【摘要】做题是巩固知识点最有效的方法之一，所以大家要大量练习习题，使自己的学习有所进步。小编为大家整理了高三英语期中试题，供大家参考。

Ⅰ 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节 完形填空(共15小题;每小题2分.满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Maureen stood by the lake. Suddenly the children came running through the trees with sharp cries of ___1___. They rushed up to the lake, leaning over the clear water, watching the crowds of tiny fish. Some children demanded loudly to go to the boats, but ___2__ those who had been left behind at the ice-cream stall(小摊) came running up to make some announcement or other, and they all ___3___ the water and dashed back the ___4___ they had come. With growing excitement, Maureen ___5___ them.

When she saw what had been running for, she stopped running. They were ___6___ things again. The toy stall was open and they were crowded around it. Behind the ___7___ a calm middle-aged woman was selling a great variety of small rubbish. She took ___8___ from the forest of small hands in exchanging for little boats, plastic dolls, yellow pencils, anything. Maureen leaned against a ___9___, looking on. The idea of ___10___ washed against her face like a strong current, trying to draw her in.

Nona Parker pushed out to the edge of the group and laid what she had bought on the ground so that she could see what money she had left in her white purse. Under Maureen’s ___11___ lay a boat, a mouth organ(口琴) and a brown load of bread. Maureen was so full of the ___12___ for the things like that she couldn’t bear to look at it. She turned her ___13___ sharply. Her face was against the tree. She shut her eyes and ___14___ eagerly for some money, for the price of a set toy plates. In a moment, she opened her eyes,but she didn’t turn back to the stall. It was too ___15___ to see the others buying whatever they wanted. She rubbed almost round the tree, her eyes on the ground.

1. A. fright B. surprise C. shout D. excitement

2. A. what’s worse B. all at once C. all the time D. more or less

3. A. left B. polluted C. painted D. entered

4. A. street B. way C. boat D. restaurant

5. A. ran after B. searched for C. glared at D. got rid of

6. A. destroying B. stealing C. buying D. eating

7. A. toy B. stall C. building D. mirror

8. A. fish B. advice C. money D. food

9. A. tree B. wall C. stall D. car

10. A. leaving B. running C. sleeping D. spending

11. A. feet B. eyes C. shoulder D. hands

12. A. edge B. tiredness C. wish D. relation

13. A. friend B. suggestion C. way D. head

14. A. went B. stood C. prayed D. searched

15. A. painful B. nervous C. enjoyful D. near-sighted

第二节：语法填空(共10小题;每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中的语法的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

When I was younger, never once did I imagine she ____16_____( become )my hero.

One day, we had a serious talk,_____17_____ (tell) each other what we felt about our lives. Then, my mom spoke of losing her mother_____18____she was only four years old. She told me how she was abused by her stepmother,______19_____ my grandfather did nothing to stop it. She described days when she went hungry and days when she was forced to eat____20____her abilities.

At age 15, she married and left the home_____21____she never belonged.

When her ____22______(marry) was over, my mom looked on the bright side and realized that she___23_____had her children. We are her support, even to this day.

Now when I see my mom____24____a happy mood, I know she is not really as happy as she seems. This makes me wonder how a woman who has gone through so much can still be there for the ___25___she loves. How can she still manage to be happy and look to better days? Now I know. She can’t be human. She has to have super strength and power. My mom must be a super hero! She must be my hero.

II 阅读 (共两节，满分50分)

第一节：阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Did you know that women’s brains are smaller than men’s? The average women’s brain weighs 10% less than men’s.Since research has shown that the bigger the brain, the cleverer the animal, men must be more intelligent than women.Right? Wrong.Men and women always score similarly on intelligence tests, despite the difference in brain size.Why? After years of study, researchers have concluded that it’s what’s inside that matters, not just the size of the brain.The brain consists of “grey matter” and “white matter”.While men have more of the latter, the amount of “thinking” brain is almost exactly the same in both sexes.

It has been suggested that smaller brain appears to work faster, perhaps because the two sides of the brain are better connected in women.This means that little girls tend to learn to speak earlier, and that women can understand sorts of information from different sources at the same time.When it comes to talking to the boss on the phone, cooking dinner and keeping an eye on the baby all at the same time, it’s women who come out on top every time.

There are other important differences between two sexes.As white matter is the key to spatial tasks, men know better where things are in relation to other things.“A great footballer always knows where he is in relation to the other players, and he knows where to go,” says one researcher.That may explain one of life’s great mysteries: why men refuse to ask for direction and women often need to!

The differences begin when fetuses(胎儿)are about nine weeks old, which can be seen in the action of children as young as one.A boy would try to climb a barrier before him or push it down while a girl would attract help from others.These brain differences also explain the fact that more men take up jobs that require good spatial skills, while more women speech skills.It may all go back to our ancestors, among whom women needed speech skills to take care of their babies and men needed spatial skills to hunt, according to one research.

If all this disappoints you, it shouldn’t.“The brain changes throughout our lives according to what we do with it.” says a biologist.

26.The passage mainly tells us ________.

A.the difference between men’s and women’s brains

B.the changes in brain throughout our lives

C.that men are better at spatial tasks

D.that brain differences are related to our ancestors

27.Which of the following is true according to the first paragraph? ________.

A.Women’s brain is 10% less than men’s

B.Grey matter plays the same role as white matter.

C.Grey matter controls thinking in the brain.

D.Both sexes have the same amount of white matter.

28.What can we infer from the second and third paragraphs? ________.

A.Women prefer doing many things at a time. B.Men do better dealing with one job at a time.

C.Women do not need to tell directions. D.Men have weaker spatial abilities.

29.Which of the following do you agree with according to the fourth paragraph? ________.

A.Young boys may be stronger than young girls.

B.More women take up jobs requiring speech skills

C.Women may have stronger feelings than men.

D.Our ancestors needed more spatial skills.

30.What is the writer’s attitude in writing this passage? ________.

A.Defensive. B.Persuasive. C.Supportive. D.Objective.

B

Children start out as natural scientists, eager to look into the world around them. Helping them enjoy science can be easy; there’s no need for a lot of scientific terms or expensive lab equipment. You only have to share your children’s curiosity. Firstly, listen to their questions. I once visited a classroom of seven-year-olds to talk about science as a job. The children asked me “textbook questions” about schooling, salary and whether I liked my job. When I finished answering, we sat facing one another in silence. Finally I said, “Now that we’re finished with your lists , do you have questions of your own about science?”

After a long pause, a boy raised his hand, “Have you ever seen a grasshopper eat? When I try eating leaves like that, I get a stomachache. Why?”

This began a set of questions that lasted nearly two hours.

Secondly, give them time to think. Studies over the past 30 years have shown that, after asking a question, adults typically wait only one second or less for an answer, no time for a child to think. When adults increase their “wait time” to three seconds or more, children give more logical, complete and creative answers.

Thirdly, watch your language. Once you have a child involved in a science discussion, don’t jump in with “That’s right” or “Very good”. These words work well when it comes to encouraging good behavior. But in talking about science, quick praise can signal that discussion is over. Instead, keep things going by saying “That’s interesting” or “I’d never thought of it that way before” or coming up with more questions or ideas.

Never push a child to “Think”. It doesn’t make sense. Children are always thinking, without your telling them to. What’s more, this can turn a conversation into a performance. The child will try to find the answer you want, in as few words as possible, so that he will be a smaller target for your disagreement.

Lastly, show; don’t tell. Real-life impressions of nature are far more impressive than any lesson children can learn from a book or a television program. Let children look at their fingertips through a magnifying glass(放大镜), and they’ll understand why you want them to wash before dinner. Rather than saying that water evaporates(蒸发), set a pot of water to boil and let them watch the water level drop.

31. According to the passage, children are natural scientists, and to raise their interest, the most important thing for adults to do is _______.

A. to let them see the world around B. to share the children’s curiosity

C. to explain difficult phrases about science D. to supply the children with lab equipment

32. In the last sentence of the first paragraph, the word “lists” could best be replaced by ______.

A. any questions B. any problems C. questions from textbooks D. any number of questions

33. According to the passage, children can answer questions in a more logical, complete and creative way if adults ________.

A. ask them to answer quickly B. wait for one or two seconds after a question

C. tell them to answer the next day D. wait at least for three seconds after a question

34. In which of the following paragraph(s) does the author tell us what to say to encourage children in a science discussion? ________.

A. The second and third. B. The fourth and fifth. C. The fifth and sixth. D. The seventh.

35. The author mentions all of the following techniques for adults to share with their children’s curiosity EXCEPT that adults should ________.

A. tell their children stories instead of reciting facts

B. offer their children chances to see things for themselves

C. be patient enough when their children answer questions

D. encourage their children to ask questions of their own