广东省执信中学2014届高三上学期期中考试英语试题

本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共17页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。

注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。

2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。

3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。

听说部分（满分10分）

请根据录音和所给中文，用英语写出三个问题和回答五个问题。（满分8分）

In this part, you are required to act as a role and complete three communicative tasks; listen to a speaker, ask the speaker three questions and then answer five questions.

1. Please ask the speaker three questions. You have twenty seconds to prepare the questions. When you hear a beep, begin to ask the question.(请把以下三个问题的英语翻译写在答卷上)

Q1: 她写诗很长时间了吗?

Q2: 她知道自己得奖时有何感受?

Q3: 什么在激励着她写诗?

2. Now please get ready to answer five questions. You are allowed ten seconds to prepare the answer. When you hear a beep, begin to answer the question. (请把五个问题的答案A1-A5写在答卷上)

A1：______ A2：______ A3：______ A4：______ A5：______

选择题部分（满分90分）

一. 单项选择 (共30小题，每小题0.5分，满分15分)

1. This is by far _______ movie that I have ever seen in the last few years.

A. a much inspiring B. the most inspiring

C. a most inspiring D. the more inspiring

2. Peter’s jacket looked just the same as Jack’s, but it cost ______.

A. as much twice as his B. much twice as him

C. twice as much as his D. as twice much as him

3. I make $2,000 a week. 60 surely won’t make _____ difference to me.

A. that big a B. that a big C. a that big D. the that big

In ancient times, people rarely traveled long distances and most farmers only traveled ______ the local market.

A. longer than B. more than C. as much as D. as far as

5. If we leave right away, ______ we’ll arrive on time before the sunset.

A. curiously B. occasionally C. hopefully D. gradually

6. David ______ animal fur, so he won’t visit anyone who has cats or dogs in the house.

A. is curious about B. is fond of C. is satisfied with D. is allergic to

7. If what your friend comes up with surprises you, don’t reject it immediately. _____, imagine that it is true.

A. Thus B. Besides C. Rather D. Otherwise

8. Interest is as ______ to learning as the ability to understand, even more so.

A. available B. vital C. specific D. similar

9. He didn’t selfishly keep for himself the money inherited from his uncle. Instead, he made a ______ contribution to helping the community.

A. commercial B. generous C. comparable D. profitable

10. Those poor and needy teenagers were excited to find a shop at the corner where they could buy ______ priced bikes.

A. affordably B. reasonably C. recently D. competitively

11. -- Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind?

-- Sorry, I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ______.

A. accessible B. available C. affordable D. acceptable

12. --Volunteering is becoming ______ popular in China.

-- Yeah, people are now aware that helping others is helping themselves.

A. naturally B. splendidly C. successfully D. increasingly

13. Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more ______ to, and more _____ troubled by emotional and relationship problem.

A. addicted; easy B. sensitive; easily

C. skeptical; easy D. available; easily

14. In this lecture, I can only give you a purely ______ view of how we can live life to the full and make some suggestions about the future.

A. private B. particular C. personal D. vivid

15. She has already tried her best. Please don’t be too _____ about her job. After all, she is only 21 and has just graduated from college.

A. particular B. special C. especial D. specific

16. I think your composition is not as interesting as his but yours is ______ in writing.

A. the best organized B. so organized as

C. better organized D. as organized as

17. The research lacks _____ evidence, and therefore, its conclusion are doubtful.

A. fierce B. severe C. potential D. solid

18. -- How was your recent visit to Qingdao?

-- It was great. We visited some friends, including Laura, a ______ girl, and spent ______ days at the seaside.

A. Spanish pretty little; last few sunny

B. pretty Spanish little; few last sunny

C. pretty little Spanish; last few sunny

D. little Spanish pretty; sunny few last

19. After the long journey, the three of them went back home, ______.

A. hungrily and tiredly B. hungry and tired

C. hungrily and tired D. hungry and tiredly

20. -It was a nice house, but ______ too small for a family of five.

A. Rarely B. rather C. fairly D. pretty

21. -- You don’t seem to be quite yourself today. What’s wrong?

-- Oh, I’m suffering form a cold. Nothing serious, ______.

A. yet B. indeed C. anyway D．though

22. I’m trying to do what is best, but ______ I have got to consider the cost.

A. equally B. merely C. mostly D. nearly

23. The volunteers will do _____ to help those injured in the earthquake.

A. everything possible humanly B. everything humanly possible

C. humanly possible everything D. humanly everything possible

24. A ______ small number of female graduates can get employed when they go job-hunting, compared with male ones.

A. roughly B. respectively C. relatively D. gradually　

25. Which of the following is NOT correct?

A. It is possible that he will ring me tonight.

B. He will probably ring me tonight.

C. He is likely to ring me tonight.

D. He is probable to ring me tonight.

26. Samuel can’t help having a big nose. It is ______ of him to be curious about others.

A. considerate B. unique C. typical D. constant

27. -- Steve applied for a college. He wanted to go ______ but to Cornell University.

-- Oh, why not Harvard?

A. nowhere B. anywhere C. everywhere D. somewhere

28. You can’t go out because it’s a stormy night. ______, your homework hasn’t been done.

A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D. Nevertheless 　　　　　　　　　　　

29. I have promised to get round ______ our lawn mower one day.

A. to repair B. to repairing C. to have repaired D. to having repaired

30. It’s revealed that ______ dogs barking incessantly in the night that we dislike most.

A. there are B. these are C. it is D. that is

二. 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

While attending a conference, I returned to my hotel room late one evening. The overhead light outside my door was burned out and I had 31 ?finding the keyhole. When I ?? 32? ?to open the door, I ? 33 ?around the wall for a light switch. I found a plate where a switch was once?installed…but no switch!

Not discouraged easily, I remembered ??? 34 ???a lamp by the bed when I laid my luggage earlier in the day. I found the bed in the 35 ???and then the lamp, but when I switched it on, nothing 36? ! I thought that perhaps if I opened the curtains I might be able to use whatever light comes in from the 37? ?to find another lamp. So I ? 38 ? ?my way slowly across the room to the curtains and…no drawstring (拉绳)! I finally stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走) around until?I found a desk lamp which actually 39 ? !

That evening I discovered in a whole new way just how dark the world can?be and how necessary light is! But even more necessary than 40 ? ?light is the light that shines from people — the light of ? 41 ?and faith, because, for many people, the world is a dark and ? 42 ?place, and someone today just may be stumbling in discouragement or sadness or fear and in need?of some light. So let your light shine. Whatever light you ?? 43 ?may be a beacon of hope and encouragement. And if you feel that your light is no more than?a 44 in a forest, remember— there isn’t enough darkness in all the world to ?? 45? ?the light of one small candle.

31. A. confidence B. respect C. admiration D. difficulty

32. A. managed B. failed C. wished D. meant

33. A. touched B. felt C. sensed D. looked

34. A. equipping B. producing C. spotting D. removing

35. A. light B. dark C. room D. corner

36. A. happened B. operated C. fired D. developed

37. A. machine B. street C. room D. car

38. A. wound B. forced C. made D. lost

39. A. helped B. affected C. worked D. inspired

40. A. mental B. psychological C. intelligent D. physical

41. A. existence B. love C. truth D. wisdom

42. A. lonely B. colourful C. friendly D. complex

43. A. make B. offer C. take D. contribute

44. A. match B. flame C. fire D. candle

45. A. put out B. give out C. get over D. set up

三. 阅读: (共25小题，满分45分）

第一节：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）

A

Most American schools have boys and girls in the same classroom. But a public high school in the small, rural town of Boonsboro, Maryland, offers a special program called the Academy. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single-sex classes for math, science, English and social studies.

The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. What they really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve there, so that they’re prepared for college.

Students are invited to enter this program after they finish middle school, and placement in the Academy is voluntary. However, they need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities. Almost 350 students have taken part in the Academy. It began as an experiment in 2010.

Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth-grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. He says that the novels the students are reading now are very manly novels. These novels deal with the arrogance