云南昆明第一中学

2014届高中新课程高三上学期期末考试

英 语 试 题

命题：陈彦霖 年红梅 李清华

审题：昆明一中高三命题组

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。满分120分，考试用时100分钟。

注意事项：

1．答题前，考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名、准考证号、考场号、座位号在答题卡上填写清楚，并认真核准条形码上的准考证号、姓名、考场号、座位号及科目，在规定的位置上贴好条形码。

2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。答在试卷上的答案无效。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题，共85分）

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

l．－I wonder if you can lend me your camera?

－ ,I’m not using it anyhow.

A．Sure, go ahead B． I don’t know C．Yes, I doubt D．I really care

2．When the news came, the boys all became so excited, their hats into the air．

A．to throw B．thrown C．throwing D．were throwing

3．It is easy to learn English． You need is to practice more and use it frequently．

A．Something B．All C．Both D．Everything

4．In the company office．The way you speak should circumstances．

A．care about B．match with C．make up D．change into

5．Susan doesn’t think she’ll need any money but she’ll bring some ．

A．after all B．on purpose C．once again D．in case

6．These kinds of flowers are most beautiful, but very difficult indeed．

A．to plant B．to be planted C．planting D．planted

7．－Any spring around?

－Well, There’s one just six kilometers away and the water a little hot．

A．is feeling B．is felt C．feels D．will feel

8． The sales goal, or you’re sure to lose the high salary job．

A．If you achieve B．Achieve C．Achieving D．You achieve

9．－Where’s John, the pilot?

－He be drinking coffee in the rest room as usual．

A．must B．need C．should D．might

10．－My photography needs development all the way to becoming professional．

－That’s really what you need to．

A．timely B．effective C．further D．natural

11．Miss Long told me yesterday that the train to Shanghai at 8:30 in the morning．

A．leaves B．was leaving C．will leave D．left

12．What puzzles them most is they can remember more wools in a short time．

A．what B．that C．where D．how

13．Marry at the airport on time but she missed the last bus because of taking an old man to hospital．

A．would arrive B．would have arrived C．may arrive D．had arrived

14．Mr．Harvey and his daughter have asked me to their kind regards．

A．describe B．explain C．translate D．convey

15．The gentleman we turned really gave us a hand when our car broke down．

A．with which B．for whom C．to whom D．without which

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

My father passed away earlier this year, and I find myself recalling the good and not so good times．He was once a taxi driver．It was a strange job for him as he 16 night blindness and he had a（n） 17 of heights, so his professional driving career did not last long．

One night, and long after he’d stopped driving．Dad 18 himself a taxi to his flat．When it was time to settle the 19 , Dad passed the driver a note and the driver fumbled around（摸索）for the correct 20 from a small coin bag．My father 21 the driver’s frustration and told him to“ 22 ”while he walked quickly into his flat．After a few moments, Dad 23 with a plastic coin dispenser（分币器）he had from his own 24 days．“Take this,”he said to the driver, 25 he’d once been a taxi driver, too．“I have mo need for it 26 ．”The driver was most 27 and told my father he’d get a free far the next rime they met．

Twelve months later, my Dad 28 a taxi to head home after a Friday night out．The taxi driver looked at Dad 29 as he asked,“You don’t remember me?”Dad was confused．The driver 30 and shook his coin dispenser．“Remember this?”The driver then reached across and 31 the meter（计程器）with the words:“You 32 live at the same place?”

The taxi driver kept his word and the free $20 fare would have been a small 33 to my Dad．But most of all he was just truly 34 that the taxi driver had remembered him and his gesture from a year 35 ．

16．A．resulted in B．suffered from C．gave up D．longed for

17．A．happiness B．worry C．fear D．excitement

18．A．found B．realized C．told D．forced

19．A．destination B．decision C．problem D．fare

20．A．change B．direction C．move D．words

21．A．hated B．comforted C．noticed D．criticized

22．A．Take off B．Look out C．Watch over D．Hang on

23．A．went B．returned C．jumped D．started

24．A．driving B．traveling C．cooking D．walking

25．A．resisting B．explaining C．requiring D．doubting

26．A．faraway B．everywhere C．anymore D．wherever

27．A．excited B．worried C．sad D．grateful

28．A．jumped into B．ran into C．pointed to D．waved to

29．A．with a smile B．in pain C．with satisfaction D．in anger

30．A．came to B．reached down C．looked back D．stood up

31．A．searched for B．brought out C．turned off D．made out

32．A．even B．still C．already D．ever

33．A．flat B．taxi C．box D．bonus

34．A．bitter B．disappointed C．pleased D．hopeful

35．A．later B．ahead C．late D．earlier

第二部分 阅读理解（共两小节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Savlour of the lost（Singapore）

When she was young, Nicole Ling was frightened of eats．That all changed when a sick lost kitten wandered into her life．Ling,19 at the line, overcame her fears and look the ill animal to the vet（兽医）。When she realized the kitten would be must likely to be killed to stop suffering. Ling was heart-broken.

Now 43, Ling has fought Singapore’s practice of gathering lost animals by rescuing and rehoming countless cats for over 20 years, taking a maximum 15 at a time, rehoming some of them first, and keeping the rest for herself.

Millionaire street cleaner（China）

What matters most to Yu Youzhen, a wealthy laudlord from Wuhan City, China, is not the money she’s made from wise building investments, but that her children can learn from her example.

“I want to be a role model for my children,”Mrs. Yu told the Wuhan Evening News. “I don’t want to sit around idly and eat up my fortune.”So, six days a week, the starts work at 3a, m. and works for six hours Teaching maths in a colorful classroom（South Africa）

Maths teacher Wendy Lovett knows how to get kids interested in her subject. In 2011, Lovett went from the UK to South Africa to work at the Center of Science and Technology（COSAT）.When she arrived. The walls of her classroom were plain and boring. Her solution was to paint colorful shapes and graphs on the walls, and engage the students by getting them to make three-dimensional paper shapes hung from the ceiling. The result? An inspiring place to learn. The interest in maths changed overnight.

“You look up and see all these colors, and suddenly the answer just comes t your mind,”Sisippo, a tenth-grader at COSAT told PRL’s The World radio program last July.

36．How did Ling get over her fear of cats?

A．By receiving a treatment from the vet． B．By realizing eats would be killed．

C．By rescuing and rehoming many cats． D．By looking after a sick lost cat．

37．The purpose for Yu Youzhen to be a cleaner is ．

A．to make money to raise her children B．to get chances to buy a building

C．to set an example for her children D．to make the street clean

38．Why did the students interest in maths change so quickly?

A．Their teacher came from the UK．

B．Their teacher inspired their interest to learn．

C．Their teacher changed the walls of the classroom．

D．Their teacher had enough teaching experience．

39．What do the three stories tell us?

A．Women can do something better than men．B．Strong will can make a person great．

C．Receiving is more valuable than giving． D．Everyone can do something for others．

B

They are the clever, funny or special images that lighten up the home page of one of the world’s most-used search engines on random days throughout the year．Google Doodles celebrate everything from the New Year to Marconi’s birthday to the spring equinox（春分）. Most are drawn by a small learn of designers working for or hired by Google．Each year, Google invites school students in a number of countries to redesign the company logo based on a provided theme．

This year, he US Doodle 4 Google directions were simple: illustrate your best day ever. Out of 130.000 submissions, a learn of nine guest judges－including TV host Katie Courier and The Roots drummer Amhir Thompson－chose a touching six-part design by Sabrina Brady, 18, then a high school senior in Sparta, Wisconsin.

In it, a little girl carrying a small American flag runs towards a soldier, In the last part, the soldier kneels down to hug the girl. Brady’s little reads,“When I was ten yeas old, my Dad came home from war. This was the best day ever.”

The design, titled“Coming Hone”, was the first major exhibition of her work for the keen art students, and it had an, audience of millions. But for Brady, it’s the personal story that matters. She recalled welcoming her father back from an 18-month period in lraq, “With my Doodle, I tried to show how unreal it was when he came home.”

For her design, Brady received a $ 30,000 college scholarship, a Google Chrome-book computer and other prizes．Sparta High School, from which Brady graduated after winning, received a $ 50,000 technology funding．

"It's a tough competition to judge," says Google technologist Daniel Sieberg, part of the team that supervise'(监督）the competition, "but as soon as you see ' Brady's design', you can feel it.”

40．What do we know about Google from the passage?

A． Google is the world's most-used search engine.

B． All the Google Doodles are drawn by a team of designers．

C． Google invites American students to redesign the company logo．

D． Google is good at using gifted persons．

41．This year, the theme of Google Doodle's design competition is to .

A． show your school life B． describe your war experience

C． picture your best day D． express your love to Dad

42．According to the text, the winner of the competition is chosen by .

A． a group of nine guest judges B． the students of Sparta High School

C． a small team of designers