高三英语期中试题练习整理

Scientists judge that there are about 2,000 million flashes of lightning per year. Lightning hits the Empire State Building in New York City 30 to 48 times a year. In the United States alone it kills an average of one person every day.

The safest place to be in case of an electrical storm is in a closed car. Outside, one should go to low ground and not get under tress. Also, one should stay out of water and away from metal fences. Inside a house, people should avoid open doorways and windows and not touch wires or metal things.

With lightning, it is better to be safe than sorry?

49. People once thought lightning came from ________.

A. the sky B. the gods C. the earth D. nature

50. Lightning can travel ________.

A. as quickly as water B. not so quickly as electricity

C. at very low speed D. at very high speed

51. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. In the U.S about one person per day dies from lightning.

B. The Empire State Building frequently gets hit by lightning.

C. Swimming during a thunder storm is a good idea.

D. A closed car is the best place to be during an electrical storm.

52. Lightning is probably ______ to man.

A. useful B. kind C. useless D. friendly

D

In Japan’s capital city of Tokyo, earthquake danger limits the height of buildings. The city has spread out so far and the traffic has become so heavy that it is very difficult to go from one place to another. The price of the land, too, has skyrocketed. All these explains why a group of Japanese land developers came to the conclusion that there was nowhere to go but down. So far they have dug out space underground for fifteen shopping centres.

What are some of the advantages of shopping and eating underground? Clean air is one of them. The city of Tokyo has one of the most serious smog problems in the world. Another advantage is that you escape the ever-present threat of traffic accidents on the city’s busy streets. Still another is the convenience of getting around: you are usually right next to, or even in, a subway station. And you can even spend the night underground if you like. The Kibosh station, for example, in downtown Tokyo, has a hotel with a bar, restaurant, and barbershop.

53. The reason why buildings can not be very high in Tokyo is ____.

A. that the information about high buildings is limited in Tokyo

B. that the workers haven’t mastered enough modern science and technology

C. the earthquake

D. the heavy traffic

54. What’s the meaning of “skyrocket”? It means “____”.

A. go up sharply B. be as high as that of a rocket

C. fall rapidly D. be as low as that of a rocket

55. What are the advantages of shopping and eating underground

A. Less air pollution, the convenience of shopping.

B. Less air pollution, the convenience of shopping, and less traffic accidents.

C. Clean air and the convenience of getting around.

D. Clean air, less accidents’ threat, and the convenience of getting around.

56. The passage mainly tells us______.

A. the capital of Japan B. the land and its limits

C. the use of space underground in Tokyo

D. how to make full use of the land

E

Pulling heavy suitcases all day in the summer is hard work, especially when you’re a thin 14-year-old. That was me in 1940-the youngest and smallest baggage boy at New York City’s Pennsylvania Railway Station.[来

After just a few days on the job, I began noticing that the other fellows were overcharging passengers. I’d like to join them, thinking, “Everyone else is doing it”.

When I got home that night, I told my dad what I wanted to do. “You give an honest day’s work,” he said, looking at me straight in the eye. “They’re paying you. If they want to do that, you let them do that.”

I followed my dad’s advice for the rest of that summer and have lived by his words ever since.

Of all the jobs I’ve had, it was my experience at Pennsylvania Railway Station that has stuck with me. Now I teach my players to have respect for other people and their possessions. Being a member of a team is a totally shared experience. If one person steals, it destroys trust and hurts everyone. I can put up with many things, but not with people who steal. If one of my players were caught stealing, he’d gone.

Whether you’re on a sports team, in an office or a member of a family, if you can’t trust one another, there’s going to be trouble.

57.What can be inferred about the baggage boys?

A.They could earn much, but they had to work hard.

B.Many of them earned money in a dishonest way.

C.They were all from poor families.

D.They were all thin, young boys.

58.What does the father’s advice imply?

A.It is wrong to give more pay to the passengers.

B.Don’t believe them if they are paying you more.

C.Don’t follow others to overcharge the passengers.

D.It is difficult to work hard and live as an honest boy.

59.The writer can’t put up with stealing because he thinks that .

A.it is a totally shared experience

B.it is considered as the most dangerous

C.it does great harm to human relationship

D.it may lead to the loss of his sports team

60.It can be concluded from the text that .

A.his father’s advice helped him to decide which job to take up

B.working in the sports team was his most important experience

C.he learnt much from his shared experience with his team members

D.his experience s a baggage boy had a great influence on his later life

第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

------- Hello! Zhai Zhigang! I’m greatly honored to interview you. What did you do to be an astronaut?

------- 61 I tried to become an excellent pilot and had to receive training to develop my mind and body.

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