四川省德阳市2015届高三第一次诊断考试英语试题（word版）

注意事项：

1．本试卷分第1卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分。考试时间120分钟。考试结束，将答题卡交回。

2．1—55小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；第二卷的答案也必须写在答题卡上指定的位置，在试卷上作答无效。

第一卷（选择题，共90分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节单项填空（共l0小题；每小题1分，满分l0分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1．-Darling, how many colleagues did you meet at the pity?

A． Nothing B． No one C． None D． Nobody

2．-Where did you get to know Peter?

-It was on the pitch we were playing soccer．

A． where B． that C． which D． when

3．I can't stand around chatting - I've got _ things to do this miming．

A． a million B． million C． a million of D． millions

4． Clearly, he doesn't have a plan, he would have said something．

A． but B．unless C． so D． or

5． Travelers show their documents when they maven．

A．would B． can C． must D． may

6． After recovering from his illness．

A． get off B． get on C．get away from D．get hack to

7． Ella has been comparing about the traffic her awake at night．

A． keep B． to keep C． keeping D． kept

8． I walked slowly to the teacher's office wondering

A． which B． why ' C． where D． who

9． -Hi, Charlie, you look tired．

-I am tired． I the fence all day．she decided to talk with me

A． punted B． had painted C． have been paining D． have painted

10． -What are you up to these days, Debby?

A． Same as ever B． Don't mention it C． The same to you D． Not too bad

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A．B．C和D）中，选出可以填人空白处的

最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Christmas was always an amazing time in my home when l was growing up．My parents were not

rich, but they were always _11 when it came to giving us presents． Every year, they 12 a Christmas Eve party and gave all the kids in the neighborhood presents 13 ． One year when was eight years old,1 was hoping that would 14 a bike for Christmas．I made it clear in every way knew to my 15 ．Left hints all over the place． On the Christmas miming, all the kids received presser after present． 16 we got to the end of presents,1 was very 17 ．There was no bike for me．I cried, "Is that all?" The moment 18 it, I knew had made a big 19．After my parents worked so hard, 20 could complain that I did not receive a bike when I had received so many other things? My father 21 and went outside． He came back wheeling fife bicycle that they had been 22 to give me after all the osier presents were 23 ．At that time, I felt even 24 Lean before．How could ever enjoy after fiat?

My parents 25 me to think about how felt the moment saw that had 26 received the bike． They told me to remember that 27 that l would never repeat that mistake and feel that way again．

In the four years after that, at fife 28 of all the presents given, my father _29 ask me what had to say to everyone．It had become a family _30 ．1 would always say, "Is that all?"

But what really meant was "Thank you so much"．And everyone knew that．

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

The Saturday Even Post 2015 Great American unction Contest is underway!

In ills nearly three centuries of existence, The Saturday Evening Post , a bimonthly magazine, has published short fiction by a who's who of American authors including F． Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Anne Tyler, Kurt Vonnegut, Jar．Ray Bradbury, Louis Lamoure, Sinclair Lewis, Jack London, and Edgar Allan Poe． You have the pouty Lo join our excellent line - up by entering The Saturday Evening Post's Third Annual Create American Fiction Contest．

The winning story will be published in fife Jan/Feb 2015 edition of The Saturday Evening Post, and the author will receive a $ 500 payment．Five runners - up will each receive a $ 100 cash payment and will also have their stories published online．

Submission（授稿） Guidelines

● Stories must be between l,500 and 5,000 words in length．

O All stories must be submitted by the author, and previously unpublished （not including personal websites and blogs）．

● No extreme manatee or grapple sex scenes．

O All stories must be submitted online in Microsoft Word format with the author's name, address, telephone number, and email address on the rarest page．

O Entries should be character or plot - driven pieces in any genre（俸裁）of fiction．flunk local．The Post has historically played a role in defining what it means to be an American． Your story should in some way touch upon the publication' s mission Celebrating; America, past, present, and future．

● There is a $ 10 entry fee, which helps cover a potion of the cost of operating the contest．

● All entries must be received electronically hay July l, 2014．

Check here to view the winners of the 2014 Great American Fiction Contest

Click here to view the winners of the 2013 Great American Fiction Contest

31． We can loam from the passage, The Saturday Eve rung Post

A． has played an impotent Prut in American hist00

B． came into being as early as the 18th century

C． is a magazine published every month

D． holds the contest every two years

32． According to the requirements, the entries

A． must reflect American society

B． should be sent by post or engulf

C． should have at least 5,000 words

D． mustn't have ever appeared on blog

33． How much money canal the prize winners make in all by entering the contest?

A． $900． B． $940． C． $1．000． D． $1,060

34． What do we know about the 2015 contest?

A． It will last until the end of 2014．

B． It will only allows famous writers to take part．

C． The participants can enter the contest for free． ．

D． Only the winning stories wiz be published in the magazine．

B

（The Duly Mail） David Thomas failed all Lush moths exams and left school wife no qualification ions, yet this 30 - year - old fire - fighter has just gone into the Guinness Book of Records by racy-ting from memory 22,500 digits of the mathematical constant, purr．

After five months of truing, in which he spent ten hours a day memorizing a tauter of a mil-lion digits, David Thomas took part in a 16 - hour mental battle．Witnesses watched in awe as Thomas set a new European record, reaming the tide Most Powerful Memory in the We stem Hemi-sphere

David says, "When I was at school I was hopeless．I could' t remember any lung, but now I can remember more facts than anyone in Europe．" So how does Thomas do it?

"One night I was watching a TV programmed about an interview with a man called Dominic O'Brien, who had been the world memory champion five times．He used to be a gambler, and he wasn't ancillary successful until he developed his own mnemonics, or mental memory aid, for

each card in order to remember which cards had already been dealt and which ones hadn't． "

Thomas became fascinated by O' Brien' s theory that anyone can improve their memory hay using specialized techniques．These techniques involve linking everything to fusilier people or objects．"If you want to remember a phone number for example, you have to give the numbers life．

Sometimes I associate a number with a person．Number lo for me is always the Prime Mouser （who lives at number 10 Downing Street） ," explained David．If David is trying to remember facts he. links them to an image．"For instance, if was trying to memorize the name 'Tom Cruise' , I would think of his film Top Can, and that leads me to images of guns and cruise missiles．"

David is soon going to appear on TV's Record Breakers, and talus week he is teaching memory training and speed - writing at Huddlers field University．His fees are ~ 600 a day．He is sure that the future holds a lot more for him than a job as a fire - fighter．

35． We loam that before setting a new European record, Thomas

A． liked playing cards

C． believed he could succeed

B． trained hard in memory

D． received a good school education

36． Why did O'Brien develop his own mnemonics?

A． To become a world memory champion． ．

B． To win money while playing cards．

C． To prove he had a good memory．

D． To defeat David Thomas．

37． What do Thomas's tech request involve?

A． Linking everything to familiar people or objects．

B． Spending ten hours a day memorizing stuff．

C． Remembering a number in a vivid context．

D． Associating a fact with a person．

38． Which of fife following is true?

A． A person's ability of memorizing stuff is reflected in his studies．

B． A person with a powerful memory can alcove success easily．

C． Thomas' powerful memory has brow him faunae and wealth．

D． Thomas' memory is more powerful than O'Brien' s

C

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Use public transportation, such as nuns, trams, hoses and taxis． These modes of transport carry a large number of people at one time and greedy reduce the number of cars on the road．More- over, it will save you from driving stress, save time and help the environment．

If you have an empty seat in your car, consider car pooling by finding other people who might be headed to a destination near yours． This will not only help reduce traffic congestion, but also joule expenses．In addition, it will decrease driving stress as each person would get a break from driving．This is also environmentally ~friendly and a sustainable way to travel as it would reduce car- hon.