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2014-2015学年福建厦门第二中学高三上期中英语试卷(解析版)
一、单项填空
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1. 难度:中等

Your failure in the final exam is due to the fact that you didn't ______ enough importance to your English.

A.attend    B.attack        C.attach     D.obtain

 

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2. 难度:中等

His new car, ________ he paid 7,000pounds, has already had to be repaired.

A. on which      B. on that

C. for that      D. for which

 

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3. 难度:中等

I broke my relationship with John because he always found _______ with me.

A. error      B. mistake     C. fault      D. failure

 

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4. 难度:中等

It is required in the library regulations that any book borrowed __________ by due time, or the borrower will be fined.

A. return           B. be returned

C. returns          D. is returned

 

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5. 难度:中等

His uncle went abroad in 2010, and ________since.

A. has not been heard of

B. had not been heard of

C. had not heard of

D. has not heard of

 

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6. 难度:中等

_____ I can’t fully understand what his music conveys, his performance is quite impressive.

A. As    B. Since    C. If     D. While

 

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7. 难度:中等

The manager put up a notice to keep the staff ________of what to do this week.

A.inform            B.informing

C.informed          D.to inform

 

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8. 难度:中等

How could you ________ such a fantastic job when you have been out of work for months?

A. turn off     B. turn in

C. turn down   D. turn to

 

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9. 难度:中等

It doesn’t matter how many times you fail;_________ matters is how many times you stand up and try again.

A.which              B.that           C.who           D.what

 

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10. 难度:中等

So long a way _____ to go that we started out at 6:00 in the morning.

A. we have   B. do we have

C. we had   D. did we have

 

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11. 难度:中等

The job is not very rewarding _______ money, but he is getting valuable experience from it.

A. in memory of    B. in terms of

C. in charge of      D. in search of

 

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12. 难度:中等

—What on earth do you want?

—I just want a common sports coat—nothing ________.

A.fancy       B.amazing

C.informal    D.valuable

 

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13. 难度:中等

The cultural background of China is totally different from ________ of the US.

A.one        B.that        C.these         D.those

 

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14. 难度:中等

The birds that will spend the whole winter here have been digging holes in the snow _______ from the cold weather.

A. to shelter            B. sheltered

C. having sheltered      D. sheltering

 

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15. 难度:中等

It is your attitude, rather than your aptitude(天资),  ________ determines your altitude.

A. which         B. that          C. what        D. who

 

二、完形填空
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16. 难度:中等

As a teacher,I often make it a rule that when we are on a field trip,there will be no talking as we enter a building.This rule      to entering any place,whether it is a cinema,a church,a theatre, or any other place.

Once,in New York City,I took my class to see a(n)     near Times Square.When we arrived at the theatre,there were about twenty other classes      outside waiting to get in.The students from the other schools were not      and there was pandemonium(乌烟瘴气).I told my students to stay in a line and keep      .I told them that we would not carry ourselves like those other      .Soon we started to file into the theatre,and it was very disorganized.There was a lady trying to       the groups and get them to their seats,      students were everywhere and     really knew where to go.My class,observing our rule,walked in      in two single-file lines.We stood near the door behind everyone else,and we      .All of a sudden,the lady who was      noticed us and she walked       our direction.She asked the students      the teacher was for our group, and I raised my       .She asked,“Very, very nice to meet you.Come this way.”We were led into the theatre,       ,and we were given front-row seats.

Sometimes          for others may not seem like it is going to have an effect,especially when you       no one around who is taking manners into      .However,that is usually the time when such     actions will be most appreciated and recognized.

1.A.applies   B.leads       C.turns    D.belongs

2.A.lady   B.play    C.teacher   D.exhibition

3.A.sorted out  B.settled down  C.lined up   D.turned away

4.A.listening      B. behaving  C.concentrating   D.watching

5.A.time   B.contact   C.watch   D.order

6.A.places   B.seats       C.classes   D.teachers

7.A.scold   B.dismiss   C.attract   D.organize

8.A.and    B.but    C.so    D.while

9.A.anyone   B.nobody   C.everyone   D.somebody

10.A.anxiously  B.immediately  C.quietly   D.hurriedly

11.A.passed   B.chatted   C.rushed   D.waited

12.A.in trouble  B.on guard   C.in charge   D.on business

13.A.in    B.to    C.for    D.under

14.A.how   B.where   C.what    D.whether

15.A.voice   B.arm    C.head    D.hand

16.A.finally   B.somehow      C.first    D.instead

17.A.love   B. respect   C.concern   D.support

18.A.receive   B.visit    C.meet    D. recognize

19.A.practice  B.account      C.effect    D.operation

20.A.kind   B. urgent   C.legal    D.firm

 

三、阅读理解
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17. 难度:中等

Four years ago my sweet mom went to be with her Lord. She did it her way.

I got the call at work, and I headed home quickly. Mom and Dad lived on a small farm that they had owned since I was seven. I hated going there every weekend. There was nothing for a young girl to do but watch the one station on the old TV set, if the weather allowed reception.

My mom, on the other hand, loved the peace and quiet of the land. The place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat. We had a big wood stove in the kitchen that did its best to heat the little  farmhouse, but it always seemed cold and too quiet to me.

In the evenings, my mom and I would sit for hours singing in the little kitchen. I sang the melody and Mom harmonized. Her favorite song was "Moon River" and we sang it over and over. Mom told me stories about how when I was a little girl, I could sing before I could talk.

As time passed, I had my own children and went to visit them every week or two. The kids loved the farm and the tractor rides with my dad. Me, well, I still hated the silence of the farm. While my mom loved to sit at her kitchen table and look out at her garden and flowers and retell all the old stories, I missed the hustle and bustle(喧闹)of my life at home. But I sat there listening quietly as she reminisced.

Now, I sat back in the silence and the silence was deafening so I finally leaned over to turn on an old radio. Music always comforted me.

My heart skipped a beat. "Moon River" was playing on the radio. I sat there stunned, with a tear running down my cheek, as I listened to every familiar note.

1. From the first paragraph, we know that the writer’s mother ________.

A. left the small farm with Lord

B. passed away four years ago

C. left for Lord to live her own way

D. preferred to be with Lord

2. The underlined word reminisced in the fifth paragraph probably means ________.

A. shouted      B. comforted

C. recalled     D. sighed

3.The writer didn’t like staying in the farm for the following reasons except that ________.

A. she could only sing one song in the small farm

B. it was too cold and quiet

C. there was nothing more that could make her excited

D. the place was rustic, with no indoor plumbing or heat

4.Which of the following would be the best title for this passage? _______

A. Cherish(珍惜) life    B. My happy childhood

C. Our small farmhouse   D. Mom’s music

 

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18. 难度:简单

 

Café en Seine

The wildly luxury (奢华) new art style of this huge bar has been a huge hit since it first opened in 1995, and while it may not be the “in” place it once was, it is still very popular with the after-work crowd and out-of-towners. Maybe it’s the glass frames, or the real 12m-high trees; but most likely it’s the beautiful people supporting the wood-and-marble bar.

Good for: decoration, cocktails, amazing food and service

Address: 40 Dawson St

Transport: all city centre

Phone: 01 677 4369

Gravediggers (aka Kavanagh’s)

The gravediggers from the neighboring Glasnevin Cemetery had a secret serving hatch (舱口) so that they could drink on the job therefore the pub’s nickname. Founded in 1833 by one John Kavanagh and still in the family, this pub is one of the best in Ireland, almost unchanged in 150 years. In summer time the green of the square is full of drinkers bathing in the sun, while inside the hardened locals ensure that never a hint of sunshine disturbs some of the best Guinness in town. An absolute classic.

Good for: Guinness, traditional pub, pub food

Address: 1 Prospect Sq Glasnevin

Transport: 13 from city centre

Phone: 830 7978

Davy Byrne’s

James Joyce, an Irish author and a poet (1882-1941), would hardly recognize the bar that Leopold Bloom rushed into for a gorgonzola sandwich and a glass of wine in Ulysses. It doesn’t stop Davy Byrne’s from making the most of its Joyce’s connections, even though today's version is strictly for out-of-towners and the rugby crowd.

Good for: socializing with the locals, tasty Irish food, watching TV

Address: 21 Duke St

Transport: all city centre

Website: www.davybyrnes.com

Phone: 01 677 5217

 

1.People choose Café en Seine most probably because they enjoy _____as well as its cocktails and service.

A. its location      B. its decoration

C. its history       D. its environment

2.“Guinness” in Gravediggers probably refers to ________.

A. a kind of tea     B. the name of the boss

C. a kind of beer     D. the name of the town

3.We can infer that Davy Byrne’s is ________.

A. a newly-opened bar

B. an old-fashioned bar

C. a bar with a long history

D. a bar popular with foreigners

4.What do Café en Seine and Davy Byrne’s have in common?

A. Their represent the same architecture style.

B. They give the same description about transport.

C. They both serve cocktails and tasty Irish food

D. They are both popular with the rugby crowd.

 

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19. 难度:中等

Argentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting place. Around 1870, it was experiencing an economic boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didn’t pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango (探戈舞) came into being

At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a man didn’t want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable.

In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from around the world was beginning. The interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters. After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the public as they performed their exiting dance in cafes. Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.

The popularity of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.

1.The origin of the tango is associated with _________.

A Belly dances                 B. American soldiers

C. the capital of Argentina    D. Spanish city

2.Which of the following is true about the tango?

A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.

B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most

C. A dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.

D. It was often danced by two male in the beginning

3. Before World War I, the tango spread to __________.

A. America B. Japan

C. France D. South Korea

4.What can be the best title for the text?

A. How to Dance the Tango

B. The History of the Tango

C. How to Promote the Tango

D. The Modern Tango Boom

 

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20. 难度:中等

Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis was one of the most private women in the world, yet when she went to work as an editor in the last two decades of her life, she revealed(展现)herself as she did nowhere else.

After the death of her second husband, Greek shipping magnate(巨头)Aristotle Onassis, Jacqueline’s close friend and former White House social secretary Letitia Baldrige made a suggestion that she consider a career in publishing. After consideration, Jacqueline accepted it. Perhaps she hoped to find there some idea about how to live her own life. She became not less but more interested in reading. For the last 20 years of her life, Jacqueline worked as a publisher’s editor, first at Viking, then at Doubleday, pursuing(追求)a late-life career longer than her two marriages combined. During her time in publishing, she was responsible for managing and editing more than 100 successfully marketed books. Among the first books were In the Russian Style and Inventive Paris Clothes. She also succeeded in persuading TV hosts Bill Moyer’s and Jose Campbell to transform their popular television conversations into a book, The Power of Myth. The book went on to become an international best-seller. She dealt, too, with Michael Jackson as he prepared his autobiography(自传), Moonwalk.

Jacqueline may have been hired for name and for her social relations, but she soon proved her worth. Her choices, suggestions and widespread social relations were of benefit both to the publishing firms and to Jacqueline herself. In the books she selected for publication, she built on a lifetime of spending time by herself as a reader and left a record of the growth of her mind. Her books are the autobiography she never wrote. Her role as First Lady, in the end, was overshadowed by her performance as an editor. However, few knew that she had achieved so much.

1.We can learn from the passage that Jacqueline _________

A. became fond of reading after working as an editor

B. was in charge of publishing 100 books

C. promoted her books through social relations

D. gained a lot from her career as an editor

2.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that_________

A. Jacqueline was more successful as an editor than as First Lady

B. Jacqueline’s life as First Lady was more colorful than as an editor

C. Jacqueline ended up as an editor rather as First Lady

D. Jacqueline’s role as First Lady was more brilliant than as an editor

3.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Jacqueline’s two marriages lasted more than 20 years

B. Jacqueline’s views and beliefs were reflected in the books she edited

C. Jacqueline’s own publishing firm was set up eventually

D. Jacqueline’s achievements were widely known.

4.The passage is mainly______________

A. a brief account of Jacqueline’s career as an editor in her last 20 years

B. a brief description of Jacqueline’s lifelong experiences

C. an introduction of Jacqueline’s life both as First Lady and as an editor

D. an analysis of Jacqueline’s social relations in publishing

 

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21. 难度:中等

In her new book, “The Smartest Kids in the World,” Amanda Ripley, an investigative journalist, tells the story of Tom, a high-school student from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who decides to spend his senior year in Warsaw, Poland. Poland is a surprising educational success story: in the past decade, the country raised students’ test scores from significantly below average to well above it. Polish kids have now outscored(超过……分数) American kids in math and science, even though Poland spends, on average, less than half as much per student as the United States does. One of the most striking differences between the high school Tom attended in Gettysburg and the one he ends up at in Warsaw is that the latter has no football team, or, for that matter, teams of any kind.

That American high schools waste more time and money on sports than on math is an old complaint. This is not a matter of how any given student who plays sports does in school, but of the culture and its priorities. This December, when the latest Program for International Student Assessment(PISA) results are announced, it’s safe to predict that American high-school students will once again display their limited skills in math and reading, outscored not just by students in Poland but also by students in places like South Korea, Belgium, the Netherlands, Finland, Singapore, and Japan. Meanwhile, they will have played some very exciting football games, which will have been breathlessly written up in their hometown papers.

Why does this situation continue? Well, for one thing, kids like it. And for another, according to Ripley, parents seem to like the arrangement, too. She describes a tour she took of a school in Washington D.C., which costs thirty thousand dollars a year. The tour leader—a mother with three children in the school—was asked about the school’s flaws(暇疵). When she said that the math program was weak, none of the parents taking the tour reacted. When she said that the football program was weak, the parents suddenly became concerned. “Really?” one of them asked worriedly, “What do you mean?”One of the ironies(讽刺) of the situation is that sports reveal what is possible. American kids’ performance on the field shows just how well they can do when expection are high. It’s too bad that their test scores show the same thing.

1.Tom decides to spend his senior year in Poland because _______.

A. there are striking differences between the 2 countries

B. Polish kids are better at learning

C. he intends to improve his scores

D. sports are not supported at schools in Gettysburg

2.According to Paragraph 2, we know that _______.

A. little time is spent on sports in Japanese schools

B. too much importance is placed on sports in America

C. American high schools complain about sports time

D. PISA plays a very important role in America

3.The underlined sentence in the last paragraph means _______.

A. American students’ academic performance worries their parents a lot

B. high expectations push up American students’ academic performance

C. lacking practice contributes to American students’ average performance

D. low expectations result in American students’ poor PISA performance

4.The purpose of this article is to _______.

A. draw public attention to a weakness in American school tradition

B. call on American schools to learn from the Polish model

C. compare Polish schools with those in America

D. explain what is wrong with American schools and provide solutions

 

四、其他题
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22. 难度:中等

短文填词(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

阅读下面短文,根据以下提示:1)汉语提示,2)首字母提示,3)语境提示,在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词,所填单词要求意义准确,拼写正确,并将该词完整地写在相应的横线上。

Everyone may have a complex and different process of growing up. There are many influential factors in a person’s growth and1.      (发展) of his personality.

As for me,2.    has affected me most in my growth and personality is my family and friends, the two3.     (同等地) important factors. After I was4. b    , my family is the first surroundings. It plays a significant5. r       in shaping my character because it’s the most direct source of knowledge and experience for me. As we know, those who are brought 6.    in good families tend to have a good character and vice versa. Fortunately, I belong to the7.    (前者). Besides, friends in some ways influence me a lot. Although, we may have many different opinions and personalities, I have really 8.l    something beneficial from them.

Frankly9. s    , I get lots of valuable things from my family and friends. My family offers me warmth and cares, while my friends give me strength and courage. Therefore,10.   of them have influenced me most in my growth.

 

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23. 难度:中等

完成句子:(共10小题;每空0.5分,共10分)

他们不太熟悉慈善工作,这在中国还处于初始阶段。

They are not _____________ __________ charity work, ___________ is still at an early stage in China.

1. 我们佩服这位老科学家对社会作出的巨大贡献。

We __________the old scientist ________ his great _______________  ___________the country.

2.如果天气允许,晚会将在花园举行。

The party will be held in the garden, ___________ ___________.

3.旅店良好的服务在某种程度上弥补了其食物差的不足。

The good service has ________ _____ _____ the poor food in the hotel _____ _____ _____.

4.如果您能给我一些关于如何解决这些问题的建议我将不胜感激。

I would _____________ ______ if you can give me some ________ _____ how to_______the problem.

 

五、书面表达
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24. 难度:中等

假定你是我校的高三学生李华, 学校将要为高一新生举办主题为“What to learn in senior high school?”的英语沙龙活动, 特邀请你结合自身经历谈谈自己的体会。请根据以下提纲准备一份英语发言稿。词数120左右;发言稿开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。

1.学会学习:方法、习惯等;

2. 学会做人:真诚、友善等;

3. 其他方面:考生自拟。

Good morning, everyone! It is my honor to be here to share with you my opinion on what to learn in senior high school.

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Thank you!

 

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