衢州二中二○一四学年第一学期高三期中考试英语试卷

第I卷（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. Quzhou is ______ most comfortable city, where you can visit a great many interesting places, such as______ mysterious Longyou Grottoes.

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

2. You asked about my high school. Well, it’s a bush school—the classrooms are made of bamboo and ______ grass; and there is no electricity ____ water and even no textbooks either.

A. the roofs in; or B. roofs of; and C. the roofs of; or D. the roofs from ; or

3. We first walked up a mountain to a ridge ______ we had a fantastic view.

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

4. Six months ago Xie Lie said goodbye to her friends and family in China and _______ a plane, but she was nervous as she didn’t know _______.

A. boarded; what to expect B. abroad; what to expect

C. aboard; what to be expected D. boarded; what to be expected

5. In my essay, I gave my own opinion and explained it by _______ other authors.

A. belonging to B. occurring to C. according to D. referring to

6. ____ the first Spanish to go to California, the majority ___ religious men, ____ ministry was to teach the Catholic religion to the natives.

A. Of; were; whose B. In; were; which C. Among; was; whose D. Of; were; which

7. Michelle did not want to _______, buy a house and get married before she met Michael.

A. settle in B. settle up C. settle down D. settle back

8. But at last the determination and patience of the scientists ________ in 1996 with a breakthrough—the cloning of Dolly the sheep.

A. were paid out B. paid out C. were paid off D. paid off

9. Although at present human egg cells and embryos needed for cloning research are difficult _____, Newspapers _________ evil leaders hoping to clone themselves.

A. to obtain; wrote B. to obtaining; wrote to

C. to obtain; wrote of D. to be obtained; wrote

10. When I _______ my mother in the countryside ____ the phone she was very upset.

A called at; in B. called for; on C. called on; in D. called up; on

11. I may have to work late, in ______case I’ll telephone.

A. that B. which C. the D. whose

12. You can use a large plastic bottle, _____ cut off, as a pot to grow young plants in.A. the top is B. the top of which C. whose top D. with its top

13. Every opportunity should be made use _______ our oral English.

A. of practicing B. to practicing C. of to practise D. of practise

14. The high building is one of the most challenging engineering projects they have ever _____.

A. undergone B. overtaken C. undertaken D. experienced

15. ---My e-dictionary is not in the desk. Who??????????have taken it?

---I don’t know. But keep looking and you will find it.

?A. should?????????????? B. could???????????????????????C. need?????????????????D. shall

16. ---See you later, Mr. Black. Pleased ______.

　 ---Me too. See you later.

　 A. to meet you B. to have met you

　 C. to meeting you D. having met you

17.?---I don’t think our coach knows the real reason for our losing the match.

---Well, surprisingly, he does. Our team leader has been called in and????????now.

?A. has been questioned???????????????????????????????B. is being questioned

?C. is questioning??????????????????????????????????????? D. has questioned

18. ______in the center of the square ______a sculpture the great man.

A. Standing; are; to B. Placed; is; of C. Placing; are; of D. Stood; is; to

19. Owing to the level of the water pollution in the city, it will be 30 years or even more _______ the city’s water quality returns to normal.

A.?before????????????????????B. that? C. when????????????????D. since

20. Now I have a good idea of ______ it really means to be a senior student in Quzhou No2 High School.

A. that B. who C. whom D. what

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，然后从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和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。

We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault. And whose fault is that? Not mine.

　　Recently, my husband and I got up at the 21 of 4 am to catch an early 22 to New York. We were extremely 23 , perhaps because we were sleep-walking. And we were all ready when the taxi came to 24 us 45 minutes later.

　　It was a quiet 25 to the airport. We didn't even chat, because he was enjoying his new iPod. At the airport, the taxi 26 to let us get off, at which point the iPod guy 27 me and said, "We don't have our 28 ."

　　"You are 29 , right? " I replied, for he 30 lied like that.

　　"No. I mean it. Did you bring it down? I didn't."

　　"What do you mean; you didn't？" I shouted. "All our things are there."

　　"How 31 !" I was thinking, "You're always 32 to do things like bringing down luggage. This is your fault, 33 now, we may 34 our flight." I didn't say that out loud, 35 . He already knew how I felt.

　　The experience showed I had a hard time accepting 36 . But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is 37 the eyes of others. We often don't recognize that we've done wrong.

　　Oh, and that missing suitcase? We went home 38 in the taxi, picked it up, returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to 39 .

　　Later, while walking along Broadway, I noted how 40 I was. I hadn't said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.

21. A. point B. hour C. strike D. period

　　22. A. bus B. train C. flight D. taxi

　　23. A. still B. excited C. calm D. disappoint

　　24. A. collect B. pick C. fetch D. draw

　　25. A. drive B. experience C. travel D. ride

　　26. A. pulled in B. pushed in C. hurried in D. dragged in

　　27. A. turned to B. turned up C. turned against D. turned away

　　28. A. briefcase B. suitcase C. clothes bag D. food bag

　　29. A. running B. laughing C. joking D. cheating

　　30. A. rarely B. always C. hardly D. never

　　31. A. clever B. stupid C. sad D. great

　　32. A. expected B. asked C. requested D. supposed

　　33. A. and B. if C. while D. but

　　34. A. catch B. quit C. change D. miss

　　35. A. either B. as well C. though D. besides

　　36. A. punishment B. advice C. responsibility D. belief

　　37. A. in B. through C. over D. on

　　38. A. slowly B. carelessly C. sadly D. hurriedly

　　39. A. spare B. use C. leave D. share

　　40. A. stupid B. sorry C. wise D. funny

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：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。

A

China has a long tradition of respecting education. But its present education is not that respectable.?

According to the Hurun Report, which conducted one-on-one interviews with 980 wealthy Chinese people with net assets of more than 60 million yuan ($9.5 million) in 18 mainland cities from May to September, about 14 percent of them said they had either already moved overseas or had applied to do so, and another 46 percent said they planned to emigrate within three years. All cited the higher-quality education available for their children overseas as the reason.?

Such a mindset has resulted in a growing number of Chinese students studying abroad.?

To be fair, our primary and high schools are a leader in content throughout the world. The Program for International Student Assessment last year offered a feather in the cap for our education. Participating in the program administered by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, teenagers in Shanghai were far in advance of their peers from 64 countries, including the United States, in reading literacy, mathematics and science.?

So why does education in this country leave so many wealthy parents cold??

Children in China have no say in what they learn. They normally learn by rote and are forced to study the subjects that help them in examinations for a school of a higher grade, especially the college entrance exams.?

Studies conducted by the China Youth and Children Research Center show that more than half of Chinese secondary school students study overtime and they don't get enough sleep. And more than 70 percent of students in primary and middle schools take after-school tutoring classes, which is considered a heavy burden on children.?

And this situation turns many parents into demons like "Wolf Father" Xiao Baiyou in Guangdong province, who supported his children's learning with verbal abuse and physical violence. Xiao doesn't pale in comparison to Tiger Mother Amy Chua in the United States. He is satisfied with his parenting skills, as he has sent three of his four children to Peking University, one of China's most prestigious higher learning institutions.?

Such ways of stimulating children to learn are certainly scary enough to make those Chinese parents with deep pockets choose a foreign school for their kids.?

As long as exams-oriented education continues, parents will look overseas for a better way to educate their children.?

41. How many of the wealthy Chinese interviewed were in favor of moving overseas?

A. 14% of them. B. 46% of them. C. 32% of them. D. 60% of them.

42. What reason was given by the interviewed for their emigration to other countries?

A. Better education for children. B. one-on-one public service.

C. Higher standard of living. D. Increasing net assets.

43. What does “a feather in the cap” Paragraph 4 most probably mean?

A. A hop. B. An honor. C. An escape. D. A challenge.

44. Education in China is criticized in this passage for the following flaws EXCEPT ______.

A. burdening children with after-school tutoring classes

B. Depriving children of sleep with too much study

C. forcing children to take college entrance exams

D. making children learn by rote memorization

45. What