2014年梅州市高三总复习第二次质检试卷（2014.5.）????

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本试卷分选择题和非选择题，满分为135分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1.答题前，学生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号填写在答题卡上。

2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。

3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目所指定区域内的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。

4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

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I??语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

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第一节?完形填空?(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

If you put a buzzard in a pen(围栏) six or eight feet square and entirely open at the top, the bird, in spite of his ability to fly, will be an?????1???prisoner. The reason is that a buzzard always begins a??????2??????from the ground with a run of ten or twelve feet. Without space to run, as is his??????3???, he will not even attempt to fly, but will remain a prisoner for life in?a（n）??????4???jail with no top.

The?ordinary?bat that flies around at night, who is a???????5????nimble(敏捷的) creature in the air, cannot take off from a level place. If it is placed on the floor or??????6?????ground, all it can do is shuffle（拖着脚步）about??????7????and, no doubt,???????8????, until it reaches some slight elevation from which it can??????9?????itself into the air. Then, at once, it takes off like a flash.

A bumblebee if dropped into an open tumbler（平底无脚酒杯）??????10?????will be there until it dies, unless it is taken out. It never sees the means of???????11????at the top, but persists in trying to find some way out through the sides near the???????12????. It will seek a way where none exists, until it??????13??????destroys itself.

In many ways, there are lots of people like the buzzard, the bat and the bee. They are????14???about with all their problems and frustrations, not realizing that the??????15??????is right there above them.

1.??A. absolute?????????????????????B. important??????????????????????C. unlucky?????????????????????D. illegal

2.??A. try????????????????????????????B. run????????????????????????????C. flight??????????????????????D. walk

3.??A. skill????????????????????????????B. ability????????????????????????????C. style????????????????????????D. habit

4.??A. small?????????????????????????????B. empty????????????????????????????C. high?????????????????????????????D. dirty

5.??A. different??????????????????????B. large????????????????????????????C. remarkable???????????????D. long

6.??A. high??????????????B. rough??????????????C. flat??????????????D. small

7.??A. quickly????????????????????????????B. helplessly?????????????????????C. tiredly?????????????????????D. gently

8.??A. comfortably??????????????????B. painfully??????????????????????C. softly????????????????????????????D. generously

9.??A. throw????????????????????????????B. lose????????????????????????????C. devote?????????????????????D. apply

10.????????A. carefully?????????????????????B. aimlessly?????????????????????C. difficultly??????????????????D. carelessly

11.????????A. live?????????????????????????????B. transport?????????????????????C. travel????????????????????????????D. escape

12.????????A. foot????????????????????????????B. mouth????????????????????????????C. bottom?????????????????????D. edge

13.????????A. obviously?????????????????????B. greatly????????????????????????????C. completely???????????D. badly

14.????????A. worrying?????????????????????B. struggling?????????????????????C. talking??????????????????D. thinking

15.????????A. answer?????????????????????B. effort????????????????????????????C. chance?????????????????????D. trouble

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第二节?语法填空?(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。

A group of alumni, highly established in their career got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints?___16___?stress in work and life.?

Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a?___17__(various) of cups—porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some beautiful—telling them to help?___18___?to the coffee.?

___19___?all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, “If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up,?___20___(leave) behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves that is the source of your problems and stress. Be assured that the cup itself?___21___(add) no quality to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even hides?___22___?we drink. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups. And then you began eyeing each other’s cups.?

Now consider this: Life is the coffee; and the job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain Life, and the type of cup we have does not define, nor change the quality of life we live. Sometimes by concentrating only?___23___?the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee God has provided?___24___.”???God brews the coffee, not the cups. Enjoy your coffee!???“___25___?happiest people don’t have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.”?

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II?阅读(共两节，满分50分)

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第—节??阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A.

Every one of the gymnasts who went to?National Qualifiers(国家冠军赛资格赛)showed up with that goal in mind. Everyone gave it their all.

And I hate admitting it, but I was an exception. I did not do my best. Not for the ribbon exercise, not for the club exercise. Knowing that I could have reached a little further to catch my ribbon, focused a little more so the stick wouldn’t slip through my fingers, tried a little harder to clean up those errors, but I didn’t, still bothers me.

???After?my disappointing competition, I tried my best to keep my eyes dry. But soon tears burned the edges of my eyes, and as I blinked, the first tear rolled down my cheek. Even though I angrily wiped my tears away before she looked at me, the evidence of my self-pity session presented itself clearly in the form of dirty makeup and reddened eyes.

My mom hated to see me cry, especially because I had no right or reason to. I had messed up—that wasn’t anyone’s fault but mine—and crying wouldn’t help at all. “Why are you crying, Amanda?” she asked, perhaps more pointedly(尖刻地) than intended, but I heard the concern in her voice. Unable to form all the emotions into words, I just looked away and avoided her questions.

“Tell me now why you’re crying.” Her voice this time wasn’t as gentle as it was before; it was filled with frustration and impatience. “Why are you crying?” she whispered again, but this time her voice was shaky and flooded with pain. This was the first time I’d ever seen my mom cry; my mom, who was always so strong and was there to encourage me through the roughest times, was now crying, and I was the reason for it. Finding my voice, I tentatively(尝试性地) asked, “Why are you crying?”

She looked at me and answered exactly what I was afraid to hear, “I hate to see you hurting yourself.” So it was my fault. I had put those tears in her eyes. I had filled her with pain, with helplessness and with sadness.

I’ll never forget her pained expression. It forced me to realize how shortsighted and close-minded I’d been. I decided that no matter what, I will never lose myself to regret.

26. Why did Amanda feel regret after the competition?

???A.?Because she wasn’t admitted to the club.

???B.?Because she dropped her ribbon suddenly.

???C.?Because she broke the rule of the competition.

???D.?Because she didn’t try her best to compete.

27. What did Amanda try to hide on the way back?

???A.?Her silent tears.?????????B. The disappointing scores.

???C.?Her dirty makeup.???????D. The evidence of failure.

28. Which words reflect the change of the mother’s emotions?

???A.?Painful—impatient—concerned.????B. Concerned—frustrated—painful.

???C.?Satisfied—painful—frustrated.??????D. Frustrated—angry—painful.

29. What did Amanda determine to do?

???A.?Never cry in face of her mom.??????B. Never compete as a gymnast.

???C.?Never involve herself in self-pity.???D. Never make up before games.

30. The best title of the passage is probably “_________”.

???A.?My painful experience as a gymnast??

B. The tears I wiped away for my mother

???C.?The fiercest competition I lost

???D.?The worst thing I ever felt: regret

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B

Prince William and the Duchess of Cambridge’s new son will be named George Alexander Louis, the royal family says. A statement from William and Catherine’s settlement Kensington Palace said the baby, third in line to the throne(王位), would be known as His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge.

On Wednesday the royal couple took their son to Catherine’s parents’ house in Berkshire, following a half-hour visit by the Queen. All three names had been among the favourites listed by British bookmakers and the announcement was relatively quick by royal standards. It took a month for the name of Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, to be announced, and a week for??William, his eldest son.

George has been the name of six British kings. The last, George VI, was the father of Queen Elizabeth II and?reigned?from 1936 to 1952. Alexandra, the female form of Alexander, is one of the Queen’s middle names and was also the name of the Queen mate of King Edward VII at the start of the last century. Louis is one of William’s middle names and was the given name of Prince Charles’s tutor and great-uncle Louis Mountbatten, who was murdered by the IRA in 1979.

The choice of name, relatively short by royal standards, does not necessarily mean the baby will eventually become King George VII. The Queen’s father was named Albert, but chose to be crowned as George VI.

“It’s interesting that they chose to go with just three names,” historian Suzannah Lipscomb told Sky News. “It’s almost as if the royal family is coming down with ordinary people, who tend to have fewer middle names than monarchs(君主). It is a name that none