东阳中学2014届高三12月月考

英语试题

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

1. — I’ve nothing on me except this ten-yuan note to donate, I’m afraid.

— Never mind. ______. We really appreciate your assistance.

A. Every little helps B. The more, the better

C. It’s better to give than to receive D. No one is perfect.

2. His remark was considered to be quite ______, because it deepened the gap between two parties and caused more conflicts.

A. out of place B. out of mind C. out of question D. out of order

3. Sometimes smiles around the world ______ be false, hiding other feelings like anger, fear or worry.

A. must B. would C. should D. can

4. Many students listened to the lecture, but I wondered how much they ______.

A. took out B. took up C. took off D. took in

5. As is known to all language learners, newly learnt words will soon be forgotten unless ______ used in everyday communication.

A. exactly B. finally C. gradually D. frequently

6. --- I saw your uncle take a taxi to the airport. Why didn’t you drive him there?

--- I ______. But my car ______.

A. would; was fixed B. would have; was fixed

C. would have; was being fixed D. did; was being fixed

7. --- We need three single rooms for the first week in June.

--- ____. The hotel’s not busy then.

A. Never mind B. Don’t bother C. No problem D. It doesn’t matter

8. After five hours’ drive, they reached ____they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.

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

9. Dr. Peter Spence, ____ headmaster of the school, told us, “____ fifth of pupils here go to study at Oxford and Cambridge.”

A. a; A B. /；The C. the; The D. /; A

10. The time and effort he has devoted during the past few years____ trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great value．

?? A．to plant?????? B．to planting??????????? ?C．plant????????? D．planting

11. Every means _________, but none proved __________.

A. have tried; a success B. have been tried; successful

C. has tried; to be successful D. has been tried; successful

12. It was in the small house ____ was destroyed by the flood ______ he spent his childhood.

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

13. All those second-hand goods are sold at ___________ before.

A. 30% as lower price as B. as 30% low price as

C. 30% as low a price as D. 30% lower price than

14. For the big house, the price is fairly cheap, but you’ve got to take into _________ the money you’ll spend on home improvement.

A. consideration B. thoughtfulness C. responsibility D. measures

15. I heard several quarrels within our home, ____________ I had never before noticed.

A. that B. them C. one D. ones

16. Sometimes proper answers are not far to seek ___________ food safety problems.

A. in B. with C. after D. to

17. Every morning they meet in the same café. They ___________ there for years.

A. have gone B. are going C. go D. have been going

18. I had just finished doing my examination papers ___________ the bell rang.

A. when B. while C. before D. after

19. What’s the _____, in your opinion, of helping him if he doesn’t make an effort to help himself?

A. sympathy B. point C. object D. theme

20. While our city tries impatiently to change its appearance by tearing down old buildings, more and more citizens are suggesting ways to _______ the historically important architecture.

A. decorate B. develop C. preserve D. reserve

第二节 完形填空 （共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）

That morning, I got the train as always. I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as usual. I would always turn to the crossword(纵横填字游戏), but that day it didn't 21 . I'd been doing it for 30-old years, but trying to read this one was like walking through syrup（糖浆）: 22 slow and hard. I thought I must be tired.

I said to my assistant. The 23 colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital. There, confirmation came that I'd had a stroke in the part of my brain that 24 communication. I was now in a condition that means it's difficult or 25 to receive and produce language. It was the only time I 26 .

I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and 27 work in a couple of months. The way to 28 my language ability was rough. I'd look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind 29 round and round in the darkness, looking for words．

As the months passed, it became 30 that I wasn't going to be able to go back to my old job. For 25 years, I had 31 myself as a publisher. I was used to a busy day of meetings. I enjoyed colleagues and the 32 I'd had. I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self. There were times when I felt incredibly 33 .

In the darkest months, I devoted myself to 34 . I couldn't manage novels or newspapers, 35 I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming(势不可挡的). My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly. I also learned the 36 to keep up. I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it．

37 , I get rid of my old skin. I grieved(感到悲痛) the past, its passing and its absence, and started to 38 it. Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my relationship with my family is deeper than ever. If you'd asked me 15 years ago to 39 the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I'm no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who reads 10 books a week. I'm a 40 man, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s pretty good.

21. A. wear off B. make any sense C. count up D. pay off

22. A. temporarily B. scarcely C. unbelievably D. mildly

23. A. curious B. reserved C. serious D. concerned

24. A. calls for B. deals with C. suffers from D. responds to

25. A. practical B. absurd C. impossible D. innocent

26. A. prayed B. cried C. failed D. withdrew

27. A. contribute to B. agree to C. return to D. appeal to

28. A. gaining B. rebuilding C. revealing D. improving

29. A. slipped B. doubted C. wandered D. fled

30. A. messy B. flexible C. straightforward D. self-evident

31. A. informed B. evaluated C. reflected D. defined

32. A. extinction B. reward C. schedule D. status

33. A. angry B. cautious C. awesome D. merciless

34. A. speaking B. trying C. writing D. managing

35. A. since B. until C. so D. as

36. A. favor B. patience C. sympathy D. comfort

37. A. Gradually B. Hopefully C. Narrowly D. Annually

38. A. keep up with B. come to terms with C. get around to D. live up to

39. A. arrange B. compare C. rank D. declare

40. A. genius B. community C. dignity D. family

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，共50分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

On a number of drives throughout my childhood, my mother would suddenly pull over the car to examine a flower by the side of the road or rescue a beetle from tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.

Though Mother’s Day follows Earth Day, for me, they have always been related to each other. My mom has been “green” since she became concerned about the environment. Part of this habit was born of thrift (节俭). Like her mother and her grandmother before her, mom saves glass jars, empty cheese containers and reuses her plastic bags.

Mom creates a kind of harmonious relationship with wildlife in her yard. She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to avoid the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders(给食器) out at night, it is likely that they will be knocked down by a family of raccoons (浣熊). Spiders that make their way into the house and are caught in juice glasses will be set loose in the garden.

I try to teach my children that looking out for the environment starts with being aware of the environment. On busy streets, we look for dandelions (蒲公英) to fly in the wind; we say hello to neighborhood cats and pick up plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching comes easily, I realize, because I was taught so well by example. Mom didn’t need to lecture; she didn’t need to beat a drum to change the world. She simply slowed down enough to enjoy living in it and with that joy came mercy and an instinct for protection.

I am slowing down and it isn’t because of the weight of my nearly forty years on the planet, it is out of my concern for the planet itself. I’ve begun to save glass jars and reuse packing envelopes. I pause in my daily tasks to watch the squirrels race each other in the trees above my house.

Last summer, in the company of my son and daughter, I planted tomatoes in my yard. With the heat of August around me, I ate the first while sitting on my low wall with dirt on my hands. Warm from the sun, it burst on my tongue with a sweetness I immediately wanted to share with my mom.

41. Why does the author say Earth Day is connected with Mother’s Day?

A. Because Mother’s Day falls shortly after Earth Day.

B. To stress that all the older women in her family are environmentalists.

C. To stress how much her mother cares about the environment.

D. Because her mother shows her how to be friendly to nature on Mother’s Day.

42. Which of the following is NOT related to Mom’s “green life”?

A. Rescuing a beetle from a certain tragedy. B. Saving glass jars, empty cheese containers.

C. Setting a caught spider free in the garden D. Picking dandelions on busy streets.

43. We can infer from the article that ______.

A. the author realizes that she should teach her children by example as well

B. the author’s mother knows how to get rid of the wildlife in her yard? ?

C. the author believes that only by learning to slow down can we enjoy life

D. the author