(新课标四川专用)2014届高考英语一轮复习方案阶段评估检测(3)(含解析)外研版

1、阶段评估检测 ( 三)第卷第一部分英语知识运用( 共两节，满分40 分 )第一节单项填空 ( 共 10 小题；每小题1 分，满分10 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。1Going on a tripinto_ space must be quite_ excitingexperience.A/; the B /; an C the; an D the; a2My boss made _ clear that one in three of us will have to leave nextmonth.Ait Bus C that D this3We m

2、et an old friend in New York _ our expectation. She waved at us_ the street when she saw us.Awith; in B out of; next toCin; out of D beyond; from across4Most museums are just for looking. But today some of them have things for youto touch. The _ say,“_！”Asigns; Do touch B notices; To touchCsignals;

3、Be touching Dsigns; No touching5 As usual, the 2013 Spring Festival Gala _ on New Years Eve, whichattracted almost all the Chinese.Atook up B took in C took over D took place6Globalwarming is havinga greateffecton hundreds of plantand animalspeciesaround the world, _ some living patterns, scientists

4、 say.Achanges B changed C changing D change7Taobao is Asias largest retail (零售 ) network platform, _ people canbuy and sell many kinds of things.Awhen B that C where D whose8Is itthe pricethatyou see on the giftreceipt_ makes a giftspecial?Athat B what C which D how9 Excuse me ， sir. Would you do me

5、 a favour?Of course. What is it?I _ if you could tell me how to fill out this form.Ahad wondered B was wondering C would wonder D did wonder 10 Willie has been fired by KFC._ He is late for work five times a week!AHardly surprising! B Forget it!CHow come? D Who knows?第二节完形填空 ( 共 20 小题；每小题1.5 分，满分30

6、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。A young man waited at a stop light. In front of him was a woman going through- 1 -papers on the seat of her car and when the light changed to green, she didnt go.A green lightis not a _11_， you know. Itis more of a demand. But she didnt_12_When th

7、e light turned red again, she still had not _13_ her car. The man nowstarted _14_ and beating his steering wheel.A _15_ tapped on his windshield ( 挡风玻璃 ). He asked for his _16_， returned to his car, talked on the radio, and finally handed it back. The driver protested,“I kn ew you couldnt _17_ me fo

8、r shouting in my own car！”The officer replied,“I didnt want to _18_ you of that. But I was directlybehind you. I _19_ you screaming, and I said to myself, That man is out of _20_. Hes going to _21_ someone ！”“Then I noticed the cross _22_ from your rear view mirror, the bright yellowLove Is a Choice

9、 license tag, and theGive _23_ a Chance bumper sticker( 保险杠标签 ), and I am sure you must have stolen the _24_”His behavior did not _25_ his bumper sticker. But lets not be too _26_. Arewe always the people we want to be? We make _27_ all the life. Personal change can happen when the person we at pres

10、ent are does not yet _28_ the person we hope to be. Better to set high ideals and _29_ fall short than to settle for mediocrity( 平庸 ) The importantquestionis not,“Who are you today ？” Itis _30_ toask,“Whowill you be tomorrow？”11 A.mark B suggestion C warning D symbol12 A.observe B follow C require D

11、 notice13 A.moved B reached Crepaired D left14 A.crying B confusingC screaming D complaining15 A.businessman B psychologist C manager D policeman16 A.passport Blicense C address D name17 A.arrest B suspectC charge D criticize18 A.remind B accuse Cinform D appeal19 A.felt B reported Csaw D recorded20

12、 A.controlB patienceC anger D despair21 A.hate B terrify C killDhurt22 A.stickingBhangingC lying D tying23 A.Peace B Desire C Anxiety D Courage24 A.car B sticker C cross Dtag25 A.communicate B representCreflectD express26 A.horribleBcritical C curious Dserious27 A.decisions B mistakes C promises D c

13、hanges28 A.resembleBadmire C respect D differ29 A.endlessly B never C sometimes Dseldom30 A.worse B more usefulCmore interesting D better第二部分阅读理解 ( 共两节，满分 50分)第一节 ( 共 20 小题；每小题 2分，满分40 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。- 2 -A“Just ate chicken feet for lunch.” These were the words I wrote on m

14、y blogyesterday.By the next day therewere hundreds of comments from my friends.They rangedfrom “OH MY GOD! That is so disgusting！” to“What were they like？” to“Whycant you eat sandwiches like everyone else？”To Chinese people, chicken feet are a normal snack. To my friends in Britain,the thought of ea

15、ting a chickens feet is well, weird. As weird, in fact, as eatinga bullfrog (牛蛙 ), scorpion (蝎子 ), snake, or turtle.But if there are two things I love more than anything else in life, they are a)trying new things and b) food.IarrivedinBeijingfivemonthsago.Sincethen,Ivesearchedforthe“weirdest ”foods

16、so I can trythem, then treatmy friendsto some “virtualeating ”on my blog.One weekend, I went to Wangfujing, Beijings“snack street”. The trip gave metons of blog material.“I chose a stick with three live, wriggling scorpions on it，” I wrote.“Andit was pretty good. The scorpion was warm and crispy. Th

17、e legs did have a tendencyto get stuck between ones teeth, however. Whats more, I am sure scorpion stung (螫伤) me twice with its tail in revenge.”Next came snake:“A bit like a cross betweenfish and chicken, with a slightlyrubbery texture (弹性口感 ) and meaty taste.”Some people were actually angry when I

18、 ate turtle soup especially when I posted pictures showing the poor little guys head staring sadly up at us from the bowl. “I am never speakin g to you again ，” wrote one (former) friend.Still, I will continue my culinary quest (美食征程 ) Next on my listisstarfish,though I feelI shouldhave some vegetab

19、lestoo algae,maybe.So what am I eating, tonight, you may ask. Pizza. Well, a girls gotta have abreak sometimes.31 What does the author like most in life?ATrying new things and food. BTravelling.CWalking. D Shopping.32 Where did the author get her blog material?AFrom her friends. B From Wangfujing,Be

20、ijings“snack street”CFrom shopping. D From the Internet.33What is the authors friends attitude towards her trying“weird ” foods?AThey are satisfied. B They are happy.CThey are surprised and even angry. D They are sorry.34 What can we learn from the passage about the author?AThe author likes eating.

21、B The author enjoys traveling.CThe authoris fond ofshopping. D The authorisinterestedinChinese food.BHow to improve your life？ Many people think that they have to accept whateverlifethrowsat them. Theyllsay,“Thisis my fate,my destiny.I cannot change it.”- 3 -Of coursenot ！ You donthave to sufferneed

22、lessly.Your destinydepends on you,not on any other external factors.I know someone who says she justacceptswhat lifegivesher because she has doneeverything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is？ She wakes up in themorning,goes to work, comesback home,relaxes, chats withpeople,watches TV

23、, thengoes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows.Huh! Is this what she calls“doing her best”？She believes she has tried herbest and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that God has intendedfor her to live; that her luck can only change if God wills it. Of course God wants

24、us to be happy and liveour lifeto the fullest,but we have to do our share of exerting( 运用 ) the effort to live the life of our dreams.Remember that you reap what you sow. You just dont sit around and wait for amillion dollars to fall from the sky. You have to get off the couch, get your eyesoffthe T

25、V screen,and get your hands offthe phone. Dontexpectyour lucktochangeunless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, dont just regard it asa temporary setback; but use it as feedback. Learn your lesson, make the most of thesituation,and do somethingto solvethe problem.Itsnot enough to thi

26、nkpositively;you also have to act positively.If someones life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turnout fine? Of course not！ You get to do anything you can to save the person. So itis with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In

27、other words, dont just stand (or sit) there; do something to improve your life.35 According to the woman mentioned in Paragraph 3, her life _Adoesnt need improving B couldnt be improvedCwill be better some day D will be worse in the future36 What does the author think of the womans life?APositive. B

28、 Satisfying. C Colorful. D Passive.37 Which of the following statements is the authors opinion?AYour temporary problem is not discouraging.BYour luck can be changed by your efforts.CYou can only achieve success when God wills it.DYou should treat yourself in the way you treat friends.38 The text is

29、mainly written to advise you to _Aunderstand yourself B improve your lifeCbelieve in yourself D change your normal wayCFamous as “ the king of chefs and the chef of kings ”， Auguste Escoffier helped raise the position of cooking from a laborers task to an artists job. Escoffierwas born on October 28

30、 ，1846, in the small village of Villeneuve-Loubet, near Nice, France. Among the key figures in the boys life was his father, who worked primarilyas a blacksmith( 铁匠 ). His grandmother, an enthusiastic cook, was perhaps more responsible than anyone for introducing the boy to an appreciation of the de

31、lights- 4 -of cooking.Young Escoffierattendedthelocalschooluntilage 12,upon whichtimehisfatherthought it necessary that the boy learnt a trade. In school he had shown a talentfordrawing,yethe was toldtoregardthisartonly as a hobby,and tofindhiscareerin a more practical profession. Thus his father to

32、ok him to Nice in 1859, where hewould work as an apprentice(学徒 )in his uncles restaurant, the respectable LeRestaurant Francais.At Le Restaurant Francais, Escoffier was not treated as the close relative ofthe boss. Rather, he experienced a classically demanding apprenticeship. For thisstrictnessoftr

33、aininghe wouldlater,inhismemoirs( 回忆录 ),expressgratefulness.During thistimeEscoffieralsoattendednightschool,and had todealwithhisstudiesas well as the demands of a promising career.When Escoffier was 19 and had taken on yet more responsibilities in his unclesrestaurant, a customer recognized his ski

34、lls and offeredhim work in Paris. Thiswasthe owner of Le Petit Moulin Rouge, one of the finest restaurants in Paris, whereEscoffier was to become a sous-chef, ranking below the head chef. After three yearsin this position, he rose to the level of head chef, wearing the respected chefshat.39 Itwas hi

35、s _ who firstinfluencedEscoffiertobe interestedincooking.Afather B mother C uncle Dgrandmother40 We can infer that as a schoolboy, Escoffier might hope to be _Aa chef B a businessman C an artist D a blacksmith41 Which of the following can best describe Escoffier?AHard- working. B Honest. C Warm- hea

36、rted. DModest.42 What is the text mainly about?AHow to become a chef in France. B The influence of Auguste Escoffier.CWhat an apprentice is required to do. D The early life of a famous Frenchchef.DAre Baiji Dolphin Extinct?Does the Yangtze River still have baiji, the graceful, grey dolphin with tiny

37、eyes and a long narrow beak?SinceNovember 6, a team ofscientistsfrom China,Switzerland, theUnitedKingdom,theUnitedStates,Germany and Japan have been searchingforany signofthefreshwaterdolphin in the middle and lower sections of the river. After six weeks, they cameback empty-handed.Wang Ding, of the

38、 Chinese Academy of Sciences, who is the head of the team, saidhe has seen a sharpdeclineinthebaijipopulationoverthepastfew decades.However,he is stillunwillingtocallthespecies extinct,and adds,“We willtry everyeffortto save them as long as they are not found to be extinct.”The baijiisshy and nearly

39、blindand is one oftheworldsoldestdolphinspecies.It dates back to some 20 million years and is found only in the Yangtze River. Itslisted as one of the 12 most endangered animal species in the world.Around 400 baiji dolphins were believed to be living in the Yangtze River until- 5 -the 1980s. A 1997

40、survey spotted 13.Two years later their numbers were down to two.The rapiddisappearanceofthisdolphinover the pasttwodecadescoincidedwith( 与同 ) the rapid expansion of economic development along the river. Researchon some dead baiji collected in recent years showed that more than 90 percent of thedeat

41、hs were caused by human activities.One reason is that over- fishing has cut the dolphins food sources. Dams builtalong the riverand neighboring waterways have also keptthem from swimming intoandout of their habitats. Meanwhile, waste discharge(排放 ) has seriously polluted theriver. And heavy river tr

42、affic has greatly reduced their living space.The disappearance of the baiji would be the first instance of a large aquaticmammal (水生哺乳 物 ) being driven to extinction since hunting killed off the monkseal (僧海豹 )around 1952.43 Baiji dolphin used to live in the _ of the Yangtze River.Aupper sectionsB m

43、iddle sectionsClower sectionsD middle and lower sections44 The first paragraph shows writers _Alove of baiji B eagerness to write the passageCanger for not having a baijiDdissatisfaction with our government45 How many baiji dolphins were left by the end of last century?A400. B 13. C At most 2. D2.46

44、 Which of the following reasons doesnt lead to the rapid disappearance ofbaiji dolphins?AOver- fishing. B Heavy road traffic.CDams built along the river. CWaste discharge.EThere are stories about two US Presidents， Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren，which attempt to explain the American English ter

45、m OK. We dont know if either storyis true， but they are both interesting.The firstexplanationisbased on the factthatPresidentJacksonhad very littleeducation.Infact ， he had difficultyreadingand writing.WhenimportantpaperscametoJackson ，he triedtoreadthem and thenhad his assistantsexplainwhatthey sai

46、d.Ifhe approvedof a paper, he would write“allcorrect ” onit.The problemwas thathe didntknow how tospell.So whathe reallywrotewas “olkorekt ” . Aftera while，he shortened that term to“OK”The second explanation is based on the place where PresidentVan Buren was born，Kinderhook ， NewYork.Van Burens frie

47、ndsorganizeda clubtohelp him become president.They called theclub the OldKinderhookClub ， and anyonewho supported Van Burenwascalled“OK”47 The author _Abelieves both of the storiesBdoesnt believe a word of the storiesCis not sure whether the stories are trueD is telling the stories just forfun48 Acc

48、ording to the passage， President Jackson _Acouldnt draw up any documents at all- 6 -Bdidnt like to read important papers by himselfCoften had his assistants sign documents for himDwasnt good at reading， writing or spelling49 According to thefirst story, the term“OK”_Awas approved of by President JacksonBwas