七彩教育网 www.7caiedu.cn 免费提供Word版教学资源整理日期整理人2011年2月24日星期四小 广东汕头市金山中学2011届高三年级上学期期末考试英 语 试 题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。I take the firm position that parents do not owe their children a college education. if they can _1 it, they can certainly send them to the best universities. but they must not feel guilty if they cant. If the children really want to go, theyll find a 2 out. there are plenty of loans（货款）and scholarships for the bright and 3 ones who cant afford to pay.When children grow up and want to get married, their parents do not owe them a down payment on a house. They do not have the 4 to baby-sit their grandchildren. If they want to do it, it must be considered a(n) 5 not an obligation（责任，义务）.Do parents owe their children anything? yes, they owe them a great deal.One of their obligations is to give their children a personal 6 .A child who is constantly made to feel stupid and unworthy, constantly 7 to brighter brothers, sisters, or cousins will become so _8_ , so afraid of failing that he（or she）wont try at all. of course they should be _9_ corrected when they do wrong, but its often better to let children learn their mistakes by themselves in time. All our parents should do is to trust them, respect them, tolerate（宽容）them and give them chances to try and fail. They must learn to stand 10 .When criticisms（批评）are really needed, they should be 11 with praises, with a smile and a kiss. That is the way children learn.Parents owe their children a set of solid values around which to build their lives. This means teaching them to 12 the rights and opinions of others; it means being respectful to elders, to teachers, and to the law. The best way to teach such values is by 13 .A child who is lied to will lie. A child who sees no laughter and no love in the home will have 14 laughing and loving.No child asks to be 15 . If you bring a life into the world, you owe the child something.1Afind Bget Cafford Dreceive 2Asupporter Bhelp Cpath Dway 3Ahandsome Bhonest Ceager Dworried 4Atime Bright Cduty Denergy 5Afavor Bpleasure Chonor Dservice 6Aworth Baffair Cbelief Dconfidence 7Abrought Bcompared Cforced Dtaken 8Aunsure Bdesperate Cembarrassed Ddependent 9Aproperly Bgently Csincerely Dseverely 10Afailure Bexamination Cfault Dtest 11Amixed Bsatisfied Cshared Dbalanced 12Aconsider Brecognize Crespect Dknow 13Aexample Bguidance Cword Ddeed 14Aworry Bdifficulty Cfun Dproblem 15Apraised Bvalued Cborn Dloved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词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为 1625的相应位置上。Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed ways of mining, construction, and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）. On April 12, 1888, Alfreds brother Ludwig died of heart attack. A major French newspaper mistook his brother 16 him and carried an article 17 (announce) the death of Alfred Nobel. The merchant of clenches Dr. Alfred. The article read. “Dr. Alfred Nobel, 19 became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday.”Alfred put 20 the newspaper sadly. It was his brother rather than 21 who had died and the French newspaper had made a mistake. All the same, Alfred felt uncomfortable. Was this the way the world was going to remember him? He did not like that idea at all. He wanted people to remember him as a man of peace.He invented his dynamite at a perfect moment in time. Many countries were beginning to build roads through mountains and needed a safe, strong dynamite. His dynamite was developed for such peaceful uses. He also thought that 22 all countries had the same great weapons, they would see how impossible war was and that any country fighting a war 23 (destroy). Therefore, there would be no more wars. Many people of his day also thought this way. To make sure that he was remembered with love and respect. Nobel arranged in a will to give the 24 (large) part of his money to establish the Nobel prizes, which would be awarded to people who made great 25 (contribute) to the causes of peace, literature, and the sciences.II 阅读理解（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 Few of us havent Gread Cinderella, the story of young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyones heart-we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity（默默无闻）.Mary Santiago has that secret dream, tooHer story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with ot