天津市和平区2014届高三上学期期末考试

英语试题

温馨提示：本试卷包括第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分。考试时间100分钟。（请把答案写在答题纸上）祝同学们考试顺利！

第—卷选择题（共95分）

第—部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第二节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.-Please tell Tom that he has won the first prize in the math contest

-_______!He never did so well before,

A. Congratulations B. Of course l will

C. What a good surprise D. That's right

2. Before Tom left home, his mother kept telling him to_______ his manners at the party.

A. mind B. notice C. watch D. care

3. Everything seems to be going ________for the first two weeks after I moved to London.

A. frequently B smoothly C. vividly D. generally

4. I'm in no________ now to go to concert with you.

A. sense B. intention C. emotion D. mood

5. You'd better let me know as soon as there is a(n)_______ position in the branch office

A. bare B. rare C. vacant D. empty

6.______his poor record in school, his teacher thinks that he should study hard

A In charge of B. In spite of C. In case of D. In view of

7. As electric lines were destroyed by the storm, the people here were forced to _______light for several days

A. go over B. go with out C. go through D go out

8.Doctors often make higher_________ for their works than they should

A. charges B. bills C. costs D payments

9.______native to North America, com has now spread all over the world

A. Although B. That it is C. It was D. In spite of

10. All the flights _______because of the snowstorm, we had to take the train instead

A. were canceled B. had been canceled

C. having canceled D. having been canceled

11. The Chinese government has made it clear _________it spares no effort to achieve in space science in the next 5 years.

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

12. I had wanted to help you last night but I couldn't spare any time, for I_______ a composition which I have to hand in this morning.

A. wrote B. was writing C. had written D. have written

13.-Putting on a happy face not only helps us make friends but also makes us feel better.

A I'd love to B. I'm with you on that C. It's up to you D. It's my pleasure

14.Jean could be a very attractive girl but she ________to her clothes.

A. pays no attention B. was paying no attention

C. paid no attention D. had paid no attention

15. All these activities can serve as a plat form ________you might find the one you love.

A. which B. that C. where D when

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16-35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

"He doesn't look like the other boys，" Grandpa said as he viewed the baby I held in my arms．He was 16 ．Jay had Down's syndrome（唐氏综合征）．But Grandpa couldn't accept the 17 ．

On later visits, Grandpa ignored Jay. He 18 touched him and he looked at him with 19 and even displeasure. Then, one day, something unimaginable began. We were once again at a 20 reunion ,and Jay walked over to his grandpa. Grandpa was a little 21 ，but what could he do in front of all these people? Jay took his grandpa's glasses out of his shirt pocket and placed them on his own 22 ，upside down. He looked at his grandpa and giggled（咯咯笑），making Grandpa 23

Their next encounter came months later when Grandpa decided to 24 us．Jay played the clown, making his grandpa laugh, and Grandpa picked him up and 25 him into the air Grandpa turned to my husband ,saying "Why? He's just like any other kid"

after that day ,a good 26 began to form ．Grandpa discovered Jay 27 pillow fights .So each visit would end up with pillows 28 across the room I never 29 which of them enjoyed it more. Soon Grandpa began to 30 ，speaking to his youngest grandson

Although Jay has a severe 31 disorder ,Grandpa can understand most of what is said to him It is 32 for Jay form the words he wants to say, which is making communication diffcult 33 . grandpa always wants to speak to him by phone ,and Jay will laugh and talk in words that neither his dad nor I can 34．

Through the years, they become best friends Jay builds a 35 to his grandfather's heart and changes both of them forever.

16.A.clever B．right C.careless D.wrong

17.A.reason B.condition C．fact D.signal

18.A.again B.still C.seldom D.never

19.A.pity B．fear C．worry D.anger

20.A.team B．class C．family D．school

21.A.frightened B.depressed C.curious D.shocked

22.A.back B.nose C.hand D.leg

23.A.act B．shout C．laugh D．sing

24.A.visit B.blame C.thank D.treat

25.A.placed B.threw C.fixed D.sent

26.A.lifestyle B.relationship C.impression D.commnuity

27.A.won B.lost C.loved D.started

28.A.shaking B.waving C.hanging D.flying

29.A.figured out B.thought of C.believed in D.looked into

30.A.look B.phone C.rest D.agree

31.A．stomachh B.eating C.heart D.speech

32.A.difficult B.dangerous C.strange D.different

33.A.But B.instead C.Still D.Therefore

34.A.receive B.memorize C.choose D.understand

35.A.bridge B.tunnel C.relation D.tower

第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Attractions in Kew Gardens

Marianne North Gallery

The Marianne North Gallery was built in the 1880s to house the paintings of Marianne North ,a woman who traveled alone to North and South America ,South Africa and many parts of Asia ,at a time when women rarely did so, to paint plants. The gallery has 832 of her paintings. The painting were left to Kew by the artist on condition that the layout of the paintings in the gallery could not be changed.

The gallery originally opened in 1882 and is the only permanent exhibition devoted simply to the work of one woman in Great Britain.

Princess of Wales Conservatory

Kew’s third major conservatory(温室) ,the Princess of Wales Conservatory ,designed by architect Gordon Wilson ,was opened in 1987 by Diana ,Princess of Wales in memory of her predecessor（前任） Augusta’s associations with Kew.

With an area of 4,499 square meters the conservatory is designed to reduce the amount of energy needed to run it ,and the cooler zones are grouped around the outside with the more tropical zones in the central area where heat is conserved .The glass roof reaches down to the ground, which helps to make full use of the sun’s energy.

Temperate House

This greenhouse is the world’s largest surviving Victorian glass structure. It contains plants and trees from all the temperate regions of the world .It was commissioned in 1859 and designed by architect Decimus Burton and ironmaster Richard Turner. The house as a whole was fully opened in May, 1899.Covering 4,880 square meters ,it rises to a height of 19 meters.

Treetop Walkway

A treetop walkway opened on 24 May, 2008.This walkway is 18 meters high and 200 meters long and takes visitors into the treetops. Visitors can go up and down by stairs and a lift is available for the disabled. The floor of the walkway is made from metal .The entire structure moves from side to side in the wind.

36.According to the text ,Marianne North_______.

A.built the Marianne North Gallery B.was a woman of great courage

C.sold her paintings to Kew D.was a failed artist

37.The Princess of Wales Conservatory_______.

A.is energy efficient B.mainly houses tropical plants

C.is the largest tropical plant D.was built in honor of Princess Diana

38.Which of the following was completed earliest?

A.The Princess of Wales Conservatory. B.The Marianne North Gallery

C.The Temperate House D.The Treetop Walkway.

39.Which two structures serve the same purpose?

A．The Temperate House & the Treetop Walkway.

B．The Marianne North Gallery & the Treetop Walkway.

C.The Princess of Wales Conservatory &the Temperate House

D.The Marianne North Gallery & the Princess of Wales Conservatory.

40.What can be inferred from the text?

A.Decimus Burton spent many years designing the Temperate House.

B.The Marianne North Gallery houses many artists' paintings.

C.The central area of the Princess of Wales Conservatory is cool.

D.The disabled also have access to the Treetop Walkway.

B.

"Every day I make a difference in the life of children "says financier-turned-math teacher Chuck Trader

For more than two decades Chuck Trader enjoyed a highly successful career in corporate finance a six-figure salary, and all the bonuses that went with his position After that ,Chuck recognized that he had stopped enjoying his work To make matters worse ,a few MBA graduates were entering the field, solving management problems by reducing the staff rather than by building relationships. With two young children, Chuck and his wife Peggy realized they were missing out get-together time. They expected to find a place called their "forever home" where they could become part of a community and watch their kids grow up in a stable environment "It was time for a change," he says.

In 2001, Chuck, then 45, quit the job and had it changed

Today he is a middle school math teacher in St Marys , Georgia ,a sleepy little coastal town at the southeastern -most tip of Georgia The job pays just a little more than $.40,000 per year. The couple that moved 12 times in the first 20 years of marriage has now held on to the same zip code(邮编）for a decade and they couldn't be happier And ,to cap it all off, Chuck was recently named by St.Marys Middle School "Teacher of the Year."

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