重庆南开中学高三英语期中试题

You consider normal probably seems equally strange to other.

A.that B.what C.which D.when

35.--- I want to be alone right now! get the picture?

— .

A.Yes, I’ll take it B.Yes I like it very much

C.That’ll do D.Fine! I’ll leave, then

第二节 完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分，满分30分)

请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

A hike was the perfect coder of the day. The boys were excited about the idea. It would be good to be 36 .

After lunch I 37 Daniel, aged ten and Wes, seven years old, fight for their 38 . So I said, “Guys, let’s just use the backpacks and take a nice hike this afternoon.” Soon we 39 the trail(山道). My eldest son Chuck joined us and led the expedition. The little guys walked on the trail with their backpacks, hats, and 40 filled with water. I laughed as I watched Wes lurching (踌躇而行)along the trail 41 with all his equipment. He followed his brothers 42 not to drop behind. Not a sound of complaint escaped his 43 .

Finally, I asked Wes if I could 44 the pack for him. He smiled and handed the thing to me.

I kept Wes’s pack and asked him, “What’s in the pack?” “A calculator, Dad, “he said. I thought maybe he packed a book, biscuits, or some apples. Any of these would make 45 .”

“It’s kind of 46 ,. Did you put something else in here?”

“No, just the 47 .”

Then it 48 me what he meant by a coagulator. He was talking about the huge desktop adding machine(机械加法机) 49 for the last few weeks!

“Why did you put a heavy machine in your pack?”

“I just wanted 50 in my pack and I like the machine,” he said.

Well, kids are fun and full of 51 . I laugh a lot every time I think of it and I am reminded what a 52 thing it is to have a little boy to hike with.

It’s good to be alive, and get out and do something with the 53 . visit, ride bikes, walk the dog, or go to church.

If you can’t think of anything 54 to do, throw and adding machine in a backpack and hit the 5 .

36.A.alone B.together C.away D.off

37.A.looked B.wondered C.noticed D.observed

38.A.equipment B.instrument C.furniture D.luggage

39.A.made up B.made out C.made into D.made for

40.A.cups B.bottles C.teapots D.bowls

41.A.bearing B.helping C.struggling D.taking

42.A.tiredly B.safely C.secretly D.carefully

43.A.lips B.body C.legs D.hands

44.A.bring B.carry C.fetch D.gradb

45.A.complaints B.a joke C.a story D.sense

46.A.light B.heavy C.interesting D.stupid

47.A.calculator B.biscuits C.apples D.book

48.A.beat B.stuck C.drove D.defeated

49.A.at school B.in the store C.at home D.in the lab

50.A.everything B.nothing C.something D.anything

51.A.anger B.passion C.energy D.surprises

52.A.priceless B.worthless C.useless D.hopeless

53.A.friends B.family C.colleagues D.strangers

54.A.better B.worse C.easier D.harder

55.A.avenue B.highway C.street D.trail

三、阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

请阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

A

Japanese couples, too busy for a normal social life, are increasingly turning to actors to play their friends on the most important days of their lives.

Japanese couples, too busy for a normal social life, are increasingly turning to actors to play their friends on the most important days of their lives.

Several agencies have sprung up(涌现)offering actors to attend weddings or even funerals.The first guest-for-hire company was established about nine years ago and around 10 now send out dozens of pretend friends to family events.

Agencies such as Hagemashi Tai-which means “I want to cheer you up” -charge around ??100 for each “guest”.Other services such as giving a speech in praise of a bride or the groom cost extra.

The appearance of the small fake friends industry has been linked to social and economic changes in Japan.With lifetime employment (终身雇佣制)a thing of the past, couples feel uncomfortable about inviting work colleagues to their wedding.Increasingly busy and put upon, many Japanese surround themselves with only a very small circle of friends.

When they marry, however, they are under pressure to match the number of their new partner’s wedding guests.

Office Agents, the largest provider of pretend friends, makes sure that its employees have done their homework and know all about the bride or groom before the wedding.

Hiroshi Mizutani, the company’s founder, said the fake friends he provides must look happy,

be ell dressed and look like people with good jobs.

56.Why did fake friends industry come into being in Japan?

A.Because of social and economic changes

B.Because of lifetime employment

C.Because of normal social life

D.Because of work pressure

57.Pretend friends will be present at the following occasions except ________.

A.weddings B.funerals C.work D.family gathering

58.The agents make sure that ________.

A.fake friends have done their housework

B.fake friends have good jobs

C.fake friends must look happy and be well dressed

D.fake friends feel uncomfortable

59.What is the best title of this passage?

A.Japanese couples are under pressure to get married

B.The first guest-for-hire company in Japan

C.Japanese couples’ social life

D.Japanese couples rely on fake friends

B

Almost two-thirds of children want their parents to spend more time reading to them before bed, and most prefer Mum’s storytelling to Dad’s, researchers said.

They conducted a study that showed younger children aged 3-4 were most hungry for more stories, with over three-quarters saying they wished their parents read to them more often.

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