白山市第一中学2014届高三8月摸底考试

英语

一、单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

21．Dan Brown , _____author of The Da Vinci Code，is _____very famous American writer.

A. a； the B. the； the C. the； a Da a； a

22．You look frozen．Sit down by the fire and I you some hot tea．

A．make B．was making C．made D．will make

23．She seems to prefer American TV Shows to talking to me．

A．to watch B．to be watching C．watching D．having watched

24．． Although it in the desert most of the year, people still live there．

A．doesn’t rain B．didn’t rain C．hasn’t rained D．hadn’t rained

25．—What do you think of their new house?

—It’s very modern，but they have some antique________ in it．

A．furniture B．furnitures

C．piece of furnitures D piece of furniture

26．Today，_____rapid transportation and communication, the whole word seems to be smaller．

A．regardless of B．in spite of C．instead of D because of

27．Mike has an active mind；he can retell a story_________anybody else in the classroom．

A．more vividly than B．much vivid than

C．as vivid as D．so vividly as

28．We should make full use of whatever happens to us．There is always____ to learn from every experience.

A．nothing B．anything C．something D．everything

29．Actually, girls can be ________ they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, an astronaut, or a general manager．

A．wherever B．however C．whatever D．whoever

30．The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once ___________ with each other．

A．they had quarreled B．they have quarreled

C．have they quarreled D．had they quarreled

31．---Why did you major in Literature?

---I________ listened to my mother. She wants me to major in Business.

A．will have B．should have C．must have D．have had

32．They moved to England in 2007 and lived in a big house, ________ to the south.

A．the windows of which opened B．the windows of it opened

C．its windows opened D．the windows of which opening

33．—Bob! How’s your project? I heard you started it last Friday，right?

—Oh！I _________for it．But I haven’t decided when to do it．

A．have prepared B．had prepared C．have been preparing D．was preparing

34．Too high house prices can be brought under control，________the authorities introduce a series

of regulatory policies．

A．even if B．as if C．so that D．provided that

35．.Mary had to work at evenings and weekends. Only in this way _____ complete the reports by the deadline.

A. was she able to B. she was able to

C. she has been able to D. has she been able to

二、完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

This is 41 : full of chances and challenges. Whether you are an antelope or a lion, you must go 42 when the sun rises. For students, it is just the same. If we don’t study hard, sooner or later, we will 43 the other students. At first I didn’t know what the word “exam” 44 . Later, I knew an exam was a kind of 45 . In competitions, there are always winners and 46 . As I grew up, I got to know competition well. In one’s life, there must be competitions, so people can 47 .

Each time I saw children playing games and heard their 48 , I wished I were that age again. 49 , I remembered my parents’ words: You must work very hard for a good future. So I 50 my pen and began to study hard again.

I was still not sure what competition 51 meant. One day, I was 52_in an English-speaking competition. When I went to the stage, I saw other students looking at me kindly. Suddenly I 53 what competition was. It is not as cruel as my teacher and parents told me. In fact, competition is the 54 : it is kind and necessary.

I learned a lot from realizing this 55 . Now I understand better about the world. Competition is important for us all.

36．A. able B. willing C. ready D. eager

37．A. On the contraryB. At the same time C. In other words D. In the first place

38．A. fastest B. weakest C. slowest D. strongest

39．A. death B. survival C. disease D. suffering

40．A. sinking B. setting C. shining D. rising

41．A. rule B. life C. study D. exam

42．A. over B. through C. ahead D. beyond

43．A. fall behind B. pass by C. catch up D. hold back

44．A. felt B. meant C. referred D. doubted

45．A. victory B. defeat C. process D. competition

46．A. competitor B. players C. losers D. failures

47．A. improve B. conclude C. acquire D. handle

48．A. crying B. laughter C. whisper D. delight

49．A. However B. Therefore C. Besides D. Otherwise

50．A. put up B. brought up C. made up D. picked up

51．A. commonly B. simply C. obviously D. really

52．A. succeeding B. participating C. taking D. getting

53．A. doubted B. acknowledged C. knew D. admitted54．A. tough B. important C. content D. opposite

55．A. experience B. knowledge C. fact D. consequence

三．阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

When it comes to success in business and success in life, there are few qualities as important as confidence．

People naturally have different levels of confidence. Some have a higher level of confidence than others do, but even those whose confidence is lacking can learn to build their level of confidence and reach their most important goals．Increasing self confidence is one of the most common reasons people give for seeking the help of psychologists and other professionals．

One of the many places where a greater level of confidence is useful is in the workplace. We all know how difficult it can be, for instance, to ask the boss for a raise. This process can be extremely difficult for those who lack confidence in their own abilities. After all, if you are unsure about your own abilities, how will you ever convince your boss that you deserve more money for the work you do?

Even if you are not asking for that big raise, having plenty of confidence in your abilities is important to success．If you are certain of your abilities, chances are that those around you, whether they are your coworkers, your colleagues or your superiors, will see that confidence, and that will help to assure them that you are the best at what you do．

Being thought of as the person to go to, and being seen as an expert in your chosen field, is naturally very important to success on the job．If you can make yourself the person people go to for guidance and advice, you will help to protect yourself from the ever present danger of downsizing(裁员)．After all, if you are a recognized expert at the office, you will be regarded as an indispensable member of the team．

56．What is the passage mainly about?

A. The influence of confidence on one's life.

B. The difference of people's confidence.

C. The importance of confidence to success.

D. The judgment on one's confidence.

57．Psychologists and other professionals can offer help to those ________.

A. who dream to be recognized experts

B. who expect to give guidance to others

C. who want to ask the boss for a raise

D. who think their goals are hard to reach

58．What does the underlined word "indispensable" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. outgoing B. attractive C. important D. energetic

59．What message does the author want to convey（传递） in the last paragraph?

A. To overlook one's disadvantages.

B. To make full use of one's advantages.

C. To have great confidence in one's abilities.

D. To make objective evaluations of one's abilities.

B

The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts hardly lose their pumping power with age.

“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age.” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. “Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70. one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.”

What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.

“This gender(性别)difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink.

The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink.

The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

60．The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to _____.

A. health B. long life C. ageing D. effect

61．The text mainly talks about ______.

A. men’s heart cells B. women’s ageing process

C. the gender difference D. hearts and long life

62．According to the text, the UK scientists have known that _____.

A. women have more cells than men when they are born

B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

D. women never lose their pumping power with age

63． We can know from the passage that ______.

A. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

B. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

D. wome over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20

C

How do apology languages work? Have you ever tried to apologize, only to be refused? It may be that you were offering a partial apology in a “language”, that was foreign to your listener. The five languages of apology include:

Apology Language 1: “I am sorry.”

List the hurtful effects of your action. Not “I am sorry if …”, but “I am sorry that…”. You might ask if they want to add any points that you have not recognized.

Apology Language 2:“I was wrong.”

Name your mistake and accept fault. Note that it is