

the

__19__.

So

I

reworked

my

speech

for

the

following

year,

__20__

a

different

topic

and

spending

many

hours

before

the

computer

and

in

libraries

doing

research. Then I worked __21__ the speech, line by line, word by word, making it __22__ better.

The next year I participated in the competition again. I gave my __23__ in two parts, one was

about

my

own

experience

and

the

other

was

about

the

feelings

that

people

usually

have

whengiving a speech

—

how __24__it is, standing on a stage all alone, with everyone sitting and

watching

them.

My

speech

__25__

down

well

and

I

was

hoping

to

do

that

a

little

bit

better.

__26__, my wish didn

’

t come true. The competition was so fierceand again I wasn

’

t __27__.

I

was

deeply

disappointed,

since

I

couldn’t

accept

the

fact

that

I

had

__28__

twice

in

something that I had worked so hard on. However, I knew that losing is __29__ and part of life.

One of the judges said to me that my speech was quite good, __30__ it needed to be better if I

wanted to go any further. He advised me to struggle to __31__ something like some of the empty

gestures. He saidthat I would surely succeed someday.

While

I

didn’t

earn

__32__

as

a

result

of

the

competition,

I

did

gain

a

new

viewpoint.

I

discovered

that

I

could

fail

successfully.

I

think

I

’

ll

__33__

to

work

hard

and

enter

the

next

competition.

Now, whenever I’m faced with a

defeat, I __34__ myselfof what a famous person

said,

―The path was worn and slippery. My foot slipped from under me, knocking the other out of

the way, but I recovered and said to myself that

it’s

a slip and not a __35__

.‖

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16. A. announced

17. A. suffer

18. A. range

19. A. audience

20. A. reviewing

21. A. during

22. se

23. A. choice

24. ng

25. A. went

26. A. Angrily

27. d

28. A. decreased

29. A. flexible

30. A. but

31. A. assume

32. A. profits

33. A. continue

34.

35. A. kick

B. predicted

B. compete

B. condition

B. companion

B. supposing

B. against

B. flow

B. instruction

B. surprising

B. dropped

B. Sadly

B. treated

B. escaped

B. normal

B. so

B. declare

B. awards

B. agree

B. inform

B. push

C. observed

C. win

C. system

C. director

C. picking

C. behind

C. expose

C. reason

C. frightening

C. slowed

C. Strangely

C. placed

C. struggled

C. appropriate

C. for

C. overcome

C. comments

C. regret

C. accuse

C. fall

D. interviewed

D. check

D. process

D. author

D. comparing

D. through

D. occur

D. speech

D. confusing

D. rolled

D. Eagerly

D. affected

D. failed

D. typical

D. or

D. acquire

D. qualities

D. apply

D. remind

D. walk

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B

、

C

、

D

四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡

上将该项涂黑。

A

January 10th

To the members of the city council of Albion,

As a lifelong person living in Albion I have seen many changes to our beautiful town. Fifty years

ago, the population was 32,000 andMain Street was the center of everything. People went there to

shop, eat in restaurants, see movies, and sometimes just walk around. Today, Albion

’

s population

is

over

80,000

and

nobody

even

thinks

about

going

downtown.

We

shop

at

malls

and

on

the

Internet. We take out fast food and stay home and watch TV

. Most of the downtown businesses

have closed, putting people out of work.

I

advocate

a

suggestion

to

turn

things

around.

Let

’

s

declare

the

four

block

area

to

the

north

of

Main Street a pedestrian-only zone. Once we do that, we can begin creating a lively street scene

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with open-air markets, sidewalk cafes, and street musicians or other performers. People may start

making

downtown

their

free-time

destination.

Parents

can

bring

their

children,

and

teenagers

would be able to get together in a public setting.

The

changes

could

also

have

economic

benefits

for

the

city.

Art

galleries,

clothing

stores,

and

other businesses might begin to change the abandoned stores into new businesses. As downtown

street life becomes more exciting, Main Street could also begin to attract new people living there.

Young people responding to the energizing atmosphere may move into the apartments above the

stores. New apartments will be built, providing new housing as well as work for local people. All

of this activity would help to bring back the city

’

s commercial tax base.

If you want confirmation that this kind of plan works, just look at Springfield

’

s results. When they

instituted their pedestrian-only zone in 2003, the changes were great. Restaurants and hotels began

to

fill

up

and

unemployment

rates

went

down.

The

people

of

the

town

gained

an

exciting

new

neighborhood. I certainly hope you

’

ll give this idea your serious consideration.

Yours truly,

Mary Blakely

36. What

’

s the change of the town in the past fifty years?

A. The population has decreased.

B. There have been fewer safe places.

C. People have lost interest in downtown.

D. The unemployment rate has been controlled.

37. What idea does the author give in the letter?

A. Raising the local commercial tax.

B. Abandoning the pedestrian-only zone.

C. Driving people away from downtown.

D. Startingbusinesses in the downtown area.

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. What’s the purpose of the letter?

A. To provide advice to the government.

B. To seek help with the problems of the city.

C. To express dissatisfaction with the situation.

D. To get public attention to the local economy.

B

It

probably

won

’

t

surprise

you

that

teens

are

texting

more

than

ever

before.

Experts

show

great concern for teen texting. Students might not learn correct grammar and spelling if they write

a lot of text messages. Also all that texting takes away from hours that could be spent studying,

exercising, pursuing hobbies,or talking with others face to face. Some kids even sleep with their

phones beneath their pillows and wake up several times during the night to text.

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Dr. Elizabeth Dowdell points out teens need to learn that they can

—

and should

—

turn off their

phones

sometimes.

She

and

her

team

had

two

teenagers,

Kenny

and

Franchesca,carry

out

an

should

obey the rules: No phone for 48 hours. No computer or Internet either,

unless it was for these two teenagers be able to do it?

―I think I’

m going to feel really alone

,‖ Kenny worried. Franchesca was nervous but brave.

―I’

m excited for the challenge,

‖

she said.

―I

don

’

t know what

’

s going to happen

.‖

They handed their

phones to their mothers for safekeeping. The challenge was on.

The team caught up with Kenny and Franchesca after 48 phone-free hours.

―

Wow, it was pure

suffering

,‖

Kenny joked.

―

Though life with no phone was

n’

t easy,

‖

he admitted

,―

it had benefits. I

felt less stressed because I didn

’

t have to be involved

.‖

Sure, Kenny missed his friends, and he was

sad at times. But he also felt relief from the constant d of texting, Kenny went to the

gym and caught up on schoolwork. He said that the first night he slept for 10 hours. He also spent

time sitting with his family and talking.

―

I felt closer to my parents,

‖

said Kenny.

Franchesca had an even happier result when she put away her phone.

―I

loved it!

‖

she said.

―

I

was

going

to

the

gym

and

hanging

out

with

friends

and

playing

basketball.

I

had

a

wonderful

experience.

‖

She sleptbetter too,

and

she

decided to continue the experiment for a while.

―

I think

I’l

l be so much smarter and healthier,

‖

she explained.

―

Everybody in the world should try it.

‖

Kenny doesn

’

t plan to give up his phone again. But he now knows that he can live without it.

―It was a reality check

,

‖

said the teen.

39. Experts are concerned about teens

’

texting because it ______.

to learning disabilities

B. takes up their learning time

C. develops the habit of staying up late

D. causes misunderstandings with each other

40. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Teens willlive ahealthier life without phones.

B. Expecting teens to live withoutphones is not realistic.

C. Experimenting with phone use is popular among teens.

D. Teens don

’

t realize how different their lives are without phones.

41. How were thetwo teens

’

reactions to the 48-hour challenge different?

Kenny participated in physical activities.

Kenny spent time talking with his parents.

C. Only Franchesca benefited from areally good sleep.

Franchesca appreciated the freedom of having no phone.

is the best title for the passage?

up Texting

Days with No Phone

for Using Phones

ms Caused byTexting

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C

The Domestication (

驯化

)of Cats

For

centuries,

the

common

view

of

how

domestication

had

occurred

was

that

prehistoric

people,

realizing

how

useful

it

would

be

to

have

animals

kept

for

food,

began

catching

wild

animals

and

breeding

(

繁殖

)

them.

Over

time,

by

allowing

only

animals

with

―tame‖

（驯养）

characteristicsto produce their babies, human beings created animals that were less wild and more

dependent upon people. Eventually this process led to the domestic farm animals and pets that we

know today, having lost their ancient survival skills and natural abilities.

Recent

research

suggests

that

this

view

of

domestication

is

incomplete.

Prehistoric

human

beings did catch and breed useful wild animals,but specialists in animal behavior now think that

domestication was not simply something people did to animals

—

the animals played an active part

in the process. Wolves and wild horses, for example, may have taken the first steps in their own

domestication by hanging ar

ound human settlements, feeding on people’s crops and getting used

to human activity. The animals which were not too nervous or fearful to live near people produced

their babies that also tolerated humans, making it easier for people to catch and breed them.

In

this

version,

people

succeeded

in

domesticating

only

animals

that

had

already

adapted

easily

to

life

around

humans.

Domestication

required

an

animal

that

was

willing

to

become

domestic. The process was more like a

dance

with partners than a victory of humans over animals.

At first glance, the taming of cats seems to fit nicely into this new story of domestication. A

traditional

theory

says

that

after

prehistoric

people

in

Egypt

invented

agriculture

and

started

farming, rats and mice gathered to feast on their stored grain. Wildcats, in turn, gathered at the

same places to hunt and eat the rats and mice. Over time, cats got used to people and people got

used to cats. Some studies of wildcats, however, seem to call this theory into question. Wildcats

don

’t share hunting and feeding

areas

, and they don’t live close to people. Experts do not know

whether wildcats were partners in their own domestication. They do know that long after people

had acquired domestic dogs, sheepand horses, they somehow acquired domestic cats. Gradually

they produced animals with increasingly tame qualities.

43. What is suggested in recent research?

s were less afraid than thought.

s had an active role in their domestication.

C. Wolves and horses were the first to be domesticated.

D. Domestication meant something people did to animals.

44. T

he word ―dance‖

is used in Paragraph 3 to show that ______.

A. animals and humans were close

swereindependent of humans

cats.

B. control over animals was easy

ication was like a game

.

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45. What probably attracted cats to human settlements?

B. Warmth.

D. Food.

46. What causes a problem for the theory that cats were domesticated like wolves were?

A. Cats were not friendly to people.

B. Cats were not as fierce as wolves.

C. Cats had the characteristic of independence.

D. Cats showed cleverness when they were hunting.

D

Peer Pressure

People who are at your age, like your classmates, are called peers. When they influence you

on your decision or action,

it’s called peer pressure. All of us, at some point in our lives, have had

to deal with peer pressure. The need to follow the crowd and do what majority of us are doing

forces us to take up activities which we wouldn’t otherwise.

Recent studies have shown that peer pressure might causean upside to you. It can make you

reflect on your actions and make changes to your ways to become a better one. Observing others

working hard to reach their goals will definitely encourage you to make a great effort to achieve

something

positive.

When

a

teen

knows

that

his

teammates

are

practicing

hard

to

become

betterplayers then it will directly affect his own performance. He will put in twice the time and

energy to raise the level of his game and ensure he has a place on the team.

Having a group that brings positive peer pressure can also help you pick up healthy

habits

that

can

shape

both

your

personality

and

your

future.

The

motivation

to

do

well

because

of

pressure from your peers can actually become inspiration. For example, when a child knows that

some of his friends regularly read storybooks, he may get into the habit of reading. Seeing thathis

friends exercise daily, even he may take up the habit and adopt it in life.

Just as some influences can be positive, some can be negative too. Peer pressure sometimes

can make a dip in your self-confidence. Some kids give in to peer pressure because they want to

be liked, or because they worry that others might make fun of them if they don’t go along with the

group. Others go alon

g because they are curious to try something new. The idea that ―everyone’s

doing

it‖

can

influence

them

to

leave

their

better

judgment

behind.

Besides,

peer

pressure

can

distance

you

from

your

family

and

friends.

It

is

common

for

teenagers

to

think

that

nobody

understands them and that the whole world is against them. The influence of peer pressure is such

that it draws them completely away from their family and friends who mean well. They just shut

themselves off and fall into bad company.

I

t’s likely that

you’ve experienced the effect of peer

pressure in different areas, ranging from

the clothes you wear to the music you listen to. Sometimes it can be hard to resistand you may feel

forced to do something you’re uncomfortable with.

So being aware of and carefully choosing the

influence of peers that will lead to healthy and happy experiences is a lifelong process.

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