揭阳一中2013-2014学年度高三第一学期阶段考试（二）

英 语

Ⅰ语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

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。

To know just what the effects of global warming will be in the future is extremely difficult, if not impossible.

Scientists use computer models to study the __1__ of global warming. These computer models have been fairly consistent in __2__ general future trends, but often __3__ greatly when looking at the specifics.

Some scientists say global warming has already been going on for a while. Others say that we do not have enough information now to know for sure. Despite the __4__, most scientists are convinced that greenhouse gases are __5__ the Earth. What they are still trying to figure out is how __6__ temperatures are rising, and what will happen as a result.

The climate changes that will result from global warming are extremely __7__ to predict. The weather is determined by so many factors that it is often compared to chaos (complete disorder) by scientists. Changing the __8__ will likely have some effect on the planet’s weather, but just what that effect will be is __9__ impossible to predict.

If temperature do rise significantly, the most important __10__ would be that some part of the polar ice caps would melt, __11__ global sea levels.

The rise in sea levels would be __12__ for some places. Islands would __13__ , meaning their millions of inhabitants would have to move to other places. __14__ would occur along coastlines all over the world, forcing more people to move and ruining cropland.

In the case of major global warming and __15__ ice caps, some countries might simply stop existing. Global warming, if uncontrolled, could cause a major catastrophe.

1.

A. causes

B. trends

C. specifics

D. effects



2.

A. controlling

B. changing

C. predicting

D. determining



3.

A. differ

B. match

C. change

D. compare



4.

A. agreements

B. disagreements

C. changes

D. information



5.

A. warming

B. cooling

C. melting

D. raising



6.

A. greatly

B. extremely

C. quickly

D. slowly



7.

A. unlikely

B. possible

C. easy

D. difficult



8.

A. prediction

B. temperature

C. model

D. trend



9.

A. nearly

B. completely

C. simply

D. generally



10.

A. case

B. disorder

C. meaning

D. result



11.

A. lowering

B. raising

C. moving

D. affecting



12.

A. destructive

B. significant

C. impossible

D. likely



13.

A. sink

B. rise

C. disappear

D. exist



14.

A. Drought

B. Disorder

C. Melting

D. Flooding



15.

A. melted

B. hardened

C. parted

D. ruined





第二节 语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5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，在空格上填入一个适当的词或者使用括号中词的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

Dreams are very important happenings within the brain. They have always been the focus of curiosity, interest and quest of the human mind. Psychologists believe that our dreams can often give us interesting information about __16__, if we take the time to look at __17__ seriously. On the simplest level, dreams can make us aware of things we have missed __18__ we’re too busy to notice them when we’re doing other things during the day. For instance, if you dream of your teeth __19__ (fall) out, your dream may be trying to remind you of a dental trouble. Or if you dream of missing an important __20__ (appoint), you may have unconsciously picked up signs of __21__ engagement coming up that you have forgotten to write down.

On a deeper level, dreams can show us __22__ we really feel about our relationships. For instance, a young woman who considered herself fairly happily __23___(marry) dreamed of angrily bashing her husband over the head __24__ a vacuum cleaner. The dream was urging the woman to get in touch with her feeling of resentment(愤恨，不满) toward her husband for insisting that she __25__(stay) home instead of taking an interesting job.

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

A person’s nose is important for breathing and smelling. The nose is also used in many popular expressions.

Some people can lead other people by the nose. For example, if a wife leads her husband by the nose, she makes him do whatever she wants him to do.

Some people are said to be hard-nosed. They will not change their opinions or positions on anything. If someone is hard-nosed, he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.

It is always helpful when people keep their nose out of other people’s business. They do not interfere. The opposite of this is someone who noses around all the time. This kind of person is interested in other people’s private matters. He is considered nosey.

More problems can develop if a person looks down his nose at someone or something. The person acts like something is unimportant or worthless. This person might also turn up his nose at something that he considers not good enough. This person thinks he is better than everyone else. He has his nose in the air.

In school, some students thumb their nose at their teacher. They refuse to obey orders or do any work. Maybe these students do not know the correct answers. My mother always told me, if you study hard, the answers should be right under your nose or easily seen.

I think we have explained the nose expressions. What about ears? Well, I hope you are all ears or very interested in hearing more expressions. We might even put a bug in your ear or give you an idea about something. We also advise you to keep your ear to the ground. This means to be interested in what is happening around you and what people are thinking.

If you are a good person, you will lend an ear to your friends. You will listen to them when they have a problem they need to talk about.

26. The passage mainly wants to tell us _______.

A. the importance of nose for breathing and smelling

B. some expressions connected with the nose and ears

C. the origin of some expressions in spoken English

D. the most widely used expressions in daily life

27. If we say a man paid through the nose, we mean _____.

A. he judged the quality of things by smelling B. he bought something he disliked

C. he bought something very expensive D. he overpaid for something he bought

28. If a person is interested in other people’s private matters, he may ______.

A. nose around all the time B. keep his nose out of other people’s things

C. turn up his nose at others D. keep his ear to the ground

29. When your friend wants to share something with you, you should ____.

A. put a bug in his ear B. look down your nose at him

C. lend an ear to him D. lead him by the nose

30. In which sentence is the expression not used properly?

A. We have a real hard-nosed boss, who always stands firm in his opinions.

B. Sometimes true love is right under your nose.

C. We were all ears, but he forgot what he wanted to say.

D. It is important for us to thumb our nose at our parents.

B

On a cold winter day, a group of strangers band together to save three children.

The 30 miles of switchbacks(急转弯) that snake through the pine-covered mountains of Logan Canyon inn Utah are enough to make most drivers’ hands sweat.

But Roger Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn’t expecting any trouble on the road last New Year’s Eve, when he set off for an unexpected ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nine-year-old daughter Mia, four-year-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbor Kenya Wildman. Andersen had driven through the canyon hundreds of times over the years.

“We ski in that area at least 20 times a year,” says Andersen. “I know the spots that ice up a lot in the winter.”

The weather was glorious for hitting the slopes—30 degrees and sunny—but the higher they drove, the slicker（滑溜溜的）the roads became. Rounding a sharp turn at mile marker 473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and tapped his brakes suddenly. In an instant, the Honda Accord was sliding at 25 miles per hour toward the shoulder of the highway, then slipping down a steep ten-foot embankment（路堤）toward the cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped toward the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.

There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the cab of the upside-down car was filled with water. “It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater,” remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken product development manager. “You’re thinking, ‘Is this how it’s all going to end’?”

Then, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mia had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldn’t find her. “I thought, if I don’t get out, maybe none of us is going to get out.” Andersen untied his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and gasped for air at the surface. That’s when he saw a group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the embankment. One after another, they jumped into the water, shouting, “Who else is in the car?” Andersen says respectfully, “It was like the sight of angels.”

31. Which word can best describe the feeling of most drivers when driving on this slope?

A. Nervous B. Curious C. Excited D. Puzzled

32. What Andersen says in Paragraph 4 shows that _____.

A. he is used to driving on such a dangerous road

B. he has great confidence in driving on this steep road

C. he likes to ski on such a steep downhill road

D. he would not meet such trouble as other drivers did

33. Which is the main reason for Andersen’s car falling into the river?

A. The weather was cold at the time and the road was icy and smooth.

B. A truck skated off the main road and hit Andersen’s car.

C. Andersen stepped on the brakes suddenly when seeing a truck off the road.

D. The brakes broke down and Andersen couldn’t control his car.

34. How did Anders