2015学年第二学期十校联合体高三期初联考

英 语 试 卷

第I卷 （共90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)

1. — Jennifer, you seem to be overjoyed

— ______? I have just received the offer from the National University of Singapore.

A. So what B. Guess what C. What if D. What for

2. Nowadays people are more likely to go to ______ mall than visit the tailor when shopping for clothes, so tailors have adapted to _________ new reality.

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

3. I’m always ________ about what I say because careless remarks are likely to hurt others’ feelings.

A. enthusiastic B. curious C. doubtful D. cautious

4. The water was now two feet deep, making it difficult, if not impossible, _________ the car out.

A. getting B. got C. to get D. get

5. _______ early warnings from forecasters, residents were able to prepare and no deaths or serious injuries were reported.

A. In spite of B. According to C. Regardless of D. Thanks to

6. Good news never goes beyond the gate, ______ bad news spreads far and wide.

A. when B. as C. while D. before

7. It was playing video games that took the boy too much time that he _______ have spent learning．

A. could B. must C. might D. ought to

8. By now, no one has come up with a（n）_____ explanation of why dinosaurs died out, and it remains a mystery．

A. astonishing B. amusing C. convincing D. puzzling

9. —You look tired, Jack. What's wrong with you?

—Oh, I worked quite late last night. Nothing wrong with me, ________．

A. although B. though C. yet D. still

10. The Internet allows us quick ______ to all the data and research findings in the fields available worldwide.

A. entrance B. charge C. access D. advance

11. Sherry has taught me that no matter how bad things seem they can ______ in the end.

A. work out B. make out C. set out D. pick out

12. Over 1.8 million of Hong Kong’s residents have sent out a clear message against the movement ______ they want an end to disorders and a return to normal life.

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

13. The new technology, if _________ to rice growing, will help increase the grain output．

A. applied B. applying C. to apply D. having applied

14. — I hear that Jason is planning to buy a new car.[]

—I know. By next month, he ________ enough for a used one.

A. has saved B. saves C. will be saving D. will have saved

15. Readers are required to _________ the rules of the library and mind their manners.

A. observe B. confirm C. review D. appreciate

16. Experts and teachers all think that failure is not ________ a bad thing to some extent.

A. greatly B. necessarily C. definitely D. extremely

17. Tomorrow we'll pay a visit to a museum, next to _______ is a nice restaurant where we can have Italian food．

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

18. — Mr. Anderson is popular with his students, for he is kind, strict and knowledgeable.

—No wonder he has such a good_________.

A. reputation B. tradition C. preference D. presentation

19. She would move quietly up to the sparrow on a small tree just to get a better look, her face __________ with childlike expressions at one of God’s simple wonders.

A. shone B. shining C. having shone D. being shone

20. Afraid __________? This type of anxiety can deeply disturb people’s enjoyment of social relationships.

A. of laughing at B. to be laughed at

C. of being laughed at D. to laugh at

第二节 完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1分，满分20分）

A few months ago, I was picking up the children at school. Emily, another mother that I knew well, rushed up to me. She was full of 21 .

“Do you know 22 you and I are?” she asked. 23 I could answer, she gave out the reason for her question. She had just returned from renewing her driver’s license at a government office. The woman 24 desk asked her what her “occupation” was. Emily hesitated, 25 how to answer it. “What I mean is,” explained the woman, “do you have a job, or are you just a ...?” “Of course I have a job,” answered Emily. “I’m a (an) 26 .” “We don’t 27 ‘mother’ as an occupation ... ‘housewife’ covers it,” she said.

I forgot all about her story 28 one day I found myself in the same situation. This time it was at our own Town Hall. The clerk was a woman.

“And what is your occupation?” she asked. What 29 me say it, I do not know. The words simply jumped out. “I’m ... a (an) 30 in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”

The clerk stopped, her ball-point pen 31 in mid-air. She looked up 32 she had not heard right. I repeated the title slowly.

“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “just what you do in your 33 ?” Coolly, I heard myself 34 , “I have a continuing program of research in the laboratory and in the field. I’m working for my masters (the whole family) and already have 35 credits (令人增光的人或事物) (all daughters). I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). The job is more challenging than most jobs and the 36 are in satisfaction rather than just money.”

There was an increasing note of 37 in the clerk’s voice as she 38 in the form. As I drove into our driveway(私家车道), I was 39 by my lab assistants — ages 13, 7, and 3. Inside the house I could hear our new experimental model (six months) in the child-development program.

I felt successful. Motherhood...what a great 40 .

21. A. surprise B. anxiety C. anger D. excitement

22. A. who B. what C. how D. why

23. A. When B. As C. Before D. Since

24. A. at B. after C. by D. around

25. A. nervous B. sure C. anxious D. uncertain

26. A. mother B. worker C. teacher D. doctor

27. A. think B. list C. expect D. give

28. A. since B. unless C. until D. when

29. A. got B. caused C. permit D. made

30. A. researcher B. manager C. expert D. scholar

31. A. dropped B. floated C. frozen D. broke

32. A. so that B. even though C. as though D. because of

33. A. family B. subject C. study D. field

34. A. words B. reply C. shout D. whisper

35. A. two B. three C. four D. five

36. A. rewards B. awards C. profits D. benefits

37. A. interest B. respect C. doubt D fear

38. A. explained B. passed C. completed D. filled

39. A. accepted B. greeted C. recognized D. refused

40. A. person B. award C. career D. business

第三部分 阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）

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On a number of drives throughout my childhood, my mother would suddenly pull over the car to examine a flower by the side of the road or rescue a beetle(甲壳虫) from tragedy while I, in my late teens and early twenties, sat impatiently in the car.

Though Mother’s Day follows Earth Day, for me, they have always been related to each other. My mom has been “green” since she became concerned about the environment. Part of this habit was born of thrift (节俭). Like her mother and her grandmother before her, mom saves glass jars, empty cheese containers and reuses her plastic bags.

Mom creates a kind of harmonious relationship with wildlife in her yard. She knows to pick the apples on her trees a little early to avoid the bears and that if she leaves the bird feeders(给食器) out at night, it is likely that they will be knocked down by a family of raccoons (浣熊). Spiders that make their way into the house and are caught in juice glasses will be set loose in the garden.

I try to teach my children that looking out for the environment starts with being aware of the environment. On busy streets, we look for dandelions (蒲公英) to fly in the wind; we say hello to neighborhood cats and pick up plastic cups and paper bags. This teaching comes easily, I realize, because I was taught so well by example. Mom didn’t need to lecture; she didn’t need to beat a drum to change the world. She simply slowed down enough to enjoy living in it and with that joy came mercy and an instinct for protection.

I am slowing down and it isn’t because of the weight of my nearly forty years on the planet, it is out of my concern for the planet itself. I’ve begun to save glass jars and reuse packing envelopes. I pause in my daily tasks to watch the squirrels race each other in the trees above my house.

Last summer, in the company of my son and daughter, I planted tomatoes in my yard. With the heat of August around me, I ate the first while sitting on my low wall with dirt on my hands. Warm from the sun, it burst on my tongue with sweetness. I immediately wanted to share with my mom.

41. Why does the author say Earth Day is connected with Mother’s Day?

A. Because Mother’s Day falls shortly after Earth Day.

B. To show that all the older women in her family are environmentalists.

C. To show how much her mother cares about the environment.

D. Because her mother shows her how to be friendly to nature on Mother’s Day.

42. Which of the following is NOT related to Mom’s “green life”?

A. Rescuing a beetle from a certain tragedy. B. Saving glass jars, empty cheese containers.

C. Setting a caught spider free in the garden D. Picking dandelions on busy streets.

43. We can infer from the article that ______.

A. the author realizes that she should teach her children by example as well

B. the author’s mother knows how to get rid of the wildlife in her yard? ?

C. the author believes that only by learning to slow down can we enjoy life

D. the au