1、2016-2017學年深圳市高級中學高三年級第一次考試試卷英語科試題 命題人：鄭維群 審題人：王靜注意事項：1.本試卷分第卷（選擇題）和第卷（非選擇題）兩部分。2.答題前，考生務必將自己的姓名，準考證號填寫在答題卡相應的位置。3.全部答案在答題卡上完成，答在本試卷上無效。4.考試結束后，只交答題卡。第卷第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節，滿分40分） 第一節 （共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（a、b、c、和d）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。 athe chance of a snowy holiday season in most american

2、cities is practically impossible this year, so any festive atmosphere to be enjoyed will have to be the imaginary sort. luckily, there are books for that.the complete fairy tales by hans christian andersenany reader of fairy tales knows andersens responsible for the snowy scenes in the snow queen, t

3、he story of children kai and gerda, who must face the goddess-like woman who controls all snowflakes after kai is kidnapped. family life by akhil sharmaits a beautiful yet tragic novel about an indian family immigrating to america, only to face entirely new hardships. sharmas novel isnt entirely set

4、 in the wintertime, but his poetic descriptions of winter weather as lovely yet isolating make it a great choice for a december read.frankenstein by mary shelleygo ahead and give up movie adaptation that has been produced recently and read or re-read the classic itself. you know the story: a scienti

5、st driven by his ambition discovers a method for creating life, and spends two years cobbling together a living creature, who later feels anger about him.an american childhood by annie dillarddillards first book is, as its title suggests, about her change from being a self-centered child to being an

6、 adult more concerned with the world around her than with her own personal concerns. her parents are key figures in the story. one famous scene takes place during what the author calls “a big snow”, in 1950.1. who wrote a novel about “the snow queen? a. annie dillard. b. donna tartt. c. akhil sharma

7、. d. hans christian andersen.2 what do we know about frankenstein? a. it has been adapted to a movie.b. its about the secret history. c. its about an indian familyd. its a fairy tale.3. from an american childhood, we know the main characters are _.a. self-centered children. b. adults. c. scientists.

8、 d. dillards parents.bthe summer of 2001 saw australians win the cycling tour de france, beat the world at cricket and rugby, and have a player in the final of the wimbledon tennis tournament for the eighteenth time.many countries would be amazed at that kind of success. for australia, it was just a

9、 typical sporting summer. at the 2000 olympics, australia came fourth in the medals table. that does not sound so great, yet australia has a population of only 19 million. there are more olympic medal winners per head of population in australia than in any other country.what is it that makes austral

10、ians a sporting people? this is a question that many people participating in sports have asked themselves over the years.some of the answers are simple. sport needs space. australians have 7.4 million square kilometers of space to play sports in. many other countries are either too crowded or too sm

11、all to encourage everybody to take part. besides that, australia is a warm, dry country. this encourages people to go outdoors to enjoy themselves. furthermore, since 85 per cent of australians live near the sea, they learn water sports early; and since sharks swim off the coasts of australia, they

12、also learn to swim very fast.other reasons go deep into the history, culture and economy of the country. when the british first found australia they decided that it would be a great place to send criminals to. life for the first australians was very tough, so they had to be independent and develop a

13、 will to win just to survive. yet they also had to be able to trust each other and be willing to help each other out. in other countries, coaches train people in mental toughness and team building. in australia, these qualities are part of the general social environment.from the cultural perspective

14、, being far away from europe also meant that australians were far away from the centres of western arts and cultures. as a result, sport itself has become a way of cultural expression and part of the australian nationality. an english football fan wants to see the national team do well, but really c

15、ares more about his local club. for an australian, representing the nation is the most important of all. everything else is just good practice. being good at sports is part of what it means to be an australian.4. what can we learn from paragraph 2?a.australia has the most medal winners in the world.

16、b.the achievement made in 2001 is abnormal for australia.c. australia has a smaller population than any other country.d.the performance of australia in sports is great in relation to its population.5. according to paragraph 4, the following factors make australians a sporting people except _.a. clim

17、ateb. playgroundc. seasond. geography6. supposing you are an english football fan, you are most delighted that _.a.you will watch a live football matchb. the club you support wins the matchc.you will see a football star in the fleshd. the national team defeats its competitor7. in the following parag

18、raph, the author is probably to _.a. explain the reason in economyb. introduce the sports stars in clubsc. foresee the future of sports in australiad. describe the love for ones motherlandceverywhere i look outside my home i see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shoppin

19、g, even sitting in toilets. when connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.people have been influenced to become technology addicted. one survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to ipad and similar devices. one stud

20、y found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.the main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. they have successfully create

21、d a cultural disease. consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.i see people trapped in a pathological (病態的) relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than techn

22、ology serves them. i call this technology servitude. i am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.what is a healthy use of technology devices? that is the vital question. who is really in charge

23、of my life? that is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. when we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technol

24、ogy and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. mae west is famous for proclaiming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” but its time to discover that it does not work for technology.richard fernandez, an executive coach at google acknowledged that “we can be s

25、wept away by our technologies.” to break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology.8. the underlined word “allure” in paragraph 2 probably means _.a. adaptionb. attraction c. attemptd. advantage9. from the passage, techn

26、ology companies aim to _.a. deal with cultural diseases b. provide the latest informationc. improve peoples quality of life d. attract people to buy their products10. it can be inferred from this passage that people _.a. consider too much technology wonderfulb. have realized the harm of high-tech de

27、vicesc. can regain freedom without high-tech devicesd. may enjoy life better without overused technology11. whats the authors attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?a. neutral.b. skeptical. c. disapproving.d. sympathetic.d antarcticas lake vostok has long been a mystery to scientists. s

28、ealed(密封) off from the outside world for millions of years, vostok is buried beneath 13 000 feet of ice. the huge underground lake is the size of lake ontario and is located in one of antarcticas coldest regions. scientists want to know：what lives below the ice?they might find out soon. after more t

29、han 10 years, a team of russian scientists have finally been able to drill through the ice into vostoks ancient waters. vostok lies below one of the coldest zones on earth, and the ice here is denser than ice elsewhere on the planet. drilling can take place each year only during antarcticas warmest

30、weather. this is when the ice is easier to drill, and the temperatures are not as severe for scientists living in the vostok research station, which is above the lake. numerous past attempts to reach the lake, including one last year, failed because the scientists did not finish drilling before the

31、weather became too cold.scientists estimate that vostok has been closed off from the outside world for approximately 30 million years. signs of tiny organisms called microbes (微生物)were discovered years ago in the ice above the lake. some researchers think similar lifeforms could be thriving (興盛的，繁榮的

32、) below the ice shielding vostoks waters.ancient forms of life that could remain in these waters might reveal new information about how organisms can survive in extreme environments, and about how life used to exist on earth millions of years ago.“for me, the discovery of this lake is comparable wit

33、h the first flight into space，” says expedition director valery lukin.“by technological complexity, by importance, by uniqueness.”more than 350 underground lakes are frozen below antarctica, and lake vostok is one of the largest. teams of scientists are now planning to drill into similar lakes throu

34、ghout antarctica. in december (summertime in the southern hemisphere), an american team will be tunneling into lake whillans near the south pole, and a british team will attempt to reach lake ellsworth in west antarctica.12. russian scientists drilled through the ice into lake vostok _.a. to fetch s

35、ome ancient waterb. to find some ancient forms of lifec. to explore natural resourcesd. to measure the thickness of ice13. based on their findings what are researchers expected to do?a. to know the geographical features of antarctica. b. to solve mysteries of the ice at the south pole.c. to analyze

36、the evolution history of the earth.d. to open antarcticas 30millionyearold secrets.14. research on antarctica underground lakes like these can be considered _.a. the path of guiding human developmentb. the result of human struggle for existencec. a new frontier for scientistsd. a great victory again

37、st nature15. which of the following statements is not true?a. the task of russian scientists drilling is quite challenging.b. british and us teams are targeting lakes ellsworth and whillans respectively.c. the attempt to drill might fail during the antarctic winter.d. what was in the waters of antar

38、ctica lakes has been revealed.第二節（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分） 根據短文內容，從短文后選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項多余選項。 third-culture kidsdid you grow up in one culture, your parents came from another, and you are now living in a totally different country? if so, then you are a third-culture kid! the term “third-culture kid” (

39、or tck) was coined in the 1960s by dr. ruth. she first came across this phenomenon when she researched north american children living in india. caught between two cultures, they form their very own. 16 about 90 percent of them have a university degree, while 40 percent pursue a postgraduate or docto

40、r degree. they usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful academics and professionals. 17 in fact many hardships may arise from this phenomenon. a third-culture kid may not be able to adapt themselves completely to their new surroundings as expected

41、. instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. max, for example, experienced this fundamental feeling of strangeness throughout his life as a third-culture kid. 18 while this can be a way to create a network of friends all around the world, it can be difficult for a third-

42、culture kid like max to maintain close friendships and relationships.for a third-culture kid, it is often easier to move to a new foreign country than to return to their “home” country. after living in australia and south korea for many years, louis finally returned to turkey as a teenager. but she

43、felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born. 19 she did not share the same values as her friends even years after going back home. while a third-culture kid must let go of their identity as foreigner when he/she returns, the home country can prove to be more foreign than an

44、ything he/she came across before. the peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of “home”. 20 as a part of the growing “culture”, tcks may find it a great challenge for them to feel at home in many places. a. yet being a third-culture kid is not always easy.b. in general,

45、 they often reach excellent academic results.c. this often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.d. however, their parents can help them see the opportunities of a mobile lifestyle.e. their experience abroad helps them to gain a better understanding of cultural differences.f. unlike othe

46、r teens of her age, she didnt know anything about current tv shows or fashion trends.g. additionally, making new friends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid.第三部分 英語知識運用 (共兩節, 滿分45分)第一節 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從21-40各題所給的a、b、c和d中，選出

47、最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。a phone call reached me one cold winter day. i was 21 that my father was seriously ill. i had not seen my father since his divorce from my mom, and he had lived alone in a small trailer(拖車式活動房）in california, 500 miles away from me. the real 22 between us seemed much greater. i was i

48、n no hurry to change that, but 23 i promised to be there the next day.the whole drive down, 24 flashed through my mind. i remembered my father, the proud marine (海軍陸戰隊隊員). he snatched off the christmas tree all the decorations the rest of us had put up and rehung them so there was 25 the same spacin

49、g between them. but we neednt 26 those military orders. i remembered clearly the battles he had with my mother. i remembered 27 to hear my father say just once, “i love you, patty”, only to have him 28 at me, “you cant do anything right!”standing outside his trailer, i tried to 29 my courage to face

50、 him one more time. slowly, i took a few steps inside, my hand and my whole body shaking, too 30 to believe my eyes. sitting on the sofa, my father looked confused and frustrated. this wasnt the angry and 31 man i had known growing up. this man was 32 and seemed broken. part of me felt sorry for him

51、, but another part of me was thinking this was exactly the fate he 33 . “god, what am i supposed to do now?” i wondered. but as soon as the words 34 me, a sense of sorrow 35 me, and i knew that i had to take him to my home. it was the 36 part i struggled with. the days of looking after my father tur

52、ned into weeks, then months. all the pain, the conflicted feelings id been 37 over the years came rushing out. one night, i sat there, talking to god, begging him to help me let go of the ugly feelings i had toward my father. when i was finished, i felt an incredible peace, as if every 38 had been l

53、ifted from me. 39 had cleaned all that from me and i felt free to start living the joyful life god wanted me to live. it has been eight years since father died. now when i think of him, those are the moments i remember, which are, as i put on dads headstone, gods amazing 40 .21. a. reminded b. confi

54、rmedc. informedd. warned22. a. difficultyb. challengec. paind. distance23. a. somehowb. thereforec. otherwised. somewhat24. a. messagesb. memoriesc. thoughtsd. images25. a. exactlyb. specificallyc. generallyd. roughly26. a. admitb. recitec. masterd. observe27. a. attemptingb. longingc. promisingd. h

55、esitating28. a. stareb. aimc. laughd. shout29. a. strengthenb. supportc. gatherd. distribute30. a. shockedb. puzzledc. worriedd. disappointed31. a. selfishb. sensitivec. controllingd. fascinating32. a. fragileb. awkwardc. cautiousd. stubborn 33. a. graspedb. deservedc. determinedd. expected34. a. in

56、spiredb. motivatedc. escapedd. followed35. a. absorbedb. defeatedc. ruinedd. overtook36. a. physicalb. emotionalc. religiousd. material37. a. keeping upb. looking backc. holding backd. picking up38. a. resolveb. crimec. disasterd. burden39. a. forgivenessb. sadnessc. kindnessd. awareness40. a. acknowledgementb. favourc. appreciationd. conscience第卷第三部分 英語知識運用 (共兩節, 滿分45分)第二節 （共10小題;每小題1.5分，滿分15分）閱讀下面材料, 在空白處填入適當的內容或括號內單詞的正確形式。switzerland is famous for its watches. 41 , this country didnt invent the watch. 42 was thebritish who did it. here is a story of how the