2013 天水一中英语信息卷 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. — No words are strong enough to express our thanks for your help.

— _____.

A. It’s a pity B. My pleasure C. Never mind D. With pleasure

2. Realizing the great renewal of the Chinese nation is just _____ we call “China dream”.

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

3. — Come on! Let’s go to the net bar.

— What? _____ you ever want to do is going online.

A. Anything B. Something C. All D. That

4. — Did you watch the sunrise of Mount Tai last weekend?

— Yes. Luckily enough, when we climbed to the top of it, the thick fog began to _____ .

A. lift B. fail C. appear D. gather

5. Difficult _____ in practice, this new technique hasn’t been applied.

A. operated B. to be operated C. operating D. to operate

6. _____ for the young man to spit in the subway!

A. How bad manners it is B. How bad manners they are

C. What bad manners they are D. What bad manners it is

7. — What has _____ my dictionary? I can’t find it.

— Don’t you forget you’ve lent it to Lucy?

A. become of B. resulted in C. brought about D. taken place

8. Many Chinese like watching People Who Moved China, which honors those _____ contributions should be remembered and learned from.

A. whose B. who C. that D. their

9. A girl calling herself Mary is waiting outside; _____ she come in now?

A. Need B. Must C. Will D. Shall

10. A(n) _____ of achievement clearly has an influence on children’s early education.

A. idea B. sense C. need D. mind

11. — The “No.1 Document” is designed to help the rural population increase their incomes.

— I believe that peasants’ life _____ better and better.

A. will have got B. will be getting C. gets D. has got

2. Oh, my God! Is this your room? The furniture here remains _____ with such thick dust!

A. covered B. covering C. to cover D. be covering

13. — How do you find his new novel?

— His previous ones are great, and I think this one is _____ worth reading.

A. better B. good C. much D. very

14. — Let’s have an outing tomorrow.

— Sorry. The final exam is drawing near and I am in a race _____ time.

A. over B. in C. against D. on

15. — May I take your order now, sir?

—_____ .

A. Thanks, I’ve really had enough B. Ok, here is my bill

C. Yes, I’d like some fish and chips D. Sure, it’s delicious

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30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。

One morning, my son, Chilly, found a carpenterworm(毛毛虫) unexpectedly and put it in a jar. Each day he couldn’t 16 to visit the little guest. Few weeks later we discovered it? 17 in a cocoon (茧).

Chilly surely knew a moth (蛾) or butterfly was about to be? 18 . He was 19 to know what gift nature was about to give him. Gradually we found it half transparent and we could? 20 ?the wings of the unborn. Soon, a moth broke free, and then 21 eggs, completing its life?cycle.

The next day, I 22 Chilly it was time to set it free. He took it? 23 ?and opened the jar. It circled the yard twice, came back, and 24 on Chilly’s arm. He picked it up and threw it in the air. The moth repeated its?? 25 ?pattern. He tried over and over, but each time it would? 26 ?to his arm so that Chilly had to give up.

The next day he attempted to set it free again, and after a few repetitions the moth finally 27 into the grass.

Like a? 28 , I believe the moth was afraid to 29 what it was comfortable with. It wanted to stay with something?? 30 , scared to move on and experience something unknown.

I was once that little moth. My cocoon was my mother’s? 31 , in which I was comfortable, and hated to fly too far away from it. I was 32 ?when my first job required me to move to a new city. Humans are creatures of? 33 . We resist change. However, if I hadn’t moved, I would not have experienced many 34 and wonderful things or met many of my friends. So each move gave me the? 35 to learn and experience, but best of all, I met friends.

16. A.?help?????????????? B.?leave???????? C. stop?????????????? D. wait

17. A. stuck???????????????? B. wrapped?????????? C. developed?????????????? D. protected

18. A. born????????????????????? B. changed????????????????? C. raised???????????????????? D. created

19. A. upset???????????????????? B. content ??????????????????? C. lucky????????????????????? D. curious?????????

20. A.?count??????????????????? B. feel?????????????????????????? C. identify????????????????????? D. imagine

21. A. laid???????????????????? B. lay????????????????????? ?? C.?put??????????????????? ??? D. placed

22. A. confirmed B. convinced C. concluded D. contacted

23. A. back????????????????????? B. down??????????????????????? C. aside??????????????????????? D. outside

24. A. kept B. dropped C. landed D. lived

25. A. game???????????????????? B.?flight?????????????????????? C. adventure ?????????????? ? D. communication

26. A. return??????????????????? B. cater??????????????????????? C. turn?????????????????????? D. stick

27. A. walked??away???????B. ran out???????????? C.?fell down??????????????? D. flew off???

28. A. moth?? B. butterfly??????????????? C.?human?????????????? D. pet

29. A. leave B. stay C. move D. forget

20. A. friendly???????????????? B. similar ?????????????????? C. pleasant????????????????? D. familiar

32. A. excited????????????????? B. crazy??????????????????????? C. afraid????????????????????? D. annoyed????

33. A. community???????????B. habit?????????????? ? C. conscience??????????????? D. ambition

34. A. odd ????????????????????? B.?funny??????????????????????? C. new???????????????????? D. vital?????????

35. A. courage???????????????? B. pleasure??????????????? C. ability?????????????? D. purpose

第三部分： 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

?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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

DEAR AMY: Last year I got a full-time job as a baby-sitter for a wonderful family with two amazing kids. They have come to treat me as one of their own. But my boyfriend and I are attempting to save much more money for the life we want to build, including marriage, a house and kids. Much as I love my “babies,” I’m looking forward to beginning a challenging career in a big company. Should I tell the family that I am looking for a new job? I don’t want to find one that requires me to begin work immediately, leaving them without child care, but I also don’t want them to assume that I’m leaving right away.

Up-in-the-Air Au Pair

DEAR AU PAIR: Whatever your arrangement, it is reasonable for them to expect you to be honest and to keep them in the loop. They see that you are making changes in your life, and surely they will also understand your desire to advance in a career. Tell them frankly and they should be happy to employ you as long as you are available.

Amy

DEAR AMY: I am a freshman in a high school. Last summer my best friend was diagnosed with skin cancer. It isn’t very serious, but she seems to be becoming more and more depressed. How can I help her be happy again?

Best Friend

DEAR FRIEND: Your best role is to prop up and encourage your friend when she seems down, and to be supportive and kind to her. You're doing a great job with that, and your friend is lucky to have you in her life.

Amy

36. What is Au Pair’s problem according to the first paragraph?

A. She has no idea whether to tell the family her plan or not.

B. She has no idea whether the family will hate her or not.

C. She has no idea where to find a new good job.

D. She has no idea how to save more money.

37. From the underlined phrase“ to keep them in the loop”, we can infer that Amy advises Au Pair_____.

A. to keep it secret to the family

B. to cheat the family for the time being

C. to tell her true impression of the family

D. to let the family know what’s going on

38. In which column of a newspaper can we probably find the passage?

A. Jobs B. culture C. Life D. Entertainment

B

When someone says “SHARK” most people think of a big, toothy, underwater animal; basically we are imagining a Great White. In fact sharks come in all shapes, sizes and even colors! Follow me please; I’d like to show you a very special small shark commonly known as horn sharks, only found in the coastal waters of north-west North America.

Look at this shark, and you can easily see the horns on it and you will know the reason why it is called the horn shark is that it has the broad, flattened head and two large horn-like spines(脊椎) found behind its eyes and makes it one of the hardiest of all shark species. What makes it unique is that as its enemy attempts to swallow it, the spines on its back will stick into the enemy’s mouth and give a good chance for it to get away.

The horn shark is brown in color with black spots all over its body. The adults can reach up to a length of 4 feet and weigh up to 10 kg. An interesting fact about the horn shark is that it has five gills(鳃). The horn shark is a clumsy swimmer using its flexible pectoral fins(胸鳍)to push itself along the bottom of the ocean. The maximum distance that has ever been recorded for a horn shark to have traveled out from its habitat is 10 miles.

Today, as so little is known about its population off the Californian coa