瑞安八校2014届高三上学期期末联考

英语试题

说明：本卷考试时间为120分钟，总分120分。本试卷所有选择题答案均填涂到答题卡上，短文改错和书面表达答在答题卷上，答案写在试卷上无效。

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. ----- Would you like tea or coffee?

------ _________. Give me a glass of water if you don’t mind.

A. Sorry, no tea or coffee B. Neither, thanks

C. No, please don’t trouble D. Yes, thanks

2. You need to lie on bed for a long time. The recovery from the disease is _______.

A. lasting B. excellent C. gradual D. fluent

3. You ___________ her in her office last Friday; she’s been out of town for three weeks.

A. needn’t have seen B. can’t have seen

C. must have seen D. might have seen

4.
She got a $10,000 _________ when she provided the police with information about the murderer.

A. price B. prize C. income D. reward

5. Patience, ___________ you can’t do the work well, is a kind of good quality.

A. without which B. with which

C. without that D. with what

6. Those problems are different in fact, so they should be dealt with __________.

A. wholly B. particularly C. completely D. separately

7. ______ as one and we will be able to overcome any difficulty, however great it is.

A. If we unite B. To unite C. Being unite D. Unite

8. At the end of last class, the English teacher requested that the homework __________ this morning.

A. would be handed in B. handed in

C. be handed in D. had handed in

9. As we’ll know, the basic needs of the world population should be ________ first.

A. contented B. satisfied C. reflected D. ignored

10. So far this year we ________ a rise in goods prices by between 10 and 15 percent.

A. see B. have seen C. saw D. had seen

11. ------ I dislike ____ when others laugh at me in public or speak ill of me behind.

------ So do I.

A. it B. them C. that D. those

12. ------ May I go and play with Tom this afternoon, mum?

------ No. You can’t go out ____ your homework is being done.

A. as B. unless C. until D. before

13. After living in London for fifty years he returned to the small town ___________ he grew up as a child.

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

14. ________ the fact that the product is safe, many people have stopped buying it.

A. All in all B. In spite of C. As a result of D. For fear of

15. Traveling can be ____ good way to gain _____ life experiences, especially during summer holiday.

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

16. When news came _______ the ship was missing, she almost broke down, for her husband was on board.

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

17. Sports and games can _________ our bodies, keep us healthy and help us live a long life.

A. bring up B. set up C. build up D. put up

18. ------ Our holiday cost a lot of money.

------ Did it? Well, that doesn’t matter _______ you enjoyed yourselves.

A. until B. as long as C. unless D. until

19. ____________ true events, the film follows the life of Ali, a world famous boxer in the US.

A. Basing on B. Based on C. Having based on D. Being based on

20. ----- Jack, you are caught late again.

------ Oh, ____________.

A. that’s all right B. that’s bad news

C. you must be kidding D. just my luck

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，然后从第21—40 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和D）中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。

I still recall the day my Mom suggested, “Let’s get you some new clothes.” You can imagine
that to a little girl that may mean the ___21___, but to me it meant the Universe because we were not __22___ well off. So I went wide-eyed, ___23___ what I could select. To my ___24___, my mom allowed me to have three dresses, a pink one, a navy blue and, best of all a yellow & blue one.

I had a best friend whose family was even __25___ than ours. Her name was Seema. We played and studied together. We ___26___the best days of our childhood together __27___our silly imaginary stories. I was excited to __28___ her my three new beautiful dresses. She loved them all and was __29__ for me. She explained to me, with tearful eyes, that her father could only __30___ to buy her clothes on her birthday. I __31___ her sadness and instantly my mouth opened and I asked her something unexpected, I asked her to __32__ one of the dresses. To my horror, she picked up the _33__ one-the yellow & blue dress. Please remember, I was only 7 years old and my heart ached __34___ she held it up again
st her body. However, when I saw the happy and beautiful ___35__ on her face, her eyes lit up, no tears. I could not feel my __36___ anymore. I told her it looked lovely __37_
_ her.

Well, my mom didn’t have the same feeling as me but I did my best to explain everything. She smiled ___38___.

To this day I still remember Seema’s smile and how at that moment nothing mattered __39___ her smile. When you love and cherish your friendships, nothing matters ever! To this date we are __40__ best friends.

21. A. wealth B. happiness C. world D. beauty

22. A. physically B. financially C. personally D. spiritually

23. A. wondering B. knowing C. realizing D. believing

24. A. horror B. sorrow C. surprise D. disappointment

25. A. better off B. worse off C. more large D. still less

26. A. spent B. wasted C. calculated D. organized

27. A. looking at B. aiming at C. laughing at D. shouting at

28. A. inform B. offer C. show D. satisfy

29. A. happy B. thankful C. anxious D. responsible

30. A. imagine B. intend C. expect D. afford

31. A. worried B. felt C. guessed D. interrupted

32. A. look for B. bring about C. take up D. pick out

33. A. cheapest B. favorite C. best D. largest

34. A. though B. as C. because D. until

35. A. surface B. smile C. feeling D. dress

36. A. hurt B. anger C. patience D. happiness

37. A. in B. beyond C. for D. on

38. A. doubtfully B. understandingly C. sympathetically D. jokingly

39. A. instead of B. rather than C. other than D. regardless of

40. A. still B. merely C. only D. also

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，共50分）

：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，

并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。

A

There was once a kangaroo who became an athletics champion. However, with this success he became arrogant(傲慢), and he spent a lot of time making fun of others. His favorite target was a little penguin whose walk was so slow that it often prevented him from even finishing the race.

One day the fox, who organized the races, let everyone know that his favorite for the next race was the penguin. Everyone thought it was a joke, but still the big-headed kangaroo got very angry, and he ridiculed the penguin even more than usual. The penguin did not even want to take part in the race, but it was a tradition that everyone must do so. On the day of the race, he approached the starting line in a group which following the fox. The fox led them up the mountain, while everyone made fun of the penguin, saying that he would roll down the mountain.

But when they reached the top they all shut up. The top of the mountain turned out to be a crater that had filled with
water, making it into a lake. At this point, the fox gave the starting signal, saying, “First to the other side wins.”

The penguin, excited, waddled(摇摆地行走) clumsily to the water’s edge. Once he was in the water, though, his speed was unbeatable, and he won the race by a long distance. Meanwhile, the kangaroo barely managed to reach the other side. And although it seemed like the penguin was waiting to make fun of the kangaroo, the penguin had learned a lot from his suffering, and instead of ridiculing the kangaroo, he offered to teach him how to swim.

41. Which of the following shows that the kangaroo was arrogant?

A. He ran much faster than the penguin.

B. He stopped the penguin finishing the race.

C. He became an athletics champion.

D. He l
ooked down upon other animals.

42. The underlined word “ridiculed” in Paragraph 2 probably means _________.

A. looked after B. laughed at C. paid a visit to D. fought with 43. When the kangaroo had difficulty reaching the other side, the penguin ___________.

A. made fun of him quite a lot B. became one of his close friends

C. offered necessary help to him D. suffered a lot from swimming

44. The story suggests that __________________.

A. nothing is impossible to be a willing heart

B. all things are difficult before they are easy

C. victory won’t come to me unless I go to it

D. everyone has his weaknesses and strengths

B

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