中山一中2014届高三级第二次统测

英 语 试 题

I 语言知识及应用 (共两节,满分45分)

?第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is one of life’s ___1___ questions and people have been debating about it for thousands of years. Now scientists believe they have solved this ___2___. Researchers from Sheffield and Warwick Universities in England discovered the answer ___3___. They used a super computer to observe the shell-making process while a new shell was ___4___. Then they found one protein called OC17 that is ___5___ for forming eggshell. This is only found inside a chicken’s body, which is proof that the ___6___ came first. The team was ___7___ looking at how animals and birds make eggshells but suddenly made their surprising ___8___. The big question now is where chickens came from. The ___9___ is from dinosaurs.

The research team said eggshells are one of nature’s most ___10___ creations. Professor John Harding from the team told reporters: “Understanding how chickens make eggshells is fascinating in itself, but it can also be ___11___ in designing new materials.” Eggshells are very lightweight but incredibly strong. Even the most up-to-date materials ___12___ by the world’s top engineers cannot produce anything as ___13___ as an eggshell. Professor Harding added that ___14___ eggshells could help to cure bone diseases and design materials for the construction industry. “Nature has found wonderful ways that ___15___ for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology — we can learn a lot from them.” he said.

1. A. strangest B. best? C. oldest D. closest

2. A. puzzle B. fact???????? C. history D. opinion

3. A. on purpose?? B. by chance??? C. without hesitation? D. at work

4. A. breaking????? B. changing???? C. disappearing??????? D. forming

5. A. necessary??? B. easy???????? C. kind??????????????? D. impossible

6. A. egg?????????? B. eggshell???? C. chicken???????????? D. dinosaur

7. A. obviously???? B. originally?? C. thoughtfully??????? D. surprisingly

8. A. invention???? B. mistake????? C. statement?????????? D. discovery

9. A. answer??????? B. research???? C. road?????????????? D. egg

10. A. common?????? B. ridiculous?? C. funny????????????? D. amazing

11. A. interesting? B. helpful????? C. normal???????????? D. correct

12. A. bought?????? B. cut????????? C. designed??????????? D. carried

13. A. brilliant??? B. ordinary???? C.1ight?????????????? D. small

14. A. finding????? B. watching???? C. studying??????????? D. making

15. A. happen?????? B. work???????? C. wait??????????????? D. look

第二节 语法填空(共10小题；每小题15分,满分15分)

阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16～25的相应位置上。

Have you ever asked yourself why children go to school? You will 16 (probable)say that they go to learn languages，arithmetic，history, science and some other knowledge．That is quite true；but why do they learn these things?

We send our children to school to prepare them for the time 17 they will be big and will have to work for 18 ．Nearly everything they study at school has some practical use in their life．But is that 19 only reason why they go to school?

There is more in education than just 20 (1earn)facts．We go to school to learn how to learn，so that when we have left school we can continue to learn．A man 21 really knows how to learn will always be successful，because when he has to do something new, he will not only be able to do it well himself, he will also be able to teach others 22 to do it in the best way．The 23 (educate)person，on the other hand，is either unable to do something new，or just 24 (do) it badly．The purpose of schools，therefore，is not to teach languages，arithmetic，history science，etc．， 25 to teach pupils the way to 1eam．

Ⅱ 阅读 (共两节,满分50分)

第一节 阅读理解(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A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

While I was in my 4th month of pregnancy (妊娠期) with my second child, we were preparing for a trip to Louisiana, where Marshall’s family live, to celebrate Jane’s 2nd birthday. Two days before we were to leave, we got the shocking news that I was going to lose the baby. Not knowing when this would happen, we decided to continue with our trip.

Since Marshall’s family lives on a 600-acre cattle farm, you often find that you have a lot of time to yourself to think when you are there. That is precisely what I did not want to do at this time. I told Marshall that I needed to get a good book to get lost in while I was there. I told him I heard the Harry Potter books were good, so he went out and got the first one for me.

During that trip, I totally got lost in the book, which was of great help during a time when I needed a distraction to forget about the sadness. In the book, I noticed the name “Seamus”. I vaguely remembered it was pronounced “Shamus” and I liked the sound of that. I mentioned it to Marshall and he liked it too. Toward the end of the trip, I had just 5 chapters left and I knew I was about to finish the first book, which I was pretty excited about.

Soon after we put Jane down to bed, I had started labor (分娩), so I was unable to read. The labor lasted 5 and 1/2 hours, but Marshall stayed there with me, sitting beside me and reading aloud the last 5 chapters of Harry Potter. I can never fully explain how much that helped me through the experience. And ever since then, Marshall and I both have been fans of the Harry Potter books. We remember how they helped us get through that time of our lives.

We were sad to have lost the baby, but the name Seamus started our journey toward adoption. And we gave this name to our adopted son. Though our Seamus doesn’t have a drop of Irish blood in him, the name fits him perfectly.

26. Why did the writer want a good book during the trip?

A. Because the trip to Louisiana would take a long time.

B. Because she didn’t want to think of losing her baby.

C. Because she had nothing else to do except reading.

D. Because a good book could help her enjoy her trip.

27. According to the story, we can know that the Harry Potter books _________________.

A. made the family’s trip more exciting??????B. include five books all together

C. have someone called Seamus in them???????? D. can help people deal with their problems

28. The writer named her son Seamus because ___________________.

A. she wanted to keep her trip in memory?????????B. she loved this name very much

C. her son doesn’t have Irish blood?????????????D. it is a perfect name for a boy

29. Which of the following is TRUE about the couple?

A. They planned their trip after getting the shocking news.

B. They thought the cattle farm was too large to do anything on.

C. They felt excited when they almost finished the trip.

D. They liked reading Harry Porter very much after the trip.

30. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Funny Stories Of My Family???????????B. Seamus And Harry Potter

C. How We Got To Louisiana????????????? D. How My Son Got His Name

B

With large and small keyboards everywhere, neither children nor adults need to write much of anything by hand. That’s a big problem. Study after study suggests that handwriting is important for brain development — helping kids get fine motor skills and learn to express and create ideas. Yet the time devoted to teaching penmanship in most schools has shrunk to just one hour a week. Is it time to give up handwriting? Have a look at the link between the brain and penmanship, and you may get the answer.

A test among students in grades 2, 4 and 6 found that they not only wrote faster by hand than by keyboard, but also created more ideas when composing essays with handwriting. And other research shows that the finger movements required to write by hand activate brain areas involved with thought, language, and short-term memory.

A recent Indiana University study had one group of children practice writing letters by hand while a second group just looked at those letters. Then, both groups of kids entered a functional MRI (核磁共振)that scanned their brains as the researchers showed them the same letters. Researchers found that the brain activity in the first group was far more advanced and “adult-like”.

Handwriting also affects other people’s way they think of adults and children. Several studies have shown that the same average essay will score much higher if written with good penmanship and much lower if written out in poor handwriting. These studies have also found that people judge the quality of a person’s ideas based on his or her handwriting. And the consequences are real: On standardized tests with handwritten sections, like the SAT, all essay that is considered hard to recognize gets a big zero.

Studies show that this isn’t only an English-language phenomenon. Chinese and Japanese youths are suffering from “character amnesia”. They can’t remember how to write characters, thanks to computers and text messaging. Some experts fear that Chinese writing and reading are so closely linked in the brain that China’s reading ability as a nation could suffer.

31. According to the passage, it can be learned that ________________.

A. many researches have been done on handwriting

B. essays can’t be composed without handwriting

C. all children write faster by keyboard than by hand

D. most schools are trying to teach more handwriting

32. What does the Indiana University study imply?

A. Children should practice writing letters???????????B. Handwriting can increase brain activity

C. It’s good for children to enter a functional MRI.?????D. Letters should often be shown to children

33. What does the 4th paragraph mainly talk about?

A. Handwriting affects both adults and children.????

B. Handwriting helps a person write better essays.

C.SAT should be done with good handwriting.?????

D. Good handwriting makes a person seem smarter.

34. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Essays written with keyboards will get lower scores.

B. The quality of your