温州二外2015学年第一学期高三10月阶段性测试

英语试题

第Ⅰ卷 （三大题，共80分）

一．单项填空题：（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）

1. —I heard they went skiing in the mountains last winter.

—It ______ true because there was little snow there.

A. may not be B. won’t be C. couldn’t be D. will be

2. She ______ the table and said the dinner was ready.

A. lay B. laid C. lied D. lain

3. There was good food ______ abundance at the party.

A. at B. with C. in D. of

4. The plan has to be ______ to meet the real situation.

A. adjusted B. adapted C. produced D. refunded

5. The driver started to speed up to ______ for the hour he had lost in the traffic jam.

A. keep up B. take up C. make up D. catch up

6. To qualify yourself for this kind of new job, I recommend that you ______ some online courses.

A. to take B. taking C. take D. would take

7. As the busiest woman in the village, she made ______ her duty to look after all the other people’s affairs in that village.

A. this B. that C. one D. it

8. Jane has been so ______ in getting used to everything that she hasn’t had time for social activities.

A. confused B. worried C. devoted D. occupied

9. Perseverance is a kind of quality, and that is ______ it takes to do everything well.

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

10. With the guide ______ the way, we finally got to the village which we were looking for.

A. led B. leading C. to lead D. had led

11. Mary felt sad over the loss of photos she had shot in Australia, ______ that was a memory she especially treasured.

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

12. Smoking too much may ______ lung cancer and cause other diseases.

A. devote to B. attend to C. contribute to D. come to

13. That was the first time I ______ there and I was impressed by the friendly people very much.

A. go B. was going C. had gone D. have gone

14. — Why didn’t Tom ask for help then?

— You know, at such a midnight, there was no one ______.

A. he could turn to B. for whom to turn C. who to turn to D. for him to turn

15. Sarah, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to ______ before the party.

A. get changed B. get change C. get changing D. get to change

16. Don’t blame him any more. ______, he’s your father.

A. At all B.In all C.After all D. Above all

17. They would rather spend time ______ than ______ in the street.

A. read; wander B. reading; wandering C. reading; to wandering D. reading; wander

18. Shut the window, ______ it’ll get too cold in here.

A. so B. yet C. but D. otherwise

19. Is this TV set___ you wish to have___?

A the one; repaired B which; it repaired C the one; it repaired D which; repaired

20. — Can I look at the menu before I make an order?

— Of course. ___________, madam.

A. Take your time B. Don’t mention it C. Never mind D. Help yourself

二．完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，选出空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A certain good woman one day said something that hurt her best friend of many years. She regretted it immediately and would have done anything to have taken the words back. So she went to an older, wiser woman in the village and 21 advice.

Listening to her, the older woman 22 the younger woman’s distress and knew she must help her. She also knew she could 23 ease her pain, but she could teach.

Then, she said. “There are 24 things you need to do. The first is extremely difficult. Tonight, Take your best 25 pillows and open a small hole in each one. Then, 26 the sun rises, you must put a single feather on the doorstep of each house in town. When you are through, 27 to me. If you’ve done the first thing 28, I’ll tell you the second.”

The young woman hurried home to prepare for her chore, 29 the pillows were very 30 to her and very expensive.

All night long, she went from doorstep to doorstep. Her fingers were 31. The wind was so sharp that it caused her eyes to water, but she ran on through the 32 streets, 33 that there was something she could do to put things 34 the way they once were. Finally she placed the last feather on the steps of the last house. Just as the sun rose, she returned to the older woman.

She was exhausted but 35 ,thinking that her efforts would be rewarded.

“Now,” said the wise woman, “Go back and 36 your pillows. Then everything will be as it was before.”

The young woman was stunned, “You know that’s impossible! The wind 37 each feather as fast as I placed them on the doorsteps! You didn’t say I had to get them back! If this is the second 38, then things will never be the same.”

“That’s true,” said the older woman. “Never forget. Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. Once 39, no amount of effort, 40 how heartfelt or sincere, can ever return them to your mouth. Choose your words well and guard them most of all in the presence of those you love.”

21. A. asked about B. asked for C. asked to D. ask around

22. A. witnessed B. touched C. guessed D. sensed

23. A. ever B. almost C. never D. seldom

24. A. one B. two C. three D. four

25. A. feather B. leather C. woolen D. cotton

26. A. when B. after C. as D. before

27. A. come back B. go back C. put back D. draw back

28. A. promptly B. absolutely C. completely D. unfortunately

29. A. so as to B. even though C. now that D. in spite of

30. A. hard B. rare C. nice D. dear

31. A. freezing B. freezingly C. froze D. frozen

32. A. brightened B. widened C. darkened D. broadened

33. A. amazing B. lucky C. thankful D. surprising

34. A. on B. up C. off D. back

35. A. tired B. relieved C. grateful D. nervous

36. A. refill B. get C. purchase D. seek

37. A. blew up B. blew on C. blew away D. blew over

38. A. requirement B. situation C. consequence D. circumstance

39. A.speak B. spoken C. speaking D. being spoken

40. A. however B. whatever C. although D. regardless

三．阅读理解（共25小题，每小题2分，满分50分）

第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卷上。（共20题，每题2分，共40分）

A

　　Across the rich world, well-educated people increasingly work longer than the less-skilled. Some 65% of American men aged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the workforce, compared with 32% of men with only a high-school certificate. This gap is part of a deepening divide between the well-education well off and the unskilled poor. Rapid technological advance has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while squeezing those of the unskilled. The consequences, for individual and society, are profound.

　　The world is facing as astonishing rise in the number of old people, and they will live longer than ever before. Over the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600 million to 1.1 billion. The experience of the 20th century, when greater longevity translated into more years in retirement rather than more years at work, has persuaded many observers that this shift will lead to slower economic growth, while the swelling ranks of pensioners will create government budget problems.

　　But the notion of a sharp division between the working young and the idle old misses a new trend, the growing gap between the skilled and the unskilled. Employment rates are falling among younger unskilled people, whereas older skilled folk are working longer. The divide is most extreme in America, where well-educated baby-boomers (二战后生育高峰期出生的美国人) are putting off retirement while many less-skilled younger people have dropped out of the workforce.

　　That even the better-off must work longer to have a comfortable retirement. But the changing nature of work also plays a big role. Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to reap rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive than the preceding generation. Technological change may well reinforce that shift: the skills that complement computers, from management knowhow to creativity. Do not necessarily decline with age.

41. what is happening in the workforce in rich countries?

　　A. younger people are replacing the elderly

　　B. well-educated people tend to work longer

　　C. unemployment rates are rising year after year

　　D. people with no college degree do not easily find work

42. what has helped deepen the divide between the well-off and poor?

　　A. Longer life expectancies 　　B. Profound changes in the workforce

　　C. rapid technological advance. 　　D. A growing number of well-graduated.

43. what do many observers predict in view of the experience of the 20th century?

　　A. Economic growth will slow down.

　　B. Government budgets will increase.

　　C. More people will try to pursue higher education

　　D. There will be more competition in the job market.

　44. What is the result of policy changes in European countries?

　　A. Unskilled workers may choose to retire early.

　　B. more people have to receive in-service training.

　　C. Even wealthy people must work longer to live comfortably in retirement.

D. People may be able to enjoy generous defined-benefits from pension plans.

45. What is characteristic of work in the 21st century?

　　A. Computers will do more complicated work.　　B. More will be taken by the educated young.

　　C. Most jobs to be done will be creative ones.　　D. Skills are highly valued regardless of age.

B

While drunken driving may be on the decline, traffic safety experts remain puzzled over how to deal with another alcohol related danger: drunken pedestrians(行人).

Pedestrians struck and killed by cars often are extremely drunk. In fact, they are intoxicated(喝醉的) more frequently and with higher blood alcohol levels than drunken drivers who are killed in ac