1、广东省汕头市2017届高三英语上学期期末考试试题本试卷共三部分，共8页，满分135分（1201.125）。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔填写答题卡上的班级、姓名和试室号、 学号，用2B铅笔将学号对应的数字涂黑。 2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑， 如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。第一部分: 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分）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涂黑。 AThe edit
2、or of the new Cool Camping Britain guide chooses some of his favorite new finds in England, Wales and Scotland.Cleadale, Isle of Eigg, Inner HebridesIs this Britains most beautiful campsite? From the grassy point looking seaward to the mountains, its not hard for campers to see how the island inspir
3、ed The Lord of the Rings authors fantasy landscapes. The campsite itself is as wild and wonderful as its setting.Open April - September, from 5 per tent per night.Swattesfield, Thornham Magna, SuffolkDeep in the wilds of north Suffolk, this seven-acre campsite has only been open for a few years, wit
4、h two fields separated by a lake and surrounded by woodland. The position is perfect. Its a great place to do nothing but get into nature. You can put up your tent in the bottom field or the woodland beyond.Open Easter - October, from 10 per tent per night.Pleasant Streams Farm, near St Austell, Cor
5、nwallThis site, by a lake, is all about simple pleasures. Located in the former mining village, it has a summerhouse(凉亭) with books and games for a rainy day. There are many animals including pigs, hens, goats and ducks on the farm and a pub just a 10- minute stroll away. Theres very little to do he
6、re, no bells and no whistles. Campfires are encouraged.Open Easter - September, from 10 per tent per night.Troytown Campsite, St Agnes, Isles of SciilyIts only campsite, Troytown, couldnt be in a more remote position. Isolation is its greatest advantage so bring plenty of books to read and dont expe
7、ct a phone signal. But at least one of lifes necessities is available. Lying on the hillside overlooking the bay and near the island of the Gugh, it might just win the prize for best beer garden view in England.Open March - October, from 7. 50 per tent per night,1. Which of the following is TRUE abo
8、ut Cleadale, Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides? A. It has been open for a few years. B. A beautiful lake surrounds it. C. It offers the longest service. D. The rent of a tent per night is the lowest.2. Which place can you choose if you like a simple farm life? A. Cleadale, Isle of Eigg, Inner Hebrides. B
9、. Swattesfield, Thornham Magna, Suffolk. C. Pleasant Streams Farm, near St Austell, Cornwall. D. Troytown Campsite, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly.3. In Troytown Campsite, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, you cant _. A. contact others by phones B. view the bay from the hillside C. get everyday necessities D. r
10、elax yourself by readingBPerhaps Van Gogh（1853-1890）isnt the most famous artist in the world, but his personal story is probably the most well known. The paintings he created didnt become famous until after he died. Last year marked the 125th anniversary of his death. An art exhibition was in Beijin
11、g till Dec. 6, in which more than 3,000 photos of the artists masterpieces were shown. However, the paintings that made him famous after his death did little for him when he was alive.Van Gogh was born into a rich family in the Netherlands. He started his career working for an art dealer. But then h
12、e tried other things like teaching in England. He also tried to become a priest, but failed the exams.Finally, he found something else to believe in while he was living in a small mining town in Belgiumart. He returned to his childhood love of painting and drawing.He was an important and great artis
13、t in a generation that challenged the Impressionist style. Post-Impressionists, like Van Gogh, wanted to show the world as it felt to them, not always as it looked.Van Gogh used different forms and colors to make his art more abstract. The way he used colors was especially impressive. In Wheatfield
14、with Crows (1890), the colors are very intense. Corn is yellow, grass is green, and crows are black. But the colors are used in such a way that it looks better than a photograph.Unfortunately, Van Goghs art wasnt very popular while he was alive. He was poor and was thought to have mental problems, w
15、hich led him to cut off his ear and eventually die by shooting himself. Arguably, it wasnt the art that gave him mental problems. What made him so sad may have been the difficulty of working as an artist in a practical world.4. What can we know about Van Gogh from the passage? A. He was born into a
16、rich family in the Netherlands 125 years ago. B. He was a teacher, a priest and a miner before he became an artist. C. He did not get much wealth or fame from his works before he died. D. He decided to be an artist when he worked as an art dealer.5. According to the passage, Van Gogh impressed peopl
17、e deeply by _. A. how he used colors in his paintings B. how he became famous for his paintings C. how he showed the world exactly as it looked D. how he began to love art while living in Belgium6. What might have caused Van Goghs mental problems? A. The art of painting. B. The loss of one of his ea
18、rs. C. Pressure from his family. D. Not being accepted or recognized.7. What can be the best title of this passage? A. Wheatfield with Crows B. An Artists Sad Story C. Childhood of Van Gogh D. An Art Exhibition of Van GoghCTimes are a little tough at our house right now. Neither of us makes a lot of
19、 money, but years of experience have taught us how to walk between the raindrops and make it from one month to the next with a fair amount of grace. I cook a lot at home, more when were facing lean times. When I know that I have to keep us fed on not much money, I fall back on my grandmothers recipe
20、s. She taught me to cook.When I was a kid, my twin brother and I spent long summer weeks and Christmas vacations with my mothers parents in the mountains of North Carolina. Rather than go hunting with my grandfather on frozen mornings, I found myself more and more in the kitchen with my grandmother,
21、 watching her making a lemon cheese pie with her soft hands.My great-grandmother died when my grandmother was 11 years old. As the eldest daughter, she was expected to take on all of the housework while attending school. Throughout the Great Depression, she learned how to make a little food go a lon
22、g way. Vegetables were cheap, so she cooked a lot of them, mostly only using small amounts of meat for seasoning. Roast beef was a twice-a-month luxury, but there was nothing she couldnt do with a chicken, every part of it. Nothing went to waste.Now I understand that her food was sacred. I feel conn
23、ected to my grandmother and to hundreds of years of family when Im in my kitchen making country food. In the delicious smells is a long tale of victory over hard times, of conquering starvationof not just surviving, but finding joy and pleasure in every meal of every day.From grandmother I learned t
24、o take real satisfaction in feeding people. My grandmother would beam with pleasure over a heavily laden table and say, “Do you know what this would cost at the restaurant? ” I never knew what restaurant in particular she had in mind, but I knew that the question was totally not fair, because no res
25、taurant anywhere can cook like a grandmother. But now, thanks to her guidance and years of practice, I can.8. According to the passage, the author cooks a lot at home because_. A. she wants to try out her grandmothers recipes B. she and her husband are quite particular about food C. she enjoys cooki
26、ng at home D. she and her husband are embarrassed financially9. What does the underlined word “lean” mean in the first paragraph? A. with a bad harvest B. with little money C. with little enengy D. with little work10. According to the passage, the authors grandmother_. A. learnt to cook throughout t
27、he Great Depression B. was careful in budgeting C. preferred chicken to beef D. was careful in cooking vegetables11. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?A. Cook like My GrandmotherB. My Grandmothers Sacred FoodC. My Grandmothers RecipeD. Joy and Pleasure in CookingDImagine yo
28、ure at a party full of strangers. Youre nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, youve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyones name tag. The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting-whatever. Making new friends be
29、comes simple.This hasnt quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology.An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pets skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not
30、need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device, that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on
31、 the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patients medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.Take a step back: 1
32、0 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make ordinary
33、 life simpler.RFID tags are a small part of this phenomenon. “The world is going to be a loosely coupled set of individual small devices, connected wirelessly,” predicts Dr. J. Reich. Human right supporters are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking school kids
34、through RFID tags, they say. We imagine a world in which a beer company could find out not only when you bought a beer but also when you drank it. And how many beers. Accompanied by how many biscuits.When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication. Not for po
35、p music. Who knows how RFID and related technologies will be used in the future. Heres a wild guess: Not for buying milk.12. The article is intended to . A. warn people of the possible risks in adopting RFID technology B. explain the benefits brought about by RFID technology C. convince people of th
36、e uses of RFID technology D. predict the applications of RFID technology13. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people . A. will have no trouble getting data about others B. will have more energy for conversation C. will have more time to make friends D. wont feel shy at partie
37、s any longer14. Why are some people worried about RFID technology? A. Because children will be tracked by strangers. B. Because market competition will become more fierce. C. Because their private lives will be greatly affected. D. Because customers will be forced to buy more products.15. The last p
38、aragraph implies that RFID technology . A. will not be used for such matters as buying milk B. will be widely used, including for buying milk C. will only be used for buying milk D. will probably not be widely used第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10 分） 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中的两项为多余选项。Third-Culture KidsDid
39、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” (or TCK) was coined in the 1960s by Dr. Ruth. She first came across this phenomenon when she researched North Ameri
40、can 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 doctor degree. They usually benefit from their intercultural experience, which helps them to grow into successful acade
41、mics 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. Instead, they may always remain an outsider in different host cultures. Max, for example, experienced this funda
42、mental 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-culture kid like Max to maintain close friendships and relationships.For a third-culture kid, it is often easier t
43、o 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 felt out of place when she returned to the country where she was born. 19 She did not share the same values as her
44、 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 anything he/she came across before. The peer group they face does not match the idealized image children have of “ho
45、me”. 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, they often reach excellent academic results.C. This often makes it hard for them to form their own identity.D. Ho
46、wever, 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 other teens of her age, she didnt know anything about current TV shows or fashion trends.G. Additionally, making new f
47、riends and saying goodbye to old ones will at some point become routine for a third-culture kid.第二部分: 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。I was having a great morning until I sat down in front of my office computer. “Your password has expired(失效),” a server message flashed on my 21 , with instructions for changing it. 22 a new code doesnt seem like a big deal, 23 you work at my company, where we have to change it monthly with no less than eight characters.Suddenly I was angry. What made it 24 was tha
