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2014-2015学年高三年级第一学期第二次学情调研 英 语 试 卷 2014.10.23 命题人 王蓓 审核人 王琴 第一部分 听力(共两节,满分20分)第二部分：英语知识运用第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. Jimmy had a lot of parties recently. Yes, that might _ why he didnt do well in the test.A. sum up B. account for C. push for D. make for22. _ by a greater demand of vegetables, farmers have built more greenhouses.A. Being drivenB. Driven C. To drive D. Having driven23. some female college students have been killed while making trips, it is necessary to increase students awareness of self-protection.ASupposingBConsideringCSupposedDConsidered24. The lucky fans will be picked out rather than chosen beforehand to perform with the singer during the concert. A. by accidentB. on earthC. at randomD. on average25. I wonder what makes you a good salesperson. I _ as a waiter for three years , which contributes a lot to my todays work. A. serve B. have served C had served D. served26. Ill share a story with you this class, one music can touch ones soul and change ones life.AthatBwhichCwhenDwhere27. I had been looking for the book for two days _ I found it at last. A. until B. when C. before D. while28. The actor _ increasing popularity, but he was too shallow _ drugs. A. could gain; to take B. could have gained; to takeC. could have gained; as to take D. could have gained; and took29. The song, created by a famous singer, has great melody and good lyrics, which quickly and can be heard everywhere. A. keeps onB. takes onC. catches onD. holds on30. I saw Linda, she was playing the piano attentively. A. At the first timeB. For the first timeC. By the first timeD. The first time31. When asked what original intention led them to volunteer, about half of _ said they were willing to devote themselves. A. whom B. whose C. them D. who32. “Freeze, you guy! _, and Ill shoot you.” an old man with a gun in his hand shouted at me.A. If you go for one more stepB. Going for one more stepC. One more step D. You going for one more step33. I tried to come closer to watch the bird, but as soon as it noticed me, _ into the woods.Aaway it flewBaway flew itCdid it fly awayDdid away it fly34. There are many famous cultural relics in our country, many _ thousands of years ago.A. dated back to B. date back to C. dating back to D. were dated back to35. He is a very hard-working student. _ . As far as I know, he often burns the midnight oil. AYou can say that again.BAbsolutely notCHeaven knowsDNo way.第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces. Each of us must choose which we want to 36 our future and our expectations. We can choose to laugh or cry, bless or 37 . Its our decision: From which perspective do we want to view life? Will we look up in 38 or down in desperation? I believe in the upward look. I choose to 39 the positive and skip right over the negative.An optimistic attitude is not a luxury; its a(n) 40 . The way you look at life will determine how you feel, how you perform, and how well you will get along with other people. 41 , negative thoughts, attitudes, and expectations 42 themselves; they become a self-fulfilling prophecy (预言). Pessimism creates a dark place where no one wants to live.Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to pay for the gas, the attendant said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a(n) 43 question, but I felt fine and told him so. “You dont look well,” he replied. This 44 me completely by surprise. A little 45 confidently, I told him that I had 46 felt better. Without hesitation, he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared yellow.By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little 47 . About a block away, I 48 over to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I affected with jaundice(黄疸)? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little nauseous(恶心). Did I have a bad liver? Had I 49 some rare disease?On another beautiful day, when I went into that gas station, feeling 50 again, I figured out what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright, distasteful 51 , and the light reflecting 52 the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis（肝炎）! I wondered how many other folks had 53 the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total 54 change my attitude for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was actually feeling sick. That single 55 observation had a great effect on the way I felt and acted.The only thing more powerful than negativism is a word of optimism and hope. When a whole culture adopts an upward look, incredible things can be accomplished.36. A. shapeB. decideC. preview D. transform 37. A. forgiveB. curseC. praise D. regret 38. A. vainB. angerC. action D. hope 39. A. highlightB. analyzeC. evaluate D. introduce40. A. necessity B. opportunity C. quality D. identity 41. A. ActuallyB. ConsequentlyC. Accordingly D. Contrarily42. A. rely on B. feed on C. go on D. take on43. A. familiar B. ordinary C. odd D. easy44. A. got B. took C. stopped D. made45. A. more B. less C. quite D. too46. A. never B. ever C. once D. always47. A. uneasy B. unconcerned C. unsatisfied D. unaffected48. A. got B. came C. took D. pulled 49. A. come up B. brought up C. picked up D. put up50. A. fine B. upset C. sick D. calm51. A. gray B. blue C. yellow D. red52. A. in B. over C. off D. through53. A. quit B. adapted C. answered D. reacted54. A. liar B. onlooker C. attendant D. stranger55. A. positive B. negative C. careful D. rigid第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ARyo Desmidt is in his first year at a kindergarten in Hong Kong and seems like an especially gifted child. Thats because his parents say he can communicate in three languages. He is three years oldSince he was ten months old，his mother, Momoe，has been taking him to Learn parole five times a week in a center where he is taught to listen, speak and interact in English, Mandarin and Japanese. He attends a language school in the city that offers courses for children as young as a few months old.Some parents will even pay a tutor to speak in a particular language for an hour in the belief that their baby will absorb this. This is just one of the many examples of how parents in Hong Kong are trying to get ahead of the game by giving their children a competitive edge in the race for limited school places.With a large expatriate（移居外国者）community and an increase in mainland Chinese parents wishing to send their kids across the border to school, Hong Kongs world-class educational system is under siege （被包围）with applicationsAnd this pressure is being felt by parents, many of whom are starting early and trying their best to outshine thousands of other applicants for limited pre-school opportunities, believing it will give them an advantage when it comes to getting a primary school place.At this time of year，parents go into a frenzy（疯狂）queuing for application forms at schools across Hong Kong. In the citys northern district, Hong Kong and mainland parents have even camped out overnight to get their hands on the right admission forms. According to Fung Kai Kindergarten in the citys Sheung Shui district, around 2,000 people queued up to apply for only 240 available spaces on October 7the police were even called in to deal with complaints about people cutting the queue.In Hong Kong，where formal preschool education begins at the age of three，many prospective parents begin mapping out education plans before their children are born. Desmidt, an expatriate mother living in Hong Kong, revealed she started looking for potential kindergartens and playgroups during her pregnancy. “In Hong Kong, if you dont get into a good pre-nursery or kindergarten, its really difficult to get into a good primary school, and thats why you already have to have a plan when you are pregnant.”56It can be inferred that parents in Hong Kong .Athink education in kindergarten is very necessaryBspend much on their childrens language learningCtry their best to help children with studyDtry to set examples for others in childrens education57Why is it more difficult to apply for Hong Kongs schools?ABecause more kids in the mainland are studying there.BBecause education in Hong Kong is the best of the world.CBecause children in Hong Kong are outstanding.DBecause the education starting point in Hong Kong is high.BRichard Allen, a lecturer in psychology at Leeds University, has worked on many final year dissertations（论文）, and considers them one of the most rewarding and productive experiences that university offers students. If students plunge in（投入）blindly, all options not considered, the final semester of university can be very bleak indeed.“The process embeds（深入）the students in the research experience, encourages them to take ownership of their work, and develops a range of specific and transferable skills that can be used in their future careers,” he says.“This extended process of cooperation between students and supervisor（论文导师）is therefore a key part of a degrees training, and is certainly preferable to just running yet another taught module. Even for me personally (15 years afterwards), I have detailed memories of working on my final year dissertation, but do not remember what any of my final year taught modules were!”On contact hours and the benefits for individuals he adds, “It does depend on the strengths of the student, and the support available from the supervisor, with the latter varying with the subject, university, department, individual, and workload, which is, unfortunately, ever-increasing.”The decision holds the same conflicts as any module choice. Good marks and employability will always be priorities（优先事项）, and in the final year the pressure is on to make the most of a degree.Lewis Buxton, a third year at University of East Anglia (UEA), will write a creative writing dissertation. He said of the opportunity to work with his tutor, “It is possibly one of the few times in my life that I will work with one person in private on a collection of poems and have the time and the resources to do whatever I want with it.”“I do not always agree with independent study as it is marketed by the university but I definitely hope that this is a situation where I am supported and yet allowed a lot of freedom to do what I want with my work.”The anxious third-year gives surprisingly heartening insight; stress is rarely founded in hatred of hard work. It is the fear of not doing themselves or their topic justice. Where dissertations are undertaken, they are devoted to, enthused over, and become a unique, valuable project. But that only happens when the question, the tutor, and the university policies are right.58Richard Allen thinks that working on dissertations .Aduring holidays is not worthwhileBhelps develop professional abilitiesCmust be carried out under the tutors guideDhas nothing to do with taught modules59We can infer from the passage that Richard Allen .Agraduated from university in the late 1990sBis too busy to help and support his studentsCtaught how to write dissertations at schoolDworked on dissertations in university for fifteen years60What do you know about Lewis Buxton?AHe thinks the dissertation is an independent job.BHe wrote a collection of poems on his own.CHe sometimes agrees to cooperate with others in studies.DHe thinks others help may spoil his freedom.61About stress of dissertations the author thinks that it .Aappears when you desire to be successfulBdoesnt matter once you dont care about itCgets more serious if youre sick of hard workDcomes from doubting whether you are equal to dissertations writingCWhy should mankind explore space? Why should money, time and effort be spent exploring and researching something with so few apparent benefits? Why should resources be spent on space rather than on conditions and people on Earth?These are questions that, understandably, are very often asked.Perhaps the best answer lies in our genetic makeup(基因构成) as human beings. What drove our ancestors to move from the trees into the plains, and on into all possible areas and environments? The wider the spread of a species, the better its chance of survival. Perhaps the best reason for exploring space is this genetic tendency to expand wherever possible.Nearly every successful civilization has explored, because by doing so, any dangers in surrounding areas can be identified and prepared for. Without knowledge, we may be completely destroyed by the danger. With knowledge, we can lessen its effects.Exploration also allows minerals and other potential resources to be found. Even if we have no immediate need of them, they will perhaps be useful later. Resources may be more than physical possessions. Knowledge or techniques have been acquired through exploration. The techniques may have medical applications which can improve the length or quality of our lives. We have already benefited from other spin-offs including improvements in earthquake prediction, in satellites for weather forecasting and in communications systems. Even non-stick pans and mirrored sunglasses are by-products of technological developments in space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist.While many resources are spent on what seems a small return, the exploration of space allows creative, brave and intelligent members of our species to focus on what may serve to save us. While space may hold many wonders and explanations of how the universe was formed or how it works, it also holds dangers. The danger exists, but knowledge can help human beings to survive. Without the ability to reach out across space, the chance to save ourselves might not exist.While Earth is the only planet known to support life, surely the adaptive ability of humans would allow us to live on other planets. It is true that the lifestyle would be different, but human life and cultures have adapted in the past and surely could in the future.62. Why does the author mention the questions in Paragraph1?A. To express his doubts. B. To compare different ideas.C. To introduce points for discussion. D. To describe the conditions on Earth.63. What is the reason for exploring space based on Paragraph2?A. Humans are nature-born to do so. B. Humans have the tendency to fight.C. Humans may find new sources of food. D. Humans dont like to stay in the same place.64. The underlined word“spin-offs” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to_.A. survival chances B. potential resourcesC. unexpected benefits D. physical possessions65. What makes it possible for humans to live on other planets?A. Our genetic makeup. B. Resources on the earth.C. The adaptive ability of humans. D. By-products in space exploration.66. Which of the statements can best sum up the passage?A. Space exploration has created many wonders.B. Space exploration provided the best value for money. C. Space exploration can benefit science and technology.D. Space exploration may help us avoid potential problems on Earth. DThe teacher was leaving the village, and everybody seemed sorry. The miller at Cresscombe lent him the small cart and horse to carry his goods to Christminster, the city of his destination, such a vehicle proving of quite enough size for the teachers belongings. For his only article, in addition to the packing-case of books, was a piano that he had bought when he thought of learning instrumental music. But the eagerness having faded, he had never acquired any skill in playing, and the purchased article had been a permanent trouble to him. The headmaster had gone away for the day, being a man who disliked the sight of changes. He did not mean to return till the evening, when the new teacher would have arrived, and everything would be smooth again. The blacksmith, the farm bailiff and the teacher were standing in confused attitudes in the sitting room before the instrument. The teacher had remarked that even if he got it into the cart he should not know what to do with it on his arrival at Christminster, since he was only going into a temporary place just at first. A little boy of eleven, who had been assisting in the packing, joined the group of men, and said, Aunt has got a fuel-house, and it could be put there, perhaps, till youve found a place to settle in, sir.Good idea, said the blacksmith.The smith and the bailiff started to see about the possibility of the suggested shelter, and the boy and the te