1、届河北省定州中学新高三上学期周练四78英语试题解析版河北定州中学：2017届新高三英语周练试题（四）第I卷（选择题）第一部分单项选择题（共20小题，每题1.5分，共30分）1.- Why, you are wet all over!- I _ just now and I rushed all the way here.A. was caught in the rain B. was caught by the rainC. caught by rain D. caught up a rain2.I dont think it is teachers who _ for giving stud
2、ents too much pressure.（ ）Aare going to blame Bare to blameCare to be blamed Dshould blame3.My father _ for Beijing on business tonight. A. is about to leave B. has been leaving C. is leaving D. would leave4.A new stadium _ next year, for an international tennis game will be held in this city. A. wi
3、ll build B. will be built C. has been built D. has built5.Close the door of fear behind you, and you _ the door of faith open before you. A. saw B. have seen C. will see D. are seeing6.By the time you _ from college, you _ English for sixteen years. Are you still going to communicate with foreign cu
4、stomers in such broken English?A. graduated, had learned B. graduated, learnedC. graduate, have learned D. graduate, will have learned7.Is this the first time you _ to Kunming?Yes, how excited I am!A. have come B. will come C. came D. are coming8.Tom is going to talk about the geography of his count
5、ry ,but I would rather he _more on its culture.A focus B focused C would focus D had focused9.I am mad when my wife insists on selling the house. I _ she would decide that.A. dont think B. havent thought C. didnt think D. hadnt thought10.By the time I saw the angry expression on his face, I _ exactl
6、y what I was having to face. But not for a moment _ I should quit.A. had known; I thought B. have known; had I thoughtC. would know; I would think D. knew; did I think11.The audience is waiting anxiously to see which team_.A. wins B. would win C. will win D. had win12.When I realized I _at him, the
7、boy turned away.A. will look B. look C. had look D. was looking13.Hi, Albert, I cant find my reference book!Sorry, I _ it and I guess I put it on the top shelf with my things.A. use B. had used C. am using D. used14.She has owned the painting since 1950, when it _ to her as a wedding present.A. has
8、given B. gave C. was given D. has been given15.Have you received a reply to your job application?No. I _.A. waited B. am waiting C. have waited D. had been waiting16.I should very much like to have gone to the party but I .A.hadnt been invited B.wasnt invitedC.wouldnt be invited D.am not invited17.H
9、e stood at the window, thinking where he his camera last.A.saw B.has seen C.had seen D.would see18.The book has been translated into thirty languages since it_ on the market in 1973.A.had come B.has come C.came D.comes19.Its really a small world! I _we would meet here.A.dont think B.havent thought C
10、.didnt think D.wont think20.The traffic in Beijing will be better when Subway Line 16 _ into service.A. would be put B. was put C. will be put D. is put第二部分 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）Kate Hashimoto was picking up a few groceries at the Upper West Side Food Emporium when she ran into a fri
11、end. “Hey Kate, do you like wraps? Heres a chicken wrap, her pal said. “But be careful, its kind of wet.” They werent in the food store. They were in front of the store, digging through three overflowing trash bins.Hashimoto Dumpster-dives(拾荒) for all her food, doesnt use toilet paper or do laundry,
12、 and hasnt bought makeups in 10 years. She doesnt have to live this way shes an employed CPA(注册会计师). “Ive always been money-saving, but it was when I was fired that I became extreme,” Hashimoto explained.“No job is guaranteed, so I live as if I could be fired at any time.”Manhattan, she said, is a g
13、old mine for dumpster divers.“Consumers in wealthy areas expect their products to be perfect, so upscale stores throw out a lot of items that are still good.“New York can be the most expensive place to live, but it can also be the least expensive if you know how to work the system.”Hashimoto let the
14、 reporter of a newspaper spend a day with her learning how to work the system. She lives in Harlem, where she bought a studio in 2010 and paid it off in nine months, but walks down to the Upper West Side three times a week for good, free food. Her other money-saving methods include using soap to was
15、h herself after using the toilet, taking surveys online to earn gift cards, participating in medical trials, testing products for free samples, cutting her own hair, washing her clothes while she showers, and running to work to avoid using subway. “I was very angry about the latest round of subway f
16、are rises,” she said.Hashimoto does have her limits. Her furniture is a collection of found free gifts but she wont take an old mattress for fear of bedbugs, and sleeps instead on used yoga mats. And she wont stay in a relationship with a boyfriend for free meals.“Ive been in a relationship where I
17、stayed because I was getting free gifts, but I got out of it,” she says. “Its better to be single and dumpster-diving than to be with someone you cant stand.”21The author mentions Kates friend at the beginning to _.A. show there are too many dumpster diversB. introduce the topic of the textC. show t
18、hey have the same lifestyleD. show the close relationship between them22The underlined word “upscale”(in Para.3) is closest in meaning to_.A. large B. high-class C. faraway D. comfortable23How does the author develop the fourth paragraph?A. Offering the sufferings of Kate.B. Making comparisons.B. Di
19、scussing the high living cost in New York.D. Providing details of Kates daily life.When I was sixteen years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It wasnt the first time I had been abroad. Like most English children I learned French at school. And I had often been to France, so I was used
20、 to speaking a foreign language to people who didnt understand English. But when I went to America I was really looking forward to having a nice easy holiday without any language barriers.（障碍）How wrong I was! The misunderstandings(误解) began at the airport. I was looking for a public telephone to giv
21、e my American friend Penny a call and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked if he could help me.“Yes,” I said, “I want to give my friend a ring.”“Well, thats nice,” he said. “Are you getting married? But arent you a bit（点） young?”“Who is talking about marriage
22、?” I replied. “I only want to give my friend a ring to tell her Ive arrived. Can you tell me where theres a phone box?”“Oh!” he said, “Theres a phone downstairs.”When at last we met, Penny explained the misunderstandings to me.“Dont worry,” she said to me. “I had so many difficulties at first. There
23、 are lots of words which the Americans use differently in meaning from British. Youll soon get used to all the funny things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand each other!”24At first the writer thought _ in America.A. he wouldnt have any language difficultiesB. he would
24、 not understand the AmericansC. the Americans might not understand himD. it wouldnt be an easy and relaxing holiday25From the passage we can see that “give somebody a ring”_.A. means the same in America as in EnglandB. means “call somebody” to the American people.C. has two different meaningsD. mean
25、s “be going to get married” in England26In the last paragraph, the underlined “they” refers to（指的是） _.A. the old man and the boy B. the AmericansC. the British D. the French27Penny will agree with the idea that _.A. Americans use words entirely（完全地） differently from BritishB. Americans speak in a fu
26、nny wayC. It will be hard for the author（作者） to get used to American EnglishD. Americans and British can understand each other in most cases（情况）Music is an international language. The songs that are sung or played by instruments（乐器） are beautiful to all people everywhere.Popular music in America is
27、what every student likes. Students carry small radios（收音机） with earphones and listen to music before class, after class and at lunch. Students with cars buy large speakers (扬声器) and play the music loudly as they drive on the street.Adult drivers listen to music on the car radio as they drive to work
28、. They also listen to the news about sports, the weather, politics(政治), and activities of the American people. But most of the radio broadcast(广播) is music.Pop or popular music singers make much money. They make a CD or tape which radio stations use in every state. Once the popular singer is heard t
29、hroughout the country, young people buy his or her tapes. Some of the money from these tapes comes to the singer. Wherever the singer goes, all the young people want to meet him or her. Now the singer has become a national star.Besides pop music, there are two other kinds of music that is important
30、to Americans. One is called folk music. It tells stories about the common（平凡的）life of Americans. The other is called western or country music. This was started by cowboys who would sing at night to the cows they were watching. Today, any music about country life and the love between a country boy an
31、d his girl is called western or country music.28In America, every student likes _. A. folk music B. country musicC. pop music D. western music29According to the passage, most of the car radio broadcast is _. A. sports B. the weather C. politics D. music30How many kinds of music are mentioned(提到) in the passage?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.31Whats the best title of the passage?A. Music in America B. Music ListenersC. Cowboys in America D. International Lan
