人教版必修三英语期末试卷

第 1 页 共 4 页 xx中学xx学年第一学期期末考试试卷

高 二 年级 学科： 英语 （时间120分钟 分值：150分）

Ⅰ 阅读理解题（根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

A

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modem traffic and modern communication

means (通通通通). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new

problems. One of the biggest is pollution (通通). To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes

in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the

problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up(通通) or

the river was dirty in one place, Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now

slowly polluting the whole world.

Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only

one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution

makes us angry more easily.

Many countries are making rules (通通) to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal (通)

in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.

Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused (通通) by heavy

traffic. It is sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.

The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean.

And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.

1. Our world is becoming much smaller ___.

A. because the earth is being polluted day and night.

B. thanks to science development

C. because of the rise in population

D. because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

2. Thousands of years ago, life was ____ it is today.

A. much easier than B. as easy as

C. as hard as D. much harder than

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world's population does.

C. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike it would be helpful in

fighting against the problem of SO2.

D. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the

earth.

B

Bicycles in China

Bicycles are very popular in China. In our country you can see bicycles almost everywhere .When you walk on the road, you will find a lot of people riding bicycles to school, shops and

anywhere else. Therefore , China is known as "the kingdom of bicycles". In China, many families have one or two bicycles.

Compared with cars, bicycles have many advantages. First, they are much cheaper than cars.

Most Chinese can't afford cars, but they can afford bicycles. Second, bicycles are small

enough to park anywhere, while cars need a larger piece of land to park. What's more, with

lower speed, bicycles are safer than cars.

However, bicycles also bring some problems. Some riders don't obey the traffic rules and

some riders don't think about others' safety. So they ride too fast. During rush hours, too many

bicycles may cause traffic jams. We still have a long way to go to solve the problem.

4. Where can you see bicycles in China?

A. In the big city. B. In the town.

C. In the country. D. Almost everywhere.

5. "The kingdom of bicycles" here is saying__.

A. China has a large number of bicycles B. China makes bicycles

C. bicycles are a kingdom D. only China has bicycles

6. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of bicycles?

A. Bicycles are much cheaper than cars. B. Bicycles are easy to park.

C. Bicycles are more beautiful than cars. D. Bicycles are safer than cars.

7. What problems can bicycles bring?

A. Bicycles are more and more expensive.

B. Riding bicycles is more dangerous than driving cars.

C.There are no places for so many bicycles.

D. Too many bicycles may cause traffic jams.

C

It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other

words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It

seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.

Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life getting education only

for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just

a way of making a living. People don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education