第一次英语小测

高三英语试卷 第 1 页 共 4 页 2014 2015 学年高三英语小测题 第一次 学年高三英语小测题 第一次 Book1 Units1 2 命题人 周文 审题人 刘冰梅 说明 本测试满分说明 本测试满分 75 分 测试时间为分 测试时间为 30 分钟 分钟 一 完形填空 每空 2 分 15 小题 共 30 分 A man whose wife died of cancer found himself wanting to be alone In time he dropped out of his community and 1 all its activities After work he returned straight home to a n 2 house His free time was spent watching TV or working in the basement His friends became 3 One came and invited him over for 4 the next evening The two old friends sat by a warm fireplace The visitor mentioned the invitation and 5 him to come You may need to allow others to share your 6 The man responded he was better off without being around other people They sat in 7 watching the wood burn in the fireplace Then the visitor took the tongs 夹子 by the fireplace reached into the fire 8 a flaming ember 炭块 and laid it down by itself on the ground That s you he said The men sat 9 the red hot ember quietly It slowly 10 its light Neither man looked away as the once hot coal 11 became cold Then the man said I know what you want to tell me I ll 12 and dine with you tomorrow evening We cannot 13 in any healthy way by ourselves we are connected And in that 14 life and vitality 活力 are found So next time when you are sad don t 15 to open your heart to others 1 A arranged B criticized C ruined D refused 2 A empty B imaginary C regular D untidy 3 A bored B worried C hopeless D impatient 4 A dance B lunch C entertainment D supper 5 A helped B allowed C encouraged D instructed 6 A pain B opinion C life D love 7 A relief B shock C silence D secret 8 A counted B fetched C broke D shook 9 A pressing B holding C touching D watching 10 A lost B showed C proved D hid 11 A ridiculously B unwillingly C gradually D actually 高三英语试卷 第 2 页 共 4 页 12 A benefit B go C think D change 13 A suffer B cry C communicate D survive 14 A situation B root C connection D leaf 15 A stop B hesitate C try D wish 二 语法填空 每小题 1 5 分 共 10 小题 共 15 分 One day a lonely girl who longed for love found two starving songbirds She took 16 home and put them in a small cage She cared them with love Every morning they greeted her 17 a wonderful song The girl felt great love for the birds One day the girl left the cage open The larger and stronger of 18 two birds flew from the cage The girl was frightened that he 19 fly away As he flew close she grasped him wildly Suddenly she felt the bird go limp She opened her hands and stared 20 horror at the dead bird Her desperate love killed 21 She noticed the other bird 22 move back and forth on the edge of the cage She could feel his great need for freedom She lifted him from the cage and tossed him 23 soft into the air The bird circled once twice three times The girl watched the bird delightedly Her heart was no longer concerned with her loss She wanted the bird to be happy Suddenly the bird flew much 24 close and landed on her shoulder It sang the sweetest melody 25 she had ever heard The fastest way to lose love is to hold on to it too tight while the best way to keep love is to give it wings 三 阅读理解 共 1 篇 5 小题 共 10 分 Brian arrived at the San Francisco airport two hours before the flight to Paris He was wearing three shirts a jacket two pairs of socks a pair of shorts and two pairs of jeans He was carrying one small backpack which was very full but he didn t have any other luggage Brian needed to meet a man named Tony before he checked in for his flight He found Tony near the Air France counter Tony gave him a round trip ticket and a small package Give this package to Jean Paul at the airport in Paris He will have a sign with your name on it I think you can find him easily Tony said You don t have any luggage right Only this backpack Brian answered You said I could bring one carry on bag That s right One carry on bag is fine Have a good trip Thanks Is Brian a criminal 犯罪 Not at all He is an air courier And he paid only 110 for the 高三英语试卷 第 3 页 共 4 页 round trip ticket to Paris Air courier get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries Businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day Often the only way they can do this is to use an air courier company It is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier but it is quick Every year about 80 000 people worldwide travel as air couriers The number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year However air courier travel isn t for everyone But if you have very little money can be flexible 灵活的 about your travel plans and don t mind wearing the same clothes for a week it can be a great way to take a vacation 26 Why was Brian wearing so many clothes for his travel A Because they were the uniforms for air couriers B Because that made him easier to be recognized C Because his backpack had no room for his clothes D Because he did not have any luggage with him 27 An air courier is a person who A manages a business company in foreign countries B organizes international flights for tourists C travels around the world with cheap tickets D delivers papers and packages to foreign countries 28 Businesses choose the air courier service because A it costs less B it is flexible C it saves time D it grows fast 29 One of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he A cannot decide when and where to travel B cannot take any luggage with him