湖州市八校2014届高三上学期期中联考

英语

考生须知：

1、本试题卷分第Ⅰ卷(客观题)和第Ⅱ卷（主观题）两部分，试卷共10页；满分为120分；考试时间为120分钟。

2、第Ⅰ卷做在答题卡上，第Ⅱ卷做在答题卷上，做在试题卷上不得分。

第Ⅰ卷（共80分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题，每小题0.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. --- I need to advertise for a roommate for next term.

--- __________? Mary is interested.

A. So what B. What for C. How come D. Why bother

2. Nowadays people are more likely to go to ________ mall than visit the tailor when shopping for clothes, so tailors have adapted to _________ new reality.

A. the; a B. /; the C. the; the D. a; a

3. The story conveys a strong message, _________ that will hopefully touch all who read it.

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

4. The water was now two feet deep, making it difficult, if not impossible, _________ the car out.

A. getting B. to get C. got D. get

5. --- I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I will have a test on the subject next month.

--- Don’t worry. You ________ have it by Thursday.

A. could B. may C. shall D. must

6. She would move quietly up to the sparrow on a small tree just to get a better look, her face __________ with childlike expressions at one of God’s simple wonders.

A. shone B. shining C. having shone D. being shone

7. Readers are required to _________ the rules of the library and mind their manners.

A. observe B. confirm C. review D. appreciate

8. --- It’s a shame that you missed the lecture on the British culture given by Thompson.

--- I _________ it, but I was busy preparing the coming exam.

A. attended B. had attended C. would have attended D. would attend

9. --- What on earth are the police busy with?

--- They have been investigating how the train crash __________.

A. came out B. came across C. came about D. came up

10. --- I hear that Jason is planning to buy a new car.

--- I know. By next month, he ________ enough for a used one.

A. has saved B. saves C. will be saving D. will have saved

11. --- Mr. Anderson is popular with his students, for he is kind, strict and knowledgeable.

--- No wonder he has such a good_________.

A. reputation B. tradition C. preference D. presentation

12. Don’t touch your eyes, nose and mouth, because they aren’t covered by skin and can ________ the virus easily.

A. pick up B. take up C. make up D. bring up

13. Two lawyers have donated $ 50, 000 to _________ our school’s campaign “Help the Needy”, which was started by our former headmaster 10 years ago.

A. approve B. advocate C. guarantee D. sponsor

14. Evidence has been found through years of study __________ children’s early sleeping problems are likely to continue when they grow up.

A. why B. how C. that D. whether

15. I’m always ________ about what I say because careless remarks are likely to hurt others’ feelings.

A. enthusiastic B. curious C. doubtful D. cautious

16. The young lady from Australia has a gift for creating an atmosphere for her students _________ allows them to communicate freely with each other.

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

17. The engineer buries himself in work all day long and has no time for some outdoor activities, __________ he has the interest.

A. as if B. even if C. so long as D. now that

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a?? 21 ?? beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench outside the restaurant and opened the door for us．Regardless of his?? 22 ?? , he greeted us in a friendly way.

Once inside, my daughters whispered, "Mom, he?? 23 ??. " After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look?? 24 ?? the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many?? 25 ?? him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had determined to set a good?? 26 ?? to my children. Yet sometimes when things didn't go right, being a good example was?? 27 ??. When our meal arrived, I realized I had left the car-sick pills in the truck．With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I ? 28 ? myself from the meal and went to get them.

Just then, the "doorman" was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his?? 29 ?? . Letting them in first, I said a loud "thank you" to him as I?? 30 ?? .

When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside?? 31 ?? he purchased food. I went back and told my family his??? 32 .Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich.

The kids looked?? 33 ?? as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the "doorman", they smiled. When it was time to?? 34 ?? our trip, I found the "doorman" enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then?? 35 ? out his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly? 36 ??the tears in his eyes—tears of gratitude. What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the " doorman" a?? 37 . He pulled away, with tears?? 38 ?? down his face.

Back in truck, I fell into deep thought．While we can't choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude．I said thanks to a man who had?? 39 ? held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that?? 40 to teach my children by example.

21．A．messy

B．clean

C．pretty

D．bright



22．A．service

B．state

C．appearance

D．attitude



23．A．smokes

B．smells

C．sighs

D．smiles



24．A．around

B．over

C．beyond

D．into



25．A．ignored

B．hated

C．missed

D．refused



26．A．target

B．rule

C．record

D．example



27．A．stressful

B．accessible

C．awkward

D．tough



28．A．excused

B．refreshed

C．prevented

D．forgave



29．A．company

B．presence

C．challenge

D．attack



30．A．quitted

B．marched

C．exited

D．approached



31．A．before

B．unless

C．though

D．since



32．A．story

B．deed

C．desire

D．demand



33．A．concerned

B．puzzled

C．excited

D．bored



34．A．make

B．start

C．continue

D．take



35．A．waved

B．washed

C．raised

D．reached



36．A．watched

B．inspected

C．witnessed

D．noticed



37．A．hug

B．nod

C．lift

D．strike



38．A．slipping

B．rushing

C．rolling

D．breaking



39．A．firmly

B．simply

C．constantly

D．politely



40．A．journey

B. wisdom

C. community

D．opportunity





第二部分：阅读理解(共25小题，每小题2分，共50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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

I believe in leaving work at five o’clock. In a nation with such a strict work ethic(道德规范) , this is considered strange. Working only 40 hours a week? I just don’t know many people who punch out (打卡下班) at five o’clock anymore.

My father tried to teach me the importance of hard work, long hours and devotion to a career. But then there are the things he taught me unintentionally, like when he arrived home from work for the last time and crawled up the stairs.

My father, a self-employed sales trainer, was that sick, that tired. His body was wracked with liver cancer, and he suffered the effects of a diabetic ulcer（糖尿病）. Despite all this, he insisted on traveling a long way to give a lecture. He probably earned a lot of money that day, but he paid the price. He returned to the hospital soon afterwards and was dead within three months, aged just 58.

It’s been 10 years since I saw my father come home that night and since then, I’ve thought a lot about work. I’ve decided something: I will never crawl up the stairs exhausted. As much as I love my job as a newspaper reporter, I will never work myself into the ground, physically or emotionally. Not taking my work home didn’t come easily to me at first. After all, I am my father’s daughter. In college, I was the girl who sat on the library steps each morning, waiting for the doors to open. I even dreamt about schoolwork.

My dad once told me he was unable to just gaze at a sunset; he had to be doing something as he looked at it—writing, reading, playing chess. You could say he was a success: He was a published author, an accomplished musician, fluent in many languages. That’s an impressive list, but the thing is I want to gaze at sunsets. I don’t want to meet a deadline during them or be writing a column at the same time, or glance at them over the top of a book.

This raises the question: If I leave work at five o’ clock to watch the sunset, what are the consequences? Do I risk not reaching the top of my profession? Maybe, because honestly, knocking off after eight hours probably won’t earn me the best promotion. But hey, leaving work at five o’ clock means I eat dinner with my family. I get to hop on my bike and cycle through the streets of my hometown when there is no traffic.

And I get to take in a lot of sunsets. That’s got to be worth something.

41. Which of the following about the author’s father is true?sj.fjjy.org

A. He set a good example to his daughter.

B. He tried to force his values on his daughter.

C. He gained much pleasure from his work.

D. He achieved great success at the expense of his health.

42. What does the author mean by saying “Not taking my work home did not come easily at first” in Paragraph 4?

A. There was so much work to do. B. All her colleagues took work home.

C. She was educated to be a workaholic. D. She wanted a promotion in her work.

B

Have you ever considered all the English expressions that include words about clothes? Let’s see if I can name a few proverbs “off the cuff” since I haven’t prepared for it.

English expressions with “pants”



People wear pants to cover the lower part of their bodies. We sometimes say that people who are restless or nervous have “ants in their pants.” They might also “fly by the seat of their pants” -- they use their natural sense to do something instead of their learned knowledge. Sometimes, people may “get caught with their pants down” -- they are found doing something they should not be doing. And, in every family, one person takes control. Sometimes a wife tells her husband what to do. Then we say “she wears the pants in the family.”