天津市世纪中学2014年高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷-2.doc

天津市世纪中学2014年高三上学期第一次月考英语试卷
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第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）
第一节：（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你将有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Why does the man want to keep the window shut?
A. He is ill. B. It’s cold outside. C. It’s raining outside.
2. What are the speakers talking about?
A. The workplace. B. The housework. C. The relationship.
3. Who quarreled with each other last night?
A. The woman and the man’s sister.
B. The woman and the man.
C. The man and his sister.
4. When did the meeting begin?
A. At 9:30. B. At 11:30. C. At 12:30.
5. What does the man probably do?
A. A scientist. B. An inventor. C. A salesman.
第二节：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
听下面3段对材料。每段材料后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段材料读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6至第8小题。

6. Who is Mr. Smith?
A. The speakers’ new neighbor. B. The woman’s colleague. C. The man’s old friend.
7. What goes wrong in the speakers’ house?
A. The air conditioner. B. The microwave oven. C. The electricity wires.
8. What do we know about the speakers?
A. They need really good jobs.
B. They live in an old house.
C. They want to buy a new car.
听下面一段对话，回答第9至第11小题。
9. What does the woman say about the hotel she stays in?
A. It was fully booked this week.
B. Its rooms were rather big.
C. Its beds were really comfortable.
10. What were the kids disappointed at?
A. That the pool wasn’t open in the morning.
B. That the pool was closed before 11:00 pm.
C. That the pool was cleaned last night.
11. How much is the total cost?
A. $315. B. $329.90. C. $350.
听下面一段独白，回答第12至第15小题。
12. How long did the speaker study French in high school?
A. For about one year. B. For about two years. C. For about three years.
13. What was a big challenge for the speaker at first?
A. How to really understand what Frenchmen were saying.
B. How to make himself understood by Frenchmen.
C. How to catch up with his French class.
14. Where did the speaker meet two young French guys?
A. On the plane. B. On the bus. C. On the train.
15. What do we know about the speaker from the talk?
A. He was a pop student in high school.
B. He won’t travel with a British guy again.
C. He has made big progress in his French.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项选择题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
16. --- You have not lost your heart, then?
--- ________. I will try again.
A. It depends B. By no means C. Don’t mention it D. Maybe
17. Making _______ good impression on the interviewers is of ________ vital importance.
A. a; / B. a; a C. /; / D. /; a
18. The Three Gorges will offer you a wonderful trip, ______ you’ll remember all your life.
A. what B. that C. it D. one
19. To be honest, no speech ________ so far has had the same effect on me as this one.
A. has been made B. being made C. made D. to be made
20. Clare has offered a _______ of $ 100 to anyone who can find her lost cell phone.
A. benefit B. cost C. reward D. price
21. The manager seemed to be doubtful about my ability, _______ I could see from the expression on his face.
A. this B. where C. that D. which
22. It’s beyond our comprehension that Jim, who tops the class in English, ________ have difficulty translating such a simple sentence.
A. shall B. should C. might D. must
23. In addition to the farming they ______ since the 1990s, the Smiths have started a small business.
A. have done B. had been done C. were doing D. have been doing
24. --- How about having a party this weekend?
--- That _______ me fine. I’m coming.
A. suits B. fits C. matches D. agrees
25. __________, they couldn’t make her change her mind.
A. Hard as they tried
B. Tried hard as they
C. As they tried hard
D. They tried as hard
26. _______ his return from America, he got down to his research.
A. While B. In C. As D. On
27. He pretended not to care but that remark _________ his real opinion on the matter.
A. put away B. put out C. gave away D. gave out
28. Large amounts of money _______ spent on the bridge, which ________ to be completed the next month.
A. were; was expected B. was; was expected C. was; expected D. were; expected
29. _______ is known to us all is that the theme of Shanghai World Expo is “Better City, Better Life”.
A. It B. That C. Which D. What
30. Without you, I _______ the first prize in the speech contest. Thank you, John.
A. can’t win B. won’t win C. hadn’t won D. wouldn’t have won
第二节：完形填空 （共20小题； 每小题1.5分，满分30分）
The family had just moved. The young woman was feeling a little__31__. It was Mother's Day — and 800 miles separated her from her parents.
She had called them that morning, and her mother had__32__ how colorful their backyard was__ 33__ spring had arrived. Later, she told her husband how she__34__ those lilacs（丁香）in her parents' yard. “I know where we can find some,” he said. “Get the__35__ and come on.” So off they went.
Some time later, they stopped at a hill and there were lilacs all round. The young woman rushed up to the nearest__ 36__ and buried her face in the flowers. Carefully, she__37__ some. Finally, they returned to their car for the__38__ home. The woman sat smiling, surrounded by her__39__.
When they were near home, she shouted “stop,” got off quickly and__40__ to a nearby nursing home. She went to the end of the porch(门廊), where a(n)__41__ patient was sitting in her wheelchair, and put the flowers into her lap. The two__42__, bursting into laughter now and then. Later the young woman turned and ran back to her__43__. As the car pulled away, the woman in the wheelchair__44__ with a smile, and held the lilacs__45__.
“Mom,” the kids asked, “__46___ did you give her our flowers?” “It is Mother's Day, and she seems so__47__ while I have all of you. And anyone would be__48__ by flowers.”
This satisfied the kids, but not the husband. The next day he__49__ some young lilacs around their yard.
I was the husband. Now, every May, our yard is full of lilacs. Every Mother's Day our kids__50__ purple lilacs. And every year I remember that smile of the lonely old woman.
31. A. moved B. worried C. angry D. depressed
32. A. learned B. imagined C. mentioned D. realized
33. A now that B. so that C. as if D. even if
34. A. missed B. grew C. watered D. showed
35. A. cars B. kids C. clothes D. lilacs
36. A. bush B. hill C. yard D. door
37. A. bought B. picked C. set D. raised
38. A. break B. holiday C. trip D. dinner
39. A. friends B. memory C. flowers D. honor
40. A. responded B. pointed C. drove D. hurried
41. A. loving B. elderly C. serious D. sensitive
42. A. hesitated B. waited C. sat D. chatted
43. A. family B. mother C. path D. home
44. A. nodded B. waved C. left D. continued
45. A. sadly B. politely C quickly D. tightly
46. A. why B. when C. how D. where
47. A. quiet B. confused C. alone D. patient
48. A. calmed B. persuaded C. disappointed D. cheered
49 A. arranged B. dried C. planted D. hid
50. A. find B. gather C. receive D. sell
第三部分：阅读理解（共20题，每题2.5分，共50分）
A
My grandparents were married for over half a century, and played their own special game the time they had met each other. The goal of their game was to write the word “shmily” in a surprise place for the other to find. They took turns leaving “shmily” around the house, and as soon as one of them discovered it, it was their turn to hide it once more. They dragged “shmily” with their fingers through the sugar and flour containers to await whoever was preparing the next meal. “Shmily” was written in the steam left on the mirror after a hot shower, where it would reappear bath after bath. There was no end to the places where “shmily” would pop up. Little notes with “shmily” were found on car seats, or taped to steering wheels. The notes were put inside shoes and left under pillows. “Shmily” was written in the dust upon the mantel（壁炉架）and traced in the ashes of the fireplace. This mysterious word was as much a part of my grandparents’ house as the furniture.
It took me a long time before I was able to fully appreciate my grandparents’ game. Skepticism has kept me from believing in true love --- one that is pure and enduring (持久的). However, I never doubted my grandparents’ relationship. It was based on passionate（热情的）affection which not everyone is lucky enough to experience.
But there was a dark cloud in my grandparents’ life: my grandmother had breast cancer. The disease had first appeared ten years earlier. As always, Grandpa was with her every step of the way. He comforted her in their yellow room, painted that way so that she could always be surrounded by sunshine, even when she was too sick to go outside. But my grandmother grew steadily weaker until, finally, she could not leave the house anymore. Then one day, what we all dreaded finally happened. Grandma was gone.
“Shmily.” It was written in yellow on the pink ribbons of my grandmother’s funeral bouquet (花束). As the crowd thinned and the last mourners turned to leave, Grandpa stepped up to my grandmother’s coffin and, taking a shaky breath, he began to sing to her. Through his tears and grief, the song came: S-h-m-i-l-y: See How Much I Love You.
51. According to the passage, where may the word “shmily” be found?
a. in the flour containers
b. on the mirror
c. on the sheet of toilet paper
d. on pillows
e. on the furniture
A. a, b B. b, c C. a, d D. b, e
52. The first paragraph is mainly about ________.
A. what the word “shmily” means
B. how the author’s grandparents played their special game
C. how the author appreciated her grandparents’ game

D. how the author’s grandparents cared for each other
53. The underlined phrase “pop up” in Paragraph 1 means ________.
A. appear B. change C. survive D. work
54. According to the passage, the author _________.
A. thought the game was meaningless
B. believes everyone can experience true love
C. doubted the existence of true love at first
D. sometimes left “shmily” around the house
55. Grandpa tried to make Grandma comfortable by _______.
A. singing songs to her every day
B. painting the room yellow
C. encouraging her to go outside
D. helping her take a hot shower every day
B
Why does most of the world travel on the right side today? Theories differ, but there’s no doubt Napoleon was a major influence. The French have used the right since at least the late 18th century. Some say that before the French Revolution, noblemen drove their carriages on the left, forcing the peasants to the right. Regardless of the origin, Napoleon brought right-hand traffic to the nations he conquered, including Russia, Switzerland and Germany. Hitler, in turn, ordered right-hand traffic in Czechoslovakia and Austria in the 1930s. Nations that escaped right-hand control, like Great Britain, followed their left-hand tradition.
The U.S. has not always been a nation of right-hand drivers; earlier in its history, carriage and horse traffic travelled on the left, as it did in England. But by the late 1700s, people driving large wagons pulled by several pairs of horses began promoting a shift（改变）to the right. A driver would sit on the rear（后面的）left horse in order to wave his whip（鞭子）with his right hand; to see opposite traffic clearly, they travelled on the right.
One of the final moves to firmly standardize traffic directions in the U.S. occurred in the 20th century, when Henry Ford decided to mass-produce his cars with controls on the left (one reason, stated in 1908: the convenience for passengers exiting directly onto the edge, especially… if there is a lady to be considered). Once these rules were set, many countries eventually adjusted to the right-hand standard including Canada in the 1920s, Sweden in 1967 and Burma in 1970. The U.K. and former colonies such as Australia and India are among the Western world’s few remaining holdouts(坚持不变者). Several Asian nations, including Japan, use the left as well--- though many places use both right-hand-drive and left-hand-drive cars.
56. Why did people in Switzerland travel on the right?
A. They had used the right-hand traffic since the 18th century.
B. Rich people enjoyed driving their carriages on the right.
C. Napoleon introduced the right-hand traffic to this country.
D. Hitler ordered them to go against their left-hand tradition.
57. Of all the countries below, the one that travels on the right is_________.
A. Austria
B. England
C. Japan
D. Australia
58. Henry Ford produced cars with controls on the left __________.
A. in order to change traffic directions in the U.S.
B. so that passengers could get off conveniently
C. because rules at that time weren’t perfect
D. though many countries were strongly against that
59. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Before the French Revolution, all the French people used the right.
B. People in Britain and the U.S. travel on the same side nowadays.
C. The Burmese began to travel on the right in 1970.
D. All the Asian nations use the left at present.
60. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. Who made the great contribution to the shift of traffic directions?
B. How cars have become a popular means of transportation?
C. How Henry Ford produced his cars with controls on the left?
D. Why don’t people all drive on the same side of road?
C
I’d always dreamed of exploring Africa, ever since I read my first Tarzan（《人猿泰山》）comic as a child. Finally, in 2004, to celebrate my 60th birthday, I went to Tanzania to experience a safari（东非游猎）and climb Mount Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Seated next to me on the flight was Tanzania’s minister of water and wildlife development. We talked for thousands of miles, and he arranged me to visit a school. When I toured the school, I was shocked. The leaky（漏的）roofs turned the dirt floors into mud during the rainy season, and the walls couldn’t keep out the heat, cold or bugs(小昆虫). The school was in need of all material goods, but the kids possessed great human spirit.
It broke my heart that these children had to struggle to survi