(新课标-北京专用)2014届高考英语一轮复习方案-阶段评估检测-(8)(含解析).doc

阶段评估检测(八)

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第一部分　英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节　单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1．Lots of supplies were offered to the flood­stricken area; ________， people from all walks of life volunteered to go there and help rebuild homes.
A．on the contrary B．by all means
C．above anything else D．what's more
2．The movie originally ________ for children under 12 is now being used to educate adults.
A．intended B．being intended
C．to be intended D．having been intended
3．—Mary broke up with me!
—You ________ have forgotten about the Valentine's Day
A．needn't B．couldn't C．shouldn't D．mustn't
4．Our government ________ much importance to education now, which enables so many people to be well educated.
A．attaches B．pays C．links D．applies
5．Is this the very material that scientists ________ the 2012 London Olympic Games torch?
A．used to light B．are used to lighting
C．use to light D．are used to light
6．He came here in the hope ________ he could learn about the cause of the accident.
A．which B．how C．that D．what
7．I ride a bicycle to go to work every day and have a deep impression that the bicycle is very ________ in our daily life.
A．convenient B．available C．possible D．personal
8．As is reported, it will be more than 20 years ________ humans are able to walk on Mars.
A．before B．when C．since D．after
9．The coal boss took the risk of making money ________ the safety of his workers.
A．in need of B．instead of C．in case of D．regardless of
10．—I have to go and get the clothes from the laundry.
—________？ I can pick them up on my way home this afternoon.
A．So what B．How come C．Why bother D．Why not
11．I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions ________ she stopped working because of ill health.
A．that B．when C．where D．which
12．It was ________of them to have sent the old people and children to safety in case the flood destroyed their village.
A．tolerant B．considerate C．typical D．compulsory
13．________cold front has swept through many parts of Northeast China, bringing down________ temperature in Liaoning and Heilongjiang Provinces.
A．The; the B．A; / C．A; the D．The; /
14．—What do you think of the price of the dress?
—Considering that it is made by hand, the price seems fair and ________．
A．cheap B．equal C．expensive D．reasonable
15．—What is a good boss like?
—It's hard to say, but I think he ________ be responsible, determined and creative.
A．can B．may C．should D．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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Night after night, she came to tuck (掖被子) me in, even long after my childhood years. Following her long habit, she'd lean down and push my long __16__ out of the way, then kiss my forehead. I don't remember when it first __17__ annoying me—her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, __18__ they felt work­worn and rough __19__ my young skin. One night, I shouted out at her. “Don't do that anymore—your hands are too rough.” She didn't say anything in __20__. But never again did my mother end my day with that __21__ expression of her love.
With the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. By then I missed my mother's __22__. Sometimes the __23__ seemed very close, sometimes far away. But always it was in my mind. Now I'm not a little girl anymore. Mom is in her mid­seventies, and those hands I __24__ thought to be so rough are still doing things for me and my family. She's been __25__ doctor, reaching into a medicine box to __26__ a young girl's stomach ache or soothe (缓和) a boy's injured __27__. Now, my own children are grown and __28__. Mom no longer has Dad, and on special occasions, I find myself drawn next door to __29__ the night with her. So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve, as I slept in the __30__ of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly __31__ my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so gently, __32__ my forehead.
For the thousandth time, I recalled the night my young voice complained, “Don't __33__ that anymore—your hands are too rough！” Catching Mom's hand in hand, I blurted out (脱口而出) how sorry I was for that night I thought she'd remember, as I did. But Mom didn't know what I was talking about. She had forgotten—and forgiven—long ago. That night, I fell asleep with a new __34__ for my gentle mother and her __35__ hands. And the guilt that I had carried around for so long was nowhere to be found.
16．A.hair B．bed C．chair D．arm
17．A.delayed B．started C．allowed D．avoided
18．A.but B．or C．so D．for
19．A.past B．under C．against D．above
20．A.debt B．reply C．danger D．total
21．A.familiar B．difficult C．anxious D．sad
22．A.words B．presents C．books D．hands
23．A.courage B．incident C．failure D．satisfaction
24．A.recently B．seldom C．never D．once
25．A.his B．its C．our D．her
26．A.treat B．blame C．ignore D．doubt
27．A.toy B．shirt C．glass D．knee
28．A.disappointed B．hidden C．missing D．gone
29．A.spend B．design C．order D．forget
30．A.hotel B．train C．bedroom D．office
31．A.knocked over B．gave out C．ran across D．applied for
32．A.directed B．touched C．operated D．raised
33．A.eat B．cook C．win D．do
34．A.instrument B．argument C．appreciation D．invention
35．A.fat B．caring C．dirty D．strong
第二部分　阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
A
“When I grow up, I want to be…”
Almost all of us have thought about, or been asked to think about, our future careers. Our answers may differ greatly. Even now your aspirations (志向) may have changed from when you were in primary school.
However, it seems career options aren't only based on personal taste. In a survey carried out by Teens, doctors, lawyers and bankers were some of the most popular careers that people said they hoped to follow. This is in line with a similar survey carried out in the UK in May 2011 by job website monster. co. uk, in which medicine was the top choice among UK teenagers aged between 13 and 17.
Medicine and law are two of the oldest and best known professions. Their prestige (声望) may come from the fact that doctors and lawyers are some of the most esteemed members of society, and they make good money. Joining these high­profile (引人注目的) professions is often seen as a sign of upward social mobility.
It is equally unsurprising that banking is now one of the most common career choices. Youngsters worldwide think of banking and see the money rolling in. Wealth is increasingly becoming one of the most important indicators of a successful career. British young men list the UK business tycoon (大亨) Alan Sugar, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg as their top role models “for their wealth”， just as Chinese teenagers see being a banker as a good and fun pathway to “wealth”．
However, not every child has the makings of a doctor, lawyer or banker. There are those who see fulfillment (成就感) and happiness in other areas, and many teenagers dare to ink more individuality into their career options. As the Teens' survey discovered, a variety of unconventional (非传统的) jobs—coffee shop owner, gourmet (美食家), waiter at a fast food restaurant—are among teenagers' career choices. They can be equally interesting and rewarding jobs.
With every choice comes responsibility and challenge, and all career paths require specific education and training, you have to learn to balance optimism and confidence with being realistic about your particular talents and skills.
36．What is the top career choice among UK teenagers aged between 13 and 17 according to the article?
A．Law. B．Medicine. C．Bank. D．Education.
37．According to the article, all of the following are the benefits of being a doctor except ________．
A．the oldest profession B．respect from others
C．high pay D．upward social mobility

38．What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A．According to your particular talents and skills，you can choose your favorite career.
B．Specific education and training can help get a good job.
C．Whatever career you choose, you should balance optimism, confidence and being realistic according to your particular talents and skills.
D．Responsibility is the most important when you choose a good job.
39．What's the passage mainly about?
A．Careers in teenagers' mind.
B．Choosing a good job is very important.
C．Teenagers in the UK like doctors.
D．The choice of career needs challenge.
B
If a noisy neighbor is blasting music at all hours of the day and night, drowning out your phone conversations and interrupting your sleep, you can call the police. But what is a whale to do?
Natural noise from waves, wind, rain and even earthquakes is common in oceans. Unfortunately, man­made noise from oil and gas drilling, sonar, and ships is also present.
Low frequency noise has doubled off the California coast every decade since the nineteen sixties. The main reasons are ships' propellers(螺旋桨). They not only generate continuous low frequency sound, some propellers cavitate(形成气穴), which means they create air bubbles that collapse, creating loud popping sounds.
Whales use low frequency calls to communicate across thousands of miles of ocean. They are threatened by noise pollution because it can prevent them from contacting each other and from locating their foods. Endangered humpback and right whales, which use fibrous baleen to strain food from the water, are the most at risk.
Scientists studying right whales off Canada's east coast have discovered that whales are sending louder calls through the water to make themselves heard. Because they invest more energy in making calls, they have less energy available for finding food and mating. Other scientists measuring whale calls against background noise pollution have discovered that right whales have lost about eighty percent of their normal communication areas. This could seriously affect the survival of this already threatened species.
Scientists don't have badges and guns, but they are trying to correct the noise pollution problem. By tracking ships and marine mammals and understanding how noise travels, they are creating sound maps. They hope to get shipping lanes moved so that the noise pollution ships create will not overlap with areas most important to the whales.
40．What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Whales are in danger because of the noise.
B．Noise pollution is affecting whales.
C．Natural noise is good for whales.
D．How to protect whales endangered.
41．The following statements are true EXCEPT ________．
A．you can call the police if you are disturbed by a noisy neighbor
B．low frequency noise has doubled off the Canadian coast every decade since the 1960s
C．noise pollution can prevent whales from contacting each other and from locating prey
D．endangered humpback and right whales are the most at risk
42．We can infer from the last paragraph that ________．
A．some areas important to whales are overlapped with the ship lanes
B．scientists are creating the sound maps by tracking ships and marine mammals
C．if scientists have guns, they can correct the noise pollution
D．scientists have worked out a plan to protect the whales
43．According to scientists, ________．
A．right whales off the California coast have been in danger because of the loss of the energy
B．right whales cannot find food and mate for they lose a lot of living areas
C．there are about 20% of the normal communication areas still available for right whales
D．right whales always invest most of their energy for making calls
C
Kelly Reeves was getting ready for a trip when her phone slipped into a sink full of water. Panic moment! She quickly picked up the wet phone and tried to turn it on, but nothing worked. Her first reaction? She got dressed, drove to the nearest store, and bought a new model at full price.
A new study finds that fear of losing your phone is a common illness. About 66 percent of those surveyed suffer from nomophobia or “no mobile phone phobia”. Interestingly, more women worry about losing their phones than men.
Fortunately, there's a solution.
The first step is to figure out whether you have nomophobia. Checking your phone too often is one thing, but the true sign of the problem is that you can't conduct business or go about your routine when the fear becomes so severe.
Do you go to unusual lengths to make sure you have your phone? That's another sign of the problem. If you find you check your phone plenty of times per hour, or a total of an hour per day, there may be a problem.
Some of the treatments are similar to those for treating anxiety attacks: Leaving the phone behind and not checking e­mail or text messages, and then learning to tolerate the after anxiety. Even if this leads to a high level of worry and stress, the solution is to push through the fear and learn to deal with not having your phone.
Of course, there are also technological alternatives. Luis Levy, a co­founder at Novy PR, says he uses an application called Cerberus that can automatically track the location of his phone. To find it, he can just go to a website and see the phone's location.
He also insures his phone through a service called Asurion. The company's description of its product reads like a prescription for anxiety: “60 million phones are lost, stolen or damaged each year. You'll have complete peace of mind knowing that your phone is protected and you can quickly reconnect with family, friends and work, as soon as the very next day！”
44．Why does the author mention Kelly's experience in the first paragraph?
A．To introduce the topic for discussion.
B．To inform us that mobile phones are useful.
C．To warn us that we should be careful.
D．To tell us we should get phones ready for a trip.
45．The underlined word “nomophobia” in Paragraph 2 means ________．
A．habits of using mobile phones B．fear of losing mobile phones
C．eagerness for new mobile phones D．independence of mobile phones
46．What is the passage mainly about?
A．Attitudes toward mobile phones. B．New mobile phone technology.
C．Disadvantages of mobile phones. D．Solutions to nomophobia.
D
Tempted by a chocolate bar? Maybe indulging (沉迷于) every so often is not a bad thing especially if it's dark chocolate.
According to a Swedish study in the journal of the American College of Cardiology that looked at more than 33，000 women, the more chocolate the women said they ate, the lower their risk of stroke.
The results add to a growing body of evidence linking cocoa consumption to heart health, but they aren't a free pass to gorge on (贪婪地吃) chocolate.
“Given the observational design of the study, findings of this study cannot prove that it's chocolate that lowers the risk of stroke，” said Susanna Larsson from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, in an e­mail to Reuters Health.
While she believes chocolate has health benefits, she also warned that eating too much of it could be coun