浙江省杭州学军中学2014届高三第一学期期中考试英语试题

选择题部分 (共80分)

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）

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。

1. –Hi, Daniel, you are the right person for this job and it’s well paid. Apply for it if you are interested.

– ________? My present job is fun to me.

A. Why bother B. Why not C. So what D. What reason

2. In much the same way that his partner Trieelar says she doesn’t want to be boxed into _____ role of “First lady”, Francios Hollande has said he wants to be ______ “Mr. Normal” President.

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

3. We shouldn’t be too crazy about learning English, ______ it is also too extreme to cancel English classes in schools.

A. and B. but C. so D. thus

4. Studies have long shown that our heart rates and anxiety levels rise and fall ______ on the speeds of the music we hear.

A. depends B. depended C. depending D. to depend

5. _____ Daley has always been the focus of much media attention, he tries to lead a normal life.

A. As B. While C. Since D. Before

6. Your handwriting is like your shadow, ______ is why companies sometimes look at handwriting when hiring employees and courts also consult it when dealing with certain cases.

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

7. These days strange things ______ happened in the small village, which caused a panic among the villagers.

A. rarely B. typically C. gradually D. frequently

8. Teachers _______ be sensitive to the development level of each student so as to help them better.

A. need to B. may C. are able to D. can

9. The system has been designed to give students quick and easy ______ to the digital resources of the library.

A. access B. passage C. way D. approach

10. Rain and high winds today _______ to take the place of yesterday’s mild conditions.

A. expect B. are expected C. are expecting D. has expected

11. “I did not know _______ tears were, for I lived in the Palace of Sans-Souci, _______ sorrow is not allowed to enter”, said the Happy Prince.

A. what; when B. what; where C. how; where D. that; when

12. After traveling all night, they were ______ for sleep.

A. scared B. desperate C. beneficial D. pleased

13. His leg was badly injured in the accident and it still ______ the marks.

A. bears B. appears C. contains D. maintains

14. It is not clear what, if________, we can do to improve this situation.

A. something B. everything C.anything D. nothing

15. As the family planning policy has reduced the country’s number of children, the labor force’s growth has slowed down, and the aged population is ______ a larger part of the population.

A. taking up B. taking in C. taking on D. taking over

16. A latest report by Taobao said that visitors through wireless devices _______ from 10

million in 2010 to 300 million by the end of last year.

A. would grow B. has grown

C. has been growing D. had grown

17.The patients believe that the doctor knows exactly how to put them ___.

?? A. correct??? B. perfect??? C. right??? D. well

18. Very soon the message drew dozens of responses from his classmates and other teenagers, all ______ about their excessive workload during the National Day holidays.

A. complained B. complaining C. to complain D. were complaining

19. — Do you have the time? I’ve got something to tell you.

— Ok, ______ you make your story short.

A. now that B. even if C. so long as D. in case

20. – It is unwise for some people to drive and talk on a cell phone.

–_______. It’s very dangerous.

A. I couldn’t agree more B. Not really C. Good idea D. That’s great

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第21—40 各题所给的四个选项（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。

Years ago, I drove into a service station to get some gas. It was a beautiful day, and I was feeling great. As I walked into the station to _21_ the gas, the owner said to me, “How do you feel?” That seemed like a _22_ question, but I felt fine and told him _23_ .

“You don’t look well,” he replied. This _24_ me completely by surprise. A little less _25_ , I told him that I had never felt better. Without _26_ , he continued to tell me how bad I looked and that my skin appeared _27_ .

By the time I left the service station, I was feeling a little _28_ . About a block away, I _29_ to the side of the road to look at my face in the mirror. How did I feel? Was I sick? Was everything all right? By the time I got home, I was beginning to feel a little ill. Did I have hepatitis (肝炎)? Had I _30_ some rare disease?

The next time I went into that gas station, feeling fine again, I _31_ what had happened. The place had recently been painted a bright yellow, and the light _32_ off the walls made everyone inside look as though they had hepatitis! I wondered how many other folks had _33_ the way I did. I had let one short conversation with a total stranger change my _34_ for an entire day. He told me I looked sick, and before long, I was _35_ feeling sick. That single _36 _observation had a strong effect on the way I felt and _37_ .

A little while later I saw how _38_ the incident was, although on that day when the man had told me how ill I looked, I was _39_ frightened. I wonder how many other people that man had told they were ill _40_ he realized that the service station had had a paint job!

21. A. ask for B. search for C. hope for D. pay for

22. A. strange B. simple C. common D. familiar

23. A. this B. not C. so D. such

24. A. made B. put C. caused D. took

25. A. anxiously B. confidently C. carefully D. seriously

26. A. doubt B. certainty C. hesitation D. difficulty

27. A. pale B. yellow C. brown D. colorless

28. A. positive B. relaxed C. unconscious D. uneasy

29. A. pulled over B. pushed in C. got across D. ran over

30. A. taken up B. picked up C. referred to D. recovered from

31. A. made sure B. thought up C. called up D. figured out

32. A. reflecting B. shining C. coming D. falling

33. A. impressed B. influenced C. behaved D. reacted

34. A. idea B. mind C. attitude D. plan

35. A. completely B. naturally C. actually D. easily

36. A. strange B. careful C. opposite D. negative

37. A. did B. performed C. acted D. worked

38. A. annoying B. funny C. boring D. disappointing

39. A. never B. ever C. really D. hardly

40. A. after B. before C. until D. when

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

Some people believe that international sport creates goodwill between the nations and that if countries play games together they will learn to live together. Others say that the opposite is true: that international contests encourage false national pride and lead to misunderstanding and hatred. There is probably some truth in both arguments, but in recent years the Olympic Games have done little to support the view that sport encourages international brotherhood. Not only was the Olympics the scene of a tragic incident involving the murder of athletes, but the Games were also ruined by lesser incidents caused principally by minor national contests.

One country received its second-place medals with visible indignation after the hockey final. There had been noisy scenes at the end of the hockey match, the losers objecting to the final decisions. They were convinced that one of their goals should not have been disallowed and that their opponents’ victory was unfair. Their manager was in a rage when he said: “This wasn’t hockey. Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished.” The president of the Federation said later that such behavior could result in the suspension(禁赛) of the team for at least three years.

The American basketball team announced that they would not yield first place to Russia, after a disputable end to their contest. The game had ended in disturbance. It was thought at first that the United States had won by a single point, but it was announced that there were three seconds still to play. A Russian player then threw the ball from one end of the court to the other, and another player popped it into the basket. It was the first time the U.S.A. had ever lost an Olympic basketball match. An appeal jury debated the matter for four and a half hours before announcing that the result would stand. The American players then voted not to receive the silver medals.

Incidents of this kind will continue as long as sport is played competitively rather than for the love of the game. The suggestion that athletes should compete as individuals, or in non-national teams, might be too much to hope for. But in the present organization of the Olympics there is far too much that encourages aggressive patriotism.

41. According to the author, recent Olympic Games have ________.

A. created goodwill between the nations

B. bred only false national pride

C. barely showed any international friendship

D. led to more and more misunderstanding and hatred

42. What did the manager mean by saying “Hockey and the International Hockey Federation are finished”?

A. His team would no longer take part in international games.

B. Hockey and the Federation are both ruined by the unfair decisions.

C. There should be no more hockey matches organized by the Federation.

D. The International Hockey Federation should be ended.

43. The basketball example implied that ________.

A. too much patriotism was shown in the incident

B. the announcement to let the match continue was wrong

C. the appeal jury took too long in making the decision

D. the American team was right in rejecting the si