洛阳八中2014年高一第二学期期中模拟英语试题

一 单项填空（15题每题1分）1. Mary looks fed up today but she wont say_ annoys her. A .why it is that B that is whyC how it is that D what it is that2 Look ！Michael ，our headmaster, was coming._? I didnt do something wrong.A. So what B. Why C. Why not D. What for3. The course normally attracts 20 students per year, _ up to half will be from abroad.A. of whom B. in which C. for whom D. with whom4. It is reported that a new planet has been discovered recently. Its _ Earth, and hopefully it can support human life.A. almost three times the size of 新 课 标 第 一 网 B. three times the size thanC. three times more than as large as D. almost three times as larger as5-why didnt you go to the concert? -I a close game between two American football teams.A watched B had watched C was watching D have been watching 6. We should be able to do the job for you quickly, _ you give us all the necessary information.A. as if B. provided that C. in case D. or else7 Dont speak _, boys and girls. Try to express yourselves one by one.A. all over B. all at once C. all in all D. all that8. John has failed the job interview, _can be seen from his _expression.A. which; disappointed B. that; disappointedC. which; disappointing D. as; disappointing9. He is such a lazy man _ nobody wants to work with _.A. as; him B. that; / C. whom; him D. as; /10. My energy has _, so I feel very exhausted.A. run out of B. used up C. run out D. used up of11. He studied hard, _, he passed the exam.A. in consequence B. as a result of C. as result D. in consequence of12. We _ the problem for quite some time, but we _ any conclusion yet.A. had discussed; havent drawn B. discussed; havent drawnC. have discussed; havent been drawn D. have been discussing; havent drawn13 _it is for the sky divers to jump from a plane 10,000 feet high.A What an unusual experience B What unusual experienceC How unusual experience D How an unusual experience14Are you _to pass the coming examination? w W w .x K b 1.c o MA possible B probable C maybe D likely15Come on ,please give me some idea about the project（工程）Sorry. With so much_ my mind, I almost break down.A filled B filling C to fill D being filled二 完形填空（20题每题1.5分）Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely 16 the horse as a 17 of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for18 90% of all 19 business. Most Americans are able to 20 cars. The average price of a 21 made car was 20 050 in 1950,25 470 in 1960 and up to 30 750 22 1975.During this period American car manufacturers set about 23 their products and work efficiency. As a result, the yearly income of the 24 family increased from 1950 to 1975 25 than the price of cars. For this reason 26 a new car takes a smaller 27 of a familys total earnings today. In 1951 28 it took 8.1 months of an average familys 29 to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car30 8.3 of a familys annual(每年的) earnings, by 1975 it only took 4.75 31 income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technically 32 to models from previous years. The 33 of automobile extends（延伸） throughout the economy 34 the car is so important to Americans. Americans spend more money keeping their cars 35 than on any other item（物品）.16.A.placed B. reproduced C. replaced D. changed17.A.means B.mean C.types D.kinds18.A.hardly B.nearly C.certainly D.somehow19.A.personal B.personnel C.manual（手工的）D.artificial20.A.buy B.sell C.race D.own21.A.quickly B.regularly C.rapidly D.recently22.A.on B.in C.before D.after23.A.raising B.making C.reducing D.improving24.A.unusual B.smallest C.average D.biggest25.A.slower B.equal C.faster D.less26.A.bringing B.winning C.finding D.buying27.A.part B.half C.number D.quality28.A.clearly B.proportionally（按比例 C.fortunately D.suddenly29.A.income B.work C.plans D.debts30.A.used B.spent C.cost D.needed31.A.months B.years C.family D.year32.A.famous B.superior（优越的） C.fastest D.better33.A.running B.notice C.influence D.affect34.A.then B.as C.so D.which35.A.living B.running C.changing D.selling 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）X K b1.C om第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳答案。 AAs children grow up, they become curious about different kinds of things. When they are babies, they are interested in the parts of their bodies and in the smiles of their mothers. Then they become interested in the physical world around them: the plants, the animals, the sky. Later, they become interested in the things that people have made: wheels, bicycles, cars. And when they are adults, their curiosity continues. Sometimes this curiosity leads to a career(生涯、职业) in science.Scientists spend their lives trying to find out about the world. Those who work with the earth sciences study the earth, the oceans, and the skies. Other scientists who study living things work with the biological sciences. A third group of scientists study the physical sciences, e.g. physics, chemistry.These scientists have already discovered a lot about our world. For example, they tell us why your heart beats fast when you run. They say that when you are quiet, your heart normally beats sixty five or seventy five times a minute. Your heart is a pump(泵) that pumps blood to all parts of the body. The blood carries oxygen and nutrition. When you run, your muscles work very hard and use the nutrition that the blood carries to them. The muscles need oxygen, too. So your brain sends a signal to the heart. The signal means that the muscles need more nutrition and oxygen. Then the heart beats fast and sends blood quickly to the muscles. It may beat 90 to 140 times a minute.Of course, scientists cannot answer all of our questions. If we ask, “Why does the ocean water taste salty?” scientists will say that the salt comes from rocks. When a rock gets very hot or very cold, it cracks. Rain falls into cracks. The rain then carries the salt into the earth and into the rivers. The rivers carry the salt into the ocean. But then we ask, “What happens to the salt in the ocean? The ocean does not get saltier every year.” Scientists are not sure about the answer to this question.We know a lot about our world, but there are still many answers that we do not have, and we are curious.36. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. People are curious in the same way.B. People in different countries are interested in different things.C. Men and women are curious about different things.D. People of different ages are interested in different things.37. Scientists who work with the biological sciences study_ .A. the earth, the oceans and the sky B. man-made things C. plants and animals D. ocean water38. When you run, your muscles need_ .A. more nutrition and oxygen B. more signals C. more salt D. water39. A rock cracks _.A. in wet regions B. in dry regions C. at very high or very low temperatures D. when salty water falls in 40. People are always curious because_ .A. they cannot explain many things B. they know nothing about the worldC. they know little about the world D. they want to be scientists BWhen she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog. Her body was numb(麻木的).She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her goal was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast.On that fourth morning of July in 1952, the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so thick that she could hardly see her support boats. Sharks swam toward her lone figure, only to be driven away by rifle shots. Against the coldness of the sea, she struggled onhour after hourwhile millions watched on national television.Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasnt much farther. But all she could see was fog. They urged her not to give up. She never had.until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out.Still thawing(使变暖和)her chilled body several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, Im not excusing myself, but if I could have seen land I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeated her. It was the fog. She was unable to see her goal.Two months later, she tried again. This time, despite the same heavy fog, she swam with her faith intact(完整无损的)and her goal clearly pictured in her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she made it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel, eclipsing(超越)the mens record by two hours!X k B 1 . c o m41. Why didnt Florence swim across the Catalina Channel for the first time?A. Because she was too tired to go on swimming.B. Because the fog was so thick that she couldnt see her support boats clearly.C. Because she couldnt see the goal on land.D. Because the sea water was too cold.42. What does the underlined sentence mean?A. She had never been so hopeless.B. She had never thought of giving up.C. She had never seen such a thick fog.D. She had never swum across the Channel before.43. Which of the following is NOT true?A. Florence Chadwick spent less time swimming across the Catalina Channel than men.B. Florence Chadwick succeeded in swimming across the Catalina Channel in September,1952.C. People had to use guns to drive away some flesh-eating animals in the sea.D. No women but Florence Chadwick were able to swim the English Channel in both directions.CThe producer appeared behind the recording studio window and smiled and waved to me like an old friend. And after I had read out a little test piece, he said, “Thats fine, wonderful, your voice is perfect, lively, wonderful.” Then I read a longer passage in English about the delights of touring in Britain, and another about the delights of visiting London, and both were “excellent” and “just right”, and I began to consider a job in radio.To be honest, I was fairly sure of myself though I lacked experience. Across the room in the Hamburg News Agency where we both worked, a friend named Peter Turner called to me, “I say, Mike, a man on the phone here wants someone to do a recording in English, and Im booked up. Would you read something to him in English as a sort of test?” I did, and they said, “Perfect, lovely, wonderful,.” Would I come round?It was after reading their passage in English in the studio that they noticed my vowel(元音)pronunciations were not altogether Kings English, or even Prince Philips, there was a larger silence than usual, then the voice said: “Fine, lovely.,but you said the word castle with a short a. Could we have the passage again please, but this time say castle.”This was easy. But then he noticed other differences in my pronunciation.“Its my northern English accent,” I said, angry, because I had to apologize for it.“Oh, I see.but Mike, well have to get it right, Im afraid. The recording is for teaching English to German schoolchildren, and it must be spoken in the way it is taught in German schools.”I read the passage again.and again.and again. But of course you cannot change the pronunciation of a lifetime in an hour. The studio men were in the state of having lost hope and underlined the vowels which caused me to feel angry, so that Id remember them. But because I had to concentrate(集中)on them, I made a lot of mistakes in my reading. Everyone got somewhat irritable(easily made angry), so we all went out for a beer.44. Broadcasting did not make Mike nervous_.A. although he had never done any before B. because he worked in a news agencyC. because he was used to talking on the phone D. although the passages were long45. What happened after Mike had read the third passage?A. They made him repeat it.B. They said nothing.C. They began to discuss the Kings English.新|课 |标 |第 |一| 网D. They could not understand one of the words.46. They wanted Mike to change his pronunciation because_.A. German schoolchildren did not like a northern accentB. it was different from the English taught in German schoolsC. it was different from the English spoken in GermanyD. German schoolchildren were taught through recordings47. Why did Mikes reading of the passage get worse?A. He needed a drink to clear his throat.B. He was trying to do the recording in an hour.C. He was trying hard to get certain sounds right.D. He could not learn so many new sounds.DPeople can be addicted to different thingse.g. alcohol, drug, certain foods, or even television. People who have such an addiction are compulsive(强迫的):they have a very powerful psychological need that they feel they must satisfy. According to psychologists, many people are compulsive spenders. They feel that they must spend money. This compulsion, like most others, is impossible to explain reasonably. For compulsive spenders who buy on credit(以赊欠方式),charge accounts are even more exciting than money. In other words, compulsive spenders feel that with credit, they can do anything. Their pleasure in spending large amounts is actually greater than the pleasure that they get from the things they buy.There is even a special psychology of bargain hunting. To save money, of course, most people look for sales, low prices, and discounts. Compulsive bargain hunters, however, often buy things that they dont need just because they are cheap. They want to believe that they are helping their budgets(预算),but they are really playing an exciting game. When they can buy something for less than other people, they feel that they are winning. Most people, experts claim, have two reasons for their behavior: a good reason for the things that they do and the real reason.It is not only scientists, of course, who understand the psychology of spending habits, but also business people. Stores, companies, and advertisers use psychology to increase business. They consider peoples needs for love, power, or influence, their basic values, their beliefs and opinions, and so on in their advertising and sales methods.Psychologists often use a method called “behavior therapy(疗法)” to help individuals solve their personality problems. In the same way, they can help people who feel that they have problems with money.48. According to the psychologists, a compulsive spender is one who spends large amounts of money .A. and takes great pleasure from what he or she buyB. in order to satisfy his or her basic needs in lifeC. just to meet his or her strong psychological needD. and feels he or she is cheated49. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?A. People spend money for exactly the same reason that they need to buy things.B. Business people and advertisers can use the psychology of peoples spending habits to increase sales.C. Business people understand the psychology of compulsive buying better than scientists do.D. Compulsive bargain hunters do not have problems with money.50. What is the text mainly about?A. The psychology of money spending habits.B. The habits of compulsive spenders.新|课 |标 |第 |一| 网C. A special psychology of bargain hunting.D. The use of the psychology of spending habits in business.第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, red? 71 . Do you prefer grays and blues? Then you are probably quiet, shy, and you would rather follow than lead. You tend to be pessimist(悲观主义者). At least, this is what psychologists tell us, and they should know, because they have been seriously studying the meaning of color preference, as well as the effect that colors have on human beings. 72 . If you happen to love brown, you did so, as soon as you opened your eyes, or at least as soon as you could see clearly.73 . A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one; and a red dress brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. 74 . A black bridge over the Thames River, near London, used to be the scene of more suicides than any other bridge in the area -until it was repainted green. The number of suicide attempts immediately fell sharply. Perhaps it would have fallen even more if the bridge had been done in