吉林一中11级2013-2014学年度上学期12月质量检测

英语学科试卷

本试卷分为第一卷和第二卷两部分, 满分100分，答题时间80分钟。

第一卷

第一部分： 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. —Would you mind if I sat here?

— Sorry. ______ I'm expecting a friend.

A. Of course not. B. Go ahead. C. You’d better not. D. Why not?

Livemocha. com is a free site ______ visitors can not just learn various languages but also chat online.

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

______ from Adelaide to Darwin and you’ll observe some of Australia’s most

wonderful landscapes.

A. Traveling B. To travel C. Traveled D. Travel

4. ______ I enjoy the book with some nice pictures, I don't have enough money to buy it.

A. As?? B. If??????? C. Since???????? ?D.While????

5. Tom is going to talk about the geography of the country, but I`d rather he ______ more on its culture.

A. focus B. focused C. would focus D. had focused

It is the test system, ______ the teachers, that is to blame for the heavy burden of middle school students nowadays. A. other than??? B. or rather???? C. rather than? D. more than

7. Early settlers ______ their survival ______ hard work and determination to succeed.

A. owed; to B. corresponded; with

C. adapted; to D. tied; to

8. — What do you think of the advice ______ by our English teacher?

— No one has given me ______. We’d better take it seriously.

A. giving; a worse piece???????????????????????????????????? ?B. given; a better piece?????

C. given; the better piece D. giving; the worser piece

9. —What has happened here?

—There was ______ accident here about an hour ago, ______ car hit a tree and ______ driver was killed.

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

10. You can visit our homepage ______ the Internet, which, in reality, is popular ______ our fans.

A. from; to B. into; among C. via; with D. with; into

11. ______ he referred to in his article was unknown to the general reader.

A. That B. What C. Whether D. Where

12. How did your brother make such a stupid mistake ______ he had such a good knowledge of the steps and cautions over operating the machine. A. when B. because C. as D. that13. The traffic problems have severely affected economic development. ______, we must spare no efforts to solve them. A. Furthermore B. However C. Meanwhile D. Therefore

14. — I'll come to see your performance at 9:00 tomorrow evening. — I'm sorry ,but by then my performance ______ and I______ reporters in the meeting room. A. will end; will meet B. will be ended; am going to meet

C. will have ended; will be meeting D. is to end; will meet15. He suggests the number of cars should be limited to stop air pollution. ______, the idea is not very practical. A. Sounds good as it B. As it sounds good  C. As good it sounds D. Good as it sounds

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Learning experience happens to us throughout our lives. Not long ago I had one that I would like to 16 .

I was going to Marblehead with my sailboat team. The team was racing down the highway at 85 mph 17 we realized we were 18 . Luckily, we saw a rest area ahead. I had a brand-new $ 20 bill. I was so 19 because I had never had that kind of cash before. But spending it on 20 seemed like throwing it away. We all rushed into the pizza line. 21 I got a pizza and a drink, and walked to my table. About halfway through the meal, I 22 I had not actually handed any money to the cashier. I had just 23 out, and nobody had noticed. I felt terrible.

My conscience opened its mouth and swallowed me in one big bite. I couldn't 24 over it. I just couldn't go back to the cashier and 25 for my stolen pizza. I was so upset that I 26 to give myself the pleasure of an ice cream in 27 that someone would say “Hey, Jeff, why don't you use the change 28 the pizza instead of that nice, new $ 20 bill?”I was not so 29 of my cash now.

For the next two years, whenever I was 30 of the “Pizza incident”, I would say to myself “Don't think about it any more”.

I have learned two things from this 31 . Maybe I was a fool for 32 in to my conscience, and being too stupid to appreciate a 33 pizza. But the real lesson is that even if you get away from what you have done, your conscience will 34 up with you.

This reflects the saying “A coward dies a thousand deaths, a hero dies one.” I was a coward and have felt terrible about that incident at least a thousand times. If I had been a “35” and gone back to pay for the pizza, I would have felt a little uncomfortable about it only once, or maybe twice.

16. A. say B. talk C. explain D. share

17. A. as B. then C. when D. while

18. A. lost B. tired C. hungry D. anxious

19. A. eager B. excited C. satisfied D. encouraged

20. A. food B. rest C. travel D. drink

21. A. Luckily B. Finally C. Immediately D. Actually

22. A. realized B. recognized C. noticed D. thought

23. A. found B. left C. worked D. walked

24. A. look B. get C. turn D. think

25. A. ask B. pay C. apologize D. send

26. A. hoped B. wanted C. refused D. meant

27. A. hope B. surprise C. anger D. fear

28. A. into B. with C. for D. from

29. A. proud B. upset C. sure D. pleased

30. A. warned B. reminded C. thought D. told

31. A. experience B. experiment C. story D. mistake

32. A. turning B. talking C. giving D. handing

33. A. free B. cheap C. plain D. delicious

34. A. make B. wake C. put D. catch

35. A. coward B. fool C. loser D. hero

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

A

A little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was cooking supper, and handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After mom dried her hands on apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

For cutting the grass: $5.00

For cleaning up my room this week: $1.00

For going to the store for you: $0.50

Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping: $0.25

Taking out the garbage: $1.00

For getting a good report card: $5.00

For cleaning up and raking the yard: $2.00

Total owed: $14.75

Well, his mother looked at him standing there, and the boy could see the memories flashing through her mind. She picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

For the nine months I carried while you were growing inside me: No Charge

For all the nights that I've sat up with you, doctored and prayed for you: No Charge

For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years: No Charge

For the toys, food , clothes, and even wiping your nose: No Charge

Son, when you add it up, the cost of my love is: No Charge.

When the boy finished reading what his mother had written, there were big tears in his eyes, and he looked straight at his mother and said, "Mom, I sure do love you." And then he took the pen and in great big letters he wrote:"PAID IN FULL".

?36. The underlined sentence “the boy could see the memories flashing through her

mind.”means _______.

A. the boy found something in his mother’s body burning

B. the boy thought his mother was considering how much she should pay him

C. the boy didn’t thought his mother would give him money

D. the boy thought that his mother recalled something of the past

37. When the mother wrote “No charge” on the paper, she really meant that _______.

A. the boy needn’t pay the money

B. the boy should pay the money

C. what she has done for the boy is uncountable

D. she didn’t know how much she should pay the boy

38. Why did the boy cry?

A. Because he couldn’t get money from his mother.

B. Because he felt shameful to ask his mother for money.

C. Because his mother beat him up.

D. Because he also loved his mother.

39.What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Mother’s love for her children is invaluable.

B. The boy shouldn’t have asked his mother for money.

C. The boy’s mother should have given him money.

D. The writer mainly told us a story that a boy asked his mother for money.

B

Father Maurice Chase used a special way to celebrate his 90th birthday. The Catholic priest took $ 15,000 in cash to Los Angeles’ gutter and gave it away. Twenty wheelchair–bound people received $100 bills, while the rest received $1to $ 3 each．

“I come out here to tell them that God loves them and I love them and that someone is concerned about them,” Chase said．

Chase has given away cash and blessings every Sunday at the same corner for 24 years. Several hundred people wait for him every week．

He makes a point of coming on Thanksgiving and Christmas, too, but this is the first year he spent his birthday in the downtown neighborhood where people live mainly in shelters and on dirty sidewalks．

“It’s the place that makes me the happiest．I just love it,” said Chase. “I look forward to coming here.”

The money comes from donations he receives from rich and famous people he met during his work as assistant to the president of Loyola Marymount University．

The crowd broke into choruses of “Happy Birthday” several times. Some people presented him birthday cards, to his delight．

Travis Kemp, a 51–year–old disabled man with long black hair, was one of the lucky 20 to receive $ 100. He said he had no special plans for spending the money. “He has a lo