天津市河西区2015届高三下学期总复习质量调查（一）

英语试题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）、第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试用时100分钟。

第I卷 （选择题 共95分）

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

1. It is reported that recently discovered painting may be Van Gogh．

A. the；不填 B. a；the

C. a；不填 D. the；a

2. — Oh, goodness. How can I use the webchat software?

— . I know nothing about it．

A. That suits me fine B. You are welcome

C. Take your time D. You’ve got me there

Each spring the apple tree in my garden blossoms so _____ that the air becomes filled with

the sweet of apple.

A. abundantly B. approximately

C. apparently D. automatically

4.A _____ identification card is required when you purchase foreign money from Bank of China.

A. beneficial B. perfect

C. valid D. flexible

Male nurses are difficult to hire as many men reject this ______ out of the long-existing

discrimination.

A. concept B. responsibility

C. identity D. personality

6. _____ person is not prepared for this examination, for example, Zhang Gong and Wang Lin haven’t finished reviewing their lessons.

A. Each B. Every

C. All D. None

7. I _____ it from your silence that you don’t want to stay.

A. appreciate B. hate

C. take D. love

A Midsummer Night’s Dream_____at the Theatre Royal on 19th June, and then tours

throughout Scotland.

A. opens B. is opened

C. will open D. will be opened

9. The weather in the south is generally warm, but it _____ be very cold sometimes.

A. must B. shall

C. will D. can

10. Have you seen the boys _______ “Little Apple”？That’s such a beautiful scene that I dare

not have my eye _____ on it.

A. dancing; fixing B. dance; fixing

C. to dance; fixed D. dance; fixed

11. — Are you going on a visit to New Zealand next Saturday?

— I haven’t decided yet. It is still ______ .

A. in the air B. between the lines

C. to the point D. over the moon

12. — It’s Mary’s own fault if she feels ______ at the party.

— She makes no effort to be friendly to people.

A. cut out B. left out

C. stood out D. made out

It would be a good idea to use a plastic bottle, ______ cut off, as a container to grow young

plants in.

A. of which top B. whose top

C. the top is D. its top

14. Whether ways will be found to stop pollution or not is just _________ worries the public.

A. why??????????? B. what?????????

C. that????????? D. which

15. —Did Jack take the doctor’s advice that he _____ in bed for another three days?

—If only he_____.

A. lie; did B. lie; had

C. lies; does D. lies; would

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，掌握其大意，然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Mr. Henry taught sixth grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a 16 about an animal called the Cattywampus, a kind of animal that died out during the Ice Age. He 17 around a skull(头盖骨) as he walked. We all took 18 and later had a test.

When he returned my paper, I was 19 .There was a big red “×” through each of my answers. I had failed! 20 must be some mistake! I had written down 21 what Mr. Henry said. Then I learned that everyone in the class had 22 . What had happened? Very simple, Mr. Henry 23 . He had invented this Cattywampus. There had never 24 any such animal. The information in our notes was, 25 , incorrect. Did we expect our marks for incorrect answers? Needless to say, we were 26 .

What kind of test was this? And what kind of teacher? Mr. Henry said he 27 we would learn something from this experience. 28 and textbooks are not perfect. 29 no one is. He told us not to 30 our minds go to sleep, and to speak out 31 we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.

Every class was an exciting one 32 Mr. Henry. I can still remember some science periods from beginning to end. I haven’t made any great scientific subjects, 33 Mr. Henry’s class gave me and my classmates something 34 , like the courage to look people in the 35 and tell them they are wrong. He also showed us that you can have fun doing it.

16. A. magazine B. book C. report D. lecture

17. A. walked B. grasped C. passed D. looked

18. A. notes B. exercises C. attentions D. cares

19. A. excited B. inspired C. worried D. surprised

20. A. There B. It C. He D. I

21. A. fast B. exactly C. slowly D. quietly

22. A. succeeded B. defeated C. failed D. beat

23. A. announced B. expressed C. proved D. explained

24. A. had B. stayed C. been D. kept

25. A. however B. otherwise C. besides D. therefore

26. A. happy B. worried C. excited D. angry

27. A. suggested B. meant C. hoped D. wished

28. A. Teachers B. Headmasters C. Students D. Persons

29. A. After all B. In fact C. At any time D. Above all

30. A. permit B. let C. leave D. help

31. A. that B. whether C. while D. if

32. A. for B. about C. with D. of

33. A. but B. and C. so D. or

34. A. strange B. important C. curious D. serious

35. A. eye B. brain C. head D. hand

第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Look at the keyboard of any standard typewriter or computer. “Q” ”W” “E” “R” “T” and “Y” are the first six letters. Who decided on this arrangement of the letters? And why?

People tried for centuries to invent the typewriter. In 1714 in England, Henry Mill filed a patent for a machine called An Artificial Machine Or Method for the Impressing or Transcribing of Letters, Singly or Progressively one after another, as in Writing, drawing upon this way all Writing may be absorbed in Paper so Neat and Exact as not to be distinguished from Print. That machine probably didn’t sell because no one could remember its name!

The first practical typewriter was patented in the United States in 1868 by Christopher Latham Sholes. His machine was known as the type-writer. It had a movable carriage, a lever for turning paper from line to line, and a keyboard on which the letters were arranged in alphabetical order.

But Sholes had a problem. On his first model, his “ABC” key arrangement caused the keys to jam when the typist worked quickly. Sholes didn’t know how to keep the keys from sticking, so his solution was to keep the typist from typing too fast. Sholes asked his brother-in-1aw to rearrange the keyboard so that the commonest letters were not so close together and the type bars would come from opposite directions. Thus they would not clash together and jam the machine. The new arrangement was the QWERTY arrangement typists use today. Of course, Sholes claimed that the new arrangement was scientific and would add speed and efficiency. The only efficiency it added was to slow the typist down, since almost any word in the English language required the typist’s fingers to cover more distance on the keyboard.

The advantages of the typewriter outweighed the disadvantages of the keyboard. Typists memorized the crazy letter arrangement, and the typewriter became a huge success. By the time typists had memorized the new arrangement of letters and built their speed, typewriter technology had improved, and the keys didn’t stick as badly as they had at first.

36. We know from the passage that the inventor of the first practical typewriter is_____.A. Henry Mill

B. Christopher Latham Sholes

C. Sholes’ brother-in-law

D. Albert Einstein

37. The author thinks the machine invented by Henry Mill could not be sold because______.

A. it was difficult for people to accept new things

B. there were great disadvantages of the key board

C. the name of the machine was too long

D. the machine could not be distinguished from print

38. Sholes decided the QWERTY arrangement of the keyboard in order to______.

A. solve the problem of the keys jamming

B. arrange the letters in alphabetical order

C. cause the keys to jam when the typist worked quickly

D. compete with “ABC” key arrangement

39. It is inferred that the QWERTY arrangement of the keyboard______.

A. is the most scientific arrangement

B. adds speed and efficiency of typists

C. is easy for typists to memorize

D. keeps the typist from typing too fast

40. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

A. The Story of Christopher Latham Sholes

B. How to Invent the Typewriter

C. The First Practical Typewriter

D. The Arrangement of the Letters on Keyboard

B

Energy independence. It has a nice ring to it. Doesn’t it? If you think so, you’re not alone, because energy independence has been the dream of American president for decades, and never more so than in the past few years, when the most recent oil price shock has been partly responsible for kicking off the great recession(经济衰退).

“Energy independence” and its rhetorical (修辞的) companion “energy security” are, however, unreliable concepts that are rarely thought through. What is it we want independence from, exactly?

Most people would probably say that they want to be independent from imported oil. But there are reasons that we buy all that oil from elsewhe