广东梅县东山中学2014届高三第一学期中段考试英语试卷

出题人：第二小组

笔试部分满分135分。考试用时120分钟。（听力15分另计）

Ⅰ语言知识及应用

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A、B、C和D的选项中, 选出最佳选项。

It is known that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day. This is so 1 that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one 2 understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process is not as 3 as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant 4 . We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they 5 do. As a matter of fact, they 6 to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious(神秘的) way of knowing the 7 . Their sense of time does not 8 information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “inner clock”.

This 9 may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also 10 , including man, have this “inner clock” which 11 the working of their bodies and influences their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious 12 . Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.

In the past, this did not really 13 because people lived in natural condition. In the 14 world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very 15 , then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.

A. familiar B. strange C. similar D. special

A. partly B. personally C. really D. willingly

A. complex B. simple C. mature D. meaningful

A. quietness B. darkness C. loneliness D. sadness

A. finally B. completely C. physically D. normally

A. refused B. decided C. continued D. failed

A. time B. secret C. process D. study

A. deal with B. add to C. give away D. depend on

A. discovery B. activity C. invention D. method

A. beasts B. animals C. strangers D. humans

A. controls B. studies C. measures D. destroys

A. world B. flower C. power D. experiment

A. happen B. exist C. matter D. work

A. ancient B. modern C. wonderful D. peaceful

A. hard B. expensive C. convenient D. important

第二节：语法填空 （共10小题每小题1.5分, 满分15分）

Dear Gill,

Do you remember me telling you about a health farm I've seen advertised? Well, I've looked at the ad again and I must say that ____16___ looks fantastic. Now I'm hoping to persuade you ___17___ (join) me there for a weekend!

The rooms you stay in sound really luxurious and apparently they all have an access ___18___ the gardens. All the meals ____19___ (offer) at a reasonable price and you can also get room service ____20____ you want. The brochure says that what you do is _____21____ (entire) up to you. You can have programs specially ___22____ (design) to suit you, or you can just ask staff to make a few suggestions about activities to do. You can use any of the sports and leisure facilities ___23___ much as you like, and the brochure also mentions lots of other activities every day. But don't worry, as nobody will watch you do anything, you could just spend the whole time relaxing in the sauna if you want! There's a terrific offer on at the moment with weekends costing only half the normal price although that only ____24___ certain dates. Anyway, let me know ____25___ you think.

Best wishes.

Sue

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

Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.

One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.

After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.

Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.

26. The underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. grade B. disease C. status D. health

27. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.

A. The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip

B. The 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel

C. Philip was really different in school

D. Philip was older and more sensitive

28. The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________.

A. play around on that beautiful spring day

B. go out and discover themselves

C. try to pull it apart in the middle

D. put some symbol of “new life” into it

29. After Philip explained his new life, ________.

A. The class fell silent. B. The class thought he was clever.

C. He began to study in the class. D. He felt dying.

30. We learn from the passage that ________.

A. The teacher used to have classes outdoors

B. Philip was healthy as a whole

C. Philip was accepted by his classmates in the end

D. The Philip’s new life wish was empty

B

When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but was always very kind.

When Doctor Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: "No pain, no gain". He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom.

Once I asked why and he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep roots in search of water.

So, instead of watering his trees every morning, he'd beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.

Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I'd watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong.

I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibb's trees in ways comfort and ease never could.

Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we won't be torn apart.

31. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often______.

A. kept watering them every morning B. talked to them to get their attention

C. paid little attention to them D. beat them to make them grow deep roots

32. What does the author think of the way Doctor Gibbs planted trees?

A. Interesting and funny. B. Strange and harmful.

C. Original and reasonable. D. Cruel and unacceptable.

33. What does the underlined word "Adversity" mean in the sixth paragraph?

A. Difficult living conditions. B. Lack of moisture.

C. Enough care or attention. D. Bad weather.

34. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons?

A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about.

B. Be able to stand the rain and wind in their lives.

C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life.

D. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future.

35. Which of the following is the best title for the article?

A. Trees need no water B. Prayers for my sons

C. Doctor Gibbs and his trees D. Deep roots count

C

Do you know what Fear and Faith have in common? Fear believes in a negative future. Faith believes in a positive future. Both believe in something that has not yet happened. So I ask you, if neither the positive nor negative future has happened yet then why not choose to believe in the positive future?

I believe during these challenging times we have a choice between two roads: the positive road and the negative road. And our bus can’t be on two roads at the same time. So we have to make a choice and this choice determines our belief about the future and the attitude and actions we bring to the present.

I’m not saying we shouldn’t h