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中山市华侨中学2014届高三第一次模拟考试英语科试卷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各题所给的abc和d项中，选出最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。if you want to learn a new language, the very first thing to think about is why. do you need it for a _1_ reason, such as your job or your studies? or perhaps youre interested in the _2_, films or music of a different country and you know how much it will help to have a _3_ of the language.most people learn best using a variety of _4_, but traditional classes are an ideal（理想的）start for many people. they _5_ an environment where you can practice under the _6_ of someone whos good at the language. we all lead _7_ lives and learning a language takes time. you will have more success if you study regularly, so try to develop a _8_. it doesnt matter if you havent got long. becoming fluent in a language will take years, but learning to get by takes a lot less.many people start learning a language and soon give up. “im too _9_,” they say. yes, children do learn languages more _10_ than adults, but research has shown that you can learn a language at any _11_. and learning is good for the health of your brain, too. ive also heard people _12_ about the mistakes they make when _13_. well, relax and laugh about your mistakes and youre much less likely to make them again.learning a new language is never _14_. but with some work and devotion, youll make progress. and youll be _15_ by the positive reaction of some people when you say just a few words in their own language. good luck!1. a. technical b. practical c. political d. physical2. a literature b. transport c. agriculture d. medicine3. a view b. knowledge c. form d. database4. a paintings b. regulations c. methods d. computers5. a. protect b. change c. respect d. provide6. a. control b. command c. guidance d. pressure7. a. busy b. happy c. simple d. normal8. a. theory b. business c. routine d. project9. a. tired b. nervous c. weak d. old 10. a. closely b. quickly c. privately d. quietly11. a. age b. speed c. distance d. school12. a. worry b. hesitate c. think d. quarrel13. a. singing b. working c. bargaining d. learning14. a. tiresome b. hard c. interesting d. easy15. a. blamed b. amazed c. interrupted d. informed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，并将答案填在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。frank smithson woke up and leaned over to turn off the alarm clock. oh no! he _16_ (think) to himself, another day at that office; a boss who shouts at me all the time. as frank went downstairs his eyes fell on _17_ large brown envelope by the door. he was overjoyed when he opened _18_ and read the letter inside. bigwoods football pools (足球赌博公司) would like to congratulate you. you _19_ (win) half a million pounds. frank suddenly came _20_ life. the cigarette fell from his lips as he let out a shout _21_ could be heard halfway down the street.at 11:30 frank arrived at work. please explain _22_ youre so late, his boss said. go and jump in the lake, replied frank. ive just come into a little money so this is good-bye. find yourself _23_ else to shout at.that evening frank was smoking a very _24_ (expense) havana cigar when a knock was heard on the door. he rushed to the door. outside were two men, neatly _25_ (dress) in grey suits. mr. smithson, one of them said, were from bigwoods pools. im afraid theres been a terrible mistakeii.阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小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。asome years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. i would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the days events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. i did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but i gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. after all, isnt accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?when i was thirteen years old, i went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equipped with pens, a diary, and a camera. during the trip, i was busy recording every incident, name and place i came across. i felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. on my last night there, i wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. the sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. i automatically took out my penat that point, i understood that nothing i wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds i allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. all i remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations i had set down in my diary.now, i only write in my diary when i need to write down a special thought or feeling. i still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful. i take pictures, but not very often-only of objects i find really beautiful. im no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when i grow old. i realize that life will simply pass me by if i stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.i dont want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. maybe i wont have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe ill forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. i dont live to make memories-i just live, and the memories form themselves.26. before thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of _.a. observing her school routine b. expressing her satisfactionc. impressing her classmates d. preserving her history27. on a journey at thirteen, the author _. a. nearly ignored the beauty of nature while busy making records b. hardly made preparations for a journal while appreciating nature c. suddenly felt it impossible and unnecessary to write everything down d. was entirely struck by nature and forgot to record anything28. what caused a change in the authors understanding of keeping a diary?a. a dull night on the journey. b. the beauty of the great valley.c. a striking quotation from a book. d. her concerns for future generations.29. what does the author put in her diary now?a. notes and beautiful pictures. b. special thoughts and feelings.c. detailed accounts of daily activities. d. descriptions of unforgettable events.30. the author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is _.a. to experience it b. to live the present in the futurec. to make memories d. to give accurate representations of itbits such a happy-looking library, painted yellow, decorated with palm-tree stickers and sheltered from the florida sun by its own roof. about the size of a microwave oven, its pedestrian-friendly, too, waiting for book lovers next to a sidewalk in palm beach country estates, along the northern boundary of palm beach gardens.its a library built with love.a year ago, shortly after janey henriksen saw a brian williams report about the little free library organization, a wisconsin-based nonprofit that aims to promote literacy and build a sense of community in a neighborhood by making books freely available, she announced to her family of four, “thats what were going to do for our spring break!”son austin, now a 10th-grader, didnt see the point of building a library that resembles a mailbox. but janey insisted, and husband peter unwillingly got to work. the 51-year-old owner of a ship supply company modified a small wooden house that hed built years earlier for daughter abbies toy horses, and made a door of glass. after adding the librarys final touches (装点), the family hung a signboard on the front, instructing users to “take a book, return a book,” and making the henriksen library, now one of several hundred like it nationwide and among more than 2,500 in the world, the only little free library in palm beach county.they stocked it with 20 or so books theyd already read, a mix of science fiction, reference titles, novels and kids favorites. “i told them, keep in mind that you might not see it again,” said janey, a stay-at-home mom.since then, the collection keeps replenishing (补充) itself, thanks to ongoing donations from borrowers. the library now gets an average of five visits a day.the projects best payoff, says peter, are the thank-you notes left behind. “we had no idea in the beginning that it would be so popular.” 31. in what way is the library “pedestrian-friendly”? a. it owns a yellow roof.b. it stands near a sidewalk. c. it protects book lovers from the sun.d. it uses palm-tree stickers as decorations.32. janey got the idea to build a library from _. a. a visit to brian williamsb. a spring break with her family c. a book sent by one of her neighborsd. a report on a wisconsin-based organization33. the library was built _. a. by a ship supply companyb. on the basis of toy horses c. like a mailboxd. with glass34. what can we infer about the signboard? a. it was made by a user of the library.b. it marked a final touch to the library. c. it aimed at making the library last long.d. it indicated the library was a family property.35. the passage tells us that the users _. a. donate books to the libraryb. get paid to collect books for the library c. receive thank-you notes for using the library d. visit the library over 5 times on average dailycweve reached a strange-some would say unusual-point. while fighting world hunger continues to be the matter of vital importance according to a recent report from the world health organization (who), more people now die from being overweight, or say, from being extremely fat, than from being underweight. its the good life thats more likely to kill us these days.worse, nearly l8 million children under the age of five around the world are estimated to be overweight. whats going on?we really dont have many excuses for our weight problems. the dangers of the problem have been drilled into us by public-health campaigns since 2001 and the message is getting through-up to a point.in the 1970s, finland, for example, had the highest rate of heart disease in the world and being overweight was its main cause. not any more. a public-health campaign has greatly reduced the number of heart disease deaths by 80 per cent over the past three decades.maybe that explains why the percentage of people in finland taking diet pills doubled between 2001 and 2005, and doctors even offer surgery of removing fat inside and change the shape of the body. that has become a sort of fashion. no wonder it ranks as the worlds most body-conscious country.we know what we should be doing to lose weight-but actually doing it is another matter. by far the most popular excuse is not taking enough exercise. more than half of us admit we lack willpower.others blame good food. they say: its just too inviting and it makes them overeat. still others lay the blame on the americans, complaining that pounds have piled on thanks to eating too much american-style fast food.some also blame their parents-their genes. but unfortunately, the parents are wronged because theyre normal in shape, or rather slim.its a similar story around the world, although people are relatively unlikely to have tried to lose weight. parents are eager to see their kids shape up. do as i say-not as i do.36. what is the “strange” point mentioned in the first sentence?a. the good life is a greater risk than the bad life.b. starvation is taking more peoples lives in the world.c. who report shows peoples unawareness of food safety.d. overweight issue remains unresolved despite whos efforts.37. why does the author think that people have no excuse for being overweight?a. a lot of effective diet pills are available.b. body image has nothing to do with good food.c. they have been made fully aware of its dangers.d. there are too many overweight people in the world.38. the example of finland is used to illustrate _.a. the cause of heart diseaseb. the effectiveness of a campaignc. the fashion of body shapingd. the history of a body-conscious country39. according to the last paragraph, parents _. a. always set a good example to their children b. are hardly as overweight as their children c. hope to be as healthy as their own children d. rarely take action to lose weight themselves40. which would be the best title for the passage?a. actions or excuses? b. overweight or underweight?c. who in a dilemma d. no longer dying of hungerdit is widely known that any english conversation begins with the weather. such a fixation with the weather finds expression in dr. johnsons famous comment that “when two english meet, their first talk is of weather.” though johnsons observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this english weather-speak.bill bryson, for example, concludes that, as the english weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. he argues that “to an outsider, the most striking thing about the english weather is that there is not very much of it.” simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the british isles.jeremy paxman, however, disagrees with bryson, arguing that the english weather is by nature attractive. bryson is wrong, he says, because the english preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.” the interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” according to him, the weather in england is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the english as well as the outsider.bryson and paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather- speak among the english. both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. the english weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. english weather-speak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”. in other words, english weather-speak is a means of social bonding.41. the author mentions dr. johnsons comment to show that_.a. most commentators agree with dr. johnsonb. dr. johnson is famous for his weather observationc. the comment was accurate two hundred years agod. english conversations usually start with the weather42. what does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to?a. a social trend.b. an emotional state.c. a historical concept.d. an unknown phenomenon.43. according to the passage, jeremy paxman believes that_.a. bill bryson has little knowledge of the weatherb. there is nothing special about the english weatherc. the english weather attracts people to the british islesd. english people talk about the weather for its uncertainty44. what is the authors main purpose of writing the passage?a. to explain what english weather-speak is about.b. to analyse misconceptions about the english weather.c. to find fault with both bill bryson and jeremy paxman.d. to convince people that the english weather is changeable.45. the english weather conversation is actually _. a. a nature attractionb. a requests for weather data c. a conversation starterd. a common focus in british life第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先请阅读下列租房信息：以下是五个人的租房要求。请匹配每个人拟租的房子。46. xiao ni is studying in sydney for the next two months. she wants to live with an australian family so she can improve her english as much as possible.47. akira and yoko have just got married. yoko is teaching japanese at a local sydney high school. they dont really want to share accommodation with other people.48. li hua is studying at the sydney language centre to which he drives each day in his car. his cousin from guangzhou is arriving in sydney very soon to study at the same language centre. he also needs his own room.49. toni fan would like to share with one person, preferably an australian one so he can learn more about australian culture. he doesnt smoke and is happy to rent a small room.50. kim chong won is a korean student with a limited budget. he doesnt want to pay more than $100 per week. he doesnt want to live on his own or with a family. hes a non-smoker. iii问句翻译（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）51. 谁给你们的影响最大？52. 你如何看待在英国排队的事情？53. 你觉得我需要吃药吗？54. 英国人不太在乎穿什么衣服，对吗？55. 你和你的室友相处得如何？. 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分） 你是校报小记者，最近进行了一次采访。以下是这次采访的情况：时间：上周末 对象：眼科医生(eye-doctor)王教授 主题：我国中小学生近视(short-sightednes