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2014-2015届山东省枣庄第八中学高三第一学期第二次阶段性检测英语试题第卷（共105分）第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节单项填空（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。1grandma pointed to the hospital and said, “thats _ i was born”awhen bhow cwhy dwhere2until now, we have raised 50,000 pounds for the poor children, _ is quiteunexpectedathat bwhich cwho dit3six months ago xie lie said goodbye to her friends and family in china and _ a plane, but she was nervous as she didnt know _aboarded; what to expect babroad; what to expect caboard; what to be expected dboarded; what to be expected 4_ houses were destroyed in the earthquakeaa great deal ofba great dealca great many ofda great many5how long _in that company before you work with us? for eight yearsawere you employedbhave you been employedchad you employeddwill you be employed6the newly-built tower, _beyond imagination, is called “ the first tower in asia”aeighty-five feet as tall asbas eighty-five feet tall ascas tall eighty-five feet asdas tall as eighty-five feet7one way to understand thousands of new words is to gain _good knowledge of basic word formationa/bthecadone8he _after a few days treatment in hospitalapicked upbmade upctook updlooked up9its standard practice for senior 3 students like us _ only 3 day off during our national day holidayahavingbhadcto havedhave10the young couple, who returned my lost wallet, left _i could ask for their namesawhilebbeforecafterdsince第二节完形填空（共30小题；a篇每小题1分，b篇每小题15分，满分40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。akaren, judy and i were the last ones back in the school room after lunch and all of the other sixth graders were already playing outside “wow! how 11 it would be to write on the blackboard while everyone is 12 ” judy said“but mrs. eiffler doesnt want us writing on the 13 ,” i responded“janet, everyone is outsideno one will ever know, ” said karen, reaching into box and drawing out a piece of 14 judy also began drawing i reluctantly （勉强地）joined my friends, but afraid of being 15 then judy had all idea “were all right-handedlets see who can write their 16 best using their left hand” judy and karen started 17 i chose a piece of white chalk from the box and wrote my name “wed better get this board cleaned off 18 mrs. eiffier comes back, ”said judy, but i found it wasnt chalk at all, but a white crayon（蜡笔）! at last, karen got a knife and scraped itit 19 finally, but we left an abrasion （磨损处） on the blackboard mrs. eiffler never asked about the abrasion but i always remember the lesson“no one will ever know” is never 20 even if no one else found out, i myself knew11auseful bfun cstupid dnecessary12aasleep bworried coutside dlucky13ablackboard bbookcdesk dfloor14abread bwood cpaper dchalk15afollowedbpraised ccaught daffected16aaddress bclass cname ddream17awriting bsinging cshouting dreading18auntil bbefore cunless dsince19abroke down btook off ccame off dslowed down20atrue btypicalcimportant ddifferentbmy wife, kathy and i moved with our two-year-old son, nate, to a small native village in alaskathe small three- and four-passenger plane we took so 21 our little boy that he took his favorite blanket and covered his head until we 22 on the small dirt landing stripsduring the months that followed, my son carried his security 23 everywherehe couldnt fall asleep until he had itthe second year, i had a chance to guest speak in seattlewhile i was 24 for the trip, my son followed me around the roomfine-tuning my speech in my mind, i was a little distractedmy son seemed most 25 about my having to fly out in bad weather on one of those small planes he 26 so muchi reassured him that i would be 27 when i got to the hotel in seattle, i didnt have time to 28 until later that evening, and i was 29 when i opened my luggage and found my sons security blanket insidei 30 my wife trying 31 to find the lost blanket as she prepared our son for 32 i immediately 33 to the phone to call kathywhen i began to explain that i had no idea how the blanket had 34 been packed, kathy 35 me down with the news that she already knew where the blanket wasshe told me that she had held nate by the window to let him 36 me drive away from the houseshe had suggested that they pray for “daddy to have a safe 37 ” knowing that our son would be most 38 the small plane ride, she prayed, “dear lord, please help daddy feel 39 on the little plane” when the prayer was over, our son nate 40 his mom，“dont worry, mom, i gave daddy my blanket to keep him safe”21aattracted bcheered cimpressed dterrified22aset about bset down cset in dset out23aplane bbooks cblanket dprayer24apacking breading cwriting ddiscussing25acurious bexcited cworried dconfused26aenjoyed bfeared cprayed dflew27afine bhappy chard-working deasy28acall brest cunpack dexamine29ashocked bsatisfied camused ddisappointed 30athought bpictured ctalked dhated31agladly bsincerely churriedly ddesperately32afood bschool cbed dwork33aasked brushed cordered dwalked34aaccidentally binaccurately cdeliberately dcasually35alet bcalmed ctook dblew36abless bthink cwatch dcheck37aspeech bhotel cjob dtrip38aafraid of btired of cworn out dinterested in39awonderful bexcellent csafe dgreat40aannoyed banswered cpleased dcomforted第二部分阅读理解（共25小题；每小题2分，满分50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。a when i was ten my dad helped me buy my first ten-speed bicycle from alleni put up $60 of my grass cutting and snow shoveling （铲） money and my dad put up the other half i would pay him back over the next six monthsalthough it was not in the latest style, it was my ticket to the adult world i spent that summer and autumn riding happilymy sister liz, a prisoner（囚犯，俘虏） of her five-speed bicycle, never had a chance to keep upjust before the christmas deadline to pay my dad back, we were hit with several snowstormsthis allowed me to shovel enough driveways （车道） to pay off my debti was now officially a bike owner; it was a feeling unlike any other on that christmas morning, my dad gave me a used portable （便携式的） record playeri was excitedhowever, my joy was short-lived after my dad called my sister to the kitchen“we have one more gift for you” he said as he opened the door that led to the garagethere, on the steps, stood a new ten-speed bicycle “its not fair,” i complained“i worked so hard for my bikeand its not even newthen liz gets a new bikeshe didnt have to do anything for it” my dad smiled“she didnt have to do anything for it because its not really for her,” he saidwhat did that mean? i didnt want her bike by spring liz and i were riding all over town together now that she could keep upas we grew, liz and i became true friends still i wasnt smart enough to figure out what my dad meant until years laterthat new bike was not a gift for liz it was a gift for mehed given me the gift of my sisters company, the ability to stay together rather than drift apart （逐渐疏远） in the face of my ability to travelhe gave me my best friend41what do we know about the authors bike? ait was worth $120 ballen bought it for him cit was very fashionable dhe didnt like it actually42why did the author think he was officially a bike owner? ahe had paid off his debt bhe had learned to ride a bike che could also own lizs bike dhe could sell his bike to liz43why was the authors christmas joy short-lived? ahis sister got a new record player bhis father didnt care about him cthe record player wasnt new dhis sister got a better gift44hearing his father say “its not really for her （paragraph 4）”, the author probably felt _ amoved bsatisfied cpuzzled ddisappointed45the author finally realized that _ athe new bike actually belonged to him bthe new bike wasnt bought by his father chis father actually gave him a more valuable gift dhis father loved his sister more as a matter of factb do you love music? id like to introduce you to a band todaythe lumineers is a band based in denver, coloradothe group released its first album the lumineers in april, 2012recently, the record went gold, meaning 500, 000 copies had been soldthat is really a large numbercritics have mostly praised the album the lumineerssome have called the albums sound “expansive”, and its songs “creative” the most popular song from the album is ho, heyit is number one on three billboard singles charts: rock, adult pop and alternativea lot of people think of ho, hey as a love songand the lumineers say it isbut lead singer and guitarist （吉它手） wesley schultz says it is also about his personal struggles when he was living and working in new york city the three members of the lumineers were excited when asked to perform at the grammy nominations （提名） concertbut they were also very surprised when they were named as grammy nomineesthe band is up for（被提名） grammy awards as best new artist and best americana albumdrummer jeremiah fraites told reporters, “we had no idea” jeremiah fraites and wesley schultz grew up in new jersey and have been playing music together for about eight yearsthey found cellist （大提琴手） neyla pekarek, a native of denver, after they moved to that cityneyla pekarek told one reporter that the bands style developed naturallyshe said it came from a lot of writing, experimenting and making changes to let the lyrics tell the stories they were meant to tell we leave you with one of those storiesthis is stubborn love from the album the lumineershope youll enjoy their staging46what do we know about the album the lumineers from paragraph 1? ait includes some old songs bit didnt sell well at first cit was released recently dit is a great success47by listening to ho, hey, we can learn something about _ awesley schultzs struggles in new york city bthe happy times of wesley schultz as a singer cthree billboard singles charts in new york city da touching love story that happened in new york city48what is implied about the lumineers in paragraph 3? athey didnt expect they would be nominated grammy awards bthey didnt want to perform at the grammy nominations concert cthey were very calm when told they were nominated grammy awards dthey were surely to win the grammy award for best americana album49what is this passage mainly about? apeoples opinions on the album the lumineers bthe struggles of a band named the lumineers ca song from a famous band in the united states da band that has been nominated grammy awards50where is this passage probably taken from? aa newspaper ba radio program ca magazine da textbookcpromised yourself to quit smoking in the new year, but just cant stop lighting up? youre not alone, with an australian survey showing that only 3 percent of smokers who made such resolutions stuck with them an online poll of just over 1,000 people, conducted ahead of the launch of a video game designed to help smokers quit, showed one in four australians made new years resolutions to quit but more than half went back on their word within a weeksome 15 percent lit up within hours of making the pledge, the survey showed, the research revealed that seven out of ten smokers have tried to kick the habit at some pointour research shows that the majority of smokers in australia want to quit but are struggling to stick to their resolutionfor most people, the desire to stop smoking is not enough, edward fong, general manager of ubisoft, the videogame manufacturer selling the anti smoking software, said in a statement according to the survey, australian smokers light up an average of 138 cigarettes every day or 5,037 cigarettes a yearthere are currently 263 million smokers in australia, which equates to 16 percent of the population over the age of 18, with women on average making more attempts to quit than menthe world health organization says smoking kills about 4 million people each year, causing a quarter of deaths related to heart diseasethe organization estimates that by 2030, more than 8 million people will die from tobacco - related causes each year, mainly in developing countries51according to the passage, _ succeeded in giving up smokingamost of the smokers bnone of the smokersca few of the smokers da quarter of the smokers52the research shows that _asome 70% of smokers have quitted smokingbabout 15% of smokers give up smoking only a few hourscthe number of men smokers are more than that of women onesdall the smokers want to quit smoking53what is the population over the age of 18 in australia?a263millionb4 million c1644 milliond8 million54the number of smokers dying from tobacco related causes each year by 2030 is aabout one million babout two millioncmore than 4 million dmore than 8 million55where do you suppose this passage is probably taken from?ahealth magazinebevening paper coffice report dscience-journaldat 4：53 pmon january 12, united nations aid worker jens kristensen was at his desk reading documents on the third floor of the christopher hotel, which served as un headquarters in portauprince, when he felt a tremor（震颤）four seconds later, the earthquake hit“in a split second, i considered whether to run for the door or hide under my desk，” says kristensen, 48“the door was closed, and i thought that maybe it was too far and i would be caught under falling debris（杂物）, so i hid under the table” a bookshelf topped onto his desk, protecting him from being crushed by rubble and trapping him in a tiny pocket“i was confined as if in a small coffin，” he saysit was so dark, and it didnt matter if his eyes were open or closedhe used the light from his mobile phone to see around himhe found, among other items, a jar of instant coffee“i had no food or water, only the coffee to suck on if i needed it”at about 6：30 amon january 17, an oil leak silenced the buildings generators, and kristensen was able to hear muffled voices above where he was buried“i thought, i was too tired to bang and shoutbut then i realized, i had to take every chancethis could be one” so he called outsix hours later, kristensen saw his rescuers faces“it was so amazingi felt i had received a second birthday，” he recalls dehydration（脱水） and pains but with only a bruise and a scratch, kristensen took three days to recoverthe un lost more than 90 people in haitibut kristensen says that the outpouring of love helps heal the pain: “the genuine happiness of people toward me here has been wonderfulyou feel part of a larger family”56when the earthquake struck, jens kristensen decided to _aread documents in the office bstay under the deskcrun out of the room quickly dcatch the falling debris57what protected jens kristensen from being injured by falling bricks?athe bookshelf bthe deskcthe door dthe pocket58when jens kristensen heard the voices, he came to know that _ahe couldnt have the chance to survive the earthquakebhis parents arrived here to save him at onceche was able to ask for help from rescuersdhe was so tired and he couldnt say anything at all59according to the last paragraph we can know that jens kristensen felt _afortunate bgrateful cpopular dcourageous60which of the following would be the best title for this passage?athe rescuers dayban aid workers lifeca dangerous adventuredkristensens experience in an earthquakeemoocs, an acronym（缩写）for “massive open online courses,” mark an important, possibly revolutionary, development in educationthese courses are online, free of charge, and open to anyone in the world who has a laptop and an internet connectionmoreover, they are mainly offered by elite universities like standford, berkeley, harvard and columbiathe courses, like normal college courses, are sequenced（按顺序排好）by difficulty, enabling students to progress from beginners to the advancedthe courses cover not only a broad range of technical subjects such as math and computer science, but also courses in the social sciences and the humanities （人文学科）though moocs are not offered for credit and degree, many students enroll in the courses for real skills or knowledge which they can put to some practical usesome students even form online study groups, or in-person groups with students who live nearbythe format seems superior to the traditional school classthe average quality of the lecturer is much higher, because students do not have to stick with a mediocre（平庸的） lecturerbesides, students can scroll back or forwardin short