重庆市六校2014届高三下学期（5月）第三次诊断性考试英语试题

一、单项填空（共15小题;每小题1分.满分15分)

请从A、B、C、D四个选顶中.选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。

1．—Thank you so much! How can I repay you for your kindness?

—　　　　 . It was nothing.

A．It depends B．Forget it C．Sounds great D．Never mind

2．—Mum，can I go on a holiday with my classmates this summer vacation?

　—OK．You　　　　 have a chance if you get along well with your studies．

A．could B．shall C．might D．must

3．This is　　　 challenging job I mentioned to you the other day. Have you had anyone in　　　 mind for it now?

A．a, the B．the, / C．the, the D．a, /

4．I don’t want to talk to you　　　　 you’re so annoyed and impatient.

A．when B．unless C．though D．till

5．— Look! Someone　　　　 the laptop.

— Well, it wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.

A．has repaired B．is repairing C．had repaired D．was repairing

6．The news spread quickly across the country　　　 Chang’e-I has become a planet of the moon , 　　　　 is really a breakthrough for China’s outer space technology.

A．which; which B．that ; that C．that ; which　　　 D．which ; that

7．　　　　 that many south-east Asian countries suffered a lot.

A．So strong the Super Typhoon Haiyan became

B．So the Super Typhoon Haiyan became strong

C．Strong became so the Super Typhoon Haiyan

D．So strong did the Super Typhoon Haiyan become

8．—Mr. Zhang, may I borrow some mops from your class?

—Sure. After having finished mopping your floor, put the mops back　　 they belonged.

A．where B．to where C．to which D．to the place

Pressed from his parents, and 　　　　 that he has wasted too much time, the boy is determined to stop playing video games.

A．realizing B．realized C．to realize D．being realized

10．Be sure to check whether the station wants to use your voice or　　　 of another reporter.

A．that B．this C．it D．one

11．Housing prices 　　　　 much higher now if the government hadn’t taken measures to control house dealing.

A．were B．would be C．had been D．would have been

12．—Could you lend me the book you ______ me about when I telephoned you?

—No, I am sorry, I can’t. I gave it to a friend.

A．were telling B．would tell C．had told D．had been telling

13．The milk terrible bad.

A．smells ; must go　　　 B．is smelt ; must have gone

C．smelling ; must have gone　　　 D．smelt ; might have gone

14．_____ natural resources, Japan is one of the poorest countries in the world.

A. In spite of B. As a result of C. In case of D. In terms of

15．—I’d rather have some wine, if you don’t mind.

—________. Don’t forget that you’ll drive.

A．By all means B．Anything but that

C．Take it easy D．I wouldn’t say no to this

二、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

请阅读下面两篇短文，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。

A

I like to feed pigeons on my balcony. Whatever happens, the birds always greet the mornings in the same way. Watching them is 16 for me.

The other day, one of the pigeons got himself stuck in my balcony railings(栏杆). I thought he was 17 . It made me so sad. When I went outside, he started to struggle. My heart was filled with joy; he was not dead but 18 from the effort of trying to 19 himself . I gently placed my hand under him and 20 him up to set him free. He flew up to the roof and watched as I put the usual seeds out. After his 21 experience, he came back down to my balcony and ate his breakfast with the rest of the birds.

I could not resist 22 the lesson that this situation brought me. Life is full of 23 ; some are very real, like the railings holding the pigeon back, and some are 24 but we struggle against them till we are exhausted. Sometimes the answer is with a friend. All it 25 is a little lift, a little guidance in the right direction and away we go, free again to soar just like the pigeon.

The biggest lesson is how the pigeon 26 from the situation. He didn’t sit on the roof looking down at the evil balcony that had tried to 27 him; he didn’t relive the frightening situation over and over again. Down he came to eat his breakfast and live the life he was meant to live.

16．A．puzzling B．tiring C．relaxing D．disgusting

17．A．painful B．brave C．clever D．dead

18．A．exhausted B．discouraged C．disappointed D．unconscious

19．A．hurt B．express C．free D．feed

20．A．gave B．lifted C．took D．turned

21．A．wonderful B．unforgettable C．terrible D．similar

22．A．sharing B．giving C．teaching D．forgetting

23．A．laughters B．worries C．obstacles D．opportunities

24．A．great B．imagined C．difficult D．serious

25．A．means B．brings C．reflects D．takes

26．A．left B．recovered C．learned D．got

27．A．kill B．trap C．scare D．seize

B

Considering the advances in robot technology during the upcoming years, Moravec says that robots must pass through four 28 of development before they rule the planet.

First robot technology must achieve the ability to 29 as general-purpose tools with software running at one million instructions per second (MIPS). Those robots will have the 30 of reptiles(爬行动物).Next, this happening into 2020, robots will have acquired brains capable of 31 300 million MIPS, which will give them the intelligence of smart mice. A hundred billion MIPS will be 32 sometime after 2030. By then robots will be provided by their 33 (humankind) with monkey-like brains. 34 , at the dawn of 2040, robots will 35 human intelligence and they will quickly surpass humans and challenge people for supremacy(至高无上) of the planet.

28．A．stations　　 B．generations　　 C．results　　　 D．experiments

29．A．serve 　　　 B．stay　　　 C．settle　　　 D．appear

30．A．weight　　 B．memory　　　　 C．intelligence　　　 D．sense

31．A．recording　　 B．improving　　　 C．dividing　　　 D．processing

32．A．followed　　 B．reached　　　 C．corrected　　　　 D．loaded

33．A．neighbor　　 B．parent　　　 C．creator　　　 D．enemy

34．A．Finally　　　 B．Luckily　　　 C．Suddenly　　　 D．Regularly　

35．A．collect　　　 B．change　　 C．discover　　 D．equal

三、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)

请阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的A，B，C，D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。

A

Father’s Garden

My father was always a good gardener. One of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled(翻耕的) soil, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.

As a child, I loved following Dad around in the garden. I remember Dad pushing the tiller(耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. Dad loved growing all sorts of things yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and our favorite—red tomatoes.

As I grew into a teenager, I didn’t get so excited about gardening with Dad. Instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. As Dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. After all the kids were grown and had started families of their own, Dad turned to gardening like never before. Even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.

But then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. I had to do the things he used to do. What really convinced me that Dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. The rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. Too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. He only planted tomatoes.

For the first few years after he died, I couldn’t even bear to look at anyone’s garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. Three years ago, I decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. That morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and I had to smile. It was my eight-year-old son Nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.

36．Why did the author like the garden when he was a child?

A．He wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.

B．He loved being in the garden with his father.

C．The garden was full of his favorite food.

D．The garden was just freshly tilled.

37．When all the kids started their own families, the author’s father _____.

A．stopped his gardening. B．turned to other hobbies.

C．devoted more to gardening. D．focused on planting tomatoes.

38．What happened to the garden when the author’s father was seriously ill?

A．There was a great harvest.

B．The garden was almost deserted.

C．No plant grew in the garden at all.

D．The author’s son took charge of the garden.

39．Why did the author start his garden with tomatoes?

A．He wanted to honor his father.

B．His son liked the fields of tomatoes.

C．He only knew how to grow tomatoes.

D．He thought tomatoes were easy to manage.

B

You may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.

“The lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”

We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.

He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want – it’s your own little box. If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance. When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.

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