成都七中2014届高三4月第一次周练

英语试题

第I卷 （选择题 共100分）

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，共40分）

第一节 单项选择题（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1．--- You have not lost your heart, then?

--- ________. I will try again.

It depends B. By no means C. Don’t mention it D. Maybe

Making _______ good impression on the interviewers is of ________ vital importance.

a; / B. a; a C. /; / D. /; a

3. To be honest, no speech ________ so far has had the same effect on me as this one.

has been made B. being made C. made D. to be made

4. Clare has offered a _______ of $ 100 to anyone who can find her lost cell phone.

benefit B. cost C. reward D. price

5. The manager seemed to be doubtful about my ability, _______ I could see from the expression on his face.

this B. where C. that D. which

In addition to the farming they ______ since the 1990s, the Smiths have started a small business.

A. have done B. had been done C. were doing D. have been doing 7. __________, they couldn’t make her change her mind.

Hard as they tried B. Tried hard as they

C. As they tried hard D. They tried as hard

8. _______ his return from America, he got down to his research.

While B. In C. As D. On

9. Large amounts of money _______ spent on the bridge, which ________ to be completed the

next month.

were; was expected B. was; was expected C. was; expected D. were; expected

_______ is known to us all is that the theme of Shanghai World Expo is “Better City, Better

Life”.

It B. That C. Which D. What

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、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。

She had called them that morning, and her mother had__12__ how colorful their backyard was__ 13__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she_14__ those lilacs（丁香）in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__15__ and come on.” So off they went.

Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 16__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__17__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__18__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__19__.

When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__20__ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)__21__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__22__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__23__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__24__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__25__.[]

“Mom,” the kids asked, “__26___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so__27__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__28__ by flowers.”

This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__29__ some young lilacs around their yard.

I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids__30__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.

11. A. moved B. worried C. angry D. depressed

12. A. learned B. imagined C. mentioned D. realized

13. A now that B. so that C. as if D. even if

14. A. missed B. grew C. watered D. showed

15. A. cars B. kids C. clothes D. lilacs

16. A. bush B. hill C. yard D. door

17. A. bought B. picked C. set D. raised

18. A. break B. holiday C. trip D. dinner

19. A. friends B. memory C. flowers D. honor

20. A. responded B. pointed C. drove D. hurried

21. A. loving B. elderly C. serious D. sensitive

22. A. hesitated B. waited C. sat D. chatted

23. A. family B. mother C. path D. home

24. A. nodded B. waved C. left D. continued

25. A. sadly B. politely C. quickly D. tightly

26. A. why B. when C. how D. where

27. A. quiet B. confused C. alone D. patient

28. A. calmed B. persuaded C. disappointed D. cheered

29. A. arranged B. dried C. planted D. hid

30. A. find B. gather C. receive D. sell

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，共50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，共40分）

A

My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word “shmily” in a surprise place for the other to find. They took turns leaving “shmily” around the house, and as soon as one of them discovered it, it was their turn to hide it once more. They dragged “shmily” with their fingers through the sugar and flour containers to await whoever was preparing the next meal. “Shmily” was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower, where it would reappear bath after bath. There was no end to the places where “shmily” would pop up. Little notes with “shmily” were found on car seats, or taped to steering wheels. The notes were put inside shoes and left under pillows. “Shmily” was written in the dust upon the mantel（壁炉架）and traced in the ashes of the fireplace. This mysterious word was as much a part of my grandparents’ house as the furniture.

It took me a long time before I was able to fully appreciate my grandparents’ game. Skepticism has kept me from believing in true love --- one that is pure and enduring (持久的). However, I never doubted my grandparents’ relationship. It was based on passionate（热情的）affection which not everyone is lucky enough to experience.

But there was a dark cloud in my grandparents’ life: my grandmother had breast cancer. The disease had first appeared ten years earlier. As always, Grandpa was with her every step of the way. He comforted her in their yellow room, painted that way so that she could always be surrounded by sunshine, even when she was too sick to go outside. But my grandmother grew steadily weaker until, finally, she could not leave the house anymore. Then one day, what we all dreaded finally happened. Grandma was gone.

“Shmily.” It was written in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother’s funeral bouquet (花束). As the crowd thinned and the last mourners turned to leave, Grandpa stepped up to my grandmother’s coffin and, taking a shaky breath, he began to sing to her. Through his tears and grief, the song came: S-h-m-i-l-y: See How Much I Love You.

31.The first paragraph is mainly about ________.

what the word “shmily” means

how the author’s grandparents played their special game

how the author appreciated her grandparents’ game

how the author’s grandparents cared for each other

32.The underlined phrase “pop up” in Paragraph 1 means ________.

appear B. change C. survive D. work

33. According to the passage, the author _________.

thought the game was meaningless B. believes everyone can experience true love

doubted the existence of true love at first D. sometimes left “shmily” around the house

34. Grandpa tried to make Grandma comfortable by _______.

singing songs to her every day B. painting the room yellow

C. encouraging her to go outside D. helping her take a hot shower every day

B

Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there’s no doubt Napoleon was a major influence. The French have used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.

The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand drivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic travelled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift（改变）to the right. A driver would sit on the rear（后面的）left horse in order to wave his whip（鞭子）with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they travelled on the right.

One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason, stated in 1908: the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially… if there is a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard, including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the Western world’s few remaining holdouts(坚持不变者). Several Asian nations, including Japan, use the left as well--- though many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.

35. Why did people in Switzerland travel on the right?

They had used the right-hand traffic since the 18th century.

Rich people enjoyed driving their carria