蚌埠市2014届第三次质量检测

第二部分：英语知识运用

第一节：单项填空

21. ---What is Joe’s job, do you know.

---I don’t know exactly. But I think he can be _________ but a teacher.

A. anything B. something C. anybody D. everybody

22. We are strongly against the _______ at Kunming Railway Station on March, 1st, 2014.

A. violent incidents B. fierce accidents C. common events D. absolute problems

23. As a result of careless washing, the jacket ________ to a child’s size.

A. corresponded B. decreased C. dropped D. shrank

24. It has been widely accepted that only when the students take an active part in the class activities _________ the most effectively.

A. teaching will be B. will teaching be

C. has teaching been D. teaching has been

25. When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand _______ winds of forgiveness can wipe it off.

A. which B. that C. where D. while

26. I can’t give you an answer now. I’d like _______ more time to consider my decision.

A. fairly B. pretty C. a lot D. quite

27. ---How do you usually go to work? ---I usually drive, but if it is fine, I _______ by bike.

A. will go B. would go C. won’t go D. mustn’t go

28. Li Qi works hard as usual and it has _______. He has got the first in The Voice of China.

A. showed up B. cut off C. paid off D. put up

29. ---When did she go to America? ---Oh, she _______ there since half a year ago.

A. has gone B. went C. was D. has been

30. Today we have chat rooms, text messages and email, but we seem _______ the art of communicating face-to-face.

A. losing B. to be losing C. to be lost D. having lost

31. ---I failed again, I wish I _________ harder. ---But you _______.

A. worked; didn’t B. had worked; didn’t C. worked; don’t D. had worked; hadn’t

32. I can’t understand why the problem of Ukraine (乌克兰) has become so complicated _______ I learn more from the media.

A. when B. before C. after D. while

33. Now my hometown is not at all _______ a traveler who visited it ten years ago can expect.

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

34. The media made different remarks ________ Malaysian Airlines MH370 Flight recently.

A. on B. for C. of D. in

35. ---This is John Smith from Pacific Bell in California. Could I speak to Mr. Green, please?

---_________.

A. I’m speaking. B. Hello. C. Speaking. D. Who are you?

第二节 完形填空

In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally 36 them and the job they do---although there are certain people who do not believe that the police 37 have the power that they do.

What does a policeman actually do? It is not 38 job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in 39 . A policeman often has to control traffic, either 40 foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time 41 up and down main roads and motorways (高速公路). A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop 42 drivers and help when there is an accident.

A policeman has to help keep the 43 , too. If there is a flight or some other disturbance, we 44 the police to come and restore (恢复) order. And they often have to 45 situation at great risk to their own 46 .

We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman, 47 he is not a detective, will often have to help 48 and arrest criminals.

And 49 do well when there is an emergency---an air crash, a 50 , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. 51 a policeman has to be 52 to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the 53 world.

The police do an absolutely necessary job, they do it 54 well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could 55 do the job of a policeman.

36. A. dislike B. join C. appreciate D. admire

37. A. should B. would C. could D. must

38. A. a funny B. a pleasant C. an interesting D. an east

39. A. it B. one C. him D. them

40. A. on B. by C. under D. with

41. A. walking B. driving C. wandering D. running

42. A. rested B. tiring C. speeding D. waken

43. A. peace B. silence C. situation D. condition

44. A. wait for B. see C. think of D. expect

45. A. turn to B. avoid C. deal with D. treat

46. A. safety B. families C. future D. friends

47. A. although B. as if C. however D. even if

48. A. get rid of B. question C. look for D. sentence

49. A. how B. where C. what D. who

50. A. power failure B. fire C. thunderstorm D. thief

51. A. Yet B. Then C. As D. So

52. A. provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented

53. A. future B. modern C. real D. past

54. A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D. particularly

55. A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never

第三部分： 阅读理解

A

When women sit together to watch a movie on TV, they usually talk simultaneously (同时的) about a variety of subjects, including children, men, careers and what’s happening in their lives. When groups of men and women watch a movie together, the men usually end up telling the women to shut up. Men can either talk or watch the screen---they can't do both---and they don't understand that women can. Besides, women consider that the point of all getting together is to have a good time and develop relationships---not just to sit there like couch potatoes staring at the screen.?

During the ad breaks, a man often asks a woman to explain the plot and tell him where the relationship between the characters is going. He is unable, unlike women, to read the subtle body language signals that reveal how the characters are feeling emotionally. Since women originally spent their days with the other women and children in the group, they developed the ability to communicate successfully in order to maintain relationships. For a woman, speech continues to have such a clear purpose: to build relationships and make friends. For men, to talk is to relate the facts.?

Men see the telephone as a communication tool for sending facts and information to other people, but a woman sees it as a means of bonding. A woman can spend two weeks on vacation with her girlfriend and, when she returns home, telephone the same girlfriend and talk for another two hours.?

There is no convincing evidence that social conditioning, the fact that girls' mothers talked them more, is the reason why girls talk more than boys. Psychiatrist Dr Michael Lewis, author of Social Behavior and Language Acquisition, conducted experiments that found mothers talked to and looked at, baby girls more often than baby boys. Scientific evidence shows parents respond to the brain bias of their children. Since a girl's brain is better organized to send and receive speech, we therefore talk to them more. Consequently, mothers who try to talk to their sons are usually pointed to receive only short grunts in reply.?

?56. While watching TV with others, women usually talk a lot because they ________

A. are afraid of awkward silence with their families and friends

?B. can both talk and watch the screen at the same time?

? C. think they can have a good time and develop relationships?

? D. have to explain the plot and body language to their husbands?

?57. After a vacation with her girlfriend, a woman would talk to her again on the phone for hours in order to?________.?

?A. experience the happy time again?????? B. keep a close tie with her

?C. recommend her a new scenic spot?? ? D. remind her of something forgotten

?58. What does the author want to tell us most?

? A. Women's brains are better organized for language and communication

?B. Women love to talk because they are more sociable than men.

? C. Men do not like talking because they rely more on facts.

? D. Social conditioning is not the reason why women love talking.?

?59. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage??

?A. Women Are Socially Trained to Talk??? B. Talking Maintains Relationships

? C. Women Love to Talk?????????????????? 　???????? D. Men Talk Differently from Women?

B

You never see them, but they’re with you every time you fly. They record where you are going, how fast you’re traveling and whether everything on your airplane is functioning normally. Their ability to withstand (经受) almost any disaster makes them seem like something out of a comic book. They’re known as the black box.

When planes fall from the sky, as a Yemeni airliner did on its way to Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean June 30, 2009, the black box is the best for identifying what went wrong. So when a French submarine (潜水艇) discovered the equipment’s homing (能自寻找的) signal five days later, the discovery marked a huge step toward determining the cause of a tragedy in which 152 passengers were killed.

In 1958, Australian scientist David Warren developed a flight-memory recorder that would track basic information like altitude and direction. That was the first mode (模式) for a black box, which became a requirement on all US commercial flights by 1960. Early models often failed to withstand crashes, however, so in 1965 the device was completely redesigned and moved to the back part of the plane from its original position in the landing wells (起落架舱). The same year, the Federal Aviation Authority required that the boxes, which were never actually black, be painted orange or yellow to be easy to see.

Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots’ conversations, and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft’s final moments. Placed in an insulated (隔绝的) case and surrounded by a quarter-inch-thick panels of stainless steel (不锈钢板), the boxes can withstand powerful force and temperatures up to 2,000 F. When under the surface of water, they’re also able to give off signals from depths of 20,000 ft. Experts believe the boxes from MH379, which is now reported to have crashed in Indian Ocean in March, 2014, are in deep water. The boxes have stopped sending signals now but statistics say they’re likely to tu